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Star Micronics NX-I 00011 User's Manual

1. 1790 IF lt 0 THEN GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1950 1800 IF NLQ THEN 1870 1810 Draft character 1820 FOR Y 1 TO 11 WT 128 FOR X 1 TO 8 1830 IF P CC Y AND WT 0 THEN 1850 1840 DT X Y 1 DT X Y 1 2 BX X BY Y CS GOSUB 3700 1850 WI 5 WT NEXT X Y GOTO 1940 1860 NLQ character 1870 FOR Y 1 TO 23 WT 128 FOR 1 TO 15 STEP 2 1880 IF P CC Y AND 0 THEN GOTO 1900 1890 DT X Y 1 DT X Y 1 2 BX X BY Y CS GOSUB 3730 1900 IF Q CC Y AND WT 0 THEN GOTO 1920 1910 DT X 1 Y 1 DT X 1 Y 1 2 BXeX 1 BY Y CS GOSUB 3730 1920 WT 5 WT NEXT X Y 1930 Modify amp plot character 1940 1 1 1950 FOR Z 10 TO 12 LOCATE 2 38 PRINT NEXT Z 1960 ST 2 LOCATE 11 38 PRINT IF NLQ THEN 2180 4 1970 Draft character f 1980 IF DT X Y 2 THEN CS CHR 2 GOTO 2050 1990 IF DT X Y 0 THEN 2020 2000 IF ST 1 THEN DT X Y 0 DT X Y 1 0 CS STRING 3 1 GOTO 2050 2010 CS STRING 3 2 GOTO 2050 2020 IF ST lt 3 THEN CS STRING 2 1 GOTO 2050 2030 IF DT X Y 1 1 THEN CS STRING 2 1 GOTO 2050 2040 DT X Y 1 DT X Y 1 2 CS STRINGS 3 2 2050 GOSUB 3680 2060 SS ST BX X BY Y GOSUB 3110 SS ST THEN 2140 2070 ST gt 3 THEN 2100 2080 FOR Z 10 TO 12 LOCATE 2 38 PRINT NEXT 2 2090 LOCATE 9 ST 38 PRINT GOTO 1980
2. eet y n FUNCTION Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Select character height width and line spacing Enable printing of all character codes Relative horizontal tab Enable printing of all character codes on next character Print 9 pin graphics Stop overlining Start overlining Left justify Center text Right justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set top margin Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines Select double or quadruple size Cancel immediate print Immediate print Perform one n 216 inch reverse line feed Select NLQ type style Set left margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select standard character set Select IBM character set Return to normal height Print double height characters Select draft quality characters Select NLQ characters Select normal zero Select slash zero Select italic characters Select upright characters Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Set MSB to 0 Set right margin Select international character set Relative horizontal tab Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF PAGE 80 81 70 65 79 65 82 63 62 78 78 78 75 73 78 75 80 72 69 87 87 72 60 76 68 67 63 64 69 69 59 60 65 65 61 61
3. GA DE M UND TI C RD TU m SD NC RU M AD GN Gn CLS IF NLQ THEN 1540 LOCATE 1 3 PRINT 12345678901 1550 LOCATE 1 3 PRINT 123456789012345678901234 LOCATE 2 3 PRINT FOR 1 TO 16 IF THEN LOCATE N 2 1 PRINT RIGHT STR N 1 GOTO 1590 IF MOD 2 1 THEN LOCATE N 2 1 PRINT RIGHTS STR N 1 2 1 LOCATE N 2 2 PRINT SPC 24 NEXT N LOCATE 19 3 PRINT VEEPESIHHA REEL IE EET Select character CH CHR CC LOCATE 1 40 PRINT SELECT CHARACTER CH I INPUTS 1 IF lt 19 AND I lt CHR 127 THEN CH I ELSE GOTO 1660 CC ASC CHS LOCATE 1 40 PRINT SELECTED CHARACTER CH Ascender or descender S0 Ascender 51 Descender S A CC 0 PX 3 PY 40 GOSUB 3020 DES S 95 1700 Key explanations 1710 LOCATE 10 40 PRINT F1 Clear dot 1720 LOCATE 11 40 PRINT F2 Pass over 1730 LOCATE 12 40 PRINT F3 Set dot 1740 LOCATE 13 40 PRINT F4 Clear all dots 1750 LOCATE 14 40 PRINT F5 Skip character 1760 LOCATE 15 40 PRINT 1770 LOCATE 16 40 PRINT Record character 1780 Get character
4. THEN 2450 2480 FO THEN FO FI 2490 OPEN R 1 FO 48 2500 FIELD 1 48 AS AS 2510 LSET A HD STRING 48 LEN HD 0 PUT 41 1 2520 GOSUB 3420 CLOSE 1 2530 2540 LOCATE 7 1 PRINT DOWNLOAD TO PRINTER DIP SWITCH 2 1 MUST BE OFF 2550 540 PX 8 1 S0 Yes S1 No GOSUB 3020 2560 IF S THEN END 2570 LOCATE 11 1 PRINT PRINT CHARACTER SET 2580 5 0 PX 12 PY 1 SO Yes Si No GOSUB 3020 2590 IF S THEN END 2600 LOCATE 15 1 PRINT WHICH MONITOR ARE YOU USING 2610 S 0 S1 COLOR SO MONOCRO 16 1 GOSUB 3020 PB S 2620 GOSUB 3500 LPRINT 3 5 50 2630 FOR CC 33 126 LPRINT CHR CC NEXT CC 2640 LPRINT STRINGS 10 10 PRINT STRING 5 10 END 3000 3010 SUBROUTINES m a m tenses sees Se 3020 Selector 41 3030 LOCATE PX PY PRINT S0 3040 LOCATE PX 1 PY PRINT S1 3050 IF NOT S THEN 3060 ELSE 3070 3060 LOCATE PX PY PRINT gt LOCATE PX 1 PY PRINT LOCATE 3070 IF S THEN 3080 ELSE 3090 3080 LOCATE PX PY PRINT LOCATE PX 1 PY PRINT gt LOCATE 3090 I INPUT 1 I lt gt CHR 13 THEN S NOT S GOTO 3050 3100 RETURN 3110 i
5. Turn power OFF and unplug the power cord Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge Move the print head carriage toward the right until you can see the connector cover Remove the connector cover and pull the cable free from the connector Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head For easy installation of the new print head move the carriage toward the left end of the rail Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins Thread the new cable the same way as the old securing it under the three tabs on the print head carriage Plug the cable into the connector inserting it as far as it will go Print head Connector cover Figure 5 2 Replacing the print head 10 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 11 Move thecarriage back toward the right and replace the connector cover Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place 12 Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover and plug the power cord back in 49 TROUBLESHOOTING f the printer doesn t print e Check the Power and On Line indicators Both must be on e Check that the interface cable is securely plugged in at the computer and printer ends e Make a test print Turn power OFF hold the On Line or Paper Feed switch down then turn power ON If the test print succeeds the problem is no
6. 27 87 49 1B 57 31 lt ESC gt W lt gt 27 87 1 IB 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal mom DECR Ow co 27 87 48 1B 57 30 lt ESC gt W lt 0 gt 27 87 0 1 57 00 Stops expanded printing and returns to normal width Expanded printing for one line Mode _ ASCII lt 50 gt oe 1 Both lt ESC gt _ lt SO0 gt 27 14 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 DC4 VT FF and lt ESC W 0 commands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing ASCII Stops one line expanded printing set with lt SO or lt ESC gt SO Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 Select proportional spacing ascu Decimas Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Oe O Boh E lt b gt lt 8 gt P lt gt Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up 67 Select fixed spacing Mode Ascu Decimal Hexadecimal pos ses pa ami Causes subsequent characters to be m with fixed character spacing Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up Select master print mode asen Decima
7. Expanded WO E w1 Double height E wO H E h CHR 1 Double sized H E h CHR 2 Quad sized h CHR 0 LPRINT E Q CHR 47 right margin C Various line and character spacings Center text FOR I 1 TO 10 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT NEXT 1 1 Set line spacing E CHR I Increase character space THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED FOR I 10 TO 1 STEP 1 41 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 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 2000 2010 2020 LPRINT 1 LPRINT E CHR 1 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT 1 LPRINT E a0 Left justify LPRINT E 3 CHR 36 Set 1 6 line spacing LPRINT E CHR 0 Normal character space LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT C Other features LPRINT H E E Emphasized E F LPRINT E G Double strike E H LPRINT H E 1 Underlining E O LPRINT E _1 Overlining E _0 LPRINT H E S0 SUPERSCRIPT ES T LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T GOSUB 2020 LPRINT Download characters LPRINT D E 1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I
8. clean electricity Don t connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator e Make sure the line voltage is within 10 of the voltage specified on the identification plate e If you will be using fanfold forms place the printer where the forms can feed up to it from below with at least a full page hanging free UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Open the carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be five items Am A a na o o A RS EO RAI cedi Rc Y Md Figure 1 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 Make an external inspection of the printer Note the locations of the following parts Bail lever opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen DX op TE Top cover Power switch Bail lever Release lever Control panel Connector Figure 1 2 The printer s external parts Release lever Top cover Rear cover Entry slot Control panel Power switch Connector SETTING UP releases the platen This lever must be down for printing on single sheets and up for fanfold forms protects the print head and other parts protects the sprocket feed mechanism
9. Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS Define macro instruction ASCII lt ESC gt RS 27 43 30 IB 2B IE Cancels any existing macro instruction and replaces it with the defined instruction The defined macro instruction consists of the characters between the and RS These can be any printable characters or control characters except lt RS gt up to a maximum of 16 characters Execute macro instruction ASCII lt ESC gt lt 1 gt 27 43 1 1B 2B 01 Executes a previously defined macro instruction 85 iso tas as 1 W SAA OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 Mode ASCII Hexadecimat 27 62 Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1 allowing users with a 7 bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 Hexadecimal td IB 3D 28 6i IC 3D Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Model ASCII th lt ESC gt 27 35 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent ASCII th lt DEL gt 2 Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has al
10. 3610 3620 3630 3640 3650 3660 3670 3680 3690 3700 3710 3720 3730 98 FOR Y 1 TO WI B B 4CHR P CC Y NEXT Y IF NOT NLQ THEN B B 4STRING 35 0 GOTO 3480 FOR Y 1 TO WI B B CHR Q CC Y NEXT Y PUT 1 NEXT CC RETURN Output to Printer LPRINT HD FOR CC 33 TO 126 IF A CC lt 0 THEN 3580 LPRINT amp CHR 0 STRING 2 CC ZeA CC GOSUB 3600 FOR Y 1 TO WI Z P CC Y GOSUB 3600 NEXT Y IF NOT NLQ THEN 3580 FOR Y 1 TO WI Z Q CC Y GOSUB 3600 NEXT Y NEXT CC LFRINT 1 RETURN IF PB THEN 3640 PPeINP amp H3BD IF PP lt 128 THEN 3620 OUT amp H3BC Z OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 GOTO 3660 PP INP 6H379 IF PP lt 128 THEN 3640 OUT amp H378 Z OUT amp H37A 5 OUT H37A 4 RETURN Plot character LOCATE X 2 1 Y 2 1 PRINT CS LOCATE X 2 2 Y 2 1 PRINT CS RETURN LOCATE BX 2 1 BY 2 1 PRINT CS LOCATE 2 2 2 1 PRINT CS RETURN LOCATE X 2 Y 2 PRINT CS RETURN LOCATE BX 2 BY 2 PRINT CS RETURN F D rn Appendix D CHARACTER SETS This appendix gives tables of the printer s 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 entries at the top and left edges of th
11. Dimensions and Weight Dimensions Weight Electrical Specifications Line voltage Line frequency Power consumption Double width double height double width and height quadruple width and height Pica 10 cpi Elite 12 cpi Condensed pica 17 cpi Condensed elite 20 cpi Standard mode only Proportional spacing can be selected for each of the above 1 6 inch standard 1 8 n 72 or n 216 inch programmable 8 inches Pica 80 characters Elite 96 characters Condensed pica 137 characters Condensed elite 160 characters 140 to 216 mm 5 5 to 8 5 inches wide 0 07 to 0 10 mm thick 102 to 254 mm 4 to 10 inches wide 0 07 to 0 10 mm thick single ply Max 0 28 mm thick 3 ply Max 3 original 2 copies Width 384 mm 15 1 inches Depth 287 5 mm 11 3 inches Height 108 mm 4 3 inches 4 7 kg 10 3 pounds 120 VAC 10 220 VAC 110 240 VAC 110 varies according to the country of pur chase 50 or 60 Hz Typ 36 W Max 80 W __ _ _ _ _ 55 Insulation resistance 10 megohms between AC power line and chassis Dielectric strength Withstands 1 rms at 50 or 60 Hz between AC power line and chassis for at least 1 minute B Environmental Requirements Operating temperature 5 to 40 C 41 to 104 F Operating humidity 10 to 80 no condensation Storage temperature 30 to 65
12. Select vertical tab channel Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Execute lt ESC gt A Set line spacing to n 216 inch Select italic characters Set top of page at current position Select upright characters Cancel automatic line feed Set automatic line feed Select IBM character set 2 Select IBM character set 1 PAGE 88 77 79 72 75 74 77 67 66 87 66 66 87 67 86 86 72 74 67 66 88 89 89 89 68 68 86 79 85 84 82 81 85 85 62 62 75 70 71 71 71 71 61 73 61 77 77 64 64 MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION PAGE lt ESC gt 8 Disable paper out detector 74 lt ESC gt 9 Enable paper out detector 74 ESC Elite pitch 66 STD lt ESC gt 0 lt 0 gt lt 0 gt Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM 82 lt ESC gt One line unidirectional printing 88 STD lt ESC gt Set MSB to 0 86 lt ESC gt nln2 lt DC4 gt a0 al a2 Define download characters 84 lt ESC gt gt Set MSB to 1 86 lt ESC gt 2 nm Convert graphics density 81 lt ESC gt Reset printer 89 lt ESC gt A Set line spacing to 72 inch 71 lt ESC gt B nl 2 lt 0 gt Set vertical tab stops 74 lt ESC gt C lt 0 gt n Set page length to m inches 73 lt ESC gt C n Set page length to lines 73 lt ESC gt D nl n2 lt 0 gt Set horizontal tab stops 78 lt ESC
13. Selects set of vertical tab stops designated a channel number 0 from 0 to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by lt ESC gt b Vertical tab Mode ASCII Both lt gt fu o 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 as 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 75 Tec c A Re RT ied e Te Rg C MS 5 ts WM c OA ii rs i reor disi XN D HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ascu lt ESC gt I n 27108 n 6C m Sets the left margin at column n where n is between 0 and 255 in 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 Pica lt lt 76 Elite lt lt 91 Condensed pica 0 lt n lt 130 Condensed elite 0 lt n lt 152 Expanded pica 0 lt lt 38 Expanded elite 0 lt lt 45 Expanded condensed pica lt lt 64 Expanded condensed elite 0 lt lt 76 The left margin can also be set from the control panel Set right margin lt ESC
14. Standard mode DIP switch 1 6 on IBM IBM mode DIP switch 1 6 off Both Both standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Control characters are enclosed in pointed brackets For example lt 0 gt means character code 0 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n Many commands have alternative forms Some commands use lt gt character code 27 in Standard mode and lt FS gt character code 28 in IBM mode Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character codes or digit characters like the parameter in the sample command above FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Mode ason Decimal Hexadecimal lt 8 gt x lt 0 gt i lt gt DP lt 0 gt 27 73 0 iB 49 00 Changes from near letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up 59 oe 19 ERS Select draft elite characters ascen Decimar Hexadecimal lt ESC gt p 5 27 73 49 IB 49 31 lt ESC gt 27 73 1 1B 49 01 Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Select NLQ characters Pa
15. for inserting single sheets of paper controls various printer functions switches power on and off for connecting the computer to the printer Mount the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing material which held your printer inside the packing box Be careful to remove the knob before disposing of the packing Mount the platen knob on its shaft on the right side of the printer Turn it until you can pus h it in all the way Power should always be off when you turn the platen knob Platen Knob Figure 1 3 Mounting the platen knob Remove the top cover Lift the front edge of the printer s clear plastic top cover Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover and remove the cover completely Figure 1 4 Removing the top cover Install the ribbon cartridge The top side of the ribbon cartridge has a handle for turning the ribbon Turn this handle in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon Next place the ribbon cartridge on the print head carriage guiding the ribbon between the print head and the platen Press down firmly on the cartridge until 1 snaps into place Figure 1 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge Replace the top cover Hold the cover upright and engage the tabs at the back Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed Leave the cover closed during normal operation It keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s
