Star Micronics NX-1001 User's Manual
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1. 93 If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly check the following Possible remedy Is the paper release lever in The paper release lever must be set to the fj position the Bl position after the fanfold paper has been parked Has the fanfold paper been Make sure that the POWER indicator comes on flashing properly parked after the fanfold paper has been parked If text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines check the following Possible remedy Is the text all on the same Carriage returns are not being expanded to line CR lt LF gt pairs Check the DIP switch setting and Correct Is text being printed with Two line feeds are being printed Make your software extra blank lines print just a carriage return or if this is not possible set the 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 function 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 cornmands 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 printer2. n1 n2 lt ESC gt 95 0 lt ESC gt 90 1 ESC 95 0 ESC 9e 1 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage return Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Cancel condensed printing 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 feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Increase character spacing Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in iches Select ROM character set Select download character set Select ROM character set Select download character set lt ESC gt lt 0 gt nl n2 m0 ml m2 m3 mll Define draft download character lt ESC gt amp 0 n1 n2 m0 ml m2 m3 m46 ESC n0 nl n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 ESC 0 ESC ESC f n0 lt ESC gt 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC b Adi lt ESC gt 3 n ESC 4 ESC 4 lt ESC gt 5 lt ESC gt 5 0 lt ESC gt 5 1 Define NLQ download character Select graphics mode Stop underlining Start underlining Stop underlining Start underlining Select vertical tab channel Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch
3. Check Possible remedy Is the interface cable con Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to nected securely make sure that the connector is firmly in position Is the ON LINE indicator illu If it is not press the ONLINE button to set the printer on minated 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 turnon the printer and continue printing Make sure that the leading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased Turn off the power remove the ribbon retension it and replace it This problem occurs most frequently with a worn ribbon so you may need to replace the ribbon Check the installation settings in your software and re install if necessary Is the ribbon caught up around the print head Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer Can the printer perform self test operations Turn the printer off and turn it on again holding down 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 Check 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 will eventually need re placing Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary
4. e 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 aline making the actual character grid 11 dots wide by 9 dots high Vertically dots can only be centered in a box See Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 Dots can be inside boxes or straddle the vertical lines of the grid 69 e 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 Photocopy the grid in Figure 5 2 to help design your new characters We will use a tiny representation of a car shaped symbol for our example ml m3 m5 m7 m9 mil m2 m4 m m8 m10 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 your characters After downloading you access your new character by sending the code for the character you replaced ml m3 mS m7 m9 mill m2 m4 m6 m mlo ASCII Code Descender Left space 0 Last column 77 m0 Descender x 128 Left x 16 Last 124 66 Of 76 76 0 0 4 36 2 7 F
5. ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt Y nl m 27 89 nl n2 18 59 nl n2 j ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Both lt ESC gt Z nl n 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A nl n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1920 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt K for other information Select graphics mode lt ESC gt n0 nl 27 42 nO nl 1B 2A nO nl nd ml m2 t n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt K for information on n1 n2 ml m2 nO Graphics mode O Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 Double density 120 dots per inch 2 Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 5 Plotter graphics 72 dots per inch 6 CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 7 Double density plotter graphics 144 dots per inch Convert graphics density ASCI sa EA Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt K lt ESC gt L lt ESC gt Y or lt ESC gt Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ES
6. USERS MANUAL N X 1 OO 1 MULTI FONT DOT MATRIX PRINTER 80820471 NX 1001 MULTI FONT USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the nice by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Unauthorized modifications of this product by the user will void his authority to operate the equipment unless expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance For compliance with the Federa
