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5) Permanent or temporary?
The last step in downloading your own font is to make the font permanent or
temporary, using the Font Control command described earlier. The com-
mand &SC> *c 4 F will allow the font to be erased when you reset the
printer. But the command <ESC>*c 5 F will keep your font available even
after you reset the printer.
RASTER GRAPHICS
The Star LaserPrinter 8111 offers raster graphics (sometimes called “bit-
mapped graphics”), which specify each dot in a graphics pattern.
Be aware, though, that adding graphic elements always slows up printing
with laser printers.
Starting raster graphics
You follow these four steps when you use raster graphics, in the order shown:
1)
Define what resolution you need.
2)
Issue the command to start graphics.
3)
Send the commands to transfer raster graphics.
4)
Send the command to end graphics.
You must define the resolution of your raster graphics before you use the
Start Raster Graphics command. To define the resolution you need in your
graphics, send this command:
<ES0 *t n R
If the value of n is greater than 150, the resolution of the final graphics image
will be 300 dots per inch (dpi); if n is from 101 to 150, the resolution will be
150 dpi; if n is from 76 to 100, the resolution will be 100 dpi; and if n is 75
or less, the resolution will be 75 dpi. The default resolution is 75 dots per inch.
After graphics have started, the printer will ignore any resolution command
until it receives the command to end graphics.
Raster graphics start printing either at the left page edge or the current print
position. To start raster graphics you send this command:
<ESC> *r n A
You can put in either 0 (zero) or 1 (one) for the n value. If you enter 0, the
margin for graphics will be set at the left most printable edge of the page (not
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