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  • Page 1 MULTI-FONT LC24-15 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE...
  • Page 2 The ahm~ statement applies only to printers LC24-15, NB-15, NB24-15: Star Micronics Co., Ltd. IBM PC, PC-AT, PC-XT. Proprinter XL24, Proprinter X24, Proprinter II, PC-DOS: InternatIonal Business Machinks Corp. Microsoft BASIC, MS-DOS; Microsoft Corporation LQ-1050, LQ-850, LQ-1000: Seiko Epson Corp.
  • Page 3 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into nine chapters. To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters 1 through 3. The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations, etc.
  • Page 4 Chapter 6 - MS-DOS and your printer Since the PC or PC-AT family of computers running under MS-DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer, we have in- cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems. Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer.
  • Page 5 FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is a convenient, monochrome printer without frills but with a full complement of features, making it an excellent partner for a personal computer. It supports the IBM/Epson printer commands and character sets, enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate, both text and graphics.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER ... Locating the Printer ... 1 Unpacking and Inspection ... 2 Cheek the carton contents ... 2 Parts name of the printer Setting Up ... 4 Mount the platen knob ... 4 Install the ribbon cartridge ...
  • Page 7 Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Location of the DIP Switches ............31 Functions of the DIP Switches .
  • Page 8 Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS ..............107 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS .

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Setting Up The Printer

    Chapter I SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection (names of parts) Setting up and connection Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Adjusting the printing gap LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer, make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it.

  • Page 10: Unpacking And Inspection

    UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the printer shipping carton, and check each item in the box against Figure l-l to make sure that you have everything (there should be five items). If any of these items are missing, contact your supplier. F/gum I-1.

  • Page 11: Parts Name Of The Printer

    The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are: Serial (RS-232) interface board Automatic sheet feeder Pull tractor unit Font card RAM card Parts name of the printer Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the follow- ing parts: Power Figure...

  • Page 12: Setting Up

    SETTING UP Place the printer in the position where it is going to be permanently sited, and remove all packing material from inside the top cover. This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer in transit. You may like to keep this packing with the printer carton if you intend transporting the printer for use at a different location.
  • Page 13 Figure T-4. Removing the top cover 1. Use the tensioning knob on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack (turn clockwise). 2. Use the grips on the side of the ribbon cartridge to help locate the cartridge (squeeze them inwards gently), and make sure that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself.
  • Page 14 3. The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield (see Figure l-6). Figum i-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield Now, hold the top cover upright and engage the tabs at the back. Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed.

  • Page 15: Install The Optional Ic Card

    Install the optional IC card This printer has five built-in character styles (fonts), and an1 1 K-byte data buffer. You can add more fonts or expand the data buffer by installing oprional IC cards (Font card or RAM card). To install or change an IC card, first turn off the power switch. Then, insert the IC card into the slot at the bottom right front of the printer and slide it all the way in.

  • Page 16: Connection

    Connection Connect the printer to your computer, using a standard parallel-type cable. On a PC or PC/AT-type computer, this means that you use the 25way D- type connector at the computer end, and the Amphenol-type 36-way connector at the printer end. The pinouts of the printer’s connector are given in Chapter 8 if you need a cable for connection to another computer.
  • Page 17 Figure 1-9. Replacing the interface board...

  • Page 18: Loading Single Sheets

    LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper. If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder (ASF), read the ASF instruction booklet. Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with power off, or automatically with power on.
  • Page 19 3. Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using (re- membering that printing will start some distance from the left-hand edge of the carriage). 4. Place a single sheet between the guides, placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer.

  • Page 20: Manual Loading

    Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer’s power is off. The procedure is: 1. Place the paper guide in position, locating the lugs on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer. 2.

  • Page 21: Loading And Parking Fanfold Forms

    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 “computer paper”. This printer accepts forms up to 16” wide. Fanfold forms are loaded, parked, and unparked as explained next.
  • Page 22 6. With the sprocket covers open, thread the paper over the sprockets, aligning holes with the pins on the sprockets. 7. Adjust the spacing of the sprockets by sliding them along the bar, using the clamp lever at the back of each sprocket to release and lock the sprocket in positin (when the lever is down, the sprocket may be moved, and when it is up, the sprocket is locked).

