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Star Micronics LC-200 User's Manual

1. Pica Elite High Speed Draft 200cps 225cps Draft 150cps 180cps NLQ 37 5cps 45 Print direction Bidirectional logic seeking Unidirectional logic seeking selectable Print 9 Life 100 million characters Line spacing ood bea nie t 1 6 1 8 n 72 n 216 inches Characters na rei hun ASCII 96 International 16 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 IBM code page 6 sets Download 255 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Korea Irish Legal 437 USA 850 Multi Lingual 4860 Portuguese 861 Ice landic 4863 Canadian French 865 Nordic Number of columns CPI Pica 10 80 Elite 12 96 Condensed pica 17 1 137 Condensed elite 20 160 Proportional Variable 115 Character dot matrix Bit image dot matrix Normal Double High speed double Quadruple CRT I CRT II Plotter Double plotter 9 x 11 Draft 18 x 23 NLQ DPI 60 8 or 9 x 480 120 8 or 9 x 960 120 8 or 9 x 960 240 8 or 9 x 1920 80 8 or 9 x 640 90 8 or 9 x 720 72 8 or 9 x 576 144 8 or 9 x 1152 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in the mode marked with an asterisk DIEM Paper feed speed Paper width 4 0000 000066 00060066 116 Friction and push pull tractor 2 9 inches second max 4 11 7 Fanfold cont
2. 2 X lt Lu m e gt o Cu w uw uw gt gt gt lt a pae 121 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 Other characters are identical to standard character set 1 m n gt gt 5 3 137 15 gt 59 14 1 15 14 2 159 122 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected by a command from software the following changes are made in the character set TIME EL ED El E E E E js E E aao 1 IBECBDOBEZBOEPEE muy semi Eme ETE SEIN 2 Emus ma 1191 818 Hekaa Ea The command for selecting international character sets is lt ESC gt R n Where n means character code i e CHR n in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark France 6 Italy 11 Spain
3. 5 03 Script characters ORATOR CHARACTERS Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite pitch 12 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI Proportional spacing Expanded Double height Double sized Qua 812 ed Various line and character spacings Other features talics Emphasized Double strike Underlining SUPER and SUBSCRIPT Download characters Varicus dot graphic densities SW SW SW 105 Chapter7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device which also contains high voltage inside For that reason only carry out those operations described in this chapter CAUTION Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described here may result in electric shock and or damage to the printer When carrying out any repairs or maintenance always follow the instructions carefully TROUBLESHOOTING Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery which should not cause you any trouble provided it is used and treated sensibly However if you do experience a minor problem the few tips below help you avoid having to make an unnecessary service call The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience problems Region of fault
4. 0 ESC 05 1 lt ESC gt O lt ESC gt 1 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage return Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Cancel condensed printing Set printer off line Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Reverse line feed Return to top of current page Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Increase character spacing Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in inches Select ROM character set Select download character set Select ROM character set Select download character set lt ESC gt amp 0 n2 m2 3 11 Define draft download characters lt ESC gt amp 0 n2 a0 al a2 ml m2 m3 9 lt gt n2 ml m2 ESC 0 ESC 1 lt ESC gt O lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 3 lt ESC gt 4 ESC 5 ESC 6 ESC 7 Define NLQ download characters Select graphics mode Stop underlining Start underlining Stop underlining Start underlining Select vertical tab channel Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to
5. NN COURIER FONT a prop PITCH PARK PAPER FEED LON LINE ORATOR am COND p Figure 2 1 Control panel ON LINE button The ONLINE button sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you press the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the computer When the printer is off line it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line status if paper is loaded If paper is not loaded the printer powers up off line with the POWER indicator flashing When you load paper the POWER indicator stops flashing and the printer goes on line You will want to press the button e 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 ONLINE button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change acontrol panel setting Printing resumes when you press the button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms you can hold the button down for one second In addition to going off line the printer also feeds the paper forward approximately two inches This allows y
6. EM T n lt 5 gt lt 0 gt lt 5 gt 1 lt ESCS Qn lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 0 lt gt 1 lt 5 gt t ESC 3 ESC 4 lt ESC gt 5 0 ESC 5 1 lt ESC gt 6 ESC 7 lt ESC gt 8 ESC 9 lt ESC gt ESC z n1 n2 DC4 a0 al a2 m2 lt ESC gt n2 lt NAK gt a0 al a2 m2 ESC ESC A n ESC B nl n2 0 lt ESC gt C ESC C 0 n ESC D ni n2 0 ESC ESC F ESC G lt ESC gt lt ESC gt T 0 ESC 1 ESC lt 2 gt ESC lt 3 gt ESC T 4 ESC 5 lt ESC gt TI 7 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage retum Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Pica pitch Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Stop underlining Start underlining Stop underlining Start underlining Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Execute lt 5 gt A Set line spacing to 1 216 inch Set top of page at current position Cancel automatic line feed Set automatic line feed
7. ESC e 1 ESC e 0 n ESC e ESC f 0 ESC f 1 n ESC f 0 ESC f 1 FUNCTION Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM One line unidirectional printing Set MSB to 0 Set MSB to 1 Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to n 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to lines Set page length to inches Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Perform one n 216 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Pica pitch Set right margin Select international character set Superscript Subscript Superscript Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Select IBM code page Relative horizontal tab Print 9 pin graphics Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify justify Center text Right justify Full justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set horizontal tab stops every
8. Press the C ON LINE button to set the printer off line 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 SS Changing the auto loading value Normally the printer automatically loads the paper one line from the top edge If you want to change this value follow this procedure 1 Load the paper using the button 2 Change the print position using the micro feed function The line on the card holder helps you to align the baseline of characters to be printed 3 After you get the desired position press the button to save the value 31 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 below Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper If you feed paper you cannot change the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you wantto abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Halt the printing pro
9. 501 LS EE KDE CN 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 M lt ESC gt Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops EH Horizontal tab ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 9 09 Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stopin the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined 6 CA Relative horizontal tab lt gt m 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C nl n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance maximum 8 inches Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by n2 256 120 inches 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 lt 9 gt nl n2 Sets the next print position to n n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on the current line Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8
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11. Possible remedy Is the printing starting too Use the Micro Feed function to adjust the print position high or too low on the page relative to the page Does the printer s page Use the EDS switches to set up the correct page length length not match the physical or use software commands to do it page length 112 MAINTENANCE Essentially your printer is a robust piece of equipement but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions For example Keep your printer in a comfortable environment Roughly speaking if you are comfortable then the environment is suitable for your printer too see Chapter 1 Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid extremely dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices To clean the exterior of the printer use a choth barely dampened with either water with a little detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner or a compressed air aerosol sold for this purpose When performing this operation be sure not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD This is not a job which you will need to do very often The print head has been designed to last for about 100 million characters In normal everyday use this translates to years o
12. Select character set 2 Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Elite pitch ml Define draft download characters m46 Define NLQ download characters Reset printer Set line spacing to 5 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to lines Set page length to n inches horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Select draft quality characters Select draft elite characters Select NLQ characters Select NLQ characters Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set CONTROL CODE lt 5 gt I VT ESC T Sr lt ESC gt T 0 lt ESC gt T 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 3 lt ESC gt T 4 lt ESC gt 5 lt gt T 7 lt ESC gt ESC K nl n2 ml m2 ESC L nl n2 m2 ESC N n lt ESC gt O lt P 0 lt ESC gt P lt gt lt 5 gt 3 lt ESC gt ESC S 0 lt 5 gt S 1 ESC S 0 ESC S lt ESC gt lt ESC gt U 0 lt ESC gt U 1 ESC U 0 lt 5 gt REPY pr lt 5 gt W 0 lt ESC gt W 1 lt ESC gt 0 ESC Ww ESC X nl n2 ES
13. Stay in Panel Pitch By holding the button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on After the beep tone you can set the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in Panel Font By holding the button during power up fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference There will be an acknowledging beep as power comes on after which you can set the printer off line select a font then return to the on line state and begin printing The selected font will not be changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in Panel Pitch and Font If you want to protect both the pitch and font settings from software changes press both the and CFONT buttons during power up There will be 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 27 Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing pro grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump fo
14. The printer may not stop printing immediately as there may be considerable data stored ahead in its buffer For the T option type A gt PRINT T See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command If your system does not include PRINT COM you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following A gt COPY README DOC PRN A gt TYPE README DOC gt PRN 98 COPY and do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing If you want a particular font or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 2 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting font etc manually each time you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer For example you can create a file containing printer commands to select near letter quality and select elite pitch with the Standard mode You can find the commands in Chapter 4 We suggest the following Near letter quality lt ESC gt x 1 Elite pitch lt ESC gt P lt I gt lt ESC gt 1 is a powerful command that in addition to selecting elite pitch cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands The angle brackets around the 1 indicate char acter code 1 which is a control code not the printab
15. 1150 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 4 CHR 0 1160 LPRINT CHR 0 CHR 0 CHR 17 CHR 1 1170 LPRINT 27 71 7 91 1180 1190 1200 1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 LPRINT FOR I LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT FOR I LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT FOR I LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT SCALE FOR I LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT FOR I LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT END DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA N AUTOS CHR 9 4 TO 9 3 STEP 4 CHR 61 CHEMICALS CHR 9 4 TO 8 7 STEP 4 CHR 60 GUNS CHR 9 4 TO 1 4 STEP 4 CHR 62 9 2 5 2 SCALE DEM CHR 9 2 TO 8 STEP 2 We n dus CHR 27 I CHR 2 CHR 27 5 0 CHR 9 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS CHR 27 T O 05 2 4 4 2 1 8 9 1 16 240 224 I 0 0 0 12 30 Os 0 Gee 1 0 40 224 12 26 8 0 T 8 4 2 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 14 28 16 32 38 14 1 64 70 14 13 0 70 14 0 0 126 124 0 0 0 0 70 12 0 64 38 12 0 32 22 14 9 16 6 14 9 Oy 6 14 8 0 6 12 0 0 0 0 24 32 7 16 56 14 1 48 56 14 7 4
16. LPRINT I 1400 NEXT I 1410 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 0 1420 LPRINT CHR 27 S CHR 0 1430 LPRINT CHR 9 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1440 LPRINT CHR 27 T 1450 END 1500 DATA 0 0 0 0 0O O O 1510 DATA 0 9 0 0 16 128 0 3 1520 DATA 0 64 128 63 128 0 0 1530 DATA 0 0 0 D 0 128 0 1540 DATA 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 1550 DATA 63 128 0 0 64 128 0 3 1560 DATA 0 16 128 0 9 0 0 1570 DATA DB x 20 1580 DATA 1 248 0 6 0 0 8 124 1590 DATA 16 2 0 32 124 0 0 2 1600 DATA 32 124 0 0 0 0 63 248 1610 DATA 0 0 32 0 0 120 1620 DATA 16 0 0 8 120 0 4 1630 DATA 2 124 0 1 130 0 0 124 1640 DATA 0 130 0 0 124 0 0 128 1650 DATA 0 120 0 0 0 0 1660 DATA 0 0 0 2 208 D 5 40 1670 DATA 10 215 128 5 40 0 10 215 1680 DATA 5 40 0 0 87 128 4 128 1690 DATA 0 4 0 4 144 0 0 100 1700 DATA 4 128 0 0 B 0 4 144 1710 DATA 0 96 0 4 128 0 0 1720 DATA 4 128 0 8 0 0 4 128 1730 DATA 0 0 0 7 128 0 0 5 EXPORTS AUTOS oo ooo ooo CHEMICALS 4 454434 243 44024250544 GUNS FFF 2 4 6 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 8 2 S h2 coocoo 89 Assigning the character data with the mode Fundamentally the process to define and print downloaded NLQ character with the IBM mode is the same as for draft characters excep
17. z ns s Ln ng re C mj ng nz Di xj nz Dg gt an 3 is is z S S 8 5 ad 5 rs ea Ex 207 223 239 255 129 3 gt e lt gt m3 gt m _ Other charcters are identical to Code Page 437 Code Page 865 Nordic 130 CHARACTER SET 1 wo gt c o alae B i me a gt 5 x 22 a Ace ET j 1 Fi S Er d RAER EP ES Other characters are identical to character set 2 bit interface to The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the ESC gt command in the standard mode 131 SPECIAL CHARACTER SET Additional characters can be printed by special commands
