Star Micronics NX-1020 manual

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Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, u[...]

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into nine chapters. To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 1 through 3. The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations, etc. It assumes a degree of knowledge of the operation of computers (for instance, it assumes[...]

Chapter 6 - MS-DOS and your printer Since the PC or PC-AT family of computers running under MS-DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer, we have in- cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems. Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have also included some hints[...]

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer has a full complement of features, making it an excellent partner for a personal computer. It supports the IBM/Epson printer commands and character sets, enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate, both text and graphics. Some of its main features are the following: l Extensive software [...]

/ TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the Printer Unpacking and Inspection Checking the carton contents Identifying printer parts Setting Up Mounting the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Connecting the printer to your computer Loading Single Sheets Automatic loading Manual loading Loading and Park[...]

Forward micro-feed 31 Reverse micro-feed 31 Changing the auto loading value 31 Clearing the buffer/All reset 32 Selecting the print color 32 Store macro definition 33 Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS 35 How to set the EDS mode 35 Functions of the EDS settings 36 Bidirectional test/Adjustment mode 40 Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 41 Font Control Comm[...]

Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 107 Troubleshooting 107 Power supply 108 Printing 108 Paper feeding 110 Maintenance 113 Replacing the Print Head 113 Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS Standard Character Set #l Standard Character Set #2 International Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code page #437 (U.S.A.) Code page #850 [...]

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - l Locating the printer l Unpacking and inspection (part names) l Setting up and connecting l Loading single sheets l Loading and parking fanfold forms l Adjusting the printing gap LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer, make sure that you h[...]

UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Checking the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton, and check each item in the box against Figure l- 1 to make sure that you have everything (there should be six items). If any of these items are missing, contact your supplier. b. -[...]

The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are: l Monochrome ribbon cartridge (ZX9) l Serial-Parallel converter (SPC-8K) l Automatic sheet feeder (SF- IODN) l Roll paper holder (RH-IOZ) Identifying printer parts Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the following parts in Figure l-2. FIgwe 7-Z.[...]

SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location, and remove all packing material from inside the top cover. This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit. You will want to keep all the packing material, along with the printer carton, in case you have to move the printer to a new location. Mounting the plat[...]

F/gum T-4. Removing the top cover 1. Turn the tension knob counterclockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack. 2. Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield, making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself. int head shield F/gum 1-5. Insta[...]

3. The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield (see Figure l-6). rint head shield Figum 7-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield 4. After you have installed the ribbon cartridge, install the roller unit. 5. Open the rear cover using the two grips on either side. 6. Gripping the lock levers on bot[...]

Figure T-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer To replace the top cover, insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case. Swing the front edge down to close the cover. Leave the top cover closed during normal operation. The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer’s operating sounds. Open the cover only to change the ribbon [...]

Connecting the printer to your computer Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel interface cable. On a PC or PC/AT-type computer, this means that you use the 25pin D-type connector at the computer end, and the Amphenol-type 36-pin con- nector at the printer end. The configuration of the printer’s connector is given in Chapte[...]

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper. If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder (SF- lODN), refer to the ASF instruction booklet. Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with the power off, or automatically with the power on. We will start the easy way w[...]

4. Make sure that the release lever is back. If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer, press the ( SE~&~cT 1 button to park the paper in the off-line state, then move the release lever backwards. 5. Place a single sheet between the guides, placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer. Gently push the pap[...]

Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer’s power is off. The procedure is: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs, located on the bottom of the assembly, into the slots on the rear cover of the printer. Check that printer power is off and the release lever is back. Adjust the p[...]

I LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS I / Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets. They are also called sprocket forms, punched forms, or just plain “computer paper”. This printer accepts forms up to 10” wide. This section will take you through the procedures for loading, parking and unparking fanfold forms.[...]

6. Move the tractor units downwards by gripping the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit as shown in Figure 1-12. Tractor cover mp lever Figure 1-72. Move the tractor units downwards for loading the paper from the rear 7. With the tractor covers open, mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit. Tractor cover [...]

8. Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar, using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position. When the clamp lever is up, the unit is released, and when it is down, the unit is locked. 9. Now close the tractor covers, again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on[...]

Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the following procedure. 1. Remove the top cover and the roller unit. 2. Open the rear cover using the two grips at the side, and push backwards. 3. Grip the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit, and pull the unit upwar[...]

Figuro I-16. Mount the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer. 7. Now close the tractor covers, again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units. If they are not aligned pIoperly, you will have problems with paper feeding, possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper. 8. Remount the roller unit a[...]

5. Move the release lever to the back. 6. Mount the paper guide in the upright position. Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually, as explained previously. The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer. NOTE:You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it from the bottom of the printer. Paper unparking W[...]

