Star Micronics XB24-250 II manual

USER’S MANUAL XB24-250 2 ZB15 2 80825140 DOT MA TRIX PRINTERS[...]

T rademark acknowledgments IP-128XL, IS-8XL, LC-4511, LC-4521, PT -15XM, SF-15DM , SPC-8K, XB-2425, XB24-250, XB24-250 : Star Micronics Co. Ltd. LQ-850, LQ-860, LQ-1050, LQ-1060 : Seiko Epson Corporation IBM PC, IBM Proprinter X24E, IBM Pr oprinter XL24E, IBM Proprinter X24, IBM Pr oprinter XL24 : International Business Machines Corporation. MS-DOS[...]

About this manual This manual describes how to set up, use, and care for the Star XB24-250 2 printer. The following is a list of what you can expect to find in each chapter. Chapter 1 Choosing a place for your printer , unpacking and setup, ribbon cassette installation, loading paper , connecting to your computer Chapter 2 How to use the control pa[...]

Chapter 1: Printer Setup ... 1 Choosing a place for the printer ... 1 Unpacking the printer ... 2 General guide ... 3 Installing the platen knob ... 4 Opening the front cover ... 4 Removing the front cover ... 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge ... 5 Removing the ribbon cartridge ... 7 Installing the paper guide ... 7 Adjusting the paper guide posit[...]

Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode ... 24 About EDS Mode settings ... 24 Entering the EDS Mode ... 24 Selecting a bank ... 25 Selecting a switch ... 25 Changing a switch setting ... 25 Printing the current switch settings ... 26 Checking the settings of switches in a bank ... 26 Exiting the EDS Mode ... 26 EDS Mode Settings ... 27 Chapter 4: Using the P[...]

Appendix D: Character Sets ... 57 Appendix E: Printer Control Codes ... 69 Appendix F: Control P anel Operation Guide ... 79[...]

1 Chapter 1: Printer Setup This chapter contains important information on setting up your printer. Be sure to read this chapter carefully before using the printer for the first time. In this chapter you will learn about: ❏ Choosing a place for the printer ❏ Unpacking and setting up the printer ❏ Installing the platen knob ❏ Installing the r[...]

2 Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Check to make sure that the carton contains each of the items shown in the following illustration. If anything is missing, contact the store where you bought the printer and ask them to supply the missing part. Note that it is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing materials just in case you n[...]

General guide 3 General guide The following illustrations show the major components of the your printer.[...]

4 Printer Setup Installing the platen knob You can find the platen knob in the box of items that contains this manual. ❏ Install the knob on the shaft located inside the large hole on the right side of the printer. Make sure that the two metal pins on the platen shaft fit into the slots inside the knob’s spindle. Press the knob carefully but fi[...]

Removing the front cover 5 Removing the front co ver Normally, you should leave the front cover connected to the printer, using the procedure described above to open and close it as required. You can also completely remove the front cover using the steps described below. ❏ Lift up on the front cover and swing it up until it is a little more than [...]

6 Printer Setup make sure that the side tabs fit into the grooves on the sides of the cartridge holder . ❏ While guiding the ribbon between the print head and print head shield, press down gently on the cartridge until the side tabs snap securely into place. ❏ Rotate the knob on the cartridge again to take up any slack. ❏ Close the front cov[...]

Removing the ribbon cartridge 7 Removing the rib bon cartridge Use the following procedure to remove the ribbon cartridge from the printer when you want to replace it with a new one. ❏ Make sure that the printer is unplugged from its power outlet. Caution! Never touc h the print head while the printer is turned on. Doing so can damage the printer[...]

8 Printer Setup ❏ T o remove the paper guide from the printer , stand it up while gently pulling it towards the front of the printer , Next carefully lift the paper guide straight up. Adjusting the paper guide position ❏ The paper guide has two positions: raised and lowered. You can use either position for printing. ❏ T o lower the paper guid[...]

Loading fanfold paper 9 Loading fanfold paper This section tells you how to load fanfold paper. Note that you can also use cut- sheet paper and multi-part form paper. For details on using other types of paper, see “Paper Handling” on page 38 of this manual. ❏ Remove the paper guide from the printer . ❏ Position the stack of paper behind the[...]

