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Whenyou startanew emulationyoualwaysstart anewpage.

Note:alwayssendCarriageReturnandFormFeed(controlcodes<CR>and

-@F>)justbefo~ yougivethis ChangeEmulationcommand.Theseforce

theprinterto printanypartialpage inits memoryandstart anewpage with

thenew emulation.If youforgetto issue thesecontrolcodes firstthe Star

LaserPrinter4willdothemforyou-but yourChangeEmulationcommand

willjust resetthe printer’sparameterstotheir initialdefaults,andnot give

youthe emulationyouask for.

You issue the ChangeEmulationcommand with the followingEscape

sequence:

<ESC>[En

Forthe valueof nyou enteranumber fromthis table:

nEMULATION

O(zero)HPLaserJetUP

2EpsonFX-850

2.5.4 TheSelect Orientationcommand

TheSelectOrientationsupersetcommandletsyouchangethe “attitude”in

whichthe StarLaserPrinter4prints.

Tochangefmmone orientationtotheotheryousendthis SelectOrientation

Escapesequence:

<ESC>[On

Forthe valuenyou put O(zero)for portraitorientation,

or 1(one)for landscapeorientation.

When you send this commandto print in landscape mode, the printer

automaticallyrotatesitscurrentfont sothat it printsas landscape.

Thespot or line whereprintingstarts on thepage is sometimescalledthe

origin orfop offonn. The originchangeswhenyou switchorientations.

Thatstartingprintpositionis inthe upperleftcomerfor apcmraitpage,but

inthe lowerleft comer for alandscapepage.

Youprobablywon’twanttochangeorientationallthatoften.Everytimeyou

do,theStar LaserPrinter4alsoresetsthepagemarginsto itslimits,andalso

howit defineslines andcolumns.So wheneveryougive theSelect Orien-