Star Micronics LC-1021 инструкция обслуживания

USER’S MANU AL LC-1021 HA10H 80825080 DO T MA TRIX PRINTER[...]

CE Manufacturer's Declaration of Conformity EC Council Directive 89/336/EEC of 3 May 1989 This product, has been designed and manufactured in accordance with the International Standards EN 50081-1/01.92 and EN 50082-1/01.92, following the pro visions of the Electro Magnetic Compatibility Directiv e of the European Communities as of May 1989. E[...]

About this manual This manual describes how to set up, use, and care for the Star LC-1021 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 Ho w to use the control pane[...]

Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup ... 1 Choosing a place for the printer ... 1 Unpacking the printer ... 2 General guide ... 3 Opening the front cov er ... 4 Removing the protecti ve materials ... 4 Installing the platen knob ... 6 Installing the ribbon cassette ... 6 Removing the ribbon cassette ... 8 Installing the paper guide ... 9 Standing up t[...]

Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode ... 28 About EDS Mode settings ... 28 Entering the EDS Mode ... 28 Selecting a bank ... 29 Selecting a switch ... 29 Changing a switch setting ... 29 Printing the current switch settings ... 30 Checking the settings of switches in a bank ... 30 Exiting the EDS Mode ... 30 EDS Mode Settings ... 31 Chapter 4: Using the P[...]

Appendix E: Printer Control Codes ... 73 Appendix F: Glossary ... 78 Appendix G: 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 your printer. Paper guide Front cover Interface connector Control panel Mute cover Power switch Platen knob Release lever[...]

4 Printer Setup Opening the front cov er ❏ Lift up on the front cov er and swing it open until it stops. ❏ T o close the front cover , simply lo wer it back into place. Caution! The tear assist edge is r ather sharp. T ak e car e to avoid injuring your hands. Note: Y ou can completely r emove the fr ont cover fr om the printer or you can stand [...]

Removing the protective materials 5 ❏ Remov e the two white pieces of packing from inside the printer as sho wn in the illustration. A piece of cardboard is inserted into the printer to protect components during shipping. Be sure to remov e it before using the printer. ❏ Open the front cover. ❏ Remov e the cardboard from the inside of the fro[...]

6 Printer Setup Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess in the packaging material. ❏ Install the knob on the shaft located inside the large hole on the left side of the printer. Make sure that the two splines of the platen shaft inside the printer fit into the slots inside the knob’s spindle. Press the knob carefully [...]

Installing the ribbon cassette 7 ❏ Rotate the knob on the ribbon cassette clockwise to take up an y slack in the ribbon. ❏ By hand, mov e the cartridge holder to the left side where there is a cut-out in the top guide to allo w easy installation and remov al of the ribbon cassette. ❏ Carefully place the cassette onto the cartridge holder maki[...]

8 Printer Setup ❏ While guiding the ribbon between the print head and print head shield, press do wn gently but firmly on the cartridge until the side tabs snap securely into place. ❏ Rotate the knob on the cassette again to take up any slack. ❏ Close the front cov er of the printer . Important! Printing that is poor quality or too light is [...]

Installing the paper guide 9 ❏ Open the front cov er of the printer . ❏ By hand, mov e the cartridge holder to the left side where there is a cutout in the top guide to allo w easy installation and remov al of the ribbon cassette. ❏ Using your thumb and forefinger to squeeze the two tabs on the ribbon cassette to wards the center , carefully[...]

10 Printer Setup Standing up the paper guide ❏ Y ou can mo v e the paper guide so that it is at angles of 50 or 70 as sho wn in the illustrations below . The correct angle depends on the type of the paper you are using. The following table shows the correct angle to use for each type. Paper T ype Paper Guide Angle Fanfold 50 degrees Cut-sheet 70 [...]

Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 11 Connecting to a po wer outlet and turning po wer on and off ❏ Plug the po wer cord of the printer into a standard power outlet whose voltage matches the po wer rating noted on the label af fix ed to the bottom of your printer . Caution! If the voltage mark ed on the bottom of your prin[...]

12 Printer Setup Loading fanfold paper This section tells you how to load fanfold paper. Note that you can also use cut- sheet paper. For details on using other types of paper, see “Paper Handling” on page 41 of this manual. ❏ Remov e the paper guide from the printer . ❏ Make sure printer po wer is turned off. ❏ Set the release lev er to [...]