18. 1 6 inch Set line spacing to 1 216 inch Select italic characters Select upright characters Select character set 42 Select character set 1 136 CONTROL CODE ESC 8 ESC 9 lt ESC gt 0 0 ESC lt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt gt ESC nm lt ESC gt lt ESC gt A n ESC B n1 n2 0 lt ESC gt C ESC C 0 ESC D nl n2 0 ESC E lt ESC gt F ESC G ESC H ESC J n ESC nl n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt L al n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt M lt ESC gt N n ESC lt ESC gt P ESC 0 ESC R n ESC S 0 ESC S 1 ESC S 0 lt ESC gt S 1 lt gt lt gt U 0 ESC U 1 ESC Uy 0 lt gt U 1 lt 5 gt W lt 0 gt ESC W 1 ESC W 0 lt ESC gt W 1 lt gt Y nI n2 m2 lt ESC gt Z nl n2 ml m2 ESC T 4 0 0 0 n1 n2 lt ESC gt n1 n2 lt ESC gt nO n1 n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt a 0 lt ESC gt a 1 lt ESC gt a 2 lt ESC gt a 3 lt ESC gt a 0 ESC a 1 lt ESC gt 2 ESC 3 lt ESC gt b n0 n1 n2 0 ESC e 0
19. 10 wide This section will take you through the procedures for loading parking and unparking fanfold forms Loading the paper from the rear of the printer You can load the fanfold paper either from the rear or from the bottom of the printer If you are going to load the paper from the bottom refer to the next section 1 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer 2 Tum the printer s power OFF 3 Pushthe release lever forward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 4 Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment 5 Remove the rear cover using the two grips on either side and push back wards as in Figure 1 11 Rear cover Figure 1 11 Removing the rear cover 12 6 Move the tractor units downwards by gripping the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit as shown in Figure 1 12 Tractor cover Clamp lever Positioning lever Figure 1 12 Move the tractor units downwards for loading the paper from the rear 7 With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Tractor cover Clamp lever Figure 1 13 Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units 13 8 10 11 12 13 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 the
20. 255 31 0 2470 DATA 0 0 1 3 31 255 255 255 255 255 255 1 2480 DATA 0 0 0 1 7 31 255 252 240 192 128 0 2490 DATA COS 05 0 2500 ROW 3 2510 DATA 0 31 31 3 129 128 192 192 192 192 192 224 2520 DATA 224 224 224 240 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 0 2530 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 192 255 255 255 255 255 15 2540 DATA 15 63 252 240 192 0 240 255 255 255 255 255 2550 DATA 7 15 127 252 240 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 2560 DATA 05 0 20 104 0 2570 ROW 4 2580 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56 56 56 2590 DATA 56 120 120 240 240 224 224 192 128 0 0 0 2600 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 248 248 248 248 240 2610 DATA 192 0 0 0 0 0 240 248 248 248 248 240 2620 DATA 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2630 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 _ 103 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1070 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 4 The WIDTH 255 statement in line 1090 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1100 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different fonts followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Next comes the central attraction of the
21. COURIER PROP ORATOR Cs C gt C gt C SCRIPT COND FF 1 1 t t Stay in Stay in Long Test Short Test Panel Font Panel Hexadecimal Dump Stay in Panel Pitch and Font EDS Mode Bidirectional Test Adjustment Figure 2 2 Power up functions of contro panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like Figure 2 3 If the color ribbon is used each line prints in a different color Figure 2 3 Short self test Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen 25 Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM and the current EDS settings followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available The test cycles endlessly so you must turn the power off to stop it eR VER X X CURRENT ELECTRONIC SWITCH EDS SETTINGS Ban
22. Extensive software support Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those printers That includes most word processing and graphics programs spread sheets and integrated software packages Easy operation Clearly understandable indicator displays and beep tones provide immedi ate feedback when you press the buttons on the control panel The five buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds the print head in a few minutes Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi part forms up to quadruple ply are all accepted and you can use either push pull tractor or friction feed A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper Large variety of fonts and sizes The printer has one draft font one High Speed Draft font and four NLQ fonts Courier Sanserif Orator and Script italics for all styles plus condensed print bold print double sized print and quadruple sized print TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the Printer Unpacking and Inspection Checking the carton contents Identifying printer parts Setting Up Mounting the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Connecting the printer to your computer Load
23. 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 SE This command operates like lt ESC gt except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero lt 5 gt 1 27 126 49 1 7 31 lt 5 gt lt gt 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 0 Select normal zero lt 5 gt 0 lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 126 0 1B 7E 00 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash 49 CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Std ESC 27 80 Standard mode changes from elite to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In IBM mode changes from eitherelite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Elite pitch ASCII lt ESC gt Changes from pica to elite pitch 12 cpi from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up
24. down 3 While holding the CFONT button press the button Each time you press the button one of the indicators of FONT or PITCH will blink to show the current color as shown below Color Indicator Color Indicator Black HS DRAFT Yellow 10CPI Magenta DRAFT Orange 12CPI Cyan COURIER Green PROP Violet SCRIPT 4 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 color ribbon is installed into the printer Store Macro Definition You can store the current scttings to the printer for later use with the following procedure 1 Press the ONLNE _ button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down 3 While holding the CEONT button down press the button and hold them down until you hear two beep tones 4 Release both buttons at the same time after the two beep tones to store the current setting If you release these buttons after three beep tones the macro is cleared NOTE You can store the following settings with this procedure Current Font and Pitch Current auto loading amount for cut sheet Current auto loading amount for continuous paper Current auto loading amount in ASF mode 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 t
25. expanded printing Expanded printing Set left and right margins Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics 67 68 quadruple density 8 bit graphics Select character height width and line spacing Select IBM code page Enable printing of all character codes Reverse line feed Enable printing of all character codes on next character Stop overlining Stan overlining Stop overlining overlining Select NLQ font Select print color Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select standard character set Select IBM character set Manual feed Auto feed Select black Select magenta Select cyan Select violet Select yellow Select orange Select green Select Courier characters 55 48 49 57 49 46 46 46 46 43 74 41 47 41 41 78 79 74 74 75 75 75 75 75 43 CONTROL CODE ugo e pr yn er np e pr er C ES nsn E UL ugh r FUNCTION Select Sanserif characters Select Script characters Select Orator characters Select draft quality characters Eject paper from ASF Select character size Set print start position on ASF PAGE 43 43 44 42 79 54 79 141 Consumer Response Star Micronics Co Ltd invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual Please address your correspondence to Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS CO
26. if characters other than IBM block graphic characters are being printed Correct this with EDS switches or the appropriate software sequences If the printout is not what is expected Your software may think that it is driving a different emulation to the one actually set Check the EDS set tings to make sure you have the right emulation Use the Hex Dump mode to analyze the output from the computer to the printer This will enable you to deter mine that the right escape sequences etc are being transmitted Is the printer installed cor rectly Is the printer not printing anything that you are expect ing 109 Paper feeding If cut sheet paper without the ASF is not feeding smoothly check the following Is the paper release lever pushed back to posi tion Is the paper guide in place and vertical Possible remedy Set the release lever to the lig position The paper guide should be in place vertically for cut sheets to feed smoothly Are the left and right guides too close together Is the ASF selected with the EDS settings If it is then deselect it Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try using thinner paper If the left and right guide
27. in double parentheses followed by a digit Font F O Courier 1 Sanserif 4 Script F 7 Orator F 9 Draft Size S 0 Standard size 5 1 Double width S 2 Double height S 3 Double width and height Color C 0 Black O 1 Magenta 2 3 Violet C 4 Yellow 96 5 C 6 Green If you want to print a title in double size Orator then change to regular size fonts for other text you can use these commands as follows File as seen on computer screen F 7 8 3 Printer commands F 0 5 0 Font commands 1 be F 4embedded F 7anywhere F 9in a document Printout PRINTER COMMANDS embedded 1 Font commands can be ANYWHERE EOE MNE When you use these commands there are several points to note The font command is ignored if the button was held down when power was switched on A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line The software will not know that these are commands so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width The printed line may be considerably shorter than the line on the screen the extra space being the space that was occupied by the commands One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without the commands then insert them as a final step with the margins released The find replace and copy functions of word processing software can
28. match DO NOT try to operate the printer Contact your supplier Is the printer voltage correct Printing If your printer does not print or suddenly stops printing check the follow ing Check Possible remedy Is the interface cable con Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to nected securely make sure that the connector is firmly in position Is the ONLINE indicator iliu If itisnot press the C ONLINE button toset the printer minated on line Is POWER indicator If it is the paper has run out Load more paper flashing Is the printer beeping inter The release lever has moved while the paper is in print mittently ing position Move the release lever to the original position Tum off the power remove the jammed paper replace turnon the printer and continue printing Make sure that the leading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased Tum off the power remove the ribbon retension it and replace it This problem occurs most frequently with a wom ribbon so you may need to replace the ribbon Check the installation settings in your software and re install if necessary Is the paper caught up inter nally Is the ribbon caught up around the print head Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer Can the printer perform self test operations Turn the printer off and
29. not using the highest dot and whether it has a downward extension to 12 dots The attribute byte a2 gives proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell maximum 11 dots The character will be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in this width Characters defined by this command can be selected by ESC T 4 or lt ESC gt T 5 This command is ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON 71 Define NLQ download characters Decimal Hexadecimal nl n2 NAK 27 61 ni n2 21 1B 3D nl n2 15 a0 al a2 ml a0 al a2 ml m2 m46 m2 m46 Defines or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed The parameters are the same as for the draft character 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 Copy character set from ROM into RAM Std lt 5 gt lt 0 gt 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 EDS switch A 2 is ON n
30. only feed paper in this way when the printer is using the front panel buttons off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this Way Try using thinner paper If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly check the following Check Possible remedy Has the ASF option been Select this option selected with the EDS switch Is the release lever set to the The release lever should be set to the single sheet position position Is the ASF correctly Make sure that the ASF is properly seated on the printer mounted Is paper caught up near the Stop printing remove the jammed sheet you may have print head to remove the ASF for this and continue Are the left and right guides If the left and right guides are too close together the too close together paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely The ASF s paper feed hopper and stacker can hold 50 sheets each Make sure that there is no more paper than this in either the hopper or stacker If this is not done paper jams may occur Remove the stack of paper from the ASF and fan it before reinsert ing Has the paper been used al Only new uncreased paper should be used with the ready or is it creased ASF Are you trying to feed paper You can only fee
31. page 58 Set page length to n inches Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 68 0 n 1B 43 0 n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 inIBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set bottom margin lt ESC gt n 27 78 n 1B 4E n Sets the bottom margin to n lines where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel bottom margin ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 1B 4F Cancels the bottom margin Form feed ASCII Hexadecimal lt FF gt 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 EDS switch A 4 is OFF this command ejects the current page 59 Return to top of current page Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC FF 27 12 18 0C Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction feed is used Disable paper out detector ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 8 27 56 1B 38 Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 Enable paper out detector A
