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1. Display Message Meaning Al EMULATION STD Standard emulation mode is selected Al EMULATION IBM IBM emulation mode is selected A2 RAM BUFFER RAM is used as the print buffer Download commands are enabled RAM is used as only one line buffer Quiet mode is cancelled Quiet mode is selected Bi directional printing is selected for graphics A2 RAM DOWNLOAD A2 RAM 1 LINE QUIET OFF A3 QUIET ON A4 GRAPH DIR BI E GRAPH DIR UNI A5 AUTO ONLINE Y A5 AUTO ONLINE N Uni directional printing is selected for graphics Auto on line mode is selected Need to press the button to set on line Font parameters The Font parameters are assigned to Bank B including these functions Mode Select the mode of font quality HS Draft prints with the highest speed but the dot matrix is reduced to print faster Draft has a reduced dot matrix compared to Letter Quality but the print quality is better than the HS Draft Letter Quality is refered as LQ and there are many font styles as shown below The SLQ Super Letter Quality is the highest quality of this printer and there are three types of font styles LQ SLQ Font styles There are many font styles for LQ and SLQ print mode You can select one of them as the power on default by setting this switch Optional fonts can be selected only when the corresponding font cartridge is installed in
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4. 59 Command parameters The Command parameters are assigned to Bank A including these functions Emulation Select the mode compatible with your computer and software In Standard mode the printer operates like the Epson LQ 860 LQ 1060 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter X24E XL24E RAM usage In order to download characters this switch must be set DOWNLOAD The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints Quiet mode You can select the Quiet mode as the power on default by setting this switch When in Quiet mode the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level Graphics direction When printing in dot graphics mode the printer may either print bi directionally in alternate directions for speed or in one direction only uni directional for increased accuracy For practically all purposes however bi directional printing is suffi ciently accurate Auto On Line Set the status just after loaded the paper into the printer When the Auto Online is set ON the printer automatically goes on line When it is set OFF you must press the button to set on line after load the paper Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank
5. s s z x JOHAN 2 1815182 The command for selecting the international character set is lt ESC gt n Where n means character CHR in BASIC The values of n are i 0 U S A 6 Italy 12 Latin America 1 France 7 SpainI 13 Korea 2 Germany 8 Japan 14 Irish 3 England 9 Norway 64 Legal 4 DenmarkI 10 Denmark II 5 Sweden 11 Spain 161 IBM character set 2 Code Page 437 U S A 162 li i27 ras uua bed alah a BELL ral m nn 00 40 n 227 24 197 2 24 13 229 24 ZA x c x nm RO cr c 182 198 24 gt 2 E 7 a rhe nN A K n cn ROD E Ma lt gt lt cr ND E r c A WO t an ND rm c on m3 m
6. Std 4371 850 860 861 863 865 238 Bez C 30 20 30 INT 233 16 3s 2o 3o_ ago 30 20 eee 243 173 x 21 244 134 w 30 20 245 _ 143 s 30 20 30 247 aes 30 20 int 249 164 30 20 tsp dei pepe 1252 iss 20 pep 99 20 090 s s 17201307 pee 42 28 42 20 30 int 1 36 24 36 1 36 24 36 181 182 MEMO INDEX Absolute horizontal tab 102 Adjustment lever 5 28 All reset 54 Application software 129 ASF bin number 55 ASF control commands 115 116 Auto Carriage Return 68 Auto Line Feed 68 99 Auto loading value 53 Auto On Line 60 Automatic Sheet Feeder 15 40 66 Backspace 99 Bail lever 5 Base unit for line spacing 91 BASIC 135 Bell command 114 Bi directional printing 115 Bit image dot matrix 152 Bottom feed 32 Bottom margin 66 94 BUFFER CLEAR message 54 Buffer size 154 Cancel command 113 Carriage return 98 Cartridge slot 5 Center text 99 Character data 118 Character dot pat
7. Ua apap Apa st apatites aft st a 4 ional width t Propor 30 30 30 30 3 d 190 179 79 ele o mio e 74 5 pu e e 2 es emi mede le Lose SI SO oo 1 oy ala cia e aby GSH alalalalalalalalalea Sel O 00 wo CQ CN CN NINININI NINN NEN Sle nid DE eue Sey NININ SIA NEO N cN CN I CN CN CN I CN C CN IN CN IN N cN NINI C N cN 178 width 179 Slee eee ae eae mim mMm lt lt NTO LO xO E 5 die e p e m cq CN N N cN CN n e a uH 3 q eq a N q q e x x 3 NYU OV OY CX CN
8. ANA DIN 45 D 10 LA 00 110 00 10 10 LO O O xO haracter code du PIER tis t NIA AEN Sia lt SO lt P 235 ed n8 515 SiS LO Oo 51559 C co co co co o 6 o 51555565555 ve jc sles NEO icu Sle ND 21919 G co co o DN Slelolo oloio ooo tn 14 st et a et et A width aracter co A o coles em NIN NININ O O O cO o m a EERE emm Ed PES DIN NIM IPIE aja a n CO Oo Itc diet e e 2215 DS ojo pes uid pus eA ts emm e E e We Rus be e Ens NIM EE mu a lt eA e wid Character code 175
9. LPRINT E ai CHR 3 OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED LPRINT E q CHR 0 LPRINT H E E Emphasized E F LPRINT E G Double strike LPRINT E 4 Italics E 5 LPRINT H E 10 Underlining LPRINT E CHR 3 CHR 0 CHR 1 CHRS 2 CHR 2 LPRINT Strike through LPRINT E LPRINT E CHR 3 CHR 0 CHR 1 CHR 3 CHR 1 LPRINT Overlining LPRINT LPRINT H E SO SUPERSCRIPT E LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT H RM Download characters SS E S0 GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E 1 FOR TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT E X0 LPRINT E T GOSUB 2650 LPRINT E 1 FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT E X0 55 51 GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E 1 FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT E 0 LPRINT E T LPRINT H RM RESTORE 3170 LPRINT 8 FOR i TO 3 LPRINT E f0 Dot graphics CHR 8 Select download character Print download character Select normal character Cancel superscript Select download character Print download character Select normal character Subscript Select download character Print download character Select normal character Cancel superscript 8 60 line spacing Initialize printer Select super subscript LPRINT E CHR 33 CHR 240 CHR 0 FOR 1 TO 240 3 READ DAT LP
10. This pin is Space when the computer is ready to send data This printer does not check this pin D XD TS TS Signal ground E E CH C ND N C 5 7 8 1 1 t3 This printer turn this pin Space when it is ready to 1 GND receive data 14 19 NC This line carries the same signal as pin 20 20 DTR NIC Signal ground This printer turns this pin Space when it is ready to receive data 157 CHARACTER SETS The following tables show the standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entires at the top and left edges of the table For example the character is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 This is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets lt gt Character Hexadecimal value high order Decimal value Control code Hexadecimal value low order 158 Standard character set 2 159 160 International character sets When an international character set is selected by acommand from software the following changes are made in the Standard Italic character set Country o a a a a aa ese ma
11. USERS MANUAL XB 2420 MULTI FONT XB 2425 MULTI FONT ZB 80825502 XB24 200 24 250 MULTI FONT USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE Trademark Acknowledgements XB24 200 250 2410 2415 XB24 10 15 NX 2420 LC24 200 FZ24 1 724 X24CL 322 DC 322 IS 8XL IP 128XL SF 10DMII 1S5DMII SF 10RMIV15RMII 10 15 Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC PS 2 PC AT Proprinter X24E XL24E Proprinter X24 XL24 PC DOS International Business Machines Corp MS DOS Microsoft BASIC Microsoft Corporation LQ 860 1060 LQ 850 1050 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE rights reserved Reproduction of part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden e The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e Allefforts have been made to ensure the accuracy ofthe contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them e The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1991 Star Micronics Co Ltd XB24 200 24 250 MULTI FONT USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE Trademark Acknowledgements XB24 200 250 2410 2415 XB24 10 15 NX 2420 LC24 200 FZ24 1 724 X24CL 322 DC 322 IS 8XL IP 128XL SF 10DMII 1S5DMII SF 10RMIV15RMII 10 15 Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC PS 2 PC AT Pro
12. E E B B E E Code Page 865 Nordic Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 E B fe on ce Character set 1 Other characters are identical to character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the lt ESC gt gt command in the standard mode 0 I M e MN c 2 5 2 5 CAN EM pa gt jw 2 c5 DET 169 IBM special character set Additional characters can be printed by special commands i E E 3 3 This table lists the widths of your printer s proportional characters for Standard mode and IBM mode for your processing program so it can calculate the number of proportional characters that will fit on a line for each character set and its width for Standard normal mode Standard The following width table shows each character its ASCII code decimal super subscript mode and IBM mode The values given are in 360ths of an inch For example a value of 36 is 36 360ths of an inch You may need to enter these widths into a special table PROPO
13. except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 1 27 126 49 1B 7E 31 ESC 1 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 0 Select normal zero ASCI was 38e 9 Zuma ME NCC NN Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash 83 CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch lt Esc gt P P j In Standard mode changes from either elite or semi condensed to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In IBM mode changes from either elite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Elite pitch ode Std lt ESC gt IBM Es lt oo 0 2 s Ba Changes from either pica or semi condensed to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Semi condensed pitch Sel Changes from either pica or elite to semi condensed pitch 15 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Condensed printing Both lt s gt 80 O Std ESC Sb 2435 Changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode
14. 9 1410 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 6 1420 FOR 150 TO 347 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I 126 1430 LPRINT 1440 LPRINT CHR 9 1450 FOR 0 TO 493 STEP 25 LPRINT 5 61 NEXT I 1460 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 2 1470 LPRINT CHR 9 4 1480 SCALE 1490 FOR 1 1 TO 7 LPRINT SCALES NEXT I 1500 LPRINT 1510 LPRINT CHR 9 0 1520 FOR I 1 TO 1530 LPRINT 7 1 1540 NEXT I 1550 LPRINT CHR 27 1560 LPRINT CHR 27 S CHR 0 1570 LPRINT CHR 9 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS 1580 LPRINT CHR 27 T 1590 LPRINT CHR 27 1600 END 2000 DATA 2010 Index Table Data 2020 DATA 137 17 25 227 96 4 242 0 96 2030 DATA 137 92 28 227 96 0 80 64 96 2040 Dot Pattern Data 2050 Telephone symbol 2060 DATA 0 D O 7 0 0 15 0 0 34 0 0 59 0 0 2070 DATA 59 15 192 56 31 192 112 63 192 112 127 192 112 255 192 2080 DATA 127 255 192 127 243 192 113 227 192 127 243 192 127 255 192 2090 DATA 112 255 192 112 127 192 112 63 192 56 31 192 59 15 192 2100 DATA 59 0 0 31 0 0 15 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2110 Car symbol 2120 DATA 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 28 0 0 60 0 0 63 0 2130 DATA 0 255 128 0 255 192 1 255 192 3 255 192 7 127 128 2140 DATA 14 127 0 28 124 0 56 124 0 112 126 0 96 124 0 2150 DATA 127 254 0 127 252 0 96 124 0 96 127 0 96 127 128 2160 DATA 96 127 192 112 127 192 124 127 128 63 127 0 15 124 0 2170 DATA 3 124 0
15. If text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines check the following Is the text all on the same line Is text being printed with extra blank lines Possible remedy Carriage returns are not being expanded to lt CR gt lt LF gt pairs Check the EDS setting and correct Two line feeds are being printed Either make sure your software print just a carriage retum or if this is not possible set the AUTO LF to OFF with the EDS setting If the page length and margins are not what is expected check the following Possible remedy Is the printing starting too high or too low on the page Use the Micro Feed facility to adjust the print position relative to the page Does the printer s page length Use the EDS switches to set up the correct page length not match the physical page or use software commands to do it length 148 MAINTENANCE Essentially your printer is a robust piece of equipment but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions For example Keep your printer in a comfortable environment Roughly speaking if you are comfortable then the environment is suitable for your printer see Chapter 2 Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid over dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices To clean the exterior of the printer use a cloth barely d
16. 1450 LPRINT E Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1460 LPRINT RM Various line and character spacings 1470 LPRINT E al Center text 1480 FOR I 1 TO 7 1490 LPRINT E CHR I Line spacing set 1500 LPRINT E CHRS I Increase character space 1510 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1520 NEXT I 1530 FOR 1 7 TO STEP 1 1540 LPRINT ES A CHRS I Line spacing set 1550 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1560 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1570 NEXT I 135 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2500 2510 2520 2530 2540 2550 2560 2570 2580 136 Left justify Set 1 6 line spacing Normal character space E q CHR 0 3 q CHR 0 PES routs CHR 3 CHRS 0 CHR 1 2 CHR 0 5 3 0 1 3 0 TU Superscript LPRINT LPRINT 3 30 LPRINT E CHR 0 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT RM Other features LPRINT 9 1 LPRINT 5 2
17. Loading the paper with Push Pull feed You can load the fanfold paper with Push Pull feed by using both the internal push tractor unit and the optional Pull Tractor Unit 1 2 3 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer the printer s power OFF Push the release lever backward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 33 4 Open the transparent part of the front cover and remove the paper guide and the rear cover 5 With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit 6 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 7 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Release lever Clamp lever Figure 4 8 Mount the fanfold paper over the internal tractor units 8 Tum on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded The PAPER OUT message will also flash to confirm this
18. is received The default base unit is set to 1 216 Set line spacing to n 180 inch or n 216 inch Mode Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 3 m 275 n 1B 33 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 180 inch or n 216 inch where is between 0 and 255 If 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 60 inch or n 72 inch In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 60 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 the line spacing is set to 0 InIBM mode this command defines the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 1 and 85 The new line spacing does not take effect until next lt ESC gt 2 command 91 Execute lt ESC gt A o mm so Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding lt gt command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt ESC gt A command Line feed ASCII m 9 Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed sid 5 gt 4 79 lt 5 gt z ps Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the precedin
19. ASF DUAL ON Select ASF bin 2 2 2 Selects the ASF bin 2 and feeds paper from bin 2 Ignored ifEDS switch E 3 is not set to ASF DUAL ON Eject paper from ASF ASCII Both _ lt ESC gt lt EM gt R Ejects the current page Ignored if EDS switch E 3 is set to ASF OFF Set print start position on ASF lt ESC gt lt EM gt T n Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where is equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if EDS switch E 3 is set to ASF OFF Reset printer ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Q 27 64 1B 40 sa gt Q daw i 4 Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections 116 Chapter 8 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS With this printer you can create new characters and symbols download their dot data and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regular character set Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through to complex Chinese or Japanese characters Regular characters are permanently stored in the printer s ROM but char acters you design are downloaded and stored in RAM for use Before you start to define your own characters you must set the EDS switch A 2 to RAM DOWNLOAD Otherwi
20. Color C 0 C 1 C 2 C 3 4 5 C 6 Orator Orator 2 Draft Standard size Double width Double height Double width and height Black Magenta Cyan Violet Yellow Orange Green If you want to print a title in double size Script then change to regular size fonts for other text you can use these commands as follows File as seen on computer screen F 4 S 3 Printer commands F 0 S 0 Font commands F ican be F 2embedded F 3anywhere F 9in a document Printout Printer commanda Font commands can be embedded anywhere document When you use these commands there are several points to note when power was switched on The font command is ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected The color C command is valid only when the color ribbon is installed A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line 131 The software will not know that these are commands so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width The printed line may be considerably shorter than the line on the screen the extra space being the space that was occupied by the commands One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without the commands then insert them as a final step with the margins released The find replace and copy functions of word processing software can be helpful here If you do not use these commands or
21. Figure 4 16 Adjust the paper guides to accommodate the width of the paper 41 8 Adjust the right paper guide to accommodate the width of the paper The guides should be adjusted to restrict the amount of horizontal play while allowing the paper to slide up and down freely between the two paper guides The ideal distance between paper ream and paper guides is 0 25 mm 0 01 on both sides at the narrowest part of the paper guides 9 Fan the paper stack and square it off properly before inserting it into the Automatic Sheet Feeder Figure 4 17 Fan the paper before inserting into the ASF 10 Insert the paper stack into the Automatic Sheet Feeder The stack should not be more than 15 mm 5 8 equivalent to 150 sheets of 20 Ib paper If necessary remove some sheets The ASF may not perform satisfac torily if it is overloaded 11 When you are using Single Bin ASF push the paper loading lever toward the back In case of the Dual Bin ASF push both pressure bar levers toward the back to FEED Single Bin Figure 4 18 Push the paper loading lever or pressure bar levers to hold the paper stack 42 Chapter 5 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the operations indicated by their names Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer s power on or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapt
22. Other parameters The Other parameters are assigned to Bank including these functions STROBE timing This switch controls the timing of the interface Most computers can communicate with the Normal timing as the factory setting If you were not possible to communicate with your computer to the printer set this switch to INVERSE EDS setting If you want to cancel your EDS settings and retum to the factory settings set this switch RESET Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank Resets the EDS setting to the factory set 70 DOT ADJUSTMENT MODE This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bi directional passes After a period of some months your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes showing itself most obviously in graphics printing This mode will probably be used very rarely 1 Tum the printer off and then tum it on again while holding down the and buttons The display on the control panel shows DOT ADJUSTMENT message and prints something like the following DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ ert ELE E LEE E LE EE ELE LEE ELLE E el The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment To adjust the printing use the 8524271 buttons The S 48 amp button will move th
23. character and the other user defined char acters to print a small graph This program will do just that 1000 WIDTH LPT1 255 1010 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 164 5 9 4 1020 LPRINT CHR amp HOF CHR amp H80 CHR 0 1030 INDEX TABLE 1040 LPRINT CHR 1 1050 FOR I 0 TO 59 1060 LPRINT STRING 9 0 1070 NEXT I 1080 FOR IT 1 TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT IT 1090 FOR 1 TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT IT 1100 FOR I262 TO 255 1110 LPRINT STRING 9 0 1120 NEXT I 1130 DOT PATTERN 1140 FOR DP 1 TO 159 1150 READ MM 1160 LPRINT CHR 1170 NEXT DP 1180 PRINTOUT PROGRAM 1190 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 11 CHR O 1200 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 1210 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 1220 LPRINT DIFFUSION RANGES OF 1230 LPRINT CARS amp TELEPHONES 1240 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 0 1250 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 0 1260 LPRINT USA CHR 9 1270 LPRINT 8 27 1 6 1280 FOR 150 TO 681 STEP 25 LPRINT 60 NEXT I 1290 LPRINT 1300 LPRINT CHR 9 1310 FOR 150 781 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I 1320 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 2 1330 LPRINT GERMANY CHR 9 1340 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 6 1350 FOR 1 0 412 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I 1360 LPRINT 1370 LPRINT CHR 9 1380 FOR I 0 488 STEP 25 LPRINT 61 NEXT I 1390 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 2 1400 LPRINT JAPAN
