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Star Micronics Multi-Font XR-1020 User's Manual

1. Select normal zero ASCII lt ESC gt a d Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash 73 CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch In Standard mode changes from elite to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In IBM mode changes from either elite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Elite pitch Changes from pica to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was se lected during power up Condensed printing Bon se o O ps O J O fs lt Esc gt lt Sb i ir BF Changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Cancel condensed printing ode eo o oee ee In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up w 5 S EJ Expanded printing ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt W 1 27 87 49 1B 57 31 lt ESC gt W lt I gt Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing ASCII Hexadecimal E Wo lt ESC gt W lt 0 gt 1B 57 00 S
2. Set page length to n lines 1B 4 n Sets the page length to nz lines in the current line spacing where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page BR Set page length to n inches ode ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt C lt 0 gt n 27 67 0 n 1B 4 WO n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Hi Set bottom margin ode ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt N n B n i margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel bottom margin Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt O 1B 4F Cancels the bottom margin Form feed ASCII Hexadecimal 12 Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length and moves the print position to the left margin When the automatic sheet feeder ASF is selected with Memory Switch setting this command ejects the current page o0 N Return to top of current page ASCII Hexadecimal sd lt Esc gt lt r gt o dan Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when the friction feed is used Disable paper out detector ASCII Hexadecimal Bom lt ESC gt E a 8 Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabli
3. There are seven positions and you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the rear marked with is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results NOTE Printing with an inappropriate gap may drastically shorten the life of the print head 26 Adjustment lever my NA DN AV L Cas J A C3 A A Ce f gt stoi A lt Y P Figure 4 2 Location of the adjustment lever The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference Each paper Total Lever position 40 58 5 ply 40 58 LOADING FANFOLD FORMS This printer accepts fanfold forms up to 10 wide for the normal carriage printer and up to 16 wide for the wide carriage printer You can load fanfold paper with the following three ways Push feed with intemal tractor unit Bottom feed with optional Pull Tractor Unit Push Pull feed with internal tractor unit and the optional Pull Tractor Unit This section will take you through the procedures for loading parking and unparking fanfold forms 27 Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Push feed You can load the fanfold paper with the internal push tractor unit l Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer Turm the p
4. i i i i When the three lines are aligned with each other to form one continuous line the bi directional alignment test is completed To change the mode for which the bi directional adjustmentis performed press the button This will cycle between HS Draft Draft NLQ A NLQ B GRAPHICS A and GRAPHICS B Repeat the process for all print modes 63 cH HS DRAPT Or DRAFT _ ON LINE g g 2 I e a N N 3 o 3 amp f 5 e No ETTING HX ke2 is Od HS DRAFT GE FT IRA we Fy i z oS t ON LINE A RL ONLINE pu iL re a D ON LINE ND XXX oc E KX K sie B lt T a ON LINE PITCH gt Chapter 7 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes Standard mode and IBM mode In standard mode the printer emulates the functions of the Epson EX 800 EX 1000 In IBM mode the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter III Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations The emulation is changed by means of Memory Switch mode When the Emulation option is set to STANDARD the printer will be in standard mode and when IBM the printer will be in IBM mode see Chapter 6 It is not possible to change the emulation by means of software control This chapter describes the printer s control
5. 43 MODE button This button allows you to select the printing mode Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the following options in order Indicator s HS Draft Draft Near Letter Quality FONT button This button selects the NLQ font to be printed Sanserif font is selected at power up unless the default settings are changed To change the font set the printer off line then press the button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illuminate The selections cycle in the following order Font det Sanserif SANSERIF Courier COURIER Orator ORATOR Script SCRIPT Tms Romn SANSERIF COURIER Prestige COURIER ORATOR Helvet ORATOR SCRIPT 44 POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on E SANSERIF E HS DRAFT Mice POWER TMS ROMN 4 E DRAFT WE Courier no WBi2cpi Mi PAPER PRESTIGE 4 W onator prop MICRO FEED lt SET EJECT BB QUIET i HELVET 4 E script W cono FONT PITCH PARK PAPER FEED CON LINE Font lock Pitch amp Font lock lock Memory Switch mode Dot adjustment mode Figure 5 2 Power up functions of contro panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the buttonis pr
6. XR 1020 XR 1520 MULTI FONT USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 18 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by tuming the equipment off and on the user is encouraged totry to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized modifications of this product by the user will void his authority to operate the equipment unless expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment req
7. dll dl d2 dll Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM forlater use Memory Switch must be set to DOWNLOAD and draft mode must be selected before this command is executed ni and n2 give the numberof bytes of character data that will follow m0 is the character code of the first character defined m and m2 are attribute bytes d to d are the character data The attribute byte m indicates whether the character is an ascender not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots or a descender not using the highest dot and whether it has a downward extension to 12 dots 94 The attribute byte m2 gives proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell maximum 11 dots The character will be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in this width Characters defined by this command can be selected by lt ESC gt T 4 or lt ESC gt T 5 Define NLQ download characters ASCII lt ESC gt nl n2 27 61 ni n2 18 3D nl n2 lt NAK gt m0 ml m2 21 m0 ml m2 15 mO ml m2 dl d2 d46 dli d2_ d46 dl d2_ d46 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM forlateruse Memory Switch must be set to DOWNLOAD and NLQ mode must be selected before this command is ex
8. w 1 27 119 49 18 77 3i lt ESC gt w lt 1 gt 27 119 1B 77 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing Temporarily cancels super subscript and condensed modes 77 Return to normal height ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt w 0 27 119 48 18 7 3 lt ESC gt w lt 0 gt Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height Resumes super subscript and condensed printing if these modes were in effect before double height was selected Select character height width and line spacing Mode ASCII Boi lt ESC gt P lt 4 gt lt O gt 7 91 6 4 0 lt I gt lt 0 gt n m 0 0 nm O 00 nm Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line n Line spacing Character height 0 Unchanged Unchanged 1 Unchanged Single height 2 Unchanged Double height 16 Single Unchanged 17 Single Single height 18 Single Double height 32 Double Unchanged 33 Double Single height 34 Double Double height m Character width 1 Single width same as lt ESC gt W 0 2 Double width same as lt ESC gt W 1 Double height characters are always printed at near letter quality Double height printing temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the pr
9. _ 7z 1B 4s Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized printing e Ascii Hexadecimal lt ESC gt F 1B 48 Cancels emphasized printing zE Double strike printing Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both 1B 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of horizontal strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in NLQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recommended in draft mode B Cancel double strike printing ASC Bow Es a Cancels double strike printing Start underlining lt ESC gt e 1 p27 s BD O EG lb Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Stop underlining pon SES 0 ESC gt Stops underlining Start overlining ACI wi ES n ar lt ESC gt lt l gt 27 9 1 1B 5F 01 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining lt ESC gt o Stops overlining 69 Superscript Aci BO FT ana een Both Es S a Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript ASCII lt
10. for parameters n n2 lt O gt Select vertical tab channel ASCII lt ESC gt 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 gt b Vertical tab Both lt T gt Z o o o on o OE 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 Sid lt ESC gt n a n we Sets the left margin at column n where n is between 0 and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Printer Type Normal Carriage Wide Carriage Pica O0SnS76 OSn5S132 Elite Osns9l O0sns158 Condensed pica O0 2 130 O amp n 226 Condensed elite Os amp sn amp 152 O0sns255 Expanded pica 0521538 Osn 66 Expanded elite Osns45 Osns79 Expanded condensed pica OSn 64 Osnsll3 Expanded condensed elite Osn376 Osn lt 132 Set right margin s lt sc gt Q n o ann Bsn Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch pica pitch if
11. Amai Eet t lear SEE i T 70123456789 PBABCDEF GH JKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefgh jklmmoporatuvwxy2 O asda atey t 1 AAE mEOOOGOV UTESR succenc t o B Anlat Er HHEH nre rei lal Par Zon r0oRomae eerene Coaee gt ANT er thse mae PASKE OF 012SUS67B9 lt gt 7BABCDEF GHIJKLMNC PORSTUVWXY2 abode fgh jkimnapar atuvaxy zt OCuesaadc edi flake ak O6duvOLEL IRS ALOUAAB EE HM Hm Spld dng lIi y Lp Hh ater t k podie pij PAB a Top teeQdoee J eate oe Figure 5 4 Long self test 46 Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accommodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is recommended for this test Print area test mode By holding the button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode This way you can find how many lines on your paper are available for printing The printer will print the first line message then print the last line message after feeding to the bottom of the page If you have loaded the fanfold paper only the first line message is printed Pitch lock mode By holding the button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference You will hear an acknowledgin