16. lt 1 f 1 i ii a aene nc EE The Orator style is unique in two ways First it is a dot larger higher than the other styles This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiring high visibility A little extra line spacing helps when Orator is used Second there are two versions of the Orator type style one prints small capitals in place of lower case letters the other prints lower case letters but without descenders The version you get when you select Orator from the control panel depends on the DIP switches If DIP switch 1 3 is OFF lower case Orator will print as lower case Otherwise it will print as small capitals The other type styles do not have a small capitals option Lower case always prints as lower case The type style can also be selected by printer commands given in Ap pendix B Printer commands enable you to select both Orator styles and also draft italic which cannot be selected from the control panel POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel switches have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on PRINT PAPER COURIER PITCH FEED 1 SANSERIF STYLE PAPER PARK ON LINE ORATOR O ITALIC 1 Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel style Long test Short test Hexadecimal dump Figure 2 4 Power up functions of control panel Short test pattern On Line switch If held down du
17. n1 n2 x 256 At the end of bit image printing the printer returns auto matically to character mode DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Std lt ESC gt 0 0 lt 0 gt 27 58 0 0 0 1B 00 00 00 IBM FS 0 0 lt 0 gt 28 58 0 0 3A 00 00 00 Copies all the standard characters to the corresponding download char acter RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON Define draft download characters ASCII lt ESC gt 4 lt 0 gt nl 27 38 0 nl iB 26 00 ni Both n2 mo mi m2 n2 m0 mi m2 n2 m0 mi m2 m3 mil m3 mll m3 mli Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use DIP switch 2 1 must be OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not for downloading characters and this command is ig nored Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed is the character code of the first character defined and n2 is the character code of the last character defined n7 and n2 must both be between 32 and 127 or both be between 160 and 255 n must be equal to or less than n2 Use of character codes 32 space and 127 delete code should be avoided if possible Each character is defined by an attribute byte m0 and 11 data bytes m1 m2 m11 82 The most significant bit of the attribute byte is 1 if the character is an ascender pos
18. 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection Check the carton contents Setting up Mount the platen knob Remove the top cover Install the ribbon cartridge Replace the top cover Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer s power cord Loading single sheets Mount the paper guide Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Loading and parking fanfold forms Paper parking Paper unparking Test printing Short self test Long selft test Interface test Adjusting the printing gap DIP switch settings Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Switches and indicators Power indicator On Line switch Paper Feed switch Print Pitch switch NLQ Type Style switch Power up functions Short test pattern Long test pattern Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel style Hexadecimal dump Switch combination functions Paper parking Page feed 14 14 19 19 23 26 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Appendix A Appendix B Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Left margin Right margin Clearing the buffer USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Installing your software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Initialization sequence Setting the DIP switches Using your software Page alignment Type style and pitch selection Other printer commands USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Hard copying the screen Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming the pri
19. 2 DATA 12 0 NLQ download character data P 16 DATA 128 14 16 38 1 70 1 70 0 126 DATA 0 0 70 0 38 0 22 9 6 9 DATA 6 8 6 0 28 32 14 64 14 0 DATA 14 0 124 0 0 12 64 12 32 14 DATA 16 14 0 14 0 12 0 Dot graphics data DATA 0 0 0 1 3 7 Fe 715 DATA 14 14 14 14 14 7 7 3 3 15 DATA 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 1 3 3 7 7 15 14 14 14 DATA 14 15 7 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 D 0 O 0 0 DATA 1 3 7 7 7 15 14 14 14 14 DATA 14 7 7 3 3 15 15 15 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 D O 0 0 O DATA 0 0 60 255 255 255 255 255 143 15 DATA 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 131 193 241 DATA 240 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DATA 121 253 253 255 255 255 143 7 7 7 DATA 31 253 252 248 248 240 192 0 7 15 DATA 31 31 15 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 255 43 2810 DATA 255 255 255 255 143 15 7 7 7 7 2820 DATA 3 3 3 131 193 241 240 240 0 0 2830 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 OQ 2840 DATA 0 31 31 3 129 128 192 192 192 192 2850 DATA 192 224 224 224 224 240 255 255 255 255 2860 DATA 255 127 0 0 0 0 63 127 255 255 2870 DATA 255 255 193 128 128 128 128 192 224 240 2880 DATA 252 255 255 255 127 63 31 7 7 31 2890 DATA 254 252 248 224 128 0 0 3 7 7 2900 DATA 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 3 2910 DATA 129 128 192 192 192 192 192 224 224 224 2920 DATA 224 240
20. 2100 IF ST 4 THEN GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1950 2110 IF ST 5 THEN GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1520 2120 ST 6 THEN 2410 2130 ST 7 THEN 3260 2140 IF DT BX BY 2 THEN CS GOTO 2170 2150 IF DT BX BY 1 THEN CS GOTO 2170 2160 IF DT BX BY 0 AND DT BX BY 1 0 THEN CS ELSE CS 2170 GOSUB 3700 GOTO 1980 2180 NLQ character 2190 IF DT X Y 2 THEN CS CHR 2 GOTO 2260 1 2200 IF DT X Y 0 THEN 2230 2210 IF ST 1 THEN DT X Y 0 DT X Y 1 0 CS STRING 2 1 GOTO 2260 CS STRING 2 2 GOTO 2260 2230 IF ST lt 3 THEN CS CHR 1 GOTO 2260 2240 IF DT X Y 1 1 THEN CS CHR 1 GOTO 2260 2250 DT X Y 1 DT X Y 1 2 CS STRING 2 2 WOW N t e 2260 GOSUB 3720 2270 88 5 BX X BY Y GOSUB 3110 IF SS ST THEN 2360 2280 2290 ST gt 3 THEN 2320 2300 FOR 2 10 TO 12 LOCATE 2 38 PRINT NEXT 2 2310 LOCATE 9 ST 38 PRINT GOTO 2180 2320 IF ST 4 THEN GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1950 2330 IF ST 5 THEN GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1520 2340 IF ST 6 THEN 2410 2350 IF ST 7 THEN 3260 2370 IF DT BX BY 2 THEN CS GOTO 2400 2380 IF DT BX BY 1 THEN CS GOTO 2400 2390 IF DT BX BY 1 0 THEN CS ELSE CS 2400 GOSUB 3730 GOTO 2180 2410 Wrap Up A Se SSS 2420 CLS LOCATE 1 1 PRINT SAVE TO FILE 2430 S 1 PX 2 PY 1 S0 Yes S1 No GOSUB 3020 2440 IF S THEN 2530 2450 LOCATE 5 10 PRINT Output file name PFI 2460 INPUT FO 2470 FO AND FI
21. 80 IB 50 IBM DC2 2 In Standard mode changes from elite to pica pitch 10 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 Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up Elite pitch Mode ascu Hexadecimal lt 8 gt 2 7 In Standard mode changes from pica to elite pitch 12 cpi from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from either pica or condensed to elite 12 cpi Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up Condensed printing In Standard mode changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from either pica or elite to condensed 17 cpi Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up Cancel condensed printing ose ASC Hexadecimal Bon In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica from condensed elite to normal elite In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up ee cur mo SEN Rz hi 1 1 4 a Are Tac cU c M IA 255 5 RM WC UC 001 9 CCS ICAA AI TAT A Expanded printing x RESO
22. 82 86 76 64 79 88 89 89 89 e Stair seronmics
23. AS A Read 2 initial commands GET 1 1 IF 4 1 8 THEN 0 ELSE 1 IF MID A 3 1 O THEN NLQ 0 ELSE NLQ 1 IF NLQ THEN WI 23 HI 16 ELSE WI 11 HI 8 Read data for 1 character FOR CC 33 126 M CC 31 GET 1 IF LEFTS A 1 CHR 0 THEN A CC 1 GOTO 1310 MID A 2 1 FOR 1 TO WI P CC Y 9ASC MID A Y 2 1 NEXT Y IF NLQ 0 THEN 1310 FOR Y 1 TO WI Q CC Y ASC MIDS A Y 25 1 NEXT Y NEXT CC CLOSE 1 A Select sta TBM LOCATE 6 1 PRINT SELECT MODE SO0 Standard mode DIP SW 1 6 ON S1 IBM mode DIP SW 1 6 OFF S IBM PX 7 PY 1 GOSUB 3020 IBM S IF IBM THEN HD RS STRING 3 0 ELSE HD E STRING 3 0 Select Draft NLQ LOCATE 9 1 PRINT SELECT QUALITY SO Draft quality S1 Near letter quality S NLQ PX 10 1 GOSUB 3020 NLQ S IF NLQ THEN HD CHR 27 x1 HD WI 23 HI 16 GOTO 1440 HD CHR 27 xO 4HD WI 11 HI 8 PL STRING 24 HY STRING 24 CC 33 CHg Select Continue Start over LOCATE 12 1 PRINT CONTINUE S0 Continue S1 Start over S 0 PX 13 PY 1 GOSUB 3020 IF S THEN CLS GOTO 1070 muss mt DRAW BOX Jews DE 29
24. C 22 to 149 F Storage humidity 10 to 95 at 40 C no condensation Option Automatic sheet feeder B Interface Signals Signal s STROBE IN Goes from High to Low for at least 0 5 microseconds when data are valid DATAI Eight bit character data DATAS is the most significant DATAL is the least bit High is logic 1 and Low is ogic 0 OUT 5 Microsecond Low pulse acknowledges receipt of data BUSY when the printer is ready to accept ata AT 12 PAPER Goes High if the printer runs out of paper UT Can be held Low Lyermanenty by turning DIP switch 1 5 off N C 9 DATAS O OUT SELECTED OUT High when the printer is on line 14 15 NC Umsed 22 SIGNAL Signal ground _ 17 CHASSIS Printer s chassis ground isolated from sig GND nal ground 56 External supply of 5SVDC Twisted pair return signal ground level IN Low input resets the printer to its power up condition OUT Goes Low to signal that the printer cannot print due to an error condition 57 Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes the printer s control commands The commands are arranged by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below Decima Hexadecimal 27 120 49 IB 78 31 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recognized Std
25. LPRINT 0 Select normal character GOSUB 2120 LPRINT C E 1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT E Select normal character LPRINT H C Dot graphics DIM LOGO 4 RESTORE 2630 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 FOR COL 1 TO 100 READ DG LOGOS ROW LOGO ROW CHR DG NEXT COL NEXT ROW LPRINT E A CHR 8 Set 8 72 line spacing FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT LPRINT E CHR 0O Select normal density LPRINT CHR 100 CHR 0 LPRINT LOGO ROW NEXT ROW LPRINT 6 Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES Define draft download character 42 FC 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 2180 2190 2200 2500 2510 2520 2530 2940 2950 2560 2570 2580 2590 2600 2610 2620 2630 2640 2650 2660 2670 2680 2690 2700 2710 2720 2730 2740 2750 2760 2770 2780 2790 2800 LPRINT 0 CHR 0 0 LPRINT 6 0 CHR 60 60 RESTORE 2520 FOR 0 TO 11 READ MM LPRINT CHR NEXT M RETURN Define NLQ download character LPRINT C E CHR 0 0 CHR 0 LPRINT 6 CHR 0 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 2560 FOR M 0 TO 46 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN DATA Draft download character data DATA 139 124 0 66 4 64 36 16
26. Norway is Sets E E cali E IR eee see ee i 1 The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain 1 can be selected as power up defaults by DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 Enable printing of all character codes ASCII lt ESC gt nl n2 37 92 nl n2 1B 5C al 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 n7 n2 x 256 characters where 1 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 HH Enable printing of all character codes on next character Mode ason Decimal _ mm Esc 279 SE This command operates like lt ESC gt Y except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero ASCII ME 27 126 49 IB 7E 31 lt ESC gt x lt I gt 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 9 Select normal zero Ascii ES NEUES 27 126 48 1B 7E 30 on f lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 126 0 1 7 00 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash 65 CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Mode _ASCI Decima Hexadecimal Std ESC 27
27. O 2 O 6 H 7 O Z Note DIP switches are read only at power up Switch power off before changing a DIP switch setting MULTI FONT NXx 10001 REFERENCE CARD POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel switches have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on PRINT PAPER ES ON LINE SANSERIF C PAPER PARK ORATOR mAuc O Stay in panel style amp pitch Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel style Long test Short test Hexadecimal dump SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations Reverse micro feed earing the buffer Forward micro feed RIE PRINT PAPER COURIER O PICA PITCH FEED LL POWER SANSERIF C PAPER PARK ON LINE ORATOR E margin Paper parking Page feed Right margin Top of form COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER MODE IBM STD STD STD IBM STD IBM STD IBM IBM CONTROL CODE lt gt lt BS gt lt HT gt lt LF gt lt VT gt lt FF gt lt CR gt lt SO gt lt SI gt lt DC1 gt lt DC2 gt lt DC2 gt lt DC3 gt lt DC4 gt lt gt lt DEL gt lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt ESC gt lt FF gt lt ESC gt lt SO gt lt ESC gt lt SI gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt
28. WIDTH 255 command in line 1010 means infinite line width and prevents the computer from inserting unwanted line feeds in the character data Some versions of BASIC do not need the WIDTH command Check your BASIC manual and make any changes necessary 94 is ns o wm Tope 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 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 3 DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR KARMA RARA WIDTH LPT1 255 KEY OFF CLS DIM A 126 P 126 23 Q 126 23 DT 16 24 E CHR 27 R CHR 28 KEY 1 CHR 7 2 CHR 8 CHR 9 KEY 4 CHR 10 5 CHR 11 KEY 6 CHR 12 FOR 1 33 TO 126 A I 1 I LOCATE 1 1 PRINT STRING 25 62 PRINT DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR STRING 25 60 LOCATE 3 1 PRINT READ CHARACTERS FROM EXISTING FILE S0 Yes 818 S 1 PX 4 PY 1 GOSUB 3020 IF S THEN 1320 Open existing file LOCATE 4 20 INPUT File name FI OPEN R 1 FIS 48 FIELD 1 48
29. character 33 to character 126 will be printed out At any point while you are selecting or designing characters you can press F5 to skip the current character and proceed to the next character The program does not allow you to redefine the space character or to define any other character as an all blank character Nor can you assign character codes less than 33 or greater than 126 to the characters you define NLQ character First ml 23 Second 46 pass 8 ASCII Code 33 Descender EERE Shane TTL oT TTT Leftspace 0 111 111 Right space 0 oTo TP 32 1 m0 Descender 128 16 Left x 16 Right jo to tol Tot al Jol lol lol e tel e e ol loto fol fol fol fol VEEEISCSETETEETELE CIS ET EE DELE ESSE EFIE EE EP Dot data ist 1 38 7 70 O O O 9 9 8 6 1 0 O 70 38 22 6 6 6 2nd B 14 24 64226 00 32 640 0 12 4 4 14 12 Figure C 2 Car symbol near letter quality 93 If you select near letter quality the character box is the same size but now has 16 high x 23 wide dot positions Each dot is represented by two adjacent sharp signs occupying its own position and the position to the right This reflects the fact that the printer still cannot print horizontally adjacent dots but that even skipping every other dot the dots appear joined when
30. gt Q n 27 81 iB 51 nm Q m fic 5 m Sets the right margin at column z in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column becomes 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 Pica 4 lt n lt 80 Elite 5 n lt 96 Condensed pica 7 lt lt 137 Condensed elite 8 lt lt 160 2 lt lt 40 Expanded elite 3 lt n lt 48 Expanded condensed pica 4 lt lt 68 Expanded condensed elite 4 lt n lt 80 The right margin can also be set from the control panel 76 e V 0069 8 RF FF ae meme 5 AOS sE D ots ae Ee SS Set left and right margins lt ESC gt X nl n2 27 88 nl n2 1B 58 n n2 Sets the left margin at column 7 and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return ASCII o 13 Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If DIP switch 1 8 is ON also performs a line feed 515 Set automatic line feed Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 lt 1 gt 27 53 1 IB 35 01 time it receives a lt CR gt code This command takes priority over DIP switch 1 8 Q o Can
