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Star Micronics NX-2420 User's Manual

1. NX 2420 MULTI FONT NX 2420 RAINBOW COLOUR USERS MANUAL Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful 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 or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized modifications of this product by the user will void his authority to operate the equipment unless expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment require
2. 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the button or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 32 ed Press and hold the button 4 While holding the C_ON UNE button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page NOTE With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The per foration may catch inside the printer and cause a jam 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Changing the auto loading value Normally the printer automatically loads the paper one line from the top edge If you want to change this value follow this procedure
3. FS T 0 28 73 0 1C 49 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if EDS switch D 1 is OFF FS I 0 Select IBM character set ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt t 1 27 116 1 18 74 01 Sid lt FS gt P r 28 73 49 1C 49 31 FS T lt I gt 28 78 1 1C 49 01 Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode 52 Select character set 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Boh lt ESC gt 7 27 55 Selects character set amp 1 Select character set 2 Mode ASCII Both lt ESC gt _ 6 27 54 Selects character set 2 Select international character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt R n 27 82 n 1B 52 n Selects an international character set in the Standard character set according to the value of n n Character set n Character set 0 USA 8 Japan France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain II 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 SpainI 64 Legal The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as power up defaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 53 Select IBM code page Both lt ESC gt T 4 0 27 91 84 4 0 1B 5B 54 04 00 0 0 al n2 0 0ni n2 00 00 ni n2 Changes the code page of the current IBM character set accord
4. 1 Load the paper using the button 2 Change the print position using the micro feed function The line on the card holder helps you to align the baseline of characters to be printed 3 After you get the desired position press the button to save the value 33 This value will remain unless you power off the printer If you want to retain this value even after you turn off the power store it using the Macro Definition function which is described below Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper If you feed paper you cannot change the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding more data 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 immediately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press and hold the button 4 While pressing the button down press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down In one second you w
5. skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See ESC K for other information Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A ni n2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1920 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information 73 Print hex density 24 bit graphics Hexadecimal Mode ASCII Std FS Z nl n2 10 5A nl n2 mi m2 m3 ml m2 m3 Prints 24 bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally The graphics image is 24 dots high and n n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 2880 dots In the data m1 m2 m3 each three bytes represent 24 vertical dots In the leftmost position the most significant bit of m1 is the top dot the least significant bit of m1 is the eighth dot from the top the most significant bit of m2 is the ninth dot the least significant bit of m2 is the sixteenth dot from the top the most significant bit of m3 is the seventeenth dot from the top the least significant bit of m3 is the bottom dot The rest of data is similar The number of data bytes must be 3 x n1 n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Decimal Select graphics mode 27 42 nO nl 1B 2A n0 nl n2 ml m2 n2 ml
6. 5 With the tractor covers open mount the paper from the bottom of the printer by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit 6 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 16 Roller unit Figure 1 17 Install the roller unit after mounted the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer 7 8 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Remount the roller unit and replace the rear cover and the top cover Paper parking After loading fanfold paper from the rear of the printer 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 l To begin paper parking start with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position and the release lever forward Press the C ONLINE button on the control panel to set the printer off line ON LINE indicator will turn off Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover If necessary press the button to
7. Adjusting the printing gap LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By a suitable place we mean A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive hcat such as direct sunlight heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust Supply it with clean electricity Do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer s identification plate To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access Install the printer where there is sufficient room for the paper and any paper being fed in or printed out If you are connecting your printer with a parallel cable make sure that the cable is within 2m 6ft of the printer An RS 232 connection using the optional SPC 8K interface can be made over longer distances UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Checking the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be six items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 1 1 Check to make sure you have all six items 1 Printer 2
8. Definition NOTE This function is valid only when the color ribbon is installed into the color printer Store Macro Definition You can store the current settings to the printer for later use with the following procedure Press theC_ON LINE _ button to set the printer off line Press the button and hold it down While holding the CEONT button down press the button and hold them down until you hear two beep tones Release both buttons at the same time after the two beep tones to store the current setting If you release these buttons after three beep tones the macro is cleared NOTE You can store the following settings with this procedure Current Font and Pitch Current auto loading amount for cut sheet Current auto loading amount for continuous paper Current auto loading amount in ASF mode 35 e Current print color color printer only Data to be stored are controlled in Standard mode and IBM mode separately For example the data stored in the Standard mode are not effective in the IBM mode and vice versa 36 Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS Most printers use a bank of DIP Dual In line Package switches inside the printer to achieve various functions However this printer can change the power up default settings by using the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode This chapter explains how to use the EDS mode HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode has 25 kinds of functio
9. Effect 0 Normal size 1 Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Select character size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both e 40 40 83 41 41 n 28 28 53 29 20 n Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of n as below Does not move the base line n Character width Character height O Single width Single height Double width Single height 2 Single width Double height 3 Double width Double height Print double height characters Hexadecimal 1B 77 81 1B 77 01 1C 56 31 1C 56 01 Decimal 27 119 49 27 19 1 28 86 49 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing 59 Return to normal height 27 119 48 1B 77 30 Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height Select character height width and line spacing lt FS gt y o lt FS gt V lt 0 gt lt ESC gt Q 4 0 27 91 64 4 0 1B 5B 40 04 00 0 05 n m 0 0 n m 0 00 n m Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line 0 Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height Unchanged Double height Single Unchanged Single Single height Single Double height Double Un
10. Inspection Checking the carton contents Identifying printer parts Setting Up Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Installing the optional cartridge Connecting the printer to your computer Loading Single Sheets Automatic loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer Paper parking Paper unparking Loading Multi Part Forms Adjusting the Printing Gap Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Buttons and Indicators ON LINE button PAPER FEED button SET EJECT PARK button PITCH button FONT button Power Up Functions Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel font Stay in panel pitch and font Hexadecimal dump Switch Combination Functions Form feed Top of form wohh BRWN ND me Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset Selecting the print color Store macro definition Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS How to set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Bidirectional test Adjustment mode Chapter 4 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 Color Selection Commandes Other Printer Control Commands Chapter 5 DOWNLOA
