Applications Manual
 Century Schoolbook Linotype Corporation
 Preface
About this manual
 What’s in this manual?
 Conventions
Star LaserPrinter 4/// Operations Manual
 Table of Contents
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 Getting b KnoW’Yow m‘ Star LaserPrinte~4111
Versatility
 Font options
CG Times Font
 3How your laser printer communicates
Star LaserPrinter 4111is a computer
 Rir
Print engine
 Binary and hexadecimal arithmetic
 Ascii table
101001011111110100110111111011010010110100001001
 0100 1010
 Control codes
Escape sequences
 Printer drivers
 Sending your own printer commands
7A Basic example
 Printer emulations
END RUN
 Memo
 Control panel
 Parameter settings
Four versions of parameters
 Fuetory deftiult settincq
 How to change parameters
L/VTERFACEparameter
 Serial interface rate
Serial interface special bits
 Serial interface protocol
Checking your connections
 Hints The hex dump
 Controlling
Paper Feed parameter
 Hints Pape6 labels and transparencies
200C
 Layout parameter
Orientation
 Margins, columns and lines
 Auto’parameters
Moving the print position a preview
 Controlling the Printing
Font attributes a preview
 Star Laserprinter 4111SUPERSET
 Fonts EmAm
Typefaces and fonts
 Font height
 Size and type~ace
Font spacing and pitch
 Bit-mapped fonts
Internal fonts
 Cartridge and downloaded fonts
 Hints Where to get fonts
 Symbol Sets
What are symbol sets?
 Default font attributes
Selecting fonts
 Hints Desktop publishing and page design
 Using cartridge fonts
How to download fonts
Optional fonts
 Downloading a font example one
Download CN1OORPN.R8P
 Downloading a font example two
Download CN 100IPN.R8P
 Hints Managing memory
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 FW7terControl m‘ Language a
What do Printer Control Language look Like?
 Combining Escape sequences
 Self test
ESC Z
 Reset
Set number of copies
Set feed selection
 Example Printer controls
ESC E
 Orientation
Length
 Orientation Papersize @6LINEs/INcHn @8LINEs/INcH
 Side margins
Top margin
 Text length and the bottom margin
 Example Page formatting
 Many ways to move
Lines per inch
 Defining the space and column
Defining line depth
 Movjng the Print posjtjon horizontally
Horizontal moves by columns, decjpojnts Dots
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 Moving the print position vertically
Vertical moves bylines, decipoints and dots
 Combining move commands
 Backspace
Carriage return
Line feeds
 Form feed
Define automatic line endings
 Autowrap
 Pushing and popping the print position
 Font selection
Selecting primary or secondary fonts
 Assigning font ID numbers
 Selecting downloaded fonts
Font attributes
 Orientation
 Symbol sets a review
Selecting a symbol set
 1S0 14JIS Ascii
 Selecting the current or default symbol set
1IQ
 Example Symbol set commands
 Spacing
Pitch
 Font height
Style
 Stroke weight
 Typeface
Typeface
 Example Font attributes
Lprint CHR$ 27sopl 6 h8 .5vOsObOT
 How to print Escape sequences and control codes
Underline
 Font control
 Example Controlling fonts
Function
Page
 Example Assigning font numbers
 How to download your own fonts
Font design is tedious
 Assigning a font ID to your font
Downloading a headerfor your font
 Byte Meaning
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 Description length
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 Ag d
 Cw tg d
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 R o p d
 O p
 36-55 0/0 56-80 ~0 81 -99 0/0
 Current pattern fill as selected with ESC *v n T
 EP g
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 Function
 140
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 CT P
EG m
 P f s
F a p
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 1P PLY,Ply , P2x, P2y
 IR Pr.~,Pln P2r.x,P2ry
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 Cs c
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 AA xc, JC, angle , chord angle
AR d.w, d?’c,anqle, chord atlyle
 At p c
CI radius , chord angle
 PR d.rl, d?l, dx2, dv2, .... d.w, dvn
 Rt p c
RT d.ri,~iid. .w. de , ~llord angle
 A c
AA, AR, AT, CI, PA, PD, PE, PR, PU, RT
 R c
ER d,r,d
Radius, sturt an,qe,sweep angle 1,chord angle J
 WG rudilis, start angle, sweep utzgle , chord atlqlc
 F AG
 LA kind, ~’alue, kind, value . kind, value
 LT type , pattern length , mode
 D c
~idtll. pen
Ind’.t,Ltidtlz.Izeiglzt,,twn /. petl, . pen
 SP pelnumber
SV hpe , optl , opt2
 Tm c
S c
UL index , gapl Gap20
 AD kind, ~alue . kind, value
 CF,fill mode , edge pt’t?
M c
CP spaces, lines
 Define label terminator command
Absolute direction command
Relative direction command
Define variable text path command
 Select secondaryfont command
Extra space command
Select primary font command
ES t’idth, height
 Select alternate font command
Ubelinstruction command
Label origin command
Selectfont type command
 SD kind. ~’alue, kind, iwlue
Standardfont definition command
Absolute character size command
S1 width, height
 Select standard font command
Character slant command
Relative character size command
Transparent data command
 Escape Sequences in GIJ2 Mode
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 Printer Control Language PCL commands
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 Reset the printer Esc Y Enable display function
 2 GL/2 commands
Page
 Symbol Name
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 Roman Extension
 ISO 25 French
 ID Number Symbol Name HP German
 139
 140
 Eo1
 Latin Cont
 110
 Symbol
 1S0 61 Norwegian
 2345
 147
 ID Number Symbol Name IG1S0 21 German
 HP Spanish
 ID Number Symbol Name 2K1S0 57 Chinese
 ID Number Symbol Name 2s1S0 17 Spanish
 ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 IRV 101112134567 152
 I I I I I I I
 ID Number Symbol Name 4sISO 16 Portuguese
 1S0 84 Portuguese
 ID Number Symbol Name 6SISO 85 Spanish
 ID Number Symbol Name 8URoman-8 2 3 4 5 6
 ID Number Symbol Name 8URoman-8
 10UIBM-PCUS
 ID Number Symbol Name 10UIBM-PCUS
 1lU IBM-PC Denmark/Norway
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 ID Number Symbol Name 12UPC-850
 12UPC-850
 Index
 Font IDnumbers62,76,80
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