What’s in this manual?
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In“Getting toKnow YourStar LaserPrinter8“we providealist of the
featuresthat make this asplendid printer,to help you choose which
featuresyouwant to exploit. There’sabit on how laserprinters work,
insideandout. The chapterthenexplainssoftwarein generalterms, in-
cludinghow to write control and Escape commands to make those
featureswork.
“ControllingYour Printer” examines the parameters and “superset”
commandsyougivethe StarLaserPrinter 8to directpreciselyhowyou
wantittobehave. Theseletyoucontroltheprinter,managepageformats,
andspecifywhat you wantprinted.
Formostof us, the “Fonts”chapterwillbe useful: howto use thefonts
built i_ntotheLaserPrinter 8, plus those that come on cartridgesor
computerdisks.
Youmay never look at more thanone or two of chapters4through7,
which cover Star LaserPrinter8commands. Your LaserPrinter 8
emulatesotherprintem: it imitatesotherpnntembyacceptingthe same
commandstheydo.Justthinkof yourStarLaserPrinter8asfourprinters
hidinginsideone unit.
Ifyouwant towriteor modifyaprogramthatusesoneoftheseprinters—
theHewlett-PackardLaserJetseriesII,EpsonEX-800,IBMProprinteror
XeroxDiablo 630- chapters4through7showhow your Star Laser-
Printer8canemulateto accordingly.Thechaptersfirstdescribehowto
controltheprinterandto formatpages, thenhowto movethe printposi-
tion,and finallyhowto use fontsand graphics.
Thechapteronthe LaserJetseries11islongerandmoredetailedthan the
others.That’sbecauseyouaremorelikelyto uselaserprintercommands
than commandsfor dot matrix or daisywheelprinters. (If you have
softwaredesignedonlyfor dot matrixor daisywheelprinters,you may
have manualsfor those printers anyway.) We recommend you use
LaserJetseriesII emulationwheneverpossible,withEX-800emulation
asyour backupmode.