24. 0 31 0 0 31 0 15 3440 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 3450 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 3460 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 3470 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 63 3480 DATA 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 247 31 255 231 31 255 199 137 3490 DATA 15 255 135 7 255 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3500 0 O 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3510 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 0 2520 DATA 1 255 240 3 135 255 7 0 63 15 0 0 15 0 0 3530 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3540 DATA 31 0 0 331 0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 128 0 3550 DATA 31 192 0 31 255 0 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 3560 DATA 31 255 255 15 255 255 7 255 255 0 255 240 1 254 0 3570 DATA 1 240 0 3 128 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 3580 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3590 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 128 0 3600 DATA 31 192 0 31 240 0 31 255 0 31 255 240 31 255 255 3610 DATA 31 255 258 7 255 255 0 255 255 0 255 255 1 255 240 3620 DATA 3 192 0 75428 052216 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3630 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3640 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 15 31 135 255 3650 DATA 21 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 240 3660 DATA 15 252 0 47 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3670 2ND LINE 36
25. Front cover Figure 3 1 Open the front cover and swing down the transparent part o 2 c 5 8 Figure 3 2 Open the rear cover and remove it 4 A stacker is included with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Attach the hook at the top of the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder Then push the lower section of the stacker down into position and engage the lower hook as shown in Figure 3 3 16 Figure 3 3 Attach the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder place behind the printer platen roller 6 Lower the rear side of the Automatic Sheet Feeder and attach it to the 5 Tip the Automatic Sheet Feeder forward slightly and put the feeder into platen shaft 5 gt D o D 9 5 lt Figure 3 4 Mount the Automatic Sheet Feeder to the printer 17 7 Close the front cover with the transparent part in the open position Figure 3 5 Close the front cover 8 Insert the hopper attachment by hand into the holders on top of the hopper support section as shown in Figure 3 6 Hopper attachment Figure 3 6 Insert the hopper attachment 18 9 Squeeze the sides of the stacker attachments lightly and insert into the holders on the front part of the sheet feeder Stacker attachment Figure 3 7 insert the stacker attachment Now you can use the ASF by installing the paper stack into the hopper Refer to Chapter 4 In addition you can fee
26. Multi part forms You can use multi part forms that have up to five parts including the original when the Multi part mode is selected with the EDS setting For details please refer to Chapter 6 Use pressure sensitive multi part forms with both side edges glued and a difference in thickness of 0 05 or less between the side edges It is recommended to use the bottom feed with the optional Pull Tractor Unit to get fine alignment NOTE Care should be taken in color printing with continuous multi part forms Side edges of paper might be damaged Preprinted forms Figure 4 1 shows the recommended print area for each type of papers Fanfold forms Single sheets 120mm 20 mm oloocooooc 18 mm bs TO Perforation 23 mm i ER gus 1 25 4 mm mm for Push Feed Figure 4 1 Recommended print area for acceptable papers ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paperthicknesses To make this adjustment open the front cover The adjustment lever is located at the left side of the printer mechanism Pushing the adjustment lever backwards narrows the gap pulling it forwards widens the gap There are seven positions and you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from t
27. alsoincluded some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 10 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section gives a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself It is not however a complete service manual Call a qualified service engineer if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations Chapter 11 Reference This section gives some reference of your printer such as specifications of your printer the pinout of interface connector the character tables The character table charts give the different character sets available TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Features of the printer Font style example Printer components Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection Setting up Mounting the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge Connecting the interface cable Chapter 3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Automatic Sheet Feeder Single bin Automatic Sheet Feeder Dual bin Automatic Sheet Feeder Pull Tractor Unit Font Cartridges and RAM Cartridges Interface Cartridges Chapter 4 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE Selection of paper Adjusting the printing gap Loading fanfold forms Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer
28. n 5 0 S 1 y 0 y 1 Ww 0 wr 1 Y n2 ml m2 Z nl n2 ml m2 FUNCTION Copy character set from ROM into RAM One line uni directional printing Set MSB to 0 Set MSB to1 Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to 60 inch or n 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to inches Set page length to lines Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Perform one n 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Pica pitch Set right margin Select international character set Superscript cel superscript or subscript Bi directional eating Uni directional printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics P T 4 0 x0 0 nl m U n2 a 0 a 1 2 3 b nO n2 lt 0 gt e O n n f On f la Select IBM code page Relative horizontal tab Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set horizontal tab stop every columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper lines Semi condensed pitch Select double or s
29. replace it This problem occurs most frequently with a worn ribbon so you may need to replace the ribbon Check the installation settings in your software and reinstall if necessary Is the ribbon caught up around the print head Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer Turn the printer off and tum it on again holding down one of the buttons to perform a self test If these do not work contact your dealer Can the printer perform self test operations 144 If the print is faint or uneven check the following Possible remedy Is the ribbon properly in Check and reinstall if necessary stalled Is the ribbon worn out The ribbon has a long life but will eventually need replacing Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary If dots are missing in the printing check the following Possible The ribbon has become slack causing it to get caught up Stop printing remove the ribbon cartridge retension and replace it The print head may be damaged Stop printing and contact your supplier Are dots missing at random in the printing Is a line of dots missing con sistently throughout the printing If your application software cannot print the fonts or characters selected check the following Check Possible remedy Is your application software Check the software installation and re install the pr
30. 0 254 0 0 0 0 127 128 MEMO Chapter 9 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using your printer with an IBM PS 2 PC AT or compatible you will probably be using PC DOS or MS DOS as an operating system A number of software tricks may be useful here This chapter is not however a substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer To learn how to print files etc it is best to read the relevant parts of these manuals INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER When installing application software you may find that your printer is not specifically mentioned in the lists of printers given for installation However this should pose no problem Read this section and guidelines provided with your software on printer installation Choose one of the following in order of preference according to your selected Emulation mode Standard mode IBM mode Proprinter XL24E Star XB24 10 15 Proprinter X24E A Star NX 2420 Color Proprinter XL24 2 StarLC24 200 Color Proprinter X24 Star NX 2420 NOTE does not support color printing You can also select one of NEC 24 wire printers to print graphics in the Standard emulation mode 129 If your software package does not mention printers by name but asks instead what features your printer is capable of the most common questions are Can your printer perform a backspace and it do a hardware fo
31. 1110 LPRINT H D Draft characters 1120 LPRINT H L CHR 0 Roman characters 1130 LPRINT H L CHR l1 Sanserif characters 1140 LPRINT H L CHR 2 Courier characters 1150 LPRINT H L CHR 3 Prestige characters 1160 LPRINT H L CHR 4 Script characters 1170 LPRINT H L CHR 7 Orator characters 1180 LPRINT H L CHR 12 H Gothic characters 1190 LPRINT H L CHR 32 SLQ Roman 1200 LPRINT H L CHR 33 SLQ TW Light 1210 LPRINT 1220 LPRINT RM Print pitches are 1230 LPRINT H PI Pica pitch 10 CPI 1240 LPRINT H ES M Elite pitch 12 CPI 1250 LPRINT H E g Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI 1260 LPRINT H PI 1270 LPRINT CHR 15 Select condensed print 1280 LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI 1290 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1300 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1310 LPRINT H E pl Select proportional spacing 1320 LPRINT PI Normal proportional 1330 LPRINT H CHR 15 Condensed proportional 1340 LPRINT CHR 18 1350 LPRINT E pO Cancel proportional spacing 1360 LPRINT 1370 LPRINT H E wi Double height E w0 1280 LPRINT H E Wi Double width E WO 1390 LPRINT H CHR 28 E CHR 2 Triple width 1400 LPRINT 8 28 0 1410 LPRINT H E h CHR l1 Double sized 1420 LPRINT H ES h CHR 2 Quad sized 1430 LPRINT E h CHR 0 1440 LPRINT LPRINT
32. 1300 1310 1320 WIDTH LPT1 255 LPRINT CHR 27 x1 LPRINT CHR 27 amp CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 60 CHR 61 FOR N 60 TO 61 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT READ RS LPRINT CHR RS FOR M 1 TO CW 3 READ MM LPRINT CHR NEXT M NEXT N LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR O LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 4 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 LPRINT DIFFUSION RANGES OF LPRINT CARS amp TELEPHONES LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 27 0 LPRINT 27 4 8 1 LPRINT 9 FOR 10 TO 681 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT 9 FOR 150 TO 781 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 I LPRINT LPRINT GERMANY CHR 9 FOR 0 TO 412 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 FOR I 0 TO 488 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I LPRINT _ 120 1330 LPRINT 1350 LPRINT 1360 LPRINT 1370 FOR I 0 TO 493 STEP 25 1380 LPRINT 1390 LPRINT 1410 FOR I 1420 LPRINT 1430 LPRINT 1440 FOR I 1450 LPRINT 1460 NEXT I 1470 LPRINT 1480 LPRINT 1490 LPRINT 1500 LPRINT 1510 LPRINT 1520 LPRINT 1530 END 2000 DATA 2010 Tele 2020 DATA 2030 DATA 2040 DATA 2050 DATA 2060 DATA 2070 DATA 2080 DATA 2090 DATA 2100 Car 2110 DATA 2120 DATA 2130 DATA 2140 DATA 2150 DATA 2160 DATA 2170 DATA 2180 DATA JAPAN CHR 9 1340 FOR 150 TO 347 S
33. 9 Now press button The paper will be fed past the print head 10 Turn off the power and install the optional Pull Tractor Unit as described in Chapter 3 11 With the optional tractor covers open turn the platen knob clockwise to mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the optional tractor unit 34 Clamp lever Pull tractor unit Platen knob Figure 4 9 Mount the fanfold paper to the Pull Tractor Unit by turning the platen knob 12 Adjust the spacing of the optional tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 13 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the optional tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 14 Remove the lever stopper from the slot of the release lever as shown in Figure 4 10 15 Set the release lever to the position and tum the platen knob clockwise to tighten the paper if it is slack 35 Lever stopper Platen knob Figure 4 10 Remove the lever stopper and tighten the paper 16 Push the release lever backward and remount the lever stopper to the original position Paper parking After loading fanfold paper with Push feed mo
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35. C un ci oo x 19 207 223 239 255 163 lingual Code Page 850 Multi Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 lt gt 2 M e c ai c I uy wD x M M Pe 5 4 4 a 4 a ew We i zt S m D Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 Code Page 860 Portuguese lt gt ma 24 24 24 246 cr c s E im L us uw oOo m c r T r r N c gt Em 3 LA eu e E r3 un O ro lt e gt gt a ex a ex e e E E B fe ee REGE Du ies n E 5 Mur Code Page 861 Icelandic Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 Pl al al mal 8 157 173 189 143 159 175 191 Code Page 863 Canadian French Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 X rm lt c r I im ive ud ws
36. DATA 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 255 128 3940 DATA 223 255 128 255 255 128 255 255 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 3950 DATA 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 3960 DATA 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 3970 DATA 224 0 1 224 0 3 240 0 15 255 255 255 255 255 254 3980 DATA 255 255 254 255 255 252 255 255 248 255 255 224 255 255 128 3990 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4000 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4010 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 0 0 255 0 0 15 248 0 4020 DATA 0 63 0 0 3 248 0 0 31 0 0 3 0 0 0 4030 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4040 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 0 255 224 0 4050 DATA 255 128 0 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4060 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 127 4070 DATA 0 7 255 0 63 255 1 255 255 31 255 255 3 255 255 4080 DATA 0 127 254 0 7 252 0 0 127 0 0 7 0 0 0 4090 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 4100 DATA 248 0 0 255 0 0 255 192 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 4110 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 63 4130 DATA 0 31 255 7 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 254 4140 DATA 255 255 192 255 248 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4150 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 _ _ 138 4160 4170 4180 4190 4200 4210 4220 4230 4240 4250 4260 4270 4280 4
37. OUT amp H3BC I OUT 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter 30 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H379 IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT 4 378 1 OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 120 RETURN 51 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations Top of form Reverse micro feed Forward micro feed POWER MICRO FEED i SET EJECT oO PARK PAPER FEED ON LINE Es S Me BANK SWITCH SCROLL SET Store macro Form feed definition Select color Select ASF bin number Buffer clear All reset Figure 5 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 While holding the button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer
38. character set with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to DOWNLOAD Select LQ proportional download characters ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt I 7 1B 49 07 Selects the LQ download character set with proportional pitch Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD EH Select ROM character set sia SESC gt 0 27 37 48 1B 25 30 ESC 9 0 27 37 0 1B 25 00 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is not set to DOWNLOAD COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS Select print color Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 214 1B 72 m Selects the printing color according to the value of n as shown below Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed n Color n Color O Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet Select print color OA MOS eU Changes the printing color according to the value of d as shown below Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed d Color d Color O Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet 112 OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 Mode ASCII Sid lt ESC gt gt 27 6 Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte rec
39. column n in the current character pitch pica pitchif proportional spacingis currently selected Column nbecomes the last character position in the line The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The right margin must be within the limits below Printer Type Normal Carriage Wide Carriage Pica 4znz80 4 136 5 96 5 nz163 Semi condensed 63 lt 120 63 204 Condensed pica 7 137 7 233 Condensed elite 8Sn 160 8 255 Expanded pica 2 40 2 68 Expanded elite 3 48 3 81 Expanded semi condensed 3 60 3 102 Expanded condensed pica 4 68 4 116 Expanded condensed elite 45 580 4Sn 136 Set left and right margins ASCI Hexadecimal sc 7X 0 Sets the left margin at column n7 and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return Mode ASCII Hexadecimal s j Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If EDS switch F 1 is set to AUTO LF ON also performs line feed 8 Set automatic line feed ASCII Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt lt gt 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch 1 Cancel automatic line feed ASCII lt ESC gt 5 0 1B 35 0 Causes the printer to perfo
40. in seconds the print head in a few minutes FONT STYLE EXAMPLE The following example shows the many font styles your printer can print Draft HS Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script OCR B OCR A Orator Orator 2 TW Light Letter Gothic Blippo H Gothic Orane Cinema CODE 39 UPC EAN Old Style Firenze SLQ Roman SLQ TW Light SLQ Script 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIUK ABCDEFGHI JK ABCDEFGHI JK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK RBCDEFGHIJK JK JK ABCDEFGHI JK abedefahijk atwocde Pagid jk abcdefghijk abcdefghi jk abcdefghijk abcdefghijk abcde4ghijk abcdefghijk abcdefghijk ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghiJk abedefghijk abcdefghi jk abcdefghi jk abcdefghi jk abcdef ghi jk abcdefghi jk QUBA UR EI A AE I A 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456289 123456789 125456789 123456789 08 76 33 ABCDEFGH I JK ABCDEFGHI JK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK abciefgbtik abcdefghi jr abcdef ghi jk abcdefghi jk abcdetpghtijk PRINTER COMPONENTS To get acquainted with the printer s components and capabilities refer to the information on the following pages Tr
41. n2 1B 4C nl n2 ml m2 m ml m2 m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide for normal carriage printer 1632 dots for wide carriage printer See lt ESC gt for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Both lt gt Y nl m2 27 89 nl n2 1B 59 ni n2 m2 T ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide for normal carriage printer 1632 dots for wide carriage printer skipping every second dot in the horizontal di rection See lt 5 gt for other information 103 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Both lt ESC gt Z nl n2 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A ni n2 m2 ml m2 m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1920 dots wide for normal carriage printer 3264 dots for wide carriage printer skipping every second dot in the horizontal di rection See lt ESC gt for other information Print hex density 24 bit graphics FS 7 nl n2 28 90 nl n2 1C nl n2 ml m2 ml m2 m3 ml m m3 Prints 24 bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally The graphics image is 24 dots high and n2 x 256 dots wide Maxi mum width is 8 inches 2880 dots for normal carriage printer and 13 6 inches 4896 dots for wide carriage printer In the data m4 m2 m3 each three by
42. off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the button or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 52 3 Press and hold the button 4 While holding the button down press and the button then release both buttons at the same time The SET TOF POSITION message will show on the display to indicate that the top of form position has been set Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page NOTE With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The perforation may catch inside the printer Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down While holding the button down press the button The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons pami w Changing the auto loading value Normally the printer automatically loads the paper one line from the top edge If you want to change this value follow this procedure 1 Load the paper u
