Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
To definespacingfor yoursecondaryfont,usethe samenumbersandjust
flip lheparenthesis:
<ESC>
)S ~ P
Pitch
Pitch defineshow many charactersper inch you wantfor a monospaced-
pitchfont.YourStarLascrPrinter8‘sinternalmonospaccd-pitchfontshave
settingsof 10, 12or 16.66charactersper inch.Cartridgeor downloaded
fontswithmonospaccdpitchesoftenhaveothersettingsforcharactersper
inch.
To selectthepitchyouwantfortheprimaryfont,sendthiscommand:
<ESC>
(S ~ H
wherefornyouputinhowmanycharactersperinchyouwant.Forexample,
<ESC>(s 12H willpacktwelvecharactersintoeachinch.
The correspondingpitchcommandforthe secondaryfontis:
<ESC>
)S ~ H
Youcanuscadifferentcommandinsteadoftheseforgcncralcharacterpitch
setting.Thiscommand,sinceit doesn’thaveparentheses,coversboth the
primaryandsecondaryfonts.It looksIikcthis:
<ESC>&k n S
For n youentera pitchcodefromthe followingtable:
CHARACTERSPER INCH
PITCHCODEn
10cpi (pica) O(zero)
16.66cpi (condensed) 2
Font height
The height of the charactersyou print is measuredin point sizes. The
LaserJetII cmulationprovidesfontsin
6,7, 8.5, 10,12,14, 16,18,24 and
36pointsizes.Ifthefontheightyouspecificallyaskforisnotavailable,the
printerwillselectthe fontwiththe sizeclosestto yourrequest.
To selectfontheightfor theprimaryfontusethefollowingcommand.For
n enterthe fontheightin pointsthatyouwant:
<ESC>(s n V
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