Star Micronics 8 Series manual Esc Og

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Then in the reportyoudecideto use a proprietaryproductname,so wantto nip outto grabthe@symbolon alegalcartridgefontyou’vealreadyloaded, then returnto your Germanset. Whenyour report’sall done, you want to return the printerto its Roman-8default.

Here arc the commandsthat will do thejob for us:

<ESC>( OG

(you start your reporthere)

~ESC>( IU @ <ESC>( OG

(you finish your reporthere)

<ESC>( O@

If youhadfinishedwith<ESC>( 3@theprinterwouldreturnto itsstandard Courierfont:notjust its Roman-8symbolset.

Spacing

If you specifymonospaccdfor a font,each characterprints with the same width.But if youspecifyproportionalspacingthe designof eachcharacter determinesits width. To define how you want your primary font spaced, send this command:

<ESC>(S /z P

in whichfor n you put O(zero) to get monospaced,

or 1 (one)to get proportionalspacing.

Ifyouspecifyproportionalspacingitdoesn’tmatterif youalsospecifypitch, becausespacingisa.higherpnorityfontattribute.Theprinterwilljust ignore the pitch request.

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