WiththeStarLaserPrinter8youcanprintonavarietyofordinarycutsheet
pages.
FortheFeedervalueof thisPAPERFEEDparameter,youfirstentereither
cassetteor manualfeed to indicatewhereyou want paperfed from.The
cassettetray automaticallyfeedssinglesheets,muchlike sheetfecdemon
othertypesof printers.Manualfeedmeansyou feedeach sheetby hand.
Thedefaultpapersizeis 8.5by 11inchletter-sizepaper;a different-sized
tray automaticallyselectsthat differentpapersize. If you choosemanual
feedyoucan specifyothersizestoo:
● 8.5 by 14inch legal-size paper
● A4 international (used in every country except North America)
(210
by 297 mm)
● B5 international (used in every country except North America)
(182
by 257 mm)
● the narrower “executive”size(7.25by 10.5inches)
Oneothernice thing you can do is printdirectlyon envelopes.Withthis
Paper Size parameteryou can specifyenvelopesin sizes #10, Monarch,
EuropeanC5 andDL.Thenjust workoutwhereto put the address,setthe
orientationto landscape(see below), and slide your envelopeinto the
manualfeed slot.Easy!
Inanyemulationmodeyoucansendyourprintercommandstochangepaper
sizeorfeedin,papermanually;youcanalsoselectthoseparametersfromthe
panel.Either,way,a messagein theprinterdisplaytellsthe operatorwhat
papersizeto use.
Auto parameters
Thepnntposition
referstothepointonthepagewherethenextcharacterwill
beprinted.Whentheprinterreachestheendof aline,theAutoParameters
settingstellit whetheror not to automatically:
● returntheprintpositiontotheleftmargin(carriage return, sometimes
just called“Return”),
● or moveit downoneline (h%e~eed),
● or keeptextoutof thesidemargin(aurowrap ),
● or keeptextoutof thebottommargin(jbrmfeed ).
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