11. Paper guide 3 Roller unit 4 Platen knob 5 Ribbon cartridge and 6 Manual set User s manual User s guide and Sticker ia The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are Font cartridges FC 1Z FC 2Z FC 3Z FC 4Z RAM cartridge RC 32Z Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DQ Roll paper holder RH 10Z Identifying printer parts Make an external inspection of the printer Note the locations of the following parts in Figure 1 2 D Entry slot Top cover Rear cover Release lever L Figure 1 2 The printer s external parts Roller unit holds the paper against the platen Release lever releases the platen This lever must be back for single sheets and forward for fanfold forms Top cover protects the print head and other internal parts Rear cover protects the tractor feed mechanism Entry slot for inserting single sheets of paper Control panel controls various printer functions Power switch turns power on and off Interface connector for connecting the computer to the printer SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location and remove all packing material from inside the top cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit You will want to keep all the packing material along with the printer carton in case you have to move the printer
12. Table Standard mode Italics IBM 2 IBM 1 IBM Code page or International See below D 4 Character Set p Ee Q A 3 4 5 5 C E IBM mode og wie LQ Font Selection See below E 5 Not Used fl ee 38 Switch A 1 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 LQ 860 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter X24E The ON position selects Standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch A 2 Does your software download characters to the printer In order to download characters this switch must be in the OFF position 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 NOTE When you want to download characters with IBM mode by the monochrome version printer you must install the optional RAM cartridge RC 32Z Otherwise you cannot download even if this Switch is set OFF Switch A 3 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch in the ON position a separate line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage return and l
13. X nl m 1B 58 n n2 Sets the left margin at column n4 and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return ASCII Hexadecimal CR 1 EF oth Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If EDS switch A 3 is OFF also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed ASCII Hexadecimal IBM ESC 5 lt I gt 1B 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 3 Cancel automatic line feed Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 0 27 53 0 1B 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 3 overstrike or combine characters Left justify 27 97 48 1B 61 30 1B 61 00 lt ESC gt a O lt ESC gt a 0 Std Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt a I 27 97 49 1B 61 31 lt ESC gt a 1 1B 61 O01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid lt ESC gt a 2 27 97 50 1B 61 32 lt ESC gt a 2 1B 61 0 Aligns subsequent text with the right
14. feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the top cover and tear there 17 4 Press the button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen 5 Move the release lever to the back 6 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually as explained previously The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer NOTE You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it from the bottom of the printer Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows Remove all single sheets from the printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the front Press the button The printer will automatically feed the parked fanfold paper back into position for printing Be rr NOTE The printer beeps intermittently if you move the release lever while the paper is loaded 18 LOADING MULTI PART FORMS You can print on continuous multi part forms with the built in tractor unit You can use multi part forms that have up to five parts including the original when the Multi part mode is selected with the EDS setting For details please refer to Chapter 3 It is recommended to use forms jointed by dotted or pasting under the normal office condition Multi part forms should be pre
15. manually with the power off or automatically with the power on We will start the easy way with automatic loading 1 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Figure 1 10 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets 2 Adjust the paper guides to match the size of the paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage 3 Tumon the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that there is no paper in position for printing The orange POWER indicator will also flash to confirm this 10 4 Make sure that the release lever is back If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer press the button to park the paper in the off line state then move the release lever backwards 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop 6 Now press the button The paper will be fed into the printer and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 7 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 2 Adjustable paper guide Release le
16. margin leaving the left margin ragged Full justify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt a 3 27 97 51 1B 61 33 Std 27 97 3 1B 61 03 Aligns subsequent text between the left and right margins lt ESC gt a 3 70 Set horizontal tab stops Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt D lt O gt 27 68 nln2 0 1B 44 nl 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 pro portional 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 and 64 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 0 control code To clear all tab stops specify lt ESC gt D 0 Set horizontal tab stops every n columns Decimal Hexadecimal 27 1001 48 n 1B 65 30 n 27101 0 n 1B 65 00 n Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where n is between 1 and 127 Reset all tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal IBM ESC R 27 ow 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 E ivi og
17. own characters Chapter 6 MS DOS and your printer Since the PC or PC AT family of computers running under MS DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer we have in cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have also included some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section gives a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself Itis not however a complete service manual Call a qualified service engineer if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations Chapter 8 Specifications This section gives the specifications of your printer Chapter 9 Character sets These charts show the different character sets available FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer has 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 Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi part forms
18. up to 5 ply are all accepted and you can use either push pull tractor or friction feed You can load fanfold forms from the rear with push tractor or fanfold forms and mul part forms from the bottom with pull tractor A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper e Six bright colors Magenta cyan violet yellow orange and green add a color dimension to your printed output by the color version printer e Large variety of fonts and sizes The printer has one draft font one High Speed Draft font and five LQ fonts Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige and Script italics for all styles plus condensed print bold print double sized print and quadruple sized print 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 processing and graphics programs spread sheets and integrated software packages Easy operation Indicator displays and beep tones provide immediate easy to understand feedback when you press the buttons on the control panel The five buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds the print head in a few minutes TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the Printer Unpacking and
19. 0 35 6th 4 ply 40 58 5 ply 40 58 NOTE Pressure sensitive paper is recommended for the multi part paper Multi part mode is recommended when using the 4 ply and 5 ply paper Refer to Chapter 3 21 MEMO Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the opera tions indicated by their names Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you tum the printer s power on or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch e Select a font Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer Change the print color color printer only Store macro definition BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel From left to right they are CFONT and PITCH smaller buttons and C SERT 5 and C_ON LINE larger buttons The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel Figure 2 1 Control panel 23 ON LINE button The ON LINE _ button sets the printer on line and off line The sta
