Star Micronics 4 manuel d'utilisation

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    80821860 APPLICA TIONS MANUAL[...]

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    Trademark Acknowledgements LaserPrinter 4: Star Micronics Co., Ltd. PageMaker: Aldus Corporation BitStream, Zapf Humanist: Bitstream Inc. Canon: Canon Inc. HP, LaserJet ffP: Hewlett-Packard Company LaaerControl: Insight Dcvelcpment Inc. IBM PC: Intematicmal Business Machines Corp. Optim~ Century Schoolbook: Linotype Corporation Lotus 1-2-3: Lotus D[...]

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    PREFACE About this manual This Star LaserPrinter 4 Applications Manual gives you the information you need to program the Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4. Why would you read this book? Most people using a laser printer just run software packages with built-inprinter drivers, which look after everything theircomputers send their printers. Butmany ofus-[...]

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    What’s in this manual? ● In “Getting to Know Your Star LaserPrinter 4“ we provide a list of the features that make this a splendid printer, to help you choose which feahues you want to exploit. There’s a bit on how laser printers work, inside and out. The chapter then explains software in general terms, in- cluding how to write control an[...]

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    Conventions Incidentally, one of those Technical Supplement tables suggests a couple of typographic conventions we’ll use. Base ten (decimal) numbers will gener- ally be used here; if we have to use base sixteen numbers (hexadecimal) we’ll expressly say so. And second, the lowercase L is practically identical to thenumberone (1 ver- sus 1). Bec[...]

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STAR LASERPRINTER 4 1 1.1 Star LaserPrinter 4 Hardware . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . ................1 1.2 Star LaserPrinter 4 Software . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .-5 CHAPTER 2 CONTROLLING YO[...]

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    Getting to Know Your ‘” “ Star LaserPrinter 4 T& chapter introduces both the hardware and software aspects of the Star LaserPrinter 4’s personality, from fonts and print engine to ASCII and Escape sequences. 1.1 STAR LASERPRINTER 4 HARDWARE 1.1.1 Versatility Your Star Micronics Star LaserPrinter4 works with practically all commer- cial [...]

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    The Star LaserPrinter4 is ideal fordesktoppublishing. The pages it produces make perfect photocopy or instant-print masters. And all the main desktop publishing systems, including Aldus Corporation’s PageMaker and Xerox Ventura Pubisher, work splendidly with the Star LaserPrinter4. With “page makeup” programs like these you will be able— ma[...]

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    1.2.3 How your Iaserprinter communicates Your computer communicates with the Star LaserPrinter 4 through either apardef cable or one of two kinds of serial cable. The printer’s interjzce, the link or boundary it shares with your computer, defines whether the printer will accept characters and commands from your computer one byte or one bit at a t[...]

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    I 1.2.5 The Print engine It’s the print engine that-forms the actual characters and graphics. The engine directs its laser, a pinpoint stream of light pulses, through mirrors and lenses onto the surface of a positively-charged rotating drum. + Mirror Lens Laser beam ~%a~nirr~ mirror nductor laser diode Photosensitive drum As the laser scans, it ?[...]

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    1.2 STAR LASERPRINTER 4 SOFTWARE 1.2.1 Binary and hexadecimal arithmetic 1f you already know what hexadecimal numbers are, you can skip this section and go ahead to read about ASCII. The decimal number system with which we’re all familiar is a positional counting system. There’s the “ones” position, the “tens” position, the “hundreds?[...]

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    The important thing to realize is that there’s more than one way to show the same numeric value. Computer programmers, for example, occasionally use the hexadecimal system because it’s so compact. (Programmers often just say “hex”.) This binary number: 1010010111111101001101 1111 101101OO1O11O1OOOO1OO1 looks quite a bit tidier when it is wr[...]

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    ox 27 = o 1 x 26 = 64 0 x 25 = o 0 x 24 = o 1 X 23 = 8 0 x 2’ = o 1 x 21 = 2 0 x 2° = Q 74 Decimal zone digits 0100 1010 Binary 4 A Hexadecimal The ASCII table in the Technical Supplement shows all these equivalent ~presentations for the symbols your laser printer understands. The table organizes them in ascending order. In fact, ASCII is organi[...]

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    Control codes mostly handle communications between your computer and the printer at the lowest level, at cable level. For example, a couple of control codes make sure the printer buffer (your printer’s storage memory) doesn’t overflow. In this book we’ll indicate control codes enclosed by angle brackets to their abbreviations in the table: =&[...]

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    1.2.5 Printer drivers Most software packages ahvady include the printer commands they need. The programs that send commands to the printer so you don’t have to enter them yourself a~ called printer drivers. Many programs ask you to install or configure your printer, which usually means keying into a menu the particular setup information describin[...]

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    1.2.7A BASIC example Here’s an example you can type in right now, to clarify what we’re saying. It’s written in Microsoft BASIC for a computer that uses the MS-DOS operating system, so if you have a different computer or BASIC you may have to translate a bit. We’ll show commands the way they’re written for an Epson dot-matrix printer beca[...]

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    1 Most programming languages, and some versions of BASIC, let you treat the printer as a file to which you can send data. When you write a program with one of these languages you “open” the printer file, print into it, and then “close” the file when you’re done. This programming jargon sounds funny if you’re not used to it— but it wor[...]

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    MEMO 12[...]

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    Controlling Your Printer Youcancontrol your Star LaserPrinter4 in two ways, eitherthmughcontrol panel parameters or through software comrnana!s. In this chapter we will consider printer controls mostly from the perspective of the control panel. However, we’ll also meet four special commands, the Star LaserPrinter 4 superset. Throughout this manua[...]

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    [TEST/ >] button forthrec secondhand release itjust after STATUS SHEET is displayed when the laser printer is offline, it finishes printing the current page and then feeds in and prints a status sheet. Some buttons on the panel let you perform two functions. Holding one of those buttons down, rather than quickly pressing it, selects a different [...]

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    ● the power-on settings in effect when you first turn on the printer, ● your initial settings for one particular session, ● and the current settings that the printer is using now. These are in priority order. The current settings always override the initial session settings, which in turn override the power-on settings, which in turn override[...]

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    I It’s actually pretty easy. Flipping through and setting parameters from the panel is described in detail in the Star L.userPrinter 4 Operations Manual. Basically, all you do is press the [ < ] or [ > ] buttons to scroll through the sequence of possible parameters and values, which is clearly shown on the panel display. You press [ v ] whe[...]

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    Serial interface: rate If you ask for the Serial interface you’ll have to tell your printer more about how the data will be coming in-in particular its rate and unit size and the meanings of any special bits. The Rate parameter specifies how fast data will be arriving, measured in baud (named after the French communications engineer Jean Baudot).[...]

