Star Micronics NX 1000 color printer User's manual

Below you will find brief information for color printer NX 1000. The NX 1000 is a compact color dot-matrix printer compatible with Epson and IBM printers, allowing you to print text and graphics in black-and-white or six bright colors. The printer offers various features including embeddable commands for NLQ type styles, color printing, bold, italic, and extra-large characters, making it easy to use even with software that doesn't explicitly support these features. It supports single sheets, fanfold forms, and multi-copy forms, providing flexibility in paper handling. The printer also features high-resolution near-letter-quality printing and a diverse range of type styles and sizes.

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NX-1000

COLOUR PRINTER

USERS MANUAL

NOT INTENDED FOR SALE

PN 80820241

Federal Communications Commission

Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. installation.

However, there is no guarantee

If this equipment that interference does cause interference will not occur in a particular to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: l

Reorient the receiving antenna l

Relocate the computer or printer with respect to the receiver l

Move the computer or printer away from the receiver l

Plug the computer or printer into a different outlet so that it and the receiver are on different branch circuits.

If necessary, the user should consult the dealer or an experienced redio/television technician for additional suggestions. The user may find the following booklet, prepared by the Federal

Communications Commission helpful: “How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference

Problems.” This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing Offlice, Washington,

D.C.. 20402, Stock No. 004-000-00345-4.

For compliance. with the Federal Noise Interference Standard, this equipment requires a shielded cable.

The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U.S.A.

Trademark Acknowledgements

NX-1000, NL-10, NP-10, NX-10/15, ND-lo/l&

NR-10/K% Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

IBM PC, IBM Proprinter II, PC-DOS: International Business Machines Corp.

Microsoft BASIC, MS-DOS:

Microsoft Corporation

LX-800, FX-86e, EX-800, LX-80/W Seiko Epson Corp.

NOTICE

The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice. l

All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them. l

The above notwithstanding, manual.

STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this

@Copyright 1987 Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

This manual is organized into five chapters and four appendixes. To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read all of chapters 1 through 5. The appendixes can be referred to as necessary.

Chapter 1 explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up. Read this chapter before you do anything else.

Chapter 2 explains the control panel. After getting set up, read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works.

Chapter 3 gives tips on using word-processing programs and other commercial software with this printer. Read this chapter in conjunction with your software manual.

Chapter 4 is addressed to do-it-yourself programmers. programming examples using DOS commands and BASIC.

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Chapter 5 covers maintenance and troubleshooting. Look through this chapter to see what it contains, then refer to it as necessary later.

Appendix A lists the printer’s technical specifications.

Appendix B details the functions of escape sequences and other printer commands.

Appendix C presents a BASIC program you can use to define and download new characters.

Appendix D presents tables of the printer’s character sets.

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

This printer is a compact, colour, dot-matrix printer that supports the

IBM/Epson commands and character sets. An excellent partner for your personal computer, it prints text and graphics in black-and-white or six bright colours. A print sample generated by a BASIC program is included inside the back cover. With more advanced software, you can produce even more striking colour graphics. Besides colour printing, some of the features of this printer are: l

Extensive software support

Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers, it works with any software that supports those printers. That includes most word-processing and graphics programs, spreadsheets, and integrated software packages. l

Embeddable commands

Commands for NLQ type styles, colour printing, bold, italic, and extra-large characters can be embedded in documents without the escape code, so you can use these features easily even if your word-processing software does not support them. l Easy operation

Clearly understandable lamp displays and beep tones provide immediate feedback when you press the switches on the control panel. The four switches can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions, including margen setting and micro-alignment. l

Easy care and maintenance

The colour ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds; the print head in a few minutes. l

Versatile paper handling

Single sheets, fanfold forms, and multi-copy forms (up to triple-ply) are all accepted, and you can use either tractor or friction feed. A speical feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on other paper. l Fast draht-quality printing

At 120 characters per second, the printer can print a page faster than you can read it. Characters are naturally shaped, with true descenders. l

High-resolution near-letter-quality printing

When you select an NLQ type style, the printer slows down and employs a dense matrix of up to 18 by 23 dots to print clear, well-formed characters. l Large variety of type styles and sizes

The printer has one draht style and four NLQ styles (Courier, Sanserif, and Orator with small capitals or lower case), plus italics for all styles, plus condensed print, bold print, double-sized the print sample inside the back cover. print, quadruple-sized print-see

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Locating the printer

Unpacking and inspection

Check the carton contents

Setting up

Mount the platen knob

Remove the top cover

Install the ribbon cartridge

Replace the top cover

Connect the printer to the computer

Connect the printer’s power cord

Loading single sheets

Mount the paper guide

Semiautomatic loading

Manual loading

Loading and parking fanfold forms

Paper parking

Paper unparking

Test printing

Short self test

Long selft test

Interface test

Adjusting the printing gap

DIP switch settings

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

Switches and indicators

Power indicator

On Line switch

Paper Feed switch

Print Pitch switch

NLQ Type Style switch

Power-up functions

Short test pattern

Long test pattern

Stay in panel pitch

Stay in panel style

Hexadecimal dump

Switch combination functions

Paper parking

Page feed

Chapter 3

Top of form

Forward micro-feed

Reverse micro-feed

Left margin

Right margin

Clearing the buffer

USING THE PRINTER WITH

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

Installing your software

Printer menu

Printer command options

Type styles

Page width

Initialization sequence

Setting the DIP switches

Using your software

Page alignment

Type style and pitch selection

Embedding printer commands

Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER

WITH DOS AND BASIC

Hard-copying the screen (MS DOS and PC-DOS)

Programming the printer with DOS commands

Programming the printer with BASIC

Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Cleaning the printer

Replacing the ribbon

Replacing the print head

Troubleshooting

Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Font control commands

Colour printing commands

Character set commands

Character size and pitch commands

Vertical position commands

Horizontal position commands

Graphics commands

Download character commands

Macro instruction commands

Other printer control commands

Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR

Draft character

NLQ character

Appendix D CHARACTER SETS

Standard character set

IBM character set #2

IBM character set #l

Additional character set

International character sets

INDEX

REFERENCE CARD

Inside the cover

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102

103

104

105

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include -

Locating the printer l

Unpacking and inspection (names of parts)

0 Setting up l

Loading single sheets l

Loading and parking fanfold forms l

Test printing l

Adjusting the printing gap l

Setting the DIP switches

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Give some thought to the best place to put the printer. Both the printer and computer should be used in a normal indoor environment. For best performance, we recommend: l

Place the printer on a flat surface. l

Keep it out of direct sunlight and away from heat-producing appliances. l

Use it only in temperatures where you are comfortable. l

Avoid locations with dust, grease, or high humidity. l

Supply it “clean” electricity. Don’t connect it to the same circuit as a large, noise-producing appliance such as a refrigerator. l

Make sure the line voltage is within 10% of the voltage specified on the identification plate. l

If you will be using fanfold forms, place the printer where the forms can feed up to it from below, with at least a full page hanging free.

UNPACKING AND INSPECTION

Check the carton contents

Open the carton and check each item in the box against Figure 1-l to make sure that you have everything (there should be five items).

igure l-1. Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Paper guide, 3) Platen knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge, and 5) User’s manual.

Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the following parts:

Bail lever:

opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen.

Connector

Figure 1-2. The printer’s external parts

Release lever:

Top cover:

Rear cover:

Entry slot:

Control panel:

Power switch:

Connector:

releases the platen. This lever must be down for printing on single sheets, and up for fanfold forms. protects the print head and other parts. protects the sprocket feed mechanism. for inserting single sheets of paper. controls various printer functions. switches power on and off. for connecting the computer to the printer.

SETTING UP

Mount the platen knob

The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing material which held your printer inside the packing box. Be careful to remove the knob before disposing of the packing.

Mount the platen knob on its shaft on the right side of the printer. Turn it until you can push it in all the way.

Power should always be off when you turn the platen knob. Turning the platen by hand while power is on can damage the printer’s gears.

igure l-3. Mounting the platen knob

Remove the top covef

Lift the front edge of the printer’s clear plastic top cover. Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover and remove the cover completely.

Figure 1-4. Removing the top cover

install the ribbon cartridge

The top side of the ribbon cartridge has a handle for turning the ribbon.

Turn this handle in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon.

Next place the ribbon cartridge on the print head assembly, guiding the ribbon between the print head and the metal platen guard. Press down lightly on the cartridge until it locks into place.

Caution:

Don’t touch the brass gear on the carriage.

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Replace the

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Hold the cover upright and engage the tabs at the back. Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed.

Leave the cover closed during normal operation. It keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer’s operating sounds. Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment.

Connect the printer to the computer

Connect the printer end of the interface cable to the connector socket on the right side of the printer as shown in Figure 1-6.

Make sure the computer is turned OFF, then connect the other end of the cable to your computer as described in the computer manual.

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I-6. Connecting the interface cable

Connect the printer’s power cord.

Check that the printer’s power switch (located at the left front) is OFF.

Then plug the printer’s power cord into an AC wall outlet.

Never plug or unplug the power cord while the printer is turned on.

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper.

If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder (ASF), read the

ASF instruction booklet.

Mount the paper guide

The paper guide fits into the two holes on top of the rear cover. Mount the guide and raise it to the upright position.

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Semiautomatic loading

Single sheets can be loaded manually with power off, or semiautomatically with power on. We will start the easy way with semiautomatic loading.

1. Check that the release lever is down and the bail lever back (bail closed), then switch power on. You will hear a short beep tone and the Power indicator on the control panel will flash. These are the printer’s paper-out signals.

2. Place a single sheet on the paper guide and insert it down into the entry slot. You will feel a slight resistance as the paper engages the paper detector lever. Work the paper past this resistance and insert it down as far as it will go.

3. Move the bail lever forward. When the bail opens, the printer feeds the paper automatically.

4. Move the bail lever back. The paper will feed slightly forward again, ending in position to print with a top margin of about one inch.

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Manual loading

It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer’s power is off. The procedure is:

1. Check that printer power is off and the release lever at the back of the printer is down.

2. Insert a single sheet of paper into the entry slot as far as it will go, the same way as for semiautomatic loading.

3. Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail.

4. Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover.

5. If the paper is not straight, move the release lever to the up position, straighten the paper by hand, then move the release lever back down.

6. Move the bail lever back to close the paper bail. -

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets. They are also called sprocket forms, punched forms, or just plain

“computer paper”. This printer accepts forms up to 10” wide. Fanfold forms are loaded, parked, and unparked as explained next.

I. Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page-length below the printer.

2. Turn the printer’s power OFF.

3. Set the release lever to the up position. If there is paper in the printer, remove it. (Since the platen is released, you can just pull the paper out.)

4. Move the bail lever forward to open the bail.

5. Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment.

6. Remove the rear cover. Grip it by its front edge and lift upwards and backwards as in Figure l-9.

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7. Open the sprocket covers on the right and left sprocket units, as shown in Figure l-10.

8. Flip the clamp levers down. This allows the two sprocket units to move freely right and left so you can align them with the holes in the paper.

9. Insert the front edge of the paper over the paper detector lever and tuck it in under the platen.

Figure

l-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth lever

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I-11. Closing the sprocket covers

10. Fit the holes in the paper over the sprocket pins. Check that the paper is even.

11. Close the sprocket covers (Figure l-l 1).

12. Raise one of the clamp levers to lock one sprocket unit in place.

13. Turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward until it comes out from under the top cover.

14. Move the bail lever back to close the bail.

15. Check that the paper is feeding in flat, then raise the other clamp lever to lock the other sprocket unit.

16. Replace the rear cover. Hold it tilted upward and insert the two tabs at the bottom into their slots. Then rotate the cover forward, pressing down on the thumb pads on the left and right to snap it into place.

17. Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure l-12,

Figure l-12.

Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms

Now you are ready to switch power on and print.

Paper parking

After loading fanfold paper, you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet. The printer will “park” it for you if you follow the procedure below.

1. Paper parking starts with power ON, fanfold paper loaded in printing position, the release lever up, and the bail lever back.

2. Press the On Line switch on the control panel to set the printer off-line

(On Line indicator off).

3. Tear off the printed form at the last perforation, leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover. If necessary, press the

Paper Feed switch to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the top cover, and tear there.

4. Press the Print Pitch switch on the control panel and hold it down.

5. Still holding the Print Pitch switch down, press the Paper Feed switch.

The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen.

6. Move the release lever to the down position.

7. Mount the paper guide in the upright position.

Now you can load single sheets either semiautomatically or manually, as explained previously. The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer.

When you want to resume using fanfold paper, the procedure is as follows.

Paper unparking

1. Remove all single sheets from the printer and close the paper bail.

2. Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position.

3. Move the release lever to the up position.

4. With power ON, move the bail lever forward. The printer will automatically feed the parked fanfold paper into position for printing.

5. Move the bail lever back to close the bail. Now you are ready to print.

TEST PRINTING

After loading paper, you can test the printer as described next.

Short self test

This procedure prints a seven-line “barber-pole” test pattern, each line in a different colour. The lines are eight inches wide, so the paper should be at least that wide.

1. Check that paper is in position for printing.

2. With power off, press the On Line switch on the control panel and hold it down.

3. Still holding the On Line switch down, turn the printer’s power on.

The printer will automatically start printing its short test pattern. You can release the On Line switch after printing starts. To remove the paper at the end of the test, switch power OFF, then turn the platen knob. (Don’t turn the platen knob while power is on.)

Figure I-13. Short test pattern

Long self test

To see the printer’s variety of type styles, you can run the long version of the printer’s self test.

1. Check that paper is in position for printing.

2. With power off, press the Paper Feed switch on the control panel and hold it down.

3. Still holding the Paper Feed switch down, turn the printer’s power ON.

The printer will automatically start printing a test pattern of its full character set in various type styles. Watch the lights on the control panel; they indicate which type style is printing. The test pattern varies depending on the setting of DIP switch l-6 (ON - Standard mode, OFF - IBM mode), but more about that later.

This test repeats indefinitely in a cycle of 30 or 70 lines. To stop the test, switch power off.

Interface test

After confirming that the printer works by itself, it is time to test the interface with the computer. The simplest way to do this is with a direct command. Power up both the printer and computer, load paper, then try a command like one of the following:

MS-DOS or PC-DOS command:

A >ECHO THE INTERFACE WORKS >PRN

Microsoft BASIC command:

LPRINT “THE INTERFACE WORKS”

Or you can try any other command understood by your computer to print a line of text. Consult your computer manual if you need help. If you repeat the command a few times, the printout will come into view.

Next you may want to try a test printout with word-processing software, but for this to succeed you will have to set the printer’s DIP switches (see the end of this chapter) and install your software to support the printer correctly (see Chapter 3).

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses. To make this adjustment, remove the top cover. The adjustment lever is located near the left 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.

When you remove the printer’s cover and look inside, you will see on the green board at the bottom of the printer two groups of small switches marked DSWl and DSW2. These are the printer’s DIP (Dual In-line

Package) switches. DSWl has eight switches, named l-l to 1-8 from left to right. DSW2 has four switches named 2-1 to 2-4.

For all switches, the ON position is towards the back of the printer and the OFF position is towards the front. To set a DIP switch, use a ballpoint pen or other small implement to move the switch to the ON or OFF position.

The printer’s power should be off when you set the DIP switches. Settings made while power is on do not take effect until power is switched off, then on again, because the printer reads the DIP switches only at power-up.

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7-15. DIP switches

Switch Function

l-l Page length

1 l-2 1 Auto CR

1-3 Orator lower case l-4 Auto sheet feeder

ON OFF

11 inches 12 inches

1 Yes 1 No

Small caps Lower case

Inactive Active

I l-5 Paner-out detector

I l-6

Printer mode

Enabled Disabled

Standard

IBM character set (Std. Mode) Italics Graphics l-7

Character set (IBM Mode)

Set #2 Set #I

1-8

Auto LF

I 2-l I Usage of RAM

No Yes

Buffer

Download

2-2

2-3 International character set (See below)

2-4

The printer is delivered with all

DIP

switch set to the ON position. These are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. help you make the right settings.

The following questions will

Switch l-l:

Is the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches?

Leave this switch ON if you will be using 1 l-inch forms. Move it to the

OFF position if you will be using 12-inch forms.

Switch 1-2:

Do you want an automatic carriage return?

Leave this switch ON. The printer will automatically perform a carriage return by moving to the left margin at each line feed. Even if your software sends a separate carriage-return code, an extra carriage return does no harm because two consecutive carriage returns are the same as one. Very few programs require this switch to be OFF.

Switch 1-3:

When you select the Orator type style on the control panel, do you want lower-case letters to print as lower case (OFF) or as small capitals (ON)?

Take your pick from the samples below. Note that lower-case Orator does not have descenders for the letters g, j, p, q. and y.

ORATOR PRINTS THIS WAY WITH SWITCH

l-3 ON.

Orator Prints this way with switch 1-3 OFF.

Switch 14:

Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder (ASF)?

To use the automatic sheet feeder, move this switch to the OFF position.

Otherwise leave it ON.

Switch l-5:

Do you want the printer to stop printing about an inch from the end of the paper, or to keep printing to the bottom?

Leave this switch ON except when you need to print very close to the end of the paper. When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper-out detector and prints down to (and beyond) the bottom edge.

Switch 1-6:

Do you want to use the printer in standard mode or IBM mode?

Select the mode compatible with your computer and software. In standard mode the printer operates like the Epson LX-800. In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter II. The ON position selects standard mode. The

OFF position selects IBM mode.

Switch 1-7:

The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch I-6.

If you selected standard mode, do you want italics or graphic charactes?

Leave this switch ON to print italics in the standard character set. If you set this switch to the OFF position, in place of italics you will get the graphic characters, international characters, and mathematical symbols of IBM character set #2. See Appendix D, character codes 128 to 254.

If you selected IBM mode, do you want IBM character set #l or #2?

. _

ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an B-bit interface

(the most common kind). OFF selects character set #l, for computers with a 7-bit interface.

Switch l-8:

Do you want an automatic line feed?

If you leave this switch at the ON position, a separate line-feed code is required to obtain a line feed.

If you move this switch to the OFF position, the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage-return code.