12. Blue 6 Green 3 Violet Select print color ASCII aC Changes the printing color according to the value of d as shown below Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed d Color d_ Color 0 Black 4 Yellow 1 Red 5 Orange 2 Blue 6 Green 3 Violet 98 OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 e ASCII Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1 allowing users with a 7 bit interface to access characters with ASCII ee codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 sid lt Esc gt darea oea Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is sa lt esc gt wt wt O Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent ode ASCII 127 was all or part of a command Cancel fast line ASCII Bon lt can gt o da o e O Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer Set printer off line sd lt De3 gt o ooo dss Oe M lt ESC gt o a BSa Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except lt DC1 gt which returns it to the on line The printer s ON LINE indicator does not go off In the IBM mode the value of n should be 3 for normal carriage printer and 17 for wide carriage printer Set printer on line Mode ASCII Returns the printer on line state allowing it to receive and process a
13. ESC gt s 1 oth lt ESC gt S lt 1 gt 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript ASCII Both lt ESC gt T au o Jes Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set ASCII Both lt ESC gt Pe o 27 116 48 1B 74 3 lt ESC gt r lt 0 gt 27 116 0 1B 74 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode when the Standard Italic is selected with the Memory Switch Select IBM character set ASCII Both lt ESC gt t 1 27 116 49 1B 74 31 lt ESC gt t lt i gt Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode or the Standard Graphics is selected in standard mode Select character set 1 Boh lt es gt r fe o o Bg Selects character set 1 Select character set 2 lt ESC gt _ 6 Selects character set 2 7 Select international character set sid lt ESC gt R nf we BO n k Selects an international character set in the Standard character set according to the value of n n Character set n Character set 0 U S A 8 Japan 1 France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain II 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 Spainl 64 Legal One of these c
14. Figure 3 12 Remove the Standard Interface Cartridge from the printer 4 Insert the optional Interface Cartridge securely into place Ifit is not fully inserted the printer will not properly print 5 Connect the interface cable to the connector NOTE Store the removed Interface Cartridge in a safe place 22 DIP Switch Functions on The Serial Interface Cartridge It is necessary to make compatible the data transfer conditions between the computer and the serial interface board with the DIP switch settings on the serial interface board Following table shows the functions of the DIP switches on the Serial Interface Cartridge Data length Refer below 3 Refer below Odd parity Even parity 23 Q Chapter 4 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types adjusting the printing gap and installing paper SELECTION OF PAPER Your printer accepts any of the following papers Single sheets cut forms and stationery Use the friction feed or the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder Fanfold forms Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms punched forms or just plain computer paper Printing on or near the perforations of continuous fanfold forms may reduce printing quality misalign the fanfold forms or cause a paper jam It is recom
15. Move the release lever to the backward 4 Press the button The printer will automatically feed th parked fanfold paper back into position for printing NOTE The printer beeps intermittently if you move the release lever while the paper is loaded 35 LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper Loading the paper without optional accessories If you are using the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder refer to next section 1 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Paper guide Figure 4 12 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets 2 Adjust the paper guides to match the size of the paper you will be using f Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage 3 Tum on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that there is no paper in position for printing The PAPER indicator will also illuminate to confirm this 4 Make sure that the release lever is at front position If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer press the button to park the paper in the off line state then move the release lever forward 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the
16. character sets IBM character set 2 Character set 1 IBM special character set INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 137 137 141 141 142 143 14 14 154 155 157 161 B Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION This printer has a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the Epson IBM printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics FEATURES OF THE PRINTER Some of main features are the following Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi part forms up to 5 ply are all accepted and you can use either push pull tractor or friction feed You can load fanfold forms from the rear with internal push tractor or fanfold forms and multi part forms from the bottom with optional pull tractor A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper Six bright colors Red blue violet yellow orange and green add a color dimension to your printed output by the optional color ribbon Large variety of fonts The printer has the following resident fonts e Draft High Speed Draft Tms Romn e Sanserif e Courier e Prestige Script Orator Helvet Extensive software support Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those printers That includes most word processing and gr
17. commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the commands all commands will given by functions The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below lt ESC gt x 1 sa lt ESC gt x lt I gt Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode IBM IBM mode Both Both standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Con trol characters are enclosed in pointed brackets For example lt 1 gt means character code 1 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Givesthe command inhexadecimal charactercodes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n m or d 65 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters 1B 78 00 Changes from near letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up Select draft pica characters mu eso ro ano moo Changes to draft quality characters with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select draft elite characters fie lt Esc gt T lt i gt Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK or PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select NLQ characters Hexadecimal lt ESC gt x lt I gt 1B 78 01
18. into position and engage the lower hook as shown in Figure 3 8 Stacker Front cover Figure 3 8 Attach the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder 18 Tip the Automatic Sheet Feeder forward slightly and put the feeder into place behind the printer platen roller Lower the rear side of the Automatic Sheet Feeder and attach it to the platen shaft Close the front cover with the transparent part in the open position Attach the clear plastic paper supports between the left and right paper guides of the hopper bins and the stacker id Paper support Figure 3 9 Attach the clear plastic paper supports to the Automatic Sheet Feeder NOTE Set the paper guide and rear cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Automatic Sheet Feeder 19 a PULL TRACTOR UNIT PT 10XM 15XM You can use the Pull Tractor Unit to print on fanfold forms or multi part forms The procedure to mount the Pull Tractor Unit is 1 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 2 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side then remove it upward If the paper guide is installed remove it before taking off the rear cover 3 Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail 4 Squeeze the sides of the paper sup
19. lt ESC gt I lt 3 gt 1B 49 03 Changes from draft quality to near letter quality The initial NLQ font is Sanserif unless a different font has been selected by a preceding command Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up Select NLQ font Selects an NLQ font according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is selected Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up n Font n Font 0 Tms Romn 4 Script 1 Sanserif 7 Orator 2 Courier 12 Helvet 3 Prestige Select font F 40 40 70 41 41 d 28 28 46 2 2 d o ne y d Changes to the font according to the value of d Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up d Font d Font 0 Tms Romn 4 Script 1 Sanserif 7 Orator 2 Courier 9 Draft 3 Prestige Select italic characters ASCII Std lt ESC gt 4 27 52 1B 34 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Select NLQ italic characters ASCII Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt I lt VT gt 1B 49 08 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics with NLQ characters Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power on Select upright characters ASCII Hexadecimal H sid lt esc gt ss dars es Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Emphasized printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt E
20. other bits of m2 are ignored Other byte pairs are similar The number of data bytes must be 2 x n n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns auto matically to character mode DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define draft download characters Mode ASCII lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt 27 3 0 nl 1B 26 00 al n2 se ae n2 ped ml m2 n2 mO ml m2 mil m3 mli Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use Memory Switch must be set to DOWNLOAD other wise RAM is used as an input buffer not for downloading charac ters and this command is ignored Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed nl is the character code of the first character defined and n2 is the character code of the last character defined n7 must be equal to or less than n2 Each character is defined by an attribute byte 70 and 11 data bytes mI m2 mI1 The most significant bit of the attribute byte is 0 if the character is an ascender positioned entirely above the baseline or 1 if it is a descender descending below the baseline The attribute byte also indicates the amount of white space to the left of the character 0 to 7 dots specified by bits 4 to 6 and the width of the character cell including this space 4 to 15 dots specified by bits 0 to 3 The left space and cell width attributes are used only in proportional spacing Each da