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    Some pmgrammem call the XONand XOFFcontrol codes “kiss on and kiss off’ others call the same protocol DC1 and DC3 (for device control). Either way, these codes let your printer run the show, telling the computer when to start and stop sendingdata. Your printer asks to have data held back when its memory is nearly full or when it senses an ERROR[...]

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    ● Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 11P ● Epson FX-850 Other laser printers may offer such emulations too, but often require instal- lation of a new circuit board for each emulation. Star Micmnics has built these two emulations into the Star LaserPrinter 4. You select which emulation you want either by selecting it from the print program menu on the Sta[...]

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    I 2.2.6 Hints: The hex dump . ● ● ● To make your Star LaserPrinter 4 ‘print in hexadecimal rather than the usual ASCII symbols, press the control panel buttons that put the printer offline and in PROGRAM mode. Move to the EMULATION parame- ter’s HEX DUMP setting and select ON. Some control or Escape codes can be problems on a few computer[...]

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    For the Feeder value of this PAPER FEED parameter, you first enter either multi-purpose tray, manual feed or cassette (option) to indicate where you want paper fed from. The multi-purpose tray handles various types and sizes of paper (htter, Legal, A4, B5, Executive, OHP sheets, Labels, Envelopes). Manual feed means you feed each sheet by hand from[...]

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    I ● If you frequently change paper weights, you will probably get skewing problems— lines that print at an angle because of misfeeding. For best results, when your Star LaserPrinter4 is first setup have the paper feeder “squared” for paper of at least 60 grams. Lighter paper, though cheaper, isn’t really the way to economize. ● Want to [...]

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    I 2.3.3 The LAYOUT parameter The layout or@mat or setup of a page refers to how text is positioned on the page. Layout includes page orientation, margins and the spacing of characters across and lines down the page. You can control these with the LAYOUT parameter. You probably won’t use the LAYOUT parameter on the front panel’s piograrn menu ve[...]

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    Margins, columns and lines You canchangemargin settings for all four edges of a page. The left and right side margins can have values fmm O to 132, defining the margin columns between which words and images can be printed. And the top and bottom margins can be set at anywhere from O to 112 lines. Text Length { Portrait , Top Margin , Bottom Margi[...]

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    line-feed commands. You can also move to tab settings both horizontally and vertically (handy for tables and blank forms, or making room for your diagrams). But those aren’t all. Depending on which printer emulation you are using, you can tell the Star LaserPrinter 4 to move the print position vertically or horizontally in increments of: 1/10, 1/[...]

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    Font attributes: a preview Orientation (portrait or landscape as described earlier) is usually thought of as one attribute of a font; it’s not really a page formatting issue. Besides orientation, the fonts with which you print have these attributes: Symbol set is sometimes called “character set”- which can be confusing, since some people say [...]

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    I include printer drivers, which send commands to the printer so you don’t have to type them yourself. Some of those programs ask you to key in set- up paramettm about your printer. Other programs let you put printer commands before or inside the document you want to print. But maybe the software you use doesn’t have printer drivers for any pri[...]

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    I When you start a new emulation you always start a new page. Note: always send Carriage Return and Form Feed (control codes <CR> and -@F>) just befo~ you give this Change Emulation command. These force the printer to print any partial page in its memory and start a new page with the new emulation. If you forget to issue these control code[...]

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    tation command you may want to follow it with Escape sequences to change the side and top margins and paper length settings. (Alternatively, you could put the printer offline and reset these fmm the control panel, as described under LAYOUT earlier.) 2.5.5 The Paper Size command The Paper Size superset command lets you change the paper size in which[...]

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    I For the value of n you enter a number from this table: for one sheet, then switches to the n PAPER FEEDER 1 Multi-purpose tray 2 Multi-purpose tray optional cassette 4 Optional cassette 5 Optional cassette for one sheet, then switches to the MuM- purpose tray This command, if given at the beginning of a page, controls the feeder of the sheet on w[...]

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    tie fonts you use determine what your pages will look like. In this chapter we’ll first clari~ the meanings of words people use when they talk about fonts. Next we’ll examine the three kinds of fonts (internal, cartridge and down- loaded) that you can use on your Star LaserPrinter 4. We’ll cover the particular sets of symbols you can choose f[...]

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    Narrow condensed faces used to be called “compnxsed”. They cram about five charactem in the space where three usually go--ideal for spreadsheets. An extended face, particularly on a dot-matrix printer, goes by several names: “expanded, ““enlarged” or’’double-width’ ’printing. No matter what it’s called, extended print is wider[...]

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    The o has been kerned The font height (24 points) is measured closer to th- f. from ● scender to descender. I 4 A font is a complete set of Ascender - characters in a particular Descender 1 size and type[ ace. Baseline Uu Proportional Swif spacing L;ading is tho baseline to baseline m~asuremcnt. 3.1.3 Font spacing and pitch You probably first hea[...]

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    3.2 HOW THE STAR LASERPRINTER 4 STORES FONTS 3.2.1 Bit-mapped fonts Star Micronics has earned a reputation for attractive, well-designed fonts on its printers, and this laser printer continues the tradition. The Star LaserPrinter 4 uses bit-mapped fonts. Each characters made up of a pattern or “map” of dots, just like characters on a dot-matrix[...]

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    3.2.3 Cartridge and downloaded fonts Your Star LaserPrinter 4 can use two other kinds of fonts, along with those built into the printer. Curtridge fonts, like the internal ones, are permanently stored on ROM chips. The difference is that those ROMs are in removable cartridges. Your Star LaserPrinter 4 has a slot for one font cartridge. A cartridge [...]

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    3.2.4 Hints: Where to get fonts ● You canprint anydowrdoadable font that works onthe HP LaserJet IIP. Several other companies sell downloadable fonts which are compatible with your Star LaserPrinter4. The Bitstream Corporation in Boston is one of the more populm, Conographic is another. Xerox includes a set of fonts with its Ventura Publisher des[...]

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    3.3 SYMBOL SETS Let’s summarize briefly, to put the subject of symbol sets in context. The attributes of a font determine what that font will look like when it is printed. We covered all but orientation at the start of this chapter, and orientation in the last chapter. A font’s attributes include: orientation (portrait or landscape) symbol set [...]

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    You probably won’t change symbol sets very often, unless you need special symbols for your trade or regularly write in a language other than English. When you do need them, though, inone oranotheremulation mode your Star LaserPrinter 4 supports symbol sets for all these countries: U.S. (ASCII) United Kingdom France Germany Sweden Finland Italy De[...]