10 Printer Setup ❏ Pass the fanfold paper through the space between the printer case and the rear cover , with the side you want to print on facing down. ❏ Unlock the two tractors by pulling up their gray levers, and slide the tractors so they are aligned approximately with the holes on the sides of the paper . Press the gray levers back down t[...]

Loading fanfold paper 11 ❏ Install the paper guide so that it is standing up. In this position, the paper guide keeps the printed paper separate from the unprinted paper . ❏ T urn on the printer . The printer will beep a number of times if paper is not loaded properly. Also, the control panel’s PO WER indicator flashes whenever paper is not l[...]

12 Printer Setup Printing on fanfold paper When printing on fanfold paper, take care not to print too close to the perforations that separate each sheet. The following shows the recommended print area for fanfold paper and cut-sheet paper. Fanfold forms Single sheets Perforation (*80 mm for Push Feed)[...]

Parking fanfold paper 13 P arking fanfold paper It is not necessary to remove fanfold paper currently loaded in the printer in order to print on cut-sheet paper. Instead, simply use the following procedure to park the fanfold paper. ❏ T ear off the paper at a perforation so there is no more than half a page sticking out of the front cover of the [...]

14 Printer Setup The short tear-off operation causes the paper to be fed automatically so the tear assist edge of the printer cover is located just below the last line printed on the paper. ❏ Pull the paper against the tear assist edge to tear it off. Connecting to your computer The computer sends data to the printer through a cable. This printer[...]

Connecting to your computer 15 ❏ Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the socket on the back of the printer and secure it in place with the clips. Note: Consult your dealer for details on how to set up your computer when using the optional SPC-8K serial-to-parallel interface con verter , the IP-128XL parallel interface unit or the IS-8XL[...]

16 Chapter 2: Control P anel Operations The control panel gives you push-button control over the printer’s operations. It includes indicator lights, which tell you the current status of the printer at a glance. This chapter describes control panel functions that can be performed while the printer is turned on and either on-line or off-line. The b[...]

Selecting a font 17 Selecting a font ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press FONT to change the font selection. An indicator lights to the left of the name of the font that is currently selected. Note: The font setting you make with the above pr ocedure can be c hanged if the softwar e you are using o verrid[...]

18 Control Panel Operations Setting the character pitch The character pitch setting controls how many characters are printed per inch. Use the following procedure to select the pitch you want. ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press PITCH to change the pitch selection. The following shows the meanings of the[...]

Line feed 19 Line feed ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press LINE FEED once to feed paper one line. Holding down LINE FEED continually feeds paper , one line at a time, until you release the button. P aper eject (cut-sheet paper) ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Pr[...]

20 Control Panel Operations Setting the top of form position The current position of paper loaded in the printer is automatically set as the top of the page whenever you turn power on. You can also use the following procedure at any time to specify a different position as the top of the page. ❏ Make sure the printer is off-line ( ON LINE indicato[...]

Changing the auto load position 21 ❏ Make sure the printer is on-line ( ON LINE indicator is lit). ❏ Press SET/EJECT/P ARK , to toggle between the Quiet Print Mode and normal printing. The printer emits one short beeps when the Quiet Print Mode is selected, and two short beep when normal printing is selected. Changing the auto load position Nor[...]

22 Control Panel Operations Saving a macro Normally, any settings you make on the control panel are cleared when you turn the printer off. Use the following procedure to save the current control panel settings so that they are used whenever you turn the printer on. ❏ Make the control panel settings you want. ❏ Use ON LINE to put the printer off[...]

Initializing the printer 23 Initializing the printer The following procedure initializes the printer to its power-on settings. If you have control panel settings stored in memory, this procedure sets up the printer using them. ❏ Use ON LINE to take the printer off line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Hold down FONT and then FORM FEED . Keep [...]

24 Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode The letters “EDS” stand for “Electronic DIP Switches.” Just like the small DIP switches that are used by many computers, printers, and other devices, the EDS mode lets you configure the printer so that it matches your system and software needs. This chapter describes how to enter the printer’s EDS Mode and[...]

Selecting a bank 25 Selecting a bank ❏ While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’ s B ANK button to select a bank. When the B ANK indicator flashes it indicates the current bank selected. Selecting a switch ❏ While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’ s SWITCH button to select a bank switch. When the SW indicator flashes it indicates[...]

