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1. CPI Pica 10 136 Elite 12 163 Condensed pica 17 1 233 Condensed elite 20 272 Proportional Variable 99 Character dot matrix Bit image dot matrix 8 pin normal 8 pin double 8 pin high speed double 8 pin quadruple 8 pin CRT I 8 pin CRT II 8 pin plotter 8 pin double plotter 9 pin single 9 pin double 9 x 11 Draft 18 x 23 NLQ DPI 60 8 x 816 120 8 x 1632 120 8 x 1632 240 8 x 3264 80 8 x 1088 90 8 x 1224 72 8 x 979 144 8 x 1958 60 9x 816 120 9 x 1632 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in the mode marked with an asterisk Paper feed ahann Paper feed speed Paper width sese eee seene Emulations sss sese eee ee eee IST Ribbon type ss esse eee ee eee 100 Friction and push tractor standard Pull tractor option 2 8 inches second max Cut sheet 6 16 5 Fanfold continuous 4 16 Original 42 copies Without Download 15kB With Download 1 line Epson mode IBM Proprinter mode Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option On carriage dedicated Black Ribbon life 0 ceeeeneeeeeteeeeee 6 million characters draft pica Dimensions sss esse sees neee 590 w x 332 d x 127 h mm 232 w x 13 1 d x 5 h in Weithio acordar ied 8 5kg 18 71b Power Supply eno tr 120V AC 220V AC 240V AC 50 60Hz varies according to the country of pur chase OPLIONS citi cp lvo
2. Figure 7 1 Replacing the print head 96 6 Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head 7 For easy installation of the new print head move the carriage toward the left end of the rail 8 Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins 9 Thread the new cable the same way as the old securing it under the three tabs on the print head carriage 10 Plug the cable into the connector inserting it as far as it will go 11 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 12 Movethecarriage back toward the right and replace the connector cover Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place 13 Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover and plug the power cord back in 97 MEMO 98 Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Printing system sess Serial Impact Dot matrix Printing speed sss sese eee 150 cps Draft pica 37 5 cps NLQ pica Print direction sss Bidirectional logic seeking Unidirectional logic seeking selectable Number of print pins 9 Line spacing onion estoit 1 6 1 8 n 72 n 216 inches Characters eerte tenta ASCII 96 International 14 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 Download 255 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Denmark Norway Number of columns
3. LPRINT D E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 2280 FOR M 0 TO 11 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN Define NLQ download character ipee canens 2190 2200 2210 2220 2230 2240 2250 2260 2270 2280 2290 2300 2310 2320 2330 2340 2350 2360 2370 2380 2390 2400 2410 2420 2430 2440 2450 2460 2470 2480 2490 2500 2510 2520 2530 2540 2550 2560 2570 2580 2590 2600 LPRINT C E amp CHR 0O CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 2310 FOR M 0 TO 46 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN DATA Draft download character DATA 139 124 0 66 4 64 36 16 2 16 12 0 NLQ download character es DATA 128 14 16 38 1 70 1 70 0 126 O0 0 DATA 70 0 38 0 22 9 6 9 6 8 6 0 DATA 28 32 14 64 14 0 14 0 124 O0 0 12 DATA 64 12 32 14 16 14 0 14 0 12 0 Dot graphics 4 DATA Oe 202 20 0 Be Su Y o2 7 Doses E DATA 14 14 14 7 7 3 3 15 15 15 0 0 DATA Oe OL 6 750 Fan Was Laas Uu MEDIUM UT 6 DATA E O O Te 5 hae Min LX Cue Fe WS T DATA Tig hye 704 COG Pp Tas AR TH o uU T DATA Fae Fy Os Ose 0 DATA 0 0 60 255 255 255 255 255 143 15 7 7 DATA 7 7 3 3 3 131 193 241 240 240 0 0 DATA 0 0 O0 0 224 255 255 255 255 255 31 0 DATA 0 0 1 3 31 255 255 255 255 255 255 TL DATA 0 0 0 1 7 31 255 252 240 192 128 0 DATA
4. eere 5 COMME CLIOTI 7 iiic ecce ees rm obe eme ec eie er ce EYE ie Eua desse nus 6 Loading Single Sheets eene 8 Automatic loading cessisse esent entente tnntnnnnene 8 Manual loading eese eere eren nnne 10 Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms eere 11 Loading the paper from the rear of the printer 11 Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer 13 Paper parking eere nennen enne tnnntnn nennen 15 Paper unparking eerte tenente enne 15 Adjusting the Printing Gap sese 16 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 17 Buttons and Indicators eee eee eene nennen tenente nnn 17 ON LINE button eeeeseeeeeeee eere entente nnne 18 PAPER FEED button esee 19 SET EJECT PARK button esse sees seene eenn nenen 19 PRINT PITCH button 0 0 sese seene neee 19 NLQ TYPE STYLE button eere 20 Power Up Functions eese ette tenen nnne nnne ntn nnnanen 21 Short test mode eese eren teen entente tense tntnensen 21 Long test mode esent ne ereer 22 Print area test mode e eeeeeeeeee eese enata tnantntnnennn nnne 22 Stay in panel pitch esee 22 Stay in panel style rere rrer 23 Stay in panel pitch and style eee 23 H
5. 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 2180 GOSUB 2100 LPRINT H C Download characters LPRINT D E 1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print downloaded character NEXT I LPRINT D E 0 Select normal character GOSUB 2180 LPRINT C E 1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print downloaded character NEXT I LPRINT D E 0 Select normal character LPRINT H C Various dot graphic densities DIM LOGO 4 RESTORE 2370 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 FOR COL 1 TO 65 READ DG LOGO ROW LOGO ROW CHR DG NEXT COL NEXT ROW LPRINT E A CHR 8 Set 8 72 line spacing FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT H us FOR B 0 TO 4 IF B 2 THEN 1940 LPRINT E CHR B Select dot grapgics mode LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 0 LOGO ROW LPRINT ms NEXT B LPRINT NEXT ROW LPRINT FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT H R FOR B 5 TO 7 LPRINT E CHRS B Select dot grapgics mode LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 0 LOGO ROW LPRINT NEXT B LPRINT NEXT ROW LPRINT E Q Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES M se Define draft download character
6. Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Select fixed spacing Both ES p 0 27 112 48 1B 70 30 lt ESC gt p 0 27112 0 1B 70 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up lt ESC gt P lt 0 gt 43 Select master print mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt nm 27 33 n 1B 21 n Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired char acteristics Examples n 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Function n value Underline 128 Italic 1 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 2 4 Proportional 2 2 Elite 2 1 1 Ignored if the STYLE button was pressed during power up 2 Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Increase character spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt lt SP gt n 27 32 n 1B 20 n 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 Both ESC h n 27 104 n 1B 68 n Selects the size of subsequent characters
7. Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt w 1 27 119 49 1B 77 31 lt ESC gt w 1 27 119 1 1B 77 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing Temporarily cancels super subscript and condensed printing modes 45 Return to normal height ASCII Both lt ESC gt w 0 lt ESC gt w 0 Decimal Hexadecimal 27 119 48 27 119 0 1B 77 00 Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height Resumes super subscript and condensed printing if these modes were in effect before double height was selected Select character height width and line spacing R lt ESC gt E R 27 Ra x E 5B 2 04 00 Both 0 are 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 ums chante Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height Unchanged Double height Single Unchanged Single Single height Single Double height Double Unchanged Double Single height Double Double height 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 mod
8. Select slash zero Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 1 27 126 49 1B 7E 31 lt ESC gt lt I gt 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 0 Select normal zero Hexadecimal 1B 7E 30 1B 7E 00 Decimal 27 126 48 27 126 0 lt ESC gt 0 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch lt ESC gt Decimal Hexadecimal p 27 80 1B 50 18 12 In Standard mode changes from elite to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In IBM mode changes from either elite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Elite pitch Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt M lt ESC gt In Standard mode changes from pica to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from either pica or condensed to elite 12 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up 41 Condensed printing Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt SI gt In Standard mode changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from either pica or elite to condensed 17 cpi Ignored if the b
9. Figure 1 9 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets 2 Make sure that the release lever is down If the fanfold paper is mounted on the printer press the C SEZEJEC button to park the paper then move the release lever downwards Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using re membering that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Figure 1 10 Loading a single sheet 5 Tur on the power using the switch at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that no paper is in position for printing The orange POWER indicator also flashes to show this Now press the C SEEEMEC 7 button The paper bail will move clear of the paper and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen and the print head will move to the start position Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer s power is off The procedure is 10 Place the paper guide in position locating the lugs 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 at the back of
10. lt ESC gt O 27 79 1B 4F Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin Form feed Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt FF gt i c 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 DIP switch 1 4 is OFF this command ejects the current page Return to top of current page Model ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC FF 1B 0C Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction feed is used Disable paper out detector ASCII Hexadecimal Boh ESC 8 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 DIP switch 1 5 Enable paper out detector Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC 9 1B 39 Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of DIP switch 1 5 5 _ Set vertical tab stops ASC Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines n4 n2 etc where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the
11. lt ESC gt a lt 2 gt 27 97 2 1B 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt D ni n2 lt O gt 27 68nln2 0 1B4nin2 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 n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 28 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the lt 0 gt control code To clear all tab stops specify lt ESC gt D lt 0 gt Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Mode ASCII Both lt ESC gt e Q n lt ESC gt e 0 n Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where n is between 1 and 127 Hexadecimal 1B 65 30 n 1B 65 00 n Decimal 27 101 48 n 27101 0 n Reset all tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal IBM lt ESC gt R 27 82 Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops 1B 52 Hexadecimal l Horizontal tab Moves the print p
12. lt ESC gt x lt 0 gt Select draft quality characters 34 ESC x 1 Select NLQ characters 34 lt ESC gt x 0 Select draft quality characters 34 ESC x 1 Select NLQ characters 34 ESC 0 Select normal zero 41 ESC 1 Select slash zero 41 116 MODE CONTROL CODE IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM lt ESC gt 0 ESC 1 lt FS gt 4 lt FS gt 5 FS 0 0 lt 0 gt FS FS Q n FS R n FS n1 n2 nOn mr 0 M yr g o A NAA AA la vh vfo eg J ud YU Dp T o b tn ep h d e ae n ep aye ye o o nm up yr aye j SG m pn aye je u Nw WW p aye Du 3 ar HG p sys yy g ace TA daag VANA ON n e P yo ps eq n n R ys Myr eren een eyes FUNCTION Select normal zero Select slash zero Select italic characters Select upright characters Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Set MSB to 0 Sct right margin Select international character set Relative horizontal tab Stop underlining Start underlining Manual fced Auto feed Cancel double strike printing Double strike printing Select Courier characters Select Sanserif characters Select Orator characters with small capitals Select Orator characters with lower case Select draft quality characters Select upright characters
13. proportional spacing for all pitches Expanded Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings Other features Emphasized Double strike Underlining Overlining 98UPERSCRIPT and SUBSCRIPT Download characters ERARD Various dot graphic densiti ies MW SW SW Baf PT 87 Modifications for IBM mode This program can also be run in IBM mode DIP switch 1 6 OFF if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for difference in some of the commands You will get a cylinder instead of a barrel effect becuase the IBM mode does not have any command to micro adjust the character spacing 1090 P CHR 18 Pica pitch 1190 LPRINT CHR 28 4 Select italics 1220 LPRINT CHR 28 5 Cancel italics 1280 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1400 LPRINT CHR 28 Q CHR 49 Set right margin 1440 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 Set line spacing 1450 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1490 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 1500 LPRINT E CHR ID 1550 LPRINT E CHR 0 Normal character space 1860 LPRINT E A CHR 8 E 2 Set 8 72 line spacing Chapter7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide to these functions Remember that your printer is a highly Sophisticated electronic device which also contains high voltage inside For