21. paper down in the guides until you feel it stop 6 Now press the button The paper will be fed into the printer and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 7 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the _ ONLINE button then set the paper position by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 5 Figure 4 13 Loading a single sheet NOTE You can also load paper manually from the slot at the front of the ASF roller or the front of the ASF bin when using the Automatic Sheet Feeder 37 Loading the paper with optional Automatic Sheet Feeder If you are not using the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder refer to the previous section 1 Install the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder as described in Chapter 3 Figure 4 14 Install the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder 2 Use the printer s Memory Switch mode to select ASF For details please refer to Chapter 6 3 If fanfold paper has already been loaded in the printer park the paper through the rear slot 4 Pull the printer release lever forward to load single sheets 5 Whenyou are using Single Bin ASF pull the paper loading lever forward to pull the hopper out until it is in position In case of the Dual Bin ASF pull both pressure bar levers forward to open the pressure bar 38 M Paper loading lever T a Dual Bin Single Bin Figure 4 15 Make ready to
22. top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the button or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 50 2 Press and hold the button 4 While holding the button down press the but ton then release both buttons at the same time The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start advancing ina series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page NOTE With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The perforation may catch inside the printer Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Changing the auto loading value Normally the printer automatically loads the paper one line from the top edge
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24. BC 1 OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter SO GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H379 IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 1 OUT amp HS7A 5 OUT amp H3S7A 4 120 RETURN 49 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations Top of form Reverse micro feed Forward micro feed E SANSERIF IB HS DRAFT M io cr POWER TMS ROMN 4 DRAFT MB courier Mana Mi2cr PAPER PRESTIGE 4 E oRATOR E prop MICRO FEED HELVET v Pa Miscapy E cono SET EJECT W ouiet a FONT PITCH PARK PAPER FEED CON LINE f 7 2 EXIT gt ENTER Store macro definition Select color Form feed Select ASF bin number Buffer clear All reset Figure 5 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 While holding the button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will smoothly eject the current page am Top of form When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the
25. If you want to change this value follow this procedure 1 Load the paper using the button 2 Change the print position using the micro feed function 3 After you get the desired position press the ONLINE _ button to save the value 51 This value will remain unless you power off the printer If you want to retain this value even after you tum off the power store it using the Macro Definition function which is described later Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper If you feed paper you cannot change the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Tuming power offis one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Halt the printing program on the computer If printing stops immediately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press and hold the button 4 While pressing the button down press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down In few seconds you will hear a beep tone signaling t
26. LPI LPL BLP PAGE LENGTH 14 NCH 12 INCH AG SIE tii INCH 8 5 INCH OTHER 8 INCH 7 INH INCH 5 5 INCK 4 INCH OTHER 3 5 INCH INCH OTHER Ph 57 Installation menu In this menu you can select the following sub menus Command menu which commands the printer accepts e Font menu which font to print e Character menu which character set to print Print menu which style to print Paper menu what paper the printer will use Forms menu how pages will be formatted Command menu This menu allows you to set up various parameters controlling the overall setup of the printer Emulation Select the mode compatible with your computer and software In Standard mode STANDARD the printer operates like the Epson EX 800 EX 1000 In IBM mode IBM it operates like the IBM Proprinter III RAM usage In order to download characters this switch must be set DOWNLOAD BUFFER The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch to INPUT BUFFER the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints If you want the print buffer only one line set to 1LINE BUFFER Quiet mode You can select the Quiet mode as the power on default by setting this switch to ENABLED When in Quiet mode the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level Graphics direction W
27. SC gt r lt 5 gt Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD Select draft download characters with double strike ASCI fam ese T e pag Selects the download character set draft quality and double strike mode Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD Select NLQ download characters Mode ASci Selects the NLQ download character set Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD Select NLQ download characters with italic ASCII lt ESC gt I lt S gt Selects the NLQ download character set with italic mode Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD Select ROM character set Mode ASCII 2 lt ESC gt 4 O 7 37 48 1B 25 30 lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 37 0 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD 97 COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS Select print color ASCII Selects the printing color according to the value of n as shown be low Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed n Color n Color 0 Black 4 Yelow 1 Red 5 Orange 2
28. accessories NOTE When you install or remove the optional accessories turn off the power switch AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER You can use the Automatic Sheet Feeder to print on single sheets This printer can be used either a Single bin type or Dual bin type Automatic Sheet Feeder Single Bin Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10DMIT 15DMIT The procedure to mount the Single Bin ASF is 1 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 2 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side then remove it upward If the paper guide is installed remove it before taking off the rear cover 3 Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail Transparent part Rear cover Figure 3 2 Open the rear cover and remove it 4 A stacker is included with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Attach the hook at the top of the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder Then push the lower section of the stacker down into position and engage the lower hook as shown in Figure 3 3 14 a a at a E oad ee na 15 z o 3 D v ia p Q Nn 2 3 E S g 5 lt place behind the printer platen roller 6 Lower the rear side of the Automatic Sheet Feeder and attach it to the platen shaft 5 Tip the Automatic Sheet Feeder forward slightly and put the feeder into Figure 3 3 Attach the stacker to the Au
29. ackspace e lt BS gt Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print positionis at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters oe 6 I l f Left justify ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt a 0 27 97 48 1B 61 30 lt ESC gt a lt 0 gt Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text ASCII lt ESC gt a l a 9 a B asn Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify ES a F was eae lt ESC gt a lt 2 gt 27 97 2 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Full justify Mode ASCII lt ESC gt a 3 27 97 51 1B 61 33 ESC a lt gt Aligns subsequent text between the left and right margins 87 Set horizontal tab stops ASCII Both lt ESC gt D nl n2 _ lt 0 gt Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n1 n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected where nJ n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 64 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard te
30. aphics programs spread sheets and integrated software packages Easy operation Indicator displays and beep tones provide immediate easy to understand feedback when you press the buttons on the control panel The six buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment _ Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds the print head in a few minutes PRINTER COMPONENTS To get acquainted with the printer s components and capabilities refer to the information on the following pages Tractor Paper guide Tractor lig Be San lever WY 24 ag Wy z Release lever Adjustment lever Bail lever Power switch f Platen knob Control panel Tear assist Front cover Rear cover Interface connector E Paper guide Release lever Front cover Rear cover Entry slot Tear assist Control panel Power switch Platen knob Interface connector Print head Ribbon cartridge Adjustment lever Tractors Clamp lever Bail lever Aligns single sheets cut forms to help the printer detect when paper is inserted Releases pressure on the paper This lever must be back for fanfold forms and for ward for single sheets Protects the print head and other internal components of your printer Protects the tractor feed unit and sepa rates incoming and outgoing fanfold forms For inserting si
31. ates to select other options on the next line Character menu The Character menu allows you to select the character set which will be printed Standard Character Table If you selected Standard mode you can set either italic or graphic characters When you select the ITALIC characters the character table is the same as the Epson printers When you select the GRAPHICS characters in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 59 IBM Character Table If you selected IBM mode you can select either character set 1 IBM 1 or 2 IBM 2 Character set 2 is for computers with an 8 bit interface the most common kind and set 1 is for computers with a 7 bit interface IBM Code Page Except in the Standard Italic character set this switch selects the default character code page International Character Set International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set Print menu This menu allows you to set up various printing options which will be automatically selected whenever you tum the printer on e Print Quality Select the print quality HS Draft HS DRAFT prints with the highest speed but the dot matrix is reduced to print faster Draft DRAFT has a reduced dot matrix compared to NLQ but the print quality is better than the HS Draft Near Letter Quality is ref
32. auto loading amount for continuous paper Current auto loading amount in ASF mode Current print color Data to be stored are controlled in Standard mode and IBM mode separately For example the data stored in the Standard mode are not effective in the IBM mode and vice versa Chapter 6 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES In addition to the pitch print mode and font many other options regarding the setup of the printer can be carried out from the control panel To access these options it is necessary to tum off the printer and then turn it on again while holding down the PAPER FEED and buttons together This will cause the printer to print a series of questions to which you can answer using the control panel buttons This is called the Memory Switch mode In the Memory Switch mode the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below in Figure 6 1 IB SANSERIF MB HS DRAFT E iocel E POWER TMS ROMN 4 H DRAFT courier no Mice W PAPER PRESTIGE 4 i orator E rror MICRO FEED HELVET 4 E scrier E cono SET EJECT ouiet PA a FONT PITCH RK PAPER FEED CON LINE Le eS eo EXIT lt gt ENTER Move to left Enter definition Exit menu Move to right Figure 6 1 Button functions in the Memory Switch mode The principle involved is that the printer will print alist of options on one line You use the PEssar and buttons to move the print head so that it is b
