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Star Micronics LC24-200 User's Manual

1. 192 92 192 192 192 e e Figure 5 5 Compressed character pattern of telephone symbol 92 Now we will calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column is first divided into three groups of eight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits This is where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these numbers powers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value Assigning the Index Table data Unlike defining in the Standard mode you must assign the Index Table with the IBM mode This Index Table is prepared for the information of each characters attribute data such as character type Normal 24 dot high or 30 dot high block graphics the dot pattern data in the memory and the compression mask bit data Each character requires 9 index table data The first and the second bytes mJ and m2 indicates the position of the first dot pattern in the memory m1 is the high order byte and m2 is the low order byte The third byte m3 indicates the character type and the dot pattern data width in the memory If the charac
2. Compression mask bit Figure 5 3 Telephone symbol with LQ pica After you have designed the character pattern you will need to compress the Dot Pattern Data compression allows you to store more download charac ters than without compression It is a more efficient use of memory The printer will repeat the previous dot column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Fill up the adjacent dot even they do not print then compare the each veritcal line to the left line If the line is the same as the left one write 1 in the column of the compression mask If it is different write 0 91 12345678 9101112131415 1617 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031 32 333435 T eje ejoj eje e 2 4 T L1 Compression 07 700000000007 20077770070000000e000 77 mask bit Figure 5 4 Fill up the adjacent dot then write the compression data After you have written the compression mask bit data line up all the character data for the compression mask bit that requires 0 The telephone symbol looks like Figure 5 5 1234567 8 9 101112131415 16 17 18 19 202122232425
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5. 1 ESC X n n2 ESC Y n2 ml m2 ESC 7 n2 m2 ESC 4 0 0 0 ESC T 4 0 0 0 n1 n2 ESC 4 4 0 0 0 0 ESC g n2 m2 ESC N nl n2 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt ESC 0 lt ESC gt 1 ESC 0 lt ESC gt ESC d n2 lt ESC gt j lt ESC gt lt gt r lt gt v 20 gt ESC t lt 1 gt lt ESC gt t 0 ESC t 1 Qr 9 yr yy Quee Ion m tt en nsn mures n Qn TT yt FUNCTION Select LQ elite download characters Select draft condensed characters Select LQ condensed characters Select draft condensed download characters Select LQ condensed download characters Perform one n 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Set printer off line Reset all tab stops Superscript Subscript Superscript Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Se
6. USERS MANUAL LC24 200 LC24 2002co LC24 200 LC24 200 COLOUR USERS MANUAL VDE Statement This device carries the VDE RFI protection mark to certify that it meets the radio interference requirements of the Postal Ordinance No 243 1991 The additional marking 243 P expresses short form that this is a peripheral device not operable alone which only individually meets the Class B RFI requirements in accordance with the DIN VDE 0878 part 3 11 89 and the Postal Ordinance 243 1991 If this device is operated in conjunction with other devices within a set up in order to take advantage of a General Operating Authorization in accordance with the Postal Ordinance 243 1991 the complete set up must comply with the Class B limits in accordance with the DIN VDE 0878 part 3 11 89 as well as satisfy the preconditions in accordance with 2 and the prerequisites in accordance with 3 of the Postal Ordinance 243 1991 As rule this is only fulfilled when the device is operated in a set up which has been type tested and provided with a VDE RFI protection mark with the additional marking Vfg 243 Machine Noise Information Ordinance 3 GSGV January 18 1991 The sound pressure level at the operator position is equal or less than 70 dB A according to ISO 7779 The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Germany Trademark Acknowledgements LC24 200 XB24 10 LC24 10 SPC 8K SF 10DQ RH
7. cd alo in in tn Fin 10 t t0 wo wo lt ala LN LN im en Fn en wo wo w wo Proportional width 62 haracter code 63 62 63 62 NINTOLAILNINL AT oOlololo 4 581589155151 MINI lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt e xo NINI NI N N Am e Ve PIMP e par Ole a Jelole A eelle lt e o re e 0 0 e 0 0 lt
8. 20 ont Selection 4 Roman ON ON ON Oratoc 2 ON ON ON OFF Sensecif OFF ON ON ON fw Light OFF ON ON OFF Courier ON OFF ON ON L Gotnic ON OFF ON OFF Prestige OFF OFF ON ON Blippo OFF OFF CN OFF Script ON ON OFF ON H Gothic OFF OFF OCR B OFF ON OFF ON Oane OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON Cinema ON OFF OFF OFF Orator OFF OFF OFF ON Code 39 OFF OFF OFF OFF 5 Not Used DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING 19 0 DRAFT 0 DRAFT COND HIT HET HET HE HUE HS ORAFI gt 00954 DoD IUS Tiles 1UNSXA Ot PURSTUUWXYZ N abedet ghi jklimopars tuvwayid ZARSG2BS iis UE EGH AKU MN IAI LORE ARE oboe ym TEMES Eat a EU Pent onere eres dens site lli enar 178280 8 7 70123456789 lt gt RARITI 7 MNO 5253 jk lmoparstuvemyz co eSaMag eee gt mt aq P eDoBeo perarud5 10123456789 FGH UVWXYZ X abcdefghijk im uyat ag See Ti eho a iig BORE AZ EL lt H USES Otr 1 0173456 88 E E OR jk lmm Ones 0009994 0089 nor 415 70123486789 lt gt 7 ABCDE PQRSTUVW
9. lt 4 lt 64164 lt lt AVIAN NTN NTA ional width Proport 5 ojo ojo e o e N 9 9 5 lt E 2 e S o e 3 in in lt N n e d a d 15 m e lt in A 4 N N N N X X o Ln o m 3 lt 3 n io in n 5 LA N N a n e 9 e e lt lt i 2 6 E NINI NIN N NIN 5 222 121 n E d amp e e m Heo NIN N nt bu a Lo olojo un A m e 5 e e e ps e um Q lt D i tn 10 O NINININI lt NINI NINJAN NINININI NINININI A width
10. ESC lt 3 gt 0 1 n1 n2 ESC nO n2 ml m2 ESC 4 n ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 0 lt ESC gt 1 ESC n0 ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 n ESC 4 lt gt 5 ESC 6 lt ESC gt 7 lt ESC gt 8 lt ESC gt 9 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage retum Expanded printing for one line Condensed pitch Set printer on line Cancel condensed 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 pitch Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Increase character spacing Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in inches Select ROM character set Select download character set Select ROM character set Select download character set Define download characters Select score Select graphics mode Set line spacing to n 360 inch Stop underlining Start underlining Stop underlining Start underlining Select vertical tab channel Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to 180 inch Select italic characters Select upright characters Select character set 2 Select character set
11. lt 444 e lt NINI NINININI NINININI NINININI lt xr 9 cola 2 ex wn lt lt lg lt lt lt lt 4 lt in N N ALAIN lt N N lt lt 4 9
12. Installing the optional cartridge This printer has five built in LQ fonts and 7 K byte 30 K byte for color printer printing buffer You can add more fonts or expand the printing buffer by installing optional cartridges Font catridge or RAM cartridge To install or change a cartidge follow the procedure below 1 Tum off the power switch at the front of the printer and remove the top cover 2 Remove the connector cover at the right side of the printer 3 Push out the cap from the connector cover NOTE Keep this cap in a safety place Optional cartridge Connector cover Figure 1 8 Slide the cartridge into the slot with the power switch off 4 Install the connector cover into the printer 5 Insertthe cartridge into the slot of the connector cover and slide it all the way in NOTE Remount the cap on the connector cover if you do not use the optional cartridge Connecting the printer to your computer Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel interface cable On a PC or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 pin D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 pin con nector at the printer end The configuration of the printer s connector is given in Chapter 8 should you need a cable for connection to another computer If you need to connect to a serial port use the optional Serial Parallel con verter SPC 8K Interface Connector
13. Define download characters Mode 27 61 nl n2 35 1 30 n nl 23 n3 nd 0 nS n3 nd 00 n5 m2 m9 ml m2 m9 dl d2 dx dl d2 dx Defines new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF and the optional RAM cartridge RC 32Z must be installed otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command is ignored Downloading characters in IBM mode requires Dot Pattern data and Character Index Table data Dot Pattern data controls which pins fire when printing a character Index Table data is placed in a lookup table that provides information on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the character nl n2 x 256 give the number of bytes to be downloaded n3 and n4 indicate the low order and high order addresses in which data is to be stored n3 should be 15 and n4 should be 128 for this printer n5 determines the character mode to be downloaded as shown below ml through m9 indicate Index Table data and m2 indicate the adress where Dot Pattern is stored is the high order byte m3 indicates the number of columns in the charac ter memory and m4 indicates the number of columns in the character m5 through m9 are compression mask bits Data compression allows the efficient use of memory in storing downloaded charac ters providing space for more charac
14. lt ESC gt lt gt Changes to letter quality characters with proportional pitch Ignored if the or button was pressed during power up Select LQ font ode ASCII Hexadecimal n 28 67 Selects an LQ font according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or the corresponding font is not installed n Font n Font 0 Roman 8 Orator 2 Option 1 Sanserif 9 TW Light Option 2 Courier 10 Letter Gothic Option 3 Prestige 11 Blippo Option 4 Script 12 H Gothic Option 5 OCR B Option 13 Orane Option 6 OCR A Option 14 Cinema Option 7 Orator Option 15 Code 39 Option Select font KSC n 4040 70 41 41 28 28 46 29 29 n Changes a font according to the value of n Ignored if the button was pressed during power up n_Font n Font Roman 3 Prestige 1 Sanserif 4 Script 2 Courier 9 Draft 48 Select italic characters lt 5 gt 4 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics Select upright characters ascii Decimal lt 5 gt 5 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Emphasized printing Mode ASCII lt ESC gt E Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized
15. 78 Select draft pica download character set Made ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt I 4 27 73 4 1B 49 04 Selects the download character set draft quality and pica pitch 10cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select draft elite download character set lt gt I FF 18 49 0C Selects the download character set draft quality and elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select draft condensed download characters ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt I DC4 1B 49 14 Selects the download character set draft quality and condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the FOND button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select LQ pica download characters Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt 6 gt 1B 49 06 Selects the LQ download character set with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON 7 Select LQ elite download characters lt ESC gt I lt 50 gt 27 73 14 Selects the LQ download character set with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the CFONT button was pressed during power up orif EDS switch A 2 is ON Select LQ condensed download characters Mode ASCII Decimal lt 5 gt SYN Selects the LQ download character set with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored
16. Chapter7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device which also contains high voltage inside For that reason only carry out those operations that are 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 that it is used and treated sensibly However if you do experience a minor problem the few tips below should help you avoid having to make an unnecessary service call The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience problems Region of fault Description Power supply Power is not being supplied to the printer Printing The printer does not print or stops printing The print is faint or uneven 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 Paper feeding Single sheets do not feed properly without ASF Continuous paper does not feed properly with the tractor feed The ASF is not operating or is
17. 145 Proportional width 1 Norma e 9 to 2 00 Cio 1514 42 Chr 28 146 sese DESDE E Oyo aoo eim oim s zB BR d ay ees o ER CA ed ed z alala dn 5 E ex C LL ME E uper elele eiele x bow 00 1 lt oem en e m a 4 1 14 en i 5 Ries LT do qup d B E 2 jas lt i d so 5 v ki 2 vd en T TF 1 aes AME ag g 0 il z o sies X X ajajaj 9 m 11 5 1 c3 jiji J l SE E E 2 5 ire aL 148 INDEX A Absolute horizontal tab 72 Auto feed 84 Auto loading 33 Automatic line feed 39 69 Automatic sheet feeder 10 39 84 121 Backspace 69
18. Eafe Roman ON ON ON Oraor2 ON ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF Orane OFF ON Optional fonts marked with an asterisk can be selected only when the responding font cartridge is installed in the printer If the corresponding font cartridge is not installed then Roman is selected 42 BIDIRECTIONAL TEST ADJUSTMENT MODE This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bidirectional passes After a period of some months your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes This will be most evident in graphics printing This mode will probably be used very rarely M p L Turn the printer off and then turn it on again while holding down the and buttons The printer will then print something like the following DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ 0 The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment To adjust the printing use the and buttons 4 button will move the second pass to the left The PAPERFEED button will move the second pass to the right DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ O Q tr tli tll lili ELE bh lb bb lb lb lb abl lb gb lb gl gll gl lh al gh lh PAPER FEED PAPER FEED
19. If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left ON If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch A 4 Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder ASF In order to use the automatic sheet feeder SF 10DQ move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch A 5 Are you going to print dot graphics uni directionally When printing in dot graphics mode the printer may either print bidirection ally in alternate directions for speed or in one direction only unidirectional for increased accuracy For practically all purposes however bidirectional printing is sufficiently accurate In order to print uni directionally move this switch to the OFF position 39 Switch B 1 Are you going to print on multi part paper You can use up to 3 ply paper when this switch is ON If you want to print on 4 ply or 5 ply paper set this switch to the OFF position Switch 2 Do you want the printer to stop printing at the end of the paper or to keep printing When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Otherwis
20. 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 begin paper parking start with power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position and the release lever forward Press the LINE button on the control panel to set the printer off line ON LINE indicator will turn off Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover If necessary press the button to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the top cover and tear there 17 4 Press the button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen 5 Move the release lever to the back 6 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually as explained previously The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer NOTE You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it from the bottom of the printer Paper unparking When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows Remove all single sheets from the printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the front Press the button The pr
21. The emulation is changed by means of EDS switch A 1 When ON the printer will be in standard mode and when OFF the printer will be in IBM mode see Chapter 3 It is not possible to change the emulation mode by means of software control This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes Inthe 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 Std lt ESC gt x 1 27 120 49 1B 78 31 lt ESC gt x lt gt Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode EDS switch A 1 on IBM IBM mode EDS switch A 1 off Both Both standard and IBM modes 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 45 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Mose Both 4 9 40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39 ACD 27 120 48 1B 78 30 lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 120 0 1B 78 00 Changes from letter quality to draft quality Ignored if the button was pressed during power up
