Star Micronics 8 Series Instructions d'utilisation

Series

Applications Manual

Trademark Acknowledgements

LaserPrinter 8: StarMicronicsCo., Ltd.

PageMaker: Aldus CqSOraticsr

Apple II +, Applesoft: AppleComputerInc.

BitStream,~apf Humanist: BitstreamInc.

Canon: CanonInc.

Centronics: CentronicsData Computer Corporation

HP, LaserJet Series H: Hewlett-PackardCompany

LaserControl: InsightDevelopmentfrrc.

IBM PC, IBM Proprinter: InternationalBusinessMachinesCorp.

Optim~ Century Schoolbook: LinotypeCorporation

Lotus 1-2-3: Lotus Development Corporation

MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC, Windows, Word, Microsoft BASIC: Microsoft Corporation

MultiMate: Muhrrratefntemational

TRS-80: RadioShack,adivision of TandyCorporation

Epson, EX-800: Seiko EpsursCorporation

WordPerfect: WordPerfect Corporation

Ventura Publisher, Hyplot, Diablo 630: XeroxCorporatimr

NOTICE

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.The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

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of them.

.The above rrotwithstarrding,STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual.

PREFACE

About this manual

ThisSrarLuserPrinter8ApplicationsManual givesyouthe information

youneedto programtheStarMicronicsLaserPrinter8.

Whywouldyoureadthisbook? Mostpeopleusingalaserprinterjust run

softwarepackageswithbuilt-inprinterdrivers,whichlookaftereverything

theircomputerssendtheirprinters.Butmanyofus-small businesspeople

and home computerusers, not to mentionthe wizardswho write those

softwarepackages—wanttobenefitfromallthenewfeaturesofferedbyour

printers.

Doyouwantcompletecontroloverthecharactersandimagesyoupnnt? Do

youwantto makeyourStarLaserPrinter8worklikesomeearlierkindof

printer? Thismanualprovidesthesoftwarehelpyouneedto getthemost

fromyourLaserPrinter8.

Thoughthis ApplicationsManual is reallyintendedfor intermediateto

advancedcomputerusers,we’vetriedtoaccommodaterelativenovicestoo.

The informationis organizedso youcan walkthroughthegeneraltheory

underlyingprinterprogrammingbefore dancinginto specificdetails. It

makessense,therefore,to readthefirstthreechaptetxbeforejumpinginto

themiddle.

There’sagoodreasontoreadeachchapterfromitsstarttoo.Peoplelearning

howtouseanewprinteroftenfindtheterminologyabarrier. Soinsteadof

buryingwhatmaybencwjargonin aGlossaryattheback,wedefineeach

newtermthefirsttimeitappears.Thewholefirstpartofthechapteronfonts,

forexample,definesdifferentaspectsofafont (acollectionofcharactersof

thesamesizeandstyle).

What’s in this manual?

In “Gettingto KnowYourStarLaserPrinter8“weprovidealistof the

featuresthat make this asplendidprinter,to help you choosewhich

featuresyouwantto exploit. There’sabit on howlaserprinterswork,

insideandout. Thechapterthenexplainssoftwarein generalterms,in-

cluding how to write control and Escape commandsto make those

featureswork.

“ControllingYour Printer” examines the parameters and “superset”

commandsyougivetheStarLaserPrinter8to directpreciselyhowyou

wantittobehave.Theseletyoucontroltheprinter,managepageformats,

andspecifywhatyouwantprinted.

Formostof us, the“Fonts”chapterwillbeuseful: howtousethefonts

built i_ntothe LaserPrinter8, plus those that come on cartridgesor

computerdisks.

Youmay neverlook at morethanoneor two of chapters4through7,

which cover Star LaserPrinter8commands. Your LaserPrinter8

emulatesotherprintem:itimitatesotherpnntembyacceptingthesame

commandstheydo. JustthinkofyourStarLaserPrinter8asfourprinters

hidinginsideoneunit.

Ifyouwanttowriteormodifyaprogramthatusesoneoftheseprinters—

theHewlett-PackardLaserJetseriesII,EpsonEX-800,IBMProprinteror

XeroxDiablo630- chapters4through7showhow yourStarLaser-

Printer8canemulateto accordingly.Thechaptersfirstdescribehowto

controltheprinterandto formatpages,thenhowtomovetheprintposi-

tion,andfinallyhowto usefontsandgraphics.

ThechapterontheLaserJetseries11islongerandmoredetailedthanthe

others.That’sbecauseyouaremorelikelytouselaserprintercommands

than commandsfor dot matrix or daisywheelprinters. (If you have

softwaredesignedonlyfordotmatrixor daisywheelprinters,youmay

have manualsfor those printers anyway.) We recommendyou use

LaserJetseriesII emulationwheneverpossible,withEX-800emulation

as yourbackupmode.

●Thefinal“TechnicalSupplement”containingthecommandandcharac-

ter referencetableswillprobablygetthumbedthemost.

Conventions

Incidentally,oneofthoseTechnicalSupplementtablessuggestsacoupleof

typographicconventionswe’lluse.Baseten(decimal)numberswillgener-

allybe usedhere;if we haveto use basesixteennumbers(hexadecimal)

we’llexpresslysayso.

Andsecond,thelowercaseLispracticallyidenticaltothenumberone(1vcr-

sus 1). BecauselowercaseLisusedinmanycommanddescriptions,we’ll

usethecharactert’toavoidconfusion.

The Star LaserPrinter 8Operations Manual

ThismanualisthecompaniontotheStarLaserPrinter8OperationsManual

thatcamewithyourprinter.Alaserprinterisafairlycomplextoolthatre-

quirescareanddelicatehandling.SotousethisApplicationsManual best,

makesureyouunderstandthatOperationsManual first.