LOADING MULTI-PART FORMS You can print on continuous multi-part forms with the built-in tractor unit. You can use multi-part forms that have up to four parts including the original when the Multi-part mode is selected with the EDS setting. (For details, please refer to Chapter 3.) It is recommended to use forms jointed by dotted or pasting under th[...]

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses. To make this adjustment, remove the top cover. The adjustment lever is located at the left side of the printer mechanism. Pushing the adjustment lever backwards narrows the gap; pulling it forwards widens the gap[...]

The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference. Paper Type Weight (g/ml) Thickness (mm) (Each paper) (Total) Recommended Lever position Single 52-82 83 - 90 0.07 - 0.10 2nd 0.11 - 0.12 3rd I I I 2-PlY 40-58 0.12 - 0.16 3rd 3-PlY 40-58 0.18 - 0.20 3rd 0.21 - 0.25 4th 0.24 - 0.26 4th 4-PlY 40-58 0.27 [...]

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the opera- tions indicated by their names. Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer’s power on, or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination. This chapter explains all the button and indicat[...]

ON LINE button The ( ON LINE ) button sets the printer on-line and off-line. The status changes each time you press the button. When the printer is on-line, it can receive and print data from the computer. When the printer is off-line, it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data. The printer powers up in [...]

If you also press the C ON LINE ) button while you are line-feeding, the paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page. This is explained later. If you press this button while on-line, this will alternately flash the QUIET indicator on and off. When in Quiet mode with the QUIET indicator lit, the printer will print slightly slower, but [...]

FONT button This button selects the font to be printed. Draft font is selected at power-up unless the default settings are changed. To change to HS Draft (High-Speed Draft) or one of the NLQ (Near Letter Quality) fonts, set the printer off-line, then press the (FONT) button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illumiuate. Th[...]

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions, all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on. Figutv 2-2 Power-up functions of control panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the ( ON LINE > button is pressed, the printer will enter the short self-test [...]

Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the (PAPER FEED) button is pressed, the printer will enter the long self-test mode. The printer will print the version number of the printer’s ROM and the current EDS settings, followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available. The test cycles endlessly, so you must turn [...]

Since the self-test occupies the full width of the carriage, it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and/or platen. In addition, the total number of lines printed is considerable, more than can be accomodated on a single sheet, so fanfold paper is recommended for this test. Print[...]

- Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmets who are debugging printing pro- grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computers change the codes the programmer intended.) In this mode, all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format, rather than the control codes being acted on as command co[...]

Most BASICS, however, are not quite that straightforward. For exarrmle. the IBM-PC will give you a printout similar to Fi-gure 2-6. I ,:ir, <Cl! t-1.: 3-r 8’1*+ c-1” fS 1/T ‘18 *-<ii <Ifi t-IF< <Ii- CilJ <-,a t.,F . . . . . . . ..“...... I:,F !CC i ! !r‘ 17 14 15 i,& 17 Iii j’: 1P lr 1D 1E IF ..“............. ;[...]

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations. TOD of Form Change color Buffer clear/All reset Form Feed Figutu 2-7. Switch combination functions of mntrol panel Form feed If you are using single sheets, this operation ejects the current page. If you are using fanfold[...]

3. Press and hold the ( ON LINE > button. 4. While holding the ( ON LINE )button down, press the @RR) button, then release both buttons at the same time. The printer will beep to indicate that the top-of-form position has been set. Forward micro-feed For fine alignment, you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows: 1. Press[...]

This value will remain unless you power off the printer. If you want to retain this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro Definition function, which is described below. Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper. If you feed paper, you cannot change the auto loading value. Clearing the buffe[...]

1. Press the( ON LINE ) button to set the printer off-line. 2. Press the m button and hold it down. 3. While holding the (FONT) button, press the ( SEJ,ff&“T ) button. Each time you press the button, one of the indicators of FONT or PITCH will blink to show the current color as shown below. 4. Release both buttons after you set the desired pr[...]

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Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS Most printers use a bank of DIP (Dual In-line Package) switches inside the printer to achieve various functions. However, this printer can change the power-up default settings by using the Electronic DIP Switch (EDS) mode. This chapter explains how to use the EDS mode. HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode has 16 kinds of [...]

FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS The printer is factory-set with all EDS switches in the ON position. These are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. The following questions will help you choose the proper settings. Page Length (See below) D-l Character Table (Standard mode[...]

Switch A-2: Does your software download characters to the printer’? In order to download characters this switch must be in the OFF position. The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one-line print buffer. If you leave this switch ON, the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer, allowing the co[...]