22. lt ESC gt lt EM gt T n lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt lt 1 gt lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt 1 lt gt 0 lt gt 1 lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt 3 n ESC 4 ESC 5 0 lt ESC gt 5 lt 1 gt lt ESC gt 6 ESC 7 ESC 8 lt ESC gt 9 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt n1 n2 n3 n4 0 n5 lt ESC gt ESC A n ESC B nl n2 0 ESC C n ESC C 0 n ESC D nl n2 0 ESC E ESC F ESC G lt ESC gt H lt ESC gt 0 ESC I 2 lt ESC gt I 3 lt ESC gt I 4 lt ESC gt I 6 lt ESC gt I 7 ESC T 8 ESC T lt LF gt ESC I FF FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage retum Expanded printing for one line Condensed pitch Set printer on line Pica pitch Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Expanded printing for one line Condensed pitch Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Stop underlining Start underlining Stop underlining Start underlining Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Execute lt ESC gt A Set line spacing to n 180 or n 216 inch Set top of page at current position Cancel automatic line feed Set a
23. Other charcters are identical to Code Page 437 Dur 195 20 148 164 180 165 150 19 168 5 169 18 154 17 c S S S 2 157 MN mM gt x gt gt 5 gt gt nN cn 2 p pas gt gt 159 hal om 29 IBM CHARACTER SET 1 Er m im nN im Ex gt el s jj jj je e B ra gt 133 ee nm B fl el im kl el 134 15 eS pb bbb bh ai 135 151 136 15 137 5 138 15 139 Ed 1 157 3 143 Other characters are identical to character set 2 im pears gt 15 BXESESERENESESES 159 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 135 IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER SET Additional characters can be printed by special commands E E 31 136 PROPORTIONAL SPACING TABLE This table lists the widths
24. abcdefsehiidkImnopurstu Figure 2 3 Short self test Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen 27 Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM and the current EDS settings followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available The test cycles endlessly so you must turn the power off to stop it sss VER X K 05 SETTINGS Current settings are Emphasized Bank Switch Function Set ON Set OFF 1 Emulation STANDARD 18M 2 RAM Usage Input Buffer Download Buffer A 3 Auto LF with CR Disabled Enabled 4 Auto Sheet Feeder Not fitted Fitted A 5 Graphics Direction Bi directional Uni directional Reserved Leave ON Character Table Standard mode Graphics Italics 18 mode 2 IBM wl D 2 3 4 IBM Code Page CT IBM 1 2 Graphics 437 ON ON 863 ON ON Off 850 OFF ON 865 OFF ON OFF 860 ON OFF ON Reserved ON OFF OFF 861 OFF OFF ON Reserves OFF OFF OFF Inte nationa Character Set CT itelics U S A ON ON ON Dermark 1 ON ON OFF France OFF ON ON Sweden OFF ON OFF Germany ON OFF ON Italy England OFF OFF ON Spain 1 5 Not
25. en m SIS Proportional width ET SIN a AIR SWR bod US ap m A Ld e 5 ve BBE Wom mre 2 v B t 1 lt LO jio iu LN eo MIS eH ee e j e e ed 2 lt oo lt alan E LN LN iC 75 rt vd c v om mE v4 edt et j ajojo 3 iD c 5 io en Lo 0 wo w o wei e cj vM a width P Character code 860 8 40 411141 42 is i 142 P 150 2 olojo 00 e et ft fit fet et fet APN OLR OW NM Alin orm 92 2 e 59 m n d T 9 a ES e 2 a j a
26. gt 4 v4 0 e m eH e e et et i mlo alnim ole co lt lt 21 e e e e eH et e om a lt r alan lt lt 39 ve eA e j e e e J et 4 lt y 9 e etl et lt Y un EL mH mE et 1 roportional 140 2 D Z z ojoiojolioj jo 218 e e 4 e D S pad w lt o orn ex fa ex Les b a NIN ale eile pet Ma Bi id Feel t g o amp e
27. ud 27 25 84 n 1B 19 54 n is 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 25 n Skips inches at the top of the page where n is equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer 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 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS With this printer you can create new characters and symbols download their dot data and have them printed in place of selected characters in the 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 Before you start to define your own characters you must set the EDS switch A 2 to the OFF position Otherwise the RAM is used to store the input buffer and the download commands are ignored If you want to download characters with IBM mode you must have the optional RAM cartridge RC 32Z installed in the monochrome printer DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH STANDARD MODE Designing and printing your own characters has two requirements first designing the shape of the character calculating the data necessary to make the sha
28. 0 4 fA When the two passes are aligned with each other to form one continuous line the bidirectional alignment test is completed To change the mode for which the bidirectional adjustment is performed press the button This will cycle between LQ DRAFT and DRAFT COND Repeat the process for all print modes DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ 0 10 rrt lililllt tl illl llb lb ll llb EE P T LQ 0 DRAFT 0 7 DRAFT 1 0 43 6 To save the corrected values and to exit from this mode press the PITCH button DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ 0 JU PAPER FEED e 0 DRAFT 0 PAPER FEED DRAFT 0 C ONLINE 5 parr COND 0 JULLI Pre gn eee ter 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 LQ 860 In IBM mode the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations
29. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 DATA 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 255 128 DATA 223 255 128 255 255 128 255 255 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 DATA 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 DATA 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 DATA 224 0 1 224 0 3 240 0 15 255 255 255 255 255 254 255 255 254 255 255 252 255 255 248 255 255 224 255 255 128 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 240 0 0 255 0 0 15 248 0 DATA 0 63 0 0 3 248 0 O 31 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 0 0 255 224 0 DATA 255 128 0 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 4060 4070 4080 4090 4100 4110 4120 4130 4140 4150 4160 4170 4180 4190 4200 4210 4220 4230 4240 4250 4260 4270 4280 4290 4300 4310 4320 4330 4340 4350 4360 4370 4380 4390 4400 4410 4420 4430 4440 4450 4460 4470 4480 4490 4500 4510 4520 4530 4540 4550 4560 4570 4580 4590 4600 4610 4620 4630 4640 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 127 DATA 0 7 255 0 63 255 1 255 255 31 255 255 3 255 255 DATA 0 127 254 0 7 252 0 0 127 0 0 7 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 DATA 248 0 0 255 0 0 255 192 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30. 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector CONTROL CODE ESC 0 n 0 ESC lt lt gt lt gt gt lt gt lt ESC gt ESC n ESC B nl 2 lt 0 gt ESC C n ESC C 0 n ESC al n2 0 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC J n ESC K n n2 ml m2 ESC L n1 n2 ml m2 ESC M ESC N n ESC O ESC P ESC ESC n ESC S 0 ESC S 1 lt 5 gt S 0 lt ESC gt 6 lt ESC gt T lt ESC gt U lt 0 gt lt ESC gt U 1 lt ESC gt U 0 lt ESC gt U 1 lt ESC gt W 0 ESC W 1 ESC W 0 lt gt W J lt ESC gt Y n n2 ml m2 ESC Z n n2 ml m2 ESC T 4 0 0 0 n n2 lt ESC gt N nl n2 lt ESC gt 0 ESC 2 1 ESC a 2 ESC 3 lt ESC gt 0 ESC a 1 ESC 2 ESC a 3 ESC b n0 nl n2 0 ESC e 0 n lt ESC gt e 1 n ESC e 0 n ESC e 1 ESC f 0 n ESC f 1 n ESC f 0 ESC f 1 n lt gt g ESC
31. 36 Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS Most printers use a bank of DIP Dual In line Package switches inside the printer to achieve various functions However this printer can change the power up default settings by using the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode This chapter explains how to use the EDS mode HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode has 25 kinds of functions you can set as the power on default To enter the EDS mode turn the printer on while simultaneously holding the i and buttons In EDS mode the indicators and the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below in Figure 3 1 Use the FOND button to select the Bank Number One of the FONT indi cators will illuminate to show the selected Bank Number Use the CPITCH button to select the Switch Number One of the PITCH in dicators will illuminate to show the selected Switch Number The QUIET indicator shows the current setting If you want to set it ON press the button Press the PAPER FEED button to print out the current settings Press the button to save the new settings and to exit the EDS mode ON OFF Figure 3 1 Button and indicator functions in the EDS mode 37 FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS The printer is factory set with all EDS switches 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 c
32. button press the button Each time you press the button one of the indicators of FONT or PITCH will blink to show the current color as shown below Black HS DRAFT Yellow Magenta ROMAN Orange Cyan COURIER Green Violet SCRIPT Release both buttons after you set the desired printing color If you want to save the selected color for later use store it using the Macro Definition NOTE This function is valid only when the color ribbon is installed into the color printer Store Macro Definition You store the current settings to the printer for later use with the following procedure 1 2 3 4 Press the ONLINE _ button to set the printer off line Press the button and hold it down While holding the CFONT button down press the button and hold them down until you hear two beep tones Release both buttons at the same time after the two beep tones to store the current setting If you release these buttons after three beep tones the macro is cleared NOTE You can store the following settings with this procedure Current Font and Pitch Current auto loading amount for cut sheet Current auto loading amount for continuous paper Current auto loading amount in ASF mode 35 Current print color color printer only Data to be stored are controlled in Standard mode and IBM mode separately For example the data stored in the Standard mode are not effective in the IBM mode and vice versa
33. 10Z Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC PC AT PC XT Proprinter X24E Proprinter X24 PC DOS Intemational Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation LQ 860 LQ 850 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE e All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden e The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice e Allefforts have been made to ensure the accuracy ofthe contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them The above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1990 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into nine chapters To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 1 through 3 The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledge of the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Setting up the printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 2 Control panel operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related t
34. 175 192 2050 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 2060 DATA 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 2070 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 2080 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2090 DATA 0 0 0 2100 Car Symbol 2110 DATA 3 31 2 2120 DATA 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 3 0 2130 DATA 0 252 128 0 3 64 1 252 128 2 3 64 5 124 128 2140 DATA 10 3 0 20 124 0 40 0 0 80 126 0 32 0 0 2150 DATA 64 126 0 63 128 0 64 126 0 63 128 0 64 124 0 2160 DATA 32 3 0 64 124 128 32 3 64 64 124 128 48 3 64 2170 76 124 128 51 3 0 12 252 0 3 0 0 0 254 0 2180 DATA 0 0 0 DIFFUSION RANGES OF CARS amp TELEPHONES USA fS908889899878888822828 85525227828 4666600566646 6864860464494446644644 GERMANY 789988878882 32828 JAPAN 7887889822822823283 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS 89 DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM MODE Downloading fonts in IBM mode requires downloading character Dot Pattern data and character Index Table data Dot pattern data controls which pins fire when printing a character Index Table data is placed in a lookup table that provides information on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the char
35. 192 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1100 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 4 The WIDTH LPT1 255 statement in line 1120 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 1130 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different fonts followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Next comes the central attraction of the 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 1450 a centering command line 1470 a command to vary the line spacing lines 1490 and 1540 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1500 and 1550 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities italic printing bold printing underlin ing subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by down loading two new character patterns which are printed in place of the cha
36. 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 40 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch 74 Select graphics mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt g 27 91 103 nl n2 1B 5B 67 nl n2 mO m0 ml m2 ml m2 Selects of eight graphics modes depending on the value of mO and prints dot graphics in this mode The graphics image is n7 n2 x 256 1 dots wide See ESC K for 8 bit graphics or FS 2 for 24 bit graphics for information on m1 m2 Graphics mode 8 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 8 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 9 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 11 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Convert graphics density ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std 5 gt 27 68 n m 1B 3F n m Converts graphics defined by subsequent ESC K ESC L ESC Y or ESC Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt nis L or Z indicating the mode to be converted mis a code from 0 to 4 or 6 indicating one of the modes of lt ESC gt 75 DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters Decimal Hexadecimal 27 38 0 n
37. 31 0 0 31 0 15 31 135 255 DATA 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 240 DATA 15 252 0 47 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2nd Line DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 gt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 255 255 DATA 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 31 255 255 7 255 255 0 255 255 0 31 255 DATA 0 3 255 0 0 255 0 0 31 0 0 7 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 0 0 252 0 0 DATA 254 0 0 248 0 0 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 63 DATA 0 1 255 0 15 255 0 127 255 1 255 255 15 255 255 DATA 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 DATA 255 255 255 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 7 224 0 63 252 128 120 31 192 224 3 97 128 0 DATA 59 0 0 30 0 0 14 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0
38. 4 sized paper 8 inches 12 inches Switch D 1 The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch A 1 If you selected Standard mode do you want italic or graphic characters Move this switch OFF to print italics in the Standard character sct If you leave this switch in the ON position in place of italics you will get the graphic characters international characters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 See Chapter 9 character codes 128 to 254 If you selected IBM mode do you want IBM character set 1 or 2 ON selects character set 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 Switches D 2 to D 4 Do you want an international character set or IBM code page International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set See the character tables at the back of this manual With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Except in the Standard Italic character set these switches select the default character code page as shown below Eo a On mue Switches 1 to E 4 Which font do you want to print as the default Letter Quality These switches allows you to choose the default font selected when LQ mode is selected as shown below bi ron name
39. ESE 1 27 116 49 1B 74 31 lt ESC gt t lt gt 27 116 1 1B 74 01 ia FS P 1 28 73 49 1C 49 31 lt FS gt 1 28 73 1 1 49 01 Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode 52 Select character set 1 Mode ASCII Both lt ESC gt 7 27 55 Selects character set 1 Select character set 2 Mode ASCII Both ESC 6 Selects character set 2 Select international character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt R m 27 8 n 52 n Selects an international character set in Standard character set according to the value of n n Character set n Character set 0 U S A 8 Japan France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 1 64 The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as power up defaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 53 Select IBM code Both T 4 0 27 91 84 4 0 1B 5B 54 04 00 0 0 nl n2 0 0 nl n2 00 00 nl n2 Changes the code page of the current IBM character set according to the values of nJ and n2 nl n2 Code page 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 3 3 93 861 Icelandic 95 863 Canadian French 3 97 865 Nordic These code pages can be selected as power up d
40. LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 1160 LPRINT DIFFUSION RANGES OF 1170 LPRINT CARS amp TELEPHONES 1180 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 0 1190 LPRINT CHR 27 0 1200 LPRINT 27 1 1210 LPRINT USA CHR 9 1220 1 0 681 25 LPRINT 60 I 1230 LPRINT 1240 LPRINT CHR 9 1250 FOR 1 0 781 STEP 25 LPRINT 61 I 1260 LPRINT 1270 LPRINT GERMANY 9 1280 FOR I 0 TO 412 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 I 1290 LPRINT 1300 LPRINT CHR 9 1310 FOR I 0 TO 488 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 I 1320 LPRINT 1330 LPRINT JAPAN CHR 9 88 1340 1 0 347 25 LPRINT CHR 60 I 1350 LPRINT 1360 LPRINT CHR 9 1370 FOR 1 0 TO 493 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 I 1380 LPRINT 1390 LPRINT CHR 9 1400 SCALE 1410 FOR I 2 TO 8 LPRINT SCALE NEXT I 1420 LPRINT 1430 LPRINT CHR 9 O 1440 FOR I 1 TO 8 1450 LPRINT I 1460 NEXT I 1470 LPRINT CHR 27 2 CHR 0 1480 LPRINT CHR 27 M 1490 LPRINT CHR 27 5 8 0 1500 LPRINT CHR 9 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS 1510 LPRINT 27 1520 LPRINT 27 1530 END 2000 2010 Telephone Symbol 2020 DATA 3 31 2 2030 DATA 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 2040 DATA 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 0 80
41. buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on 1 Stay in i Short Test Panel Font Stay in Panel Pitch and Font EDS Mode Bidirectional Test Adjustment 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 print the version number f the printer s ROM followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like Figure 2 3 If the color ribbon is used with color printer each line prints in a different color tea VER tnn I ESAR 18 0121456789 lt gt JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdetghi jkImno 701234567580 lt gt JKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ abcederehiiklmnop E CO FH 70123456759 lt gt 2ABCDEFGHI JELMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 ESHE 9 73 23486789 lt gt P ABCDEFGHI _ ikimnopyr amp 9 01 234567859 1 lt gt JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abedetghiiklmnopqrs X amp 5 7 20123486789 2 28 1 J amp LMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abedefghi jkImnopurst A J 23456781 7 gt 26ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X
42. dots is first divided into three groups or two groups for super subscripts ofeight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits This is where the numbers down the left side ofthe grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these numbers powers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value 86 1234567 8 91011121314 15 16171819202122232425262728293031 ASCII Code 60 Left space J Character width Right space 2 Figure 5 2 Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica Assigning a value of character space Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character this printer allows you to specify the position in the standard grid where the character will print You must specify the dot column in which the printed character starts and the dot column in which the character ends Why you may ask would you want to define a character this way instead of merely defining the overall width of the character Because this printer s proportional character definitions can also be used to print normal width characters and by centering even the narrow characters in the complete grid they will look good even if you are not printin
43. downwards for loading the paper from the rear 7 With the tractor covers open mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Tractor cover Clamp lever lt gt Wes d A lt 2 Figure 1 14 Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units 14 8 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 9 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 10 Turn on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded The orange POWER indicator will also flash to confirm this 11 Now press the button The paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 12 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 2 13 Replace the rear cover and mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 15 so that it will separate the print
44. if the button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select LQ proportional download characters ASC lt ESC gt T 7 1B 49 07 Selects the LQ download character set with proportional pitch Ignored if the FOND button was pressed during power up or if EDS switch A 2 is ON Select ROM character set wa 50 HO NOS 48 0 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON 80 COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS The commands in this section are valid only with the color printer Select print color Both 40 40 67 41 41 n 28 28 43 9 29 n Selects the printing color according to the value of as shown below Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed n Color n Color 0 Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 ASCII Hexadecimal Sid lt 8 gt gt Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1 allowing users with a 7 bit interface to access characters with ASCH codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Std Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept 5 as is ASCH Std ESC 27 35 1B 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to
45. n2 Start score according to the values of and n2 as shown below nl Function n2 Function Underining Cancel score 2 Strike through 1 Single continuous line 3 Overlining 2 Double continuous line 5 Single broken line 6 Double broken line Select ornament character Su lt 5 gt Selects an ornament character according to the value of n as shown below n Character 0 Normal 1 Outline 2 Shadow 3 Shadow and outline Superscript 501 ES Both lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 83 0 1 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch 51 Subscript 27 83 49 1B 53 31 27 83 1 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch lt ESC gt 8 1 lt gt lt 1 gt Cancel superscript or subscript Both lt gt Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set ASCII Both lt 5 gt 4 0 27 116 48 1B 74 30 lt 5 gt 0 FS 0 28 73 48 1 49 30 28 73 0 1 49 00 Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if EDS switch D 1 is OFF FS 0 Select IBM character set ASCII Both
46. of your printer s proportional LQ characters for Standard mode and IBM mode The values given are in 360ths of an inch For example a value of 36 is 36 360ths of an inch You may need to enter these widths into a special table for your processing program so it can calculate the number of proportional characters that will fit on a line The following width table shows each character its ASCII code decimal for each character set and its width for Standard normal mode Standard super subscript mode and IBM mode Character code code Proportional width Sta 4437 850 860 861 863 865 of of of of of 20 30 1 1 3 31 10 rpe 30 20 30 2 2 2 2 2 39 20 39 3 3 3 3 30 1201 30 4 4 4 4 39 20 sf 5 s s s 20 30 6 6 6 e e 6 30 20 30 Le p 7 7 230520030 8 20 30 9 sf 9 9 20 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 a2 11 11 e 20 12 12 12 12 121 121 30 20 13 13 13 13 13 13 20 30 14 14 14 14 14 14 20 30 15 15 15 15 15 15 30 30 16 16 16 16 16 16 20 30 17 17 17 17 17 17 30 20 30 18 18 18 18 18 18
47. print head to the left n7 and 12 are obtained by subtracting the value from 65536 and dividing the result into high and low bytes Relative horizontal tab in inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt d n n2 27 100 nl 2 1B 64 n n2 Sets the next print position to n7 n2 x 256 120 inches from the current position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8 inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC n2 27 36 nl n2 1B 24 nl n2 Sets the next print position to n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on the current line Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8 inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns ASCII lt gt f 0 lt ESC gt f lt 0 gt n Moves the next print position to column from the left margin where n is between 0 and 127 Hexadecimal 1B 66 30 Decimal 27 102 48 n 27102 0 n n 72 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density 8 bit graphics Decimal Hexadecimal 27 75 nl n2 1B 4B nj n2 ml m2 m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n n2 x256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 480 dots m1 m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots w
48. printer may not stop printing immediately as there may be considerable data stored ahead in its buffer For the T option type A gt PRINT T See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command If your system does not include PRINT COM you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following 100 A gt COPY README DOC PRN gt 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 or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 2 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting font etc manually each time you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer For example you can create a file containing printer commands to select letter quality and select elite pitch with the Standard mode You can find the commands in Chapter 4 We suggest the following Letter quality ESC 1 pitch lt ESC gt P lt I gt lt ESC gt lt 1 gt 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 lt 1 gt indicate char acter code 1 which is a control code not the printable d
49. printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt Cancels emphasized printing Double strike printing asc Es 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 LQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recom mended in draft mode 49 Cancel double strike printing 501 Both lt gt H Cancels double strike printing Start underlining ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC I 27 45 49 1B 2D 31 ESC 1 1B 2D 01 Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Stop underlining ASCII lt 5 gt 0 27 45 48 1B 2 30 Both lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 45 0 1B 2D 00 Stops underlining Start overlining Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt x E 27 95 49 1B 5F 31 Causes ETE 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 50 Select score Decimal Hexadecimal 27 40 45 3 1B 28 2D 03 0 1 nl n2 00 01 ni
50. room for the paper and any paper being fed in or printed out If you are connecting your printer with a parallel cable make sure that the cable is within 2m 6ft of the printer An RS 232 connection using the optional SPC 8K interface can be made over longer distances UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Checking the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be six items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 1 1 Check to make sure you have all six items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Roller unit 4 Platen knob 5 Ribbon cartridge and 6 Manual set User s manual User s guide and Sticker The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are Font cartridges FC 1Z FC 2Z FC 3Z FC 4Z RAM cartridge RC 32Z Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DQ Roll paper holder RH 10Z Identifying printer parts Make an external inspection of the printer Note the locations of the following parts in Figure 1 2 Top cover Figure 1 2 The printer s external parts Roller unit holds the paper against the platen Release lever releases the platen This lever must be back for single sheets and forward for fanfold forms Top cover protects the print head and other internal parts Rear cover prot
51. the Epson and IBM printers it works with any software that supports those printers That includes most word processing and graphics programs spread sheets and integrated software packages Easy operation Indicator displays and beep tones provide immediate easy to understand 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the Printer Unpacking and Inspection Checking the carton contents Identifying printer parts Setting Up Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Installing the optional cartridge Connecting the printer to your computer Loading Single Sheets Automatic loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loading the paper from the rear of the printer Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer Paper parking Paper unparking Loading Multi Part Forms Adjusting the Printing Gap Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Buttons and Indicators ONLINE button PAPER FEED button SET EJECT PARK button PITCH button FONT button Power Up Functions Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel font Stay in panel pitch and font Hexadecima
52. the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 60 inch standard mode or 7 72 inch IBM mode Set line spacing to 1 6 inch 501 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch Mode ASCII E Decimal Hexadecimal Sid lt ESC gt n 27 43 n 1B FS 3 n 28 51 n 33 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 360 inch where n is between 0 and 255 61 Set base unit for line spacing 0 0 n 00 00 00 n Sets the base unit for the line spacing commands lt ESC gt 3 and lt ESC gt J If the value of n is 180 the base unit is set to 1 180 If the value of n is 216 the base unit is set to 1 216 If otherwise specified this command is ignored This command becomes effec tive only after lt ESC gt 3 or lt ESC gt J is received The default base unit is set to 1 216 ASCII lt ESC gt lt 4 gt 0 lt 0 gt lt 0 gt lt 0 gt n Set line spacing to 180 inch 216 inch iodo ASCH lt 5 gt 3 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds t
53. the printer Delete last character sent Std DEL 127 7F Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last character received was all or part of a command Cancel last line ASCII Both CA 0 2 Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer Set printer off line 18 ESC 0 55 1B 51 24 Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except DC 1 which returns it to the on line state The printer s ON LINE indicator does not go off Set printer on line Mode 501 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 Stop printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt gt 27 106 1B 6A Prints the entire contents of the input buffer then sets the printer off line The indicator on the control panel goes off Bell Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both BEL 7 07 Sounds brief beep tone from the printer s beeper Bidirectional printing Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 27 85 48 1B 55 30 lt ESC gt 27 85 0 18 55 00 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode which is f
54. to check the printout or change acontrol panel setting Printing resumes when you press the button again to go back on line To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms you can hold the button down for one second In addition to going off line the printer also feeds the paper forward approximately two inches This allows you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you press the button again to go back on line the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off NOTE This function is valid only when the buffer is empty PAPER FEED button If you press this button while off line the paper will feed forward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you also press the button while you are line feeding the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page This is explained later If you press this button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET indicator on and off When in Quiet mode with the QUIET indicator lit the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level SET EJECT PARK button NOTE This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected Pressing this button causes the printer to begin paper loading if the paper has not loaded while in the off line state If the paper has been loaded this button results in different functions de pending on the position of the release lever If the release l
55. using the front panel buttons off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper while the ONLINE indicator 15 illuminated Is the paper too thick or too There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed thin in this way Try using different paper 115 If the paper park function does not appear to be working correctly check the following Possible remedy The paper release lever must be set to the b position after the fanfold paper has been parked Make sure that the POWER indicator comes on flashing after the fanfold paper has been parked Is the paper release lever in the position Has the fanfold paper been properly parked If text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines check the following Possible remedy Is the text all on the same Carriage returns are not being expanded to line lt CR gt lt LF gt pairs Check the EDS setting and Correct Is text being printed with Two line feeds are being printed Make your software extra blank lines prints just a carriage return or if this is not possible set the AUTO LF to OFF with the EDS 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 relative to the page high or too low on the page Use the EDS switches to
56. 0 3770 3780 3790 3800 3810 3820 3830 3840 3850 3860 3870 3880 3890 3900 3910 3920 3930 3940 3950 3960 3970 3980 3990 4000 4010 4020 4030 4040 4050 DATA 0 12 0 0 96 0 0 192 0 0 192 0 1 128 0 DATA 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 DATA 15 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 15 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 63 DATA 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 247 31 255 231 31 255 199 DATA 15 255 135 7 255 7 0 0 3 O O 1 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 0 DATA 1 255 240 3 135 255 7 0 63 15 0 0 15 0 0 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 128 0 DATA 31 192 0 31 255 0 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 DATA 31 255 255 15 255 255 7 255 255 0 255 240 1 254 0 DATA 1 240 0 3 128 0 7 0 0 I5 0 0 3t 0 0 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 128 0 DATA 31 192 0 31 240 0 31 255 0 31 255 240 31 255 255 DATA 31 255 255 7 255 255 0 255 255 0 255 255 1 255 240 DATA 3 192 0 7 128 0 15 0 0 31 0 O 31 0 0 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0
