Star Micronics manual Getting to Know Your ‘ Star LaserPrinter4, Versatility

Getting to Know Your ‘” “ Star LaserPrinter4

T& chapterintroducesboththe hardwareand softwareaspectsof the Star LaserPrinter4’s personality,from fonts and print engine to ASCII and Escape sequences.

1.1STARLASERPRINTER4 HARDWARE

1.1.1Versatility

YourStarMicronicsStarLaserPrinter4workswithpracticallyall commer- cial softwareprogramsandcomputers.Withfeaturesthatgo beyondStar’s easy, affordable9-pinand fast, quality-printing24-pindot matrixprinters the Star Laser Printer is the logical next step in the series of fine Star Micronicsprintem.

YourStar LaserPrinter4 producespagesthatlookcloseto typesetquality, withup to 90,000dotsper squareinch—no moreNLQ (nearletterquality) compromises.The Star LaserPrinter4 produces four of those pages a minute.These numberstranslateto about five times more resolutionand aboutthreetimesmore speedthan the averagedot-matrixprinter.

Star’snewprinteris ~markablyversatile.Youcanprintcomplicatedforms (widthwiseif you want) ... detailedgraphs ... your own customizedtype- styles ... digitizedphotographs... other languages(includingArabic and Japanese).

You can even print your letterheadand logo as you print your letter, and reprint them directly onto a businessenvelope.You don’t even need to removethepapertrayto printtheenvelope:just slideit intothemanualfeed slot.

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