Star Micronics 8 Series Printer User Manual


 
So you can use the command <ESC>&a n H to backup, youjust need to
knowthe widthin decipointsof whatyou want to overprint.In a mono-
spaced-pitchfont like Courierthat’s easy:just keep track of how many
charactersyouprint.Inaproportionalfontyou’dkeeptrackofthedecipoints
byusingacharacter-widthtable.Afterbackingup4 decipointslessthanthe
totaltext widthyoujust print yourtextagain.
Typeface
The
lastattributeyoucangiveto charactersistheirtypeface.Thedesignof
charactersiswhatfontdesignersoftenthinkof as themaindeterminantfor
a font.Butwhenyouselecta laserprinterfont,typefacesits at the bottom
of thelist.
To assign the particularface you want for your primaryfont, send this
command:
<ESC>
(S ~ T
For n enteroneof the fontcodenumbersfromthis table:
TYPEFACE n
Lineprinter
O(zero)
Pica
1 (one)
Elite
2
Courier
3
Helvet 4
<Tms Romn 5
Gothic
6
script
7
Prestige
8
Caslon
9
Orator 10
Presentation 11
LineDraw 12
PCLine
13
OCR 14
Bar Code
15
Toassignacharacterfacetothesecondaryfont,justfliptheparenthesisand
usethe samen numbers:
<ESC>
)S rI T
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