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Star Micronics 4111 Printer User Manual

1. 16 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES 17 MENU OPTIONS si eae aeien a 19 Command MON 2 2 19 Font idR 19 Menu eo rape 20 Paper Men inertes Irene 20 Forms E 21 Factory 22 EMULATIONS AND ESCAPE CODES 23 EMULA TIONS iei dad ee eoa 23 NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION 23 COMMAND CODES AND ESCAPE SEQUENCES 24 Font style and character set control codes 26 Font pitch control codes eerte 30 Special print mode control codes eese 32 Line space control 36 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 7 Chapter 8 9 INDEX Form feed control codes 2 0 39 Margins and vertical tab setting control codes 41 Horizontal print position control codes 44 Downloaded character control codes us 48 Miscellaneous codes 99 ASCII command sequences 63 DIP SWITCHES 67 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 69 TROUBLESHOOTING vinnaren tnter netta tenentes 69 Po
2. Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel type cable On a PC or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 way D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 way connec tor at the printer end The pinouts of the printer s connector are given in Chapter 8 if you need a cable for connection to another computer Plug the printer into a suitable mains outlet However DO NOT tum on the power switch at the back of the printer yet Connector Interface cable You may need to set some DIP switches inside the printer before you start using it These switches enable you to configure the printer as an Epson or as an IBM Proprinter printer The DIP switches also enable you to select a character set other than the USA character set if your supplier has not already set these up for you The DIP switch cover is located inside the top cover see below Use the end of a paper clip or similar to set the switches Details of these switches are given in Chapter 5 If you feel unsure as to your ability to set these switches contact your supplier DIP switch cover DIP switches LOADING PAPER The following sections explain how to load paper single sheet cut sheet without the Automatic Sheet feeder and also the operations necessary for loading continuous fanfold stationery If you are using the Automatic Sheet Feeder please refer to the instructions supplied with the Au
3. Original 3 copies Maximum buffer 17 Without Download 32k With Download 14k Emulations reete tores Epson mode IBM Proprinter mode Interface i i ert Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option 98 Ribbon type On carriage dedicated Black standard Color option Ribbon 6 million characters draft pica Dimensions 10 model 451 w x 341 d x 139 mm 17 8 w x 13 4 d x 5 47 h in Dimensions 15 model 593 w x 341 d x 139 h mm 23 4 w x 13 4 d x 5 47 h in Weight 10 model 8kg 17 616 Weight 15 model 10 5kg 23 11 Power supply 120V AC 220V AC 240V AC 50 60Hz varies according to the country of pur chase OPHONS Automatic sheet feeder RS 232C interface Color printing kit Pull tractor feed 99 The following describes pinout of the parallel Centronics type inter face connector signals which are low when active are overlined Pin Name Function STROBE Goes from high to low for 20 5 5 when active DATAO High when active 1 1 High when active DATA2 High when active DATA3 High when active DATA4 High when active DATAS High when active DATA6 High when active
4. button moves the print head one option to the left and the paren reco Dutton moves one option to the right as marked in blue on the front panel under the buttons Holding down one of these buttons will still move the print head only one option forward or back When the print head is below the desired option press the button to enter this into the printer s memory Any option chosen at this stage will now be stored even when the printer is turned off 17 When you press gt button to enter an option a asterisk will be printed to confirm that the option has been chosen The menus are organized in a hierarchical tree structured fashion Some menus do not choose options directly but instead move down to other menus To move up through the menu structure towards the root or trunk use button as an button as marked in blue underneath the button The structure of the menus is shown below Main menu Print current settings Installation menu Use factory settings Font menu Command menu Paper menu The options within each menu are given below As mentioned above when you press the button from any sub menu orfrom an option within a menu you will return to the menu level above the current one If you press button from the main menu the printer will print END and exit to being on line with the settin
5. COURIER TW UGHT POWER LETTER G SCRIPT MICRO FEED WHEN SANSERIF CINEMA FONT SET EJECT PARK PAPER FEED ONLINE INTERNAL DRAFT QUIET The printer is equipped with five buttons from left to right they are Front buttons Indicators The first two buttons have a series of indicators next to them which show which option has been currently selected using them font or pitch Some of these indicators can be either orange or green depending upon the options currently selected There is no indicator associated with the button as its operation is obvious when paper has been inserted but and lt ONLNE buttons both have indicators embedded in the buttons themselves The indicator embedded in the P re button however does not indicate paper feed directly butindicates when illuminated whether Quiet mode has been selected see below The onime button also has an embedded indicator Pushing the lt button will alternately set the printer on and off line and illuminate or extinguish the indicator 11 In addition to these indicators there two others POWER PAPER POWER indicator will illuminate when power is supplied to the printer and the PAPER indicator will illuminate when no paper has been inserted PITCH SETTING Use cw button to set the pitch that will be printed Remember that the be off
6. tA High when active _ Sus low pulse acknowledges receipt of data BUSY Low when printer ready to receive data 12 17 PAPER SIGNAL GND CHASSIS Chassis ground isolated from signal ground High when paper out Can be disabled with Memory Switch setting High when printer is on line Signal ground 1 18 5V _ 5V DC output from printer 19 30 GND Twisted pair ground return 31 RESET When this input signal is low printer is reset 32 1 Outputs low when printer cannot continue due to an error 2233 EXT GND External ground 34 35 N C 36 SELECT IN Always high 1 100 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS This chapter gives tables of the printer s standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table for example the character A is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 this is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets gt Sample Character Hexadecimal value high order
7. through 06h or an ASCII value of 0 through 6 00h 0 Normal size Normal size 01 1 Double high double wide 02h 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide lt Double high double wide Upper half only OSh 5 Quadruple high quadruple wide Lower half only 6 Quadruple high quadruple wide Upper half only It is user s responsibility to alter the line pitch so that it is in accordance with the new character height and to produce a line feed at the new pitch in order to leave sufficient space for the new characters If there are different sizes of print on the same line the printing will be aligned along the top of the characters Any previous com mands for enlargement vertical or horizontal of characters will be cancelled by this command Enable disable double helght mode Both 1Bh 77h lt n gt 27 119 lt n gt The command above enables or disables double height printing where lt gt is binary value of either or 01h or an ASCII value of either 0 or 1 If n is set to OOh or 0 then double height printing is cancelled If n is set to 01h or 1 then double height printing is enabled The character width is unaffected It is the user s responsibility to alter the line pitch so that it is in accordance with the new character height and to produce a line feed at the new pitch in order to leave sufficient space for
8. 75 Adjustment lever RIBBON REPLACEMENT The ribbons used by your printer are endless loop ribbons in which the ribbon is recycled When the print quality becomes too faint you will need to replace the ribbon Use only ribbons recommended for use with the printer your supplier will be able to advise you 1 To remove the old ribbon from the printer first tum off the power 2 Remove the top cover and hold the ribbon by the two lugs on each side Push in the two lugs slightly and pull upwards to remove the ribbon Ribbon cartridge Ribbon tensioning knob Print head Ribbon holder 76 3 Take the new ribbon and tension it by turning knob on top of the ribbon cartridge clockwise 4 Now insert the ribbon cartridge into the holder gripping it by the lugs and tuming the knob slightly clockwise if necessary Make sure that the ribbon goes between the print head and the platen guard see illustration below Print head shield Ink ribbon Print head 5 Now replace the top cover and tum on the printer You are now ready to start reusing the printer 77 REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD This is not a job which you will need to do very often The print head has been designed to give of about 200 million dots Innormal everyday use this will mean years of life However if the print quality is faint even after you have changed the ribbon the print head will need replacement Only use a replacement
9. AUTO LF this may be set OFF if your software demands it AUTO CR If set ON this function will expand all received line feed codes to a carriage retum and line feed pair How ever this may be set OFF if you do not want to be expanded LINES PER INCH This sets the number of lines per vertical inch which will be printed to 3 LPI 4 LPI 6 LPI or 8 PAGE LENGTH The page length may be set by means of the DIP switches DIP SW see Chapter 5 for details or to any of the following lengths in inches 3 3 5 4 5 5 161 7 8 8 5 11 7 or 14 A4 paper is equivalent to 11 7 inches while the DIP switch settings of 11 inches and 12 inches will normally be used for fanfold paper 21 S SKIP OVER PERFORATION Factory settings The following is a list of the settings set up at the factory which may be re stored by choosing the FACTORY SET option from the main menu COMMAND MENU RAM USAGE QUIET MODE GRAPHICS DIRECTION AUTO ON LINE FONT MENU ZERO STYLE NLQ FONT STYLE PRINT MENU PRINT QUALITY PRINT PITCH CONDENSED PRINT ITALIC PRINT PAPER MENU OPTION ASF AUTO LOADING AUTO LOADING ASF PAPER OUT DETECTOR FORMS MENU SHORT TEAR OFF SKiP OVER PERFORATION AUTO LF AUTO CR LINES PER INCH PAGE LENGTH INCH 22 BUFFER OFF BI ON NORMAL COURIER DRAFT 10CPI OFF OFF OFF 6 LINES
10. CHR I Increase character space 1510 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 Set line spacing 1520 LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space 1570 LPRINT E CHR O Normal character space 1580 LPRINT LPRINT CHR 28 Q CHR 80 1610 LPRINT H CHR 28 4 Italics CHR 28 5 1910 LPRINT E A CHR 8 E 2 8 72 line spacing 3030 LPRINT E x0 CHR 28 CHR 0 CHR 0 CHR O 3150 LPRINT CHR 28 amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 94 Font settings Draft characters Courier characters Sanserif characters Letter Gothic ORATOR CHARACTERS amp characters OCR B characters TW Light characters Cinema characters Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite pitch 12 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI Proportional spacing Double width Double height Double sized Ouad sized Various line and character spacings Other features Italics Emphasized Double strike Underlining UverIining SUPER and SUBSCRIPT Download characters Dot graphics SW SW ii SW SW 95 Of course many more facilities are available with printer but this may give you some ideas as to how you can drive the printer using your own programs Patches necessary to use the BASIC interpreter When using the Microsoft BASIC interpreter usually supplied with PCs and compatibles a number of problems may arise Firstly if the interpreter tr
11. 6 LINES ON ON OFF OFF ON 6 LPI DIP SW Chapter 4 5 AND ESCAPE CODES EMULATIONS The printer has two emulation modes standard mode and IBM mode In standard mode the printer emulates the functions of the Epson EX 800 and EX 1000 printers Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations In IBM mode the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter II Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations The emulation is changed by means of DIP switch 1 When ON the printer will be in standard mode and when OFF the printer will be in IBM emula tion mode see Chpier 5 It is not possible to change the emulation mode by means of software control or the front panel controls NOTE Remember to turn off the printer before making any DIP switch changes NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION When in either standard or IBM mode any numerical parameters taken by command sequences are usually binary rather than ASCII numerical values In this manual any ASCII values will be represented in quotes eg 21 will represent the ASCII string 32h concatenated with 311 in BASIC CHR 50 CHR 51 Usually in these examples however hexadecimal values will be quoted as shown by the lowercase h following the number eg 32h Binary numbers over FFh are obtained by dividing the number into two bytes the first being the low byte and the second being the high b
12. FB FC FD FE FF OA This mode is useful when installing and debugging software to ensure that the characters and codes actually being received by the printer are those which are actually required 83 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 showing itself most obviously in graphics printing This mode will therefore be used very rarely 1 84 Tum the printer off and then turn it on again while holding down the saec and buttons The printer will then print something like the following DOT ARTUSTMENT MODE DRAFT A 12 The printer will feed paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment The vertical lines are in fact composed of three lines the top and bottom being printed on one pass of the print head and the middle on a pass in the opposite direction To adjust the printing use the scr and buttons number by the side of the lines The erro button will perform the opposite function XXX DOT ADJUSTMENT MODE DRAF 11 1 4 i PAPER FEED DRAFT A iz PAPER FEED gt E DRAFT A 1X i SET EJECTPARK pp _ 7 T DRAFT