32. parking 16 23 specifications 116 unparking 17 Fixed spacing 52 FONT button 24 Font control commands 42 47 Form feed 59 133 19 Graphics 67 104 Graphics commands 67 69 H Hexadecimal dump 28 29 Horizontal position commands 62 66 Horizontal tabulation 65 HS draft 24 1 IBM character sets 47 124 132 IBM code page 39 48 IBM mode 36 38 29 Interface signals 118 specifications 116 International characters 39 48 123 Italic printing 44 Justification 64 Left margin 62 63 Line feed 57 Line spacing 55 56 115 Locating the printer 1 M Macro definition 33 Maintenance 113 Manual feed 78 Margins bottom 59 left 62 63 right 62 63 Master print mode 52 Micro feed 31 134 Microjustification 53 Most significant bit 76 Multi part 18 37 Near letter quality 24 40 42 71 72 86 LO Off line 22 77 On Line button 22 Orator font 44 Overlining 46 Page feed 30 59 Page length 38 58 Page width 96 115 Panel font 27 Panel pitch 27 Paper Feed button 22 Paper feed 9 17 116 Paper feeding 110 Paper guide 9 14 Paper specifications 116 Paper out detector 37 60 Parking 16 23 Pause 22 Pica pitch 23 50 Pitch 23 27 50 115 Pitch button 23 Platen knob 3 4 Power supply 108 Power switch 3 Printing 108 Print area 27 Print head 113 Printer commands 41 99 Printing gap
33. program a line of text printed fourteentimes in expanding and contracting loops to give a barrel effect The work is done by four printer commands a command setting the right margin line 1370 a centering command line 1390 a command to vary the line spacing lines 1410 and 1460 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1420 and 1470 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities italic printing bold printing underlin ing subscripts etc The row of automobiles in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns which are printed in place of the character lt character 60 Details can be found in Chapter 5 The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print some SW logos with various densities The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 2370 to 2630 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Chapter 4 for details The pattern is printed in four rows each eight dots high and 65 dots wide Lines 1800 to 1870 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGOS Line 1880 sets the line spacing to 8 72 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 1890 to 1990 does the printing in four passes of the print head 104 Font 2 zu E Courier characters
34. space Appropriate allocation of data in these three bytes lets you place the character where you like within the grid Use the grid in Figure 5 4 to help plot the data The vertical definition of the character is 18 dots Each byte therefore represents a third of the vertical definition That s where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these numbers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value If we plot our car shaped symbol for NLQ the grid data will look like Figure 5 5 The defining process is the same as for draft characters except that you must select NLQ mode and you must define 69 data If you wish to print your NLQ characters with the regular character set the remarks regarding the si multaneous use of regular and download characters in the draft character section apply equally to NLQ characters 11 mi ASCII Code 32 e bed Left space 0 16 e Character width 27 8 e e at Right space 0 4 97 2 10 e 110 10 7 6 128 e gt e 119 e 649 e e e 9 32 e 9 e e e e e 169 e e e e le e j jo e e e e e e
35. the modes of lt ESC gt Print 9 graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Sid lt ESC gt n0 nl 27 94 nO nl n 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 graphics image is 9 dots high and n n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches Dots beyond the right margin are ignores m2 are byte pairs representing 9 vertical dots each In the leftmost position the most significant bit of mJ is the top dot the least significant bit of ml is the second dot from the bottom the most significant bit of m2 is the bottom dot and the other bits of m2 are ignored Other byte pairs are similar The number of data bytes must be 2 x n n2 256 At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automati cally to character mode Hexadecimal 1B 5E 0 nl n2 ml 2 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 69 DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define draft download characters asci Hexadecimal lt 5 gt amp 0 nl 27 38 0 ni 1B 26 00 n
36. turn it on again holding down one of the buttons to perform a self test If these do not work contact your dealer 108 If the print is faint or uneven check the following Is the ribbon properly in stalled Is the ribbon worn out Possible remedy Check and reinstall if necessary The ribbon has a long life but will eventually need re placing Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary If dots are missing in the printing check the following Possible remedy Are dots missing at random The ribbon has become slack causing it to get caught in the printing up Stop printing remove the ribbon cartridge reten sion and replace it Is a line of dots missing con The print head is damaged Stop printing and contact sistently throughout the your supplier for a new print head printing If your application software cannot print the fonts or characters selected check the following Possible remedy Is your application software Check the software installation and re install the soft properly installed ware if necessary Are fonts not being selected Check the software installation and insert the com properly mands necessary for font changes into the software Are characters other than Either you are using the wrong International Character those expected being Set reset with EDS switches or software commands printed or you have the wrong character set selected for example
37. use the C x4 buttons TheC Tak button will move the second pass to the left The button will move the second pass to the right kA DOT ADGLETPRENT SETTING S CURRENT O CEAPER FEED URRENT 10 CURRENT 0 4 Whenthe two passes are aligned with each other to form one continuous line the bidirectional alignment test is completed 5 Tosave the corrected value and to exit from this mode press the button SETTING CURRENT 6 7 7 77777777777777 2777777 7774777777777777 72 CURRENT 10 CURRENT O ZIP MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMCMMMMIMMTMWIMBMRB PITCH 7 you want to print NLQ characters unidirectionally press the button several times until the UNI message ap pears Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes Standard mode and IBM mode In standard mode the printer emulates the functions of the Epson FX 850 or EX 800 for color print 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 EDS switch A 1 When ON the printer will be in standard mode and when OFF the printer will be in IBM mode see Chapter 3 It is not possibl
38. 0DN Roll paper holder RH 10Z Identifying printer parts Make an extemal inspection of the printer Note the locations of the following parts in Figure 1 2 Entry slot Top cover Rear cover Release lever Control panel Interface connector Figure 1 2 The printer s external parts Roller unit holds the paper against the platen Release lever releases the platen This lever must be back for single sheets and forward for fanfold forms Top cover protects the print head and other internal parts Rear cover protects the tractor feed mechanism Entry slot for inserting single sheets of paper Control panel controls various printer functions Power switch turns power on and off Interface connector for connecting the computer to the printer Place the printer in the desired location and remove all packing material from inside the top cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit You will want to keep all the packing material along with the printer carton in case you have to move the printer to a new location Mounting the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing material which held your printer inside the carton Be sure to remove the knob from the packaging Mount the knob on the platen shaft which is on the right hand side of the printer Rotate the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob
39. 1 for computers with a 7 bit interface 38 Switches D 2 to D 4 Do you want an international character set or IBM code page International character sets differ in their assignment of 12 character codes inthe Standard Italic character set See the charactertables at the back of this manual With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Country Country Denmark I Sweden Italy Except in the Standard Italic character set these switches select the default character code page as shown below IBM Code Page D 2 D 3 D 4 IBM Code Page D 2 D 3 D 4 863 oF 861 Icelandic 39 BIDIRECTIONAL TEST ADJUSTMENT MODE This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bidirectional passes After a period of some months your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes This will be most evident in NLQ printing This mode will probably be used very rarely 1 Tum the printer off and then tum it on again while holding down the and buttons The printer will then print something like the following bk ADOUGTRERT SETTING CURRENT O MM MgMMEMMPMMIMMEMMMMM MFMP MMMMMEHMMIM C SITS ES 2 The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment 3 To adjust the printing
40. 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Koria 4 DenmarkI 9 Norway 14 Irish 64 Legal 123 CHARACTER SET 2 437 0 5 wo c gt ee e e lt gt o on 124 m Lu gt lt lt gt t 5 5 N es a 5 23 gt e o o w ws 1721 5 143 Other charcters are identical to Code Page 437 Code Page 850 Multi lingual 126 a acd xd uw N N es Le gt wW 29 e lt 3 5 es ex lt 860 Other charcters are identical to Code Page 437 127 Other charcters are identi
41. 8 8 14 2 32 8 0 6 32 8 0 2 40 8 0 4 36 8 0 0 40 B 0 0 32 32 0 8 32 0 0 24 48 CHEMICALS 8884440880088808888000 GUNS FFF MILLI ONEI Core YO 01 L NF ES 93 Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using your printer with an IBM PC PC XT or PC AT or compatible you will probably be using PC DOS or MS DOS as an operating system A number of software tricks may be useful here This chapter is not however a substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer To learn how to print files etc it is best to read the relevant parts of these manuals INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER When installing application software you may find that your printer is not specifically mentioned in the lists of printers given for installation How ever this should pose no problem Read this section and guidelines provided with your software on printer installation If you have your printer set up in standard mode then choose an Epson FX 850 or EX 800 Color as your printer to be selected If neither of these are mentioned choose one of the following in order of preference Star NX 1000 Color LC 10 Color Star ND 10 15 Epson LX 850 LX 810 If you have your printer set up with the EDS switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter III simply choose this from the list of printers available in the application software list If the IBM Proprinter III is
42. ARE CHANGED 1440 NEXT I 1450 FOR I 7 TO 1 STEP 1 1460 LPRINT E A CHR I 1470 LPRINT E CHR I 1480 LPRINT SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 101 NEXT I LPRINT E a0 Left justify LPRINT E 3 CHR 36 Set 1 6 Line spacing LPRINT E CHR O Normal character space LPRINT E Q CHR 80 Set right margin LPRINT LPRINT C Other features LPRINT H E 4 Italics E 5 LPRINT E E Emphasized E F LPRINT Double strike E H LPRINT H E 1 Underlining E O LPRINT E SO SUPER E T LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT LPRINT H C Download characters GOSUB 2040 LPRINT 1 Select draft download character FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT 0 Select normal character GOSUB 2130 LPRINT C E 1 Select NLQ download character FOR 151 TO 5 LPRINT 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT X0 Select normal character LPRINT LPRINT H C Various dot graphic densities DIM LOGO 4 RESTORE 2350 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 FOR COL 1 TO 65 READ DG 1060 ROW LOGO ROW CHR DG NEXT COL NEXT ROW LPRINT A CHR 8 Set 8 72 Line spacing FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT nS FOR 0 TO 6 IF B 2 THEN 1970 IF B 5 THEN 1970 LPRINT E CHR B Select dot graphics mode LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 0 LOGO ROW LP
43. ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt amp 0 nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 ni Std n2 a0 al a2 n2 a0 al a2 n2 a0 al a2 m2 m69 ml m2 9 ml m2 m69 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM forlater use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF NLQ mode must be se lected before this command is executed The parameters are differ ent from the draft character command a0 specifies the left space a1 specifies the character width and a2 specifies the right space The dot density is doubled in each direction so each character consists of 18 dots vertically and 23 dots horizontally and requires 69 data bytes Since the vertical definition ofthe characteris 18 dots each byte represents a third of vertical definition For details please refer to Chapter 5 Define draft download characters lt 5 gt nl n2 DC4 27 61 nl n2 20 1B 3D n n2 14 0 al a2 0 al a2 m2 mll m2 mil Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed n and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will follow a0 is the character code of the first character defined a7 and a2 are attributes bytes m to m1 1 are the character data and are the same as in lt ESC gt amp The attribute byte a indicates whether the character is an ascender not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots or a descender
44. C Y nl n2 m2 ESC Z nl n2 ml m2 ESC 4 0 lt ESC 4 0 lt ESC gt nl n2 lt ESC ESC 28 og Bi ESC 0 ESC I ESO gt 0 lt gt gt 1 lt gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt i lt I gt lt 5 gt p lt ESC gt e up e t er en seer nr 4 9 y ey ty uge 2 z 33 n er we en n Qr yn dn een eg Qr en ep jn jn ng 140 FUNCTION Select NLQ italic characters Select NLQ italic download character set Select draft quality characters Select draft elite characters Select NLQ characters Select NLQ characters Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Perform one n 216 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Set printer off line Reset all tab stops Superscript Subscript Superscript Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Cancel
45. Character set n Character set O Courier 4 Script Sanserif 7 Orator Select download character set Mode ASC Std lt ESC gt 1 27 37 49 1B 25 31 lt ESC gt 1 27 37 1 1B 25 01 Selects the download character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON Shift download character area Decimal Hexadecimal IE EE lt gt lt gt Shifts the download character area defined between 0 to 127 to the area between 128 to 255 72 Select draft download character set lt gt T 4 lt 5 gt T lt 4 gt Selects the download character set and draft quality Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select draft elite download character set lt 5 gt 5 lt ESC gt I S 27 73 5 1 49 05 Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select NLQ download character set ASCII IBM lt 5 gt 7 1B 49 37 lt ESC gt lt 7 gt 1B 49 07 Selects the NLQ download character set Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select NLQ italic download character set ESOT Sb Selects the NLQ download character set and prints them with italic style Ignored if the CEONT button was pressed during po