Switches C-l and C-2: Which print mode do you want to set? These switches select the default print pitch and the fonts as shown below. piEE&gg NOTE:If you change these switches after you have stored the macro, these settings will override the macro setting. - Switches C-3 and C-4: What is the page length of your paper? - Leave these switches ON[...]

Switches D-2 to D-4: Do you want an international character set or IBM code page? International character sets differ in their assignment of 12 character codes in the Standard Italic character set. See the character tables at the back of this manual. With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows: Except in the Standard I[...]

BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT MODE This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bidirectional passes. After a period of some months, your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes. This will be most evident in NLQ printing. This mode will probably be used very rarely. 1. Turn the printer[...]

Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes: Standard mode and IBM mode. In standard mode, the printer emulates the functions of the Epson FX-850 or EX-800 for color print. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter III. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations. The emulation is ch[...]

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters klode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Bo* “(.. ..(.* “F’ ,.).. ‘,)w Y' 40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39 &SC> uxw "0' 27 120 48 18 78 30 Std. <ESC> “X” co> 27 120 0 1B 78 00 27 73 48 1B 49 30 IBM &SC> "I" "0" <ESC> “I” &[...]

Select NLQ font Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “k” n 27 107 n 10 60 n Selects an NLQ font according to the value of n. In draft mode, this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is selected. Ignored if the (FONT) button was pressed during power- up. n Font 0 Courier (initial value) 1 Sanserif 4 script 7 Orator [...]

Select Orator characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(” ,‘(., “F’ .,yl .,).. 6.7” 40 40 m 41 41 55 28 2a 46 29 29 37 Changes to the Orator NLQ font. Ignored if the (FONT) button was pressed during power-up. Select italic characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. cESC> “4” 27 52 10 34 - Causes subsequent characters t[...]

Cancel emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “F’ 27 70 10 46 Cancels emphasized printing. Double-s trike printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “G” 27 71 10 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double-strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between, causing a thickening [...]

Stop underlining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal “I Both <ESC> “0’ 27 45 48 10 2D 30 <ES& “I <()> 27 45 0 10 2D 00 Stops underlining. Start 0 verlining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> ” ” IBM “1” 27 95 49 10 5F 31 _ <ESC> ‘I-” cl> 27 95 1 10 5F 01 Causes subsequent characters to be overlined[...]

Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> ‘T” 27 84 10 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing. CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ES6 “t” “0” 27 116 48 10 74 30 <ESC> Y’ <o> 27 116 0 10 74 00[...]

- Select international character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ES& “R” n 27 82 n 10 52 n Selects an international character set in the Standard character set according to the value of n. n Character set n Character set 0 U.S.A 8 Japan 1 France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain II 4 Denmark1 12 Latin America 5[...]

Enable printing of a// character codes Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM eESC> ‘T’ nl n2 27 92 nl n2 10 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 character, where nl a[...]

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1 <ESC> “F”’ 1 27 80 1 10 50 <Dc2> I ia I 12 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(FiTGi) button w[...]

Cancel condensed printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cDC2> ia 12 In Standard mode, changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite. In IBM mode, always changes to normal pica. Ignored if the @liTi button was pressed during power-up. Expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “w[...]

Cancel one-line expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <Jx4> 20 14 Stops one-line expanded printing set with <SO> or <ESC> <SO>. Does not cancel <ES0 “W” 1. Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “‘p” “1” 27 112 49 10 m 31 <ESC> “p” cl> 27 112 [...]

Examples: n = 1 gives elite; n = 9 (1 + 8) gives emphasized elite; n = 137 (1 + 8 + 128) gives underlined emphasized elite. Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed [ *] 4 Proportional [ *] 2 Elite [*] 1 [ *] Ignored if the (PITCH) button was pressed during power-up. increase character spacing Mod[...]

Select character size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(,, ‘.(.. ‘6s” .,),, .,).. n 40 40 83 41 41 n 26 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 Singl[...]

Select character height, width, and line spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> “[” “@I” ~47 <O> 27 91 64 4 0 10 50 40 04 00 CO7 CO7 n m 0 0 nm WOO nm Selects a combination of character height, width, and line spacing according to the value of rr and m, as below. Does not move the base line. n Line spacing Character he[...]

Set line spacing to 7/72 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cBsc> “1” 27 49 1B 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7/72 inch. Set line spacing to I/6 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <Esc> “2” 27 50 1B 32 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line fe[...]

Execute <ES& ‘A” Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> “2” 27 50 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 <ES0 “A” command. Line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <LF> 10 OA Prints the cur[...]

Perform one n/216=inch reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “j” n 27 106 n 1B 6A 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. Does not change the line-spacing setting. Feed paper n lines hnode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal [...]