31. it to the on line state The printer s On Line indicator does not go off ua Set printer on line ason Decima Hexadecimal Both Dci 7 Returns the printer to the 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 On Line switch on the control panel y FTP Ee k 1 k Wn LIA A Bell Mode ascu Decimal Hexadecimal Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer s beeper Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII noth 5 gt cut 907 27 85 48 1B 55 30 t s lt ESC gt U lt 0 gt 27 85 0 1B 55 00 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode which is faster than unidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Mode ASCI Decima Hexadecimal IE lt ESC gt lt gt 27 85 1 iB 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maxi mum vertical alignment precision One line unidirectional printing Mode ASCI 27 60 IB 3C Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Manual feed ASCII sor lt 5 gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt 27 25 0 IB 19 00 ot cc 0909
32. line 2 Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down 3 Press the Paper Feed switch The paper will be fed out backward Page feed Paper Feed and On Line switches 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 On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 Still holding the Paper Feed switch down press On Line switch then release both switches The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form NLQ Type Style and On Line switches When you turn on printer power the top of form position is auto matically 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 On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the Paper Feed switch or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 3 Press NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down 4 Press the On Line switch The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set Forward micro feed On Line and Paper Feed switches For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small in crements as follows 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press t
33. lt ESC gt lt EM gt R lt ESC gt lt EM gt T n lt ESC gt n lt ESC gt n lt ESC gt lt ESC gt n n2 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 4 0 n2 m0 lt gt nO n2 2 lt ESC gt lt RS gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt n0 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 3 lt ESC gt 4 lt ESC gt 4 lt ESC gt 5 lt ESC gt 57 lt 0 gt lt ESC gt 5 lt gt lt ESC gt 67 lt ESC gt 7 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage return Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Cancel condensed printing Pica pitch Set printer off line Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Delete last character sent Reverse line feed Return to top of current page Expanded print for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Increase character spacing Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in inches Select ROM character set Select download character set Define download characters Select graphics mode Define macro instruction Execute macro instruction Stop underlining Start underlining
34. maintenance and troubleshooting Look through this chapter to see what it contains then refer to it as necessary later Appendix A lists the printer s technical specifications Appendix B details the functions of escape sequences and other printer commands Appendix C presents a BASIC program you can use to define and download new characters Appendix D presents tables of the printer s character sets E EEE FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is a compact convenient monochrome printer without frills but with a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the IBM Epson printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics Some of its main features are the following e Extensive software support Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those printers That includes most word pro cessing and graphics programs spreadsheets and integrated software packages e Easy operation Clearly understandable lamp displays and beep tones provide immediate feedback when you press the switches on the control panel The four switches can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including margin setting and micro alignment e Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be rep
35. n7 n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density 8 bit graphics ASCH bos lt ESC gt L nml n2 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C ni n2 Both ml m2 52 mi m2 mi m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maximum 960 dots wide See lt ESC gt K for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Decima Hexadecimal Y nil 127 89 ni n2 IB 59 n2 m2 zs mlm2 mi m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maximum 960 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC for other information 80 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt gt Zz nl n2 27 90 nl n2 1B SA ni n2 2 d mi m2 mi m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maximum 1920 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See ESC K for other information Select graphics mode ASCI xd lt ESC gt jad n0 27 42 n0 ni 1B 2A nO ni x n2 ml m2 dos n2 mi m2 2 mi 2 Selects one of seven graphics modes depending on the value of 0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt K for information on ni n2 ml m2 n0 Graphics mode 0 Normal density 60 do
36. on You will hear a short beep tone and the Power indicator on the control panel will flash These are the printer s paper out signals Place a single sheet on the paper guide and insert it down into the entry slot You will feel a slight resistance as the paper engages the paper detector lever Work the paper past this resistance and insert it down as far as 1t will go Move the bail lever forward When the bail opens the printer feeds the paper automatically Move the bail lever back The paper will feed slightly forward again ending in position to print with a top margin of about one inch Release lever Figure 1 8 Loading a single sheet Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer s power is off The procedure is 1 2 3 Check that printer power is off and the release lever at the back of the printer is down Insert a single sheet of paper into the entry slot as far as it will go the same way as for semiautomatic loading Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover If the paper is not straight move the release lever to the up position straighten the paper by hand then move the release lever back down Move the bail lever back to close the paper bail LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perf
37. operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer end of the interface cable to the connector socket on the right side of the printer as shown in Figure 1 6 Make sure the computer is turned OFF then connect the other end of the cable to your computer as described in the computer manual L Interface cable gt WI Connector Figure 1 6 Connecting the interface cable Connect the printer s power cord Check that the printer s power switch located at the left front is OFF Then plug the printer s power cord into an AC wall outlet Never plug or unplug the power cord while the printer is turned on LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder ASP read the ASF instruction booklet Mount the paper guide The paper guide fits into the two holes on top of the rear cover Mount the guide and raise it to the upright position LE 17 Paper guide Figure 1 7 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with power off or semiauto matically with power on We will start the easy way with semiautomatic loading 1 Check that release lever is down and bail lever back bail closed then switch power
38. press the Paper Feed switch to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the top cover and tear there Press the Print Pitch switch on the control panel and hold it down Still holding the Print Pitch switch down press the Paper Feed switch The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen Move the release lever to the down position Mount the paper guide in the upright position ae DUE Now you can load single sheets either semiautomatically or manually as explained previously The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows Paper unparking l Remove all single sheets from the printer and close the paper bail 2 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position 3 Move the release lever to the up position 4 With power ON move the bail lever forward The printer will auto matically feed the parked fanfold paper into position for printing 5 Move the bail lever back to close the bail Now you are ready to print TEST PRINTING After loading paper you can test the printer as described next Short self test This procedure prints a six line barber pole test pattern The lines are eight inches wide so the paper should be at least that wide 1 Check that paper is in position for printing 2 With power off press the On Line switch on the con
39. printed A near letter quality character is represented by 46 bytes of dot data two bytes for each column Near letter quality characters are printed in two passes of the print head the paper scrolling half a dot up between the passes The first 23 bytes of dot data represent the first pass the next 23 bytes represent the second pass In each column the first third fifth dots belong to the first pass byte and the second fourth sixth dots belong to the second pass byte A maximum of 78 near letter quality characters can be defined The file created by this program contains the following printer com mands 1 lt ESC gt 0 0 lt 0 gt standard mode or FS 0 lt 0 gt lt 0 gt IBM mode to copy the printer s regular characters into download memory If you leave a download character undefined the regular character will be printed 2 ESC x 0 or lt ESC gt x lt 1 gt to select draft or near letter quality 3 One lt ESC gt amp 0 lt cc gt cc lt a gt pl command for each character defined gt is character code lt a gt is the attribute byte and lt gt are the 11 draft or 46 near letter quality bytes of dot data This program uses only the most significant bit of the at tribute byte It does not set the other bits which are concerned with proportional spacing This program is coded in Microsoft BASIC for IBM PC The
40. set 2 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET In IBM mode additional characters can be printed by special commands SS a fe m a EE E 105 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected by DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 or by a command from software the following changes are made in the character set Er e See page 17 for the DIP switch settings The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode ESC R n IBM mode FS R n Where n means character code n i e CHR n in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II France 6 Italy 11 Spain II 2 Germany 7 SpainI 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Denmark Norway 4 Denmark I 9 Norway 106 INDEX Absolute horizontal tab 79 80 Ascender 83 84 92 Auto feed 89 Automatic carriage return 16 Automatic line feed 17 77 Automatic sheet feeder 6 16 56 89 Backspace 77 Bail lever 2 7 8 9 11 12 BASIC 25 40 94 Beeper 20 24 29 88 lt BEL gt 88 Bidirectional printing 88 Bit image printing 37 45 51 80 82 Bold printing 62 Bottom margin 73 74 Buffer 17 28 53 Cancel command 86 Carriage return 77 Centering 78 Channels of vertical tab stops 75 Character codes printing of all 65 Character sets 54 63 64 99 106 Character size and pitch commands 66 C
41. tab stops lt ESC gt n2 0 27 66 nl 2 011 42 nl n2 00 4 e ee ae ee CONF UN MIS AER A RS mw Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines 1 n2 etc where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 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 lt 0 gt 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 Set vertical tab stops every a lines Mode asen Decimai Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Poo n 27 101 49 n 1B 65 31 n lt ESC gt e lt gt n 27101 1 n 1B 65 01 nm 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 Mode ascu pon 59 90 27 98 nO ni 62 nO nl t n2 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 ESC for parameters n1 n2 0 Select vertical tab channel Mode Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt P n0 27 47 n0 2F
42. the printer by sending it the file NLQELITE DAT To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing CTRL PRTSC if hard copy is on To print the file README DOC in NLQ elite type give the following two commands A gt COPY NLQELITE 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 NLQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A gt COPY CON NLQPRINT BAT COPY NLQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 1 E README DOC The first above line is copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named NLQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this file The 1 is a dummy parameter whatever file name you type after NLQPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer in Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC that printed the sample of features shown at the beginning of this manual This program runs in the printer s Standard mode DIP switch 1 6 ON 5 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 130
43. the switch In the on line state the printer receives data from the computer and prints the data In the off line state the printer stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line state if paper is present If paper is not present the printer powers up off line with the Power indicator flashing When you load paper the Power indicator stops flashing but the printer remains off line To start printing you must press the On Line switch go on line The two main times when you will want to press the On Line switch are e Before and after any other panel operation The other panel switches operate only in the off line state First press the On Line switch to go off line then perform the panel operation then press the On Line switch again to go back on line e To pause during printing If you press the On Line switch 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 On Line switch again to go back on line Paper Feed switch This switch operates only when the printer is off line If you press it once the paper feeds forward by one line If you hold this switch down the printer performs consecutive line feeds 20 While you are feeding lines if you also press the On Line switch paper will feed to the top of the next page T
44. the two halves select unidirectional printing with lt ESC gt U lt gt Effect Normal size Double high double wide Quadruple high quadruple wide Double high double wide Lower half only Double high double wide Upper half only Quadruple high quadruple wide Lower half only Quadruple high quadruple wide Upper half only Ah a Y hn S S Print double height characters Mode _ ASCII noth wo cr 27 119 49 IB 77 31 E lt ESC gt w lt 1 gt 27 119 1 7 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing Temporarily cancels super subscript and condensed printing modes Return to normal height ANDE mE UE eee lt ESC gt 0 27 119 48 1B 77 30 lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 119 1B 77 00 Terminates TERA printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height Resumes super subscript and condensed printing if these modes were in effect before double height was selected 69 Select character height width and line spacing ASCII lt ESC gt 4 27 IB 5B 40 0 0 lt 0 gt n 00 00 Selects a combination of character TET width and line spacing ac cording to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line DEI E Character height Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height Unchanged Double height Single Unchang
