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Star Micronics NX-2400 User's Manual

1. Se EE IBM CHARACTER SET 2 100 decim gs mim DPI sj e oe ni e See eee alo onl Hs 136 152 168 2 eo pe 232 MEM rl pel afi ge rel l Eae uuu 158 14 m hcl ERE ps pa msn x mi IBM CHARACTER SET 1 129 130 a m 31 147 32 48 33 49 1 Other characters are identical character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the lt ESC gt gt command 102 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET In IBM mode additional characters can be printed by special commands H gt lt 5 4 ERE E 9 D 103 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected by DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 or by a command from software the following changes are made in the character set Country 23 24 40 sB
2. Decima Hexadecimal us lt 5 gt b n0 ni 27 98 n0 nl 1B 62 n0 nl ot n2 0 n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where n0 is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt 5 gt command See lt ESC for parameters n1 n2 0 73 Select vertical tab channel lt ESC gt 0 27 47 n0 2F n0 Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number n0 from 0 to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by lt ESC b Vertical tab Asc Hexadecimal Both 7 0 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 asci Decima Hexadecima lt ESC gt o am 27 108 n 18 6 m Sets the left margin at column 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 0 lt 76 Elite 0
3. 91 Semi condensed 0 lt 114 Condensed pica 0 lt lt 130 Condensed elite lt 152 Expanded pica 0 38 Expanded elite Osns 45 Expanded semi condensed lt lt 57 Expanded condensed pica 0 lt lt 64 Expanded condensed elite 0 lt lt 76 Set right margin 54 lt ESC gt 27 81 n IB 51 n Sets the right margin at column in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column becomes the last character position in the line The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The right margin must be within the limits below 80 96 120 Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite 4 CA WA HA HA HA HA BA A HWA HA WA HA Set left and right margins ASCII Both lt ESC gt X nl m 27 88 ni n2 1B 58 ni n2 Sets the left margin at column and the right margin at column 92 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return ASCII Hexadecimal h Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If DIP switch 1 8 is ON also performs a line feed HH o A
4. NX lt 2400 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN 80821312 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with the manufacturer s instructions may cause interference to radio and television reception It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in stallation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the receiving antenna Relocate the computer or printer with respect to the receiver Move the computer or printer away from the receiver Plug the computer or printer into a different outlet so that it and the receiver are on different branch circuits If necessary the user should consult the dealer or an experienced redio television technician for additional suggestions The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commissio
5. 45 1 S 0 1 U lt 0 gt 0 lt 1 gt ap 0 1 W 0 W 1 ew 0 uy eg X ni n2 Y nl n2 ml m2 Z nl n2 ml m2 Repeat data Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Set left and right margins Print 8 bit double density double speed graphics Print 8 bit quadruple density graphics 4 Q0 lt 0 gt 0 Select character height width and line spacing 67 109 MODE IBM IBM IBM Sid IBM 514 Sid Sid CONTROL CODE lt gt ESC gt g n n2 m0 ml m2 ESC nl n2 ESC nl n2 lt gt A lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt lt gt ESC Ln 0 lt ESC gt oT E gt lt ESC gt a lt 0 gt lt ESC gt a 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt 5 gt lt 3 gt lt ESC gt 0 lt gt a 1 lt ESC gt a 27 lt gt a 3 lt 66 gt b n n2 lt 0 gt lt gt ESC d nl n2 lt gt e 0 n lt ESC gt c lt gt n lt ESC gt 0 n ESC e I n ESC f 0 n ESC f 1 n ESC f 0 ESC f 17 lt ESC gt g lt ESC gt h n lt ESC gt i 0 7 l
6. 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi High speed 8 x 1920 dots at 240 dpi Quadruple den sity 24 x 480 dots at 60 dpi Single density 24 x 720 dots at 90 dpi CRT IT 24 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 24 x 1440 dots at 180 dpi Triple density 24 x 2880 dots at 360 dpi Hex density 96 ASCII characters 244 characters ASCII international characters symbols block graphics Max 50 Expandable to 221 with optional RAM card 14 sets USA France Germany England Denmark I Denmark II Sweden Italy Spain I Spain II Japan Norway Latin America Denmark Norway B Type Styles and Pitches Type styles Draft 12 Draft 15 Courier 10 Courier 12 Courier 15 Courier proportional Prestige 10 Prestige 12 Prestige 15 Pres tige proportional Orator 12 Orator 15 Script 10 Script 12 Script 15 Extra large characters Double width triple width double height double width and height quadruple width and height Print pitches Pica 10 cpi Elite 12 cpi Semi condensed 15 cpi Standard mode only Condensed pica 17 cpi Condensed elite 20 cpi Standard mode only Proportional spacing Courier and Prestige characters only Line spacing 1 6 inch standard 1 8 n 60 n 72 n 180 n 216 or n 360 inch programmable Column width 8 inches Pica 80 characters Elite 96 characters Semi condensed 120 characters Condensed pica 137 characters Condensed elite 160 chara
7. Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 10 CPI Normal proportional and condensed proportional Double height Double width Ts i pi e width Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings Other features OUTLINED StADOWsSD OUTLINED WITH Emphasized Double strike Underlining Overlining SUPERSCRIPT SUBSCRIPT Download characters 9 7 92298945252 22 Dot graphics TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the printer 1 Unpacking and inspection 1 Check the carton contents Setting up 3 Mount the platen knob Remove the top cover Install the ribbon cartridge 4 Replace the top cover Install the optional IC card Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer s power cord Loading single sheets 6 Mount the paper guide Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Loading and parking fanfold forms 9 Paper parking Paper unparking Test printing 12 Short self test Long self test Interface test Adjusting the printing gap 14 DIP switch settings 14 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 19 Switches and indicators 19 Power indicator E cy On Line switch Paper Feed switch Quiet Mode switch Style Pitch switch Power up functions 22 Short test pattern Long test pattern Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel style Hexadecimal dump Switch combination functions 25 Paper parking Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Appendix A
8. LOCATE 14 1 PRINT Draft quality LOCATE 15 1 PRINT Proportional LOCATE 13 S 1 PRINT gt S zINPUT 1 QUA ASC S 13 THEN QUA S GOTO 1680 ELSE LOCATE 1345 1 PRINT S S 1 MOD 3 GOTO 1650 IF 208 0 THEN HDS E x1 HD W 36 A 23 ELSE 1700 IF NOT SCR THEN 1740 ELSE 1860 IF QUAz2 THEN 1720 ELSE HDS E x0 HD W 12 IF SCR THEN 7 GOTO 1860 ELSE 9 GOTO 1860 HD E pl HD W 42 IF SCR THEN A 23 GOTO 1860 ELSE A 37 GOTO 1860 Select Character pitch LOCATE 12 1 PRINT Print pitch 8 0 LOCATE 13 1 PRINT LQ 10cpi LOCATE 14 1 PRINT LQ 12cpi LOCATE 15 1 PRINT LQ 17cpi LOCATE 13 8 1 PRINT gt 5 1 1 PTzASC S IF PTz13 THEN PT S GOTO 1830 ELSE LOCATE 13 5 1 PRINT ai S S 1 MOD 3 GOTO 1800 HDS E x1 HD Wz36 29 IF PTz1 THEN W 30 A 23 ELSE IF PT 2 THEN W 24 15 33 Select Continue Start over LOCATE 16 1 PRINT CONTINUE 93 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 2180 2190 2200 2210 2220 2230 2240 2250 2260 2270 2280 2290 2300 2310 2320 2330 2340 2350 2360 2370 2380 2390 2400 2410 2420 2430 2440 2450 2460
9. Select fixed spacing Both 7 lt ESC gt lt gt Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up Select master print mode Mode _ascu Hexadecimal lt ESC gt om 27 33 IB 21 Selects a combined print mode according to the value of The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics Examples n 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 1 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 2 4 Proportional 2 2 Elite 2 1 1 Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power up 2 Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up 65 Increase character spacing Increases the space between characters by dots where n is a number from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification Select double or quadruple size 4 68 _456 _________________ _ Hexadecimal lt ESC gt h m 27 104 m 18 68 m 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 quadrup
10. RESTORE 3020 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT CHR CW READ RS LPRINT CHR RS FOR M 1 TO CW 2 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN Define 10 pica download character LPRINT C LPRINT E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 3100 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT CHR CW READ RS LPRINT CHR RS FOR 1 TO CW 3 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN DATA Super subscript download character data DATA 7 23 6 DATA 12 0 16 0 44 0 80 0 44 120 DATA 64 128 33 120 94 128 33 120 94 128 DATA 33 24 66 33 24 94 128 33 120 DATA 94 128 33 120 64 128 44 120 80 DATA 44 0 16 0 12 0 LQ pica download characer data DATA 4 29 3 DATA 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 DATA 40 0 0 19 15 192 40 16 0 DATA 80 47 192 32 80 80 175 192 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 DATA 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 DATA 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 DATA 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 DATA 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 2323 0 0 DATA 8 0 0 7 0 0 t Dot graphics data DATA 0 0 0 1 3 7 7 7 15 DATA 14 14 14 14 14 7 7 3 3 15 41 3260 DATA 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3270 DATA 0 1 3 3 7 7 15 14 14 14 3280 DATA 14 15 7 7 7 3 0 0 0 3290 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3300 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3310 DATA 1 3 7 7 7 15 14 14 14
11. Set automatic line feed Hexadecimal BM lt ESC gt 8 a 27 53 1 IB 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives lt gt code This command takes priority over DIP switch 1 8 HH Cancel automatic line feed asou Hexadecimal ESC 5 0 27 53 0 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a CR gt code This command takes priority over DIP switch 1 8 E 7 Backspace asen Decimai Hexadecima Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print position is at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters Left justify ascu Decimal Hexadecimal Bod lt ESC gt 0 27 97 48 1B 61 30 t i lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 97 0 1B 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text lt ESC gt 1 27 97 49 18 61 31 lt l gt 27 97 1 18 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify ASCII lt ESC gt 2 27 97 50 18 61 32 Both lt gt lt 2 gt 27 97 18 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Full justify ASCII Both lt ESC gt 3 2
12. lt DC4 gt Cancel one line expanded printing lt CAN gt Cancel last line lt ESC gt lt LF gt Reverse line feed lt ESC gt lt FF gt Return to top of current page lt ESC gt lt SO gt Expanded print for one line lt ESC gt lt SI gt Condensed printing lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt Manual feed lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt Auto feed lt ESC gt lt EM gt R Eject paper from ASF lt ESC gt lt EM gt n Set print start position on ASF lt ESC gt n Increase character spacing lt ESC gt n Select master print mode lt ESC gt Accept MSB as is lt ESC gt ni n2 Absolute horizontal tab in inches lt ESC gt lt 0 gt Select ROM character set lt ESC gt 1 Select download character set lt ESC gt 0 Select ROM character set ESC 94 1 Select download character set lt ESC gt 0 nl n2 m2 dl d2 Define download characters ESC amp 0 nl n2 ml m2 dl d2 Define download characters lt 5 gt n2 m2 Select graphics mode lt ESC gt 0 Stop underlining ESC lt gt Start underlining lt ESC gt 0 Stop underlining ESC 1 Start underlining lt 5 gt Select vertical tab channel lt ESC gt 0 Set line spacing to 1 8 inch lt ESC gt 1 Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch lt ESC gt 2 Execute lt 5
13. lt I gt FS 0 FS v7 1 FS Z n n2 ml m2 m3 FS nl n2 EO GO 4 9 9 7 4 9 n lt DEL gt FUNCTION Select LQ characters Select draft quality characters Select LQ characters Select normal zero Select slash zero Select normal zero Select slash zero Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to 7 360 inch Select italic characters Select upright characters Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Set MSB to 0 Reset printer Set line spacing to n 72 inch Select LQ type style Select character width Select forward feed mode Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select standard character set Select IBM character set Set right margin Select reverse feed mode Select international character set High density elite pitch High speed elite pitch High density elite pitch High speed elite pitch Return to normal height Print double height characters Return to normal height Print double height characters Print 24 bit hex density graphics Relative horizontal tab Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Delete last character sent 111
14. 1 sec 7 lt gt 741 Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined 59 Stop underlining Mode Decima Hexadecima lt 5 gt 40 27 45 48 IB 2D 30 Both lt 5 gt lt 0 gt 27 45 0 IB 2D 00 Stops underlining Start overlining ASCII iom 27 95 49 18 5F 31 7 lt gt 27 95 IB 5 01 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by hori zontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining 27 95 48 IB SF 30 lt ESC gt 0 27 95 0 1B SF 00 Stops overlining Superscript ason Decima Hexadecimai lt 5 gt S 27 83 48 53 30 lt 5 gt 5 lt 0 gt 27 83 0 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript ASCII lt ESC gt S p 27 83 49 IB 53 31 lt ESC gt S 1 27 83 1 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript Both lt ESC gt 27 84 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing 60 CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Mode asci Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 27 16 48 1B 74 30 Both
15. 14 3320 DATA 14 7 7 3 3 15 15 15 0 0 3330 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3340 DATA 0 0 60 255 255 255 255 255 143 15 3350 DATA 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 131 193 a 3360 DATA 240 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 3370 121 253 253 255 255 255 143 7 7 7 3380 DATA 31 253 252 248 248 240 192 0 7 15 3390 DATA 31 31 15 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3400 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 255 3410 255 255 255 255 143 15 7 7 7 7 3420 DATA 3 3 3 131 193 241 240 240 0 0 3430 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3440 DATA 0 31 31 3 129 128 192 192 192 192 3450 DATA 192 224 224 224 224 240 255 255 255 255 3460 DATA 255 127 0 0 0 0 63 127 255 255 3470 DATA 255 255 193 128 128 128 128 192 224 240 3480 DATA 252 255 255 255 127 63 31 7 7 31 3490 DATA 254 252 248 224 128 0 0 3 7 7 3500 DATA 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 3 3510 DATA 129 128 192 192 192 192 192 224 224 224 3520 DATA 224 240 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 0 3530 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 3540 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56 3550 DATA 56 56 56 120 120 240 240 224 224 192 3560 DATA 128 0 0 0 0 0 192 224 240 240 3570 240 248 248 248 120 120 56 56 56 56 3580 48 112 224 224 224 224 240 240 248 248 3590 120 120 56 56 56 56 120 240 224 224 3600 192 128 0 0 0 0 0 248 248 240 3610 DATA 224 224 112 112 56 56 56 56 56 120 3620 DATA 120 240 240 224 224 192 128 0 0 3630 DATA 0 0