20. 10 cpi Ignored if the CFONT or CPITCH button was pressed during power up Select draft elite characters IMode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt I 8 27 73 8 1B 49 08 Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FOND or PITCH button was pressed during power up Select draft condensed characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt I DLE 27 73 16 1B 49 10 Changes to draft quality characters with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the or button was pressed during power up Select LQ characters aci Std lt ESC gt x 1 27 120 49 1B 78 31 ME NEUE Changes from draft quality to letter quality The initial LQ font is Romanunless a different font has been selected by a preceding com mand Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select LQ pica characters Mode ASCII Hexadecimal M Esc T e 1B 48 02 Changes to letter quality characters with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the orCPITCH button was pressed during power up BH Select LQ elite characters Mode ASCII IBM lt ESC gt I LP Changes to letter quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the CEONT or button was pressed during power up Select LQ condensed characters Mode ASCII IBM lt ESC gt I DC2 Changes to letter quality characters with condensed pitch 17 cpi I
21. 20 CPI 12 CPI COND Proportional PROP Condensed proportional PROP COND 25 FONT button This button selects the font to be printed Draft font is selected at power up unless the default settings are changed To change to HS Draft High Speed Draft or one of the LQ Letter Quality fonts set the printer off line then press the button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illuminate The selections cycle in the following order Indicator s Draft HS DRAFT ROMAN Roman ROMAN Sanserif ROMAN COURIER Courier COURIER Prestige COURIER SCRIPT Script SCRIPT Option OPTION High Speed Draft HS DRAFT The Option Font selection will be skipped unless a font cartridge is installed POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on Stay in Print Panel Font Area Test Stay in Panel Pitch and Font Bidirectional Test Adjustment Figure 2 2 Power up functions of control panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like Figure 2 3 If the color ribbon is used with c
22. Auto Sheet Feeder Fitted Graphics Direction Bi directional uni directional Multipart Paper out Enabled Disab ed Teac off Disabled Reserved Leave ON Printable Area Type A 10cp1 Oraft l cpi HS Oraft 17cp Draft 10cpi LQ Not Used Character Table CT Standard mode Italics IBM Gi 2 Graphics 863 ON ON OFF 865 OFF ON OFF Reserved ON OFF OFF Reserved OFF OFF OFF International Character Set U S A ON ON ON France OFF ON ON Germany ON OFF ON England OFF OFF ON Not Used LQ Font Selection TMS ROMN OM OM ON ON Sansecif OFF ON ON ON Courier ON OFF ON ON Prestige OFF OFF ON ON Script ON ON OFF ON OCR 8 OFF ON OFF ON OCR A ON OFF OFF ON Orator OFF OFF OFF ON Not Used DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ O AE DRAFT 0 HIIBIMUHHLHMMIUMUULTL T G G UU Gg gM HU DRAFT COND O HHHHHHTETHEHBH HH HH EH HL HEEL A KS DRAFT gt Soetste e rama TAIT i e eav UNGAR C 270173856789 ADU DER GHI IK MNO PURSTUVWXYZ N J abcdef alis ik lmnoparstuvexyrCi Ob i6S ad ay Gee ARE oor hgnynic eR E S My een RT Pa Fee DUNG P RE Meee E ecer maraba IS ITi n nay l ASYE 0123456789 cc 788907700 MND Enhi J 1mopqrs tuvwx jUESSdAC SSE lt ORAFT gt ATI are j toes eeesDoll s saorar gt 2 ABCDEFLH PQRSTUVWXYZ N abedefghs jk im ye ac ees TARE ak obOUU MONEY e iuo EET ae Lad Med Po xzopseebegcii rts I M IpTl snat ASR 03 0123456789 6 gt Fi KLMNO de
23. B 49 14 Selects the download character set draft quality and condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the FONT button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select LQ pica download characters ASCII Hexadecimal IBM ESC T 6 B 49 06 Selects the LQ download character set with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON 7 No Select LQ elite download characters IBM ESC I lt SO gt Selects the LQ download character set with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FOND button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select LQ condensed download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt I lt SYN gt 7 73 2 Selects the LQ download character set with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select LQ proportional download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt T lt 7 gt 27 78 7 1B 49 07 Selects the LQ download character set with proportional pitch Ignored if the FOND button was pressed during power up orif EDS switch A 2 is ON Select ROM character set Sid ESC 9 0 27 37 48 1B 25 30 xESCe P e 7 370 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON 80 COLOR SELECTION CO
24. D CHARACTERS Defining Your Own Characters with Standard Mode Assigning the character data Assigning a value of character space Sample program Defining Your Own Characters with IBM Mode Assigning the download character set Assigning the character dot pattern Assigning the Index Table data Sample program Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Installing Application Software with Your Printer Embedding Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Programming with BASIC How the program works Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS Standard Character Set 1 Standard Character Set 2 International Character Sets IBM Character Set 2 Code page 437 U S A Code page 850 Multi lingual Code page 860 Portuguese Code page 861 Icelandic Code page 863 Canadian French Code page 865 Nordic IBM Character Set 1 IBM Special Character Set Proportional Spacing Table INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 111 111 112 112 114 117 117 119 123 124 126 127 128 128 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 149 153 Chap ter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include Locating the printer e Unpacking and inspection part names Setting up and connecting e Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms
25. ESC gt Il n 27 108 n 1B 6C n 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 O lt n lt 76 Elite O lt n lt 9l Semi condensed O lt sn lt 114 Condensed pica 0 lt ns 130 Condensed elite O0 lt n lt 152 Expanded pica O lt n lt 38 Expanded elite O lt n lt 45 Expanded semi condensed O lt n lt 57 Expanded condensed pica O lt n lt 64 Expanded condensed elite O lt n lt 76 Set right margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Q n 27 8 n 1B 51 n Sets the right margin at column z in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column n becomes the last character positionin 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 lt n lt 96 Semi condensed 6 lt n lt 120 Condensed pica 7 lt ns 137 Condensed elite 8 lt n lt 160 Expanded pica 2 lt n lt s40 Expanded elite 3 sn 48 Expanded semi condensed 3 lt n lt 60 Expanded condensed pica 4 lt n lt s68 Expanded condensed elite 4 lt n lt 80 EOS rtu e 7 RN Set left and right margins ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt
26. MMANDS The commands in this section are valid only with the color printer Select print color ASE sgn EL RN lt ESC gt r n 27 144 n 1B 72 n Selects the printing color according to the value of n as shown below Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed n Color n Color 0 Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 ASCII 1B 3E 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 1B 3D Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 oo Accept MSB as is Mode ASC Std lt ESC gt _ Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 127 TF Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last character received was all or part of a command Cancel last line Mode ASCII Bom CAN Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer Set printer off line ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 3 27 81 36 1B 51 24 Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except DC which returns it to the on line state The printer
27. MMANDS Pica pitch Mode ASCII Std lt ESC gt P IBM lt DC2 gt In Standard mode changes from either elite or semi condensed to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In IBM mode changes from either elite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Elite pitch Hexadecimal 1B 50 12 Decimal 27 80 18 Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt M ESC r Changes from either pica or semi condensed to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up 55 Semi condensed pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Std lt ESC gt g 27 103 1B 67 Changes from either pica or elite to semi condensed pitch 15 cpi Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Condensed printing oie ASGi Both ces ESC Sb Changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Cancel condensed printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal De wo h In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Expanded printing Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt
28. Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined 71 Relative horizontal tab Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt N mnl n2 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C n n2 Moves the print position right orleft a specified distance maximum 8 inches Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by n7 n2 x 256 dots If you want to move the print head to the left n7 and n2 are obtained by subtracting the value from 65536 and dividing the result into high and low bytes Relative horizontal tab in inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt d nl n2 27 100 nl n2 1B 64 nl n2 Sets the next print position to n7 n2 x 256 120 inches from the current position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8 inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt nl n2 27 36 nl n2 1B 24 nj n2 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 A