45. zero 65 Small capitals 16 22 Software 31 35 Specifications 53 57 Sprocket feed 9 12 53 Standard character set 17 63 100 101 Standard mode 16 17 21 46 Star printers 37 Subscripts 63 Superscripts 63 Tabulation 51 73 75 76 77 Test patterns 12 13 23 24 Top cover 3 4 5 Tractor feed 9 13 53 Troubleshooting 50 51 Type style 22 34 54 60 61 Underlining 62 Unidirectional printing 88 Unpacking and inspection Unparking 12 Vertical tabulation 75 2 Zero slash or normal 65 109 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 CO LTD 194 Nakayoshida Shizuoka JAPAN 422 91 Attn Product Manager American Market STAR MICRONICS AMERICA INC Pan Am Bidg Suite 3510 200 Park Avenue New York NY 10166 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 Craven House 40 Uxbridge Road Ealing London WS 2BS 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 2409 10 Sincere Building 173 Des Voeux Road Central HONG KONG
46. 0 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 Set control codes E CHR 27 Escape code D E xO Draft quality N E x1 Near letter quality C E k0 NS Courier characters S ES k1 NS O1 E k2 N 02 ES k3 N H CHR 9 P E P Sanserif characters Orator with small capital Orator with lower case Horizontal tab Pica pitch Start printing WIDTH LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT 1 255 3 13 0 Set styles are H D Draft characters H C Courier characters H S Sanserif characters H 01 Orator with small capitals or 02 with lower case characters ES 4 Select italics 02 01 italics S for C all D styles 5 Cancel italics Print pitches H P Pica pitch H E M Elite pitch H CHR 15 Condensed pitch P Condensed pica pitch H E M Condensed elite pitch P Pica pitch CHR 18 Cancel condensed print H E p1 Select proportional spacing proportional spacing for all pitches Cancel proportional spacing H E W1
47. 25 Notice that the printer receives decimal code 13 hex 0D together with hex which is really decimal 10 In addition the printer does not receive decimal code 26 hex 1A To avoid this problem change line 20 and add lines 100 to 120 as shown in either of the following lists 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP amp H379 IF O 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 I 00 amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 120 RETURN 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP amp H3BD IF 0 lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3BC I OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 120 RETURN SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations COURIER SANSERIF ORATOR O O Reverse micro feed earing the buffer Forward micro feed PRINT PAPER 2 O PICA PITCH FEED 1 ELITE r PAPER PARK C PROP Left margin Paper parking Page feed Right margin Top of form Figure 2 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Paper parking Print Pitch and Paper Feed switches This procedure feeds the paper backward It parks the fanfold form at the back of the printer so that you can switch to single sheet feeding by moving the release lever to the down position 26 Before parking fanfold forms tear off all but the last page leaving less at least three inches less than a full page showing above the top cover 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off
48. 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 0 2930 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q 0 2940 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56 2950 DATA 56 56 56 120 120 240 240 224 224 192 2960 DATA 128 0 0 0 0 0 192 224 240 240 2970 DATA 240 248 248 248 120 120 56 56 56 56 2980 DATA 48 112 224 224 224 224 240 240 248 248 2990 DATA 120 120 56 56 56 56 120 240 224 224 3000 DATA 192 128 0 0 0 0 0 248 248 240 3010 DATA 224 224 112 112 56 56 56 56 56 120 3020 DATA 120 240 240 224 224 192 128 0 0 0 3030 DATA 0o 0 0 07 0 0 0 0 0 0 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1090 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of Appendix B The WIDTH 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1120 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different type styles including a line showing all styles in italics 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 twenty 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 1400 a centering command line 1420 a comm
49. Attn Product Manager PRINT PITCH SELECTION Standard mode Pica Elite 1234567890 122456789012 1234567890 123456789012 1234567890 123456789012 1234567890 lt Esc gt 125456789012 18 CHR 18 15 CHRS 15 2345678901234567 lt ESC gt 173456789012345678 0 i 12345678901234567 12345678901234567890 12345678901234567 12345678901234567890 12545678901 234567 12345678901 234567890 lt ESC gt Condensed Pica Condensed Elite 3 ps IBM mode Pica lt ESC gt gt Elite 1234567890 125454789012 1234567890 123456789012 1234567890 123456789012 1234567890 123456789012 CHRS 15 CHRS 18 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 12345678901234557 12545678901 254567 Condensed Pica DIP SWITCHES Switch Function OFF Factory 1 1 Page length 1 inches 12 inches ON 1 6 Printer mode Standard IBM L8 No ON See below International character sets Country 2 2 123 124 Country 2 2 2 3 2 4 USA ON ON ON Denmark i ON ON OFF France Sweden ON OFF 5 Denmark Norway when switch 1 6 is OFF and switch 1 7 is ON a 2 International character set
50. IA MM 57 e 000 ums pos Appendix b DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR 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 complex Chinese or Japanese characters The process of designing new characters with paper and pencil is somewhat time consuming The program listed in this appendix enables you to do everything on the computer screen It also enables you to maintain disk files of character data for downloading when required The creation of car abaped symbol 28 iind and near letter quality character is explained bel Draft character m2 m3 m4 m5 m m7 m9 mli ASCII Code Descender Start column 0 End column yl m0 Descender x 128 Stan x 16 End 14 0 66 4 64 36 16 2 16 Dot data Figure C 1 Car symbol draft quality 91 wre owe v is ss TO TC T WEO gt USt emo em prre rer o The dot matrix for a draft quality character is 8 cells high and 11 cells wide Figure C 1 shows the matrix with the car symbol filled in Note that there are no pairs of horizontally adjacent dots The pins in the print head cannot fire fast enou
51. MULTI FONT NX 10001 NOTICE THIS PRODUCT IS DESIGNED TO OPERATE AT 120V ANY OTHER VOLTAGE MAY CAUSE DAMAGE JN 2 pr Ri 4 4 P 4 MULTI FONT y NXx 10001 7 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE is e e HET ON TS Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with the manufacturer s instructions may cause interference to radio and television reception lt has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by tuming the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the receiving antenna 8 e Relocate the computer or printer with respect to receiver qn Move the computer or printer away from the receiver e Plug the computer or printer into a different outlet so that it and the receiver are on different branch circui
52. N except when you need to print very close to the end of the paper When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Switch 1 6 Do you want to use the printer in standard mode or IBM mode Select the mode compatible with your computer and software In standard mode the printer operates like the Epson LX 800 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter The ON position selects standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch 1 7 The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch 1 6 If you selected standard mode do you want italics or graphic charactes Leave this switch ON to print italics in the standard character set If you set this switch to the OFF position in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 See Appendix D character codes 128 to 254 If you selected IBM mode do you want IBM character set 1 or 2 16 SS A E Aaaa A ON selects character set 2 which is for computers with an 8 bit interface the most common kind OFF selects character set 1 for computers with a 7 bit interface Switch 1 8 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch at the ON position a separate line feed code is re quired to obtain a line feed If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage retur
53. Some computers insert unwanted commands such as carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data or change the values of certain codes e BASIC programs may require a WIDTH statement Check your BASIC manual B if you have problems with download characters Check that DIP switch 2 1 is OFF front e Make the same checks as for graphics problems 51 MEMO 52 4 A A A A M iy Ne MR i e A RU A SNP OPEN OEA E a ee eee A eee 6 AE Ce Appendix TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Printing Mechanism Printing method Serial impact dot matrix Printing speed 150 characters per second draft pica 38 characters per second NLQ pica Printing direction Draft bi directional or unidirectional selectable logic seeking NLQ and graphics unidirectional logic seeking Print head 9 Pins Life 200 million dots Ribbon Black fabric ribbon cartridge Life 1 million draft characters Paper feed Friction and push tractor feed Semiautomatic sheet loading Paper feed speed 2 7 inches second during page feed B Interface and Emulation Interface Centronics compatible 7 or 8 bit TTL level Data buffer 4K bytes when not used for download characters 1 Line buffer when using download Emulation modes Epson LX 800 and IBM Proprinter II Switches and Indicators Power switch Rocker switch Control panel 4 Membrane switches 10 LED indicators DIP switches 12 pins 53 Specia
54. an embed almost any printer command in your files The printer commands are explained in detail in Appendix B 34 Most printer commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers Some examples are lt ESC gt W1 Double width characters lt ESC gt WO Normal width lt ESC gt 4 Italic lt ESC gt 5 Upright Two lines with these commands embedded are shown below together with the printed result File lt ESC gt W1PRINTER COMMANDS lt ESC gt WO can help you to use lt ESC gt 4italic lt ESC gt 5 print Printout PRINTER COMMANDS can help you to use italic print You will probably not see the symbol lt ESC gt on the screen but a different symbol such as or or perhaps no symbol at all This depends on your software After printing the first page of a long job you may want to pause to check that the printing is correctly formatted Press the On Line switch setting the printer off line Printing will stop immediately To resume printing press the On Line switch again If you need to abandon a printing job before it is finished your software should provide a command for this purpose Another simple expedient is to switch the printer s power off 35 MEMO 2 Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Although you will probably do most of your printing with the aid of commercial software at times you will want to employ direct commands or programs of your o
55. and 28 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the lt 0 gt control code To clear all tab stops specify lt ESC gt D lt 0 gt Set horizontal tab stop every n columns ASCII Decimal noth ES ce 907 27101 48 n 65 30 n t lt ESC gt e 0 nm 27101 0 m 65 00 78 o8 e ai e A d To ce cann mo co Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every columns where is between 1 and 127 Reset all tab stops lt ESC gt 27 82 1B 52 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 odej ASCII VETE EC E AS 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 un derlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Relative horizontal tab Mode asc Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt nml m 27 92 nl n2 18 5C ni n2 IBM FS 47 ni m 28 92 ni n2 SC nl m Moves the print position right or left a specified distance maximum 6 inches Ignored if the resulting position is
56. and to vary the line spacing lines 1440 and 1490 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1450 and 1500 44 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities bold printing underlining sub scripts etc The row of automobiles in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns which are printed in place of the character lt gt character 60 Details can be found in Appendix C The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an S amp S logo The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 2640 to 3030 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Appendix B for details See also Figure C 1 in Appendix C The pattern is printed in four rows each eight dots high and 100 dots wide Lines 1800 to 1850 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGOS Line 1860 sets the line spacing to 8 72 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 1870 to 1940 does the printing in four passes of the print head This program can also be run in IBM mode DIP switch 1 6 OFF if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for difference in some of the commands You will get a cylinder instead of a barrel effect becuase the IBM mode does not
57. ay from you narrows the gap There are four positions you can feel the lever clicking into each position The first position narrowest gap is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Adjustment lever Figure 1 14 Adjusting for different thicknesses of paper DIP SWITCH SETTINGS When you remove the printer s cover and look inside you will see on the green board at the bottom of the printer two groups of small white switches marked DSW1 and DSW2 These are the printer s DIP Dual In line Package switches DSW1 has eight switches named 1 1 to 1 8 from left to right DSW2 has four switches named 2 1 to 2 4 For all switches the ON position is towards the back of the printer and the OFF position is towards the front To set a DIP switch use a ballpoint pen or other small implement to move the switch to the ON or OFF position The printer s power should be off when you set the DIP switches Settings made while power is on do not take effect until power is switched off then on again because the printer reads the DIP switches only at power up 14 Function Lower case 3 Auto sheet feeder Active 7 8 5 The printer is delivered with DIP switch set to the ON position These are the standard settings By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements The following quest
58. beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by n2x 256 120 inches If n2 is between 64 and 127 the print head moves left by n n2 64 x 256 120 inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches ASCII lt ESC gt ni n2 27 36 nl n2 24 m Sets the next print position to n7 n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on the current line Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8 inches 79 PS CIA RA A 7 C A ee 3 Absolute horizontal tab in columns Mode ASCII noth 0 27 102 48 66 30 n ot lt ESC gt P 0 n 27100 0 n 66 00 mn Moves the next print position to column from the left margin where n is between 0 and 127 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print single density 8 bit graphics Mode ascu Hexadecimal lt ESC gt nl n2 27 75 nl n2 iB 4B al n2 Bs mi m2 mi m2 Both mi m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and ni n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 480 dots m1 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
59. cel automatic line feed ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 lt 0 gt 27 53 0 35 00 lt CR gt code This command takes priority over DIP switch 1 8 1 Backspace Mode ASCII lt BS gt Hexadecimal Moves the print position one column to left Ignored if print position is at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters Left justify ASCII lt ESC gt 0 27 97 48 iB 61 30 lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 97 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text ASCII mo ESC ce cm 27 97 49 IB 61 31 t lt ESC gt lt I gt 27 97 1 1B 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify Mode Asc _ Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt tar 2 27 97 50 1B 61 32 Both lt ESC gt lt 2 gt 27 97 2 IB 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Set horizontal tab stops ASCII lt ESC gt D nl 2 lt 0 gt 27 68 ni 2 0 1 44 n2 00 Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n1 n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected where n n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode
60. ch 1 6 should be ON the factory setting If you selected an IBM printer switch 1 6 should be OFF DIP switches 1 2 auto CR 1 7 character set 1 8 auto LF and 2 1 RAM usage are also related to your software Read what your software manual has to say about carriage returns line feeds character sets and downloading characters and refer to the explanation at the end of Chapter 1 USING YOUR SOFTWARE With the installation and DIP switch settings correctly completed you are ready to entrust most of the control of your printer to your software However there will still be some things you have to do yourself Page alignment If you are printing on fanfold forms the first thing to do before you start printing is to align the top of the forms so that printing will start at 33 the right position on the page a short distance below the perforation With power off you can align the forms by turning the platen knob When power is on use the Paper Feed switch on the control panel Type style and pitch selection If your software does not control the type style and pitch you must make these selections on the control panel The default selections are draft style and pica pitch If you want a different style or pitch proceed as follows 1 Hold the NLQ Type Style or Print Pitch switch down when you turn the printer s power on Hold both switches down if you intend to make both settings The printer will beep in acknowle
61. characters don t match the characters on the screen e Check DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 When these switches are not all ON back an international character set is selected and some ASCII symbols are changed to other characters See Appendix D e Some software is not able to display international characters on the screen If you use an international character set you may want to paste labels on the keyboard e If you are using the IBM mode check DIP switch 1 7 Some international characters and symbols do not print when this switch is OFF front B jf some printer commands are ignored or executed incor rectly e Check that the setting of DIP switch 1 6 matches the type of printer your software supports ON back for Star or Epson OFF front for IBM e A few commands are mutually exclusive For example you cannot get emphasized condensed printing if you have problems with horizontal tabulation e Don t change the margins after setting tabs e Don t change the print pitch after setting tabs The physical positions of the tab stops do not adjust to the new print pitch have problems with graphics e If you are using commercial software check that it supports this printer or a Star Epson or IBM printer and that DIP switch 1 6 is set correctly ON back for Star or Epson OFF front for IBM e Use a hex dump to verify the codes the printer is receiving See the graphics command descriptions in Appendix B
62. dgement as it powers up Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line To select a type style press the NLQ Type Style switch one or more times 4 To select a print pitch press the Print Pitch switch one or more times 5 Press the On Line switch to set the printer back on line popu Most programs begin each printing job by sending a command that resets the printer That is why you must press the NLQ Type Style and or Print Pitch switches as you power up If you do not press these switches during power up the reset command will reset your panel selections to draft style and pica pitch If you want to change the type style or pitch in the middle of a printing job one way to do this is to insert a printing pause command in your file at the point of the change When the printer pauses press the On Line switch to go off line If the change occurs in the middle of a line the printer will print the first part of the line Now make the change with the control panel switches set the printer back on line then command your software to resume printing If you were able to define software commands for print pitch and type style changes like these can be inserted in your text file and made on the fly without a printing pause Other printer commands If your software enables you to place the escape code in your files or if you were able to define this as a user option during installation you are in a very powerful position you c
63. e print pitch Select a type style Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and style selections Print a hexadecimal dump Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Set the left and right margins Clear the printer s buffer SWITCHES AND INDICATORS The control panel has four switches marked On Line Paper Feed Print Pitch NLQ Type Style The On Line Print Pitch and NLQ Type Style switches respond with a beep tone when pressed and indicators beside them indicate their current status There is also a Power indicator that lights when power is on 0000 PRINT PAPER COURIER 15 i PITCH SANSERIF STYLE PAPER PARK ON LINE ORATOR 101 19 The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the oper ations indicated by their names Other functions can be obtained by holding these switches down when you turn the printer s power on Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel switches in com bination This chapter explains all the switch and indicator functions Power indicator The power indicator lights yellow when power is on When paper s not present the power indicator flashes A beep tone also alerts you to the need to load paper On Line switch The On Line switch sets the printer on line and off line The state changes each time you press
64. e table For example the character A is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code 15 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 lt Sample gt Character Hexadecimal value high order Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 99 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 193 qa 195 197 200 216 iiti sss ofa ler t3 e en E z 2 222 wg gg 29 28 IBM CHARACTER SET 2 193 4 2 Ta s ps p 201 249 203 LEES 251 25 5 m IBM CHARACTER SET 1 F 1 e N N 2 ho N un RR EE at eee la la BERERE 00 9 9 92 3 o Ph pe ala 3 131 147 132 133 149 3 135 151 136 152 137 153 138 154 39 55 alam 158 159 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 104 Other characters are identical to IBM character
65. ed Single Single height Single Double height Double Unchanged Double Single height Double Double height a Character width Single width same as lt ESC gt W 0 Double width same as lt ESC gt W 1 Double height characters are always printed at near letter quality Double height printing temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the printer returns to normal height VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 118 inch ASCII Decima Hexadecimat lt ESC gt 0 27 48 30 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch 70 Set line spacing to 7 72 inch ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 1 27 49 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 2 27 50 32 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds m to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to 216 inch Both Sets the distance paper advances reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 216 inch where n 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 72 inch Decima lt ESC gt A n 27 65 n 22 Standard
66. ee seconds you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared 6 Release all three switches 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 29 MEMO e en Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE There is an abundance of commercial software available spreadsheet programs word processing programs graphics programs and more This printer will work with any program that supports a Star Epson or IBM dot matrix printer Before using the printer with commercial software however there are two things you must da e Install the software so that it supports the printer e Set the printer s DIP switches to match the software INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE Most commercial software includes an installation program or routine that you can run to customize the software to fit your hardware system Start by reading the explanation of the installation program in your software manual Printer menu The installation program usually offers a menu of printers from which to choose If you find this printer on the menu select it If this printer is not listed look for the Epson LX 800 or IBM Proprinter II If these are not
67. ers and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Stop underlining Mode _ ASCII pom 568 gt Coe 27 4S 48 iB 2D 30 t al lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 45 0 1B 2D 00 Stops underlining Start overlining ASCII Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Sd 27 95 49 IB SF 31 Both lt ESC gt 4c ups 27 95 1 IB SF 01 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by hori zontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining ASCII EE 77 9 27 95 48 SF 30 lt gt lt 0 gt 27 95 0 1B 5F 00 Stops overlining Superscript noth LESC 8 0 27 83 48 IB 53 30 lt ESC gt 5 lt 0 gt 27 83 0 1B 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript noth Ec sr e 27 83 49 IB 53 31 ESC 5 1 27 83 1 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript Mode asen Hexadecimal lt ESC gt T 27 84 1B 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Asc Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt ap M 27 116 48 1 74 30 td lt ESC gt 4 lt 0 gt 27 116 0 iB 74 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up de
68. erscript or subscript 63 lt ESC gt U 0 Bidirectional printing 88 lt ESC gt U 1 Unidirectional printing 88 lt ESC gt W 0 Cancel expanded printing 67 lt ESC gt W 1 Expanded printing 67 lt ESC gt X n2 Set left and right margins 77 MODE CONTROL CODE IBM STD IBM STD STD STD IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM lt ESC gt Y nl n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt Z nl n2 mi m2 lt ESC gt a 4 lt 0 gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt V nl n2 lt ESC gt Y nl n2 lt ESC gt As lt ESC gt nO ni n2 m2 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt _ lt ESC gt a 0 lt ESC gt a 1 lt ESC gt a 2 lt ESC gt b nO nl n2 0 ESC c n lt ESC gt On lt ESC gt e lan lt ESC gt f 0n lt ESC gt f ln lt ESC gt n lt ESC gt i 0 lt ESC gt 1 1 lt ESC gt j n lt ESC gt k n lt ESC gt I lt ESC gt p 0 lt ESC gt p 1 lt ESC gt t 0 lt ESC gt t 1 lt ESC gt w 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt x 0 lt ESC gt x 1 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 FS 4 lt FS gt 5 FS lt Q gt lt 0 gt 0 FS FS Q n FS R n FS A nl n2 p np 0 e up 4 see R
69. exadecimal dump Paper Feed and Print Pitch switches 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 1 Holding both the Paper Feed and Print Pitch switches down turn power ON A beep tone will be heard 2 Start 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 printable characters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with On Line switch This is necessary to print the last line 24 The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade cimal mode 10 FOR 1 0 TO 255 20 LPRINT 30 NEXT 1 40 LPRINT 50 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 2 5 64 O 0125456789 lt 7 RABCDEFGHI JKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZCN31 abcdefghijklmno parstuvwxyziir Figure 2 5 Sample hexadecimal dump Most BASICs however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC prints the following OO 0123456789 lt gt ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZEINI7_ pgrstuvwxyzti3 Figure 2 6 Sample hexadecimal dump with
70. fault in Standard mode if DIP switch 1 7 is ON The standard character set cannot be selected in IBM mode 63 Select IBM character set T lt ESC gt 27 116 49 74 31 ta lt ESC gt lt i gt 27 116 1 IB 74 01 Selects an IBM character set character set 2 unless an lt ESC gt 7 command has been received Ignored in IBM mode since the IBM character set is selected automatically Select IBM character set 1 Mode ascu Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 7 27 55 iB 37 Selects IBM character set 1 If the standard character set is currently selected this command remains dormant and takes effect at the next lt ESC gt t command In IBM mode character set 1 is the power up default if DIP switch 1 7 is OFF Select IBM character set 2 Mode asci lt ESC gt 6 27 54 36 Selects IBM character set 2 If the standard character set is currently selected this command remains dormant and takes effect at the next lt ESC gt t command In IBM mode character set 2 is the power up default if DIP switch 1 7 is ON Select international character set Decima Hexadecimal 27 82 n IB 52 Selects an international character set according to the value of n Character set n Character set 0 U S A 7 Spain I 1 France 8 Japan 2 Germany 9 Norway 3 England 10 Denmark II 4 Denmark I 11 Spain 5 Sweden 12 Latin America 6 Italy 13 Denmark
71. gh to print adjacent dots in the horizontal direction To the printer a draft character is represented by 11 bytes of dot data one byte for each column If you are working by hand you can calculate the data as shown in Figure C 1 and enter them via the lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt printer command If you use the program in this appendix proceed as follows The program starts by asking whether you want to read characters from an existing file If you are going to add the car symbol to a file of download characters you have already generated answer yes if you are going to create a new file answer no The arrow on the screen toggles between Yes and No when any key except Return is pressed The Return key enters your choice In the same way the program asks you to select Standard or IBM mode and draft or near letter quality then to confirm whether to continue or start over Continuing on the next screen the program asks what character you want to redefine offering the exclamation mark as a suggestion If you want to print the car symbol in place of the exclamation mark press Return If you want to assign the car symbol to another character press the key of that character Next you must choose whether to make the car symbol an ascender or a descender This determines how the character is seated on the line Ascender CoR Descender Crk After you press Return for the ascender descender choice the cursor enters the character b
72. gt E Emphasized printing 61 lt ESC gt F Cancel emphasized printing 61 lt ESC gt G Double strike printing 62 lt ESC gt H Cancel double strike printing 62 ESC 0 Select draft quality characters 59 IBM lt ESC gt I 1 Select draft elite characters 60 lt ESC gt IT 2 Select Sanserif characters 60 IBM lt ESC gt I 3 Select Courier characters 61 Select draft download character set 84 Select draft elite download character set 85 Select NLQ download character set 85 IBM lt ESC gt I 4 IBM lt ESC gt I 5 IBM lt 5 gt I 6 IBM lt ESC gt I 7 Select Courier characters 61 lt ESC gt Perform n 216 inch line feed 72 lt ESC gt n1 n2 m2 Print single density 8 bit graphics 80 lt ESC gt L n1 n2 m2 Print double density 8 bit graphics 80 ESC M Elite pitch 66 lt ESC gt N n Set bottom margin 73 lt ESC gt O Cancel top and bottom margins 74 STD lt ESC gt P Pica pitch 66 IBM lt ESC gt P 0 Select fixed spacing 68 lt ESC gt P lt gt Select proportional spacing 67 IBM lt 5 gt Q 3 2 Set printer off line 87 STD lt ESC gt Q n Set right margin 76 IBM lt ESC gt R Reset all tab stops 79 STD lt ESC gt R n Select international character set 64 lt ESC gt S 0 Superscript 63 lt ESC gt 5 1 Subscript 63 lt ESC gt T Cancel sup
73. haracter spacing 68 Cleaning 47 Column width 32 55 Commercial software 31 35 Condensed pitch 21 51 Connector 3 5 Control panel 19 Courier type style 22 60 61 D Delete 86 Descender 83 84 92 Dimensions of printer 55 DIP switches 74 17 33 50 51 53 63 64 65 72 74 82 85 88 89 DOS commands 37 40 Dot matrix size 54 Double size characters 69 70 Double strike printing 62 Download characters 17 51 54 82 84 91 98 Draft quality 22 59 60 82 84 91 93 E Electrical specifications 55 56 Elite pitch 21 60 66 85 Emphasized printing 51 61 Emulation 16 31 53 Entry slot 3 Environmental requirements 1 56 Epson printers 31 Escape code 32 35 Escape sequences 59 Expanded printing 67 Fanfold forms loading 9 50 parking 11 26 specifications 55 unparking 12 Fixed spacing 68 Font control commands 59 Form feed 74 Gap 14 Graphics 37 45 51 80 82 H Hard copy 37 Hexadecima dump 24 26 Horizontal position commands 76 Horizontal tabulation 51 79 1 IBM character sets 64 102 105 IBM mode 16 22 46 IBM PC 25 26 IBM printers 37 Immediate print 87 Initialization sequence 33 Installing software 31 107 Interface specifications 53 signals 56 test 13 International characters 17 51 64 106 Italic printing 22 61 Justification 78 Label printing 50 Left margin 28 76 77 Line feed 72 Line s