13. LPRINT H E 1 Underlining E 0 LPRINT E 1 Overlining E 0 LPRINT E S0 SUPER E T and LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT H C Download characters GOSUB 3020 LPRINT E 1 Select download character FOR 1 TO 5 LPRINT 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT 0 Select normal character GOSUB 3130 LPRINT E X1 Select download character FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT 0 Select normal character LPRINT H C Dot graphics DIM LOGO 4 RESTORE 4170 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 FOR COL 1 TO 65 91 READ GD 1060 ROW LOGO ROW CHR GD NEXT COL NEXT ROW LPRINT E A CHR 8 Set 8 72 line spacing FOR ROW 1 TO 4 LPRINT FOR B 0 TO 6 IF B 2 THEN 2000 IF B 5 THEN 2000 LPRINT E CHR B Select normal density LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 0 LOGO ROW LPRINT NEXT B LPRINT NEXT ROW LPRINT E Q Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES Define Draft download character LPRINT E x0 E CHR 0 CHR 0 CHR 0 LPRINT E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 4020 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS FOR 1 TO 11 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN Define NLQ download character LPRINT C LPRINT E amp CHR 0O CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 4060 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT CHR CW READ RS LPRINT CHR R
14. Sees Os CBARCDEFGHIJKLMNOFORSTUVMKYZLN 1 abcdefgh jm ABCDEF GHiJKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefgha jk Len ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOFORSTUVWXYZLN _ abcdefghi jk Lev H Ih ua FRU BCDEFBHIJKLMNOPORSTUVMXYZIN 7 nbn s Bir CDEFGHIIKLMNOPORSTUVWXYZUN i 12 1 1 abedefghi yk lmnopa yit 1 h 2 2 7 abcdefgh jk lancparetuvwxyzt 2 i sb Since the test print occupies whole width of the carriage it is mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid possible damage to the print head and or platen 80 Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the esce button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode The printer will start printing as soon as the erro Dutton is released and will print the version number of the printer s ROM eg Ver 1 0 followed by the whole character set printed in each typeface and pitch available Since the test print occupies the whole width of the carriage it is recom mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid possible damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accommodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is certainly suggested for this test The p
15. gt 27 108 lt gt The command above sets left margin where 1 is lowercase L not one and lt n gt is a binary value used to set the left margin The margin is defined in terms of the number of character positions at current pitch If proportional spacing has been selected then the character width for pica pitch is used The left margin may not be closer than two print positions to the right margin otherwise this command is ignored Set right T T Standard 5s The command above sets the right margin where n is a binary value used to set the right margin in character spaces at the current pitch If proportional spacing has been selected then the character width for pica pitch is used Horizontal print position control codes camage return Both The command above performs a carriage return The print head will return to the beginning of the print line If AUTO LF has been set up with the Memory Switches a line feed will be performed as will at the current line spacing Set cancel aom line feed The command above sets or cancels automatic line feed where n is a binary value of either or O1h If lt n gt 01h then whenever the printer receives a CR 0Dh a line feed will automatically be added by the printer If lt n gt 00h then this function will be cancelled 2 to next horizontal tab Both The command above moves the print head to the next horizontal
16. 4440 DATA 56 56 56 120 120 240 240 224 224 192 4450 DATA 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4460 128 248 248 248 248 240 192 0 0 0 4470 DATA 0 0 240 248 248 248 248 240 192 0 4480 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4490 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 4250 DATA 7 7 0 This will produce following results as shown page 95 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1070 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 4 The WIDTH LPTI 255 statement in line 1090 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1100 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different font styles followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing 93 Next comes central attraction of the program a line of text printed twenty 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 1420 a centering command line 1440 acommand to vary the line spacing lines 1460 and 1510 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1470 and 1520 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing a
17. If a command is common to both modes the descriptive heading is followed by Both If the command is specific to one mode then either Standard or IBM will follow the descriptive heading Occasionally there are two identical commands to perform the same function In these cases the relevant sign follows the sequence When parameters are given the accompanying text describes whether the parameter is an ASCII character or a binary value In the following descriptions first the function of the command sequence is given This is followed by the emulation for which this command is appropriate Standard Both or 24 Following heading the form of command is given using ASCII names for control codes eg lt ESC gt the angle brackets on either side of the name are not part of the name being simply delimiters and should not be entered Variable parameters are indicated by a letter usually and an optional number enclosed in angle brackets eg lt 0 gt Where indefinite number of parameters are to be supplied the lt n gt s are separated by an ellipsis The sequence is then given using hexadecimal codes two hexadecimal digits followed by a lowercase with variables again represented by letters enclosed in angle brackets The decimal equivalent follows the hexadecimal The following is an example Example command Both l
18. properly installed ware if necessary Are fonts not being selected Check the software installation and insert the com properly mands necessary for font changes into the software Are characters other than Either you are using the wrong International Character those expected being Set reset with DIP switches or software commands printed or you have the wrong character set selected for f example if characters other than IBM block graphic characters are being printed Correct this with DIP switches or the appropriate software sequences If the printout is not what is expected Possible remedy Is the printer installed cor Your software may think that it is driving a different rectly emulation to the one actually set Check the DIP switch settings to make sure you have the right emulation Use the Hex Dump mode to analyze the output from the computer to the printer This will enable you to deter mine that the right escape sequences etc are being transmitted Is the printer not printing anything that you are expect ing 71 Paper feeding If cut sheet paper without the ASF is not feeding smoothly check the following Is the paper release lever Set the release lever to the position pushed back to the posi tion Is the paper guide in place The paper guide should be in place vertically for cut and vertical sheets to feed smoothly Are the left
19. where lt n gt is a binary or ASCII value from 00h through 01h or 0 through 1 If lt n gt 00h or 0 then proportional printing is deselected cancelled and if lt n gt 01h or 1 then propor tional printing is selected This command will be ignored if Panel Pitch Lock mode has been selected 31 pica proportional pitch The command above sets or cancels pica proportional pitch printing where lt n gt is a binary value of either 00h or 01h If n is set to O1h then pica proportional printing is enabled and if n is set to then pica proportional printing is disabled Any other values of n with this command will set pica pitch and the printer will attempt to print lt n gt If Panel Pitch Lock mode has been selected then this command will be ignored Special print mode control codes Select cancel expanded pining Both 1Bh 57h 27 87 The command above selects or cancels expanded printing where lt n gt is a binary or ASCII value from 00h through Olh or 0 through 1 If lt n gt 00h or 0 then expanded printing is deselected cancelled and if lt n gt 01h or 1 then expanded printing is selected for all printing subsequent to the receipt of this command Select one line expanded prnung Both lt SO gt lt gt Either of the commands above will select one line expanded print There are parameters Expa
20. ESC gt A command will remain in force Execute lt ESC gt A definition IBM 1Bh 32h 27 50 The command above executes the line spacing previously defined by the lt ESC gt A command There are no parameters If an lt 5 gt sequence has not previously been entered then line spacing will be set at 1 6th inch If an lt ESC gt A sequence has been received prior to this command then any subsequent line feeds will move the paper by the amount specified by the lt 5 gt command The command above causes a precise paper feed where n is a binary value On receipt of this command the paper will be fed forward by lt n gt 216 inch No carriage return will take place and the current line spacing value will be unaffected 38 Reverse one time line feed 1 216 inch increments Both lt ESC gt j lt gt 1Bh 6Ah n 27 106 n The command above causes a precise reverse paper feed where n is a binary value Onreceipt of this command the paper will be fed backwards by n 216 inch No carriage return will take place and the current line spacing value will be unaf fected 9 n 27 4 The command above sets next vertical print position where lt n gt is a binary value specifying the number of lines at current line pitch setting down from the current position at which printing will next take place In the command the binary character 01 can be substituted for
21. above cancels software control of the MSB There are no parameters On receipt of this command software control of the most significant bit MSB by the lt ESC gt gt lt ESC gt standard or lt FS gt commands will be cancelled Select zero 2 Both 27 The command above selects the style in which zeroes will subsequently be printed where lt n gt is either a binary value of 00h 01h or an ASCII value of 0 or 1 If n is O0h or 0 then normal non slashed zeroes will be printed but if itis 01h or 1 then the computer style slashed zero style will be printed this overrides the Memory Switch setting in Chapter 3 Backspace Both The command above moves the print head back one position There are no parameters This command moves the print head back one position at current spacing to the left If proportional spacing has been selected the print head will move back by a distance equal to the width of the last character printed It does not delete the last character Cancel last character Standard The command above deletes the last character transmitted to the printer There are no parameters This code is effectively a destructive backspace 56 Cancel last line Both The command above deletes the last line transmitted to the printer There are no parameters The last line transmitted to the printer will be erased from the printer s buffer Stan
22. and 11 data bytes d1 dn The attribute byte n indicates whether the character is an ascender not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots or a descender not using the highest dot It also indicates the amount of white space to the left of the character 0 to 7 dots and the width of the character cell including this space 4 to 15 dots The left space and cell width attributes are used only in proportional spacing Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the MSB being the top dot and the LSB the bottom dot These correspond to pins 1 to 8 or 2 to 9 of the print head depending on whether the character is an ascender or descender 49 Define draft download character s IBM lt ESC gt nl n2 lt DC4 gt m al a2 dl dll 1Bh 3Dh nj n2 14h lt m gt al a2 dl dll 27 61 nl n2 20 lt m gt al a2 dl dll The command above enables the definition of soft characters to be downloaded This command is only valid if DOWNLOAD has been selected in the RAM USAGE menu of the Memory Switch see Chapter 3 for details and the draft mode has been selected before this command is executed The following rules are observed n1 and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will follow m is the character code of the first character defined lt gt and a2 are attributes bytes d1 to lt d1 1 gt are the c
23. been selected It may be cancelled by a lt ESC gt M elite pitch set command Set pica pitch printing The command above sets the print pitch to pica There are no parameters This command is ignored if Pitch Panel Lock mode has been selected Set elite pitch Both The command above sets all subsequent printing to elite pitch There are no parameters This command will be ignored if Pitch Panel Lock has been selected It may be cancelled by a lt ESC gt P standard mode or a lt DC2 gt IBM mode command Set elite pitch pening The command above sets the print pitch to elite There are no parameters This command is ignored if Pitch Panel Lock mode has been selected 30 Set condensed print mode Either of the two commands above will set condensed print mode There are no parameters Subsequent printing will take place at approximately 1 7 times the number of characters inch than was previously the case This is cancelled on receipt ofa DC2 command This command will be ignored if Pitch Panel Lock mode has been selected Cancel condensed print mode Standard The command above cancels the condensed print mode There are no parameters On receipt of this command all subsequent printing will be done at the pitch selected prior to lt 5 gt SI or SI command This command will be ignored if Panel Pitch Lock mode has been selected The sequence above selects or cancels proportional printing
24. buttons Then put the printer on line again and resume printing If your software package does not mention printers by name but asks instead what features your printer is capable of the most common questions are Can your printer perform a backspace and it do a hardware form feed You should answer Yes to both these questions Other software packages may well allow you to install specific features Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed This is given below Number of columns 10 model 15 model Pica 80 136 Elite 96 163 Condensed pica 137 233 Condensed elite 160 272 Proportional Variable Variable Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to retum the printer to the default settings specified by the Memory Switches The command for your printer is lt ESC gt 1Bh 40h Make sure that the DIP switches are set for the right printer emulation and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the DIP switches If you are in any doubt about the configuration of your application software seek expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most convenient reference 88 GRAPHICS HARD COPY On a PC compatible computer running under MS DOS you can use the and keys on the computer together to obtain a printout of a text screen To print out a graphics screen you will have to run the program GR
