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i“ — ! 1‘ L i L. 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 yo[...]

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is a compact, convenient, monochrome printer without frills but with a fidl 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. S[...]

Type styles are: J.11””’i!”f:”k C:hal” ””actel’”” s? Courier characters, SanSerif characters, ORATOR WITH SMALL CAPITALS, OR with lower case characters, and ITALICS FOt- all isfY”Iziw:. Print pitches are: Pica pitch, Elite pitch, Condensed pica pitch, Cortdensedelite pitch, proportional spacing for all pitches, Expand.~d. ll[...]

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection Check the carton contents Setting up Mount the platen knob Remove the top cover Install the ribbon cartridge Replace the top cover Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer’s power cord Loading single sheets Mount the paper guide Semiaut[...]

Top of form Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Left margin Right margin Clearing the buffer Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE 31 Installing your software 31 Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Initialization sequence Setting the DIP switches 33 Using your software 33 Page alignment Type style and pitch [...]

Appendix C Appendix D INDEX DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR Draft character NLQ character CHARACTER SETS Standard character set IBM character set #2 IBM character set #1 Additional character set International character sets 91 99 100 102 104 105 106 107 REFERENCE CARD Inside the cover — — — — — — — — — —[...]

chapter 7 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include – ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection (names of parts) Setting up Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Test printing Adjusting the printing gap Setting the DIP switches LOCATING THE PRINTER Give some thought to the b[...]

Igure 1-1. Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Paper guide, 3) Platen knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge, and 5) User’s manual. Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the following parts: Bail lever: opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen. .4 - — — — —. . — — ?[...]

I . lever Powe Connector . . Figure 7-2. The printer’s external parts Release leven 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 cove~ protects the sprocket feed mechanism. Entry slot: for inserting single sheets of paper. Control pan[...]

Figure 1-3. Mounting the platen knob Remove the top cover Lift the front edge of theprinter’s clear plastic top cover. Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover and remove the cover completely. T -. a . - . . . .—— Ffgure W4. ttemovmg me Iop cover . . . — — — — 4[...]

. .. -.. L Install the ribbon ciwtridge 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 carnage, guiding the ribbon between the print head and the platen, Press down firmly on the cartridge until it snaps[...]

. — . — . .=--- .- wu,,,, ow,,,, ~ ,,s0 I*lLwllavw WI(3 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 [...]

igure 1-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with power off, or semiauto- matically with power on. We will start the easy way with semiautomatic loading. 1. Check that the release lever is down and the bail lever back (bail closed), then switch power on. You will hear a short beep [...]

lcver Figure 1-8. Loading a single sheet 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. Check that printer power is off and the release lever at the back of the – printer is down. Insert a single sheet of paper into the entry slot as f[...]

,— 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 “computerpaper”. Thisprinter accepts formsup to 10” wide. Fanfold forms are loaded, parked, and unparked as explained next. 1. Place a stack of fanfold pa[...]

plever Figure f-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth igure 1-11. Closing the sprocket covers 10. Fit the holes in the paper over the sprocket pins. Check that the paper is even. 11. Close the sprocket covers (Figure i-n). 12. Raise one of the clamp levers to lock one sprocket unit in place. 10 — . — — — — — — ?[...]

. . . L -. ,, . . 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 [...]

k r 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 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. Press the Print Pitch switch on the control panel and hold it down. Still [...]

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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- 1! L I I ‘- ‘igure 1-15. DIP switches I Switch I Function I ON I OFF I , 1-1 Page length 11 inches 12 inches 1-2 Auto CR Yes No 1-3 Orator lower case Small caps Lower case 1-4 Auto sheet feeder Inactive Active 1-5 Paper-out detector Enabled Disabled 1-6 Printer mode Standard IBM I Cbmcter set (Std. Mode) I Italics I Graphics 1-7 Chameter [...]

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

- ,’ ., :’.. . ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an 8-bit interface ,., (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #1, 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 [...]

