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Star Micronics NX-1000 User Manual

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  • Page 1 NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN 80820202...
  • Page 2 For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference cable. The above statement applies only to printers marketed Trademark NX-1000, NL-10, NP-10, NX-lO/lS, ND-IO/IS, NR-10/15: Star Micronics IBM PC, IBM Proprinter II, PC-DOS: International Microsoft BASIC, MS-DOS: Microsoft LX-800, FX-%e, EX-800, LX-80/W NOTICE All rights reserved.
  • 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 printer without frills but with a full complement of features, making it an excellent partner for a personal computer. It supports the IBM/Epson character sets, enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate, both text and graphics.
  • Page 5 Type styles are: D!.-a.f:.k Cl I-, 3. I'" ,t $> ] " (=, Courier characters, characters, Sanserif ORATOR WITH SMALL with lower case characters, and J-TALICS for all ~+yt,p.j'a,~a Print pitches are: Pica pitch, Elite pitch, pica pitch, Condensed Condensed elite pitch, proportional spacing for all pitches,...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    TABLEOFCONTENTS SETTING 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 Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer’s power cord Loading single sheets Mount the paper guide Semiautomatic loading...
  • Page 7 Top of form Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Left margin Right margin Clearing the buffer USING THE PRINTER WITH Chapter 3 COMMERCIAL Installing your software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Initialization Setting the DIP switches Using your software Page alignment Type style and pitch selection Other printer commands...
  • Page 8 Appendix C DOWNLOAD Draft character NLQ character Appendix D CHARACTER Standard character set IBM character set #2 IBM character set #l Additional character set International INDEX REFERENCE CARD CHARACTER GENERATOR SETS character sets Inside the cover...

  • Page 9: Setting Up The Printer

    SETTING UP THE PRllVTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection (names of parts) Setting up Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Test printing Adjusting the printing gap Setting the DIP switches LOCATING THE PRINTER Give some thought to the best place to put the printer.
  • Page 10 FIgwe 1-l. Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Paper guide, 3) Platen knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge, and 5) User’s manual. Make an external inspection of the printer. following parts: Bail lever: opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen.

  • Page 11: Setting Up

    igure i-2. The printer’s external parts Release lever: releases the platen. 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. Control panel: controls various printer functions.

  • Page 12: Remove The Top Cover

    lgure I-3. Mounting the platen knob Remove cover Lift the front edge of the printer’s clear plastic top cover. Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover and remove the cover completely. lgure 1-4. Removing the top cover...

  • Page 13: Install The Ribbon Cartridge

    install 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. Next place the ribbon cartridge on the print head carriage, guiding the ribbon between the print head and the platen.

  • Page 14: Connect The Printer's Power Cord

    Figure 1-6. Connecting the interface cable Connect the printer’s Check that the printer’s power switch (located at the left front) is OFF. Then plug the printer’s power cord into an AC wall outlet. Never plug or unplug the power cord while the printer is turned on. LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single...

  • Page 15: Semiautomatic Loading

    Figure l-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

    wgure 1-e. Loaatng a smgle meet Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer’s power is off. The procedure is: 1. Check that printer power is off and the release lever at the back of the printer is down.

  • 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 Figure l-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth Figure 7-11. 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). 12.

  • 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 form at the last perforation, about half a page showing above the top cover. If necessary, press the Paper Feed switch to feed paper forward until a perforation just above the top cover, and tear there. Press the Print Pitch switch on the control panel and hold it down.

  • Page 21: Long Selft Test

    4 "**%t<‘ t, t+. /012345*7s9:, '"#*m‘ 0*+.-. /0125456783r "#8%!<‘ -_ ,~:1,2,456789:. .- =-~~e~BCMFGC(IJC'LHNoPo~sTu"wx"z~, %b‘!)t+.-./~~,131456789:;~=; Figure I-13. Short test pattern Long se/f test To see the printer’s variety of type styles, you can run the long version of the printer’s self test. 1.

  • Page 22: Adjusting The Printing Gap

    ADJUSTING THE PRINTING The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses. To make this adjustment, remove the top cover. The adjustment lever is located near the left end of the paper bail.
  • Page 23 trgure 1-13. uw swmcnes Switch 1 Function 1 l-l 1 Paee length 1 1-6 1 Printer mode Characm set (Std. Mode) Character set (IBM Mode) Set #2 Auto LF I 2-l I Usaee of RAM International character set (See below) The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position.
  • Page 24 Switch l-l: Is the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches? Leave this switch ON if you will be using 1 l-inch forms. OFF position if you will be using 12-inch forms. Switch 1-2: Do you want an automatic carriage return? Leave this switch ON.
  • Page 25 ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an 8-bit interface (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #I, for computers with a 7-bit interface. Switch l-8: Do you want an automatic line feed? If you leave this switch at the ON position, a separate line-feed code is re- quired to obtain a line feed.
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  • Page 27: Control Panel Operations

    CONTROL PANEL OPERATlONS This chapter explains how to use the control panel to: Pause printing Feed paper (fast and slow, forward and reverse) Select the print pitch 0 Select a type style 0 Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and style selections Print a hexadecimal dump Park fanfold forms Set the top-of-form...