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    Besides these, all internal fonts default to portrait orientation, upright style (not italics) and medium boldness. The table below shows theirotherdefault attributes: Typeface Spacing Pitch Font height Courier monospaced 10 12 point LinePrinter monospaced 16.6 8.5 point Technically, you can use any of the StarLaserPrinter4’s resident fonts when [...]

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    I to get to its possible values, press [ > ] to scan through them, and finally press [ v ] to slap in the value you want. The procedures for selecting a font from a computer program is a bit mom complicated, and depends on which emulation mode you are using. These font selection methods are detailed in the next two chaptem. 3.4.2’ Hints: Deskt[...]

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    3 . Optjonal fonts M o f a f y S L 4 c i i f T c g y m v i s s s f h s a s w T y C f f e y m a i a b l o m s s a s r f 7 t 1 p o f o d t t A y S M d a c o d f t f H l d f L G p f B c o c r f u p c 3.4.4 Usjng cartrjdge fonts T g a t a f o a c 1 s t c y w i t s o t f o t p 2 u e t c p m o a c f y c t s t f y w ( f e e i f c N D n i o p c o o t t D l[...]

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    T w k y c f “ t d y s w s p b s c O l l a a c o e 3.4.6 Downloading a font: example one E o i f a c r j M S y b H e C S f a w t d t r ( i a b c T H d l f e f a C C a C N I c y i t H c f C 1 d e R ( I o B P R s s P O o t d y g a c a b f n D O T l t r u f y m s t p i o t a y c A p y t D C W t p a f t f I n y k i a n b O a 3 T w t p a w y w t f s p [...]

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    P C T a a “ c i t P i t c a d f f a t f r i a b T p a i y w t c a f c A t a i t W f m f t Y f y A P h m t f d f w y w p o t W f c W a k i t f d y w t a A t s r t t H p d i t A P f y c e T i F n o y C S f w a o t p m o a y W a W b e h y u t f d o y a s A y k s c t c f w p r s e x b p T c a d i t f t c T p o d a f y d y i n s s t A y c o d t i H L [...]

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    ● A l c e a s o h p s i p n u y c m t y A s a s t m s t h t d t b p a i p a h i a m s ● S p m p a d e f a n t f t f f p m t m r f t n f T a c m g s i y s y p w o p i a c n I k t p R f b o H t d t c s i s d y p t ● M o y o a f ( w M C c b y p y f d a t f w t s i t p m I y u a s d o f ( m t t d y w f i m e t k i i t l p m Y d s d f t w i y u a [...]

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    HP LaserJet IIP ‘” “ Command s ‘ H e L 1 i a e k o y S L a 4 Y s h n t r m p s p i H L 1 m a t p l c s L I c B t L 1 i a l p t i c c g y m c o y S t t i p w t o b c s Y w p u t e c m t t o R t r w p m e i t c W f t s s i t c a w d i C 2 f s p m a p s c t w c c t p t l “ o t p n w p a f a f w l d o w a p A t e o t c w d h t c a u y o f a a[...]

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    T i d m L H d f t o p e m F a E s e w a c l I y d m t l c u y p w k w t E s e a w t f c a p o t s c S i L H c e n o c y p a t < c i a a A s W t o e u a n y p a a < c i a c i t p i t A t F e t L I c t s t r m t c 6 i < & 6 M w y w c i B a 1-0 L C ( 2 ) ; “ & T c s y p t s “ a “ w i L I p i a t c n H i y w u E F e t c t s t r m[...]

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    H a w y c s y a f k t i t c t h t s c o p a j o l E s T c c t w t t - a c o p j o a c o t l c c h F e t d t s w a c f f t p f y m s t c < (S 1 < (S 7 < (S 3 w w s i botiface Cowzkr. B t s c d t s t a w o b < (S 1s 7 3 4.2 C T P 4.2.1 Self test Y c c h y L 4 i p a h a l a i p s b s t S T c < Z N t t z i l t i t o L I e w a s l A y s a[...]

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    4.2.2 Set number of copies Y c p u t 9 c o e o t p y s t t p Y m s t c a w t t o a p i w s i e f t a a s p u y s a s c < & X A y h t d i c t n s i t c t t n o p y w ( t a t a l L 4.2.3 Set feed selection O t y c d i p d o e a w a r p Y u t F S c t t y p t s e a p f t m u o t c ( < & H F n e o o t n f t t n F S O ( t p o e t c p 1 ( t [...]

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    1 T p w f p a p l i i m b r t p a R c u t f f y p m A p f o m y h d h w s b t a y s a r c P a t f a d a t e o t c “ F s 4.2.5 Example: Printer controls L s w h w w p t c t S y h j t o y l p a s L I e o t c p W h w y s t f c t y p < Z < E < & 2X A a B p t w l l t N 1 W “ : “ , 2 L C ( 2 ; “ Z “ 3 L C ( 2 ) ; “ 4 L C ( ; “ [...]

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    4.3 P O Y m r t o p o a a p f i T p w w o a p h e l i e h t l o i b S o r i a a f a a i t a s l o i t c 4.3.1 Page Length T p t y h i s t d p s f y l p W y w a s a w y c t t y n t r t p s Y s a c t p l b y s t f p T P L c s t n o l t c p o a p ( p i t t n o i T P L c f i < & P w n i t n o t l o t p i c b a n b 5 a 1 T d n o l i t l o t p t t[...]

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    O R P S @6 L n @ L P P P P L L L L Executive L A L E L A L 6 8 6 8 7 9 8 1 4 5 5 6 4 6 * 5 * P l o l p i t F s o p m a s t c - & a t c t o t l A e S y w t m p l p a e l p i T f c c m f w t p l < & 1 I y c s a p l d t t p i t t t p w g o a d a m a f t p t A y c t t p t O L b t r t p I d h t p s p on l p I y i p a l e p o e o l p t p w s t[...]

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    Y c s t l m f o t t r m U t f c t s t l m s n t b t c n w y w t l m t s < & a n L S i t s t r m y s t c w y d c . < & n M I y w t p b l a r m b t t p p l i o w t “ t s m s t c < 9 4.3.3 Top margin V e t L a c i p t i “ l w s a b l t i p l B a m i l Y c c t m o a “ w l c d l i t c W y s t t m t i d n c e w y c t d o a l Y c u [...]

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    < & F T P L T M a T L c t w t t s t b m b m = p l – ( m t l T b m i c t “ r w p t u c o f Y n w t s t p b t c o p b s y d ( e w y p l T y l w o w t d i t S L 4 w l y c i t b m t I y c t p b t b m r t y m l w o g i t u n r a t e o t p T c l l t < & L I y w t a p b t b m f n e O ( B i y w t f p b t m w i t d e 1 ( 4.3.5 Example: Pag[...]