  • Page 23: Loading The Paper With Pull Tractor Unit

    12. Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1-14, so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper. Figure I-14. Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Loading the paper with pull tractor unit You can load the fanfold paper by using the optional pull tractor unit.
  • Page 24 unit Platen igure l-15. Mounting the optional pull tractor unit pure 7-76. Thread the fanfold paper over the sprockets from the entry slot of the printer. 7. Now close the sprocket covers, again making sure that the paper sprocket holes are aligned with the pins on the sprockets. If they are not aligned properly, you will have problems with paper feeding, possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper.

  • Page 25: Paper Parking

    Paper parking After loading fanfold paper with the internal tractor unit, you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet. The printer will “park” it for you if you follow the procedure below. Paper parking starts with power ON, fanfold paper loaded in printing position, the release lever up.

  • Page 26: Adjusting The Printing Gap

    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 right end of the paper bail.

  • Page 27: Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations

    chapter CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed singly to perform the operations indicated by their names. Other functions can be obtained by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer’s power on. Still further functions can be executed by pressing the control panel buttons in combination.

  • Page 28: On Line Button

    ON LINE button The ( ) button sets the printer on-line and off-line. The state ON LINE changes each time you press the button. In the on-line state the printer receives data from the computer and prints the data. In the off-line state the printer stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data.

  • Page 29: Paper Feed Button

    PAPER FEED button If you press this button in off-line, the paper feeds forward. If you hold this button down, the printer performs consecutive line feeds. While you are feeding lines, if you also press the ( paper will feed to the top of the next page. This is explained later. If you press this button in on-line, this will alternately illuminate and QUIET extinguish the...

  • Page 30: Style Button

    STYLE button This button selects the font style to be printed. Courier style is always selected at power-up. To change to one of the other styles, set the printer off- line, then press the (~3) desired selection illuminate. The selections cycle in the following order: Font style Courier Courier italic...

  • Page 31: Power-Up Functions

    POWER-UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions, all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power Stay in panel style igufe 2-2. Power-up functions of control panel If the printer is turned on while the ( printer will enter the short self-test mode.

  • Page 32: Long Test Mode

    Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the printer will enter the long self-test mode. The printer will start printing as soon as the (PAPER FEED) number of the printer’s ROM, followed by the whole character set printed in each font styles and pitch available.

  • Page 33: Stay In Panel Style

    Stay in panel style If held down during power-up, the (STYLE) button prevents software inter- ference with the font style selected from the control panel. There will be an acknowledging beep, after which you can set the printer off-line, select a font style, then return to the on-line state and start printing.
  • Page 34 The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode: 10 FOR I=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 2-4.
  • Page 35 When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD (carriage return) it adds an extra hex OA (line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-file) also gets special treatment: the interpreter does not send it at all. This can cause problems that generate graphics or download character data, but there is a solution.

  • Page 36: Switch Combination Functions

    SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations, If you are using single sheets, this operation ejects the current page. If you are using fanfold forms, it feeds to the top of the next page. the ( PreSS ON LINE...

  • Page 37: Top Of Form

    Top of form When you turn on printer power, the top-of-form position is automatically set to the current position. If this is not where you want the top of the page to be, you can change the top-of-form position as follows. 1.

  • Page 38: Clearing The Buffer

    Clearing the buffer 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 39: Chapter 3 Dip Switch Settings

    Chapter 3 The bank of DIP (Dual In-line Package) switches inside the printer is used for various functions. This chapter explains where the DIP switches are located, and how to use them. LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES When you remove the printer’s cover and look inside, you will see on the green board at the bottom of the printer two groups of small white switches marked DSWl and DSW2.