25. color option is fitted where lt n gt is an ASCII value from 0 through 6 The color selected by lt n gt is shown in the table below command above controls ASF Automatic Sheet Feeder where lt gt is ASCII parameter which can take the values 0 4 or T This command has exactly the same function as the ESC lt EM gt command 65 5 DIP SWITCHES The bank of DIP switches inside the printer see illustration below is used for various functions All switches are set ON when the printer leaves the factory DIP switch cover DIP switches Access the switches by removing the top cover and then sliding the black switch cover to the left and then pulling up using the tab at the right as shown in the illustration above The functions of the switches are shown in the table below s Any changes to the DIP switch settings must be made with the power to the printer turned OFF A eee 67 Switches 1 and 2 are used to determine emulation mode standard IBM of the printer and also to determine the character set to be used Ty 2 Com om or mw Switches 4 through 7 used to select the International character set as shown in the table below International Character Set Chapter 6 TROU
26. condensed print 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 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 LPRINT H E pi Select proportional spacing LPRINT P Proportional LPRINT Cancel proportional spacing LPRINT LPRINT H E W1 Double width E WO LPRINT H E w1 Double height E wO LPRINT H E h CHR 1 Double sized LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized LPRINT E h CHR 0 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT E Q CHR 47 right margin LPRINT C Various line and character spacings LPRINT E al Center text FOR I 1 TO 10 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I FOR 10 TO 1 STEP 1 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I LPRINT E a0 Left justify LPRINT E 3 CHR 36 Set 1 6 line spacing LPRINT E CHR O Normal character space LPRINT LPRINT E Q CHR 80 LPRINT C Other features LPRINT H E 4 Italics E 5 LPRINT E E Emphasized E F LPRINT E G Double strike E H
27. every n characters These horizontal tabs can be accessed with an HT com mand The command above sets the next horizontal print position where lt n gt is a binary value The next horizontal printing will take place lt gt character spaces at current print pitch from the current horizontal print position 46 Set Justification mode Both lt ESC gt a lt gt lt gt The command above will set the justification mode which the printer prints received data where lt n gt is a binary or ASCII value in the range 00h or 0 through 02h or 2 The meanings of these values are shown the table below The default when printer is first turned on is left justification Produce character space Standard lt SP gt lt n gt 1Bh 20h lt n gt 27 32 lt gt The command above produces space character where lt SP gt is the ASCII space character 20h and n is a binary value from 0 through 127 giving the space width in dots When in draft mode the dot spacing is 1 120 inch and when in NLQ the dot spacing is 1 240 inch If in superscript or subscript printing the dot spacing is the same as above but if in expanded mode the resolution is half the above Select next horizontal print position by dot Both lt ESC gt lt 0 gt nl 1Bh 24h lt n0 gt nl 27 36 lt 0 gt lt 1 gt The command above will start subsequen
28. printed all on one line or with extra blank lines check the following Possible remedy Is the text all on the same Carriage returns are not being expanded to line CR lt LF gt pairs Check the Memory Switch setting and correct Is text being printed with Two line feeds are being printed Either make your extra blank lines software print just a carriage return or if this is not possible set the AUTO LF to OFF using the Memory Switch menus If the page length and margins are not what is expected check the following Is the printing starting too Use the Micro Feed facility to adjust the print position high or too low on the page relative to the page Does the printer s page Use the Memory Switch settings or the DIP switch to lengthnot match the physical set up the correct page length or use software com page length mands to do it Is the Skip over perforation Make sure this is set with the Memory Switch menus If facility not working the skip occurs in the wrong place make sure the page length is properly set and that the top of the print position is about two lines down from the top of the paper 74 MAINTENANCE Essentially your printer is a robust piece of equipment 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
29. tab setting There are no parameters If there are no horizontal tabs set on the line following the current print position this command is ignored If underlining is on then skipped print positions are not underlined Set clear horizontal tabs Both lt gt lt 0 gt P us nl NUL 1 44 n0 S nl 008 27 67 lt 0 gt 2 nl 0 The command above sets horizontal tabs where n0 and n1 are binary values representing the new tab positions If no values are given all tab stops are cleared The default tab setting is every eight characters Tabs are set at the current character pitch If proportional spacing has been selected then pica pitch is used for determining the positions of the tabs In Standard mode once the tabs have been set the position of the tabs will remain the same if the character pitch is changed In the IBM mode the tab settings will change relative to the new character pitch if the character pitch is changed 45 Restore tabs to settings The command above restores all tabs vertical and horizontal to default settings There are no parameters On receipt of this command all vertical tab settings will be cleared and all horizontal tabs will be reset to every eighth position starting at column 9 The command above sets horizontal tabs where lt n gt is a binary value On receipt of this command all horizontal tabs will be cleared and new ones inserted
30. that the ASF is properly seated on the printer Stop printing remove the jammed sheet you may have to remove the ASF for this and continue If the left and right guides are too close together the paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely The ASF s paper feed hopper and stacker can hold 120 sheets each Make sure that there is no more paper than this in either the hopper or stacker If this is not done paper jams may occur Remove the stack of paper from the ASF and fan it before reinsert ing Only new uncreased paper should be used with the ASF You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with different paper 73 If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly check following Possible remedy Is the paper release lever in The paper release lever must be set to the position the position after the fanfold paper has been parked Has the fanfold paper been Make sure that the PAPER indicator comes on after the properly parked fanfold paper has been parked If the short tear off function does not appear to be working properly check Possible remedy Has printing ended in the Either send a FF or enough lt LF gt commands to eject middle of a page the page If text is being
31. the ASCII character 1 Form feed control codes Form feed Both 12 The command above will cause a form feed There are no parameters On receipt of this command the printer will print all data stored in the print buffer and will move to the top of the next page as determined by the form length set by lt ESC gt or lt ESC gt C lt NUL gt A carriage return to the left margin will also take place If the ASF has been selected this command functions as a page eject command 39 Reverse feed to of form Both The command above reverses the paper to the top of the form There are no parameters On receipt of this command the paper will be fed backwards to the top of the current page A carriage return to the left margin will also take place This command is invalid if the ASF has been selected The command above sets the page length in inches where lt n gt is a binary value 1 lt lt gt lt 22 in standard mode 1 lt lt n gt lt 127 in IBM mode representing the new page length in inches The bottom margin is reset and the current line after execution of this command is made the new top of form The command above sets the page length in lines where lt gt is a binary value 1 lt lt gt lt 127 standard mode 1 lt lt n gt lt 255 in IBM mode The new page length is set according to the current line spacing value Subsequent changes of the line spacing value will not affect the page l
32. the new characters If there are different sizes of print on the same line the printing will be aligned along the bottom of normal sized characters Any previous commands for vertical enlargement of characters will be cancelled by this command 60 03h 3 Double high double wide Lower half only Select character height width line spacing Both 1Bh 5 40h n0 nl 00h 00h n2 n3 27 91 64 n0 nl 0 0 n2 n3 The command above is used to control character height width and line spacing where n0 and n1 low byte first are used to supply the number of subsequent data bytes 1 or 2 The effect of the two data bytes n2 and n3 is determined as follows Single width characters Double width characters Any superscript subscript or condensed mode print settings previously selected will be cancelled but if double height printing is cancelled the printer will return to superscript subscript or condensed mode printing if these were selected previously Any previous commands for vertical character enlargement are cancelled by this command If double height and normal sized characters are printed in the same line then the printing will be aligned along the bottom of the normal sized characters 17 32 33 34 6 Es 61 The command above selects or cancels immediate print mode where n is a binary value of eithe
33. 40 Qolk se idi 1t i 804 0123456789 lt gt 2211 _ abodefghijzimnopqretuvwxyz i 2016864465611 LAABO X UU 44 a d R5 Ee rrit 2 2002 Cinema gt 00879 Dor TNR 10i 1 5 4 0123456789 7 JFLMNODODSTUVRXYZIN 7 eset A OORRAS 1 1 371112241 Se eee 606 12 pe 0990 49 098 7 metti L1 0m eso 174554 70123456780 2GABCDET OMI UKLANOPODS TUVRXY 2 51 eibcdef ghi stuvvocyz 1 6 T i ME ODOODPOUCENGFA 10 Ani oB Ho ertt IEEE m n Peer eec genet ee hn 9009990 Dome Po LTPI amp 110 PESXA 0123456 7895 0ADCDET GHI EIL MNOPODSTUVWXYZIN abode f ghi Jkkmnopgr stuvwxyz D oCueasa amp c eget NAE 0 XX 4 E65 n ET Herm err ral Peer nto reo coment enne 81 Text test mode In this mode the printer will print the Memory Switch menus and options This mode is accessed by turning on the printer at the same time as holding down button The resulting printout will be similar to the example below XXX MEMORY SWITCH TREE Xxx MAIN MENU 7 FRINT CURRENT SET IN
34. 6 1 8 n 72 n 216 inches ASCII Intemational IBM special IBM block graphic Download 96 15 sets 111 50 128 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Denmark Norway Irish Number of columns Pica Elite Condensed pica Condensed elite Proportional 10 model 10 80 12 96 17 1 137 20 160 Variable 15 model 136 163 233 272 Variable Character dot matrix 9 x 11 Draft 18 x 23 NLQ Bit image dot matrix DPI 10 model 15 model 8 pin single 60 8 x 480 8x 816 8 pin double 120 8 x 960 8 x 1632 8 pin high speed double 120 8 x 960 8 x 1632 8 pin quadruple 240 8 x 1920 8 x 3264 8 pin CRT I 80 8 x 640 8 x 1088 8 pin CRT II 90 8 x 720 8 x 1224 8 pin plotter 72 8 x 576 8 x 979 8 pin double plotter 144 8 1152 8 1958 9 single 60 9 480 9 816 9 double 120 9 960 9 1632 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in mode marked with an asterisk Paper deed omc Friction and push tractor standard Pull tractor option Paper feed speed 3 1 inches second max without ASF 2 9 inches second with ASF Paper width 1 10 model 15 model Cut sheet 5 5 11 7 6 16 5 Fanfold continuous 3 10 4 16 COPIES
35. A 12 i When the three vertical lines 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 o e button This will cycle between DRAFT A DRAFT B NLQ A NLQ B NLQ C GRAPHICS A and GRAPHICS B 8 Repeat process for all print modes DOT AQJUSTMEPRT MODE 4 DRAPFT A 12 i i i 4 i TE i ONLINE 1 i 0 11 PAPER FEED NL G i 12 i ONLINE h J BRAFHICS a12 INLINE 3 9 GRAFHICS BL2 i PITCH 3 X END 9 To exit from this mode press the Pra button 85 86 Chapter 7 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 section 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 installatio
36. ANEL DIAGNOSTIC AND TEST MODES The printer is equipped with a number of different modes for diagnosis and testing These are accessed from the front panel by holding down a front panel button or combination of buttons while tuming on the power to the printer The test and diagnostic modes available are listed below A text test print mode A short test print mode Along test print mode hexadecimal dump mode bidirectional print test Short test mode If the printer is turned while button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will start printing as soon as the Conune gt button is released and will print the version number of the printer s ROM eg Ver 1 0 followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it If the color option has been installed each line will be in a different color The final black and white result will be something like the following Standard mode D oon BABCDEFGHIJKLMNOFORSTUVWXYZUN abcdefghi ji imnopar st SABCDEFGHIJKLMNOFORSTUVMXYZ N abcdefghij Imnopgr stu ECDEFGHIJKLMNOFORSTUVRXYZ N defghi jk lmnop CDEFGHI Jb LMNOPGRSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghi jk lmnop HABCDEFGHI Jk LMNOFGRSTUVWXYZ _ abedefghi jk lanopar AECDEFGHIJILMNOPORSTUVWXYIEN abcde ghi j 1 IBCD FGHIJtLMNOFGRSTUVWXY2 N _ abcdefghi jh 1mnopars
37. APHICS COM See your MS DOS manual for further details Continuous echoing of text output to the screen to the printer can be toggled on and off by use of the Ctr or Ctrl P key combinations SETTING UP THE PRINTER FROM THE DOS PROMPT The PRINT command can be used to transmit control codes and escape sequences from a file to the printer in order to setup various parameters For instance if you want to set up NLQ printing the command is lt ESC gt x 1 1Bh 78h 31h A file must therefore be created using these three characters Though the MS DOS line editor EDLIN can be used there is a small difficulty in inputting the lt ESC gt character This is achieved with the following se quence Cui V CD and then the ASCII 1 can be input The file is then saved and output to the printer The session can therefore be something like the following A gt EDLIN NLQ DAT NEW FILE xI 1 V xl 2 C Of course if you have a text editor or word processor which allows you to input characters such as the lt ESC gt character this is probably preferable to using EDLIN For full details of how to use EDLIN consult your operating system manual 89 The resulting file should be sent to the printer using the COPY command eg A gt COPY NLQ DAT PRN prior to printing document files Of course this command can also be included in a batch file PROGRAMMING USING BASIC As discussed earlier a version of BA
38. BLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide to these functions Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device which also contains high voltages inside For that reason only carry out those operations described in this section CAUTION Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described here may result in electric shock and or damage to the printer When carrying out any repairs or maintenance always follow the instructions carefully TROUBLESHOOTING Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery which should not cause you any trouble provided it is used and treated sensibly However the few elementary tips below should avoid you having to make unnecessary service calls The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience faults Region of fault Power supply Power is not being supplied to the printer Printing The printer does not print or stops printing Dots are missing in characters or graphics While using application software fonts or characters cannot be printed The printout is not what is expected when running a program Paper feeding park switching bet ntinuous working properly Text is being printed all on one line or with extra blank lines Remember it is better not to attempt operations or repairs above your level of competen
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40. MULTI FONT MULTI FONT Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046 1984 an nounced by the DBP has been informed of the introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the right to examine the whole series It is the user s responsibility to see that his own assembled system is in accordance with the technical regulations under Vfg 1046 1984 To conform to FTZ regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded cable The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives The above statement applies only to printers marketed in West Germany Trademark Acknowledgements FR 10 FR 15 ND 10 15 NR 10 15 Star Micronics Co Lid IBM PC PC AT PC XT Proprinter Proprinter IT PC DOS Intemational Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation EX 800 EX 1000 EX 86e FX 286e Seiko Epson Corp WordStar MicroPro Intemational Corporation NOTICE Ali rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of Pt However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them The above notwithstandin
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42. S FOR M 1 TO CW 3 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M RETURN DATA Draft download character data DATA 139 DATA 124 0 66 4 64 36 16 2 NLQ download characer data DATA 0 23 0 DATA 1 248 0 0 DATA 16 2 0 0 32 124 0 0 0 0 63 248 DATA 0 0 0 0 DATA 16 0 0 0 16 12 4130 DATA 2 124 0 1 130 0 0 124 0 4140 DATA 0 130 0 0 124 0 0 128 0 4150 DATA 0 120 0 0 0 0 4160 4170 Dot graphics data 4180 ROW 1 4190 DATA 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 7 7 15 4200 14 14 14 14 14 7 7 3 3 15 4210 DATA 15 15 0 0 0 0 6 7 7 7 4220 DATA 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 0 0 7 4230 DATA s wy Te 7 7 7 7 Wo 4240 DATA 0 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 4260 ROW 2 4270 DATA 0 60 255 255 255 255 255 143 15 4280 DATA 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 131 193 241 4290 240 240 0 0 0 0 0 0 224 255 4300 DATA 255 255 255 255 31 0 0 0 1 3 4310 31 255 255 255 255 255 255 1 0 0 4320 0 1 7 31 255 252 240 192 128 0 4330 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 4340 ROW 3 4350 DATA 0 31 31 3 129 128 192 192 192 192 4360 192 224 224 224 224 240 255 255 255 255 4370 255 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 192 4380 DATA 255 255 255 255 255 15 15 63 252 240 4390 DATA 192 0 240 255 255 255 255 255 7 15 4400 DATA 127 252 240 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 4410 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 4420 ROW 4 4430 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56
43. SIC is usually supplied with PC compatible machines With this BASIC characters are sent to the printer using the LPRINT command and control codes are defined using the 0 function Sample program The following lines of BASIC give examples of how the printer may be driven from within your own programs 1000 Set control codes 1010 E CHR 27 Escape code 1020 D E x0 Draft quality 1030 L E x1 Letter quality 1040 F E k Select font 1050 C F CHR 0 L Select Courier 1060 H CHR 9 Horizontal tab 1070 P E P Pica pitch 1080 Start printing 1090 WIDTH LPT1 255 1100 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 27 CHR 0 1110 LPRINT C Font settings 1120 LPRINT H D Draft characters L 1130 LPRINT H F CHR 0 Courier characters 1140 LPRINT H F CHR 1 Sanserif characters 1150 LPRINT H F CHR 2 Letter Gothic 1160 LPRINT H F CHR 3 Orator characters 1170 LPRINT H F CHR 4 Script characters 1180 LPRINT H F CHR 5 OCR B characters 1190 LPRINT H F CHR 6 TW Light characters 1200 LPRINT H F CHR 7 Cinema characters 1220 LPRINT 1230 LPRINT C Print pitches are 1240 LPRINT H P Pica pitch 10 1250 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 12 CPI 1260 LPRINT 1270 LPRINT CHR 15 Select condensed print 1280 LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 1290 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1300 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel
44. STALL MENU COMMAND MENU RAM USAGE BUFFER DOWNLOAD 1LINEBUFFER QUIET MODE OFF ON GRAPHICS DIRECTION BI UNI AUTO ON LINE OFF ON FONT MENU mi ZERO STYLE NORMAL SLASHED NLQ FONT COURIER SANSERIF LETTER G ORATOR SCRIFT TW LIGHT CINEMA F PRINT MENU PRINT QUALITY NLO DRAFT PRINT PITCH 10 12 1 PROF HF CONDENSED FRINT OFF ON ITALIC PRINT OFF ON PAPER MENU OPTION ASF OFF ON AUTO LOADING 1 2 5 4 5 6 AUTO LOADING ASF 1 5 4 5 6 amp 1 PAPER OUT DETECTOR OFF ON FORMS MENU gt SHORT TEAR OFF OFF 0N F SKIP OVER PERFORATION OFF ON AUTO LF OFF ON AUTO CR OFF ON LINES FER INCH PAGE LENGTH INCH DIP SW 5 3 5 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 5 11 7 14 FACTORY SET 82 Hexadecimal dump mode In this mode all received data will be printed in hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed by tuming on the printer while simultaneously holding down and keys To turn off the mode it is necessary to tum off the printer completely The printout will be similar to that produced by aMS DOS DEBUG Display command ie the hexadecimal values of the bytes received will be given in rows of 16 divided into two blocks of eight Unprintable characters i
45. T Additional characters can be printed by special commands IMB mode Standard mode E 108 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected DIP switches 4 to 7 or by a command from software the following changes are made in the character set S A Tele Teff 2 SESESESISIEESEXES 2 E mem pue epe pere npe See Chapter 5 for the DIP switch settings The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode lt gt R IBM mode FS R n Where means character code n i e in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II France 6 Italy 11 Spain 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Denmark Norway 4 Denmark I 9 Norway 14 Irish 109 110 INDEX Application software installation 87 ASF 2 20 Troubleshooting 73 Auto CR 2 Auto LF 2 Auto loading 20 ASF 20 Auto on line 19 Automatic sheet feeder see ASF BASIC programming 90 96 Bidirectional printing 19 Bidirectional test mode 84 Buffer clear reset 16 Character sets 101 Character set 67 68 Cleaning 75 Command codes 24 Command menu 19 Condensed print 20 Connection
46. T STYLE In computer usage a zero is often written with a slash through it as follows This style is called SLASHED If a zero is written as a slightly thinner capital without the slash 0 this is may be chosen by selecting NORMAL Thisoption allows you to choose the default font selected when NLQ mode is selected All available fonts are given as options The default is COURIER 19 This menu allows you to set up various printing options which will be matically selected whenever you turn the printer on PRINT QUALITY This will select either Near Letter Quality NLQ or Draft DRAFT mode PRINT PITCH You may select a print pitch of either 10CPI or 12CPI stands for characters per inch or pro portional spacing PROP CONDENSED You may select condensed print to be either OFF or PRINT ON at power up ITALIC PRINT Youmay select italic printing to be either OFF or ON at power up Paper Menu OPTION ASF With this option you may selector cancel the Automatic Sheet Feeder option OFF or ON AUTO LOADING When you load paper automatically this option deter mines the number of lines by which the paper will be fed forward from the top of the paper The options range from 1 to 6 and the factory setting is 6 This option like the one above determines the number of lines by which the paper will be fed f
47. Z ml is a binary value representing the mode to which m0 is redefined being a value used after the lt 5 gt command 0 through 7 any of the modes represented by m0 are subsequently selected bit image printing will now take place in the mode as defined by m1 Select 9 dot graphics Standard d lt ESC gt A lt m gt lt 0 gt nl lt 0 gt E gt 1Bh 5 lt gt lt n0 gt nl lt 40 gt dn 21 94 m n0 ni lt d0 gt lt dn gt The command above selects the 9 dot bit image mode where lt m gt is a binary value representing the graphics mode see table below and n0 and n1 are binary 54 values low byte first giving number of graphics data bytes following as represented by lt 40 gt lt dn gt The number of data byte is twice the number of graphics columns to be printed Miscellaneous codes The following commands do not relate specifically to graphics but have more general applications The command above sets the MSB to 1 There are no parameters On receipt of this command the most significant bit MSB of subsequent data will always be set to 1 Set MSB to 0 lt ESC gt Standard 1Bh 3Dh The command above sets the MSB to 0 There are no parameters On receipt of this command the most significant bit MSB of subsequent data will always be set to 0 55 5 C The command
48. a ndn rs ra rg ra rg ns e Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 101 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 1 N eo lt gt gt wo t a u 2 eoo N gt e es 102 ze m UE lt C _ r Sele Se 103 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 Other characters are identical to Standard character set 1 3 1 D 1 142 143 m gt gt z z 5 5 led 104 IBM CHARACTER SET 2 lt gt 19 e gt wo e uw pany N e N 106 CHARACTER SET 1 al e gt Other characters are identical to IBM character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the lt ESC gt gt command 107 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SE
49. abs and IBM block graphic characters will be underlined Select cancel overline The command above will select or cancel overlining where n is a binary or ASCII value which may take the values 00h through O1h or 0 through 1 If the value is or 0 then overlining will be cancelled If lt n gt 01h or 1 then all printable characters including spaces but excluding horizontal tabs will be overlined 35 Select Supersenpusupsert Both The command above will select either superscript or subscript printing where n isa binary or ASCII value which may take the values 00h through 01h or 0 through 1 If the value is or 0 superscript printing will be selected and n 01h or 1 then subscript printing will be selected Cancel Both The command above will cancel superscript or subscript printing if either has been selected There are no parameters If either superscript or subscript printing has been selected then printing subsequent to receipt of this command will be in the normal position Line space control codes Line feed The command above advances the paper one line There are no parameters If Auto CR has been selected a carriage return will also be generated on receipt of a Line Feed character 1 6 inch line spacing will automatically be selected at power on The command above will reverse l
50. 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 Memory Switch settings Are you trying to feed paper You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is using the front panel buttons off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper while the ON LINE indicator There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with thinner paper is illuminated If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed Is the paper too thick check the following Possible remedy 15 the paper lever pushed to Make sure the release lever is pushed to the position the position Is the paper guide in the ver When using the tractor feed the paper guide should be tical position horizontal Are the holes on each side of If the two sides of the paper are out of alignment realign the paper aligned with regard them so that the sprocket holes match up to each other in the sprock ets Are the sprockets too close or Misalignment of the sprockets making the paper too too far apart loose or too tight will prevent a smooth paper feed Are the sprockets locked in Correct this if necessary position and the covers closed Is the paper feeding freely The paper should not be too far from the pri
51. ansmits a carriage return ODh character to the printer it automatically transmits a line feed as well Secondly the BASIC interpreter will not transmit EOF markers 1 Ah at all Normally this will not cause problems but if such a character is included in a character definition or graphic data string problems may occur To get round these two problems the use of the following subroutine patches is recommended 3090 GOSUB 5000 Monochrome display 5000 5010 O INP amp H3BD IF 0 lt 128 THEN 5010 5020 OUT amp H3BC MM OUT amp H3BE 5 OUT amp H3BE 4 5030 RETURN Color display 5000 5010 O INP amp H379 IF 0 lt 128 THEN 5010 5020 OUT amp H378 MM OUT amp H37A 5 OUT amp H37A 4 5030 RETURN Call these subroutines when downloading characters or bit image data instead of using an LPRINT CHR MM statement For other languages check the documentation to see how the compiler interpreter handles end of line and end of file characters NOTE These patches are only for use with Microsoft BASIC interpreters under PC DOS or MS DOS on PCs PC ATs or compatibles They will not work with other languages machines and or operating systems 96 Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Number of print pins Line spacing Serial Impact Dot matrix 250 cps Draft pica 63 cps NLQ pica Bidirectional logic seeking Unidirectional logic seeking selectable 9 1