57. 0 Roman 1 Sanserif F 2 Courier F 3 Prestige 4 Script F 9 Draft Size S 0 Standard size S 1 Double width 5 2 Double height 5 3 Double width and height Color C 0 Black C 1 Magenta C 2 Cyan C 3 Violet C 4 Yellow C 5 Orange C 6 Green If you want to print a title in double size Script then change to regular size fonts for other text you can use these commands as follows File as seen on computer screen F 4 S 3 Printer commands 0 S 0 Font commands F ican be F 2embedded F 3anywhere F 9in a document Printout Printer command 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 button was held down when power was switched on The color C command is valid only with the color printer A line consisting of command alone prints as a blank line The software will not know that these are commands so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width The printed line may be considerably shorter than the line on the screen the extra space being the space that was occupied by the commands One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without the commands then insert them as a final step with the margins released The find replace and copy functions of word processing software can be helpful
58. 112 126 0 96 124 0 DATA 127 254 0 127 252 0 96 124 0 96 127 0 96 127 128 DATA 96 127 192 112 127 192 124 127 128 63 127 0 15 124 0 DATA 3 124 0 0 254 0 0 0 0 95 Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using your printer with an IBM PC PC XT or PC AT or compatible you will probably be using PC DOS or MS DOS as an operating system A number of software tricks may be useful here This chapter is not however a substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer To learn how to print files etc it is best to read the relevant parts of these manuals INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER When installing application software you may find that your printer is not specifically mentioned in the lists of printers given for installation How ever this should pose no problem Read this section and guidelines provided with your software on printer installation If you have your printer set up in standard mode then choose an Epson LQ 860 as your printer to be selected If this is not mentioned choose one of the following in order of preference Star XB24 10 Color Star LC24 10 Epson LQ 850 If you have your printer set up with the EDS switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter X24E simply choose this from the list of printers available in the application software list If the IBM Proprinter X24E is not mentioned select the Proprinter X24 If your software p
59. 180 ist Line 3360 DATA 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 255 3190 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3200 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3210 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3220 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3230 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 255 0 255 255 3240 DATA 1 255 255 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 3250 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3260 DATA 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3270 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 20 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3280 DATA 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 224 0 31 248 0 31 255 0 3290 31 255 224 15 255 248 7 255 255 1 255 255 0 127 255 3300 DATA 0 7 255 0 0 255 0 0 63 0 0 63 0 0 248 3310 DATA 0 3 192 0 63 0 0 248 0 1 128 0 3 0 0 3320 DATA 7 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 3330 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 3340 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 3350 DATA 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 9 3370 DATA 31 255 255 15 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3380 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3390 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3400 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 3 255 0 11 195 0 2 0 3410 3420 3430 3440 3450 3460 3470 3480 3490 3500 3510 3520 3530 3540 3550 3560 3570 3580 3590 3600 3610 3620 3630 3640 3650 3660 3670 3680 3690 3700 3710 3720 3730 3740 3750 376
60. 3 255 248 3 255 248 131 255 248 199 255 248 DATA 103 255 248 119 255 248 55 255 248 63 255 248 31 255 248 DATA 31 255 248 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 254 0 DATA 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 DATA 15 252 0 15 252 0 15 248 0 15 240 0 31 240 0 DATA 31 224 0 31 192 0 55 128 0 48 0 8 96 0 24 DATA 192 0 24 128 0 56 0 0 56 0 0 120 0 0 120 DATA 0 0 248 0 0 248 0 1 248 0 1 248 0 3 248 DATA 0 3 248 0 7 248 0 7 248 0 15 248 0 15 248 DATA 0 31 248 0 31 240 0 63 240 0 63 224 0 127 224 DATA 0 127 192 0 255 192 0 255 128 1 255 128 1 255 24 DATA 3 255 56 3 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 31 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 224 15 255 192 DATA 15 255 192 31 255 128 254 127 128 252 127 24 248 255 56 DATA 248 255 248 240 255 248 225 255 248 193 255 248 131 255 248 DATA 3 255 248 7 255 248 135 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 DATA 63 255 248 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 192 15 255 128 15 255 0 DATA 15 254 0 15 252 0 15 248 0 15 240 0 15 224 0 DATA 15 192 0 15 0 0 62 0 0 252 0 0 248 0 0 240 0 0 224 0 0
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62. 68 72 Horizontal tabulation 71 HS draft 26 LA IBM character sets 52 128 136 IBM code page 42 54 IBM mode 25 36 39 IBM PC 31 Interface signals 122 specifications 123 International characters 41 53 127 Italic printing 49 Justification 70 ae Left margin 68 69 Letter quality 25 42 47 48 79 80 Line feed 63 Line spacing 60 61 119 Locating the printer 1 Macro definition 35 Maintenance 117 Manual feed 84 Margins bottom 65 left 68 69 right 68 69 150 Master print mode 58 Micro feed 33 Microjustification 58 Most significant bit 81 Multi part 19 21 40 Off line 24 82 On Line button 24 Outline printing 51 Overlining 50 51 12 Page feed 32 65 Page length 41 64 Page width 98 120 Panel font 29 Panel pitch 29 Paper Feed button 24 Paper feed 10 18 120 Paper feeding 114 Paper guide 10 15 Paper specifications 121 Paper out detector 40 66 Parking 17 25 Pause 24 Pica pitch 25 55 Pitch 25 29 55 120 Pitch button 25 Platen knob 3 4 Power supply 112 Power switch 3 Printing 112 Print area 29 40 Print head 117 Printer commands 45 98 Printing gap adjustment 20 Printing mechanism 119 Programming 100 103 Proportional pitch 25 48 57 Q Top of form 32 64 Quadruple size characters 59 Tractor feed 13 18 120 Quiet print 25 Troubleshooting 111 116 R LU RAM cartridge 8 Underlinin
63. BASIC 30 88 94 103 Beeper 83 Bidirectional printing 39 43 83 Bit image printing 39 73 75 108 Bold printing 49 Bottom feed 16 Bottom margin 65 Buffer 34 39 121 Cancel command 82 Carriage return 69 Centering 70 Channels of vertical tab stops 67 Character codes printing of all 54 Character set commands 52 55 Character sets 41 123 136 Character size and pitch commands 55 60 Character spacing 58 Cleaning 117 Code page 42 54 Color printing 35 81 98 Color selection commands 81 98 Column width 98 120 Condensed pitch 25 46 47 56 79 80 Connector 3 9 Control panel 23 Courier font 26 42 48 D Delete 82 Dimensions of printer 121 Dot matrix size 120 Double size characters 59 60 Double strike printing 50 Download character commands 76 80 Download characters 39 76 85 95 Draft quality 26 46 48 76 77 70 E EDS mode 37 98 Electronic DIP switch 37 Elite pitch 25 46 47 55 79 80 Emphasized printing 49 Emulation 39 97 Entry slot 3 Environmental requirements 1 Escape sequence 45 Expanded printing 56 F Fanfold forms loading 13 16 parking 17 25 specifications 121 unparking 18 Fixed spacing 58 FONT button 26 Font cartridge 8 26 Font control commands 46 52 Form feed 32 65 149 Gap 20 Graphics 73 108 Graphics commands 73 75 H Hexadecimal dump 30 31 Horizontal position commands
64. Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 123 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 1 oO oa c wo 4 p gt 2 o lt gt lt gt lt gt IL e D co o lt cr r o e gt y c wt gt 2 124 125 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 Other characters are identical to standard character set 1 126 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected by a command from software the following changes are made in the character set with the Standard mode os Sp maa e e BRB BOOR s E E E E 6 eee E 8 9 DOBLE The command for selecting the international character sets is lt ESC gt R n Where means character code n i e CHR n in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II France 6 Italy 11 Spain I
65. E 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 DC4 VT FF and lt ESC gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt DC4 gt 20 14 Stops one line expanded printing set with lt SO gt or lt gt lt SO gt Does not cancel lt ESC gt W 1 Select character width 501 Select a character width according to the value of n as shown below 0 Normal wide 1 Double wide 2 Triple wide Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid ESC p 1 27 112 49 1B 70 31 lt gt p 1 27 112 1 1B 70 01 IBM lt 1 gt 27 80 1 1B 50 0 Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select fixed spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 27 112 48 1B 70 30 27 112 0 1B 70 00 27 80 0 1B 50 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the CPITCH button was pressed during power up Select master print mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 27 33 21 n Selects a combined print mode according to the value of The value of n is the sum of the valu
66. Figure 1 9 Connecting the interface cable Plug the printer into a suitable outlet However DO NOT tum on the power switch at the front of the printer yet NOTE To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder SF 10DQ refer to the ASF instruction booklet Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with the power off or automatically with the power on We will start the easy way with automatic loading 1 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Figure 1 10 Mounting the paper guide for single sheets 2 Adjust the paper guides to match the size of the paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage 3 Tumon the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that there is no paper in position for printing The orange POWER indicator will also flash to confirm this 10 4 Make sure that the release lever is back If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer press the button to park the paper in the off line state then move t
67. I 2 Germany 7 1 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 4 Denmark I 9 Norway 14 Irish 64 Legal 127 IBM CHARACTER SET 2 coe ea 437 U S A 128 LEO EE du IP ug PEE UU SU USUS IS ij fii 184 185 mmm c t gt oa c r Ur t N N N N N N N wo X o c c o e mMm De t t lt c a m t lt gt lt gt A ce 4 X D X a o 3 a E 5 815 18 S 8 8 lingual Other charcters are identical to Code Page 437 128 129 130 131 132 seep 144 145 146 147 Code Page 850 Multi 130 c a im lt gt c cr D a t 4 4 E ll Ie
68. O 1 0 0 63 DATA 0 31 255 7 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 254 DATA 255 255 192 255 248 0 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3rd Line DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 56 DATA 0 0 56 0 0 120 0 0 248 0 1 248 0 1 248 DATA 0 3 248 0 7 248 0 7 248 0 15 248 0 15 248 DATA 0 31 248 0 63 248 0 127 248 0 127 248 0 255 248 DATA 0 255 248 1 255 248 3 255 248 199 255 248 247 255 248 DATA 255 255 248 31 255 240 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 224 DATA 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 255 128 15 255 128 DATA 15 255 0 15 255 0 15 255 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 DATA 252 252 24 252 252 56 249 252 248 249 252 248 243 255 248 DATA 227 255 248 231 255 248 199 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 DATA 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 207 248 DATA 31 15 248 30 31 248 252 63 248 248 127 248 240 127 240 DATA 224 255 240 225 255 240 195 255 224 199 255 192 247 255 128 DATA 255 255 128 63 255 0 31 254 0 15 254 0 15 252 0 DATA 15 248 0 15 240 0 15 240 0 15 224 0 15 192 0 DATA 15 192 0 15 128 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 62 0 0 DATA 252 0 0 252 0 0 248 0 0 240 0 224 240 0 240 DATA 224 1 240 192 1 248 0 3 248 0 3 248 0 3 248 DATA 0 7 248 0 7 248 0 63 248 0 127 248 0 127 248 DATA 0 255 248 0 255 248 1 255 248 1 255 248 1 255 248 DATA 3 255 248
69. OR 1 0 TO 488 STEP 25 LPRINT 61 NEXT I 1390 LPRINT CHR 27 1 2 94 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 LPRINT JAPAN CHR 9 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 6 FOR 0 TO 347 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 FOR 1 0 TO 493 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 2 LPRINT CHR 9 SCALE FOR I 0 TO 2 LPRINT SCALE NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 O FOR I 1 TO 8 LPRINT I NEXT I LPRINT CHR 27 LPRINT CHR 27 S CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 9 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS LPRINT CHR 27 T LPRINT CHR 27 e END DATA Index Table Data DATA 137 17 25 227 96 4 242 0 96 DATA 137 92 28 227 96 0 80 64 96 Dot Pattern Data Telephone symbol DATA 0 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 59 0 0 DATA 59 15 192 56 31 192 112 63 192 112 127 192 112 255 192 DATA 127 255 192 127 243 192 113 227 192 127 243 192 127 255 192 DATA 112 255 192 112 127 192 112 63 192 S6 31 192 59 15 192 DATA S9 0 0 31 0 0 15 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 symbol DATA 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 28 0 0 60 0 0 63 0 DATA 0 255 128 0 255 192 1 255 192 3 255 192 7 127 128 DATA 14 127 0 28 124 0 56 124 0
70. R 0 1440 LPRINT LPRINT 1450 LPRINT 0 47 Set right margin 1460 LPRINT RM Various line and character spacings 1470 LPRINT E ai Center text 1480 FOR 1 1 TO 7 1490 LPRINT E A CHR I Line spacing set 1500 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1510 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1520 NEXT I 1530 FOR I 7 TO 1 STEP 1 103 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 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 2500 2510 2520 Line spacing set Increase character space Left justify Set 1 6 line spacing Normal character space SCHR 0 E q CHR 0 MEUS UM e s SES 0 3 T E CHR 3 CHR 0 1 2 CHR 2 CHR 3 CHR 0 CHR 1 2 CHRS 0 un E CHR 3 CHR 0 CHR 1 CHR 3 CHR 1 E CHR 3 0 CHR 1 CHR 3 CHR 0 MS Superscript Select download character Print download character Select normal character Cancel superscript Select download character Print download character Select normal character Subscri
71. Select draft pica characters ASCII Changes to draft quality characters with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the CFONT or PITCH button was pressed during power up Select draft elite characters Mode ASCII Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the FOND or PITCH button was pressed during power up Select draft condensed characters ASCII IBM Changes to draft quality characters with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the or button was pressed during power up amp Select LQ characters ASG lt ESC gt x 1 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Changes from draft quality to letter quality The initial LQ font is Roman unless a different font has been selected by a preceding com mand Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Select LQ pica characters ASCII lt gt P 2 Changes to letter quality characters with pica pitch 10 cpi Ignored if the orCPITCH button was pressed during power up Select LQ elite characters ASCII IBM lt ESC gt LE Changes to letter quality characters with elite pitch 12 cpi Ignored if the or CPITCH button was pressed during power up Select LQ condensed characters ASCII IBM ESC I DC2 Changes to letter quality characters with condensed pitch 17 cpi Ignored if the or button was pressed during power up A Select LQ proportional characters ASCII
72. To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing CTRL PRTSC ifhard copy is on To print the file README DOC in LQ elite type give the following two commands A gt COPY LQELITE 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 LQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next AZ means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A gt COPY CON LQPRINT BAT COPY LQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 1 7 A gt LQPRINT README DOC The first line above is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named LQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this file The 1isadummy parameter whatever file name you type after LQPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed 102 PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC This program runs in the printer s Standard mode and the downloadable condition EDS switch A 1 ON and A 2 1000 Set control codes 1010 E CHR 27 Escape code 1020 0 Draft quality 1030 L E x1 Letter quality 1040 RM E k0O L Roman characters 1050 SA E ki L Sanserif characters 1060 CO E k2 L Courier characters 1070 PR E k3 L Pre