29. PAPER FEED and C zs buttons down turn power ON A beep tone will be heard 2 Begin printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable char acters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the button This is necessary to print the last line The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode 10 LPRINT WIDTH LPT1 255 20 FOR I 0 TO 255 30 LPRINT CHR I 40 NEXT I 50 LPRINT 60 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 2 5 I E X amp O 0123456789 lt gt ABCDEFGHI JKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZ X1 abcdefghi jklmno pqarstuvwxyz 1 Most BASICs however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 2 6 I z amp 0 9 0123456789 lt gt GABCDEFGHI JKLMNO PQRSTUVUWXYZ N abcdefghi jk1mno parstuvwxyz 1i Figure 2 6 Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM PC When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD carriage return it adds an extra hex OA line feed Hex code 1A end of file also gets special treatment the interpreter does not send it at all This can cause problems with graphics or download character data Howe
30. TE TS mm mam nm EE eres m EON Select score Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt lt 3 gt 27 40 45 3 1B 28 2D 03 i 0 1 al n2 0 1 nil n2 00 01 nl n2 Start score according to the values of n and n2 as shown below nl Function n2 Function 1 Underining O Cancel score 2 Strike through 1 Single continuous line 3 Overining 2 Double continuous line 5 Single broken line 6 Double broken line Select ornament character Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt q n 27 43 n 1B 71 n Selects an ornament character according to the value of n as shown below n Character O Normal 1 Outline 2 Shadow 3 Shadow and outline Superscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt S 0 27 83 48 1B 53 30 Both ESC S 0 27 83 0 1B 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch 51 Subscript lt ESC gt S 1 27 83 49 1B 53 31 lt ESC gt S 1 27 83 1 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript fede ason ESC T Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Mode ASCII Dou lt ESC gt t 0 27 116 0 1B 74 00
31. W 1 27 87 49 1B 57 31 lt ESC gt W 1 27 87 1 1B 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing Decimal Hexadecimal 1B 57 00 Stops expanded printing and returns to normal width 56 Expanded printing for one line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt SO gt 14 0E Both lt ESC gt lt SO gt 27 14 1B OE Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed lt LF gt The lt DC4 gt VT FF and lt ESC gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt DC4 gt 20 14 Stops one line expanded printing set with lt SO gt or lt ESC gt lt SO gt Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 Select character width Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std FS E n 28 69 n 10 45 n Select a character width according to the value of n as shown below n Character width O Normal wide 1 Double wide 2 Triple wide Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII ESC p 1 ESC p 1 ESC P 1 Hexadecimal 1B 70 31 1B 70 0 1B 50 01 Decimal 27 112 49 27 112 1 27 80 1 Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ignore
32. You can select the Tear Off function with this switch OFF When using fanfold paper the Tear Off function allows you to tear off one sheet of paper without fully advancing the following shcet Switch B 4 This switch is used for technical purpose only Leave this switch ON Switch B 5 Which type of printing area do you want to use for single sheets This printer can use two types of printing arca format for single sheets By putting the switch ON Type A the top of the first line of printing will start 1 6 inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end 1 6 inch from the bottom of the paper By putting the switch OFF Type B the first line of printing will start at one inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end 6 mm from the bottom of the printer Switches C 1 and C 2 Which print mode do you want to set These switches select the default print pitch and the fonts as shown below C2 10CPI DRAFT ON ON 10CPI HS DRAFT 17CPI DRAFT 10CPI LQ NOTE If you change these switches after you have stored the macro these settings will override the macro setting Switches C 3 and C 4 What is the page length of your paper Leave these switches ON if you will be using 11 inch forms You will need to change the switches if you will be using a different page length as shown below 11 inches A4 sized paper 8 inches 12 inches Switch D 1 The action of this switch depends o
33. al cartridge Connector cover Figure 1 8 Slide the cartridge into the slot with the power switch off 4 Install the connector cover into the printer 5 Insert the cartridge into the slot of the connector cover and slide it all the way in NOTE Remount the cap on the connector cover if you do not use the optional cartridge Connecting the printer to your computer Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel interface cable On a PC or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 pin D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 pin con nector at the printer end The configuration of the printer s connector is given in Chapter 8 should you need a cable for connection to another computer If you need to connect to a serial port use the optional Serial Parallel con verter SPC 8K Intertace Connector Figure 1 9 Connecting the interface cable Plug the printer into a suitable outlet However DO NOT tum on the power switch at the front of the printer yet NOTE To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access 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 SF 10DQ refer to the ASF instruction booklet Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded
34. aper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 10 Tumon the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded The orange POWER indicator will also flash to confirm this 11 Now press the button The paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 12 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 2 13 Replace the rear cover and mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 15 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper Paper guide Figure 1 15 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms 15 Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the following procedure 1 Remove the top cover and the roller unit 2 Open the rear cover using the two pits at the side and push backwards 3 Grip the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit and pull the unit upwards as shown in Figure 1 16 Figure 1 16 Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding 4 Place a stack of fanfold paper below the printer
35. between LQ DRAFT and DRAFT COND Repeat the process for all print modes DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ 0 J MIMMMIHMLMMMIWMIIBWMHWIMMMIll MBbutlIla SLE IEJECT PAPER FEED FM UU AA hh EA LQ 1 4453140114410 FO Lt LQ 0 VIMMMIMMMIEOIFMMMMHMMlMMMMIMMMMMMMMMMHMMMH DRAFT 0 FIMMPEPIMMgIMIMIMMVMMMWIWy8WIlNBTMMMN 1 PESSELELISTEEISSESSSSESISSESSEISSESSTIES RAFT 0 FMMMIHMMMMMMIEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMHMM 43 6 To save the corrected values and to exit from this mode press the PITCH button DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ O HMM HH HH Hn TATA nnn E MD a A MAMMA a t PAPER FEED ro O MIHMMHUMuil HII M HH V V ML M N Nn DRAFT 0 BM MIHMIMMHMHMUMUMHMM M MU MH CPAPER FEED Sa er 1 44HHAAATELEESEIISISIEELEEEAELILIL IU UL AG DRAFT O BMBMgMaa HH HMM M M UL B TUUUU M COONLINE 5 RARE COND O ITTTTTITIEIETTTEEIIEIEIEIEEEIIEEHELIEIEHIEHLEIIILLLLTEHLHTTT I TT Pre END Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes Standard mode and IBM mode In standard mode the printer emulates the functions of the Epson LQ 860 In IBM mode the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations The emulation is changed by means of EDS switch A 1 When ON the printer will be in standard mode and when OFF the printer will be in IBM mode see Chapter 3 It is not pos
36. bsolute horizontal tab in columns Mode ASCII ss LS P lt ESC gt f 0 n 27102 0 n 1B 66 00 m Moves the next print position to column n from the left margin where n is between 0 and 127 72 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density 8 bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal EXE Both ESC iu Es 27 75 nl n2 Ts 4B ni n2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints vien eem at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n 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 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 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC L nl n2 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C ni n2 o ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide See ESC K for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt ies nl Es 27 89 nl n2 1B 59 nl n2 Z ml m ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide
37. changed Double Single height Double Double height Character width 1 Single width same as lt ESC gt W 0 Double width same as lt ESC gt W 1 VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Both lt ESC gt 0 zn a es Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 1 27 49 1B 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 60 inch standard mode or 7 72 inch BM mode Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid lt ESC gt 2 27 50 1B 32 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch Decimal Hexadecimal Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 360 inch where n is between 0 and 255 61 ee Ue Pt BNC wg te eS ir en ee ny Tan a Set base unit for line spacing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Y 4 0 27 91 92 4 1B 5B 5C 04 00 0 0 0 n 00 00 00 n Sets the base unit for the line spacing commands lt ESC gt 3 and lt ESC gt J If the value of n is 180 the base unit is set to 1 180 If the value of n is 216 the base unit is set