  • Page 40: Functions Of The Dip Switches

    FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position. These are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. The following questions will help you make the right settings.
  • Page 41 Switch l-3: Do you want a bottom margin? Leave this switch ON if you do not want to set the bottom margin. Move it to the OFF position if you want to set the bottom margin to the l-inch. Switch 1-4: Are you going to use the automatic sheet feeder (ASF)? To use the automatic sheet feeder, move this switch to the OFF position.
  • Page 42 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 required to obtain a line feed. If you move this switch to the OFF position, the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage-return code.
  • Page 43 Switch 2-8: Which type of printing area format do you want to use for single sheets? This printer can use two types of printing area format for single sheets. By putting the switch ON (“A type”), the top of the first line of printing will start to one inch from the top of the paper, and the printed area will end to print 6 mm from the bottom of the paper.
  • Page 44 MEMO...

  • Page 45: Chapter 4 Printer Control Commands

    chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes: Standard mode and IBM mode. In standard mode, the printer emulates the functions of the Epson LQ-1050. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter XL24. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations. The emulation is changed by means of DIP switch l-6.

  • Page 46: Font Control Commands

    Many commands have alternative forms. Some commands use <ES3 (character code 27) in Standard mode and cFS> (character code 28) in IBM mode. Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character codes or digit characters, like the parameter 1 in the sample command above.
  • Page 47 n Font style 0 Courier (initial value) 1 Optional font 2 Prestige 3 Orator script Select Courier characters Mode ASCII Both “(” “(.’ “F” Changes to the Courier font. Ignored if the (STYLE) button was pressed during power-up. Select Optional characters Mode ASCII Both...
  • Page 48 Select Script characters IMode 1 ASCII 1 Both “(.. “(” “F’ Changes to the Script font. Ignored if the (STYLE) button was pressed during power-up. Select italic characters Mode ASCII Both “(” “(” “I” Std. <ESC> “4” 1 IBM I <FS>...
  • Page 49 Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “E” Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes. Cancel emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “F Cancels emphasized printing. Double-s trike printing Mode ASCII Both 6, ‘1 6‘ 4‘ “B”...
  • Page 50 Stop underlining Mode ASCII ‘I ( ‘I ‘6 ( 6‘ .,->. Both <ESC> “-” “0” <ESC> “-I’ <O> Stops underlining. Start 0 verlining Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “ “ “1” <ESC> “p” cl> Causes subsequent characters to be overlined. Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined.

  • Page 51: Character Set Commands

    Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII <ESC> ‘T” Both Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing. CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Selects the standard character set. This is the power-up default in Standard mode if DIP switch l-7 is ON. Select IBM character set Selects an IBM character set.
  • Page 52 Select character set #2 Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “6” Selects character set #2. Select international character set Mode ASCII “R” Std. cESC> cFS> “R” Selects an international character set according to the value of n. n Character set 0 U.S.A 1 France 2 Germany 3 England...

  • Page 53: Character Size And Pitch Commands

    Enable printing of all character codes on next character IMode 1 ASCII 1 IBM 1 <ESC> ‘In,” This command operates like <ESC> ‘T’ except that it remains in effect for only one character. Select slash zero IMode I ASCII Both &SC>...
  • Page 54 Elite pitch Mode ASCII <ESC> “M” Both cESC> “:” In Standard mode, changes from either pica or semi-condensed to elite pitch (12 cpi) or from condensed pica to condensed elite (20 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either pica or condensed to elite (12 cpi).
  • Page 55 Condensed printing IMode ASCII Both <Sb <ESC> <Sb In Standard mode, changes from pica to condensed pica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensed elite (20 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either pica or elite to condensed (17 cpi). Ignored if the (FiEFi) button was pressed during power-up.
  • Page 56 Expanded printing for one line Mode ASCII <so> Both <ESC> <SO> Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width. Characters return to normal width after the next line feed (<LF>). The <DC4>, <VT>, <FF>, and cESC> “w” 0 com- mands also cancel expanded printing.
  • Page 57 Select fixed spacing ASCII Mode “p” ‘VI” <ESC> Both <ES& “D” co> 1 IBM 1 cESC> “P” <O> Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing. Ignored if the(piTR)button Select master print mode ASCII Mode Both cESC> “!” Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n.
  • Page 58 Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “Y Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below. Extra- high characters align along the cap-line of normal characters, with the base line temporarily moving down. Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n = 1 and quadrupled when n = 2.
  • Page 59 Return to normal height Mode ASCII <ESC> “w” “0” Both <ESC> “w” <O> <FS> “v” “0” Std. <FS> “V” co> Terminates double-height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height. Select character height, width, and line spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> I’[”...
  • Page 60 Select character type and print pitch Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” Selects a combination of character type and print pitch according to the value of II as shown below. Character Resident Draft Resident Draft Resident Draft Resident LQ Resident LQ Resident LQ Resident LQ Download Draft Download Draft...