52. bilities italic printing bold printing underlin ing subscripts etc The row of car symbols in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns which are printed in place of the character lt character 60 The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an SW logo The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 4180 to 4490 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Chapter 4 for details The pattern is printed in four rows each eight dots high and 65 dots wide Lines 1830 to 1900 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGO Line 1910 sets the line spacing to 8 72 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 1920 to 2020 does the printing in four passes of the print head This program can also be run in IBM mode if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for differences in some of the commands You will geta cylinder instead of a barrel effect becuase the IBM mode does not have any command to micro adjust the character spacing Modifications for IBM mode 1070 P CHR 18 Pica pitch 1250 LPRINT H E Elite pitch 12 CPI 1290 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1420 LPRINT CHR 28 Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1460 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 line spacing 1470 LPRINT E
53. by double parentheses thus They apply equally to both the standard and the IBM emulation modes They are given below Select font The command above selects a font where n is an value which may take the following values 63 e A print Both The command above selects or cancels italic printing where n is an ASCII value which be either 1 or 0 Any other values will be ignored If n 1 then italic printing is enabled and if n 0 then italic printing is cancelled Select cance bold print Both The command above selects or cancels bold printing where lt n gt is an ASCII value which may be either 1 0 Any other values will be ignored If n 1 then bold printing is enabled and if n 0 then bold printing is cancelled Select cancel underline Both He The command above selects or cancels underlining where lt n gt is an ASCII value which may be either 1 or 0 Any other values will be ignored If lt gt 1 then underlining is enabled and lt gt 0 then underlining is cancelled Select cancel expanded print Both The command above selects cancels expanded printing where lt n gt is ASCH value from 0 through 3 The effect of n is given in the table below command above selects color to be printed when
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55. ce Otherwise you run the risk of damaging the printer 69 Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate check the following Check Possible remedy Is the power cable properly Turn off the printer ensure the power cable is securely plugged into the electrical connected and then turn the printer back on outlet Is power being supplied to off the printer unplug it and try with another the outlet appliance to determine if electricity is being supplied to that outlet Is the printer voltage correct Check the bottom panel of your printer to ensure that the outlet voltage corresponds to the voltage required by the printer If they do not match DO NOT try to operate the printer Contact your supplier Printing If your printer does not print or suddenly stops printing check the follow ing Check Possible remedy Is the interface cable con Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to nected securely make sure that the connector is firmly in position Is the ON LINE indicator If it is not press the onune button to set the printer on minated line Is the PAPER indicator illu If it is the paper has run out Load more paper minated Is the paper caught up inter Tum off the power remove the jammed paper replace nally tumon the printer and continue printing Make sure that the leading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased Is the ribbon caught up Turn off the power remo
56. dard The command above sets the printer off line There are no parameters This com mand is not equivalent to pressing the lt once button on the front panel when the printer is on line as after the lt DC3 gt command has been received the printer will ignore any data transmitted to it except for the lt DC1 gt command below Set printer on line Both The command above sets the printer on line after a DC3 command above There are no parameters Deselect printer 10 carriage model only IBM The command above deselects the printer There are no parameters This command will deselect the printer forcing it to disregard all data and command codes until a lt DC1 gt 11h command is received to put the printer back on line This command applies only to the model of printer equipped with a 10 carriage 57 Deselect printer 15 carriage model only IBM The command above deselects the printer There are no parameters This command will deselect the printer forcing it to disregard all data and command codes until a lt DC1 gt 11h command is received to put the printer back on line This command applies only to the model of printer equipped with a 15 carriage The command above disables the printer s paper out detection There are no parameters Th s overrides the setting made by the Memory Switch settings Chapter The command above enables the printer s paper out detection There are no pa
57. e control codes from 00h through and 7Fh through FFh are represented by periods The following BASIC program will produce the result below it 10 FOR 0 TO 255 20 LPRINT CHR I 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END After the program has been run the printer s buffer should be flushed by pressing the _onune button 01 O2 O3 04 05 06 07 08 09 OC OD OE OF 10 1i 12 13 14 18 16 17 18 19 14 1B 1C 1D 1E LF 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 20 2E I 4 30 32 55 54 55 36 57 58 39 3B 3C 3D SF 01254567 89 4 gt 40 41 42 45 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4 AC 40 4E HIJKLMNO 50 51 52 55 54 55 56 57 58 59 SB SC SD SE SF PORSTUVW XYZ NJ1 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6F abcdefg hijkimno 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7 7B 7C 7D 7E 7 parstuvw 17 0 82 85 84 85 86 87 88 89 8D BF J 90 91 92 95 94 95 96 97 98 99 9B 9C 9D 9E Ai 2 7 5 AD 7 B2 B3 BS B7 B8 B BB BC BD BE BF C3 CA CS C7 C9 CB CC CD DO Di D2 D3 04 DS D 07 09 DA DB DC DD DE DF El E2 ES 4 ES Eb E7 EF EB ED EE FO F1 F2 F3 F4 FS F6 F7 F8 F9
58. eleasing the button will reset the printer back to the settings at power on TEST AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS The printer is equipped with a number of functions to assist testing and main tenance Since it is anticipated that they will not be used very often they are not described here but in Chapter 6 However briefly they are A text test print mode A short test print mode Along test print mode hexadecimal dump mode A bidirectional print test 16 Chapter 3 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES In addition to the pitch and font many other options regarding the setup of the printer can be carried out from the front panel To access these options it is necessary to tum off the printer and then tum it on again while holding down the Pieri and see buttons together This will cause the printer to print a series of questions and options to which you can answer using the front panei buttons This is called the Memory Switch mode 10 POWER 12 MICRO FEED PAPER e PROP SET EJECT PARK PAPER FEED ONLINE cono e n The principle involved is that the printer will print a list of options line You use smesa and buttons to move the print head so that it is below the option you want to choose The printer will move the paper up and down as appropriate so that the menu options are visible The
59. ength The bottom margin is reset and the current line after execution of this command is made the new top of form This com mand is invalid if the line spacing is set to 0 40 Set top of form IBM lt ESC gt 4 1Bh 34h 27 52 The command above sets the top of form position at the current paper position There are no parameters On receipt of this command the top of form position will be set to the current paper position Margins and vertical tab setting control codes Move to next vertical tab position Both 1 1 The command above moves the paper to the next vertical tab position There are no parameters On receipt of this command the printer prints data stored in the print buffer and the paper moves to the next vertical tab position or if there are no more vertical tab positions on the page to the top of the next page If no vertical tab po sitions have been set with the lt ESC gt B command or if they have been cleared the paper moves forward by one line Set vertical tab positions Both lt ESC gt B lt 0 gt nl lt NUL gt 1Bh 2h n0 ia lt 1 gt 00h 27 4 66 lt 0 gt command above sets vertical tab positions where the values represented by n0 to lt gt are binary values giving the vertical tab positions in lines from the top of the page The values given must be in ascending order If they are not the sequence will be terminated The sequence mu
60. er table to be used in subsequent printing where n can be a binary or ASCII value from 00h through 02h or 0 through 2 The following table shows the effect of this parameter Vale of 2 Selects standard character table or i Selects IBM character table 02h or 2 Moves character set downloaded in 00h to 7Fh area to 80h to FFh area Any other values are invalid and will be ignored 27 lt ESC gt 7 The command above selects the primary character set There are no parameters The area from 80h to 9Fh is used for control codes Select secondary character set Both lt ESC gt 6 1Bh 36h 27 54 The command above selects the secondary character set There are no parameters The area from 80h to 9Fh is used for printable characters Select International character set R lt n gt lt ESC gt Standard 1Bh 2h lt n gt 82 lt gt The command above selects an international character set where lt n gt is binary value in the range through OEh The character set selected is dependent on the value of n as shown in the table below International character set Japan Value of n International character set 00h USA 08h Franc 02h Germany Denmark ODh 07h SpainI 28 Any other values of lt gt invalid and will be ignored The special characters affecting each symbol set are given in Chapter 9 Print con
61. everto the rear of the printer position to select cut sheet paper disengaging the fanfold sprockets NOTE If you do not move the release lever at this stage the printer will wam you at the next step by emitting a continuous series of beeps 14 4 Insert the cut sheet paper in the paper guides 5 Press the button in order to feed the cut sheet to the starting print position The printer will automatically go on line 6 Print as normal on the cut sheet s and when you have finished printing put the printer off line by pressing the lt o une gt button again 7 the software has not done this for you eject the paper by pressing the seio button 8 Move the release lever to the front of the paper d position to select fanfold paper engaging the fanfold sprockets 9 Now feed the fanfold paper to the print position by pressing the button The paper will move to its former print position and the printer will automatically go on line You are now ready to start printing on fanfold paper again Short tear off function The short tear off function is handy when using fanfold paper It ejects the paperso that the perforation is just above the transparent cover allowing you tear it off without having to open up the printer It then reverses the paper feed after you have torn off the paper thereby starting printing at the top of the next form This feature is especially useful if you are using pre printed stati
62. f the paper after auto loading is determined by the Memory Switch setting see Chapter 3 The vertical position of the paper can be finely adjusted by means of the micro feed function see Chapter 2 Fanfold paper continuous stationery If you are going to use fanfold continuous paper then you will need to use the integral tractor mechanism assembly situated under the rear cover of the printer 1 Remove the top and rear covers of the printer to insert the paper Clamp lever Rear cover Sheet guide Sprocket cover Sprocket Push the release lever towards the front of the printer to position This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed With the sprocket covers open thread the paper over the sprockets aiigning the sprocket holes with the pins on the sprockets Adjust the spacing of the sprockets by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each sprocket to release and lock the sprocket in position when the lever is up the sprocket may be moved and when it is down the sprocket is locked Release lever Sprocket cover Fanfold paper Now close the sprocket covers again making sure that the paper sprocket holes are aligned with the pins on the sprockets If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Turn on the printer using the sw
63. g STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1989 Star Micronics Co Ltd CONGRATULATIONS Thank you for buying this printer This printer is provided with the follow ing features 2 print modes Draft and Near Letter Quality Many different typefaces built into the printer Epson or IBM Proprinter compatibility including graphics Comprehensive paper handling facilities cut sheet or tractor as stan dard with optional Automatic Sheet Feeder Paper park facility for loading cut sheet paper without having to unload fanfold paper Memory Switch facility enabling comprehensive programming from the front panel Optional color facilities ORGANIZATION OF THIS MANUAL This manual is divided into 9 chapters Use chapters 1 through 3 as a User Guide giving you information on how to set up and start your printer The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledge off the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Introduction Read this section first as it explains how to unpack and install your printer Chapter 2 Front panel controls There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection This section shows you how to use the front panel controls C
64. gs chosen in Memory Switch mode being now set in the printer 18 MENU OPTIONS The following is a list of the options within the menus and their meanings together with the prompts printed in Memory Switch mode The prompts are given in capital letters in square brackets thus OFF Factory settings are marked here with an asterisk for example ON A summary of factory settings is also provided following this section Command Menu This menu allows you to set up various parameters controlling the overall setup of the printer RAM USAGE The printer RAM may be used as a print buffer BUFFER for downloading fonts DOWNLOAD or as a single line buffer TLINE BUFFER QUIET MODE The printer may either print slower and quieter ON or faster making slightly more noise OFF GRAPHICS When printing in graphics mode the printer may either DIRECTION print bidirectionally in alternate directions for speed BI or in one direction only unidirectional for in creased accuracy UNI For practically all purposes however bidirectional printing is sufficiently accurate AUTO ON LINE If this is set ON then when paper is inserted the printer will automatically come on line If set OFF then you will have to press the button to bring the printer on line Font Menu This menu allows you to set two parameters conceming fonts which will be automatically selected whenever you tum on the printer ZERO STYLE NLQ FON