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‘L. — . — L.._ L chapter2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS This chapter explains how to use the control panel to: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Pause printing Feed paper (fast and slow, forward and reverse) Select the print pitch Select a type style Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and style selections [...]

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 corn- --- bination. This chapter explains all the switch and i[...]

1! .- [ ,. i.. While you are feeding lines, if you also press the On Line switch, the paper will fked to the top of the next page. This is explained later. When power is on, always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen knob to feed paper. Turn the platen knob only when power is off. Print Pitch switch This switch operates off-line to sel[...]

In IBM mode (when DIP switch 1-6 is OFF), the pitch selections cycle as follows: Pica (10 characters per inch) Elite (12 characters per inch) Condensed pica (17 characters per inch) Proportional pica Proportional elite There is no condensed elite pitch in the IBM mode. NLQ Type Style switch This switch selects the type style. Draft style is always [...]

- I I l— I j . . 1 !- 1 — I 1 . The Orator style is unique in two ways. First, it is a dot larger (higher) than the other styles. This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiring high visibility. A little extra line spacing helps when Orator is used. Second, there are two versions of the Orator type style: one prints small capita[...]

Long test pattern: Paper Feed switch If held down during power-up, this switch prints a long test pattern. The test cycles endlessly. To stop the test you must switch power off. Stay in panel pitch: Print Pitch switch By holding this switch down during power-up, you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control pa[...]

~ ,- 1; :.. . - L - -. — L - ‘- ,-. L i- i The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade- cimal mode: 10 FOR 1=0 TO 255 20 LPRINT CHR$(I) ; 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 2-5. 00 01 02 03 0.4 05 (36 <17 (:)S 09 [...]

Notice that the printer receives decimal code 13 (hex OD) together with hex OA, which is really decimal 10. In addition, the printer does not receive decimal code 26 (hex 1A). To avoid this problem, change line 20, and add lines 100 to 120 as shown in either of the following lists. 20 GOSUB 100 100 O=INP (&H379 ) : IF 0<128 THEN 110 OUT &[...]

Before parking fanfold forms, tear off all but the last page, leaving less (at least three inches less) than a full page showing above the top cover. 1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line. 2. Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down. 3. Press the Paper Feed switch. The paper will be fed out backward. Page feed: Paper Feed and[...]

1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line. 2. Press the On Line switch again and hold it down. 3, Press the Print Pitch switch. The paper will start moving backwards in a series of small steps. When you want to stop, release both switches. Leff margin: NLQ Type Style and Print Pitch switches Software almost always provides commands fo[...]

5. Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down. three switches down. In about three seconds you simalimz that the buffer has been cleared. Continue holding all will hear a beep tone 6. R;lease-all three switches, make any necessary control panel settings, then set the printer back on-line. It is essential to halt the printing program on the comput[...]

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~: I L . -. . . -. L L . ‘— . 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 comme[...]

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. 1- hitialization 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 sequenc[...]

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 on the control panel. [...]

I -.. -.. -. L - —. k- !.- . L L $ ,.. .. .. ,’ ‘. Most printer commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. Some examples are: < ESC > WI Double-width characters c ESC > W() Normal width < ESC >4 Italic < ESC >5 Upright Two lines with these commands embedded are shown below, toget[...]

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I 1“ i l’- -. ,. ,,. 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: ● Hard-copying the screen . Programming the pr[...]

— 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 f[...]

-. -. i L ( L i- L , L ( ‘L I 9- ,, I L ,. If you want a particular type style, print pitch, or right or left margin, you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 2. If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be ad- vantageous to create a printer setup file. Then instead of setting mar[...]

. l:WAV[xlAv[!AvA-v[xAvL 2:*-(-J — “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 z 1> and *VL enters the control code <12>. See your DOS manual if[...]

1““ 1’ i 1000 ‘ Set control codes 1010 E$=CHR$(27) ‘Escape code 1020 D$=E$+’’xO” ‘Draft quality 1030 N$-E$+’’x1° ‘Near letter quality 1040 C$=E$+’’kO’’+N$ ‘Courier characters 1050 S$=E$+’’kl’’+N$ ‘Sanserif characters 1060 Ol$==E$+’’k2’’+N$ ‘Orator with small capital 1070 02$=E$+’’k3’’+N[...]