Most computer systems send a line feed code, or both a carriage return and line feed, at the end of each line, so this switch should be left ON.

If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing, or if lines overprint each other, try changing the setting of this switch.

Switch 2-1:

Does your software download new characters to the printer?

To download characters this switch must be OFF. The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one-line print buffer. If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer, allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints.

Switches 2-2 to 2-4:

Do you want an international character set?

International character sets differ in their assignment of 14 character codes.

See the character tables at the back of this manual. With the DIP switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows:

Denmark/Norway when switch l-6 is OFF and switch l-7 is ON.

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Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

This chapter explains how to use the control panel to:

0 Pause printing l

Feed paper (fast and slow, forward and reverse) l Select the print pitch

0 Select a type style

0 Print test patterns l

Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and style selections l

Print a hexadecimal dump l

Park fanfold forms l

Set the top-of-form position l Set the left and right margins l

Clear the printer’s buffer

SWITCHES AND INDICATORS

The control panel has four switches marked:

0 On Line l l

Paper Feed

Print Pitch l NLQ Type Style

The On Line, Print Pitch, and NLQ Type Style switches respond with a beep tone when pressed, and indicators beside them indicate their current status. There is also a Power indicator that lights when power is on.

lgure 2-l. l;ontrol panel

The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the operations indicated by their names. Other functions can be obtained by holding these switches down when you turn the printer’s power on. Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel switches in combination. This chapter explains all the switch and indicator functions.

Power indicator

The power indicator lights (yellow) when power is on.

When paper is not present, the power indicator flashes. A beep tone also alerts you to the need to load paper.

On Line switch

The On Line switch sets the printer on-line and off-line. The state changes each time you press the switch.

In the on-line state the printer receives data from the computer and prints the data. In the off-line state the printer stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data.

The printer powers up in the on-line state if paper is present. If paper is not present, the printer powers up off-line with the Power indicator flashing. When you load paper the Power indicator stops flashing, but the printer remains off-line. To start printing you must press the On Line switch go on-line. are:

The three main times when you will want to press the On Line switch l

Before and after any other panel operation

The other panel switches operate only in the off-line state. First press the On Line switch to go off-line, then perform the panel operation, then press the On Line switch again to go back on-line. l

To pause during printing

If you press the On Line switch during printing, the printer stops printing and goes off-line, allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting. Printing resumes when you press the On Line switch again to go back on-line. l To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing

When using fanfold forms, if you hold the On Line switch down for 2 seconds, in addition to going off-line the printer feeds the paper about two inches forward, allowing you to cut it off just below the last line printed.

When you press the On Line switch again to go back on-line, the paper feeds backward about one inch, stopping in the right place to resume printing.

Paper Feed switch

This switch operates only when the printer is off-line. If you press it once the paper feeds forward by one line. If you hold this switch down, the printer performs consecutive line feeds.

While you are feeding lines, if you also press the On Line switch, the paper will feed to the top of the next page. This is explained later.

When power is on, always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen knob to feed paper. Turn the platen knob only when power is off.

Print Pitch switch

This switch operates off-line to select the print pitch: the spacing between characters. The indicators to the left light (green) to indicate the selected pitch.

The printer powers up in pica pitch. To change to another pitch, press the On Line switch to go off-line, then press the Print Pitch switch repeatedly until the indicators show the pitch you want.

In Standard mode (when DIP switch l-6 is ON), the pitch selections cycle as follows:

Pica

Elite

Condensed pica

Condensed elite

Proportional pica

Proportional elite

(10 characters per inch)

(12 characters per inch)

(17 characters per inch)

(20 characters per inch)

This is pica (10 characters

This is elite (12 characters

This is condensed pica (17 characters per inch). per inch). per inch).

This

This is proportional is proportional pica. elite.

Figure 2-2. Print pitches selectable from the control panel

Samples of these pitches are shown in Figure 2-2. Note that with proportional pitch different letters occupy different widths. (For example,

“i” and “1” are narrower than other letters.) Proportional pitch is attractive and space-efficient, though not always convenient when column alignment is required.

Note that you cannot select condensed proportional pitch on the control panel. You can make this selection by the printer commands < SI > < ESC >

“p” 1 - see Appendix B.

In IBM mode (when DIP switch l-6 is OFF), the pitch selections cycle as follows:

Pica

Elite

Condensed pica

Proportional pica

Proportional elite

(10 characters per inch)

(12 characters per inch)

(17 characters per inch)

There is no condensed elite pitch in the IBM mode.

NLQ Type Style switch

This switch selects the type style. Draft style is always selected at power-up. To change to one of the NLQ (near letter quality) styles, set the printer off-line, then press the NLQ Type Style switch repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection light. The selections cycle in the following order:

Draft (all indicators off)

Courier (NLQ)

Courier italic (NLQ)

Sanserif (NLQ)

Sanserif italic (NLQ)

Orator (NLQ)

Orator italic (NLQ)

Samples are shown in Figure 2-3.

The Orator style is unique in two ways. First, it is a dot larger (higher) than the other styles. This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiring high visibility. A little extra line spacing helps when Orator is used.

Second, there are two versions of the Orator type style: one prints small capitals in place of lower-case letters; the other prints lower-case letters, but without descenders. The version you get when you select Orator from the control panel depends on the DIP switches. If DIP switch l-3 is OFF, lower-case Orator will print as lower case. Otherwise it will print as small capitals.

“1” ; ‘1 i, Li ,j, ‘Li ij r z., -+: .I:;. i:.j I,..( a I/, :i b L. :

This is near-letter-quality

'This is Courier italic.

Courier.

This

is Sanserif.

This is Sanserif italic.

THIS IS ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS.

THIS IS ORATOR ITALIC WITH SMALL CAPITALS.

This is Orator with lower case.

This is Orator italic with lower case.

@ure 2-3. Type styles selectable from the control panel

The other type styles do not have a small-capitals option, Lower case always prints as lower case.

The type style can also be selected by printer commands given in Ap- pendix B. Printer commands enable you to select both Orator styles, and also draft italic, which cannot be selected from the control panel.

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

In addition to their normal functions, all the control panel switches have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on.

i aA. . . ..wm

L”““lCti

”

NLQ

---

/TYPE

ISTYLE

PAPER

FEED

rPAPER PARK1

O-POWER

1

Long test

Short test

Hexadecimal dump

Figure 2-4. Power-up functions of control panel

Short test pattern:

On Line switch

If held down during power-up, this switch prints a short test pattern

(shown in Chapter 1).

Long test pattern:

Paper Feed switch

If held down during power-up, this switch prints a long test pattern.

The test cycles endlessly. To stop the test you must switch power off.

Stay in panel pitch:

Print Pitch switch

By holding this switch down during power-up, you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control panel. You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on. After the beep tone, you can set the printer off-line, select a print pitch, then return to on-line and start printing. The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue.

Stay

pane/

Sty/e: NLQ Type Style switch

If held down during power-up, this switch prevents software interference with the type style selected from the control panel. There will be an acknowledging beep, after which you can set the printer off-line, select a type style, then return to the on-line state and start printing. The selected type style will not be changed by any commands sent by software.

If you want to protect both the Print Pitch and NLQ Type Style settings from software changes, press both switches during power-up. There will be two acknowledging beeps,

Pressing these switches during power-up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel.

/fexadecima/ Cfun?p:

Paper Feed and Print Pitch switches

This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computers change the codes the programmer intended.)

1. Holding both the Paper Feed and Print Pitch switches down, turn power

ON. A beep tone will be heard.

2. Start printing. In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives. Each line presents sixteen characters, their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on the right.

24

3. At the end of the hexadecimal dump, set the printer off-line with the

On Line switch. This i;&necessary to print the last line.

The following BASIC pr:gram is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode:

10 FOR I=0 *TO 255

20 LPRINT

CHR$(I);

30 NEXT I

40 LPRINT

50 END

If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 2-5.

10 11 1: 1s 14 15 16 17

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

30 31 72 55 34 25 J6 .:7

40 41 42 4; 44 45 4b 47

50 51 5” 5’3 54 55 56 57

60 61 62 61: 64 65 66 67

70 71 72 71 74 75 76 77

SO 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

90 91 92 9T 94 95 96 97

A0 Al A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7

HO Hl 62 62 84 65 66 H7

CC1 Cl CL’ CS C4 C’5 C6 C7

DO Dl D2 DS D4 D5 D6 D7

EO El E2 E3 E4 E5 Eb E7

FO Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 Fb F7

OD OA

18 19 1A 1H 1C 1D 1E 1F

2El 29 2A 26 2C 2D 2E 2F

23 79 ;A 56 ?C ;D 3E =F

48 49 4A 4H 4C 4D 4E 4F

58 59 5A 56 SC 5D 5E 5F

68 69 6A 6H 5C 6D bE 6F

78 79 7A 76 7C 7D 7E 71-

88 39 RA 66 BC

SD SE SF

98 9? 9A 9H 9C

9D 9E 9F

AS A9 AA AH AC AD AE AF

68 H9 HA BH HC SD SE SF

CS C9 CA CH CC CD CE CF

DS D9 DA DH DC DD DE DF

ES E9 EA ES EC ED EE EF

FS F9 FA FS FC FD FE FF

................

. .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . .

‘1”iB%t’o*+.-./

(:I 123456789:

BABCDEFGHI

; .:: = :??

JKLMNO

PQRSTUVWXYZC\l’~

.abcdefqhijklmno pqrstuvwxyz1: 3”.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Most BASICS, however, are not quite that straightforward. For example, the IBM-PC prints the following.

00 ,:r 1 02 03 (‘14 05 06 07

I:IF 11‘) ii 12 1; 14 l”j 16

20 21 22 :3 24 “5 26 27

30 ;1 3- - -7 ;5 56 37

40 41 42 42. 44 45 46 47

50 51 52 51: 54 55 56 57

60 61 62 63 64 65 bb 67

70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77

SO 81 82 a3 84 85 86 a7

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

AC) Al A2 A5 A4 A5 A6 A7

BO 61 B2 6; H4 65 136 H7 co Cl C” c: c4 c5 Cb c7

DC1 D1 D2 D; D4 D5 D6 D7

El:, El E2 E‘ E4 E5 E6 E7

FO Fl F2 FS F4 F5 Fh F7 cjD (:,A

08 09 (:,A 06 CC cm CIA c:bE

17 18 19 16

1C 1D 1E 1F

28 29 2A “H 2C riD 2E 2F

38 39

JA JH 3C 3D I;E TF

48 49 4A 45

4C 4D 4E 4F

58 59

5A 56 5C 5D SE SF

68 69 6A 6H 6C 6D 6E 6F

78 79 7A 7H 7C 7D 7E 7F

88 89 RA 86

SC SD SE SF

98 99 9R 9H

9C 9D 9E 9F

AS A9 AA AS AC AD AE AF

68 B9 BA 66 BC BD SE SF

CS C9 CA CH CC CD CE CF

DB D9 DA DS DC DD DE DF

ES E9 EA ES EC ED EE EF

FS F7 FA FE! FC FD FE I;F

Figure 2-6. Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

’ “#$%C‘ 0 a+. -. /

0123456789: :*:=>-

PARCDEFGHI JKLMNO

PQHSTLJVWXYZC\l.‘~-

‘abcdefqhi>klmno pqrstuvwxyz<: :“.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . ..I..........

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. .

When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD (carriage return) it adds an extra hex OA (line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-file) also gets special treatment: the interpreter does not send it at all. This can cause problems in programs that generate graphics or download character data, but there is a solution. Try changing line 20 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below.

Coding for IBM-PC with monochrome display:

20 GOSUB 100

100 O-INP(GH3BD)

110 OUT &H3BC,I

120 RETURN

:IF

:OUT

0<128

&H3BE,5

THEN 100

:OUT &H3BE,4

Coding for IBM-PC with colour adaptor:

20 GOSUB 100

100 O=INP(&H379)

110 OUT &H378,1

120 RETURN

:IF

:OUT

0<128

&H37A,5

THEN 100

:OUT &H37A,4

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations.

Reverse micro-feed

COURIER 0

SANSERIF 0

ORATOR 0 piiiqn

1 NLU

TYPE

/STYLE n PICA

/ n ELITE I

;;;A

rwkn

FEED

rPAPER PARK1

0 -POWER

ON LINE

Rieht marein

Top of form

Figure 2-7. Switch combination functions of control panel

26 Paper

parking:

Print Pitch and Paper Feed switches

This procedure feeds the paper backward. It parks the fanfold form at the back of the printer so that you can switch to single-sheet feeding (by moving the release lever to the down position).

Before parking fanfold forms, tear off all but the last page, leaving less

(at least three inches less) than a full page showing above the top cover.

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down.

3. Press the Paper Feed switch. The paper will be fed out backward.

Page feed:

Paper Feed and On Line switches

If you are using single sheets, this operation ejects the current page. If you are using fanfold forms, it feeds to the top of the next page.

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down. The printer will start performing successive line feeds.

3. Still holding the Paper Feed switch down, press the On Line switch. then release both switches. The printer will smoothly eject the current page.

Top Of form: NLQ Type Style and On Line switches

When you turn on printer power, the top-of-form position is automatically set to the current position.

If this is not where you want the top of the page to be, you can change the top-of-form position as follows.

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Move the paper to the desired top-of-form position by pressing the Paper

Feed switch, or by performing a forward or reverse micro-feed.

3. Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down.

4. Press the On Line switch. The printer will beep to indicate that the top-of-form position has been set.

Forward micro-feed:

On Line and Paper Feed switches

For line alignment, you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows:

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Press the On Line switch again and hold it down.

3. Press the Paper Feed switch. The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps. When you want to stop. release both switches.

Reverse micro-feed:

On Line and Print Pitch switches

You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse, to return to a higher position on the same page.

Note: With fanfold forms, do not try to return to a previous page. The perforation may catch inside the printer.

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Press the On Line switch again and hold it down.

3. Press the Print Pitch switch. The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps. When you want to stop, release both switches.

Left margin:

NLQ Type Style and Print Pitch switches

Software almost always provides commands for controlling the margins, so you will not usually have to set them from the control panel. When necessary, however, you can set the left margin as follows.

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down.

3. Press the Print Pitch switch. The print head will make a short excursion from the left end, then start advancing from left to right in a series of steps, each equal to one pica character width (l/10”). When the print head reaches the desired left margin position, release both switches.

The printer will beep to indicate that the margin has been set.

Right

margin:

NLQ Type Style and Paper Feed switches

You can also set the right margin.

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

2. Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down.

3. Press the Paper Feed switch. The print head will travel to the right end of the carriage, then start advancing from right to left in a series of l/10” steps. When it reaches the desired right margin position, release both switches. The printer will beep to indicate that the margin has been set.

Clearing the buffer:

Print Pitch, On Line and Paper Feed switches

When DIP switch 2-l is ON, the printer stores received data in a large memory buffer. This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart: the printer may be holding much more data in its buffer than it has actually printed, and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting. Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer, but there is another way:

1. Halt the printing program on the computer. If printing stops immediately, the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary.

If printing does not stop, continue as follows:

2. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line. Printing will now stop, but there may be data remaining in the buffer.

3. Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down.

4. Press the On Line switch and hold it down.

5. Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down. Continue holding all three switches down. In about three seconds you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared.

6. Release all three switches, make any necessary control panel settings, then set the printer back on-line.

It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off-line. Otherwise, when you go back on-line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing, with missing data where the buffer was cleared.

MEMO

Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER

WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

There is an abundance of commercial software available: spreadsheet programs, word-processing programs, graphics programs, and more. This printer will work with any program that supports a Star, Epson or IBM dot-matrix printer. Before using the printer with commercial software, however, there are two things you must do: l Install the software so that it supports the printer l

Set the printer’s DIP switches to match the software

INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE

Most commercial software includes an installation program or routine that you can run to customize the software to lit your hardware system.

Start by reading the explanation of the installation program in your software manual.

Printer menu

The installation program usually offers a menu of printers from which to choose. If you find this printer on the menu, select it.

If this printer is not listed, look for the Epson LX-800 or IBM Proprinter

II. If these are not listed, look for another Star, Epson or IBM printer. A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preference:

Star NL-10

NP-10

NX-10/15

ND-lo/15

NR-lo/15

Epson LX-800

FX-86e

EX-800

LX-86

LX-80

IBM Proprinter II

Proprinter

Graphics Printer

Some menus are less explicit about model names but offer general descriptions such as “Star printer”, “Epson printer”, “IBM dot-matrix printer”,

“dot-matrix ASCII printer”, “Centronics-type printer”, “Draft printer”, or “Standard printer”. Any of these selections should work. If you are not sure of the right selection, it does not hurt to experiment. If you choose wrong, you will get strange printing results, but don’t worry; just try a different selection. Don’t pick any printer described as a daisywheel printer or laser printer.

A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do. The answers to the most often asked questions are: Yes, this printer can do a backspace; and Yes, it can do a hardware form feed.

Selecting (or describing) a printer is the main step in the installation process and frequently the only step necessary. If you selected this printer or any Star, Epson or IBM printer you should be able to use software commands for all the standard printer functions, including bold or double-strike printing, underlining, line-spacing control, and graphics. subscripts, superscripts, margin control,

Printer command options

Besides the standard printer functions, however, your printer has some capabilities your software may not be aware of, including double- and quadruple-size printing and the printing of special characters assigned to control codes. Some software enables you to define these capabilities as user options in the installation process. Read your software manual to find out whether you can do this and if so, how.

The most useful thing you can do is to define a way to enter the escape code < ESC > , which is the control character with decimal character code

27 (hexadecimal 1B). This code usually cannot be keyed in directly (pressing the ESC key will not work). As an installation option, however, you may be able to assign it to a function key or a special key combination. Doing so will put the full power of the printer at your disposal.

Type sty/es

Some word-processing software has commands that enable you to change type styles in the middle of a document without a printing pause.

To use these commands you must generally define the printer’s type styles

(fonts) during installation, by assigning them numbers for example. Read your software manual for details, and refer to Appendix B for the relevant printer commands.

Page width

Spreadsheet programs in particular may ask you to specify the printer’s column width. The column width of this printer depends on the character pitch used:

Pica

Elite

Condensed pica

Condensed elite

80 columns

96 columns

137 columns

160 columns (Standard mode only)

I P?