Loading fanfold paper 13 ❏ Swing the rear cov er back and do wn until it stops. Note: Y ou can also completely r emove the r ear cover by simply pulling it away fr om the back of the printer after you open it. Caution! The metal edge of the cover is r ather sharp. T ake car e to avoid injuring your hands when handling it. ❏ Pass the f anfold pa[...]

14 Printer Setup ❏ Close the tractor cov ers. At this point you can make final adjustments to the paper position by releasing the gray le vers and mo ving the tractors. The paper should lie flat with no buckling or b ulging (tractors too close) or no stretching or elongation of the holes (tractors too far apart). After making these adjustments,[...]

Loading fanfold paper 15 ❏ Install the paper guide so that it is standing up (at a 50-degree angle) as sho wn on page 10. In this position, the paper guide k eeps the printed paper separate from the unprinted paper . Then slide the right and left paper guides apart so they do not interfere with the fanfold paper feeding. ❏ T urn on the printer [...]

16 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, cut-sheet paper and label paper. Cut-sheet paper 5 mm 8 mm (0.31") 5 mm 4 mm (0.16") (0.2") (0.2") Fanfold pap[...]

Parking fanfold paper 17 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 cov er of the[...]

18 Printer Setup Using the tear-off function The following procedure makes it easy to tear off fanfold paper. ❏ Check to make sure that the printer is on-line. ❏ Press the FORM FEED button to perform the long tear -off operation, or press the LINE FEED button to perform the short tear -off operation. The long tear-off operation causes the paper[...]

Connecting to your computer 19 ❏ Plug one end of the parallel cable into the parallel port of your computer . The parallel port should be labeled “Printer , ” “Parallel, ” “PRN, ” “LPT1, ” or something similar . ❏ Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the socket on the side of the printer and secure it in place with the [...]

20 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 21 Selecting a font ❏ Make sure the printer is of f-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. HS-Draft is selected when all font indicators are off. Note: The font setting you make with the above pr ocedur [...]

22 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 of f-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Press PITCH to change the pitch selection. The following shows the meanings of th[...]

Line feed 23 Line feed ❏ Make sure the printer is of f-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 of f-line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ [...]

24 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 of f-line ( ON LINE indicat[...]

Changing the auto load position 25 ❏ 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[...]

26 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 of [...]

27 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 of f line ( ON LINE indicator is not lit). ❏ Hold down FONT and then FORM FEED . Keep both b uttons held down [...]

28 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 29 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 b utton to select a bank switch. When the SW indicator flashes it indicate[...]

30 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 of f. Checking the settings of switches in a bank ❏ After selecting a bank, press the control panel’ s ST A TUS button[...]

EDS Mode Settings 31 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 49). B ANK A Switch 1: Emulation Selects Standard emulation (ON) or IBM emulation (OFF). Standard emulation causes the printer to act li[...]

32 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 4 to 5-ply paper. Disable the Multi-Part Mode when printing[...]

EDS Mode Settings 33 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 select. Switch 6: Quiet When the Quiet Mode is enabled (OFF), the printer prints with less noi[...]

34 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: Reserved Switch 6: Reserved B ANK E Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: Code P age/International Character Set If your EDS settings specify IBM emulation (Bank A, Switch 1 OFF) with ei[...]

EDS Mode Settings 35 Code Page SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 #437 IBM-PC ON ON ON ON ON #850 Multi-lingual OFF ON ON ON ON #860 Portuguese ON OFF ON ON ON #861 Icelandic OFF OFF ON ON ON #863 Canadian French ON ON OFF ON ON #865 Nordic OFF ON OFF ON ON #866 Russian ON OFF OFF ON ON #3840 IBM-Russian OFF OFF OFF ON ON #3841 Gost-Russian ON ON ON OFF ON #3843 [...]

36 Using the EDS Mode 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[...]

EDS Mode Settings 37 #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 He[...]

38 Using the EDS Mode 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 Charac[...]

EDS Mode Settings 39 B ANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: NLQ Font Selection Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that identifies the font you want to use for NLQ 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. Font SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Roman ON ON ON ON ON Sanserif[...]

40 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[...]

41 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[...]

42 Paper Handling Labels Backing sheet: 4 .5″ to 1 0.0″ / 114 to 254mm Thickness Backing sheet: 0.00276 ″ to 0.00354 ″ / 0.07 to 0.09mm Total: 0.0075 ″ / 0.19mm • Use labels under normal temperature and humidity conditions only. Adjusting for paper thickness Paper comes in different weights, normally expressed as gsm (grams per square m[...]