74. have any command to micro adjust the character spacing Modifications for IBM mode 1090 P CHR 18 Pica pitch 1190 LPRINT HR 28 4 Select italics 1220 LPRINT 28 5 Cancel italics 1280 LPRINT Condensed elite pitch 1400 LPRINT CHR 28 Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1440 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 Line spacing set 1450 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1490 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 1500 LPRINT E CHR ID 1860 LPRINT 8 6 2 Set 8 72 2030 LPRINT 08 28 0 CHR 0 CHR 0 2130 LPRINT C CHR 28 CHR 0 CHR O CHR O 45 MEMO Chapter 9 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include e Cleaning the printer e Replacing the ribbon e Replacing the print head e Troubleshooting Dust and heat will make any mechanism wear more quickly The best maintenance is preventive and the first step is correct location of the printer This is covered in greater detail in Chapter 1 but in general an environment comfortable for humans is best for both the computer and the printer CLEANING THE PRINTER Cleaning the printer regularly will prolong its service life Use a damp cloth on the exterior every week or so For stubborn dirt you may moisten the cloth with alcohol or water containing a mild detergent but be careful not to spi
75. he On Line switch again and hold it down 3 Press the Paper Feed switch The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both switches Reverse micro feed On Line and Print Pitch switches 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 27 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line Press the On Line switch again and hold 1t down Press the Print Pitch switch The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both switches A Left margin NLQ Type Style and Print Pitch switches Software almost always provides commands for controlling the margins so you will not usually have to set them from the control panel When necessary however you can set the left margin as follows 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down 3 Press the Print Pitch switch The print head will make a short excursion from the left end then start advancing from left to right in a series of steps each equal to one pica character width 1 10 When the print head reaches the desired left margin position release both switches The printer will beep to indicate that the margin has been set Right margin NLQ Type St
76. his is explained later When power is on always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen knob to feed paper Turn the platen knob only when power is off Print Pitch switch This switch operates off line to select the print pitch the spacing between characters The indicators to the left light green to indicate the selected pitch The printer powers up in pica pitch To change to another pitch press the On Line switch to go off line then press the Print Pitch switch repeatedly until the indicators show the pitch you want In Standard mode when DIP switch 1 6 is ON the pitch selections cycle as follows 10 characters inch Elite 12 characters per inch Condensed pica 17 characters per inch Condensed elite 20 characters per inch Proportional pica Proportional elite ST PS RS SS AR A dd En 7 This is pica 10 characters per inch This is elite 12 characters per inch This is condensed pica 17 characters per inch This is condensed elite 20 characters per inch This is proportional pica This is proportional elite Matas o O Figure 2 2 Print pitches selectable from the control panel Samples of these pitches are shown in Figure 2 2 Note that with proportional pitch different letters occupy different widths For example i and 1 are narrower than other letters Proportional pitch is attractive a
77. hts reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of pen 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 O Copyright 1989 Star Micronics Co Ltd Eo ae Bir 1b fF ds E A A A 2 SS T OEEMWO OE 7 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into five chapters and four appendixes To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read all of chapters 1 through 5 The appendixes can be referred to as necessary Chapter 1 explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 2 explains the control panel After getting set up read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 gives tips on using word processing programs and other com mercial software with this printer Read this chapter in conjunction with your software manual Chapter 4 is addressed to do it yourself programmers It shows simple programming examples using DOS commands and BASIC Chapter 5 covers
78. ions will help you make the right settings 15 iun d AA A AAA SS A A A A C NC A M d A A We C00 0r 10 UL Switch 1 1 15 the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches Leave this switch ON if you will be using 11 inch forms Move it to the OFF position if you will be using 12 inch forms Switch 1 2 you want an automatic carriage return Leave this switch ON The printer will automatically perform a carriage return by moving to the left margin at each line feed Even if your software sends a separate carriage return code an extra carriage return does no harm because two consecutive carriage returns are the same as one Very few programs require this switch to be OFF Switch 1 3 When you select the Orator type style on the control panel do you want lower case letters to print as lower case OFF or as small capitals ON Take your pick from the samples below Note that lower case Orator does not have descenders for the letters g j p q and y ORATOR PRINTS THIS WAY WITH SWITCH 1 3 ON Orator prints this way with switch 1 3 OFF Switch 1 4 Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF To use the automatic sheet feeder move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch 1 5 Do you want the printer to stop printing about an inch from the end of the paper or to keep printing to the bottom Leave this switch O
79. itioned entirely above the baseline or 0 if it 15 a descender descending below the baseline The attribute byte also indicates the amount of white space to the left of the character 0 to 7 dots specified by bits 4 to 6 and the width of the character cell including this space 4 to 15 dots specified by bits O to 3 The left space and cell width at tributes are used only in proportional spacing Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the MSB being the top dot and the LSB the bottom dot These correspond to pins 1 to 8 or 2 to 9 of the print head depending on whether the character is an ascender or descender For further details please refer to the Appendix C Define NLQ download characters ASCII Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 4 lt 0 gt nl 27 38 0 al iB 26 00 al Both n2 mo mi m2 n2 m0 mi m2 n2 m0 mi m2 m3 m46 m3 m46 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use DIP switch 2 1 must be OFF NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed The parameters are the same as for the draft download character command except that the attribute byte specifies right space instead of character width and the dot density is doubled in each direction so each character consists of 16 dots vertically and 23 dots horizontally and requires 46 data bytes Dots defined by m to m23 are printed on the first pass of the head Dots defined by m24 to m46 are printed on the seco
80. l Hexadecimal lt ESC gt o 27 33 n 21 Selects a combined print mode according to the value of The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics Examples n gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Function n value Underline 128 Italic 1 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 2 4 Proportional 2 2 Elite 2 1 1 Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up 2 Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up Increase character spacing Mode 27 32 IB 20 m Increases the space between characters by 5 240 inches where n is a number from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification 68 7 E t A Ww RECIBA NN ES ee AA ee CECI Se ee ARA Select double or quadruple size ASCII lt ESC gt h n 27 104 n IB 68 n Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below Extra high characters align along the cap line of normal characters with the base iine temporarily moving down Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n 1 5 or 6 and quadrupled when 2 To print correctly when 3 4 5 or 6 set the line spacing to 24 216 1 9 of an inch with lt ESC gt 3 24 and print the same characters twice upper half on one line lower half on the next For accurate alignment of
81. l features Panel pitch style lock in Forward and reverse micro feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump Dot Matrix Size Character matrix 9 x 9 dots Draft pica 18 x 23 dots Courier and Orator pica 18 x 18 dots Sanserif pica elite 12 x 11 dots IBM block graphics pica 18 x 19 dots Courier and Orator elite 18 x 12 dots Condensed pica 18 x 10 dots Condensed elite Bit image graphics 8 x 480 dots at 60 dpi Single density 9 x 480 dots at 60 dpi Single density 8 x 576 dots at 72 dpi Plotter mode 8 x 640 dots at 80 dpi CRT 1 8 x 720 dots at 90 dpi CRT ID 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 9 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi High speed 8 x 1920 dots at 240 dpi Quadruple den sity B Character Sets Standard character set 96 ASCII characters IBM character set 244 characters ASCII international characters symbols block graphics Download characters Max 192 draft or 78 NLQ International character sets 14 sets USA France Germany England Denmark I Denmark II Sweden Italy Spain I Spain II Japan Norway Latin America Denmark Norway Type Styles and Pitches Draft type styles Draft draft italic NLQ type styles Courier Sanserif Orator with lower case or small capitals and italic versions of these 34 Extra large characters Print pitches Line spacing Column width Paper Specifications Single sheets Fanfold paper Number of copies
82. lace 10 m em OEE TE mr _ _ _ _ _ _ _ gt mee a 2 qu E 13 Turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward until it comes out from under the top cover 14 Move bail lever back to close the bail 15 Check that the paper is feeding in flat then raise the other clamp lever to lock the other sprocket unit 16 Replace the rear cover Hold it tilted upward and insert the two tabs at the bottom into their slots Then rotate the cover forward pressing down on the thumb pads on the left and right to snap it into place 17 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 12 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper Figure 1 12 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Now you are ready to switch power on and print Paper parking After loading fanfold paper you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet The printer will park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 Paper parking starts with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position the release lever up and the bail lever back 2 Press the On Line switch on the control panel to set the printer off line On Line indicator off 11 on rr FAIRE WUF UTE DEN UB WSOTY TY A A ss 3 Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover If necessary
83. laced in seconds the print head in a few minutes Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi copy forms up to triple ply are all accepted and you can use either tractor or friction feed A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper e High resolution near letter quality printing When you select an NLQ type style the printer slows down and employs a dense matrix of up to 18 by 23 dots to print clear well formed characters e Large variety of type styles and sizes The printer has one draft style and four NLQ styles Courier Sanserif and Orator with small capitals or lower case plus italics for all styles plus condensed print bold print double sized print quadruple sized print see the samples on the next page Type styles are Draft characters Courier characters Sanserif characters ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS OR with lower case characters ITALICS for all styles Print pitches are Pica pitch Elite pitch Condensed pica pitch Condensed elite pitch proportional spacing for all pitches Expanded Double height Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings Other features Emphasized Double strike Underlining Uverlining SUPERSCRIPT suUBSCRIPT Download characters Dot graphics NU i dh e a th il TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter
84. listed look for another Star Epson or IBM printer A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preference Star NL 10 Epson LX 800 IBM Proprinter NP 10 8 Proprinter NX 10 15 EX 800 Graphics Printer ND 10 15 LX 86 NR 10 15 LX 80 Some menus are less explicit about model names but offer general de scriptions such as Star printer Epson printer IBM dot matrix printer dot matrix printer Centronics type printer Draft printer or Standard printer Any of these selections should work If you are not sure of the right selection it does not hurt to experiment If you choose wrong you will get strange printing results but don t worry just try a different selection Don t pick any printer described as a daisywheel printer or laser printer A A UN A S Oe Ds MM Eee eee A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do The answers to the most often asked questions are Yes this printer can do a backspace and Yes it can do a hardware form feed Selecting or describing a printer is the main step in the installation process and frequently the only step necessary If you selected this printer or any Star Epson or IBM printer you should be able to use software commands for all the standard printer fu
85. ll any liquid into the interior of the printer Use a soft brush to remove paper dust and lint from the interior A small vacuum cleaner can also make this task easier but be very careful not to bend or injure any electronic parts or wiring The printer contains delicate electronic parts so only clean those places where you have easy access REPLACING THE RIBBON The printer uses an endless type ribbon cartridge in which the ribbon is recycled automatically When the print becomes faint it is time to replace the ribbon cartridge To remove the old cartridge take off the top cover grasp the nbbon cartridge by the two arms at the front and lift straight up To fit the new cartridge guide the ribbon between the print head and platen then press down until the cartridge snaps into place See Figure 5 1 REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million dots or years of normal use When printing is too light even after replacing the ribbon 47 Figure 5 1 Replacing the ribbon cartridge you ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service To replace the print head follow the procedure below As you remove the old print head note carefully how the cable is threaded so that you can thread the new cable in the same way Warning The print head becomes hot during operation If you have been Wh 48 using the printer wait awhile so that the print head can cool off
86. mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 0 and 85 If n the line spacing 15 set to 0 In IBM mode this command does the same except that 1 the new line spacing does not take effect until the next lt ESC gt 2 command and 2 0 the lt ESC gt A command is ignored lt ESC gt A C de ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 2 27 50 1B 32 Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding lt ESC gt A command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt ESC gt A command Line feed Mode Decima Hexadecimal 0 Prints the current line and feeds the paper to next line If DIP switch 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed Mode _ASCH Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt LF gt 27 10 1B 0A Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line If DIP switch 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used Perform one n 216 inch line feed Mode ASCI lt ESC gt Po on IB 4A n Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left