26 Using the EDS Mode Printing the current switch settings ❏ In the EDS Mode, press the control panel’ s PRINT button to print out the current switch settings. Asterisks on the printout show whether a switch is turned on or off. Checking the settings of switches in a bank ❏ After selecting a bank, press the control panel’ s ST A TUS button [...]

EDS Mode Settings 27 EDS Mode Settings The following details all of the settings you can program in the EDS Mode. You can print out a detailed overview of all the settings by performing a test of the printer (page 46). B ANK A Switch 1: Emulation Selects Standard emulation (ON) or IBM emulation (OFF). Standard emulation causes the printer to act li[...]

28 Using the EDS Mode Switch 6: Multi-Part Mode Specifies whether the printer’s Multi-Part Mode is enabled (OFF) or disabled (ON). When the Multi-Part Mode is enabled (OFF), the impact of the print head is increased, but head life is decreased. Enable the Multi-Part Mode when printing on four to five-ply paper. Disable the Multi-Part Mode when pr[...]

EDS Mode Settings 29 B ANK C Switches 1, 2: Print Mode Turn these switches on or off to select the print mode you want to use. Switches 3, 4, 5: Print Pitch Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the print pitch setting you want to make. Switch 6: Quiet When the Quiet Mode is enabled (OFF), the printer prints with less noise[...]

30 Using the EDS Mode B ANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4: P age Length Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the Page Length setting you want to use. Switch 5: CR Centering P osition If you set this switch OFF, the carriage moves to the center each time to feed paper near the perforation. This way, you can get better quality of pr[...]

EDS Mode Settings 31 Code Page SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6 #437 IBM-PC ON ON ON ON ON ON #850 Multi-lingual OFF ON ON ON ON ON #860 Portuguese ON OFF ON ON ON ON #861 Icelandic OFF OFF ON ON ON ON #863 Canadian French ON ON OFF ON ON ON #865 Nordic OFF ON OFF ON ON ON #866 Russian ON OFF OFF ON ON ON #3840 IBM-Russian OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON #3841 Gost-Ru[...]

32 Using the EDS Mode #3850 Standard KU OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON #3860 Rajvitee KU ON ON ON ON ON OFF #3861 Microwiz KU OFF ON ON ON ON OFF #3863 STD 988 TIS ON OFF ON ON ON OFF #3864 Popular TIS OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF #3865 Newsic TIS ON ON OFF ON ON OFF Code Page SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6[...]

EDS Mode Settings 33 A code page is the set of symbols and characters that your printer can print. Your printer converts ASCII hexadecimal data according to a code page to print symbols and characters. By supporting different code pages, the printer can print in a variety of different languages. The following table shows detailed information about [...]

34 Using the EDS Mode #869 Greek Greece #928 Greek Greece For UNIX #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Lithuania Commonly used for DOS #772 Lithuanian Lithuania New standard #774 Lithuanian Lithuania #3001 Estonian-1 Estonia #3002 Estonian-2 Estonia Most often used #301 1 Latvian-1 Latvia #3012 Latvian-2 Latvia Government standard #3021 Bulgarian Bulgaria #3031 H[...]

EDS Mode Settings 35 If your EDS settings specify Standard emulation (Bank A, Switch 1 ON) with the italic character table (Bank A, Switch 2 OFF), use the Bank E switches to select the international character set you want to use. This setting determines the assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set. International Charact[...]

36 Using the EDS Mode B ANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: LQ Font Selection Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that identifies the font you want to use for LQ printing. Note: Bank C switches 1 and 2 need to be in the corr ect positions befor e the above setting will have any effect. Switch 6: Not used Font SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Roman ON ON[...]

37 Chapter 4: Using the Printer with MS-DOS This chapter contains information about how to use the printer with applications software running under MS-DOS. In this chapter, you will learn about: ❏ How to set up for printing with MS-DOS Setting up for printing with MS-DOS To print from an application running under MS-DOS, you must first select the[...]

38 Chapter 5: P aper Handling Your printer is designed to print on a variety of paper types. This chapter tells you everything you need to know about paper, and how to set the printer up for manual paper feed. In this chapter, you will learn about: ❏ Selecting the best type of paper ❏ Adjusting for paper thickness ❏ Manual sheet feeding ❏ C[...]

