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
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 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