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Contents
Pulsar Help Contents

Click the mouse over one of the topics below for more
information.  Or press TAB to select a topic then press
ENTER to jump to it.

File Menu
Page Menu (PCL mode only)
Fonts Menu (PCL mode only)
Misc Menu (PCL mode only)
Configure Menu
Help Menu
PCL/PostScript Switch (PS cartridge installed)
Portrait/Landscape Switch
Exiting
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File Menu
The File menu includes the command that enables you to exit
the program.

For more information, select the File menu command.

File Exit Command
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Page Menu
The Page menu, (available in PCL mode only), includes
commands that enable you to set the printed page size,
the number of text lines per vertical inch, to move
the page in increments of one-half lines, and to send
form feeds.

For more information, select a Page menu command from
the list below.

Page Size Command
Page Lines/Inch Command
Page Half Line Feed Command
Page Form Feed Command
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Fonts Menu
The Fonts menu, (available in PCL mode only), includes
commands that enable you to select fonts from either the
printer's internal (built-in) or cartridge (external)
choices.  In addition, you can build a font by selecting from
each of a font's basic characteristics (i.e., orientation,
style, typeface, point-size, etc.).

For LaserJet Series III printers, you will also have the
option to select the degree (in 90 deg. increments) of font
print rotation.

Note: Building an illegal font, either one that your printer
currently does not support or one that is incorrectly defined
(i.e., choosing fixed spacing with a Times Roman typeface)
will cause the printer to either reject the command string
sent or print with unpredictable results.  To use the font
selection menu successfully, you must be aware of the fonts
that your printer is currently setup to support.

For more information, select a Fonts menu command from
the list below.

Fonts Selection Command
Fonts Rotation Command
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Misc Menu
The Misc menu, (available in PCL mode only), includes
commands that enable you to reset the printer, start a
printer self-test, control underlining, set line wrap,
control paper input, toggle perforation skip mode, and
display functions.

For more information, select a Misc menu command from the
list below.

Misc Reset/Self-Test Command
Misc Underline Command
Misc Line Wrap Command
Misc Paper Control Command
Misc Perforation Skip Mode Command
Misc Display Functions Command
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Configure Menu
The Configure menu opens a dialog box in which you can set
the printer's output port, series type, and make of
PostScript cartridge.  Saving the configuration will allow
the program to start up with the new defaults until you
decide to change them through the Configure menu & resave.
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Help Menu
The Help menu includes commands that enable you to view the
Help Contents, Help Topic Search, Help Using Help,
registering Pulsar and open the About Pulsar dialog box.

For more information, select a Help menu command from the
list below.

Help Contents Command
Help Topic Search Command
Help Using Help Command
Help Register Pulsar Command
Help About Pulsar Command
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PCL/PostScript Switch
The PCL & PostScript command buttons enable you to switch the
printer from the native HP PCL to the PostScript language
interpreter & back if you are using either the PacificPage,
Adobe, HP Plus or JetPage PostScript cartridges in your
LaserJet (or compatible) printer.

Note:
The PCL/PostScript command buttons are only available when
Pulsar has been properly configured for either these
cartridges installed in the printer.  Pulsar does not
currently support switching between the PCL/PostScript modes
for any other printer configuration, i.e., native PostScript
printers with PCL emulation or printer/CPU interface
installations like QMS JetScript.  Attempting to command
PCL/PostScript mode transitions with Pulsar, improperly setup
for a non-supported configuration, may provide unpredictable
results.
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Portrait/Landscape Switch
The Portrait & Landscape command buttons allow you to control
the print orientation of the LaserJet printer.  Select either
Portrait or Landscape to respectively set the printer to
either the portrait or landscape mode.
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Exiting
To exit Pulsar, either select the Exit option under the File
menu or click on the 'OK' command button.

See File Exit Command
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File Exit Command
The Exit sub menu item enables the user to exit the Pulsar
program.  Selecting this item will terminate the Pulsar
program and return you to the DOS (or DOS Window under
either Windows Enhanced or OS/2) environment.
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Page Size Command
The Page Size sub menu item enables the user to select various
page or envelope sizes.  The default page or envelope size is
determined by the installed tray.  If you install a different
tray, the printer will not expect that page size until it is
reset.

The page size command lets the printer know what standard page
and envelope sizes to expect.

If the page size command is sent to request that a paper tray
size be changed, the display will ask you to load the correct
tray.  If you use the page size command with manual feed, the
display message will ask you to feed the page or envelope
size requested.
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Page Lines/Inch Command
The Lines/Inch sub menu item enables the user to select the
number of text lines to print per vertical inch of the page.

This command set the vertical size of a line of text (VMI) in
the more common form of lines per inch.  The size of an
individual line of text will be inversely proportional to the
number of lines of text in one inch.