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    A i p w a w t p t o o f b t n b m A w w f p l r t s m s w c s t o u f w H a t c t w p t f f u < & 1 . & 1 c & I O ( s o p h < 9 4.4 M T P P 4.4.1 Many ways to move T L a 4 p e c o t p p w y p y o H y c s b a c r c V y c m t p d t p b p s m l p i o b s l a h l c Y c m h o v t t s a w T a a Y c a t t S L 4 t m i p p e v o h i i o 1 [...]

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    4.4.2 Lines per inch T v l i c g y m o t j t s o e l p i o e p U t c t s h m l y w i e v i o y p < & D F n y e t n o l p i y w a o 1 6 , o 4 I y e a n o t t t p w i t c 4.4.3 Defining the space and column B y u p p c y f m w t c t d e o t l o s ( c “ a h m i V a H T d d a m t p p I t d t b u y c u i p p c W i a t s i t i d h f t p p t f e [...]

  • Page 62

    I 4.4.5 Defining line depth T l d ( c t “ m i s h f d a p t p p w m f e l f Y p w u t l d a m a l i L d c b m p b i i a e t c T l d c i m o l o a i T i f a t l d i t w y c i y a c t a m o a “ W y i t l d y e f d t n o l p i a i t p l T c y s t s t l d l l t < &/n C ( t t c a t “ i a l “ i w f n y c e a n f O t 3 I n i z l w b p o t o[...]

  • Page 63

    4.4.7 Horizontal moves: by columns, decipoints and dots T m t p p h a n o c s t c c & n C i w f n y e t n o c y w t m t p p S t m t c 4 y s t c c & 4 B t m 4 c t t r o t c p p y s < & + T m t p p h a c n o d s t c < & n H i w f n y e t n o d y w t m t p p ( b a + o s i y w t m a f t c p o Y c m t p p h b d b w t Y c m a n d a [...]

  • Page 64

    I Y c a m t c 8 c a a t h b u o t h o t c S s a t c < t d t R t i n p 4.4.8 Moving the print position vertically Y c u s u t m t p p v l d o d e B l a d c b f t t d p Y c a m t p p u d f t t e o t p o r e a f t c p p A t s y w t m a f t c p p y p a p ( o m ( s b t n o u y w t m T i d a m v u o d i w t p d w t p p h t p t o b I y t t m a t t m t [...]

  • Page 65

    i w f n y e t n o d y w t m t p p d ( p t n w a + o s i y w t m u o d f t c p F y c m a n o d d f t t e o t p o y c m a n o d o d f t c p p T m t p p u o d a a o d s t c < * n Y i w f n y p e t a n o d d o ( b a + o – s t r n o d u o d f t c p S t m 2 d d y s t c < * 2 A t m 2 d u y s < * – 4.4.10 Combining move commands O t a m t p p [...]

  • Page 66

    I M t p p b d n d a c a s I f b o t t c c b q u I l y s u o c o a S y w t i a b s a t l b w a s i a o p r s J s t b a t f i w < a t s a y g t ~ 4.4.12 Carriage return The C R c b i o m t p p b t t l m o t l o w i c s <cFb I y w t p p t m d a l a w s a s L F c e t o u D A L E ( e b t c t t c c 4.4.13-Line feeds The L F c a t p p o l d T m o a [...]

  • Page 67

    4 . Define automatic line endings W y p t C R k w d y e t h M p t a c k s w l a t w a C R s a n l a w B c p d h t s t t a S p ( p g p w a C R t j m t p p b t t l e o t p A t w a L F t m d t a n l w g b t t b o t l S y c s e h y w < c a < t w w t c < & n G F n e o o t n f t t n A C O ( < - a < w a t t b d e 1 ( < w a g a < ([...]

  • Page 68

    I A i o w t p g a c t w p b t r m i m t p p f t c b t t l a o l d ( R a L F T A c w l a t s dnc> &s n c I f n e O ( t t w m w a B i f n y p 1 ( t a w o c w n h T d i y d s a c i n w N E w A i o t p w p b t r m i y h s o o t d p c d a w m t p p p t m A n t A d m t w w d t t n l t a j f a w p n y l p 4.4.17 Pushing and popping the print positi[...]

  • Page 69

    A y m s t c i f c p t u t m c d l i t c T p o p a p p y s t c c & n S F n y e O t p ( t c p p o 1 t p ( t l p s o t l N T l p p o t l w a b t f o p b l 4.5 C F 4 . Font selection T L I e l y d a s f t w a p a s f o b f i n o b d e W a t f t w n a e s a f b i a a l f o H y c t r f r a f m b a b y s i S i y w t s a c o d f y f h t p i t c o d t f[...]

  • Page 70

    m y w y p f p a t c t t i T a r p a i m y a r t t s f < )S 1 H Y d a f a p o s a y s i T m a f y p o s f y u f o E s s a t j a s t a y w I y d e i w a y w f t p o s f t p w u t s d f f b T d f a i t R s s 1 s 1 h u s m w a C t A y p f i s y c c i f b s t S I c c < A t t y s a t c w p i t p f Y l p s t t s f w y s t S O c <so> 4 . Assign[...]

  • Page 71

    4 . Selecting downloaded fonts T e w t s a d f i t u f I n W y d a f y m t A F I c a t f c i y s ( “ t d y o f l i t c A y a a I n t a d f y c s i a y p f w t S F I c < ( n X i w n i y d f I n I y u m f y u t c t s a t B w i y p t j u < o < t s b p a s f Y w t s a d f I a y s f T i t c t s < ) n X 4 . Font attributes T t w t s a f i t[...]

  • Page 72

    A i y d s a p v f s a t p a y w t v t a h i t l f y s ( t d v i y j t o t p T c s y s e i t f y w h a a t s a t c f y d h t s t a a O r P ’ o p t a t w o a p L o r p t s u t l o a p T S L a 4 i m f a o t m o l p i l y s r a p f t t l o r o v v T s y o w y c o t p r a i m a i c a l d t t d s W y w t s t o o s t c <Esc> & o i w f n y p O [...]

  • Page 73

    I S a s s T first s s c l y s a p s s f t c f T s a s s f y p f s t c < ( n F n e o o t f s c T f c m b a d a t s a u l C n S S O M s O L D c O I 6 N O R E O 1 2 F O H G 0 1 1 I O J A O E L 1 0 O O M s 0 1 1 S O U O B C 3 o 9 I 1 6 N I 1 U I 1 6 F I 1 2 G 1 O I M s 1 H S I L 2 1 5 C 2 P f s 2 1 1 S 2 1 I 3 O E 3 1 1 S 4 1 1 P 5 1 8 P 67[...]

