PREFACE
About this manual
This Star LaserPrinter4 ApplicationsManual gives you the information you need to programthe Star MicronicsLaserPrinter4.
Why wouldyou read this book? Mostpeopleusing a laser printerjust run
Doyouwantcompletecontroloverthecharacte~andimagesyouprint? Do you want to make your Star LaserPrinter4 work like someearlierkind of printer? This manualprovidesthe softwarehelp you need to get the most from your LaserPrinter4.
Though this ApplicationsManual is really intendedfor intermediateto advancedcomputerusers,we’vetriedto accommodaterelativenovicestoo. The informationis organizedso you can walk throughthe generaltheory underlyingprinter programmingbefore dancing into specific details. It makessense,therefore,to read the first three chaptersbeforejumping into the middle.
There’sa goodreasonto readeachchapterfromitsstarttoo.Peoplelearning how to use anew printeroftenfindtheterminologya barrier. So insteadof buryingwhatmay be newjargon in a Glossaryat the back, we defineeach newtermthefirsttimeit appears.Thewholefirstpartofthechapteronfonts, forexarnple,definesdifferentaspectsof afont (a collectionof charactersof the same size and style).