Automatic fanfold feeding 43 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 only r ecomm[...]

44 Paper Handling ❏ Align the left paper guide with scale 0 mark. ❏ Adjust the right paper guide so there is enough space to insert the paper . Important! In or der to pr e vent a paper jam, do not insert a sheet of paper with a width that would r equire the paper guides to be mo ved to the left of the mark on the left end or to the right of th[...]

45 Chapter 6: Optional Accessories This chapter introduces the following optional accessories that are available for this printer: ❏ Automatic Sheet Feeder (SF-10HA) ❏ Pull T ractor Unit (PT -10HA) ❏ Serial Interface Unit (IS-8H192) ❏ Serial-to-Parallel Con verter (SPC-8K) Important! Always make sur e that printer power is turned off whenev[...]

46 Optional Accessories Pull T ractor Unit (PT -10HA) 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 Unit (IS-8H192) Installing the serial interface unit provides serial data communicati[...]

Serial Interface Unit (IS-8H192) 47 Specifications (IS-8H192) Refer to the manual that comes with the serial interface unit for further details on installation and operation. Interface RS-232C-level only Synchronization Asynchronous Baud rate 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 BPS (selectable) Word length Start bit 1 Data bits 7 or 8 (se[...]

48 Optional Accessories Serial-to-P arallel Con verter (SPC-8K) Connecting the serial-to-parallel converter to the printer’s parallel connector provides serial data communications capabilities between the printer and your computer. Specifications Refer to the manual that comes with the serial-to-parallel converter for further details on installa[...]

49 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 [...]

50 Optional Accessories Long test ❏ Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer . ❏ T urn the printer off. ❏ While holding do wn the control panel’ s LINE FEED button, turn the printer on. The long test prints seven lines of text and then continues to print the entire character set for each font and pitch available. ❏ T o stop demo prin[...]

Adjusting the dot alignment 51 Adjusting the dot alignment You may never have to use the procedure described in this section, but after you have been using your printer for some time you may find that the dots of some graphics do not align correctly. For example, what should look like: may come out looking like one of the following: This is caused [...]

52 Optional Accessories 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 o[...]

Troubleshooting guide 53 Printer does not feed paper properly . Jamming paper . Remove all paper from the printer and then reload it. The printer is not set up correctly for the thickness of paper being used. Set up the printer for the paper thickness you are using. See “Adjusting for paper thickness” on page 42. Line spacing is incorrect. Jamm[...]

54 Optional Accessories Incorrect number of lines are printed on the page. Auto line feed with carriage return is enabled. Use the EDS Mode to disable auto line feed with carriage return. See “Switch 4: Auto LF with CR” on page 32 . The line spacing or leading selected by your application program is wrong. Choose a different line spacing or lea[...]

Troubleshooting guide 55 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 n[...]

56 Optional Accessories 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 . S[...]

57 Printer behaves erratically . Printing suddenly stops. The interface cable is connected incorrectly or damaged. Check to make sure that the printer interface cable is connected correctly . If it is, try a different cable. Static electricity caused by interference from nearby electrical devices or by low- level humidity is affecting printer opera[...]

58 Optional Accessories Checking system software settings in W indo ws Whenever you have problems printing from a Windows application, you should check the following four things: ✓ Is the printer you are using set as the default printer? ✓ Is the driv er setup correct? ✓ Is the printer you are using correctly selected in your application? ✓[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 59 T o check the port ❏ Double-click the Control P anel icon in the Main window . ❏ Double-click the Printers icon. ❏ Double-click on the name of your Star printer in the list of installed printers. ❏ Click on Connect . ❏ Make sure that your printer cable is connected to the port highlighted in [...]

60 Appendix B: Specifications Printing System Serial Impact Dot-Matrix Printing Speed Pitch Draft (cps/dpi) NLQ (cps/dpi) Pica (10 cpi) 300/120H (Normal) 400/90H (HS) 75/240H Elite (12 cpi) 360/120H 90/240H Condensed pica (17 cpi) 255/240H 127/240H Condensed elite (20 cpi) 300/240H 150/240H H: half-dot Print Direction Draft: Uni-directional/ Bi-di[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 61 Fanfold (with push tractor feeder) Paper width: 4 ″ to 10.0 ″ / 101.6 to 254mm Paper thickness: 0.00276 ″ to 0.00433 ″ / 0.07 to 0.1 1 mm (one-ply) 0.01378 ″ / 0.35 mm maximum (total thickness of multi- ply paper , non-carbon) Paper weight: 14 to 22 lbs. / 52 to 82 g/m 2 / 45 to 70 kg (one-pl[...]