1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 2000 2010 2020 LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT [...]

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—’ 2810 DATA 255,255,255,255,143, 15, 7, 7. 7, 7 2820 DATA 3, 3, 3,131,193,241,240,240 , 0, 0 2830 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0> 0, 0, or o, 0, 0 2840 DATA o, 31, 31, 3,129,128,192,192,192. 192 2850 DATA 192, 224,224, 224r224.240, 255,255,255.255 2860 DATA 255,127, 0, 0, 0, 0, 63,127,255,255 2870 DATA 255,255,193,128,128,128, 128,192,224,240 2880 DATA 25[...]

.— — ..- %.. L L L i L 1 L L — — - Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer’s word-processing abilities: bold printing, underlining, sub- scripts, etc. The row of automobiles in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns, which are printed in place of the character[...]

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1 :“ —. L r L ~ : L i- L f ; L “-. ! ; E ., ;. ,.. ,, . ;j , ,; . . . . . : . . ,:, ,.., . . , . . i .: ..” .,, :. ,. chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Subjeets covered in Chapter 5 include – ● ● ● ● Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head Troubleshooting Dust and heat will make any mechanism wea[...]

igure 5-1. Replacing the ribbon cartridge You’ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service life. To ~eplace the print headl follow the procedure below. As you remove the old print head, note carefully how the cable is threaded, so that you can thread the new cable in the same way. Wa.rnimr: The mint head becomes hot during opera[...]

k 1 -.. I }. - 1 “-” i -- Screws f I igure 5-2. Replacing the print head 10. Fasten the print head down with the two screws. 11. Move the carriage back toward the right and replace theconnectorcover. Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place. 12. Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover, and plug the power cord back in. [...]

TROUBLESHOOTING ■ H the printer doesn’t print: ● ● ● Check the Power and On Line indicators. Both must be on. Check that the interface cabk is securely plugged in at the computer and printer ends. 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[...]

:. - k .- L ‘L- , ‘- . . L. ,- L L L L , L ( - ‘- ■ If the printed characters don’t match the characters on the screen: 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. Some software is notable to dis[...]

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I ‘ . i ,. Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS —. ■ Printing Mechanism — Printing method Serial impact dot matrix I — Printing speed 150 characters per second (draft pica) 38 characters per second (NLQ pica) Printing direction Draft: bi-directional or unidirectional (selectable), logic seeking — NLQ and graphics: unidirectional, logic s[...]

Special features ■ Dot Matrix Size Character matrix Bit-image graphics ■ Character Sets Standard character set IBM character set Download characters International character sets —. Panel pitch/style lock-in Forward and reverse micro-f-d — Paper parking Hexadecimal dump 9 x 9 dots (Draft pica) 18 x 23 dots (Courier and Orator pica) 18 x 18 d[...]

L-. ,- L. L. ,- L -. .. . .- e Extra-1arge characters Double width, double height, double width andheight, quadruple width and height Print pitches Pica (10 cpi) Elite (12 cpi) Condensed pica (17 cpi) Condensed elite (20 cpi) (Standard mode only) Proportional spacing can be selected for each of the above Line spacing Column width 1/6 inch (standard[...]

Insulation resistance 10 megohms between AC power line and chassis Dielectric strength Withstands 1 kVAC rrns at 50 or 60 Hz between AC power line and chassis for at least 1 minute ■ Environmental Requirements Operating temperature 5 to 40”C (41 to 104”F) Operating humidity 10% to 80?4. (no condensation) Storage temperature –30 to 65°C (?[...]

p.. r - Signal Pin No. N= Direction Function 18 + 5VDC OUT External supply of + 5VDC. 19-30 GND Twisted pair return signal ground level. 31 m IN Low input resets the printer to its power-up condition. 32 ERROR OUT GWS Low to signal that the. printer cannot print due to an error conchtion. 33 EXT GND External ground. 34, 35 ~N/C I I Unused. ~ 36 IN [...]