33. density double speed graphics Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt Y nl n2 27 8 nl n2 1B 59 n n2 ml m ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide for normal carriage printer 1632 dots for wide carriage printer skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information 90 E3 Print quadruple density graphics Both lt ESC gt Z nl n2 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A ni n2 ml m2 S ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1920 dots wide for normal carriage printer 3264 dots for wide carriage printer skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information Select graphics mode Mods ASC lt ESC gt nO nl 27 42 n0 nl 1B 2A n0 nl n mil m2 w n2 ml m n2 ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt K for information on n1 n2 ml m2 nO Graphics mode 0 Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 Double density 120 dots per inch 2 Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 5 Plotter graphics 72 dots per inch 6 CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 7 Double density plotter graphics 144 dots per inch Conve
34. e references of your printer such as specifications of your printer the pinout of interface connector the character tables The character table charts give the different character sets available TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Features of the printer Printer components Font style example Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection Setting up Mounting the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge Connecting the interface cable Chapter 3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Automatic Sheet Feeder Single Bin Automatic Sheet Feeder Dual Bin Automatic Sheet Feeder Pull Tractor Unit Interface Cartridges DIP switch functions on the Serial Interface Cartridge Chapter 4 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE Selection of paper Adjusting the printing gap Loading fanfold forms Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Push feed Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer Loading the paper with Push Pull feed Paper parking Paper unparking Loading single sheets Loading the paper without optional accessories Loading the paper with optional Automatic Sheet Feeder a Nme Chapter 5 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Buttons and indicators ON LINE button PAPER FEED button SET EJECT PARK button PITCH button MODE button FONT button Power up functions Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Pitch lock mode Font lock mode Pitch and Font lock mode Hexadecimal dump Switc
35. ead to a position ready for printing 12 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 5 13 Close the rear cover and the transparent part of the front cover then mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 4 5 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper 29 Paper guide Figure 4 5 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the optional Pull Tractor Unit 1 Install the optional Pull Tractor Unit as described in Chapter 3 Figure 4 6 Install the optional Pull Tractor Unit 30 id 2 With the tractor covers open mount the paper from the bottom of the printer by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Clamp lever Figure 4 7 Mount the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer 3 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems w
36. ecuted The parameters are the same as for the draft download command except that the dot density is doubled in each direction so each character consists of 16 dots vertically and 23 dots horizontally and requires 46 data bytes Characters defined by this command can be selected by lt ESC gt I 7 Copy character set from ROM into RAM Std lt ESC gt _ lt 0 gt n lt 0 gt Copies the selected character set with n as shown below to the corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD n Font n Font 0 Tms Romn 4 Script 1 Sanserif 7 Orator 2 Courier 12 Helvet 3 Prestige 95 Select download character set ASCII lt ESC gt 1 27 37 49 1B 25 31 lt ESC gt lt 1 gt Selects the download character set Ignored when Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD Shift download character area Mode asci lt ESC gt P 2 27 116 50 1B 74 32 lt ESC gt t lt 2 gt 1B 74 02 Shifts the download character area defined between 0 to 127 to the area between 128 to 255 Select draft pica download character set Selects the download character set draft quality and pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or if Memory Switch is not set to DOWNLOAD Select draft elite download character set ASCII IBM lt E
37. ed of them e The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1991 Star Micronics Co Ltd if HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into eleven chapters To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 2 through 6 The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of acknowledge of the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter indicates the some features of the printer the names and those functions of the printer components and the actual example of font style Chapter 2 Setting up the printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 3 Optional accessories This chapter explains the optional accessories with your printer and how to install them Chapter 4 Paper installation and use This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types adjusting the printing gap and installing paper Chapter 5 Control panel operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection After getting set up read this chapter and try out the proced
38. elow the option you want to choose The printer will move the paper up and down as appropriate so that the menu options are visible The button moves the print head one option to the left and the button moves one option to the right Holding down one of these buttons will still move the print head only one option forward or back 55 When the print head is below the desired option press the button to enter this into the printer s memory Any option chosen at this stage will now be stored even when the printer is turned off When you press the button to enter an option a asterisk will be printed on the paper to confirm that the option has been chosen The menus are organized in a hierachical tree structured fashion Some menus do not choose options directly but instead move down to other menus To move up through the menu structure towards the root of trunk use the button as an button The structure of the menus are shown below MAIN MENU PRINT CURRENT SETTINGS INSTALLATION MENU COMMAND MENU FONT MENU CHARACTER MENU PRINT MENU PAPER MENU FORMS MENU USE FACTORY SETTINGS The options within each menu are given below As mentioned above when you press the EXIT button from any sub menu or from an option within a menu you will return to the menu level above the current one If you press the EXIT button from the main menu the printer will print END and exit to being on line w
39. ered as NLQ and there are many font styles as shown in the NLQ Font menu Print pitch Selects the default print pitch such as 10CPI pica 12CPI elite and PROPORTIONAL Condensed print Selects condensed print to be either DISABLED or ENABLED Italic print Selects to print all characters with Italic style or not This is different from the italic characters in the Standard Italic character table Paper menu This menu allows you to set up various handling options of paper Paper out detector When this switch is DISABLED the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Otherwise leave it ENABLED Multi part mode You canuse upto 3 ply paper with normal mode DISABLED If you want to print on 4 ply or 5 ply paper set the Multi part mode to ENABLED Automatic Sheet Feeder In order to use the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder set this switch to the related position SINGLE for single bin ASF DUAL 1 for the front bin of Dual bin ASF and DUAL 2 for the rear bin of the Dual bin ASF If you do not use the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder leave this OFF Auto loading amount for each paper type Sets the first line position on the each paper type Forms menu The Forms menu allows you to set various options associated with paper handling Tear Off function You can select the Tear Off function with this switch ENABLED When using fanfold pape
40. ess the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the computer When the printer is off line it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line status if paper is loaded If paper is not loaded the printer powers up off line with the PAPER indicator illuminating When you load paper the printer goes on line You will want to press the button Before and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons operate only in the off line state Press the button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the C ONLINE button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When you hold the ONLINE __ button down for one second with the push tractor mode the printer goes off line then the printer also feeds the paper forward approximately two inches forward This allows you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the _ONLINE _ button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off NOTE This function is valid only when the buffer is empty PAPER FEED button If you press this butto
41. essed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like Figure 5 3 Ifthe color ribbon is used each line prints in a different color DEF GHISJELMNDFORSTUVWAYZD AI eFohi ik ima GHIJELMNOFGRSTUVWEYZ7 44 ghi jk lana DEFGHIJELMNOFORSTUVWAYZ 4 a ghi jiklmnopq CHEF GHITELMNOF ORS TUVWAYZE Joa 2 rik lanepar SC DEF GHIJELMNOFGRSTUVWXYZD _Sabodetghigkimnopars BCDEFGHIJELMNGFORSTUVWXYZE _ abcderghi jklmnopgrst BRRCDEFSHIJELMNOFGRSTUVWKYZO J _ abcdefgni gk imnoparstu Figure 5 3 Short self test Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen 45 Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM the Memory Switch Tree followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available The test cycles endlessly so you must tum the power off to stop it fee AEPOEY SMITH IREF tex aain meng ae INSTACL REMUGLORMAAE AE SANDEL gt Len RAR INFU BUFFER DG LAD PUT e 1 INL BUFFER aun
42. g beep as power comes on After the beep tone you can set the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Font lock mode By holding the button during power up print mode and fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference There will be an acknowledging beep as power comes on After which you can set the printer off line select a print mode and font then return to the on line state and begin printing The selected print mode and font will not be changed by any commands your software may issue Pitch and Font lock mode If you want to protect both the pitch and font settings from software changes press both the and buttons during power up There will be two acknowledging beep tones Pressing these buttons during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel 47 Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure 1 While holding both the and F button
