Star Micronics 8 Series - Page 38

The Change Emulation command
YoucanthinkofthesupcrsetChangeEmulationcommandasthekeytoyour
Star LaserPrinter8. The ChangeEmulationsupersetcommandlets you
switchfromoneset of printercommandsto another“on thefly,”through
software.
ThisisthecommandthatdefineswhatothercommandstheStarLaserPrinter
8will accept.WithChangeEmulationyouindicatewhichprinteremulation
programyouwanttheprintertouse.
Whenyoustarta newemulationyoualwaysstarta newpage.
Note:alwayssendCarriageReturnandFormFeed(controlcodes<CR>and
<FF>)justbeforeyougivethisChangeEmulationcommand.Theseforce
theprintertoprintanypartialpagein itsmemoryandstartanewpagewith
thenewemulation.If youforgetto issuethesecontrolcodesfirstthe Star
LascrPrinter8willdothemforyou—butyourChangeEmulationcommand
willjustresettheprinter’sparametersto theirinitialdefaults,andnotgive
youtheemulationyouask for.
You issue the ChangeEmulationcommandwith the followingEscape
sequence:
<ESC>[ E n
Forthevalueof n youentera numberfromthistable:
n< EMULATION
O(zero)HPLaserJetII
J (one) Diablo630
2 EpsonEX-800
3
IBMProprinter
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