The character pitch can be selected from the control panel before you start printing, or possibly by an initialization sequence as described next.

initialization sequence

One of the installation options may be to specify the commands your software sends at the beginning of each printing job. These commands are called the “initialization sequence” or “setup string.” If necessary, you can use the initialization sequence to adjust the margins to your paper size or select a particular type style or pitch. You can look up the commands you want in Appendix B.

For example, if you selected 96-column width for a spreadsheet program, it would be convenient to add an elite pitch command to the initialization sequence. Appendix B indicates that this command consists of the two characters:

< ESC > “M” which have decimal character codes 27 and 77 (hexadecimal 1B and 4D).

Your software manual or an on-screen prompt will explain how to place these codes in the initialization sequence.

SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES

After completing the installation of your software, check the setting of the printer’s DIP switches, in particular DIP switch l-6. If you selected a Star or Epson printer on the installation menu, switch 1-6 should be ON

(the factory setting). If you selected an IBM printer, switch l-6 should be

OFF.

DIP switches l-2 (auto CR), l-7 (character set), l-8 (auto LF), and 2-l

(RAM usage) are also related to your software. Read what your software manual has to say about carriage returns, line feeds, character sets, and downloading characters, and refer to the explanation at the end of Chapter

USING YOUR SOFTWARE

With the installation and DIP switch settings correctly completed, you are ready to entrust most of the control of your printer to your software.

However, there will still be some things you have to do yourself.

Page alignment

If you are printing on fanfold forms, the first thing to do before you start printing is to align the top of the forms so that printing will start at

the right position on the page, a short distance below the perforation. With power off, you can align the forms by turning the platen knob. When power is on, use the Paper Feed switch on the control panel.

Type sty/e

and

pitch selection

If your software does not control the type style and pitch, you must make these selections with printer commands or panel controls. The default selections are draft style and pica pitch. To select a different style or pitch from the control panel, proceed as follows:

1. Hold the NLQ Type Style or Print Pitch switch down when you turn the printer’s power on. Hold both switches down if you intend to make both settings. The printer will beep in acknowledgement as it powers

2. Fress the On Line switch to set the printer off-line.

3. To select a type style, press the NLQ Type Style switch one or more times.

4. To select a print pitch, press the Print Pitch switch one or more times.

5. Press the On Line switch to set the printer back on-line.

Most programs begin each printing job by sending a command that resets the printer. That is why you must press the NLQ Type Style and/or Print

Pitch switches as you power up. If you do not press these switches during power-up, the reset command will reset your panel selections to draft style and pica pitch.

If you want to change the type style or pitch in the middle of a printing job, one way to do this is to insert a printing pause command in your file at the point of the change. When the printer pauses, press the On Line switch to go off-line. If the change occurs in the middle of a line, the printer will print the first part of the line. Now make the change with the control panel switches, set the printer back on-line, then command your software to resume printing. next.

Another way is to embed printer commands in the file, as explained

Embedding printer commands

Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing type style, printing double-size characters, or printing in colour, and some do not even support bold printing or italics. The printer therefore has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help. The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed in double parentheses, followed by a digit:

Type style (Font): ((F))O Courier

((F))l Sanserif

((F))2 Orator with small capitals

((F))3 Orator with lower case

((F))9 Draft

Size: ((S))O Standard size

((S))l Double width

((S))2 Double height

((S))3 Double width and height

Colour:

Bold:

((C))0 Black

((C)Y Red

((C))2 Blue

((C))3 Violet

((C))4

Yellow

((C))5 Orange

((C))6

Green

((B))O Non-bold

((B))l Bold

Italic:

((I))0 Non-italic

((I))1 Italic

If you want to print a title in double-size Orator with small capitals, then change to regular-size Courier for some text that includes italics, you can use these commands as follows:

File as seen on computer screen:

((F))Z

Printer

((F))O ((S))O

Type style,

((1))litalic

((S))3

Commands

((1))lanywhere size. colour.

((

bold

print, and

1j)Ocommands

((I))Oin

can-be embedded

a document.

Printout:

PRINTER COMMANDS

Type style,

italic

size, colour, bold print, commands can be embedded

anywhere

in a document. and

When you use these commands there are several points to note: l

The type style ((F)) and italic ((I)) commands are ignored if the NLQ

Type Style switch was held down when power was switched on. l

The bold command ((B))l gives double-strike printing. In draft mode you may prefer to use emphasized printing, which requires a software command or escape sequence. l A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line. l Software does not know that these commands are commands, so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width. The printed line may be considerably shorter than the line on the screen; the missing space is the space that was occupied by the commands.

One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without the commands, then insert them as a final step, with the margins released.

The find, replace, and copy functions of word-processing software can be helpful here.

If you do not use these commands or the panel controls, the printer will print standard-size, black, draft, non-bold, non-italic characters.

The printer supports various commands in addition to the above, such as quadruple-size printing. Most of these other commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. If your software enables you to place the escape code in your files, or if you were able to define this as a user option during installation, you can also embed these escape sequences. See Appendix B for further details.

After printing the first page of a long job, you may want to pause to check that the printing is correctly formatted. Press the On Line switch, setting the printer off-line. Printing will stop immediately. To resume printing, press the On Line switch again.

If you need to abandon a printing job before it is finished, your software should provide a command for this purpose. Another simple expedient is to switch the printer’s power off.

Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER

WITH DOS AND BASIC

Although you will probably do most of your printing with the aid of commercial software, at times you will want to employ direct commands or programs of your own. This chapter will give you some ideas. Three subjects are covered: l

Hard-copying the screen l Programming the printer with DOS commands l

Programming the printer with BASIC

HARD-COPYING THE SCREEN (MS-DOS AND PC-DOS)

If your computer has a PRTSC (or PrtSc) key, there is an easy way to get hard copy of the screen. Press the SHIFT and PRTSC keys. The printer will print the current screen contents. The PRTSC key works both at the system command level and while you are running application software.

Normally the PRTSC key prints only text data, but if your DOS system includes a file named GRAPHICS.COM, you can hard-copy graphics displays, by first typing the command:

A>GRAPHICS

You will find that graphics printing takes considerably more time than text printing. See your DOS manual for further information on the

GRAPHICS command.

At the DOS command level, there is also a simple way to have the printer print hard copy continuously, instead of one screen at a time. Press the CTRL key, hold it down, then also press the PRTSC key. If your computer does not have a PRTSC key, press the CTRL and P keys. Nothing visible will happen, but you have just switched on the print-screen function. After this, the printer will hard-copy all text displayed. For example, try typing the directory command:

A>DIR

You will obtain a printed directory.

To switch printer output off, press CTRL-PRTSC or CTRL-P again.

Each time you press this key combination, hard copy toggles from on to off or from off to on.

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

If your system includes the file PRINT.COM you can use the main

DOS printing command. Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print. To print a file named example, type:

README.DOC, for

A >PRINT README. DOC

The computer may respond with the following message, asking which printer to use:

Name of list device [PRNI:

If your computer is connected to only one printer, press RETURN to select the default choice (PRN). Printing will begin and the A> prompt will reappear. You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed.

A single PRINT command can print two or more files. List the file names consecutively on the same line, or use wild-card characters (* and ?). Each file will be printed starting on a new page. The PRINT command also has control options. For example, you can terminate a printing job in progress with the /T option. (The printer may not stop priming immediately; it may have considerable data stored ahead in its buffer.) For the /T option, type:

A >PRINT/T

See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command. If your system does not include PRINT.COM, you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following:

A >COPY README. DOC PRN

A >TYPE README. DOC >

PRN

COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing. r

If you want a particular type style, print pitch, or right or left margin, you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing.

See Chapter 2.

If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be ad- vantageous to create a printer setup file. Then instead of setting margins etc. manually each time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer. For example, you can create a file containing printer commands to set the right and left margins, select near letter quality, and select elite pitch. You can find the commands in Appendix B. We suggest the following: l l l

Near letter quality

Elite pitch

Left and right margins

< ESC > “x” “1”

< ESC > “!”

<ESC> “!” < 1 > is a powerful command that, in addition to selecting elite pitch, cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands. The angle brackets around the < 1 > indicate character code 1, which is a control code, not the printable digit “1”.

< ESC > “x” < 12 > < 92 > sets the left margin in column 12 and the right margin in column 92. This will give a 6.7-inch, 80-column printed line with a one-inch left margin. (Elite has 12 characters per inch). < 12 > is a control code; < 92 > is the character “\“, as you can verify in Appendix

You may want to place additional commands in this file, such as line spacing and bottom margin commands. Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each.

To avoid excess line feeds, you should place the commands on one line in the setup file. You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word-processing software; it depends on whether your software lets you enter control codes. If your system includes the file EDLIN.COM, however, you can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor.

An appropriate name for this setup tile would be NLQELITE.DAT.

To use the DOS line editor, type the command EDLIN NLQELITE.DAT, then type the underlined parts of the following display. Press RETURN at the end of each line. Don’t type the symbol “““. This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key: for example, *V means to type CTRL-V. “C means to type CTRL-C, which indicates the end of the input.

A>EDLIN

New file

NLQELITEVDAT

l:*-V[xl^V[!“VA^V[X-VL\

“V indicates that the following character is a control code. “V[ enters the <ESC > code. <ESC > has character code 27, and “[,’ is the 27th character in ASCII sequence from A. Similarly, ^VA enters the control code < 1 > and h VL enters the control code < 12 > . See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN.

You can now set up the printer by sending it the file NLQELITE.DAT.

To avoid unnecessary logging of commands, switch hard-copy output off

(by pressing CTRL-PRTSC

README.DOC if hard copy is on). in NLQ elite type, give the following

To print the tile two commands:

A>COPY NLQELITE.DAT

A >PRINT README.

DOC

PRN

For greater convenience you can make a batch tile that will set up the printer and print any specified file with a single command. To create such a batch file with the name NLQPRINT.BAT, type in the first four lines shown next. *Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously. To use this file to print README.DOC, type the fifth line.

A>COPY CON NLQPRINT.BAT

COPY NLQELITE.DAT PRN

PRINT %1

A?NLQPRINT README.DOC

The first above line is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named NLQPRINT.BAT. The next two lines are the contents of this file. The %l is a dummy parameter: whatever file name you type after

NLQPRINT will be substituted for %l and printed.

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC

As an example of programming the printer in Microsoft BASIC, we have listed the program for the IBM-PC that printed the sample on the foldout inside the back cover. This program runs in the printer’s Standard mode (DIP switch l-6 ON).

-

You will note that this program avoids the printer’s double-parenthesis commands. To change colours, for example, it uses the escape sequence

E$; “r”; CHR$(n), where E$ is predefined as CHR$(27), instead of the equivalent command ((C))n. The double-parenthesis commands are great for embedding in documents, but they are less convenient in programs. In their simplest form they cannot be listed; instead of listing them, the printer executes them.

1000 ’ Set control

1010 E$-CHR$(27)

1020 D$-E$+“xO”

1030 N$-E$+“xl”

1040 C$=E$t”kO”+N$

1050 S$-E$+“kl”+N$

1060 Ol$-E$t”k2”tN$

1070 02$-E$t”k3”+N$

1080 H$=CHR$ (9)

1090 P$-E$+“P”

1100 ’ Start printing

1110 WIDTH “LPTl : ‘I. 255

1120 LPRINT

1130 LPRINT

1140 LPRINT

1150 LPRINT

1160 LPRIN’T

1170 LPRINT

1180 LPRINT

1190 LPRINT

1200 LPRINT

1210 LPRINT

1220 LPRINT

1230 LPRINT

1240 LPRINT

1250 LPRINT

1260 LPRINT

1270 LPRINT

1280 LPRINT

1290 LPRINT

1300 LPRINT

1310 LPRINT

1320 LPRINT

1330 LPRINT

1340 LPRINT

1350 LPRINT

1360 LPRINT

1370 LPRINT

1380 LPRINT

1390 LPRINT

1400 LPRINT

H$;02$;”

E$ ; “4” ; codes

E$; “h”; CHR$ (0)

C$; “Colour

‘Escape code

‘Draft quality

‘Near letter

‘Courier quality

‘Sanserif

‘Orator with small capitals

‘Orator with lower case

‘Horizontal tab

‘Pica pitch

E$;“D”iCHR$(3) ;CHR$(20) ;CHR$(O) ‘Set HT

C$ ; “Type sty 1 es are : ”

H$;D$;“Draft

H$;C$;“Courier

H$;S$; “Sanserif

H$;Ol$;“Orator with lower case characters,”

H$ ; 02$ ; “and “;Ol$; “italics

H$ ; E$ ;

E$ ; “~0”

“M”

H$;CHR$(15);

P$;

CHR$(18)

H$;E$; “~1”;

“Proportional characters,

:LPRINT :LPRINT characters,” characters, with small

‘Select printing: italics pitch,“;

; “Elite pitch, ”

‘Cancel

‘Select

”

C$;“all

E$ ; “5”

“;D$; “styles.

‘Cancel

C$; “Print pitches

H$;P$;“Pica

” italics are: ”

P$; “Condensed pica pitch, ‘I;

” capitals,

“;S$; “for

‘Condensed pitch

H$ ; E$ ; “M” ; “Condensed elite pitch,“;

‘Pica pitch condensed proportional

‘Cancel proportional

H$ ; E$ ; “Wl ” ; “Expanded,

E$ ; “~1” ; “Double-height, print

” ; E$ ; “WO” ;

“;E$; “~0”

H$;E$;“h”;CHR$(l);“Double-sized,”

H$ ; E$ ; “h” ; CHR$ (2 1 ; “Quad-sized. ” ; or II

‘I; spacing spacing for all pitches,” spacing

1410 LPRINT

1420 LPRINT H$;E$;"wl";E$;"r";CHR$(l);"RED, 'I;

1430 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(2);"BLUE, 'I;

1440 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(3);"VIOLET, ";

1450 LPRINT E$;"r":CHR$(4);"YELLOW,"

1460 LPRINT

1470 LPRINT H$;E$;"r";CHR$(5);"ORANGE, ";

1480 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(61;"GREEN, ";

1490 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(O);"and

BLACK."

1500 LPRINT E$;"wO"

1510 LPRINT E$:"Q";CHR$(47) 'Set right margin

1520 LPRINT C$;"Various line and character spacings:"

1530 LPRINT E$;"al"

'Center text

1540 FOR I-l TO 7

1550 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I); 'Set line spacing

1560 LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(I); 'Increase character space

1570 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(I-1); 'Select colour

1580 LPRINT "THE SPACING HAS CHANGED"

1590 NEXT I

1600 FOR I-7 TO 1 STEP -1

1610 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I);

1620 LPRINT E$:" ";CHR$(I);

1630 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(I-1);

1640 LPRINT "THE SPACING HAS CHANGED"

1650 NEXT I

1660 LPRINT E$;"aO"

'Left justify

1670 LPRINT E$;"3";CHR$(36); 'Set l/6" line spacing

1680 LPRINT E$:" ";CHR$(O); 'Normal character space

1690 LPRINT :LPRINT

1700 LPRINT C$:"Other features:"

1710 LPRINT H$;E$;"E";"Emphasized";E$;"F";", 'I;

1720 LPRINT E$;"G";"Double-strike";E$;"H";","

1730 LPRINT H$;E$;"-l";"Underlining";E$;"-0";". 'I;

1740 LPRINT E$;"~l";"Overlining";E$;"~O";"."

1750 LPRINT H$;E$;"SO";"SUPERSCRIPT";E$;"T";", 'I;

1760 LPRINT E$;"S1";"SUBSCRIPT";E$;"T";","

1770 GOSUB 2130

1780 LPRINT H$;C$;"Download characters: ";

1790 LPRINT D$;E$:"%l":

Select download character

1800 FOR I-l TO 7

1810 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(I-1 1

1820 LPRINT CHR$(60);

'Change colour

Print download

character

1830 NEXT I

1840 LPRINT E$;"%O";

Select normal character

1850 GOSUB 2230

1860 LPRINT C$;E$;"%l";

'Select download character

1870 FOR I-1 TO 7

1880 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(I-1);

'Change colour

1890 LPRINT CHR$(60):

'Print download character

1900 NEXT I

1910 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(O);

1920 LPRINT E$;"%O"

1930 LPRINT H$;C$;"Dot

'Select graphics:"; normal character

1940 DIM LOGO$(4)

1950 RESTORE 2450

1960 FOR ROW-1 TO 4

1970 FOR COL-1 TO 100

1980 READ DG

1990 LOGO$(ROW)=LOGO$(ROW)+CHR$(DG)

2000 NEXT COL

2010 NEXT ROW

'Set 8/72" line spacing 2020 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(8);

2030 FOR ROW-1 TO 4

2040 LPRINT H$;H$;

2050 LPRINT E$;"*";CHR$(O);

2060 LPRINT CHR$(lOO);CHR$(O);

2070 LPRINT LOGO$(ROW)

2080 NEXT ROW

2090 LPRINT E$;"O"

'Select

'Initialize normal density printer

2100 END

2110 '

2120 ' SUBROUTINES

2130 ' Define draft download character

2140 LPRINT D$;E$;":"; CHR$(O);CHR$(O);CHR$(O);

2150 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(60);CHR$(60);

2160 RESTORE 2340

2170 FOR M-O TO 11

2180 READ MM

2190 LPRINT CHR$(MM):

2200 NEXT M

2210 RETURN

2220 *

2230 + Define

NLQ download character

2240 LPRINT C$;E$;":";

CHR$(O);CHR$(O):CHR$(O);

2250 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(~OJ;CHR$(~O);

2260 RESTORE 2380

2270 FOR M-O TO 46

2280 READ MM

2290 LPRINT CHR$(MM);

2300 NEXT M

2310 RETURN

2320 '

2330 ' DATA

2340 ' Draft download

2350 DATA 139,124, character data

0, 66,

4, 64, 36, 16,

2, 16

2360 DATA 12.

2370 '

2380 ' NLQ download character

2390 DATA 128, 14, 16. 38. data

1. 70,

1, 70, 0,126

2400 DATA 0. 0. 70.

0, 38. 0, 22, 9.