87. n and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left ON If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch 2 1 Does your software download new characters to the printer To download characters this switch must be OFF The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints Switches 2 2 to 2 4 Do you want an international character set International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes See the character tables at the back of this manual With the DIP switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Country 2 2 2 3 24 Country 2 2 2 3 24 USA ON ON ON Denmark I ON France ON ON Sweden OFF ON OFF OFF OFF Denmark Norway when switch 1 6 is OFF and switch 1 7 is ON Ti 2 2 9 MEMO 18 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS This chapter explains how to use the control panel to e Pause printing e Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse e Select th
88. n is between 1 and 22 in Standard mode or between 1 and 127 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page H 52 Set top margin ASCII Hexadecimal oth lt 5 gt eo om 27 99 m IB 63 n Sets the top margin to n 1 lines where n is between 1 and 255 Printing begins on the nth line on the page The power up default is n 1 giving no top margin Set bottom margin ascu Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt n when you change the page length J o Cancel top and bottom margins ode Hexadecimal Both ESC 27 79 1B 4F Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin length and moves the print position to the left margin When the auto matic sheet feeder ASF is selected DIP switch 1 4 is OFF this com mand ejects the current page Return to top of current page ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt FF 27 12 iB 0C Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction feed is used Disable paper out detector idi PETEA 27_56 38 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 DIP switch 1 5 Enable paper out detector ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 9 27 57 IB 39 Causes printer to stop printing about an inch before end of the paper Overrides the setting of DIP switch 1 5 Set vertical
89. nctions including bold or dou ble strike printing underlining subscripts superscripts margin control line spacing control and graphics Printer command options Besides the standard printer functions however your printer has some capabilities your software may not be aware of including double and quadruple size printing and the printing of special characters assigned to control codes Some software enables you to define these capabilities as user options in the installation process Read your software manual to find out whether you can do this and if so how The most useful thing you can do is to define a way to enter the escape code lt ESC gt which is the control character with decimal character code 27 hexadecimal 1B This code usually cannot be keyed in directly pressing the ESC key will not work As an installation option however you may be able to assign it to a function key or a special key combination Doing so will put the full power of the printer at your disposal Type styles Some word processing software has commands that enable you to change type styles in the middle of a document without a printing pause To use these commands you must generally define the printer s type styles fonts during installation by assigning them numbers for example Read your software manual for details and refer to Appendix B for the relevant printer commands Page width Spreadsheet programs in particular may ask you to s
90. nd can be selected by lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt I 4 ESC I 5 or lt ESC gt 1 6 This command is ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select download character set Model lt ESC gt 1 27 37 49 25 31 lt gt lt 1 gt 27 37 1 1B 25 01 Selects the download character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON Both Select draft download character set Mode Decima Hexadecimal BM lt ESC gt po cape 27 73 52 1B 49 34 lt ESC gt Ul 4 27 73 4 1B 49 04 Selects the download character set and draft quality Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up or if DIP switch 2 1 is ON 84 Select draft elite download character set lt ESC gt p M 27 73 53 1 49 35 lt ESC gt P lt 5 gt 27 73 5 1B 49 05 Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up or if DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select NLQ download character set Decimal lt ESC gt P 6 27 73 54 1B 49 36 lt ESC gt 6 27 7 6 49 06 Selects the download character set and near letter quality Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up or if DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select ROM character set ASCII lt ESC gt 0 27 37 48 25 30 lt ESC gt 0 27 37 0 25 00
91. nd pass the paper being scrolled up half a dot between the two passes For further details please refer to the Appendix C m3 m46 83 a ii E A sd SS A VOR A es RT ee f MA UT Define download characters Mode ascii lt ESC gt al n2 27 38 nl n2 1B 26 n n2 lt DC4 gt a0 ai a2 20 a0 al a2 14 a0 al 42 mi m2 mii ml m2 mll ml m2 mil Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will foliow 40 is the character code of the first character defined and a2 are at tributes bytes m1 to 11 are the character data and are the same as in lt ESC gt amp The attribute byte indicates whether the character is an ascender not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots or a descender not using the highest dot and whether it has a downward extension to 12 dots The attribute byte a2 gives proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell maximum 11 dots The character will be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in this width Characters defined by this comma
92. nd space efficient though not always convenient when column alignment is required Note that you cannot select condensed proportional pitch on the control panel You can make this selection by the printer commands lt SI gt lt ESC gt p 1 see Appendix B 21 tds 77 ds ts e ds Mti 0 IE t r In IBM mode when DIP switch 1 6 is OFF the pitch selections cycle as follows Pica 10 characters per inch Elite 12 characters per inch Condensed pica 17 characters per inch Proportional pica Proportional elite There is no condensed elite pitch in the IBM mode NLQ Type Style switch This switch selects the type style Draft style is always selected at power up To change to one of the NLQ near letter quality styles set the printer off line then press the NLQ Type Style switch repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection light The selections cycle in the fol lowing order Draft all indicators off Courier NLQ Courier italic NLQ Sanserif NLQ Sanserif italic NLQ Orator NLQ Orator italic NLQ Samples are shown in Figure 2 3 is draft quality near letter quality Courier Courier italic Sanserif Sanserif italic ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS ORATOR ITALIC WITH SMALL CAPITALS Orator with lower case Orator italic with lower case Figure 2 3 Type styles selectable from the control panel 22 SF TS REGIA TT TARADO TT
93. nput check 3s mne erii mtm 3120 IS INPUT 1 SKeASC I FK VAL I 3130 IF SK gt 6 AND SK 14 THEN ST SK 6 GOTO 3210 3140 IF FK 0 OR FK 5 THEN 3120 3150 IF FK MOD 3 O THEN Y Y 1 3160 IF FK MOD 3 1 THEN Y Y 1 3170 IF FK gt THEN X X 1 3180 IF FK lt 4 THEN 1 3190 IF Y WI THEN Y WI ELSE IF Y lt 1 THEN Y 1 3200 IF X gt HI THEN X HI ELSE IF X lt 1 THEN X 1 3210 RETURN 3220 Clear all dots 3230 FOR 1 TO 16 LOCATE N 2 3 PRINT SPC 24 NEXT 3240 FOR X 1 TO HI FOR Y 1 TO WI DT X Y 0 NEXT Y X 3250 STe2 X 1 Yei RETURN 3260 Store character data 3270 FL 0 3280 IF DES THEN A CC 0 ELSE A CC 128 3290 NLQ THEN ZA 15 ZB 2 ELSE ZA 8 ZB 1 3300 FOR 1 TO WI WI 128 P CC Y 0 Q CC Y 0 3310 FOR 1 TO ZA STEP ZB 3320 IF NLQ THEN Q CC Y Q CC Y WT DT X 1 Y AND 1 3330 P CC Y P CC Y WT DT X Y AND 1 3340 WI 5 WT 3350 NEXT X 3360 FL FL P CC Y Q CC Y 3370 NEXT Y 3380 IF FL 0 THEN A CC 1 3390 BEEP 3400 CC CC 1 CC 127 THEN CC 33 3410 GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1510 3420 Output to Diskette 3430 FOR CC 33 TO 126 M CC 31 3440 IF A CC 1 THEN B STRING 48 0 GOTO 3480 ELSE B CHR 1 CHR A CC 97 ha 3450 3460 3470 3480 3490 3500 3510 3520 3530 3540 3550 3560 3570 3580 3590 3600
94. nter with BASIC MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head Troubleshooting TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font control commands Character set commands Character size and pitch commands Vertical position commands Horizontal position commands Graphics commands Download character commands Macro instruction commands Other printer control commands 31 31 33 33 Appendix DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR Draft character NLQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS Standard character set IBM character set 2 IBM character set 1 Additional character set International character sets INDEX 91 106 107 REFERENCE CARD Inside the cover Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection names of parts Setting up Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Test printing Adjusting the printing gap Setting the DIP switches LOCATING THE PRINTER Give some thought to the best place to put the printer Both the printer and computer should be used in a normal indoor environment For best performance we recommend e Place the printer on a flat surface Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from heat producing appliances Use it only in temperatures where you are comfortable Avoid locations with dust grease or high humidity Supply it
95. orations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms punched forms or just plain Computer paper This printer accepts forms up to 10 wide Fanfold forms are loaded parked and unparked as explained next 1 2 3 Quem Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer Turn the printer s power OFF Set the release lever to the up position If there is paper in the printer remove it Since the platen is released you can just pull the paper out Move the bail lever forward to open the bail Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment Remove the rear cover Grip it by its front edge and lift upwards and backwards as in Figure 1 9 Rear cover Figure 1 9 Opening the rear cover 7 8 9 Open the sprocket covers on the right and left sprocket units as shown in Figure 1 10 Flip the clamp levers down This allows the two sprocket units to move freely right and left so you can align them with the holes in the paper Insert the front edge of the paper over the paper detector lever and tuck it in under the platen AT III TE AV Y A 5 A A A EEE IE MM reo Sprocket cover Figure 1 11 Closing the sprocket covers 10 Fit the holes in the paper over the sprocket pins Check that the paper is even 11 Close the sprocket covers Figure 1 11 12 Raise of the clamp levers to lock one sprocket unit in p
96. ox You can move the cursor with the numeric keypad For example pressing the 6 key moves to the right pressing the 3 key moves diagonally down to the right The function keys control the setting and clearing of dots After F1 is pressed the cursor clears the dot in each position it is moved to F3 causes the cursor to set dots F2 allows the cursor to pass over dots without either setting or clearing them In draft mode a dot position is a 2x2 character block with the cursor located in the upper left corner of the block When a dot is set a 2x3 block of sharp signs is displayed partly overlapping the dot position to the right This reflects the fact that the printer cannot print horizontally adjacent dots The program automatically censors adjacent dots 92 4 By moving the cursor and pressing the 1 F2 and F3 keys you can quickly build up the dot pattern If necessary you can clear all dots by pressing F4 and start over When the character is complete press Return to store the dot data in the computer s memory The program will clear the character box and ask you to select the next character to design When you have finished designing characters press the F6 key The program will ask you whether you want to save download and print the characters you have designed If you answer Yes to all three questions your characters will be saved on a disk file and downloaded to the printer and the entire character set from
97. pacing 50 55 70 72 Locating the printer 7 Macro instruction 85 Maintenance 47 Manual feed 88 Margins bottom 73 74 left 28 76 77 right 28 76 77 top 7 73 74 Master print mode 68 Micro feed 27 28 Microjustification 68 Most significant bit 86 Near letter quality 22 60 83 85 93 94 NLQ Type Style switch 22 24 0 Off line 20 87 On Line switch 20 24 87 Orator type style 16 22 60 Overlining 62 P Page feed 27 74 Page length 16 73 Page width 32 55 Panel pitch 24 Panel style 24 Paper Feed switch 20 24 26 27 28 Paper feed 7 12 53 Paper guide 6 11 Paper specifications 55 Paper out detector 16 50 74 108 Parking 11 12 26 Pause 20 35 Pica pitch 21 66 Pitch 21 24 34 55 66 Platen knob 2 3 Power cord 6 Power indicator 20 Power switch 3 Print Pitch switch 21 24 28 Print head 47 49 50 53 Printer commands 39 51 59 Printing gap adjustment 14 Printing mechanism 53 Proportional pitch 21 67 Programming 38 46 PrtSc key 37 Q Quadruple size characters 69 R Rear cover 3 10 Release lever 3 7 9 Reset printer 89 Reverse line feed 72 Reverse micro feed 27 28 Ribbon cartridge 5 47 53 Right margin 28 76 77 ROM character set 85 S Sanserif type style 22 60 Self tests 12 13 23 24 Setting up 3 Single sheets manual loading 8 semiautomatic loading 7 specifications 55 Slash
98. pecify the printer s column width The column width of this printer depends on the character pitch used Pica 80 columns Elite 96 columns Condensed pica 137 columns Condensed elite 160 columns Standard mode only 32 The character pitch can be selected from the control panel before you start printing or possibly by an initialization sequence as described next Initialization sequence One of the installation options may be to specify the commands your software sends at the beginning of each printing job These commands are called the initialization sequence or setup string If necessary you can use the initialization sequence to adjust the margins to your paper size or select a particular type style or pitch You can look up the commands you want in Appendix B For example if you selected 96 column width for a spreadsheet program it would be convenient to add an elite pitch command to the initialization sequence Appendix B indicates that this command consists of the two characters lt ESC gt which have decimal character codes 27 and 77 hexadecimal 1B and 4D Your software manual or an on screen prompt will explain how to place these codes in the initialization sequence SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES After completing the installation of your software check the setting of the printer s DIP switches in particular DIP switch 1 6 If you selected a Star or Epson printer on the installation menu swit
99. ready been printed or if the last character received was all or part of a command y Cancel last line Deletes last line currently present in the print buffer SA AS NA E TRI AA e UTC 7 o ss SS MN immediate print Mode ASCh Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt aM ong 27 105 49 1B 69 3l lt ESC gt lt gt 27 105 1 69 01 Selects the immediate print mode which the printer prints each character as soon as received At every pause in the incoming data stream the printer scrolls the paper up about 2 inches so that the current line can be seen When the next character is received the paper is scrolled back down and printing continues This command is ignored when friction feed is used Cancel immediate print Mode Decima Hexadecimal pop LLSESC gt 27 105 48 1B 69 30 i ESC 4 0 27105 0 1B 69 00 Cancels the immediate print mode The printer waits for each line to be completed before printing it and does not scroll the paper up and down This command is ignored when friction feed is used Set printer off line asc Decimai Dcss O lt ESC gt Q lt 3 gt 27 81 3 51 03 Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except lt gt which returns