  • Page 74

    6S 8M 8Q 8U 8Y 9Q 1 1 1 1 1 I 85: S M s I S R B C E I E I ( E I ( D P P f s T s a s s c f y s c f t p < ) n a f n s y c f t c a S e c o d s s Y p c u e t p o t s f a i c f A t c f h i c s s Y p a r i d f a s s w a C w R 8 ( y c t i p v t t c p m T f c l y s o o t s s f y p f < ( n @ F n e o o t f s v f y p f n VALUE S O ( o 1 ( S t d s s 2 S [...]

  • Page 75

    T d t t y c s t f c t s w s s y w f y s f < ) n @ F n e o o t v f t t n VALUE S O ( S t d s s 1 ( S s s s a p f 2 S t c f s s 3 S a t d f a ( j s s E S s c L t a s l a h y u t c H t s Y a a u t L t b w t u t G s s a y a w a m y B o a n u c h f s n i t r T i t r y d t u a p p n s w t n o t g t s o a l c f y a l t m t y G s W y r a d y w t r t p t[...]

  • Page 76

    I y h f w - ( 3 t p w r t i s C f n j i R s s S I y s m f a f e c p w t s w B i y s p s t d o e c d e i w T d h y w y p f s s t c < (S n P i w f n y p O ( t g m o 1 ( t g p s I y s p r s i d o y a s p b s i a h p f a T p w j i t p r T d s f y s f u t s n a j f t p a < )S n P P P d h m c p i y w f a m p f Y S L a i m f h s o 1 1 o 1 c p i C o [...]

  • Page 77

    F n y e a p c f t f t C P I P C n 1 c ( O ( 1 c ( 2 F h m h o t c y p i m i p s T L I e p f i 6 1 1 1 a 3 p s I t f h y s a f i n a t p w s t f w t s c t y r T s f h f t p f u t f c F n e t f h i p t y w < (S n V T s f h f t s f s t c < )S n V S S d w y t i p i i o u t w t w a S t c t s t s y w f t p f < (S n S i w f n y e O i y w n u t o [...]

  • Page 78

    S t c t s a p f w y d s w < (S n B i w y r n w a n f – ( l t + ( b Y n t n s t g t l w A w o O ( p m p T s t s w f t s f u t s n w t c < )S n B A i n n Y w l u o f t g y b s p d n t k t B i p t p b w e h a b f i t p Y j p t t y w i b t t w t o o b 4 d S y c u t c < & n H t b u y j n t k t w i d o w y w t o I a m s p f l C t e j k t o[...]

  • Page 79

    G s P C O P r L D P L O B C 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 T a a c f t t s f j f t p a u t s n n < )S n T E F a L p t l h d f a t i a e S w w t s a n f a s L i f i a r w f L i t f s t b o o r i d i t p f W g w t d f o a s s B l b s a t o a a l r t p t i p o W d o a m o 1 c p i a a h o j s p ( s l s t o r t T k i r w o f t o u s a m w i t L i t O s o i c w [...]

  • Page 80

    T B s w c s t s o d f w l l t 1 L C ( 2 ) : “ ) s . 6 . 5 O A a s w h s a f p w a f t l l t s f 4 . Underline U n i p f n a f a Y c u i t w a a p f o w t – u c h I y b a u t u c h y o f t u d c o t s l a y t T u c w b W y t o t u f t w t p w u a s p c t i s S t c t t o t u m < & n D i w f n y p O ( t g f u o 3 t g f u A s t c t t o t u m[...]

  • Page 81

    T u T r p j p t c i i f o y p d < & n X F n y s t n o b o d y w t p D F l t T p c p E s a c c w a e t B D F p a t C R c s t l m l t w i n p D F a p c a b n a s D F a i t E s o t t i o a a t t i o T t o D F s t c j b t d y w d < Y A t t o D F s t c a t e o t d p d < Z T E Z s i p a a b f b a Z 4 . Font control T F C c h t m f d a f s a [...]

  • Page 82

    F n e o o t n f t t o f F n D a t a p f O ( D a t f ( w t d 1 ( a t f i t s a r c D j t f w t m r s I 2 D j t l c o t f y h d o 3 M t c f I t 4 M t c f I p 5 M a t c o t c f 6 A b o e x a t l f 6 W y g a f I t a f y f n a t c o t f i m T c i a t f d f B y w n f 6 t c a t c o a i o c f H h t a I n t a i o c f Y f s t f t s t F I c t g i a I n a f c [...]

  • Page 83

    L s w a m a a u h f y t p 1 L C ( 2 ) ; “ ; 1 L C ; “ ; 1 L “ h f t p o A 1 - 1 1 L C ” 1 L C H 1 L C ; ; 1 L C 1 L C ’ ; L 100 i L l o u f L 1 t o t p w f p e f no r c T w l T o y s a i 1 A f m 1 f c c t m t c f p a t d a t f[...]

  • Page 84

    4 . Example: Assigning font numbers N l d a p i B F w a f n t t C a L i m f a t a c fI P C T w p s o e f 1 L C ( ; “ ( ; . L C ( : “ ( s : 1 L C ( 1 ) : 1 L C ( 2 ) : “ ● c I ; 1 L C ( 2 ) : “ ● C 6 ; 1 L C ( ; “ ( ; 1 L C ( : “ ( . 6 . 5 O ; 1 L C ( : 1 L C ( ; 1 L C ( ; 2 L C ( : 2 L C ( ; O O : 2 L C H 2 L C : 2 L C : 2 L C ; 2 L[...]

  • Page 85

    4 U Y O F 4.6.1 Font design is tedious A w f d i a a D e t t o p l f i a f h S o t y h t b y o t e i y d w w a c i t f b Y m f e w t p y o c c l I m b u c w a c o g p 5 d h a 3 w l o d B d y o t i s t m s y c o a m d f a y c f f f d e c T n h w t d t j i t a a m w y b y L a t s i y c g o o t f o f o u p n o t m F W i o K a e o t f n w p t t m s y t[...]

  • Page 86

    I 1 A a f I t y f T a a I t y f y s t c ( a u “ A f I n w a I n f n b O a 3 < n D B s t c t c w t I n i a a t a f I i i t e f w b d w t n c 2 D o a h f y f E i t p d h e m t c y f i w d a e f w t s I n w y d t h f y f A f h i tl o i a w y p u t s t f E f h 2 b l i s a t f o t f Y s a f h c t y p j b y d t f c T h c l l t < n W a m b f i b t[...]