When the printer is reset, it operates at its line spacing
default setting, which is the control panel setting.  Sending
this command to the printer will override any control panel
setting until the printer is reset by pressing the RESET key
or sending the Escape E command.

Be sure to set a vertical line spacing appropriate for the
size of the type you are using or you will cause the type to
overlap or be too widely spaced.
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Page Half Line Feed Command
The Half-Line Feed sub menu item enables the user to send a
half-line feed command to the printer.

The vertical distance of half-a-line feed is set to half of
the current Vertical Motion Index (VMI).  The VMI can either
be set directly or by setting the number of lines per inch
(lpi).
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Page Form Feed Command
The Form Feed sub menu item provides a means for the user to
send a form feed to the printer.  The form feed command
forces the current page to be immediately printed and the
page ejected from the printer.

When you force the current page to be immediately printed,
you will only print the data that has already been
transmitted to the printer.  Any subsequent data for that
page will be printed on the subsequent page.

Note:
Forcing the printing of the current page can cause difficulty
with proper pagination in some word processing software.
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Fonts Selection Command
The Selection sub menu item enables the user to select from
the various fonts that are available to the LaserJet printer
series.  The user can select from internal (resident) fonts,
cartridge (external) fonts or to select fonts by
'building-a-font' from its characteristics.

For more information, select a Selection menu command from
the list below.

Internal
Cartridge
by Font

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Fonts Rotation Command
The Rotation sub menu item enables the user to choose the
degree (in 90 degree increments) of the font's print rotation.
That is entering a value of 90 would print a character
rotated 90 degrees to the right (or clockwise), 180 would
print the character 'upside down', etc.

The Factory Default setting for a font's rotation is 0 degrees
(or upright).
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Internal
The Internal sub menu item enables the user to select from the
many internal fonts that come with each of the printers of the
LaserJet family.

After choosing Internal, select the series of printer (i.e.,
LaserJet, LaserJet Series II, LaserJet Series III, etc.) and
then choose from the fonts that are available for that series
from the 'Fonts Available' list box.  Upon selecting a font, a
command string will be sent to the printer to invoke that
particular font.

If you would prefer to send the command string to the
Clipboard instead of the printer, select the 'Send to
Clipboard' checkbox before choosing a font.  Selecting
'Send to Clipboard' will send the command string to the
Clipboard instead of the printer.  You can then paste the
command string into any application you are using that accepts
input from the Clipboard.
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Cartridge
The Cartridge sub menu item enables the user to select from
the many fonts available with external cartridges that can be
added to most of the printers in the LaserJet family.

After choosing Cartridge, select the Font Cartridge series
(i.e., A, B, D, 25-in-One, etc.) and then choose from the
fonts that are available for that cartridge from the 'Fonts
Available' list box.  Upon selecting a font, a command string
will be sent to the printer to invoke that particular font.

If you would prefer to send the command string to the
Clipboard instead of the printer, select the 'Send to
Clipboard' checkbox before choosing a font.  Selecting 'Send
to Clipboard' will send the command string to the Clipboard
instead of the  printer.  You can then paste the command
string into any application you are using that accepts input
from the Clipboard.
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by Font
The by Font sub menu item enables the user to 'build' a font
by choosing an option from each of the eight font
characteristics (i.e., orientation, style, point size, stroke,
etc.).  Although it doesn't matter in which order you choose
from, you must select an option from each item in order to
build a legal command string.

If you would prefer to send the command string to the
Clipboard instead of the printer, select the 'Send to
Clipboard' checkbox before choosing a font.  Selecting 'Send
to Clipboard' will send the command string to the Clipboard
instead of the printer.  You can then paste the command
string into any application you are using that accepts input
from the Clipboard.

Spacing refers to the amount of space allocated to each
character.  Fonts can be either fixed or proportional.  Fixed
or monospaced means that each character is assigned the same
amount of space.  Proportional means that the space assigned
to different characters varies, depending on the shape of the
characters.

Pitch refers to the number of characters per inch (cpi).  This
is only relevant to monospaced (fixed) font; with
proportionally spaced fonts, the number of characters per inch
varies.

Point size represents the vertical height of the character.
Font height is measured in terms of descenders and ascenders.
The vertical height of a font is measured from the bottom of
the lowest descender to the top of the highest ascender in
points.

The symbol set defines which letters, numbers, and special
characters are contained in a particular font.  The basic
symbol sets are USASCII, the HP Roman Extension set for
USASCII, and Roman-8 (combining the first two).  Special
symbol sets include: foreign language sets with special and
accented characters; special purpose sets, such as legal or
math, with special symbols; and special function sets such as
Line Draw, composed of graphics characters.  Roman-8 is the
most common symbol-set used for the HP resident and cartridge
fonts.
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Misc Reset/Self-Test Command

The Reset/Self-Test sub menu item enables the user to select
either a printer reset or start the printer's self-test
feature.