14. 27 73 50 1B 49 32 lt ESC gt TI 2 27 78 1B 49 02 Changes to the Sanserif NLQ font Ignored if the STYLE button was pressed during power up 35 Select Orator characters with small capitals Decimal Hexadecimal 40 40 70 41 41 50 28 28 46 29 29 32 Changes to the Orator with samll captitals NLQ font Ignored if the CSTYLE button was pressed during power up Select Orator characters with lower case Decimal Hexadecimal 40 40 70 41 41 51 28 28 46 29 29 33 Changes to the Orator with lower case NLQ font Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select italic characters Decimal Hexadecimal n 0 n l 40 40 73 41 41 49 28 28 49 29 29 31 4 27 52 1B 34 28 52 10 34 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select upright characters pese 566i Both y yr qr 40 40 73 41 41 48 28 28 49 29 29 30 5 27 53 1B 35 28 53 10 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Ignored if the STYLE button was pressed during power up Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt E 27 69 1B 45 Causes subsequent draft characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes 36 Cancel emphasized printing Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal
15. 2c 3c 4C SC ec 7t 8c 9c ac BC cc DC EC FC oD 1D m z 4D SD 6D 7D 8D 9D AD BD CD DD ED FD OE tE 2E 3E 4E SE E 7E BE 9E AE BE CE DE EE FE OF 1F 2F 3F AF SF 6F 7F 8F 9F AF BF CF DF EF FF TRER 0123456789 i ABCDEF GHIJKLMNO FORSTUVWXYZDNI abcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyziii Figure 2 4 Sample hexadecimal dump Most BASICS however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC prints the following 24 Ob 15 26 36 56 66 76 86 96 AG B6 Ce D6 E amp F6 07 16 27 37 57 67 Z7 87 97 A7 B7 C7 D7 E7 F7 o8 17 28 38 48 58 68 78 88 a8 BB ca DB 8 F8 09 18 29 39 49 59 69 79 89 99 A9 BS C9 D9 E9 F9 oa 19 2A 3A 4A Sa oA 7a 8a 9a a Ba CA DA EA FA OB 1B 2B 3B 4B SB 6B 7B 8B 9B B BE CB DB ER FB ic 2C 3C 4C sc ec 7C BC 9c AC BC CC DC FC oD 1D 2D 3D 4D SD D 7D 8D 9D AD BD CD DD ED FD oA 1E 2E 3E 4E SE 6E BE 9E AE BE CE DE EE FE OE 1F C z SF 4F SF eF 7F BE AF BF CF DF EF FF Ast OX 7 7 01234567891 4257 SABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZEN1 abcdefghijklmno paqrstuvwxyztil When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD carriage return it adds an extra hex OA line feed Hex code 1A end of file also gets Special treatment the interpreter does not send
16. 67 Automatic carriage return 30 Automatic line feed 32 55 Automatic sheet feeder 8 31 67 101 B Backspace 55 Bail lever 3 10 13 BASIC 24 72 73 82 Beeper 66 Bidirectional printing 67 Bit image printing 58 60 86 Bold printing 37 Bottom feed 13 Bottom margin 50 Buffer 28 32 100 C Cancel command 65 Carriage return 54 Centering 55 Channels of vertical tab stops 52 Character codes printing of all 40 Character set commands 39 41 Character sets 99 104 110 Character size and pitch commands 41 46 Character spacing 44 Cleaning 95 Column width 99 Condensed pitch 19 42 Connector 3 6 Control panel 17 Courier type style 20 35 D DIP switches 29 32 78 Delete 65 Descender 61 71 Dimensions of printer 101 Dot matrix size 100 Double size characters 44 46 Double strike printing 37 Download character commands 60 63 Download characters 32 69 75 Draft quality 20 34 60 63 69 73 Elite pitch 19 34 41 63 Emphasized printing 36 Emulation 31 77 100 Entry slot 3 Environmental requirements 1 Escape sequence 33 Expanded printing 42 Fanfold forms loading 11 parking 15 specifications 102 unparking 15 Fixed spacing 43 Font control commands 34 39 Font style 35 Form feed 26 51 Gap 16 Graphics 86 Graphics commands 58 60 111 Hexadecimal dump 23 25 Horizontal position commands 53 57 Horizont
17. A command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt ESC gt A command Line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 0A GD fe gt A n MV Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line If DIP switch 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed Mode ason ES aL mo Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line If DIP switch 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used A oo Perform one n 216 inch line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt J n 27 74 n 1B 4A n Feeds the paperonce by n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch 1 2 is OFF Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one n 216 inch reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC i m 27 106 n 1B 6A m Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches in the reverse direction where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch 1 2 is OFF Does not change the line spacing Setting Feed paper n lines Hexadecimal 1B 66 31 n 1B 66 01 n Decimal 27 102 49 27 102 ESC I
18. 9 dots wide Use the grid in Figure 5 4 to help plot the data Duc to the two pass process NLQ characters can contain up to 16 dots vertically m to m23 are the data for the first pass and m24 to m46 are the data for the second pass To make the character data easier to calculate put the first pass dots inside the boxes on the grid when you are designing your characters and the second pass dots on the lines 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 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 46 data If you wish to print your NLQ characters with the regular character set the remarks regarding the 7A simultaneous use of regular and download characters in the draft character section apply equally to NLQ characters ml m23 Ist m24 m46 2nd ERRER T se ASCII Code Descender Left space Right space u Ls m0 Descender x 128 Left x 16 Right Figure 5 4 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own NLQ characters ml m23 Ist m24 m46 2nd ASCII Code
19. Automatic sheet feeder RS 232C interface Pull tractor feed 101 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 DATA High when active l 4 DATA2 High when active 5 DATA3 High when active 6 DATA4 High when active 7 DATAS High when active xd 8 DATA6 High when active 9 DATA High when active 10 ACK Sus low pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 BUSY Low when printer ready to receive data 12 PAPER High when paper out Can be disabled with DIP il setting 13 SELECT High when printer is on line 14 15 N C 16 SIGNAL GND Signal ground 17 CHASSIS Chassis ground isolated from signal ground 18 5V d 5V DC output from printer 19 30 GND Twisted pair ground retum 31 RESET When this input signal is low printer is reset 32 ERROR Outputs low when printer cannot continue due to an error 33 EXTGND External ground 34 35 NIC 36 SELECTIN Always high Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS This chapter gives tables of the printer s standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edge
20. B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le pr sent appareil num rique n men pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lecrrique dict par le minis re des Communications du Canada The above statement applies only to printers markeled in Canada Trademark Acknowlidgements NX 1500 ND 10 15 NR 10 15 Star Micronics Co Lid IBM PC PC AT PC XT Proprinter XL Proprinter II PC DOS Intemational Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation FX 1050 EX 1000 FX86e FX286e Seiko Epson Corp WordStar MicroPro Intemational Corporation NOTICE e All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden e The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e Allefforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them e The above not with standing STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1989 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into nine chapters To learn how to make the b
21. Cancel superscript or subscript Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Bidirectional printing MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION PAGE lt ESC gt U 1 Unidirectional printing 67 lt ESC gt W lt 0 gt Cancel expanded printing 42 ESC W 1 Expanded printing 42 ESC W 0 Cancel expanded printing 42 lt ESC gt W 1 Expanded printing 42 lt ESC gt X nl n2 Set left and right margins 54 lt ESC gt Y n n2 ml m2 Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics 58 ESC Z nl n2 ml m2 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics 59 lt ESC gt 4 0 0 0 n m Select character height width and line spacing 46 Std lt ESC gt N nl n2 Relative horizontal tab 57 IBM lt ESC gt N nl n2 Enable printing of all character codes 40 IBM lt ESC gt Enable printing of all character codes on next character 40 Std cKESC nO n n2 ml m2 Print 9 pin graphics 60 lt ESC gt 0 Stop overlining 38 ESC 1 Start overlining 38 lt ESC gt _ 1 Stop overlining 38 lt ESC gt _ 1 Start overlining 38 lt ESC gt a 0 Left justify 55 lt ESC gt a 1 Center text 55 lt ESC gt a lt 2 gt Right justify 56 lt ESC gt a 0 Left justify 55 ESC a 1 Center text 55 ESC a 2 Right justify 56 ESC b n0 n1 n2 0 Set vertical tab stops in channel 52 lt ESC gt c n
22. Cancels emphasized printing Double strike printing Hexadecimal yr y I 40 40 66 41 41 49 28 28 42 29 29 31 G 27 71 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 Decimal lt ESC gt Cancel double strike printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 0 B y O 40 40 66 41 41 48 28 28 42 29 29 30 ESC H Cancels double strike printing Both Start underlining ny seges sey mv ae m 1 Both ESC I lt ESC gt lt l gt Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Decimal Hexadecimal 40 40 45 41 41 49 28 28 2D 29 29 31 27 45 49 1B 2D 31 27 45 1 1B 2D 01 37 Stop underlining Hexadecimal 28 28 2D 29 29 30 1B 2D 30 Decimal 40 40 45 41 41 48 27 45 48 ASCII q e E e 0 lt ESC gt ip lt Q lt ESC gt 0 1B 2D 00 Stops underlining Start overlining Decimal He
23. Descender 7 Left space 0 0 Right space 0 m0 Descender x 128 Left x 16 fedet Ist 74 J8 70 70 126 766 7 1 007038 22 6 2nd 28 74 74 14 124 0 64 32 4 0 0 0 32 64 0 0 0 72 72 14 14 14 12 S Figure 5 5 Add the values of the dots in the boxes first and then add the value on the lines 75 MEMO 76 Chap ter 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 1050 or EX 1000 as your printer to be selected If neither of these are mentioned choose one of the following in order of preference Star NR 10 15 Star ND 10 15 Epson FX86e Epson FX286e If you have your printer set up with the DIP switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter
24. ESC Q n ESC Q SYN ESC R ESC R n lt ESC gt S lt 0 gt lt ESC gt S 1 ESC S 0 ESC S 1 ESC T ESC U 0 ESC U 1 lt ESC gt U 0 Define download characters Set MSB to 1 Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to n lines Set page length to n inches Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Select draft quality characters Select draft elite characters Select Sanserif characters Select Courier characters Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Select Courier characters Select draft quality characters Select draft elite characters Select Sanserif characters Select Courier characters Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Select Courier characters 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 top and bottom margins Pica pitch Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Set right margin Set printer off line Reset all tab stops Select international character set Superscript Subscript Superscript Subscript
25. ESC gt RS Cancels any existing macro instruction and replaces it with the defined instruction The defined macro instruction consists of the characters between the and RS These can be any printable characters or control characters except lt RS gt up to a maximum of 16 characters Execute macro instruction ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt I gt 27 43 1 1B 28 0 Executes a previously defined macro instruction OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 Modal ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 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 Decimal Hexadecimal 28 61 1C 3D Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Mode ASC Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt DEL gt 127 7F Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last character reccived was all or part of a command Cancel last line lt CAN gt pum Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer Immediate print ASCII z s lt ESC gt i 1 27 105 1 1B 69 01 Selects the immediat
26. Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC This program runs in the printer s Standard mode and the downloadable condition DIP switch 1 6 ON and DIP switch 2 1 OFF 1000 Set control codes d LATET 1010 E CHR 27 Escape code 1020 D E x CHR 0 Draft quality 1030 N E 4 x CHR 1 Near letter quality 1040 C ES kO N Courier characters 1050 S E k1 4 N Sanserif characters 1060 O1 E k2 N Orator with small capitals 1070 O2 E k3 N Orator with lower case 1080 H CHR 9 Horizontal tab 82 1090 P E P Pica pitch 1100 Start printing 1110 WIDTH LPT1 255 1120 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 25 CHR O Set HT 1130 LPRINT C Type styles are 1140 LPRINT H D Draft characters 1150 LPRINT H C Courier characters 1160 LPRINT H S Sanserif characters 1170 LPRINT H 01 Orator with small capitals or 1180 LPRINT H 02 with lower case characters 1190 LPRINT E 4 Select italics 1200 LPRINT H 02 and Oi1 italics S for 1210 LPRINT C all D styles 1220 LPRINT E 5 Cancel italics 1230 LPRINT C Print pitches are 1240 LPRINT H P Pica pitch 10 CPI 1250 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 12 CPI 1260 LPRINT H CHR 15 Condensed pitch 1270 LPRINT P Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI 1280 LPRINT H E M C
27. Release lever 3 8 11 Reset printer 67 Reverse line feed 48 Reverse micro feed 27 Vertical position commands 47 53 Ribbon cartridge 4 100 Vertical tabulation 53 Right margin 54 ROM character set 63 Z Zero slash and normal 41 S Sanserif type style 20 35 Self tests 21 22 Set Eject Park button 19 Setting up 4 Single sheets automatic loading 8 manual loading 10 specifications 100 Slash zero 41 Small capitals 20 Specifications 99 102 Sprocket feed 11 14 100 Standard character set 31 39 104 105 Standard mode 31 86 Subscripts 38 Superscripts 38 Tabulation 52 Test patterns 21 Top cover 3 4 Top margin 50 Top of form 27 Tractor fced 11 14 100 Troubleshooting 89 94 Type style 20 99 113 COMMAND SUMMARY MODE CONTROL CODE lt BEL gt lt BS gt lt HT gt lt LF gt lt VT gt lt FF gt lt CR gt lt SO gt lt SI gt lt DCI gt lt DC2 gt lt DC2 gt lt DC3 gt lt DC4 gt lt CAN gt lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt ESC gt lt FF gt lt ESC gt lt SO gt lt ESC gt lt SI gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt R ESC EM T n ESC SP n ESC I 5 ESC ESC n1 n2 ESC 95 0 ESC 96 1 lt ESC gt Gp O lt ESC gt 1 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Verti
28. Select character set 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 7 27 55 1B 37 Selects character set 1 Select character set 2 Bom lt ESC gt Selects character set 2 3 Nel Select international character set Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt R m iB 52 n 10 52 n Selects an international character set according to the value of n n Character set n Character set 0 U S A 7 Spain I France 8 Japan 2 Germany 9 Norway 3 England 10 Denmark II 4 Denmark I 11 Spain II 5 Sweden 12 Latin America 6 Italy 13 Denmark Norway The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as power up defaults by DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 Enable printing of all character codes Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt XY ni n2 27 92 ni n2 1B 5C nl n2 Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes This command remains in effect for the next n n2 x 256 characters where n and n2 are numbers between 0 and 255 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned character is received the printer prints a space Enable printing of all character codes on next character ede ASCH IBM ESC 18 5E This command operates like lt ESC gt except that it remains in effect for only one character
29. Select italic characters Eject paper from ASF Select character size 117
30. XL simply choose this from the list of printers available in the application software list If the IBM Proprinter XL is not mentioned use 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 Can your printer perform a backspace and Can 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 CPI Pica 10 136 Elite 12 163 Condensed pica 17 1 233 Condensed elite 20 272 Proportional Variable Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to return to the default settings The command for your printer is lt ESC gt Make sure that the DIP switches are set for the right printer emulation and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the DIP switches If you are in doubt about the configration of your application software seek expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most conve nient reference EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing type style or printing double size characters and some do not even support bold printing or italics Your printer therefore
31. a command to vary the line spacing lines 1440 and 1490 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1450 and 1500 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities bold printing underlining 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 uscs 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 2600 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 1850 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGOS Line 1860 sets the line spacing to 8 72 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 1870 to 1960 does the printing in four passes of the print head DEBES Sty bes are F H a Courier charactere Sanserif characters ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS OR with lower case characters and ITALICS for all EX Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite pitch 12 CFI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI
32. ascender or a descender This determines how the character is seated on the line Ascender CE Descender CG 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 a 0 next to Descender 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 so that narrow characters will look attractive next to wide ones Acceptable values for the left space are 0 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 71 Assigning the character data Now we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid For example looking at Figure 5 3 we see 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 0 You will see the letters 77 m2 m3 etc are above your values When you define the character you will substitute your value for each of these letters Sample program To demonstrate how to use t
33. be centered in a box See Figure 5 1 EN M P K Ax Figure 5 1 Dots can be inside boxes or straddle the vertical lines of the grid 69 The minimum width of a character 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 except the block graphics area when you are downloading in the IBM mode 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 mS m7 m9 mll m2 m4 m6 m8 mlO ASCII Code Descender Left space Last column m0 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 yourcharacters After downloading you access your new character by sending the code for the character you replaced 70 ml m3 m5 m7 m9 mli m2 m4 m6 m8 mlO ASCII Code Descender 7 Left space 0 Last column 77 mU Descender x 128 Left x 16 Last 124 66 64 1 76 0 0 4 3 2 12 Figure 5 3 Add the values of the dots in each column and write the sum of each column at the bottom Next you must choose whether to make the car symbol an
34. current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Set vertical tab stops every n lines Decimal Hexadecimal 27 1001 49 n 1B 65 31 n 27 100 1 n 1B 65 01 n Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 1 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt b n0 nl 27 98 nO nl 1B 62 nO nl n2 a 0 n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where n0 is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channcl A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt ESC gt command See ESC B for parameters n4 n2 0 Select vertical tab channel Mode ASci Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number n0 from 0 to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by ESC b Vertical tab Mode ASCII Decimal lt VT gt T 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 arc set as at power up Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current linc is at or below the last vertical tab stop Hexadecimal 0B HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Il m 27 108 n 1B 6C n Sets the
35. enemy of all precision mechanical devices To clean the exterior of the printer use a barely damp cloth use 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 give alife about 100 million characters In normal everyday use this will mean years of 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 will need replacement Only use a replacement print head as recommended by your supplier 1 2 3 Turn 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 right until you can see the connector cover Remove the connector cover and pull the cable free from the connector Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside 95
36. has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed in double parentheses followed by a digit Type style Font F O Courier P Sanserif F 2 Orator with small capitals F 3 Orator with lower case F 9 Draft Size S 0 Standard size S 1 Double width S 2 Double height S 3 Double width and height Bold B O Non bold B 1 Bold Italic D O Non italic LID Italic 78 If you want to print a title in double size Orator with small capitals then change to regular size Courier for some text that includes italics you can use these commands as follows File as seen on computer screen F 2 S 3 Printer Commands F 0 S 0 Type style size bold print and I 1lItalic I 0commands can be embedded I lanywhere I 0in a document Printout PRINTER COMMANDS Type style size bold print and Italic commands can be embedded anywhere in a document When you use these commands there are several points to note The type style F and italic D commands are ignored if the button was held down when power was switched on The bold command B 1 gives double strike printing In draft mode you may prefer to use emphasized printing which requires a software com mand or escape sequence A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line Software does not know that these com
37. mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC n0 nl 27 42 n0 nl 1B 2A n0 ni n2 mi m2 ia 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 K for information on n1 n2 ml m2 nO Graphics mode 0 Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 Double density 120 dots per inch 2 Double density double speed 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 ason Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt K ESC2 L lt ESC gt Y or lt ESC gt Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt nis K L Y or Z indicating the mode to be converted mis a code from lt 0 gt to lt 7 gt indicating one of the modes of lt ESC gt 59 Print 9 pin graphics Decimal Hexadecimal 27 94 nO nl 1B 5E n0 nl dus n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch if n0 0 or 120 dots per inch if n0 1 The graphics image is 9 dots high and n7 n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 13 6 inches Dots beyond the right margin are ignored mJ m2 are byte pairs representing 9 vertical dots each In the leftmost position the most
38. of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to lt ESC gt gt command Other characters are identical to character set 108 The dup IBM CHARACTER SET 1 IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER SET Additional characters can be printed by special commands Rees i po O _ paleo ef EE ae 109 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 or by a command from software the following changes are made in the character set a pocEpEApEADE ELE elele e SPAIN1 R JAPAN NORWAY ann SPAIN 2 eala cxi ETIE 2 2 sis w 2 7 e s o o pepe o eps s o a n LC DIOEIBOEEHBSBE DEEBEEBBOE z 3 EE JEMEN E 6 ES Es BG EEISOBEDEDEH BE LC fafa 66 LATIN AMERICA N Pl a a Y Pomme s spo T PEE EI DET See Chapter 3 for the DIP switch settings c The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode ESC R n IBM mode FS R n Where n means character code n i e CHR n in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II 1 France 6 Italy 11 Spain II 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Denmark Norway 4 DenmarkI 9 Norway 110 INDEX A Absolute horizontal tab 57 Ascender 61 71 Auto feed
39. of small white switches marked DSW1 and DSW2 These are the printer s DIP switches DS W1 has eight switches named 1 1 to 1 8 from left to right DS W2 has four switches named 2 1 to 2 4 Figure 3 1 DIP switches For all switches the ON position is towards the back of the printer and the OFF position is towards the front To set a DIP switch use a ballpoint pen or other small implement to move the switch to the ON or OFF position The printer s power should be off when you set the DIP switches Settings made while power is on do not take effect until power is switched off then on again because the printer reads the DIP switches only at power up 29 FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position These are the standard settings By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements The following questions will help you make the right settings Auto sheet feeder Enabled Disabled Character set Standard mode Character set IBM made Set 2 Set 1 Usage of RAM Buffer International character set Italics Graphics Switch 1 1 Is the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches Leave this switch ON if you will be using 11 inch forms Move it to the OFF position if you will be using 12 inch forms Switch 1 2 Do you want an automatic carriage return Leave this switch ON T