43. h combination functions Form feed Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset Selecting the print color Selecting the ASF bin number Store macro definition Chapter 6 SETTING THE MEMORY SWITCHES Menu options Print current settings Installation menu Factory settings Dot adjustment mode Chapter 7 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font control commands Character set commands Character size and pitch commands Vertical position commands Horizontal position commands Graphics commands Download character commands Color selection commands Other printer commands Chapter 8 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Defining your own draft characters Defining the attribute data Assigning the character data Sample program Defining your own NLQ characters Assigning the character data with the Standard mode Assigning the character data with the IBM mode Chapter 9 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Installing application software with your printer Embedding printer commands Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming with BASIC Chapter 10 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the print head 117 117 118 120 123 129 129 130 130 132 135 135 Chapter 11 REFERENCE Specifications Pinout of interface connector Parallel interface Serial interface Character sets Standard character set 2 International
44. haracter sets can be selected as power up default by the Memory Switch mode Select IBM code page Boi lt ESC gt T lt 4 gt lt 0 gt 1B 5B 54 04 00 lt gt lt 00 gt nl n2 0 Onl n 00 0 nl n2 Changes the code page of the current IBM character set according to the values of n and n2 nl n Code Page 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 3 93 861 Icelandic 3 95 863 Canadian French 3 97 865 Nordic One of these code pages can be selected as power up defaults by the Memory Switch mode Enable printing of all character codes ASCII IBM lt ESC gt nl n2 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C nl n2 Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes This command remains in effect for the next n 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 ASCII IBM lt Esc gt A n fp mn B n This command operates like lt ESC gt except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero ASCII lt ESC gt 1 27 126 49 1B 7E 31 lt ESC gt lt I gt 2712 1 1B 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 9
45. hat the buffer has been cleared If you hold these switches more three seconds you will hear three beep tones signaling that the printer has been initialized to the power on default settings 5 Release these buttons make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when you go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data where the buffer was cleared Selecting the print color Normally the printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed Without the aid of software you can change the printing color as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down 52 While holding the button press the button The indicators beside the button will blink to show the current color setting If you want to change the color press the button while holding the button The relation between the indicators and the color is shown below Yellow ORATOR ORATOR SCRIPT SCRIPT Indicators Black SANSERIF Magenta SANSERIF COURIER Cyan COURIER Violet COURIER ORATOR Release both buttons after you set the desired printing color If you want to save the selected color for later use store it using the Macro Definition NOTE This function is valid only when the co
46. hen printing in dot graphics mode the printer may either print bi directionally in alternate directions BI DIRECTIONAL for speed or in one direction only uni directional for increased accuracy UNI DIREC TIONAL For practically all purposes however bi directional printing is sufficiently accurate 58 a Auto On Line Set the status just after loaded the paper into the printer When the Auto Online is set ENABLED the printer automatically goes on line When it is set DISABLED you must press the button to set on line after load the paper STROBE timing This switch controls the timing of the interface Most computers can communicate with the Normal timing as the factory setting NORMAL If you were not possible to communicate with your computer to the printer set this switch to REVERSE Font menu The Font menu allows you to set two parameters concerning fonts which will be automatically selected whenever you turn on the printer Zero style This menu tells the printer how to print zero s When the NORMAL is selected the printer prints the normal zero when itis SLASHED the slash zero which is often used in draft mode to prevent any possible confusion with the letter O NLQ Font There are many font styles for NLQ print mode You can select one of them as the power on default by setting this switch NOTE Since there are many fonts you can select the OTHER option indic
47. inter returns to normal mode 78 i VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 1 1B 3i Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Mod ASCII Decimal 27 50 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Hexadecimal Set line spacing to n 216 inch ASCII Both lt ESC gt 3 nt tn B n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 216 inch where n is between O and 255 If n 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored 7 Set line spacing to n 72 inch ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt A n Ba n In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 the line spacing is set to 0 In IBM mode this command defines the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 1 and 85 The new line spacing does not take effect until next lt ESC gt 2 command Execute lt ESC gt A ode ASCII Sets the line spacing to the value defined b
48. is not yet fully loaded The PAPER indicator will also illuminate to confirm this 9 Now press the button The paper will be fed past the print head 10 Turn off the power and install the optional Pull Tractor Unit as described in Chapter 3 11 With the optional tractor covers open turn the platen knob clockwise to mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the optional tractor unit 32 Clamp lever Pull tractor unit Tractor cover Platen knob Figure 4 9 Mount the fanfold paper to the Pull Tractor Unit by turning the platen knob 12 Adjust the spacing of the optional tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the leveris up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 13 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the optional tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 14 Remove the lever stopper from the slot of the release lever as shown in Figure 4 10 15 Set the release lever to the e position and turn the platen knob clockwise to tighten the paper if it is slack 33 Lever stopper Platen knob Figure 4 10 Remove the lever stopper and tighten the paper 16 Push the release lever backward and remount the lever st
49. ith paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Loading the paper with Push Pull feed You can load the fanfold paper with Push Pull feed by using both the internal push tractor unit and the optional Pull Tractor Unit 1 2 3 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer Tum the printer s power OFF Push the release lever backward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 31 iJ 4 Open the transparent part of the front cover and remove the paper guide and the rear cover 5 With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit 6 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 7 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly a you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Release lever Clamp lever Figure 4 8 Mount the fanfold paper over the internal tractor units ace 8 Tumon the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper
50. ith the settings chosen in Memory Switch mode being now set in the printer 56 MENU OPTIONS The following is a list of the options within the menus and their meanings together with the prompts printed in Memory Switch mode The prompts are given in capital letters in square brackets thus OFF Factory settings are marked here with an asterisk for example ON A summary of factory settings is also provided following this section Print current settings When you select this option the current settings will be printed similar to the sample below Oh Print Current Set ait COMMAND MENU EMULATION ITALICE 1 LINE BUFFER TP TEM CODE PAGE oF 9660 OPTION 2 INTERNATIONAL SET GERMANY DENMARK SPAIN i NORWAY PAIN LATIN A IRISH OPTION 1 OPTION 2 OPTION amp PRINT MENU PRINT QUALITY ADRAFT HS DRAF PRINT PITCH i20P1 PROPORTIONAL CONDENSED PRINT ENABLED ITALIC PRINT ENAELED PAPER MENU PAPER OUT DISABLED TENABLED MULTI PART NOE SDTEABLED ENABLED OPTION ASF 10FF SINGLE DUAL 1 SURL 2 AUTO LOADING CUT t LINE 2 LINES 3 LINES 4 LINES 5 LINES amp LINES AUTO LOADING TRAC 41 LINE 2 LINES 7 LINES 4 LINES 5 LINES LINES AUTO LOADING ASF 1 LINE 2 LINES 3 LINES 4 LINES 5 LINES b LINES FORMS MENG TEAR OFF SDISABLED ENABLED SKIP OVER PERFORATION SUISAGLED ENABLED AUTO LE WITH CR DISABLED ENABLED AUTO CR WITH LF DESABLEE SENABLED CR CENTERING DISABLED ENABLED LINES PER INCH LPI A
51. ll subsequent characters and commands This command is ignored if the printer was set off line by pressing the button on the control panel Bell ASCII Both Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer _ 2 N Bi directional printing ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U o 1B 5 30 lt ESC gt U gt Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bi directional mode which is faster than uni directional printing 100 Uni directional printing Decimal Hexadecimal th lt ESC gt U 1 27 85 49 1B 55 31 lt ESC gt U lt i gt a7 851 Causes subsequent printing to be done uni directionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision One line uni directional printing Mode aSc Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal printing resumes on the next line Manual feed Both ESC lt EM gt lt 0 gt Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted Ignored if Memory Switch is not selected ASF Auto feed lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt A gt rae Cyt Ne 40 40 52 41 41 28 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if Memory Switch is not selected ASF 101 Select ASF bin 1 ASCII Both _ lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 1 gt eae Selects the ASF bin 1 and feeds paper from bin 1 Ignored if Me