6, 9

2410 DATA

6. 8, 6. 0, 28, 32, 14, 64. 14.

2420 DATA 14. 0,124, 0. 0, 12, 64, 12, 32,

2430 DATA 16, 14. 0. 14, 0, 12. 0

2440 '

2450 ' Dot graphics data

2460 DATA 0, 0, 0. 0, 1. 3. 7. 7, 7, 15

2470 DATA 14, 14, 14, 14. 14. 7, 7. 3. 3, 15

2480 DATA 15. 15, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0. 0, 0, 0

2490 DATA 0. 1, 3. 3. 7. 7. 15, 14. 14. 14

2500 DATA 14, 15, 7, 7, 7, 3. 0, 0. 0, 0

2510 DATA

0, 0. 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0

2520 DATA 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0, 0. 0, 0, 0

2530 DATA 1. 3, 7. 7. 7, 15, 14. 14, 14. 14

2540 DATA 14. 7. 7. 3. 3, 15, 15. 15, 0, 0

2550 DATA

0. 0. 0. 0, 0, 0. 0, 0. 0. 0

2560 DATA

0, 0, 60,255,255,255,255.255,143, 15

2570 DATA

7. 7. 7. 7. 3. 3, 3,131,193,241

2580 DATA 240,240, 0, 0. 0. 0. 0, 0. 0. 1

2590 DATA 121,253,253,255.255,255.143. 7. 7, 7

2600 DATA 31,253,252.248.248.240.192. 0, 7, 15

2610 DATA 31, 31, 15, 7, 3. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0

2620 DATA 0, 0. 0, 0. 0. 0. 0. 0, 60,255

2630 DATA 255,255,255.255.143. 15. 7, 7. 7. 7

2640 DATA 3. 3. 3,131,193.241.240,240, 0. 0

2650 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0. 0. 0, 0

2660 DATA

0, 31. 31. 3,129,128,192.192,192.192

2670 DATA 192,224,224,224,224,240.255.255,255,255,255

2680 DATA 255,127. 0. 0, 0, 0, 63,127,255,255

2690 DATA 255,255,193.128,128.128~192,224.240

2700 DATA 252,255,255,255.127, 63, 31, 7. 7, 31

2710 DATA 254,252,248.224,128. 0. 0. 3, 7. 7

2720 DATA

7, 3. 0, 0, 0. 0, 0, 31, 31, 3

2730 DATA 129,128,192,192.192,192,192~224~224~224

2740 DATA 224,240,255,255.255.255,255,127, 0, 0

2750 DATA

0. 0, 0, 0. 0. 0. 0, 0, 0, 0

2760 DATA

0,248,248,240,224,224,1~2,112, 56, 56

2770

DATA 56, 56, 56,120.120.240.240.224.224.192

2780 DATA 128, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0,192,224,240,240

2790 DATA 240,248,248,248,120.120~ 56. 56, 56. 56

2800 DATA 48,112,224,224,224,224,240.240.240,248~248

2810 DATA 120.120, 56. 56, 56, 56.120.240.224.224

2820 DATA 192,128. 0. 0. 0, 0, 0,248,248,240

2830 DATA 224.224.112.112. 56. 56, 56, 56, 56.120

2840 DATA 120,240,240,224.224,192.128~ 0, 0, 0

2850 DATA 0. 0, 0. 0. 0, 0. 0, 0. 0, 0

How the program

works

This begins

BASIC

string

beginning

Appendix B.

The WIDTH “LPTl:” 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width. It prevents the IBM-PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data.

Actual printing begins in line 1120. Using the preassigned commands, the program prints samples of its different type styles, including a line showing all styles in italics, followed by samples of the print pitches, then some double-size, quadruple-sized, and colour printing.

Next comes the central attraction of the program: a line of text printed fourteen times in expanding and contracting loops to give a multicoloured barrel effect. The work is done by five printer commands: a command setting the right margin (line 1510); a centering command (line 1530); a command to vary the line spacing (lines 1550 and 1610); a command to micro-adjust the space between characters (lines 1560 and 1620); and a colour command

(lines 1570 and 1630).

Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer’s word-processing abilities: bold printing, underlining, subscripts, etc.

The row of automobiles in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns, which are printed in place of the character “ < ”

(character 60). Details can be found in Appendix C.

The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an “S&S” logo.

The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper, then converted to the data in lines 2460 to 2850 with the help of a calculator.

Each number represents eight vertical dots. (See “Graphics Commands” in

Appendix B for details. See also Figure C-l in Appendix C.)

The pattern is printed in four rows, each eight dots high and 100 dots wide. Lines 1940 to 20 10 read the dot data into a string array variable named

LOGOS. Line 2020 sets the line spacing to 8/72 inch so that the rows will connect vertically. The loop in lines 2030 to 2080 does the printing in four passes of the print head.

This program can also be run in IBM mode (DIP switch l-6 OFF) if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for differences in some of the commands. You will get a cylinder instead of a barrel effect, because the IBM mode does not have any command to micro-adjust the character spacing.

Modifications for IBM mode:

1090 P$-CHR$(lB)

1190 LPRINT CHR$(28);“4”;

1220 LPRINT CHR$(28) ;“5”;

‘Pica

‘Select pitch italics

‘Cancel italics

1280 ’ LPRINT H$ ; E$ ; “M” ; “Condensed elite pitch, I’:

1510 LPRINT CHR$(28);"Q";CHR$(47) 'Set right margin

1550 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I);E$;"2"; 'Set line spacing

1560 ' LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(I); 'Increase character space

1610 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I);E$;"2";

1620 ' LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(I);

2020 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(8);E$;"2"; 'Set 8/72" spacing

2140 LPRINT D$;CHR$(28);":";CHR$(O);CHR$o;CHR$(O~;CHR$(O);

2240 LPRINT C$;CHR$(28);":";CHR$(O);CHR$(O);CHR$(OJ;

2250 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(6O~;CHR$(6O~;

hapter 5

MAINTENANCE

AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include -

Cleaning the printer l

Replacing the ribbon l

Replacing the print head l

Troubleshooting

Dust and heat will make any mechanism wear more quickly. The best maintenance is preventive, and the first step is correct location of the printer.

This is covered in greater detail in Chapter 1, but in general an environment comfortable for humans is best for both the computer and the printer.

CLEANING THE PRINTER

Cleaning the printer regularly will prolong its service life. Use a damp cloth on the exterior every week or so. For stubborn dirt, you may moisten the cloth with alcohol or water containing a mild detergent, but be careful not to spill any liquid into the interior of the printer.

Use a soft brush to remove paper dust and lint from the interior. A small vacuum cleaner can also make this task easier, but be very careful not to bend or injure any electronic parts or wiring. The printer contains delicate electronic parts, so only clean those places where you have easy access.

REPLACING THE RIBBON

The printer uses an endless-type colour ribbon cartridge in which the ribbon is recycled automatically. to replace the ribbon cartridge.

When the print becomes faint, it is time

To remove the old cartridge, take off the top cover and press the ribbon release catch toward you with your index finger. Once the ribbon is free of the print head, the cartridge lifts out easily. To fit the new cartridge, guide the ribbon between the print head and the metal platen guard, then set the cartridge in place on the carriage and press down lightly. The release catch will lock automatically. See Figure 5-1.

REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD

The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million dots, or years of normal use. When printing is too light even after replacing the ribbon, you’ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service life. To replace the print head, follow the procedure below.

As you remove the old print head, note carefully how the cable is threaded, so that you can thread the new cable in the same way. gear on the carriage. using the printer, wait awhile so that the print head can cool off.

1. Turn power OFF and unplug the power cord.

2. Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge.

3. Move the print head carriage toward the right until you can see the connector cover. Remove the connector cover and pull the cable free from the connector.

4. Remove the gear cover by pushing the fulcrums on both sides. At this time. take care not to lose the spring.

5. Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside.

3

6. Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down, then remove the print head.

7. For easy installation of the new print head, move the carriage toward the left end of the rail.

8. Place the new print head on its support, seating it on the two pins.

9. Thread the new cable the same way as the old, securing it under the tabs on the print head carriage.

Figure 5-2. Replacing the print head

10. Plug the cable into the connector, inserting it as far as it will go.

11. Fasten the print head down with the two screws.

12. Replace the spring and the gear cover in place.

13. Move the carriage back toward the right and replace the connector cover.

Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place.

14. Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover, and plug the power cord back in.

a I

TROUBLESHOOTING

W If the printer doesn’t print:

Check the Power and On Line indicators. Both must be on. l

Check that the interface cable is securely plugged in at the computer and printer ends. l

Make a test print. (Turn power OFF, hold the On Line or Paper Feed switch down, then turn power ON.) If the test print succeeds, the problem is not with the printer; try a different printing command, or try using a different cable. If the test print fails, have the printer checked by a qualified serviceman. l

Turn power off, take off the rear cover, remove the paper, and reload the paper as described in Chapter 1. l

Make sure the paper is placed so that it feeds into the printer straight. l

Have a qualified serviceman remove any label paper that adheres inside the printer. Do not attempt to remove it yourself. l

Avoid using label paper with any exposed adhesive areas. l

Check that the ribbon cartridge is installed correctly. If the ribbon cartridge is old, replace it. l

Adjust the printing gap. See Chapter 1. l

If ribbon replacement or gap adjustment does not solve the problem, replace the print head.

H If al text is printed on the same line:

Set DIP switch l-8 to the OFF (front) position. l

Set DIP switch l-8 to the ON (back) position.

w If you can’t print to the end of the page:

This is normal. The printer’s paper-out detector detects the end of the paper and stops printing about an inch above the end. l

You can make the printer ignore the paper-out detector by setting DIP switch I-5 to the OFF (front) position, or by using the < ESC > “8” printer command.

H If the printed characters don’t match the characters on the screen:

l Check DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4. When these switches are not all ON (back), an international character set is selected and some ASCII symbols are changed to other characters. See Appendix D. l

Some software is not able to display international characters on the screen.

If you use an international on the keyboard. character set you may want to paste labels l If you are using the IBM mode, check DIP switch l-7. Some international characters and symbols do not print when this switch is OFF (front).

rectly:

l Check that the setting of DIP switch l-6 matches the type of printer your software supports: ON (back) for Star or Epson; OFF (front) for IBM. l A few commands are mutually exclusive. For example, you cannot get emphasized condensed printing.

w If you have problems with horizontal tabulation:

l Don’t change the margins after setting tabs. l

Don’t change the print pitch after setting tabs. The physical positions of the tab stops do not adjust to the new print pitch. l If you are using commercial software, check that it supports this printer, or a Star, Epson or IBM printer, and that DIP switch l-6 is set correctly:

ON (back) for Star or Epson; OFF (front) for IBM. l

Use a hex dump to verify the codes the printer is receiving. See the graphics command descriptions in Appendix B. Some computers insert unwanted commands (such as carriage returns and line feeds) in graphics data, or change the values of certain codes. l BASIC programs may require a WIDTH statement. Check your BASIC manual.

w If you have problems with download characters:

l Check that DIP switch 2-1 is OFF (front). l

Make the same checks as for graphics problems.

MEMO

Appendix

TECHNICAL SEC/FICA TIONS

Printing method

Printing speed

Printing direction

Print head

Ribbon

Paper feed

Paper feed speed

Serial impact dot matrix

120 characters per second (draft pica)

30 characters per second (NLQ pica)

Draft: bi-directional

(selectable), logic seeking or unidirectional

NLQ and graphics: unidirectional, logic seeking

9 Pins

Life: 200 million dots

Black/blue/red/yellow fabric ribbon cartridge

Life: 1 million draft characters/colour

Friction and push-tractor feed

Semiautomatic sheet loading

2.7 inches/second (during page feed)

Interface

Data buffer

Centronics-compatible,

TTL-level

7 or 8 bit,

8K bytes when not used for download characters l-Line buffer when using download

Epson LX-800 and IBM Proprinter II

Emulation modes

w Switches and indicators

Power switch

Control panel

Rocker switch

4 Membrane switches, 10 LED indicators

DIP switches

Special features

w Co/our Printing

Colours

12 pins

Panel pitch/style lock-in

Forward and reverse micro-feed

Paper parking

Hexadecimal dump

Black, red, blue, violet, yellow, orange, green

Character matrix

Bit-image graphics

9 x 9 dots (Draft pica)

18 x 23 dots (Courier and Orator pica)

18 x 18 dots (Sanserif pica, elite)

12 x 11 dots (IBM block graphics, pica)

18 x 19 dots (Courier and Orator elite)

18 x 12 dots (Condensed pica)

18 x 10 dots (Condensed elite)

8 x 480 dots at 60 dpi (Single density)

9 x 480 dots at 60 dpi (Single density)

8 x 576 dots at 72 dpi (Plotter mode)

8 x 640 dots at 80 dpi (CRT I)

8 x 720 dots at 90 dpi (CRT II)

8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi (Double density)

9 x 960 dots at 120 dpi (Double density)

8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi (High speed)

8 x 1920 dots at 240 dpi (Quadruple density)

Standard character set

IBM character set

96 ASCII characters

244 characters (ASCII, international characters, symbols, block graphics)

Download characters

Max. 192 (draft) or 78 (NLQ)

International character sets

14 sets (USA, France, Germany, England,

Denmark I, Denmark II, Sweden, Italy,

Spain I, Spain II, Japan, Norway, Latin

America, Denmark/Norway)

Draft type styles

NLQ type styles

Extra-large characters

Print pitches

Line spacing

Column width

Draft, draft italic

Courier, Sanserif, Orator (with lower case or small capitals), and italic versions of these

Double width, double height, double width and height, quadruple width and height

Pica (10 cpi)

Elite (12 cpi)

Condensed pica (17 cpi)

Condensed elite (20 cpi) (Standard mode only)

Proportional spacing can be selected for each of the above l/6 inch (standard) l/8, n/72, or n/216 inch (programmable)

8 inches

Pica: 80 characters

Elite: 96 characters

Condensed pica: 137 characters

Condensed elite: 160 characters

Single sheets

Fanfold paper

140 to 216 mm (5.5 to 8.5 inches) wide,

0.07 to 0.10 mm thick

102 to 254 mm (4 to 10 inches) wide

0.07 to 0.10 mm thick (single-ply)

Max. 0.28 mm thick (3-ply)

Max. 3 (original + 2 copies)

Number of copies

w Dimensions and Weight

Dimensions

Width 384 mm (15.1 inches)

Depth 287.5 mm (11.3 inches)

Height 108 mm (4.3 inches)

Weight

4.7 kg (10.3 pounds)

H Electrical Speciiications

Line voltage 120 VAC + 10%

Line frequency

Power consumption

Insulation resistance

Dielectric strength

Operating temperature

Operating humidity

Storage temperature

Storage humidity

(varies according to the country of pur- chase)

50 or 60 Hz

Typ. 30 W, Max. 60 W

10 megohms between AC power line and chassis

Withstands 1 kVAC rms at 50 or 60 Hz between AC power line and chassis for at least 1 minute

-- -‘-

-

10% to 80% (no condensation)

10% to 95% (at 40°C) (no condensation)

Automatic sheet feeder

W Interface Sianals

Signal

N0.l $

I Name

1 I?XIzBE

? InAT, 1

DiEdiOD

TNT

Function

Goes from High to Low (for at least 0.5 microseconds) when data are valid.

-.AA.-.

InAl-AC

-_.

I TNT

Eight-bit character data. DATA8 is the most significant bit; DATA1 is the least

1 significant bit. High is logic 1 and Low is

DATA8

OUT 5-Microsecond Low pulse acknowledges receipt of data.

Pin No.

Signal

Name

BUSY

Direction

OUT

Function

Low when the printer is ready to accept

MEMO

. .

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

This appendix arranged by function. describes

The the printer’s name of each control command commands. is followed one below:

The commands are by a table like the

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC >

<ESC>

‘lx”

-X”

“1”

Decimal

27 120 49

27 120 1

Hexadecimal

IB 78 31

1B 78 01

Mode:

Indicates

Std.

IBM

Both the mode

Standard in which mode (DIP the command switch is recognized.

1-6 on)

IBM mode (DIP switch l-6 off)

Both standard and IBM modes

ASCII:

Decimal:

Hexadecimal:

Parameters such as n.

Indicates characters

Gives the ASCII coding of the command. are enclosed in pointed brackets:

Control

For example,

< 0 > means character

Gives the command the command code in decimal

0. in hexadecimal for which values must be supplied character character are indicated codes. codes. by italic letters

Many commands have alternative forms. Some commands use <ESC>

(character code 27) in Standard mode. Other commands have mode parameters and that

< FS > (character can be specified code as either

28) in IBM character codes or digit characters, like the parameter 1 in the sample command above.

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select draft quality characters

Mode ASCII Decimal

40 40 70 41 41 57

Hexadecimal

28 28 46 29 29 39

6‘ ( 31 “ ( 1, “F” “)” “)”

“9”

Both <ESC>

“X”

I I

<ESC>

IBM

“X”

< ESC “I”

I

< ESC > “I”

“0” co>

“0”

co>

27 120 48

I 27 120

1 27 73 48

127 73 0

IB 78 30

1 1B 78 00

1 IB

49 30

IIB 49 00

Changes from near letter quality to draft quality. Ignored

Type Style switch was pressed during power-up. if the NLQ

Select draft elite characters

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC>

< ESC >

“I”

Cl>

Decimal

21 13 49

21 13 1

Hexadecimal

IB 49 31

1B 49 01

Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch (12 cpi). Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Select NLQ characters

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> ‘7%” “ 1 ”

Decimal

27 120 49

Hexadecimal

1B 78 31

<ESC>

---

3”

27 120

1B 78 01

Changes from draft quality to near letter quality. The initial NLQ type style is Courier unless a different style has been selected by a preceding command. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Select NLQ type style

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “k” n

Decimal

27 107 n

Hexadecimal lB6B n

Selects an NLQ type style according to the value of n. In draft mode, this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is selected by < ESC > “x” 1. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up. n Tvne style

0 Courier (initial value)

1 Sanserif

2 Orator with small capitals

3 Orator with lower case

Select Courier characters

Mode ASCII

Both “(” “(”

[BM

< EfjC >

< ESC >

‘,F”

“1”

“)”

“3”

“I” <3>

“I” “7”

“I” <7>

“)”

Decimal Hexadecimal

“0” 40 40 70 41 41 48 28 28 46 29 29 30

27 73 51

21 73 3

21 73

2-l 13 7

Changes to the Courier NLQ font. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Select Sanserif characters

Mode

Both

IBM

ASCII

“(” “(”

c ESC > cESC>

“F”

“I”

“)”

“2”

<2>

“)”

Decimal Hexadecimal

“ 1” 40 40 70 41 41 49 28 28 46 29 29 31

73 50 1B 49 32

73 2 IB 49 02

Changes to the Sanserif NLQ font. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Select Orator characters with small capitals

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

“(” “(” “F” “)” “)”

“2” 40 40 70 41 41 50 28 28 46 29 29 32

Changes to the Orator with samll captitals NLQ font, Ignored if the

NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

**Select Orator characters with lower case**

Mode

Both

ASCII

“(” “(7. “F” “)” “)”

Decimal Hexadecimal

“3” 40 40 70 41 41 51

28 28 46 29 29 33

Changes to the Orator with lower case NLQ font. Ignored if the NLQ

Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Select italic characters

Mode

Both

Std.