73. XYZIN abcdefan 1 AABRAOOOOUYOL 152297 e Fl se S rr Potr 3825 Dol Mom TIS IIo mar 1793 0123456789 lt gt 8 1 PORSTUWWXYZ abcdefghi jklmnoparstuvexyz 1 si i Hilaria I HS trit age po pogs SMA Ute OLZMSSRS z otuedaadc eet 11 YR SE Figure 2 4 Long self test 28 Since the self test occupies the full width of the carriage it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accomodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is recommended for this test Print area test mode By holding the C button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode This way you can find out how many lines on your paper are available for printing The printer will print the first line message then print the last line message after feeding to the bottom of the page If you have loaded the fanfold paper only the first line message is printed Stay in Panel Pitch By hold
74. able Print head iis eese 24pins Life 200 million dots Line spacing 1 6 1 8 n 60 n 72 n 180 n 216 n 360 inches 96 International 16 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 IBM code page 6 sets Download 255 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark Spain II Latin America Korea Irish Legal 437 USA 850 Multi Lingual 860 Portuguese 861 Ice landic 863 Canadian French 865 Nordic 119 Number of columns CPI Pica 10 80 Elite 12 96 Semi condensed 15 120 Condensed pica 17 1 137 Condensed elite 20 160 Proportional Variable Character dot matrix Draft LQ Pica 24x9 24 x 35 Elite 24 x9 24 x 29 Semi condensed 16x7 16 x 23 Condensed pica 24 x9 24 x18 Condensed elite 24 x9 24 x 15 Super subscript 16x7 16 x 23 Proportional 24 Super subscript proportional l6xn Bit image dot matrix DPI 8 bit normal 60 8 x 480 8 bit double 120 8 x 960 8 bit high speed double 120 8 x 960 8 bit quadruple 240 8 x 1920 8 bit CRT I 80 8 x 640 8 bit CRT II 90 8 x 720 24 bit normal 60 24 x 480 24 bit double 120 24 x 960 24 bit CRT III 90 24 x 720 24 bit Triple 180 24 x 1440 24 bit hex 360 24 x 2880 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in the mode marked with an asterisk e Paper fee
75. ackage does not mention printers by name but asks instead what features your printer is capable of the most common questions are your printer perform a backspace and it do a hardware form feed You should answer Yes to both these questions Other software packages may allow you to install specific features Spread sheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed This is given below CPI Number of columns Pica 10 80 Elite 12 96 Semi condensed 15 120 Condensed pica 17 1 137 Condensed elite 20 160 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 EDS switches are set for the correct printer emulation and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the EDS switches If you are in doubt about the configuration of your application software seek expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing font printing double size characters or printing in color Your printer there fore has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed in double parentheses followed by a digit Font F
76. acter Assigning the download character set You can define one or more download character sets for later use in IBM mode Before you start to design your characters you must define what character set s you want to download The character width on which you design the characters depends upon the character set as shown below Character set Character width Character ID Draft characters 9 0 LQ pica characters 35 1 LQ elite characters 29 2 LQ proportional 17 41 3 After you have decided your download character set you must tell the printer where the download character data to be stored and how many download character sets you will define The first download font area starts from lt 800F gt h and you must enter 0 for the Format byte This Format byte indicates to the printer that the RAM cartridge has stored the download character set Following the format byte you must enter the Character ID data If you want to define more character set add 128 to the Character ID data The second area starts from lt 8911 gt h the third area starts from lt 9212 gt h and the last area starts from lt 9B13 gt h But you need not enter the Format byte for these area Assigning the character dot pattern We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example 123456 7 8 9 101712131415 1617 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031 32 33 3435 128 64 32 16
77. acter Set 2 Code page 437 U S A Code page 850 Multi lingual Code page 860 Portuguese Code page 861 Icelandic Code page 863 Canadian French Code page 865 Nordic IBM Character Set 1 IBM Special Character Set Proportional Spacing Table INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 111 111 112 112 114 117 117 119 123 124 126 127 128 128 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 149 153 Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection part names Setting up and connecting Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Adjusting the printing gap LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By suitable place we mean 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 with clean electricity Do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer s identification plate To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the wall socket which has to be located close to the printer and easy to access Install the printer where there is sufficient
78. aster than unidirectional printing Un g y lt 0 gt Unidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U 1 27 85 49 1B 55 31 Both lt gt U 1 27 85 1 1B 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision Ignored when EDS switch 5 is set ON One line unidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt lt 27 60 1B 3 Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Ignored when EDS switch A 5 is ON 83 Manual feed 501 Both lt ESC gt lt EM gt 0 27 25 1B 19 00 gt C 0 S 40 40 2 41 41 28 28 30 29 29 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Auto feed Mode SEC o Ste 27 25 1B 19 04 yr 40 40 52 4141 28 28 34 29 29 Selects 2 automatic sheet feeder Ignored if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF inactive Eject paper from ASF ASCII Both e EM R 27 25 82 1B 19 52 y 40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29 em the current page TURA if EDS switch A 4 is ON ASF in active Set print start position on ASF
79. button was pressed during power up Elite pitch Mode Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt 27 IBM lt ESC gt 7 27 58 Changes from either pica or semi condensed to pitch 12 or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up 55 Semi condensed pitch Changes from either pica or elite to semi condensed pitch 15 cpi Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Condensed printing OF lt ESC gt _ lt SI gt 1B_ OF Changes from pica to condensed pica 17 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the button was pressed during power up Cancel condensed printing Mode ASGi 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 button was pressed during power up Expanded printing Bs WT Both lt ESC gt W lt I gt 1B 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing 501 ESC WU lt ESC gt W 0 27 87 0 1B 57 00 Stops expanded printing and returns to normal width 56 Expanded printing for one line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt SO gt 14 OE Both ESC SO 27 14 1B 0
80. codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure 1 While holding both the PAPER FEED andC buttons down turn power ON A beep tone will be heard 2 Begin printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable char acters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the button This is necessary to print the last line The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode 10 LPRINT WIDTH LPT1 255 20 FOR I 0 TO 255 30 LPRINT CHR I 40 NEXT I 50 LPRINT 60 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them you will get a printout like Figure 2 5 0123456789 lt gt QABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghi 1 parstuvwxyz i Figure 2 5 Sample hexadecimal dump Most BASICs however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 2 6 amp 0123456789 lt gt JKLMNO PQRSTUVWXYZ SL abcdefghijkimno parstuvwxyz l Figure 2 6 Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM PC When the IBM PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD carriage return it adds an extra hex OA line fe
81. d eset Friction and rear push tractor or bottom pull tractor Paper feed speed 3 4 inches second max 120 Maximum buffer size Without Download With Download Monochrome 224 Monochrome 1224 Color X24CL Weight Cut sheet 4 11 7 Fanfold continuous 4 10 Original 4 copies Max 7KB 30KB for Color printer 1 line Epson LQ 860 IBM Proprinter X24E Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option On carriage dedicated Monochrome Black only Color Black magenta cyan violet yellow orange green 2 million characters draft pica 4 million characters draft pica 1 million characters draft pica 463 w x 356 d x 156 h mm 182 w x 14 0 d x 6 1 h in 6 6kg 14 616 120VAC 220VAC 240VAC 50 60Hz varies according to the country of pur chase Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DQ Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K Roll paper holder RH 10Z Font cartridge FC 1Z FC 2Z FC 3Z 47 RAM cartridge RC 32Z 121 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 55 when active 2 DATAO High wh
82. d paper n lines Semi condensed pitch Select double or quadruple size Perform one z 180 inch reverse line feed 154 CONTROL CODE ESC k n ESC 1 lt gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt 0 lt gt 1 lt gt 4 n lt ESC gt r n lt gt t 0 lt ESC gt t 1 ESC t 2 ESC t 0 ESC 1 1 lt gt i 2 lt 5 gt 0 lt 5 gt lt 1 gt lt gt w 0 ESC w 1 ESC x 0 ESC x 1 ESC x 0 ESC x 1 lt gt 0 lt ESC gt I ESC 0 ESC 1 FS 3 n FS FS C n FS E n FS F FS 0 FS I 1 rS J 2 FS I 0 lt FS gt P 61 lt FS gt n FS R FS V 0 FS V lt 1 gt FS V 0 FS V 1 FS Z nl n2 ml m2 Boece sgn my sey vC A ey OER BCS EO AS aa Lea lt DEL gt n n n FUNCTION Select LQ font Set left margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select ornament character Select print color Select standard character set Sel
83. e leave it ON Switch B 3 Do you want to advance paper automatically at the end of printing You can select the Tear Off function with this switch OFF When using fanfold paper the Tear Off function allows you to tear off one sheet of paper without fully advancing the following shect Switch B 4 This switch is used for technical purpose only Leave this Switch ON Switch B 5 Which type of printing area do you want to use for single sheets This printer can use two types of printing arca format for single sheets By putting the switch ON Type A 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 6 inch from the bottom of the paper By putting the switch OFF Type the first line of printing will start at one inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end 6 mm from the bottom of the printer Switches C 1 and C 2 Which print mode do you want to set These switches select the default print pitch and the fonts as shown below 10CPI DRAFT 10CPI HS DRAFT 17CPI DRAFT 10CPI LQ NOTE If you change these switches after you have stored the macro these settings will override the macro setting Switches C 3 C 4 What is the page length of your paper Leave these switches ON if you will be using 11 inch forms You will need to change the switches if you will be using a different page length as shown below 11 inches
84. e print head may need replacement Only use a replacement print head as recommended by your supplier 1 2 3 OFF the printer and unplug the power cord Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge If the printer has been in operation immediately before this operation the print head will be hot Allow time for the print head to cool before attemping to work on it Move the print head carriage toward the right until you can see the connector cover Remove the connector cover and pull the cables free from the connectors Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside 117 Screws Print head Connector cover _ 6 Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head 7 Pass the cable of the new print head through the tabs 8 Place the new print head on its support seating it on the two pins 9 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 10 Replace the connector cover sliding it to the left until it locks into place 11 Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover and plug the power cord back in Figure 7 1 Replacing the print head 118 Chapter 8 Printing system Serial Impact Dot matrix Printing speed Pica Elite High Speed Draft 222cps Draft 167cps 200cps Letter Quality 55 5cps 66 7cps Print direction Bidirectional logic seeking Text and Graphics Unidirectional logic seeking select
85. ect IBM character set Shift download character area Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Return to normal height Print double height characters Retum to normal height Print double height characters Select draft quality characters Select LQ characters Select draft quality characters Select LQ characters Select normal zero Select slash zero Select normal zero Select slash zero Set line spacing to n 360 inch Reset printer Select LQ font Select character width Select forward feed mode Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Select reverse feed mode Return to normal height Print double height characters to normal height Print double height characters Print hex density 24 bit graphics Manual feed Auto feed Select print color Select font Eject paper from ASF Select character size Set print start position on ASF Delete last character sent 155 The following commands take effect with the IBM 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 SI lt 0 1 gt lt DC2 gt lt DC4 gt lt CAN gt lt ESC gt lt SO gt lt ESC gt SI lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 0 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt lt 4 gt lt ESC gt lt EM gt R
86. ect vertical tab channel 501 Std lt ESC gt n0 2F n0 Selects set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number n0 from O to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by ESC b Vertical tab lt i fe Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab stop and moves the print position to the left margin Performs a line feed ifno vertical tabs are set aS at power up Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current line is at or below the last vertical tab stop 67 HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Sid lt ESC gt I 27 108 n 1B 6 Sets the left margin at column where n is between 0 and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Pica 0 lt lt 76 Elite 0 lt lt 91 Semi condensed 0 lt lt 114 Condensed pica lt lt 130 Condensed lt lt 152 Expanded pica 0 lt lt 38 Expanded elite 0 lt lt 45 Expanded semi condensed 0 ns57 Expanded condensed pica O lt n lt 64 Expanded condensed elite lt lt 76 Set right margin Wede 5017 Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is curr
87. ects the tractor feed mechanism Entry slot for inserting single sheets of paper Control panel controls various printer functions Power switch turns power on and off Interface connector for connecting the computer to the printer SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location and remove all packing material from inside the top cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit You will want to keep all the packing material along with the printer carton in case you have to move the printer to a new location Mounting the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the packing material which held your printer inside the carton Be sure to remove the knob from the packaging Mount the knob on the platen shaft which is on the right hand side of the printer Rotate the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position Platen knob Figure 1 3 Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Remove the top cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side and pulling the cover towards you see Figure 1 4 Now install the ribbon If you want the color printer to print in black only install the optional monochrome ribbon cartridge 724 or 1 724 NOTE Turn off the power switch when you replace the ribbon cartridge 4 Figure 1 4 Removing the top c
88. ed Hex code 1A end of file also gets special treatment the interpreter does not send it at all This can cause problems with graphics or download character data However you can solve this problem by changing line 30 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 30 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H3BD IF X 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H3BC I OUT amp 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter 30 GOSUB 100 100 X INP amp H379 IF X lt 128 THEN 100 110 OUT amp H378 I OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 120 RETURN 31 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations Top of Form Reverse Micro Feed Forward Micro Feed 10 CPI POWER MICRO FEED 12 CPI peal cd SANSERIF COURIER FONT 5 PITCH ws ON LINE QUIET PRESTIGE PAPER FEED SCRIPT SN PROP ER OPTION COND Store Macro Definition Change color Form Feed Buffer reset Figure 2 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using single sheets this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button and hold it down The printer will start perfo