  • Page 61: Vertical Position Commands

    VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to l/8 inch Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “0” Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to l/8 inch. Set line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch Mode ASCII Both <ESC>...
  • Page 62 Set base unit for line spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> “[” ‘T’ CO> CO> Sets the base unit for the line spacing commands, cESC> “3” and cESC> “J”. If the value of n is 180, the base unit is set to l/l 80”. If the value of n is 216, the base unit is set to l/216”.
  • Page 63 Execute <ES& Mode ASCII <ESC> “2” Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding <ES0 “A” command. Sets the line spacing to l/6 inch if there is no preceding <ES0 Line feed Mode ASCII Both <LF> Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line.
  • Page 64 Perform one n/180-inch or n/2164nch line feed Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “J’ Feeds the paper once by n/180 inches (standard mode) or n/2 16 inches, where n is between 1 and 255. Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch l-2 is OFF. Does not change the line-spacing setting.
  • Page 65 Set page length to n lines ASCII Mode Both cESC> “c” Sets the page length to n lines in the current line spacing, where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode.
  • Page 66 Cancel top and bottom margins IModel ASCII 1 Both 1 <ES& “0” Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin. Form feed Mode ASCII Both <FF> Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length, and moves the print position to the left margin.
  • Page 67 Set vertical tab stops Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “B” Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nl, n2, etc., where nl, n2, etc. am 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.

  • Page 68: Horizontal Position Commands

    Vertical tab Mode ASCII Both <VT> Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab stop and moves the print position to the left margin. Performs a line feed if no vertical tabs are set, as at power-up. Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current line is at or below the last vertical tab stop.
  • Page 69 Set right margin Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “Q” <FS> “Q” Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected). Column n becomes the last character position in the line. The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later.
  • Page 70 Set automatic line feed Mode ASCII <ESC> “5” cl> Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a <CR> code. This command takes priority over DIP switch 1-8. Cancel au toma tic line feed Mode ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 71 Right justify ASCII Mode <ESC> “a” “2” Both <ESC> “a” c2> Aligns subsequent text with the right margin, leaving the left margin ragged. Full justify Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “3” Both cESC> “a” c3> Aligns subsequent text between the left and right margins. Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII...
  • Page 72 Reset all tab stops Mode ASCII <ESC> “R” Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power-up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9. Also clears all vertical tab stops. Horizontal tab Mode ASCII Both <I-IT>...

  • Page 73: Graphics Commands

    Absolute horizontal tab in inches Mode ASCII Both cESC> ‘3” Sets the next print position to (nl + n2 x 256)/60 inches from the left margin on the current line. Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin. The maximum position is 13.6 inches. Absolute horizontal tab in columns Mode ASCII...
  • Page 74 Print 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Mode ASCII cESC> ‘7” Both Prints bit-image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally (maxi- mum 1632 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction. See cESC> “K” for other information. Print 8-bit quadruple-density graphics Mode ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 75 Select graphics mode Mode ASCII cESC> “*” Both Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of nO and prints dot graphics in this mode. See <ESO “K” (for 8-bit graphics) or <FS> “2” (for 24-bit graphics) for information on nl, n2, ml, m2, .
  • Page 76 Se/ect graphics mode Mode ASCII <ESC> “[” “g” Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of m0 and prints dot graphics in this mode. The graphic image is (nl + n2 x 256) - 1 dots wide. See &SC> “K” ( for &bit graphics) or <FS> “Z”...

