Star Micronics 8 Series - Graphics

Youcan turnoff theunderliningwitheitherof thesecommands:
<ESC>R <ESC>X
Suppress printing
BysendingthecommandtosuppressprintingyoucanmaketheLaserPrinter
8 printspacesinplaceof anyprintablecharactersyoulaterscnd—ineffect,
just movetheprintposition.
On theDiabloitselfyoumightsuppressprintingto skipover a bit of text
you’dbe fillingin later,perhapswitha differentprintwheel.Or youcould
findthefeatureusefulindesigningforms:thetextskippedovercouldbethe
maximumallowableforthatblankspaceon the form.
Suppressingprintisn’tmuchuseon a laserpnntcr,butWC’VCincludedthis
commandfor fullDiablocompatibility:
<ESC>7
To restartnormalprintingagain,youjust sendthe<CR>controlcode.
GRAPHICS
Diablo graphics are rudimentary
Daisywheelprintersweren’tdevelopedwithgraphicsinmind.Notthatyou
can’tproducegoodsimplechartsandimageswithdaisywheelgraphics—
manypeopledo.
ButtheDiablographicscommandsdon’tgiveyoutheeaseandsophistica-
tion you find with Epson or Proprintergraphics commands,let alone
LaserJet11graphics.That’swhynotmanysoftwarepackagesbotherwith
Diablographics.
WewillexplainbrieflyherehowDiablographicsworks.Butforyoutomake
goodgraphicsuseofyourLaserPrinter8,pleaseusethoseotheremulations.
HyP/ot coordinates
Diablographicsmodeis calledHyPlof. TheprinciplebehindHyPlotdot
addressingis simple.
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