16. 43 printers 29 24 IC card 5 Immediate print 85 Initialization sequence 31 Installing software 29 Interface signals 54 55 specifications 57 test 13 International characters 77 50 61 104 Italic printing 27 33 58 J Justification 76 L Label printing 49 Left margin 74 76 Letter quality 27 58 82 Line feed 70 Line spacing 49 53 67 68 70 Locating the printer Maintenance 45 Manual feed 86 Margins bottom 72 left 74 77 right 74 75 top 7 72 Master print mode 65 Micro feed 26 Microjustification 66 Most significant bit 83 N Normal character 89 Off line 20 85 On Line switch 20 22 85 Orator type style 27 58 Ornament character 58 Overlining 60 P Page feed 26 72 Page length 76 72 Page width 30 53 Panel pitch 23 Panel style 23 Paper Feed switch 22 25 Paper feed 7 8 9 10 11 12 51 Paper guide 6 77 Paper specifications 53 Paper out detector 76 49 73 Parking 11 12 25 Pause 20 32 Pica pitch 22 63 Pitch 22 23 32 53 63 Platen knob 3 Power cord 6 Power indicator 19 Prestige type style 27 Print head 46 47 51 Print pitch 77 68 Printer commands 37 50 57 Printing gap adjustment 14 Printing mechanism 57 Programming 36 44 Proportional pitch 22 65 PrtSc key 35 Q Quadruple size characters 66 Quiet mode 27 R RAM card 5
17. Figure 1 9 Opening the rear cover JJ 8 Open the sprocket covers on the right and left sprocket units as shown in Figure 1 10 Flip the clamp levers down This allows the two sprocket units to move freely right and left so you can align them with the holes in the paper Insert the front edge of the paper and tuck it in under the platen Sprocket cover Figure 1 11 Closing the sprocket covers 10 Fit the holes in the paper over the sprocket pins Check that the paper is even 11 Close the sprocket covers Figure 1 11 12 Raise one of the clamp levers to lock one sprocket unit in place 10 13 14 15 Turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward until it comes out from under the top cover Move the bail lever back to close the bail Check that the paper is feeding in flat then raise the other clamp lever to lock the other sprocket unit Replace the rear cover Hold it tilted upward and insert the two tabs at the bottom into their slots Then rotate the cover forward pressing down on the thumb pads on the left and right to snap it into place Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 12 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper Paper guide Figure 1 12 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Now you are ready to switch power on and print Paper parking After loading fanfold paper you do not have to unload it
18. In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up t2 Expanded printing asc Decima lt gt 27 87 49 1 57 31 Both ESC W lt gt 27 87 1 IB 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing Mode asci up AEC Two o 27 87 48 1B 57 30 t X ESC W 0 27 87 0 57 00 Stops expanded printing and returns to normal width Expanded printing for one line AScH esos i eem Both ESC SO 27 14 18 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 VT lt FF gt lt ESC gt W 0 commands also cancel expanded printing 64 Cancel one line expanded printing Stops one line expanded printing set with SO or lt ESC gt lt SO gt Does not cancel lt ESC W 1 gt Select proportional spacing Decima Hexadecima lt ESC gt p Gu 27 112 49 IB 70 31 Both lt ESC gt lt gt 27 112 1 70 01 lt ESC gt P lt 1 gt 27 80 1 IB 50 01 Causes subsequent Courier or Prestige characters to be proportionally spaced Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up
19. Repeats data defined by 41 d2 dx for n times Quiet print lt gt 59 p 27 115 49 18 73 31 800 lt 5 gt S lt gt 27115 1 18 73 01 Selects the quiet print mode in which the printer prints each line in two passes to reduce the sound of printing You can also set the quiet mode with the control panel switch Cancel quiet print ASCII 27 115 48 1B 73 30 t o lt gt s lt 0 gt 27115 0 1B 73 00 Cancels the quiet print mode and resumes normal printing You can also cancel the quiet mode with the control panel switch Immediate print ASCII lt ESC gt i 1 27 105 49 1 69 31 Both lt 5 gt lt l gt 27 105 1 IB 69 01 Selects the immediate print mode in which the printer prints each character as soon as received At every pause in the incoming data stream the printer scrolls the paper up about 2 inches so that the current line can be seen When the next character is received the paper is scrolled back down and printing continues This command is ignored when friction feed is used 84 Cancel immediate print Decima pon oe e 27 105 48 1B 69 30 t C lt ESC gt 47 05 27 105 0 69 00 Cancels the immediate print mode The printer waits for each line to be completed before printing it and does not scroll the paper up and down This command is ignored w
20. e le je 2 e e e e 1 e e e e e 128 e e e e e e 64 _ 9 fe e 32 4 Figure C 1 Telephone symbol Normal LQ pica 89 The normal character height is 24 cells and the width is varied by the character mode as shown below Character mode Character width Draft characters 9 LQ pica characters 29 LQ elite characters 23 LQ semi condensed 15 LQ proportional 37 Figure C 1 shows the matrix with the telephone symbol filled in Note that there are no pairs of horizontally adjacent dots The pins in the print head cannot fire fast enough to print adjacent dots in the horizontal direction To the printer a normal character is represented three bytes for each column If you are working by hand you can calculate the data as shown in Figure C 1 and enter them the lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt printer command If you use the program in this appendix proceed as follows The program starts by asking whether you want to read characters from an existing file If you are going to add the telephone symbol to a file of download characters you have already generated answer yes if you are going to create a new file answer no The arrow on the screen toggles between Yes and No when any key except Return is pressed The Return key enters your choice In the same way the program asks you to
21. gt lt ESC gt 2 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch lt 5 gt 3 Set line spacing to 180 or 216 inch lt ESC gt 4 Set top of page at current position lt ESC gt 4 Select italic characters lt ESC gt 5 Select upright characters lt ESC gt 5 lt 0 gt Cancel automatic line feed lt ESC gt 5 lt gt Set automatic line feed lt ESC gt 6 Select character set 2 MODE IBM Sid Std IBM Std IBM Std IBM IBM Std IBM Std CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt 5 gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt ESC lt gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt ESC gt FUNCTION Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Elite pitch Copy standard char
22. sc sp se 60 gst ee AOE Denman elelo SWEDEN 614 a ajaja e w mary 5 saran Norway DENMARK2 amp 2 Je sa i m e e 4 814 161 1 1117111119 17191 See page 17 for the DIP switch settings Xx lt gt Xt Xt Q The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode lt ESC gt R IBM mode FS R n Where n means character code n i e CHR n in BASIC The values of are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II 1 France 6 Italy 11 Spain H 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Denmark Norway 4 Denmark I 9 Norway 104 INDEX LAJ Absolute tab 78 Auto feed 86 Automatic carriage return 16 Automatic line feed 77 75 Automatic sheet feeder 6 16 Backspace 76 lever 2 7 8 9 11 12 Battery RAM card 48 BASIC 23 38 92 Beeper 20 22 26 27 86 Bidirectional printing 86 Bit image printing 35 43 50 79 80 81 Bold printing 59 Bottom margin 72 Buffer 17 27 51 Cancel command 84 Carriage return 75 Centering 76 Channels of vertical tab stops 73 Character codes printing of a
23. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1090 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of Appendix B The WIDTH 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data 42 Actual printing begins in line 1120 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different type styles including a line showing all styles in italics followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Next comes the central attraction of the program a line of text printed fourteen times in expanding and contracting loops to give a barrel effect work is done by four printer commands a command setting the right margin line 1460 a centering command line 1480 a command to vary the line spacing lines 1500 and 1550 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1510 and 1560 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities outlined printing bold printing underlining subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line 15 created by downloading two new character patterns which are printed in place of the character lt character 60 Details can be f
24. 2470 2480 2490 2500 2510 2520 So zs Continue S1 2 Start over 5 0 17 PYz1 GOSUB 2820 IF S THEN CLS GOTO 1120 d Select character position CH CHR CC LOCATE 1 50 PRINT CHARACTER CH IS zINPUT 1 IF lt 1 AND 18 lt 8 127 THEN CH I ELSE GOTO 2000 CC2ASC CH LOCATE 1 50 PRINT CHARACTER CH IF lt 0 THEN AO 0 1 A2 W A GOTO 2030 AO ASC LEFT A CC 1 1 A2 ASC RIGHT A CC 1 LOCATE 3 50 PRINT Body Width A1 LOCATE 4 50 PRINT Left Space AO LOCATE 5 50 PRINT Right Space A2 LOCATE 7 50 PRINT Are you sure LOCATE 8 50 PRINT Yes or No A INPUT 1 S LOCATE 7 50 PRINT SPC 25 LOCATE 8 50 PRINT SPC 25 IF OR A n THEN 2110 ELSE GOTO 2240 Mir e Select Character width Left space FOR 153 TO 5 LOCATE 1 50 PRINT SPC 25 NEXT I LOCATE 3 50 INPUT Body Width A1 IF 1 0 OR A1 gt W THEN LOCATE 3 50 PRINT SPC 20 GOTO 2130 LOCATE 3 63 PRINT STR A1 LOCATE 4 50 INPUT Left Space AO IF AO A1 gt W THEN LOCATE 4 50 PRINT SPC 20 GOTO 2160 LOCATE 4 63 PRINT STR AO IF QUA 2 THEN 2210 A2 W AO A1 LOCATE 5 50 PRINT Right Space GOTO 2230 LOCATE 5 50 INPUT Right Space A2 IF AO A1 A2 gt W THEN LOCATE 3 50 PRINT SPC 20 GOTO 2210 LOCATE 5 63 PRINT STR A2 GOTO 2060
25. High if the printer runs out of paper OUT Can be held Low permanently by turning DIP switch 1 5 off SELECTED OUT High when the printer is on line 14 15 Unused 16 SIGNAL Signal ground GND 17 CHASSIS Printers chassis ground isolated from GND signal ground 5SVDC OUT External supply of SVDC GND Twisted pair return signal ground level RESET IN Low input resets the printer to its power up condition 7 print due to an error condition 33 EXTGND External ground Unused SELECT IN Always High az 55 56 Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes the printer s control commands The commands are arranged by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below Mode scu Decima lt ESC gt ex wp 27 120 49 IB 78 31 Both lt ESC gt x 1 7 27120 18 78 01 Indicates the mode in which the command is recognized Std Standard mode DIP switch 1 6 on IBM IBM mode DIP switch 1 6 off Both Both Standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Control characters are enclosed in pointed brackets For example lt 1 gt 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 suppli
26. changes from either pica or condensed to elite 12 cpi Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up High speed elite pitch ason Decima Hexadecimal NINE ICONE td FS S lt gt 28 83 1 1 53 01 Selects high speed draft quality with elite pitch This command becomes effective only after the draft quality and elite pitch have been selected High density elite pitch ason 7 Hexadecimal FS S 0 28 83 48 IC 53 30 FS S 0 28 83 0 IC 53 00 Selects high density draft quality with elite pitch This command becomes effective only after the draft quality and elite pitch have been selected uo Semi condensed pitch Model Std lt ESC gt 2 27 103 1 67 Changes from either pica or elite to semi condensed pitch 15 cpi Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up 63 Condensed printing lt ESC gt lt 6 gt 27 15 18 In Standard mode changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from pica to condensed 17 cpi Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up B o e Cancel condensed printing Mode ascu Decima Hexadecimal lt In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica from condensed elite to normal elite
27. current line Note that when un derlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined 7 N Relative horizontal tab Mode lt ESC gt 1 2 27 92 ni n2 IB 5C ni n2 IBM lt FS gt 2 28 92 ni n2 1 5 ni n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance maximum 6 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 256 dots If n2 is between 64 and 127 the print head moves left by n1 n2 64 x 256 dots Relative horizontal tab in inches ASCH Decima Hexadecimal lt gt d nm m 27 100 n n2 lB 64 nl n2 Sets the next print position to n1 n2x 256 120 inches from the current position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8 inches Absoluie horizontal tab in inches Mode ason lt ESC gt nl n2 27 36 nl 24 n m2 Sets the next print position to 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 Absolute horizontal tab in columns Mode ascu Hexadecimal lt gt f o0 on 27 102 48 n 18 66 30 n lt ESC gt f lt 0 gt n 27 102 0 n IB 66 00 n Moves the next print position to c
28. executed incor rectly Check that the setting of DIP switch 1 6 matches the type of printer your software supports ON back for Star or Epson OFF front for IBM A few commands are mutually exclusive For example you cannot get emphasized condensed printing if you have problems with horizontal tabulation e Don t change the margins after setting tabs e Don t change the print pitch after setting tabs The physical positions of the tab stops do not adjust to the new print pitch E if you have problems with graphics If you are using commercial software check that it supports this printer or a Star Epson or IBM printer and that DIP switch 1 6 is set correctly ON back for Star or Epson OFF front for IBM Usea hex dump to verify the codes the printer is receiving See the graphics command descriptions in Appendix B Some computers insert unwanted commands such as carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data or change the values of certain codes BASIC programs may require a WIDTH statement Check your BASIC manual if you have problems with download characters Check that DIP switch 2 1 is OFF front Make the same checks as for graphics problems 50 Appendix TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS W Printing Mechanism Printing method Serial impact dot matrix Printing speed 142 characters per second draft pica 47 characters per second LQ pica Printing direction T
29. line spacing is set to 0 69 Define line spacing to 72 inch ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt A n 27 65 m Defines the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent lines feeds to 1 72 inch where n is between 1 and 85 If n 0 this command is ignored The new line spacing does not take effect until the next ESC gt 2 command Execute lt ESC gt A Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 2 27 50 IB 32 Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding lt ESC gt A command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt ESC command Hexadecimal o 9 2 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed ASCII Hexadecimal oth lt ESC gt lt LF gt 27 10 1B 0A preceding line If DIP switch 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used w Select forward feed mode ASCII Decima Hexadecimal Std lt FS gt FE 28 70 1 4 Cancels the reverse feed mode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at power up Select reverse feed mode Mode AScH Hexadecimal Std FS R 28 82 52 Selects reverse feed mode Reverses the direction of all vertical move ments Ignored when fr
30. mode DIP switch 1 6 ON 38 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 Set control codes E CHR 27 code 085 8 Draft quality 1 1 Letter quality CS E kO L Courier characters PS ES t k2 L Prestige characters OS E k3 4 L Orator characters SS ES k4 Ls Script characters H CHR 9 Horizontal tab PIS E P Pica pitch Start printing WIDTH LPT1 255 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 24 8 0 LPRINT 8 styles LPRINT H D Draft characters LPRINT H C Courier characters LPRINT H P Prestige characters LPRINT H O Orator characters LPRINT H S Script characters LPRINT E 4 Select italics LPRINT H D and C italics P for LPRINT O all S styles LPRINT E 5 Cancel italics LPRINT C Print pitches are LPRINT H PI Pica pitch 10 CPI LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 12 CPI LPRINT H E g Semi condensed pitch 15 LPRINT H PI LPRINT CHR 15 Select condensed print LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print LPRINT H E pi Select proportional spacing LPRINT PI Normal proportional LPRINT H CHR 15 and condensed proportional LPRINT CHR 18 LPRINT E pO Cancel proportional spacing LPRINT LPRINT H E w1 Double height E