  • Page 77: Download Character Commands

    DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters Mode ASCII cESC> “8~” CO> nl Std. “=” cO> nl cESC> Defines one or more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use. DIP switch 2-l must be OFF; otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer, not for downloading characters, and this command is ignored.
  • Page 78 Copy character set from ROM into RAM card Mode ASCII <ESC> “:” <O> Std. CO> <FS> Copies the selected character set with n, as shown below, to the corresponding download character RAM card, overwriting any download data already present. Ignored when DIP switch 2-l is ON. n Character set 0 Courier 2 Prestige...

  • Page 79: Other Printer Control Commands

    OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to I Mode ASCII Both <ES& “>” Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1, allowing users with a 7-bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127. Set MSB to 0 Mode ASCII...
  • Page 80 Repeat data Mode ASCII <ESC> “V” Both Repeats data, defined by Quiet print Mode ASCII <ESC> “s” “1” Both <ESC> “S” Cl> Selects the quiet print mode, in which the printer prints each line in two passes to reduce the sound of printing. You can also set the quiet mode with the control panel button.
  • Page 81 Cancel immediate print Mode ASCII <ESC> “i” “0” Both <ESC> "i" <o> 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. Set printer off-line Mode ASCII...
  • Page 82 Bell Mode 1 ASCII Both 1 &EL> Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s beeper. Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “U” “0” <ESC> ‘7-J” CO> Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional mode, which is faster than unidirectional printing. Unidirectional prin thg Mode ASCII...
  • Page 83 Auto feed Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> <4> “(4‘ “(” “4” Selects the automatic sheet feeder. Ignored if DIP switch l-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Eject paper from ASF Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> “R” Both “R" .,(,, Ejects the current page. Ignored if DIP switch l-4 is ON (ASF inactive).
  • Page 84 MEMO...

  • Page 85: Chapter 5 Download Characters

    Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD 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 86: Assigning The Character Data

    We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example. 3 3 4 5 6 7 R 9,1:~1II2/~14/~1(i17/81920221222~242526272829 F/gun, 5-7. Telephone symbol, Normal LO pica Assignjng the character data Now, we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots, and enter them underneath the grid.

  • Page 87: Assigning A Value Of Character Apace

    Assigning a value of character space Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character, this printer allows you to specify the position in the standard grid where the character will print. You must specify the dot column in which the printed character starts and the dot column in which the character ends.
  • Page 88 1000 LPRINT CHR$(27);"xl"; 1010 LPRINT CHR$(27);"&";CHR$(O);CHRS(6O):CHR$(61): 1020 RESTORE 1540 1030 FOR N=60 TO 61 1040 READ LS :LPRINT CHR$(LS); 1050 READ CW :LPRINT CHR$(CW); 1060 READ RS :LPRINT CHR$(RS); 1070 FOR M=l TO CW"3 1000 READ MM 1090 LPRINT CHR$(MM): 1100 NEXT M 1110 NEXT N 1120 LPRINT...
  • Page 89 80,175,192, 1600 DATA 1610 DATA 0, 23. 1620 ' Cai Symbol 1630 DATA 4, 29, 1640 DATA 0, 30, 1650 DATA 3, 64, 1660 DATA 20,124, 0, 40. 1670 DATA 63,128, 0, 64,126, 1680 DATA 64,124.128. 1690 DATA 0, 12,252, DIFFUSION CARS so, 47,192,...
  • Page 90 MEMO...

