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USERS MANUAL
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  • Page 1 LC24-10 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN 80821322...
  • Page 2 All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy time of press. However, being informed of them. The above notwithstanding, manual. 0 Copyright 1988 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. Commission Interference Statement energy and if not installed and used properly, instructions, with the specifications...
  • Page 3 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.
  • Page 4 FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is a compact, convenient, monochrome complement of features, making it an excellent partner 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.
  • Page 5 Type styles are: Draft characters, Prestige characters, Sut..Lpk ,717d italics Print pitches are: Pica pitch (10 CPI), Elite pitch*(ll CPI), Semi-condensed pitch (1s CPI), Condensed pitch (10 Normal proportionaL Double-height, Double TriIlp1e Double-sized, Quad-sized. Various line and character spacings: Other features: tll?mmm, B'&WEfrn, cx#?3elxm BBxm Emphasized,...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLEOFCONTENTS SETTING UP THE PRINTER Chapter 1 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 Install the optional IC card Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer’s power cord Loading single sheets...
  • Page 7 Page feed Top of form Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Clearing the buffer Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Installing your software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Initialization sequence Setting the DIP switches Using your software Page alignment Type style and pitch selection Other printer commands...
  • Page 8 Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR Draft character LQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS Standard character set IBM character set #2 IBM character set #l Additional character set International INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY character sets...

  • Page 9: Setting Up The Printer

    hapter 7 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection (names of parts) 0 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 best place to put the printer.
  • Page 10 Figure 1-I. 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 following parts: Bail lever: opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against inspection of the printer.

  • Page 11: Setting Up

    Power igure 1-2. The printer’s external parts Release lever: releases the platen. This lever must be down for printing on single sheets, and up for fanfold forms. Top cover: protects the print head and other parts. Rear cover: protects the sprocket feed mechanism. Entry slot: for inserting single sheets of paper.
  • Page 12 Figure 1-3. Removing the top cover lnstaii the ribbon cartridge The top side of the ribbon cartridge has a handle for turning the ribbon. Turn this handle in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon. lgure 1-4. Installing the ribbon cartridge...

  • Page 13: Replace The Top Cover

    Next place the ribbon cartridge on the print head carriage, guiding the ribbon between the print head and the platen. Press down firmly on the cartridge until it snaps into place. Replace the top cover Hold the cover upright and engage the tabs at the back. Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed.

  • Page 14: Connect The Printer To The Computer

    Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer on the right side of the printer Make sure the computer of the cable to your computer Connect the printer’s power cord Check that the printer’s Then plug the printer’s Never plug or unplug LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section...

  • Page 15: Semiautomatic Loading

    Figure 7-7. 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.

  • Page 16: Manual Loading

    lgure i-8. Loading a single sheet Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually off. The procedure Check that printer printer is down. Insert a single sheet of paper into the entry slot as far as it will go, the same way as for semiautomatic Move the bail lever on top of the printer bail.

  • Page 17: Loading And Parking Fanfold Forms

    LOADING AND PARKING Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations sheets. They are also called sprocket forms, punched forms, or just plain “computer paper”. This printer accepts forms up to 10” wide. Fanfold forms are loaded, parked, and unparked as explained next. 1.
  • Page 18 Clamp lever Figure l-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth igure l-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 l-l 1).

  • Page 19: Paper Parking

    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.

  • Page 20: Paper Unparking

    Tear off the printed about half a page showing Paper Feed switch to feed paper forward just above the top cover, and tear there. Press the Quiet Mode switch on the control Still holding the Quiet Mode switch down, press the Paper Feed switch. The printer will automatically paper is completely...

  • Page 21: Long Self Test

    Figure l-13. Short test pattern Long self test To see the printer’s variety of type styles, you can run the long version of the printer’s self test. 1. Check that paper is in position for printing. With power off, press the Paper Feed switch on the control panel and hold it down.