IBM

ASCII

“(” “(”

<ESC>

<FS>

“I”

“4”

‘. ) ” “ ) ”

Decimal Hexadecimal

“1” 40 40 73 41 41 49

28 28 49 29 29 31

27 52

1B 34

1c 34

Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics. Ignored if the NLQ

Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Select upright characters r

Mode

Both

Std.

IBM

ASCII

“(” “(”

<ESC>

< FS >

“I” “)” “)”

“0”

Decimal Hexadecimal

40 40 73 41 41 48 28 28 49 29 29 30

27 53

28 53

Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

Emphasized pr Ming

1 Mode 1 ASCII

Both <ESC> “E”

Decimal

21 69

Hexadecimal

IB 45

Causes subsequent draft characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes.

Cancel emphasized printing

IModel

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “F”

Cancels emphasized printing.

Double-strike printing

Decimal

27 70

Hexadecimal

1B 46

Mode

Both

ASCII

“ 3, ‘5 31

( (

<ESC>

“B”

“G”

“)” “)” “1”

Decimal

Hexadecimal

40 40 66 41 41 49 28 28 42 29 29 31

27 71 1B 47

Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double-strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between, causing a thickening of horizontal strokes.

For bold print. use of double-strike is recommended in NLQ mode, and combined use of emphasized and double-strike is recommended in draft mode.

Double-strike cannot be used with superscripts or subscripts.

Cancel double-strike printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

“ 3,

(

<ESC>

“B” “)” “)”

“H”

Cancels double-strike printing.

Decimal Hexadecimal

“0” 40 40 66 41 41 48 28 28 42 29 29 30

27 72 IB 48

Start underlining

Mode

Both

ASCII i ESC >

< ESC >

“-”

“1”

“-”

Decimal

27 45 49

27 45 1

Hexadecimal

IB 2D 31

1B 2D 01

Causes subsequent characters to be underlined. IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined.

Stop underlining

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC >

“_”

“-”

Stops underlining.

“0” co>

Start overlining

Decimal

45 48

27 45 0

Hexadecimal

IB 2D 30

1B 2D 00

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC >

<ESC>

“-” “1”

“p” < 1 >

Decimal

21 95 49

95 1

Hexadecimal

1B 5F 31

1B 5F 01

Causes subsequent characters to be overlined. Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined.

Stop overlining

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC >

<ESC>

“_X

Stops overlining.

“0”

co>

Super script

Mode

Both

Decimal

27 95 48

27 95 0

Hexadecimal

1B 5F 30

1B 5F 00

ASCII

<ESC>

“S” “0”

Decimal

27 83 48

27 83 0

Hexadecimal

1B 53 30

“S” co>

1B 53 00

Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts. Does not change the character pitch.

23” Cl>

27 83 49

1B 53 31

1B 53 01

Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts. Does not change the character pitch.

Cancel superscript or subscript

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “T”

Decimal

27 84

Hexadecimal

1B 54

Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing.

COLOUR PRINTING COMMANDS

Select printing co/our

IModel

Both

ASCII

.‘

(

.‘(” ‘Lc.> “)” “)” n

1 Decimal I Hexadecimal

40 40 67 41 41 n

28 28 43 29 29 n

27 114 n

1B 72 n

<ESC> “r” n

Select the printing colour according to the value of n. Ignored if a colour ribbon is not installed. The value of n may be either the character code or the digit character. n

< 0 > or “0”

or”1”

> or

“2”

< 3 > or “3”

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “7”

Decimal

27 55

Hexadecimal

1B 37

Selects IBM character set #l. If the standard character set is currently selected, this command remains dormant and takes effect at the next

< ESC > “t” 1 command. In IBM mode, character set #l is the power-up default if DIP switch 1-7 is OFF.

Select IBM character set #2

Mode

Both

ASCIL

<ESC> “6”

Decimal

27 54

Hexadecimal

1B 36

Selects IBM character set #2. If the standard character set is currently selected, this command remains dormant and takes effect at the next

< ESC > “t” 1 command. In IBM mode, character set #2 is the power-up default if DIP switch 1-7 is ON.

Select international character set

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII

‘ESC>

<FS> n n

Decimal

27 82 n

28 82 n

Hexadecimal

1B 52 n

“It”

“R” 1C 52 n

Selects an international character set according to the value of n. n Character set n Character set

0 U.S.A

1 France

2 Germany

3 England

4 Denmark I

5 Sweden

6 Italy

7 Spain I

8 Japan

9 Norway

10 Denmark II

11 Spain II

12 Latin America

13 Denmark/Norway

The first eight of these character sets (from U.S.A. to Spain I) can be selected as power-up defaults by DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4.

Enable printing of a// character codes

Mode

IBM

ASCII

< ESC > “\” nl

Decimal

27 92

nl n2

Hexadecimal

1B 5C

nl n2

Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set, including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes.

This command remains in effect for the next nl + n2 x 256 characters, where nl and n2 are numbers between 0 and 255.

During this interval no control functions are executed. If a code with no assigned character is received, the printer prints a space.

Enable printing of all character codes on next character

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> ‘LA”

Decimal

27 94

Hexadecimal

IB 5E

This command operates like < ESC > “\” except that it remains in effect for only one character.

Select s/ash zero

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

<ESCz

‘. - 7. ‘L

S‘-”

Decimal

27 126 49

27 126 1

Hexadecimal

1B 7E 31

1B 7E 01

Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash (S).

Select normal zero

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESCz

<ESC>

“ - 3, “0”

“N” <o>

Decimal

27 126 48

27 126 0

Hexadecimal

1B 7E 30

1B 7E 00

Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally (0), without a slash.

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

Pica pitch

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> “p”

Decimal

27 80

Hexadecimal

1B 50

<DC2> 18

In Standard mode, changes from elite to pica pitch (10 cpi) or from condensed elite to condensed pica (17 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either elite or condensed to pica (10 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Elite pitch

IModel

Both

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> c ESC z

“M”

“:”

Decimal

27 77

27 58

Hexadecimal

1B 4D

1B 3A

In Standard mode, changes from pica to elite pitch (12 cpi) or from condensed pica to condensed elite (20 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either pica or condensed to elite (12 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Condensed printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

IModel

Both

ASCII

<so>

Decimal

27 14

Hexadecimal

1B OE

Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width. Characters return to normal width after the next line feed ( < LF > ).

The <DC4>, <VT>, < FF >, and < ESC > “W” 0 commands also cancel expanded printing.

Cancel one-line expanded printing

Mode 1 ASCII

Both I <DC4>

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Stops one-line expanded printing set with < SO > or < ESC > < SO >

Does not cancel < ESC > “W” 1.

Select proportional spacing

Mode

Both

IBM

ASCII

< ESC >

<ESC>

“1”

“p”

Decimal

21 112 49

27 112

27 80

Hexadecimal

1B 70 31

1B 70 01

1B 50 01 spaced. Ignored if

IBM

Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Select fixed spacing

?

Mode ASCII

< ESC > “0”

Both

Decimal

27 112 48

27 112 0

27 80 0

Hexadecimal

1B 70 30

1B 70 00

1B 50 00

Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing.

Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Select master print mode

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“,V n

Decimal

27 33 n

Hexadecimal

IB 21 n

Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n. The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics.

Examples: n = 1 gives elite; n = 9 (1 + 8) gives emphasized elite; n

= 137 (1 + 8 + 128) gives underlined emphasized elite.

Function

Underline

Italic [*l]

Expanded

Double strike

Emphasized

Condensed [*2]

Proportional [*2]

Elite [*2] n value

128

[*I] Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

[*2] Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.

Increase character spacing

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “” n

Decimal

27 32

Hexadecimal

1B 20

Increases the space between characters by n/240 inches, where n is a number from 0 to 127. Used in microjustification.

Select double or quadruple size

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “h”

Decimal

27 104

Hexadecimal

1B 68

Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below. Extra-high characters align along the cap-line of normal characters, with the base line temporarily moving down. Line spacing is temporarily doubled when

n = 1, 5 or 6 and quadrupled when n = 2. To print correctly when n

= 3,4, 5 or 6, set the line spacing to 24/2 16 (l/9) of an inch with < ESC >

“3” < 24 > , and print the same characters twice, upper half on one line, lower half on the next. For accurate alignment of the two halves, select unidirectional printing with < ESC > “U” < 1 > .

n Effect

0 Normal size

1 Double-high, double-wide

2 Quadruple-high, quadruple-wide

3 Double-high, double-wide (Lower half only)

4 Double-high, double-wide (Upper half only)

5 Quadruple-high, quadruple-wide (Lower half only)

6 Quadruple-high, quadruple-wide (Upper half only)

Print double-height characters

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

<ESC>

“W” “1”

“W”

Decimal

27 119 49

27 119 1

Hexadecimal

1B 77 31

IB 77 01

Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line, and without changing the line spacing. Temporarily cancels super/subscript and condensed printing modes.

Return to normal height

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

<ESC>

“W”

(‘W”

“0”

co>

Decimal

27 119 48

27 119

Hexadecimal

77 30

IB 77 00

Terminates double-height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height. Resumes super/subscript and condensed printing if these modes were in effect before double height was selected.

Select character size

Mode

Both

ASCII

“(” “(”

“s” “)” “)” n

Decimal

40 40 83 41 41

Hexadecimal

n 28 28 53 29 29 n

Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of

n, as below. Does not move the base line. n

Character width Character height

Single width

Double width

Single width

Double width

Single height

Double height

Double-height characters are always printed at near letter quality. Double height printing temporarily cancels the super/subscript and condensed printing modes, but these modes resume when the printer returns to normal height.

Select character height, width, and line spacing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “[”

“8”

<4>

Decimal

27 91 64 4

0 0 0 n

Hexadecimal

1B 5B 40 04

00 00 00 n m

Selects a combination of character height, width, and line spacing according to the value of

n and m, as below. Does not move the base line.

Line spacing

0 Unchanged

Unchanged

: Unchanged

16 Single

17 Single

18 Single

32 Double

33 Double

34 Double

Character height

Unchanged

Single height

Double height

Unchanged

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “A”

Decimal

21 65 n

Hexadecimal

IB 41 n

Standard mode, sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n/72 inch, where n is between 0 and 85. If n

=0, the line spacing is set to 0.

In IBM mode this command does the same except that (1) the new line spacing does not take effect until the next < ESC > “2” command, and

(2) if n = 0, the < ESC > “A” command is ignored.

Execute < ESC> “A”

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> “2”

Decimal

27 50

Hexadecimal

1B 32

Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding < ESC >

“A” command. Sets the line spacing to l/6 inch if there is no preceding

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC >

“j”

Decimal

27 106 n

Hexadecimal lB6A n

Feeds the paper once by n/216 inches in the reverse direction, where n is between 1 and 255. Does not move the print position right or left when

DIP switch l-2 is OFF. Does not change the line-spacing setting. Ignored when friction feed is used.

Feed paper n lines

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “f’ “I” n 27 102

49 n 1B 66 31 n

<ESC>

“f <l> n 27 102 1 n IB 66

01 n

Feeds the paper n lines from the current line, where n is between 0 and

127.

Set top of page at current position

Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

IIBM 1 <ESC> “4” 1 27 52 IlB 34

Sets the current position as the top-of-page position. Note that this can also be done from the control panel.

Set page length to n lines

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both 1 <ESC> “C” n 1 27 67 n IIB 43 n

Sets the page length to n lines in the current line spacing, where n is between

1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode. Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length. The current line becomes the top of the page.

Set page length to n inches

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “C” co> n

Decimal

27 67 0 n

Hexadecimal

IB 43 00 n

Sets the page length to n inches, where n is between 1 and 22 in Standard mode or between 1 and 127 in IBM mode. The current line becomes the top of the page.

Set top margin

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

< ESC > “c” n 27 99

1B 63

Sets the top margin to (n - 1) lines, where n is between 1 and 255. Printing begins on the nth line on the page. The power-up default is n = 1, giving no top margin.

Set bottom margin

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“N” n 21

Decimal

78 n

Hexadecimal

1B4E

Sets the bottom margin ton lines, where

n is between 0 and 127 in Standard mode or between 0 and

255 in IBM mode. The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length.

Cancel top and bottom margins

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “0”

Decimal

27 79

Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin.

Hexadecimal

Mode

Both

ASCII

cESC> “B” nl

n2 ,,, <O>

Decimal

27 66 nl n2 . ..O

Hexadecimal

18 42

nl d...OO

Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines

nl, a?,

etc., where no, nZ. etc. are numbers between I and 255. A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set. The tab stops must be specified in ascending order; any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list. Standard termination is by the < 0 > control code. The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later.

Set vertical tab stops every n lines

Mode

Both

ASCII

‘ESC> “e” “1” n

Decimal

27 101 49

27 101 1 n n

Hexadecimal

IB 65 31 n

< ESC > “e” cl> 1B 65 01 n

Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines, where

is between 1 and 127.

Set vertical tab stops in channel

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESCz

“b”

n2 . ..<o> n0 nl

Decimal

27 98 n0 nl n2 . ..O

Hexadecimal

IB 62 n0

nl n? _.. 00

Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel

no,

(where

is between

0 and 7) and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel. (A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the -z ESC > “/” command.) See

< ESC > “B” for parameters

nl, n2,

< 0 1.

Select vertical tab channel

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC > “,i” no

Decimal

27 47 n0

Hexadecimal

IB 2F n0

Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number

(no)

from 0 to 7. The tab stops in each channel are set by < ESC> “b”.

1 Vertical tab

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both 1 <VT> 1 11 1 OB

Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab stop and moves the print position to the left margin. Performs a line feed if no vertical tabs are set, as at power-up. Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current line is at or below the last vertical tab stop.

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set left margin

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC > “I”

Decimal

27 108

Hexadecimal

1B6C

Sets the left margin at column

(where n is between 0 and 255) in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected).

The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later.

The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below:

Pica

Elite

Condensed pica

Condensed elite

Expanded pica

Expanded elite

Expanded condensed pica

Expanded condensed elite

Osns76

Osns91

0 I n I 130

0 I n 2

152

Osns38

Olns45

Osns64

Osns76

The left margin can also be set from the control panel.

Set right margin

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC>

<FS>

“Q” n

27 81

28 81

1B 51

IC 51

Sets the right margin at column

in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected). Column

becomes the last character position in the line. The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later. The right margin must be within the limits below:

Pica

Elite

Condensed pica

Condensed elite

Expanded pica

Expanded elite

Expanded condensed pica

Expanded condensed elite

4sns80

51ns96

7 In I;

137

8 5 n I 160

2sns40

3sns48

4sns68

4sns80

The right margin can also be set from the control panel.

r!

-

Set left and right margins

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“X” nl n2

Decimal

27 88

nl n2

Hexadecimal

1B 58

nl n2

Sets the left margin at column no and the right margin at column

n2. See

the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes.

Carriage return

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

<CR>

13 OD

Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin.

If DIP switch l-8 is ON, also performs a line feed.

Set automatic line feed

Mode

IBM

ASCII

Decimal

27 53 1

Hexadecimal

1B 35 01

Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a <CR > code. This command takes priority over DIP switch 1-8.

Cancel automatic line feed

Mode

IBM

ASCII

Decimal

27 53 0

Hexadecimal

1B 35 00

Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a

< CR > code. This command takes priority over DIP switch l-8.

Backspace

Mode ASCII

Both 1 CBS>

Decimal

1 8

Hexadecimal

1 08

Moves the print position one column to the left. lgnored if the print position is at the left margin. This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters.

Left justify

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“a” “0”

“a” co>

Decimal

27 97 48

27 97 0

Hexadecimal

1B 61 30

IB 61 00

Aligns subsequent text with the left margin, leaving the right margin ragged.

Center text

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“a” “ 1 ”

“a” Cl>

Decimal

27 97 49

21 97 I

Hexadecimal

1B 61 31

1B 61 01

Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins.

Right justify

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC’ “a”

Decimal

27 9-I 50

21 97 2

Hexadecimal

1B 61 32

<ESC> “a”

<2>

1B 61 02

Aligns subsequent text with the right margin, leaving the left margin ragged.

Set horizontal tab stops

Mode

Both

ASCII

‘ESC>

“D” nl

Decimal Hexadecimal

n2 . ..<O> 27 68 nl nZ...O

1B 44

nl n2...00

Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns

nl, n2, etc. in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected), where

nl, n2. etc. are numbers between 1 and 255.

The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 28 in IBM mode. The tab stops must be specified in ascending order; any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list.

Standard termination is by the < 0 > control code. To clear all tab stops, specify < ESC > “D” < 0 >

Set horizontal tab stop every n columns

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“e”

“0” n

<OS n

Decimal

101

n n

Hexadecimal

1B 65 30

1B 65 00

n n

Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every

columns, where

n is between 1 and 127.

Reset all tab stops

Mode

IBM

ASCII

‘ESC>

Decimal

27 82

Hexadecimal

1B 52

“R”

Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power-up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9. Also clears all vertical tab stops.

Horizontal tab

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<HT> 9 1 09

Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the current line. Note that when un-

derlining is selected, spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined.