31. of all characters in the IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes This command remains in effect for the next n2 x 256 characters where n7 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 asc Decimal Hexadecimal BM SE This command operates like lt ESC gt except that it remains in effect for only one character HH Select slash zero 27 126 49 18 7E 31 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash Select normal zero 27 126 48 1B 7E 30 27126 0 1B 7E 00 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash 62 CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Decimal Hexadecimal 27 80 IB 50 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 printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up Elite pitch ASCII lt ESC gt rud 27 58 18 In Standard mode changes from either pica or semi condensed to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode
32. spill any liquid into the interior of the printer Use a soft brush to remove paper dust and lint from the interior A small vacuum cleaner can also make this task easier but be very careful not to bend or injure any electronic parts or wiring The printer contains delicate electronic parts so only clean those places where you have easy access REPLACING THE RIBBON The printer uses an endless type ribbon cartridge in which the ribbon is recycled automatically When the print becomes faint it is time to replace the ribbon cartridge To remove the old cartridge take off the top cover grasp the ribbon cartridge by the two arms at the both sides and lift straight up To fit the new cartridge guide the ribbon between the print head and platen then press down until the cartridge snaps into place See Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 Replacing the ribbon cartridge REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million dots or years of normal use When printing is too light even after replacing the ribbon you ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service life To replace the print head follow the procedure below As you remove the old print head note carefully how the cable is threaded so that you can thread the new cable in the same way Warning The print head becomes hot during operation If you have been using the printer wait awhile so that the print head can cool off 1 Tu
33. temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the printer returns to normal height 67 Select character type and print pitch Mode scu Hexadecimal lt Esc gt T m 27 73 18 49 n Selects a combination of character type and print pitch according to the value of n as shown below n Character type Print pitch 0 Resident Draft Pica 8 Resident Draft Elite 16 Resident Draft Condensed 2 Resident LQ Pica 10 Resident LQ Elite 18 Resident LQ Condensed 3 Resident LQ Proportional 4 Download Draft Pica 12 Download Draft Elite 20 Download Draft Condensed 6 Download LQ Pica 14 Download LQ Elite 22 Download LQ Condensed 7 Download LQ Proportional Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch and or panel style at power up VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Mode AS cima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 0 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 ASCII lt ESC gt 1 27 49 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 60 inch Standard mode or 7 72 inch IBM mode Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ascu 5 emat Hexadecimal 27 5 32 lt gt 850 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set base u
34. the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 2 explains the control panel After getting set up read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 gives tips on using word processing programs and other com mercial software with this printer Read this chapter in conjunction with your software manual Chapter 4 is addressed to do it yourself programmers It shows simple programming examples using DOS commands and BASIC Chapter 5 covers maintenance and troubleshooting Look through this chapter to see what it contains then refer to it as necessary later Appendix lists the printer s technical specifications Appendix B details the functions of escape sequences and other printer commands Appendix C presents a BASIC program you can use to define and download new characters Appendix D presents tables of the printer s character sets FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is a compact convenient monochrome printer with a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the IBM Epson printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics Some of its main features are the following Extensive software support Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those prin
35. to support the printer correctly see Chapter 3 13 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment open the top cover The adjustment lever is located near the left end of the paper bail Pulling the adjustment lever towards you widens the gap pushing it away from you narrows the gap There are four positions you can feel the lever clicking into each position The first position narrowest gap is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Figure 1 14 Adjusting for different thicknesses of paper DIP SWITCH SETTINGS When you remove the printer s cover and look inside you will see on the green board at the bottom of the printer two groups of small switches marked DSW1 and DSW2 These are the printer s DIP Dual In line Package switches DSW1 has eight switches named 1 1 to 1 8 from left to right DSW2 has eight switches named 2 1 to 2 8 For all switches the ON position is towards the back of the printer and the OFF position is towards the front To set a DIP switch use a ballpoint pen or other small implement to move the switch to the ON or OFF position The printer s power should be off when you the DIP switches Settings made while power is on do not take effect until power is switched off then on again because t
36. when you want to print on a single sheet The printer will park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 2 Paper parking starts with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position the release lever up and the bail lever back Press the On Line switch on the control panel to set the printer off line On Line indicator off 11 3 Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover If necessary press the Paper Feed switch to feed paper forward until a perforation 1s located just above the top cover and tear there 4 Press the Quiet Mode switch on the control panel and hold it down 5 Still holding the Quiet Mode switch down press the Paper Feed switch The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen 6 Move the release lever to the down position 7 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets either semiautomatically or manually as explained previously The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows 1 Remove 811 single sheets from the printer and close the paper bail 2 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position 3 Move the release lever to the up position 4 With power ON move the bail lever forw
37. 0 18 2A n0 ni ot n2 mi m2 n2mi m2 2 m2 Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints dot graphics in this mode See lt 5 gt for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information on n n2 m1 m2 Graphics mode 0 8 bit Single density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 3 8 6 Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 8 CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 6 8 bit CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 32 24 bit Single density 60 dots per inch 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 3 24 bit CRT graphics 90 dots per inch 39 24 bit Tripple density 180 dots per inch 40 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch 80 air ici eM SS Select graphics mode Ascu lt gt nl 27 91 103 n1 1B SB 67 al n2 mo mi m2 n2 mo mi m2 n2 m0 m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of and prints dot graphics in this mode The graphic image is n1 n2 x 256 1 dots wide See lt gt for 8 bit graphics or lt FS Zz for 24 bit graphics for information on m1 m2 Graphics mode 0 8 bit Single density 60 dots per inch 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Dou
38. 1 IB 25 01 Selects the download character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select ROM character set asci lt ESC gt 0 27 37 48 IB 25 30 t lt ESC gt 0 27 37 1B 25 00 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 cima Sets 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 Asch eimai Hexadecimal td 27 6 IB 3D BM 61 IC 3D Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is asou Decima Hexadecimal lt 8 gt 4 27 35 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent Mode 58 F 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 83 Cancel last line Asc CAN et Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer Repeat data Mode lt gt n 1 42 ESC lt 0 gt 1 56 00
39. 37A 4 RETURN ip Plot character LOCATE X Y LOCATE PRINT CS RETURN PRINT CS RETURN Appendix D CHARACTER SETS This appendix gives tables of the printer s standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table For example the character is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 This is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets gt lt Sample gt Character Hexadecimal value high order Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 97 STANDARD CHARACTER SET WR RHET CR gt r2 A Y 9 ive oo ON N e a i gt N ND oo A uU N n 17 2 3 20 5 21 22 7 23 24 25 26 27 12 28 29 14 30 f 15 31 228 244 245 227 f 210 V 194 178 179 3 162 131 5 V
40. 40 3050 3060 3070 3080 3090 3100 3110 3120 3130 3140 3150 3160 IF lt 1 THEN DT X Y 1 0 CS STRING 2 1 GOTO 2610 ELSE GOTO 2610 IF 1 THEN CS CHR 2 ELSE CS zSTRING 2 2 GOTO 2610 573 THEN CS CHR 1 GOTO 2610 IF DT X 1 1 THEN CS CHR 1 GOTO 2610 DT X Y 1 CS 2CHR 2 IF 1 THEN 1 2 CS STRING 2 2 GOSUB 3670 55 5 BX X BY Y GOSUB 2930 IF SS ST THEN 2710 4 IF ST gt 3 THEN 2670 FOR Z 10 12 LOCATE 7 48 PRINT NEXT 2 LOCATE 9 ST 48 PRINT GOTO 2480 IF ST 4 THEN GOSUB 3040 GOTO 2460 IF ST 5 THEN CLS GOTO 1940 IF ST 6 THEN 3210 ST 7 THEN 3100 LU IF DT BX BY O THEN 2750 ELSE CS 2 g IF DT BX BY 1 AND BY A1 THEN c3 GOTO 2810 t CS 2 IF MOD 8 1 THEN CS IF BY MOD 10 0 THEN CS IF BY A1 OR DT BX BY 1 lt gt 0 THEN 2810 IF BY 1 MOD 10 0 THEN CS CS GOTO 2810 IF MOD 8 1 THEN CS CS ELSE CS CS GOSUB 3680 GOTO 2480 Y s 3 5 Re 5 lt lt LOCATE PX PY PRINT S0 LOCATE PX 1 PY PRINT 818 IF NOT S THEN 2860 ELSE 2880 LOCATE PX PY PRINT gt LOCATE PX 1 PY PRINT LOCATE PX PY IF 5 THEN 2890 ELSE 2910 LOCATE PX PY PRINT s LOCATE PX 1 PY PRINT gt LOCATE PX PY I INPUT 1 IF I OCHR 13 THEN S NOT S GOTO 2850 im Function key check 1 SK ASC I FK VAL IS IF SK gt 6 AND SK lt 14 TH
41. 48 Rear cover 3 9 Release lever 3 7 9 Reset printer 87 Reverse line feed 70 Reverse micro feed 26 Ribbon cartridge 4 45 51 Right margin 74 75 ROM character set 83 Script type style 27 58 Self tests 12 13 22 Semi condensed pitch 63 Setting up 3 Single sheets manual loading semiautomatic loading 7 specifications 53 Software 29 33 Specifications 57 55 Sprocket feed 9 12 51 Standard character set 6 61 98 99 Standard mode 16 43 106 Star printers 29 Style Pitch switch 21 23 26 Subscripts 60 Super subscript character 97 Superscripts 60 T Tabulation 50 73 74 77 Test patterns 72 13 22 Top cover 3 5 Top margin 7 72 Top of page form 26 31 72 Tractor feed 9 12 51 Troubleshooting 49 50 Type style 77 21 32 53 58 68 Type style commands 32 U Underlining 59 60 Unidirectional printing 86 Unpacking and inspection 7 Unparking 72 V Vertical position commands 68 Vertical tabulation 73 107 COMMAND SUMMARY MODE IBM Std CONTROL CODE FUNCTION BEL Bell BS Backspace HT Horizontal tab lt LF gt Line feed lt VT gt Vertical tab lt FF gt Form feed lt CR gt Carriage return lt SO gt Expanded printing for one line SI Condensed printing lt gt Set printer on line lt DC2 gt Cancel condensed printing lt DC2 gt Pica pitch lt DC3 gt Set printer off line
42. 7 97 51 1 61 33 t lt ESC gt lt 3 gt 27 97 3 18 61 03 Aligns subsequent text between the left and right margins 76 Set horizontal tab stops ASCII Both lt ESC gt D nl n2 lt 0 gt 27 68 nl 2 0 1 44 nl n2 00 Cancels 811 current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n1 n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 28 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 gt control code To clear all tab stops specify ESC D 0 Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Hexadecimal e Q0 27101 48 IB 65 30 n 0 n e lt 0 gt n 27 101 18 65 00 n Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where is between 1 and 127 Reset all tab stops ASCII Decima _ Hexadecima lt ESC gt R 27 82 52 Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 columns starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops Horizontal tab ASCII Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the
43. ARACTER GENERATOR FOR 24 WIRE PRINTER t iod 1050 WIDTH LPT1 255 KEY OFF CLS 1060 DIM A 126 A 126 3 126 DT 24 42 F 2CHR 28 1070 8 0 1080 8 1 M De wed E ss M 1090 KEY 1 CHR 7 2 CHR 8 3 9 1100 KEY 4 CHR 10 5 CHR 11 5 CHR 12 1110 FOR I 33 TO 126 1 NEXT I 1120 PRINT HEADING 1130 LOCATE 1 1 PRINT STRING 25 62 1140 ERINT DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR STRING 25 60 1150 1160 LOCATE 3 1 PRINT READ CHARACTERS FROM EXISTING FILE 1170 SO z Yes S1 z No 5 1 4 PY 1 GOSUB 2820 IF S THEN 1470 1180 Open existing file 1190 LOCATE 3 1 PRINT STRING 40 32 LOCATE 3 1 1200 INPUT File name FI 1210 OPEN FI FOR INPUT AS 1 1220 Read initial commands 1230 t INPUT 3 1 1240 IF RIGHT I 1 2 O THEN QUA 1 GOTO 1260 92 1250 IF MID I 2 1 z p THEN QUA 2 ELSE QUA O 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 I INPUTS 2 1 IF RIGH
44. EN ST SK 6 GOTO 3030 IF FK 0 OR FK 5 THEN 2940 MOD 3 0 THEN 1 IF FK MOD 3 1 THEN Y Y 1 IF FK 26 THEN X X 1 IF FK lt 4 THEN X X 1 IF Y A1 THEN Y A1 ELSE IF lt 1 THEN Y 1 IF X gt HI THEN X HI ELSE IF X41 THEN X 1 RETURN Team eee Clear all dots FOR 1 TO HI 7 STEP 8 FOR TO N 7 LOCATE 0 1 IF THEN PRINT LEFT SC 0 A1 ELSE PRINT LEFT SC 1 A1 NEXT O N FOR 1 TO HI Y 1 TO 1 0 NEXT STz2 1 Y 1 RETURN Store character data CLS LOCATE 20 20 PRINT WAIT FL 0 A CC zsCHR AO CHR A1 CHR A2 1 FOR 1 TO 1 FOR N 1 TO HI 7 STEP 8 WT 128 0 FOR X N TO 7 AND 1 FL FL P WT 5 WT NEXT X P CC zP CC CHR P NEXT N Y 95 3170 3180 3190 3200 3210 3220 3230 3240 3250 3260 3270 3280 3290 3300 3310 3320 3330 3340 3350 3360 3370 3380 3390 3400 3410 3420 3430 3440 3450 3460 3470 3480 3490 3500 3510 3520 3530 3540 3550 3560 3570 3580 3590 3600 3610 3620 3630 3640 3650 3660 3670 3680 96 FLzO THEN A CC 1 BEEP 1 IF CC 127 THEN CC 33 GOTO 1920 1 Sennen Wrap up CLS LOCATE 1 1 PRINT SAVE TO FILE 5 0 2 PY 1 SO Yes S1 No GOSUB 2820 IF S THEN 3310
45. LOCATE 5 10 PRINT Output file name FI INPUT FO IF FO AND FI THEN 3250 IF FO 2 THEN FO FI OPEN FO FOR OUTPUT AS 1 GOSUB 3410 CLOSE 41 LOCATE 7 1 PRINT DOWNLOAD TO PRINTER DIP SWITCH 2 1 MUST BE OFF 5 0 PX 8 PY 1 50 S1 No GOSUB 2820 IF S THEN END LOCATE 11 1 PRINT Select I F board 5 SO COLOR 51 PX 12 PY 1 GOSUB 2820 PB S GOSUB 3480 LPRINT 3 50 FOR 33 TO 126 LPRINT CHR CC NEXT CC LPRINT STRING 10 10 END Output to Diskette PRINT 1 HD FOR CC 33 TO 126 IF lt 0 THEN 3460 PRINT41 E amp CHR O STRING 2 CC A CC P CC NEXT CC PRINT41 E 1 RETURN ere Output to Printer 00820 OR SCR THEN 3510 IF PT 1 THEN LPRINT E M ELSE IF PT 2 THEN LPRINT CHR 15 LPRINT HD FOR CC 33 TO 126 IF lt 0 THEN 3570 LPRINT 4 FOR Y 1 TO 3 CHR 0 STRINGS 2 CC Z2ASC MID A CC Y 1 GOSUB 3590 NEXT Y FOR 1 TO LEN P CC Z ASC MID P CC Y 1 GOSUB 3590 NEXT Y NEXT CC LPRINT E 1 RETURN 3630 PPzINP amp HS3BD PP lt 128 THEN 3610 OUT amp H3BC Z OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 GOTO 3650 PP INP amp H379 lt 128 THEN 3630 OUT amp 378 2 OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H