Set page length to n inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ES& “C!” <O> n 27 67 0 n lB4300 n Sets the page length to n inches, where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode. The current line becomes the top of the page. Set bottom margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “IV n 27[...]

Return to top of current page Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> <FF> 27 12 18 OC Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page. Ignored when friction feed is used. Disable paper-out detector Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cESC> “8” 27 56 1B 38 .- Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper-[...]

c i Set vertical tab stops every n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “e” “1” n 27 101 49 n 1B 65 31 n cESC> “e” -cl> n 27 101 1 n IB 65 01 n Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines, where n is between 2 and 127. Set vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal[...]

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin [Mode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal ) Hexadecimal I 1 std. 1 cESC> “1” n 127108 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[...]

t i . . Set leff and right margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> “X” nl n2 27 88 nl n2 1B 58 nl n2 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 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <CR> 13 OD Prints the current line [...]

Left justify IMode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal I Std. <ESC> “a” “0” 27 97 48 1B 61 30 <ESC> “a” CO> 1 27 97 0 IIB 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin, leaving the right margin ragged. Center text Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “a” “1” 27 97 49 1B 61 31 <ESC> “a” cl> [...]

Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cESC> “D” nl n2 . . . CO> 27 68 nl n2 . . . 0 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 pro- portional spacing is currently selected), where nl, ~2, etc. are numbers [...]

Relative horizontal tab Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. cESC> ‘T’ nl n2 27 92 nl n.2 IB 5C nl n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance (maximum 8 inches). Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin. The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows: If n2 is between 0 and 63, the p[...]

Print normal-density 8-bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “K” nl n2 27 75 nl n2 1B 48 nl n2 ml m2 . . . ml m2 . . . 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). ml, m2, . . . are the dot data, [...]

Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cESC> ‘7” nl n2 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A nl n2 ml m2 . . . ml m2 . . . ml m2 . . . Prints bit-image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally (maxi- mum 1920 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction. See <ES0 “K” for other information. Select[...]

Print O-pin graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “*” n0 nl 27 94 n0 nl 1B 5E n0 nl n2 ml m2 . . . n2 ml m2 . . . n2 ml m2 . . . Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints g-pin bit-image graphics in this mode. The graphics image is 9 dots high and nl + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is 8 i[...]

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define draft download characters ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal cESC> “&” CO> nl 27 38 0 nl IB 26 00 nl n2 m0 ml m2 n2mOmlm2 n2mOmlm.2 m3 . . . ml1 m3 . . . ml1 m3 . . . ml1 Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use. EDS switch A-2 must be OFF; otherwise RAM is used as an inpu[...]

Define NLQ download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal cESC> “&I’ CO> nl 27 38 0 nl 18 26 00 nl Std. n2 a0 al a2 n2 a0 al a2 d? a0 al a2 ml m2 . . . m69 ml m2 . ..m49 ml m2 . ..m49 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use. EDS switch A-2 must be OFF. NLQ mode must be se- lected before this com[...]

Define NLQ download characters ASCII I Decimal 1 Hexadecimal I <ESC> “=” nl ?i2 cNAK> 27 61 nl n2 21 18 3D nl n2 15 a0 al a2 ml a0 al a2 ml a0 al a2 ml m2 . . . m46 m2 . . . m46 m2 . ..m46 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use. EDS switch A-2 must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selected before this comma[...]

Select draft download character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM cEsc> “I” “ ” 4 27 73 52 1B 49 34 cESC> "I" <4> 27 73 4 1B 49 04 Selects the download character set and draft quality. Ignored if the (FONT) button was pressed during power-up or if EDS switch A-2 is ON. Select draft elite download character set Mod[...]

Select ROM character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “%” “0” 27 37 48 1B 25 30 Std. <ESC> ‘%” <0> 27 37 0 1B 25 00 Stops using the download character set and n9um.s to the built-in ROM character set. Ignored when EDS switch A-2 is ON. COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS select print color Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal B[...]

Select cyan . . . I . . L. L, Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both "(" “(,' "C" ")" ").' "2" 40 40 67 41 41 50 28 28 43 29 29 32 Changes the print color to Cyan. Ignored if the color ribbon is not installed. Select violet Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(,, “(,. “C” “)” “)?[...]

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to I Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “>” 27 62 1B 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 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> “=” 2[...]

Quiet print Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. <ESC> 2” “1” 27 115 49 1B 73 31 <ESC> ‘Y’ cl> 27 115 1 1B 73 01 Selects the quiet print mode, in which the printer prints each line in two passes to reduce the sound of printing. You can also set the quiet mode with the control panel button. Cancel quiet print Mode ASCII Decim[...]

