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EX-800 emulation lets you use italics characters without defining italics as
a separate font, since it can store italics in the upper half of its symbol set.
To select italic characters, send this command:
<ESC> 4
And to return to upright characters, send this command:
<Esc> 5
Note: in neither of these commands do you send the actual number 4
or 5. Instead, use the ASCII symbols for those numbers.
Stroke weight
The Star LaserPrinter 8111 can create bold characters by printing each
character twice, slightly offset, just like the EX-800 does. To completely
emulate the EX-800 your printer does this two different ways, offsetting
either below the characters (double-strike) or to the side (emphasized).
To turn on bold print you send either of these two commands:
<ESC> E
(emphasized print)
or
<ES0 G (double-strike)
If you send the &SC> E command you may force the printer to select a bold
font, depending on which font you ate using at the moment.
You can turn off the bold print again with these commands:
<ESC> F
(turn off emphasized)
or
<ESC> H (turn off double-strike)
Three notes: If you try to print subscripts or superscripts in double-strike
mode, the double-strike will be turned off. (Therefore you may prefer to
always use emphasized print to get bold.) The Master Select command
described below can also turn off emphasized print. And <ES0 F will not
turn off emphasized print if you set it on with the Master Select command.