Relative horizontal tab

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII

<ESC>

< FS >

“r

“\” nl nl

Decimal

92 nl

112

92 nl n2

Hexadecimal

IB 5C

nl n2

IC 5C

nl n2

Moves the print position right or left a specified distance (maximum 6 inches). Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin.

The

formulas for the distance and direction are as follows:

If n2 is between 0 and 63, the print head moves right by

(nl + n2 x

256)/120 inches

is between 64 and 127, the print head moves left by (nl +

[n2

- 641 x 256)/120 inches

Absolute horizontal tab in inches r

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“$” nl n2

Decimal

27 36

nl n2

Hexadecimal

1B 24

nl n2

Sets the next print position to

(nl

+ n2 x 256)/60 inches from the left margin on the current line. Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin. The maximum position is 8 inches.

Absolute horizontal tab in columns

(Model

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “f’ “0”

n n

I Decimal

27 102 48

27 102

0 n

I Hexadecimal

1B 66 30

IB 66 00

Moves the next print position to column

from the left margin, where is between 0 and 127.

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

Print sing/e-density 8-bit graphics

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “K”

ml m2 nl n2

Decimal

27 75 nl n2 ml m2

Hexadecimal

1B 4B

nl n2 ml m2 ___

Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally. The graphic image is 8 dots high and

nl + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is

8 inches (480 dots).

mf, m2,

are the dot data, each a l-byte value from

0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots, with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom. The number of data bytes must be

nl + n2 x 256. Dots beyond the right margin are ignored. At the end of bit-image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode.

Print double-density 8-bit graphics

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“L”

ml m2 nl n2

___

Decimal

27 76 nl n2 ml m2

Hexadecimal

1B 4C

nl n2 ml m2 ___

Prints bit-image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally (maximum

960 dots wide). See < ESC > “K” for other information.

Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“Y” nl ml m2 n2

Decimal

21 89 nl n2 ml m2

Hexadecimal

IB 59

nl n2 ml m2 ___

Prints bit-image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally (maximum

960 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction.

See < ESC > “K” for other information.

Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“2” nl ml m2 n2

___

Decimal

27 90 nl n2 ml m2

Hexadecimal

1B 5A

nl n2 ml m2 _._

Prints bit-image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally (maximum

1920 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction.

See < ESC > “K” for other information.

-

Select graphics mode

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> -a” no nl n2 ml m2 .

Decimal

21 42

n0 nl n2 ml m2

Hexadecimal

IB 2A n0

nl n2 ml m2 . . .

Selects one of seven graphics modes depending on the value of

and prints bit-image graphics in this mode. See < ESC > “K” for information on

nl, n2, ml, m2, . . . n0

Graphics mode

0 Normal-density

1 Double-density

2 Double-density, double-speed

3 Quadruple-density

4 CRT graphics, mode I

5 Plotter graphics

6 CRT graphics, mode II

(60 dots per inch)

(I 20 dots per inch)

(240 dots per inch)

(80 dots per inch)

(72 dots per inch)

(90 dots per inch)

Convert graphics density

Mode

ASCII

Both

<ESC> “?” n

Decimal

27 63

n m

Hexadecimal

IB 3F

n m

Converts graphics defined by subsequent < ESC > “K”, < ESC > “L”,

< ESC > “Y” or < ESC > “Z” commands to a density mode defined by <ESC>

“*“, n is “K”, “L”, “Y” or “Z”. indicating the mode to be converted.

is a code from < 0 > to < 6 > indicating one of the modes of <ESC> “*“.

Print O-pin graphics

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC > ““’ n0

n2 ml m2 nl

Decimal

94 n0 nl n2 ml m2 . . .

Hexadecimal

1B 5E

n0 nl n2 ml m2

Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch if

n0 =

0 or 120 dots per inch if

= 1. The graphics image is 9 dots high and

nl + n2 x

256 dots wide. Maximum width is 8 inches. Dots beyond the right margin are ignored.

ml, m2, . . .

are byte pairs representing 9 vertical dots each. In the leftmost position, the most significant bit of

is the top dot; the least significant bit of ml is the second dot from the bottom; the most significant bit of

is the bottom dot; and the other bits of

are ignored.

Other byte pairs are similar. The number of data bytes must be 2 x (nl

x 256). At the end of bit-image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode.

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

Copy standard characters

from ROM into RAM

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII

< ESC >

< FS >

Decimal

Hexadecimal

“:”

CO> <O> <O>

58 0

0 0 IB 3A 00 00 00

“:”

<O> CO> (02

28 58

0 0 IC

00 00 00

Copies all the standard characters to the corresponding download character RAM area, overwriting any download data already present. Ignored when DIP switch 2-l is ON.

Define draft download characters

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “&” co> nl n2

m0 ml m2 m3... ml1

Decimal

21 38

0 nl n2 in0 ml m2 m3...mll

Hexadecimal

1B 26 00 nl

m0 ml m2 m3...mlI

Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use. DIP switch 2-1 must be OFF; otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer, not for downloading characters, and this command is ignored. Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed.

nl is the character code of the first character defined and n,? is the character code of the last character defined.

nl and n2 must both be between 32 and 127 or both be between 160 and 255.

nl must be equal to or less than

n2. Use of character codes 32 (space) and 127 (delete code) should be avoided if possible.

Each character is defined by an attribute byte

(m0) and 11 data bytes

(ml, m2 ,..... mll).

The most signitican bit of the attribute byte is 1 if the character is an ascender (positioned entirely above the baseline) or 0 if it is a descender

(descending below the baseline). The attribute byte also indicates the amount of white space to the left of the character (0 to 7 dots, specified by bits 4 to 6) and the width of the character cell, including this space

(4 to 15 dots, specified by bits 0 to 3). The left space and cell width at- tributes are used only in proportional spacing.

Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots, with the MSB being the top dot and the LSB the bottom dot. These correspond to pins 1 to 8 or 2 to 9 of the print head, depending on whether the character is an ascender or descender.

For further details, please refer to the Appendix C.

-_

q

Define NLQ download characters

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “&”

CO> nl n2 m0 ml m2 m3... m46

Decimal

21 38

0 nl n2 m0 ml m2 m3...m46

Hexadecimal

IB 26 00

nl n2 m0 ml m2 mS...m46

Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use. DIP switch 2-l must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed. The parameters are the same as for the draft download character command except that the attribute byte specifies right space instead of character width and the dot density is doubled in each direction, so each character consists of 16 dots vertically and 23 dots horizontally and requires 46 data bytes. Dots defined by

m23

are printed on the first pass of the head. Dots defined by

m24

m46

are printed on the second pass, the paper being scrolled up half a dot between the two passes. For further details, please refer to the Appendix C.

Define download characters

! ASCII

<ESC> “=”

nl n2

<DC4>

a0 al ml m2 . ..mll a2

Decimal

27 38

nl n2 a0 al a2 ml m2 . ..mll

Hexadecimal

1B 26

nl n2

a0 al a2 ml m2 . ..mll

Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use. Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed.

and

give the number of bytes of character data that will follow.

is the character code of the first character defined.

and

are at- tributes bytes.

ml1

are the character data, and are the same as in

< ESC > “&.” The attribute byte

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

gives proportional-spacing information. Bit 7 is ignored. Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed (0 to 7), enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored. Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell (maximum 11 dots). The character will be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in this width.

Characters defined by this command can be selected by < ESC > “%”

1, < ESC > “I” 4, < ESC > “I” 5, or < ESC > “I” 6. This command is ignored when DIP switch 2-1 is ON.

Select download character set

Mode ASCII

Both .

<ESC>

<ESC>

“%” “1”

“o/o”

Decimal

27 37 49

27 31 1

Hexadecimal

IB 25 31

1B 2.5 01

Selects the download character set. Ignored when DIP switch 2-1 is ON.

Select draft download character set

Mode

IBM

ASCll

< ESC >

“I” “4”

“I”

<4>

Decimal

27 73 52

2-l 73 4

Hexadecimal

1B 49 34

1B 49 04

Selects the download character set and draft quality. Ignored if the NLQ

Type Style switch was pressed during power-up or if DIP switch 2-1 is

ON.

Select draft elite download character set

Mode

IBM

ASCII

< ESC >

“I” “5”

“I”

<5>

Decimal

27 73 53

21 73 5

Hexadecimal

IB 49 35

1B 49 05

Selects the download character set, draft quality, and elite pitch (12 cpi).

Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up or if DIP switch 2-l is ON.

Select NLQ download characfer set

Mode

IBM

ASCII

< ESC >

< ESC >

“I”

“I”

“6”

~62

Decimal

27 73 54

27 13 6

Hexadecimal

IB 49 36

IB 49 06

Selects the download character set and near letter quality. Ignored if the

NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up or if DIP switch

2-l is ON.

Select ROM character set

IModel

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“% 97 “0”

“O/O” < 0 >

Decimal

27 37 48

27 37 0

Hexadecimal

1B 25 30

1B 25 00

Stops using the download character set and returns to the built-in ROM character set. Ignored when DIP switch 2-1 is ON.

MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS

Define macro instruction

Mode 1 ASCII

Both 1 <ESC> “f” ____ <RS>

Decimal

127 43 ___ 30

Hexadecimal

1 IB 2B .._ 1E

Cancels any existing macro instruction and replaces it with the defined instruction. The defined macro instruction consists of the characters between the “ + ” and < RS > These can be any printable characters or control characters except < RS > , up to a maximum of 16 characters.

Execute macro instruction

Hexadecimal

IlB 2B 01

Mode ASCII

Both 1 <ESC> “ + ” Cl>

Decimal

1 27 43 1

Executes a previously defined macro instruction.

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Set MS8 to 1

Mode 1 ASCII

Both 1 ‘ESC> “ > 1.

Decimal

27 62

Hexadecimal

IlB 3E

Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1, allowing users with a 7-bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127.

Set MSB to 0

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII

<ESC>

<FS,

“=”

(‘z”

Decimal

27 61

28 61

Hexadecimal

1B 3D

1C 3D

Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0.

Accept MSB as is

IMode I ASCII

Both <ESC>

“#”

Decimal

1 27 35

Hexadecimal

IIB 23

Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer.

Delete last character sent

Mode

Both

ASCII

<DEL> 127

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Deletes the last character received. Ignored if the last character received has already been printed, or if the last character received was all or part of a command.

Cancel last line

Mode

Both

ASCII

<CAN> 24

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer.

immediate print

Mode

Both

ASCII

< ESC >

< EfjC >

“i”

“i”

‘( 1”

Cl>

Decimal

27 105 49

27 105 1

Hexadecimal

1B 69 31

1B 69 01

Selects the immediate print mode, in which the printer prints each character as soon as received. At every pause in the incoming data stream the printer scrolls the paper up about 2 inches so that the current line can be seen. When the next character is received the paper is scrolled back down and printing continues. This command is ignored when friction feed is used.

Cancel immediate print

IModel

Both

ASCII

Decimal

1 27 105 48

Hexadecimal

IB 69 30

< ESC > “i” “0"

< ESC > “i” <o>

27 105 0 IB 69 00

Cancels the immediate print mode. The printer waits for each line to be completed before printing it, and does not scroll the paper up and down.

This command is ignored when friction feed is used.

Set printer off-line

-

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<DC3>

27 81 3

1B 51 03

Sets the printer off-line. The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except < DC1 >, which returns it to the on-line state.

The printer’s On Line indicator does not go off.

Set printer on-line

Mode

Both

ASCII

<DCl> 1 17

Decimal

Ill

Hexadecimal

Returns the printer to the on-line state, allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands. This command is ignored if the printer was set off-line by pressing the On Line switch on the control panel.

Bell

1 Mode I ASCII

IBoth 1 <BEL>

Decimal

Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s beeper.

Hexadecimal

Bidirectional printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“U” “0”

“U” co>

Decimal

27 85 48

27 85 0

Hexadecimal

1B 55 30

IB 55 00

Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode, which is faster than unidirectional printing.

Unidirectional printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

<ESC>

“U” “1”

“U”

Decimal

27 85 49

27 85 1

Hexadecimal

1B 55 31

IB 55 01

Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally, ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision.

One-line unidirectional printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“ < 7,

Decimal

27 60

Hexadecimal

IB 3C

Immediately returns the print head to the left margin, then prints the remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line.

Manual feed

Mode

Both

ASCII

“(” “(” “0”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 25

0 1B 19 00

“)” “)”

40 40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29

Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted. Ignored if DIP switch 1-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

Auto feed

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> u(.,

c4>

u(>,

“4” “)” “)”

Decimal

21 25

52 41 41

1B 19 04

Hexadecimal

28 34 .29 29

Selects the automatic sheet feeder. Ignored if DIP switch l-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

Eject paper from ASF

1 Mode

ASCII

I I

<ESC>

“R”

“ 7, ‘L ,T

(

“R”

“)” “)”

I27

Decimal

25 82

I Hexadecimal

1 1B 19 52

40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29

Ejects the current page. Ignored if DIP switch 1-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

Set print start position on ASF

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “T” n 27 25 84

IB 19 54 n

“ c -3 “(” “T” “)” “)” n

40 40 84 41 41

n 28 28 54 29 29 n

Skips n/6 inches at the top of the page, where

n is equal to or greater than

1. Ignored if DIP switch l-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

Reset printer

Mode

ASCII

Both I <ESC> “62”

I27

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IIB 40

Reinitializes the printer. Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power-up values. Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections.

DOWNLOAD

CHARACTER GENERATOR

With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their dot data, and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regular character set. Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanese characters.

The process of designing new characters with paper and pencil is somewhat time-consuming. The program listed in this appendix enables you to do everything on the computer screen. It also enables you to maintain disk files of character data for downloading when required. near-letter-quality character ( & ) is explained below.

Draft character

ml m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9 ml0 ml1

128

I I.1 I I I I.1 I I I

I I I I I I I I I

Dot

data

I I I I I I I I I II

124

66 4 64 36 16 2 I6 I2

ASCII Code

Descender

Start column

End column

I I

m0 =

Descender x 128

+ (Start x 16)

+ End

Figure

C-7. Car symbol, draft quality

The dot matrix for a draft-quality character is 8 cells high and 11 cells wide. Figure C-l shows the matrix with the car symbol filled in. Note that there are no pairs of horizontally adjacent dots. The pins in the print head cannot fire fast enough to print adjacent dots in the horizontal direction.

To the printer, a draft character is represented by 11 bytes of dot data, one byte for each column. If you are working by hand, you can calculate the data as shown in Figure C-l and enter them via the < ESC > “&” < 0 > printer command. If you use the program in this appendix, proceed as follows.

The program starts by asking whether you want to read characters from an existing file. If you are going to add the car symbol to a file of download characters you have already generated, answer yes; if you are going to create a new file, answer no. The arrow on the screen toggles between Yes and

No when any key except Return is pressed. The Return key enters your choice.

In the same way the program asks you to select Standard or IBM mode and draft or near letter quality, then to confirm whether to continue or start over. Continuing, on the next screen the program asks what character you want to redefine, offering the exclamation mark (!) as a suggestion. If you want to print the car symbol in place of the exclamation mark, press Return.

If you want to assign the car symbol to another character, press the key of that character.

Next you must choose whether to make the car symbol an ascender or a descender. This determines how the character is seated on the line:

Ascender CnF< Descender &F:

After you press Return for the ascender/descender choice, the cursor enters the character box. You can move the cursor with the numeric keypad. For example, pressing the “6” key moves to the right; pressing the “3” key moves diagonally down to the right. The function keys control the setting and clearing of dots. After Fl is pressed the cursor clears the dot in each position it is moved to. F3 causes the cursor to set dots. F2 allows the cursor to pass over dots without either setting or clearing them.

In draft mode a dot position is a 2x2 character block with the cursor located in the upper left corner of the block. When a dot is set, a 2x3 block of sharp signs is displayed, partly overlapping the dot position to the right.

This reflects the fact that the printer cannot print horizontally adjacent dots.

The program automatically censors adjacent dots.

By moving the cursor and pressing the Fl, F2, and F3 keys you can quickly build up the dot pattern. If necessary you can clear all dots by pressing

F4 and start over. When the character is complete, press Return to store the dot data in the computer’s memory. The program will clear the character box and ask you to select the next character to design.

When you have finished designing characters, press the F6 key. The program will ask you whether you want to save, download, and print the characters you have designed. If you answer Yes to all three questions, your characters will be saved on a disk file and downloaded to the printer, and the entire character set from character 33 (!) to character 126 (-) will be printed out.

At any point while you are selecting or designing characters you can press F5 to skip the current character and proceed to the next character.

The program does not allow you to redefine the space character, or to define any other character as an all-blank character. Nor can you assign character codes less than 33 or greater than 126 to the characters you define.

NLQ character

1 First rul.

mZ4...

9ta

1st: 14 38 70 70 126 0

0 0

16 I

9 9 8

0 0 70 39 22 6 6 6

2nd: 28 14 14 14 124 0 64 32 16 0 0 0

32 64 0 0 0 12 12 I4 14 I4 12

Figure

C-2. Car symbol, near letter quality

. ..m23

Second pass

,28 ASCII Code

Descender

Left space:

Right space:

= Descender x 128

+ (Left x 16) + Right

If you select near letter quality, the character box is the same size but now has 16 (high) x 23 (wide) dot positions. Each dot is represented by two adjacent sharp signs, occupying its own position and the position to the right.

This reflects the fact that the printer still cannot print horizontally adjacent dots, but that even skipping every other dot, the dots appear joined when printed.

A near-letter-quality character is represented by 46 bytes of dot data, two bytes for each column. Near-letter-quality characters are printed in two passes of the print head, the paper scrolling half a dot up between the passes.

The first 23 bytes of dot data represent the first pass; the next 23 bytes represent the second pass. In each column the first, third, fifth, . . . dots belong to the first-pass byte and the second, fourth, sixth, . . . dots belong to the second-pass byte.

A maximum of 78 near-letter-quality characters can be defined.

The file created by this program contains the following printer commands:

< ESC > “:” <O>

CO> <O> (standardmode)or <FS> “:” <O>

< 0 > < 0 > (IBM mode) to copy the printer’s regular characters into download memory. If you leave a download character undefined, the regular character will be printed.