43. the printer Ifthe corresponding font cartridge is not installed after you selected it with this EDS mode the Roman is selected 61 Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank Display Message Meaning Bl MODE 10 510 LQ SLQ mode is selected Bl MODE DRAFT Draft mode is selected B1 MODE HS DRAFT HS Draft mode is selected Roman font is selected for LO SLQ mode Sanserif font is selected for LO SLQ mode Courier font is selected for LO SLQ mode Prestige font is selected for LO SLQ mode OCR B font is selected for LO SLQ mode font is selected for LO SLQ mode Orator font with lower case is selected for LO SLQ mode TW Light font is selected for LO SLQ mode Letter Gothic font is selected for LO SLQ mode H Gothic font is selected for LO SLQ mode Cinema font is selected for LO SLQ mode Code 39 font is selected for LO SLQ mode UPC EAN font is selected for LO SLQ mode Old Style font is selected for LO SLQ mode Firenze font is selected for LO SLQ mode B2 LQ ROMAN B2 LQ SANSERIF B2 LQ COURTER B2 LQ PRESTIGE B2 LQ SCRIPT Script font is selected for LO SLQ mode B2 LQ OCR B B2 LQ OCR A B2 LQ ORATOR Orator font is selected for LO SLQ mode B2 LQ ORATOR 2 8210 TW LIGHT B2 LQ L GOTHIC Blippo font is selected for LQ SLQ mode 8210 H GOTHIC B
44. to letter quality characters with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select LQ elite characters lt 8 gt I lt LF gt Changes to letter quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power Select LQ condensed characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt I lt DC2 gt 27 73 18 1B 49 12 Changes to letter quality characters with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select LQ proportional characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Changes to letter quality characters with proportional pitch Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select LQ font Hexadecimal 1B 6B 10 43 n Decimal Selects an LQ font according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or the corresponding Font Cartridge is not installed n Font n Font 0 Roman 11 Blippo 17 1 Sanserif 12 H Gothic 2 Courier 13 Orane FC 3Z 3 Prestige 14 Cinema FC 1Z 4 Script 15 CODE 39 FC 2Z 5 OCR B FC 2Z 16 UPC EAN FC 2Z 6 OCR A FC 2Z 17 Old Style FC 5Z 7 Orator 18 Firenze FC 5Z 8 Orator
45. was selected during power up Cancel condensed printing ASCII Ben lt c gt e In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Expanded printing ASCII Both lt ESC gt W lt 1 gt Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing ASCII 556 w lt ESC gt 4 Stops expanded printing and retums to normal width Expanded printing for one line fits soe ae Sid lt ESC gt SO imo Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed lt LF gt The lt DC4 gt VT FF and lt ESC gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing Boh DC 9 Stops one line expanded printing set with SO or lt ESC gt SO Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 85 Select character width 501 d amp E a a een Select a character width according to the value of n as shown below n Character width 0 Normal wide 1 Double wide 2 Triple wide Select proportional spacing m ES sI 27112 4 mul sso Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ign
46. 0 0 DATA 240 0 0 224 0 0 192 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 O 05 205 405 205 20 DATA Oe 50 0 0 0 s Qo 0 0 139 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1060 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 7 The WIDTH LPT1 255 statement in line 1080 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage retums and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1090 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different fonts followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Next comes the central attraction of the program a line of text printed fourteen times in expanding and contracting loops to give a barrel effect The work is done by four printer commands a command setting the right margin line 1450 a centering command line 1470 a command to vary the line spacing lines 1490 and 1540 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1500 and 1550 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities italic printing bold printing underlin ing subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character pat
47. 10 Shift download character area 110 SHORT TEAR OFF message 44 Short test mode 47 Single sheets 27 Single bin Automatic Sheet Feeder 15 Skip over perforation 68 SLQ 61 Special character set 170 Specifications 151 155 Standard character set 63 81 159 160 STROBE timing 70 Subscript 80 Super Letter Quality 61 Superscript 80 Tear assist 5 Tear off function 68 Top margin 66 TOP MARGIN SET message 53 Top of form 52 93 Tractor 5 186 Troubleshooting 143 148 Paper feeding 146 148 Power supply 144 Printing 144 145 Underlining 78 Uni directional printing 115 Unpacking and inspection 8 Vertical position commands 90 96 Vertical tab 96 Vertical tab channel 96 Vertical tab stops 95 Weight 154 Zero style 63 83 COMMAND SUMMARY Standard Mode The following commands take effect with the Standard mode CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt ESC gt lt FF gt lt ESC gt SO lt 5 gt lt Sb lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt 1 4 T lt ESC gt lt SP gt a lt ESC gt I lt ESC gt lt ESC gt al lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt n2 m2 41 d2 n2 ESC 3 0 1 nl n2 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt l
48. 16 5 101 297 101 419 mm Length 7 17 14 3 7 17 14 3 182 364 mm 182 364 mm Thickness 0 07 0 12 0 07 0 12 mm Weight 52 90 g m 52 90 g m 45 77 kg 45 77 kg 14 2416 14 2416 Fanfold continuous Width 4 10 4 16 101 254 101 406 mm Length 5 5 Minimum 5 5 Minimum 140 mm 140 mm Thickness 0 07 0 12mm 0 07 0 12 mm 0 35 mm Total for multi part forms Weight 52 82 g m 52 82 g m 45 70 kg 45 70 kg 14 2216 14 22 lb COPIES acacia kau cies Original 2 copies Multi part mode off Original 4 copies Multi part mode on 153 Maximum buffer size Emulations Standard mode IBM Interface cette terea do Ribbon life Film ribbon FZ24 Monochrome 1 7 24 Color X24CL Dimensions and Weight Width Depth Height Weight Power 154 Without Download 29 kB Normal type 76 kB Wide type With Download 200 Bytes Normal type 46 kB Wide type Epson LQ 860 LQ 1060 NEC 24 wire Graphics commands IBM Proprinter X24E XL24E Centronics parallel standard RS 232C 422 serial option On carriage dedicated Film ribbon Black only Monochrome Black only Color Black magenta cyan violet yellow orange green 0 2 million characters LQ p
49. 2 Q ORANE Orane font is selected for LQ SLQ mode 8210 CINEMA B2 10 CODE 39 B2 10 UPC EAN 82 LQ 0 STYLE 8210 FIRENZE B2 510 ROMAN B2 510 TW LIGHT B2 SLQ SCRIPT SLQ Roman font is selected for LQ SLQ mode SLQ TW Light font is selected for LO SLQ mode SLQ Script font is selected for LQ SLQ mode 62 Character parameters The Character parameters are assigned to Bank including these func tions Standard Character Set If you selected Standard mode you can set either italic or graphic characters When you select the characters the character table is the same as the Epson printers When you select the Graphic characters in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical sym bols of IBM character set 2 IBM Character Set If you selected IBM mode you can select either character set 1 or 2 Character set 2 is for computers with an 8 bit interface the most common kind and set 1 is for computers with a 7 bit interface Zero style This switch tells the printer how to print zero s When the NORMAL is selected the printer prints the normal zero when it is SLASHED the slash zero which is often used in draft mode to prevent any possible confusion with the letter IBM Code Page Except in the Standard Italic character set this switch selects the default character code page In
50. 2 FC 1Z 32 SLQ Roman 9 TW Light FC 3Z 33 SLQ TW Light 10 Letter Gothic FC 1Z 34 SLQ Script FC 10Z Select font Decimal Hexadecimal 40 40 70 41 41 d 28 28 46 29 29 Changes to the font according to the value of d Ignored if thc FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up orthe corresponding Font Cartridge is not installed 76 Font Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script OCR B FC 2Z OCR A FC 2Z Orator Orator 2 FC 1Z Draft 1 Q O OIA Select italic characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid lt gt 4 27 52 1B 34 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Select upright characters Mode ASCII Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC E 27 69 1B 45 Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Both lt ESC gt 27 70 Cancels emphasized printing Hexadecimal 1B 46 Double strike printing Mode ASCII lt ESC gt G Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of horizontal strokes For bold print use of double str
51. 25 Figure 8 5 Compressed character pattern of telephone symbol 124 Now we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column is first divided into three groups of eight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits That s where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these numbers powers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value Assigning the Index Table data Unlike defining in the Standard mode you must assign the Index Table with the IBM mode This Index Table is prepared for the information of each character attribute data such as character type Normal 24 dot high or 30 dot high block graphics the dot pattern data in the memory and the compression mask bit data Each character requires 9 index table data The first and the second bytes m and m2 indicates the position of the first dot pattern in the memory m4 is the high order byte and m2 is the low order byte The third byte m3 indicates the character type and the dot pattern data width in the memory If the character is normal simply enter the width of dot pat
52. 290 4300 4310 4320 4330 4340 4350 4360 4370 4380 4390 4400 4410 4420 4430 4440 4450 4460 4470 4480 4490 4500 4510 4520 4530 4540 4550 4560 4570 4580 4590 4600 4610 4620 4630 4640 LINE DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 56 DATA 0 0 56 0 0 120 0 0 248 0 1 248 0 1 248 DATA 0 3 248 0 7 248 0 7 248 0 15 248 0 15 248 DATA 0 31 248 0 63 248 0 127 248 0 127 248 0 255 248 DATA 0 255 248 1 255 248 3 255 248 199 255 248 247 255 248 DATA 255 255 248 31 255 240 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 224 DATA 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 255 128 15 255 128 DATA 15 255 0 15 255 0 15 255 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 DATA 252 252 24 252 252 56 249 252 248 249 252 248 243 255 248 DATA 227 255 248 231 255 248 199 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 DATA 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 207 248 DATA 31 15 248 30 31 248 252 63 248 248 127 248 240 127 240 DATA 224 255 240 225 255 240 195 255 224 199 255 192 247 255 128 DATA 255 255 128 63 255 0 31 254 0 15 254 0 15 252 9 DATA 15 248 0 15 240 0 15 240 0 15 224 0 15 192 0 DATA 15 192 0 15 128 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 62 0 0 DATA 252 0 0 252 0 0 248 0 0 240 0 224 240 0 240 DATA 224 1 240 192 1 248 0 3 248 0 3 248 0 3 248 DATA 0 7 248 0 7 248 0 63 248 0 127 248 0 127 248 DATA 0 255 248 0 255 248 1 255 248 1 25
53. 5 248 1 255 248 DATA 3 255 248 2 255 248 2 255 248 131 255 248 199 255 248 DATA 103 255 248 119 255 248 55 255 248 63 255 248 31 255 248 DATA 21 255 248 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 254 0 DATA 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 DATA 15 252 0 15 252 0 15 248 0 15 240 0 31 240 0 DATA 31 224 0 31 192 0 55 128 0 48 0 8 96 0 24 DATA 192 0 24 128 0 56 0 0 56 0 0 120 0 0 120 DATA 0 0 248 0 0 248 0 1 248 0 1 248 0 3 248 DATA 0 3 248 0 7 248 0 7 248 0 15 248 0 15 248 DATA 0 31 248 0 31 240 0 63 240 0 63 224 0 127 224 DATA 0 127 192 0 255 192 0 255 128 1 255 128 1 255 24 DATA 3 255 56 3 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 31 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 240 15 285 224 15 255 224 15 255 192 DATA 15 255 192 31 255 128 254 127 128 252 127 24 248 255 56 DATA 248 255 248 240 255 248 225 255 248 193 255 248 131 255 246 DATA 3 255 248 7 258 248 135 255 248 231 285 248 255 255 248 DATA 63 255 248 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 DATA 15 258 240 15 255 224 15 255 192 15 255 128 15 255 0 DATA 15 254 0 15 252 0 15 246 0 15 240 0 15 224 0 DATA 15 192 0 15 0 0 62 0 0 252 0 0 248
54. 68 94 Paper feed 153 PAPER FEED button 44 Paper feed speed 153 Paper feed trouble 146 148 Paper guide 5 38 Paper handling 1 PAPER OUT message 31 34 38 44 Paper parking 36 Paper specifications 153 Paper unparking 37 Paper out detector 66 95 Pica pitch 84 Pinout of interface connector 156 157 PITCH button 45 Pitch commands 84 89 PITCH LOCK message 49 Pitch lock mode 49 Platen knob 5 10 Power supply trouble 144 Power switch 5 Print area 28 Print area test mode 49 Print color 54 112 Print direction 151 Print head 5 149 Print pitch 65 PRINTER RESET message 54 Printing gap 28 Printing speed 151 Printing trouble 144 145 Proportional spacing 86 Proportional spacing table 171 181 Pull Tractor Unit 22 32 Push feed 30 Push Pull feed 33 Quadruple size characters 87 Quadruple density graphics 104 Quiet mode 60 RAM Cartridge 23 RAM usage 60 Rear cover 5 Relative horizontal tab 101 Release lever 5 Reset all tab stops 101 Reset printer 116 Reverse feed 92 Reverse line feed 92 185 Reverse micro feed 53 Ribbon cartridge 5 11 Right justify 100 Right margin 98 Sample program 120 121 126 127 135 139 Score 79 Selection of paper 27 SELF TEST LONG message 48 SELF TEST SHORT message 47 SELF TEST TOP amp B message 49 Semi condensed 84 SET MACRO message 56 SET TOF POSITION message 53 SET EJECT PARK button 45 Setting up
55. 8 Attach the clear plastic paper supports between the left and right paper guides of the hopper bins and the stacker 20 Paper support Figure 3 10 Attach the clear plastic paper supports to the Automatic Sheet Feeder Now you can use the ASF by installing the paper stack into the bin Refer to Chapter 4 In addition you can feed a sheet of paper manually by inserting into the slot at the front of ASF bin 1 as shown in Figure 3 11 Figure 3 11 You can insert a sheet of paper to the font slot NOTE Set the paper guide and rear cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Automatic Sheet Feeder 21 PULL TRACTOR UNIT PT 10XM 15XM You can use the Pull Tractor Unit to print on fanfold forms or multi part forms The procedure to mount the Pull Tractor Unit is 1 2 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side then remove it upward If the paper guide is installed remove it before taking off the rear cover Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail Squeeze the sides of the paper supports lightly and insert into the holes on both side of the Pull Tractor Unit as shown in Figure 3 12 Paper support A Paper suppor
56. 80 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3690 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3700 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3710 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3720 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 255 255 3730 DATA 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3740 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3750 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3760 DATA 255 255 255 31 255 255 7 255 255 0 255 255 0 31 255 3770 DATA 0 3 255 0 0 255 0 0 31 0 0 7 0 0 0 3780 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 0 0 252 0 0 3790 DATA 254 0 0 248 0 0 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3800 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 63 3810 DATA 0 1 255 0 15 255 0 127 255 1 255 255 15 255 255 3820 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3830 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3840 DATA 0 5202 50 20540 20 30 05 0 0 0 20 2042 0 3850 DATA 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 3860 255 255 255 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3870 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3880 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3890 0 7 224 0 63 252 128 120 31 192 224 3 97 128 0 3900 DATA 59 0 0 30 0 0 14 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 3910 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3920 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 3930
57. CTRL PRTSC if hard copy is on To print the file README DOC in LQ elite type give the following two commands A gt COPY LQELITE DAT PRN A gt PRINT README DOC For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will set up the printer and print any specified file with a single command To create such a batch file with the name LQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next AZ means to press the CTRL Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A gt COPY CON LQPRINT BAT COPY LQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 4 amp 1 7 A gt LQPRINT README DOC The first line above is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named LQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this file The 1 is adummy parameter whatever file name you type after LQPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed 134 PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC This program runs in the printer s Standard mode and the downloadable condition 1000 Set control codes 1010 E CHR 27 Escape code 1020 D E x0 Draft quality 1030 L E x1 E k Letter quality 1040 RM L CHR 0 Roman character 1050 H CHR 9 Horizontal tab 1060 PI E P Pica pitch 1070 Start printing 1080 WIDTH LPT1 255 1090 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 24 CHR 0 Set HT 1100 LPRINT L CHR 0 Resident fonts are
58. Dot graphics data 3180 1ST LINE 3190 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3200 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3210 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3220 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3230 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 127 255 0 255 255 3240 DATA 1 255 255 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 3250 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3260 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3270 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3280 DATA 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 224 0 31 248 0 31 255 0 3290 DATA 31 255 224 15 255 248 7 255 255 1 255 255 0 127 255 3300 DATA 0 7 255 0 0 255 0 0 63 0 0 63 0 0 248 3310 DATA 0 3 192 0 63 0 0 248 0 1 128 0 3 0 0 3320 DATA 7 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3330 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3340 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3350 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 0 3360 DATA 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 21 255 255 3370 DATA 31 255 255 15 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3380 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3390 DATA 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 3400 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 3 255 0 11 195 0 28 0 3410 DATA 0 12 0 0 96 0 0 192 0 0 192 0 1 128 0 3420 DATA Oy 10 22 040 70 27 70 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 3430 DATA 15 0 0 31 0 0 0
59. Double height 16 Single Unchanged 17 Single Single height 18 Single Double height 32 Double Unchanged 33 Double Single height 34 Double Double height m Character width 1 Single width same as lt 5 gt W 0 2 Double width same as lt ESC gt W 1 89 VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch e ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 0 Sets the distance paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch H Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch ASCII Hexadecimal Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 60 inch standard mode or 7 72 inch IBM mode Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ASCI Std lt ESC gt 2 18 32 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch ASCII lt ESC gt n FS 3 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 360 inch where n is between 0 and 255 Set base unit for line spacing lt 0 gt 0 lt 0 gt n 0 0 0 n 0 00 00 n Sets the base unit for the line spacing commands lt ESC gt 3 and lt ESC gt J If the value of n is 180 the base unit is set to 1 180 If the value of n is 216 the base unit is set to 1 216 If otherwise specified this command is ignored This command becomes effec tive only after lt ESC gt 3 or lt ESC gt J
60. ITALIC OFF D2 PITCH 10 El MULTIPART OFF 2 PAPER OUT E3 ASF OFF T MGN CUT ES T MGN ASF T MGN TRA Meaning Standard emulation mode is selected RAM is used as the print buffer Quiet mode is cancelled Bi directional printing is selected for graphics Auto on line mode is selected LQ SLQ mode is selected Roman font is selected for LO SLQ mode Graphic set is selected for Standard character set Set 2 is selected for IBM character set Normal zero character is selected Code Page 437 U S A is selected U S A character set is selected Italic print mode is cancelled Pica pitch 10 CPI is selected Multi part mode is cancelled Paper out detector is enabied Optional ASF is not installed Top margin for cut forms is set to 1 6 inch Top margin for ASF is set to 1 6 inch Top margin for fanfold forms is set to 1 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 1 6 Bottom margin is set to 1 6 inch E8 L P I 6 lines can be printed on one inch Fl AUTO LF LF must be from host F2 AUTO CR ON F3 TEAR OFF OFF F4 SKIP PERF OFF Skip over perforation is disabled F5 PAGE LGTH 11 Page length is set to 11 inches G1 STROBE NORMAL Set the normal interface timing G2 EDS CURRENT Setthe current EDS settings Auto CR with LF Tear off function is disabled
