● thepower-onsettingsin effectwhenyou firstturn on theprinter,
● yourinitialsettingsfor oneparticularsession,
● andthecurrentsettingsthat theprinteris usingnow.
Theseare in priorityorder.The currentsettingsalwaysoverridethe initial
sessionsettings,whichinturnoverridethepower-onsettings,whichinturn
overridethe factorysettings.
FactorysettingsareprogrammedintotheStarLaserPrinter4whenitisbuilt
at the factory.Yourprinterkeepsthe factorysettingsfor itsparametersin
ROM;theyneverchange.Youcancopythemintothecurrentsettingsor any
other settingsas needed.But the only way you can return to the factory
defaultsis fromthe controlpanel;no commandsdo this.
A few factorydefaultsettingsareas follows:
Item Factorydefaultsetting
Emulat;o.1 HP LaserJetIIP
Feeder
Multi-purposetray
Numberof Copies 1
Orientation
Portrait
Font
10-pitch12-pointCourier(internal)
Lines/inch
6 linesper inch
The power-on settingsare the normaldefaultsettings.The printer keeps
themevenwhenyouturnoffthepower.Whenyouturnontheprinter,these
power-onsettingsgetcopiedintotheinitialandcurrentparametersettings.
YouprobablywillnotoftenchangetheStarLaserPrinter4’sinitialsettings
(sometimescalled“sessionsettings”).You’lllikelyonlychangethemwhen
you want to use a differentprinteremulationthan normal.These initial
settingsstaythe sameasthe power-onsettingsuntilyouchangethem.
Ontheotherhand,yoursoftwarewillprobablychangethe currentsettings
manytimeswithinthe samedocument,witheverychangeof fontor print
style.
2.1.4 How to changeparameters
Withthe printeroffline,if you pressthe [PROGRAM]buttontheprinter
goesinto“program’’mode. Youcanthenstepthroughthelaserprinter’sfour
levelsof programmenuto configureyourprinter(seepage46-48,opera-
tionsManual).That’stheprocessofchangingcertainprintersettingssoyour
computerandprintercancommunicateproperly.
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