52. load paper 6 Adjust the left paper guide to the desired left position by moving it horizontally in either direction Unlock the paper guides by pressing down on the locking levers in case of Dual Bin ASF 7 Lock the left paper guides in position by moving the locking lever up for the Dual Bin ASF Figure 4 16 Adjust the paper guides to accommodate the width of the paper 39 8 Adjust the right paper guide to accommodate the width of the paper The guides should be adjusted to restrict the amount of horizontal play while allowing the paper to slide up and down freely between the two paper guides The ideal distance between paper ream and paper guides is 0 25 mm 0 01 on both sides at the narrowest part of the paper guides 9 Fan the paper stack and square it off properly before inserting it into the Automatic Sheet Feeder Figure 4 17 Fan the paper before inserting into the ASF 10 Insert the paper stack into Automatic Sheet Feeder The stack should not be more than 15 mm 5 8 equivalent to 150 sheets of 20 lb paper If necessary remove some sheets The ASF may not perform satisfacto rily if it is overloaded 11 When you are using Single Bin ASF push the paper loading lever toward the back In case of the Dual Bin ASF push both pressure bar levers toward the back to FEED Paper loading lever Dual Bin Ss SA Pressure bar lever Single Bin Figure 4 18 Push the paper loading lever or pres
53. lor ribbon is installed into the printer Selecting the ASF bin number Youcanuse the dual bin type Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10RMII 1SRMIT with this printer You can select this ASF bin number by the control panel operation as shown below I 2 3 4 5 Press the button to set the printer off line Press the FONT button and hold it down While holding down the button press the but ton Each time you press the button while holding down the button two indicators above the button will blink to indicate that bin 1 is selected or all indicators above the but ton will blink to indicate that bin 2 is selected Release both buttons after you set the desired ASF bin number NOTE This function is valid only when the Dual bin ASF is selected by the Memory Switch setting 53 Store Macro Definition You can store the current settings to the printer for later use with the following procedure 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the FONT button and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button and hold them down until the two beep tones heard 4 Release both buttons at the same time after the beep tones to store the current setting If you release these buttons after the three beep tones the macro is cleared NOTE You can store the following settings with this procedure e Current Font and Pitch Current auto loading amount for cut sheet Current
54. mended not to print within an area of one inch before and after the perforations Multi part forms You can use multi part forms that have up to five parts including the original when the Multi part mode is selected with the Memory Switch setting For details please refer to Chapter 6 Use pressure sensitive multi part forms with both side edges glued and a difference in thickness of 0 05mm or less between the side edges It is recommended to use the bottom feed with the optional Pull Tractor Unit to get fine alignment NOTE Care should be taken in color printing with continuous multi part forms Side edges of paper might be damaged Preprinted forms D Figure 4 1 shows the recommended print area for each type of papers Fanfold forms Single sheets m 20 mm 5 mm ooo 90C0OW 00000 oocodpooooooo0oo0o00 O Perforation o o o o o o Q o o o o o o o oO o o o o fe o o gL 25 4 mm 80 mm for Push Feed Figure 4 1 Recommended print area for acceptable papers ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment open the front cover The adjustment lever is located at the left side of the printer mechanism Pushing the adjustment lever backwards narrows the gap pulling it forwards widens the gap
55. mory Switch is not selected the Dual bin ASF Select ASF bin 2 Both ESC lt EM gt lt 2 gt ee Se Oe Selects the ASF bin 2 and feeds paper from bin 2 Ignored if Memory Switch is not selected the Dual bin ASF Eject paper from ASF ASCII Hexadecimal Both _ lt ESC gt lt EM gt R oc Ejects the current page Ignored if Memory Switch is not selected ASF Set print start position on ASF Mode ASCII Both lt ESC gt lt EM gt T n 7 5 A n 1B 19 54 n E SE a id pi a Yi n 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where n is equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if Memory Switch is not selected ASF Reset printer ASCII Both lt ESC gt Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections 102
56. mphasized 8 Condensed 4 Proportional 2 Elite 1 Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Examples n 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Increase character spacing ASCII Hexadecimal sid lt ESC gt lt SP gt nf wn Increases the space between characters by n dots where nis anumber from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Std lt ESC gt h n Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below Extra high characters align along the cap line of normal characters with the base line temporarily moving down Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n 1 and quadrupled when n 2 n Effect 0 Normal size 1 Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Select character size ASCII Bonje e ee Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of d as below Does not move the base line d Line spacing Character height 0 Single width Single weight 1 Double width Single height 2 Single width Double height 3 Double width Double height Doubie height characters are always printed at near letter quality Double height printing temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the printer returns to normal mode Print double height characters lt ESC gt
57. mute USABLE EARKLED GRAPHIC DIRECTION FI DIELTIONAL LMT ETLI 9 Cama AUTO WLAN DISABLED gt ENABLED eThORe vintse oknal 5 REVERSE rom mewu rro orant nosh 7 LASHED NG ront Caneel ECURIER gt CRATOR GRIET TRE ROM 7 FRESTIOE MELYET CHARACTER MENU SYC CHARACTER TA GRAPHICS ITALICS JEn CHARACTER FENM 7 TBM 1ER CODE Fat LE W457 7 CP RENE CF Meee CP meas lt CF aget CF Meas Lem sehM TzOMLAL SFI US z FRANCE GERMANY ENGLAND o DENNARK cy SWEDEN STRUT SPAIN t JAPAN HORRY DENMARK SPAIN gt LATIN Ao Kokta 7 IRISH LEGAL OPTION 3 z OPTION OFTION gt OFTION 4 FEINT MENN ESTHI QUALITY E MLO DRAFT HS DRAFT Paint P213k 10CPI 7 12CF1 7 PROPORTIONAL CONDENSED FEINT SISABLED ENABLED LIAE te PRINT DISABLED ENABLED karti MEML PAPER our DISABLED 7 ENABLED Tul TY Fakt MODE EISARLED 7 ENAFLED OrrroNaL ASF OEF SINGLE DUAL 1 Z DUAL faura Loapyen cur DLINE 7 3 LINES 7 Z LINES 4 LIMES S LINES 6 LINES AUTO LOADING TRAC 1 UWE 7 7 omes f t LIES 7 74 EINES ALTO LOADING ast ILIE 7 77 LIMES a LINES fa EINES FORME HEMU TEAK OFF DISABLED ENABLED SKIF OVER FERFORATION DISABLED 7 ENABLED AUTO LF WITH CE DISAMLED ENAPLED AUTO CK WITH LF DISABLED ENABLED CR CENTERING DISABLED ENABLED 1 Imes FER imon IFIS ALPI 8 LPIS BUF Face LENGTH INCH 7 12 INCH 7 at S3ZE INCH 8 5 GNCH 7 amp IACH INCH 7 6 GNCH 7 55 Inen 2 5 5 Inch 7 E FACORY sez HS DRAFT BoMa Dona raant azmns aTi nav ORES b zi MB
58. n while the printer is off line the paper will feed forward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you also press the button while you are line feeding the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page This is explained later 42 If you press this button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET indicator When in Quiet mode with the QUIET indicator lit the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level SET EJECT PARK button NOTE This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected Pressing this button causes the printer to begin paper loading if the paper has not loaded while in the off line state If the paper has been loaded this button results in different functions depending on the position of the release lever If the release lever is back for the fanfold forms pressing this button parks the forms If the release lever is forward for the single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper PITCH button This button allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the following options in order Note that condensed elite is not available in the IBM mode Indicator s Pica 10CPI 10 CPI Elite 12CPD 12 CPI Condensed pica 17CPI 10 CPI COND Condensed elite 20CPI 12 CPI COND Proportional PROP
59. ng printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of Memory Switch Enable paper out detector SE Decimal Both lt ESC gt 9 1B 39 Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of Memory Switch Set vertical tab stops ASCH Decimal Bon SESC gt BY al D gt Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nJ n2 etc where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the lt 0 gt control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later 83 Set vertical tab stops every n lines ASC lt ESC gt e 1 n 27 101 49 n 1B 6 31 n lt ESC gt e lt l gt n 2710 1 n Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 1 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel Node ASCI Both lt ESC gt b nO nl 27 98 n0 nl 1B 62 nO nl n2 lt 00 gt n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where nO is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt ESC gt command See lt ESC gt B
60. ng the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 2 3 Figure 2 3 Open the front cover and swing down the transparent part Now install the ribbon with the following procedure If you want to print with color install the optional color ribbon cartridge X9CL 1 Tum the tension knob clockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack 2 Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield as shown in Figure 2 4 Print head Print head shield Ribbon cartridge Figure 2 4 Installing the ribbon cartridge After you have installed the ribbon cartridge close the front cover Leave the front cover closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Connecting the interface cable Connect the printer to your computer using a standard Centronics parallel interface cable On a PS 2 or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 pin D type connector at the computerend and the Amphenol type36 __ pin connector at the printer end The configuration of the printer s connector is given in Chapter 11 should you need a cable for connecting to another compute
61. ngle sheets of paper Assists when tearing fanfold forms at the perforation CAUTION Since the tear assist edge is made sharp to cut off paper you must swing down the transparent part when you open the front cover Otherwise you may injure your fingers Indicates printer status and makes vari ous control of printer functions simple and convenient Switches power on or off Advances the paper manually Connects the computer to the printer Has a dot matrix 9 wire composition Contains the printer ribbon Controls print darkness by adjusting for the thickness of forms being printed Control the movement of fanfold forms Clamps the tractor in place Opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen FONT STYLE EXAMPLE The following example shows the many font styles your printer can print Draft H8 Draft HER DH AL bec Pap t jii ten Tms Romn 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMabcdefghijkim Sanserif 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMabcdefghijklm n eE Courier 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMabcdefghijkim _ Prestige 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMabcdefghijklm _ Script O07 234567 89ABCDEFGHI I KLMabcdetghigken Orator 0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMABCDEFGHIJKLM Helvet 0123456789ABCDEFGHI JKLMabcdefghijkim Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER This chapter describes the following procedures to set up your new printer If you have optional accessories refer to chapter 3 after setting up the pri
