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TheHewlett-Packard LaserJet 111isanearlier kind of laser printerthan your

Star LaserPrinter 4111.Youshould have no trouble running most popular

software packages, as those programs likely can send LaserJet III com-

mands.

Becausethe LaserJetIII is alaserprinter,though, itscommandscan give you

morecontrol over your Star LaserPrinter 4111thanis possiblewith the other

built-in command sets. Recognizing that reality, we’ve put examples into

this chapter.

Atthe end of the chapter we describe how to create and use your own fonts,

and also how to save time by writing command macros.

4.1 PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE

4.1.1 What do Printer Control Language look

like?

The StarLaserPrinter 4111includesadozen common control codes (such as

<CR> forcarriage returns) and single-character Escape sequences (such as

<ESC> Eforresetting the printer).But allthe other commands you can send

your Star LaserPrinter 4111looklike this:

<ESC> cc nC

in which the cc prefix is asymbolor two showing the general category of

commands to which thisone belongs, nis some variable you want to use in

this command, and Cisthe specific command you want performed.

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Contents

Main Page PREFACE About this manual Whats in this manual? Conventions The Star LaserPrinter 4/// Operations Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page m GettingbKnoWYow Star LaserPrinte~4111 1.1 STAR LASERPRINTER 4111HARDWARE 1.1.1 Versatility 1.1.2 Font options CG Times Font .1.1.3How your laser printer communicates 1.1.4 The Star LaserPrinter 4111is acomputer 1.1.5 The Print engine rir 1.2 STAR LASERPRINTER 4111SOFTWARE 1.2.1 Binary and hexadecimal arithmetic 1.2.2 TheASCII table 0 0 0 o 0100 1010 1.2.3 Control codes 1.2.4 Escape sequences 1.2.5 Printer drivers 1.2.6 Sending your own printer commands 1.2.7A BASIC example 1.2.8 Printer emulations Page 2.1 PRINTER PARAMETERS 2.1.1 The control panel 2.1.2 Parameter settings 2.1.3 Four versions of parameters Page I 2.1.4 How to change parameters 2.2 CONTROLLING THE PRINTER 2.2.1 The l/VTERFACEparameter Serial interface: rate Serial interface: special bits Serial interface:protocol 2.2.2 Checking your connections 2.2.3 Hints: The hex dump 2.3 CONTROLLING 2.3.1 The PAPER FEED parameter 2.3.2 Hints: Pape6 labels and transparencies 200C. 2.3.3 The LAYOUTparameter Page orientation Margins, columns and lines <T-n/ Autoparameters 2.3.4 Moving the print position: apreview 2.4 CONTROLLING THE PRINTING Font attributes: apreview 2.5 THE STAR LASERPRINTER 4111SUPERSET Em Fonts 3.1 FONT TERMINOLOGY 3.1.1 Typefaces and fonts 3.1.2 Font height size and type~ace. Baseline 3.1.3 Font spacing and pitch 3.2 HOW THE STAR LASERPRINTER 4111 STORES FONTS 3.2.1 Bit-mapped fonts 3.2.2 Internal fonts 3.2.3 Cartridge and downloaded fonts 3.2.4 Hints: Where to get fonts 3.3 SYMBOL SETS 3.3.1 What are symbol sets? 3.3.2 Default font attributes 3.4 MANAGING FONTS 3.4.1 Selecting fonts 3.4.2 Hints: Desktop publishing and page design 3.4.3 Optional fonts 3.4.4 Using cartridge fonts 3.4.5 How to download fonts 3.4.6 Downloading afont: example one 3.4.7 Downloading afont: example two 3.4.8 Hints: Managing memory . Page m FW7terControl Language A 4.1 PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE 4.1.1 What do Printer Control Language look like? 4.1.2 Combining Escape sequences I 4.2 CONTROLLING THE PRINTER 4.2.1 4.2.2 Set number of copies 4.2.3 Set feed selection 4.2.4 4.2.5 Example: Printer controls 4.3 PAGE ORIENTATION 4,3.1 Page Length Page 4.3.2 Side margins 4.3.3 Topmargin 4.3.4 formatting 4.3.5 Example: Page 4.4 4.4.1 Many ways to move 4.4.2 4.4.3 Defining the space and column 4.4.5 4.4.6 Movjng the PRINT posjtjon horizontally 4.4.7 and dots Page 4.4.8 Moving the print position vertically 4.4.9 Verticalmoves: bylines, decipoints and dots 4.4.10 Combining move commands .4.4.11 4.4.12 4.4.13 Line feeds 4.4.14 4.4.15 Define automatic line endings 4.4.16 4.4.17 4.5 CONTROLLING FONTS 4.5.1 Font selection 4.5.2 Selecting primary or secondary fonts ! <so> 4.5.3 Assigning font ID numbers 4.5.4 Selecting downloaded fonts 4.5.5 Font attributes Orientation Symbol sets: areview Selecting asymbol set Note: The symbol sets marked with *can select when the approval Font Cartridge is installed. 66 Selecting the current or default symbol set Example: Symbol set commands Spacing Pitch Font height Style Stroke weight Typeface Example: Font attributes 4.5.6 Underline 4.5.7 How to print Escape sequences and control codes 4.5.8 Font control 4.5.9 Example: Controlling fonts Page 4.5.10 Example: Assigning font numbers 4.6 USING YOUR OWN FONTS 4.6.1 Font design is tedious 4.6.2 How to download your own fonts 1)Assigning afont ID to your font 2) Downloading aheaderfor your font Page Pe c y f De c y f Pt RG Dr o g i Icsg Ic c t a g d I Scwtg d Scg PG 4Dro p d 4Caparo p 1- Page Page 4E P g 4M 4Um 4MC Page 4EM CHR$(12) Page 5GC AS 5Pf 5Cs CTP 5EGm 5Dpfs 5Pfap 5Ps 5COAS Dc Ic I r c Iwc Pe c Rcsc ~ 90 Sc Page VG ac rc Atpc Cc Pac dc Pe c Prc Page 5PG EA.ER, Erac Epc Er r c E w c Fpc Pmc Frac Fr r c F w c LAFAG Ac c Ftc Lac Ltc wc Rfdc W Smc Sc Sv c Tmc Ul t c wusc CG Afdc Cfmc o Cpc Absolute direction command Relative direction command Define label terminator command Define variable textpath command Extra space command Selectprimary font command Select secondaryfont command Page Standardfont definition command Absolute character size command Character slant command Relative character size command Select standardfont command Transparentdata command 5.8 ESCAPE SEQUENCES IN GIJ2 MODE Page Page 6.1 COMMAND SUMMARY 6.1.1 Printer Control Language (PCL) commands I Page 6.1.2 GL/2 commands Page 6.2 SYMBOL SETS ID Number Symbol Name OD 1S0 60: Norwegian A 135 i l--i +-+ I * + Page Page Page Page Page E E F c Page I Page Page Page Page Page Page Page I I I I w I Page Page Page o k b-l% Page Page Page Page ID Number Symbol Name B 162 =El= -4 a m II % Page Page Index m [m ascender,28 ASCII,6-11 ASCII Autowrapcommand,59 B-; Tq N~ 1:0 ON Rj u -v ] 1.L