89. ed from the unprinted paper Paper guide Figure 1 15 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms 15 Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the following procedure 1 Remove the top cover and the roller unit 2 Open the rear cover using the two pits at the side and push backwards 3 Grip the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit and pull the unit upwards as shown in Figure 1 16 Figure 1 16 Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding 4 Place a stack of fanfold paper below the printer 5 With the tractor covers open mount the paper from the bottom of the printer by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit 6 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 16 Roller unit Figure 1 17 Install the roller unit after mounted the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer 7 8 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Remount the roller unit and replace the rear cover and the top cover
90. efaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 Enable printing of all character codes 501 lt gt ab m 27 92 nl n2 18 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 n7 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 i Mode ASCII Decimal IBM ESC 27 94 1B 5E This command operates like ESC except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero asci sta ESC 1 27 126 49 1B 7 31 lt ESC gt lt 1 gt 27 126 1 1B 7E 01 Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash 0 Select normal zero asci sig lt 9 gt 0 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch 27 80 1B 50 18 12 In Standard mode changes from either elite or semi condensed to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In IBM mode changes from either elite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH
91. en active 3 High when active 4 DATA2 High when active 5 DATA3 High when active 6 DATA4 High when active 7 DATAS High when active 8 DATA6 High when active 9 DATA7 High when active 10 ACK 5us low pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 BUSY Low when printer ready to receive data 12 High when paper out Can be disabled with EDS setting 13 SELECT High when printer is on line 1415 NIC 16 SIGNALGND Signal ground n CHASSIS Chassis ground isolated from signal ground 18 45V DC output from printer 19 30 GND Twisted pair ground return 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 N C 36 SELECTIN Always high 122 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS The following tables show the standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table For example the character is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 This is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets lt gt lt Sample gt Character Hexadecimal value high order
92. ently selected Column becomes the last character position in the line The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The right margin must be within the limits below Pica 4 lt n lt 80 Elite 5 lt n lt 96 Semi condensed 6 lt 120 Condensed pica 7 lt lt 137 Condensed 8 lt n lt 160 Expanded pica 2 lt lt 40 Expanded 3 lt lt 48 Expanded semi condensed 3 lt n lt 60 Expanded condensed pica 4 lt lt 68 Expanded condensed elite 4 lt lt 80 Set left and right margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt X nl n2 27 88 nl n2 1B 58 n2 Sets the left margin at column n7 and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both CR 13 0D Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If EDS switch A 3 is OFF also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 lt 1 gt Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a lt CR gt code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 3 Cancel automatic line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt gt 5 lt 0 gt 27 53 0 1B 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a lt CR gt code T
93. er to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 Enable paper out detector 2505 95 ox Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 Set vertical tab stops ASCII lt ESC gt B nl m2 lt gt Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines n1 n2 etc where n1 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the lt 0 gt control code The vertical tab stops are setin terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Set vertical tab stops every lines 27 101 49 1B 65 31 27101 1 n 1B 65 01 n Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 2 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel 27 98 nl 1B 62 nO nl n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 where is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt 5 gt command See lt gt for parameters n4 n2 0 Sel
94. es given below for the desired char acteristics Examples 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 4 Proportional 2 Elite 1 Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Increase character spacing ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt gt lt gt n 2 32 n 2 n Increases the space between characters by n dots where n is a number from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification 58 Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt h m 27104 m 1B 68 n Selects the size of subsequent characters 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 1 and quadrupled when 2 n Effect 0 Normal size 1 Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Select character size ye 40 40 83 41 41 n 28 28 53 29 29 n Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of n as below Does not move the base line n Character width Character height 0 Single width Single height 1 Double width Single height 2 Single width Double height 3 Double width Double height Print double height charac
95. ever is forward for fanfold forms pressing this button parks the forms If the release lever is back for single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper PITCH button This button allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the following options in order Note that semi condesed pitch is not available in the IBM modc Pica 10 CPI 10 Elite 12 CPI 12 CPI Semi condensed 15 CPI 15 CPI Condensed pica 17 CPI 10 CPI COND Condensed elite 20 CPI 12 CPI COND Proportional PROP Condensed proportional PROP COND 25 FONT button This button selects the font to be printed Draft font is selected at power up unless the default settings are changed To change to HS Draft High Speed Draft or one of the LQ Letter Quality fonts set the printer off line then press the button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illuminate The selections cycle in the following order Indicator s Draft HS DRAFT ROMAN Roman ROMAN Sanserif ROMAN COURIER Courier COURIER Prestige COURIER SCRIPT Script SCRIPT Option OPTION High Speed Draft HS DRAFT The Option Font selection will be skipped unless a font cartridge is installed In addition to their normal functions all the control panel
96. f paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Do not set the lever out of the marked positions Adjustment lever Figure 1 18 Location of the adjustment lever 20 The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference Weight g m Thickness mm Recommended Paper Type z Each paper Total Lever position 4 52 82 0 07 0 10 2nd Single 83 90 011 012 3rd 2 ply p 40 58 0 12 0 16 3rd 0 18 0 20 3 3 ply 40 58 0 21 0 25 4th 0 24 0 26 4th 4 ply 40 58 0 27 0 30 Sth i 0 30 0 33 5th 5 ply 40 58 0 34 0 35 6th NOTE Pressure sensitive paper is recommended for the multi part paper Multi part mode is recommended when using the 4 ply and 5 ply paper Refer to Chapter 3 21 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the opera tions indicated by their names Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you tum the printer s power on or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font Print test patterns Prevent software from c
97. g 50 51 Rear cover 3 13 Unidirectional printing 39 Release lever 3 11 13 Unpacking and inspection 2 Reset printer 84 Unparking 18 Reverse line feed 63 Reverse micro feed 33 Ribbon cartridge 4 121 Vertical position commands 61 67 Right margin 68 69 Vertical tabulation 67 Roller unit 3 6 ROM character set 80 7 Zero slash and normal 55 iS Sanserif font 26 42 48 Script font 26 42 48 Self tests 27 28 Semi condensed pitch 56 Set Eject Park button 25 Setting up 4 Shadow printing 51 Single sheets automatic loading 10 manual loading 12 specifications 121 Slash zero 55 Specifications 119 122 Sprocket feed 13 18 120 Standard character set 41 52 124 127 Standard mode 36 39 103 Strike through 51 Subscripts 52 Superscripts 51 Tabulation 67 Test patterns 27 28 Top cover 3 4 151 152 COMMAND SUMMARY Standard Mode The following commands take effect with the Standard mode CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt ESC gt lt FF gt lt ESC gt lt SO gt lt ESC gt 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 lt EM gt T n lt ESC gt lt SP gt ESC lt ESC gt lt ESC gt n2 ESC 96 0 lt ESC gt 1 ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC amp 0 n n2 m2 dl 42
98. g them proportionately The three bytes are used to specify the width of the character and the space to be allowed on either side of it The left space in dot columns is specified by m0 and the right space is specified by m2 The second byte m7 specifies the width of the character in dots By varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it you can actually create proportional width characters 87 When defining characters the number of printed columns and the sum of side spaces and the character width m1 m2 cannot exceed the value shown below Draft characters LQ pica characters LQ elite characters LQ semi condesed LQ proportional Draft super subscript LQ super subscript LQ prop super subscript Sample program To demonstrate how to use the download characters let s use the tele phone character and the other user defined characters to print a small graph This program will do just that 1000 LPRINT WIDTH LPT1 255 1010 LPRINT 27 1020 LPRINT 27 4 0 1030 LPRINT CHR 60 61 1040 FOR 60 TO 61 1050 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS 1060 READ CW LPRINT CHR CW 1070 READ RS sLPRINT CHR RS 1080 FOR M 1 TO CW 3 1090 READ MM 1100 LPRINT CHR 1110 NEXT 1120 1130 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 0 1140 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 1150
99. h n lt ESC gt j n FUNCTION Copy character set from ROM into RAM One line unidirectional printing Set MSB to 0 Set MSB io 1 Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to 1 60 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to n lines Set page length to inches Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Perform one n 180 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Pica pitch Set right margin Select international character set Superscript Subscript Superscript Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Select IBM code page Relative horizontal tab Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set horizontal tab stops every columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set horizontal tab stops every columns Set vertical tab stops every lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Fee
100. hanging the panel pitch and font selections Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer Change the print color color printer only Store macro definition BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel From left to right they are CFONT and smaller buttons and C STERT CON LINE larger buttons The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control Figure 2 1 Control panel 23 The C ONLINE D button sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you press the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the computer When the printer is off line it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line status if paper is loaded If paper is not loaded the printer powers up off line with the POWER indicator flashing When you load paper the POWER indicator stops flashing and the printer goes on line You will want to press the button Before and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons operate only in the off line state Press the button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the ONLINE button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you
101. haracters in IBM mode let s use the telephone character and the other user defined charac ters to print a small graph This program will do just that 1000 LPRINT WIDTH 255 1010 LPRINT CHR 27 164 CHR 9 1020 LPRINT CHR CHR amp 80 CHR 0 1030 INDEX TABLE 1040 LPRINT CHR 1 1050 FOR 1 0 TO 59 1060 LPRINT STRINGS 9 0 1070 NEXT I 1080 FOR 1 1 TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT IT 1090 FOR IT 1 TO 9 READ MM LPRINT NEXT IT 1100 FOR 1 62 TO 255 1110 LPRINT STRING 9 0 1120 NEXT I 1130 DOT PATTERN 1140 FOR DP 1 TO 159 1150 READ MM 1160 LPRINT CHR MM 1170 NEXT DP 1180 PRINTOUT PROGRAM 1190 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 0 1200 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 1210 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 1220 LPRINT DIFFUSION RANGES OF 1230 LPRINT CARS 4 TELEPHONES 1240 LPRINT 27 0 1250 LPRINT CHR 27 0 1260 LPRINT USA CHR 9 1270 LPRINT 27 1 6 1280 FOR 1 0 681 STEP 25 LPRINT 60 NEXT I 1290 LPRINT 1300 LPRINT 9 1310 FOR 1 0 TO 781 STEP 25 LPRINT 61 NEXT I 1320 LPRINT 27 1 2 1330 LPRINT GERMANY CHR 9 1340 LPRINT 27 1 6 1350 FOR 1 0 412 STEP 25 LPRINT 60 NEXT I 1360 LPRINT 1370 LPRINT 9 1380 F
102. he release lever backwards 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you wantto print towards the back ofthe printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop 6 Nowpress the C k button The paper will be fed into the printer and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 7 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 2 Adjustable paper guide Release lever Figure 1 11 Loading a single sheet 11 Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer s power is off The procedure is 1 2 3 12 Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs located on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Check that printer power is off and the release lever is back Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back ofthe printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Tum the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover If the paper is not straight move the re
103. here If you do not use these commands or the panel controls the printer will print standard size draft characters 99 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 are able to define this as a user option during installation you can also embed these escape sequences PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes the file PRINT COM you can use the main DOS printing command Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print To print a file named README DOC for example type A gt PRINT README DOC The computer may respond with the following message asking which printer to use Name of list device PRN If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN to select the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the A 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
104. his command takes priority over EDS switch A 3 Backspace Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt 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 69 Left justify ASCII Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text Mode AGI lt ESC gt a 1 27 97 1 1B 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify 501 lt gt 2 27 97 50 1B 61 32 lt ESC gt lt 2 gt 27 97 2 1B 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Full justify gg lt gt at 7527 lt gt 3 Aligns subsequent text between the left and right margins 70 Set horizontal tab stops ASCII lt ESC gt D n m2 lt gt Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n1 n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if pro portional spacing is currently selected where n4 n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 64 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending
105. hoose the proper settings Fonction on RAM Usage D 1 Character Table Standard mode Graphics Italics IBM mode IBM 2 IBM 1 D 2 IBM Code page or D 3 International See below D 4 Character Set DS WorUsed E1 LQ Font Selection See below Not Used pc 38 Switch 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 LQ 860 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter X24E The ON position selects Standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch A 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 computer to send data faster than the printer prints NOTE When you want to download characters with IBM mode by the monochrome version printer you must install the optional RAM cartridge RC 32Z Otherwise you cannot download even if this switch is set OFF Switch A 3 Do you want an automatic line feed If you leave this switch in the ON position a separate line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed
106. ickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try using thinner paper If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly check the following Possible remedy Select this option lected with the EDS switch Has the ASF option been se Is the release lever set to the The release lever should be set to the single sheet position position Is the ASF correctly Make sure thatthe ASF is properly seated on the printer mounted Is paper caught up near the Stop printing remove the jammed sheet you may have print head to remove the ASF for this and continue Are the left and right guides If the left and right guides are too close together the too close together paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely The ASF s paper feed hopper and stacker can hold 50 sheets each Make sure that there is no more paper than this in either the hopper or stacker 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 Was the paper fanned before being fed into the ASF 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
