Contents
Applications Manual
Ventura PublisherXeroxCorporation
Preface
About this manual
What’sin this manual?
Conventions
Star LaserPrinter4 OperationsManual
Table of Contents
Getting to Know Your ‘ Star LaserPrinter4
Versatility
2Font options
3Howyour Iaserprinter communicates
TheStar LaserPrinter4 is a computer
ThePrint engine
Binaryand hexadecimalarithmetic
Decimal Binary Hexadecimal Decimal
TheASCII table
0x 25 = o 0x 24 = o
Controlcodes
4Escape sequences
6Sendingyour ownprinter commands
5Printerdrivers
7A BASICexample
Italics
8Printeremulations
Memo
Controlling YourPrinter
Controlpanel
Parametersettings
Four versionsof parameters
How to changeparameters
Controllingthe Printer
TheINTERFACEparameter
Serialinterfacerate
Checkingyour connections
Printeremulations
Whatare the emulatedprinters like?
TheEmulationparameter
Hints Thehex dump
ThePAPERFEEDparameter
HintsPaper, labels and transparencies
Page
TheLAYOUTparameter
Orientation
Movingtheprint positiona preview
TheEMULATEATTRIBUTESparameter
Do you need to send commands?
Font attributesa preview
ChangeEmulationcommand
Star LaserPrinter4 superset
Select Orientationcommand
ThePaper Size command
ThePaperFeeder command
Page
Typefacesand fonts
Font height
Size and type ace
Font spacingandpitch
Bit-mappedfonts
Internalfonts
Cartridgeand downloadedfonts
Hints Whereto get fonts
Symbolsets
Whatare symbolsets?
Each emulationhas symbolsets
Defaultfontattributes
Managingfonts
Fonts
2’HintsDesktoppublishingandpage design
How to downloadfonts
Optjonalfonts
Usjngcartrjdgefonts
Downloadinga fontexampleone
Downloadinga fontexampletwo
HintsManagingmemory
U a s T l I y u a p T s T t o A w N a T o
Whatdo LaserJetIIP commands/ooklike?
HP LaserJetIIP ‘ C o m m a n d s
CombiningEscapesequences
Self test
Reset
Set numberof copies
Set feed selection
ExamplePrintercontrols
Length
@6 L
Side margins
Topmargin
Textlengthand the bottommargin
ExamplePage formatting
T o t p
Many ways to move
Linesper inch
Definingthe spaceand column
Definingline depth
Movingthe PRINTpositionhorizontally
Horizontalmovesby columns,decipoints and dots
8Moving theprint position vertically
Verticalmovesbylines, decipointsand Dots
Combiningmove commands
Backspace
Carriagereturn
Linefeeds
Form feed
Defineautomaticline endings
Autowrap
Dnc &snc
Pushingand popping theprint position
Font selection
Selectingprimary or secondaryfonts
CnD
Selectingdownloadedfonts
Esc
First
A s T f
Y u t T u t G Y a w A p T g Y r T j f u \ I @ R h
SnP
SnV SnS
SnB
SOp1
How to print Escapesequencesand control Codes
Font control
ExampleControllingfonts
A m a a u T p T c
ExampleAssigningfont numbers
How to downloadyour own fonts
Font designis tedious
T y f T c I n I t e L o i a V i t a 6 h T h A t Y b Y s
Meaning
Byte Meaning
Graphics
StartingRasterGraphics
Page
Definingrule orpattern dimensions
Rulesand patterns
Choosingand printinga rule or pattern
Page
PATI’ERN
Usingmacros
Z5 ExamplesPatterngraphics
Macro Control
Examp/eMacros
Page
Commands
Whatdo FX-850commandslook like?
Use real numbers,not ASC/1symbols
Unsupportedcommands
Puttingtheprinter onlineor offline
Bell
/ength
Topand bottommargins
Esco
How to centerorjustify text
Line spacing
Backspacecommands
Space
Line feed commands
Left-to-rightprinting
Movinghorizontallyfrom the left margin
Movinghorizontallyfrom the currentposi- tion
Horizontaltabs
Verticaltabs
D3SC D d n2 ... ru%lNUL
Veflical tabs in channels
Selectingfonts
Symbolset
Orientation
4 /internationalcharacters
OAU
Most significantbit
Spacing
Characterspacing
Pitch
Condensedprint
Extendedprint
11Font height
Stroke weight
Style
Typeface
Underline
Master Select
How to cancela line or deletea character
Subscriptsand superscripts
Whatdo graphicscommandslook like?
Printingdots
Othergraphicsdensities
Mode # O
Changinga command’sdensity
Nine-pingraphics
Firstbyte
118
Technical Supplement
HP LaserJet11PEmulationPrinter Commands
Command Function
Esce
EpsonFX-850EmulationPrinter Commands
Escy
Escg
Command Function 43SC 6n
Symbol Sets
ID Number Symbol Name 1S0 60 Norwegian
ID Number Symbol Name
1S0 25 French
ID Number Symbol Name HP German
Symbol Name 1S0 15 Italian 01234 567
JIS Ascii
ECMA-94 Latin
ID Number Symbol Name ONECMA-94 Latin 1
134
EEEi01
1S0 61 Norwegian
137
1S0 69 French
HT EM
ID Number Symbol Name HP Spanish
ID Number Symbol Name 2KISO 57 Chinese
142
1S0 IRV
3s1S0 10 Swedish
4sISO 16 Portuguese 145
I141 I301 I 46 rd ‘m
147
8URoman-8
ID Number Symbol Name 8URoman-8
10UIBM-PCUS
Cont
ID Number Symbol Name 1lUIBM-PC Denmark/Norway
1lUIBM-PCDenmark/Norway
12UPC-850
155
156
LIl
158
Graphics character,105
160
Supersetcommands,26-29 symbolsets,20,37-39,65 FX-850mode,105
XON/XOFFprotxol,18
Consumer Response
