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Optional fonts
Manyoptionalfonts availablefor your StarLaserPrinter8 complementits internalfonts.Thesecangiveyoumorevarietyin symbolsets,spacing,font height,style and strokeweight.To your Courieror Tms Romn fonts, for example,youmightadditalicsandbold,legalor mathsymbolsets,andsizes rangingfrom 7 to 14points.
Optionalfontsofferdifferenttypefacestoo.AskyourStarMicronicsdealer aboutcartridgesor disks for the following:
Helvet | line drawingfonts |
Letter Gothic | presentationfonts |
Bar codes | opticalcharacter~ader fonts |
| universalproductcode |
Using cartridge fonts
To gain accessto a font on a cartridge:
1)press the ON LINE buttonto put the printeroffline,
2)slidethe cartridgeyouwantintooneof thecartridgeslotson the front of the printer,
3)pressthe ON LINE buttonto put the printerback online,
4)use eitherthe frontpanelmenuor a commandfrom yourcomputerto select the font you want (explainedfor each emulationin following chapters).
Note: Do not insertor pullcartridgesout of the printerwhilethe printeris online.
You can use fontsfrom both cartridgeslots withinone document.
Acoupleof intcrcslingnotes aboutdefaultcartridgefonts: First, say you haveselcctcdon the frontpanelmenua cartridgefont as yourdefaultfont. Lateryouturnofftheprinter.Ifyouslipthecartridgebackin beforeyouturn on the printeragain,that font will still be yourdefaultfont.
Second,somecartridgescontaintheirowndefaultfont.Thatmeansas soon as you slide such a cartridgeinto the printer,that cartridge’sdefault font becomes the printer’s new default font automatically.To change the printer’sdefaultfromthatonthecartridgeyoumustselectanotherfontfrom the front panel.
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