Star Micronics SJ-48 manual T e r, Embedding Printer Commands

Make sure that the DIP switches are set for the correct printer emulation, and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the DIP switches.

If you are in doubt about the configuration of your application software, seek expert advice. Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference.

EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

Many word-processors and other software lack commands for changing font, printing double-size characters. Your printer therefore has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help. The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed in double parentheses, followed by a digit (or a capital letter):

Font: ((F))O Tms Romn

((F))L Helvet

Size: ((s))0 Standard size

((s))1 Double width

((s))2 Double height

((s))3 Double width and height

If you want to print a title in double-size Helvet, then change to different size with Tms Romn”forother text, you can use these commands as follows:

File as seen on computer screen:

( (F) )L ( (S) )3

Printer commands ( (F) )0 ( (S) )0

Printer commands ( ( S ) ) 2can be ( ( S ) ) Oembedded

( ( S ) ) Ianywhere ( ( S ) ) Oln a document.

Printout:

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Printer commands Can beembedded

When you use these commands there are several points to note:

●A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line.

●The software will not know that these are commands, so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width. The printed line maybe considerably shorter than the line on the screen; the extra space being the space that was occupied by the commands.

One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without the commands, then insert them as a final step, with the margins released. The find, replace, and copy functions of word-processing software can be helpful here.

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