  • Page 28: Power Indicator

    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. functions can be executed by pressing the control panel switches in com- bination.

  • Page 29: Print Pitch Switch

    While you are feeding lines, if you also press the On Line switch, the paper will feed to the top of the next page. This is explained later. When power is on, always use the Paper Feed switch instead of the platen knob to feed paper.

  • Page 30: Nlq Type Style Switch

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

  • Page 31: Power-Up Functions

    The Orator style is unique in two ways. First, it is a dot larger (higher) than the other styles. This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiring high visibility. A little extra line spacing helps when Orator is used. Second, there are two versions of the Orator type style: one prints small capitals in place of lower-case letters;...

  • Page 32: Long Test Pattern

    Long test pattern: Paper If held down during The test cycles endlessly. pane/ Stay pitch: Print Pitch switch By holding this switch down during power-up, interference with the print pitch selected hear an acknowledging beep as power comes can set the printer off-line, start printing.
  • Page 33 The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade- cimal mode: 20 LPRINT CHR$(I); 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 2-5. Cm 01 02 03 04 05 06...

  • Page 34: Switch Combination Functions

    Notice that the printer hex OA, which is really decimal decimal code 26 (hex 1A). To avoid this problem, lines 100 to 120 as shown in either GOSUB O=INP(&H379) M378.1 RETURN GOSUB O=INP(&H3BD) &H3BC,I RETURN SWITCH COMBINATION Several additional functions panel switches in combinations.

  • Page 35: Forward Micro-Feed

    Before parking fanfold forms, tear off all but the last page, leaving less (at least three inches less) than a full page showing above the top cover. 1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line. Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down. Press the Paper Feed switch.

  • Page 36: Left Margin

    Press the On Line switch to set the minter Press the On Line switch again andhold Press the Print Pitch switch. The paper will start moving a series of small steps. margin: Left NLQ Type Style and Print Pitch switches Software almost always provides so you will not usually...
  • Page 37 Press the Paper Feed switch and hold it down. three switches down. In about three seconds you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared. Release all three switches, make any necessary control panel settings, then set the printer back on-line. It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off-line.
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  • Page 39: Commercial Software

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

  • Page 40: Printer Command Options

    A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do. The answers to the most often asked questions are: Yes, this printer can do a backspace; and Yes, it can do a hardware form feed.

  • Page 41: Initialization Sequence

    The character pitch can be selected from the control panel before you start printing, or possibly by an initialization sequence as described next. Initialization 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”...

  • Page 42: Type Style And Pitch Selection

    the right position on the page, a short distance below the perforation. With power off, you can align the forms by turning the platen knob. When power is on, use the Paper Feed switch on the control panel. Type style and pitch selection If your software does not control the type style and pitch, you must make these selections on the control panel.
  • Page 43 Most printer commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. Some examples are: < ESC > W 1 Double-width characters < ESC > WO Normal width <ESC>4 Italic <ESC>5 Upright Two lines with these commands embedded are shown below, together with the printed result.
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  • Page 45: Using The Printer With Dos And Basic

    hapter 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 Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming the printer with BASIC...

  • Page 46: Programming The Printer With Dos Commands

    To switch printer output off, press CTRL-PRTSC Each time you press this key combination, off or from off to on. PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes the file PRINT.COM DOS printing command. Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print.
  • Page 47 If you want a particular type style, print pitch, or right or left margin, you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 2. If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be ad- vantageous to create a printer setup file.