46. Description Power suppl Power is not being supplied to the printer Printing The printer does not print or stops printing print is faint or uneven While using application software fonts or characters cannot be printed The printout is not what is expected when running a program Paper feeding Single sheets do not feed properly without ASF Continuous paper does not feed properly with the tractor feed The ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper properly Paper park switching between continuous paper and cut sheets is not working properly Text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines Page length and margin settings are not what is expected Remember it is better not to attempt operations or repairs above your level of competence Otherwise you run the risk of damaging the printer 107 Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate check the following Possible remedy Is the power cable properly Turn off the printer make certain that the power cable plugged into the electrical is securely connected and then turn the printer back on outlet Is power being supplied to the outlet Tum off the printer unplug it Try with another appli ance of the outlet to determine if electricity is being sup plied to that outlet Check the bottom panel of your printer to verify that the outlet voltage corresponds to the voltage required by the printer If they do not
47. E DAT To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing CTRL PRTSC ifhard copy is on To print the file README DOC in NLQ elite type give the following two commands A COPY NLOELITE DAT PRN A PRINT README DOC For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will set up the printer and print any specified file with a single command To create such a batch file with the name NLQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A COPY CON NLQPRINT BAT COPY NLQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 1 72 A gt NLQPRINT README DOC The first above line is copy command from CONsole screen to a file named NLQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents ofthis file The 951 is a dummy parameter whatever file name you type after NLOPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed 100 PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC This program runs in the printer s Standard mode and the downloadable condition EDS switch A 1 ON and A 2 OFF 1000 Set control codes 1010 E CHR 27 code 1020 D E x0 Draft quality 1030 1 Near letter quality 1040 Select font 1050 C F CHR 0 N Select Courier 1060 H CHR 9 Horizontal tab 1070 Pica pi
48. ESC gt I 2 1B 49 32 5502 m 0 lt gt I 3 1B 49 33 lt ESC gt lt 3 gt 27 73 3 Changes from draft quality to near letter quality The initial NLQ font is Courier unless a different font has been selected by a preced ing command Ignored if the FOND button was pressed during power up 42 Select NLQ font lt gt n 27107 n 1B 6B m Selects an NLQ font according to the value of In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is selected Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Font Courier initial value Sanserif Script Orator she Select Courier characters 501 QUE ds Changes to the Courier NLQ font Ignored if the CFONT button was pressed during power up Select Sanserif characters 40 40 70 41 41 49 28 28 46 29 29 31 My Changes to the Sanserif NLQ font Ignored if the was pressed during power up Select Script characters 9 pro 09 447 40 40 70 41 41 52 28 28 46 29 29 34 Changes to the Script NLQ font Ignored if the button was pressed during power on 43 Select Orator characters Both gt Bape eom Changes to the Orator NLQ font Ignored if the FONT button was pressed during power up 7 Select i
49. F d OFF GFF 4 EM 5454789 0 GAC EOE GH TTL PMNOEBGES XYZ 51 PE GE P Y pepe IUBSXR OT 01238056789 parstuvwxyz i amp 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N p rstuvwxyz 197 128 0123456789 lt gt A ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZI N1 PQRSTUVWwXYZ i 3 7 Cit Eoi 774789 gt 8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPOn 2 Cabedefghijkimno bw eterrak db abcdefghi 3k1mno abcdefghijklumno ABCDEF GHIJKLMNO abcdetghiskiuno Figure 2 4 Long self test 26 Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accomodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is recommended for this test Print area test mode By holding the button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode This way you can find out how many lines on your paper are available for printing The printer will print the first line message then print the last line message after feeding to the bottom of the page If you have loaded the fanfold paper only the first line message is printed
50. Figure 1 7 8 Close the rear cover fA Lock lever Roller unit Figure 1 7 Install the roller unit onto the printer To replace the top cover insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case Swing the front edge down to close the cover Leave the top cover closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the coveronly to change the ribbon or make an adjustment NOTE When you remove the color ribbon cartridge press the ribbon release catch toward you with your index finger Once the ribbon is free of the print head the cartridge lifts out easily Connecting the printer to your computer Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel interface cable On a PC or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 pin D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 pin con nector at the printer end The configuration of the printer s connector is given in Chapter 8 should you need a cable for connecting to another computer If you need to connect to a serial port use the optional Serial Parallel con verter SPC 8K Connector Interface cable Figure 1 8 Connecting the interface cable Plug the printer into a suitable outlet However DO NOT tum on the power Switch at the front of the printer yet NOTE To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to t
51. Hexadecimal 1B 50 12 Condensed printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal TANE lt ESC gt SI Changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Cancel condensed printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt DC2 gt 18 12 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 button was pressed during power up Expanded printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt W 1 27 87 49 1B 57 31 lt ESC gt W lt 1 gt 27 87 1 1B 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing Decimal Hexadecimal 27 87 48 1B 57 30 27 87 1B 57 00 Stops expanded printing and retums to normal width Expanded printing for one line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both SO 14 0E lt ESC gt SO 27 14 1B OE Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed lt LF gt The lt DC4 gt VT FF and lt 5 gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing 51 Cancel one line expanded printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 20 4 Stops one line expanded print
52. RINT NEXT B LPRINT NEXT ROW LPRINT 6 Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES Define draft download character LPRINT D E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 2240 2070 0 11 2080 READ 2090 LPRINT MM 2100 NEXT 2110 RETURN 2120 2130 Define NLQ download character 2140 LPRINT C E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 2150 LPRINT 0 23 0 2160 RESTORE 2270 2170 FOR M 1 TO 69 2180 READ MM 2190 LPRINT CHR 2200 NEXT M 2210 RETURN 2220 2230 DATA 2240 Draft download character data 2250 DATA 139 124 0 66 4 64 36 16 2 16 12 0 2260 2270 NLQ download character data 2280 DATA 1 248 0 6 0 0 8 124 0 16 2 0 2290 DATA 32 124 0 0 2 0 32 124 0 0 0 0 2300 DATA 63 248 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 120 0 2310 16 0 0 8 120 0 4 0 0 2 124 0 2320 DATA 1 130 0 0 124 0 0 130 0 0 124 0 2330 DATA 0 128 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 2340 2350 Dot graphics data 2360 ROW 1 2370 DATA 0 0 0 1 3 7 72 7 18 14 14 2380 14 14 14 7 7 3 3 15 15 15 0 0 2390 DATA Og Gy 6 77 7 27 7 27 7 7 6 2400 DATA 6 0 Os 7 1272 Xa 22 Y 7 7 7 2410 DATA Z5 4 007 005 MUSS Xy 7 7 7 2420 DATA Te Y 0 07 0 2430 ROW 2 2440 DATA 0 0 60 255 255 255 255 255 143 15 7 7 2450 DATA 7 7 3 3 3 131 193 241 240 240 0 0 2460 DATA 0 0 0 0 224 255 255 255 255
53. SCII BOF us Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 Set vertical tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt B nl n2 lt 0 gt 27 66 nl 2 0 1B 42nln2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nJ n2 etc where 1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Set vertical tab stops every n lines ASCII Decimal ESC e P n 27 101 49 n ESC e lt l gt n 27101 1 n Hexadecimal 1B 65 31 n 1B 65 01 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 2 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid ESC b nO 27 98 nO nl 1B 62 n0 nl n2 0 n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt ESC gt command See lt ESC gt for para
54. Str USERS MANUAL C 200 DOT MATRIX PRINTER ZX 80820487 L C 200 DOT MATRIX PRINTER USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046 1984 an nounced by the DBP DBP has been informed of the introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the right to examine the whole series It is the user s responsibility to see that his own assembled system is in accordance with the technical regulations under Vfg 1046 1984 To conform to FTZ regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded cable equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives The abov statement applies only to printers marketed in West Germany Trademark Acknowledgements LC 200 NX 1000 LC 10 ND 10 15 Star Micronics Co Ltd PC Proprinter III Proprinter II PC DOS Intemational Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation FX 850 EX 800 LX 850 LX 810 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE e rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden e The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly ap
55. acing is currently selected Column becomes the last character position in the line The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The right margin must be within the limits below Pica 4 lt lt 80 Elite 5 lt lt 96 7 lt 137 Condensed 8 lt lt 160 Expanded pica 2 lt lt 40 Expanded elite 3 lt lt 48 Expanded condensed pica 4 lt lt 68 Expanded condensed 4 lt lt 80 62 Set left and right margins lt ESC gt X nl m 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 CR 13 Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If EDS switch 3 is OFF also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed ESC 5 lt 1 gt Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 3 Cancel automatic line feed ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt gt 5 0 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 3 Backspace ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both BS 1 10 0 9 08 Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print position is at the
56. adjustment 19 Printing mechanism 115 Programming 98 Proportional pitch 23 52 Quadruple size characters 53 Quiet print 23 77 Rear cover 3 12 Release lever 3 10 12 Reset printer 79 Reverse line feed 57 Reverse micro feed 31 Ribbon cartridge 4 116 Right margin 62 63 Roller unit 3 7 ROM character set 74 Sanserif font 24 43 Script font 24 43 Self tests 25 26 Set Eject Park button 23 Setting up 4 Single sheets automatic loading 9 manual loading 11 specifications 116 Slash zero 49 Small capitals 24 Specifications 115 118 Sprocket feed 12 17 116 Standard character set 38 47 120 122 Standard mode 36 38 99 Subscripts 46 Superscripts 46 Tabulation 61 65 Test patterns 25 26 Top cover 3 5 Top of form 30 58 Tractor feed 12 17 116 Troubleshooting 107 112 Underlining 45 Unidirectional printing 78 Unpacking and inspection 2 Unparking 17 Vertical position commands 55 61 Vertical tabulation 61 Zero slash and normal 49 135 COMMAND SUMMARY Standard Mode The following commands take effect with the Standard mode CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt ESC gt lt FF gt lt ESC gt lt SO gt lt ESC gt SI lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt R lt ESC gt lt EM gt T lt ESC gt lt SP gt ESC l n ESC i ESC n1 n2 ESC
57. 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 20 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 20 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H3BD IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3BC I OUT 5 OUT 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter 20 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H379 IF X 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 1 OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp 120 RETURN 29 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 HS DRAFT 10 MICRO FEED EB POWER i UE SET EJECT an COURIER FONT im PROF PITCH PARK PAPER FEED LINE NO SCRIPT NB COND Pe LIT Store Macro Definition Change color Form Feed Buffer clear All reset Figure 2 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down The pr
58. amp CHR 0 1020 LPRINT CHR 60 CHR 62 1030 FOR 60 TO 62 1040 FOR 0 TO 11 1050 READ MM 1060 LPRINT CHR 1070 NEXT M 1080 NEXT N 1090 LPRINT 1100 DATA 139 2 5 1110 DATA 0 241 8 5 2 1120 DATA 139 124 0 1130 DATA 36 16 2 16 12 1140 DATA 139 46 16 2 60 1150 DATA 48 0 48 0 48 1160 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR 0 1170 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 1180 LPRINT U S EXPORTS 1190 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 0 1200 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 1210 LPRINT AUTOS CHR 9 1220 FOR 4 TO 9 3 STEP 4 1230 LPRINT CHR 61 1240 NEXT I 1250 LPRINT 1260 LPRINT CHEMICALS CHR 9 1270 FOR 4 8 7 STEP 4 1280 LPRINT 60 1290 1300 LPRINT 1310 LPRINT GUNS CHR 9 1320 FOR 1 4 TO 1 4 STEP 4 1330 LPRINT 62 1340 NEXT I 1350 LPRINT 84 1360 LPRINT CHR 9 1370 SCALE 1380 FOR I 2 TO 8 STEP 2 1390 LPRINT SCALE 1400 NEXT I 1410 LPRINT 1420 LPRINT CHR 9 1430 FOR I 2 TO 8 STEP 2 1440 LPRINT zl 1450 NEXT I 1460 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 0 1470 LPRINT CHR 27 S CHR 0 1480 LPRINT CHR 9 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1490 LPRINT CHR 27 T 1500 END That 5 am ot Mi CONES TD CO 85 DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS AS you probably noticed NLQ characters are printed by two passes of the print head Half of the character is printed on th
59. apter 5 Download characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters Chapter 6 MS DOS and your printer Since the PC or PC AT family of computers running under MS DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer we have in cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have also included some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section gives a checklist of points to check if your printeris 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 8 Specifications This section gives the specifications of your printer Chapter 9 Character sets These charts show the different character sets available FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer has a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the IBM Epson printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics Some of its main features the following e
60. ar off one sheet of paper without fully advancing the following sheet Switch B 4 This switch is used for technical purpose only Leave this Switch ON 37 Switches C 1 and C 2 Which print mode do you want to set These switches select the default print pitch and the fonts as shown below C2 10CPI DRAFT ON ON 10CPI HS DRAFT ON OFF 17CPI DRAFT OFF ON 10CPI COURIER OFF OFF NOTE If you change these switches after you have stored the macro these settings will override the macro setting Switches C 3 and C 4 What is the page length of your paper Leave these switches ON if you will be using 11 inch forms You will need to change the switches if you will be using a different page length as shown below Page Length 11 inches ON A4 sized paper OFF 8 inches ON 12 inches Switch D 1 The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch A 1 If you selected Standard mode do you want italic or graphic characters Move this switch OFF to print italics in the Standard character set If you leave this switch in the ON position in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 See Chapter 9 character codes 128 to 254 If you selected IBM mode do you want IBM character set 1 or 2 ON selects character set 42 which is for computers with an 8 bit interface the most common kind OFF selects character set
