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Otherlaserprintersmay offersuchemulationstoo,but oftenrequireinstal- lation of a new circuitboard for each emulation.Star Micmnicshas built these two emulationsinto the Star LaserPrinter4.
You selectwhichemulationyou want eitherby selectingit from the print programmenuon the StarLaserPrinter4’s controlpanel,or by sendingthe printerone of the supersetcommandsat the end of this chapter.
2.2.4 Whatare the emulatedprinters like?
Mostof thetimeyouwillprobablychooseHPLaserJet11Pemulation,which is the defaultwhen you turn on the Star LaserPrinter4. That’sbecausethe LaserJetIIP, like the Star LaserPrinter4, is a laserprinter.This emulation modegivesyouthebestcontroloveryourprinter’sfeatures,andworkswith most popularapplicationsprograms.
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2,2.5 TheEmulationparameter
The Star LaserPrinter4’s Emulation setting defines which printer it is
Mostof the otherEMULATIONvaluesbelowcanbe changedwithEscape codesas well as from the panel.
AfewcomputerschangecertaincontrolorEscapecodeswhensendingthem to theprinter,whichnaturallycausesconfision. Moreover,manyprogram- merspreferto seehexadecimalprintoutwhentheyaredebuggingprograms. To help with these situations,you can make your Star LaserPrinter4 print inhexadecimalratherthantheusualASCIImodeby switchingONthe HEX DUMPparametersetting.
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