Star Micronics 4111 Gebrauchsanweisung

APPLICATIONS MANUAL

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Trademark Acknowledgements

LaserPrinter 4111:Star Micronics Co,, Ltd.

PageMaker: Aldus Corporation

Applesoft: Apple Computer Inc.

Bitstream: Bitstream Inc.

Canon:Canon Inc.

HP, LaserJet:Hewlett-Packard Company

LaserControl:Insight Development Inc.

IBM PC: International Business Machines Corp.

Century Schoolbook: Linotype Corporation

Lotus 1-2-3:Lotus Development Corporation

MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC, Windows, Word: Microsoft Corporation

MultiMate: Multimate International

WordPerfect:WordPerfect Corporation

Ventura Publisher: Xerox Corporation

NOTICE

STAR’s express permission is forbidden,

●The contents of this manual are subject to cbange without notice

●Allefforts havebeenmadetoensure theaccuracyofthecontentsofthis manualatthetimeofpress.

However,sbouldanyerrors bedetected, STAR wouldgreatlyappreciatebeinginformedofthem.

.The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual

PREFACE

About this manual

This StarLu.~erPrinter4111Application.~Manual gives you the information

you need to program the Star Micronics LaserPrinter 4111.

Why would you read this book? Most people using alaser printerjust run

softwarepackages with built-inprinter drivers, which lookaftereverything

theircomputers sendtheirprinters.Butmany of us—smallbusinesspeople

and home computer users, not to mention the wizards who write those

softwarepackages—wanttobenefitfromallthenewfeaturesoffered byour

printers.

Doyouwantcompletecontroloverthecharacters and imagesyouprint?This

manual provides the software help you need to get the most from your

LaserPrinter 4111.

Though this Applications Manual is really intended for intermediate to

advanced computer users,we’ve tried to accommodate relativenovicestoo.

The information is organized so you can walk through the general theory

underlying printer programming before dancing into specific details. It

makessense,therefore,toreadthefirstthreechaptersbeforejumping intothe

middle.

There’s agoodreason toreadeach chapterfrom itsstarttoo.Peoplelearning

how to use anew printer often find the terminology abarrier. So instead of

burying what may be newjargon in aGlossary at the back, we define each

newtermthefirsttimeitappears.Thewholefirstpartofthechapteronfonts,

forexample, defines different aspectsof afhzt (acollection ofcharacters of

the same size and style).

What’sin this manual?

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In “Getting to Know Your Star LaserPrinter 4111”we provide alistof the

features that make this asplendid printer, to help you choose which

features you want to exploit. There’s abit on how laser printers work,

inside and out. The chapter then explains software in general terms,

including how to write control and Escape commands to make those

features work.

‘&ControllingYour Printer” examines the parameters you give the Star

LaserPrinter 4111to direct precisely how you want itto behave. These let

you control theprinter, manage page formats, and specify what you want

printed.

Formostofus,the“Fonts”chapterwillbeuseful:howtousethefontsbuilt

intothe LaserPrinter 4111,plusthosethatcome on cartridges or computer

disks.

You may look at chapters 4and 5, which cover Star LaserPrinter 4111

commands. Your LaserPrinter 4111emufates (imitates) Hewlett-Packard

LaserJet 111by accepting the same commands they do.

If you want to write or modify aprogram that uses the Hewlett-Packard

LaserJet III, chapters 4and 5show how your Star LaserPrinter 4111can

emulate to accordingly.

The chapter on “Printer Control Language” is longer and more detailed

than the other. That’s because you are more likely to use laser printer

comtiands than commands for vector graphics.

Thefinal“Technical Supplement”containingthecommand andcharacter

reference tables will m-obablvget thumbed the most.

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✌JG-

Conventions

Incidentally,one of thoseTechnical Supplementtables suggestsacouple of

typographic conventions we’ll use. Base ten (decimal) numbers will gener-

allybeusedhere;ifwehavetousebasesixteennumbers(hexadecinzczi)we’11

expressly say so.

And second, the lowercase Lis practically identical to the number one

(1versus 1).Because lowercase Lis used in many command descriptions,

we’11use the character ~to avoid confusion.

The Star LaserPrinter 4/// Operations Manual

ThismanualisthecompaniontotheStarLuserPrinter41110peration.rManual

that came with your printer. Alaser printer is afairly complex tool that

requirescare anddelicatehandling. Soto usethisApplicationsManual best,

make sure you understand that Operations Manual first.

