Star Micronics lC-10 manual

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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. Cha[...]

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 advance[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER 1 Locating the printer 1 Unpacking and inspection 1 Check the carton contents Setting up 3 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 6 Mount the paper gui[...]

Top of form Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Left margin Right margin Clearing the buffer Chapter 3 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 Em[...]

I Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR 89 Draft character NLQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS 97 Standard character set 98 IBM character set #2 100 IBM character set #l 102 Additional character set 103 International character sets 104 INDEX 105 REFERENCE CARD Inside the cover[...]

SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - l 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[...]

Figure 1-f. 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. 2[...]

Bail lever Poa Release lever: releases the platen. This lever must be down for printing on single sheets, and up for fanfold forms. Top cover: protects the print head and other parts. Rear cover: protects the sprocket feed mechanism. Entry slot: for inserting single sheets of paper. Control panel: controls various printer functions. Power switch: s[...]

Remove the top cower 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. igure 1-4. Removing the top cover - -[...]

hstall 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 loc[...]

Figure l-6. r;onnectmg tne mtertace caue 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 procedu[...]

igure i-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Single sheets can be manually with off, or matically with on. We start the way with loading. 1. that the lever is and the lever back closed), then power on. will hear short beep and the indicator on control panel flash. These are the printer’s paper-out signals. Place a s[...]

lever 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 lev[...]

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. 1. Place a stack of fanfold paper behin[...]

lever Figure l-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth igure l-71. 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 th[...]

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 th[...]

I Figure 7-13. Short test pattern Long se/f 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 printe[...]

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 ga[...]

L L L i.. 6 i I L t I I Figure l-15. DIP switches 2-3 2-4 International character set (See below) The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position. These are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. The following questions will help you make the right set[...]

Switch l-l: Is the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches? Leave this switch ON if you will be using 11-inch forms. Move it to the OFF position if you will be using 12-inch forms. Switch 1-2: Do you want an automatic carriage return? Leave this switch ON. The printer will automatically perform a carriage return by moving to the left margi[...]

ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an g-bit interface (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #l, for computers with a 7-bit interface. Switch 1-8: Do you want an automatic line feed? If you leave this switch at the ON position, a separate line-feed code is re- quired to obtain a line feed. If you move this switch to[...]

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. c Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERAT/O/VS 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[...]

The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the oper- ations 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 com- bination. This chapter explains all the switch and indica[...]

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 f[...]

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[...]

-/- l”i _i_ .y ::) .; j.. <,j /_. 2, .+: + i::i t.l t: 1. :i, t ’ “’ I I 8, This is near-letter-quality Courier. This is Courier italic. This is Sanserif. This is Sanserif italic. TtiIs 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. Figur[...]

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 pane/ pitch: Print Pitch switch By ho[...]

. i i c 3. At the end of the hexadecimal dump, set the printer off-line with the On Line switch. This is necessary to print the last line. The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade- cimal mode: 10 FOR I-O *TO 255 20 LPRINT CHR$(I); 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without ch[...]

When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD (carriage re- turn) 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 prece[...]

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) th[...]

Reverse micro-fee& 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[...]

1. Halt the printing program on the computer. If printing stops imme- diately, 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 swi[...]

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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[...]

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 nece[...]

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?[...]

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 style and pitch selection If your software does not control the type style and pitch, you must make these selections with printer commands [...]

, * 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: Colour: ((S))O Standard size ((S))l Double width ((S))2 Double height ((S))3 Double width and height ((C))0 Black ((C))1 Red ((C))2 Blue ((C))3 Violet ((C))4 Yellow ((C))5 Orange ((C))6 Green Bold: ((B))O Non-bold[...]

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[...]

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 P[...]

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 [...]

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 tile. Then instead of setting margins etc. manually each time, you can complet[...]

*I - l:*-V[xl^V[!“VA^V[X^VL 2:*-c - “E - ^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 “VL enters the control code < 12 > . See your D[...]

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 prog[...]

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 [...]

