Conventions

Incidentally,oneof thoseTechnicalSupplementtablessuggestsa coupleof typographicconventionswe’lluse. Baseten (decimal)numberswillgener- ally be used here; if we have to use base sixteennumbers(hexadecimal) we’ll expresslysay so.

Andsecond,thelowercaseL ispracticallyidenticalto thenumberone(1ver- sus 1). BecauselowercaseL is used in manycommanddescriptions,we’ll use the character/to avoidconfusion.

The Star LaserPrinter4 OperationsManual

Thismanualisthecompanionto theStarLaserPrin?er4OperatwnsiWanuaZ that camewithyourprinter. Alaserprinteris a fairlycomplextoolthat re- quirescare anddelicatehandling. Soto use thisApplicationsl14anualbest, make sure you understandthat OperationsManual first.

Your OperationsManual holds essential informationabout the Laser- Printer4, such as how to:

unpackand set up yourlaser printer,

connecttheStarLaserPrinter4 to yourcomputer’sserialorparallelport, link the LaserPrinter4 into a networkof severalcomputers,

configurethe LaserPrinter4 to yourneeds(withvariablessuchas paper size and speedof data transfer),

load paper and the toner cartridge,

operatethe panel switchesand display,

run the LaserPrinter4 self-test,

look after yourprinterto keep it in peak condition.

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