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Appenciix B 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 I Decimal I Hexadecimal I < ~~~ > “XX “,>! I 27 120 49 I IB 78 31 IBO’hl <Esc> ~,, <,> I 27 120 1 I IB 78 01 I[...]

Select draft elite characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ~~~ > “~.! c’,>. IBM 27 73 49 IB 49 31 < ESC > “I” <1> 2’7 73 1 IB 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 IVf.Q characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal[...]

Select Courier characters IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I I I < Esc > 4’1” “y, I 27 73 51 I IB 49 33 I < Esc > “1” <3> I 27 73 3 I IB 49 03 IBM < ~s~ > ‘q!. UT,. I 27 73 55 I IB 49 37 I , , I < Esc > “1” <7> I 27 73 7 ! IB 49 07 I Changes to the Courier NLQ font. Ignored if the NLQ Type Sty[...]

Double-strike printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both < ESC > “G” 27 71 IB 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double-strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between, causing a thickening of hori- zontal strokes. For bold print, use of double-strike is recommended in NLQ mode, and combined use of emphasized an[...]

I ~~• 1- I’ I ~~• I - . L L ..- ,, L- L .— L i i t L ,- ! i .,— L -.. [ Stop over/ining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “-” “O” Both “ 27 95 48 IB 5F 30 < Esc > “-” <()> 27 95 II IB 5F MI Stops overlining. Superscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “s” “0” Both 27 83 48 IB 53 30[...]

Se/ect/BM character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <~~~> ‘,t,, ‘.~>, 27 116 49 Std. IB 74 31 <ESC> “t” <1> 27 116 1 IB 74 01 Selects an IBM character set (character set #2 unless an <ESC> “7” command has been received). Ignored in IBM mode, since the IBM character set is selected automatically. Select IBM [...]

i- k r The first eight of these character sets (from U.S.A. to Spain I) can be selected as power-up defaults by DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4. Enable printing of all character codes Mode ASCII Decimal I Hexadecimal IBM < ESC > “” nl n2 27 92 nl n2 IB SC nl n2 Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set, including those assigned[...]

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I IStd. I <ESC> “P” I 27 80 IIB 50 I — IBM I <DC2> 18 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 i[...]

Expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > ‘.~,, <’,.> 27 87 49 Both IB 57 31 < ESC > “w” < I > 27 87 1 IB 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width. Cancel expanded printing Mode ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I < F.sc > “w” “0” I 27 87 48 I IB 57 30 — -- Both , &[...]

Select fixed spacing ~Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “ “ P “o” Both 27 112 48 IB 70 30 < ESC > “ “ P <()> 27 112 0 IB 70 00 IBM < ESC > “P” <()> 27 80 0 IB 50 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing. Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up[...]

IMode! ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I -. ,— —. — . — . — L.- L- ~- ,— -. Select double or quadruple size Both <ESC> “h- n 27104 n IB 68 n I Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below. Extra-high characters align akmg the cap-line of normal characters, with the base iine temporarily moving down. Line spacing is tem[...]

Select character height, width, and line spacing Mode ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I [ < Esc > 6’ “ “@” <4> 27 91 64 4 IB 5B 40 04 Both <0> <0> <1)> n Ooon 00 00 00 n m m m Selects a combination of character height, width, and line spacing ac- cording to the value of n and m, as below. Does not move the base l[...]

Set line spacing to 7172 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both < ESC > “]” 2’749 IB 31 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7/72 inch. Set line spacing to 1/6 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std. < Esc > ,’y 27 50 IB 32 Sets the distance the paper advanmx or reverses in subsequent l[...]

Line feed Mode ASCII I Decimal Hexadecimal Both < LF > ] 10 OA Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line. If DIP switch 1-2 is ON, also moves the next print position to the left margin. See the preceding commands for the line spacing. Reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both < ESC > < LF > 27 10 IB [...]