When you reset the printer you return it to its default
settings.  These can be either its factory default settings or
defaults you set from the printer's control panel.  Most
software automatically sends the reset printer command before
the start of each print job.

A printer reset deletes all temporary soft fonts and
temporary macros from the printer's memory.  It also causes
all data stored in the print buffer to be immediately printed
and the page to be ejected.

The Self-Test function causes the printer to test its built-in
controller and to print a test printout.
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Misc Underline Command

The Underline sub menu item toggles the LaserJet's underlining
feature.

There are two modes of underlining: fixed and floating.  Fixed
underlining places the underline stroke a fixed distance (five
dots) under the baseline of all characters.  Floating
underlining, available on the LaserJet 2000, Series II & III
printers, determines the placement distance below the
characters based on the largest font printed on the current
line.  Each font contains a predefined underline distance in
its description file.
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Misc Line Wrap Command

The Line Wrap sub menu item toggles the LaserJet's line wrap
feature.  This causes the printer to issue its own end of line
wrap command when the text would run past the right margin and
be clipped.

Most word processors control their own end of line wrap so the
default value for this option is disabled.  When printing
unformatted ASCII text or programs that might run over the
right margin of the page, you may not print the full line of
text.  The portion that extends past the right margin will be
clipped.  To ensure that all text is printed, enable the line
wrapping function of the printer and the extending portion
will be printed on the next line.

This function is often used in conjunction with the Display
Functions Mode, which prints the control codes instead of
executing them.
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Misc Paper Control Command

The Paper Control sub menu item provides the user with the
ability to control the number of printed copies, eject a page,
and to control the source of paper input.

The sources of paper input are:
1. Upper tray.
2. Manual feed.
3. Manual envelope feed.
4. Lower tray.
5. Paper deck.
6. Envelope feeder. (IID or IIID)

When you designate a manual feed, the printer will pause
until you feed the requested paper into the manual feed slot
or press the CONTINUE button to override the request  and
print from the installed paper tray.
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Misc Perforation Skip Mode Command

The Perforation Skip sub menu item provides the user with the
ability to toggle the printer's perforation skip mode of
operation.

The Perforation Region is the area between the bottom of the
Text Area of one page and the top of the Text Area of the
next.  It is defined by the Page Length, Top Margin, and the
Text Length.  All three of these settings determine the bottom
of the text area of the current page, while the Top Margin
determines the top of the text area of the next page by itself.

If Perforation Skip is enabled, any line feed command that
would move the cursor into the Perforation Region, will cause
the cursor to be moved to the top of the text area of the next
page. This will force the current page to be printed and
ejected.

Note:
If you set Perforation Skip off and try to print outside the
printable area at the bottom or top of a page, you will lose
your data.
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Misc Display Functions Command

The Display Functions sub menu item provides the user with the
ability to toggle the printer's Display Functions option.  The
Display Functions option is useful for troubleshooting by
printing commands sent to the printer instead of executing
them.
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Help Contents Command

The Contents sub menu item activates Pulsar's Help System.
Use this system's features to learn more about each of the
commands and procedures in using Pulsar.
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Help Topic Search Command
The Topic Search sub menu item activates Pulsar's Help Topic
Search dialog box.
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Help Using Help Command

Selecting a Help link:
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With a mouse - click on phrases outlined by two triangles.
With the keyboard - Press TAB or Shift-TAB to select a link.
   Press ENTER to jump to that topic.

Scrolling the Help window:
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With a mouse - click on the horizontal or vertical scroll
   bars.
With the keyboard - press the cursor navigation keys.

Closing the Help window:
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With a mouse - double click on the window's control box icon.
With the keyboard - press Ctrl-F4.

Command Buttons:
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Applications may use one or more of the following command
buttons.  Use a mouse to click a button or press the letter
mentioned below.

Contents - displays a table of contents for the application's
   Help.  Press C to select Contents.

Search -  opens a dialog box that lists all available Help
   topics.  Select a topic from the list box and press ENTER.
   Press S to select Search.

Back - jumps to the last Help topic viewed. Press B to select
    Back.

History - lists the last 20 Help topics viewed.  Jump to a
    topic by selecting from the list box and pressing ENTER.
    Press T to select History.

Copy - Copies the contents of the current Help topic into
   an edit area.  Select the text you want copied to the
   Clipboard and choose Copy.  Choosing Copy without selecting
   any text in the edit area copies the entire Help topic to
   the Clipboard.
   Press P to select Copy.
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Help Register Pulsar Command

The Register Pulsar sub menu item opens a dialog box which
enables the user to fill-out a pre-made registration form for
the Pulsar product.  Fill out the appropriate boxes and then
select the 'Print' command button to print out the form or
choose 'Clear All' to erase all entered information.  Select
the 'OK' command button when done.
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Help About Pulsar Command

Selecting the About Pulsar sub menu item brings up a dialog
box with information about the author.

