The small-carriageEX-800 is one of Epson’s more recent dot-matrix
printers.Becauseof thepopularityof the IBMPersonalComputer,which
was marketedwith a modifiedEpsonprinter,thousandsof softwarepro-
gramsalreadyworkwithEpsonprintercommands.
Ifyouhaveaprogramthatdoesn’tworkwithlascrprintercommands,you’ll
almostccrtairdyfinditwillworkwiththecommandsintheStarLaserPrinter
8’sEX-800emulationmode.YourStarLaserPnntcr8 willprintanydocu-
mentsyoucreatewithstandardEpsoncommands.
Wefollowthesamesequencein thischapteras wc didin earlierchaptcm:
firstsomepnntcrmanagementandpagesetupcommands,thenwe’llcover
commandsthatmovetheprintposition,andfinallywe’llprintourdocument
withourchoiceof fontattributes.
EX-800 COMMANDS
What do EX-800 commands look like?
Mostcommandsin theEX-800emulationlooklikethis:
<ESC>C
or
<ESC>C n
in whichC isthecodefor theparticularcommandyouwantto send.If the
commandincludesthen signit indicatesa numericvanablcthecommand
needs.Forexample,theEX-800commandto set therightmarginis this:
<ESC>Q n
in whichn is the columnnumberfor the rightmargin.So to put theright
marginatcolumn65 youwouldsendthiscommand:
<ESC>Q 65
MostEX-800commandsworkliketoggleswitches:onc<ESC>codeturns
on a featureand another<ESC>codeturnsit off.
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