Bell Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both &EL> 7 07 Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s beeper. Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “u” “0” 27 85 48 1B 55 30 <ESC> "U" <O> 27 85 0 1B 55 00 1 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode, which [...]

Auto feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> <EM> <4> 27 25 4 1B 19 04 ,.(,, ,a(,, "4" ")" “)W 40 40 52 41 41 28 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder. Ignored if EDS switch A-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Eject paper from ASF W ode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> <EM> “R” 27 25 82 1[...]

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chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their dot data, and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regu- lar 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[...]

l The minimum width of a character is five dots. l The user-defined characters may use eight dots vertically. l Dots cannot overlap - that is, you may not have a dot inside a box next to one that is on a line. l You may define any position in the ASCII table. Photocopy the grid in Figure 5-2 to help design yournew characters. We will use a tiny rep[...]

Next, you must specify the left space and the last print column of the character. Being able to specify the width of the character allows you to specify the precise area inside the grid that the character will occupy, so that narrow characters will look attractive next to wide ones. Acceptable values for the left space are 0 to 7, and the last prin[...]

Sample program To demonstrate how to use the download characters, let’s use the “car” character and some other user-defined characters to print a small graph. This program will do just that with the Standard mode: 1000 LPRINT CHR$(27);"xO"; 1010 LPRINT CHR$(27);"&";CHR$(OJ; 1020 LPRINT CHR$(60);CHR$(62); 1030 FOR N=60 [...]

1360 LPRINT CHR$(9);"+--"; 1370 SCALE$="--+--'I 1380 FOR I=2 TO 8 STEP 2 1390 LPRINT SCALE$; 1400 NEXT I 1410 LPRINT 'I--+" 1420 LPRINT CHR$(9);" "; 1430 FOR I=2 TO 8 STEP 2 1440 LPRINT u ";I; 1450 NEXT I 1460 LPRINT CHR$(27);"%";CHR$(O) 1470 LPRINT CHR$(27);"S";CHR$(O) 1480 LPRINT CH[...]

- DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS As you probably noticed, NLQ characters are printed by two passes of the print head. Half of the character is printed on the first pass, and the remain- der on the second pass. The paper is rolled up half a dot height in between passes to let the print head print dots on the second pass that overlap the previous d[...]

three attribute bytes, the first byte describes the character’s left space, the second byte describes the character width. And the third byte describes the right space. Appropriate allocation of data in these three bytes lets you place the character where you like within the grid. Use the grid in Figure 5-4 to help plot the data. The vertical def[...]

- The following program demonstrates how to use the NLQ download characters with the Standard mode: 1000 LPRINT CHR$(27);"xl" 1010 LPRINT CHR$(27);"&";CHR$(O); 1020 LPRINT CHR$(60);CHR$(62); 1030 FOR N=60 TO 62 1040 LPRINT CHR$(O);CHR$(23);CHR$(O); 1050 FOR M=l TO 69 1060 READ MM 1070 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 1080 NEXT M 1090 NEXT N[...]

1400 NEXT I 1410 LPRINT CHR$(27);"%";CHR$(O) 1420 LPRINT CHR$(27);"S";CHR$(O); 1430 LPRINT CHR$(9); "MILLIONS OF DOLLARS" 1440 LPRINT CHR$(27);"T" 1450 END 1500 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0. 0, 6. 0 1510 DATA 0, 9, 0, 0. 16.128. 0. 32. 0 1520 DATA 0, 64,128, 63,128. 0, 0. 0,128 1530 DATA 0. 0, 0. 0, 0,128, 0, 0. 0 1[...]

Assigning the character data with the IBM mode Fundamentally, the process to define and print downloaded NLQ character with the IBM mode is the same as for draft characters, except that you must supply about four times as much character data, and you must design the character with the two passes of the print head in mind. Use the grid in Figure 5-6[...]

First tul... . ..m45 Second “ASS ,I,) _ m*h pass 128 ,28 ASCII Code 61 64 Descender 7 64 Left space: 0 32 Width: 23 101 I I l-1 I I I I I lOI I I I I lOI I I I l-1 I I I I I ! I 32 01 = Descender x 128 Ifi I I I I I l-1 I I I I I I a2 = (Left x 16) + Width ., ..- 16 8 4 2 1 Dot data 1st: 74 38 70 70 726 0 0 0 9 9 8 0 16 I I 0 0 70 3d 22 6 6 6 2nd[...]