65. hapter 3 Setting up the Memory Switches Your printer has a Memory Switch function which allows you to make certain system settings from the front panel This section explains the operation of these Memory Swithes Chapter 4 Emulations and escape codes 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 DIP Switches This section explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer 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 give a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself It is not however a complete service manual Call a qualified service engineer if you are unsure of your ability to Carry out any maintenance or servicing operations Chapter 8 Specif
66. haracter data and are the same as lt ESC gt amp The attribute byte lt a gt indicates whether the character is an ascender not using the lowest of the nine vertical dots or a descender not using the highest dot and whether it has a downward extension to 12 dots The attribute byte a2 gives proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell maxi mum 11 dots The character will be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in this width Characters defined by this command can be selected by lt ESC gt 1 lt ESC gt I 4 lt ESC gt 15 lt ESC gt 16 Define NLQ download character s Both lt ESC gt amp lt NUL gt cl c2 a0 al a2 n 4 lt gt 1 26 00h cl c2 al a2 n Ue n 27 38 cl c2 al a2 n Vs n a0 a0 The command above enables the definition of soft characters to be downloaded The following rules are observed c1 and c2 are binary values which determine the character range which will be replaced by downloaded data For instance if lt 1 gt 20 and lt c2 gt 30h all characters from 20h through 30h will be overwritten by the downloaded data If a downloaded character i
67. ications This section gives the specifications of your printer Chapter 9 Character sets These charts give the different character sets available and the differences between national character sets as set up with the DIP switches Chapter 1 Chapter 2 3 Chapter 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 LOCATING THE PRINTER 2 4 44424 2 1 UNPACKING SETTING UP AND CONNECTION 1 Setting Up ise ce 3 e sein PR 5 LOADING PAPER 7 Cut sheet Daper nne terere epe ero het neni oa Yn kie eio 7 Fanfold paper continuous stationery eese 8 Once the paper has been loaded 10 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 11 CONTROLS AND 8 22 2 22 02 22 2 1 Gore CD 11 rete REUS 11 PITCH SET TING ie Lee Yin 12 Pitch Panel Lock 12 FONT SETTING 13 Font Panel Lock a 13 QUIET 13 PAPER HANDLING vesiis neries aitis 14 Form feed eec RN NAE 14 Paper parking eter tiec ies tee ERR 14 Short tear off function eese 15 Micro Feed p 16 BUFFER CLEAR RESET cscsssscesessosssccecececeesecseseceseceesacees 16 TEST AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS
68. ine feed the paper one line There are ro parameters 1 6 inch line spacing is automatically selected at power on 36 Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Both There are no parameters The command above sets line spacing to 1 8 inch where 0 is the ASCH value 0 Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Both There are no parameters The command above sets line spacing to 7 72 inch where 1 is the ASCII value 1 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Standard 1Bh 32h There are no parameters The command above sets line spacing to 1 6 inch where 2 is the ASCII value 2 Set line spacing to n 216 inch Both The command above allows precise control of line spacing where lt n gt is a binary value Upon receipt of this command the line spacing will be set to lt n gt 216 inch 37 Set line spacing to n 72 inch Standard 1Bh 41h lt n gt The command above sets the line spacing in increments of 1 72 inch where lt n gt is a binary value On receipt of this command line spacing will be set to lt n gt 72 inch Define line spacing cme ins inch increments The command above defines line spacing in 1 72 inch increments where lt n gt is an optional binary value if it is not equal to zero lt n gt defines the line spacing which will be implemented after an lt ESC gt 2 command has been received If lt n gt 0 then the current value of line spacing set by a previous lt
69. is will alternately illuminate and extinguish the QUIET indicator When in Quiet mode the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level 13 PAPER HANDLING The following sections describe the ways in which you can control paper feeding etc by means of the front panel controls Form feed A form feed can be achieved from the front panel in the following way 1 Put the printer off line by pressing the button so that the indicator is extinguished 2 Press the button and keep it depressed 3 Press onune button momentarily 4 The paper will then move forward to the top of the next sheet fanfold paper or eject a cut sheet 5 Set the printer on line again lt button to resume printing Paper parking Paper parking is useful if you are using fanfold paper and you want to print a document on one or two sheets of cut sheet paper The printer parks the fanfold paper safely out of the way so that you do not need to unload the paper before inserting cut sheet paper then when you have finished printing on cut sheet paper moves the fanfold paper back to its original position so that you can restart printing To use this facility follow the instructions below 1 Putthe printer off line press the button so that the indicator goes out 2 Press the s button so that the fanfold paper is moved out of the paper path 3 Nowmovethe release l
70. itch at the back of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded This is also confirmed by the orange PAPER indicator 7 Now press button The paper bail will move clear of the paper and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen and the print head will move to the start position As when loading cut sheet paper the Memory Switch setting will determine the initial position of the paper after auto feeding and the micro feed function may be used to adjust the paper position 8 Remount the top cover rear cover and the transparent printer cover 9 Remount the paper guide as shown below Paper guide Once the paper has been loaded The printer will now be on line the ON LINE indicator will be lighted You may now want to choose a font a pitch and a print quality This can be done from the front panel but you must put the printer off line first by pressing the Covune gt button The indicator will go out and the printer will beep to confirm this 10 Chapter 2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The following section describes the front panel controls and indicators on your printer together with a description of the functions performed by them CONTROLS AND INDICATORS The following is a brief guide to the controls and indicators on the front panel Controls
71. line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will illuminate and select the following options in this order Indica 10 characters per inch 10 12 characters per inch 12CPI 17 characters per inch 10CPI COND 20 characters per inch 12CPI COND PROP Holding down this button will cycle continuously between these options Pitch Panel Lock If the button is pressed when the printer is turned on the pitch will be locked and no pitch changes can be made from software It is still possible however to put the printer off line and change the pitch using the button 12 FONT SETTING Pressing button will illuminate a font indicator Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Note that the selection of some fonts shown in yellow on the front panel is shown by an orange indicator and the selection of others shown in green on the front panel is shown by a green indicator Holding down iront button will cycle continuously between the fonts available TW Light Draft Font Panel Lock If the rov button is pressed when the printer is turned on the font will be locked and no font changes be made from software It is still possible however to put the printer off line and change the font using the Font button QUIET MODE To select Quiet mode the printer must be on line While it is on line press the button Th
72. ll bit image printing is carried out as raster graphics ie data is accepted in blocks and then printed as adjacent lines of graphics one dot wide Select bit Image mode The command above selects one of the graphic modes available on the printer and prints graphic data where lt m gt is a binary value representing the graphics mode see table below and n0 and n1 are binary values low byte first giving the number of graphic data bytes following as represented by lt 40 gt dn The actual number of data bytes varies according to the graphic mode chosen The number of data bytes is equal to the number of graphic columns to be printed Graphic print modes wwe DR Mee bh 0 Single 4 80 Ploter 10 s ceu 9 240 Adjacent dots are not printable in this mode 52 Relationship of bit number to dot position When the printer is printing bit image data the relationship of dots to pins used is as follows Bit Pin number number WOONMOUBONM Select 8 dot normal density lt ESC gt K lt 0 gt lt 1 gt d0 sli lt dn gt 1Bh 4Bh n0 nl lt 40 gt is lt dn gt 27 75 lt 0 gt The command above selects 8 dot normal density bit image printing where lt n0 gt and n1 are binary values low byte first representing the number of data bytes following the command The data bytes are represented by lt 40 gt l
73. ll characters from 20h to FFh are copied Regardless of the character set the characters 80h to 9Fh are copied However the block characters of the IBM character set BOh through DFh F4h and 5 are copied as space characters Binary Value Define draft download character s Both lt ESC gt amp lt NUL gt cl lt c2 gt lt gt dl 5 lt gt 1Bh 3Dh 00h cl c2 n lt dl gt lt dn gt lt dn gt 27 61 0 cl c2 n di The command above enables the definition of soft characters to be downloaded This command is only valid if DOWNLOAD has been selected in the RAM USAGE menu of the Memory Switch see Chapter 3 for details and the draft mode has been selected before this command is executed The following rules are observed c1 and c2 are binary values which determine the character range which will be replaced by downloaded data For instance if c1 20h and lt c2 gt 30h all characters from 20h through 30h will be overwritten by the downloaded data If a downloaded character is stored in the area 80h through 9Fh it can only be printed in the character set 2 mode It is possible to store downloaded characters in the part of the character set reserved for IBM block graphics BOh through DFh F4h and F5h but these characters can only be printed when the standard character set has been selected Each character is defined by an attribute byte n
74. mand above will set relative vertical tab positions where n is a binary value giving the distance in lines between vertical tabs set by this command The vertical tabs set by this command are subsequently accessed by the VT command vertical tabs previously set are cleared Instead of the ASCII 1 the binary O1h character can be used 42 Set top mE Both The command above sets the top margin where n isa binary value which specifies the height of the top margin to the first printed line in lines at the current line pitch setting Printing will start on the lt m gt 1th line on the page Subsequent changes to the line pitch setting will not affect this value The command above sets the bottom margin where n is a binary value specifying the bottom margin depth in lines at the current line pitch setting If the page length is reset with the lt ESC gt C or lt ESC gt C lt NUL gt commands the effect of this command will be lost Subsequent changes to the line pitch setting however will not affect the length set by this command The command above cancels the settings for top and bottom margins There are no parameters The command above sets the left and right margins where the two values repre sented by the n s are binary numbers used for setting the left and right margins respectively Margins are set at the current horizontal pitch 43 Set left margin Both 1Bh lt
75. n How ever this should pose no problem Read this section and the guidelines provided with your software on printer installation If you have your printer set up in standard mode then choose an Epson EX 800 or EX 1000 as your printer to be selected If neither of these are mentioned choose one of the following in order of preference Star NR 10 15 Star ND 10 15 Epson FX86e Epson FX 286e If you have your printer set up with the DIP switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter II simply choose this from the list of printers available in the application software list If the IBM Proprinter II is not mentioned use Proprinter You may be able to customize your application software to install some of the control commands specific to your printer for instance changing fonts which are not available to you under the standard emulation For instance if you are installing WordStar you may wish to use the PQ PW PE and APR commands to choose different typefaces This can all be done with the WordStar installation program Read the section on escape sequences for details of how to change fonts for example If your word processor does not allow you to change fonts it may allow pause in printing Insert a pause command in your text file at the point where you want to change fonts When the document is printed printing will then pause at that point You can then put the printer off line and change fonts with the front panel
76. nded printing will be performed subsequent to the receipt of this command until any of the following commands is received lt DC4 gt lt LF gt lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt VT gt lt FF gt lt ESC gt lt FF gt or lt ESC gt W 32 Cancel one line expanded print Both The command above cancels the one line expanded print mode set by lt SO gt or lt ESC gt lt SO gt There are no parameters Select Master print mode Both lt gt 27 33 lt gt command above selects a Master print mode where lt gt is a binary value composed of the addition of the following bit settings Ee ERE dec hex bit 1 bit 0 of oh Pich 12 3 Emphasized printing 6 64 Italic printing Underlined printing Hence if condensed italic underlined print is required at 12cpi the values of bits 2 6 7 and 0 must be added together This comes to in decimal 4 64 128 1 197 or in hexadecimal 04h 40h 80h 01h CSh The master mode is hence a useful way of selecting a number of print parameters simultaneously 10h Double strike printing sel 5 32 20h Double width printing set set set 33 The command above selects print mode resident downloaded font pitch where lt n gt is a binary value The print mode selected by different values of lt n gt is shown in the table below NLQ download 7 This command is ignored if Panel Lock mode has been