62 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[...]

63 Appendix D: Character Sets Standard Italic Character Set #2 International Character Set The character codes shown in the table are hexadecimal.[...]

64 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.[...]

65 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[...]

66 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. C ode 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 Cod[...]

67 C o d e 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.[...]

68 Character Sets C o d e 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 c[...]

69 Code P age #1001 Arabic Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. 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.[...]

70 Character Sets C o d e 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 P[...]

71 C o d e 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.[...]

72 Character Sets C o d e 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. C o d e 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[...]

73 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, IBM, or Both), and the applicable ASCII code. Font and Character Set Control Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Select italic STD ESC 4 Cancel italic STD ESC 5 Se[...]

74 Printer Control Codes Print Pitch Contr ol Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Select condensed print Both SI Same as SI STD ESC SI Select one line expanded print Both SO Same as SO STD ESC SO Cancel condensed print STD DC2 Set print pitch to pica IBM DC2 Cancel one-line expanded print Both DC4 Set print pitch to elite IBM ESC : Set print pitch[...]

75 Special Print Mode Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Set master print mode STD ESC! Cancel underlining Both ESC-0 Select underlining Both ESC-1 Select emphasized print Both ESC E Cancel emphasized print Both ESC F Select double-strike print Both ESC G Cancel double-strike print Both ESC H Select superscripts Both ESC S0 Select subscripts Both[...]

76 Printer Control Codes Line Spacing Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Advance paper one line (line feed) Both LF Reverse paper one line STD ESC LF Set line spacing to 1/8 ″ Both ESC 0 Set line spacing to 7/72 ″ IBM ESC 1 Set line spacing to 1/6 ″ STD ESC 2 Execute ESC A IBM ESC 2 Set line spacing to n /216 ″ Both ESC 3 n Set line spaci[...]

77 Move print head to specified horizontal position STD ESC n1 n2 Justification STD ESC a n Set left margin STD ESC l n Other Commands Description Mode ASCII Code Sound printer bell Both BEL Move printer head back one space (backspace) Both BS Set printer on line Both DC1 Set printer off line STD DC3 Cancel line in print buffer Both CAN Delete [...]

78 Appendix F: Glossary adjustment lever Controls the darkness of the printing by adjusting for the thickness of the paper you are printing on. Centronics cab le Parallel cable normally used to connect the printer to the computer. control code A numeric code that instructs the printer to perform an operation. For example, the computer sends the pri[...]

79 Appendix G: 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 . BANK HS-DRAFT/DRAFT A 1 B 2 COURIER FONT BANK C 3 ROMAN SANSERIF ORATOR PRESTIGE 10 CPI SW 12 CPI COND E 5 PROP D 4 F 6 POWER SWITCH PITCH ON/OFF FORM FEED STATU[...]

A application printer selection checking 58 ASF 45 Auto LF selecting 32 auto load position changing 25 Auto Tear-off selecting 32 AUTOEXEC.BAT 59 automatic sheet feeder 31, 45 B bidirectional printing 32 C carton contents 2 character pitch setting 22 Character Set IBM #1 64 IBM #2 64 IBM Special 65 international 63 standard italic 63 tables 63 Char[...]

download buffer 31 Drive Setup checking 58 E EDS Mode auto LF with CR 32 auto tear-off 32 automatic sheet feeder 31 character set 34 character table 31 code page 34 CR centering 34 default settings 28 emulation 31 entering 28 exiting 30 graphics direction 32 line spacing 32 Multi-Part Mode 32 NLQ font 39 page length 34 paper out detector 31 print m[...]

N NLQ font selecting 39 O off-line switching to 20 ON-LINE indicator 20 on-line switching to 20 options 45 automatic sheet feeder 45 pull tractor unit 46 serial interface unit 46 serial-to-parallel converter 48 P page length setting 34 paper automatic feeding 43 fanfold 16 handling 41 loading 12 micro feed 23 recommended print area 16 setting top o[...]

R ribbon cartridge installing 6 removing 8 taking up slack in 7 S serial interface unit 46 serial-to-parallel converter 48 setup printer 1 specifications cut-sheet paper 41 fanfold paper 41 labels 42 printer 60 serial interface unit 67 serial-to-parallel converter 65 system software settings MS-DOS 59 Windows 58 T tear-off function 18, 24 test long[...]

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