38. d if the button was pressed during power up 57 Select fixed spacing Woda asci lt ESC gt p 0 27 112 48 1B 70 30 lt ESC gt p lt 0 gt 27 112 0 1B 70 00 ESC P 0 27 80 0 1B 50 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Select master print mode Decimal Hexadecimal Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired char acteristics Examples n 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 4 Proportional 2 Elite 1 Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Increase character spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Std ESC SP n 27 32 n Increases the space between characters by n dots where n is a number from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification 58 Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid lt ESC gt h n 27104 n En 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 line temporarily moving down Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n 1 and quadrupled when n 2 n
39. d by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC F 1B 46 Cancels emphasized printing Double strike printing ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt G 1B 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of horizontal strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in LQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recom mended in draft mode Both A Mc Cancel double strike printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt H 27 72 Cancels double strike printing Start underlining 27 45 49 1B 2D 31 EO T epo Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Stop underlining lt ESC gt 0 27 45 48 1B 2D 30 Both ESC 0 27 45 0 1B 2D 00 Stops underlining Start overlining Mode ASCII lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt _ 27 95 49 1B 5F 31 1B 5F 01 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining 27 95 48 1B 5F 30 1B 5F 00 Stops overlining 50 aa qo ce ee ee ee ee ARTE NEUESTE Itn T C RA D Hm S a TIE Re aa TO FRE I UE
40. d the following maximum limits m0 ml m2 Character mode Draft LQ pica LQ elite LQ semi condensed LQ proportional Draft super subscript LQ super subscript LQ prop super subscript Next comes the dot data Normal character height is 24 dots so there must be 3 x m1 bytes of dot data If the printer is in super subscript mode however the character height is 16 dots so there must be 2 x ml bytes of dot data Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most signifi cant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot For further details please refer to chapter 5 76 Define download characters Decimal Hexadecimal 27 61 nl n2 35 1B 3D n nl 23 n3 nd 0 n5 n3 nd 00 n5 ml m2 m9 ml m2 m9 dl d2 dx dl d2 dx Defines new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF and the optional RAM cartridge RC 32Z must be installed otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command is ignored Downloading characters in IBM mode requires Dot Pattern data and Character Index Table data Dot Pattern data controls which pins fire when printing a character Index Table data is placed in a lookup table that provides information on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the character nl n2 x 256 give the n
41. density 60 dots per inch 9 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 11 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Convert graphics density Std lt ESC gt 7 n m B 3F m m Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt K ESC L ESC Y or ESC Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt n is K L Y or Z indicating the mode to be converted mis a code from 0 to 4 or 6 indicating one of the modes of lt ESC gt 75 DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters Hexadecimal 1B 26 00 ni n2 mO ml m2 dx Decimal 0 0 nl n2 m0 ml m2 di d2 dl d2 lt ESC gt amp n2 mO ml m2 dl d2 Defines one or more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command is ignored nl is the character code of the first character defined and n2 is the character code of the last character defined n7 must be equal to or less than n2 The data for each character start with three bytes specifying propor tional spacing attributes the first byte m0 specifies the left of the character the second byte mJ specifies the character width the third byte m2 specifies the right of the character These values must not excee
42. download data already present Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON n Font n Font 0 Roman 8 Orator 2 Option Sanserif 9 TW Light Option 2 Courier 10 Letter Gothic Option 3 Prestige 11 Blippo Option 4 Script 12 H Gothic Option 5 OCR B Option 13 Orane Option 6 OCR A Option 14 Cinema Option 7 Orator Option 15 Code 39 Option Select download character set lt ESC gt 1 27 37 49 1B 25 31 ESC lt I gt 27 37 1 1B 25 O01 Selects the download character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON Shift download character area Mode Sci lt ESC gt t 2 27 116 50 1B 74 sg LES O U 2 gt 7 FS T 2 28 73 50 1C 49 32 FS T 2 28 73 2 1C 49 02 Shifts the download character area defined between 0 to 127 to the area between 128 to 255 78 Select draft pica download character set lt ESC gt I lt 4 gt 1B 49 04 Selects the download character set draft quality and pica pitch 10cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select draft elite download character set ASCII Hexadecimal M ESC I FF 27 73 12 1B 49 0C Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON BH Select draft condensed download characters ASCII Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt I lt DC4 gt 1
43. e left margin When the automatic sheet feeder ASF is selected EDS switch A 4 is OFF this command ejects the current page 65 Return to top of current page Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt lt FF gt 27 12 1B 0C Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction feed is used Disable paper out detector Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 8 27 56 1B 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 EDS switch B 2 Enable paper out detector Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 9 27 57 1B 39 Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 Set vertical tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal exadecimal Both ESC B nl n2 0 2766nln2 0 1B 42nlnm2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines n1 n2 etc where n n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Set
44. e next line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt LF gt 27 10 ESC J Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used Select forward feed mode Mode ASCII Decimal Std FS F 28 70 1C 46 Cancels the reverse feed mode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at power on Select reverse feed mode Mode ASCII Decimal Std 28 82 1C 52 Selects reverse feed mode Reverses the direction of all vertical movements Ignored when friction feed or bottom feed is used 63 Perform one n 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt JP n 27 74 n 1B 4A n Feeds the paper once by n 180 inches or n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one n 180 inch reverse line feed Std lt ESC gt j n 27 100 n Feeds the paper once by n 180 inches in the reverse direction where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left Does not change the line spacing setting Feed paper n lines ode ASCII sta ESO P e n 27 102 49 n 1B 66 381 n lt ESC gt f lt l gt n 27102 1 n 1B 66 0 m Feed
45. fahi ik lemoparstuvwxy21 o essa CR ETT a eae 9oeveeesDoli 6 hor 415 E i mmt 41 0123486789 gt GABCDr PQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefgn iUvwXxyzii oCueasadceeer 1 AAP REOSOOULOL amp iouAR er HNO Hye ts CHER Hee ri lal oT rtou roeL siii Hexte qiia BOOP Doll ioter NS I01 m nae 1 ESYA 8 7 0123456789 Co TWABCDEFGHI JKLMNG PORSTUVWXY2 X abcdefghi kimnopurstuvwxyz aCu saadc beet i 1AA 2 Eo oo0 yOtte s FES onse Hid Hr HHHH endi il PO artnet 7 8 he tes A a Figure 2 4 Long self test 28 Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accomodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is recommended for this test Print area test mode By holding the C T R button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode This way you can find out how many lines on your paper are available for printing The printer will print the first line message then print the last line message after feeding to the bottom of the page If you have loaded the fanfold paper only the first line message is printed Stay in Panel Pitch By holding the button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software inter
46. ference 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 Font By holding the button during power up fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference There will be an acknowledging beep as power comes on after which you can set the printer off line select a font then return to the on line state and begin printing The selected font will not be changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in Panel Pitch and Font If you want to protect both the pitch and font settings from software changes press both the and CFONT buttons during power up There will be iwo acknowledging beep tones Pressing these buttons during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel 29 Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing pro grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure 1 While holding both the