40. of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows 1 Press the C ONLINE button to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the button or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 3 Press and hold the button 4 Press and hold the button 5 Relcase both buttons at the same time The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 Press the button The paper will start advancing ina series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page Note With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The per foration may catch inside the printer Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 Press the SEUEMEC button The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons pi 27 Clearing the buffer When DIP switch 2 1 is ON the printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the prin
41. on ESC P f lt l gt n 1 n Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where n is between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 4 27 52 1B 34 Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel 49 Set page length to n lines Mode ASCII Decima Hexadecimal Es e a Sets the page length to n lines in the current line spacing where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page Set page length to n inches Mode asc Boh ES C 9 n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 22 in Standard mode or between 1 and 127 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set top margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sets the top margin to n lines where nis between 1 and 255 Printing begins on the nth line on the page The power up default is n 1 giving no top margin Set bottom margin Modo ASCil Decimal lt ESC gt TNT 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 top and bottom margins ASCII Hexadecimal Both
42. pitch 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 character code 1 which is a control code not the printable 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 thentype 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 means to type CTRL V C means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of thc input
43. significant bit of mJ is the top dot the least significant bit of m is the second dot from the bottom the most significant bit of m2 is the bottom dot and the other bits of m2 are ignored Other byte pairs are similar The number of data bytes must be 2 x n1 n2 x 256 At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM ASCII Std lt ESC gt 0 0 0 27 58 0 O 0j 1B 3A 00 00 00 FS 0 lt 0 gt lt 0 gt 28 58 0 0 0j 1C 3A 00 00 00 Copies all the standard characters to the corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any download data already pres ent Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON Define draft download characters Mode ASci lt ESC gt amp lt 0 gt nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl Both n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m ml m2 mj mil m3 mll m3 mll Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use DIP switch 2 1 must be OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not for downloading characters and this 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 n7 and n2 must both be between 32 and 127 or both be between 160 and 255 n must be equal to or less than n2 Use of cha
44. the printer is down Open the top cover then move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using re membering that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover If the paper is not straight move the release lever to the up position straighten the paper by hand then move the release lever back down Move the bail lever back to close the paper bail LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms punched forms or just plain computer paper This printer accepts forms up to 16 wide Fanfold forms are loaded parked and unparked as explained next 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 read the next section 1 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer 2 Tum the printer s power OFF 3 Push the release lever to the upward position T
45. the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the A gt prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names consecutively on the same line or use wild card characters and Each file will be printed starting on a new page The PRINT command also has control options For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option The printer may not stop printing immediately it may have considerable data stored ahead in its buffer For the T option type A gt PRINT T See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command If your system does not include PRINT COM you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following A gt COPY README DOC PRN A gt TYPE README DOC gt PRN COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing If you want a particular font style or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 2 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting font style 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
46. 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 31 31 3 129 128 192 192 192 192 192 224 DATA 224 224 224 240 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 O0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 192 255 255 255 255 255 15 DATA 15 63 252 240 192 0 240 255 255 255 255 255 DATA 7 15 127 252 240 192 0 0 O O0 O0 a DATA 0 0 oO 0 0 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56 56 56 DATA 56 120 120 240 240 224 224 192 128 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 oO 0 0 0 128 248 248 248 248 240 DATA 192 0 O0 0 0 0 240 248 248 248 248 240 DATA 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 oO oO O0 0 DATA 0 O0 0 0 0 85 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1090 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 4 The WIDTH LPT1 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1120 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different font styles including a line showing all styles in italics followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Next comes the central attraction of the program a line of text printed fourteen times in expanding and contracting loops to give a barrel effect The work is done by four printer commands a command setting the right margin line 1400 a centering command line 1420
47. 49 31 1B 49 01 Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the GTYLE or PITCH button was pressed during power up Select NLQ characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC x 27 120 49 1B 78 1 E ESC x 1 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Changes from draft quality to near letter quality The initial NLQ type style is Courier unless a different style has been selected by a preceding command Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select NLQ type style Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt k m 27 107 n 1B 68 Selects an NLQ type style according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is selected by lt ESC gt x 1 Ignored if the STYLE button was pressed during power up n Type style Courier initial value Sanserif Orator with small capitals Orator with lower case WN Select Courier characters Hexadecimal 28 46 29 29 30 49 33 49 03 1B 49 37 1B 49 07 Decimal C UC FE ESC T 3 lt ESC gt I 3 lt ESC gt T 7 lt ESC gt T 75 Changes to the Courier NLQ font Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select Sanserif characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both TQ m 1 40 40 70 41 41 49 28 28 46 29 29 31 IBM ESC
48. A gt EDLIN NLQELITE DAT New file XL V xi V VA Ole p 5 B 81 AV indicates that the following character is a control code V enters the lt ESC gt code lt ESC gt has character code 27 and is the 27th character in ASCII sequence from A Similarly VA enters the control code 1 See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up the printer by sending it the file NLQELITE DAT To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing CTRL PRTSC if hard copy is on To print the file README DOC in NLQ elite type give the following two commands A COPY NLQELITE DAT PRN A gt PRINT README DOC For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will set up the printer and print any specified file with a single command To create such a batch file with the name NLQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A gt COPY CON NLQPRINT BAT COPY NLQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 1 Z A gt NLQELITE README DOC The first above line is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named NLQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this file The 1 is a dummy parameter whatever file name you type after NLQPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer on
49. I FONT NX 1500 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules This limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by tuming the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or reloate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment requires a shielded cable The above statements apply only to printers marketed in the U S A Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class
50. NS 73 DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS As you probably noticed NLQ characters are printed by two passes of the print head Half ofthe character is printed on the first pass and the remainder 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 Addition ally 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 supply about four times as much character data and you must design the character with the two passes of the print head in mind There are small differences in the way the attribute information is processed also 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 the first bit also carries the descender data and the next three bits describe the character s left space as with the draft characters but the last four bits describe the right space Appropriate allocation of data in these seven bits lets you place the character where you like within the grid with the restriction that the character must be at least
51. Platen roller shaft Figure 1 15 Thread the fanfold paper over the sprockets from the bottom of the printer 6 14 Now close the sprocket covers again making sure that the paper sprocket holes are aligned with the pins on the sprockets If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Mount the new top cover Paper parking After loading fanfold paper from the rear of the printer you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet The printer will park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 2 5 6 Paper parking starts with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position the release lever up Press the C ONLNE button on the control panel to set the printer off line ON LINE indicator 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 9FZ amp JEC button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen Move the release lever to the down position Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually as ex plained previously The fanfo
52. Set top margin 50 lt ESC gt e 0 n Set horizontal tab stop every n columns 56 lt ESC gt e 1 n Set vertical tab stops every 7 lines 52 ESC e 0 n Set horizontal tab stop every n columns 56 ESC e 1 n Set vertical tab stops every n lines 52 ESC f 0 n Absolute horizontal tab in columns 57 lt ESC gt f lt l gt n Feed paper n lines 49 lt ESC gt f 0 n Absolute horizontal tab in columns 57 ESC f 1 n Feed paper n lines 49 ESC h n Select double or quadruple size 44 lt ESC gt i 0 Cancel immediate print 66 ESC i 1 Immediate print 65 ESC i 0 Cancel immediate print 66 ESC i 1 Immediate print 65 lt ESC gt j n Perform one n 216 inch reverse line feed 49 lt ESC gt k n Select NLQ type style 35 lt ESC gt I n Set left margin 53 lt ESC gt p lt 0 gt Select fixed spacing 43 lt ESC gt p lt 1 gt Select proportional spacing 43 lt ESC gt p 0 Select fixed spacing 43 ESC p 1 Sclect proportional spacing 43 ESC t 0 Select standard character set 39 ESC t 1 Sclect IBM character set 39 ESC t 0 Select standard character set 39 lt ESC gt 1 Select IBM character set 39 ESC w 0 Retum to normal height 46 lt ESC gt w 1 Print double height characters 45 lt ESC gt w 0 Return to normal height 46 ESC w 1 Print double height characters 45
53. Unpacking and inspection names of parts Setting up and connection 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 a suitable place we mean A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat such as direct sunlight heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust Supply it clean electricity Don t connect it to the same circuit as alarge noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator Make sure the line voltage is within 10 of the voltage specified on the identification plate A location with sufficient space to locate the printer and any paper to be fed into it as well as the printed paper coming out If you are using a parallel connection to your computer make sure that it is within 2m 6ft of the printer an RS 232 connection using the optional RS 232 interface can be made over longer distances UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the printer shipping carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be five items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 1 1 Check to make sure you have all five items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Pl
54. age where nis equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer Mode ASCII Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections Chapter 9 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 regular character set Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanese characters 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 firstly 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 e Horizontally dots may be centered in a box or may straddle a line making the actual character grid 11 dots wide by 9 dots high Vertically dots can only