61. ards as shown in Figure 1 15 Positioning lever Positioning lever Figure 1 15 Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding 4 Place a stack of fanfold paper below the printer 5 With the tractor covers open mount the paper from the bottom of the printer by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit 6 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 15 Tractor cover Figure 1 16 Mount the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer 7 8 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Remount the roller unit and replace the rear cover and the top cover Paper parking After loading fanfold paper from the rear of the printer you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet The printer wil park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 2 16 To begin paper parking start with power fanfold paper loaded printing position and the release lever forward Press the ON LINE button on the control panel to set the printer off line ON LINE indicator w
62. be helpful here If you do not use these commands or the panel controls the printer will print standard size draft characters 97 The printer supports various commands in addition to the above such as quadruple size printing Most of these other commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers If your software enables you to place the escape code in your files or if you are able to define this as a user option during installation you can also embed these escape sequences PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes the file PRINT COM you can use the main DOS printing command Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print To print a file named README DOC for example type A gt PRINT README DOC The computer may respond with the following message asking which printer to use Name of list device PRN If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN to select the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the A prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names consecutively on the same line or use wild card characters and Each file will be printed starting on a new page The PRINT command also has control options For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option
63. cal to Code Page 437 Code Page 861 Icelandic gt gt gt v o gt uw gt we iu ir uw lt N lt N N lt N N N ar io O o lt gt lt gt Uu oo cN lt gt gt t5 gt M gt gt gt e lt lt 2 lt gt gt gt uw 2 e e 2 e lt lt lt lt t 5 e 5 s amp C gt c gt zr gt gt uw uv uw ao c eu Iii ao c gt 5 gt uc t t gt pus 128 Code Page 863 Canadian French Other charcters are identical to Code Page 437 na D 9 f o 17 m 775 241 14 19 4 2 M2 gt gt M2 M cA M2 gt gt M2 gt e wo el ra ge m ng rej
64. characters as shown below Extra high characters align along the cap line of normal characters with the base line temporarily moving down Line spacing is temporarily doubled when 1 and quadrupled when 2 n Effect 0 Normal size 1 Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Select character size Both C s 40 40 83 41 41 n 28 28 53 29 29 n Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of n as below Does not move the base line n Character width Character height 0 Single width Single height 1 Double width Single height 2 Single width Double height 3 Double width Double height Double height characters are always printed at near letter quality Double height printing temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the printer returns to normal height Print double height characters ASCI lt gt w 1 27 119 49 1B 77 31 lt 5 gt w 1 27 119 1 18 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 printing modes Return to normal height ASCII lt ESC gt w 0 lt ESC gt w lt 0 gt 27119 0 1B 77 00 Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at
65. d paper in this way when the printer is using the front pane buttons off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick or too There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed thin in this way Try using different paper Is there too much paper in the paper feed hopper or stacker Was the paper fanned before being fed into the ASF 111 Ifthe paper park function does not appear to be working correctly check the following Check Possible remedy Is the paper release lever in The paper release lever must be set to the lig position the M position after the fanfold paper has been parked Has the fanfold paper been Make sure that the POWER indicator comes on flashing properly parked after the fanfold paper has been parked If text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines check the following Possible remedy Is the text all on the same Carriage returns are not being expanded to line lt CR gt lt LF gt pairs Check the EDS setting and correct Two line feeds are being printed Make your software print just a carriage return or if this is not possible set the AUTO LF to OFF with the EDS setting 15 text being printed with extra blank lines If the page length and margins are not what is expected check the following
66. djusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 7 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 2 Release lever Figure 1 10 Loading a single sheet 10 Manual loading Itisalso possible toload paper manually while the printer s poweris off The procedure is 1 2 3 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Check that printer power is off and the release lever is back Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you wantto print towards the back ofthe printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Tum the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover If the paper is not straight move the release lever forward then straighten the paper by hand and move the release lever back 11 LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms punched forms or just plain computer paper This printer accepts forms up to
67. e e 4 119 e e 2 e e 1 128 64 Data 7 9 32 2 9 26 4 0 0 6 56 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 0 14 UM 74 28 0 0 90 IB 0 O 2 2 0 0 10 120 124 TM UM no 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Figure 5 5 Add the values of the dots into three bytes 87 The following program demonstrates how to use the NLQ download characters with the Standard mode 1000 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1060 1070 1080 1090 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 1200 1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 88 LPRINT 27 1 LPRINT CHR 27 amp CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 60 CHR 62 FOR 60 TO 62 LPRINT CHR 0 CHR 23 CHR 0 FOR M 1 TO 69 READ MM LPRINT NEXT M NEXT N LPRINT LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 LPRINT U S EXPORTS LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 LPRINT AUTOS CHR 9 FOR I 4 TO 9 3 STEP 4 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHEMICALS 9 FOR 4 TO 8 7 STEP 4 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT GUNS CHR 9 FOR 4 TO 1 4 STEP 4 LPRINT CHR 62 NEXT 1 LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 SCALE FOR I 2 TO 8 STEP 2 LPRINT SCALE NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHBS 9 3 FOR I 2 TO 8 STEP Z
68. e first pass and the remain der on the second pass The paper is rolled up half a dot height in between passes to let the print head print dots on the second pass that overlap the previous dots in order to fill in the spaces and produce denser characters Additionally the print head speed is halved and the dots are printed at double the density of draft characters For this reason NLQ characters can contain up to 23 dots in the horizontal direction Fundamentally the process to define and print downloaded NLQ character is the same as for draft characters except that you must assign the charac ter data according to the emulation mode you are using Assigning the character data with the Standard mode There are differences in the way the attribute information is processed In the draft quality mode the attribute byte carries the descender data and specifies the left space and the character width In the NLQ mode ther are ASCII Code Left space z Character width Tal al 1 Right space Figure 5 4 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own NLQ characters with the Standard mode 86 three attribute bytes the first byte describes the character s left space the second byte describes the character width And the third byte describes right
69. e refer to Chapter 3 Itis recommended to use forms jointed by dotted or pasting under the normal office condition Multi part forms should be pressure sensitive and should not be used in the friction feed Bottom feed with the pull tractor is recommended NOTE When printing continuous multi part forms care should be taken as the edges of the paper might be damaged The tolerance between the dotted or pasted position and other positions must be less than 0 05 mm 18 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment remove the top cover The adjustment lever is located at the left side of the printer mechanism Pushing the adjustment lever backwards narrows the gap pulling it forwards widens the gap There are five positions and you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the rear is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Do not set the lever out of the marked positions Adjustment lever A lt S M 2 2 X 2 LQ y 7 gt NS SS 4 4 iy 4 Figure 1 17 Location of the adjustment lever 19 The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference Wei
70. e to change the emulation mode by means of software control This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes In descriptions ofthe com mands all commands will be categorized by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt x lt gt 27 120 1B 78 01 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode EDS switch A 1 on IBM IBM mode EDS switch A 1 off Both Both standard and IBM modes lt ESC gt x 1 27 120 49 1B 78 31 ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Control characters are enclosed in pointed brack ets For example lt 1 gt means character code 1 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as 41 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters BS FT su eru a ES TO ES 45 Changes from near letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select draft elite characters ASCII Se Es T ai gt Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FONT or PITCH button was pressed during power up Select NLQ characters DE EZ lt
71. elects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode Select character set 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Both lt ESC gt 7 27 55 Selects character set 1 Hexadecimal 1B 37 Select character set 2 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 6 27 54 1B 36 Selects character set 2 47 Select international character set 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 France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 Spain 1 64 Legal The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as power up defaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 Select IBM code page Both lt 5 gt T lt gt 0 27 91 84 4 O 1B 5B 54 04 00 0 0 nl n2 0 0 nli n2 00 00 nl n2 Changes the code page of the current IBM character set according to the values of n1 and n2 nl n2 Code page 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 3 3 93 861 Icelandic 95 863 Canadian French 3 97 865 Nordic These code pages be selected as power up defaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 48 Enable printing of all character codes Enables printing of all characters in the character set including those assigned to character
72. end data faster than the printer prints Switch A 3 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch in the ON position a separate line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left ON If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch A 4 Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF In order to use the automatic sheet feeder SF 10DN move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch B 1 Are you going to print on multi part paper You can use up to 3 ply paper when this switch is ON If you want to print on 4 ply paper set this switch to the OFF position Switch B 2 Do you want the printer to stop printing at the end of the paper or to keep printing When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Otherwise leave it ON Switch B 3 Do you want to advance paper automatically at the end of printing You can select the Tear Off function with this switch OFF When using fanfold paper the Tear Off function allows you to te
73. f life However if the print quality is faint even after you have changed the ribbon or you have adjusted the gap between the print head and the platen see Chapter 1 the print head may need replacement Only use a replacement print head as recommended by your supplier 1 2 3 OFF the printer and unplug the power cord Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge If the printer has been in operation immediately before this operation the print head will be hot Allow time for the print head to cool before attemping to work on it Move the print head carriage toward the center and remove the color ribbon holder on the carriage CAUTION Do not lose the spring inside the holder Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside 113 Front tab Color ribbon holder Head cable Figure 7 1 Replacing the print head 6 Disengage the cable from the connector holding it down then remove the print head 7 Plug the cable into the connector of the new print head 8 Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins 9 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 10 Remount the color ribbon holder with care to position the spring and the front tab correctly 11 Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover and plug the power cord back in 114 Chapter 8 Printing system Serial Impact Dot matrix Printing speed
74. fully into position Platen knob Figure 1 3 Mounting the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Remove the top cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side and pulling the cover towards you see Figure 1 4 Now install the ribbon If you want to print with black only install the monochrome ribbon cartridge ZX9 4 Figure 1 4 Removing the top cover 1 Tum the tension knob counterclockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack 2 Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Ribbon tensioning knob Print head shield Print head Figure 1 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge 3 Theribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see Figure 1 6 Ink ribbon Print head shield Figure 1 6 Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield gt After you have installed the ribbon cartridge install the roller unit Open the rear cover using the two grips on either side 6 Gripping the lock levers on both sides of the roller unit fit the mounting brackets onto the shaft inside of the printer mechanism You will need to tilt the roller unit slightly backward 7 Secure the roller unit firmly by lowering into position as shown in
