What’sin thismanual?
●In“Getting to KnowYour StarLaserPrinter4“ we providealist of the
featuresthat make this asplendid printer,to help you choose which
feahuesyou want to exploit. There’sabit on howlaser printerswork,
insideandout. The chapterthen explainssoftwareingeneralterms, in-
cludinghow to write control and Escape commands to make those
feahueswork.
●“ControllingYour Printer” examines the parameters and “superset”
commandsyougivethe StarLaserPrinter 4to directpreciselyhow you
wantitto behave.Theseletyoucontroltheprinter,managepageformats,
andspecify whatyou wantprinted.
●Formost ofus, the “Fonts”chapterwillbe useful: how touse thefonts
built into the LaserPrinter4, plus those that come on cartridges or
computerdisks.
●Youmay neverlook at chapters4and5, whichcover StarLaserPrinter
4commands.Your LaserPnnter4 emulates otherprinters: it imitates
otherprinters by acceptingthesame commandsthey do. Justthink of
yourStar LaserPrinter4 as twoprinters hidinginsideone unit.
Ifyouwant towriteor modifyaprogramthatusesoneof theseprinters—
theHewlett-PackardLaserJet11PorEpsonFX-850- chapters4and 5
showhow your Star LaserPrinter4can emulateto accordingly. The
chaptersfirstdescribehowtocontroltheprinterandtoformatpages,then
howtqmovethe printposition,andfinallyhowtouse fontsandgraphics.
The chapteron the LaserJet IIP is longer and mom detailedthan the
others.That’sbecauseyouare momlikelytouse laserprintercommands
thancommandsfordotmatnx printers. (If youhave softwa~ designed
onlyfor dot matrix printers, youmay have manuals for thoseprinters
anyway.) We recommendyou use LaserJet HP emulationwhenever
possible,withFX-850 emulationasyour backupmode.
cThefinal “TechnicalSupplement”containingthecommandandcharac-
ter mfextmcetableswillprobablyget thumbedthe most.