L L L L. Set top of page at current position Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM < ESC > “4” 27 52 IB 34 Sets the current position as the top-of-page position. Note that this can also be done from the control panel. Set page length ton lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both < ESC > “c” n 27 67 n IB 43 n Sets the page length to[...]

Cancel top and bottom margins Mode ASCli I Decimal I Hexadecimal Both i < ESC > ..*,, 127 79 I IB 4F Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin. Form feed ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal < FF > I 12 Ioc I — — Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length, and moves the print position to the le[...]

P i. k —. : . — — Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nl, n2, etc., where nl, n2, etc. are numbers between 1 and 255. A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set. The tab stops must be specified in ascending order; any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list. Standard termination[...]

b : ,. L . . . HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal Both < ESC > “]” n 27 108 n IB 6C n Sets the left margin at column n (where n is between O and 255) in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is seleeted). The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed [...]

,_. :,’ L Set left and right margins — b — -. k – p Mode ASCII Decimel I Hexadecimal Both < ESC > “X” nl n2 27 88 nl n2 IB 58 nl n2 Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column n2. See the preceding co mrnands for margin restrictions and other notes. Carriage return Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <CR &g[...]

Left justify IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I c ESC > “a” syy, 27 97 48 Both IB 61 30 < ESC > “a” <l)> 27 97 0 IB 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin, leaving the right margin ragged. Center text Mode ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal < ESC > “a” “1” Both 27 97 49 IB 61 31 < ESC > “a” &[...]

. . . ~,: I * L—.— I . . ,—— 1 I , b - . . . .’ “, ,. Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n ,, . columns, where n is between 1 and 127. Reset all tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM < ESC > ‘.R9, 27 82 IB 52 Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power-up values in which a tab stop is[...]

Absolute horizontal tab in columns Model ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal 1 < ESC > “f’ “o” n 27102 48 n Both [lB 66 30 n < ESC > “r’ <0> n 27102 0 n IB 66 00 n Moves the next print position to column n from the left margin, where n is between O and 127. GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print single-density 8-bit graphics IModel ASCII I[...]

Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ,-. < ESC > “Z” nl n2 Both 27 90 nl n2 IB 5A nl n2 ml m2 ... ml m2 ml m2 .- Prints bit-image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally (maximum 1920 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction. See < ESC> “K” for other information. Selec[...]

Print 9-pin graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “A” no nl std. 27 94 nO nl IB 5E nO nl n2 ml m2 ... n2 ml m2 ... n2 ml m2 . Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch if no = O or 120 dots per inch if no = 1. The graphics image is 9 dots high and nl + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is 8 inches. Dots beyond the right marg[...]

The most significant bit of the attribute byte is 1 if the character is an ascender (positioned entirely above the baseline) or O if it is a descender (descending below the baseline). The attribute byte also indicates the amount of white space to the left of the character (O to 7 dots, specified by bits 4 to 6), and the width of the character cell,[...]

Define cfown/oacf characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > “=” nl n2 27 38 nl n2 IB 26 n] n2 IBM < DC4 > aO al a2 20 aO al a2 14 aO al a2 ml m2 ... mll ml m2 ... mll ml m2 ... mll Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use. Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed. nJ an[...]

1 I i- i L. L f- . L 1 1- L ! L. ! L_ ‘, L, f ‘L F- ,: .;. . .,, ,:, ., ~,. . ;,:. ,;,: .“,. .;,; . ,, ,,. Select draft elite download character set IModel ASCII I Decimal ! Hexadecimal I < ESC > “I” “5” IBM 27 73 53 I IB 49 35 < ESC > “I” <5> 27 73 5 IB 49 05 selects the download character set, draft quality, an[...]

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MS13 to 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <E% > “ > “ 27 62 IB 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 O Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. < ESC > - = ?[...]

t hnfnediate print Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > -i,, “~,, 27 105 49 IB 69 31 Both c ES(J > “i” <1> 27 105 1 IB 69 01 Selects the immediate print mode, in which the printer prints each character as soon as received. At every pause in the incoming data stream the printer scrolls the paper up about 2 inches so that the c[...]

