Star Micronics 4111 Preface, About this manual

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PREFACE

About this manual

This Star Lu.~erPrinter4111Application.~Manual gives you the information you need to program the Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4111.

Why would you read this book? Most people using a laser printer just run software packages with built-in printer drivers, which look after everything their computers send their printers. But many of us — small business people and home computer users, not to mention the wizards who write those software packages — want to benefit from all the new features offered by our printers.

Do you want complete control over the characters and images you print?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 advanced computer 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 makes sense, therefore, to read the first three chapters beforejumping into the middle.

There’s a good reason to readeach chapter from its start too. People learning how to use a new printer often find the terminology a barrier. So instead of burying what may be new jargon in a Glossary at the back, we define each new term the first time it appears. The whole first part of the chapter on fonts, for example, defines different aspects of afhzt (a collection of characters of the same size and style).