75. ght g m Thickness mm Recommended Paper Type En Each paper Total Lever position 52 82 0 07 0 10 Single 83 90 0 11 0 12 2 ply 40 58 0 12 0 16 3 ply 40 58 4 ply 40 58 NOTE Pressure sensitive paper is recommended for the multi part paper Multi part mode is recommended when using the 4 ply paper Refer to Chapter 3 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the opera tions indicated by their names Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you tum the printer s power on or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse e Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer Change the print color Store macro definition BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel From left to right they are CFONT and smaller buttons and CEET PAPER FEED ONLINE larger buttons The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel i ENT RIAT M MEN MICRO FEED POWER P SANSENE m SET EJECT wm ouET
76. gram on the computer If printing stops immedi ately 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 C_ON LINE button 4 While pressing the button down press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down In one second you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared If you hold these buttons 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 NOTE If you are using the SPC 8K Serial Parallel Converter reset the converter by pressing the red Clear button on it before you reset the printer Selecting the print color Normally this printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed Without the aid of software you can change the printing color as follows 32 1 Press theC ONLINE 2 button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it
77. gs By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements The following questions will help you choose the proper settings Ai Emulation STANDARD A2 RAMUsg Input Buffer Download Auto LF Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled B1 B2 B3 Pac ia Print Mode See below a que _ C3 1 2 3 4 B 1 B 2 B 3 4 1 2 C 3 C 4 2 Page Length See below Character Table Standard mode IBM mode IBM Code page or International Character Set Italics Set 41 Graphics Set 42 See below Switch A 1 Do you want to use the printer in Standard mode or IBM mode Select the mode compatible with your computer and software In Standard mode the printer operates like the Epson FX 850 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter III The ON position selects Standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode For color printing use the Standard mode and select the Epson EX 800 36 Switch 2 Does your software download characters to the printer In order to download characters this switch must be in the OFF position The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computerto s
78. he IBM mode and vice versa 33 ter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS Most printers use a bank of DIP Dual In line Package switches inside the printer to achieve various functions However this printer can change the power up default settings by using the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode This chapter explains how to use the EDS mode HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode has 16 kinds of functions you can set as power on default Toenterthe EDS mode turn the printer on while simultaneously holding the PAPERFEED and ON LINE buttons In EDS mode the indicators and the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below in Figure 3 1 Use the FONT button to select the Bank Number One of the FONT indi cators will illuminate to show the selected Bank Number Use the PITCH button to select the Switch Number One of the PITCH in dicators will illuminate to show the selected Switch Number The QUIET indicator shows the current setting If you want to set it ON press the button Press the PAPER FEED button to print out the current settings Press ONLINE button to save the new settings and to exit the EDS mode Switch GO Figure 3 1 Button and indicator functions in the EDS mode 35 FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS The printer is factory set with all EDS switches in the ON position These are the standard settin
79. he character data with the IBM mode Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Installing Application Software with Your Printer Embedding Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Programming with BASIC How the program works Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS Standard Character Set 41 Standard Character Set 2 International Character Sets IBM Character Set 2 Code page 437 U S A Code page 850 Multi lingual Code page 860 Portuguese Code page 861 Icelandic Code page 863 Canadian French Code page 865 Nordic IBM Character Set 1 IBM Special Character Set INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 107 107 108 108 110 113 113 115 119 120 122 123 124 124 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 136 Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection part names Setting up and connecting Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Adjusting the printing gap LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By suitable place we mean firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat such as direct sunl
80. he printer and easy to access LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder SF 10DN refer to the ASF instruction booklet Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with the power off or automatically with the power on We will start the easy way with automatic loading 1 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Figure 1 9 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets 2 Adjustthe paper guides to match the size of the paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage 3 Turnon the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that there is no paper in position for printing The orange POWER indicator will also flash to confirm this 4 Make sure that the release lever is back If fanfold paperis already mounted in the printer press the button to park the paper in the off line state then move the release lever backwards 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop 6 Now pressthe button The paper will be fed into the printer and a
81. ight heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust Supply it with clean electricity Do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer s identification plate To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access Install the printer where there is sufficient room for the paper and any paper being fed in or printed out If you are connecting your printer with a parallel cable make sure that the cable is within 2m 6ft of the printer An RS 232 connection using the optional SPC 8K interface can be made over longer distances UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Checking the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be seven items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 1 1 Check to make sure you have all seven items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Roller unit 4 Platen knob 5 Color ribbon cartridge 6 Monochrome ribbon cartridge and 7 Manual set User s manual User s guide and Sticker The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K Automatic sheet feeder SF 1
82. ill turn off Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover If necessary press the button to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the top cover and tear there Press the button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen 5 Move the release lever to the back 6 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually as explained previously The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer NOTE You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it from the bottom of the printer Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows Remove all single sheets from the printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the front Press the button The printer will automatically feed the parked fanfold paper back into position for printing NOTE The printer beeps intermittently if you move the release lever while the paper is loaded 17 LOADING MULTI PART FORMS You can print on continuous multi part forms with the built in tractor unit Youcanuse multi part forms that have up to four parts including the original when the Multi part mode is selected with the EDS setting For details pleas
83. inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ASI Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt 2 1B 32 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 216 inch Mode Both 18 39 m Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 216 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to O but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 72 inch Both ESC A m 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 does the same except that 1 the new line spacing does not take effect until the next lt 5 gt 2 command and 2 if n 0 the ESC command is ignored Execute ESC Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding lt gt command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt gt command Line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Std ESC LE 1B 0 ES T Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the precedi
84. inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns Decimal Hexadecimal ESC P 0 n 27 102 48 n lt gt f 0 n 27102 0 n Moves the next print position to column from the left margin where is between 0 and 127 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density 8 bit graphics Decimal Hexadecimal lt 5 gt n2 1B 4B n n2 m2 225 m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n n2 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 480 dots m1 m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of data bytes must be n7 n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density 8 bit graphics Both lt 5 gt L n n2 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C ni n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide See ESC for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Decimal Hexadecimal Y nl n2 27 89 nl n2 1B 59 n n2 ml m2 T m2 m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direc
85. ing Single Sheets Automatic loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer Paper parking Paper unparking Loading Multi Part Forms Adjusting the Printing Gap Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Buttons and Indicators ON LINE button PAPER FEED button SET EJECT PARK button PITCH button FONT button Power Up Functions Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel font Stay in panel pitch and font Hexadecimal dump Switch Combination Functions Form feed Top of form d Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset Selecting the print color Store macro definition Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS How to set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Bidirectional tes Adjustment mode Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font Control Commands Character Set Commands Character Size and Pitch Commands Vertical Position Commands Horizontal Position Commands Graphics Commands Download Character Commands Color Selection Commandes Other Printer Control Commands Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Designing 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 t
86. ing set with SO or lt ESC gt SO Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 Select proportional spacing lt ESC gt p 1 lt gt p lt 1 gt 0 18 50 01 Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Select fixed spacing ASCI ES pO lt ESC gt p lt 0 gt 27112 0 1B 70 00 lt gt P 0 0 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the button was pressed during power up ASCI Hexadecimal Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired char acteristics Select master print mode 52 Examples n 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 4 Proportional 2 Elite 1 Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Increase character spacing ASCII Decimal Sid lt ESC gt SP Increases the space between characters by n 240 inches where n is a number from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt h m 27 104 n 1B 68 m Selects the size of subsequent
87. inter will start performing successive line feeds 3 While holding the button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top ofthe 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 orreverse micro feed 30 14 button 4 While holding the C ON LINE button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set gt Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page NOTE With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The per foration may catch inside the printer and cause a jam
88. inuous 4 10 Original 3 copies Max Without Download 16kB With Download 1 line Epson FX 850 Epson EX 800 for color IBM Proprinter III Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option On carriage dedicated Monochrome Black only Color Black magenta cyan violet yellow orange green Ribbon life Monochrome ZX9 3 million characters draft pica Color ZX9CL 1 million characters draft pica Dimensions eese 440 w x 334 d x 135 h mm 17 3 w x 13 1 d x 5 3 h in 25 cure ti teer dee 6 3kg 13 916 Power supply 120V AC 220V AC 240V AC 50 60Hz varies according to the country of pur chase Options Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DN Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K Roll paper holder RH 10Z 117 The following describes the pinout of the parallel Centronics type inter face connector signals which are low when active are overlined Pin Name Function 1 STROBE Goes from high to low for 20 5us when active 2 DATAO High when active 3 1 High when active 4 DATA2 High when active 5 DATA3 High when active 6 4 High when active 7 DATAS High when active 8 DATA6 High when active 9 High when active 10 ACK Sus low pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 d BUSY Low when printer ready t
89. is five dots The user defined characters may use eight dots vertically Dots cannot overlap that is you may not have a dot inside a box next to one that is on a line You may define any position in the ASCII table Photocopy the grid in Figure 5 2 to help design your new characters We will use a tiny representation of a car shaped symbol for our example ml m3 m5 m7 m9 mil m2 m4 10 ASCII Code Descender Left space Last column Descender x 128 Left x 16 Last Figure 5 2 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own draft characters Defining the attribute data Before you start the definition you will need to decide exactly where in the regular ASCII set you want to place your characters After downloading you access your new character by sending the code for the character you replaced Next you must choose whether to make the car symbol an ascender or a descender This determines how the character is seated on the linc Ascender Descender We decided that our car symbol will not be a descender so a figure 1 is written next to Descender on the grid If your character is a descender write 0 next to Descender 82 Next you must specify the left space and the last print column of the character Being able to specify the width of the character allows you to specify the precise area inside the grid that the character will occupy s