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

,- l— 1. . . L . .— .,. Auto feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > <EM ><4> 27 25 4 IB 19 04 Both ,, ,, “(,, ,64,, ,6,, ( ) “)” 40 40 52 41 41 28 28 34 29 29 Selects the automatic sheet feeder. Ignored if DIP switch 1-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Eject paper from ASF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal < ESC > <EM &[...]

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— — . Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR With this printer you can create new characters and symbols download their dot data, and have them pz-inted in place of selected characters in the regular character set. Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but usefid symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or J[...]

The dot matrix for a draft-quality character is 8 cells high and 11 cells wide. Figure C-1 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 tire fast enough to print adjacent dots in the horizontal direction. To the printer, a draft character is represented[...]

t 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 d[...]

— 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 [...]

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— , i i I I , ! I I I [ I i k 1700 ‘----- Key explanations ----------------------------------------------------- 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 LOCATS 14,40 :PRINT “F5: Skip character” [...]

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—. 3450 3460 3470 -, ----- JqO” 3490 3500 3510 3!320 3530 3540 3550 3560 3570 3580 3590 36oO 3610 3620 FOR Y-1 TO WI :B$-B$+CHR$(P(CC,YJ) :NEXT Y IF NOT NLQ THEN BS-B$+STRING$(35,0) :GOTO 348o FOR Y-1 TO WI :B$-B$+CHR$(Q(CC,Y)) :NEXT Y LSI?TA$-B$ :PuT #l,M NEXTCC :RI?IIJRN ‘----- Output to Printer ---------------------------------------------[...]

Appen d D 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 row 1, [...]

— CHARACTER SET Hexa- d echml 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B c D E F & (5 F v f v 6 22 38 54 70 86 102 118 <BEL> I 7 G w 9 w m m IT F Ix_ F m m I . . 1 I 1 I -. I +?!+4-% : m ’ z ,06 z ,22 # ‘l-AKIA %--l’ 107 { m 1 1 I I I . . I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 --- I < s . 126 ‘ r 3 1[...]

I 0 7 n u b w X x, o < 128 1 < JXq > t 1 A Q a q G F “ 161 177 193 209 225 241 2 < N2 > II 2 B R b r 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 3 < DC3 > # 3 c s c s FF m r r E h m I I I .-J I I . I I . 1 I . I I .,. I I -.. -. ... . . I I 6 7 +t 134 <BEL> 135 & 6 F v f v 166 182 198 214 230 246 I 7 G w 9 w I-E l-iii m l-m m b[...]

IBM — CHARACTER SET #2 t I I 1 1 . 1 I 9 1< DC3 >1 & 1~ 6 - p “ < 4 7 I I “ I I .- 1 I < HT >1< E > I I Y I Y i y 73 89 105 121 A < LF > * : J z j z I-F K F E F Fii- m rim 1 1 1 I 1 1 [ - B <w> <Esc> + ; K [ k { ~ 91 107 123 c <FF > < FS > , 1 : 44 92 108 124 D <CR > . 125 E <[...]

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— IBM CHARACTER SET #1 o < N 1 < D > 1 2 < X2> 2 3 < D > 3 4 < D > 4 2 5 I I & 1 < D > 1 1 2 < DC2 1 1 3 < D > 1 1 4 < D > 1 1 F < SI > Other characters are identical to IBM character set #2. The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7-bit interface to obtain control function[...]

,. I ‘ 1 I i l’ - 1 -. ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET Hexa- decimal 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B c D E F a d 01 0) 0 16 3 8+ $ In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands.[...]

INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS I I When an international character set is selected by DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4 or by a command from software, the following changes are made in the character set: I See page 17 for the DIP switch settings. The commands for selecting the international character sets are: Standard mode: < ESC > “R” n IBM mode: &[...]