47. from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Ignored when EDS switch A 5 is ON Hexadecimal 1B 3C 83 Manual feed Decimal Hexadecimal 27 25 0 1B 19 00 Mode ASCII lt ESC gt EM lt 0 gt Both o no EEA c0 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 EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Auto feed Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt 1B 19 04 o 4 Uy Uy 5140 40 52 414128 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Eject paper from ASF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC EM R 27 25 82 1B 19 52 ago eo R 40 40 82 4141 28 28 52 22 Ejects the current page Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF in active Set print start position on ASF Decimal Hexadecimal ESC EM T n 27 25 84 n 1B 19 54 n SEAT EE sepu eee n 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where nis equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt Q 27 64 1B 40 Std FS 28 64 1C 40 Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings t
48. gnored if the or button was pressed during power up 4 1 Select LQ proportional characters ASC Changes to letter quality characters with proportional pitch Ignored if the or button was pressed during power up Select LQ font Mode lt ESC gt k m 27 7 n 1B 6B n Std 28 67 n Selects an LQ font according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or the corresponding font is not installed n Font n Font 0 Roman 8 Orator2 Option 1 Sanserif 9 TW Light Option 2 Courier 10 Letter Gothic Option 3 Prestige 11 Blippo Option 4 Script 12 H Gothic Option 5 OCR B Option 13 Orane Option 6 OCR A Option 4 Cinema Option 7 Orator Option 15 Code 39 Option Select font CoP Y Changes a font according to the value of n Ignored if the button was pressed during power up n_ Font n Font 0 Roman 3 Prestige 1 Sanserif 4 Script 2 Courier 9 Draft 48 Select italic characters ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 4 1B o3 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Select upright characters ASCII Hexadecimal td lt ESC gt 5 27 53 1B 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright dH Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC E 1B 45 Causes subsequent characters to be emphasize
49. ill hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared If you hold these buttons more two seconds you will hear three beep tones signaling that the printer has been initialized to the power on default settings 5 Release these buttons make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when you go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data where the buffer was cleared NOTE If you are using the SPC 8K Serial Parallel Converter reset the converter by pressing the red Clear button on it before you reset the printer 34 Selecting the print color Normally the color printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed Without the aid of software you can change the printing color as follows Press the button to set the printer off line Press the CFONT button and hold it down While holding the CFONT button press the button Each time you press the button one of the indicators of FONT or PITCH will blink to show the current color as shown below Color Tndictor Color Indicator Black HS DRAFT Magenta ROMAN Cyan COURIER Violet SCRIPT Release both buttons after you set the desired printing color If you want to save the selected color for later use store it using the Macro
50. ine feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a linc 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 A 4 Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF In order to use the automatic sheet feeder SF 10DQ move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch A 5 Are you going to print dot graphics uni directionally When printing in dot graphics mode the printer may either print bidirection ally in alternate directions forspeed or in one direction only unidirectional for increased accuracy For practically all purposes however bidirectional printing is sufficiently accurate In order to print uni directionally move this switch to the OFF position 39 Switch B 1 Are you going to print on multi part paper You can use up to 3 ply paper when this switch is ON If you want to print on 4 ply or 5 ply paper set this switch to the OFF position Switch B 2 Do you want the printer to stop printing at the end of the paper or to keep printing When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Otherwise leave it ON Switch B 3 Do you want to advance paper automatically at the end of printing
51. ing to the values of n and n2 nl n2 Code page 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 3 3 93 861 Icelandic 95 863 Canadian French 3 97 865 Nordic These code pages can be selected as power up defaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 Enable printing of all character codes Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt N ab nm 27 92 nl n2 18 5C nl n2 Enables printing of all characters inthe IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes This command remains in effect for the next n n2 x 256 characters where n and n2 are numbers between 0 and 255 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned character is received the printer prints a space Enable printing of all character codes on next character ASCII IBM lt ESC gt This command operates like lt ESC gt except that it remains in effect for only one character TUE Select slash zero ASCII Decimal ESC 1 27 126 49 1B 7E 31 ESC 1 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 0 Select normal zero Decimal Hexadecimal unn 27 126 48 1B 7E 30 lt ESC gt 0 27 120 0 1B 7E 00 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH CO
52. m2 Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt K for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information on nl n2 ml m2 nO Graphics mode O 8 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 8 bit CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 6 8 bit CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 32 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRT graphics 90 dots per inch 39 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 40 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch 74 Select graphics mode Mode ASCII Decimal IBM lt ESC gt P g nl n2 27 91 103 n n2 1B 5B 67 nl n2 mO mi m2 m0 ml m2 m0 ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of mO and prints dot graphics in this mode The graphics image is n7 n2 x 256 1 dots wide See lt ESC gt K for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information on m4 m2 m0 Graphics mode O 8 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 8 24 bit Normal
53. n asterisk can be selected only when the cor responding font cartridge is installed in the printer If the corresponding font cartridge is not installed then Roman is selected 42 BIDIRECTIONAL TEST ADJUSTMENT MODE This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bidirectional passes After a period of some months your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes This will be most evident in graphics printing This mode will probably be used very rarely N o Tum the printer off and then tum it on again while holding down the and buttons The printer will then print something like the following DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ O HMMMMMUUUllWlb HHUULMHMMH HH The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment To adjust the printing use the z5 and buttons The C 4 amp button will move the second pass to the left The PAPERFEED button will move the second pass to the right DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ CY LLLI LILLIA ft tft t LQ 1 LELLEEEE EEE LEEDS TELE ELLA SALES SE PAPER FEED PAPER FEED gt to O AA 4 A When the two passes are aligned with each other to form one continuous line the bidirectional alignment test is completed To change the mode for which the bidirectional adjustment is performed press the button This will cycle
54. n the mode chosen with Switch A 1 If you selected Standard mode do you want italic or graphic characters Move this switch OFF to print italics in the Standard character set If you leave this switch in the ON position in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 See Chapter 9 character codes 128 to 254 If you selected IBM mode do you want IBM character set 1 or 2 ON selects character set 42 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 Switches D 2 to D 4 Do you want an international character set or IBM code page International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes inthe Standard Italic character set See the character tables at the back of this manual With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Country England OFF Except in the Standard Italic character set these switches select the default character code page as shown below IBM Code Pase D2 03 0 4 THM Code Fase D2 3 p 863 Switches E 1 to E 4 Which font do you want to print as the default Letter Quality These switches allows you to choose the default font selected when LQ mode is selected as shown below ere Tea ea a ea onan Tea ea wale H y EEEEEEEE Z Optional fonts marked with a