46. PRINT E A CHR I E 2 Set line spacing 1560 LPRINT E CHRS I Increase character space 43 1600 1610 1640 1650 1660 1670 2060 2530 2540 2670 LPRINT E 3 CHR 36 Set 1 6 line spacing LPRINT E CHR O Normal character space LPRINT H E q CHR 1 OUTLINED E q CHR 0 LPRINT E q CHR 2 SHADOWED 8 0 LPRINT E q CHR 3 OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED LPRINT E q CHR O LPRINT E A CHR 8 E 2 Set 8 72 line spacing LPRINT E S1 CHR 28 CHR 0 0 CHR 0 LPRINT E z CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 LPRINT E 2 CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 44 Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Dust and heat will make any mechanism wear more quickly The best maintenance is preventive and the first step is correct location of the printer This is covered in greater detail in Chapter 1 but in general an environment comfortable for humans is best for both the computer and the printer Subjects covered in this chapter are Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head e Replacing the battery in the RAM card e Troubleshooting CLEANING THE PRINTER Cleaning the printer regularly will prolong its service life Use a damp cloth on the exterior every week or so For stubborn dirt you may moisten the cloth with alcohol or water containing a mild detergent but be careful not to
47. RET Key explanations LOCATE 10 50 PRINT Fl Clear dot LOCATE 11 50 PRINT F2 Pass over LOCATE 12 50 PRINT Set dot LOCATE 13 50 PRINT F4 Clear all dots LOCATE 14 50 PRINT F5 Skip character LOCATE 15 50 PRINT F6 End LOCATE 16 50 PRINT RET Record character Soe Get character IF lt 0 THEN GOSUB 3040 GOTO 2460 FOR N 1 HI 7 STEP 8 FOR LOCATE 0 1 IF OzN THEN PRINT LEFT SC 0 A1 ELSE PRINT LEFT SC 1 A1 NEXT O N H 0 FOR Y 1 TO 1 FOR N 1 TO HI 7 STEP 8 1 WT 128 P ASC MID P CC H 1 FOR OzN TO N 7 IF P AND WT 0 THEN 2430 DT O Y z1 CS g BYeY IF lt 1 THEN 1 2 5 GOSUB 3680 ELSE GOSUB 3680 WT 5 WT NEXT NEXT NEXT Modify amp plot character 1 Y 1 FOR Z 10 TO 12 LOCATE Z 48 PRINT NEXT Z ST 2 LOCATE 11 48 PRINT GOTO 2480 IF DT X Y 2 THEN CS CHR 2 GOTO 2610 IF 0 THEN 2570 ST gt 1 THEN 2540 ELSE DT X Y O CS CHRS 1 94 2530 2540 2550 2560 2570 2580 2590 2600 2610 2620 2630 2640 2650 2660 2670 2680 2690 2700 2710 2720 2730 2740 2750 2760 2770 2780 2790 2800 2810 2820 2830 2840 2850 2860 2870 2880 2890 2900 2910 2920 2930 2940 2950 2960 2970 2980 2990 3000 3010 3020 3030 30
48. Removing the top cover Next place the ribbon cartridge on the print head carriage guiding the ribbon between the print head and the platen Press down firmly on the cartridge until it snaps into place Replace the top cover Hold the cover upright and engage the tabs at the back Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed Leave the cover closed during normal operation It keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Install the optional IC card This printer has five built in character styles fonts and a 7 K byte data buffer You can add more fonts or expand the data buffer by installing optional IC cards Font card or RAM card To install or change an IC card first turn off the power switch Then insert the IC card into the slot at the bottom right front of the printer and slide it all the way in Figure 1 5 Slide the IC card into the front slot with the power switch off Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer end of the interface cable to the connector socket on the right side of the printer as shown in Figure 1 6 Make sure the computer is turned OFF then connect the other end of the cable to your computer as described in the computer manual Interface cable Figure 1 6 Connecting the interface cable Connect the printer s power cord Check that the printer s power switch lo
49. Shadow Outlined with shadow WN O s Select italic characters ason lt ESC gt 4 27 52 34 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Ignored if the printer was set to stay panel style at power on 58 Select upright characters Mode asen Hexadecimal lt ESC gt S 75 3 lt gt 3 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed up right Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power on Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both ESC E 27 69 45 Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized printing ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt SE 27 70 46 Cancels emphasized printing Double strike printing ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt gt SG 27 71 18 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of hori zontal strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in LQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recom mended in draft mode Double strike cannot be used with superscripts or subscripts Cancel double strike printing ASCII Both lt 5 gt HU 27 72 double strike printing Hexadecimal 1B 48 Start underlining ASCII pon EE cT 27 45 49 1B 2D 31
50. T 1I 1 T THEN SCR O GOTO 1300 I INPUT 1 1 SCR 1 IS INPUTS 5 1 IF LEFT I 1 zE THEN 0 ELSE IBM 1 rm irate Read data for 1 character 1 IF 1 1 THEN 1440 IS sINPUT 1 41 J INPUT 1 1 1 IF 126 THEN 1440 8 gt 8 3 1 A CC ASC MID A CC 2 1 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 IF NOT SCR THEN 1420 P CC zINPUT A CC 2 41 GOTO 1430 P CC INPUTS A CC 3 1 IF NOT EOF 1 THEN 1330 CLOSE 1 START DEFINITION gt S558 55555522225 Select Btd IBM 3 lt 33 er ens LOCATE 6 1 PRINT SELECT MODE SO z Standard mode DIP SW 1 6 ON 51 1 mode DIP SW 1 6 OFF 5 0 PX 7 PY 1 GOSUB 2820 1 5 IF THEN HD F STRING 3 0 ELSE HD zE t STRING 3 0 Select character mode LOCATE 9 1 PRINT SELECT STYLE S0 Normal 24dot S1 z Super subscript 16dot 8 0 PX 10 1 GOSUB 2820 5 5 IF SCR THEN 1580 ELSE 1590 HD CHR 27 SO HD 1 16 GOTO 1600 HD CHR 27 T HD HI 24 Select Quality LOCATE 12 1 PRINT SELECT QUALITY 5 0 LOCATE 13 1 PRINT Letter quality
51. acters from ROM into RAM One line unidirectional printing Set MSB to 0 Set MSB to 1 Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to n 60 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to 7 lines Set page length to inches Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Select character type and print pitch Perform one 7 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed Print 8 bit single density graphics Print 8 bit double density graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom margins Pica pitch Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Set right margin Set printer off line Reset all tab stops Select international character set Superscript Subscript Superscript Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing V n dl d2 dx ESC V 0 gn 9 ne UU c0 0 0 lu A nl n2 lt 0 gt C C 0 n D nl n2 0 E p H qp K nl n2 m2 L nl n2 ml m2 N n lt 0 gt lt gt Q 22 lt gt R 5 0
52. ams in particular may ask you to specify the printer s column width The column width of this printer depends on the character pitch used Pica 80 columns Elite 96 columns Semi condensed 120 columns Standard mode only Condensed pica 137 columns Condensed elite 160 columns Standard mode only The character pitch can be selected from the control panel before you start printing or possibly by an initialization sequence as described next 30 Initialization sequence One of the installation options may be to specify the commands your software sends at the beginning of each printing job These commands are called the initialization sequence or setup string If necessary you can use the initialization sequence to adjust the margins to your paper size or select a particular type style or pitch You can look up the commands you want in Appendix B For example if you selected 96 column width for a spreadsheet program it would be convenient to add an elite pitch command to the initialization sequence Appendix B indicates that this command consists of the two characters ESC gt which have decimal character codes 27 and 77 hexadecimal 1B and 4D Your software manual or an on screen prompt will explain how to place these codes in the initialization sequence SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES After completing the installation of your software check the setting of the printer s DIP switches in particular DIP swit
53. ancel immediate print Immediate print Cancel immediate print Immediate print Stop printing Perform one 180 reverse line feed Select LQ type style Set left margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select ornament character Cancel quiet print Quiet print Cancel quiet print Quiet print Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select standard character set Select IBM character set Return to normal height Print double height characters Return to normal height Print double height characters Select draft quality characters 110 MODE IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM Std IBM Std Std Std Std Std Std Std IBM Std IBM Std Std 510 Std Std Std Std Std IBM Std CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt x lt 1 gt lt ESC gt x 0 lt ESC gt x 1 lt ESC gt 0 lt gt lt I gt ESC 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt FS gt 2 FS 3 n FS 4 FS 5 FS P lt 0 gt 0 0 FS FS FS FS C n FS E n FS FS P 0 FS I lt gt FS I 0 FS 1 FS Q n FS R FS R n FS S 0 2 FS S 1 FS S 0 FS 57 FS V 0 FS V
54. aper Feed switch The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both switches Reverse micro feed On Line and Quiet Mode switches You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page Note With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The perforation may catch inside the printer 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the On Line switch again and hold it down 3 Press the Quiet Mode switch The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both switches 26 Clearing the buffer On Line and Style Pitch switches When switch 2 1 is ON the printer stores received data large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding much more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 B Halt the printing program on the computer If printing stops imme diately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer Press the On line swit
55. ard The printer will auto matically feed the parked fanfold paper into position for printing 5 Move the bail lever back to close the bail Now you are ready to print TEST PRINTING After loading paper you can test the printer as described next Short self test This procedure prints a six line barber pole test pattern The lines are eight inches wide so the paper should be at least that wide 1 Check that paper is in position for printing 2 With power off press the On Line switch on the control panel and hold it down 3 Still holding the On Line switch down turn the printer s power The printer will automatically start printing its short test pattern You can release the On Line switch after printing starts To remove the paper at the end of the test switch power OFF then turn the platen knob Don t turn the platen knob while power is on 1 amp 3 amp 0123456789 lt gt BABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefgh ijklmno 1 8856 0123456789 lt gt 28ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklmnop amp 0123 56789 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWAYZ _ abcdefghijklmnopg 5 5 0123456789 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqr amp 0123456789 lt gt BABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklmnopqrs amp 0123456789 lt gt ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghijklmn
56. ble density double speed 3 8 bit Quadruple density Q40 dots per inch 8 24 bit Single 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 Asc Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 4 n m 27 63 n m Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt Y or ESC Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt nis L or Z indicating the mode to be converted m is a code from 07 to 4 or lt 6 gt indicating one of the modes of lt ESC DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Decimal Hexadecimal 0 0 02127 58 0 0 0118 00 00 00 0 0 lt 0 gt 28 S8 0 0 01 00 00 00 Copies all the standard characters to the corresponding download char acter RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON 81 Define download characters ASCH lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt ni 27 38 0 nl IB 26 00 nl n2 mi m2 n2 m2 n2 m0 mi m2 di d2 di d2 dx di d2 dx 27 61 0 ni 1B 3D 00 al n2 m2 n2 0 mi m2 di 42 dx di d2 dx dx Defines one or more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use DIP switc
57. cated at the left front is OFF Then plug the printer s power cord into an AC wall outlet Never plug or unplug the power cord while the printer is turned on LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder ASF read the ASF instruction booklet Mount the paper guide The paper guide fits into the two holes on top of the rear cover Mount the guide and raise it to the upright position 6 Paper guide Figure 1 7 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with power off or semiauto matically with power on We will start the easy way with semiautomatic loading 1 Check that the release lever is down and the bail lever back bail closed then switch power on You will hear a short beep tone and the Power indicator on the control panel will flash These are the printer s paper out signals 2 Place a single sheet on the paper guide and insert it down into the entry slot as far as it will go 3 Move the bail lever forward When the bail opens the printer feeds the paper automatically 4 Move the bail lever back The paper will feed slightly forward again ending in position to print with a top margin of about one inch Figure 1 8 Loading a single sheet Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while t
58. ch 1 6 If you selected a Star or Epson printer on the installation menu switch 1 6 should be ON the factory setting If you selected an IBM printer switch 1 6 should be OFF DIP switches 1 2 auto CR 1 7 character set 1 8 auto LF and 2 1 RAM usage are also related to your software Read what your software manual has to say about carriage returns line feeds character sets and downloading characters and refer to the explanation at the end of Chapter 1 USING YOUR SOFTWARE With the installation and DIP switch settings correctly completed you are ready to entrust most of the control of your printer to your software However there will still be some things you have to do yourself Page alignment If you are printing on fanfold forms the first thing to do before you start printing is to align the top of the forms so that printing will start at the right position on the page a short distance below the perforation With power off you can align the forms by turning the platen knob When power is on use the Paper Feed switch on the control panel 31 4 f Type style and pitch selection If your software does not control the type style and pitch you must make these selections on the control panel The default selections depend on the settings of DIP switches 2 5 to 2 8 If you want a different style or pitch proceed as follows 1 Hold the Style Pitch and Quiet Mode switches down when you t
59. ch and hold it down Press the Style Pitch switch and hold it down You will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared If you hold down these switches in about three seconds you will hear three beep tones signaling that the printer has been reinitialized Release these switches make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when you go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data where the buffer was cleared 27 28 Chapter3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE There is an abundance of commercial software available spreadsheet programs word processing programs graphics programs and more This printer will work with any program that supports a Star Epson or IBM dot matrix printer Before using the printer with commercial software however there are two things you must do Install the software so that it supports the printer Set the printer s switches to match the software INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE Most commercial software includes an installation program or routine that you can run to customize the software to fit your hardware system Start by reading the explanation of the installation program in your software manual Printer menu The installation program
