Gettingto Know Your ‘” “
Star LaserPrinter4
T& chapterintroducesboththehardwareandsoftwareaspectsof theStar
LaserPrinter4’s personality,from fonts and print engineto ASCII and
Escapesequences.
1.1STAR LASERPRINTER4HARDWARE
1.1.1 Versatility
YourStarMicronicsStarLaserPrinter4workswithpracticallyallcommer-
cialsoftwareprogramsandcomputers.Withfeaturesthatgo beyondStar’s
easy,affordable9-pinand fast,quality-printing24-pindot matrixprinters
the Star Laser Printeris the logical next step in the seriesof fine Star
Micronicsprintem.
YourStarLaserPrinter4 producespagesthatlook closetotypesetquality,
withupto 90,000dotspersquareinch—no moreNLQ(nearletterquality)
compromises.The Star LaserPrinter4produces fourof those pages a
minute.Thesenumbers translateto aboutfive timesmore resolutionand
aboutthreetimesmore speedthanthe averagedot-matrixprinter.
Star’snewprinteris~markably versatile.Youcanprintcomplicatedforms
(widthwiseifyou want) ... detailedgraphs... your owncustomizedtype-
styles... digitizedphotographs... other languages(includingArabicand
Japanese).
Youcan even printyour letterheadandlogo as you printyour letter,and
reprintthem directly ontoabusinessenvelope. Youdon’t even need to
removethepapertraytoprintthe envelope:just slideitintothemanualfeed
slot.
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