Star Micronics SB-10 user manual ~M311~NDG Features with the Macro, International Character Sets

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w ~;M311~NDG FEATURES WITH THE MACRO

As you gain in experience with y.our printer, you will undoubtedly develop a flair for combining its many print styles. For example, you might want to combine expanded, pica, and letter-quality, or try

condensed and expanded print with underlining. Whatever your preference for combined styles, this printer makes them easy to use with the macro instruction command.

The macro instruction is named for its ability to compress a number of separate commands into one single instruction. Here’s how it works: first, you define the “macro” by entering the code < ESC > + , followed by all the control codes you wish to combine; you can use a maximum of 16 possible control codes. Then, terminate the macro instruction by entering the code < RS >. The macro instruction you just programmed in will be there for your use until you turn the printer off or enter a new macro.

Whenever you want to use the macro, you can enter the code < ESC >? to call it up.

Table 4-9. The codes for the macro instruction.

FUNCTION	ESCAPE CODE
Define Macro
Instruction	<ESC>	+ n7 n2...<RS>
Use Macro
Instruction	<ESC>	?

n INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS

You might find that you’re perfectly content with the 96 standard American characters provided in the default character set. But you’ll be interested to know that your printer can also print the special characters commonly used in England, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Spain!

If you do plan to use these characters regularly, you will want to reset your DIP switches as shown in Table 4-10 below.

If you plan to use international character sets only on occasion, however, you will probably want to access them by sending a code through your word processor (illustrated in Table 4-11). Please refer to Appendix E for a complete listing of the codes for each interna- tional character.

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