  • Page 91: Chapter 6 Ms-Dos And Your Printer

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

  • Page 92: Embedding Printer Commands

    Number of columns Pica Elite Condensed pica Condensed elite Proportional Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to return to the default settings. The command for your printer is <ESC> @. Make sure that the DIP switches are set for the right printer emulation, and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the DIP switches.
  • Page 93 If you want to print a title in double-size Script, then change to regular-size Courier for some text that includes italics, you can use these commands as follows: File as seen on computer screen: t(P))4 c(S))3 Printer Commands t(F))0 t(S))0 Font style, ((1))lItalic...

  • Page 94: Programming The Printer With Dos Commands

    The printer supports various commands in addition to the above, such as quadruple-size printing. Most of these other commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. If your software enables you to place the escape code in your files, or if you were able to define this as a user option during installation, you can also embed these escape sequences.
  • Page 95 COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing. If you want a particular font style, or print pitch, you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 2. If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file.

  • Page 96: Programming With Basic

    AV indicates that the following character is a control code. ^V[ enters the <ES0 code. <ES0 has character code 27, and “[” is the 27th character in ASCII sequence from A. Similarly, *VA enters the control code cl>. See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN. You can now set up the printer by sending it the file LQELITBDAT.
  • Page 97 1100 ' Start printing 1110 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 1120 LPRINT E$;"D";CHR$(3):CHR$(24);CHR$(O) C$; "Font 1130 LPRINT 1140 LPRINT H$;D$;"Draft 1150 LPRINT H$;C$;"Courier 1160 LPRINT H$:P$;"Prestige 1170 LPRINT H$;O$;"Orator 1180 LPRINT H$;S$; "Script 1190 LPRINT E$;"4"; 1200 LPRINT H$*D$*"and 1210 LPRINT O$;"ali ";S$;"styles." 1220 LPRINT E$;"S"...
  • Page 98 E$;"Sl ";"SUBSCRIPT";E$;"T";", 1730 LPRINT 1740 LPRINT H$;C$;"Download LPRINT E$;"SO"; 1750 1760 GOSUB 2130 1770 LPRINT E$;"%l"; 1780 I=1 TO 5 1790 LPRINT CHR$(60); 1800 NEXT 1810 LPRINT E$;"%O"; 1820 LPRINT E$:"T"; 1830 GOSUB 2260 1840 LPRINT E$;"%l"; 1850 I=1 TO 5 1860 LPRINT CHR$(60);...
  • Page 99 2360 NEXT 2370 RETURN 2380 2390 ' DATA I Super/subscript 2400 2410 DATA 7, 23, 2420 DATA 0, 16, 2430 DATA 94,128, 33,120, 2440 DATA 33.120, 94,128, 2450 DATA 0, 12, 2460 2470 1 LQ pica download 2480 DATA 4, 29, 2490 DATA 2500...
  • Page 100 31,192, 2990 DATA 31,255,255, 3000 DATA 3,192, 3010 DATA 3020 DATA 3030 DATA 31,255,255, 3040 DATA 15,252, 3050 DATA 3060 ' 2ND LINE 3070 DATA 3080 DATA 3090 DATA 3100 DATA 3110 DATA 25512551255, 3120 DATA 3130 DATA 3140 DATA 255,255,255, 3150 DATA 3160 DATA...
  • Page 101 3620 DATA 15,255,192, 3630 DATA 15.255. 0. 15.255. 3640 DATA 252,252, 24;252;252; 3650 DATA 227,255,248,231,255,248,199,255,248,231,255,248,255,255,248 3660 DATA 31,255,248, 3670 DATA 15,255,248, 3680 DATA 31, 15,248, 3690 DATA 224,255,240,225,255,240,195,255,224,199,255,192,247,255,128 3700 DATA 255,255,128, 3710 DATA 15,248, 0, 15,240, 3720 DATA 15.192. 0. 15.128. 3730 DATA 252;...

  • Page 102: How The Program Works

    How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables (lines 1000 to 1090). You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 4. The WIDTH “LPTl :” 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width. It prevents the IBM-PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data.
  • Page 103 Font styles are: ) .I r~ j ,;;~ r I', I' I.. 'C' Prestige characters, sc%Lpt d-l.a.~cte-rtn, ~i/!i.~’ italics Print pitches are: Pica pitch Semi-condensed pitch Condensed eiite pitch (2.0 CPI), Normal proportional, Double-height, Double Tri'E=,lr--" Double-sized, Quad-sized. Various line and character Other features: om531m,...