7. n Std lt ESC gt f 0 5 Std ESC f 1 a Sid ESC h n Sid ESC j n lt ESC gt k a Std ESC li a Std lt ESC gt p 0 Std ESC p 1 Std ESC p 0 Std ESC p Std ESC s 0 Std ESC s 1 Std ESC s 0 Std lt ESC gt s 1 ESC t 0 lt ESC gt t 1 lt ESC gt eC o ESC t 1 Std lt ESC gt w 0 Std lt ESC gt w lt I gt Std ESC w 0 Std lt ESC gt w 1 Std lt ESC gt x 0 Std ESC x 1 Sid lt ESC gt x 0 Std lt ESC gt x 1 Std lt ESC gt 0 Std ESC 1 Std lt ESC gt 0 Select character height width and line spacing Relative horizontal tab Enable printing of all character codes Reverse line feed Enable printing of all character codes on next character Print 9 pin graphics Stop overlining Start overlining Stop overlining Start overlining Left justify Center text Right justify Left justify Center text Right justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every a lines Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines Select double or q
8. 5 lt ESC gt T 6 lt ESC gt J n lt ESC gt K nl n2 ml m2 ESC L n n2 ml m2 ESC M lt ESC gt N n ESC O lt ESC gt P ESC P 0 lt ESC gt P 1 ESC Q a lt ESC gt Q 3 lt ESC gt R ESC R a ESC S 0 ESC S 1 ESC S 0 lt ESC gt S 1 ESC T ESC U 0 ESC U 1 lt ESC gt U 0 lt ESC gt U 1 Define NLQ download characters Set MSB to 1 Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to n 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to z lines Set page length to n inches Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike pnnting Select draft quality characters Select draft elite characters Select NLQ characters Select NLQ characters Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Select NLQ italic characters Select draft quality characters Select draft elite characters Select NLQ characters Select NLQ characters Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Perform one n 216 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Pica pit
9. DIP switch 1 1 ON and DIP switch 1 2 OFF 1000 Set control codes 1010 E CHR 27 Escape code 1020 D E x0 Draft quality 1030 N E x1 Near letter quality 1040 C E kO N Courier characters 1050 S E k1 N Sanserif characters 1060 O1 E k7 N Orator with small capital 1070 O2 E k8 N Orator with lower case 1080 H CHRS 9 Horizontal tab 1090 P E P Pica pitch 1100 Start printing 1110 WIDTH LPT1 255 82 1120 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 13 CHR O Set HT 1130 LPRINT C Fonts 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 Ol italics 5 for 1210 LPRINT C all D fonts 1220 LPRINT E 5 Cancel italics 1230 LPRINT C Print pitches are 1240 LPRINT H P Pica pitch 1250 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 1260 LPRINT H CHR 15 Condensed pitch 1270 LPRINT P Condensed pica pitch 1280 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 1290 LPRINT P Pica pitch 1300 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1310 LPRINT H E pl Select proportional spacing 1320 LPRINT and proportional spacing 1330 LPRINT E pO Cancel proportional spacing 1340 LPRINT H E W1 Expanded E WO
10. If dots are missing in the printing check the following Possible remedy Are dots missing at random The ribbon has become slack causing it to get caught in the printing up Stop printing remove the ribbon cartridge reten sion and replace it The print head is damaged Stop printing and contact your supplier for a new print head Is a line of dots missing con sistently throughout the printing If your application software cannot print the fonts or characters selected check the following Possible remedy Is your application software Check the software installation and re install the soft properly installed ware if necessary Are fonts not being selected Check the software installation and insert the com properly mands necessary for font changes into the software Are characters other than Either you are using the wrong International Character those expected being Set reset with DIP switches or software commands printed 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 Is the printer installed cor Your software may think that it is driving a different rectly emulation to the one actually set Check the DIP switch settings to make sure you have the right
11. Loading Single Sheets Automatic loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loading the paper Paper parking Paper unparking Adjusting the Printing Gap Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Buttons and Indicators ON LINE button PAPER FEED button PITCH button FONT button Power Up Functions Short test mode Long test mode Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel font Stay in panel pitch and font Hexadecimal dump Switch Combination Functions Form feed Paper Parking Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Clearing the buffer CoN 4 4 4 amp D Dm a Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Location of the DIP Switches Functions of the DIP Switches Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font Control Commands Character Set Commands Character Size and Pitch Commands Vertical Position Commands Horizontal Position Commands Graphics Commands Download Character Commands Other Printer Control Commands Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Designing Your Own Draft Characters Defining the attribute data Assigning the character data Sample program Defining Your Own NLQ Characters Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Installing Application Software with Your Printer Embedding Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Programming with BASIC How the program works Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Chapter 8 SPECIFIC
12. Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Execute lt ESC gt A Set line spacing to n 216 inch Select italic characters Set top of page at current position Select upright characters Cancel automatic line feed Set automatic line feed MODE CONTROL CODE IBM Std Std Std IBM IBM Std Std IBM Std Std IBM IBM Std IBM IBM Std lt ESC gt 6 lt ESC gt 7 lt ESC gt 8 lt ESC gt 9 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 0 n 0 lt ESC gt lt lt ESC gt FUNCTION Select character set 42 Select character set 4 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 nl n2 lt DC4 gt a0 al a2 ml m2 mill Define draft download characters lt ESC gt z n n2 NAK a0 al a2 ml m2 m46 lt ESC gt gt lt ESC gt n m lt ESC gt lt ESC gt A n ESC B nl n2 0 ESC C n lt ESC gt C 0 n lt ESC gt D ni n2 0 ESC E lt ESC gt F lt ESC gt G ESC H ESC I 0 lt ESC gt T 1 ESC I 2 ESC I 3 lt ESC gt T 4 lt ESC gt I 5 ESC T 6 ESC I VT lt ESC gt I 0 lt ESC gt I 1 lt ESC gt 2 ESC I 3 ESC I 4 lt ESC gt I
13. 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 ing the print head Figure 7 1 Replac 8 9 Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head For easy installation of the new print head move the carriage toward the left end of the rail Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins 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 Move the carriage 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 Chapter 6 SPECIFICATIONS Printing System octets Serial Impact Dot matrix PANNES Speed id 150 cps Draft pica 37 5 cps NLQ pica Print direction ess Bidirectional logic seeking Unidirectional logic seeking selectable Number of print pins 9 Print head tennis 100 million characters LING Spacing canada 1 6 1 8 n 72 n 216 inches Ch
14. expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing font or printing double size characters Your printer therefore has com mands that canbe 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 Font F O Courier Bl Sanserif F 7 Orator with small capitals F 8 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 If you want to print a title in double size Orator with small capitals then change to regular size fonts for other text you can use these commands as follows 78 File as seen on computer screen CUP 7 19223 Printer commands F 0 LC 19 0 Font commands F ican be F 7embedded F 8anywhere F 9in a document Printout PRINTER COMMANDS Font commands can be EMBEDDED anywhere in a document When you use these commands there are several points to note The font F command is ignored if the FONT button was held down when power was switched on A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line The software will not know that these are commands so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width The printed line may be cons
15. Other characters are identical to character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the lt ESC gt gt command in the standard mode 110 TT Quan cies pa m3 spueuruioo eroads Aq puud oq ued s1ojoe1euo peuonippy LAS 4119VHVH9 ViO3dS Wal 112 MEMO INDEX Absolute horizontal tab 57 Ascender 61 71 Auto feed 67 Automatic line feed 31 55 Automatic sheet feeder 8 31 67 101 Backspace 55 Bail lever 3 10 BASIC 23 72 73 82 Beeper 67 Bidirectional printing 67 Bit image printing 58 60 86 Bold printing 37 Bottom margin 50 Buffer 27 30 100 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 99 104 111 Character size and pitch commands 41 46 Character spacing 44 Cleaning 95 Column width 99 Condensed pitch 19 42 Connector 3 7 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 61 64 Download characters 31 69 75 Draft quality 20 34 61 62 64 69 73 Elite pitch 19 34 41 64 Emphasized printing 36 Emulation 30
16. bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Check that printer power is off and the release lever is 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 Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Tum the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover If the paper is not straight move the release lever forward then straighten the paper by hand and move the release lever back 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 10 wide This section will take you through the procedures for loading parking and unparking fanfold forms Loading the paper l Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer Tum the printer s power OFF Push the release lever forward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging
17. emulation Is the printer not printing Use the Hex Dump mode to analyze the output from the anything that you are expect computer to the printer This will enable you to deter ing mine that the right escape sequences etc are being transmitted 91 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 lig position pushed back to the lig posi tion Is the paper guide in place The paper guide should be in place vertically for cut and vertical sheets to feed smoothly 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 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 ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with thinner paper If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Possible remedy Is the paper release lever Make sure the release lever is pushed to the Bis posi pushed to the lis posi
18. emulations The emulation is changed by means of DIP switch 1 1 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 modes In the descriptions of the com mands all commands will be categorized by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below ESC x 1 27 120 49 1B 78 31 ESC x 1 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode DIP switch 1 1 on IBM IBM mode DIP switch 1 1 off Both Both standard and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCII coding of the command Control characters are enclosed in pointed brack ets For example lt 1 gt means character code 1 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as n 33 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters m 7 40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39 su lt ESC gt 27 120 48 1B 78 30 BS AT NE NEC lt ESC gt T e Changes from near letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the FON
19. fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows mop rs 14 Remove all single sheets from the printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the up position With power ON move the bail lever forward The printer will automati cally feed the parked fanfold paper back into position for printing Move the bail lever back to close the bail Now you are ready to print 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 left side of the paper bail Pulling the adjustment lever towards you widens the gap pushing it away from you narrows the gap There are five positions and 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 Adjustment lever Figure 1 13 Adjusting for different thicknesses of paper The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference Weight g m Thickness mm P Aper LIRE Each paper Total 52 82 0 07 0 10 Single Recommended Lever position 2 ply 40 58 0 12 0 16 3
20. in a comfortable environment Roughly speaking if you are comfortable then the environment is suitable for your printer too see Chapter 1 Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid extremely dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices To clean the exterior of the printer use a cloth barely dampened with either water with a little detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner or a compressed air aerosol sold for this purpose When performing this operation be sure not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD This is not a job which you will need to do very often The print head has been designed to last for about 100 million characters In normal everyday use this translates to years 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 2 3 Turn OFF the printer and unplug the power cord Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge Ifthe printer has been in operation immediately before this operation the print head will be hot Allow time for the print head to cool before
21. line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left ON If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch 1 4 Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF In order 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 to the veryend 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 When you select the Orator font on the control panel do you want lower case letters to print as lower case OFF or as small capitals ON Take your pick from the samples below Note that the lower case Orator does not have descenders for the letters g j p q and y ORATOR PRINTS THIS WAY WITH SWITCH 1 3 ON Orator prints this way with switch 1 3 OFF Switches 1 7 and 1 8 What is the page length of your paper You can select one of four page lengthes with the s
22. o P eH e v Noway t u jejejolafuls elolalulo e DENMARK 2 E EIO ARjUj jejejaju e v SPAIN2 _ s alifal l l lifnl elulels armenia sj i s ec a i m olore lv mno je sje cyv iiio pip eje See Chapter 3 for the DIP switch settings The command for selecting the international character sets is lt ESC gt R n Where n means character code n i e CHR in BASIC The values of n are O U S A S Sweden 10 Denmark II France 6 Italy 11 Spain Il 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Denmark Norway 4 DenmarkI 9 Norway 107 IBM CHARACTER SET 2 S HIEIBIBIBIBIEIIIIIII S N vo i fas Po Bo SS E e Bi Bo TER 9 5 9 9 9 8 8 5 5 5 8 5 E an A En Po a a BE o Pa EEPE 8 8 8 8 5 8 8 8 B B C M TH PB IE B P P B PE B EB BE N T T4 E T8 8 8 T8 T8 8 TS P8 T8 P E i cla ete lolo late le lo le le le le le _lol fofrfefofofrfofofelofofofuju J 108 167 183 153 CRIMEA 2140 ra 6 ns el x eos mz m na al a co Y ra m3 ND p m A on J a1 EL BH EL sl afb heh ND ma pa gt CA t3 E p aL 134 mo Bt cn EB E Ju 135 m Pt o na C nO n Ela ec 132 l ni rs na rs 187 gt lt 6 170 9 17 xj ng 17 13 I 197 R3 142 4 143 E 223 239 109 IBM CHARACTER SET 1 1 Tai F F i E e 143 159
