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PREFACEAbout this manual
ThisStar Lu.~erPrinter4111Application.~Manualgives you the information
you need to program the Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4111.
Why would you read this book? Most people using alaser printerjust run
softwarepackages with built-in printerdrivers, which look after everything
theircomputers send their printers. Butmany of us —smallbusinesspeople
and home computer users, not to mention the wizards who write those
softwarepackages —wanttobenefit fromall thenewfeatures offeredby our
printers.
Doyou wantcompletecontrol overthecharacters and images youprint?This
manual provides the software help you need to get the most from your
LaserPrinter 4111.
Though this Applications Manual is really intended for intermediate to
advancedcomputer users, we’ve tried to accommodate relative novices too.
The information is organized so you can walk through the general theory
underlying printer programming before dancing into specific details. It
makessense, therefore,toread thefirstthree chaptersbeforejumping intothe
middle.
There’sagood reason to readeach chapter fromits starttoo. People learning
howto use anew printer often find the terminology abarrier. So instead of
burying what may be newjargon in aGlossary at the back, we define each
newterm thefirst timeitappears. Thewhole firstpartof thechapter on fonts,
forexample, defines different aspects of afhzt (a collection of characters of
the same sizeand style).