Star Micronics 4 manual Style, Stroke weight

5.5.12 Style

FX-850 emulationlets youuse italicscharactemwithoutdefiningitalicsas a separatefont, sinceit can store italicsin the upperhalf of its symbolset.

To selectitaliccharacters,sendthis command:

<ESC>4

And to return to uprightcharacters,send this command:

<ESC>5

Note: in neitherof thesecommandsdo you sendthe actualnumber4 or 5. Instead,use the ASCII symbolsfor thosenumbers.

5.5.13 Stroke weight

The StarLaserl%nter4cancreateboldcharactersbyprintingeachcharacter

twice,slightlyoffset,just likethe FX-850does.To completelyemulatethe

FX-850yourprinterdoesthistwodifferentways,offsettingeitherbelowthe

characters(double-strike)or to the side (emphasized).

To turn on bold print you send eitherof thesetwo commands:

<ESC>E (emphasizedprint) or

<ESC>G (double-strike)

If yousendthe@S~ E commandyoumayforcetheprinterto selectabold font,dependingon whichfont you are using at the moment.

You can bm off the bold print againwith thesecommands:

<ESC>F	(turn off emphasized)
or
*SC> H	(turn off double-strike)

Tkueenotes: If you try to print subscriptsor superscriptsin double-strike mode, the double-strikewill be turned off. (Thereforeyou may prefer to always use emphasizedprint to get bold.) The Master Select command describedbelowcan alsoturnoff emphasizedprint. And <ESC>F will not turn off emphasizedprint if you set it on withthe MasterSelectcommand.

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