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Hints: The hex dump
● To makeyourStar LaserPrinter8 print in hexadecimalratherthan the
usual ASCIIsymbols,pressthe frontpanelbuttonsthat put the pnntcr
offlineandinPROGRAMmode.Moveto theCOMMANDparameter’s
HEXDUMPsettingand selectON.
● SomccontrolorEscapecodescanbeproblemsonafewcomputcrs;those
computerschangecertaincodeswhensendingthemtotheprinter.If you
thinkyouhavethisproblemyouneedto seeexactlywhatyourprinteris
receiving.Werecommendyourunashortprogramthatloopsthroughand
printsthe ASCIItable.PrintinhexadecimalratherthantheusualASCII
symbols.
● If youspota problemcodeyoucantry to bypasstheproblem,eitherby
sendingeachcodedirectlyto theprinter,or by changingyoursystem
printerdriver.Suchcomputer-specificsolutions,though,arebeyondthe
scopeof this manual.We suggestthat if necessaryyouconsultanother
programmermorefamiliarwith yourcomputer.
● Actually,ifyouaredebugginganyprogramyou mayfindthishex-dump
modehelpful.It can be a greattrouble-shooter.
CONTROLLING THE PAGE
In this section we look at two controls you have over how the Star
LaserPrinter8 handlesand formatsits pages: You can set valuesfor the
PAPERFEEDandLAYOUTparameterson thefrontpanel.Attheend of
this sectionwe’llalsopreviewdifferentwaysto movethe printposition.
The PAPER FEED parameter
ThePAPERFEEDparameterletsyouspecifybothwhatkindofpaperyou
wantandhowtheprinteris to handleautomaticprint-positionmovements
(carriagereturnsandso on).
Oneconvenientthingaboutalaserprinteris thatit doesn’tneed
continuous
forms,
sometimescalled~an~okipaper. Other printersfeed in a stack of
forms—withpagesalljoinedbyperforations-by havingsprocketsengage
andpull
alongpinfeed holespunchedalongeachsideofthepaper.Afterit’s
printedyou have to tearoff the pinfeed-holestripsand then separatethe
pages.
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