1180 LPRINT "AUTOS";CHR$(9); 1190 FOR I=.4 TO 9.3 STEP .4 1200 LPRINT CHR$(61); 1210 NEXT I 1220 LPRINT 1230 LPRINT "CHEMICALS";CHR$(9); 1240 FOR I=.4 TO 8.7 STEP .4 1250 LPRINT CHR$(60); 1260 NEXT I 1270 LPRINT 1280 LPRINT "GUNS";CHR$(9); 1290 FOR I=.4 TO 1.4 STEP .4 1300 LPRINT CHR$(62); 1310 NEXT I 1320 LPRINT 1330 [...]

U (r . 3 . EXPORTS AUT@S CHEMI GUNS CALS UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU t----+----t----+----+----+ 2 4 6 a ,-I s: L., I,. x Cl N $13 c::, I= r:) r, L,, L.. 6. Fi' E; 93[...]

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chapter 6 c MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using your printer with an IBM PC, PC-XT, or PC-AT or compatible, you will probably be using PC-DOS or MS-DOS as an operating system. A number of software tricks may be useful here. This chapter is not, however, a substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer. To learn how to print [...]

CPI Number of columns Pica 10 80 Elite 12 96 Condensed pica 17. 1 137 Condensed elite 20 160 Proportional Variable Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to return to the default settings. The command for your printer is <ES0 @. Make sum that the EDS switches are set for the conect printer emulation, and [...]

((05 Orange Kc))6 Green If you want to print a title in double-size Orator, then change to regular-size fonts for other text, you can use these commands as follows: File as seen on computer screen: ((F))7 ((SII.3 Printer commands ((F))O ((S))O Font commands ((F))lcan be ((FII4embedded ((F))7anywhere ((F))9in a document. Printout: PRINTER COMMANDS W[...]

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 are able to define this as a user option during installation, you can also[...]

COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing. If you want a particular font, or print pitch, you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 2. If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file. Then instead of [...]

“V indicates that the following character is a control code. “V[ enters the <ESC> code. <ES0 has character code 27, and “[,‘ is the 27th character from A in the ASCII sequence. Similarly, “VA enters the control code cl>. See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLlN. You can now set up the printer by sending [...]

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC, we have listed the program for the IBM-PC. This program runs in the printer’s Standard mode, and the downloadable condition (EDS switch A-l ON and A-2 OFF). 1000 ' Set control codes 1010 E$=CHR$(27) 'Escape code 1020 D$=E$+"xO" 'Draft qual[...]

1490 NEXT I 1500 LPRINT E$;"aO" 'Left justify 1510 LPRINT E$;"3";CHR$(36); 'Set l/6" Line spacing 1520 LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(O); 'Normal character space 1530 LPRINT E$;"Q";CHR$(BO) 'Set right margin 1540 LPRINT 1550 ' 1560 LPRINT C$;"Other features:" 1570 LPRINT H$;E$;&quo[...]

2070 FOR M=O TO 11 2080 READ MM 2090 LPRINT CHRSMM); 2100 NEXT M 2110 RETURN 2120 I 2130 ' Define NLQ download character 2140 LPRINT c$;E$;"&";CHR$~O~:CHR$~~~):CHR$~~~): 2150 LPRINT CHR$(O):CHR$(23):CHR$(O): 2160 RESTORE 2270 2170 FOR M=l TO 69 2180 READ MM 2190 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 2200 NEXT M 2210 RETURN 2220 ' 2230 ' DAT[...]

How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables (lines 1000 to 1070). You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 4. The WIDTH “LPTl:” 255 statement in line 1090 means infinite line width. It prevents the IBM-PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line [...]

Font setting: 1.1 “.! ,. .I ,. ‘; . ..a _ I::. : : .:>. ;’ . . ..i :.::. -t <<:s i’.’ .:j;. :, Sanset-if characters, OHATCIR CHARACTERS, Print pitches are: Pica pitch (10 CPI), Condensed pjca pitch (17 CPI), Proportional spacing, Expanded I Courier characters, ScJl4lpk c.ka-GzckeJLa ) Elite pitch (12 CPI), Condensed elite pitch ([...]

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chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide. Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device, which also contains high voltage inside. For that reason, only carry out those operations described in this chapter. CAUTION: Any attempt to car[...]

- Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate, check the following: Check Possible remedy Is the power cable properly Turn off the printer, make certain that the power cable plugged into the electrical is securely connected, and then turn the printer back on. outlet? Is power being supplied to the outlet? Is the printer voltage correct?[...]

If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following: Check Is the ribbon properly in- stalled? Is the ribbon worn out? Possible remedy Check and reinstall if necessary. The ribbon has a long life, but will eventually need re- placing. Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary. If dots are missing in the printing, check the following: Check Are dots[...]