< ESC > “x” < 0 > or < ESC > “x” < 1 > to select draft or near letter quality.

3. One <ESC> “&” CO> <cc> <cc> <a> <pl> . . . command for each character defined. < cc > is the character code, < a > is the attribute byte, and <pl > . . . are the 11 (draft) or 46 (near letter quality) bytes of dot data. This program uses only the most significant bit of the attribute byte. It does not set the other bits, which are concerned with proportional spacing.

This program is coded in Microsoft BASIC for IBM-PC. The WIDTH

255 command in line 1010 means infinite line width and prevents the computer from inserting unwanted line feeds in the character data. Some versions of BASIC do not need the WIDTH command. Check your BASIC manual and make any changes necessary.

1000

~t**t****************** DOpJ)JLOAD

1010 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 :KEY OFF :CLS

CHARACTER GENERATOR t*.tt***tt********l**

1020 DIM A(1261. P(126.23). Q(126.231, DT(16.24) :E$=CHR$(27) :RB=CHR5(281

1030 KEY 1, CHR5(71 :KEY 2. CHRB(8) :KEY 3, CHR5(9)

1040 KEY 4. CHRB(10) :KEY 5, CHR$(lll :KEY 6. CHRB(12)

1050 FOR I-33 TO 126 :A(I)=-1 :NEXT I

1060

1070

LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT STRING5(25.62):

1080

PRINT " DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR ":STRING5(25,601

1090

1100 LOCATE 3.1 :PRINT "READ CHARACTERS FROM EXISTING FILE?"

1110 SO$="Yes" :Sl$="No" :S=-1 :PX=4 :PY=l :GOSUB 3020 :IF S THEN 1320

1120

I-____ &en existinfl file ___________~~_~~~-~-____________________--------

1130 LOCATE 4:20

1140 INPUT "File name";FI$

1150 OPEN "R" #l FI$ 48

1160 FIELD #1:48'AS A5

1170

I----_ Read 2 initial comands _________-----__________________________---

1180 GFT X1.1

1190

1200

IF MID5(A$.4,1)=E5 THEN IBM-O ELSE IBM--I

IF MID5(A5,3,1)="0" THEN NLQ-0 ELSE NLQ=-1

1210

1220

IF NLQ THEN WI-23 :HI=16 ELSE WI-11 :HI*E

----_______~~~~~~~~~-~-----------------~~

1230 FOR CC-33 TO 126 :M=CC-31

1240 GET

X1.M

:IF LEFT5(A5,11=CHR5(0) THEN A(CC)=-1 :GOTO 1310

1250

A~CC~=ASC~M1D$~A5.2.1))

1260 FOR Y-l TO WI

1270

1280

P(CC,Y)=ASC(MID$(AS,Y+Z.l~~ :NEXT Y

IF NLQ-0 THEN 1310

1290 FOR Y-l TO WI

1300

Q(CC.Y)=ASC(MID$'(AS,Y+25.1)) :NEXT Y

1310

1320

NEXT CC :CLOSE 1

I----- Select Std./IBM --------------__~~~~____________________--~~-~~~~~~

1330 LOCATE 6.1 :PRINT "SELECT MODE"

1340 SO5="Standard mode (DIP SW. l-6 ON 1"

1350 SlS="IBM mode (DIP SW. l-6 OFF)"

1360 S-IBM :PX=7 :PY=l :GOSUB 3020 :IBM=S

1370

1380

IF IBM THEN HD5=R$+":"+STRING5(3.0) ELSE HD$=E5+":"+STRING$(3.0)

