Star Micronics 8111 Gebrauchsanweisung

Applications Manual

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Trademark Acknowledgements

LaserPrinter 8111: Star Micro&s Co., Ltd.

PageMaker: Aldus Corporation

Apple II +, Apples&t: Apple Computer Inc.

Bitstream, Zapf Humanist: Bitstream Inc.

Canon: Canon Inc.

Centronics: Cunronics Data Computer Corporatim

HP, LaserJet III: Hewlett-Packard Company

LaserControl: Insight Development Inc.

IBM PC, IBM Proprinter: International Business Machines Corp.

Optima, Century Schoolbook: Linotype Corporatia~

Lotus l-2-3: Lotus Development Corporation

M!?-DOS, Microsoft BASIC, Windows, Word, Microsoft BASIC: Microsoft Corporation

MultiMate: Multimate International

TRS-80: Radio Shack, a division of Tandy Corporatim

Epson, EX-800: Seiko Epsm Corporatim

WordPorlect: WordPerfect Corporation

Ventura Publisher: Xerox Corporatim

NOTICE

STAR’s expnxs pennissim is forbidden.

l ‘lhe contents of this manual are. subject to changp without notice.

l Alleffortshavebeenmade toensurctheaccuracyofthe contents ofthis manual at thetimeofpress.

However, should any ermrs be detected. STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them.

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

Q Copyright 199 1 Star Micro&s Co., Ltd.

PREFACE

About this manual

This Star LaserPrinter 8111Applications Manual gives you the information

you need to program the Star Micronics LaserPrinter 8111.

Why would you read this book? Most people using a laser printer just run

software packages with built-inprinter drivers. which look after everything

their computers send their printers. But many of us- small business people

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

software packages- want to benefit from allthe new features offered by our

printers.

Do you want complete control over the characters and images you print? Do

you want to make your Star LaserPrinter 8111work like some earlier kind of

printer? This manual provides the software help you need to get the most

from your LaserPrinter 8111.

Though this Applications Manual is really intended for intermediate to

advanced computer users, we’ve tried to accommodate relative novices too.

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

underlying printer programming before dancing into specific details. It

makes sense, therefore, to mad the first three chapters before jumping into the

middle.

There’s agood reason to read each chapter from its start too. People learning

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

burying what may be new jargon in a Glossary at the back, we define each

new term the first time it appears. The whole first part of the chapter on fonts,

for example, defmes different aspects of afont (acollection of characters of

the same size and style).

...

What’s in this manual?

l In “Getting to Know Your Star LaserPrinter 8111”we provide alist of the

features that make this a splendid printer, to help you choose which

features you want to exploit. There’s a bit 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.

l “Controlling Your Printer” examines the parameters and “superset”

commands you give the StarLaserPrinter 8111to direct precisely how you

want it to behave. These let you control the printer, manage page formats,

and specify what you want printed.

l For most of us, the “Fonts” chapter will be useful: how to use the fonts

built into the LaserPrinter 8111,plus those that come on cartridges or

computer disks.

l You may never look atmore than one ortwo of chapters4 through 6,which

cover Star LaserPrinter 8111commands. Your LaserPrinter 8111emulates

other printers: it imitates other printers by accepting the same commands

they do. Just think of your Star LaserPrinter 8111as three printers hiding

inside one unit.

If you want to write or modify aprogram that uses one of these printers-

the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III, Epson EX-800, IBM Proprinter or -

chapters 4 through 6 show how your Star LaserPrinter 8111can emulate

to accordingly. The chapters first describe how to control the printer and

to format pages, then how to move the print position, and finally how to

use fonts and graphics.

The chapter on the LaserJet III islonger and more detailed than the others.

That’s because you are more likely to use laser printer commands than

commands for dot matrix printers. (If you have software designed only

for dot matrix printers, you may have manuals for those printers anyway.)

We recommend you use LaserJet III emulation whenever possible, with

EX-800 emulation as your backup mode.

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l The final “Technical Supplement” containing the command and character

reference tables will probably get thumbed the most.

L-. Conventions

Incidentally, one of those Technical Supplement tables suggests acouple of

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

ally beused here; ifwe have touse base sixteen numbers (hexadecimal) we’ll

L expressly say so.

L ,-- And second, the lowercase L is practically identical to the number one (l

versus 1). Because lowercase L isused inmany command descriptions, we’ll

use the character /to avoid confusion.

The Star LaserPrinter 8/N Operations Manual

This manual is the companion to the Star LaserPrinter 8111Operations

Manual that came with your printer. A laser printer is a fairly complex tool

that requires care and delicate handling. So touse this Applications Manual

best, make sure you understand that Operations Manual first.