90. k like Figure 5 7 The defining process is the same as for draft characters except that you must select NLQ mode and you must define 46 data If you wish to print your 90 First ml 45 Second pass m2 m46 pass 128 I 1 LH 12g ASCII Code 6 64 e Descender 7 a mI 64 Left space 0 32 e Width 23 o T o o Ted 32 Descender x 128 16 je LT fe 1 a2 Left x 16 Width of 16 e e e o 5 1 8 e e Figure 5 7 Add the values of the dots in the boxes first and then add the value on the lines NLQ characters with the regular character set the remarks regarding the simultaneous use of regular and download characters in the draft character section apply equally to NLQ characters The following program demonstrates how to use the NLQ download characters with the IBM mode 1000 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 7 1010 LPRINT CHR 27 146 0 21 1020 LPRINT CHR 60 1030 FOR N 60 TO 62 1040 LPRINT CHR 128 CHR 23 1050 FOR M 1 TO 46 1060 READ MM 1070 LPRINT CHR MM 1080 NEXT M 1090 NEXT N 1100 LPRINT 1110 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR 0 1120 LPRINT CHR 27 Q CHR 4 CHR 0 1130 LPRINT CHR 0 CHR 0 CHR 34 CHR 2 1140 LPRINT U S EXPORTS
91. l x Switch 1274 174 12734 ON RE OFF EDS SETTINGS Current settings Emphacsived i Banki Switch Functoon Set OM 2 Set OF ug oo n ER UN ae ne a Olas aes TN DG E ue Re a 1 2 Emulation 1 STANDARD 1 1 RAM Usage 1 Input Buffer Download A 3 2 Ruto LF 2 Disabled 2 Enabled A 4 1 ASF Setting Disabled MOS de E 1 z multi part mode Disabled 2 Fnatdled E 2 Psaper aut Detector Enabled oDissbled 3 Pear oft Disabled Enabled 4 1 Reserveds Leave ON S do EX Rs Print Mode 10cpi Draft ON ON tepo HS Draft ON OFF epi Draft OFF ON l cpi COURIER OFF OFF ge Length 11 ON ON OFF ON E A4 ON OFF 2 OFF OFI unes das d sai D 1 2 Character Table CT STP mode 1 Graphics 1 Italics mode TBM 2 1 D IEM Code Fage 1 H2 Graphicsi 437 HRES QN ON OFF ON BRER OFF OFF HREL AN OFF DN Reserved QN OFF OFF GFE OFF DM Reserved OFF OFF mse af Mi ete eis eae International Character Set 1155 U S A ON ON OH 1 QN ON France OFF Sueden OH 4 Germaies ON ON GN DEF OFF 2 OF
92. l n2 m0 mi m2 m3 mll Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not for downloading characters and this com mand 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 n must be equal to or less than n2 Use of character codes 32 space and 127 delete code should be avoided if possible Each character is defined by an attribute byte 70 and 11 data bytes ml m2 11 The most significant bit of the attribute byte is 1 if the character is an ascender positioned entirely above the baseline or O 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 O to 3 The left space and cell width attributes are used only in proportional spacing Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the MSB being the top dot and the LSB the bottom dot These correspond to pins 1 to 8 or 2 to 9 of the print head depending on whether the character is an ascender or descender For further details please refer to the Chapter 5 70 Define NLQ download characters Mode
93. le digit 1 You may want to place additional commands in this file such as left and right margins line spacing and bottom margin commands Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each To avoid excess line feeds you should place the commands on one line in the setup file You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word processing software it depends on whether your software lets you enter control codes If your system includes the file EDLIN COM however you can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor An appropriate name for this setup file would be NLQELITE DAT To use the DOS line editor type the command EDLIN NLQELITE DAT then type the underlined parts of the following display Press RETURN at the end of each line Don t type the symbol This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key forexample V meansto type CTRL V C means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of the input A gt EDLIN NLOQELITE DAT New file LL 1 VIX1 V VA gw E d 99 V indicates that the following character is control code V enters lt ESC gt code lt ESC gt has character code 27 and is the 27th character from A in the ASCII sequence Similarly VA enters the control code 1 See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up the printer by sending it the file NLQELIT
94. left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters 63 Left justify Aci Esc a lt gt 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal sig lt 5 gt 1 27 97 49 1B 61 31 lt ESC gt 1 27 97 1 1B 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify 501 lt 5 gt lt 2 gt 27 97 2 1B 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Full justify Mode ascii IE XA zs eas Aligns subsequent text between the Icft and right margins Set horizontal tab stops ASCH Both lt ESC gt D nl n2 0 2768nlm2 0 1B 4n n2 00 Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n1 n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if pro portional spacing is currently selected where nl n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 64 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code To clear all tab stops specify lt gt D 0 Set horizontal tab stops every n columns
95. m in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Tum on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded The orange POWER indicator will also flash to confirm this Now press the button The paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 2 Replace the rear cover and mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 14 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper Rear cover Figure 1 14 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms 14 Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the following procedure 1 Remove the top cover and the roller unit 2 Openthe rear cover using the two grips at the side and push backwards 3 Grip the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit and pull the unit upw
96. meters n1 n2 0 Select vertical tab channel lt 5 gt n0 27 47 0 1B 2F n0 Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number n0 from to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by ESC Vertical tab Modei ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt gt 11 0B 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 61 HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Decimal Sets the left margin at column n where is between 0 and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Pica 0 lt lt 76 Elite 0 lt lt 91 Condensed pica 0 lt lt 130 Condensed elite 0 lt lt 152 Expanded pica 0 lt lt 38 Expanded 0 lt lt 45 Expanded condensed pica 0 lt lt 64 Expanded condensed elite 0 lt lt 76 Set right margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt m 27 8 n 1B 51 m Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional sp
97. n 216 inch reverse line feed Select NLQ font Set left margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select print color Cancel quiet mode Quiet mode Cancel quiet mode Quiet mode Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Retum to normal height Print double height characters Retum to normal height Print double height characters Select draft quality characters Select NLQ characters Select draft quality characters Select NLQ characters Select normal zero Select slash zero Select normal zero Select slash zero Delete last character sent Manual feed Auto feed Select black Select magenta Select cyan Select violet Select yellow Select orange Select green Select Courier characters Select Sanserif characters Select Script characters Select Orator characters Select draft quality characters Eject paper from ASF Select character size Set print start position on ASF 138 The following commands take effect with the mode CONTROL CODE BEL BS HT lt LF gt lt VT gt lt FF gt lt CR gt lt SO gt lt Sb lt 0 1 gt lt 0 2 gt DC4 CAN ESC SO ESC SI ESC EM 0 ESC EM 4 lt ESC gt EM ESC
98. n columns Set vertical tab stops every lines Set horizontal tab stops every columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines 69 9982952829 292 2722 137 CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt h ESC j n lt ESC gt lt ESC gt I lt ESC gt p 0 ESC p 1 ESC p 0 ESC p 1 ESC r n ESC lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt 1 gt lt gt s 0 lt gt s ESC 0 ESC t 1 lt ESC gt t 2 lt ESC gt tr 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt w lt l gt lt 5 gt s lt ESC gt x lt 5 gt x ve lt ESC gt di o lt ESC gt x lt ESC gt lt 0 gt lt 5 gt 1 ESC o 0 ESC sj DEL ut y yn PA C C C y ep n 2 sye 2 rH HC Be age ur eo prn edu aj aq E xA ds 0 rq ep ed S n yr ms FUNCTION Select double or quadruple size Perform one
99. ng line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used Perform one 21 6 inch line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt P n Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode Does not change the line spacing setting 57 Perform one n 216 inch reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 271 1B 6A Feeds paper once by n 216 inches in 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 Decimal Hexadecimal ESC 1 n 27 102 49 1B 66 31 n lt ESC gt f lt gt n 27102 1 n 1B 66 01 n Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where is between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position ASCII 505 4 Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel Set page length to n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt 5 gt C 27 67 n 1B 43 Sets the page length to lines in the current line spacing where n is between and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 inIBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physicai page length The current line becomes the top of the
100. 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt 5 gt 4 0 1B 5B 40 04 00 0 0 n m 00 00 n m Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line Line spacing Character height Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height Unchanged Double height Single Unchanged Single Single height Single Double height Double Unchanged Double Single height Double Double height D Character width Single width same as lt ESC gt W 0 Double width same as lt ESC gt W 1 Double height characters are always printed at near letter quality Double height printing temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the printer returns to normal height VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 0 27 48 1B 30 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch 55 Set line spacing to 7 72 inch lt gt 1 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses subsequent line feeds to 7 72
101. not mentioned select Proprinter II or Proprinter If your software package does not mention printers by name but asks instead what features your printer is capable of the most common questions are your printer perform a backspace and it do a hardware form feed You should answer Yes to both these questions Other software packages may well allow you to install specific features Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed This is given below Number of columns Pica 10 80 Elite 12 96 Condensed pica 17 1 137 Condensed elite 20 160 Proportional Variable Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to retum to the default settings The command for your printer is lt 5 gt 0 Make sure that the EDS switches set for the correct printer emulation and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the EDS switches If you are in doubt about the configration of your application software seek expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing font printing double size characters or printing in color Your printer there fore has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed
102. o lt gt mo ar uw eu C ce on gt ed E 132 INDEX A Absolute horizontal tab 66 Ascender 70 82 Auto feed 79 Auto loading 31 Automatic line feed 37 63 Automatic sheet feeder 9 37 78 117 B Backspace 63 BASIC 28 84 88 91 101 Beeper 78 Bidirectional printing 40 78 Bit image printing 67 69 104 Bold printing 45 Bottom feed 15 Bottom margin 59 Buffer 32 37 116 Cancel command 76 Carriage return 63 Centering 64 Channels of vertical tab stops 61 Character codes printing of all 49 Character set commands 47 49 Character sets 115 119 132 Character size and pitch commands 50 55 Character spacing 53 Cleaning 113 Code page 39 48 Color printing 32 Color selection commands 74 75 Column width 96 115 Condensed pitch 23 50 Connector 3 8 Control panel 21 Courier font 24 43 D Delete 76 Descender 70 82 Dimensions of printer 117 Dot matrix size 116 Double size characters 53 54 Double strike printing 45 Download character commands 70 74 Download characters 37 70 81 93 Draft quality 24 42 70 71 81 EDS mode 35 96 Electronic DIP switch 35 Elite pitch 23 42 50 73 Emphasized printing 44 Emulation 36 95 116 Entry slot 3 Environmental requirements 1 Escape sequence 41 Expanded printing 51 Fanfold forms loading 12
103. o receive data 12 PAPER High when paper out Can be disabled with EDS setting 13 SELECT High when printer is on line 14 15 N C _ O 16 SIGNAL GND Signal ground 17 CHASSIS Chassis ground isolated from signal ground 18 45V 5V DC output from printer 19 30 GND Twisted pair ground retum 31 RESET T When this input signal is low printer is reset 32 ERROR Outputs low when printer cannot continue due to an error 33 EXT GND External ground 1 34 35 NIC 36 SELECT IN Always high 118 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS The following tables show the standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table For example the character is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 This is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets gt Sample Character Hexadecimal value high order Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 119 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 1 pde BLUE Ju N uS M a 12 127 _ ra cal ra ni 15 1 120 5 ex eu 5 gt
104. o that narrow characters will look attractive next to wide ones Acceptable values for the left space are O to 7 and the last print column are from 4 to 11 Our character will occupy from column 1 to column 11 so the left space is 0 and the character width data is 11 Assigning the character data Now we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them undemeath the grid For example looking at Figure 5 3 we sec that in the left most column there are five dots and they are sitting in the 64 box 32 box 16 box 8 box and 4 box Thus its vertical value is 124 In the next column there is no dot straddling the vertical line its value is recorded as ml m3 mS m7 m9 1 m2 m4 10 ASCII Code Descender 7 Left space 0 Last column 77 Descender x 128 Left x 16 Last 124 66 64 6 76 0 0 fT 3 2 2 Figure 5 3 Add the values of the dots in each column and write the sum of each column at the bottom You will see the letters m1 m2 m3 etc are above your values When you define the character you will substitute your value for each of these letters 83 Sample program To demonstrate how to use the download characters let s use the car character and some other user defined characters to print a small graph This program will do just that with the Standard mode 1000 LPRINT CHR 27 x0 1010 LPRINT CHR 27
105. ollowing options in order Pitch Indicator s Pica 10 CPI 10CPI Elite 12 CPI 12 Condensed pica 17 CPI 10 COND Condensed elite 20 CPI 12 1 COND Proportional 23 FONT button This button selects the font to be printed Draft font is selected at power up unless the default settings are changed To change to HS Draft High Speed Draft or one of the NLQ Near Letter Quality fonts set the printer off line then press the button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illuminate The selections cycle in the following order Indicator s Draft DRAFT Sanserif DRAFT COURIER Courier COURIER Orator COURIER SCRIPT Script SCRIPT High Speed Draft HS DRAFT The Orator font is unique in two ways First itis larger higher than the other fonts which makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiring high visibility You will need a little extra line spacing when Orator is used Second the Orator font prints small capitals in place of lower case letters The other fonts do not have this option Lower case will always print as lower case 24 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 WB HS DRAFT mm 10CPi MICRO FEED POWER A AR DE cm SET EJECT 8 QUIET FONT PITCH PARK PAPER FEED ON LINE El