60. cters Paper Specifications Single sheets 140 to 216 mm 5 5 to 8 5 inches wide 0 07 to 0 10 mm thick Fanfold paper 102 to 254 mm 4 to 10 inches wide 0 07 to 0 10 mm thick single ply Max 0 28 mm thick 3 ply Number of copies Max 3 original 2 copies Dimensions and Weight Dimensions Width 410 mm 16 1 inches Depth 328 mm 12 9 inches Height 120 mm 4 7 inches Weight 6 4 kg 14 1 pounds 53 B Electrical Specifications Line voltage Line frequency Power consumption Insulation resistance Dielectric strength 120 VAC 10 220 VAC 10 240 VAC 10 varies according to the country of pur chase 50 or 60 Hz Typ 39W Max 135W 10 megohms between AC power line and chassis Withstands 1 kVAC rms at 50 or 60 Hz between AC power line and chassis for at least 1 minute Environmental Requirements Operating temperature Operating humidity Storage temperature Storage humidity Option Automatic sheet feeder W interface Signals 5 to 40 41 to 104 10 to 80 no condensation 30 to 65 C 22 to 149 10 to 95 at 40 no condensation Eight bit character data DATAS is the most significant bit DATAL is the least significant bit High is logic 1 and Low is logic 0 n No NUM Function 10 ACK OUT 5 Microsecond Low pulse acknowledges receipt of data BUSY OUT Low when the printer is ready to accept data 12 PAPER OUT Goes
61. d is the 27th character in ASCII sequence from A Similarly VA enters the control code lt 1 gt and VL enters the control code lt 12 gt See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up the printer by sending it the file LOELITE DAT To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing CTRL PRTSC if hard copy is on To print the file README DOC in LQ elite type give the following two commands A COPY LQELITE DAT A PRINT README DOC For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will set up the printer and print any specified file with a single command To create such a batch file with the name LOPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A gt COPY CON LQPRINT BAT COPY LQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 1 2 A gt LQPRINT README DOC The first above line is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named LOPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this file The 1 is a dummy parameter whatever file name you type after LQPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer in Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC that printed the sample of features shown at the beginning of this manual This program runs in the printer s Standard
62. d parking fanfold forms Test printing Adjusting the printing gap Setting the DIP switches LOCATING THE PRINTER Give some thought to the best place to put the printer Both the printer and computer should be used in a normal indoor environment For best performance we recommend e Place the printer on a flat surface Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from heat producing appliances Use it only in temperatures where you are comfortable Avoid locations with dust grease or high humidity Supply it clean electricity Don t connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator e Make sure the line voltage is within 10 of the voltage specified on the identification plate If you will be using fanfold forms place the printer where the forms can feed up to it from below with at least a full page hanging free UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Open the carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be five items Figure 1 1 Check to make sure you have all five items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Platen knob 4 Ribbon cartridge and 5 User s manual Make an external inspection of the printer Note the locations of the following parts Bail lever opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen Power switch Contr
63. d type style changes like these can be inserted in your text file and made on the fly without a printing pause Other printer commands If your software enables you to place the escape code in your files or if you were able to define this as a user option during installation you are in a very powerful position you can embed almost any printer command in your files The printer commands are explained in detail in Appendix B 32 Most printer commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers Some examples are lt gt WI Double width characters lt ESC gt 0 Normal width lt 5 gt 4 Italic ESC 5 Upright Two lines with these commands embedded are shown below together with the printed result File lt ESC gt W1PRINTER COMMANDS lt ESC gt WO can help you to use lt ESC gt 4italic lt ESC gt 5 print Printout PRINTER COMMANDS can help you to use italic print You will probably not see the symbol lt ESC gt on the screen but a different symbol such as E or or perhaps no symbol at all This depends on your software After printing the first page of a long job you may want to pause to check that the printing is correctly formatted Press the On Line switch setting the printer off line Printing will stop immediately To resume printing press the On Line switch again If you need to abandon a printing job before it is finished your software should provide a comma
64. ds for all the standard printer functions including bold or dou ble strike printing underlining subscripts superscripts margin control line spacing control and graphics Printer command options Besides the standard printer functions however your printer has some capabilities your software may not be aware of including double and quadruple size printing and the printing of special characters assigned to control codes Some software enables you to define these capabilities as user options in the installation process Read your software manual to find out whether you can do this and if so how The most useful thing you can do is to define a way to enter the escape code lt ESC gt which is the control character with decimal character code 27 hexadecimal 1B This code usually cannot be keyed in directly pressing the ESC key will not work As an installation option however you may be able to assign it to a function key or a special key combination Doing so will put the full power of the printer at your disposal Type styles Some word processing software has commands that enable you to change type styles in the middle of a document without a printing pause To use these commands you must generally define the printer s type styles fonts during installation by assigning them numbers for example Read your software manual for details and refer to Appendix B for the relevant printer commands Page width Spreadsheet progr
65. e Quiet Mode switch The printer will make two passes for each line resulting in reduced sound and slower printing To switch the quiet mode off press this switch again Each time you press this switch quiet mode toggles from on to off or from off to on Style Pitch switch This switch selects the type style and the print pitch To change the type style press the On Line switch to go off line then press this switch once You will hear two acknowledging beep tones After the beep tones you can set the type style using the Quiet Mode switch or the Paper Feed switch While in this mode these switchs works to select the type style instead of their normal functions The selections cycle in the following order when using the Quiet Mode switch Draft Courier Courier italic Prestige Prestige italic Orator Orator italic Script Script italic Option When using the Paper Feed switch the selections cycle in the reverse order To change the print pitch press the On Line switch to go off line then press this switch twice You will hear three acknowledging beep tones After the beep tones you can set the print pitch using the Quiet Mode switch or the Paper Feed switch While in this mode these switchs works to select the print pitch instead of their normal functions 21 The selections cycle in the following order when using the Quiet Mode switch Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica 10 characters per inch 12 c
66. e line unidirectional printing asen Hexadecimal 3 Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Manual feed ason Both lt ESC gt EM 0 27 25 0 IB 19 00 4 40 40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Auto feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Xn lt ESC gt lt gt lt 4 gt 27 25 4 18 19 04 t 2 7 4 140 40 52 41 41128 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive 86 Eject paper from ASF ason Hexadecimal lt ESC gt EM 27 25 82 IB 19 52 ae C R 140 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29 Ejects the current page Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Both Set print start position on ASF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal AS lt ESC gt lt EM gt T n 27 25 84 n IB 19 54 n t su es hi 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skips 6 inches at the top of the page where n is equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer Hexadecimal IC 40 Reinitializes the pr
67. eave it ON Switch 1 5 Do you want the printer to stop printing about an inch from the end of the paper or to keep printing to the bottom Leave this switch ON except when you need to print very close to the end of the paper When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Switch 1 6 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 800 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter X24 The ON position selects standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch 1 7 The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with Switch 1 6 If you selected standard mode do you want italics or graphic charactes Leave this switch ON to print italics in the standard character set If you set this switch to the OFF position in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 See Appendix D character codes 128 to 254 If you selected IBM mode do you want IBM character set 1 or 2 ON selects character set Z2 which is for computers with an 8 bit interface the most common kind OFF selects character set 71 for computers with a 7 bit interface Switch 1 8 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch at the ON position a separate li
68. ed are indicated by italic letters such as n Many commands have alternative forms Some commands use lt gt character code 27 in Standard mode and lt FS character code 28 in IBM mode Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character codes or digit characters like the parameter 1 in the sample command above FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters lt ESC gt x 0 27 120 48 78 30 27 120 78 00 Changes from letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power on 57 Select LQ characters lt gt Sx IT 27 120 49 IB 78 3l Both lt Esc gt lt 2700 1 78 01 Changes from draft quality to letter quality Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power on Select LQ type style 0 Std FS uc n 28 67 n 1 43 n Selects an LQ type style according to the value of In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected by lt gt x 1 Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power on Type style Courier Optional font Prestige Orator Script gt OS Select ornament character ASCI Decima Hexadecimai lt ESC gt 46 m 27113 n 18 71 m Selects an ornament character according to the value of n Character Normal Outlined
69. eed is used 2 Disable paper out detector asou 7 Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 8 27 56 38 Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of DIP switch 1 5 Enable paper out detector Mode lt ESC gt 59 27 57 39 Causes the printer to stop printing about an inch before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of DIP switch 1 5 Set vertical tab stops Mode ascu Decima Hexadecimal ESC nl n2 lt 0 gt 27 66 ni 2 0 lB 42 n n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines 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 gt control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Set vertical tab stops every n lines Mode _ ASCII Decima 88627 cum 27101 49 n 65 3 n t Om tT lt ESC gt e lt l gt n 27101 n 65 01 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every lines where is between 1 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel
70. ess Return to store the dot data in the computer s memory The program will clear the character box and ask you to select the next character to design When you have finished designing characters press the F6 key The program will ask you whether you want to save download and print the characters you have designed If you answer Yes to all three questions your characters will be saved on a disk file and downloaded to the printer and the entire character set from character 33 to character 126 will be printed out At any point while you are selecting or designing characters you can press F5 to skip the current character and proceed to the next character The program does not allow you to redefine the space character or to define any other character as an all blank character Nor can you assign character codes less than 33 or greater than 126 to the characters you define Super subscript character p 12345678 9101112131415 1617181920 2122 23 Code 60 Left space 7 Character width 23 Right space 6 Figure C 2 Telephone symbol super subscript 91 If you select super subscript the character box now has 16 high x 7 wide dot positions for draft characters or 16 x 23 dot positions for LQ characters Each dot is represented by two adjacent solid blocks occupying its own position and the position to the right This reflects
71. ext Bidirectional or unidirectional select able logic seeking Dot graphics Unidirectional logic seeking Print head 24 Pins Life 200 million dots Ribbon Black fabric ribbon cartridge Life 2 million draft characters Paper feed Friction and push tractor feed Semiautomatic sheet loading Paper feed speed 3 4 inches second during page feed W interface and Emulation Interface Centronics compatible 7 or 8 bit TTL level Data buffer 7K bytes when not used for download characters 1 Line buffer when using download Emulation modes Epson LQ 800 and IBM Proprinter X24 B Switches and Indicators Power switch Rocker switch Control panel 4 Membrane switches 10 LED indicators DIP switches 16 pins Special features m Dot Matrix Size Draft character LQ characters Dot graphics B Character Sets Standard character set IBM character set Download characters International character sets 52 Panel pitch style lock in Forward and reverse micro feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump 24 x 9 dots Pica 24 x 9 dots Elite 16 x 7 dots Semi condensed 24 x 9 dots Condensed pica 24 x 9 dots Condensed elite 16 x 7 dots Super Subscript 24 x 35 dots Pica 24 x 29 dots Elite 16 x 23 dots Semi condensed 24 x 18 dots Condensed pica 24 x 15 dots Condensed elite 16 x 23 dots Super Subscript 8 x 480 dots at 60 dpi Single density 8 x 640 dots at 80 dpi CRT I 8 x 720 dots at 90 dpi CRT
72. h 2 1 must be OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not for downloading characters and this command is ignored nlis the character code of the first character defined and n2is the character code of the last character defined n7 and n2 must both be between 33 and 254 n must be equal to or less than n2 Use of character codes 32 space and 127 delete code should be avoided if possible The data for each character start with three bytes specifying proportional spacing at tributes the first byte m0 specifies the left of the character the second byte m1 specifies the character width the third byte m2 specifies the right of the character These values must not exceed the following max imum limits Character mode m2 Draft characters LQ pica characters elite characters LQ semi condensed LQ proportional Draft super subscripts LQ super subscripts LQ prop super subscripts Next comes the dot data Normal character height is 24 dots so there must be 3 x 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 m1 bytes of dot data Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the MSB being the top dot and the LSB the bottom dot For further details please refer to the Appendix C Select download character set ascu o ESC 1 27 37 49 IB 25 31 ESC I 27 37