77. nter less into the printer than 1 meter 3 feet and there should be no cables or other obstacles obstructing its path The paper should also be feeding straight into the printer and an angled feed may cause jams and blockages 72 Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick Possible remedy You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is off line Set the printer off line and then feed paper There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way one top copy and three NCR copies Try with thinner paper If the ASF is not operating is not feeding paper correctly check the following Has the ASF option been selected using the Memory Switch functions Is the release lever set to the B position Is the ASF correctly mounted Is paper caught up near the print head Are the left and right guides too close together Is there too much paper in the paper feed hopper or stacker Was the paper fanned before being fed into the ASF Has the paper been used al ready or is it creased Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick or too thin Possible remedy Select this option The release lever should be set to the single sheet position Make sure
78. onery such as invoices etc which will not be printed all together To use the short tear off function press the lt onune button when the printer is on line and hold it down for a few seconds When you release the button the printer will go off line and the paper will move up a few inches allowing you to tear off the form To return the paper to its previous position press the button once again When you release the button the printer will return to its on line status and the paper will be fed backwards with the print head aligned with the top of the next form 15 The Micro Feed facility is useful if you wish to align paper exactly It feeds the paper forwards or backwards in 1 216th inch increments To use this feature put the printer off line using gt button Holding down these buttons continuously will continue to feed the paper for wards or backwards in small increments BUFFER CLEAR RESET It is possible to clear the buffer of the printer or to return it to its power on status by using the front panel buttons without having to turn the power off and on To do this put the printer off line press the we gt button and then down the Front button Releasing the Cont button within two seconds of holding it down before releasing the onune gt button will clear the data in the buffer Releasing the button after two seconds again before r
79. optional items for details of how to attach them to your printer 2 Setting Place your printer in the position where is going to be permanently sited and remove all packing material from inside the top cover This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer in transit You may like to keep this packing with the printer carton if you intend transporting the printer for use at a different location Platen knob The platen knob should be removed from the accessory box inside the shipping carton Mount the platen knob on the shaft on the right hand side of the printer Tum the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position NOTE Before turning the platen knob always ensure that the power to the printer is OFF Remove top cover by lifting front using two grips at side and pulling towards you Now install the ribbon 1 Use the tensioning knob on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack turn clockwise 2 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see illustration below Print head shield Ink ribbon Print head 3 Use the grips on the side of the ribbon cartridge to help locate the cartridge squeeze them inwards gently and make sure that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Ribbon cartridge Ribbon tensioning knob Print head Ribbon holder
80. orward from the top of the paper but here the option is determined for the Automatic Sheet Feeder Again the options range from 1 to 6 and 6 is the factory setting Frequently the printer will detect the lack of paper and go off line with a number of beeps if no paper is inserted in the printer ON However this can be disabled OFF AUTO LOADING ASF PAPER OUT DETECTOR 20 Forms Menu This menu allows you to set various options associated with paper handling HORT TEAR OFF When using fanfold continuous paper this Short Tear Off option allows you to tear off one sheet of paper without having to eject the whole of the following sheet If this option is set ON when the paper reaches the top of the form it will automatically be advanced a little allowing you to tear off the paper easily Set this option to OFF if you do not want to use it When using fanfold continuous paper you may wish printing to stop a little before the bottom of each sheet and start printing a little after the beginning of the next in other words skipping over the perforation This is useful if you want to produce program listings etc This can be enabled by setting this option ON or if using software which performs this function automatically it can be set OFF If set ON this will expand all received carriage return codes to a line feed and carriage return pair However
81. owing section covers the unpacking and installation of your printer together with information on paper loading and handling both continuous and cut sheet paper LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By a suitable place we mean A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat ie away from direct sunlight and away from heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away from excessive dust A location with sufficient space to locate the printer and any paper to be fed into it as well as the printed paper coming out If youareusing a parallel connection to your computer make sure that it is within 2m 6ft of the printer an RS 232 connection using the optional RS 232 interface can be made over longer distances UNPACKING SETTING UP AND CONNECTION Now unpack the contents of the printer shipping container and make sure that you have the following The printer itself Paper guide assembly The platen knob A fabric ribbon If any of these items are missing contact your supplier User s manual Ribbon cartridge lt gt Paper guide Printer The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are Serial RS 232 interface board Automatic sheet feeder Color option kit See the installation instructions contained with these
82. print head as recommended by your supplier 1 Tum OFF the printer and remove the power cable 2 Ifthe printer has been in operation immediately before this operation the print head will be hot NOTE Allow time for the print head to cool before attempting to work on it 3 Open the top cover 4 Remove the ribbon cartridge as described above 5 Using a Phillips type screwdriver carefully unscrew the two bolts securing the print head to the print head assembly see the illustration below 6 Pull the printhead firmly upwards releasing the print head card edge con nectors from the connector mounted on the chassis 7 Remove the retaining screws and washers from the print head assembly Put them on one side 8 Take the new print head and locate it in position making sure that the card edge connections fit securely into the chassis connector 78 head boits gt Print head NOTE DO NOT apply excessive force as this may result in damage to the print head 9 Fasten down the new print head using the retaining washers and screws Do not apply excessive force when tightening the screws as this may strip the thread but ensure that the print head is firmly secured 10 Replace the ribbon cartridge 11 Replace the top cover 12 Re insert the power cable and re apply power Your printer may now be used You may like to check the print quality using one of the test print procedures see below 79 FRONT P
83. printer too see Chapter 1 Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid over dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision me chanical devices If you have to use the printer in such an situation you might like to consider the use of an acoustic hood whose primary functionis to reduce the printer s noise but can also act as a barrier against dust Consult your supplier for details of a suitable model To clean the exterior of the printer use a barely damp cloth use either water with a little detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer Theinterior ofthe 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 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the pririt head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses To make this adjustment remove the top cover The adjustment lever is located near the left end of the paper bail Pulling the adjustment lever towards you widens the gap pushing it away from you narrows the gap There are four positions you can feel the lever clicking into each position The first position narrowest gap is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results
84. r OOh or 01h or an ASCII value of either 0 or 1 If n is set to OOh or 0 then immediate printing is cancelled If lt n gt is set to Olh or 1 then immediate printing is enabled In immediate print mode each character is sent straight to the print head as it is received from the host computer unbuffered and the paper moves up so that it is possible to read what is on the paper similar to a typewriter The command above resets the printer There are no parameters On receipt of this command the buffer is cleared and all settings with the following exceptions are restored to their power up values ASF settings made with the lt ESC gt EM command Panel mode settings 62 command above controls operation of the ASF where lt EM gt is the ASCII code 19h and n may take the binary values 00h or 04h or the ASCII values or The effect of these values is summarized below Select manual mode Select auto mode R Eject paper Set top print position This parameter must be followed by another binary value gt 1 signify ing the distance in 1 6 inch units at which printing should start below the top of the paper These commands will be ignored if the ASF has not been selected ASCII command sequences The command above sequences are not preceded by a lt 5 gt or FS character but instead are preceded
85. rameters This overrides the setting made by the Memory Switch settings Chapter 3 58 Enable disable Both The command above enables or disables bidirectional printing where n is a binary value of either 00h or 01h or an ASCII value of either 0 or 1 If n is set to 00h or 0 then bidirectional printing will be performed and if it is or 1 then unidirectional printing will be performed subsequent to the receipt of this command If the Memory Switch setting has been made for bidirectional printing this command will be ignored Enable unidirectional printing for one line only Both The command above enables unidirectional printing for one line only There are no parameters Printing will be performed from left to right for the current line only The command above cancels any existing macro instruction and replaces it with the defined instruction The defined macro instruction consists of the characters be tween the and lt RS gt These can be any printable characters or control characters except lt RS gt up to a maximum of 16 characters Execute macro instruction The command above executes a previously defined macro instruction 59 Enable disable large character printing Both lt ESC gt h lt n gt 1Bh 68h lt n gt 27 104 lt n gt The command above enlarges whole or part of characters or cancels such enlarge ment where n is a binary value of
86. rintout below shows a short sample of the results of this test Draft 2 000 8 5008433 0941445 111 6 4 MELE 0127426789 4 BABCDEFGH IJI MNOFORSTUVWXYZ N _ abcdefgh sh Imnopar stuvwayz 1 2 E ASA all Se ESS rni et ip e OOE AMA TS 1129 ham MEXE 113 0121455789 DRABCDEFGHIJKLNWOFGRSTUWXYZ N _ abc de ghi jk lanopgr stuvwyz C i 1 DUE EIRFA i iSt s oc I HE n EH Meier cp iat 2004454 DOBI 1 AG Illos ay MNSE OE 7012745676 RABCDEFGHIJI LHNOFORSTUVWXYZIN abcae amp gni lmnopar stuvw yz 2 vCueaaa c BeeiiiaAE ako bouuy Ut ENRE d o m E mm rr POT ure py iat lt lt Courier gt gt 9 2 1515 111 7 1793836 0123456789 lt gt 7 2 2 517 gbedefgh jeimnoparetuvwxyz i 7oQ amp aaag 66611 IAALEEOSOQUYOUCENR amp Uf Ra e Li i H4 191 1579 tt HII rh 242 iens MAI Siri em mat 179338 0123456789 lt gt JKLANOFORSTUVYXYZ _ abodef ghi jk mnopqretuvxyz TI ARERMOGOOUYOUCEYR EA 16 197
87. rtt HTC nr 2 incon 0609469 DOs Maat TSi I imsar 9346 0123456769 lt gt GABCDEFGHLJKLMNOPORSTUVMXYZ N abcdefghi jkimnopqratuvwxyz 1 RAUYOUCEWRS 4160 18 111 hes um d PR rit poer zour toopea lt lt Bane Serif gt gt 0007949 DOS oe 41146 414 1788467 0 E 0123456789 lt gt IKLMNOPGRETUUWXYZ 17_ jabedefgh 9881 1 7 GOARA KA E ETTO ete een 1 004 peste 0897449 49 116 eam f 0123456709 lt gt abcdefghi jk lenap atuvee yz i T 1 ee eee did Pei enean eis ent n 0007609 Dolk e 0e 1 ABLE fimm 7 9 0 0121456789 lt gt LHNOPGRB TUVMXYZ N abcdefghi jkimnopar sLu vexyz 270006 DOLY C De LR 1 S i x OE I 444311135742 OTE TPE TET rrit poe 2 fy ent e 11 1 4 abcdefgh CT H zte gne lt lt ORATOR gt gt s 0007949 foe 1 3 E ETTIAAE amp KOODODYOUCEVRA A 1
88. s stored in the area 80h through 9Fh it can only be printed in the character set 42 mode It is possible to store downloaded characters in the part of the character set reserved for IBM block 50 graphics through F4h and F5h but these characters can only be printed when the standard character set has been selected lt a0 gt lt al gt and lt a2 gt are attribute bytes setting the starting dot column printable width in dots and ending dot column respectively The vertical definition of the characters is 18 dots Each byte therefore represents a third of the vertical definition If n bytes are required for a character the arrangement of these bytes is as follows where the byte numbers are represented by decimal numbers starting at O and the total width of the character has been defined by the parameter a7 Bit number Ist Byte 2nd Byte al x 3 bytes in total 3rd Byte 51 Select download standard character set Both lt n gt The command above selects either the standard or downloaded character set where n is a binary value 00h 01h or an ASCII value 0 or 1 If n equals or 0 the standard character set is selected This is the default value at power on If Olh or 1 has been selected then the downloaded character set is selected Graphics The following commands relate to the graphical capabilities of the printer bit image mode A