  • Page 22: Adjusting The Printing Gap

    ADJUSTING THE PRINTING The distance between accommodate different the top cover. The adjustment bail. Pulling the adjustment away from you narrows There are four positions; The first position (narrowest sheets of paper. Try different DIP SWITCH SETTINGS When you remove the green board at the bottom marked...
  • Page 23 l-15. DIP switches Figure International Print style and pitch selection is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position. These printer are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. The following questions will help you make the right settings.
  • Page 24 Switch l-l: Is the page length of your paper Leave this switch ON if you will be using OFF position if you will be using 12-inch forms. Switch 1-2: Do you want an automatic Normally you should leave this switch ON. The printer perform a carriage return...
  • Page 25 If you selected IBM mode, do you want IBM character set #l or #2? ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an g-bit interface (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #l, for computers with a 7-bit interface. Switch 1-8: Do you want an automatic line feed? If vou leave this switch at the ON position, a separate line-feed code is re-...
  • Page 26 12 CPI 1 OFF Option 1 OFF 1 OFF If there is no Font Card in the slot, Courier style is selected.

  • Page 27: Control Panel Operations

    Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATlONS The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the oper- ations indicated by their names. Other functions can be obtained by holding these switches down when you turn the printer’s power on. Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel switches in com- bination.

  • Page 28: On Line Switch

    On Line switch The On Line switch sets the printer on-line and off-line. The state changes each time you press the switch. In the on-line state the printer prints the data. In the off-line computer a signal indicating The printer powers up in the on-line is not present, the printer...

  • Page 29: Quiet Mode Switch

    Quiet Mode switch This switch operates off-line to select the printing mode. The printer powers up in normal printing mode. To select the quiet mode, press the On Line switch to go off-line, then press the Quiet Mode switch. The printer will make two passes for each line, resulting in reduced sound (and slower printing).

  • Page 30: Power-Up Functions

    The selections cycle in the following switch: Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Proportional Condensed proportional When using the Paper order. The type style and the print pitch can also be selected by printer mands given in Appendix POWER-UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal...

  • Page 31: Stay In Panel Pitch

    Stay in panel pitch: Style/Pitch and Paper Feed switch By holding these switches down during power-up, you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control panel. You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on. After the beep tone, you can set the printer off-line, select a print pitch, then return to on-line and start printing.
  • Page 32 If your system passes the codes directly them, you will get a printout 2-3. Sample hexadecimal dump Figure Most BASICS, however, are not the IBM-PC prints the following. figure 2-4. Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC When the IBM-PC turn) it adds an extra hex OA (line feed). Hex code 1 A (end-of-file) special treatment: the interpreter...

  • Page 33: Switch Combination Functions

    Coding for IBM-PC with color adaptor: GOSUB O=INP(&H379) OUT bH378,I RETURN SWITCH COMBINATION Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations. Figure 2-5. Switch combination Paper parking: Quiet Mode and Paper Feed switches This procedure feeds the paper backward. It parks the fanfold form at the back of the printer so that you can switch to single-sheet feeding (by moving the release lever to the down position).
  • Page 34 feed: Paper Feed and On Line switches Page If you are using single sheets, this operation you are using fanfold forms, it feeds to the top of the next page. Press the On Line switch to set the printer Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down.
  • Page 35 C/earing the buffer: On Line and Style/Pitch switches When DIP switch 2-l is ON, the printer stores received data in a large memory buffer. This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart: the printer may be holding much more data in its buffer than it has actually printed, and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting.
  • Page 36 MEMO...

  • Page 37: Using The Printer With

    Chapter 3 WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE There is an abundance of commercial software available: programs, word-processing printer will work with any program that supports a Star, Epson or IBM dot-matrix printer. Before using the printer with commercial however, there are two things you must do: the software so that it supports the printer Set the printer’s DIP switches to match the software INSTALLING...

  • Page 38: Printer Command Options

    Selecting (or describing) process and frequently or any Star, Epson or IBM printer commands for all the standard ble-strike printing, underlining, spacing control, and graphics. command Printer Besides the standard capabilities your software quadruple-size printing control codes. Some software options in the installation whether you can do this and if so, how.

