Laser Printer User Manual

3.2 HOWTHE STAR

LASERPRINTER4 STORESFONTS

3.2.1 Bit-mappedfonts

StarMicronicshasearnedareputationforattractive,well-designedfontson

its printers,andthislaserprintercontinuesthetradition.

TheStarLaserPrinter4 usesbit-mappedfonts.Eachcharacters madeup

of a patternor “map”of dots,just likecharacterson a dot-matrixprinteror

on yourcomputerscreen.Resolutionmakesthe difference:to makeeach

charactertheStarLaserPrinter4 usesten ortwentytimesas manydotsas

a dot-matrixprinteror computerscreendoes.

Everysizeofprintyouwant,pluseveryitalicorboldfacevecsion,hasitsown

bit map and is normallyconsidereda separatefont.It takesa gooddealof

printermemoryto holdallthefontsyoumightwantatanygivenmoment.

Star Las&Pnnter4 fonts can be groupedinto three categories:internal,

cartridge,anddownloadablefonts.

3.2.2 Internalfonts

TheStarLaserPrinter4 hassevenbuilt-ininternulfontsthatresideperma-

nentlyin its read-onlymemory(ROM).That’s why these are sometimes

called“residentfonts”:

Courier 12point Medium

Courier

12point Bold

Courier 12point Italic

Courier 1Opoint

Medium

Courier 1Opoint Bold

Courier 1Opoint Italic

LinePrinter

8.5point

Medium

Courieris the faceusedon themostcommonelectrictypewriters.Courier

is not printedwith proportionalspacing.The LinePrinterfont, designed

originallyformainframecomputem,is smallanddesignedto packa lotof

charactersintoeveryinchof print(greatfor spreadsheets).

Withthesemost frequentlyusedfontsin ROM,a pagecan be assembled

muchfasterthanifthefontshadtobeloadedintotheprinterforeachprinting

job.