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Pointsi:e defineshow big characters willprint, such as 10or 12points high.
St]’ledefines whether characters print in upright or italic style.
Stroke weight defines how bold a typeface prints.
Finally.,t]p<face itself means the artistic design of a font. Your printer’s
internaltypefacesinclude,CourierandLinePrinter.WiththeStarLaserPrinter
4111you can also use Roman, Prestige, H-Gothic, L-Gothic, Orator and
hundreds more typefaces, which you load into the printer from cartridge or
computer disk.
When you enable font .~[~tzippu)un?ete}-.~on the control panel, it means you
start off with particular font attributes as defaults.
2.5 THE STAR LASERPRINTER 4111SUPERSET
Here’s an important fact: you can set nearly every one of the above
parameters by sending your printer a corresponding Escape sequence com-
mand.Those Escape sequencecommands will overrideany settingyoumake
from the control panel.
The main thing to realize about most printer commands, though, is that you
probably don’t need to use them. Nearly all popular software packages
include printer drivers, which send commands to the printer so you don’t
have to type them yourself. Some of those programs ask you to key in set-
up parameters about your printer. Other programs let you put printer
commands before or inside the document you want to print.
But maybe the software you use doesn‘thave printer drivers for any printer
your Star LaserPrinter 4111emulates: You stillmight nothaveto write printer
commands yourself.
Severalcompanies sellprograms thatlookafter laser-printingcommands for
such software. Ask your dealer about LaserControl, Printiorks ji)r Lasers,
PCLPakand RAMResidentPrit?tmerge.There’snotmuchpointinreinventing
the wheel.
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