89. see IBM mode 112 Quiet mode 11 13 19 R RAM usage 19 Ribbon installation 4 76 RS232 interface 1 S Setting up from DOS 89 Short tear off Memory Switches 27 Short tear off function 75 Skip over perforation 27 Slashed zero 79 Specifications 97 Spreadsheet installation 88 Standard mode 23 Test mode Long 87 Short 80 Text 82 Test settings 76 Troubleshooting 69 Unidirectional printing 19 Unpacking 1 3 V Vertical pitch 27 2 Zero Style 19 Star Micronics Co Ltd invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual Please address your correspondence to Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS CO LTD 194 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 F R of Germany Attn Product Manager U K Market STAR MICRONICS U K LTD Star House Peregrine Business Park Gomm Road High Wycombe Bucks 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 Room 2408 10 Sincere Building 173 Des Voeux Road Central
90. selected o Select emphasized print mode Both 27 The command above selects the emphasized print mode There no parameters All characters printed subsequent to receipt of this command will be printed in emphasized mode This command is valid only in draft mode Cancel emphasized print mode Both lt ESC gt F 1Bh 46h 27 70 The command above cancels the ernphasized print mode There are no parameters All characters printed subsequent to receipt of this command will be printed in non emphasized mode cancelling the effect of the lt ESC gt E command 34 Select printing Both The command above will select the double strike print mode There are no parame ters Any characters printed subsequent to the receipt of this command will be printed in double strike mode Cancel double strike printing The command above will cancel the double strike print mode There are no parameters Any characters printed subsequent to the receipt of this command will be printed in non double strike print mode cancelling the effect of the lt ESC gt G command The command above will select or cancel underlining where lt n gt is a binary or ASCII value which may take the values through 01h or 0 through 1 If the value is or 0 then underlining will be cancelled If lt n gt 01h or 1 then all printable characters including spaces but excluding horizontal t
91. st end with a lt NUL gt ASCII 00h If no values are given between the lt ESC gt B and the lt NUL gt then all vertical tab positions pre viously set will be cleared Printing will start on the lt gt th line in standard mode and the lt n gt th line in IBM mode 41 Select vertical form unit VFU channel Both 1Bh 2Fh m 27 47 m The command above selects a VFU within which all subsequent VT commands will be executed where m is a binary value from 0 to 7 Different sets of vertical tabs can be stored in different channels using the lt ESC gt b command and selected using this command Set VFU vertical tabs Both ESC b m n0 iss nl NUL 621 lt gt n0 nl 00h 27 98 m n0 vis nl 0 The command above sets vertical tabs inside a VFU where m is the VFU channel 0 lt lt gt lt 7 accessed by the lt 5 gt m command and subsequent absolute values in lines of vertical tabs accessed by the VT command are represented by n0 to n1 These values must be given in ascending order otherwise the command will be terminated The sequence must end with a lt NUL gt 00h If no vertical tab values are given between the channel number and the lt NUL gt then all previous vertical tab positions set for that channel will be cleared Set relative vertical tab positions Both e 1 n 1Bh 65h 31h n 27 101 49 n The com
92. t ESC gt lt BS gt lt n gt codes Note that the above command sequence is for example purposes only it does not have any real function 25 Font style and character set control codes Select italic characters Standard The sequence above selects italic character printing Deselect italic printing lt ESC gt 5 Standard 1Bh 35h 27 53 lt FS gt 5 1Ch 35h 28 53 The sequence above deselects italic printing Select print mode This command selects the print mode for subsequent printing where lt n gt may be a binary value of 00h or 01h or either of the ASCII characters 0 or 1 30h or 31h If n is equal to 00 or 0 then Draft mode will be selected and if equal to O1h or 1 then NLQ mode will be selected All other parameters are invalid This command will also be ignored if Font Panel Lock has been selected 26 Select font lt ESC gt 1Bh 27 The command above selects a typeface for subsequent NLQ printing where lt n gt is a binary value in the range of 00h to 07h The following table shows the effect of different values of this parameter Sup 02h Lener Gothic Fan Ora Cmm Any other parameters are invalid and will be ignored This command will also be ignored if Font Panel Lock has been selected Select character table ESC t 1Bh 74h 27 116 The command above will select the charact
93. t dn gt This command has the same effect as lt ESC gt 0 Select 8 dot double density Both lt ESC gt L n0 nl d0 ET dn Bh 4Ch n0 nl d0 vie dn 27 76 n0 nl lt 40 gt is dn The command above selects 8 dot double density bit image printing where n0 and n1 are binary values low byte first representing the number of data bytes following the command The data bytes are represented by lt 40 gt dn This command has the same effect as lt ESC gt 1 53 The command above selects 8 40 double speed double density bit image printing where lt 0 gt and n1 are binary values low byte first representing the number of data bytes following the command data bytes are represented by d0 dn This command has the same effect as lt ESC gt 2 The command above selects 8 dot quadruple density bit image printing where n0 and n1 are binary values low byte first representing the number of data bytes following the command The data bytes are represented by lt 40 gt dn This command has the same effect as lt ESC gt 3 Redefine bit image mode Both lt 5 gt lt 0 gt lt gt 3Fh mo ml 27 63 m ml The command above redefines a bit image mode to another mode where m0 is the mode to be redefined This may take the ASCII values or
94. t printing at a horizontal position deter mined by dot spacing where n0 and n1 are two binary numbers low byte first specifying the number of dots at 1 60 inch spacing by which the print head will move to the right from the left margin If the subsequent print position is beyond the right margin then printing will start at the left margin 47 Move print head lt ESC gt Standard 1 n0 nl Bh SCh n0 nl Ch 5Ch lt 0 gt nl 28 92 n0 nl The command above moves the print head relative to the last print position where n0 and n1 are two binary numbers low byte first specifying the amount in inches by which the print head will move from the last print position The number represented by the parameters signifies movement in 1 120ths inch A positive value will move the print head to the right and a negative value will move it to the left See Numerical Representation for details of how negative values are represented in this way Downloaded character control codes FS lt NUL gt lt gt lt NUL gt IBM 1Ch 3Ah 00h n 00h 28 58 0 0 The command above copies the characters from the selected character set with n as shown below into the download RAM area lt NUL gt is the ASCII character 00h This command is only valid if DOWNWARD has been selected in the RAM USAGE menu of the Memory Switch see Chapter 3 for details A
95. tinuously from the All Characters Chart IBM lt ESC gt n0 nl 1Bh 5Ch n0 nl 21 92 n0 nl The command above allows a series of special characters to be printed from the control code area 00h thru where the two parameters give the total number of characters to be printed low byte first On receipt of this command any codes received in the range OOh through 1Fh will not be interpreted as control codes but will print the characters corresponding to those codes This will continue for the number of characters designated by n0 and n1 The command above prints a single character from the Characters Chart There are no parameters If the next character to be printed has a code between 00h and it will not be treated as a control code and the character corresponding to this code will be printed This command selects the printable code area expansion where n may be a binary value of 001 or O1h or either of the ASCII characters 0 or 1 30h or 31h If n is equal to 00h or 0 then the undefined control code area remains as non printable codes If n is equl to O1h or 1 those area shifts to the printable characters 29 Font pitch control codes Set pica pitch printing Standard The command above sets all subsequent printing to pica pitch There are no parameters This command will be ignored if Pitch Panel Lock has
96. to computer 5 Continuous stationery See Fanfold paper Controls 11 Cut sheet paper 7 D Default settings 22 Diagnostic and test modes 80 DIP switches 67 Location 6 Draft mode 20 Emulation 23 67 68 Environment 7 Epson mode see Standard mode Escape sequence example 25 Escape sequences 24 Factory settings 22 Fanfold paper 8 Short tear off function 15 Font panel lock 13 Font selection 13 Form feed 74 Front panel controls 11 Graphics direction 79 Graphics dump 89 Hexadecimal conventions 23 Hexadecimal dump mode 83 IBM mode 23 Indicators 77 International character sets 68 109 Italic printing 20 Lines per inch 27 111 M Maintenance settings 16 Maintenance 75 Maximum number of columns 89 97 Memory switches 77 Memory switch tree 18 82 Micro Feed 16 Near Letter Quality mode see NLQ mode Negative numbers 23 NLQ mode 20 Numerical representation 23 20 Page length 21 67 Paper Cut sheet 7 Fanfold 8 Parking 4 Size 21 67 Paper feeding troubleshooting 72 Paper menu 20 Paper out detector 20 Parallel interface 1 5 100 Patches for BASIC interpreter 96 Pitch panel lock 12 Pitch setting 12 20 Platen knob fitting 3 Power supply troubleshooting 70 Print head replacement 78 Print menu 20 Print quality 20 Printing troubleshooting 70 Printing gap adjustment 75 Proprinter mode
97. tomatic Sheet Feeder unit Cut sheet paper 1 Place the paper guide in position locating the lugs on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the printer body Make sure that the release lever is pushed towards the back of the printer position Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using re membering that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage There are markings molded into the back plate of the assembly to help you if you wish to center the paper If you are centering the paper using the markings molded into the paper guide remember that printing will start from the left hand edge unless you reset the left and right margins using software commands Place the paper between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Adjustable paper guides Paper guide 5 Tum power using switch at the back of the printer The printer wili beep indicating that no paper is in position for printing The orange PAPER indicator also shows this 6 Now pressthe 5 button The paper bail will move clear of the paper and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen and the print head will move to the start position The actual vertical position o
98. ve the ribbon retension it and around the print head replace it This problem occurs most frequently with a worn ribbon so you may need to replace the ribbon Is the software you are using Check the installation settings in your software and re properly installed for your install if necessary printer Can the printer perform self Tum the printer off and turn it on again holding down test operations one of the buttons to perform a self test If these do not work contact your dealer 70 If the print is faint or uneven check the following Possible remedy Is the ribbon properly in Check and reinstall if necessary stalled Is the ribbon out The ribbon has a long life but eventually will need replacing Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary If dots are missing in the printing check the following Possible remedy The ribbon has become slack causing it to get caught up Stop printing remove the ribbon cartridge reten sion and replace it Are dots missing at random in the printing Is a line of dots missing con sistently throughout the printing The print head is damaged Stop printing and contact your supplier for a new print head 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
99. wer SUPPLY 70 Printing MEAN 70 Paper feeding eese te t reser P STU ATO IRE 72 MAINTENANCE eie ia 75 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP o oo 75 RIBBON 76 REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD 78 FRONT PANEL DIAGNOSTIC AND 5 teretes eL eee ee OUR e ehe Rie dee caes 80 Short test mode 80 Long test mode rea ede diese Da desde ee sn 81 Text test mode said eto 82 Hexadecimal dump mode 83 Bidirectional test adjustment mode 84 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 87 INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR 87 GRAPHICS HARD 89 SETTING UP THE PRINTER FROM THE DOS PROMPT 89 PROGRAMMING USING 90 90 How program works 93 Patches necessary to use the BASIC interpreter 96 SPECIFICATIONS 97 CHARACTER SETS 101 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 1 102 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 104 IBM CHARACTER SET 2 enne tenen 105 IMB CHARACTER SET 1 107 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER 108 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS 109 111 1 INTRODUCTION The foll
100. yte In this way the value 123h will be divided into the two following bytes 23h and Olh If negative numbers are required they are obtained by subtracting the absolute value of the negative number from 65536 10000h and dividing the result into high and low bytes For instance to represent the number 10h the following operation is carried out 10000h 10h FFFOh and the result is divided into the two bytes of and FFh If non printable codes are given ie those codes from through and 7Fh these codes will be enclosed in angle brackets for example lt DC1 gt The name in the angle brackets is that assigned to the code in the ASCII con vention The name of the character should not be used the binary value should be input In the same way it should be noted that the angle brackets are not to be input they are merely there as delimiters in the printed text Of course in a program a meaningful variable name can be given to these characters for instance the following example is written in BASIC 10 ESC CHR 27 BS CHR 8 20 LPRINT ESC BS COMMAND CODES AND ESCAPE SEQUENCES Some command codes are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the command codes all command codes will be given together with a note of the modes to which each command code is applicable Most of the following command codes are available in both the standard mode and the IBM emulation mode

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