Adjusting for paper thickness 39 Original + 3 to 4 (Multi-Part Mode) Multi-part Mode and an optional pull tractor are recommended when printing on 4 or 5-ply paper. Adjusting for paper thickness Paper comes in different weights, normally expressed as gsm (grams per square meter) or lbs (pounds). Some form paper also has multiple pages that make the[...]

40 Paper Handling The following table provides a general guide for setting the adjustment lever. Experiment with different settings until you find the one that gives you the print quality you want. Important! Continuous use of the wr ong adjustment lever setting can drastically r educe print head life! The Multi-part Mode is r ecommended when print[...]

Clearing paper jams 41 Insert a sheet of paper into the paper guide, with the side you want to print on facing the back of the printer . Gently lower the paper down into the printer until you feel it stop. ❏ Press the SET/EJECT/P ARK button to feed the paper to the starting position. ❏ If you want to move the paper to another position, use the [...]

42 Chapter 6: Optional Accessories This chapter introduces the following optional accessories that are available for this printer: ❏ Automatic Sheet Feeder (SF-15DM 2 ) ❏ Pull T ractor Unit (PT -15XM) ❏ Serial Interface Cartridge (IS-8XL) ❏ Baffered Parallel Interface Cartridge (IP-128XL) ❏ Serial-to-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K) Important![...]

Pull Tractor Unit (PT-15XM) 43 Pull T ractor Unit (PT -15XM) The pull tractor unit is recommended when printing with multi-part continuous forms. Refer to the manual that comes with the pull tractor unit for further details on installation and operation. Serial Interface Cartridge (IS-8XL) Installing the serial interface cartridge provides serial d[...]

44 Optional Accessories Buff ered P arallel Interface Cartridge (IP-128XL) Installing the parallel interface cartridge provides parallel data communications capabilities between the printer and your computer. Refer to the manual that comes with the buffered parallel interface cartridge for further details on installation and operation. Serial-to-P [...]

Serial-to-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K) 45 Specifications Refer to the manual that comes with the serial-to-parallel converter for further details on installation and operation. Interface RS-232C-level Synchronization Asynchronous Baud rate 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 BPS (selectable) Word length Start bit 1 Data bits 7 or 8 (select[...]

46 Appendix A: T roubleshooting This appendix will help you if you experience problems with your printer. It tells you how to test the printer, how to check system software settings, and how to adjust the vertical alignment. In addition, there is information on actions to take for specific problems. W arning! The printer uses high voltage . Do not [...]

Hexadecimal dump 47 Hexadecimal dump This procedure prints in hexadecimal format all codes (character codes and control codes) that are sent to the printer by the computer. The printer does not execute any control codes (such as 0A - linefeed), it just prints them out. The hexadecimal dump is useful when you are writing programs for printer control[...]

48 Troubleshooting ❏ While holding down the control panel’ s FORM FEED and ON LINE buttons, turn the printer back on to enter the Dot Adjustment Mode. The printer will print something like the following. Note that the printer will feed the paper forward and back each time during this operation so you can view the printout. ❏ If the two lines [...]

49 T roubleshooting guide Use the following table to help track down the causes of problems and to determine the best solution to deal with them. Problem Possible Cause Recommended Action The ON LINE indicator does not light. The printer is not receiving power . Check whether the power cord is correctly plugged into the power outlet. Check whether [...]

50 Troubleshooting Printer case is hot. The printer ’s air vents are blocked or obstructed. Switch off the printer and let it cool. Check the air vents on the bottom of the printer to see if they are blocked. Remove the obstruction if possible. If the problem persists, return the printer to your dealer for repair . Printer makes excessive noise. [...]

51 Left margin moves to the right during printing. The paper is not loaded correctly , causing the print head to jam. Remove all paper from the printer and reload it. T ry printing again. The ribbon cassette is not installed correctly , causing the print head to jam. Make sure that the ribbon cassette is installed correctly . See “Installing the [...]

52 Checking system software settings in MS-DOS If you are using a parallel cable and cannot print a text file using the MS-DOS PRINT command, you may have a problem with your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Open the file and look for the following line: MODE LPT1:=COM 1 or MODE LPT1:=COM 2 These lines indicate you are using a serial cable connection, and so you[...]