  • Page 39: Setting The Dip Switches

    lnitializa tion sequence One of the installation options may be to specify the commands your software sends at the beginning of each printing job. These commands are called the “initialization sequence” or “setup string.” If necessary, you can use the initialization sequence to adjust the margins to your paper size or select a particular type style or pitch.

  • Page 40: Type Style And Pitch Selection

    Type style and pitch selection If your software does not control make these selections on the control on the settings of DIP switches pitch, proceed as follows: Hold the Style/Pitch printer’s power on, if you intend to set the type style. Hold the Style/Pitch and Paper Feed switches down if you intend Hold only...
  • Page 41 Most printer commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. Some examples are: <ESC>Wl <ESC>WO <ESC>4 <ESC>5 Two lines with these commands embedded are shown below, together with the printed result. File: <ESC>WlPRINTER COMMANDS<ESC>WO can help you to use <ESC>4italic<ESC>5 print.
  • Page 42 MEMO...

  • Page 43: Using The Printer With Dos And Basic

    Chapter 4 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...

  • Page 44: Programming The Printer With Dos Commands

    To switch printer output Each time you press this key combination, off or from off to on. PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes DOS printing command. of the file you want to print. example, type: A>PRINT README.DOC The computer may respond...
  • Page 45 If you want a particular type style or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing. 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 pitches etc. manually each time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer.

  • Page 46: Programming The Printer With Basic

    l:*AV[xl^V[!AVAAVIX*VL\ 2’*^c! ^V indicates that the following the <ESC> code. <ESC> character in ASCII sequence < 1 > and ^VL enters you need further information You can now set up the printer To avoid unnecessary (by pressing CTRL-PRTSC README.DOC in LQ elite type, give the following A>COPY LQELITE.DAT A>PRINT...
  • Page 47 1000 1 Set control codes 1010 E$=CHR$(27) 1020 D$=E$+"xO" 1030 L$=E$+"xl" 1040 C$=E$+"kO"+L$ 1050 P$=E$+"kO"+L$ 1060 O$=E$+"k3"+L$ 1070 S$=E$+"k4"+L$ 1080 H$=CHR$(O) 1090 PI$=E$+"P" 1100 1 Start urintinq 1110 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 1120 LPRINT E$;"DU;CHR$(3);CHR$(24);CHR$(0); 1130 LPRINT C$;"Type styles are:" 1140 LPRINT H$;D$;"Draft characters,"; 1150 LPRINT H$;C$;"Courier characters,"...
  • Page 48 1560 LPRINT ES;" ";CHR$(I); 1570 LPRINT "THE SPACINGS 1580 NEXT I 1590 LPRINT E$;"aO" 1600 LPRINT E$;"3";CHR$(30); 1610 LPRINT ES:" ";CHR$(O); 1620 LPRINT :iPRINT 1630 LPRINT C$;"Other 1640 LPRINT H$;E$;"q";CHR$(1);'0UTLINED";", 1650 LPRINT E$;"q";CHR$(2);"SHADOWED";", 1660 LPRINT E$;"q";CHR$(3);"OUTLINED 1670 LPRINT E$;"q";CHR$(O) 1680 LPRINT H$;EQ;"E";"Emphasized";E$;"F";", 1690 LPRINT E$;"G";"...
  • Page 49 2120 NEXT ROW 2130 LPRINT ES;"@" 2140 END 2500 2510 ' SUBROUTINES 2520 ' Define 2530 LPRINT E$;"Sl";E$;":"; CHR$(O);CHR$(O);CHR$(O); 2540 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(6O):CHR$(60); 2550 RESTORE 3020 2560 READ LS :LPRINT CHR$(LS); 2570 READ CW :LPRINT CHR$(CW); 2580 READ RS :LPRINT C!HR$(RS); 2590 FOR M=l TO CW*2 2600 READ MM 2610 LPRINT...