I----- Select

Draft/)&Q

~~~~~~~~~~---___________________________----------

1390 LOCATE 9.1 :PRINT "SELECT QUALITY"

1400 SO$="Draft quality" :Sl$="Near letter quality"

1410 S-NLQ :PX=lO :PY=l :GOSUB 3020 :NLQ=S

1420 IF NLQ THEN HD5=CHR5(27)+"xl"+HD$ :WI=23 :HI=16 :GOTO 1440

1430 HD$=CHR5(27)+"xO"+HD5 :WI=ll :HI=E

1440

PL$=STRING$(24."+") :HYB=STRING5(24,"-"1

1450

1460

I----- Select Continue/Start over ---_~~~~~-~-------------------~~~~~~~~~~

1470 LOCATE 12.1 :PRINT "CONTINUE?"

1480 SO$="Continue" :SlS="Start Over"

1490 S-O :PX=13 :PY=l :GOSUB 3020 :IF S THEN CLS :GOTO 1070

1500

1510 n===== DRAW BOX ====================_____3___~__________==================

1520 CLS :IF NLQ THEN 1540

1530

LOCATE 1.3 :PRINT "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 m :GOTO 1550

1540 LOCATE 1.3 :PRINT "123456789012345678901234"

1550

LOCATE 2.3 :PRINT "+++++++++++++++++++++++"

1560 FOR N-l TO 16

1570 IF NLQ THEN LOCATE N+Z,l :PRINT RIGHTJ(STR5(N),l);:GOTO 1590

1580 IF N

MOD

2 -1 THEN LOCATE N+Z,l :PRINT RIGHT$(STRJ((N+1)/2),1);

1590 LOCATE N+2,2 :PRINT ":";SPC(24);":" :NEXT N

1600

LOCATE 19.3 :PRINT "++++++++++++++++++++++++"

1610

I----- select character --------------------------------------------------

1620 CH$=CHR$(CCl

1630 LOCATE 1.40 :PRINT "SELECT CHARACTER I":CHS:"I":

1640 15=INPUT5(1) :IF u "<IS AND IS<CHR5(127) THEN CHS-15 ELSE GOT0 1660

1650 CC=ASClCH$l

1660 LOCATE 1.40 :PRINT "SELECTED CHARACTER : ";CH$:" II

1670 a----- Ascender or descender? --________________--____________________----

1680 SO$="Ascender" :S15="Descender"

1690 S=(A(CCl=O) :PX=3 :PY=40 :GOSUB 3020 :DES=S

1700 I__--_ Key exp~a"ations _____--------___---------~~-------.----------------

1710 LOCATE 10.40 :PRINT "Fl: Clear dot"

1720 LOCATE 11.40 :PRINT "F2: Pass overu

1730 LOCATE 12.40 :PRINT "F3: Set dot"

1740 LOCATE 13.40 :PRINT "F4: Clear all dots"

1750 LOCATE 14.40 :PRINT -F5: Skip character"

1760 LOCATE 15.40 :PRINT "F6: End"

1770 LOCATE 16.40 :PRINT "RET Record character"

1780 I___-- Get =haracter __________------____---------------------------------

1790 IF A(CC)<O THEN GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1950

1800 IF NLQ THEN 1870

1810 I----- Draft character

1820 FOR Y-l TO 11 :WT-128 :FOR X-l TO 8

1830 IF (P(CC.Y) AND WI)=0 THEN 1850

1850 WT=.5*Wl- :NEXT X.Y :GOTO 1940

1860 I----- NLQ character

1870 FOR Y-l TO 23 :WI=128 :FOR X-l TO 15 STEP 2

1880 IF (P(CC,Y) AND WT)-0 THEN GOT0 1900

1890 DT(X,Y)-1 :DT(X.Y+1)=2 :BX=X :BY=Y :CS$="##" :GOSUB 3730

1900 IF (Q[CC,Yl AND ViT)=0 THEN GOT0 1920

1910 DT(X+l,Y)=l :DT(X+l.Y+1)=2 :BX=X+l :BY=Y :CS$="##" :GOSUB 3730

1920 WT=.5*WI :NEXT X.Y

1930 I----- MOdifV & olot character _-----____------_----~~~~--------------~~~~

1940 X-l :Y=l

1950 FOR Z-10 TO 12 :LOCATE 2.38 :PRINT u u :NEXT Z

1960 ST-2 :LOCATE 11.38 :PRINT "'I :IF NLQ THEN 2180

1970 I----- Draft character

1980 IF DT(X.Y)=2 THEN CS$=CHR$(2)+" " :GOTO 2050

1990 IF DT(X,Y)=0 THEN 2020

2000 IF ST-1 THEN DT(X,Y)=0 :DT(X.Y+l)=O :CS$=STRING$(3,1)+" u :GOTO 2050

2010

CS$=STRING$(3,2)+" o :GOTO 2050

2020 IF ST<3 THEN CSO-STRINGB(2.1) :GOTO 2050

2030

IF DT(X,Y+l)=l THEN CSO=STRING$(2.1) :GOTO

2040

DT(X,Y)=l :DT(X.Y+l)-2 :CSB=STRING5(3.2)+"

2050

G"C"%J ?CF),-l

“YVY lYYY

2060

2070

2080

R, 13 .T.OCITF

2090

2100

IF ST-4 THEN GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1950

2110

IF ST-5 THEN GOSUB 3220

:GOTO 1520

2120

IF ST-6 THEN 2410

2130

IF ST-7 THEN 3260

2140 IF DT(BX.BY)=2 THEN CSJ="# u :GOTO 2170

2150 IF DT(BX.BY)-1 THEN CSIG="+#X u :GOTO 2170

2160 IF DT(BX,BY)=O AND DT(BX,BY+l)=O THEN CSJ-"

2170

GOSUB 3700 :GOTO 1980

2180

I----- NLQ character

2190

2200

IF DT(X,Y)=2 THEN CS$=CHR$(Z) :

IF DT(X yt-" 711CM 777n

,-v LllYl. e&.2”

2210

2220

2230

CS$=STRING5(2.2!) :GOTO 2260

____ --_.

2240

2290

" ELSE CS$-" "

2260 GOSUB 3720

2270 SS-ST :BX=X :BY=Y :GOSUB 3110 :IF SS-ST THEN 2360

2280

2290 IF ST>3 THEN 2320

2300 FOR Z-10 TO 12 :LOCATE 2.38 :PRINT u u :NEXT Z

2310 LOCATE 9+ST.38 :PRINT u" :GOTO 2180

2320 IF ST-4 THEN GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1950

2330 IF ST-5 THEN GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1520

2340 IF ST-6 THEN 2410

2350 IF ST-7 THEN 3260

2360

2370 IF DT(BX,BY)=2 THEN CS$="#" :GOTO 2400

2380 IF DT(BX,BY)=l THEN CSB="#W" :GOTO 2400

2390 IF DT(BX.BY+l)-0 THEN CS$="

" ELSE CSJ-" "

2400 GOSUB 3730 :GOTO 2180

2410 I---__ Wrap-"p -_---------------------------------------------------------

2420 CLS :LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT "SAVE TO FILE?"

2430 S--l :PX=2 :PY=l :SOI="Yes" :Sl$="No" :GOSUB 3020

2440 IF S THEN 2530

2450 LOCATE 5.10 :PRINT "Output file name I":FI5:"1 ":

2460 INPUT F05

2470 IF FOB-"" AND FI$="" THEN 2450

2480 IF FOB-"" THEN FOS-FI5

2490 OPEN "R",#l,F0$.48

2500 FIELD X1.48 AS A5

2510 LSET A$=HD$+STR1NG5(48-LEN(HD5~.0) :PUT X1.1.

2520 GOSUB 3420 :CLOSE 1

2530

2540 LOCATE 7.1 :PRINT "DOWNLOAD TO PRINTER?

(DIP SWITCH 2-1 MUST BE OFF)"

2550 S-O :PX=8 :PY=l :SOB="Yes" :S15="No" :GOSUB 3020

2560 IF S THEN END

2570 LOCATE 11.1 :PRINT "PRINT CHARACTER SET?"

2580 S-O :PX=12 :PY=l :SOB="Yes" :SlS="No" :GOSUB 3020

2590 IF S THEN END

2600 LOCATE 15.1 :PRINT "WHICH MONITOR ARE YOU USING?"

2610 S-O :SlJ="COLOR" :SO5="MONOCRO" :PX=16 :PY=l :GOSUB 3020 :PB=S

2620 GOSUB 3500 :LPRINT E5;"3":CHR5(50):

2630 FOR CC-33 TO 126 :LPRINT CHR$(CC):" "::NEXT CC

2640

LPRINT STRINGS(10.10) :PRINT STRINGS(5.10) :END

3000

3010 a=====

3020

I_____

S,,BRO”‘I’INES selector

====================__P_________________=============== ro”tlne---------------------------------------------------

3030

LOCATE PX.PY :PRINT u

3040 LOCATE PX+l,PY :PRINT "

";S15

3050 IF NOT S THEN 3060 ELSE 3070

3060 LOCATE PX,PY :PRINT "==>" :LOCATE PX+l,PY :PRINT " v :LOCATE PX,PY

3070 IF S THEN 3080 ELSE 3090

3080

LOCATE PX.PY :PRINT v u :LOCATE PX+l,PY :PRINT "==>" :LOCATE PX,PY

3090

I$=INPUT5ll~ :IF IB<>CHR5(13) THEN S-NOT S :GOTO 3050

3100

3110

RETURN .-

___-----------_---______________________---------------

3120 I$=INPUT$(l) :SK=ASC(IS) :FK=VAL(IS)

3130 IF SK>6 AND SK<14 THEN ST-SK-6 :GOTO 3210

3140 IF FK-0 OR FK-5 THEN 3120

3150 IF FK MOD 3 = 0 THEN Y-Y+1

3160 IF FK MOD 3 = 1 THEN Y-Y-1

3170

IF FK >6 THEN X-X-1

3180

IF FK <4 THEN X=X+1

3190 IF Y>WI THEN Y-WI ELSE IF Y<l THEN Y-l

3200 IF X>HI THEN X-HI ELSE IF X<l THEN X-l

3210

3220

RETURN

I_-_-- Clear al) dots ----------------__--____________________------------

3230

FOR N-l TO 16 :LOCATE N+2.3 :PRINT SPC(24) :NEXT N

3240

FOR X-l TO HI :FOR Y-l TO WI :DT(X,Y)=O :NEXT Y.X

3250

3260

ST-2 :X-l :Y=l :RETURN

I----- Store =haracter data ----------------------------------------------

3270 FL-O

3280 IF DES THEN A(CC)=0 ELSE A(CCI=128

3290 IF NLQ THEN ZA-15 :ZB=2 ELSE ZA-8 :ZB=l

3300

FOR Y-l TO WI :h'T=128 :P(CC,Y)=O :Q(CC.Y)=O

3310

3320

3330

FOR X-l TO ZA STEP ZB

IF NLQ THEN Q~CC,Y,=Q(CC,Y)+WI*(DT~X+1.Y) AND 1)

P(CC,Y)=P(CC,Y)+WT'(DT(X.Y) AND 1)

3340

3350

WT-.5*wr

NEXT X

3360 FL=FL+P(CC.Y)+Q(CC.Y)

3370 NEXT Y

3380 IF FL-O THEN A(CC)=-1

3390 BEEP

3400 CC-CC+1 :IF CC-127 THEN CC-33

3410

3420

GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1510

I--___ OutDUt to Diskette ___---------------------------------------------

3430 FOR CC-33 TO 126 :M=CC-31

3440

IF A(CC)=-1 THEN B$=STRING5(48.0) :GOTO 3480 ELSE B$=CHR$(l)+CHR$(A(CC))

3450 FOR Y-l TO WI :B$=BJ+CHR$(P(CC.Y)) :NEXT Y

3460 IF NOT NLQ THEN B$=B$+STRING5(35.0) :GOTO 3480

3470 FOR Y-l TO WI :Bb=BB+CHR$(Q(CC.Y)) :NEXT Y

3480 LSET AS-B5 :PUT X1.M

3490 NEXT CC :RETURN

3500 I----- output to pr,“ter -------------------------------------------------

3510 LPRINT HD5;

3520 FOR CC-33 TO 126

3530 IF A(CC)<O THEN 3580

3540 LPRINT E5:"&":CHR5(O):STRING5~2.CC);:Z=A~CCl

3550 FOR Y-l TO WI :Z=P(CC,Y) :GOSUB 3600 :NEXT Y

:GOSUB 3600

3560 IF NOT NLQ THEN 3580

3570 FOR Y-l TO WI :Z=Q(CC,Y) :GOSUB 3600 :NEXT Y

3580 NEXT CC

3590 LPRINT E$;'%"::RENRN

3600

3610 IF PB THEN 3640

3620 PP=INP(&H3BD) :IF PP<128 THEN 3620

3630 OUT LH3BC.Z :OUT bH3BE.5 :OUT bH3BE.4 :GOTO 3660

3640 PP=INP(&H379) :IF PP<128 THEN 3640

3650 OUT hH378.Z :OUT hH37A.5 :OUT &H37A.4

3660 RETURN

3670 I----- plot character _______________-----____________________------------

3680 LOCATE X'2+1.Y*2+1

3690 LOCATE X*2+2.Y*2+1

:PRINT CS5

:PRINT CSZ :REl'URN

3700 LOCATE BX*2+1,BY*2+1 :PRINT CS5

3710 LOCATE BX*2+2,BY*2+1 :PRINT CS5 :RETURN

3720 LOCATE X+Z.Y+2

3730 LOCATE BX+2,BY+2

:PRINT CS5 :REKJRN

:PRINT CS5 :RETURN

CHARACTER SETS

sets.

This appendix gives tables of the printer’s standard and IBM character

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 < > .

< Sample >

Character r

Hexadecimal

(high order) value

<DC2> ”

/ ,-‘--

2 B-R

50 66

? c -s

82 b r

98 114 c s pF-

Control code L Decimal value

I-

- Hexadecimal value

(low order)

STANDARD CHARACTER

1 18

<DC3>

1 34

1 50 1 66 1 82 1 98 114

3 c s c s

51 67

83 99 115

4 1 20

I I I I I---,

% 5 E U e u

133

134

149

150

(165 I181

& 6

166 182

[I97

198

1213

214

1229

230

I245

246

<VT> <ES0 +

139 155 171

cFF>

140 156

’

172

;

187

K I k f

203 219 235 251

188

204

220

236

252

Y

IBM CHARACTER SET #2

100

101

IBM CHARACTER SET #l

Hexa,

Lecims

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

<ESC> “ > ” command.

102

ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET

Hexa- decimal

In IBM mode, additional characters be printed by special commands. can

INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS

When an international character set is selected by DIP switches 2-2 to

2-4 or by a command from software, the following changes are made in the character set:

I Country

I 35 36 64 91

T @ r i

92 I93 I 94 96 11231124

T a o -i-

-{

+-I--

I

-7

-i- a

s zi

@ 1

*

6 AZ

8 ij

I-

Al -

AlU

- {- :

- 82

T i

i 1 - 1 I-lo

T m v s

1 I-

AIU

T d i s

-F

T +

d i T

@I [

A Iii i I4 i le

* i fi

+I--

1

I- ‘I{ I: e-l0

See page 17 for the DIP switch settings.

1571

The commands for selecting the international character sets are:

Standard mode: < ESC > “R” n IBM mode: < FS > “R” n

Where n means character code n, i.e. CHR$ (n) in BASIC. The values of

n are:

0 U.S.A

1 France

2 Germany

3 Denmark

4 Sweden

5 Italy

6 England

7 Spain I

8 Japan

9 Norway

10 Denmark II

11 Spain II

12 Latin America

13 Denmark/Norway

104

INDEX

Absolute tab, 79

Ascender, 83, 90

Auto feed, 88

Automatic carriage return,

Automatic line feed, 17, 77

Automatic sheet feeder, 6, 16, 56, 88

Backspace, 77

Bail lever, 2, 7, 8, 9, II, I2

BASIC, 25,40, 92

Beeper, 20, 24, 27, 28, 29, 87

<BEL>, 87

Bidirectional printing, 87

Bit-image printing, 37, 45, 51, 80, 81, 82

Bold printing, 35, 62

Bottom margin, 74

Buffer, 17, 28, 53 a

Cancel command, 86

Carriage return, 77

Centering, 78

Channels of vertical tab stops, 75

Character codes, printing of all, 65

Character set commands, 64

Character sets, 54, 64, 65, 97-104

Character size and pitch commands, 66

Character spacing, 69

Cleaning, 47

Colour commands, 35

Colour printing, 54

Colour printing commands, 64

Column width, 32, 55

Commands: double parentheses, 34-36 download character, 82 font control, 59 graphics, 80 horizontal position, 76 macro instruction, 85 print size, 35 type style, 35 vertical position, 71

Commercial software, 31-35

Condensed pitch, 21, 51, 67

Connector, 3, 5

Control panel, 19

Courier type style, 22, 60

Delete, 86

Descender, 83, 90

Dimensions of printer, 55

DIP switches,

74-17, 33, 50, 51, 54, 64, 65,

72, 74, 82, 83, 84, 88

DOS commands, 37,38,39,40

Dot matrix size, 54

Double parentheses commands, 34-36

Double-size characters, 69, 70

Double-strike printing, 62

Download character commands, 82

Download characters, 17, 51, 54, 82, 83, 84,

89-96

Draft quality, 22, 59. 60, 82, 84, 89, 90, 91

IE(

Electrical specifications, 56

Elite pitch, 21, 60, 66, 84

Emphasized printing, 51, 62

Emulation,

16, 32, 53

Entry slot, 3

Environmental requirements, I, 56

Epson printers, 31

Escape code, 32

Escape sequences, 59

Expanded printing, 67

CFI

Fanfold forms: loading, 9, 50 parking, II, 27 specifications, 55 unparking, 12

Fixed spacing, 68

Font control commands, 59

Form feed, 74

Gap, 14

Graphics, 37, 45, 51, 80, 81, 82

10s

Graphics commands, 80

!Hl

Hard copy, 37

Hexadecimal dump, 24-26

Horizontal position commands, 76

Horizontal tabulation, 51, 79

IBM character sets, 64, 100-103

IBM mode, 16, 22, 45

IBM printers, 31

IBM-PC, 25, 26

Immediate print, 86

Initialization sequence, 33

Installing software, 31

Interface: signals, 56 specifications, 53 test, 13

International characters, 17, 51, 65, 204

Italic printing, 22, 35, 61

I

Justification, 78

Label printing, 50

Left margin, 28, 76, 77

Line feed, 72

Line spacing, 50. 55, 70, 71. 72

Locating the printer, I

Macro instruction, 85

Macro instruction commands, 85

Maintenance, 47

Manual feed, 88

Margins: bottom, 74 left, 28, 76, 77 right, 28, 76, 77 top, 7, 73

Master print mode, 68

Micro-feed, 27, 28

Microjustification, 69

Most significant bit, 85

Near letter quality, 22, 60, 83, 84, 91, 92

NLQ Type Style switch, 22, 24

106

Off-line, 20, 86

On Line switch, 20. 24, 87

Orator type style, 16, 22, 60, 61

Overlining, 63 m

Page feed, 27, 74

Page length, 16, 73

Page width, 32, 55

Panel pitch, 24

Panel style, 24

Paper Feed switch, 21, 24, 27, 28

Paper feed, 7. 8, 9. IO, 11, 12, 53

Paper guide, 6, 1 I

Paper specifications, 55

Paper-out detector, 16, 50, 74

Parking,

11, 12. 27

Pause, 20, 35

Pica pitch, 21, 66

Pitch. 21, 24, 34, 55, 66

Platen knob, 3

Power cord, 6

Power indicator, 20

Print Pitch switch, 21, 24, 27, 28

Print head, 48-50, 53

Print size commands, 35

Printer commands, 39, 51, 59

Printing gap adjustment, 14

Printing mechanism, 53

Programming, 38-46

Proportional pitch, 21, 68

PrtSc key, 37 p1

Quadruple-size characters, 69

Rear cover, 3, 9

Release lever, 3, 7, 9

Reset printer, 88

Reverse line feed, 72

Reverse micro-feed, 28

Ribbon cartridge, 5, 47, 53

Right margin, 28, 76, 77

ROM character set, 84 gerif type style 22 60 61

Self tests, 12, 13.24 ’ ’

Setting up, 3

Single sheets: manual loading, 8

semiautomatic loading, 7 specifications, 55

Slash zero, 66

Small capitals, 26, 22

Software, 31-35

Specifications, 53-57

Sprocket feed, 9-12, 53

Standard character set, 17, 64, 98, 99

Standard mode, 16. 17, 21. 45

Star printers. 31

Subscripts, 63

Superscripts, 63

Tabulation, 51, 75, 76, 77

Test patterns, 12, 13. 24

Top cover, 3, 4, 5

Top margin, 7, 73

Top of page (form), 27, 33, 73

Tractor feed, 9-13, 53

Troubleshooting,

50-51

Type style, 22, 34, 55, 60

Type style commands, 35

Underlining, 62, 63

Unidirectional printing, 87

Unpacking and inspection, I

Unparking, I2

Vertical position commands, 71

Vertical tabulation, 75

Zero (slash or normal), 66

107

NX-1000

COLOUR PRINTER

REFERENCE CARD

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

In addition to their normal functions, all the control panel switches have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on.

COURIER

SANSERIF

ORATOR

0 -POWER

ON LINE

Hexadecimal dump

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations.

Top of form

: DIP SWITCHES

2-1 Usage of RAM

2-2

Buffer

2-3 International character set (See below)

2-4

Download ON

International character sets:

* ij

* Denmark/Norway when switch 1-6 is OFF and switch 1-7 is ON.

Note: DIP switches are read only at power-up. Switch power off before changing a DIP switch setting.

PRINT PITCH SELECTION

Standard mode

Pica

Elite

12::.q5h.7~9(:i < ESC > “M”

12Ip~.!$JJ~yjy)12

1234567890

1234567890 *

* 123456789012

123456785’012

1234567890 <ESC> “~‘3 123456789012

A

CHR$(l8) CHR$(lS)

CHR$(I8)

CHR$( 15)

-m i-*

‘1’

v v

123456789N234567

< ESC

12345679901234567890

12345678901234567

* 12345678901234567890

12345678901234567890

Condensed Pica Condensed Elite

IBM mode

Pica

< ESC > “:”

Elite

1, 2::ii;4.55”7~396 < ESC > “M”

~~:5il.“5(57fy~()jJ

1234567890

1234567890

1234567890

4

CHR$(18)

) 123456789012

,

123456789012

123456789012

12345678901234567

12345678901234567

12345678901234567

Condensed Pica

< ESC > “M"

COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER

MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION

IBM

STD

IBM

STD

IBM

STD

IBM

STD

<BEL>

CBS>

<HT>

<LF>

<VT>

<FF>

<CR>

<so>

<SI>

<DC1 >

<DC2>

<DC3>

<DC4>

<CAN>

<DEL>

CESC> <LF>

<ESC>

<so>

<SI>

CO>

<4>

“R”

<ESC> “T”n

<ESC> ““,,

< ESC > “1” n

< ESC > “#”

<ESC> “$” nf n2

< ESC > “%” 0

< ESC > “%” 1

<ESC> “&” co> nl n2 mo ml....

< ESC > -*‘% no nl n2 ml m2....

cESC> “+” .._.. <RS>

<ESC> “+” <, 5

<ESC> “-“0

<ESC> “-” 1

< ESC > “/” “0

< ESC > “(I”

<ESC> “1”

< ESC >

“2”

< ESC > “3” n

<ESC> “4”

< ESC > “5”

< ESC > “5” < 1 >

< ESC >

“6”

< ESC > “7”

< ESC > “8”

< ESC > “9”

< ESC > “:”

Bell

Backspace

Horizontal tab

Line feed

Vertical tab

Form feed

Carriage return

Expanded printing for one line

Condensed printing

Set printer on-line

Cancel condensed printing

Pica pitch

Set printer off-line

Cancel one-line expanded printing

Cancel last line

Delete last character sent

Reverse line feed

Return to top of current page

Expanded print for one line

Condensed printing

Manual feed

Auto feed

Eject paper from ASF

Set print start position on ASF

Increase character spacing

Select master print mode

Accept MSB as is

Absolute horizontal tab in inches

Select ROM character set

Select download character set

Define download characters

Select graphics mode

Define macro instruction

Execute macro instruction

Stop underlining

Start underlining

Select vertical tab channel

Set line spacing to l/8 inch

Set line spacing to 7/72 inch

Set line spacing to l/6 inch

Execute < ESC > “A”

Set line spacing to n/216 inch

Select italic characters

Set top of page at current position

Select upright characters

Cancel automatic line feed

Set automatic line feed

Select IBM character set #2

Select IBM character set #l

Disable paper-out detector

Enable paper-out detector

Elite pitch

Copy standard characters from

ROM into RAM

One-line unidirectional printing

Set MSB to 0

PAGE

85 i/--

IBM

STD

IBM

IRM

STD

IBM

STD

MODE

IBM

STD

IBM

STD

CONTROLCODE

NNCTION

PAGE

<ESC>

“=”

->”

nl n2 < DC4> a0 al a2 ml...

Define download characters

< ESC > “?” n m

Set MSB to I

Convert graphics density

< ESC > “A” n

< ESC > “B” nl n2

<ESC> “C” <o> n

< ESC > “C” n

< 0 >

Reset printer

Set line spacing to n/72 inch

Set vertical tab stops

Set page length to n inches

< ESC > “D” nl nZ...... < 0 >

< ESC > “E“

< ESC > “F”

< ESC > “G”

< ESC > “H”

Set page length to n lines

Set horizontal tab stops

Emphasized printing

Cancel emphasized printing

< ESC > “I” 0

< ESC > “I” I

< ESC > “I” 2

< ESC > “I” 3

< ESC > “I” 4

< ESC > “I” 5

< ESC > “I” 6

Double-strike printing

Cancel double-strike printing

Select draft quality characters

Select draft elite characters

Select Sanserif characters

Select Courier characters

Select draft download character set 84

Select draft elite download character set 84

< ESC > “I” 7

< ESC > “J” n

< ESC z “K” nl n2 ml m2 c ESC > “L” nl n2 ml m2

< ESC > “M”

< ESC > “N” n

< ESC > “0”

< ESC > “p”

< ESC , “P” < 0 > iESC>

<ESC>

“p” 

“Q” <3>

< ESC > “Q” n

< FSC > “R”

< FSC > “R” n

< ESC > “S” 0

C’ FSC z “S” 1

Select NLQ download character set 84

Select Courier characters

Perform one n/216-inch line feed

Print single-density

Elite pitch

Set bottom margin

Pica pitch

Select fixed spacing

Select proportional

Set printer off-line

Set right margin

Reset all tab stops

Select international

Superscript

Subscript

P-bit graphics

Print double-density 8-bit graphics

Cancel top and bottom margins spacing character set

< ESC‘ > “T”

< ESC > “l-1” 0

<ESC> “I.,” I c ESC > “W” 0

< ESC > “W” I

(ESC>

<ESC>

“X”n1 n2

“Y” nl n2ml m2...

Cancel superscript

Bidirectional

Unidirectional printing printing

Cancel expanded

Expanded prmting or subscript printing

Set left and right margins

Print double-density.

< ESC > “2” nl n2 ml m2...

< ESC > “[” “ia” <4> <o> <o>

( ESC > “\” nl n2

< ESC > “I” nl

<ESC> .‘,W

<ESC>

“^“nOnln2mlm2...

“-” 0

< ESC > “L” I

< ESC > “a” 0

< F,SC > “a” I

s. ESC > “a” 2

n2 double-speed 8 bit graphics

Print quadruple-density g-bit graphics

Select character height, width. and line spacing

Enable printing of all character codes 65

Relative horizontal tab

Enable printing of all character

codes on next character

Print 9-pin graphics

Stop overlining

Start overlining

Left justify

Center text

Right justify

IBM

MODE CONTROL CODE

< ESC > “b” n0 nl n2...... <O >

< ESC > “c“ n

< ESC > “e” 0 II

STD

< ESC > “e” 1 n

<ESCs “f-On

<ESC> “f’ 1 n

< ESC > “h” n

< ESC > “i” 0

< ESC > ‘5” 1

< ESC > ‘j” n

< ESC > “k” n

< ESC > “I” n

< ESC > “p” 0

<ESC> “p” 1

< ESC > “r” n

< ESC > “t” 0

< ESC > “t” 1

< ESC > “w” 0 cESC> “w” 1

< ESC > “x” 0

< ESC > “x” 1

<ESC> “-“I)

< ESC > “-” 1

<FS>

“4"

<FS> “5”

<FS> “c”

< FS > “Q” n

< FS > “R” n

<FS> “\”

nl n2

“(” “(” “o” “)” ..)”

“(” “(” “4” “)” “)”

“(” “(” “B” “)” “)” ‘,o”

“(” “(” “B” “)” “)” “, 11

“(” “(” ‘.c” “)” “)” n

“(” “(” “F” “)” “)” “o”

“(” “(” .‘F” “)” “)” “, ,.

“(” “(” “F” “)” “)” “2”

FUNCTION PAGE

Set vertical tab stops in channel

Set top margin

Set horizontal tab stop every n columns

Select italic characters

Select upright characters

Copy standard characters from

ROM into RAM

Set vertical tab stops every n lines

Absolute horizontal

Feed paper n lines

tab

in columns

Select double or quadruple size

Cancel immediate print

Immediate print

Perform one n/Zl&nch reverse line feed 72

Select NLQ type style

Set left margin

Select fixed spacing

Select proportional

Select printing

Select standard

Select

IBM

character set character set

Print double-height

Select normal zero

Select slash zero spacing colour

Return to normal height characters

Select draft quality characters

Select NLQ characters

Set MSB to 0

Set right margin

Select international

Relative horizontal

Manual feed

Auto feed

Cancel double-strike character tab

Double-strike printing

Select printing colour printing

Select Courier characters set

Select Sanserif characters

Select Orator characters with

61 small capitals

Select Orator characters with lower case

Select draft quality characters

Select upright characters

Select italic characters

Eject paper from ASF

Select character size

Set print start position on ASF

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Key features

Color printing
Supports Epson & IBM commands
Multiple type styles
High-resolution printing
Versatile paper handling

Frequently asked questions

You can load single sheets semiautomatically with power on or manually with power off. For semiautomatic loading, place a sheet on the paper guide and insert it into the entry slot. Move the bail lever forward, and the printer will automatically feed the paper. For manual loading, insert the sheet into the entry slot, open the paper bail, turn the platen knob to position the paper, adjust as necessary, and close the paper bail.

To load fanfold forms, turn the printer OFF, set the release lever to the up position, open the bail and sprocket covers, insert the paper, close the covers, and raise the clamp levers. Turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward. To park the fanfold paper, press the On Line switch off-line, tear off the printed form, press and hold the Print Pitch switch, press the Paper Feed switch, move the release lever down, and mount the paper guide upright.

Remove the top cover and locate the adjustment lever near the left end of the paper bail. Pulling the lever widens the gap, and pushing it narrows the gap. There are four positions, and you can feel the lever clicking into place.

COLOUR PRINTER

USERS MANUAL

@Copyright 1987 Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

TABLEOFCONTENTS

Chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Chapter 2

CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

Chapter 3

USING THE PRINTER WITH

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER

WITH DOS AND BASIC

Chapter 5

MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR

Appendix D CHARACTER SETS

INDEX

REFERENCE CARD

105

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

LOCATING THE PRINTER

UNPACKING AND INSPECTION

Check the carton contents

SETTING UP

Remove the top covef

install the ribbon cartridge

Replace the

cower

Connect the printer’s power cord.

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

Mount the paper guide

Semiautomatic loading

Manual loading

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

Paper unparking

TEST PRINTING

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

l-3 ON.

Orator Prints this way with switch 1-3 OFF.

Chapter 2

CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

SWITCHES AND INDICATORS

This is pica (10 characters

This is elite (12 characters

This is condensed pica (17 characters per inch). per inch). per inch).

This

This is proportional is proportional pica. elite.

NLQ Type Style switch

This is near-letter-quality

'This is Courier italic.

Courier.

THIS IS ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS.

This is Orator with lower case.

This is Orator italic with lower case.

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

1

Short test pattern:

Long test pattern:

Stay in panel pitch:

Stay

pane/

/fexadecima/ Cfun?p:

24

CHR$(I);

30 NEXT I

50 END

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

26

Paper

Page feed:

Reverse micro-feed:

Left margin:

margin:

Clearing the buffer:

Chapter 3

**Select Orator characters with lower case**