107. igit 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 LOELITE DAT To use the DOS line editor type the command EDLIN LQELITE DAT then type the underlined parts of the following display Press RETURN at the end of each line Do not type the symbol This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key for example V means to type CTRL V C means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of the input 101 A gt EDLIN LQELITE DAT New file 1 V X1 V 1 VA 2 C E V 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 from A in the ASCII sequence Similarly VA enters the control code 1 See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up the printer by sending it the file LOELITE DAT
108. ing the button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on After the bcep tone you can sct the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in Panel Font By holding the button during power up fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference There will be an acknowledging beep as power comes on after which you can set the printer off line select a font then retum to the on line state and begin printing The selected font will not be changed by any commands your software may issue Stay in Panel Pitch and Font If you want to protect both the pitch and font settings from software changes press both the CFONT buttons during power up There will be two acknowledging becp tones Pressing these buttons during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel 29 Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing pro grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control
109. inter will automatically feed the parked fanfold paper back into position for printing NOTE printer beeps intermittently if you move the release lever while the paper is loaded LOADING MULTI PART FORMS You can print on continuous multi part forms with the built in tractor unit You can use multi part forms that have up to five parts including the original when the Multi part mode is selected with the EDS setting For details please refer to Chapter 3 It is recommended to use forms jointed by dotted or pasting under the normal office condition Multi part forms should be pressure sensitive and should not be used in the friction feed Bottom feed with the pull tractor is recommended NOTE When printing continuous multi part forms care should be taken as the edges of the paper might be damaged The tolerance between the dotted or pasted position and other positions must be less than 0 05 mm 19 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment remove the top cover The adjustment lever is located at the left side of the printer mechanism Pushing the adjustment lever backwards narrows the gap pulling it forwards widens the gap There are six positions and you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the rear is the one most commonly used for single sheets o
110. ith the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of data bytes must be n n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density 8 bit graphics Both lt 5 gt L nl m 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C nl n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide See ESC K for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics 27 89 nl n2 1B 59 nl n2 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 ESC for other information Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Hexadecimal 1B 5A nl n2 ml m2 Decimal 27 90 nl n2 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 ESC K for other information 73 Print hex density 24 bit Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std FS Z 28 90 nl 1 ni n2 1 i Ps mi m2 m3 ml m2 m3 Prints 24 bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally The graphics image is 24 dots high and n n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inche
111. l 1B 26 00 nl n2 m0 ml m2 n2 ml m2 di d2 dx dl d2 dx ASCII lt gt amp 0 n2 m2 dl 42 2 Defines one or more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 2 must be OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command is ignored nl is the character code of the first character defined and 2 is the character code of the last character defined n7 must be equal to or less than n2 The data for each character start with three bytes specifying propor tional spacing attributes the first byte specifies the left of the character the second byte mJ specifies the character width the third byte 7 2 specifies the right of the character These values must not exceed the following maximum limits 9 31 36 s LQ semi condensed 19 24 Draft super subscript super subscripi 42 LQ prop super subscript 37 Character mode LQ pica LQ elite Next comes the dot data Normal character height is 24 dots so there must be 3 x m bytes of dot data If the printer is in super subscript mode however the character height is 16 dots so there must be 2 x ml bytes of dot data Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most signifi cant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot For further details please refer to chapter 5 76
112. l dump Switch Combination Functions Form feed Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset Selecting the print color Store macro definition Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS How to set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Bidirectional test Adjustment mode Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font Control Commands Character Set Commands Character Size and Pitch Commands Vertical Position Commands Horizontal Position Commands Graphics Commands Download Character Commands Color Selection Commandes Other Printer Control Commands Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Defining Your Own Characters with Standard Mode Assigning the character data Assigning a value of character space Sample program Defining Your Own Characters with IBM Mode Assigning the download character set Assigning the character dot pattern Assigning the Index Table data Sample program Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Installing Application Software with Your Printer Embedding Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Programming with BASIC How the program works Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS Standard Character Set 1 Standard Character Set 2 International Character Sets IBM Char
113. lease lever forward then straighten the paper by hand and move the release lever back 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 NOTE To get good line feeding put 1 inch space non printing area around a perforation Loading the paper from the rear of the printer You can load the fanfold paper either from the rear or from the bottom of the printer If you are going to load the paper from the bottom refer to the next section 1 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and atleast one page length below the printer 2 Tum the printer s power OFF 3 Pushthe release lever forward This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment 5 Remove the rear cover using the two pits on either side and push back wards as in Figure 1 12 gt Figure 1 12 Removing the rear cover 13 6 Move the tractor units downwards by gripping the positioning levers both side of the tractor unit as shown in Figure 1 13 Positioning lever Tractor cover Clamp lever Positioning lever Figure 1 13 Move the tractor units
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115. ne spacing where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page Set page length to n inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt C lt 0 gt n 27 68 0 n 4 0 m Sets the page length to inches where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set bottom margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC n 297 78 n 4E n Sets the bottom margin to n lines where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel bottom margin ASCII Hexadecimal lt 5 gt Cancels the bottom margin Form feed ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt gt 12 Feeds the paper to top of the next page according to current page length and moves the print position to the left margin When the automatic sheet feeder ASF is selected EDS switch A 4 is OFF this command ejects the current page 65 Return to top of current page Mode 01 Hexadecimal Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction feed is used Disable paper out detector ede BOF Causes the print
116. not feeding paper properly Paper park switching between continuous paper and cut sheets is not working properly Text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines Page length and margin settings are not what is expected Remember it is better not to attempt operations or repairs above your level of competence Otherwise you run the risk of damaging the printer 11 Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate check the following Possible remedy Is the power cable properly Turn off the printer make certain that the power cable plugged into the electrical is securely connected and then tum the printer back on outlet Is power being supplied to Turn off the printer and unplug it Try out another appli the outlet ance of the outlet to determine if electricity is being sup plied to that outlet Is the printer voltage correct Check the bottom panel of your printer to verify that the outlet voltage corresponds to the voltage required by the printer If they do not match DO NOT to operate the printer Contact your supplier Printing If your printer does not print or suddenly stops printing check the follow ing Possible remedy Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to make sure that the connector is firmly in position If itis not press the C ONLINE button to set the printer on line If it is the paper has run out Load more paper The
117. o n 180 inch or n 216 inch where is between 0 and 255 If n 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but inIBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 60 inch or n 72 inch Both lt ESC gt A In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 60 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If 0 the line spacing is set to 0 In IBM mode this command defines the distance the paper ad vances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 1 and 85 The new line spacing does not take effectuntil the next lt ESC gt 2 command lt gt Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding lt ESC gt A command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding lt ESC gt A command Line feed ede asci Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed ASCI Hexadecimal lt gt LF 0 C Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used Select forward feed mode ASCII FS F Cancels the reverse feed mode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at powe
118. o paper handling print modes and font selection After getting set up read this chapter and try out the various procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 Default settings This chapter explains how to use the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode to make system settings on the printer Chapter 4 Printer control commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands used to drive it This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features 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 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 unsu
119. order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code To clear all tab stops specify lt ESC gt 0 Set horizontal tab stops every n columns ASCII sta lt 8 gt e O 27 101 48 1B 65 30 n ESC lt 0 gt 271001 0 n 1B 65 00 n Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where n is between 1 and 127 Reset all tab stops Mode IBM ESC R 18 52 Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops Horizontal tab ASCII Decimal Both HT uo Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined 7 Relative horizontal tab ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt n2 27 92 nl n2 1B SC mi 2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance maximum 8 inches Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between and 63 the print head moves right by n2 256 dots If you want to move the
120. over 1 Tum the tension knob clockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack 2 Guide the nbbon between the print head and the silver print head shield making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Ribbon tensioning knob Print head shield Print head Figure 1 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge 3 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see Figure 1 6 Print head Print head shield Ink ribbon Figure 1 6 Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield 4 After you have installed the ribbon cartridge install the roller unit Open the rear cover using the two pits on either side 6 Gripping the lock levers on both sides of the roller unit fit the mounting brackets onto the shaft inside of the printer mechanism You will need to tilt the roller unit slightly backward 7 Secure the roller unit firmly by lowering into position as shown in Figure 1 7 8 Close the rear cover f Lock lever Figure 1 7 Install the roller unit onto the printer To replace the top cover insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case Swing the front edge down to close the cover Leave the top cover closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment
121. pe 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 characters The matrix or grid on which you design the characters depends upon the print mode as shown below Character mode Horizontal Vertical Draft characters 9 24 LQ pica characters 31 24 LQ elite characters 27 24 LQ semi condesed 19 24 LQ proportional 37 24 Draft super subscript 7 16 LQ super subscript 19 16 LQ prop super subscript 37 16 The minimum width of a character is five dots Dots cannot overlap You may define any position in the ASCII table Photocopy the grid in Figure 5 1 to help design yournew characters We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example semi conaonsed LO prop super sub LQ super sub proportional super sub LO LO Draft LLL Figure 5 1 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own characters Assigning the character data Now we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column which has a maxi mum of 24
122. printer Define super subscript download character 104 2530 LPRINT Select super subscript 2540 LPRINT E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 60 2550 RESTORE 3010 2560 READ LS LPRINT LS 2570 READ CW LPRINT CHR CW 2580 READ RS LPRINT CHR RS 2590 FOR 1 TO CW 2 2600 READ MM 2610 LPRINT CHR MM 2620 NEXT M 2630 RETURN 2640 2650 Define LQ pica download character 2660 LPRINT C 2670 LPRINT E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 2680 RESTORE 3070 2690 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS 2700 READ CW LPRINT CHR CW 2710 READ RS LPRINT CHR RS 2720 FOR 1 TO CW 3 2730 READ MM 2740 LPRINT CHR MM 2750 NEXT M 2760 RETURN 3000 DATA 3010 Super subscript download character data 3020 DATA 9 19 8 3030 DATA 12 0 16 0 44 0 80 120 32 128 95 120 32 128 3040 DATA 95 120 32 128 65 120 32 128 95 120 32 128 95 120 3050 DATA 32 128 80 120 44 0 16 0 12 0 3060 3070 LQ pica download characer data 3080 DATA 3 31 3090 DATA 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 3100 DATA 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 0 80 175 192 3110 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 3120 DATA 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 3130 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 3140 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 3150 DATA 0 0 0 3160 3170 Dot graphics data 3
123. pt LPRINT E A CHR I LPRINT E CHR I LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I LPRINT E a0 LPRINT E 3 CHR 30 LPRINT E CHR 0 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT RM Other features LPRINT H E q CHR 1 OUTLINED E q LPRINT 9 2 SHADOWED LPRINT E q CHR 3 OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED LPRINT E q CHR 0 LPRINT H E E Emphasized E LPRINT E G Double strike E LPRINT E 4 Italics E 5 LPRINT H E 1 Underlining LPRINT LPRINT Strike through LPRINT E LPRINT LPRINT Overlining LPRINT LPRINT H E SO SUPERSCRIPT E LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT H RM Download characters SS E SO GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E X1 FOR TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT E 0 LPRINT E T GOSUB 2650 LPRINT E 1 FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT ES 0 SS E S1 GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E 1 FOR 1 1 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT E 0 LPRINT E T LPRINT H RM RESTORE 3170 LPRINT E A CHR 8 FOR 151 TO 3 LPRINT E f0 Dot graphics CHR 8 Select download character Print download character Select normal character Cancel superscript Set 8 60 line spacing LPRINT E CHR 33 CHR 240 CHR 0 FOR J 1 TO 240 3 READ DAT LPRINT CHR DAT NEXT J LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT E END SUBROUTINES Initialize
124. r is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Check Is the paper release lever pushed to the position Is the paper guide in the ver tical position Are the holes on each side of the paper aligned with regard to each other in the tractor units Possible remedy Make sure the release leveris pushedto the position When using the tractor feed the paper guide should be horizontal If the two sides of the paper are out of alignment realign them so that the tractor holes match up Are the tractor units too close or too far apart Are the tractor units locked in position and the covers closed Misalignment of the tractor units making the paper too loose or too tight will prevent a smooth paper feed Correct this if necessary 114 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 as an angled feed may cause jams and blockages 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 th