  • Page 50: How The Program Works

    15, 15, 3260 DATA 3270 DATA 14, 15, 3280 DATA 3290 DATA 3300 DATA 3310 DATA 3320 DATA 3330 DATA 3340 DATA 0, 60,255,255,255,255,255,143, 3350 DATA 3360 DATA 240,240, 3370 DATA 121,253,253,255,255,255,143, 31,253,252,248,248,240,192, 3300 DATA 3390 DATA 31, 31, 15, 3400 DATA 3410 DATA 255,255,255,255,143, 3420 DATA...
  • Page 51 Actual printing the program prints showing all styles in italics, some double and quadruple-sized Next comes the central fourteen times in expanding The work is done by four printer margin (line 1460); a centering the line spacing (lines 1500 and 1550); and a command space between characters Next the program...
  • Page 52 1600 LPRINT E$;"3";CHRQ(36); 1610 ' LPRINT ES;" ";CIiRQ(O); 1640 ' LPRINT H$;E$;"q";CIiR$(1);"OUTLINED";", 1650 ' LPRINT E$;"q";CHR$(2);'SHADHED";", 1660 ' LPRINT E$;"q";CHR$(3);"OUTLINED 1670 ' LPRINT EQ;"q";CHR$(O) 2060 LPRINT E$;"A":CHR$(e);E$;"2~; 2530 LPRINT E$;"Sl";CHR$(28);":"; c~$(o);c~$(o);c~$(o); 2540 LPRINT E$;"=";CHR$(o);c!iR$(60);cHR$(60); 2670 LPRINT IQ;"=" ;CHR$(0);CHR$(60);CHR$(60); 'Set l/6" line spacing 'Normal character ";RQ;"Q";CHR$(O);...

  • Page 53: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 AND TROUBLESHOOTING Dust and heat will make any mechanism maintenance is preventive, This is covered in greater detail in Chapter comfortable for humans Subjects covered in this chapter Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head Replacing the battery Troubleshooting...

  • Page 54: Replacing The Print Head

    krgure 3-7. nepiacmg me rlmon canrloge REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million dots, or years of normal use. When printing is too light even after replacing the ribbon, you’ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service life. To replace the print head, follow the procedure below.
  • Page 55 Place the new print head on its support, Thread the new cable the same way as the old, securing tabs on the print head carriage. Plug the cable into the connector, Print head Connector mgure 3-2. HeplacIng tne prmt neaa 10.

  • Page 56: Replacing The Battery In The Ram Card

    REPLACING THE BATTERY The optional RAM card has an internal battery that backs up the stored data even when the card is removed from the printer. used for more than four years. To avoid losing data from the RAM card, you should replace the battery before the end of its service life.

  • Page 57: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING If the printer doesn’t print: Check the Power and On Line indicators. Check that the interface printer ends. Make a test print. switch down, then turn power ON.) If the test print succeeds, the problem is not with the printer; different cable.
  • Page 58 If the printed characters 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 not able to display international characters on the screen. If you use an international on the keyboard.

  • Page 59: Technical Specifications

    Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS w Printing Mechanism Printing method Printing speed Printing direction Text: Dot graphics: Print head Ribbon Paper feed Paper feed speed interface and Emulation Interface Data buffer Emulation modes Switches and indicators Power switch Control panel DIP switches Serial impact dot matrix 142 characters...
  • Page 60 Special features H Dot Matrix Size Draft character: LQ characters: Dot graphics: Character Sets Standard character set IBM character set Download characters International character sets Panel pitch/style lock-in Forward and reverse micro-feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump 24 x 9 dots (Pica) 24 x 9 dots (Elite) 16 x 7 dots (Semi-condensed) 24 x 9 dots (Condensed pica)
  • Page 61 Type Sty/es and Pitches Type styles Extra-large characters Print pitches Line spacing Column width Pica: Elite: Semi-condensed: Condensed pica: Condensed elite: w Paper Specifications Single sheets Fanfold paper Number of copies Dimensions and Weight Dimensions Weight Draft 12, Draft 15, Courier 12, Courier 15, Courier Prestige...
  • Page 62 Electrical Specifications Line voltage Line frequency Power consumption Insulation resistance Dielectric strength Environmental Requirements Operating temperature Operating humidity Storage temperature Storage humidity W Option Automatic sheet feeder fnterface Signals Signal Pin No. Direction Name DATA1 /DATA4 ) IN IDATA 1 IN IDATA 1 IN VAC + 10%...
  • Page 63 PAPER SELECTED 14-15 IN/C SIGNAL CHASSIS + SVDC 19-30 RESET ERROR EXT GND 34, 35 N/C SELECT Goes High if the printer runs out of paper. Can be held Low permanently DIP switch l-5 off. High when the printer is on-line. Unused Signal ground.
  • Page 64 MEMO...