55. ns you can set as the power on default To enter the EDS mode turn the printer on while simultaneously holding the and buttons In EDS mode the indicators and the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below in Figure 3 1 Use the FONT button to select the Bank Number One of the FONT indi cators will illuminate to show the selected Bank Number Use the PITCH button to select the Switch Number One of the PITCH in dicators will illuminate to show the selected Switch Number The QUIET indicator shows the current setting If you want to set it ON press the button Press the CPAPER FEED button to print out the current settings Press theC_ON LINE button to save the new settings and to exit the EDS mode Figure 3 1 Button and indicator functions in the EDS mode 37 FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS The printer is factory set with all EDS switches in the ON position These are the standard settings By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements The following questions will help you choose the proper settings ST Number A Funston oN ANDARD 1 i 2 RAM Usage Input Buffer A 3 Auto LF with CR 5 J ES IN 2 5 A Uni directional Multi part Disabled B 2 Paper out Enabled B 3 Tear off Page Length w B oio w Nj Q we See below Not Used BEP eet a Graphics Character
56. o their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections
57. olor printer each line prints in a different color eee VER X N FOF LSA 1 7 70123486789 eABCDEFGHI JELMNOPQRSTUVWX Y N abedetghi ikImno IUESER Ct e 701234860789 lt PRABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N1 S1 N abedefghi jklmnop abedefghiikimnopq abcdeteghi jklmnopur Z i ESER amp 01234859759 lt gt ABCDEFGHI JELMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N 846 0 t 50 23456789 lt gt 2 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N SHA CY tH LH OL2348G67R9 2 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abedetehi ikKlmnopqrs X amp CV Ye 234867589 1022 2 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY2 N abedefghijklImnopqrst A Ve HSE 2148678 1 gt 28ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abcedetehiikImnepaqrstu Figure 2 3 Short self test Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen 27 Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM and the current EDS settings followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available The test cycles endlessly so you must tum the power off to stop it eee VER X X 888 EDS SETTINGS Current settings are Emphasized Bank Switch Function a Set OFF ILL t oic i Auto LF with CR Enabled
58. ponsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1990 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into nine chapters To leam how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 1 through 3 The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledge of the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Setting up the printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 2 Control panel operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection After getting set up read this chapter and try out the various procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 Default settings This chapter explains how to use the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode to make system settings on the printer Chapter 4 Printer control commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands used to drive it This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Chapter 5 Download characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your
59. s ON LINE indicator does not go off Set printer on line ASI Decima Both lt DC1 gt 17 11 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 button on the control panel 82 Stop printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 3 IBM ESC f 1B 6A Prints the entire contents of the input buffer then sets the printer E line The C ONLINE indicator on the control panel goes off Bell Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both BEL 7 07 Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer s beeper Bidirectional printing Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U o 27 85 48 1B 55 30 lt ESC gt U 0 27 85 0 18 55 00 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode which is faster than unidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U 1 27 85 49 1B 55 31 Both lt ESC gt U lt I gt 27 85 1 1B 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision Ignored when EDS switch A 5 is set ON One line unidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Std lt ESC gt lt 27 60 Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line
60. s 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 apparatus 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 men pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lecrrique dict par le minis re des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada Trademark Acknowledgements NX 2420 XB 2410 NX 2410 SPC 8K SF 10DQ RH 10Z Star Micronics Co Lid IBM PC PC AT PC XT Proprinter X24E Proprinter X24 PC DOS International Business Ma chines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation LQ 860 LQ 850 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE e All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden e The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them e The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no res
61. s the paper z lines from the current line where n is between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position Mose ASC Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel Set page length to n lines ede Asc ES Cn en Sets the page length to z lines in the current line spacing where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 inIBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page EA Set page length to n inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt C 0 n 27 6 0 n 1B 43 00 n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set bottom margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt N n 27 78 n 1B 4E n Sets the bottom margin to n lines where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel bottom margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC O 27 7 1B 4F Cancels the bottom margin Form feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both FF 12 0c Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length and moves the print position to th
62. sible to change the emulation mode by means of software control This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the com mands all commands will be categorized by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below Decimal Hexadecimal 27 120 49 1B 78 31 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Mode Std Mode Indicates the mode in which the commandis recog nized Sid Standard mode EDS switch A 1 on IBM IBM mode EDS switch A 1 off Both Both standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Control characters are enclosed in pointed brack ets For example 1 means character code 1 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 45 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Decimal Hexadecimal apre eye np 40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39 sa LESS woe 27 120 48 1B 78 30 ESC5 x 0 27 120 0 1B 78 00 Changes from letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select draft pica characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt T 0 27 73 0 1B 49 00 Changes to draft quality characters with pica pitch
63. ssure sensitive and should not be used in the friction feed Bottom feed with the pull tractor is recommended NOTE When printing continuous multi part forms care should be taken as the edges of the paper might be damaged The tolerance between the dotted or pasted position and other positions must be less than 0 05 mm 19 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 at the left side of the printer mechanism Pushing the adjustment lever backwards narrows the gap pulling it forwards widens the gap There are six positions and you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the rear is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Do not set the lever out of the marked positions Adjustment lever Figure 1 18 Location of the adjustment lever The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference Paper Type Thickness mm Recommended Total Lever position 0 07 0 10 0 11 0 12 Weight g m Each paper Single 0 12 0 16 3rd 0 18 0 20 3rd 0 21 0 25 4th 0 24 0 26 0 27 0 30 0 30 0 33 0 34
64. the fanfold paper either from the rear or from the bottom of the printer If you are going to load the paper from the bottom refer to the next section 1 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer 2 Tum the printer s power OFF 3 Push the release lever forward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 4 Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment 5 Remove the rear cover using the two pits on either side and push back wards as in Figure 1 12 3 Rear cover L Figure 1 12 Removing the rear cover 13 6 Move the tractor units downwards by gripping the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit as shown in Figure 1 13 Positioning lever Tractor cover Clamp lever Positioning lever Figure 1 13 Move the tractor units downwards for loading the paper from the rear 7 With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Tractor cover Clamp lever Figure 1 14 Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units 14 8 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 9 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the p
