Star Micronics 4 manual Macro Control

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For examplesay you wantto deletea macronumbered80.You wouldfirst selectthatmacrowiththecommandcESC>&f80Y. Thenyouwoulddelete it with the Macro ControlcommandcESC> &f 8X as describedbelow.

4.8.2 Macro Control

The Macro Control command performs several jobs for you, such as defining,mnning and deletingmacros. To manage macros you send the followingcommand:

<ESC>&f n X

For n you entera numberfromO(zero)to 10to specifywhatmacrocontrol functionyouwantto perform.Thesefunctionsaredescribedinthefollowing table:

nFUNCTION

O(zero) Start defining macro. Creates a new macro with the last specifiedmacro number.This macro will be temporary;to make it permanent use <ESC> &f 10X after your definition.Theprinterwill make a macro of the sequenceof commandsthat followthis one, untilit gets the commandto stop definingthe macro.

1 (one) Stop definingmacro.

2Execute macro. This option makes the printer run the last specified macro, changingprinter parameters accordingto whatits commandssay.(Thepnnterparametersarethoseyou might also set from the controlpanel.) When the macro is done,theprintpositionwillbejust whereit wasbeforeyouran the macro.

Call macro. This option also makes the printer run the last specifiedmacro. But before it runs the macro it saves the currentparameters,andthenrestoresthemwhenthe macrois finished.Again,whenthemacroisdonetheprintpositionwill be just whereit was beforeyou ran the macro.

Turn on automaticmacro.This optionautomaticallyrunsthe last specifiedmacroon everypageyouprint.Youcan usethis optionto reproducethe samedesignon each page (a logo or formdesignperhaps).Youcanhavemorethanone automatic

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