73. haracters per inch 15 characters per inch 17 characters per inch Condensed elite Proportional Condensed proportional 20 characters per inch When using the Paper Feed switch the selections cycle in the reverse order The type style and the print pitch can also be selected by printer com mands given in Appendix B POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel switches have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on PAPER PARK QUIET PAPER MODE FEED POWER ON LINE Stay in Panel style Hexadecimal Stay in Panel style dum Short test and pitch Stay in Panel pitch Long test Figure 2 2 Power up functions of control panel Short test pattern On Line switch If held down during power up this switch prints a short test pattern shown in Chapter 1 Long test pattern Paper Feed switch If held down during power up this switch prints a long test pattern The test cycles endlessly To stop the test you must switch power off 22 Stay in panel pitch Style Pitch and Paper Feed switch By holding these switches down during power up you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control panel You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on After the beep tone you can set the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch
74. he printer reads the DIP switches only at power up 14 Switch Function 2 Auto LF o The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position These are the standard settings By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements The following questions will help you make the right settings 15 Switch 1 1 Is the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches Leave this switch ON if you will be using 11 forms Move it to the OFF position if you will be using 12 inch forms Switch 1 2 Do you want an automatic carriage return Normally you should leave this switch ON The printer will automatically perform a carriage return by moving to the left margin at each line feed Even if your software sends a separate carriage return code an extra carriage return does no harm because two consecutive carriage returns are the same as one Set this switch to the OFF position only if you have a program that needs to move the paper vertically without a carriage return which is fairly unusual Switch 1 3 you want a bottom margin Leave this switch ON if you do not want to set the bottom margin Move it to the OFF position if you want to set the bottom margin to the 1 inch Switch 1 4 you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF To use the automatic sheet feeder move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise l
75. he printer s power is off The procedure is 1 Check that printer power is off and the release lever at the back of the printer is down 2 Insert a single sheet of paper into the entry slot as far as it will go the same way as for semiautomatic loading 3 Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail 4 Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover 5 the paper is not straight move the release lever to the up position straighten the paper by hand then move the release lever back down 6 Move the bail lever back to close the paper bail 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 Fanfold forms are loaded parked and unparked as explained next 1 2 3 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer Turn the printer s power OFF Set the release lever to the up position If there is paper in the printer remove it Since the platen is released you can just pull the paper out Move the bail lever forward to open the bail Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment Remove the rear cover Grip it by its front edge and lift upwards and backwards as in Figure 1 9 Rear cover
76. hen friction feed is used Set printer off line Mode ason _____ Decimai Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 27 81 36 18 51 24 Sets the onm off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except lt gt which returns it to the on line state The printer s On Line indicator does not go off Set printer on line Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both Returns the printer to the on line state allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands This command is ignored if the printer was set off line by pressing the On Line switch on the control panel Stop printing ASCII Hexadecimal BM lt Esc gt i 27 Prints the entire contents of the input buffer then sets the printer off line The printer s On Line indicator goes off Bell 85 Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer s beeper Bidirectional printing asen Hexadecimal wa CU ce 27 85 48 1B 55 30 lt gt U 0 27 85 0 IB 55 00 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode which is faster than unidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Mode Decima lt ESC gt U I 27 85 49 IB 55 31 Both ESC U I 27 85 1 IB 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maxi mum vertical alignment precision On
77. iction feed is used Perform one n 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed lt ESC gt 7 m 27 74 n 4A m Feeds the paper once by 7 180 inches Standard mode or n 216 inches IBM mode where is between 0 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch 1 2 is OFF returns the carriage to the left margin if DIP switch 1 2 is ON Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one 180 reverse line feed ascu Hexadecimal lt ESC gt j mn 27 106 n IB 6A n Feeds the paper once by 180 inches in the reverse direction where is between 0 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch 1 2 is OFF returns the carriage to the left margin if DIP switch 1 2 is ON Does not change the line spacing setting Ignored when friction feed is used Feed paper n lines Hexadecimal lt ESC gt I n 27 102 49 n 66 31 n ESC P lt l gt n 27 102 1 n 1B 66 01 nm Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where n is between 0 and 127 Set of page at current position ASCII BM lt ESC gt 4 27 52 IB 34 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 Both lt ESC gt C n 27 67 n 43 n Sets the page length to n lines in the current line spacing where n is betwee
78. ing visible will happen but you have just switched on the print screen function After this the printer will hard copy all text displayed For example try typing the directory command A gt DIR You will obtain a printed directory To switch printer output off press CTRL PRTSC or CTRL P again Each time you press this key combination hard copy toggles from on to off or from off to on PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes the file PRINT COM you can use the main DOS printing command Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print To print a file named README DOC for example type A PRINT README DOC The computer may respond with the following message asking which printer to use Name of list device PRN If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN to select the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the gt prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names consecutively on the same line or use wild card characters and Each file will be printed starting on a new page The PRINT command also has control options For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option The printer may not stop printing immediately it may have considerable data stored ahead in its buffer For the T
79. inter Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections 87 Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR With this printer you can create new characters and symbols download their dot data and have them printed in place of selected characters 1n the regular character set Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanese characters The process of designing new characters with paper and pencil is time consuming The program listed in this appendix enables you to do everything on the computer screen Tt also enables you to maintain disk files of character data for downloading when required The creation of a telephone symbol as a normal character and super subscript character is explained below Normal character 12345678 901112131415 16 17181920 2122 23 242526 272829 128 ILI I Tb n ASCII Code 60 64 e e e e e e 32 e e e e je ej e Left space 4 16 ca e je e e Character width 29 8 e le 4 e 6 Right space 3 2 0 e e e le 128 e e e e e e 64 lef je je e e 32 e 9 e T e 8 e e e 4 e
80. itch do you want You can select the default type style and print pitch by setting these switches as shown next 17 Type style Pith 25 26 27 28 Courier ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF Courier ON ON OFF ON ON ON OFF F 2 2 2 o 2 2 2 2 2 2 o 2 2 2 Prestige 10 ON OFF ON ON FF FF F 2 2 Prestige 12 ON OFF OFF ON Prestige italic 12CPI ON OFF OFF Scip OFF ON ON ON Scip OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON F Daft 12 OFF OFF ON OFF F F z 2 21212 2812 Z 2 2 OFF If there is no Font Card in the slot Courier style is selected Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the oper ations indicated by their names Other functions can be obtained by holding these switches down when you turn the printer s power on Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel switches in com bination This chapter explains all the switch and indicator functions SWITCHES AND INDICATORS The control panel has fou
81. led when n 2 n Effect 0 Normal size Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Print double height characters Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing EZ w amp m Return to normal height asen Decima Hexadecimal Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height un 66 Select character width Mode ason cial Hexadecimal 28 69 IC 45 Selects a character width according to the value of n as shown below n Character width 0 Normal wide 1 Double wide 2 Triple wide Select character height width and line spacing ascu lt ESC gt To 4 27 EA 1B 5B 40 xc 00 00 lt 0 gt lt 0 gt lt 0 gt Selects a combination of character EY width and line spacing ac cording to the value of n and as below Does not move the base line Line spacing Character height Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height Unchanged Double height Single Unchanged Single Single height Single Double height Double Unchanged Double Single height Double Double height Character width Single width same as lt ESC W 0 Double width same as lt ESC W 1 Double height printing
82. lems in programs that generate graphics or download character data but there is a solution Try changing line 20 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP amp H3BD IF O 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3BC I OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp 4 120 RETURN 24 Coding for IBM PC with color adaptor 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP amp H379 IF 0 lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 1 OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 120 RETURN SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations Reverse micro feed Forward micro feed j APER ARCA Bi POWER QUIET PAPER MODE FEED ON LINE O Paper parking Page feed Top of form Clearing the buffer Figure 2 5 Switch combination functions of control panel Paper parking Quiet Mode and Paper Feed switches This procedure feeds the paper backward It parks the fanfold form at the back of the printer so that you can switch to single sheet feeding by moving the release lever to the down position Before parking fanfold forms tear off all but the last page leaving less at least three inches less than a full page showing above the top cover 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the Quiet Mode switch and hold it down 3 Press the Pape
83. ll 62 Character set commands 67 Character sets 52 61 97 104 Character size and pitch commands 63 Character spacing 66 Cleaning 45 Column width 30 53 Commands download character 81 font control 57 graphics 79 horizontal position 74 vertical position 68 Commercial software 29 33 Condensed pitch 22 50 64 Connector 3 6 Control panel 3 79 Courier type style 21 D Delete 83 Dimensions of printer 53 DIP switches 74 18 31 49 50 51 61 70 72 81 82 83 87 DOS commands 35 36 37 38 Dot matrix size 52 Double size characters 66 67 Double strike printing 59 Download character commands 81 Download characters 17 50 52 82 89 96 Draft quality 27 57 82 E Electrical specifications 54 Elite pitch 22 63 82 Emphasized printing 50 59 Emulation 6 29 57 Entry slot 3 Environmental requirements 1 54 Epson printers 29 Escape code 30 Escape sequences 57 Expanded printing 64 F Fanfold forms loading 9 49 parking 71 25 specifications 53 unparking 12 Fixed spacing 65 Font card 5 Font control commands 57 Form feed 72 G Gap 14 Graphics 35 43 50 79 80 Graphics commands 79 H Hard copy 35 Hexadecimal dump 23 25 High density elite 63 High speed elite 63 Horizontal position commands 74 Horizontal tabulation 50 78 105 11 character sets 61 100 103 mode 16
84. llow the procedure below 1 Insert the RAM card in the printer as described in Chapter 1 2 Turn the power switch on to supply power to the RAM card 3 Unscrew the screw that holds the battery in place and set it aside 4 Remove the old battery and install the new battery the same way as the old 5 Fasten the battery holder plate with the screw 6 Turn off the power switch and remove the RAM card Battery Holder plate Figure 5 3 Replacing the battery 48 TROUBLESHOOTING B the printer doesn t print Check the Power and On Line indicators Both must be on Check that the interface cable is securely plugged in at the computer and printer ends Make a test print Turn power OFF hold the On Line or Paper Feed switch down then turn power ON If the test print succeeds the problem is not with the printer try a different printing command or try using a different cable If the test print fails have the printer checked by a qualified serviceman u if fanfold paper becomes stuck Turn power off take off the rear cover remove the paper and reload the paper as described in Chapter 1 Make sure the paper 15 placed so that it feeds into the printer straight if label paper becomes stuck Have a qualified serviceman remove any label paper that adheres inside the printer Do not attempt to remove it yourself Avoid using label paper with any exposed adhesi
85. lt ESC gt t 0 27116 0 18 74 00 FS 0 28 73 48 1 49 30 td FS 0 28 73 0 IC 49 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if DIP switch 1 7 is ON Select IBM character set Mode Asc Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Cd 27 116 49 18 74 31 Both lt ESC gt tr lt gt 27116 1 1 74 01 Sd FS DP lt gt 28 73 49 IC 49 31 td FS lt gt 28 73 1 49 01 Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode if DIP switch 1 7 is OFF Select character set 1 ascu Decima Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 7 27 55 37 Selects character set 1 Select character set 2 Hexadecimal Selects character set 2 Select international character set ASCII lt ESC gt R n 27 82 n 1B 52 n BM FS R m 881 IC 2 n Selects an international character set according to the value of as shown next 61 n Character set n Character set 0 U S A 7 Spain I 1 France 8 Japan 2 Germany 9 Norway 3 England 10 Denmark I 4 Denmark I 11 Spain II 25 Sweden 12 Latin America 6 Italy 13 Denmark Norway The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain can be selected as power up defaults by DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 Enable printing of all character codes Mode _ ASCII IBM lt ESC gt ni n2 27 92 ni n2 1B 5C nl n2 Enables printing
86. n 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page 7 Set page length to n inches ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt 0 gt n 27 67 0 n IB 43 00 top of the page Set top margin Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt c n 27 99 n iB 63 n Sets the top margin to n lines where n is between 1 and 255 Printing begins on the n 1 th line on the page Hexadecimal Both lt gt N n 27 78 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 H a 6 gt o o D Cancel top and bottom margins ode ASCII oth lt ESC gt 27 79 Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin Hexadecimal 1B 4F H Form feed Mode ASCII Hexadecimai oth lt gt 2 0C Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length and moves the print position to the left margin When the auto matic sheet feeder ASF is selected DIP switch 1 4 is OFF this com mand ejects the current page w Return to top of current page ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt FF 27 12 1 0C Mode Both Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction f
