4M4UmThere’sagreat shortcut thatsimplifies thetask of sendingcommands to your
LaserPrinter 4111:use macros. Amacro is asinglecontrol code, which you
can define yourself, that does the work of awhole long series of printer
‘commands.Any command can go into amacro.
Putting macros together to automatically repeat sequences of tasks is like
usingareal programming language. Your Star Micronics dealer may know
of somepre-written macros already available for the Star LaserPrinter 4111.
You’ll find macros especially handy for creating letterheads and business
forms, and also for setting tabs, subscriptsand superscripts.
Yourprinter canstore upto 32 macroswithout theoptionalRAM expansion.
To Imanageprinter memory you can make amacro either temporary (it
disappearswhen you resetthe printer)or permanent(itdisappears onlywhen
you turn off the printer).
You assign each macro an ID number when you first define it. Use this
Specify Macro IDcommand to specify (in place of n) the ID number of the
macro to which you wish to refer:
<ESC> &f HY
Porexample say you want to delete amacro numbered 80. You would first
selectthat macro with the command<ESC> &f 80Y. Then you would delete
it with the Macro Control command <ESC> &f 8X as described below.
4MCThe Macro Control command performs several jobs for you, such as
defining, running and deleting macros. To manage macros you send the
following command:
<ESC> &f nX
.Fornyou enter anumber from O(zero) to 10 to specifywhat macro control
functionyou want toperform. These functions aredescribed inthe following
table:
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