●The final“TechnicalSupplement”containingthe commandandcharac- ter referencetableswill probablyget thumbedthe most.
Conventions
Incidentally,oneof thoseTechnicalSupplementtablessuggestsa coupleof typographicconventionswe’lluse. Baseten (decimal)numberswillgener- ally be used here; if we have to use base sixteennumbers(hexadecimal) we’ll expresslysay so.
Andsecond,thelowercaseL ispracticallyidenticalto thenumberone(1vcr- sus 1). BecauselowercaseL is used in manycommanddescriptions,we’ll use the charactert’toavoidconfusion.
The Star LaserPrinter 8 Operations Manual
Thismanualisthecompanionto theStarLaserPrinter8OperationsManual that camewith yourprinter. Alaserprinteris a fairlycomplextoolthat re- quirescare anddelicatehandling. Soto use thisApplicationsManual best, make sure you understandthat OperationsManual first.
Your OperationsManual holds essential informationabout the Lascr- Pnnter,8,such as how to:
●unpackand set up yourlaserprinter,
●connecttheStarLaserPrinter8 to yourcomputer’sserialor parallelport,
●iink the LaserPrinter8 into a networkof severalcomputers,
●configurethe LaserPrinter8 to yourneeds(wilhvanablcssuch as paper size and speedof data transfer),
●load paper and the toner cartridge,
●operatethe panel switchesand display,
●run the LaserPrinter8
●look after yourprinterto keep it in peak condition.