106. or to Yellow Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed Select orange Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both C 0 40 67 41 41 53 28 28 43 29 29 35 Changes the print color to Orange Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed Select green ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal eo oe 40 40 67 41 41 54 28 28 43 29 29 3 Changes the print color to Green Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed 75 OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt gt 27 62 1 Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1 allowing users with a 7 bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt 27 61 1B 3D Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is ASC sc w Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid DEL 127 7F Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last character received was all or part of a command Cancel last line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal CAN 24 18 Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffe
107. ou to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off NOTE This function is valid only when the buffer is empty PAPER FEED button If you press this button while off line the paper will feed forward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you also press the button while you are line feeding the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page This is explained later If you press this button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET indicator on and off When in Quiet mode with the QUIET indicator lit the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level SET EJECT PARK button NOTE This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected Pressing this button causes the printer to begin paper loading if the paper has not loaded while in the off line state If the paper has been loaded this button results in different functions de pending on the position of the release lever If the release lever is forward for fanfold forms pressing this button parks the forms If the release lever is back for single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper PITCH button This button allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the f
108. preciate being informed of them The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1990 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into nine chapters To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 1 through 3 The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledge of the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Setting up the printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 2 Control panel operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection After getting set up read this chapter and try out the various procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 Default settings This chapter explains how to use the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode to make system settings on the printer Chapter 4 Printer control commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands used to drive it This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Ch
109. r 76 Quiet print Decimal Hexadecimal ESC s 1 27 115 49 1B 73 31 ESC s 1 27 115 1 1B 73 01 Selects the quiet print mode which the printer prints each line in two passes to reduce the sound of printing You can also set the quiet mode with the control panel button Cancel quiet print Mode ASCII Decimal lt 8 gt 0 27 115 48 XESC lt gt 27 118 Cancels the quiet print mode and resumes normal printing You can also cancel the quiet mode with the control panel button Set printer off line Asi DCS BOF S Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all TE characters and commands except lt DC1 gt which returns it to the on line state The printer s ON LINE indicator does not go off Set printer on line Mode ASCII lt 0 1 gt Retums printer to on line state allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands This command is ignored if the printer was set off line by pressing the CONTINE button on the control panel Decimal Hexadecimal 17 11 77 Bell ASCII Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer s beeper Bidirectiona printing sos 80290740 lt gt 405 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode which is faster than unidirectional printing Unidi
110. rectional printing ASCI lt gt U 1 27 85 49 55 31 Both lt gt 0 lt 1 gt 27 85 1 18 55 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision One line unidirectional printing ASCII Decimal Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Manual feed ASC lt ESC gt EM 0 40 40 48 41 41 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive 78 Auto feed Both lt 5 gt EM lt 4 gt Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Eject paper from ASF 27 25 82 1B 19 52 40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29 Ejects the current page Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF in active Set print start position on ASF lt ESC gt EM vov omo Coa Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where n is between 1 and 15 Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESOS TG Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selec
111. rmat rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure 1 While holding both the PAPER FEED and C 7 4 buttons down turn power ON A beep tone will be heard 2 Begin printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable char acters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the button This is necessary to print the last line The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode 10 FOR 0 TO 255 20 LPRINT 1 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 2 5 y Ord te Figure 2 5 Sample hexadecimal dump 28 Most BASICS however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 2 6 OF OC OD 52 x x4 tnn 1B AD 1E 1 B BABCDEFGHIJELMNQ PORSTUVWXYZ YI abedefghijkimno pqarstuvwxyziil Figure 2 6 Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM PC When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD carriage return it adds an extra hex OA line feed Hex code 1A end of file
112. s are too close together the paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Check Is the paper release lever pushed to the position Is the paper guide in the ver tical position Are the holes on each side of the paper aligned with regard to each other in the tractor units Are the tractor units too close or too far apart Are the tractor units locked in position and the covers closed Is the paper feeding freely into the printer Possible remedy Make sure the release lever is pushed to the u posi tion When using the tractor feed the paper guide should be horizontal If the two sides of the paper are out of alignment realign them so that the tractor holes match up Misalignment of the tractor units making the paper too loose or too tight will prevent a smooth paper feed Correct this if necessary The paper should not be too far from the printer less than 1 meter 3 feet and there should be no cables or other obstacles obstructing its path The paper should also be feeding straight into the printer and an angled feed may cause jams and blockages 110 Possible remedy Are you trying to feed paper You can
113. t that you must supply about four times as much character data and you must design the character with the two passes of the print head in mind Use the grid in Figure 5 6 to help plot the data with the IBM mode Due to the two pass process NLQ characters can contain up to 16 dots vertically First ml 4 Second pass 2 m46 pass 128 LLI T LI 128 ASCII Code 64 T Descender 64 Left space 32 Width Imi 32 Descender x 128 16 2 Left x 16 Width 8 1 7 7 16 4 oe ea L1 i SERE Esp H 1 1 i 1 6s 1 Dot data 1st 2nd Figure 5 6 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own NLQ characters with the IBM mode To make the character data easier to calculate put the first pass dots with black circle on the grid when you are designing your characters and the second pass dots with white circle Remember that adjacent dots may not overlap on the same pass in other words if one dot is in a box its adjacent dot on the same pass may not be on a line Therefore to make smooth characters put the dots needed to overlap any spaces in a character in the appropriate places in the second pass grid If we plot our car shaped symbol for NLQ the grid data will loo
114. talic characters ASG Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Select NLQ italic characters Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt 5 gt VT 1B 49 0B Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics with NLQ characters Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select upright characters Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt 8 gt 5 3 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Emphasized printing ode ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC E 1B 45 Causes subsequent draft characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes EE Cancel emphasized printing ASCI Cancels emphasized printing Double strike printing lt ESC gt G 27 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 recom mended in draft mode Double strike cannot be used with superscripts or subscripts Cancel double strike printing lt gt 27 72 1B 48 Cancels double strike printing Start underlining Decimal Hexadecimal s 27 45 49 1B 2D 3 lt ESC gt 1 1B 2D 01 Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics charac
115. tch 1080 Start printing 1090 WIDTH LPT1 255 1100 LPRINT D CHR 3 CHR 27 CHR O HT 1110 LPRINT C Font setting 1120 LPRINT H D Draft characters 1130 LPRINT H F CHR 0 Courier characters 1140 LPRINT H F CHR 1 Sanserif characters 1150 LPRINT H F CHR 4 Script characters 1160 LPRINT H F CHR 7 Orator characters 1170 1180 LPRINT 1190 LPRINT C Print pitches 1200 LPRINT H P Pica pitch 10 CPI 1210 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 12 CPI 1220 LPRINT 1230 LPRINT CHR 15 Select condensed pitch 1240 LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 1250 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1260 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1270 LPRINT H E p1 Select proportional spacing 1280 LPRINT P Proportional spacing 1290 LPRINT Cancel proportional spacing 1300 LPRINT 1310 LPRINT 1 Expanded E WO 1320 LPRINT H E w1 Double height 0 1330 LPRINT H E h CHR 1 Double sized 1340 LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized 1350 LPRINT 0 1360 LPRINT LPRINT 1370 LPRINT 0 47 Set right margin 1380 LPRINT C Various line and character spacings 1390 LPRINT E al Center text 1400 FOR I 1 TO 7 1410 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing 1420 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1430 LPRINT THE SPACINGS
116. ters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined 45 Stop underlining ASCI lt 5 gt 0 27 45 48 1 20 30 Both lt 5 gt 0 27 45 0 1B 2D 00 Stops underlining Start overlining ASC IBM lt ESC gt _ 1 27 95 49 1B 5F 31 lt ESC gt _ lt i gt 1B Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining ASC mul ee 18 5F 30 lt 5 lt gt 1B SF 00 Stops overlining Superscript sus TS lt 5 gt 87 0 Subscript Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch UE NC on 8505 5 lt 1 gt Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt gt 27 84 1B 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Decimal Hexadecimal 0 27 116 48 1B 74 30 0 27 116 0 1B 74 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if EDS switch D 1 is OFF Select IBM character set Decimal Hexadecimal 27 116 49 1B 74 31 27 116 1 1B 74 01 S
117. tion See ESC for other information ESC 67 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Z nl 2 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A nl n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1920 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt 5 gt for other information Select graphics mode Decimal Hexadecimal 27 42 nO nl 1B 2A n0 ni n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of nO and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt for information on n1 n2 ml m2 0 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 Convert graphics density Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt P n Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt gt ESC L ESC Y or ESC Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt n is L or Z indicating the mode to be converted m is a code from 0 to 7 indicating one of
118. tions 79 Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS With this printer you can create new characters and symbols download their dot data and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regu lar character set Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanese characters Regular characters are permanently stored in the printer s ROM but characters you design are downloaded and stored in RAM for use DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS Designing and printing your own characters has two requirements first designing the shape of the character calculating the data necessary to make the shape and sending that data to the printer and secondly sending the command to print the downloaded characters instead of the regular charac ters There are a number of design constraints for download draft quality characters The matrix or grid on which you design the characters is six boxes wide by nine boxes high Horizontally dots may be centered in a box ormay straddle aline making the actual character grid 11 dots wide by 9 dots high Vertically dots can only be centered in a box See Figure 5 1 Ai Ha ES r L L a TT E I Lee PU I Figure 5 1 Dots can be inside boxes or straddle the vertical lines of the grid 81 The minimum width of a character
119. wer up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON 73 Select ROM character set 27 37 48 1B 25 30 1B 25 00 Stops using the download character set and retums to the built in ROM character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS Select print color ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt 5 gt r n 27 14 n 72 n Selects the printing color according to the value of n as shown below Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed n Color n Color 0 Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet Select black Decimal Hexadecimal 40 40 67 41 41 48 28 28 43 29 29 30 Changes the print color to Black Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed Select magenta ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 0047 y ty tQ 40 40 67 41 41 49 28 28 43 29 29 31 Changes the print color to Magenta Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed 74 Select cyan Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both C C 40 40 67 41 41 50 28 28 43 29 29 32 Changes the print color to Cyan Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed Select violet ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both C 40 40 67 41 41 51 28 28 43 29 29 33 Changes the print color to Violet Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed Select yellow Decimal Hexadecimal 40 40 67 41 41 52 28 28 43 29 29 34 Changes the print col

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