61. Loading the paper with Push Pull feed Paper parking Paper unparking Loading single sheets Loading the paper without optional accessories Loading the paper with optional Automatic Sheet Feeder Chapter 5 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Bottoms and indicators ON LINE button PAPER FEED button SET EJECT PARK button PITCH button FONT button Power up functions Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Pitch lock mode Font lock mode Font and Pitch lock mode Hexadecimal dump Switch combination functions Form feed Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset Selecting the print color Selecting the ASF bin number Store macro definition Chapter 6 DEFAULT SETTINGS How to set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Command parameters Font parameters Character parameters Style parameters Layout parameters Forms parameters Other parameters Dot Adjustment mode Chapter 7 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font control commands Character set commands Character size and pitch commands Vertical position commands Horizonta position commands Graphics commands Download character commands Color selection commands Other printer commands Chapter 8 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Defining your own characters with Standard mode Assigning the character data Assigning a value of character space Sample program Defining your own characters with IBM mode Assigning t
62. M lt ESC gt a nl n2 Sets the next print position to n7 n2 x 256 120 inches from the current position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin 10 Absolute horizontal tab in inches ASCII Decimal 5 lt ESC gt Sets the next print position to n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on current line Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin Absolute horizontal tab in columns ASCII lt 5 gt f 0 lt 5 gt P 0 Moves the next print position to column from the left margin where nis between 0 and 127 102 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density 8 bit graphics Both lt ESC gt n2 27 75 nl n2 1B 4B ni n2 mi m2 mi m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n n2 x256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 480 dots for normal carriage printer and 13 6 inches 816 dots for wide carriage printer m m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of data bytes must be n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored Atthe end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density 8 bit graphics Both lt ESC gt L n2 27 76 nl
63. RINT CHR DAT NEXT J LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT E END SUBROUTINES Define super subscript download character LPRINT SS LPRINT 5 4 0 CHR 60 60 RESTORE 3010 READ LS LPRINT 15 READ CW LPRINT CHR CW READ RS LPRINT CHR RS 2590 FOR M 1 TO CW 2 2600 READ MM 2610 LPRINT CHR 2620 NEXT M 2630 RETURN 2640 2650 Define LQ pica download character 2660 LPRINT C 2670 LPRINT E amp CHRS 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 2680 RESTORE 3070 2690 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS 2700 READ CW LPRINT CHR CW 2710 READ RS LPRINT CHR RS 2720 FOR Mz CW 3 2730 READ MM 2740 LPRINT CHR MM 2750 NEXT M 2760 RETURN 3000 DATA 3010 Super subscript download character data 3020 DATA M95 8 3030 DATA 12 0 16 0 44 0 80 120 32 128 95 120 32 128 3040 DATA 95 120 32 128 65 120 32 128 95 120 32 128 95 120 3050 DATA 32 128 80 120 44 0 16 0 12 0 3060 3070 LQ pica download character data 3080 DATA 2 24 2 3090 DATA 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 3100 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 0 80 175 192 3110 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 3120 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 3130 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 3140 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 7 O 0 3150 DATA 0 0 0 3160 3170
64. RTIONAL SPACING TABLE mle ojo Glial ew ex en Len en Fes e bes en A o in xo Ss 4 pd s co t5 ix od Gai m m Rad t qI t 4 cy lt A ejej eje DARS e et ed lt c4 c4 d width ae haracter code gt a eae 9 Nio Ke a Sues eg ed H di ZB BML 215 e s a 53 c4 MN width 1 1 1 L A 5 5 Character code 172 IBM 3 3 220 m N a a width 20 20 Proportional eh Sub us usi 59152 es uo olo NI TAPIA PORN EI ieu LO LO LO mE Mm ON O I 2 xd ad Fed id ed 9 mm 3 LO
65. TEP 25 CHR 9 9 1400 SCALE 2 TO 8 CHR 9 0 1 TO 8 CHR 27 2 CHR 0 27 M CHR 27 5 5 0 LPRINT CHR 60 LPRINT CHR 61 LPRINT SCALE CHR 9 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS CHR 27 T CHR 27 phone Symbol 2 31 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 Symbol 3s 31 4 2 0 0 0 0 252 128 0 0 0 7 19 15 192 40 47 80 0 80 175 192 80 163 192 33 47 80 0 80 175 192 19 15 192 40 0 0 10 3 0 20 124 64 126 0 63 128 32 3 0 64 124 128 76 124 128 51 8 0 0 80 47 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 32 80 0 23 0 0 0 0 3 05 1 252 128 40 0 0 64 126 0 32 3 64 12 252 0 80 163 192 64 124 128 40 0 0 80 175 192 33 64 0 80 175 192 40 16 0 7 0 0 0 3 O 5 124 128 32 0 0 64 124 0 48 3 64 0 254 0 DIFFUSION RANGES CARS amp TELEPHONES 4 6608466466666666686000608600006064666 8 450 USA GERMANY JAPAN 1444444044449444944 4 1 8 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS 0 3 4 7 121 DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM MODE Downloading fonts in IBM mode requires downloading character Dot Pattern data and character Index Table data Dot pattem data controls which pins fire wh
66. _MGN ASF 3 6 E5 T_MGN ASF 4 6 E5 T MGN ASF 5 6 Top margin for ASF is set to 5 6 inch ES T MGN ASF 6 6 Top margin for ASF is set to 6 6 inch E6 T MGN TRA 1 6 Top margin for fanfold forms is set to 1 6 inch E6 T MGN TRA 2 6 Top margin for fanfold forms is set to 2 6 inch E6 T MGN TRA 3 6 E6 T MGN TRA 4 6 Top margin for fanfold forms is set to 4 6 inch E6 T MGN TRA 5 6 margin for fanfold forms is set to 5 6 inch E6 T MGN TRA 6 6 Top margin for fanfold forms is set to 6 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 1 6 Bottom margin is set to 1 6 inch Top margin for fanfold forms is set to 3 6 inch E7 BOTTH 2 6 E7 BOTTM MGN 3 6 Bottom margin is set to 3 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 4 6 Bottom margin is set to 4 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 5 6 Bottom margin is set to 5 6 inch ET BOTH WGN 6 6 E8 L P I 1 1 line can be printed on one inch E8 L P I 4 4 be printed on one inch 6 lines can be printed on one inch 8 lines can be printed on one inch 67 Forms parameters The Forms parameters are assigned to Bank including these functions Auto Line Feed If you set this switch OFF a separate line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed If you set this switch ON the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage re
67. acter set according to the value of n n Character set n Character set U S A 8 Japan France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 SpainI 64 Legal One of these character sets can be selected as power up default by EDS switch C 5 Select IBM code page Mode Both lt ESC gt T 4 0 27 91 4 4 O 1B 5B 54 00 lt gt lt gt nl n2 0 Onl n2 00 00 nl n2 Changes the code page of the current IBM character set according to the values of n1 and n2 nl n Code Page 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 93 861 Icelandic 3 95 863 Canadian French 3 97 865 Nordic One of these code pages can be selected as power up defaults by EDS switch C 4 82 Enable printing of all character codes 0 IBM lt gt ni n2 27 92 ni n2 18 5C ni n2 Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes This command remains in effect for the next nl n2 x 256 characters where nl and n2 are numbers between 0 and 255 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned character is received the printer prints a space Enable printing of all character codes on next character 501 lt ESC gt n z9n This command operates like lt ESC gt
68. actor Paper guide Release lever Adjustrnent lever Platen knob Cartridge slot Print head Control panel Tear assist Front cover Entry slot Rear cover Interface connector Paper guide Release lever Front cover Rear cover Entry slot Tear assist Control panel Power switch Platen knob Interface connector Cartridge slot Print head Ribbon cartridge Adjustment lever Tractors Clamp lever Bail lever Aligns single sheets cut forms to help the printer detect when paper is inserted Releases pressure paper This lever must be back for fanfold forms and for ward for single sheets Protects the print head and other internal components of your printer Protects the tractor feed unit and sepa rates incoming and outgoing fanfold forms For inserting single sheets of paper Assists when tearing fanfold forms at the perforation CAUTION Since the tear assist edge is made sharp to cut off paper you must swing down the transparent part when you open the front cover Otherwise you may injure your fingers Indicates printer status and makes vari ous control of printer functions simple and convenient Switches power on or off Advances the paper manually Connects the computer to the printer Holds the optional Font cartridge orRAM cartridge Has a dot matrix 24 wire composition Contains the printer ribbon Controls print darkness by adjusting for t
69. ad characters 111888 88 Dot graphics DID wo af 141 142 MEMO Chapter 10 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide to these functions Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device which also contains high voltage inside For that reason only carry out those operations described in this chapter CAUTION Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described here may result in electric shock and or damage to the printer When carrying out any repairs or maintenance always follow the instructions carefully TROUBLESHOOTING Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery which should not cause you any trouble provided it is used and treated sensibly However the few elementary tips below should help you avoid having to make unnecessary service calls The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience faults Printing Paper feeding Paper park switching between continuous paper and cut sheets is not working properly Text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines Page length and margin settings are not what is expected 143 Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate check the following Possible remedy Turn off the printer ensure the power cab
70. age length to lines in the current line spacing where is page length The current line becomes the top of the page Set page length to n inches lode Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt lt 0 gt n 43 0 n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set bottom margin ode ASCII Hexadecimal Bon Sets the bottom margin to lines where 1 between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel bottom margin ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC 4F Cancels the bottom margin Form feed ASCII Hexadecimal on Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length and moves the print position to the left margin When the automatic sheet feeder ASF is selected with EDS switch E 3 this command ejects the current page gt Return to top of current page Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt FP 0 Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when the friction feed is used Disable paper out detector de ASCII Hexadecimal Boh lt ESC gt 4 Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS
71. ameters n2 lt O gt Select vertical tab channel ASC Sid lt ESC gt Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number nO from 0 to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by lt ESC gt b Vertical tab Both Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab stop and moves the print position to the left margin Performs a line feed if no vertical tabs are Set at power up Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current line is at or below the last vertical tab stop HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin 501 Sid lt ESC gt I m Sets the left margin at column where is between 0 and 255 the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Printer Type Normal Carriage Wide Carriage Pica 0znz76 0zxnzl132 Elite 0 lt lt 91 Osn S158 Semi condensed 0 n 114 198 Condensed pica 0325130 0znz226 Condensed elite 0 152 OSn 3255 Expanded pica 0 38 0 S66 Expanded elite 0 lt 45 0 lt lt 79 Expanded semi condensed 0 57 0 99 Expanded condensed pica 0 n 64 0 113 Expanded condensed O n 76 0Sn 132 97 Set right margin ASCII Sid lt ESC gt Q n Sets the right margin at
72. ampened with either water with a little detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner or a compressed air aerosol sold for this purpose When performing this operation be sure not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD This is not a job which you will need to do very often The print head has been designed to last for about 200 million dots In normal everyday use this will translate to years of life However if the print quality is faint even after you have changed the ribbon or you have adjusted the gap between the print head and the platen see Chapter 4 the print head may need replacement Only use a replacement print head as recommended by your supplier 1 2 3 CA Tum OFF the printer and unplug the power cord Open the front cover and remove the ribbon cartridge Ifthe printer has been in operation immediately before this operation the print head will be hot Allow time for the print head to cool before attempting to work on it Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside Disengage the connector then remove the print head Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins 149 7 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 8 Replace the ribbon cartridge and close the front cover t
73. and multi part forms from the bottom with optional pull tractor A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper Six bright colors Magenta cyan violet yellow orange and green add a color dimension to your printed output by the optional color ribbon Large variety of fonts The printer has the following resident fonts Draft High Speed Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script Orator H Gothic SLQ Roman TW Light In addition following fonts can be used by installing the optional font cartridge FC 1Z Cartridge Orator 2 Letter Gothic Blippo Cinema 27 Cartridge OCR B OCR A CODE 39 UPC EAN FC 3Z Cartridge TW Light Orane FC 4Z Cartridge Russian 57 Cartridge Old Style Firenze FC 10Z Cartridge SLQ Script Extensive software support Since itis compatible with the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those printers That includes most word processing and graphics programs spread sheets and integrated software packages Easy operation Indicator displays and beep tones provide immediate easy to understand feedback when you press the buttons on the control panel The five buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced
74. as the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 4 Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment 5 Open the transparent part of the front cover and the rear cover using the two grips on either side as in Figure 4 3 Release lever Rear cover Figure 4 3 Opening the rear cover 6 Pass the paper between the printer case and the rear cover 7 With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit 8 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 30 Clamp lever Tractor cover Figure 4 4 Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units 9 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 10 Turn on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded The PAPER OUT message will also flash to confirm this 11 Now press the button The paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 12 If you want to set the
75. button NOTE This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected Pressing this button causes the printer to begin paper loading if the paper has not loaded while in the off line state If the paper has been loaded this button results in different functions depending on the position of the release lever If the release lever is back for the fanfold forms pressing this button parks the forms If the release lever is forward for the single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper PITCH button This button allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will display and select the following options in order Note that semi condensed pitch and condensed proportional pitch are not available in the IBM mode Pica 10CPI Elite 12 Semi condensed 15CPI Condensed pica 17CPI Condensed elite 20CPI Proportional Condensed proportional 45 FONT button This button selects the font to be printed Roman font is selected at power up unless the default settings are changed To change the font set the printer off line then press the button repeatedly until the message on the display illuminates The selections cycle in the following order Font Message Font Message Roman ROMAN H Gothic Sanserif SANSERIF Orane ORANE Courier COURIER Cinema CINEMA Prestige PRESTIGE Bar co
76. character size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 46 956 4 40 40 834 4 a 28 28 53 29 29 4 Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of d as below Does not move the base line d Line spacing Character height 0 Single width Single height 1 Double width Single height 2 Single width Double height 3 Double width Double height Print double height characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC 1 27 119 49 1B 77 31 1 lt ESC gt w lt gt 27 119 1B 77 01 FS Vv 1 28 86 49 1 56 31 FS V 1 28 86 1 10 56 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing Return to normal height asc Decimal Hexadecimal lt 8 gt w 0 FS o FS lt 0 gt Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height 88 Select character height width and line spacing ASCII lt ESC gt Q 4 0 27 91 64 4 0 1B 5B 40 04 00 0 lt 0 gt n m 0 0 n m 0 00 n m Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line n Line spacing Character height 0 Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height 2 Unchanged
77. d a sheet of paper manually by inserting into the slot at the front of ASF roller as shown in Figure 3 8 Figure 3 8 Insert a sheet of paper to feed manually NOTE Set the paper guide and rear cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Automatic Sheet Feeder 19 Dual Bin Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10RMII 15RMIT The procedure to mount the Dual Bin ASF is 1 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 2 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side then remove it upward If the paper guide is installed remove it before taking off the rear cover 3 Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail 4 A stacker is included with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Attach the hook at the top of the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder Then push the lower section of the stacker down into position and engage the lower hook as shown in Figure 3 9 Stacker Front cover Figure 3 9 Attach the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder 5 Tipthe Automatic Sheet Feeder forward slightly and put the feeder into place behind the printer platen roller 6 Lower the rear side of the Automatic Sheet Feeder and attach it to the platen shaft 7 Close the front cover with the transparent part in the open position
78. de you do not have to unload it when you want to print a single sheet The printer will park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 2 36 To begin paper parking start with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position and the release lever backward Press the button on the control panel to set the printer off line ON LINE indicator will tum off Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the front cover If necessary press the button to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the front cover and tear there Press the button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen Move the release lever to the front Release lever Paper guide Figure 4 11 Tear off the printed fanfold paper 6 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer NOTE You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it using the optional Pull Tractor Unit Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows Remove all single sheets from the printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the backward Press the button The printer will automatically feed the parked fanfold pap
79. de 39 CODE 39 Script SCRIPT UPC EAN UPC EAN OCR B OCR B Old Style O STYLE OCR A OCR A Firenze FIRENZE Orator with small caps ORATOR SLQ Roman ROMAN SQ Orator with lower case ORATOR 2 SLQ TW light TW LIGHT SQ TW light TW LIGHT SLQ Script SCRIPT SQ Letter Gothic L GOTHIC Draft DRAFT BLIPPO High Speed Draft HS DRAFT Blippo If a Font cartridge is not installed the selection of related Font is skipped If you want to change the character quality quickly press this button in on line The printer stops printing and enters the Quick mode with QUICK MODE message on the display If you continue to press the button the display changes to HS DRAFT DRAFT and LQ SLQ curretly selected SLQ or LQ font repeatedly Printing will be performed according to the print mode message on the display which selected when the button is released 46 POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on POWER MICRO FEED lt 4 SET EJECT 1 PARK PAPER FEED L ON LINE ire ees SCROLL SET EXIT 1 Print area 1 Font lock Pitch lock test ong Short test Hexadecimal dum Font amp Pitch lock EDS mode Dot adjustment mode Figure 5 2 Power up functions of contro panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while th
80. e may be considerable data stored ahead in its buffer For the T option type A gt PRINT T See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command If yoursystem does not include PRINT COM you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following A gt COPY README DOC PRN A gt TYPE README DOC gt COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing If you want a particular font or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 5 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting font style etc manually each time you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer For example you can create a file containing printer commands to select letter quality and select elite pitch with the Standard mode You can find the commands in Chapter 7 We suggest the following Letter quality lt ESC gt I Elite pitch lt ESC gt P lt I gt lt 5 gt 1 is powerful command that in addition to selecting elite pitch cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands The angle brackets around the 1 indicate character code 1 which is a control code not the printable digit 1 You may wantto place additional commands i