-. Paper feeding If cut sheet paper (without the ASF) is not feeding smoothly, check the following: Check Is the paper release lever pushed back (to the c posi- tion)? Is the paper guide in place and vertical? Are the left and right guides too close together? Is the ASF selected with the EDS settings? Are you trying to feed paper using the front pa[...]

Check Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated? Is the paper too thick? Possible remedy You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is off-line. Set the printer off-line and then feed paper. There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way. Try using thinner[...]

If the paper park function does not appear to be working correctly, check the following: Check Possible remedy Is the paper release lever in the C position? The paper release lever must be set to the & position after the fanfold paper has been parked. Has the fanfold paper been properly parked? Make sure that the POWER indicator comes on flashi[...]

MAINTENANCE Essentially, your printer is a robust piece of equipement, but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions. For example: l Keep your printer in a “comfortable” environment. Roughly speaking, if you are comfortable, then the environment is suitable for your printer, too (see Chapter 1). l Do not subject th[...]

Front tab lor ribbon holder Flgun, 7-T. Replacing the print head 6. Disengage the cable from the connector holding it down, then remove _ - the print head. 7. Plug the cable into the connector of the new print head. - 8. Place the new print head on its support, seating it on the two pins. 9. Fasten the print head down with the two screws. - 10. Rem[...]

-. - -_ chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Printing system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Serial Impact Dot-matrix Printing speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pica Elite High-Speed Draft 2OOcps 225cps Draft 15Ocps 18Ocps NLQ 37.5cps 45cps Print direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Chamcter dot matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 x 11 (Draft) 18 x 23 (NLQ) Bit image dot-matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DPI Normal 60 Double 120 High-speed double* 120 Quadruple 240 CRT1 80 CRTII 90 Plotter 72 Double-plotter 144 (8 or 9) x 480 (8 or 9) x 960 (8 or 9) x 960 (8 or 9) x 1920 (8 or 9) x 640 ([...]

Ribbon life Monochrome (ZX9) . . . . . . . . . . 3 million characters (draft pica) Color (ZX9CL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 million characters (draft pica) Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440(w) x 334(d) x 1350 mm 17.3(w) x 13.1(d) x 5.3(h) in Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

The following describes the pinout of the parallel (Centronics-type) inter- face connector (signals which are low when active are overlined): I Pin 1 Name 1 Function I 17 CHASSIS 18 +5v Chassis ground (isolated from signal ground) +5V DC output from printer 19-30 1 GND 31 1 RESET Twisted pair ground return 1 When this input signal is low, printer i[...]

chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS The following tables show the standard and IBM character sets. The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character. The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table. For example, the character “A” is in column 4 and row 1, s[...]

STANDARD CHARACTER SET #I I -[...]

8 9 A B C D E o (NW 0 @ P ' j-z (iii I1M) (176 1192 j-iii Im , (EEL) I 7 G W W j-iii ITi- j-iii l-iii 1199 1215 i7 lrl m 8 (8s) MN) ( 8 H X h X 1136 ITii j-iii ITiY j-5 I i l-iii 121[...]

STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2 Other characters are identical to standard character set #l.[...]

INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected by a command from software, the following changes are made in the character set: 1 Country 91 I 93 NORWAY #lxJzlEBA DENMARK2 #$lzlE0A IRISH X$@CI LEGAL # $ s - ’ la -ii - L - * - . - L - ,. T - A - 8. - L - 96 - - - - . - d - h - , - . d - 6 - c - ii - - T[...]

IBM CHARACTER SET #2 Code Page #437 (U.S.A.) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -- 124[...]

1 8 1 9 1 A 1 B 1 C D E F 0 c 128 1 ii 129 2 2 6 134 3 a 131 4 ii 132 5 h b m 1133 1149 1165 4 fiii t 1197 6& Q a {I )134 l-iii fiz 1 1182 fiii 7 5:- h 0 -n-lt- I 135 I 151 I 167 ” I 183 ” I 199 I-! 11401 115bl 125[...]

Code Page #850 (Mu/i-lingual) Other charcters are identical to Code Parre #437 8 9 A B C D E F m , ::: ::: L -B-6--- I fa lEoI “’ (1761 I-! 113bl I1521 1 lbsl 11841 12001 I ! I1371 I1531 lAl%-k--JY-hI I 11381 I1541 I1701 . . 1 I140 I156 I172 m " b - hi- (136 ITj2 = 2 126[...]

c t ! Code Page #860 (Pomguese) Other charcters are identical to Code Pane #437. 8 9 A B C D E F 1 11321 h481 ll641’ ]lM-1 riq 1212( I I 133 I 149 1 165 ’ I 181 ’ I ’ 197 I213 b I-Tic 6 A CJ _a (134 fiiii /iii II I= rr p + 1182 /iii- 1214 (230 1246 I I1381 1154( 11701” h36l 12021 ’ 12181 12341 B ti C n - 6 1 c 139 155 %!I & 140 156 [...]

