Apple 310 manual Types, Interactive Mode

C H A P T E R 1

LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware

Interactive Mode 1

You can use the LaserWriter Select 310 printer as a personal computer, and control it directly by means of a terminal or other input device. This way of using the printer is known in this context as interactive mode. It allows you to experiment with the PostScript language.

In interactive mode, a job consists of a long dialogue, in which you issue a PostScript language statement, and the server executes the statement and prompts for the next one. The state of the PostScript interpreter’s virtual memory persists until you explicitly end the job. While you are entering a statement, the printer echoes characters and provides you with limited means for making corrections.

Page Types 1

The imageable area of a page (the area in which printed matter may appear) is referred to as the page size. Page size constrained by

■the physical size of the paper

■the margins required by the printing engine

■the amount of memory available for the full-page frame buffer

Table 1-5 lists the range of paper sizes supported by the LaserWriter Select 310 printer.

Table 1-5		Available page types
	Paper size in		Page size in
Name	inches		inches	Description
a4	8.27 x 11.69		7.84 x 11.42	Standard page type for European A4-size paper
a4small	8.27 x 11.69		7.47 x 10.85	Smaller version of a4
a5	5.87 x 8.27		5.44 x 7.84	Standard page type for European A5-size paper
b5	7.17 x 10.12		6.97 x 9.72	Standard page type for Japanese B5-size paper
c5	6.38 x 9.02		5.98 x 8.62	Standard page type for the C5-size envelope
com10	4.13 x 9.5		3.73 x 9.1	Standard page type for the COM10-size envelope
dl	4.33 x 8.66		3.93 x 8.26	Standard page type for the DL-size envelope
executivepage	7.25 x 10.5		6.85 x 10.1	Standard page type for Executive-size paper
legal	8.5 x l4		8.1 x 13.67	Standard page type for legal-size paper
letter	8.5 x 11		8.1 x 10.67	Standard page type for letter-size paper
lettersmall	8.5 x 11		7.68 x 10.16	Smaller version of letter size
monarch	3.87 x 7.5		3.47 x 7.1	Standard page type for the Monarch-size
				envelope
NOTE	The margins required in all cases are 0.2 inches on each side, and at the top and bottom.

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