53 Appendix B: Specifications Printing System Serial Impact Dot-Matrix Printing Speed Pitch Draft (cps/dpi) LQ (cps/dpi) Pica (10 cpi) 283/120H (Normal) 350/80H (HS) 94/360H Elite (12 cpi) 340/120H 1 13/360H Semi-condensed (15 cpi (S)) 425/120H 141/360H Semi-condensed (15 cpi (I)) 212/240H 141/360H Condensed pica (17 cpi) 242/240H 161/360H Condens[...]

54 Specifications Environment Operating temperature: 41 ° F to 95 ° F (5 ° C to 35 ° C) Storage temperature: –22 ° F to 149 ° F (–30 ° C to 65 ° C) Operating humidity: 30% to 80% (non-condensing) Storage humidity: 20% to 90% (non-condensing) Paper Cut-sheet (manual feeding) Paper width: 7.2 ″ to 16.5 ″ / 183 to 420 mm Paper length: [...]

55 Ribbon Life Fabric monochrome ribbon (LZ24HD): 4.0 million characters (draft pica) Color ribbon (X24CL): 1.0 million characters Dimensions and weight Width: 23.9 ″ / 608 mm Depth: 15.8 ″ / 400 mm Height: 6.2 ″ / 157 mm Weight: 27.2 lbs. / 12.3 kg Power Supply 230V AC +14%/–13%; 50/60Hz Power Consumption 15W during standby / 70W during AS[...]

56 Appendix C: Interface Pin Outs P arallel Interface Pin Name Function 1 STROBE Goes low for ≥ 0.5 µ s when active. 2 DA T A0 These signals represent information for the 1st through 8th bit of parallel data, respectively . Each signal is HIGH when data is logical 1, and LOW when logical 0. 3 D ATA 1 4 D ATA 2 5 D ATA 3 6 D ATA 4 7 D ATA 5 8 D A[...]

57 Appendix D: Character Sets Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set The character codes shown in the table are hexadecimal.[...]

58 Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code P age #437 (IBM-PC) Character Set #1 Other characters are the same as those for Character Set #2.[...]

59 IBM Special Character Set The following characters can be printed using the <ESC> ^ command. Code P age #850 Multi-lingual Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #860 P or tuguese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #861 Icelandic Other characters are the same as those for Co[...]

60 Character Sets Code P age #863 Canadian French Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #865 Nordic Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3840 IBM-Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #866 Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code[...]

61 Code P age #3843 P olish Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3841 Gost-Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3845 Hungarian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3844 CS2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

62 Code P age #3847 Brazil-ABNT Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3846 T urkish Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #852 Latin-2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP The other characters are the same as in code page #437.[...]

63 Code P age #1001 Arabic Code P age #737 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #851 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

64 Character Sets Code P age #928 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #869 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #772 Lithuanian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Other characters are the same as those for Code Page[...]

65 Code P age #3001 Estonian1 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #774 Lithuanian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3011 Latvian1 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3002 Estonian2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

66 Character Sets Code P age #3021 Bulgarian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3012 Latvian2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3041 Maltese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3031 Hebrew Other characters are the same as those for Code Page [...]

67 Code P age #3860 Rajvitee KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3850 Standard KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3863 STD988 TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3861 Micro wiz KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #[...]

68 Code P age #3865 Newsic TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3864 P opular TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 69 Appendix E: Printer Control Codes This appendix lists the printer’s control commands. It gives the name of each control command, along with the applicable emulation mode (Standard and IBM), and the applicable ASCII code. Standard Mode ASCII Code Function BEL Beeper BS Backspace HT T ab horizontally L[...]

70 Printer Control Codes ESC $ n L n H Set absolute horizontal print position ESC % n n =0 0 01 Select user defined characters Normal (ROM) characters User-defined (RAM) characters ESC & 00 n m a 1 a 2 a 3 d 1 ...d k Define user defined characters ESC (- n L n H m d 1 d 2 d 1 =0 1 02 03 d 2 =0 0 01 02 05 06 Select line/score Underline Strik[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 71 ESC 6 Enable printing of upper control codes (Character Set #2) ESC 7 Enable upper control codes (Character Set #1) ESC 8 Disable paper out detector ESC 9 Enable paper out detector ESC < Unidirectional mode (1 line) ESC = Set MSB to 0 ESC > Set MSB to 1 ESC ? n m Reassign bit-image mode ESC @ Ini[...]