  • Page 65: Printer Control Commands

    Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes arranged by function. The name of each command one below: Mode ASCII “X” “ ” 1 <ESC> Both < ESC > “x” Cl> Mode: Indicates Std. Both ASCII: Indicates characters < 1 > means character Decimal: Gives the command Hexadecimal:...
  • Page 66 Select LQ characters Mode ASCII <ESC> 5” Both <ESC> “X” Changes from draft set to stay in panel style at power-on. Select LQ type style Mode ASCII “k” Both <ESC> Std. <FS> “C” Selects an LQ type style according command remains “x”...
  • Page 67 Select upright characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “ ” 5 Std. < FS > *‘ ” 5 Stops italic printing right. Ignored if the printer Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “E” Causes subsequent to vertical strokes. Cancel emphasized Mode ASCII Both <ESC>...
  • Page 68 Stop underlining Mode ASCII < ESC > -_” Both < ESC > ‘I-” co> Stops underlining. Start overlining Mode ASCII “ -3 < ESC> Both <I> <ESC> “p” subsequent Causes zontal tabulation Stop overlining Mode ASCII ‘I . . < ESC > Both <ESC>...

  • Page 69: Character Set Commands

    CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Mode ASCII < ESC > “t” “0” Both < ESC > “t” co> < F!j > “I” co> Std. < FS > “I” co> Selects the standard mode if DIP switch Select IBM character set Selects an IBM character if DIP switch l-7 is OFF.
  • Page 70 n Character 1 France 2 Germany 4 Denmark 5 Sweden 6 Italy The first eight of these character selected as power-up Enable printing Mode ASCII “\” <ESC> Enables printing assigned to character This command where nl .and n,? are numbers no control functions is received,...

  • Page 71: Character Size And Pitch Commands

    CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Mode ASCII “p” Std. <ESC> <DC2> In Standard mode, pitch (10 cpi) or from condensed mode, changes if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power-up. Elite pitch Mode ASCII Both <ESC>...
  • Page 72 Condensed printing Mode ASCII <Sl> Both <ESC> <SIB In Standard mode, changes elite to condensed condensed (17 cpi). Ignored at power-up. Cancel condensed Mode 1 ASCII Both 1 <DC2> In Standard mode, changes condensed elite to normal pica. Ignored if the printer Expanded printing Mode ASCII...
  • Page 73 Caucel one-line expanded printing Mode ASCII Both <DC4> Stops one-line expanded Does not cancel < ESC > “W” 1. Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII < ESC > “ >3 “1” Both <ESC> “ ” Cl> “P” Cl> <ESC> Causes subsequent spaced.
  • Page 74 Increase character Mode ASCII <ESC> “” Std. Increases the space between from 0 to 127. Used in microjustification. Select double or quadruple Mode ASCII “h” <ESC> Both Selects the size of subsequent characters align along line temporarily = 1 and quadrupled Effect Normal 1 Double-high,...
  • Page 75 Select character width Mode ASCII <FS> “E” Std. Selects a character Select character height, width, and line spacing ASCII Mode <ESC> “[” -co> co> Both Selects a combination cording to the value of n and Line spacing Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single Single Single...