87. n helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington D C 20402 Stock No 004 000 00345 4 For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment requires a shielded cable The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U S A Trademark Acknowledgements NX 2400 NB 15 NB24 10 NB24 15 Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC Proprinter X24 Proprinter II PC DOS International Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation LQ 800 LQ 1000 LQ 1500 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice 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 The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1988 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into five chapters and four appendixes To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read all of chapters 1 through 5 The appendixes can be referred to as necessary Chapter 1 explains how to get
88. nd for this purpose Another simple expedient is to switch the printer s power off 33 34 Chapter4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Although you will probably do most of your printing with the aid of commercial software at times you will want to employ direct commands or programs of your own This chapter will give you some ideas Three subjects are covered Hard copying the screen Programming the printer with DOS commands e Programming the printer with BASIC HARD COPYING THE SCREEN MS DOS AND PC DOS If your computer has a PRTSC or PrtSc key there is an easy way to get hard copy of the screen Press the SHIFT and PRTSC keys The printer will print the current screen contents The PRTSC key works both at the system command level and while you are running application software Normally the PRTSC key prints only text data but if your DOS system includes a file named GRAPHICS COM you can hard copy graphics dis plays by first typing the command A gt GRAPHICS You will find that graphics printing takes considerably more time than text printing See your DOS manual for further information on the GRAPHICS command At the DOS command level there is also a simple way to have the printer print hard copy continuously instead of one screen at a time Press the CTRL key hold it down then also press the PRTSC key If your computer does not have a PRTSC key press the CTRL and P keys Noth
89. ne feed code is re quired to obtain a line feed If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left ON If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch 2 1 Does your software download new characters to the printer To download characters this switch must be OFF The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints Switches 2 2 to 2 4 126 you want an international character set International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes See the character tables in Appendix D With the DIP switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Country 2 2 23 24 Country 2 2 23 24 USA ON ON Denmark 1 ON ON FF ON ON Sweden orr ON OFF Italy OFF OFF Spain 1 Denmark Norway when IBM character set 2 is selected t3 19 2 o Switches 2 5 to 2 8 What type style and print p
90. nit for line spacing ASCII lt ESC gt PAP 4 27 9192 4 18 5B 5C 04 0 0 0 0 2 0 00 0 00 00 00 00 n n n Sets the base unit for the line spacing commands lt ESC gt 3 and lt ESC gt J If the value of n is 180 the base unit is set to 1 180 If the value of n is 216 the base unit is set to 1 216 If otherwise specified this command is ignored This command becomes effective only after lt ESC 3 or lt ESC gt J is received The default base unit is set to 1 216 Set line spacing to n 180 or 216 inch ascen Decima lt ESC gt _ 3 n 27 51 n 33 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 180 inch Standard mode or 1 216 inch IBM mode 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 360 inch Hexadecimal lt FS gt 3 n 28 51 m IC 3 m Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 360 inch where is between 0 and 255 If n 0 the line feed distance is set to 0 Set line spacing to 60 or 72 inch mo Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 60 inch Standard mode or n 72 inch IBM mode where is between 0 and 255 If n 0
91. ol panel Platen knob Connector Figure 1 2 The printer s external parts Release lever releases the platen This lever must be down for printing on single sheets and up for fanfold forms Top cover protects the print head and other parts Rear cover protects the sprocket feed mechanism Entry slot for inserting single sheets of paper Control panel controls various printer functions Power switch switches power on and off Connector for connecting the computer to the printer SETTING UP Mount the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing material which held your printer inside the packing box Be careful to remove the knob before disposing of the packing Mount the platen knob on its shaft on the right side of the printer Turn it until you can push it in all the way Power should always be off when you turn the platen knob Turning the platen by hand while power is on can damage the printer s gears Remove the top cover Lift the front edge of the printer s clear plastic top cover Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover and remove the cover completely o 50 3 4 5 d 9 g D v gt 5 o E The top side of the ribbon cartridge has a handle for turning the ribbon Turn this handle in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon Install the ribbon cartridge Figure 1 4 Installing the ribbon cartridge Figure 1 3
92. olumn n from the left margin where n is between 0 and 127 Both 78 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print 8 bit single density graphics asci ati lt gt n2 27 7S nl n2 1B nj n2 ot mi m2 mE mi m2 mi m2 Prints 8 bit dot graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n7 n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width 15 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 n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print 8 bit double density graphics Decima Hexadecimal Bol lt gt L I 2 27 76 nl n2 IB 4C n2 t mi m2 mi m2 mi m2 Prints 8 bit dot graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maximum 960 dots wide See lt ESC gt for other information Print 8 bit double density double speed graphics asou uo lt ESC gt Y nl n2 27 89 n2 IB 59 n2 t 5 mi m2 ea mi m2 mi m2 Prints 8 bit dot graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maximum 960 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC for other information Print 8 bi
93. operation then press the On Line switch again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the On Line switch during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the On Line switch again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms if you hold the On Line switch down for 2 seconds in addition to going off line the printer feeds the paper about two inches forward allowing you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the On Line switch again to go back on line the paper feeds backward about one inch stopping in the right place to resume printing Paper Feed switch This switch operates only when the printer is off line If you press it once the paper feeds forward by one line If you hold this switch down the printer performs consecutive line feeds While you are feeding lines if you also press the On Line switch the paper will feed to the top of the next page This is explained later When power is on always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen knob to feed paper Turn the platen knob only when power is off 20 Quiet Mode switch This switch operates off line to select the printing mode The printer powers up in normal printing mode To select the quiet mode press the On Line switch to go off line then press th
94. opqrst Figure 1 13 Short test pattern Long self test To see the printer s variety of type styles you can run the long version of the printer s self test 1 Check that paper is in position for printing 2 With power off press the Paper Feed switch on the control panel and hold it down 3 Still holding the Paper Feed switch down turn the printer s power ON The printer will automatically start printing a test pattern of its full character set in various type styles Watch the lights on the control panel they indicate which type style is printing This test repeats indefinitely in a long cycle To stop the test switch power off Interface test After confirming that the printer works by itself it is time to test the interface with the computer The simplest way to do this is with a direct command Power up both the printer and computer load paper then try a command like one of the following MS DOS or PC DOS command A gt ECHO THE INTERFACE WORKS gt PRN Microsoft BASIC command LPRINT THE INTERFACE WORKS Or you can try any other command understood by your computer to print a line of text Consult your computer manual if you need help If you repeat the command a few times the printout will come into view Next you may want to try a test printout with word processing software but for this to succeed you will have to set the printer s DIP switches see the end of this chapter and install your software
95. option type A PRINT T See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command If your system does not include PRINT COM you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following A COPY README DOC PRN A TYPE README DOC COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing 36 If you want a particular type style or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 2 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be ad vantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting pitches etc manually each time you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer For example you can create a file containing printer commands to set the right and left margins select letter quality and select elite pitch You can find the commands in Appendix B We suggest the following Letter quality ESC x e Elite pitch lt ESC gt P I Left and right margins lt ESC gt X 12 92 lt ESC 17 isa powerful command that in addition to selecting elite pitch cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands The angle brackets around the lt 1 gt indicate character code 1 which is a control code not the printable digit 1 ESC X 12 lt 92 gt sets
96. ound in Appendix The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an S amp S logo The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 3240 to 3630 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Appendix B for details The pattern is printed in four rows each eight dots high and 100 dots wide Lines 1980 to 2050 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGOS Line 2060 sets the line spacing to 8 60 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 2070 to 2120 does the printing in four passes of the print head This program can also be run in IBM mode DIP switch 1 6 OFF if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for differences in some of the commands You will get a cylinder instead of a barrel effect becuase the IBM mode does not have any command to micro adjust the character spacing Modifications for IBM mode 1090 1 18 Pica pitch 1190 LPRINT CHR 28 4 Select italics 1220 LPRINT CHR 28 5 Cancel italics 1260 LPRINT H E g Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI 1300 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1400 LPRINT H CHR 28 E CHR 2 Triple width 1460 LPRINT CHR 28 Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1500 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 Set line spacing 1510 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1550 L
97. ppendix B Page feed Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Clearing the buffer USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Installing your software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Initialization sequence Setting the DIP switches Using your software Page alignment Type style and pitch selection Other printer commands USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Hard copying the screen Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming the printer with BASIC How the program works MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head Replacing the battery in the RAM card Troubleshooting TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font control commands Character set commands Character size and pitch commands Vertical position commands Horizontal position commands Graphics commands Download character commands Other printer control commands 29 29 31 31 Appendix DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR Draft character LQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS Standard character set IBM character set 2 IBM character set 1 Additional character set International character sets INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 89 97 105 108 Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection names of parts Setting up Loading single sheets Loading an
98. r Feed switch The paper will be fed out backward 25 Page feed Paper Feed and Line switches If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 Still holding the Paper Feed switch down press the On Line switch then release both switches The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form Style Pitch and Paper Feed switches When you turn on printer power the top of form position is auto matically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows l Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the Paper Feed switch or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 3 Press the Style Pitch switch and hold it down 4 Press the Paper Feed switch The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set Forward micro feed On Line and Paper Feed switches For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small in crements as follows 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the On Line switch again and hold it down 3 Press the P
99. r switches marked On Line Paper Feed Quiet Mode Style Pitch The Quiet Mode and Style Pitch switches respond with a beep tone when pressed and indicators beside them indicate their current status There is also a Power indicator that lights when power is on PAPER PARK 4 POWER QUIET PAPER ON LINE Figure 2 1 Control panel Power indicator The power indicator lights yellow when power is on When paper is not present the power indicator flashes A beep tone also alerts you to the need to load paper 19 Line switch The On Line switch sets the printer on line and off line The state changes each time you press the switch In the on line state the printer receives data from the computer and prints the data In the off line state the printer stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line state if paper is present If paper is not present the printer powers up off line with the Power indicator flashing When you load paper the Power indicator stops flashing but the printer remains off line To start printing you must press the On Line switch go on line The three main times when you will want to press the On Line switch are Before and after any other panel operation The other panel switches operate only in the off line state First press the On Line switch to go off line then perform the panel
100. rn power OFF and unplug the power cord Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge 3 Move the print head carriage toward the right until you can see the connector cover Remove the connector cover and pull the cable free from the connector 4 Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside 5 Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head 6 For easy installation of the new print head move the carriage toward the left end of the rail 7 Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins 8 Thread the new cable the same way as the old securing it under the tabs on the print head carriage 9 Plug the cable into the connector inserting it as far as it will go 4 Screws Print head Connector cover Figure 5 2 Replacing the print head 10 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 11 Move thecarriage back toward the right and replace the connector cover Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place 12 Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover and plug the power cord back in 47 REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE RAM CARD The optional RAM card has an internal battery that backs up the stored data even when the card is removed from the printer This battery can be used for more than four years To avoid losing data from the RAM card you should replace the battery before the end of its service life Fo