23. status if paper is loaded If paper is not loaded the printer powers up off line with the POWER indicator flashing When you load paper the POWER indicator stops flashing but the printer remains off line To start printing you must press the ON LINE button go on line You will want to press the ON LINE button are Before and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons operate only in the off line state Press the ON LINE button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the ON LINE button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the ONLINE button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the ON LINE button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms you can hold the ON LINE button down for one second In addition to going off line the printer also feeds the paper forward approximately two inches This allows you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the ON LINE button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off NOTE This function is valid only when the buffer is empty 18 PAPER FEED button If you press this button while off line the paper will feed forward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line
24. use of regular and download characters in the draft character section apply equally to NLQ characters Ist mi m23 m46 2nd ASCII Code Descender Left space Right space 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 Ist ml m24 d el e TIT ASCH Code O mm Left space 0 Right space 0 m0 Descender x 128 Left x 16 Ist 4 38 70 70 126 0 0 0 16 1 1 0 0 70 38 26 2nd 28 7 M M 128 0 64 32 16 0 0 0 32 64 0 0 0 12 75 MM m Figure 5 5 Add the values of the dots in the boxes first and then add the value on the lines 75 76 MEMO 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
25. 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 factory set with all DIP switch in the ON position These are the standard settings By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements The following questions will help you choose the proper settings Swith Function ON OFF ife No Enabled Small caps Page length See below Character set Itali Standard iode Graphics talics Character set International character set Switch 1 1 Do you want to use the printer in standard mode or IBM mode Select the mode compatible with your computer and software In standard mode the printer operates like the Epson LX 850 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter III The ON position selects standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch 1 2 Does your software download characters to the printer In order to download characters this switch must be in the OFF position The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computerto send data faster than the printer prints 30 Switch 1 3 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch at the ON position a separate
26. 0 LPRINT H C Download characters LPRINT D E 1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT ES 0 Select normal character GOSUB 2200 LPRINT C E 1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT 1 LPRINT E 0 Select normal character LPRINT H C Various dot graphic densities DIM LOGOS 4 RESTORE 2390 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 FOR COL 1 TO 65 READ DG LOGOS 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 s FOR B 0 TO 4 IF B 2 THEN 1940 LPRINT E CHR B Select dot graphics mode LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 0 LOGO ROW LPRINT NEXT B LPRINT NEXT ROW LPRINT FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT H EM FOR B 5 TO 7 LPRINT E CHR B Select dot graphics mode LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 0 LOGO ROW LPRINT NEXT B LPRINT NEXT ROW LPRINT E Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES Define draft download character LPRINT D E amp CHR O CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 2300 FOR M 0 TO 11 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M 84 2180 2190 RETURN 2200 Define NLQ download character 2210 LPRINT C ES 8 CHRS 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 2220 RESTORE 2330 2230 2240 2250 2260 2270 2280 2290 2300 2310 2320 2330 2340 2350 2360 2370 23
27. 1350 LPRINT E w1 Double height E wO 1360 LPRINT H ES h CHR 1 Double sized 1370 LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized 1380 LPRINT E h CHR O 1390 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT 1400 LPRINT E Q CHR 47 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 i 1490 LPRINT E A CHR I 1500 LPRINT E CHR 1 1510 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1520 NEXT I 1530 LPRINT E aO Left justify 1540 LPRINT E 3 CHR 36 Set 1 6 line spacing 1550 LPRINT E CHR O 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 Underlininq E 0Q 1610 LPRINT 1620 LPRINT H E SQ SUPERSCRIPT E T and 1630 LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T 1640 GOSUB 2110 83 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 217
28. 248 248 248 240 DATA 192 0 O O 0 0 240 249 248 248 248 240 DATA 192 0 0 QO 0 0 0 0 QO O 0 OD DATA 0 0 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 retums and line feeds in graphics data Actual printi