Your OperationsManual holds essentialinformationabout the Lascr-

Pnnter,8,suchashowto:

●unpackandsetup yourlaserprinter,

●connecttheStarLaserPrinter8toyourcomputer’sserialorparallelport,

●iinktheLaserPrinter8intoanetworkof severalcomputers,

●configuretheLaserPrinter8to yourneeds(wilhvanablcssuchaspaper

sizeandspeedof datatransfer),

●loadpaperandthetonercartridge,

●operatethepanelswitchesanddisplay,

●runthe LaserPrinter8self-test,

●lookafteryourprinterto keepit in peakcondition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STAR

LASERPRINTER 81

StarLaserPrinter8Hardware.................................................................1

StarLaserPrinter8Software..................................................................5

CHAPTER 2CONTROLLING YOUR PRINTER 13

PrinterParameters................................................................................13

ControllingthePrinter..........................................................................16

ControllingthePage.............................................................................21

ControllingthePrinting........................................................................28

TheStarLaserPrinter8Superset.........................................................29

CHAPTER 3FONTS 35

FontTerminology.................................................................................35

HowtheStarLaserPrinter8StoresFonts............................................38

SymbolSets..........................................................................................41

ManagingFonts....................................................................................44

CHAPTER4 HPLASERJETII COMMANDS 51

HPLaserJetIICommands....................................................................51

ControllingthePrinter..........................................................................53

PageOrientation...................................................................................56

MovingthePrintPosition.............................................................,.......61

ControllingFonts..................................................................................70

UsingYourOwnFonts...........:......,......................................................85

Graphics................................................................................................89

Macros..................................................................................................94

CHAPTER 5EPSON EX-800 COMMANDS 99

EX-800Commands..............................................................................99

ControllingthePrinter........................................................................101

FormattingPages................................................................................102

MovingthePrintPosition............... ...................................................105

ControllingFonts................................................................................110

Graphics.............................................................................................119

CHAPTER 6IBM PROPRINTER COMMANDS 125

ProprinterCommands.........................................................................125

ControllingthePrinter........................................................................126

FormattingPages................................................................................127

MovingthePrintPosition...................................................................127

ControllingFonts................................................................................13(J

Graphics..............................................................................................133

CHAPTER 7XEROX DIABLO630COMMANDS 135

DiabloCommands..............................................................................135

ControllingthePrinter........................................................................136

FormattingPages................................................................................137

MovingthePrintPosition...................................................................140

ControllingFonts................................................................................145

Graphics..............................................................................................l~g

CHAPTER 8TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT 153

Commandsummary...........................................................................154

Symbolsets ........................................................................................162

INDEX 213

ThischapterintroducesboththehardwareandsoftwareaspectsoftheStar

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

Escapesequences.

STAR LASERPRINTER 8HARDWARE

Versatility

YourStarMicronicsStarLaserPrinter8workswithpracticallyallcommcr-

cialsoftwareprogramsandcomputers.WithfeaturesthatgobeyondStar’s

easy,affordable9-pinandfast,quality-printing24-pindotmatrixprinters,

the Star Laser Printer is the logicalnext step in the series of fine Star

Micronicsprinters.

Your Star LaserPrinter 8produces pages that look close to typeset quality,

with up to 90,000 dotsper square inch— no more NLQ (near letter quality)

compromises. The Star LaserPrinter8produceseight of those pages a

minute,Thesenumberstranslateto aboutfivetimesmore resolutionand

speedthantheaveragedot-matrixprinter.

Star’snewprinterisremarkablyversatile.Youcanprintcomplicatedforms

(widthwiseif you want)... detailedgraphs... yourown customizedtype-

styles... digitizedphotographs... otherlanguages(includingArabicand

Japanese).

Youcan evenprintyourletterheadandlogo as youprintyourletter,and

reprintthem directlyonto abusinessenvelope.You don’teven need to

removethepapertraytoprinttheenvelope:justslideitintothemanualfeed

slot.

TheStarLaserPrinter8isidealfordesktoppublishing.Thepagesitproduces

makeperfectphotocopyorinstant-printmasters.Andallthemaindesktop

publishingsystems,includingAldusCorporation’sPageMakerandXerox

VenturaPubisher,worksplendidlywiththeStarLaserPrinter8.With’’page

makeup”programsliketheseyouwillbe able—maybeforthefirsttime—

to delivercommunicationswiththe impactof top-notchgraphics.

Font options

Youcan print withanamazinglywidevarietyoftypefontsandsizes.The

StarLaserPrinter8comeswithfourbuilt-infonts,whichcanbeprintedfrom

8.5pointsto 12pointsin size(apoint is about1/72of an inch).

Thesefontsarc:

Courier Prestige Elite

Tms Romn Lino Pr intar

Besidesfiese, youmaybe abletouseoptionalcartridgesanddisksto give

yourStarL&serPnnter8avarietyof extrafonts,suchas these:

Helvet linedrawing

LetterGothic presentationfonts

Bar codes opticalcharacterreaderfontsuniversalproductcode

You can load your Star LaserPrinter8’smemory with fonts stored on

computerdisks.Literallyhundredsof fonts are marketedby font-supply

companies.Somefontsareevenobtainablefromcomputer“usergroups”or

“electronicbulletinboards”.Fontsyougetthiswayareinthepublicdomain,

whichmeansyoudon’tneedto pay alicencefeeto usethem.

Ask your Star LaserPrinter8dealeraboutresourceslike these. Desktop

publishingwith laser printers is fast-changingterritory, and some Star

Micronicsstaffpeoplehavefoundelectronicbulletinboardsandcomputer

usergroupsquitehelpfulinkeepingupwiththechangingpace.Ifyouinvest

alittletimethiswayit mayrepayyou’well.

Ce manuel convient aux modèles suivants

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