Star Micronics 8 Series

Thischapterintroducesboththehardwareand softwareaspectsofthe Star

LaserPrinter8’s personality,from fonts and print engineto ASCII and

Escapesequences.

STAR LASERPRINTER 8HARDWARE

Versatility

YourStarMicronicsStarLaserPrinter8workswithpracticallyallcommcr-

cialsoftwareprogramsandcomputers.Withfeaturesthatgo beyondStar’s

easy,affordable9-pinand fast,quality-printing24-pindotmatrixprinters,

the Star LaserPrinter is the logical next step in the series of fine Star

Micronicsprinters.

Your Star LaserPrinter 8produces pagesthat look close to typeset quality,

with up to90,000 dots per square inch— no more NLQ (near letter quality)

compromises. The Star LaserPrinter8produces eightof those pages a

minute,Thesenumbers translateto aboutfive timesmore resolutionand

speedthan theaveragedot-matrixprinter.

Star’snewprinteris remarkablyversatile.Youcanprintcomplicatedforms

(widthwiseifyou want) ... detailedgraphs... your owncustomizedtype-

styles... digitizedphotographs... other languages(includingArabicand

Japanese).

Youcan even printyour letterheadandlogo as you printyour letter,and

reprintthem directly ontoabusiness envelope.You don’teven need to

removethepapertraytoprint theenvelope:justslideit intothemanualfeed

slot.