Code Page #861 (Icelandic) Other charcters are identical to Code Page ##437. I - ! I1281 I I441 I 16ol I1761 1192) 12081 1224) I2401[...]

Code Page #863 (Canadian French) Other charcters are identical to Code Page #+437. c T L 140 1% MS D = tJ 141 157 A B c D E F a P )224 1240 129[...]

Code Page #865 (Nordic) Other charcters are identical to Code Page #437. 8 9 A B C D E F I? d L lL a f[...]

IBM CHARACTER SET #1 Other characters are identical to character set #2. The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7-bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the cESC> ‘5” command in the standard mode. 131 F[...]

IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER SET Additional characters can be printed by special commands. - 132[...]

lA/DEX CKI Absolute horizontal tab, 66 Ascender, 70,82 Auto feed, 79 Auto loading, 3 1 Automatic line feed, 37,63 Automatic sheet feeder, 9,37,78,117 IBI Backspace, 63 BASIC, 28,84,88,91,101 Beeper, 78 Bidirectional printing, 40,78 Bit-image printing, 6769,104 Bold printing, 45 Bottom feed, 15 Bottom margin, 59 Buffer, 32,37, 116 El Cancel command,[...]

IGI Gap, 19 Graphics, 67, 104 Graphics commands, 67-69 IHI Hexadecimal dump, 28-29 Horizontal position commands, 62-66 Horizontal tabulation, 65 HS draft, 24 III IBM character sets, 47,124-132 IBM code page, 39.48 IBM mode, 36,38 IBM-PC, 29 Interface: signals, 118 specifications, 116 International characters, 39,48, 123 Italic printing, 44 LJJ Just[...]

ccl Underlining, 45 Unidirectional printing, 78 Unpacking and inspection, 2 Unparking, 17 (VJ Vertical position commands, 55-61 Vertical tabulation, 61 El Zero (slash and normal), 49 IQI Quadruple-size characters, 53 Quiet print, 23,77 ml Rear cover, 3, 12 Release lever, 3, 10, 12 Reset printer, 79 Reverse line feed, 57 Reverse micro-feed, 3 1 Ribb[...]

COMMAND SUMMARY Standard Mode The following commands take effect with the Standard mode. CONTROL CODE FUNCTION <BEL> Bell CBS> CHT> Backspace <LF> ifii2i-2 rab <VT> Vertical tab cFF> Form feed <CR> Carriage return <so> <Sb Expanded printing for one line <DCI> Condensed printing <DC22 Set printer on[...]

CONTROL CODE CESQ “8” -&sQ”9” <ES0 “:” <o> n <o> -zEsQ “<” <EsG “2 <Esc> “>’ <ESCb”?“nm CEscb “@” cE.SQ “A” n CESQ “B” nl n2 . . . -3330 “c’ n CESO”C’&n dSQ”D”nlnZ...& CESQ “E” &SD “F cE.sQ “G’ CESQ “H” <ESQ”r’n <ESQ”K”nlnZ[...]

FUNCTION Select dwble or quadruple size Perform one n/216-inch reverse line seled NLQ font Set left margin select fixed spacing Select mpomcnal spacing Select & ed spacing select pmpomulal spacing Select print color Cancel quiet mode Quid Cancel quiet mode Quid mode Se.lect standard character set Select IBM character set Shift downlcad characte[...]

IBM Mode The following commands take effect with the IBM mode. CONTROL CODE FUNCTION <BEb Bell <BS> Backspace <HT> Horizontal tab cLF> Line feed <VT> Vertical tab cFF> Fonn feed <CR> Carriage return <so> Expanded printing for one line <Sb Condensed printing <DCl> Set printer on-line <DC2> <DC[...]

CONTROLCODE <EsQ”l”<vb cEse”p’csb <EsQ “r’ “0 <Es6 “r’ “1” CESQ “I-’ “T <EsD “r’ “3” <EsQ “r’ “4’ <EsQ “I” “7 CESQ “I-’ “7 cESG “r’ n cEsa”K”nln2mlmz . . . cEsc&“$lynl”... I . ” Ez -T* <o> CEsa “p’ Cl> -& 5: &+ <EsQ “s” <o, [...]

CONTROL CODE FUNCTION Select Sanserif characters Select Script characters Select Orator characters Select draft quality chatacten Eject ps r from ASF Select c r aractcr size Set print start position on ASF PAGE 43 :: 42 3: 79 141 c[...]