Your OperationsMattualholdsessential information abouttheLaserPrinter

4111.such as how to:

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unpack and set up your laser printer,

connect the Star LaserPrinter 4111to your computer’s serial or parallel

port.

link the LaserPrinter 4111into anetwork of several computers,

configuretheLaserPrinter41Htoyourneeds(with variablessuchaspaper

size and speed of data transfer),

load paper and the toner cartridge,

operate the panel switches and display,

run the LaserPrinter 4111self-test,

look after your printer to keep it in peak condition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Getting to know Your Star LaserPrinter 4111............................................. 1

1.1Star LaserPrinter 4111Hardware ................................................. 1

1,2Star Laserprinter 4111software ...........................................,,.....5

2. Controlling Your Printer ............................................................................ 13

2.IPrinter Parameters .................................................................. . 13

2.2 Controlling the Printer.............................................................. 16

2.3 Controlling the Page .................................................................20

2.4 Controlling the Printing............................................................25

2.5 The Star LaserPrinter 4111Superset..........................................26

3. Fonts .............................................................................................................27

3.1 Font Terminology .....................................................................27

3.2 How the Star Laserprinter 4111Stores Fonts ............................30

3.3 Symbol Sets ..............................................................................33

3.4 Managing Fonts ........................................................................34

4. Printer Control Language ..........................................................................4l

4.1 Printer Control Language .........................................................41

4,2 Controlling [he printer ..................................................,...........43

4.3 Page Orientation .......................................................................46

4.4 Moving the Print Position ........................................................51

4,5 Controlling Fonts......................................................................61

4.6 Using Your Own Fonts ............................................................79

4.7 Raster Graphics ........................................................................84

4.8 Pattern Graphics .......................................................................87

4.9 Macros ......................................................................................93

5. Vector Graphics .....................................................................................,....97

5.1 GL/2Commands and Syntax ...................................................97

5,2 controlling the prin[er ......................................... ....................99

5.3 Configuration and Status ........................................................ 102

5,4 Vector Group ........................................ ................................. 106

5.5 Polygon Group ....................................................................... 110

5.6 Line and Fill Attribute Group................................................. 113

5.7 Character Group ..................................................................... I19

5.8 Escape Sequences in GL/2 Mode ........................................... 126

6. Technical Supplement ............................................................................... 129

6.1 CommandSummary............................................................... 129

6.2 Symbolsets ............................................................................ 134

Index .............................................................................................. .. ....... .... 165

GettingbKnoW’Yow ‘” “

StarLaserPrinte~4111

This chapter introduces both the hardware and software aspects of the Star

LaserPrinter 4111’spersonality, from fonts and print engine to ASCII and

Escape sequences.

1.1 STAR LASERPRINTER 4111HARDWARE

1.1.1 Versatility

Your Star Micronics Star LaserPrinter 4111works with practically all

commercial softwareprogramsandcomputers.With featuresthatgo beyond

Star’s easy, affordable 9-pin and fast, quality-printing 24-pin dot matrix

printers,theStarLaser Printer isthelogicalnextstepintheseriesoffineStar

Micronics printers.

Your Star LaserPrinter 4111produces pagesthatlookclosetotypesetquality,

with up to 90,000 dotsper square inch—no more NLQ (near letterquality)

compromises. The Star LaserPrinter 4111produces four of those pages a

minute. These numbers translate to about five times more resolution and

about three times more speed than the average dot-matrix printer.

Star’snew printer isremarkably versatile. You can printcomplicated forms

(widthwiseifyouwant)...detailedgraphs...yourowncustomized typestyles

...digitizedphotographs...otherlanguages(includingArabicandJapanese).

You can even print your letterhead and logo as you print your letter, and

reprint them directly onto abusiness envelope. You don’t even need to

remove thepaper tray to printtheenvelope:just slideit intothemanual feed

slot.

The Star LaserPrinter 4111is ideal for desktop publishing. The pages it

produces make perfect photocopy or instant-printmasters. And allthe main

desktoppublishingsystems,includingAldusCorporation’sPageMaker and

Xerox Ventura Publisher, work splendidly with the Star LaserPrinter 4111.

With “page makeup” programs likethese you will be able—maybe for the

first time —to deliver communications with the impact of top-notch

graphics.

1.1.2Font options

You can print with an amazingly wide variety of type fonts and sizes. The

Star LaserPrinter 4111comes with two built-in bit-mapped fonts and two

built-in scalable fonts, which can be printed from 3points to 999.75 points

in size (a point is about 1/72of an inch).

These fonts are:

CG Times Font

Univers Font

Courier Font

Line Printer Font

Besides these, you may be able to use optional cartridges and disks to give

your Star LaserPrinter 4111avariety of extra fonts, such as these:

Prestige fonts

Letter Gothic fonts

HGothic fonts

Roman fonts

Presentation fonts

Optical Character Reader fonts

Line drawing

Bar codes

You can load your Star LaserPrinter 4111’smemory with fonts stored on

computer disks. Literally hundreds of fonts are marketed by font-supply

companies. Somefontsare even obtainablefrom computer“user groups”or

“electronicbulletinboards”.Fontsyougetthisway are inthepublicdomain,

which means you don’t need to pay alicence fee to use them.

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