  • Page 104: Modifications For Ibm Mode

    Modifications for IBM mode This program can also be run in IBM mode (DIP switch 1-6 OFF) if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for difference in some of the commands. You will get a cylinder instead of a barrel effect, becuase the IBM mode does not have any command to micro-adjust the character spacing.

  • Page 105: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting And Maintenance

    Chapter 7 The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide to these functions. Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device, which also contains high voltage inside. For that reason, only carry out those operations described in this chapter. CAUTION: Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described here may result in electric shock and/or damage to the printer.

  • Page 106: Power Supply

    Power supply POWER If the indicator does not illuminate, check the following: Check Is the power cable properly plugged into the electrical outlet? Is power being supplied to the outlet? hi theprintervoltageconect? Printing If your printer does not print, or suddenly stops printing, check the follow- ing: Check Is the interface...
  • Page 107 If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following: Check Is the ribbon properly stalled? Is the ribbon worn out? If dots are missing in the printing, check the following: Check Are dots missing at random in the printing? Is a line of dots missing con- sistently throughout...

  • Page 108: Paper Feeding

    Paper feeding If cut sheet paper (without the ASF) is not feeding smoothly, check the following: 1 Check Is the paper release lever pushed back (to the C posi- tion)? Is the paper guide in place and vertical? Are the left and right guides too close together? Is the ASF selected with the DIP switch settings?
  • Page 109 Check Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated? Is the paper too thick? If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly, check the following: Check Has the ASF option been selected with...
  • Page 110 If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly, check the following: Check release lever in Is the paper the C position? Has the fanfold paper been properly parked? If text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines, check the following: Check Is the text all on the same...

  • Page 111: Maintenance

    MAINTENANCE Essentially, your printer is a robust piece of equipement, but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions. For example: Keep your printer in a “comfortable” environment. Roughly speaking, if you are comfortable, then the environment is suitable for your printer, too (see Chapter 1).

  • Page 112: Replacing The Print Head

    REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD This is not a job which you will need to do very often. The print head has been designed to give a life about 200 million dots. In normal everyday use, this will mean years of life. However, if the print quality is faint, even after you have changed the ribbon or you have adjusted the gap between the print head and the platen (see Chapter l), the print head will need replacement.
  • Page 113 Figure 74. Replacing the print head...

  • Page 114: Replacing The Battery In The Ram Card

    REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE RAM CARD The optional RAM card has an internal battery that backs up the stored data even when the card is removed from the printer. This battery can be 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 115 Chapter 8 Printing system ......Serial Impact Dot-matrix Printing speed ....... . 200 cps (Draft elite) Print direction .
  • Page 116 Character dot matrix ..... . Draft Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Super/subscript Proportional Super/subscript proportional Bit image dot-matrix ..... . DPI 8-pin normal 8-pin double 8-pin high-speed double*...
  • Page 117 Emulations ........Epson mode Interface .
  • Page 118 The following describes the pinout of the parallel (Centronics-type) inter- face connector (signals which are low when active are overlined): 1 Name STROBE DATA0 1 DATA1 DATA7 1 BUSY PAPER SELECT 14.15 SIGNAL GND 1 CHASSIS I +5v 19-30 RESET ERROR EXT GND 34,35...

  • Page 119: Chapter 9 Character Sets

    Chapter 9 This chapter 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 120: Standard Character Set

    STANDARD CHARACTER...
  • Page 121 ” Il2ti 1144 GDCl) r;;;; b 1149 11341 (BEI) !BS, ill?) 11541 I A. 1160 1176 fir3 1181 & 1190 1 IlUl ~170~ 11861 < 1129 12301 1246 1 12141...