55. al tabulation 57 I IBM character sets 39 106 109 IBM mode 31 88 IBM PC 25 Immediate print 65 Interface signals 102 specifications 100 International characters 32 40 110 Italic printing 20 36 J Justification 55 Bu Left margin 53 Line feed 48 Line spacing 47 48 99 Locating the printer 1 M Macro instruction 64 Maintenance 95 Manual feed 67 Margins bottom 50 left 53 right 54 top 50 Master print mode 44 Micro feed 27 Microjustification 44 Most significant bit 64 112 Near letter quality 20 34 61 63 74 75 NLQ Type Style button 20 23 LO Off line 18 66 On Line button 18 21 66 Orator type style 20 36 Overlining 38 Page feed 51 Page length 30 SO Page width 99 Panel pitch 22 Panel style 23 Paper Feed button 19 22 26 27 Paper feed 100 Paper feeding 92 Paper guide 8 15 Paper specifications 100 Paper out detector 31 51 Parking 15 Pause 18 Pica pitch 19 41 Pitch 19 22 41 99 Platen knob 3 4 Power supply 90 Power switch 3 Printing 90 Print Pitch button 19 23 Print head 96 99 Printer commands 33 81 Printing gap adjusement 16 Printing mechanism 99 Programming 80 88 Proportional pitch 19 43 Pull tractor 13 Q Quadruple size characters 44 Underlining 37 Unidirectional printing 67 R Unpacking and inspection 2 Rear cover 3 11 Unparking 15
56. apter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 77 Installing Application Software with Your Printer 77 Embedding Printer Commands eee 78 Programming the Printer with DOS Commands 80 Programming with BASIC eee 82 How the program works eee 86 Modifications for IBM mode eese 88 Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 89 Troubleshooting sese sees eene tentent nennen nennen nennen 89 Power supply eee eene nennen then nennen nnne 90 Printing eerie eeseese sees entes atn tette tnt nter notet et ntennenen enun 90 Paper feeding eese tnter 92 Maintenance esee eere eerntne nnne ennt nnne tn senten enses enter 95 Replacing the Ribbon sss EEE 95 Replacing the Print Head eser eerte 98 Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS oon sese 99 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS 103 Standard Character Set c ccccccscsscscsscsssscsssscssecevssssssessssscseseeeees 104 IBM Character Set 82 cccccsssccsssssscesscsscessscssecesssaceeeseeesseceeseoes 106 IBM Character Set 1 T 108 IBM Special Character Set esee 109 International Character Sets eee 110 INDEX 2 eno ia uitam ie iode sees 111 Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include Locating the printer
57. ard position for the fanfold forms this button operates to park the fanfold forms to the backward position If the release lever is set to the downward position for the single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper This button has no effect if the optional pull tractor unit is mounted PRINT PITCH button This button selects the print pitch that will be printed Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the following options in this order Pica PICA Elite ELITE Condensed pica PICA COND Condensed elite ELITE COND Pica proportional PICA PROP Elite proportional ELITE PROP Holding down this button will cycle continuously between these options 19 NLQ TYPE STYLE button This button selects the font style to be printed Draft style is always selected at power up To change to one of the NLQ near letter quality styles set the printer off line then press the button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illuminate The selections cycle in the follow ing order Font style Indicator s Draft all indicators off Courier COURIER Courier italic COURIER ITALIC Sanserif SANSERIF Sanserif italic SANSERIF ITALIC Orator ORATOR Orator italic ORATOR ITALIC Holding down this button will cycle continuously between these options The Orator style is unique in two ways First it is a
58. as shown below Extra high characters align along the cap line of normal characters with the baseline temporarily moving down Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n 1 5 or 6 and quadrupled when n 2 To print correctly when n 3 4 5 or 6 set the line spacing to 24 216 1 9 of an inch with lt ESC gt 3 lt 24 gt and print the same characters twice upper half on one line lower half on the next For accurate alignment of the two halves select unidirectional printing with lt ESC gt U lt 1 gt Effect Normal size Double high double wide Quadruple high quadruple wide Double high double wide Lower half only Double high double wide Upper half only Quadruple high quadruple wide Lower half only Quadruple high quadruple wide Upper half only DAM E L LA a C1 Select character size Decimal Hexadecimal 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 O0 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
59. ate only in the off line state First press the C_ ONLINE _ button to go off line then perform the panel operation then press the C ON LINE button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms if you hold the ON LINE button down for one second in addition to go off line the printer feeds the paper about two inches forward allowing you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the C_ON LINE button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward about one inch stopping in the right place to resume printing 18 PAPER FEED button If you press this button in off line the paper feeds forward If you hold this button down the printer performs consecutive line feeds While you are feeding lines if you also press the button the paper will feed to the top of the next page This is explained later SET EJECT PARK button Pressing this button causes the printer to execute paper loading if the paper has not loaded while in the off line state If the paper has been loaded this button causes the printer in different functions depending on the release lever position If the release lever is set to the upw
60. aten knob 4 Ribbon cartridge and 5 User s manual The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are e Serial RS 232 interface board Automatic sheet feeder s Pull tractor unit Parts name of the printer Make an external inspection of the printer Note the locations of the follow ing parts Entry slot Top cover Rear cover Release lever Power switch Control panel Connector Figure 1 2 The printer s external parts Bail lever opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen Release lever releases the platen This lever must be down for printing on single sheets and up for fanfold forms Top cover protects the print head and other parts Rear cover protects the sprocket feed mechanism Entry slot for inserting single sheets of paper Control panel controls various printer functions Power switch switches power on and off Connector for connecting the computer to the printer SETTING UP Place the printer in the position where it is going to be permanently sited and remove all packing material from inside the top cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer in transit You may like to keep this packing with the printer carton if you intend transporting the printer for use at a different location Mount the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing
61. cal tab Form feed Carriage return Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Cancel condensed printing Pica pitch Set printer off line Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Reverse line feed Retum to top of current page Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto fced 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 iches Select ROM character set Select download character set Select ROM character set Select download character set ESC amp 0 n1 n2 mO ml m2 m3 ml1 Define draft download character ESC amp 0 n n2 mO ml m2 m3 m46 ESC nO n n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt RS lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 ESC or lt ESC gt 1 ESC P n0 ESC 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 3 n ESC 4 ESC 4 ESC 5 Define NLQ download character Select graphics mode Execute macro instruction Define macro instruction 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 1 6 inch Execute lt ESC gt A Set line spacing to 2 216 inch Sel
62. d re install the soft ware if necessary Is your application software properly installed Are fonts not being selected properly Are characters other than those expected being printed Check the software installation and insert the com mands necessary for font changes into the software Either you are using the wrong International Character Set reset with DIP switches or software commands or you have the wrong character set selected for example if characters other than IBM block graphic characters are being printed Correct this with DIP switches or the appropriate software sequences If the printout is not what is expected Possible remedy Your software may think that it is driving a different emulation to the one actually set Check the DIP switch settings 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 9 Paper feeding If cut sheet paper without the ASF is not feeding smoothly check the following Possible remedy Is the paper release lever Set the release lever to the h position pushed back to the posi tion Is the paper guide in place and vertical Are t
63. dots high and n1 n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 13 6 inches 816 dots mJ 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 ni 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 ESC gt L ni n2 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C n n2 9 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1632 dots wide See lt ESC gt K for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Mode ASCH SC Decimal T Hexadecma ESC Y nl n2 27 89 nl n2 1B 59 nl n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1632 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information 58 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Mode ASCH Decima Hexadecima Both lt ESC gt Z nl n2 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 3264 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information Select graphics
64. e 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 Is the text all on the same Carriage returns are not being expanded to line lt CR gt lt LF gt pairs Check the DIP switch setting and correct Is text being printed with extra blank lines Two line feeds are being printed Either make your software print just a carriage return or if this is not possible setthe AUTO LF to OFF with the DIP switch setting If the page length and margins are not what is expected check the following Possible remedy Is the printing starting too Use the Micro Feed facility to adjust the print position high or too low on the page relative to the page Does the printer s page Use the DIP switch to set up the correct page length or length not match the physical use software commands to do it page length 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 over dusty environments Dust is the
65. e offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like the following ASLK O E 0123456789 7 Z ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPORSTUVMXVZE 1 ROET jkimnoparetuvmnyz ti RT 8 0123456789 1 Co 7BABCDEFGHI vesk your nas E Figure 2 3 Short self test Since the test print occupies the whole width of the carriage it is recom mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid possible damage to the print head and or platen 21 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 start printing as soon as the button is released and will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by the whole character set printed in each font styles and pitch available The test cycles endlessly To stop the test you must switch power off Since the test print occupies the whole width of the carriage it is recom mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid possible 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 certainly suggested for this test Print area test mode If you want to know how many lines on your paper can be printed try to run this print area test By holding the S S a amp button down during power up the print
66. e print mode in which the printer prints each character as soon as received At every pause in the incoming data stream the printer scrolls the paper up about 2 inches so that the current line can be seen When the next character is received the paper is scrolled back down and printing continues This command is ignored when friction feed is used 65 Cancel immediate print BF o Both lt ESC gt i lt 0 gt Cancels the immediate print mode The printer waits for each line to be completed before printing it and does not scroll the paper up and down This command is ignored when friction feed is used j NN Set printer off line Mode ASCII Sid lt ESC gt Q SYN Decimal Hexadecimal Eee Keene Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent 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 Hexadecimal Bot Returns the printer to the on line state allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands This command is ignored if the printer was set off line by pressing the button on the control panel Bell Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer s beeper amp Bidirectional printing Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U 0 1B 55 30 lt ESC gt U lt 0 gt Causes subsequent printi
