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What’s in this manual?

In “Getting to Know Your Star LaserPrinter 4111”we provide a list of the features that make this a splendid printer, to help you choose which features you want to exploit. There’s a bit on how laser printers work, inside and out. The chapter then explains software in general terms, including how to write control and Escape commands to make those features work.

‘&ControllingYour Printer” examines the parameters you give the Star LaserPrinter 4111to direct precisely how you want it to behave. These let you control the printer, manage page formats, and specify what you want printed.

For most of us, the “Fonts” chapter will be useful: how to use the fonts built into the LaserPrinter 4111,plus those that come on cartridges or computer disks.

You may look at chapters 4 and 5, which cover Star LaserPrinter 4111 commands. Your LaserPrinter 4111emufates (imitates) Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 111by accepting the same commands they do.

If you want to write or modify a program that uses the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III, chapters 4 and 5 show how your Star LaserPrinter 4111can emulate to accordingly.

The chapter on “Printer Control Language” is longer and more detailed than the other. That’s because you are more likely to use laser printer comtiands than commands for vector graphics.

The final “Technical Supplement” containing the command and character reference tables will m-obablvget thumbed the most.

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Star Micronics 4111 What’s in this manual?