125. r on Select reverse feed mode Std FS 28 82 1 52 Selects reverse feed mode Reverses the direction of all vertical movements Ignored when friction feed or bottom feed is used 6 Perform one n 180 inch or n 216 inch line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Both lt ESC gt J n 27 74 1B 4A Feeds the paper once by n 180 inches or n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one n 180 inch reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt 27 106 n 1B 6A Feeds paper once by 1 180 inches in the reverse direction where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left Does not change the line spacing setting Feed paper n lines Sid lt ESC gt f 1 n 27 102 49 1B 66 31 n Feeds the paper lines from the current line where 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 Set page length to n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt 27 67 1B 43 Sets the page length to lines in the current li
126. racter lt character 60 Details can be found in Chapter 5 The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an M amp W logo The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 3180 to 4640 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 three rows each row is twenty four dots high and 240 dots wide Line 2040 sets the line spacing to 8 60 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 2050 to 2130 does the printing in three passes of the print head 108 Resident fonts Draft characters Roman characters Sanserif characters Courier characters Prestige characters Script characters Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite pitch 12 CPI Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI Normal proportional Condensed proportional Double height Double width Te i p 1 e width Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings EXE THE SPACINGS A ENS T Other features OUTLINED SHADOWED OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED Emphasized Double strike Italics Underlining amp Hkee threuzh Overlining SUPERSCRIPT and SUBSCRIPT Download characters Dot graphics DIDI gt 109 110
127. re of your ability to carry Out any maintenance or servicing operations Chapter 8 Specifications This section gives the specifications of your printer Chapter 9 Character sets These charts show the different character sets available FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer has a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the IBM Epson printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics Some of its main features are the following Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi part forms up to 5 ply are all accepted and you can use either push pull tractor or friction feed You can load fanfold forms from the rear with push tractor or fanfold forms and multi part forms from the bottom with pull tractor A special feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper e Six bright colors Magenta cyan violet yellow orange and green add a color dimension to your printed output by the color version printer Large variety of fonts and sizes The printer has one draft font one High Speed Draft font and five LQ fonts Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige and Script italics for all styles plus condensed print bold print double sized print and quadruple sized print Extensive software support Since it is compatible with
128. release lever has moved while the paper is in print ing position Move the release lever to the original position off the power remove the jammed paper replace turnon the printer and continue printing Make sure that the leading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased Is the interface cable con nected securely Is the ON LINE indicator illu minated Is the POWER indicator flashing Is the printer beeping inter mittently Is the paper caught up inter nally Tum off the power remove the ribbon retension it and replace it This problem occurs most frequently with a wom ribbon so you may need to replace the ribbon Is the ribbon caught up around the print head Check the installation settings in your software and re install if necessary Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer 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 Can the printer perform self test operations 112 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 If dots are mi
129. rinting stops immediately the buffer 15 clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press and hold the button 4 While pressing the button down press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down In one second you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared If you hold these buttons more two seconds you will hear three beep tones signaling that the printer has been initialized to the power on default settings 5 Release these buttons make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when you go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data where the buffer was cleared NOTE If you are using the SPC 8K Serial Parallel Converter reset the converter by pressing the red Clear button on it before you reset the printer 34 Selecting the print color Normally the color printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed Without the aid of software you can change the printing color as follows 1 2 3 Press the button to set the printer off line Press the button and hold it down While holding the ONT
130. rming successive line feeds 3 While holding the button down press the ON LINE button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the button or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 32 Press and hold the button 4 While holding the ON UNE button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has bcen set w Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop relcase both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page NOTE With fanfold forms do not try to return to a previous page The per foration may catch inside the printer and cause a jam Press the button
131. s 2880 dots In the data m1 m2 m3 each three bytes represent 24 vertical dots In the leftmost position the most significant bit of m1 is the top dot the least significant bit of m1 is the eighth dot from the top the most significant bit of m2 is the ninth dot the least significant bit of m2 is the sixteenth dot from the top the most significant bit of m3 is the seventeenth dot from the top the least significant bit of m3 is the bottom dot The rest of data is similar The number of data bytes must be 3 x n n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Select graphics mode Decimal Hexadecimal 27 42 n0 nl 1B 2 n0 nl n2 ml m2 n2 ml m Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information on nl n2 m1 m2 nO Graphics mode O 8 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 8 bit CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 6 8 bit CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 32 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRT graphics _ 90 dots per inch 39
132. s to make sure you have the right 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 113 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 po sition 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 EDS 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 whilethe ONLINE indicatoris illuminated Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try using thinner paper Are forms jamming between Clean the surface of the platen roller with a cloth barely printing surface and the dampended with a little alcohol platen If fanfold continuous pape
133. set up the correct page length or use software commands to do it Does the printer s page length not match the physical page length 116 MAINTENANCE Essentially your printer is a robust piece of equipement but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions For example Keep your printer in a comfortable environment Roughly speaking if you are comfortable then the environment is suitable for your printer too see Chapter 1 Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid extremely dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices To clean the exterior of the printer use a 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 200 million dots 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 th
134. ssing 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 The print head is damaged Stop prin ng 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 properly mands necessary for font changes into the software Are characters other than those expected being printed Either you are using the wrong International Character Set reset with EDS 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 EDS 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 EDS set ting
135. stige characters 1080 SC E k4 L Script characters 1090 H CHR 9 Horizontal tab 1100 PI E P Pica pitch 1110 Start printing 1120 WIDTH LPT1 255 1130 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 24 CHR 0 Set HT 1140 LPRINT RM Resident fonts are 1150 LPRINT H D Draft characters 1160 LPRINT H RM Roman characters 1170 LPRINT H SA Sanserif characters 1180 LPRINT H CO Courier characters 1190 LPRINT H PR Prestige characters 1200 LPRINT H SC Script characters 1210 LPRINT 1220 LPRINT RM Print pitches are 1230 LPRINT H PI Pica pitch 10 CPI 1240 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 12 CPI 1250 LPRINT H E g Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI 1260 LPRINT H PI 1270 LPRINT CHR 15 Select condensed print 1280 LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI 1290 LPRINT Condensed elite pitch 20 1300 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1310 LPRINT H E pl Select proportional spacing 1320 LPRINT PI Normal proportional 1330 LPRINT H CHR 15 Condensed proportional 1340 LPRINT CHR 18 1350 LPRINT E pO Cancel proportional spacing 1360 LPRINT 1370 LPRINT H E wi Double height E wO 1380 LPRINT H E W1 Double width E WO 1390 LPRINT H CHR 28 E CHR 2 Triple width 1400 LPRINT CHR 28 E CHR 0 1410 LPRINT H E h CHR 1 Double sized 1420 LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized 1430 LPRINT E h CH
136. t left and right margins Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Select character height width and line spacing Select IBM code page Set base unit for line spacing Select graphics mode Enable printing of all character codes Reverse line feed Enable printing of all character codes on next character Stop overlining Start overlining Stop overlining Start overlining Relative horizontal tab in inches Stop printing Select LQ font Select print color Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select standard character set Select IBM character set Manual feed Auto feed Select print color Select font Eject paper from ASF Select character size Set print start position on ASF 157 PRINTED IN JAPAN Consumer Response Star Micronics Co Ltd invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual Please address your correspondence to Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS LTD 20 10 Nakayoshida Shizuoka JAPAN 422 91 Attn Product Manager American Market STAR MICRONICS AMERICA INC 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 2702 25 New York NY 10170 Attn Product Manager European Market STAR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH WesterbachstraBe 59 P O Box 940330 D 6000 Frankfurt Main 90 of Germany Attn Product Manager U K Market STAR MICRONICS U K LTD Star House Peregrine Business Park Gomm Road High Wycombe B
137. ter is normal simply enter the width of dot pattern in the memory If the character is a block graphic add 128 to the width of dot pattern in the memory Our telephone symbol is a normal character and the width of the dot pattern in the memory should be 25 so this value is 25 The fourth byte m4 indicates the printing attribute This byte indicates the character width to be printed and information of the repetition dots for block graphics characters If the character is a normal character add 192 to the character width If the character is a block character and it should be printed as a line draw character add 64 to the character width If the block character is not a line draw character this byte should be the same as the character width Our telephone symbol is a normal pica character so the character width is 35 and this byte should be 227 93 The remaining five bytes m5 through m9 indicate the compression mask bits Each bits shows the data that will translate the compressed dot pattern data back to the original character pattern For example the compression mask bits of our telephone symbol are 01100000 00000100 11110010 00000000 01 100000 So these bytes 96 4 242 0 and 96 You must define the index table data for all characters from 0 to 255 If you do not want to define a particular character enter 0 into that index table data Sample program To demonstrate how to define and to use the download c
138. ters Vode ASG Decimal Hexadecimal Bow sta lt 9 gt lt gt 27 119 1 lt FS gt V 1 28 86 49 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing 59 Return to normal height Decimal Hexadecimal 27 119 48 1B 77 30 lt gt w 0 lt ESC gt w 0 27 119 0 18 77 00 FS 0 28 86 48 1 56 30 FS V 0 Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height 10 56 00 Select character height width and line spacing Decimal Hexadecimal 27 91 64 4 0 1B 5B 40 04 00 0 00 n m Mode ASCII Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line Line spacing Character height 0 Unchanged Unchanged 1 Unchanged Single height 2 Unchanged Double height 16 Single Unchanged 17 Single Single height 18 Single Double height 32 Double Unchanged 331 Double Single height 344 Double Double height m Character width 1 Single width same as lt ESC gt W 0 2 Double width same as lt ESC gt W 1 VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch asci Decima lt ESC gt 0 Sets
139. ters than would be available without compression The printer repeats the previous dot column in the current column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Itis necessary to define all of Index Table data before the Dot Pattern data to download many characters 77 dl d2 is the Dot Pattern data being downloaded Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most signifi cant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot Copy character set from ROM into RAM ASCII lt 5 gt lt gt lt gt Copies the selected character set with as shown below to the corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when EDS switch A 2 is ON n Font n Font 0 Roman 8 Orator 2 Option 1 Sanserif 9 TW Light Option 2 Courier 10 Letter Gothic Option 3 Prestige 11 Blippo Option 4 Script 12 H Gothic Option 5 OCR B Option 13 Orane Option 6 OCR A Option 14 Cinema Option 7 Orator Option 15 Code 39 Option Select download character set sid SESC gt 9 1 _ lt ESC gt lt 1 gt Selects the download character set Ignored when EDS switch 2 is ON Shift download character area lt ESC gt m 2 S lt FS gt CT c2 lt FS gt 2 Shifts the download character area defined between O to 127 to the area between 128 to 255
140. to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Changing the auto loading value Normally the printer automatically loads the paper one line from the top edge If you want to change this follow this procedure 1 Load the paper using the button 2 Change the print position using the micro feed function The line on the card holder helps you to align the baseline of characters to be printed 3 After you get the desired position press the button to save the value 33 This value will remain unless you power off the printer If you want to retain this value even after you turn off the power store it using the Macro Definition function which is described below Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper If you feed paper you cannot change the auto loading value Clearing the buffer All reset The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Halt the printing program on the computer If p
141. ucks HP13 7DL U K Attn Product Manager French Market STAR MICRONICS FRANCE S A R L 25 rue Micha l Faraday 78180 Montigny le Bretonneux Attn Product Manager Asian Market STAR MICRONICS ASIA LTD 18 F Tower 2 Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road Kowloon Bay HONG KONG Attn Product Manager PRINTED IN JAPAN
142. utomatic line feed Select character set 2 Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Elite pitch Define download characters Reset printer Set line spacing to n 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to lines Set page length to n inches Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double stnke printing Cancel double strike printing Select draft pica characters Select LQ pica characters Select LQ proportional characters Select draft pica download character set Select LQ pica download characters Select LQ proportional download characters Select draft elite characters Select LQ elite characters Select draft elite download character set 156 CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt lt SO gt lt ESC gt I lt DLE gt lt ESC gt I lt DC2 gt ESC I lt DC4 gt lt ESC gt I SYN ESC J n ESC n2 m2 ESC L n2 ml m2 ESC N n lt gt lt gt lt 0 gt lt gt lt 1 gt ESC ESC R ESC S 0 ESC S 1 lt ESC gt S 0 lt ESC gt S 1 lt ESC gt T ESC U 0 ESC U 1 U O lt gt U 1 lt ESC gt W lt 0 gt lt ESC gt W lt 1 gt lt ESC gt W 0 ESC

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