72 Printer Control Codes ESC R n n =0 0 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 40 Select an international 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 #1 1 Spain II #12 Latin America #13 Korea #14 Irish #64 Legal ESC S n n =0 0 01 Select superscript/subscript[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 73 ESC [T 04 00 00 00 n 1 n 2 n 1 n 2 = 01 B5 03 52 03 5C 03 5D 03 5F 03 61 03 62 0F 00 0F 01 0F 03 0F 04 0F 05 0F 06 0F 07 0F 08 03 54 03 E9 02 E1 03 53 03 65 03 A0 07 D1 03 04 03 06 0B B9 0B BA 0B C3 0B C4 0B CD 0B D7 0B E1 0F 0A 0F 14 0F 15 0F 17 0F 18 0F 19 Select code page #437 USA #850 Multi-lingual[...]

74 Printer Control Codes ESC l n Set left margin ESC p n n =0 0 01 T urn proportional mode on/off Returns to current fixed character pitch Selects proportional spacing ESC q n n =0 0 01 02 03 Select character style Cancel shadow/outline printing Set outline printing Set shadow printing Set shadow & outline printing ESC r n Select printer color[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 75 FS ^ Print a character from all character chart DEL Delete last character in buffer Standard Mode ASCII Code Function[...]

76 Printer Control Codes IBM Mode ASCII Code Function BEL Beeper BS Backspace HT T ab horizontally LF Line feed VT T ab vertically FF Form feed CR Carriage return SO Select double width printing (1 line) SI Select condensed printing DC1 Select printer DC2 Select 10 cpi DC4 Cancel double width printing (1 line) CAN Cancel line ESC - n n =0 0 01 T ur[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 77 ESC H Cancel double strike printing ESC I n n =0 0 08 10 02 0A 12 03 04 0C 14 06 0E 16 07 Select print pitch and download Resident draft pica Resident draft elite Resident draft condensed Default LQ pica Default LQ elite Default LQ condensed Default LQ proportional Download draft pica Download draft el[...]

78 ESC [T 04 00 00 00 n 1 n 2 n 1 n 2 = 01 B5 03 52 03 5C 03 5D 03 5F 03 61 03 62 0F 00 0F 01 0F 03 0F 04 0F 05 0F 06 0F 07 0F 08 03 54 03 E9 02 E1 03 53 03 65 03 A0 07 D1 03 04 03 06 0B B9 0B BA 0B C3 0B C4 0B CD 0B D7 0B E1 0F 0A 0F 14 0F 15 0F 17 0F 18 0F 19 Select code page #437 USA #850 Multi-lingual #860 Portuguese #861 Icelandic #863 Canadia[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 79 Appendix F: Control P anel Operation Guide Note: A dot means pr ess and hold and an arr ow means to just press. A dot and arr ow tied together means hold one while pr essing the other . Font & Pitch Lock EDS Mode On-Line Line Feed Form Feed Pitch Selection Set/Eject/Park Font Selection Off-Line Tea[...]

A ASF 42 Auto LF selecting 28 auto load position changing 21 Auto Tear-off selecting 28 AUTOEXEC.BAT 52 automatic sheet feeder 27, 42 B bidirectional printing 28 buffered parallel interface cartridge 44 C carton contents 2 character pitch setting 18 Character Set international 57 standard italic 57 tables 57 Character Table selecting 27 Code Page B[...]

RAM usage 27 selecting a bank 25 selecting a switch 25 settings 27 switch settings 25 using 24 zero style 28 eject 19 Electronic DIP Switches 24 emulation 27 F fanfold paper form feed 19 parking 13, 19 printing on 12 specifications 37 tear-off function 13, 20 unparking 13 font selecting 17 Font Lock Mode entering 17 form feed 19 G graphics directio[...]

paper guide installing 7 standing up 8 paper jams 41 paper out detector 27 paper type selecting 38 parallel cable 14 Pitch Lock Mode entering 18 platen knob installing 4 port parallel 14 print mode selecting 29 print pitch selecting 29 printer buffer clearing 22 printing problem 49 problems causes and solutions 49 excessive noise 50 hot printer cas[...]

STAR MICRONICS ASIA LTD. Rm 1802-6, 18/F., Tower 2, Enterprise Square 9 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay Hong Kong Tel: 852-2796-2727, Fax: 852-2799-9344 Worldwide Headquarters STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. 536 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu, Shizuoka, 424-0066, Japan[...]