I : .... -. ‘ I 1- ~ I -. INDEX Absolute horizontal tab, 79,80 Ascender, 83,84,92 Auto feed, 89 Automatic carriage return, 16 Automatic line feed, 17, 77 Automatic sheet feeder, 6, 16,56,89 m Backspace, 77 Bail lever, 2, 7,8,9, 11, 12 BASIC, 25,40, 94 Beeper, 20,24-29,88 < BEL >, 88 Bidirectional printing, 88 Bit-image printing, 37,45,51,80[...]

Interface: specifications, 53 signals, 56 test, 13 International characters, 17,51,64, 106 Italic printing, 22, 61 m Justification, 78 m Label printing, 50 Left margin, 28, 76, 77 Line feed, 72 Line spacing, 50,55, 70-72 Locating the printer, Z m Macro instruction, 85 Maintenance, 47 Manual feed, 88 Margins: bottom, 73, 74 left, 28, 76, 77 right, 2[...]

L -. L L L Tractor feed, 9-13,53 Troubleshooting, 50,51 Type style, 22, 34,54,60,61 Underlining, 62 Unidirectional printing, 88 Unpacking and inspection, Unparking, 12 w Vertical tabulation, 75 Zero ( or normal), 65 1 L L- L. 109 L F-[...]

,. L . . Consumer Response Star Micronics Co., Ltd. invites your suggestions and comments on your printer and this manual. Please address your correspondence to: W H STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. 194 Nakayoshida Shizuoka, JAPAN 422-91 Attn: Product Manager A M STAR MICRONICS AMERICA INC. Pan Am Bldg., Suite 3510 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166 Attn: [...]

P P S Standard mode Pica Elite 12S4567890 < “ 1 2 1 1234!567890 123456789012 1234567890 4 123456789012 1234567890 < c 1 2 h I 4 I ,... . . ... . . ., ! (.., ,.. . . .. ”,’... :. , . . . . .. . . . .. ,, ,., :, ., . . .’ :,. :. ,~. ,, ,. .. . . . ... , C H C C C : v T i l~34567g90:~34567 < ESC > “M” l~34~73901~3437~ < 1234[...]

DIP SWITCHES : Switch 1-1 1-2 I 1-3 E 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 2-1 I 2-2 L 2-3 2-4 Function Page length Auto CR Orator lower case Auto sheet feeder Paper-out detector Printer mode Chamcter set CM. Mode) Character set flBM Mode) Auto LF Usage of RAM International character set ON I OFF ! Factorv I 11 inches 12 inches ON I Yes I No I ON Small carol Lower [...]

MULTI-FONT NX-I 00011 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. n llPICA ~:~ PAPER FEED ❑ –POWER n c, m-r= I- PAFISR PARK-I QN LINE COURIER ❑ ‘ NLQ TYPE SANSEMF ❑ STYLE u =- ,. I QRATQR ❑ ❑ [...]

COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER MODE CONTROL CODE < BEL > < BS > < HT > < LF > < VT > < FF > < cR > < so > < SI > < DC1 > < DC2 > IBM < DC2 > STD -== DC.3 > < DC4 > < CAN > STD STD IBM STD IBM STD IBM IBM < LF > c m B < so > < SI > < EM >[...]

CONTROL CODE < ESC > “8” Disable paper-out detector < ESC > ’“9” Enable paper-out detector IBM < ESC > “:” Elite pitch STD < ESC > “:” <0> <f)> <()> COPY standard characters from ROM into RAM < ES.C > ‘- < “ One-line unidirectional printing STD < ESC > “ = “ Set MSB [...]

MODE CONTROLCOOE cESC ~ “Y” nl n2 ml m2... < ESC > “Z” d n2 ml m2... < ESC > “r’ “@” <4> <O> <0> .,. IBM < ESC > “~” nl n2 S’m < ESC ~ “/” nl n2 IBM -== ESC > “ ‘“ STD < ESC > “““ nO nl n2 ml m2 < ESC > “_” O < ESC > “-” 1 < Esc > “a”[...]

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