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The Hewlett-Packard LaserJet 111isan earlier kind of laserprinterthan your
Star LaserPrinter 4111.You should have no trouble running most popular
software packages, as those programs likely can send LaserJet III com-
mands.
Because the LaserJet III isa laserprinter, though, itscommands can giveyou
more control over your Star LaserPrinter 4111than is possible with the other
built-in command sets. Recognizing that reality, we’ve put examples into
this chapter.
At the end of the chapter we describe how to create and use your own fonts,
and also how to save time by writing command macros.
4.1 PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE
4.1.1 What do Printer Control Language look
like?
The Star LaserPrinter 4111includes a dozen common control codes (such as
<CR> for carriage returns) and single-character Escape sequences (such as
<ESC> E for resetting the printer). Butall the other commands you can send
your Star LaserPrinter 4111look like this:
<ESC> cc n C
in which the cc prefix is a symbol or two showing the general category of
commands to which this one belongs, n is some variable you want to use in
this command, and C is the specific command you want performed.
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