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2.1.2 Parameter settings
From the panel you can also change the parameters that define how your
printer works. Parameter just means “variable”. If you’re familiar with
earlier kinds of printers, you’ll understand that laser printer parameters
controlpretty much the samethings DZPswitchesdo. (ADIP switch or’’dual
in-linepackage switch” is asetof small switches thatcontrol variousprinter
functions.)
Theprinter stores these parameters as easy-to-use programmenu items that
you can select from the control panel. These parameters specify:
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number of copies (how many sheets of each pageto be printed)
character (what character font to print)
page size (what sizethe printer will use)
layout (how pages will be formatted)
paper feed (what paper theprinter will use)
inputbuffer (what size the printer can store the input buffer)
interface (how the printer communicates with your computer)
Adejbult is the setting the Star LaserPrinter 4111will use if none is
specificallyselected by aprogram. When you first turnon or later reset your
printer thesedefault settings will take effect.
Yourmain use for the control panel will likely be to set the default settings
you want for these parameters. However, you will probably find the panel
convenient too when you want to switch between manual and automatic
paper feed.
2.1.3 Four versions of parameters
The StarLaserPrinter 4111actuallystores four versions of these parameters:
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its“ultimate default” factory settings,
theuser default settings in effect when you first turn on the printer,
your initialsettings for one particular session,
and the current settingsthat the printer is using now.
These are in priority order. The current settingsalways override the initial
sessionsettings,which in turnoverride theuser defaultsettings,which in turn
override the factory settings.
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