81. e with the SELF TEST LONG message on the display The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM the current EDS settings and the current Dot Adjustment setting followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available The test cycles endlessly so you must tum the power off to stop it sas Ver X X nt SETTING Qa aan Date B 22 Recent LO Fonts Maman i to Prestige sortet orator RO Boman LO TL Ihe tions Orato Oato 2 c n FCR AMO OA Font For i Aree in FCS DM Style Fra Seriot Betton 1 02 Cosi two Owmte an pe E ia Cone m c si USA lt s Dm cma able STD gt Denmark Seater boss one gt Piton E E DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING 19 DRAFT DRAFT COND 0 osi MS DRAFT gt COMP SHS Dolto mealg lll cae 7 0 gt 0123456789 lt gt JKLMNO PORSTUMMXYZ N 17 abcdefgh Jk Imnoparstuvwxyz A Cu ASAB Bee Ti ANERABOOILUYOUC EMR f Us HIE SERA set Cn Por notons ND AT 0123456789 lt gt GHI JKLMNO PORSTUMWXYZ 3
82. e button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode with the SELF TEST SHORT message on the display The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like Figure 5 3 If the color ribbon is used each line prints in a different color Ver amp 0123456789 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklmno x2 amp 9 7 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abcdefghijklmnop R X amp 0123456789 lt gt 28ABCDEFGHI JAKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopq amp 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHI JELMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklmnopqr amp 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklmnopars X amp 0123456789 7 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklImnoparst amp 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abcdefghijklmnoparstu Figure 5 3 Short self test Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen 47 Long test mode Ifthe printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mod
83. e density 180 dots per inch 40 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Select graphics mode m0 ml m2 m0 ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of m0 and prints dot graphics in this mode The graphics image is n n2 x 256 1 dots wide See lt ESC gt K for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information m1 m2 0 Graphics mode 0 8 Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 Quadruple density 240 dots inch 8 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 9 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 11 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch 105 Convert graphics density 501 lt ESC gt Fn m 7 nm nm 106 Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt gt ESC L lt ESC gt Y or lt ESC gt Z commands to a density mode defined by ESC n is L Y or Z indicating the mode to be converted 1 a code from 0 to 4 or 6 indicating one of the modes of lt ESC gt DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters lt 5 gt amp lt 0 gt 27 38 O0 nl 1B 26 00 nl n2 m0 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 mi m2 di 2 dl 42 dx dl d2 dx Defines one o
84. e on display signaling that the buffer has been cleared If you hold these buttons more three seconds you will hear three beep tones and the PRINTER RESET message on the display signaling that the printer has been initialized to the power on default settings 5 Release these buttons make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when you go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data where the buffer was cleared Selecting the print color Normally the printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed Without the aid of software you can change the printing color as follows l Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down 54 3 While holding the button press the but ton The CURRENT BLACK message will show on the display to indicate the current color setting In this case the current color is set black If you want to change the color press the button while holding the button The message on the display will be changed in the following order Color Message Color Message Black CHANGE BLACK Yellow CHANGE YELLOW Magenta CHANGE MAGENTA Orange CHANGE ORANGE Cyan CHANGE CYAN Green CHANGE GREEN Violet CHANGE VIOLET Release bo
85. e q N p o iA D 2 lt q q q NIN N tO LO e a in 0 e gt 2 e e a Ea 2 0 NJN ALN q N NIM g e D io uie ul mj ewe pe q A A X N l rtiona racter code ha 1 134114 A 36 28 42 1821143 132 a 42 20 42 183 145 142 A 42 28 42 198132 30 20 199 142 _ a 42 28 42 Co rR gt Co bo e rA zig H P j ras 42 28 I uji 36 24 36 pha ias 36 24 arate decre ots pen oc T 16 24 25 t 24 16 24 C fare ej 16 24 qm 22 IET Hwr 22a ass iee o 28 isa o 30 42 42 paha 7 20 fasfisal 39 28 Fez ass uae C 28 42 23s iso ie7 o so 28 42 P ss 30 28 42 5 159 is e 28 Ben 30 24 237 hu Le 28 180
86. e second pass to the left The button will move the second pass to the right DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ la baa ERRENA PETERLE DERS 3 fae Ra 1 LQ aiba tt te Lig at PAPER FEED c 4 5 ON LINE gt PAPER FEED CEEE gt LQ O ee When the two passes are aligned with each other to form one continuous line the bi directional alignment test is compieted To change the mode for which the bi directional adjustment is per formed press the button This will cycle between LQ DRAFT and DR COND Repeat the process for all print modes DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ ta D Ud deli du de dr L lot o LQ 1 Sa NN UE LQ O FEE EE HL E E d DRAFT Os gt i 1 uH bd hE tok l t DRAFT i h 1 l m 1 l 4 i m 1 DRAFT 6 To exit from this mode press the button DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ LQ LQ DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT gt DRAFT COND PITCH END 0 0 D 1 blue bat 1 eee atik tp t pop k k y LE AE yet t T ty fgg gg ral EE pt M OK t trl lil RE VA T 4 t
87. eived to 1 allowing users with a 7 bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 Mode ASCII Hexadecimal 18 30 Sets most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt _ 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent ode ASCII Hexadecimal 127 Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last character received was all or part of a command Cancel last line ASCII Hexadecimal CAN 1 Deletes the last line currently present the print buffer de Both 11 92 Set printer off line Mode _ASGI w am s EC Q s Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except lt DC1 gt which returns it to the on line The printer s ON LINE indicator does not go off In the IBM mode the value of n should be 36 for normal carriage printer and 35 for wide carriage printer Set printer on line ASCII Bot Returns the printer on line state allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands This command is ignored if the printer was set off line by pressing the ONLINE button on the control panel Stop pri
88. el interface make sure that the cable is within 2m 6ft of the printer An RS 232 connection using the optional IS 8XL interface cartridge can be made over longer distances 7 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton and check each item in the box against Figure 2 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be five items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 2 1 Check to make sure you have all five items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Platen knob 4 Ribbon cartridge and 5 User s manual NOTE The platen knob is mounted on the printer for the Normal carriage printer 8 The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are Film ribbon cartridge FZ24 Color ribbon cartridge X24CL Font cartridges FC series RAM cartridge RC 32Z DC 32Z Serial interface cartridge IS 8XL Buffered parallel interface cartridge IP 128XL Automatic sheet feeder SF IODMII 15DMII SF 10RMII 15RMII Pull tractor unit PT IOXM 15XM For details of the optional accessories refer to Chapter 3 SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location and remove all packing material from inside the printer cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit You will want to keep all the packing material along with the printer carton in case you have to move the printer to a new location Mounting the p
89. en printing a character Index Table data is placed in a lookup table that provides information on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the character Assigning the download character set You can define one of more download character sets for later use in IBM mode Before you start to design your characters you must define what character set s you want to download The character width on which you design the characters depends upon the character set as shown below Character set Character width Character ID Draft characters 9 0 LQ pica characters 35 1 LQ elite characters 29 2 LQ proportional 17 41 3 After you have decided your download character set you must tell the printer where the download character data to be stored and how many download character sets you will define The first download font area starts from lt 800F gt h and you must enter 0 for the Format byte This Format byte indicates the printer that the RAM is stored the download character set Following the format byte you must enter the Character ID data If you want to define more character set add 128 to the Character ID data The second area starts from 891 1 gt h the third area starts from lt 9212 gt h and the last area starts from lt 9B13 gt h But you need not enter Format byte for these area 122 Assigning the character dot pattern We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our
90. er back into position for printing BRUM NOTE The printer beeps intermittently if you move the release lever while the paper is loaded 37 LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper Loading the paper without optional accessories If you are using the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder refer to next section 1 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Paper guide Figure 4 12 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets 2 Adjust the paper guides to match the size of the paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage 3 Tumon the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that there is no paper in position for printing The PAPER OUT message will also flash to confirm this 4 Make sure that the release lever is at front position If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer press the button to park the paper in the off line state then move the release lever forward 38 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop 6 Now press the button The paper will be fed into the printer and ad
91. er explains all the button and indicator functions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer Change the print color Store macro definition BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel From left to rghttheyare PITCH 1 P PAPER FEED and ONLINE The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel CJ POWER MICRO FEED SET EJECT O PARK PAPER FEED SCROLL Figure 5 1 Control panel 43 ON LINE button The button sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you press the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the computer When the printer is off line it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line status if paper is loaded If paper is not loaded the printer powers up off line with the PAPER OUT message blinking When you load paper the printer goes on line You will want to press the button Before and after any other panel operation The other panel bu
92. erminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the lt 0 gt control code To clear all tab stops specify lt D lt 0 gt Set horizontal tab stop every n columns ESC e 0 n 27 101 48 n 1B 65 30 n lt ESC gt e 0 27 1001 0 n 1B 65 00 n Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where n is between 1 and 127 100 Reset all tab stops ASCII lt ESC gt R Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops Horizontal tab ASCII Both lt HT gt Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Relative horizontal tab ASCII Std lt ESC gt m 1B 5 nl n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance Ignored if the resulting positionis beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by nl n2 x 256 dots If you want to move the print head to the left n7 and n2 are obtained by subtracting the value from 65536 and dividing the result into high and low bytes Relative horizontal tab in inches ASCII IB
93. ers Assigning the character data Now we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column which has maximum of 24 dots is first divided into three groups or two groups for super subscripts of eight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits This is where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these numbers powers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value 118 1234567 8 9101112131415 16 17 1819 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031 ASCII Code Left space Character width Right space slels s ejoo o i HS Figure 8 2 Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica Assigning a value of character space Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character this printer allows you to specify the position in the standard grid where the character will print You must specify the dot column in which the printed character starts and the dot column in which the character ends Why you may ask would you want to define a character this way instead of merely defining the
94. et the Multi part mode ON Paper out detector When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Otherwise leave it ON Automatic Sheet Feeder In order to use the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder set this switch to the related position Top margin setting for each paper type Sets the first line position on the each paper type Bottom margin Sets the last line position on the paper Lines per Inch Sets how many lines to be printed in one inch Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank Display Message Meaning El MULTIPART OFF Multi part mode is cancelled El MULTIPART ON Multi part mode is selected E2 PAPER OUT OFF Paper out detector is disabled 2 PAPER OUT ON Paper out detector is enabled E3 ASF OFF Optional ASF is not installed E3 ASF SINGL ON Single Bin ASF is installed ASF DUAL ON Dual Bin ASF is installed E4 T MGN CUT 1 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 1 6 inch 4 T MGN CUT 2 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 2 6 inch 4 T MGN CUT 3 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 3 6 inch 4 T MGN CUT 4 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 4 6 inch 4 T MGN CUT 5 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 5 6 inch 4 T MGN CUT 6 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 6 6 inch Display Message Eb T MGN ASF 176 E5 T_MGN ASF 2 6 E5 T
95. example T elelelelele RETTE Compression mask bit Figure 8 3 Telephone symbol with LQ pica After you have designed the character pattern you need to compress the Dot Pattern Data compression allows you to store more download characters than without compression It is a more efficient use of memory The printer will repeat the previous dot column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Fill up the adjacent dot even they do not print then compare the each vertical line to the left line If the line is the same as the left one write 1 in the column of the compression mask bit If it is not write 0 123 12 3 4 5 6 7 9 1011121314 1516 17 18192021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031 32 33 3435 T T T 7 7 Compression 2 mask bit Figure 8 4 Fill up the adjacent dot then write the compression data After you have written the compression mask bit data line up all the character data for the compression mask bit that requires 0 The telephone symbol looks like in Figure 8 5 12324 5 6 7 9 101112131415 16 17 18 19 2021222324
96. fore the Dot Pattern data to download many characters dl 42 dx is the Dot Pattern data being downloaded Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most significant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot Copy character set from ROM into RAM Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 0 lt gt 27 58 0 m 0 1B 00 n 00 Copies the selected character set with n as shown below to thc corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD n Font n Font 0 Roman 11 Blippo Option 1 Sanserif 12 H Gothic 2 Courier 13 Orane Option 3 Prestige 14 Cinema Option 4 Script 15 CODE 39 Option 5 OCR B Option 16 UPC EAN Option 6 OCR A Option 17 OldStyle Option 7 Orator 18 Firenze Option 8 Orator 2 Option 32 SLQ Roman 9 TW Light Option 33 810 TW Light 10 Letter Gothic Option 34 SLQ Script Option 109 Select download character set ad ESC 4 1 27 37 49 1B 25 31 lt ESC gt 4 lt 1 gt 27 37 1 1B 25 01 Selects the download character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD Shift download character area Mode x Shifts the download character area defined between 0 to 127 to the area between 128 to 255 Select draft pica download character set ASCII lt ESC
97. ftware interference There will be an acknowledging beep and FONT LOCK message on the display After which you can set the printer off line select a font then return to the on line state and begin printing The selected font shown with on the display will not be changed by any commands your software may issue Font and Pitch lock mode If you want to protect both the pitch and font settings from software changes press both the and buttons during power up There will be two acknowledging beep tones and FONT amp PITCH LOCK message on the display Pressing these buttons during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel 49 Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure 1 While holding both the and buttons down tum power A beep tone will be heard and the DUMP MODE message on the display 2 Begin printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and pri
98. g line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when the friction feed is used Select forward feed mode gt FF jan Cancels the reverse feed mode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at power on Select reverse feed mode ASC es c9 Selects reverse feed mode Reverses the direction of all vertical movements Ignored when friction feed or bottom feed is used 2 Perform one n 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed Boh lt gt Feeds the paper once by n 180 inches or n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one n 180 inch reverse line feed ASC s Feeds the paper once by n 180 inches in the reverse direction where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left Does not change the line spacing setting Feed paper n lines ASCI lt ESC gt f 1 n 27 102 49 n 1B 66 31 n lt ESC gt f lt l gt n Feeds the paper lines from the current line where is between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position ASCII IBM lt ESC gt 4 Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel 93 Set page length to lines Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt C m 43 Sets the p
99. gt P 4 Selects the download character set draft quality and pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD Select draft elite download character set ode ASCII IBM lt ESC gt FP Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD BH 110 Select draft condensed download characters Decimal Hexadecimal IBM Selects download character set draft quality and condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD EH Select LQ pica download characters de ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt I 6 1B 49 06 Selects the LQ download character set with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD BH Select LQ elite download characters e ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt SO 1B 49 OE Selects the LQ download character set with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is not set to RAM DOWNLOAD Select LQ condensed download characters Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt 8 gt SYN 1B 49 16 Selects the LQ download
100. he download character set Assigning the character dot pattem Assigning the Index Table data Sample program Chapter 9 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Installing application software with your printer Embedding printer commands Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming with BASIC Chapter 1OTROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the print head 73 81 90 103 107 112 113 117 Chapter 11 REFERENCE Specifications Pinout of interface connector Parallel interface Serial interface Character sets Standard character set 2 International character sets IBM character set 2 Character set 1 IBM special character set Proportional spacing table INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 151 151 155 155 156 157 158 161 168 169 170 183 187 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION This printer has a full complement of features making it an excellent for a personal computer It supports the Epson IBM printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics FEATURES OF THE PRINTER Some of main features are the following Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi part forms up to 5 ply are all accepted and you can use either push pull tractor or friction feed You can load fanfold forms from the rear with internal push tractor or fanfold forms