65. to 1 216 If otherwise specified this command is ignored This command becomes effec tive only after lt ESC gt 3 or lt ESC gt J is received The default base unit is set to 1 216 Set line spacing to n 180 inch or n 216 inch lt ESC gt 3 n 27 55 n 1B 33 m Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 180 inch or n 216 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 60 inch or n 72 inch Mode ASCI Both lt ESC gt A n 27 65 n 1B 41 n In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 60 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 the line spacing is set to 0 In IBM mode this command defines the distance the paper ad vances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 1 and 85 The new line spacing does not take effect until the next lt ESC gt 2 command 62 Execute lt ESC gt A Mode ASCII Decimal IBM lt ESC gt 7 NS 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt LF gt 10 0A Prints the current line and feeds the paper to th
66. to a new location Mounting the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the packing material which held your printer inside the carton Be sure to remove the knob from the packaging l Mount the knob on the platen shaft which is on the right hand side of the printer Rotate the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position P aten knob Figure 1 3 Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Remove the top cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side and pulling the cover towards you see Figure 1 4 Now install the ribbon If you want the color printer to print in black only install the optional monochrome ribbon cartridge Z24HD or LZ24 NOTE Turn off the power switch when you replace the ribbon cartridge 4 Top cover Figure 1 4 Removing the top cover 1 Tum the tension knob clockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack 2 Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Ribbon tensioning knob Print head shield Print head Figure 1 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge 3 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see Figure 1 6 Print head Print head shield Ink ribbon Figure 1 6 Pass the ribbon bet
67. tus changes each time you press the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the computer When the printer is off line it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line status if paper is loaded If paper is not loaded the printer powers up off line with the POWER indicator flashing When you load paper the POWER indicator stops flashing and the printer goes on line You will want to press the button Before and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons operate only in the off line state Press the button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press theC_ONUNE button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change acontrol panel setting Printing resumes when you press the button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms you can hold the button down for one second In addition to going off line the printer also feeds the paper forward approximately two inches This allows you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off NOTE This function is valid only when the buffer is empty PAPER FEED b
68. umber of bytes to be downloaded n3 and n4 indicate the low order and high order addresses in which data is to be stored n3 should be 15 and n4 should be 128 for this printer n5 determines the character mode to be downloaded as shown below Character width o Dat 35 2 LQ proportional 17 41 3 LQ elite 29 ml through m9 indicate Index Table data m1 and m2 indicate the adress where Dot Pattern is stored m4 is the high order byte m3 indicates the number of columns in the charac ter memory and m4 indicates the number of columns in the character m5 through m9 are compression mask bits Data compression allows the efficient use of memory in storing downloaded charac ters providing space for more characters than would be available without compression The printer repeats the previous dot column in the current column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Itis necessary to define all of Index Table data before the Dot Pattern data to download many characters T dl d2 dx is the Dot Pattern data being downloaded Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most signifi cant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot Copy character set from ROM into RAM Mode ASCII lt ESC gt 0 n lt 0 Copies the selected character set with n as shown below to the corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any
69. utton If you press this button while off line the paper will feed forward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you also press the button while you are line feeding the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page This is explained later If you press this button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET indicator on and off When in Quiet mode with the QUIET indicator lit the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level SET EJECT PARK button NOTE This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected Pressing this button causes the printer to begin paper loading if the paper has not loaded while in the off line state If the paper has been loaded this button results in different functions de pending on the position of the release lever If the relcase lever is forward for fanfold forms pressing this button parks the forms If the release lever is back for single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper PITCH button This button allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the following options in order Note that semi condesed pitch is not available in the IBM mode Pica 10 CPI 10 CPI Elite 12 CPI 12 CPI Semi condensed 15 CPI 15 CPI Condensed pica 17 CPI 10 CPI COND Condensed elite
70. ver Figure 1 11 Loading a single sheet 11 Manual loading Itis also possible to load paper manually while the printer s power is off The procedure is 12 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Check that printer power is off and the release lever is back Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Tum 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 forward then straighten the paper by hand and move the release lever back LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms punched forms or just plain computer paper This printer accepts forms up to 10 wide This section will take you through the procedures for loading parking and unparking fanfold forms NOTE To get good line feeding put 1 inch space non printing area around a perforation Loading the paper from the rear of the printer You can load
71. ver you can solve this problem by changing line 30 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 30 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H3BD IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3BC I OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter 30 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H379 IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 I OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 120 RETURN 31 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations Top of Form Reverse Micro Feed Forward Micro Feed Store Macro Definition Change color Form Feed Buffer clear All reset Figure 2 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 While holding the button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows
72. vertical tab stops every n lines Decimal 27 101 49 n 271001 1 n Mode ASCII ESC e n ESC e lt l gt n 1B 65 31 n 1B 65 01 n Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 2 and 127 Std Set vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII Decimal Std lt ESC gt b n0 nl 27 98 nO nl n2 e 0 n2 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where nO 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 ESC B for parameters n1 n2 0 Hexadecimal 1B 62 nO nl n2 00 0 Select vertical tab channel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt PF n0 27 47 nO 1B 2F nO Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number nO from Oto 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by ESC b Vertical tab Mode ASCII Decimal Bom VIS i 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 HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Decimal Std lt
73. ween the print head and print head shield 4 After you have installed the ribbon cartridge install the roller unit 5 Open the rear cover using the two pits on either side 6 Gripping the lock levers on both sides of the roller unit fit the mounting brackets onto the shaft inside of the printer mechanism You will need to tilt the roller unit slightly backward 7 Secure the roller unit firmly by lowering into position as shown in Figure 1 7 8 Close the rear cover Lock lever Figure 1 7 Install the roller unit onto the printer To replace the top cover insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case Swing the front edge down to close the cover Leave the top cover closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Installing the optional cartridge This printer has five built in LQ fonts and a 7 K byte 30 K byte for color printer printing buffer You can add more fonts or expand the printing buffer by installing optional cartridges Font catridge or RAM cartridge To install or change a cartidge follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the power switch at the front of the printer and remove the top cover 2 Remove the connector cover at the right side of the printer 3 Push out the cap from the connector cover NOTE Keep this cap in a safety place Option

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