● Hewlett-PackardLaserJet11P
● EpsonFX-850
Otherlaserprintersmayoffersuchemulationstoo,butoftenrequireinstal-
lationof a new circuitboardfor eachemulation.Star Micmnicshas built
thesetwo emulationsintothe StarLaserPrinter4.
You selectwhichemulationyou wanteitherby selectingit fromthe print
programmenuontheStarLaserPrinter4’s controlpanel,or by sendingthe
printeroneof the supersetcommandsat the endof thischapter.
2.2.4 Whatare theemulatedprinterslike?
MostofthetimeyouwillprobablychooseHPLaserJet11Pemulation,which
is the defaultwhenyouturnon theStar LaserPrinter4. That’sbecausethe
LaserJetIIP, liketheStarLaserPrinter4, is a laserprinter.Thisemulation
modegivesyouthebestcontroloveryourprinter’sfeatures,andworkswith
mostpopularapplicationsprograms.
TheFX-850emulationis quitepowerfultoo.It includesallthedot-matrix
printer commands(includinggraphics)used by hundreds of programs.
Mostly,you’llchoosethisoptionwhenyourunaprogramthatcannotsend
laserprintercommands.
2,2.5 TheEmulationparameter
The Star LaserPrinter4’s Emulationsetting defines which printer it is
imitating:Hewlett-PackardLaserJet11Por EpsonFX–850.
MostoftheotherEMULATIONvaluesbelowcanbechangedwithEscape
codesaswell as fromthepanel.
AfewcomputerschangecertaincontrolorEscapecodeswhensendingthem
totheprinter,whichnaturallycausesconfision.Moreover,manyprogram-
mersprefertoseehexadecimalprintoutwhentheyaredebuggingprograms.
To helpwiththesesituations,you canmakeyourStarLaserPrinter4 print
inhexadecimalratherthantheusualASCIImodebyswitchingONtheHEX
DUMPparametersetting.
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