101. he rear marked with is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results NOTE Printing with an inappropriate gap may drastically shorten the life of the print head 28 Adjustment lever Figure 4 2 Location of the adjustment lever The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference Paper Weight g m Thickness mm Recommended 1 Each paper Total Lever position 007 012 _ 2nd or 3rd 2 ply 40 58 012 016 2 4 or 3rd 40 58 0 18 0 25 3rd or 4th 40 58 024 030 030 035 Sthor th LOADING FANFOLD FORMS This printer accepts fanfold forms up to 10 wide for the normal carriage printer and up to 16 wide for the wide carriage printer You can load fanfold paper with the following three ways Push feed with internal tractor unit Bottom feed with optional Pull Tractor Unit Push Pull feed with internal tractor unit and the optional Pull Tractor Unit This section will take you through the procedures for loading parking and unparking fanfold forms 29 Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Push feed You can load the fanfold paper with the intemal push tractor unit 1 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer 2 Tum the printer s power OFF 3 Push the release lever backward This h
102. he thickness of forms being printed Control the movement of fanfold forms Clamps the tractor in place Opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen MEMO Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER This chapter describes the following procedures to set up your new printer If you have optional accessories refer to chapter 3 after setting up the printer Locating the printer Unpacking the carton box Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge Connecting the printer to your computer LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By suitable place we mean A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat such as direct sunlight heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust Supply it with clean electricity Do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer s identification plate To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access Install the printer where there is sufficient room for the paper and any paper being fed in or printed out If you are connecting your printer with a parall
103. hen plug the power cord back in Figure 10 1 Replacing the print head 150 Chapter 11 SPECIFICATIONS Printing system Serial Impact Dot matrix Printing speed Pica Elite Semi condensed High Speed Draft 332 cps Draft 250 cps 300 375 cps Letter Quality 83 3 cps 100cps 125 cps Print direction Bi directional logic seeking Uni directional logic seeking selectable Print head iii ete 24 pins Life 200 million dots Line spacing 1 6 1 8 n 60 n 72 n 180 n 216 n 360 inches Font styles Draft High Speed Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script Ora tor H Gothic SLQ Roman SLQ TW Light Option FC 1Z Cartridge Orator2 Letter Gothic Blippo Cinema FC 2Z Cartridge OCR B OCR A CODE 39 UPC EAN FC 3Z Cartridge TW Light Orane FC 4Z Cartridge Russian FC 5Z Cartridge Old Style Firenze FC 10Z Cartridge SLQ Script 151 ASCII 96 International 16 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 IBM code page 6 sets Download 255 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Korea Irish Legal 437 USA 850 Multi Lingual 860 Portuguese 861 Icelan dic 863 Canadian French 865 Nord
104. ic Number of columns Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Proportional Character matrix Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Super subscript Proportional Super subscript proportional Bit image dot matrix 8 pin normal 8 pin double 8 pin high speed double 8 pin quadruple 8 CRT I 8 pin CRT II 24 pin normal 24 pin double 152 4 4 10 12 15 17 1 20 Draft 24x9 24x9 16 7 24x9 24x9 16 7 DPI 120 120 240 80 120 Normal type 80 96 120 137 160 Variable LQ 24 x 31 24 27 16 19 24 16 24 16 16 19 24 24 Normal type 8 x 480 8 x 960 8 x 960 8 x 1920 8 x 640 8 x 720 24 x 480 24 x 960 Wide type 136 163 204 233 272 Variable SLQ 48 x 31 48 x 27 32 x 19 48 x 16 48 x 16 32 x 19 48 xn 48xn Wide type 8x 816 8 x 1632 8 x 1632 8 x 3264 8 1088 8 x 1224 24x 816 24 x 1632 24 pin 90 24 720 24 x 1224 24 pin Triple 180 24x 1440 24 x 2448 24 pin Hex 360 24 2880 24 4896 It is impossible to print adjacent dots the mode marked with an asterisk Paper feed reete Friction or push tractor standard Bottom feed or Push Pull feed option Paper feed speed 3 7 inches second max Paper specifications Normal type Wide type Cut sheet Width 4 11 7 4
105. ica 4 million characters draft pica 1 million characters draft pica Normal type Wide type 466 mm 18 3 608 mm 23 9 400 mm 15 7 400 mm 15 7 157 mm 6 2 157 mm 6 2 9 9 kg 21 816 12 3 kg 27 1 1b 120VAC 220VAC 240VAC 50 60 Hz varies according to the country of pur chase Options Film ribbon cartridge FZ24 Color ribbon cartridge X24CL Single bin Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10DMII ISDMIT Dual bin Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10RMII 1SRMID Pull Tractor Unit PT 10XM 15XM Font cartridge FC 1Z FC 2Z FC 3Z FC 4Z FC 5Z 102 RAM cartridge RC 32Z DC 32Z Serial Interface Cartridge IS 8XL Buffered Parallel Interface cartridge IP 128XL 155 PINOUT OF INTERFACE CONNECTOR The following describes the pinout of the interface connector signals which are low when active are overlined Parallel interface Pin 7 9 Highwhenactive PAPER High when paper out Can be disabled with EDS setting 3 1 Nc OT CHASSIS 19 30 ERROR 2 low when printer cannot continue due to EXTOND SELECT IN Always high 156 Serial Interface i This pin carries data from the printer This pin carries data tothe printer RTS TX R R N R N G This pin is always set space
106. ike is recommended in LQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recommended in draft mode Cancel double strike printing ASCII lt 5 gt Cancels double strike printing Start underlining ASCII Hexadecimal 2865 lt gt lt I gt Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not un derlined 1B 20 01 Stop underlining ASCII Both lt gt 0 lt ESC gt 0 Ja s o B oo Stops underlining 78 Start overlining lt ESC gt _ 1 27 95 49 1B 5 31 lt ESC gt lt 1 gt 27 95 1 1B 5F 01 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining xS lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 1 5 00 Stops overlining Select score ASCII lt ESC gt 3 27 40 45 3 1B 28 2D 03 0 lt l gt nl n2 0 1 nl n 00 01 nl n2 Start score according to the values of n1 and n2 as shown below nl Function 1 Underlining 2 Strike through 3 Overlining n2 Function Cancel score Single continuous line Double continuous line Single broken line Double broken line OV 79 Select ornament character ASCII sia lt 5 gt q n zw on Selects an ornament character according to the
107. ill tit E 72 Chapter 7 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes Standard mode and IBM mode In standard mode the printer emulates the functions of the Epson LQ 860 LQ 1060 and the graphics commands for NEC 24 wire printers In IBM mode the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E XL24E Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations The emulation is changed by means of EDS switch A 1 When EMULATION STD the printer will be in standard mode and when EMULATION IBM the printer will be in IBM mode see Chapter 6 It is not possible to change the emulation by means of software control This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the commands all commands will given by functions The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below lt ESC gt x 1 27 120 49 1B 78 31 lt ESC gt x lt 1 gt 27120 1 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode EDS switch A 1 is EMU LATION STD IBM IBM mode EDS switch A 1 is EMULATION Both Both standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Con trol characters are enclosed in pointed brackets For example 1 means character code 1 Decimal Gives the command in decimal charac
108. ines new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be set to RAM DOWNLOAD otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this com mand is ignored Downloading characters in IBM mode requires Dot Pattern data and Character Index Table data Dot Pattern data controls which pins fire when printing a character Index Table data is placed in a lookup table that provides infor mation on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the character nl n2 x 256 give the number of bytes to be downloaded n3 and n4 indicate the low order and high order addresses in which data is to be stored n3 should be 15 and n4 should be 128 for this printer n5 determines the character mode to be downloaded as shown below ml through m9 indicate Index Table data and m2 indicate the address where Dot Pattern is stored 1 is the high order byte m3 indicates the number of columns in the character memory and m4 indicates the number of columns in the character less 1 108 m5 through m9 are compression mask bits Data compression allows the efficient use of memory in storing downloaded characters pro viding space for more characters than would be available without compression The printer repeats the previous dot column in the current column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Itis necessary to define all of Index Table data be
109. isplay Exit EDS mode Select Switch number Set the definition Figure 6 1 Button functions in the EDS mode Use the button to select the Bank Number Use the button to select the Switch Number The display on the control panel shows the current setting If you want to scroll it press the button Press the button to set the current settings Press the button to exit the EDS mode If you want to confirm the current EDS settings try to run the long self test For details refer to Chapter 5 FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS The printer stores the parameters as easy to use program menu items that you can select from the control panel while in the EDS mode These pa rameters specify Command which commands the printer accept Font which font to print Character which character set to print Style which style to print Layout how pages will be formatted Forms what paper the printer will use Others A default is the setting the printer will use if none is specifically selected by a program When you first tum on or later reset your printer these default settings will take effect 58 Following table shows the default settings at the factory Display Message Al EMULATION STD 2 BUFFER A3 QUIET OFF A4 GRAPH DIR BI 5 AUTO ONLINE Y MODE 10 510 B2 LQ ROMAN STD GRAPH LC I8M IBM 2 C3 ZERO NORMAL C4 CODEPAGE 437 C5 COUNTRY USA D1
110. ition and the covers closed Is the paper feeding freely The paper should not be too far from the printer less into the printer than 1 meter 3 feet and there should be no cables or other obstacles obstructing its path The paper should also be feeding straight into the printer and an angled feed may cause jams and blockages 146 Possible remedy It is recommended to skip around the perforation If you cannot set on the Multi partmode with the EDS switch You can only feed paper in this way the printer is off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with thinner paper If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly check the following Isthepapercaught up around the perforation Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator Possible remedy Has the correct ASF option Select correct option been selected with the EDS switch Is the release lever set to the The release lever should be set to the single sheet B position position Is the ASF correctly Make sure that the ASF is properly seated on the printer mounted Is paper caught up near the Stop printing remove the jammed sheet you may have print head to remove the ASF for this and continue Are the left and right guides If the left a
111. ize Perform one 185 inch reverse line feed Select LQ font Set left margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select ornament character Select print color Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Retum to normal height Print double height characters Select draft quality characters CONTROL CODE lt ESC x ESC lt gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt um lt C e 2 E p m p R 7 0 yn ann 4 Ey R gn T 1 0 1 n 0 1 2 0 1 nl n2 m2 m3 NIE ias d y Yn FUNCTION Select LQ characters Select normal zero Select slash zero Set line spacing to 2 360 inch Reset printer Select LQ font Select character width Select forward feed mode Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Select reverse feed mode Return to normal height Print double height characters Print hex density 24 bit graphics Manual feed Select ASF bin 1 Select ASF bin 2 Auto feed Select print color Select font Eject paper from ASF Select character size Set print start position on ASF Delete last character sent 189 IBM Mode The fo
112. justed past the print head to a position ready for printing 7 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper position by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 5 Figure 4 13 Loading a single sheet 39 Loading the paper with optional Automatic Sheet Feeder If you are not using the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder refer to the previous section 1 Install the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder as described in Chapter 3 Figure 4 14 Install the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder 2 Use the printer s EDS mode to select ASF For details please refer to Chapter 6 If fanfold paper has already been loaded in the printer park the paper through the rear slot Pull the printer release lever forward to load single sheets When you are using Single Bin ASF pull the paper loading lever forward to pull the hopper out until it is in position In case of the Dual Bin ASF pull both pressure bar levers forward to open the pressure bar 40 Paper loading lever Dual Bin Single Bin Figure 4 15 Make ready to load paper 6 Adjust the left paper guide to the desired left position by moving it horizontally in either direction Unlock the paper guides by pressing down on the locking levers in case of Dual Bin ASF 7 Lock the left paper guides in position by moving the locking lever up for the Dual Bin ASF
113. laten knob The platen knob is packed into an accessory box with other accessories for the Wide carriage printer NOTE For the Normal carriage printer the platen knob is mounted on the printer at factory Mount the knob on the platen shaft which is located on the right hand side of the printer Rotate the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position Platen knob Figure 2 2 Mount the platen knob 10 Install the ribbon cartridge Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 2 3 Transparent part Figure 2 3 Open the front cover and swing down the transparent part Now install the ribbon with the following procedure If you want to print with color install the optional color ribbon cartridge X24CL 1 the tension knob clockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack 2 Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield as shown in Figure 2 4 Print head Print head shield Ribbon cartridge Figure 2 4 Installing the ribbon cartridge After you have installed the ribbon cartridge close the front cover Leave the front cover closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dus
114. ld be in place and vertically for cut and vertical sheets to feed smoothly Are the left and right guides If the left and right guides are too close together the too close together paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper feed freely Is the ASF selected with the If it is then deselect it EDS setting Are you trying to feed paper You can only feed paper in this way the printer is off using the front panel buttons line Set the printer off line and then feed paper while the ON LINE indicator illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with thinner paper If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Check Possible remedy Is the paper release lever sure the release lever is pushed to the i posi pushed to the position Is the paper guide in the ver using the tractor feed paper guide should be tical position horizontal Are the holes on each side of Ifthe two sides of the paper are out of alignment realign the paper aligned with regard them so that the tractor holes match up to each other in the tractor units Are the tractor units too close Misalignment of the tractor units making the paper too or too far apart close or too tight will prevent a smooth paper feed Are the tractor units locked Correct this if necessary in pos
115. le is securely connected and then turn the printer back on Is the power cable properly plugged into the electrical outlet off the printer unplug it and try the outlet with another appliance to determine if electricity is being supplied from that outlet Check the bottom panel of your printer to ensure that the outlet voltage corresponds to the voltage required by the printer If they do not match DO NOT try to operate the printer Contact your supplier Is power being supplied to the outlet Is the printer voltage correct Printing If your printer does not print or suddenly stops printing check the following Check Is the interface cable con Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to nected securely make sure that the connector is firmly in position Is the ON LINE indicator illu If itis not press the ONLINE buttonto set the printer minated on line Is the PAPER OUT message If it is the paper has run out Load more paper flashing Is the printer beeping inter The release lever is moved while the paper is in printing mittently position Move the release lever to the original position Is the paper caught up inter nally Turn off the power remove the jammed paper replace turnon the printer and continue printing Make sure that the loading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased Turn off the power remove the ribbon retension it and
116. llowing commands take effect with the IBM mode CONTROL CODE FUNCTION lt BEL gt Bell lt BS gt Backspace lt HT gt Horizontal tab lt LF gt Line feed VT Vertical tab FF Form feed CR Carriage SO Expanded printing for one line lt SI gt Condensed printing lt 0 1 gt Set printer on line lt DC2 gt Pica pitch lt DC4 gt Cancel one line expanded printing lt CAN gt Cancel last line lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt Manual feed lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt gt Select ASF bin 1 lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 2 gt Select ASF bin 2 lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt Auto feed lt ESC gt lt EM gt R Eject paper from ASF lt ESC gt lt EM gt Set print start position on ASF lt 5 gt gt 0 Stop underlining lt ESC gt 1 Start underlining lt ESC gt 0 Set line spacing to 1 8 inch lt ESC gt 1 Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch lt ESC gt 2 Execute lt ESC gt A ESC 3 Set line ing to n 180 inch or n 216 inch ESC 4 Set top of page at current position ESC S 0 Cancel automatic line fe ESC S 1 Set automatic line feed lt ESC gt 6 Select character set 42 ESC 7 Select character set 1 ESC 8 Disable paper out detector lt ESC gt 9 Enable paper out detector ESC Elite pitch ESC nl n2 n3 n4 0 n5 ml m2 m9 dl d2 dx Define download characters lt 5 gt Reset p
117. move the connector cover at the right side of the printer 3 Push out the cap from the connector cover NOTE Keep this cap in a safe place Cartridge Figure 3 14 Slide the cartridge into the slot with the power switch off 4 Install the connector cover into the printer 5 Insert the cartridge into the slot of the connector cover and slide it all the way in NOTE the cap on the connector cover if you do not use the optional cartridge 24 INTERFACE CARTRIDGES You can use the Serial RS 232 Interface with the optional Serial Interface Cartridge IS 8XL or extend the print buffer by installing the optional Buffered Parallel Interface Cartridge IP 128XL instead of the Standard Interface Cartridge If you want to use the Serial Interface Cartridge set the DIP switches on the board before install it to the printer 1 Turn off power switch and disconnect the power cord from the power source 2 Disconnect the interface cable if attached 3 Compress the projected parts on the right and left and pull the Standard Interface Cartridge to remove it from the printer Figure 3 15 Remove the Standard Interface Cartridge from the printer 4 Insert the optional Interface Cartridge securely into place If it is not fully inserted the printer will not properly print 5 Connect the interface cable to the connector NOTE Store the removed Interface Cartridge in a safe place 25 DIP Switch Func
118. n this file such as left and right margins line spacing and bottom margin commands Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each To avoid excess line feeds you should place the commands on one line in the setup file You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word processing software it depends on whether your software lets you enter control codes If your system includes the file EDLIN COM however you can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor 133 An appropriate name for this setup file would be LQELITE DAT To use the DOS line editor type the command EDLIN LQELITE DAT then type the underlined parts of the following display Press RETURN at the end of each line Do not type the symbol This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key for example V means to type CTRL V C means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of the input A gt EDLIN LQELITE DAT New file AV indicates that the following character is a control code V enters the lt ESC gt code lt ESC gt has character code 27 and is the 27th character from A in the ASCII sequence Similarly AVA enters the control code lt 1 gt See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up the printer by sending it the file LQELITE DAT To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing
119. nd right guides are too close together the too close together paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely The ASF s paper feed hopper and stacker can hold between 100 to 150 sheets each Make sure that there is no more paper than this in either the hopper or stacker Was the paper fanned before If this is not done paper jams may occur Remove the being fed into the ASF stack of paper from the ASF and fan it before reinserting Has the paper been used al Only new uncreased paper should be used with the ready or is it creased ASF Are you trying to feed paper You can only feed paper in this way the printer is off using the front panel buttons line Set the printer off line and then feed paper while the ON LINE indicator There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with different paper Is there too much paper in the paper feed hopper or stacker illuminated Is the paper too thick or too thin 147 If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly check the following Fosibie remedy Is the paper release lever in The paper release lever must be set to the position the position after the fanfold paper has been parked Has the fanfold paper been Make sure that the PAPER OUT message comes on properly parked flashing after the fanfold paper has been parked
120. nsity 8 bit graphics lt ESC gt L n n2 ml m2 Print double density 8 bit graphics lt ESC gt N n Set bottom margin lt ESC gt O Cancel bottom margin lt ESC gt P 0 Select fixed spacing ESC P 1 Select proportional spacing lt ESC gt Q n Set printer off line ESC R Reset all tab stops lt ESC gt S 0 lt gt 5 1 Subecript M ESC T Cancel sn superscript or subscript lt ESC gt U 0 Bi directional printing lt ESC gt U 1 Uni directional printing lt ESC gt W 0 Cancel expanded printing lt ESC gt 1 Expanded lt ESC gt X nl n2 Set left Pen cad cats NN lt ESC gt n n2 m2 Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics lt ESC gt Z nl n2 ml m2 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics lt ESC gt Q 4 0 0 lt gt n m Select character height width and line spacing lt ESC gt T 4 0 0 0 al n2 Select IBM code page lt ESC gt 4 0 0 0 lt 0 gt Set base unit for line spacing lt ESC gt g n n2 m0 ml m2 Select graphics mode ESC nl n Enable printing of all character codes lt ESC gt Reverse line feed lt ESC gt Enable printing of all character codes on next character lt ESC gt _ 0 Stop overlining lt gt _ Start overlining lt 5 gt d nl n2 Relative horizontal tab in inches lt ESC gt j Stop printing l
121. ntable characters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the ONLINE button This is necessary to print the last line The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode 10 WIDTH LPT1 255 20 FOR I 0 TO 255 30 LPRINT CHR I 40 NEXT I S0 LPRINT 60 END 0 1 5 5 2 3 39 5 5 1 UBSER CS FEL 01234565789 5 gt f 1 JKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZ XJ abcdefahijik miuo parstuvwxyz i1 Figure 5 5 Sample hexadecimal dump 50 If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 5 5 Most BASICS however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 5 6 0123456789 lt gt GABCOEFGHIJKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZ X abcdefahiiklmno parstuvwxyzt i1l Fig re 5 8 Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM PC When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD carriage return it adds an extra hex OA line feed Hex code 1A end of file also gets special treatment the interpreter does not send it at all This can cause problems with graphics or download character data However you can solve this problem by changing line 30 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 30 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H3BD IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110
122. nting de ASCII 18 6 Prints the entire contents of the input buffer then sets the printer off line The ON LINE indicator on the control panel goes off EH Bell de ASCII BEL 4 07 i 5 Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer 114 Bi directional printing 501 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bi directional mode which is faster than uni directional printing Uni directional printing TEST lt ESC gt U 1 27 8 49 1B 55 31 Both ESC U 1 27 85 1 1B 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done uni directionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision One line uni directional printing 8501 Su 56s lt Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal printing resumes on the next line Manual feed ASCII lt ESC gt 505 TUNE UNE CON Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feederis mounted Ignored if EDS switch E 3is set to ASF OFF Auto feed ASCII ESC EM 4 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if EDS switch E 3 is set to ASF OFF 115 Select ASF bin 1 Both ESC EM 1 27 25 1 1B 19 01 Mu cH compe 40 40 49 41 41 28 28 31 29 29 Selects the ASF bin 1 and feeds paper from bin 1 Ignored if EDS switch E 3 is not set to
123. operly installed software if necessary Are fonts not being selected Check the software installation and insert the com mands necessary for font changes into the software If you have selected the optional font you need to install the related Font cartridge to the printer Either you are using the wrong International Character Set reset with EDS switches or software commands or you have the wrong character set selected for example if characters other than IBM block graphic characters are being printed Correct this with EDS switches or the appropriate software sequences Are characters other than those expected being printed If the printout is not what is expected Possible remedy Your software may think that it is driving a different emulation to the one actually set Check the EDS set tings to make sure you have the right emulation Use the Hex Dump mode to analyze the output from the computer to the printer This will enable you determine that the right escape sequence etc are being transmitted Is the printer installed cor rectly Is the printer not printing anything that you are ex pecting 145 Paper feeding If cut sheet paper without ASF is not feeding smoothly check the following Gek ready Is the paper L Set the release lever to the position pushed front to the sition Is the paper guide in place The paper guide shou
124. ored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up 1B 50 01 Select fixed spacing ee 08 lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 1B 70 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select master print mode ASCII sa SC s n wan Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired character istics Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 4 Proportional 2 Elite 1 Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Examples 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Increase character spacing ASCII Su ESC SP Increases the space between characters by n dots where nis anumber from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification Select double or quadruple size ASCII Su lt ESC gt h n Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below Extra high characters align along the cap line of normal characters with the base line temporarily moving down Line spacing is temporarily doubled when 1 and quadrupled when 2 n Effect 0 Normal size 1 Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Select
125. ou do anything else Chapter 3 Optional accessories This chapter explains the optional accessories with your printer and how to install them Chapter 4 Paper installation and use This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types adjusting the printing gap and installing paper Chapter 5 Control panel operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection After getting set up read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 6 Default settings This chapter explains how to set the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode to make system settings on the printer Chapter 7 Printer control commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands used to drive it This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Chapter 8 Download characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters Chapter 9 MS DOS and your printer Since the PS 2 or PC AT family of computers running under MS DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer we have included a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have
126. overall width of the character Because this printer s proportional character definitions can also be used to print normal width characters and by centering even the narrow characters in the complete grid they will look good even you are not printing them proportionaly The three bytes are used to specify the width of the character and the space to be allowed on either side of it The left space in dot columns is specified by and the right space is specified by m2 The second byte ml specifies the width of the character in dots By varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it you can actually create proportional width characters 119 When defining characters the number of printed columns ml and the sum of side spaces and the character width m0 m1 m2 cannot exceed the value shown below Character mode ml 1 m2 Draft characters 9 LQ pica characters 31 LQ elite characters 27 LQ semi condensed 19 LQ proportional 37 Draft super subscript 7 LQ super subscript 19 LQ prop super subscript 37 Sample program To demonstrate how to use the download characters let s use the telephone character and the other user defined characters to print a small graph This program will do just that 1000 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1060 1070 1080 1090 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 1200 1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290
127. paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 5 13 Close the rear cover and the transparent part of the front cover then mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 4 5 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper 31 Paper guide Figure 4 5 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the optional Pull Tractor Unit 1 Install the optional Pull Tractor Unit as described in Chapter 3 Figure 4 6 Install the optional Pull Tractor Unit 32 2 With the tractor covers open mount the paper from the bottom of the printer by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Clamp lever Figure 4 7 Mount the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer 3 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper
128. printer X24E XL24E Proprinter X24 XL24 PC DOS International Business Machines Corp MS DOS Microsoft BASIC Microsoft Corporation LQ 860 1060 LQ 850 1050 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE rights reserved Reproduction of part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden e The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e Allefforts have been made to ensure the accuracy ofthe contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them e The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1991 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into eleven chapters To leam how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 2 through 6 The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of acknowledge of the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter indicates the some features of the printer the names and those functions of the printer components and the actual example of font style Chapter 2 Setting up the printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before y
129. r more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be set to RAM DOWNLOAD oth erwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command is ignored nl is the character code of the first character defined and z2 is the character code of the last character defined must be equal to or 92 2 S Olay ate less than 2 The data for each character start with three bytes specifying propor tional spacing attributes the first byte m0 specifies the left of the character the second byte m1 specifies the character width the third byte m2 specifies the right of the character These values must not exceed the following maximum limits ml m2 Draft 9 1 1 3 36 Ode 3 _ Lo proponia 37 42 Draft superfsubscript 7 2 Next comes the dot data Normal character height is 24 dots so there must be 3 x ml bytes of dot data If the printer is in super subscript mode however the character height is 16 dots so there must be 2 x ml bytes of dot data Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most significant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot For further details please refer to chapter 8 107 Define download characters lt ESC gt n n 27 61 nl n2 35 1B 3D nl n2 23 nj lt gt nj M 0 n5 ml m2 di d2 Def
130. release these buttons after the CLEAR MACRO message is shown on the display the macro is cleared NOTE You can store the following settings with this procedure Current Font and Pitch Current auto loading amount for cut sheet Current auto loading amount for continuous paper Current auto loading amount in ASF mode Current print color Data to be stored are controlled in Standard mode and IBM mode separately For example the data stored in the Standard mode are not effective in the IBM mode and vice versa 56 Chapter 6 DEFAULT SETTINGS From the control panel you can change the parameters that define how your printer works Parameter just means variable If you are familiar with earlier kinds of printers you ll understand that this printer parameters control pretty much the same things DIP switches do This function is called as Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode has 29 kinds of functions you can set as the power on default Tum the printer on while simultaneously holding the and buttons The ELECTRIC DIP SW message will show on the display and enter the EDS mode In EDS mode the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below in Figure 6 1 POWER MICRO FEED lt i SET EJECT aur PITCH PARK PAPER FEED ON LINE ms 1 EDS P SWITCH SCROLL EXIT Select Bank number Scroll d
131. rinter ESC A Set line spacing to n 60 inch or n 72 inch lt 5 gt B nl n2 0 Set vertical tab stops ESC C lt 0 Set page length to inches ESC C Set page length to n lines ESC D al n2 0 Set tab stops lt ESC gt E Emphasized printing lt ESC gt Cancel emphasized printing lt 5 gt G Double strike printing lt ESC gt H Cancel double strike printing lt 5 gt 0 Select draft pica characters lt 5 gt lt gt Select LQ pica characters lt gt lt 3 gt Select LQ proportional characters lt ESC gt 4 Select draft pica download character set ESC 6 Select LQ pica download characters lt 5 gt lt 7 gt Select LQ proportional download characters lt ESC gt lt 8 gt Select draft elite characters lt 5 gt LE Select LQ elite characters lt ESC gt I FF Select draft elite download character set ESC I SO Select LQ elite download characters 190 CONTROL CODE FUNCTION lt 5 gt lt 16 gt Select draft condensed characters lt 5 gt lt DC2 gt Select LQ condensed characters lt ESC gt lt DC4 gt Select draft condensed download characters ESC T 08 Select LQ condensed download characters lt gt Perform one n 180 inch n 216 inch line feed lt gt xl n2 ml m2 Print normal de
132. rm feed You should answer Yes to both these questions Other software packages may allow you to install specific features Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed This is given below CPI Number of columns Normal type Wide type Pica 10 80 136 Elite 12 96 163 Semi condensed 15 120 204 Condensed pica 17 1 137 233 Condensed elite 20 160 292 Proportional Variable Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to return to the default settings The command for your printer is lt ESC gt Make sure that the EDS switches are set for the correct printer emulation and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the EDS switches If you are in doubt about the configuration of your application software seek expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing font printing double size characters or printing in color Your printer therefore has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed in double parentheses followed by a digit Font F O Roman F 1 Sanserif F 2 Courier F 3 Prestige F 4 Script F 5 OCR B F 6 OCR A 130 7 F 8 9 Size S 0 S 1 S 2 S 3
133. rm only a carriage return when it receives CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch F 1 ASCII Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print positionis at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters uw o 5 v Left justify Decimal Hexadecimal 27 97 48 1B 61 30 27 97 1B 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text ESC a 1 27 97 49 1B 61 31 ESC a 1 27 97 1 1B 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins 99 Right justify ASCII lt ESC gt a 2 Ez 9 lt 8 gt lt 2 gt Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin Tagged Full justify lt ESC gt a 3 27 97 51 1B 61 33 lt ESC gt a 3 27 97 3 1B 61 03 Aligns subsequent text between the left and right margins Set horizontal tab stops ASCH Both ES D nl 1 gt O Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n4 n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected where 1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 64 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order t
134. ront of the printer yet NOTE To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access a ME 13 MEMO Chapter 3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES You can select the following accessories as option s Automatic sheet feeder 5 10 15 SF 10RMII 15RMID Pull tractor unit PT 10XM 15XM Font cartridges FC series RAM cartridge RC 32Z DC 32Z Serial interface cartridge IS 8XL Buffered parallel interface cartridge IP 128XL This chapter describes how to install these optional accessories NOTE When you install or remove the optional accessories turn off the power switch AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER You can use the Automatic Sheet Feeder to print on single sheets This printer can be used either a Single bin type or Dual bin type Automatic Sheet Feeder Single Bin Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10DMI1I 15DMII The procedure to mount the Single Bin ASF is 1 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 2 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side then remove it upward If the paper guide is installed remove it before taking off the rear cover Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail gt S R 2
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136. se the RAM is used to store the input buffer and the download commands are ignored DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH STANDARD MODE Designing and printing your own characters has two requirements first designing the shape of the character calculating the data necessary to make the shape and sending that data to the printer and secondly sending the command to print the downloaded characters instead of the regular characters There are a number of design constraints for download characters The matrix or grid on which you design the characters depends upon the print mode as shown below Character mode Horizontal Vertical Draft characters 9 24 LQ pica characters 31 24 LQ elite characters 27 24 LQ semi condensed 19 16 LQ proportional 37 24 Draft super subscript 7 16 LQ super subscript 19 16 LQ prop super subscript 37 16 117 The minimum width of a character is five dots Dots cannot overlap You may define any position in the ASCII table Photocopy the grid in Figure 8 1 to help design yournew characters We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example LQ semi condensed LQ super sub LQ prop super sub LQ proportional Figure 8 1 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own charact
137. self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accommodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is recommended for this test Print area test mode By holding the button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode This way you can find how many lines on your paper are available for printing The printer will show the SELF TEST TOP amp B on the display and print the first line message then print the last line message after feeding to the bottom of the page If you have loaded the fanfold paper only the first line message is printed Pitch lock mode By holding the _ PITCH _ button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software inter ference You will hear an acknowledging beep and the printer will show the PITCH LOCK message on the display as power comes on After the beep tone you can set the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch you selected will show with 4 on the display and not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Font lock mode By holding the button during power up fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents so
138. sing the button 2 Change the print position using the micro feed function 3 Afteryou get the desired position press the buttonto save the value The TOP MARGIN SET message will show on the display 53 This value will remain unless you power off the printer If you want to retain this value even after you tum off the power store it using the Macro Definition function which is described later Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper If you feed paper you cannot change the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding more data inits buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Tuming power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Haltthe printing program on the computer If printing stops immediately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press and hold the button 4 While pressing the button down press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down In one second you will hear a beep tone and the BUFFER CLEAR messag