67. e setting of this switch Switch 2 1 Does your software download new characters to the printer To download characters this switch must be OFF The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints Switches 2 2 to 2 4 Do you want an international character set International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes See the character tables at the back of this manual With the DIP switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Denmark Norway when switch 1 6 is OFF and switch 1 7 is ON 3 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 1050 In IBM mode the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter XL Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations The emulation is changed by means of DIP switch 1 6 When ON the printer will be in standard mode and when OFF the printer will be in IBM emulation mode see Chapter 3 It is not possible to change the emulation mode by means of software control or the front control panel This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM
68. ect italic characters Set top of page at current position Select upright characters MODE CONTROL CODE IBM IBM IBM Std Std IBM Std IBM IBM Std IBM IBM Std lt ESC gt 5 1 ESC 5 0 lt ESC gt 6 ESC 7 ESC 8 ESC 9 ESC ESC 0 0 0 FUNCTION Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feed Select character set 2 Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Elite pitch Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM One line unidirectional printing Set MSB to 0 lt ESC gt n1 n2 lt DC4 gt a0 al a2 ml m2 mll lt ESC gt gt ESC nm lt ESC gt lt ESC gt A n ESC B n1 n2 0 ESC C n ESC C 0 n ESC D n1 n2 0 ESC E ESC F ESC G lt ESC gt H lt ESC gt T 0 lt ESC gt I 1 lt ESC gt I lt 2 gt lt ESC gt T 3 ESC T 4 ESC J 5 ESC T 6 lt ESC gt I 7 lt ESC gt P O ESC T 1 lt ESC gt P 2 ESC p gy lt ESC gt I 4 lt ESC gt I 5 cESC I 6 lt ESC gt I 7 ESC J n ESC K nl n2 ml m2 ESC L nl n2 ml m2 ESC M ESC N n lt ESC gt 0 ESC P ESC P 0 ESC P 1
69. er and software In standard mode the printer operates like the Epson FX 1050 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter XL The ON position selects standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode i Switch 1 7 The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch 1 6 If you selected standard mode do you want italics or graphic char actes Leave this switch ON to print italics in the standard character set If you set this switch to the OFF position in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 See 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 2 which is for computers with an 8 bit interface the most common kind OFF selects character set 1 for computers with a 7 bit interface 31 Switch 1 8 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch at the ON position a separate line feed code is required 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 th
70. er will enter the print area test mode The printer will print the first line message then prints the last line message on your single sheet after feeding the paper to the bottom of the paper If you have loaded the fanfold paper the printer shows only the first line Stay in panel pitch By holding the button down during power up you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control panel You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on After the beep tone you can set the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue 22 Stay in panel style If held down during power up the button prevents software inter ference with the font style selected from the control panel There will be an acknowledging beep after which you can set the printer off line select a font style then retum to the on line state and start printing The selected font Style will not be changed by any commands sent by software Stay in panel pitch and style If you want to protect both the pitch and font style settings from software changes press the PITCH and buttons during power up There will be a little long acknowledging beep Pressing these buttons during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel Hexadecimal dump This
71. es resume when the printer returns to normal height VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch 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 Set line spacing to 7 72 inch lt ESC gt 1 27 49 1B 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 216 inch lt ESC gt 3 n 27 51 n 1B 33 n 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 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 72 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt A n 1B M n In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 0 and 85 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 ESC gt 2 command and 2 if n 0 the lt ESC gt A command is ignored Execute lt ESC gt A IBM lt ESC gt 2 27 50 1B 32 Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding lt ESC gt
72. es the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Connection Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel type cable On a PC or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 way D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 way connector at the printer end The pinouts of the printer s connector are given in Chapter 8 if you need a cable for connection to another computer Plug the printer into a suitable mains outlet However DO NOT turn on the power switch at the front of the printer yet Interface cable Connector Figure 1 7 Connecting the interface cable If you want to use the optional serial interface slide out the parallel interface board by gripping the flips on both sides Then insert the optional serial interface board all the way as shown in Figure 1 8 Interface board Figure 1 8 Replacing the interface board LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder ASF read the ASF instruction booklet Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with power off or automatically with power on We will start the easy way with automatic loading l Place the paper guide in position locating the lugs on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer
73. est 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 acknowledge off 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 procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 DIP switch settings This chapter explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer Chapter 4 Printer control commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands used to drive it This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Chapter 5 Download characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your 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
74. exadecimal dump eene eene ntn tnnnnenntnts 23 Switch Combination Functions eene nnne 26 Form feed dieti eite IRSE te iaaea 26 Top of T 27 Forward micro feed eene netten 27 Reverse micro feed eee entente 27 Clearing the buffer seseeeee eene eene tnnt 28 Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTING n 29 Location of the DIP Switches eee 29 Functions of the DIP Switches eenn nere 30 Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 4 33 Font Control Commands eese 34 Character Set Commands eese eene eene 39 Character Size and Pitch Commands eee 41 Vertical Position Commands essent 47 Horizontal Position Commands eee 53 Graphics Commands eene 58 Download Character Commands eese 60 Macro Instruction Commands eene eene 64 Other Printer Control Commands eee 64 Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS EEEEEEe 69 Designing Your Own Draft Characters eee 69 Defining the attribute data ee 70 Assigning the character data see 72 Sample program eeeeeeeene netten tenente ennt 72 Defining Your Own NLQ Characters eene 75 Ch
75. 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 received data will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure 1 Holding both the and buttons down tum power ON A beep tone will be heard 2 Start printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the C ONLINE button This is necessary to print the last line 23 The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode 10 20 30 40 50 FOR I 0 TO 255 LPRINT CHR I NEXT I LPRINT END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 2 4 o6 16 46 S6 66 76 86 96 a6 B6 Ce D6 E F6 36 3 o8 18 48 58 68 78 88 98 a8 B8 ca DB EB F8 09 19 29 39 49 59 69 79 89 99 ag B c9 D E F oa 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8a 9a AA BA CA DA EA FA OB 1B 3B 4B SB 6B 7B 8 9E AB BR CH DB EB FB oc 1c
76. for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal CR 18 0D Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If DIP switch 1 8 is ON also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt 5 1 27 53 1 1B 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a CR code This command takes priority over DIP switch 1 8 Cancel automatic line feed lt ESC gt 5 0 27 53 0 1B 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a lt CR gt code This command takes priority over DIP switch 1 8 Backspace Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt BS gt 8 08 Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print position is at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters Left justify ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt a Q0 27 97 48 1B 61 30 lt ESC gt a 0 27 97 0 1B 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text Mode ASci ESC T a or a lt ESC gt a 1 27 97 1 1B 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins 55 Right justify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal nca AUS 97 Both lt ESC gt a 2 27 50 1B 61 32
77. he 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 1000 LPRINT CHR 27 amp CHR 0 1010 LPRINT CHR 60 CHR 62 1020 FOR N 60 TO 62 1030 FOR M 0 TO 11 1040 READ MM 1050 LPRINT CHR MM 1060 NEXT M 1070 NEXT N 1080 LPRINT 1090 DATA 139 2 5 8 241 1100 DATA 0 241 8 5 2 1110 DATA 139 124 0 66 4 6 1120 DATA 36 16 2 16 12 1130 DATA 139 46 16 2 60 1140 DATA 48 0 48 0 48 1150 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR 0 1160 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 1170 LPRINT U S EXPORTS 1180 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 0 1190 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 1200 LPRINT AUTOS CHR 9 1210 FOR I 4 TO 9 3 STEP 4 1220 LPRINT CHR 61 1230 NEXT I 1240 LPRINT GO GGO dG O 72 1250 LPRINT CHEMICALS CHR 9 1260 FOR I 4 TO 8 7 STEP 4 1270 LPRINT CHR 60 1280 NEXT I 1290 LPRINT 1300 LPRINT GUNS CHR 9 1310 FOR I 4 TO 1 4 STEP 4 1320 LPRINT CHR 62 1330 NEXT I 1340 LPRINT 1350 LPRINT CHR 9 4 1360 SCALE 1370 FOR I 2 TO 8 STEP 2 1380 LPRINT SCALE 1390 NEXT I 1400 LPRINT 1410 LPRINT CHR 9 1420 FOR I 2 TO 8 STEP 2 1430 LPRINT I 1440 NEXT I 1450 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 0 1460 LPRINT CHR 27 S CHR 0 1470 LPRINT CHR 9 MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 1480 LPRINT CHR 27 T 1490 END U S EXPORTS CHEMICALS GU
78. he left and right guides too close together The paper guide should be in place vertically for cut sheets to feed smoothly If the left and right guides are too close together the paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely Is the ASF selected with the If it is then deselect it DIP switch settings Are you trying to feed paper You can 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 ONLINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with thinner paper Are forms jamming between Clean the surface of the platen roller with acloth barely printing surface and the dampended with a little alcohol platen If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Possible remedy Is the paper lever pushed to Make sure the release lever is pushed to the k position the L position Is the paper guide in the ver When using the tractor feed the paper guide should be tical position horizontal Are the holes on each side of If the two sides of the paper are out of alignment realign the paper aligned with regard them so that the sprocket holes match up to each other in the sprock ets Are the sprockets too c
79. he printer will automatically perform a carriage return by moving to the left margin at each line feed Even if your software sends a separate carriage return code an extra carriage return does no harm because two consecutive carriage returns are the same as one Very few pro grams require this switch to be OFF Switch 1 3 Which type of printing area format do you want to use for single sheets This printer can use two types of printing area format for single sheets By putting the switch ON A type the top of the first line of printing will start to one inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end to print one inch from the bottom of the paper By putting the switch OFF B type the top of the first line of printing will start 1 6 inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end 1 3 inch from the bottom of the paper Switch 1 4 Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF To use the automatic sheet feeder move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch 1 5 Do you want the printer to stop printing at the end of the paper or to keep printing Leave this switch ON except when you need to print very close to the end of the paper When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Switch 1 6 Do you wantto use the printer in standard mode or IBM mode Select the mode compatible with your comput
80. hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have also included some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section gives a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself 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 give the different character sets available and the differences between national character sets as set up with the DIP switches FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is aconvenient monochrome printer without frills but with a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the IBM Epson printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics Some of its main features are the following Extensive software support Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those printers That inc
81. his 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 Gripit by its rear edge and lift upwards and back wards as in Figure 1 11 Rear cover Figure 1 11 Opening the rear cover 6 With the sprocket covers open thread the paper over the sprockets aligning holes with the pins on the sprockets 7 Adjust the spacing of the sprockets by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each sprocket to release and lock the sprocket in positin when the lever is down the sprocket may be moved and when it is up the sprocket is locked Sprocket cover Clamp lever Figure 1 12 Thread the fanfold paper over the sprockets 8 Nowclose the sprocket covers again making sure that the paper sprocket holes are aligned with the pins on the sprockets If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 9 Tum onthe printer using the switch at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded This is also confirmed by the orange POWER indicator flashing 10 Now press the button The paper bail will move clear of the paper and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing The paper bail will be moved back to grip
82. it at all This can cause problems that generate graphics or download character data but there is a solution Try changing line 20 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP amp H379 IF O 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 I1 OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP amp H3BD IF O 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3BC I OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 120 RETURN 25 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations MICRO FEED Form feed Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Top of form Clearing the buffer Figure 2 6 Switch combination functions of contro panel Form feed If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 Still holding the button down press the ONLINE button then release both buttons The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form When you turn on printer power the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top
83. k dot column which is not included in this width Characters defined by this command can be selected by lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt T 4 lt ESC gt T 5 or lt ESC gt T 6 This command is ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select download character set ASCII wa CE wr m s amp ean lt ESC gt 4 lt I gt m ws pao Selects the download character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON 62 Select draft download character set Mode ASCII lt ESC gt I 4 Selects the download character set and draft quality Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select draft elite download character set vom SO TC ans Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select NLQ download character set IBM lt ESC gt I 6 27 73 54 1B 49 36 lt ESC gt I lt 6 gt 27 78 6 1B 49 06 Selects the download character set and near letter quality Ignored ifthe button was pressed during power up or if DIP switch 2 1 is ON Select ROM character set ESC 95 0 27 37 48 1B 25 30 lt ESC gt 47 e Stops using the download character set and retums to the built in ROM character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON 63 MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS Define macro instruction Both lt
84. ld paper remains parked at the back of the printer Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows MMA Remove all single sheets from the printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the up position Press the button The printer will automatically feed the parked fanfold paper into position for printing 15 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment remove the top cover The adjustment lever is located near the right end of the paper bail Pulling the adjustment lever upwards narrows the gap pushing it downwards widens the gap There are five positions you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the top is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Figure 1 16 Adjusting for different thicknesses of paper 16 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed singly to perform the operations indicated by their names Other functions can be obtained by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer s power on Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapter explains all the button and indicator func
85. left margin at column n where n is between 0 and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Pica O lt n lt 132 Elite O lt sn lt 158 Condensed pica O lt n lt 226 Condensed elite O lt n lt 255 Expanded pica O lt n lt 66 Expanded elite O lt n lt 79 Expanded condensed pica 0Sns112 Expanded condensed elite 0 lt n lt 132 53 Set right margin Mode ASCII Std lt ESC gt Q n IBM FS Q n Decimal Hexadecimal n 1B 51 n n 10 51 n Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column n becomes the last character position in the line The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The right margin must be within the limits below Pica 4 lt n lt 136 Elite 5 sn 163 Condensed pica 7 lt n lt 233 Condensed elite 8 lt n lt 255 Expanded pica 2 lt n lt 68 Expanded elite 3 lt n lt 8l Expanded condensed pica 4 lt n lt 116 Expanded condensed elite 4 lt n lt 136 Set left and right margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC X nl m 27 88 nl n2 1B 58 n n2 Sets the left margin at column n and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands
86. lose or too far apart Are the sprockets locked in position and the covers closed Misalignment of the sprockets making the paper too loose or too tight will prevent a smooth paper feed Correct this if necessary 92 Possible remedy Is the paper feeding freely The paper should not be too far from the printer less into the printer 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 You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ONLINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way one top copy and two NCR copies Try with thinner paper If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly check the following Possible remedy Has the ASF option been se Select this option lected with the DIP switch Is the release lever set to the The release lever should be set to the single sheet G position position I s 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 y
87. lot larger higher than the other styles This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiring high visibility A little extra line spacing helps when Orator is used Second there are two versions of the Orator font style one prints small capitals in place of lower case letters the other prints lower case letters but without descenders The other font styles do not have a small capitals option Lower case always prints as lower case You get the small capitals when you select Orator from the control panel The font style can also be selected by printer commands given in Chapter 4 Printer commands enable you to select both Orator styles and also draft italic which cannot be selected from the control panel POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on MICRO FEED CI POWER a o FF _ 4 Stay in panel L4 pitch and style dump Long test Short test Stay in panel style Print area test Stay in panel pitch Figure 2 2 Power up functions of control panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will start printing as soon as the button is released and will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by six lines of the character set Each line will b
88. ludes 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 copy forms up to triple ply are all accepted and you can use either tractor or friction feed A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper Large variety of type styles and sizes The printer has one draft style and four NLQ styles Courier Sanserif and Orator with small capitals or lower case plus italics for all styles plus condensed print bold print double sized print quadruple sized print TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER reerere rere 1 Locating the Printer eese eee tenent teen tnnt tnn 1 Unpacking and Inspection sss ssss rees eee sese verses rere eer rere rnn 2 Check the carton contents esee enne 2 Parts name of the printer sese sese eers esse renne 3 iara 4 Mount the platen knob eese enne 4 Install the ribbon cartridge
89. maging the printer 89 Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate check the following Check Is the power cable properly plugged into the electrical outlet Is power being supplied to the outlet Possible remedy Tum off the printer ensure the power cable is securely connected and then turn the printer back on Tum off the printer unplug it and try with another appliance to determine if electricity is being supplied to that outlet Check the bottom panel of your printer to ensure that the outlet voltage corresponds to the voltage required by the printer If they do not match DO NOT try to operate the printer Contact your supplier Is theprinter voltage correct Printing If your printer does not print or suddenly stops printing check the follow ing 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 ON LINE indicator illu If itis not press the C ONLINE button to set the printer minated on line Is the POWER indicator If it is the paper has run out Load more paper flashing Is the paper caught up inter Tum off the power remove the jammed paper replace nally turn on the printer and continue printing Make sure that the leading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased Is
90. mands 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 missing space is 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 be helpful here If you do not use these commands or the panel controls the printer will print standard size draft non bold non italic characters 79 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 orif you were 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
91. material which held your printer inside the printer carton Be careful to remove the knob before disposing of the packing Mount the platen knob on the shaft on the right hand side of the printer Turn the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position Platen knob Figure 1 3 Mounting the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge Remove the top cover by lifting the front using the two grips at the side and pulling towards you Now install the ribbon s D gt G o9 e Ribbon tensioning knob v ob a E t 9 E 2 x Print head Use the tensioning knob on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack turn clockwise 2 Use the grips on the side of the ribbon cartridge to help locate the cartridge squeeze them inwards gently and make sure that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Figure 1 4 Removing the top cover Figure 1 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge l 3 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see Figure 1 6 Print head shield Ink ribbon Print head Figure 1 6 Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield Now hold the top cover upright and engage the tabs at the back Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed Leave the top cover closed during normal operation It keeps out dust and dirt and reduc
92. modes In the descriptions of the com mands all commands will be given by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below Hexadecimal 1B 78 31 1B 78 O0 Decimal 27 120 49 27 120 1 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode DIP switch 1 6 on IBM IBM mode DIP switch 1 6 off Both Both standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Control characters are enclosed in pointed brack ets For example 0 means character code 0 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n 33 Many commands have alternative forms Some commands use lt ESC gt character code 27 in Standard mode and lt FS gt character code 28 in IBM mode Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character codes or digit characters like the parameter 1 in the sample command above FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Decimal Hexadecimal 9 40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39 27 120 48 1B 78 30 27 120 0 1B 78 00 27 73 48 1B 49 30 Changes from near letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select draft elite characters Hexadecimal 1B