  • Page 76: Vertical Position Commands

    Select character type and print pitch ASCII Mode < ESC > “I” Selects a combination value of as shown below. Character Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Resident Download Download Download Download Download Download Download Ignored if the printer at power-up. VERTICAL POSITION Set line spacing to l/8 inch...
  • Page 77 Set line spacing to l/6 inch Mode ASCII “2” < ESC > Std. <FS> “2” Sets the distance to l/6 inch. Set base unit for line spacing ASCII Mode <ESC> “[” “\” <I)> <I)> Sets the base unit for the line spacing <...
  • Page 78 Define line spacing to n/72 inch Mode ASCII “A” <ESC> Defines the distance n/72 feeds to inch, where is ignored. The new line spacing does not take effect until the next < ESC > “2” command. Execute < ESC > “A” Mode ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 79 Perform one n/180-inch or n/276-inch line feed Mode ASCII Both < ESC > “J” Feeds the paper (IBM mode), position right or left when DIP switch to the left margin line-spacing setting. Perform one nl7804nch reverse line feed ASCII Mode <...
  • Page 80 Set page length to Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “C” Sets the page length to n inches, where mode or between top of the page. Set top margin Mode ASCII Both <ESC > “c” Sets the top margin begins on the (n + 1)th line on the page. Set bottom margin Mode ASCII...
  • Page 81 Disable paper-out detector Mode ASCII “8” < ESC > Both Causes the printer enabling printing switch l-5. Enable paper-out detector Mode ASCII “9” Both <ESC> Causes the printer paper. Overrides Set vertical tab stops IModel ASCII Both <ESC> “B” Cancels all current lines nl, n2, etc., where nl, n2, etc.

  • Page 82: Horizontal Position Commands

    Select vertical tab channel Mode ASCII Both -z ESC > “1” Selects a set of vertical from 0 to 7. The tab stops in each channel Vertical tab Mode ASCII <VT> Both Feeds the paper to the next vertical to the left margin. power-up.
  • Page 83 Sets the right margin pitch if proportional the last character if the character pitch is changed the limits below: Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed Condensed Expanded Expanded Expanded Expanded Expanded Set left and right margins Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “X” Sets the left margin See the preceding Carriage return Mode...
  • Page 84 Backspace Mode ASCII Both CBS> Moves the print position is at the left margin. or combine characters. Left justify Mode ASCII < ESC > “a” Both <ESC> “a” Aligns subsequent ragged. Center text ASCII Mode <ESC> “a” Both < EfjC > “a”...
  • Page 85 Set horizontal tab stops ASCII “D” <ESC> Cancels all current nl, n2, etc. in the current is currently selected), The maximum number mode and 28 in IBM mode. The tab stops must be specified order; any violation Standard termination specify <ESC>...
  • Page 86 Relative horizontal Mode ASCII Std. < ESC > “\” < FS > “\” Moves the print position inches). Ignored The formulas for the distance is between dots If n2 is between 641 x 256) dots horizontal Relative Mode ASCII <ESC> “d”...

  • Page 87: Graphics Commands

    GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print 8-M sing/e-density graphics ASCII Mode “K” <ESC> Both Prints 8-bit dot graphics image is 8 dots high and nl + n2 x 256 dots wide. 8 inches (480 dots). ml, m2, . . . are the dot data. each a l-byte value from 0 to 255 representing top and the least significant must be nl + n2 x 256.
  • Page 88 Print 24bit hex-density ASCII Mode <FS> “Z” Both Prints 24-bit dot graphics image is 24 dots high and 8 inches (2880 dots). In the data 24 vertical dots. In the leftmost is the top dot; the least significant top; the most significant bit of is the sixteenth is the seventeenth...

  • Page 89: Download Character Commands

    Select graphics mode ASCII Mode < ESC > “[” “g” Selects one of eight graphics modes depending prints dot graphics in this mode. The graphic image is (nl + n2 x 256) - 1 dots wide. (for 24-bit graphics) for information Graphics mode 8-bit Single-density 8-bit Double-density...
  • Page 90 Define download characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “82” Std. “=” <ESC> Defines one or more new characters use. DIP switch 2-l must be OFF; buffer, not for downloading nl is the character code of the last character and 254. nl must be equal to or less than n2. Use of character (space) and 127 (delete code) should be avoided each character start with three bytes specifying...