62. nter e Locating the printer Unpacking the carton box Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge e Connecting the printer to your computer LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By a suitable place we mean A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat such as direct sunlight heaters etc e Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust Supply it with clean electricity Do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator e Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer s identification plate To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access Install the printer where there is sufficient room for the paper and any paper being fed in or printed out If you are connecting your printer with a Centronics parallel interface make sure that the cable is within 2m 6ft of the printer An RS 232 serial connection using the optional IS 8XL interface cartridge can be made over longer distances UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton and check each item in the box against Figure 2 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be five i
63. opper to the original position Paper parking After loading fanfold paper with Push feed mode you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet The printer will park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 To begin paper parking start with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position and the release lever backward 2 Press the button on the control panel to set the printer off line ON LINE indicator will tum off 3 Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the front cover If necessary press the button to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the front cover and tear there 4 Press the button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen 5 Move the release lever to the front 34 Release lever Paper guide Figure 4 11 Tear off the printed fanfold paper 6 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer l NOTE You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it using the optional Pull Tractor Unit Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows 1 Remove all single sheets from the printer 2 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position 3
64. page length setting to your fanfold paper otherwise this function does not work properly at the perforations If you leave this switch DISABLED the carriage does not move when feeding paper Lines per Inch Sets how many lines to be printed in one inch Page length You can set a different page length to accommodate your paper with this switch Factory settings This option clears all current settings and restores the Factory Settings to the M emory Switch 62 4 DOT ADJUSTMENT MODE This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bi directional passes After a period of some months your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes showing itself most obviously in graphics printing This mode will probably be used very rarely l Turn the printer off and then tum it on again while holding down the and buttons The printer will then print something like the following eX DOT ARJUSTMHEMT GETTING E bf oS me RE T aa i i i i i i i H i F The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment To adjust the printing use the and buttons The P 25eR button will move the second pass to the left The button will move the second pass to the right Sk DOT ARQUSTMENMY SETTING DRAE Y GC 1 i PAPER FEED gt _ 4 5 PAR DRART G f
65. ports lightly and insert into the holes on both side of the Pull Tractor Unit as shown in Figure 3 10 Paper support A Paper support B Figure 3 10 Mount the paper support A and B onto the Pull Tractor Unit 5 Fit the mounting brackets of the Pull Tractor Unit onto the shaft of the printer mechanism tilting the Pull Tractor Unit slightly backward 6 Secure the Pull Tractor Unit firmly by lowering it into position as shown in Figure 3 11 7 Close the front cover with the transparent part in the open position 20 Pull Tractor Unit Figure 3 11 Mount the Pull Tractor Unit onto the printer NOTE Set the paper guide and rear cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Pull Tractor Unit 21 INTERFACE CARTRIDGES You can use the RS 232 Serial Interface with the optional Serial Interface Cartridge IS 8XL or extend the print buffer by installing the optional Buffered Parallel Interface Cartridge IP 128XL instead of the Standard Interface Cartridge If you want to use the Serial Interface Cartridge set the DIP switches on the board before install it to the printer 1 Tumoffthe power switch and disconnect the power cord from the power source 2 Disconnect the interface cable if attached 3 Compress the projected parts on the right and left and pull the Standard Interface Cartridge to remove it from the printer
66. proportional spacing is currently selected Column n 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 Printer Type Normal Carriage Wide Carriage Pica 4sns80 4 amp n 136 Elite Sans6 5 amp n 163 Condensed pica 713137 73213233 Condensed elite 8sn lt 160 8Sns255 Expanded pica 2sn 40 2573568 Expanded elite 3s5n548 3sns81 Expanded condensed pica 4Sn 68 4 lt ns116 Expanded condensed elite 43n 80 4s n136 85 Set left and right margins ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt K nl n2 1B 58 nl n2 Sets the left margin at column n and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return Mode Hexadecimal Both Prints the current line and retums the next print position to the left margin If the Auto LF mode is selected with the Memory Switch also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed el _ ASCII lt ESC gt 5 lt I gt 1B 3 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a lt CR gt code This command takes priority over the setting of Memory Switch zE Cancel automatic line feed ASCII lt ESC gt 5 lt 0 gt 1B 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a lt CR gt code This command takes priority over the setting of BH Memory Switch B
67. r If you need to connect to a serial port use the optional Serial RS 232 interface cartridge IS 8XL Follow the procedures below to connect the interface cable 1 Tum off the power switch both the printer and the computer 2 Connect the interface cable to the printer as shown in Figure 2 5 Make sure that you press the plug fully into the interface connector 10 Interface cable Figure 2 5 Connecting the interface cable 3 Move both clips inside the extended prongs on the sides of the plug until you hear a click Figure 2 6 Move the clips until you hear a click 4 Connect the other end of the interface cable to your computer Use your computer instructions to attach the interface cable NOTE Because you need your computer when you start printing ensure that it is completely installed Plug the printer into a suitable outlet However DO NOT tum on the power switch at the front of the printer yet NOTE To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access 11 MEMO Chapter 3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES You can select the following accessories as option Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DMII 15DMII SF 1ORMII 15RMII Pull tractor unit PT 10XM 15XM e Serial interface cartridge IS 8XL Buffered parallel interface cartridge IP 128XL This chapter describes how to install these optional
68. r the Tear Off function allows you to tear off one sheet of paper without fully advancing the following sheet Skip over perforation You can select the Skip over perforation with this switch ENABLED It is recommended to skip close to the perforation of fanfold forms to get good print quality If you cannot set this function with your software set this switch ENABLED The printer automatically skips the perforations Auto Line Feed with CR If you set this switch DISABLED a separate line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed If you set this switch ENABLED the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage retum 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 DISABLED 61 If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Auto Carriage Retum with LF If you set this switch DISABLED a separate carriage retum code is re quired from your computer to return to the left margin If you set this switch ENABLED the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a line feed code Carriage centering If you set this switch ENABLED the carriage moves to the center each time to feed paper near the perforations It is recommended to match the
69. rint position to n7 n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on the current line Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin Absolute horizontal tab in columns ASCII lt ESC gt fP o n 27 102 48 n 1B 6 Wan lt ESC gt f lt 0 gt n 27102 0 n 1B 66 0 n Moves the next print position to column n from the left margin where nis between 0 and 127 89 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density graphics lt ESC gt K nl n2 27 75 nl n2 1B 4B ni n2 ml m2 mi m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 480 dots for normal carriage printer and 13 6 inches 816 dots for wide carriage printer m m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of data bytes must be n7 n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density graphics ASG Both lt ESC gt L nl n2 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C nl n2 ml m2 jet ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide for normal carriage printer 1632 dots for wide carriage printer See lt ESC gt K for other information Print double
70. rinter s power OFF Push the release lever backward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment Open the transparent part of the front cover and the rear cover using the two grips on either side as in Figure 4 3 Release lever Rear cover Figure 4 3 Opening the rear cover 6 7 8 28 Pass the paper between the printer case and the rear cover With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked Clamp lever Tractor cover Figure 4 4 Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units 9 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 10 Turn on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded The PAPER indicator will also illuminate to confirm this 11 Now press the button The paper will be fed and adjusted past the print h
71. rmination is by the lt 0 gt control code To clear all tab stops specify lt ESC gt D lt 0 gt Set horizontal tab stop every n columns ASCII lt ESC gt e O n lt ESC gt e 0 gt n Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where n is between 1 and 127 Reset all tab stops o ason ES R Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops Ee Horizontal tab 5 Zn l Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined BE oe 8 J Relative horizontal tab Mode ASCII Decimal Std lt ESC gt N ni n2 27 92 vl n2 1B 5C nl n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right orleft margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by n1 n2 x 256 dots If you want to move the print head to the left n7 and n2 are obtained by subtracting the value from 65536 and dividing the result into high and low bytes Absolute horizontal tab in inches ASCII Sid lt ESC gt S ni n2 Sets the next p
