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left-to-right (unidirectional) printing control <ESC> U
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print quiet (half speed)
<ES0 s
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(“incremental” or “typewriter” mode)
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CONTROLLING THE PRINTER
Putting the printer online or offline
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You can send <XOFD and <XON> control codes (described in Chapter 2
under “Serial Interface”) to put your printer offline and then online again. If
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you are using a parallel interface, any data your computer sends after you put
the printer offline will not be printed.
To put the printer offline send this control code:
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<xoFF>
(sometimes shown as <DC3>)
To put the printer back online, either press ONLINE on the front panel or
send this command:
<XON>
(sometimes shown as <DCl>)
If the printer is already online when you send the <XON> command, the
printer will cancel any incomplete line of print.
Reset
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The EX-800 emulation reset command returns the printer to its default initial
parameters. When you send this command at the end of a print job the printer
will reset its parameters only after previous commands have finished. You
should, however, take the precaution of putting a form feed before the reset,
to make sure you lose no print data.
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To reset the Star LaserPrinter 8111, send this command:
-...
Bell
When you send the Bell control code the Star LaserPrinter 8111 will sound its
beeper for half a second (assuming you haven’t turned it off with the front
* panel menu):
<BEL>
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