93. ng to be done in the normal bidirectional mode which is faster than unidirectional printing Unidirectional printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U 1 27 85 49 1B 55 31 ESC U 1 1B 55 0i Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision One line unidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt 27 60 1B 3C Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Manual feed aus CEO lt EM gt s ce t o y DE 28 28 30 29 29 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive 67 Auto feed Mode ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt lt EM gt 4 27 25 4 Bo th n n 4 RC y 40 40 52 41 41 28 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Eject paper from ASF lt ESC gt lt EM gt R 1B 19 52 Both we we RT VIVI 40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29 Ejects the current page Ignored if DIP switch 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Set print start position on ASF ius lt EM gt 27 25 8 n 1B 19 54 n ST E a 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skips n 6 inches at the top of the p
94. ondensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1290 LPRINT P Pica pitch 1300 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1310 LPRINT H E p1 Select proportional spacing 1320 LPRINT proportional spacing for all pitches 1330 LPRINT E pO Cancel proportional spacing 1340 LPRINT H E W1 Expanded E WO 1350 LPRINT H E w1 Double height E wO 1360 LPRINT H E h CHR 1 Double sized 1370 LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized 1380 LPRINT E h CHR 0 1390 LPRINT LPRINT 1400 LPRINT E Q CHR 49 Set right margin 1410 LPRINT C Various line and character spacings 1420 LPRINT E al Center text 1430 FOR I 1 TO 7 1440 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing 1450 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1460 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1470 NEXT I 1480 FOR I 7 TO 1 STEP 1 1490 LPRINT E A CHR I 1500 LPRINT E CHR I 1510 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1520 NEXT I 1530 LPRINT E a0 Left justify 1540 LPRINT E 3 CHR 36 Set 1 6 line spacing 1550 LPRINT E CHR O0 Normal character space 1560 LPRINT LPRINT 1570 LPRINT C Other features 1580 LPRINT H E E Emphasized E F 1590 LPRINT E G Double strike E H 1600 LPRINT E 1 Underlining E 0 1610 LPRINT H E 1 Overlining E 0 1620 LPRINT E S0 SUPERSCRIPT E T and 1630 LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T 83
95. osition to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no nexthorizontal tab stop in the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Relative horizontal tab ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt N nl n2 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C nl n2 IBM FS N mnl n 28 92 nl n2 10 5C nl n2 Moves the print position right orleft a specified distance maximum 13 6 inches Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by n1 n2 x 256 120 inches If n2 is between 64 and 127 the print head moves left by n1 n2 64 x 256 120 inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches ASCH ESC Wal r Sets the next print position to n7 n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on the current line Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 13 6 inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns Node ASCI Both ESC gt f O n lt ESC gt f 0 n 27102 0 m Moves the next print position to column z from the left margin where n is between O and 127 57 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density 8 bit graphics Mode ASCH lt ESC gt K nl n2 27 75 nl n2 1B 4B n n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8
96. ou 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 120 sheets each Make sure that there is no more paper than this in either the hopper or stacker Is there too much paper in the paper feed 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 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 ONLINE indicator is illuminated Was the paper fanned before being fed into the ASF There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with different paper Is the paper too thick or too thin 93 If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly check the following Possible remedy Ts the paper release lever in The paper release lever must be set to the E position the 5 position after the fanfold paper has been parked Has th
97. oubled in each direction so each character consists of 16 dots vertically and 23 dots horizontally and requires 46 data bytes Dots defined by m1 to m23 are printed on the first pass of the head Dots defined by m24 to m46 are printed on the second pass the paper being scrolled up half a dot between the two passes For further details please refer to the Chapter 5 61 Define download characters lt ESC gt nl n2 lt DC4 gt 27 61 Onl 20 1B 3D nl 14 IBM a0 al a2 ml a0 al a2 ml a0 al a2 ml m2 mli m2 mll m2 mll 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 n7 and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will follow a0 is the character code of the first character defined al and a2 are attributes bytes m1 to m1 1 are the character data and are the same as in ESC amp The attribute byte a7 indicates whether the character is an ascender not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots or a descender not using the highest dot and whether it has a downward extension to 12 dots The attribute byte a2 gives proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell maximum 11 dots The character will be followed by a mandatory blan
98. racter codes 32 space and 127 delete code should be avoided if possible Each character is defined by an attribute byte m0 and 11 data bytes ml m2 mll The most significant bit of the attribute byte is 1 if the character is an ascender positioned entirely above the baseline or 0 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 Define NLQ download characters Woda ASCH arai lt ESC gt amp 0 nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl Both n2 m0 mi m2 n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 m3 m46 m3 m46 m3 m46 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use DIP switch 2 1 must be OFF NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed The parameters are the same as for the draft download character command except that the attribute byte specifies right space instead of character width and the dot density is d
99. s of the table for example the character A 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 lt gt lt Sample gt Character Hexadecimal value high order Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 103 121 106 110 S S o E U g m 32 cA D rx Ix rat ral ral D cx rx prx rz Ix x NT ri rs C P ru rab re ra rx rs k Lu o rc Lu Q lt q tc t I O Q x lt x a 2 Lr o 104 229 243 213 165 m 197 133 234 ES 252 253 gt a Cx Cs E N CN et c2 Cx 2 CM T 170 173 155 C ET 196 14 142 157 105 Lag e t Ll L s aet N Det ua m G us wo eo co s BH e EIN Ee E S Pm a _ a _ IBM CHARACTER SET 2 EE 106 252 24 239 m 231 232 236 23 239 215 216 204 205 207 YI 12 136 137 139 183 152 c ng 140 136 ri T D amp Ja aV EN Der E E E CM as u um 167 9 e a 107 1 by the uw apa CO a MN m us nm _ eee a E EE ET 2 Es ss Ge es R L SS GSS Fs sd STE epp erroe psp ep epu oe lication
100. ter may be holding much more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Halt the printing program on the computer If printing stops immedi ately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows Press the button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer Press and hold the button Press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down In about three seconds you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared 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 Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS The bank of DIP Dual In line Package switches inside the printer is used for various functions This chapter explains where the DIP switches are located and how to use them LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES When you remove the printcr s cover and look inside you will see on the green board at the bottom of the printer two groups
101. 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 the few elementary tips below should avoid you having to make unnecessary service calls The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience faults Region of fault Printing Dots are missing in characters or graphics While using application software fonts or characters cannot be printed The printout is not what is expected when running a program Single sheets do not feed properly without ASF Continuous paper does not feed properly with the tractor feed Paper feeding 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 itis better not to attempt operations or repairs above your level of competence Otherwise you run the risk of da
102. the paper against the platen and the print head will move to the start position 11 Remount the rear cover Hold it tilted upward and insert the four tabs at the front into their slots Then rotate the cover downwards pressing down on the thumb pads on the left and right to snap it into place 12 12 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 13 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper Figure 1 13 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer by using the optional pull tractor unit 1 Remove the top cover then move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail 2 Mount the optional pull tractor unit onto the printer Grip the lock levers on both side and push the unit downwards onto the platen roller shaft to fit the tractor grips as shown in Figure 1 14 Place a stack of fanfold paper below the printer 4 With the sprocket covers open thread the paper over the sprockets from the bottom of the printer aligning holes with the pins on the sprockets 5 Adjust the spacing of the sprockets by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each sprocket to release and lock the sprocket in positin when the lever is up the sprocket may be moved and when it is down the sprocket is locked we 13 Lock lever
103. the ribbon caught up Tum off the power remove the ribbon retension it and around the print head replace it This problem occurs most frequently with a wom ribbon so you may need to replace the ribbon Is the software you are using Check the installation settings in your software and re properly installed for your install if necessary printer Can the printer perform self Turn the printer off and tum it on again holding down test operations one of the buttons to perform a self test If these do not Work contact your dealer If the print is faint or uneven check the following Possible remedy Is the ribbon properly in Check and reinstall if necessary stalled Is the ribbon worn out The ribbon has a long life but eventually will need replacing Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary If dots are missing in the printing check the following Check 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 j Check the software installation an
104. tions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font style Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel from right to left they are ONLINE X PAPER FEED and S EEJEC larger buttons and and smaller buttons The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel MICRO FEED CI POWER Figure 2 1 Control panel ON LINE button The button sets the printer on line and off line The state changes each time you press the button In the on line state the printer receives data from the computer and prints the data In the off line state the printer stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line state if paper is present If paper is not present the printer powers up off line with the POWER indicator flashing When you load paper the POWER indicator stops flashing but the printer remains off line To start printing you must press the button go on line The three main times when you will want to press the C_ ON LINE button are Before and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons oper
105. utton 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 18 57 31 lt ESC gt W 1 27 87 1 1B 57 0 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing ede ASCH BSW lt ESC gt W 0 27 87 0 1B 57 00 Stops expanded printing and returns to normal width 42 Expanded printing for one line exadecimal Decimal H 14 OE lt ESC gt lt SO gt 27 14 1B OE Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed lt LF gt The lt DC4 gt VT FF and lt ESC gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt DC4 gt 20 14 Stops one line expanded printing set with lt SO gt or lt ESC gt lt SO gt Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 Select proportional spacing Decimal 27 112 49 27 112 1 1 1B 70 31 1B 70 0 1B 50 01
106. xadecimal 5 lt ESC gt _ TU 27 95 49 1B 5F 31 als 1B SF 0 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined Stop overlining ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt _ 0 27 95 48 1B 5F 30 lt ESC gt 0 27 95 0 1B 5F 00 Stops overlining Superscript ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC S 0 27 83 48 1B 53 30 ESC S 0 27 83 0 1B 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt S 1 27 83 49 1B 53 391 ESC S 1 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch 38 Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt T 27 M 1B 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both S Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if DIP switch 1 7 is ON Select IBM character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt P 1 27 116 49 iB 74 31 27 16 1 iB 74 01 Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode

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