Star Micronics SB-15 user manual

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that we want to use condensed print. The code to switch SD-lo/15 into condensed print is ASCII 15, or control-O. So to switch on condensed type, use the /Output command and, after selecting D(isplay) and entering the range to print, select the S(etup) option, and the S(etup)--“Manual setup codes” sub option. Then, at the prompt that says “Enter codes (CR when done)“, type control-O.

Remember, to enter control-0 you hold down the CTRL key while you press the 0 key (That’s the letter Oh, not the number zero). Then just press return and select P(rint) to print your report.

You only need to go through this procedure once each time you use SuperCalc because SD- lo/ 15 will stay in compressed print until it’s turned off or reset.

You might also wish to use some of SD-10/15’s other features with SuperCalc. Find the code for the feature you wish to use in Appendix D and use the same procedure given here. Remember that Appendix F can be used to translate between the different names for the codes.

H Using SD-lo/l 5 with word processors

Not many word processing programs recognize the advanced features of printers like SD- 1O/15. They usually provide for some method of making bold characters and underlining. But SD- 1O/l 5 can do much more than that. The people that write word proc- essing programs do, however, know that there are a lot of different printers on the market, and so they usually, (but not always) provide a way of sending special codes to a printer. We will study one example of this to see how a typical word processor handles it. Once you understand the concept you should be able to use your program manual to figure out how your word processor does it.

The program that we will study is the EasyWriter word pro- cessor for the IBM Personal Computer. This uses a fairly typical method of handling special codes. Generally, word processing programs don’t want you to put non-printing codes in the file. They “know” that they won’t print anything, and so they “protect” you by not letting you use them. But the non-printing codes are the ones that you need to use SD-10/15’s features. So EasyWriter provides a way to override this protection. If you precede a special code with a “control-O” then EasyWriter will accept the next non-printing code.

Let’s look at a specific example. Suppose you want to print the title of a book in italic. The code sequence to select italic type with STAR mode is Escape 4 (that’s two separate characters).

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