1910 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(O); 1920 LPRINT E$;"%O" 'Select normal character 1930 LPRINT H$;C$;"Dot graphics:"; 1940 DIM LOG0$(4) 1950 RESTORE 2450 1960 FOR ROW-1 TO 4 1970 FOR COL-1 TO 100 1980 READ DG 1990 LOGO$(ROW)=LOGO$(ROW)tCHR$(DG) 2000 NEXT COL 2010 NEXT ROW 2020 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(8); 'Set 8/72[...]

2410 DATA 6, 8. 6. 0, 28, 32, 14, 64, 14, 0 2420 DATA 14. 0,124, 0, 0, 12, 64, 12, 32, 14 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, 1[...]

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, fol[...]

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";[...]

Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROU5LESHOOTlNG Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include - l 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 de[...]

- 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 carefu[...]

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 car[...]

TROUBLESHOOTING H If the printer doesn’t print: l 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 w[...]

n 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 u[...]

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TECHNICAL SPEClHCA T/Oh/S H Printing Mechanism Printing method Printing speed Printing direction Print head Serial impact dot matrix 120 characters per second (draft pica) 30 characters per second (NLQ pica) Draft: bi-directional or unidirectional (selectable), logic seeking NLQ and graphics: unidirectional, logic seeking 9 Pins Life: 200 million d[...]

DIP switches Special features 12 pins Panel pitch/style lock-in Forward and reverse micro-feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump W Co/our Printing Colours Black, red, blue, violet, yellow, orange, green W Dot Matrix Size Character matrix 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 (IB[...]

n Type Styles and Pitches Draft type styles NLQ type styles Draft, draft italic Courier, Sanserif, Orator (with lower case or small capitals), and italic versions of these Extra-large characters Double width, double height, double width and height, quadruple width and height Print pitches Pica (10 cpi) Elite (12 cpi) Condensed pica (17 cpi) Condens[...]

- n Electrical Specifications Line voltage 120 VAC f 10% 220 VAC + 10% 240 VAC + 10% Line frequency Power consumption Insulation resistance (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 Dielectric strength Withstands 1 kVAC rms at 50 or 60 Hz between AC power line and c[...]

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PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes the printer’s control commands. The commands are arranged by function. The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below: Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “X” I‘ 1” 27 120 49 1B 78 31 Both <ESC> “X” Cl> 27 120 I IB 78 01 Mode: Indicates the mode in wh[...]

_- Select draft elite characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “I” “ ” I 21 13 49 IB 49 31 IBM < ESC > “I” <I> 27 73 1 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <[...]

I Select Sanserii characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(” “(” “F” “)” “)” “, 99 40 40 70 41 41 49 28 28 46 29 29 31 c. ESC > “I” “2” 21 73 50 1B 49 32 IBM < ESC > “I” <2> 27 73 2 IS 49 02 Changes to the Sanserif NLQ font. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up. Se[...]

Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “E” 27 69 IB 45 Causes subsequent draft characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes. Cancel emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “F” Cancels emphasized printing. Double-strike printing Decimal Hexadecimal 27 70 1B 46 Mode ASCII Decim[...]

Stop underlining Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 1 < ESC > ‘*-” “0" 27 45 48 IB 2D 30 Both < ESC > “-” co> 27 45 0 1B 2D 00 Stops underlining. Start 0 werlining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “A” “1” 27 95 49 IB 5F 31 Both <ESC> “p” <I> 27 95 1 1B 5F 01 Causes subsequent character[...]

COLOUR PRINTING COMMANDS Select printing colour Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I I. 31 ( ‘T’ “C” “)” “)” n 40 40 67 41 41 n 28 28 43 29 29 n Both <ESC> 7” n 27 114 n 1B 72 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 [...]

Select IBM character set #7 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “7” 27 55 IB 37 Selects IBM character set #I. If the standard character set is currently selected, this command remains dormant and takes effect at the next < ESC > “t” I command. In IBM mode, character set #l is the power-up default if DIP switch I-7 is OFF. [...]

