PREFACE
About this manual
This SrarLuserPrinter8 ApplicationsManual gives you the information you need to programthe Star MicronicsLaserPrinter8.
Why wouldyou read this book? Mostpeopleusing a laser printerjust run
Doyouwantcompletecontroloverthecharactersandimagesyoupnnt? Do you want to make your Star LaserPrinter8 work like some earlierkind of printer? This manualprovidesthe softwarehelp you need to get the most from your LaserPrinter8.
Though this ApplicationsManual is really intendedfor intermediateto advancedcomputerusers,we’vetriedto accommodaterelativenovicestoo. The informationis organizedso you can walk throughthe generaltheory underlyingprinter programmingbefore dancing into specific details. It makessense,therefore,to readthe first threechaptetxbeforejumpinginto the middle.
There’sa goodreasonto readeachchapterfromits starttoo.Peoplelearning how to use a newprinteroftenfindtheterminologya barrier. So insteadof buryingwhatmay be ncwjargon in a Glossaryat the back,we defineeach newtermthefirsttimeit appears.Thewholefirstpartofthechapteronfonts, forexample,definesdifferentaspectsof afont (a collectionof charactersof the same size and style).
