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includeprinter drivers,which send commandsto the printerso you don’t haveto typethem yourself.Someof thoseprogramsask you to key in set- up paramettm about your printer. Other programs let you put printer commandsbeforeor insidethe documentyou wantto print.
Butmaybethe softwareyouusedoesn’thaveprinterdriversfor anyprinter yourStar LaserPrinter4 emulates:You stillmightnothaveto writeprinter cdmmandsyourself.
Severalcompaniessell programsthat look after
2.5.2 The Star LaserPrinter4 superset
Besides the commands that emulate other printers, your laser printer understandsfour other commandscalledthe Star LaserPrinter4 superset. The Star LaserPrinterahvaysunderstandssupersetcommands;it doesn’t matterwhichemulationmodeyourprinteris usingatthe moment.Superset
Escape sequencecommandsstart with ~Sb [ so you can quicklyspot them in a list of commands.
Onesupersetcommandgivesyouanotherwayto switchfromoneemulation to another:you send the ChangeEmulationsupersetcommandinsteadof usingthe controlpanel.The secondsupersetcommandlets you changethe printingorientation,so you can print sidewaysup the lengthof the page, insteadof acrossitswidthintheusualway.Thethirdsupersetcommandlets yotichangethepapersize.Thefourthsupersetcommandletsyouchangethe paper cassette.
2.5.3 The ChangeEmulationcommand
YoucanthinkofthesupersetChangeEmulationcommandasthekeyto your Star LaserPrinter4. The ChangeEmulationsupersetcommand lets you switchfmm one set of printercommandsto another“on the fly,” through software.
ThisisthecommandthatdefineswhatothercommandstheStarLaserPrinter 4 will accept.WithChangeEmulationyouindicatewhichprinteremulation programyou wantthe printerto use.
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