100. ring power up this switch prints a short test pattern shown in Chapter 1 23 A AA A A II UN Long test pattern Paper Feed switch If held down during power up this switch prints a long test pattern The test cycles endlessly To stop the test you must switch power off Stay in panel pitch Print Pitch switch By holding this switch down during power up you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control panel You will hear an acknowledging beep 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 not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in panel style NLQ Type Style switch If held down during power up this switch prevents software interference with the type style selected from the control panel There will be an ac knowledging beep after which you can set the printer off line select a type style then return to the on line state and start printing The selected type style will not be changed by any commands sent by software If you want to protect both the Print Pitch and NLQ Type Style settings from software changes press both switches during power up There will be two acknowledging beeps Pressing these switches during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel H
101. sen Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt b 27 120 49 IB 78 31 Both lt ESC gt x lt gt 27 120 IB 78 01 Changes from draft quality to near letter quality Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Select NLG type style ASCH Both lt ESC gt n 27 107 IB 6 n Selects NLQ type style according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is se lected by lt ESC gt x 1 Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Type style Courier initial value Sanserif Orator with small capitals Orator with lower case Select Sanserif characters Mode asen Decimal Hexadecimal fom AAA cd Changes to the Sanserif NLQ font Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up id FIA ST IATA A es a E IIA MEA AA e A D PA A A AE E E E Xon VU f 2 1 H 3 Select Courier characters ASCII lt ESC gt Po y 27 73 51 49 33 lt 5 gt IP 27 13 3 IB 49 03 lt ESC gt T 27 73 55 1B 49 37 lt ESC gt I lt 7 gt 27 B 7 1B 49 07 Changes to the Courier NLQ font Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Select italic characters Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Ignored if the NLQ Type S
102. t with the printer try a different printing command or try using a different cable If the test print fails have the printer checked by a qualified serviceman If fanfold paper becomes stuck e Turn power off take off the rear cover remove the paper and reload the paper as described in Chapter 1 e Make sure the paper is placed so that it feeds into the printer straight B f label paper becomes stuck e Have a qualified serviceman remove any label paper that adheres inside the printer Do not attempt to remove it yourself Avoid using label paper with any exposed adhesive areas E If printing is faint incomplete or unclear Check that the ribbon cartridge is installed correctly If the ribbon cartridge is old replace it e Adjust the printing gap See Chapter 1 e If ribbon replacement or gap adjustment does not solve the problem replace the print head if all text is printed on the same line e Set DIP switch 1 8 to the OFF front position line spacing is twice as wide as expected e Set DIP switch 1 8 to the ON back position you can t print to the end of the page e This is normal The printer s paper out detector detects the end of the paper and stops printing about an inch above the end e You can make the printer ignore the paper out detector by setting DIP switch 1 5 to the OFF front position or by using the lt ESC gt 8 printer command 50 B If the printed
103. they indicate which type style is printing The test pattern varies depending on the setting of DIP switch 1 6 ON Standard mode OFF IBM mode but more about that later This test repeats indefinitely in a cycle of 30 or 70 lines To stop the test switch power off Interface test After confirming that the printer works by itself it is time to test the interface with the computer The simplest way to do this is with a direct command Power up both the printer and computer load paper then try a command like one of the following MS DOS or PC DOS command A gt ECHO THE INTERFACE WORKS gt PRN Microsoft BASIC command LPRINT THE INTERFACE WORKS Or you can try any other command understood by your computer to print a line of text Consult your computer manual if you need help If you repeat the command a few times the printout will come into view Next you may waat to try a test printout with word processing software but for this to succeed you will have to set the printer s DIP switches see the end of this chapter and install your software to support the printer correctly see Chapter 3 13 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment remove the top cover The adjustment lever is located near the left end of the paper bail Pulling the adjustment lever towards you widens the gap pushing it aw
104. trol panel and hold 1t down 3 Still holding the On Line switch down turn the printer s power on The printer will automatically start printing its short test pattern You can release the On Line switch after printing starts To remove the paper at the end of the test switch power OFF then turn the platen knob Don t turn the platen knob while power is on 12 RELL O 0125456789 lt gt P ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPBRSTUVWXYZE N17 abedefghijkimno ESO O 10125456789 2227 9ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOFGRSTUVWXYZEN2 abcdefghi jklmnap HEAR A 101234567891 gt BABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ EN 1 abcdefghijklmnopq HEAL O kt 0123456789 5 4752 0BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZEN1 abcdefghijklmnopqr UST 53 0122430789 lt gt 78 2 52 abcdefghijklmnopqrs AEP OA 10125456789 3 gt PBABCDEFGHIJELMNOPORSTUVWXYZ NI _ jk1mnoparst Figure 1 13 Short test pattern Long self test To see the printer s variety of type styles you can run the long version of the printer s self test 1 Check that paper is in position for printing 2 With power off press the Paper Feed switch on the control panel and hold it down 3 Still holding the Paper Feed switch down turn the printer s power ON The printer will automatically start printing a test pattern of its full character set in various type styles Watch the lights on the control panel
105. ts If necessary the user should consult the dealer or an experienced radioftelevision technician for additional suggestions The user may find the following booklet by the Federal Communica tions Commission helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio Interference Problems This y from the U S Government Printing Office Washington D C 20402 Stock No For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment requires a shielded cable The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U S A Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils de la classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique dict par le minist re des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada Trademark Acknowledgements NX 1000 NL 10 NP 10 NX 10 15 ND 10 15 NR 10 15 Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC Proprinter X24 Proprinter II PC DOS Intemational Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Co tion LQ 800 LQ 1000 LQ 1500 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE e All rig
106. ts per inch 1 Double density 120 dots per inch 2 Double density double speed 3 Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 CRT graphics mode 1 80 dots per inch 5 Plotter graphics 72 dots per inch 6 CRT graphics mode 90 dots per inch Convert graphics density ASCII lt ESC gt n 27 6 nm Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt lt ESC gt L lt ESC gt Y or lt ESC gt Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt n is K L Y or Z indicating the mode to be converted m is a code from lt 0 gt to lt 6 gt indicating one of the modes of lt ESC gt 81 AAA SARA UU UICE AAA ro A E O ee Eee Print 9 pin graphics Mode lt ESC gt a no nl 27 94 n0 nl 1B SE n0 ni n2 mi m2 n2 mi m2 n2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch if n0 0 or 120 dots per inch if n0 1 The graphics image is 9 dots high and n n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches Dots beyond the right margin are ignored m1 m2 are byte pairs representing 9 vertical dots each In the leftmost position the most significant bit of m is the top dot the least significant bit of m is the second dot from the bottom the most significant bit of m2 is the bottom dot and the other bits of m2 are ignored Other byte pairs are similar The number of data bytes must be 2 x
107. tyle switch was pressed during power up Select upright characters Mode asen Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 27 53 35 lt gt 2 5 IC 33 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed up right Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Emphasized printing asen Decima Hexadecimal ESC E 27 69 45 Causes subsequent draft characters to emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized printing ASCII Decima Hexadecimal oth lt ESC gt 27 70 IB 46 Cancels emphasized printing 6 aem Double strike printing Mode lt ESC gt G 27 71 iB 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of hori zontal strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in NLQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recommended in draft mode Double strike cannot be used with superscripts or subscripts Cancel double strike printing Mode ascii lt ESC gt H 27 72 IB 48 Cancels double strike printing Start underlining Mode ASC Decima Hexadecima lt ESC gt ud pr 27 45 49 1B 2D 31 Both lt ESC gt s lt l gt 27 45 i 1B 2D 01 Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics charact
108. verify in Appendix D You may want to place additional commands in this file such as 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 An appropriate name for this setup file would be NLQELITE DAT To use the DOS line editor type the command EDLIN NLQELITE DAT then type the underlined parts of the following display Press RETURN at the end of each line Don t 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 means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of the input A gt EDLIN NLQELITE DAT New file 39 I 1 V xl V VA V X VLN V 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 in ASCII sequence from A Similarly VA enters the control code lt 1 gt and enters the control code lt 127 See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up
109. when DIP switch 1 2 is OFF Does not change the line spacing setting Ignored when friction feed is used Perform one n 216 inch reverse line feed ASCH Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt P 27106 n 6 Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches in the reverse direction where is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch 1 2 is OFF Does not change the line spacing setting Ignored when friction feed is used Feed paper n lines Mode ason Decimai Hexadecimal noth LSESC gt O O n 27102 49 n 66 31 n lt ESC gt P 1 n 27102 1 n 66 01 n Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where n is between 0 and 127 72 Set top of page at current position Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 4 27 52 34 Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel Mode Set page length to n lines asci Hexadecimal lt ESC gt n 27 67 n 43 n Sets the page length to n lines in the current line spacing where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page Set page length to n inches ode ason Hexadecimal oth ESC 0 n 27 67 0 n 43 00 m Sets the page length to n inches where
110. wn This chapter will give you some ideas Three subjects are covered e Hard copying the screen e Programming the printer with DOS commands e Programming the printer with BASIC HARD COPYING THE SCREEN MS DOS AND PC DOS If your computer has a PRTSC or PrtSc key there is an easy way to get hard copy of the screen Press the SHIFT and PRTSC keys The printer will print the current screen contents The PRTSC key works both at the system command level and while you are running application software Normally the PRTSC key prints only text data but if your DOS system includes a file named GRAPHICS COM you can hard copy graphics dis plays by first typing the command A gt GRAPHICS You will find that graphics printing takes considerably more time than text printing See your DOS manual for further information on the GRAPHICS command At the DOS command level there is also a simple way to have the printer print hard copy continuously instead of one screen at a time Press the CTRL key hold it down then also press the PRTSC key If your computer does not have a PRTSC key press the CTRL and P keys Nothing visible will happen but you have just switched on the print screen function After this the printer will hard copy all text displayed For example try typing the directory command A gt DIR You will obtain a printed directory To switch printer output off press CTRL PRTSC or CTRL P again Each time you press this ke
111. xecute other commands while the file is printing 38 If you want a particular type style print pitch or right or left margin you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 2 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be ad vantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting margins 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 set the right and left margins select near letter quality and select elite pitch You can find the commands in Appendix B We suggest the following e Near letter quality lt ESC gt x p e Elite pitch lt ESC gt 1 e Left and right margins lt ESC gt X lt 12 gt lt 92 gt lt ESC gt lt 1 gt is a 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 lt 1 gt indicate character code 1 which is a control code not the printable digit 1 lt ESC gt X lt 12 gt lt 92 gt sets the left margin in column 12 and the right margin in column 92 This will give a 6 7 inch 80 column printed line with a one inch left margin Elite has 12 characters per inch lt 12 gt isa control code lt 92 gt is the character 1 as you can
112. y 40 40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive 88 Auto feed ASCH Decimal Hexadecimal soi LESC lt EM gt lt 4 gt 27 25 4 19 04 140 40 52 41 41 28 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Eject paper from ASF asen Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt EM gt 27 25 82 19 52 o ro R 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29 Ejects the current page Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Set print start position on ASF Mode asc Decimal Hexadecimal ESC EM T nm 27 25 84 n 1B 19 54 n i Ed 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where n is equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer lt ESC gt _ 0 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 MEMO 90 i 2 4 4 Rim do EFE AA 2 me gt es IS GENER ik Lh a AER _ AK Ad SE a e e A 3 SA ahii ds ias ao da E
113. y combination hard copy toggles from on to off or from off to on 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 example type A gt 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 gt prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the 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 control options For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option The printer may not stop printing immediately it may have 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 your system 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 PRN COPY and TYPE do not permit you to e
114. yle and Paper Feed switches You can also set the right margin Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down Press the Paper Feed switch The print head will travel to the right end of the carriage then start advancing from right to left in a series of 1 10 steps When it reaches the desired right margin position release both switches The printer will beep to indicate that the margin has been set Clearing the buffer Print Pitch On Line and Paper Feed switches When DIP switch 2 1 is ON 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 much more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Halt the printing program on the computer If printing stops imme diately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down 4 Press the On Line switch and hold it down 28 5 Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down Continue holding all three switches down In about thr

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