Enable printing of all character codes on next character Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> ‘Ln” 27 94 1B SE This command operates like < ESC > “” except that it remains in effect for only one character. Select slash zero Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “ .> - “ 1” 27 126 49 1B 7E 31 Both - <ESC>[...]

Condensed printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <SI > 15 OF Both r <ESC> <SI> 27 15 1B OF In Standard mode, changes from pica to condensed pica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensed elite (20 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either pica or elite to condensed (17 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up. C[...]

__ Cancel one-line expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Roth i <DC4> I 20 I 14 Stops one-line expanded printing set with < SO > or < ESC > < SO > Does not cancel < ESC > “W” 1. Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESc > ss 73 P “113 27 112 49 1B 70 31 Both <EfjC> ?[...]

increase character spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. 1 <ESC> “” n 1 27 32 n IlB 20 n Increases the space between characters by n/240 inches, where n is a number from 0 to 127. Used in microjustification. Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “h” n 27 104 n 1B 68 n Selects the size of[...]

Select character size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(” “(33 “s., “)” “)” n 40 40 83 41 41 n 28 28 53 29 29 n Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of n, as below. Does not move the base line. n Character width Character height 0 Single width Single height 1 Double width Single height 2 Sin[...]

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to II8 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “0” 21 48 1B 30 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to l/8 inch. Set line spacing to 7172 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “1” 27 49 IB 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or r[...]

Execute < ESC > “A” Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> “2” 21 50 IB 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 < ESC > “A” command. Line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <LF> 10 OA Prin[...]

Feed paper n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “f’ “1” n 27 102 49 n 1B 66 31 n Both <ESC> “f Cl> n 27 102 1 n 1B 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM 1 <ESC> “4” I 21 52 IlB 34 I Sets th[...]

Set bottom margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Roth <ESC, “N” II 27 78 n lB4E n Sets the bottom margin to n 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “0” [...]

Set vertical tab stops IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal 1 IBoth T <ESC> “B” nl n? ~04 27 66 nl n2 . ..O 1 1B 42 nl n2...00 I Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nl, n2, etc., where nl, n?. etc. are numbers between I and 255. A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set. The tab stops must b[...]

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin IModel ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1 Both < ESC > “1” n 27 108 n lB6C n Sets the left margin at column n (where n is between 0 and 255) in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected). The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later. The l[...]

Set left and right margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both I <ESC> “X” nl n2 I27 88 nl n2 I IB 58 nl no Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column n2. See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes. Carriage return 1 Mode 1 ASCII I Decimal 1 Hexadecimal I I I Both I <CR> I 13 1 OD Prints[...]

Center text 1 Mode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal I Hexadecimal I <ESC> “a” *’ I . . 21 97 49 1B 61 31 Both <ESC> “a” <I> 21 97 I IB 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins. Right justify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “a” “7” i 21 91 50 IB 61 32 Both <ESC> “a” <2> 21 91 2 [...]

Horizontai tab 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <HT> 9 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecim[...]

GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print sing/e-density 8-bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC’ “K” nl n2 21 75 nl n2 1B 4B nl n2 Both ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally. The graphic image is 8 dots high and nI + nZ x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is 8 inches (480 dots). tnf, m2, . . . are the dot data, [...]

Select graphics mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “*” n0 nl 21 42 n0 nl 1B 2A n0 nl Both n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 . Selects one of seven graphics modes depending on the value of n0 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 Doub[...]

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM IModel ASCII 1 Decimal Hexadecimal 1 Std. < ESC > “:” <O> <O> CO> 27 58 0 0 0 1B3A 00 0000 IBM < FS > -:” <O> <O> <O> 28 58 0 0 0 1C 3A 00 00 00 Copies all the standard characters to the corresponding download char- acter RAM ar[...]

Define NLQ download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “&” CO> nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl Both n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 m3... m46 m3... m46 m3... m46 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use. DIP switch 2-l must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selected before this command is execut[...]

Select download character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “%” “ 1 ” 21 37 49 IB 25 31 Both <ESC> “O/O” < 1 > 21 37 1 IB 25 01 Selects the download character set. Ignored when DIP switch 2-l is ON Select draft download character set Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “I” "4" 27 73 52 I[...]

MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS Define macro instruction Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “f” ..__ IRS> 27 43 30 1B 2B . IE 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[...]

Delete last character sent Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <DEL> 127 7F Deletes the last character received. Ignored if the last character received has already been printed, or if the last character received was ali or part of a command. Cancel last line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <CAN> 24 18 Deletes the last line currently[...]

Set printer on-line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <DC1 > 17 11 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 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <BEL&[...]

Manual feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> <EM> CO> 27 25 0 IB 19 00 Both <cc>. . . ( ,, “o” “)” “)” 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 l-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Auto feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <[...]

Appendix c 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 ch[...]

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 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 des[...]

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 othe[...]

1000 ~**tt**.*t.******tt*frt DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR *.'t*****w*********t* 1010 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 :KEY OFF :CLS 1020 DIM A(126). P(126.23). Q(126.23). DT(16.24) :EO=CHRS(271 :RS=CHRS(ZE) 1030 KEY 1, CHR$(7) :KEY 2, CHR$(8) :KEY 3, CHR$(9) 1040 KEY 4. CHR$(lO) :KEY 5, CHRO(11) :KEY 6. CHR$(12) 1050 FOR I-33 TO 126 :A(I)--1 :NEXT [...]

1700 a----- Key expla"atlons --------------------______________---------------- 1710 LOCATE 10.40 :PRINT "Fl: Clear dot" 1720 LOCATE 11.40 :PRINT "F2: Pass over" 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" 17[...]

2400 GOSUB 3730 :GOTO 2180 2410 I----_ wrapmup ___________------------------------------------------------ 2420 CLS :LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT "SAVE TO FILE?" 2430 S--l :PX=2 :PY=l :SO$-flYes" :Sl$-"No- :GOSUB 3020 2440 IF S THEN 2530 2450 LOCATE 5.10 :PRINT "Output file name [";FI$;"l II: 2460 INPUT FO$ 2470 IF FO$-"[...]

3450 FOR Y-l TO WI :BS=BO+CHR$(P(CC,Y)) :NEXT Y 3460 IF NOT NLQ THEN B5=BE+STRING5(35.0) :GOTO 3480 3470 FOR Y-l TO WI :B$=B$+CHRI(Q(CC,Y)) :NEXT Y 3480 LSET A$=BB :PUT X1.M 3490 NEXT CC :RETURN 3500 I----- Output to printer -----------------------~-------------- 3510 LPRINT HD5; 3520 FOR CC-33 TO 126 3530 IF A!CC)<O THEN 3580 3540 LPRINT E5;&qu[...]

CHARACTER SETS This appendix gives tables of the printer’s standard and IBM character sets. The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character. The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table. For example, the character “A” is in column 4 and ro[...]

STANDARDCHARACTERSET <DC3> # 3 r--- 3,C.S~C~S~ h9 1 I67 1 I83 1 r21 l 1371 153 I id”d”d”d I I I9 I 1251 141 I I57 I - 98[...]

:IDIE/F I 7 <BEL> 7 G W C7 w 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 241 8 CBS> <CAN> ( 8 II X h x 136 152 168 I84 200 216 232 248 a <HT> IEM> ) ~9~I~Y~i Y 7 1137 1153 1169 1185 1201 1217 1233 1249 A <LF> * : J z j z 138 154 170 186 202 218 234 250 R Cl I I I I I. C <FF> < 1140 1156’[172 - 1 : 204 220 236 252 <CR>[...]

IBM CHARACTER SET #2 I 5 6 7 P I<’ I 1 I I 1 I I I 9 <HT> <EM> ) 9 I Y i y 9 25 41 57 13 89 105 121 A 1 B <I <LF> * J Z j z 10 26 42 58 14 90 106 122 IT> <ES0 + ; K [ k { 11 27 43 59 75 91 107 123 ;‘F> iFS> , < L 1 8 I “I112128144160176 1 1 .a 1 114 I 130 t 146 1 162iNd -b&-iid”~ I I I I I I I I [...]