  • Page 87

    MEANING o-1 header length 2 blank 3 font size 4-5 blank 6-7 baseline position for charactem 8 blank 9 cell width 10 blank 11 cell height 12 orientation 13 spacing 14-15 symbol set 16-17 pitch 18-19 line spacing 20-22 blank 23 style 24 stroke weight 25 typeface 3) Positioning each character in your font Before you download each character you have to[...]

  • Page 88

    to describe and map your character. Sixteen bytes are needed for the description; the bit-map takes as many bytes as you’ve put into each character cell— perhaps two or tie hundred bytes. As with the font header, each byte in the character description is a number, sent as the symbol at that position in the ASCII table. Coding character descript[...]

  • Page 89

    4.7 GRAPHICS The Star LaserPrinter4 offers two kinds of graphics. It prints ru.stergraphics (sometimes called “bit-mapped graphics”), which specify each dot in a graphics pattern. And it prints pattern gruphics, which prints lines and patterned blocks. Be aware, though, that adding graphic elements always slows up printing with laser printem. 4[...]

  • Page 90

    I The command to start graphics must be transmitted next. This command is: <ESC> *r n A where n can take a value of either O or 1. When n=O, the margin for printing graphics will be the left-most printable edge of the page (this is not necessarily the same as the left text margin). If n=l, the left margin for graphics is set to the current pr[...]

  • Page 91

    way other than the TIFF format will produce very strange results! Repeat sending lines of graphics data, prefixed by the above command, until the whole image has been transmitted. To signal the end of graphic data transmission, send the following com- mand: <ESC> * r B There are no parameters. The LaserPrinter 4 is now in text mode. 4.7.2 Rul[...]

  • Page 92

    When the printer finishes its print “map” of your rule or pattern, the print position automatically returns to the spot from which you started. That means, for instance, that you can make a lightly shaded rectangle and then start printing text right over it. This kind of box can be useful for setting off particular information from the main bod[...]

  • Page 93

    I pattern you want. You always send the Specify Pattern command befo~ the Print Pattern command, even if you want a solid black rule. To indicate the particular pattern you want, send the following command. The general meaning of the n value you enter actually depends on the command you put after this: <ESC> *C n G If you want a solid black r[...]

  • Page 94

    If you want a linear pattern, for n you enter here a pattern number between 1 ~d 6 inclusive, identifying one of the linear patterns below. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 You always send the following Print Pattern command after Pattern command. This Print Pattern command identifies whether the area you have defined is to be filled with a rule, dotted gray-scal[...]

  • Page 95

    4.Z5 Examples: Pattern graphics To specify a block five inches wide you could use a horizontal dimension of 1500 dots (5 inches times 300 dots). That command would look like this: <ESC> *C 1500A To print that area with a 25 percent gray-scale pattern, the commands you send would be: <ESC> *C 25G <ESC> *C 2P But to print an area fi[...]

  • Page 96

    For example say you want to delete a macro numbered 80. You would first select that macro with the command cESC> &f 80Y. Then you would delete it with the Macro Control command cESC> &f 8X as described below. 4.8.2 Macro Control The Macro Control command performs several jobs for you, such as defining, mnning and deleting macros. To m[...]

  • Page 97

    macro. As with the “call macro” option, this one saves current parameters and print position, and restores them when the macro is finished. An automatic macro will terminate if you change orientation or page length. 5 Turn off automatic macro. Starting with the current page, this option terminates the last specified automatic macro. 6 Delete al[...]

  • Page 98

    Lines 500 through 700 select the 180-dot deep and 7200-dot wide pattern and print it. Line 800 does the form feed that forces the actual printing. Line 900 ends the downloading process. At the two line we select our macro and actually run it. 92[...]

  • Page 99

    Commands The small-carriage FX-850 is one of Epson’s more recent dot-matrix printers. Because of the popularity of the IBM Personal Computer, which was marketed with a modified Epson printer, thousands of software pro- grams already work with Epson printer commands. If you have a program that doesn’t work with laser printer commands, you’ll a[...]

  • Page 100

    But some commands include two n variables, which am shown as nl and n2. These normally ~pmsent bytes to be added together to produce one sum, in which nl represents single units and n2 represents 256-unit groups. Finally, a few commands can have many n variables (such as tab stops), which am listed the same way. And one or two include a second kind[...]

  • Page 101

    left-to-right (unidirectional) printing control <ESC> U print quiet (half speed) <ESC> S print immediate (“incremental” or “typewriter” mode) <ESC> i 5.2 CONTROLLING THE PRINTER 5.2.1 Putting the printer online or offline You can send <XOF- and <XON> control codes (described in Chapter 2 under “Serial Interface?[...]

  • Page 102

    I 5.3 FORMATTING PAGES 5.3.1 Page /ength You can define page length in either inches or lines-a matter of personal preference. When you first start FX-850 emulation your printer sets the page length to 11 inches and 66 lines. The deftition of a “line” depends on the lines-per-inch spacing. If you change line spacing after you set the page lengt[...]

  • Page 103

    For example, say you have set the page length to 84 lines (legal size paper at 6 lines per inch), with the top-of-page 8 lines down. You then send: <ESC> N16 This will give you 81ines oftopmargin(impliedby yourtop-of-page setting) and 8 lines of bottom margin. The printer knows you want 84-16=68 lines Qf text, so it prints those, skips 8 line[...]

  • Page 104

    5.3.3 Side margins To set the left margin to a particular column you send this command: <ESC> tn in which n is the column number for the left margin. (Note that the character t is a lowercase L.) CohunrI width is determined by the current pitch (for example 1/12 inch for 12-pitch), or is set at 1/10 inch for proportional spaced text. Once mar[...]

  • Page 105

    DESIRED LINE SPACING COMMAND EXPLANATION 1/8 inch <ESC> O (zero) 7f72 inch <ESC> 1 (one) 1/6 inch <ESC> 2 (the default) increments of 1/216 inch <ESC> 3 n (in which n is the number of inc~ments, maximum 255) increments of 1/72 inch <ESC> A n (in which n is the number of increments, maximum 85) 5.4 MOVING THE PRINT POSI[...]

  • Page 106

    I 5.4.3 Carriage return The printer moves the print position back to the left margin when you send a carnage return control code. The print position will not move down to the next line (unless on the control panel ’smenu you have set the Auto Line Feed parameter ON): <m 5.4.5 Line feed commands The line spacing commands define what a “line?[...]

  • Page 107

    5.4.7 Left-to-right printing The FX-850 normally prints bidirectionally, with the print position moving alternately left-to-right and right-to-left. Cutting down printhead motion does speed up printing for those earlier styles of printer— though it hardly compam with laser printing. we problem with bidirectional printing is that the printhead can[...]