  • Page 91: Other Printer Control Commands

    Select ROM character set Mode ASCII <ESC> “%” Both <ESC> “Q/O” < 0 > Stops using the download character set and returns to the built-in ROM character set. Ignored when DIP switch 2-l is ON. OTHER PRINTER CONTROL Set MSB to 1 Mode ASCII ‘L >...
  • Page 92 Cancel last line ASCII Mode <CAN> Both Deletes the last line currently Repeat data Mode ASCII “v” <ESC> Both <ESC> “V” Repeats data, defined Quiet print Mode ASCII < ESC > “s” Both < ESC > “s” Selects the quiet print mode, in which the printer passes to reduce with the control Cancel quiet print...
  • Page 93 print Cancel immediate Mode ASCII < ESC > “i” “0” Both < ESC > “i” co> Cancels the immediate print mode. The printer waits for each line to be completed before printing it, and does not scroll the paper up and down. This command is ignored when friction feed is used.
  • Page 94 Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII <ESC> “U” Both <ESC> “U” Causes subsequent which is faster than unidirectional Unidirectional printing Mode ASCII <ESC> “U” Both <ESC> “U” Causes subsequent mum vertical alignment One-line unidirectional Mode ASCII “ < ” Both <ESC> Immediately returns remainder of the line from left to right.
  • Page 95 Eject paper from ASF Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> “R” Both c<(,, a.(,, “R” Ejects the current page. Ignored if DIP switch l-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Set print position on ASF start Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> “T” Both ss ( 1, /c ( >, ‘q-”...
  • Page 96 MEMO...
  • Page 97 Appenciix CHARACTER With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their dot data, and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regular character set. Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanese characters.

  • Page 98: Draft Character

    The normal character character mode as shown below. Character Draft characters LQ pica characters LQ elite characters LQ semi-condensed LQ proportional Figure C-l shows the matrix that there are no pairs of horizontally head cannot fire fast enough to print adjacent To the printer, a normal column.
  • Page 99 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.

  • Page 100: Draft Character

    If you select super/subscript, (wide) dot positions for draft characters, characters. Each dot is represented its own position and the position printer still cannot print horizontally every other dot, the dots appear joined The file created by this program mands: <...
  • Page 101 1250 IF HID$(I$,2,l)=*p" 1260 1270 I$=INPUT$(O,#l) 1280 IF RIGHT$(I$,l)="T" 1290 I$=INPUT$(l,#l) :SCR=-1 1300 ' 1310 I$=INPUT$(S,#l) 1320 IF LEFT$(I$,l)=E$ 1330 I------ Read data for 1 character 1340 I$=INPUT$(3,#i) 1350 IF I$=E$+"%l" THEN 1360 I$=INPUT$(l,#l) :J$=INPUT$(l,#l) 1370 CC=ASC(I$) :IF CC>126 1380 AQ(CC)=INPUT$(3,#1) 1390 1400 IF NOT SCR THEN 1420 1410 P$(CC)=INPUT$(A(CC)*2,#1)
  • Page 102 1890 SO$="Continue" :Sl$="Start 1900 S=O :PX=17 :PY=l :GOSUB 2820 1910 ' 1920 I===============================================================- 1930 CLS 1940 I_____ select =haracker 1950 CH$=CHR$(CC) 1960 LOCATE 1,50 :PRINT "CHARACTER 1970 I$=INPUT$(l) 1980 IF w "<I$ AND I$<CHR$(127) 1990 CC=ASC(CH$) 2000 LOCATE 1,50 :PRINT "CHARACTER 2010 IF A(CC)<O THEN AO=O 2020 AO=ASC(LEFT$(A$(CC),l))
  • Page 103 2530 IF Y<Al THEN DT(X,Y+l)=O 2540 IF Y=Al THEN CS$=CHR$(P) 2550 2610 GOT0 2560 2570 IF ST<3 THEN CS$=CHR$(l) 2580 IF DT(X,Y+l)=l THEN CS$=CHRQ(l) 2590 DT(X,Y)=l :CS$=CHR$(2) 2600 IF Y<AI THEN DT(X,Y+l)=2 2610 GOSUB 3670 2620 SS=ST :BX=X :BY=Y :GOSUB 2930 2630 2640 ST>3 THEN 2670...
  • Page 104 3170 IF FL=0 THEN A(CC)=-1 3180 BEEP 3190 CC=CC+l :IF CC=127 3200 GOT0 1920 3210 *------ Wrap-up _________-----__________________________--------- 3220 CLS :LOCATE 1,l :PRINT "SAVE TO FILE?" 3230 S=O :PX=2 :PY=l :SO$="Yes" 3240 IF S THEN 3310 3250 LOCATE 5,lO :PRINT "Output 3260 INPUT FO$ 3270 IF FO$=""...
  • Page 105 Appendix 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.
  • Page 106 STANDARDCHARACTERSET...