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IBM CHARACTER SET #l C Hexa- ledma 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 1 -7-4 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.[...]

ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET Hexa- decima 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands. 103[...]

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: See page 17 for the DIP switch settings. The commands for selecting the international character sets are: Standard mode: < ESC > “R” n IBM mode: < FS[...]

INDEX m Absolute tab, 79 Ascender, 83, 90 Auto feed, 88 Automatic carriage return, I6 Automatic line feed, 17, 77 Automatic sheet feeder, 6, 16, 56, 88 m Backspace, 77 Bail lever, 2, 7, 8, 9, II, 12 BASIC, 25, 40, 92 Beeper, 20, 24, 27, 28, 29, 87 <BEL>, 87 Bidirectional printing, 87 Bit-image printing, 37, 45, 51, 80, 82, 82 Bold printing, 3[...]

Graphics commands, 80 ml Hard copy, 37 Hexadecimal dump, 24-26 Horizontal position commands, 76 Horizontal tabulation, 51, 79 II/ IBM character sets, 64, ZOO-103 IBM mode, 16, 22, 45 IBM printers, 31 IBM-PC, 25,26 Immediate print, 86 Initialization sequence, 33 Installing software, 3 1 Interface: signals, 56 specifications, 53 test, 13 Internationa[...]

semiautomatic loading, 7 specifications, 55 Slash zero, 66 Small capitals, 16, 22 Software, 31-35 Specifications, 53-57 Sprocket feed, 9-12. 53 Standard character set, 17, 64, 98, 99 Standard mode, 16. 17, 21. 4.5 Star printers. 31 Subscripts, 63 Superscripts. 63 Tabulation, 51, 75, 76, 77 Test patterns, Z2. 13, 24 Top cover, 3, 4. 5 Top margin, 7,[...]

LC-10 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 ~- ~ ITALIC Long tt Hexadecmal dump Short test SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtai[...]

DIP SWITCHES International character sets: * Denmark/Norway when switch l-6 is OFF and switch l-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:;.<q.~&y~q(> < ESC > “M” 1~~!+~~~&q~y()~‘1! 1234567890 t 123456789012 1234567890 + 123456789012 1234567890 < ESC > “~‘7 123456789012 CHR$(18) CHR$( 15) CHR$(18) CHR$( 15) v V 12345b709012345b7 < ESC ’ “M” 1234gs7.990:2345b789(1 12345678901234567 * 1234567[...]

COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION PAGE IBM STD STD STD IBM STD IBM STD IBM IBM IBM STD STD <BEL> CBS> <HT> <LF> <VT> <FF> <CR> <so> < SI > <DCI> <DC22 <DC2> <DC3> <DC4> <CAN> <DEL> <ESC> <LF> <ESC> <FF> <ESC[...]

MODE CONTROL CODE PUNCTIDN PAGE IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM STI) IBM IBM IBM STD IBM STD IBM STD IBM STD <ESC> ‘.=” nl n2 <DC4> a0 al &? ml <ESC> “>” < ESC > “‘P n m < F+SC > “Oi” < ESC > “A” n < ESC > “B” nl n2 < 0 > <ESC> “C” <O> ,, < ESC >[...]

MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION PAGE <ESC> “b” nU nl n2...... <Or < ESC > “c” n < ESC > “e” 0 n <ESC> “e” 1 n <ESC> “f’ On <ESC> “I” 1 n < ESC > “b” n < ESC > ‘7” 0 < ESC > “i” I < ESC > -j” n < ESC > “k” n 4 ESC z “I” n < ESC > “p?[...]

L L L E L L L E L L E E Type styles are: i) , " :;* f.: .t, i:y f, :s, : {;I (-: .t;, ({+! r CZJ 'i Courier characters, Sanserif characters, ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS, OR with lower case characters, ,=jnd ITALICS fat- al I stylei!:;,~ Print pitches are: Pica pitch, Elite pitch. Condensed pica pitch, Condensed elite pitch, Proportional sp[...]