  • Page 108

    Tocomplete the command, forn2 youenterthe number of full groups of256 inc~ments you want to move. And for nl you enter the number of increments left over. Confused? Hem’s an example. This command: <ESC> $141 moves 14+ (256 x 1)=270 increments from the left margin. That works out to 270/60 inches, which is four and a half inches. 5.4.9 Movin[...]

  • Page 109

    is a tab stop every eight columns. Column width depends on the horizontal spacing being used when you give this command. If you change pitch later, that won’t affect tabs. To clear the old and set new tab stops, send this Set Horizontal Tabs command: d3SC> D d n2 ... ru%l <NUL> This command needs a bit of explanation. The nl and n2 and s[...]

  • Page 110

    To remove all venical tab stops, send this command: <ESC> B dW.JL> 5.4.12 Veflical tabs in channels This next pair of commands, which lets you store and use several different sets of vertical tabs, is rarely used. They’re mostly for putting data into prepririted forms, or for unusual reports that need different tab settings on different [...]

  • Page 111

    I 5.5.2 Orientation The FX-850 emulation has no command to change orientation, so use the Select Orientation superset command if you need to pnntin landscape mode. If the printer doesn’t have enough memory in which to rotate the font, it displays that message on the panel and uses instead the closest font it has in the orientation you’ve chosen[...]

  • Page 112

    Spain I 7 Japan 8 Norway 9 Denmark U 10 Spain II 11 Latin America 12 The particular symbols the command will give you are shown in the chart below. (xxJNTRY 35 36 64 91 92 91 94 96 123 124125 126 US (ASCII) #$@[l A’{l }- France # $ a 0 q s A ‘ e ti e “ Germany #$~~ouA,aoufi England E$@[] A’{ !}- Demk I #$@ ROAA’Z@A - Sweden #n EAo Aueao[...]

  • Page 113

    I 5.5.5 Most significant bit Very few computem still send just seven bits to their printers, the way the Apple II+ and TRS-80 did. But if you find yourself in this situation all is not lost. You can still gain access to the symbols in the upper half of the FX- 850 symbol set (either italics or character graphics) with the following three commands. [...]

  • Page 114

    5.5.7 Character spacing FX-850 emulation lets you control the amount of space inserted after charactm, sometimes called the oflset. You might want, for example, to justify a line of print yourself. With the Character Spacing command you can add to the distance each character advances, in increments of l/120th inch. The command does not affect the s[...]

  • Page 115

    To shift into condensed print, send either of these commands: <S1> or <ESC> <S1> Condensed print will stay on until you select a different print mode or send the following Cancel Condensed print control code, which returns printing to the 10-pitch default: <DC2> 5.5.10 Extended print Extended print is wider than it is high; [...]

  • Page 116

    5.5.12 Style FX-850 emulation lets you use italics charactem without defining italics as a separate font, since it can store italics in the upper half of its symbol set. To select italic characters, send this command: <ESC> 4 And to return to upright characters, send this command: <ESC> 5 Note: in neither of these commands do you send t[...]

  • Page 117

    5.5.14 Typeface The Star LaserPrinter 4 uses Courier font as its default FX-850 font. You use the Select Emulation superset command to switch into another emulation to select a cartridge or downloaded font, but you won’t be able to bring that font back into FX-850 mode. That’s because FX-850 emulation always starts with Courier as its default f[...]

  • Page 118

    I An example: Proportional bold extended looks good as a title. To get it you add up then values for those three (2 + 8 + 32 = 42), and send the command: <ESC> ! 42 5.5.17 Subscripts and superscripts Subscript mode prints characters at half of the normal heighti in the lower partoftieline space. Superscript mode prints characters at half of t[...]

  • Page 119

    I 5.6 GRAPHICS If you are using a commercial graphics program, such as Lotus 1-2-3, you won’t need to use the commands in this section. Usually you’ll just draw your image on your screen and then send it to the printer. Should you want to send your own graphics commands in FX-850 emulation mode, though, it’s best to start off knowing a little[...]

  • Page 120

    Each FX-850 emulation graphics command you send does three things: it turns on the graphics mode, specifies horizontal density, and says how many columns wide the coming graphics data will be. Graphics commands all print at the same vertical density or “resolution”— 72 dots per vertical inch. The commands all look the same; where they differ [...]

  • Page 121

    COMMAND NAME single density double density high-speed double density quadruple density screen graphics I plotter graphics I (single density) screen graphics II plotter graphics II (double density) MODE # O MODE # 1 MODE # 2 MODE # 3 MODE # 4 MODE # 5 MODE # 6 MODE # 7 DENSITY (Iinedinch) 60 120 120 240 80 72 90 144 ESCAPE GRAPHICS SEQUENCE MODE (m)[...]

  • Page 122

    column of the table above. If you don’t use a valid mode number, the printer will ignore the command. So this ’’all-purpose” graphics command means you can do our first example two different ways: <ESC> K 1500 and <ESC> * O 1500 5.6.4 Changing a command’s density You can actually switch the density that a graphics command norm[...]

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    128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ❝ ● o 0 0 0 0 0 0 ) first byte second byte To print nine-pin graphics, send this command before your graphics data: <ESC> A d d ti The variable d is a number indicating density. If d is any even number the density will be 60 dots per inch, but if d is an odd number [...]

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    MEMO 118[...]

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    I Technical Supplement l%is final chapter in your Star LaserPrinter 4 Applications Manual holds two main sections. The first on will help you with your programming job, while the last provides the symbol set tables. We’ve summarized all commands in ASCII order here. You’ll find them or- ganized by function in chapters 4 and 5. The Star LaserPri[...]

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    I 6.1 COMMAND SUMMARY 6.1.1 HP LaserJet 11P Emulation Printer Commands Command CBS> -m-r> <LF> . <m <m <so> <S1> <ESC> &a n C 4E3SC> &a n H <ESC> &a n L <ESC> &a n M cESC> &a n R cESC> &a n V <ESC> &d@ <ESC> &d n D <ESC> &f n S <ESC>[...]

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    Command <ESC> ( n @ <ESC> ( n X <ESC> (s n B cESC> (s n H <ESC> (s n P d3SC> (s n S <ESC> (S n T <ESC> (S n V <ESC> (S n W <ESC> ) n <ESC> ) n @ <ESC> ) n X <ESC> )s n B <ESC> )S n H <ESC> )S n P <ESG> )S n S <ESC> )s n T <ESC> )S n V <ESC> )[...]

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    Command Function Page <ESC> Y Enable display function 75 *SC> z Disable display function 75 <ESC> [ C n Select paper feeder 29 <ESC> [ E n Change emulation mode 28 <ESC> [ O n Select orientation 28 <ESC>[ S n Select paper size 29 <ESC> Z Self test 47 6.1.2 Epson FX-850 Emulation Printer Commands Command <BE[...]