  • Page 108: Ibm Character Set #2

    IBM CHARACTER SET #2...

  • Page 110: Ibm Character Set #L

    IBM CHARACTER SET #l Other characters are identical to IBM character set #2. The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7-bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the <ESC> “...
  • Page 111 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER Hexa- decimal In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands.
  • Page 112 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER When an international or by command from character 17 for DIP switch for selecting mode: n means are: U.S.A 2 Germany 3 England 4 Denmark SETS set is the following international character < > “R” IBM mode: code n, CHR$ 6 Italy Spain I...

  • Page 113: Index

    ‘iA; Absolute tab, 78 Auto feed, 86 Automatic carriage return, Automatic line feed, 17, 75 Automatic sheet feeder, 6, 16 zspace Bail lever,>, 7, 8, 9, II. 12 Battery, RAM card, 48 BASIC, 23, 38, 92 Beeper, 20, 22, 26, 27, 86 Bidirectional printing, Bit-image...
  • Page 114 IBM character sets, 61, 100 - IO3 IBM mode. 16.43 IBM printers, IBM-PC, IC card, 5 Immediate print, 85 Initialization sequence, Installing software, Interface: signals, 54 - 5.5 specifications, test, 13 International characters, 17, 50, 61, 104 Italic printing, 21, 33, 58 Justification, Label printing, Left margin,...
  • Page 115 Star printers, Style/Pitch switch, 21, 23, 26 Subscripts, Super/subscript character, Superscripts, Tabulation, 50, 73, 74, 77 Test patterns, 22, 13, 22 Top cover, 3, 5 Top margin, 7, 72 Top of page (form), 26, 31, 72 Tractor feed, 9 - 12, 51 Troubleshooting, 49 - 50 Type style, 17, 21, 32, 53, 58, 68...

  • Page 116: Command Summary

    COMMAND SUMMARY MODE CODE <BEL> CBS> <HT> <LF> <VT> <FF> <CR> <so> <SI> <DC]> <DC2> <DC3> -=DC2’ <DC4> <CAN> <ESC> <LF> <ESC> <FF> <ESC> <SO> <ESC> <SI> <ESC> <EM> <O> <ESC> <EM> <4> <ESC> <EM> “R” <ESC> <EM> “T”n <ESC> ““PI Std.
  • Page 117 MODE CONTROL CODE < EfjC > “7” < ESC > “8” < ESC > “9” < ESC > “:” <EfjC> “:” <O> <O> Std. <EfjC> “<” <ESC> ‘I=‘) <ESC> “>” < ESC > ‘?” n m < ESC > “@ ” <...
  • Page 118 CONTROL CODE MODE < > “s” > “[” “g” nl n2 m0 ml ml < ESC > T” nl n2 < ESC > “\” nl n-7 Std. < ESC > .’ A ” <ESC> I’-” Co> < ESC > -_” <...
  • Page 119 MODE CONTROL CODE < ESC > “x” < 1 > < EfjC > “x” “0” < ESC > “x” “1” “_” <o> <ESC> <ESC> “-” <I> < ESC z “ N ” “0” < ESC > “w” “1” < FS > “2”...

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