Your Operations Manual holds essential information about the LaserPrinter

8111,such as how to:

l unpack and set up your laser printer,

l connect the Star LaserPrinter 8111to your computer’s serial or parallel

pofis

l link the LaserPrinter 8111into a network of several computers,

l configure the LaserPrinter 8111to your needs (with variables such aspaper

size and speed of data transfer),

l load paper and the toner cartridge,

l operate the panel switches and display,

l run the LaserPrinter 8111self-test,

l look after your printer to keep it in peak condition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR STAR

LASERPRINTER 8III 1

Star LaserPrinter 8111Hardware ............................................................. 1

Star LaserPrinter 8111Software ............................................................. .5

CHAPTER 2 CONTROLLING YOUR PRINTER 13

Printer Parameters ................................................................................ 13

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

Controlling the Page ............................................................................. 21

Controlling the Printing ....................................................................... .28

The Star LaserPrinter 8111Superset .................................................... .29

CHAPTER 3 FONTS 33

Font Terminology ................................................................................ .33

How the Star LaserPrinter 8111Stores Fonts ....................................... .36

Symbol Sets ......................................................................................... .39

Managing Fonts ................................................................................... .4 1

CHAPTER 4 HP LASERJET III COMMANDS 49

HP LaserJet III Commands .................................................................. 49

Controlling the Printer.. ....................................................................... .5 1

Page Orientation .................................................................................. .54

Moving the Print Position.. .................................................................. .58

Controlling Fonts .................................................................................. 66

Using Your Own Fonts.. ...................................................................... .82

Raster Graphics ................................................................................... .86

‘Pattern Graphics .................................................................................. .89

Vector Graphics.. ................................................................................. .94

Macros ................................................................................................ 116

CHAPTER 5 EPSON EX-800 COMMANDS 119

EX-800 Commands ............................................................................ 119

Controlling the Printer ........................................................................ 121

Formatting Pages ................................................................................ 122

Moving the Print Position.. ................................................................. 125

Controlling Fonts ................................................................................ 130

Graphics ............................................................................................. 139

_ CHAPTER 6 IBM PROPRINTER COMMANDS 145

Proprinter Commands .........................................................................145

b. Controlling the Printer ..........................

...............*.............................. 146

Formatting Pages ...............................

.................................................147

Moving the Print Position ................................................................... 147

Controlling Fonts .............................

...................................................150

i Graphics ...........................

................................................................... 153

CHAPTER 7 TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT 155

L .-- Command summary ..........................

.................................................156

Symbol sets ............................

............................................................ 164

INDEX 215

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

LaserPrinter 8111’spersonality, from fonts and print engine to ASCII and

Escape sequences.

STAR LASERPRINTER 8llI HARDWARE

Versatility

Your Star Micronics Star Laser-Printer 8111works with practically all

commercial software programs and computers. With features that go beyond

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

printers, the StarLaser Printer isthe logical next step in the series of fine Star

Micro&s printers.

Your StarLaserPrinter 8111produces pages that look close to typeset quality,

with up to 90,000 dots per square inch- no more NLQ (near letter quality)

compromises. The Star LaserPrinter 8111produces eight of those pages a

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

speed than the average dot-matrix printer.

Star’s new printer is remarkably versatile. You can print complicated forms

(widthwise ifyou want) ...detailed graphs ...yourowncustomized typestyles

...digitized photographs ...other languages (including Arabic and Japanese).

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

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

remove the paper tray to print the envelope: just slide it into the manual feed

slot.

The Star LaserPrinter 8111is ideal for desktop publishing. The pages it

produces make perfect photocopy or instant-print masters. And all the main

desktop publishing systems, including Aldus Corporation’s PageMaker and

Xerox Ventura Pubisher, work splendidly with the Star LaserPrinter 8111.

With “page makeup” programs like these you will be able- maybe for the

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

graphics.

Font options

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

Star LaserPrinter 8111comes with four built-in fonts, which can be printed

from 8.5 points to 12points in size (apoint is about l/72 of 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 8111a variety of extra fonts, such as these:

Helvet line drawing

Letter Gothic presentation fonts

Bar codes optical character reader fonts universal product code

You can load your Star LaserPrinter 8111’smemory with fonts stored on

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

companies. Some fonts are even obtainable from computer “user groups” or

“electronic bulletin boards”. Fonts you get this way arein the public domain,

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

Ask your Star LaserPrinter 8111dealer about resources like these. Desktop

publishing with laser printers is fast-changing territory, and some Star

Micronics staff people have found electronic bulletin boards and computer

user groups quite helpful in keeping up with the changing pace. If you invest

a little time this way it may repay you well.

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