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    Command Function <ESC> 4 Select italic characters CEsc> 5 Select upright characters <ESC> < One-line unidirectional printing CEsc> = Set MSB of received codes to be O <ESC> > Set MSB of received codes to be 1 <ESC> ? C m Assign graphics mode <ESC> @ Reset the printer <ESC> A n Set line spacing to n/72[...]

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    Command 43SC> 6n <ESC> p n <ESC> t n <ESC> w n Function Page Set left margin 98 Select./cancel proportional spacing 107 Select character set 105 Select/cancel double-height characters 109 124[...]

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    I 6.2 SYMBOL SETS This section gives tables of the symbol sets for the Star LaserPrinter 4. The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character. The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table. For example, the character “A” is in column 4 and row [...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name OD 1S0 60: Norwegian[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name OE Roman Extension[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name OF 1S0 25: French I <S1> <us> F o # 128[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name OG HP German[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 01 1S0 15: Italian I 01234 567 I 49n law[...]

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    ID ,. Number Symbol Name OK JIS ASCII 131[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name ON ECMA-94 Latin 1 132[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name ON ECMA-94 Latin 1 (cont.) 133[...]

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    ID 134[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name Ou US-ASCII E o 1 EEi 01 cNULJ o 16 <oCl> 1 17 ..,.-. I 8 24 ‘ I 40 56 72 I 88 I104 1120 <FIT> 9 <Et+ ) ~ 9F IE YE IE YE p E ,- -,,.. 135[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name ID o 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 B c D E F <NULJ I -P I-3i 1S0 61: Norwegian 136[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name IE 1S0 UK 137[...]

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    I ID Number Symbol Name IF 1S0 69: French[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name IG 1S0 21: German I 8 I 24 ‘ I 40 I 56 I 72 I 88 Ill 9 <HT> (EM> ) 9F IF YE iw YE p ~ E <M> A <SUB> * : J z j z Em E E F F lxx R <VT> cESCJ — +— : — K— A— k— a— I I 11[ I 271 I 43! ‘ 1 591 I 751 911 11071 1123 <W> / T n 1 A I — I 141 1 301 461 I 61 I I I 151 I 31! ‘ 1 471 [...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 1s HP Spanish 1 I I 15! I 31] ‘ I 47] I 631 I 791 —1 95 140[...]

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    2K ISO 57: Chinese ID Number Symbol Name 141[...]

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    ID 142[...]

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    I ID Number Symbol Name 2U 1S0 IRV 2 I — 1 I 21 I 181 I 341 1 501 I 6[ I I 1- ! I ‘1 191 “’ I 351 I 51] 1 671 I 8 I I I 6 I I I 9 I I A t I B t c D E — I I 141 1 301 1 461 I 62] I 71 r F 143[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 3s 1S0 10: Swedish 144[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 4s ISO 16: Portuguese 145[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name E o 1 I I I 1] I 171 I 33] I m I 65[ ‘~ 12 I — ! I 21 I 18] m–m I 3 I 4 15 t , . . , 1 7. 1 1 J, D E I I I 141 I 301 I 46] rd ‘“ m L F[...]

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    ID 147[...]

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    8U Roman-8 ID Number Symbol Name 148[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 8U Roman-8 (cont.) 149[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 10U IBM-PC(US) 150[...]

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    I ID Number Symbol Name 10U IBM-PC(US) (cont.) o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B c D E F 151[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 1lU IBM-PC (Denmark/Norway) 152[...]

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    I ID Number Symbol Name 1lU IBM-PC (Denmark/Norway) (cont.) 153[...]

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    ID Number Symbol Name 12U PC-850 154[...]

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    I ID Number Symbol Name 12U PC-850 (cont.) 155[...]

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    156[...]

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    LIl ASCI1, 6-11 ASCII symbol set, 37-39,105 attributes. See font attributes Autowrap command HP LaserJet IIP mode, 61-62 m backspace commands FX-850 mode, 99 HP LaserJet IIP mode, 59-60 baseline, 32 baud rate, 17 bidirectional printing, 101 binary arithmetic, 5-6 bit-mapped fonts, 34 bold pnn~ 31 bottom margin commands FX-850 mode, 96-97 m cancel l[...]

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    double-density graphics FX-850 mode, 114-115 double-strike print, 31 FX-850 mode, 110 double-width print FX-850 mode, 109 downloadable fonts, 35,41-43 drum, 4 DTR protocol, 18 m elite characters, 33 emphasized print, 31 FX-850 mode, 110 Emulate Attributes parameter, 25 EmuIation Attributes menu, 39 emulations, 11,18-19,27-28 symbol-sets for, 37-39 [...]

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    ml graphics character, 105 FX-850 mode, 104,113-117 HP LaserJet HP mode, 83-89 nine-pin, 116-117 . pattem,86-88 plotter, 115 Bzl hexadecimal arithmetic, 5-6 HEX DUMP parameter, 20 high-order bi~ 107 high-speed doubledensity graphics FX-850 mode, 115 HMI, 25 HP LaserJet HP mode, 55 horizontal motion commands FX-850 mode, 101-103 horizontal motion in[...]

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    m networks, 44 nine-pin graphics, 116-117 number of copies command HP LaserJet IIP mode, 48 m ON L~ button, 13 optional fonts, 41 orientation. See font orientation outline fonts, 36 m page design, 40 page formatting commands, 21-25 FX-850 mode, 96-99 HP LaserJet UP mode, 50-54 page length commands FX-850 mode, 96 HP LaserJet HP mode, 50-54 page ori[...]

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    reset commands FX-850 mode, 95 HP LaserJet HP mode, 48-49 resident fonts. See internal fonts right margin commands FX-850 mode, 98 HP LaserJet IIP mode, 51-52 ROM, 3,34 reman style. See style commands rules HP LaserJet HP mode, 85-88 m screen graphics, 115 secondary fonts, 63-64 Select Emulation superset command, 27-28 Select Orientation superset c[...]

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    I-YJ vertical motion index. See VMI vertical print position, 58-59 vertical tab commands FX-850 mode, 103-104 VMI, 24 HP LaserJet IIP mode, 55 L!Y.-l WYSIWYG, 40 ml XON/XOFF prot(xol, 18 162[...]

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    Consumer Response Star Micronics Co., Ltd. invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual. Please address your correspondence to: Worldwide Headquarters: STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. .194 Nakayoshida Shizuoka, JAPAN 422-91 Attn: Product Manager American Market: STAR MICRONICS AMERICA, INC. 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2702-25 New [...]

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