101. select Standard or IBM mode normal or super subscript and character mode then to confirm whether to continue or start over Continuing on the next screen the program asks what character you want to redefine offering the exclamation mark as a suggestion If you want to print the telephone symbol in place of the ex clamation mark press Return If you want to assign the telephone symbol to another character press the key of that character Next you must choose the spaces between characters After you have defined the character width and left space the cursor enters the character box You can move the cursor with the numeric keypad For example pressing the 6 key moves to the right pressing the 3 key moves diagonally down to the right The function keys control the setting and clearing of dots After Fl is pressed the cursor clears the dot in each position it is moved to F3 causes the cursor to set dots F2 allows the cursor to pass over dots without either setting or clearing them Each dot is represented by two adjacent solid blocks occupying its own position and the position to the right This reflects the fact that the printer cannot print horizontally adjacent dots The program automatically censors adjacent dots 90 By moving the cursor and pressing the F1 F2 and F3 keys you can quickly build up the dot pattern If necessary you can clear all dots by pressing F4 and start over When the character is complete pr
102. t ESC gt i lt gt ESC i 0 ESC i lt ESC gt j ESC y n lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt 5 gt ESC s lt 0 gt ESC s lt 1 gt ESC s 0 lt ESC gt gU 1 ESC t lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt gt lt ESC gt t 0 ESC t 1 lt ESC gt 0 lt 5 gt lt gt lt gt 0 lt gt 1 lt 5 gt x 0 FUNCTION 4 lt gt 0 0 0 Select base unit for line spacing Select graphics mode Enable printing of all character codes Relative horizontal tab Enable printing of all character codes on next character Stop overlining Start overlining Stop overlining Start overlining Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set top margin Relative horizontal tab in inches Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every lines Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines Semi condensed pitch Select double or quadruple size C
103. t quadruple density graphics ASCI Bot lt 5 gt 7 2 27 90 n2 IB SA ni n2 t S mi m2 in mi m2 mi m2 Prints 8 bit dot graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maximum 1920 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt gt for other information 79 Print 24 bit hex density graphics Mode Hexadecimal lt gt Z nl n2 28 90 nl n2 IC 5 ni n2 mi m2 m3 Both mi m2 m3 Y mi m2 m3 Prints 24 bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 24 dots high and 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 the 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 Select graphics mode Mode Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt gt ni 27 42 n
104. t the printer off line with the On Line switch This is necessary to print the last line The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade cimal mode 10 FOR I 0 255 20 LPRINT CHR I 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END 23 If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 2 3 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 28 2C 2D 2 2F I B 3 amp 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 01234567 89 lt gt 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 48 4 4D 4 4 ABCDEFG 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 58 58 56 50 5 5 PQRSTUVW 7 7_ 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 68 6 6D 6E 6F abcdefg hijklmno 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 76 70 7E 7F parstuvw 1270 Figure 2 3 Sample hexadecimal dump Most BASICs however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC prints the following 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 01234567 89 lt gt 48 49 4A 48 4C 4D 4E 4F GABCDEFG HI JKLMNO 58 59 5A 58 5C 5D SE 5F PQRSTUVW XYZ NJ 68 69 6A 68 6C 6D 6E 6F abcdefg hid jkTmno 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F parstuvw xyz i o Figure 2 4 Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM PC When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code 0D carriage re turn it adds an extra hex line feed Hex code 1A end of file also gets special treatment the interpreter does not send it at all This can cause prob
105. ter FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT E 0 Select normal character LPRINT E T Cancel superscript GOSUB 2650 LPRINT 1 Select download character FOR TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT E 0 Select normal character GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E S1 Select subscript LPRINT 5 1 Select download character FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT E 0 Select normal character LPRINT E T Cancel subscript LPRINT H C Dot graphics CHR 13 DIM LOGO 4 RESTORE 3230 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 FOR COL 1 TO 100 READ GD LOGO ROW LOGOS ROW CHR GD NEXT COL NEXT ROW LPRINT E A CHR B Set 8 60 line spacing FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT E f0 CHR 17 LPRINT E CHR O Select normal density LPRINT CHR 100 CHR O LPRINT LOGO ROW 2120 2130 2140 2500 2510 2520 2530 2540 2550 2560 2570 2580 2590 2600 2610 2620 2630 2640 2650 2660 2670 2680 2690 2700 2710 2720 2730 2740 2750 2760 3000 3010 3020 3030 3040 3050 3060 3070 3080 3090 3100 3110 3120 3130 3140 3150 3160 3170 3180 3190 3200 3210 3220 3230 3240 3250 NEXT ROW LPRINT Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES Define super subscript download character LPRINT E S1 E CHR 0 CHR O 8 0 LPRINT E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60
106. ters That includes most word processing and graphics programs spreadsheets and integrated software packages Easy operation Clearly understandable lamp displays and beep tones provide immediate feedback when you press the switches on the control panel The four switches can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds the print head in a few minutes Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi copy forms up to triple ply are all accepted and you can use either tractor or friction feed A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper High resolution letter quality printing When you select an LQ type style the printer slows down and employs a dense matrix of up to 24 by 35 dots to print clear well formed characters Large variety of type styles and sizes The printer has one draft style and four LQ styles Courier Prestige Orator and Script plus italics for all styles plus condensed print bold print double sized print quadruple sized print see the samples on the next page Type styles are Draft characters Courier characters Prestige characters ORATOR CHARACTERS characters anc italics for ALL atyles Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite pitch 12 CPI Semi condensed pitch 15
107. the fact that the printer still cannot print horizontally adjacent dots but that even skipping every other dot the dots appear joined when printed The file created by this program contains the following printer com mands 1 ESC 0 0 0 standard mode or FS 0 0 0 IBM mode to copy the printer s regular characters into download memory If you leave a download character undefined the regular character will be printed 2 ESC x 0 or lt ESC x lt 1 gt toselect draft or letter quality 3 One lt ESC gt 4 0 lt cc gt cc m0 ml lt m2 gt dl command for each character defined lt gt is the character code m0 is the left hand space byte lt m1 gt is the character width byte and m2 is the right hand space byte pl are the ml x 3 bytes of dot data 4 ESC 1 to enable the printer to print the downloaded characters This program is coded in Microsoft BASIC for the IBM PC The WIDTH 255 command in line 1050 means infinite line width and prevents the computer from inserting unwanted line feeds in the character data Some versions of BASIC do not need the WIDTH command Check your BASIC manual and make any changes necessary 1000 1010 1020 DOWNLOAD CH
108. the left margin in column 12 and the right margin in column 92 This will give a 6 7 inch 80 column printed line with a one inch left margin Elite has 12 characters per inch lt 12 gt isa control code lt 92 gt is the character V as you can verify in Appendix D You may want to place additional commands in this file such as line spacing and bottom margin commands Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each To avoid excess line feeds you should place the commands on one line in the setup file You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word processing software it depends on whether your software lets you enter control codes If your system includes the file EDLIN COM however you can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor An appropriate name for this setup file would be LOELITE DAT To use the DOS line editor type the command EDLIN LQELITE DAT then type the underlined parts of the following display Press RETURN at the end of each line Don t type the symbol This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key for example V means to type CTRL V C means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of the input A gt EDLIN LQELITE DAT New file I 37 1 V xl V VA V X VLWN 2 C E V indicates that the following character is a control code V enters the lt ESC gt code lt ESC has character code 27 an
109. urn the printer s power on if you intend to set the type style Hold the Style Pitch and Paper Feed switches down if you intend to set the print pitch Hold only the Style Pitch switch down if you intend to make both settings The printer will beep in acknowledgement as it powers up Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 3 To select a type style press the Style Pitch switch once and press the Quiet Mode or Paper Feed switch one or more times 4 To select a print pitch press the Style Pitch switch again and press the Quiet Mode or Paper Feed switch one or more times 5 Press the On Line switch to set the printer back on line Most programs begin each printing job by sending a command that resets the printer That is why you must press these switches as you power up If you do not press these switches during power up the reset command will reset your panel selections to the settings of DIP switches If you want to change the type style or pitch in the middle of a printing job one way to do this is to insert a printing pause command in your file at the point of the change When the printer pauses press the On Line switch to go off line If the change occurs in the middle of a line the printer will print the first part of the line Now make the change with the control panel switches set the printer back on line then command your software to resume printing If you were able to define software commands for print pitch an
110. usually offers a menu of printers from which to choose If you find this printer on the menu select it If this printer is not listed look for the Epson LQ 800 or IBM Proprinter X24 If these are not listed look for another Star Epson or IBM printer A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preference Star 15 Epson LQ 800 IBM Proprinter X24 NB24 10 LQ 1000 Proprinter 11 NB24 15 LQ 1500 Proprinter Some menus are less explicit about model names but offer general de scriptions such as Star printer Epson printer IBM dot matrix printer dot matrix ASCII printer Centronics type printer Draft printer or Standard printer Any of these selections should work If you are not sure of the right selection it does not hurt to experiment If you choose wrong you will get strange printing results but don t worry just try a different selection Don t pick any printer described as a daisywheel printer or laser printer A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do The answers to the most often asked questions are Yes this printer can do a backspace and Yes it can do a hardware form feed 29 Selecting or describing a printer is the main step in the installation process and frequently the only step necessary If you selected this printer or any Star Epson or IBM printer you should be able to use software comman
111. ve areas printing is faint incomplete or unclear Check that the ribbon cartridge is installed correctly If the ribbon car tridge is old replace it e Adjust the printing gap See Chapter 1 If ribbon replacement or gap adjustment does not solve the problem replace the print head text is printed the same line Set DIP switch 1 8 to the OFF front position E if line spacing is twice as wide as expected Set DIP switch 1 8 to the ON back position E you can t print to the end of the page This is normal The printer s paper out detector detects the end of the paper and stops printing about an inch above the end You can make the printer ignore the paper out detector by setting DIP switch 1 5 to the OFF front position or by using the ESC gt 8 printer command 49 the printed characters don t match the characters on the screen Check DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 When these switches are not all ON back an international character set is selected and some ASCII symbols are changed to other characters See Appendix D e Some software is not able to display international characters on the screen If you use an international character set you may want to paste labels on the keyboard If you are using the IBM mode check DIP switch 1 7 Some international characters and symbols do not print when this switch is OFF front some printer commands are ignored or
112. wO H E W1 Double width E WO LPRINT H CHR 28 E CHR 2 Triple width LPRINT CHR 28 E CHR O LPRINT H E h CHR 1 Double sized LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized LPRINT E h CHR O0 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT E Q CHR 47 Set right margin LPRINT C Various line and character spacings LPRINT E al Center text FOR TO 7 LPRINT E A CHR I line spacing LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I FOR I 7 TO 1 STEP i LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing 39 LPRINT CHR I Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I LPRINT E aO Left justify LPRINT E 3 CHR 30 Set 1 6 line spacing LPRINT E CHR O Normal character space LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT C Other features LPRINT H E q CHR 1 OUTLINED E Qq CHR O LPRINT E q CHR 2 SHADOWED E q CHR O LPRINT E q CHR 3 OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED LPRINT E q CHR O LPRINT H E E Emphasized E F LPRINT E G Double strike E H LPRINT H E 1 Underlining E O LPRINT E 1 Overlining E O LPRINT H E SO SUPERSCRIPT E T LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT H C Download characters GOSUB 2520 LPRINT 5 50 Select superscript LPRINT 51 Select download charac
113. you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in panel style Style Pitch and Quiet Mode switch If held down during power up these switches prevent software inter ference with the type style selected from the control panel There will be an acknowledging beep after which you can set the printer off line select a type style then return to the on line state and start printing The selected type style will not be changed by any commands sent by software If you want to protect both the Print Pitch and Type Style settings from software changes press only the Style Pitch switch during power up There will be two acknowledging beeps Pressing these switches during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel Hexadecimal dump Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended 1 Holding both the Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches down turn power ON beep tone will be heard 2 Start printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on tlie right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump se

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