  • Page 122: Ibm Character Set #2

    IBM CHARACTER I O I l I 2 (DCl) (DC2) ‘3 “/- tDC4) 1 261 hESC) 1 + l(VT) 1 11 1 27 (FF? (FS) i cn\ SET #2 -@-P-'-P " j-T4 j-To 1 421 1 43 j-T- CiTj- j-i- /-iK Jiii...

  • Page 124: Ibm Character Set #L

    IBM CHARACTER Other characters are identical to character set #2. The-duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7-bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the <ES0 “>” command. SET #I...

  • Page 125: Ibm Special Character Set

    IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER Additional characters can be printed by special commands. r-T77...

  • Page 126: International Character Sets

    INTERNATIONAL When an international character set is selected DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4 or by a command from software, the following changes are made in the character set: 36 64 91 92 1 93 94 96 123 124 125 126 155 157 1 35 1 1 Country See Chapter 3 for the DIP switch settings.

  • Page 127: Chapter 8 Specifications

    Absolute horizontal tab, 65 Auto feed, 75 Automatic carriage return, 32 Automatic line feed, 34,62 Automatic sheet feeder, 10,33,74,75, Backspace, 62 Bail lever, 3, 12, 15 BASIC, 26,78,88 Beeper, 74 Bidirectional printing, 74 Bit-image printing, 65-68,94 Bold printing, 41 Bottom margin, 33, 57 Buffer, 30,34, Cancel command, Carriage return, 6 1...
  • Page 128 Hexadecimal dump, 25-27 Horizontal position commands, 60-65 Horizontal tabulation, 64 IBM character sets, 43, 114-l 17 IBM mode, 33,96 IBM-PC, 26,83 Immediate print, 72 Interface: signals, 110 specifications, 109 International characters, 34,44, 118 Italic printing, 22,40 Justification, 62 Left margin, 60 Letter Quality, 22,34,38,77 Line feed, 55 Line spacing, 53-55, 107...
  • Page 129 RAM card, 7,106 Rear cover, 3, 13 Release lever, 3, 10, 13 Reset printer, 75 Reverse line feed, 55 Reverse micro-feed, Ribbon cartridge, 4,97,109 Right margin, 61 ROM character set, 70 Script font style, 22,34,40 Self tests, 23,24 Set/Eject Park button, 21 Setting up, 4 Single sheets: automatic loading, 10...

  • Page 130: Command Summary

    COMMAND SUMMARY MODE CONTROL CODE <BEL> CBS> cHT> <Lb <VT> <FF> <CR> <so> <Sb <Deb Std. <DC2> <DC2> std. <DC3> cDC4> <CAN> Std. <DEL> <E.SC> cLF> cESC> <FF> <E-SC> <so> <Esc> <Sb &SC> <EM> cQ> <ESC> <EM> <4> <ESC> <EM> “R” <E.sc>...
  • Page 131 MODE CONTROL CODE cEsc> “6” <EsQ ‘7 <Es3 “8” &SD “9” &SC> “:” Std. -&SC> 2” <o> n <o> <Esc> “C” std. <ES& “=” <ESC>“=“~O>nlnZmOmlmZdldZ...dx cEsc> ->” diSC> “?” n m <Esc> “@” std. <Esc> “A” n <ESCs “A” n <Esc>...
  • Page 132 MODE CONTROL CODE <ESC> “I” “a” nl a2 m0 ml m2 .,, Select eraohics mode Std. &SC> *+ nli n2 <ESC> ‘T’ nl n2 &SC> “A” <ESC> “-” co> cESC> “-” cl> &SC> La ” “1” &SC> I.-** “1” &sc> 5F db <ESC>...
  • Page 133 MODE CONTROL CODE “.-” <I> <Es5 <Esc> “_.. “0” <EsC> ‘.-.’ “1” cFs> “2” <FS> “3” n <Fs> “4” <Fs> “5” <Fs> -:‘* co> n 4% <Fs> “2 Std. <FS> “@” <Es> “C’ n Std. Std. <FS> “E” n Std. <l-s>...

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