72. rt graphics density ASCII Sid lt ESC gt 7 n m Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt K lt ESC gt L lt ESC gt Y or lt ESC gt Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt n is K L Y or Z indicating the mode to be converted m is a code from lt 0 gt to lt 7 gt indicating one of the modes of lt ESC gt Select 9 pin graphics mode 92 Std lt ESC gt A nO nl 27 94 nO nl 1B 5E n0 nl n mil m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints 9 pin bit image graphics in this mode The graphic image is 9 dots high and n7 n2 x 256 dots wide nO Graphics mode 0 Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 Double density 120 dots per inch 2 Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 5 Plotter graphics 72 dots per inch 6 CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 7 Double density plotter graphics 144 dots per inch Maximum width is 8 inches for normal carriage printer and 13 6 inches for wide carriage printer m1 m2 are byte pairs repre senting 9 vertical dots each In the leftmost position the most significant bit of m1 is the top dot the least significant bit of m is the second dot from the bottom the most significant bit of m2 is the bottom dot and the
73. s down turn power ON A beep tone will be heard 2 Begin printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the button This is necessary to print the last line The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode 10 WIDTH LPT1i 255 20 FOR I 0 TO 255 SO LPRINT CHRS 1 40 NEXT I D0 LPRINT 60 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 Sample hexadecimal dump 48 Most BASICs however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 5 6 Figure 5 6 Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM PC When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD carriage return it adds an extra hex OA line feed Hex code 1A end of file also gets special treatment the interpreter does not send it at all This can cause problems with graphics or download character data However you can solve this problem by changing line 30 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display J0 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H3BD IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3
74. sure bar levers to hold the paper stack 40 Chapter 5 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the operations indicated by their names Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you tum the printer s power on or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer Change the print color Store macro definition BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The printer is equipped with six buttons on the control panel From left to right they are FONT and smaller buttons and CELARC and larger buttons The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel Il SANSERIF QB Hs DRAFT W rocr POWER TMS ROMN 4 ORAFT W courier no Mice Ml PAPER PRESTIGE 4 E ORaTOR MB prop MICRO FEED HELVET 4 v E W script E cono FONT PITCH EXIT ENTER SET EJECT B ouier a PARK PAPER FEED L ON LINE Figure 5 1 Control panel 41 ON LINE button The button sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you pr
75. ta byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most significant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot For further details please refer to chapter 8 93 Define NLQ download characters Mode ASCH Hexadecimal lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt nl 27 3 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl n moO ml m2 n2 mO ml m2 n2 mO mi m2 dl a2 dx dl d2 dx dl d2 dx Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM forlateruse Memory Switch must be set to DOWNLOAD and NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed nl is the character code of the first character defined and n2 is the character code of the last character defined n7 must be equal to or less than n2 Each character is defined by three attribute bytes and data bytes The first attribute byte m0 specifies the left space the second at tribute byte m specifies the character width and the third attribute byte m2 specifies the right space The dot density is doubled in each direction so each character consists of 18 dots vertically and m dots horizontally and requires ml x 3 data bytes Since the vertical definition of the character is 18 dots each byte represents a third of vertical definition For further details please refer to chapter 8 Define draft download characters FSC lt ESC gt nl n 27 61 nl n2 1B 3D nl n2 IBM lt DC4 gt m0 mi m2 20 m0 ml m2 14 mO ml m2 dl d2 dll di d2
76. tems If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 2 1 Check to make sure you have all five items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Platen knob 4 Ribbon cartridge and 5 User s manual 6 The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are Color ribbon cartridge X9CL Serial interface cartridge IS 8XL Buffered parallel interface cartridge IP 128XL Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DMII 1SDMII SF 1ORMII 15RMI Pull tractor unit PT 10XM 15XM For details of the optional accessories refer to Chapter 3 SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location and remove all packing material from inside the printer cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit You will want to keep all the packing material along with the printer carton in case you have to move the printer to a new location Mounting the platen knob The platen knob is packed into an accessory box with other accessories for the Wide carriage printer NOTE For the Normal carriage printer the platen knob is mounted on the printer at factory Mount the knob on the platen shaft which is located on the right hand side of the printer Rotate the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position Platen knob Figure 2 2 Mount the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge Open the front cover by lifting up the back usi
77. tomatic Sheet Feeder Figure 3 4 Mount the Automatic Sheet Feeder to the printer 7 Close the front cover with the transparent part in the open position Figure 3 5 Close the front cover 8 Insert the hopper attachment by hand into the holders on top of the hopper support section as shown in Figure 3 6 Hopper attachment Figure 3 6 Insert the hopper attachment 16 9 Squeeze the sides of the stacker attachments lightly and insert into the holders on the front part of the sheet feeder Stacker attachment Figure 3 7 insert the stacker attachments NOTE Set the paper guide and rear cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Automatic Sheet Feeder 17 Dual Bin Automatic Sheet Feeder SF 10RMII 15RMII The procedure to mount the Dual Bin ASF is Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then swing down the transparent part see Figure 3 1 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side then remove it upward If the paper guide is installed remove it before taking off the rear cover Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail A stacker is included with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Attach the hook at the top of the stacker to the Automatic Sheet Feeder Then push the lower section of the stacker down
78. tops expanded printing and returns to normal width Expanded printing for one line ASCII Hexadecimal Both _ lt SO gt Es a ee E Std lt ESC gt lt SO gt aa ee Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed lt LF gt The lt DC4 gt lt VT gt lt FF gt and lt ESC gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing ASCII Both lt c gt Ct Stops one line expanded printing set with lt SO gt or lt ESC gt lt SO gt Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 Select proportional spacing lt ESC gt p 1 27 112 49 1B 70 31 lt ESC gt p lt I gt 27112 4 IBM lt ESC gt P lt I gt 27 8 1 1B 50 01 Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up 75 Select fixed spacing Decimal 27 112 48 27 112 0 27 8 0 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select master print mode ASCII sid lt Esc gt n o asn Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired character istics Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 E
79. uires a shielded cable The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the USA Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n men pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lecrrique dict par le minis re des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada Trademark Acknowledgements XR 1020 1520 XR 1000 1500 NX 1020 Color NX 1000 Color LZ9 X9CL IS 8XL IP 128XL SF 10DMII 15DMII SF 10RMIV 15RMII PT 10XM 15XM Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC PS 2 PC AT Proprinter PC DOS Intemational Business Machines Corp MS DOS Microsoft BASIC Microsoft Corporation EX 800 1000 FX 850 1050 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE e All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice Allefforts 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 inform
80. ures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 6 Setting the Memory Switches This chapter explains how to set the Memory Switches to make system settings on the printer Chapter 7 Printer control commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands used to drive it This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Chapter 8 Download characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters Chapter 9 MS DOS and your printer Since the PS 2 or PC AT family of computers running under MS DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer we have included a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have alsoincluded some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 10 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section gives a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself It is not however a complete service manual Call a qualified service engineer if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations Chapter 11 Reference This section gives som
81. y the last preceding lt ESC gt A command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt ESC gt A command AH Line feed ASCII Hexadecimal Both Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed ASC Hexadecinal Std lt ESC gt lt LF gt M lt Esc gt Cl _ e CY Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when the friction feed is used 80 Perform one n 216 inch line feed E Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one n 216 inch reverse line feed ASCH pSid lt ESC gt P ms ttm BA Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches in the reverse direction where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left Does not change the line spacing setting Feed paper n lines ASCII lt ESC gt P I n lt ESC gt f lt l gt n Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where n is between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position ASCII IBM lt esc gt e to ew Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel

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