139. switch E 2 B Enable paper out detector ASCII lt ESC gt 9 27 57 1B 39 Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch E 2 Set vertical tab stops ASCII Decimal Both lt ESC gt nl n2 lt 0 gt 27 amp nln2 0 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nl n2 etc where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Hexadecimal 1B 42 n n2 00 95 Set vertical tab stops every n lines 0 lt ESC gt 1 n 27 101 49 n 1B 65 31 n lt ESC gt e lt gt 271001 1 n 1B 65 01 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 1 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel Both lt ESC gt b nO nl 27 98 n0 nl 1B 62 0 nl 0 n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where n0 is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt ESC gt command See lt 5 gt for par
140. t plo tO LN in in N XO cd v lt mio s o o Sp ka lt lt tt xO xO xO xo SE e eren een eb e Let t or e se Wee o lt sn S ti eq A Dad bad Proportional width EX So S x o a e a a A o S a e AEE ER EEE Eh En
141. t B Figure 3 12 Mount the paper support A and B onto the Pull Tractor Unit 5 6 7 22 Fit the mounting brackets of the Pull Tractor Unit onto the shaft of the printer mechanism tilting the Pull Tractor Unit slightly backward Secure the Pull Tractor Unit firmly by lowering it into position as shown in Figure 3 13 Close the front cover with the transparent part in the open position Pull Tractor Unit Figure 3 13 Mount the Pull Tractor Unit onto the printer NOTE Set the paper guide and rear cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Pull Tractor Unit FONT CARTRIDGES AND RAM CARTRIDGES This printer has seven built in LQ fonts and a 29 K byte 76 K byte for wide carriage type printer printing buffer You can add the following optional fonts or expand the printing buffer by installing optional cartridges Font Cartridge or RAM Cartridge FC 1Z Cartridge Orator 2 Leiter Gothic Blippo Cinema FC 2Z Cartridge OCR B OCR A CODE 39 UPC EAN FC 3Z Cartridge TW Light Orane 23 FC 4Z Cartridge Russian FC 5Z Cartridge Old Style Firenze FC 10Z Cartridge SLQ Script To install or change a cartridge follow the procedure below 1 Tum off the power switch at the front of the printer and open the front cover Swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 2 Re
142. t ESC gt Select LQ font lt 5 gt n Select print color lt ESC gt 0 Select standard character set lt ESC gt 1 Select IBM character set on Manual feed upo uge Select ASF bin 1 Select ASF bin 2 Auto feed C Select print color mer ae R rey tin Eject paper from ASF S y Select character size ny Se print start position on ASF 191 Consumer Response Star Micronics Co Ltd invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual Please address your correspondence to Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS LTD 20 10 Nakayoshida Shizuoka JAPAN 422 91 Attn Product Manager American Market STAR MICRONICS AMERICA INC 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 2702 25 New York NY 10170 Attn Product Manager European Market STAR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH WesterbachstraBe 59 P O Box 940330 D 6000 Frankfurt Main 90 F R of Germany Attn Product Manager U K Market STAR MICRONICS U K LTD Star House Peregrine Business Park Gomm Road High Wycombe Bucks HP13 7DL U K Attn Product Manager French Market STAR MICRONICS FRANCE S A R L 25 rue Micha l Faraday 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux Attn Product Manager Asian Market STAR MICRONICS ASIA LTD Room 2408 10 Sincere Building 173 De
143. t ESC gt lt gt gt lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 3 lt ESC gt 4 lt gt 5 lt ESC gt 6 lt gt 7 lt ESC gt 8 lt ESC 9 nl n2 m2 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage retum Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Cancel condensed printing Set printer off line Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Reverse line feed Retum to top of current page Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual fi Select ASF bin 1 Select ASF bin 42 Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Increase character spacing Select master print mode A MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in inches Select ROM character set Select download character set dx Define download characters Select score Select graphics mode Set line spacing to n 360 inch Stop underlining Startunderlining Select vertical tab channel Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to a 180 inch or 1 216 inch Select italic characters Select upright characters Select character set 2 Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt 188
144. t and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Connecting the interface cable Connect the printer to your computer using a standard Centronics parallel interface cable On a PS 2 or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 pin D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 pin connector at the printer end The configuration of the printer s connector is given in Chapter 11 should you need a cable for connecting to another computer If you need to connectto a serial port use the optional Serial RS 232 interface cartridge IS 8XL Follow the procedures below to connect the interface cable 1 Turn off the power switch both the printer and the computer 2 Connect the interface cable to the printer as shown in Figure 2 5 Make sure that you press the plug fully into the interface connector 12 Interface cable Figure 2 5 Connecting the interface cable 3 Move both clips inside the extended prongs on the sides of the plug until you hear a click Figure 2 6 Move the clips until you hear a click 4 Connect the other end of the interface cable to your computer Use your computer instructions to attach the interface cable NOTE Because you need your computer when you start printing ensure that it is completely installed Plug the printer into a suitable outlet However DO NOT tum on the power switch at the f
145. ter codes Hexadecimal Givesthe command inhexadecimal charactercodes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n m or 73 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters lt 8 gt x 0 Changes from letter quality to draft quality Ignored ifthe FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up Select draft pica characters ds Hexadecimal Changes to draft quality characters with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select draft elite characters ASCII BM lt ESC gt T lt gt Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select draft condensed characters ASCII IBM ESC lt 16 gt Changes to draft quality characters with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up 4 Select LQ characters Decimal Hexadecimal 27 120 49 1B 78 31 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Changes from draft quality to letter quality The initial LQ font is Roman unless a different font has been selected by a preceding command Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up Select LQ pica characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt lt gt 27 73 2 1B 49 02 Changes
146. tern 123 Character matrix 117 152 Character set 63 Character set 1 169 Character set commands 81 83 Character set table 158 170 Character size and pitch commands 84 89 Character space 119 Character spacing 87 Character width 86 Characters 152 Clamp lever 5 CLEAR MACRO message 56 Clear the buffer 54 Code page 63 82 162 168 437 162 163 850 164 860 165 861 166 863 167 865 168 Color selection commands 112 Command summary 187 191 Component 4 5 Compression mask bit 123 Condensed printing 84 Contents of the carton 8 Control commands 73 116 Control panel 5 43 56 Copy characters 109 CURRENT ASF BINI message 55 CURRENT BLACK message 55 Default settings 57 72 Define download characters 107 108 Delete command 113 Dimensions 154 DIP Switch 26 183 DOS commands 132 Dot Adjustment mode 71 Double density graphics 103 Double height characters 88 Double size characters 87 Double strike printing 78 Download 60 Download character commands 107 112 Download character set 110 122 Download characters 117 127 Draft 61 74 Draft download characters 110 Dual bin Automatic Sheet Feeder 20 EDS mode 57 EDS setting 70 ELECTRIC DIP SW message 57 Electronic DIP Switch mode 57 Elite pitch 84 Emphasized printing 77 Emulation 60 154 Entry slot 5 Expanded printing 85 Factory settings 59 Fanfold forms 27 29 Features 1 Font 1 61 76 FONT but
147. tern in the memory If your character is block graphics add 128 to the width of dot pattern in the memory Our telephone symbol is normal character and the width of dot pattern in the memory should be 25 so this value is 25 The fourth byte m4 indicates the printing attribute This byte indicates the character width to be printed and information of the repetition dots for block graphics characters If your character is a normal character add 192 to the character width If your character is a block character and it should be printed as line draw character add 64 to the character width If the block character is not a line draw character this byte should be the same as the character width Our telephone symbol is normal pica character so the character width is 35 and this byte should be 227 125 The remaining five bytes m5 through m9 indicate the compression mask bits Each bits of this byte shows the data that will translate the compressed dot pattern data back to the original character pattern For example the compression mask bits of our telephone symbol are 01100000 00000100 11110010 00000000 01100000 So these bytes are 96 4 242 0 and 96 You must define the index table data for all characters from 0 to 255 If you do not want to define a particular character enter 0 into that index table data Sample program To demonstrate how to define and to use the download characters in IBM mode let s use the telephone
148. ternational Character Set International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set 63 Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank Spain character set 1 is selected CA CODEPAGE 861 Style parameters The Style parameters are assigned to Bank 0 including these functions Italic print Selects to print all characters with Italic style or not This is different from the italic characters in the Standard Italic character table Print pitch Selects the default print pitch Note that semi condensed pitch and condensed proportional pitch are not available in the IBM mode Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank D Display Message Meaning 01 ITALIC OFF Italic print mode is cancelled 01 ITALIC ON Italic print mode is selected D2 PITCH 10 Pica pitch 10 CPI is selected 02 PITCH 10 Elite pitch 12 CPI is selected Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI is selected Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI is selected Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI is selected Proportional pitch is selected Condensed proportional pitch is selected 65 Layout parameters The Layout parameters are assigned to Bank E including these functions Multi part mode You can use up to 3 ply paper with normal mode If you want to print on 4 ply or 5 ply paper s
149. terns which are printed in place of the character lt character 60 Details can be found in Chapter 8 The final part ofthe program uses dot graphics to print amp W logo The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 3180 to 4640 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Chapter 7 for details The pattern is printed in three rows each row is twenty four dots high and 240 dots wide Line 2040 sets the line spacing to 8 60 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 2050 to 2130 does the printing in three passes of the print head 140 Resident fonts are Draft characters Roman characters Sanserif characters Courier characters Prestige characters Scrtpt characters ORATOR CHARACTERS H Gothic characters SLQ Roman SLQ TW Light Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite pitch 12 CPI Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI Normal proportional Condensed proportional Double height Double width Ta i xy 1 e width Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings IUS NS EP HE SPACING Dp 172 j Other features OUTLINED SHADOWED OUTLINED WITA SHADOWED Emphasized Double strike Italics Underlining rike threvsh Overlining SUPERSCRIPT and SUBSCRIPT Downlo
150. tes represent 24 vertical dots In the leftmost position the most significant bit of m is the top dot the least sig nificant bit of ml is the eighth dot from the top the most significant bit of m2 is the ninth dot the least significant bit of m2 is the sixteenth dot from the top the most significant bit of m3 is the seventeenth dot from the top the least significant bit of m3 is the bottom dot The rest of data is similar The number of data bytes must be 3 x n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Select graphics mode Mode Asc Both lt ESC gt n0 nl 27 42 nl 1B 2A n0 nl ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of nO and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt 5 gt for 8 bit graphics or FS 7 for 24 bit graphics for information nl n2 ml m2 104 nO Graphics mode 0 8 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 8 bit CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 6 8 bit CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 32 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRT graphics 90 dots per inch 39 24 bit Tripl
151. th buttons after you set the desired printing color If you want to save the selected color for later use store it using the Macro Definition NOTE This function is valid only when the color ribbon is installed into the printer Selecting the ASF bin number Youcanuse the dual bin type Automatic Sheet Feeder 5 1 15 with this printer You can select this ASF bin number by the control panel operation as shown below 1 Press button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down 3 While holding down the button press the PAPER FEED button The CURRENT ASF BIN1 message when ASF bin 1 is selected will show on the display Each time you press the button while holding down the button the CHANGE ASF BIN1 and the CHANGE ASF BIN2 message will be shown on the display Release both buttons after you set the desired ASF bin number NOTE This function is valid only when the Dual bin ASF is selected by the EDS setting 55 Store Macro Definition You can store the current settings to the printer for later use with the following procedure 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button and hold them down until the SET MACRO message shows on the display 4 Release both buttons at the same time after this message to store the current setting If you
152. the panel controls the printer will print standard size Roman characters The printer supports various commands in addition to the above such as quadruple size printing Most of these other commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers If your software enables you to place the escape code in your files or if you are able to define this as a user option during installation you also embed these escape sequences PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes the file PRINT COM you can use the main DOS printing command Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print To print a file named README DOC for cxample type A PRINT README DOC The computer may respond with the following message asking which printer to use Name of list device PRN If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN to select the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the A prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while thc file is being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names consecutively on the same line or use wild card characters and Each file will be printed starting on a new page The PRINT command also has 132 control options For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option The printer may not stop printing immediately as ther
153. tions on The Serial Interface Cartridge It is necessary to make compatible the data transfer conditions between the computer and the serial interface board with the DIP switch settings on the serial interface board Following table shows the functions of the DIP switches on the Serial Interface Cartridge Switch Function ON OFF Parity condition 1 Datalength 8 bit 7 bit Refer below Parity condition Refer below 6 Transfer speed Refer below 8 Transfer speed Switch 6 Switch 7 Switch 8 Transfer speed 1200 BPS 2400 BPS 4800 BPS Odd parity Even parity w A 19200 BPS 26 Chapter 4 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types adjusting the printing gap and installing paper SELECTION OF PAPER Your printer accepts any of the following papers Single sheets cut forms and stationary Use the friction feed or the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder Fanfold forms Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms punched forms or just plain computer paper Printing on or near the perforations of continuous fanfold forms may reduce printing quality misalign the fanfold forms or cause a paper jam It is recommended not to print within an area of one inch before and after the perforations
154. ton 46 Font Cartridge 23 FONT LOCK message 49 Font lock mode 49 Font quality 61 Font style 3 151 Font style commands 74 80 FONT amp PITCH LOCK message 49 Form feed 52 94 Forward feed 92 Forward micro feed 53 Front cover 5 Full justify 100 Graphics commands 103 106 Graphics density 106 Graphics direction 60 Graphics mode 104 105 HEX DUMP MODE message 50 Hex density graphics 104 Hexadecimal dump 50 High Speed Draft 61 Horizontal position commands 97 102 Horizontal tab 101 Horizontal tab stops 100 HS Draft 61 1 IBM character set 63 81 162 168 IBM code page 63 82 Index table data 125 Interface Cartridge 25 Interface connector 5 12 International character set 63 82 161 Italic characters 77 Italic style 65 Left justify 99 Left margin 97 Letter Quality 61 75 Line feed 92 Line spacing 90 151 Lines 66 Loading fanfold forms 29 Loading single sheets 38 Locating the printer 7 184 Long test mode 48 LQ 61 75 LQ download characters 111 Macro definition 56 Maintenance 149 Master print mode 86 Most significant bit 113 MS DOS 129 MSB 113 Multi part forms 27 Multi part mode 66 Normal density graphics 103 Number of columns 152 Off command 114 ON LINE button 44 On line command 114 Optional accessories 9 15 155 Ornament character 80 Other printer commands 113 116 Overlining 79 Page length
155. ttons operate only in the off line state Press the button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When you hold the button down for one second with the push tractor mode the printer goes off line and displays the SHORT TEAR OFF message then the printer also feeds the paper forward approxi mately two inches forward This allows you to cut it offjust below the last line printed When you press the button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off NOTE This function is valid only when the buffer is empty PAPER FEED button If you press this button while off line the paper will feed forward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you also press the button while you are line feeding the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page This is explained later 44 If you press this button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET indicator When in Quiet mode with the QUIET indicator lit the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level SET EJECT PARK
156. turn and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left OFF If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Auto Carriage Retum If you set this switch OFF a separate carriage return code is required from your computer to return to the left margin If you set this switch ON the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a line feed code Tear Off function You can select the Tear Off function with this switch ON When using fanfold paper the Tear Off function allows you to tear off one sheet of paper without fully advancing the following sheet Skip over perforation You can select the Skip over perforation with this switch ON It is recommended to skip close to the perforation of fanfold forms to get good print quality If you cannot set this function with your software set this switch ON The printer automatically skips the perforations Page length You can set a different page length to accommodate your paper with this switch 68 Following table shows the display messages and those meanings for the Bank FI AUTO LF OFF F2 AUTO CR OFF F3 TEAR OFF OFF FA SKIP PERF OFF F5 PAGE LGTH 14 F5 PAGE LGTH 12 F5 A4 F5 F5 PAGE LGTH 10 9 F5 PAGE LGTH 6 FS PAGE LGTH F5 LOTH 4 5 69
157. value of n as shown below n Character 0 Normal 1 Outline 2 Shadow 3 Shadow and outline Superscript lt gt 8 0 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript ME EEUU lt gt 1 27 8 1 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript ESF Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set ASCII lt ESC gt P 0 27 116 48 1B 74 9 Both lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 116 0 1B 74 00 FS D o 28 73 48 1C 49 30 28 73 0 1C 49 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if EDS switch C 1 is set to STD ITALIC Select IBM character set ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt w 1 lt 5 gt f lt l gt m FS FS P lt l gt sni je om Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode or EDS switch C 1 is set to STD GRAPH in standard mode Select character set 1 Both Selects character set 1 Select character set 2 Mode Selects character set 2 8 Select international character set Sid lt ESC gt R Selects an international character set in the Standard char

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