  • Page 48: Programming The Printer With Basic

    *1 - 1:*-V[xl^V 2:*-c - "E - “V indicates that the following character is a control code. “V[ enters the <ESC > code. < ESC> character in ASCII sequence from A. Similarly, “VA enters the control code < 1 > and “VL enters the control code < 12 > . See your DOS manual if you need further information You can now set up the printer by sending it the file NLQELITE.DAT.
  • Page 49 1000 ' Set control codes 1010 E$=CHR$(27) 1020 D$-E$+"xO" 1030 N$=E$+"xl" 1040 C$-E$+"kO"tN$ 1050 S$-E$+"kl"+N$ 1060 Ol$-E$+"kl"+N$ 1070 02$-E$t"k3"+N$ 1080 H$=CHR$(9) 1090 P$-E$+"P" 1100 ( Start printing 1110 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 1120 LPRINT E$;"D";CHR$(3);CHR$(13);CHR$(O) 1130 LPRINT C$;"Type styles are:" 1140 LPRINT H$;D$;"Draft characters, U 1150 LPRINT H$;C$;"Courier characters."...
  • Page 50 1490 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I); 1500 LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(I); 1510 LPRINT "THE SPACINGS 1520 NEXT 1530 LPRINT E$;"aO" 1540 LPRINT E$;"3";CHR$(36); 1550 LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(O); 1560 LPRINT :LPRINT 1570 LPRINT C$;"Other 1580 LPRINT H$;E$;"E";"Emphasized";E$;"F";", 1590 LPRINT E$;"G";"Double-strike";E$;"H";"," 1600 LPRINT H$;E$;"-l";"Underlining";E$;"-O";", 1610 LPRINT E$;"~l";"Overlining":E$;"~O";","...
  • Page 51 2030 LPRINT D$;E$;":" ;CHR$(O);CHR$(O);CHR$(O); 2040 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(6O);CHR$(60); 2050 RESTORE 2520 2060 FOR M-O TO 11 READ MM 2070 2080 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 2090 NEXT M 2100 RETURN 2110 ' Define NLQ download character 2120 2130 LPRINT C$;E$;":" ;CHR$(O);CHR$(O);CHR$o; LPRINT E$;"&";CHR5(O);CHR$(60):CHR$o; 2140 2150 RESTORE 2560 FOR M-O TO 46...
  • Page 52 2810 DATA 255,255,255,255.143. 2820 DATA 2830 DATA 2840 DATA 0, 31, 31, 2850 DATA 192,224,224,224.224.24o,255.255,255.255 2860 DATA 255,127. 2870 DATA 255,255,193,128,128,128,128,192,224,240 2880 DATA 252,255.255.255.127. 2890 DATA 254,252,248.224.128. 2900 DATA 2910 DATA 129,128,192,192,192,192,192,224,224,224 2920 DATA 224.240,255,255,255.255,255,127, 2930 DATA 2940 DATA 0,248,248,240,224,224,112,112, 2950 DATA 56, 56, 56,120,120,240,240,224,224,192 2960 DATA...
  • Page 53 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer’s word-processing scripts, etc. The row of automobiles in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns, which are printed in place of the character “ < ” (character 60).
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  • Page 55: Chapter 5 Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Chapter 5 AND TROU8LESHOOTING Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include - Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head Troubleshooting Dust and heat will make any mechanism wear more quickly. The best maintenance is preventive, and the first step is correct location of the printer. This is covered in greater detail in Chapter 1, but in general an environment comfortable for humans is best for both the computer and the printer.
  • Page 56 Figure 5-i. Replacing the ribbon cartridge you’ll know that the print head has reached the end of its service life. To replace the print head, follow the procedure below. As you remove the old print head, note carefully how the cable is threaded, so that you can thread the new cable in the same way.
  • Page 57 Screws Qure 5-2. Replacing the print head 10. Fasten the print head down with the two screws. 11. Move the carriage back toward the right and replace the connector cover. Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place. 12.

  • Page 58: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING n If the printer doesn’t print: Check the Power and On Line indicators. Both must be on. Check that the interface cable is securely plugged in at the computer and printer ends. Make a test print. (Turn power OFF, hold the On Line or Paper Feed switch down, then turn power ON.) If the test print succeeds, the problem is not with the printer;...
  • Page 59 If the printed characters don’t match the characters on the screen: Check DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4. When these switches are not all ON (back), an international character set is selected and some ASCII symbols are changed to other characters. See Appendix D. Some software is not able to display international characters on the screen.
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  • Page 61 Printing Mechanism Printing method Printing speed Printing direction Print head Ribbon Paper feed Paper feed speed Interface and Emulation Interface Data buffer Emulation modes H Switches and indicators Power switch Control panel DIP switches TECHNICAL SPEClF/CAl/O/VS Serial impact dot matrix 120 characters per second (draft pica) 30 characters per second (NLQ pica) bidirectional...
  • Page 62 Special features Dot Matrix Size Character matrix Bit-image graphics Character Sets Standard character set IBM character set Download characters International character sets Type Styles and Pitches Draft type styles NLQ type styles Panel pitch/style lock-in Forward and reverse micro-feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump 9 x 9 dots (Draft pica) 18 x 23 dots (Courier and Orator pica)
  • Page 63 Extra-large characters Print pitches Line spacing Column width 4 Paper Specifications Single sheets Fanfold paper Number of copies Dimensions and Weight Dimensions Weight EIectf ical Specifications Line voltage Line frequency Power consumption Double width, double height, double width and height, quadruple width and height Pica (10 cpi) Elite (12 cpi) Condensed pica (17 cpi)
  • Page 64 Insulation resistance Dielectric strength Environmental Requirements Operating temperature Operating humidity Storage temperature Storage humidity Option Automatic sheet feeder Signals interface gna’ I Direction SELECTED 14-15 N/C SIGNAL cGHNADssls 10 megohms between AC power line and chassis Withstands I kVAC rms at 50 or 60 Hz between AC power line and chassis for at least 1 minute 5 to 40°C (41 to 104°F)
  • Page 65 Signal Pin No. *ection I Name + SVDC 19-30 GND Function 1 External supply of + SVDC.
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  • Page 67: Printer Control Commands

    PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes arranged by function. The name of each command one below: Mode ASCII < ESC > ‘lx” “1” Both <I> <ESC> “X” Indicates Mode: Std. Both Indicates ASCII: characters < 0 > means character Gives the command Decimal: Hexadecimal: Gives...
  • Page 68 Select draft elite characters Mode ASCII <ESC > “I” “ 73 < EfjC > “I” <I> Changes to draft quality characters with elite pitch (12 cpi). Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up. Select MC? characters IModel ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 69 Select Courier characters hode t ASCII < ESC > “I” “3” < ESC > “I” <3> < ESC > “1” “7” < ESC > “I” <7> Changes to the Courier NLQ font. Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up. italic Se/ect characters...
  • Page 70 Double-strike printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “G” Causes subsequent a slight vertical paper motion in between, causing a thickening zontal strokes. For bold print, use of double-strike combined use of emphasized and double-strike mode. Double-strike cannot be used with superscripts or subscripts. Cancel double-strike Mode ASCII...

  • Page 71: Character Set Commands

    Stop overlining ASCII Mode <ESC> “ ” “0” Both <ESC> “p” <Cl> Stops overlining. Superscript Mode ASCII <ESC> ‘3” “0” Both <ESC> ‘3” co> Causes subsequent change the character pitch. Subscript Mode ASCII <ESC> “S” (‘ 1” Both “S” <I> <ESC>...
  • Page 72 Select IBM character Mode ASCII “t” “ 1” < ESC > Std. “t” <I> < ESC > Selects an IBM character set (character set #2 unless an < ESC > “7” command has been received). character set is selected automatically. Select IBM character Mode ASCII...
  • Page 73 The first eight of these character sets (from U.S.A. to Spain I) can be selected as power-up defaults by DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4. Enable printing of all character codes Mode ASCII <ESC> “\” Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set, including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes.

  • Page 74: Character Size And Pitch Commands

    CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch ASCII Mode <ESC> “P” Std. <DC2> In Standard mode, changes from elite to pica pitch (10 cpi) or from condensed elite to condensed pica (17 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either elite or condensed to pica (10 cpi). Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up.
  • Page 75 Expanded printing Mode ASCII <ESC> Both <ESC> Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width. Cancel expanded printing Mode ASCII <ESC> Both cESC> Stops expanded printing and returns to normal width. Expanded printing for one line Mode ASCII <so> Both <ESC>...
  • Page 76 Select fixed spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> “ ” “0” Both <ESC> “ ” co> <ESC> “P” co> Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing. Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power-up. Select master print mode Mode ASCII “,W...
  • Page 77 Select double or quadruple Mode ASCII “h” Both <ESC> Selects the size of subsequent characters align along the cap-line of normal characters, line temporarily moving down. Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n = 1, 5 or 6 and quadrupled = 3,4,5 or 6, set the line spacing to 24/2 16 (l/9) of an inch with <...

  • Page 78: Vertical Position Commands

    Select character height, Mode ASCII <ESC> “[” “@” <o> <o> Both Selects a combination cording to the value of Unchanged Unchanged Double Single width (same as < ESC > “W” 0) Double width (same as < ESC > “W” 1) Double-height characters are always printed at near letter quality.
  • Page 79 Set line spacing to 7172 inch Mode ASCII <ESC> “ ” 1 Both Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7172 inch. Set line spacing to l/6 inch Mode ASCII Std. <ESCb “2” Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to l/6 inch.
  • Page 80 Line feed Mode ASCII <LF> Both Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line. If DIP switch l-2 is ON, also moves the next print position to the left margin. See the preceding commands for the line spacing. Reverse line feed Mode...
  • Page 81 Set top of page at current position Model ASCII “4” <ESC> Sets the current position as the top-of-page also be done from the control panel. Set page length to n lines Mode ASCII “C” Both <ESC> Sets the page length ton 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 82 Cancel top and bottom margins Mode 1 ASCII Both 1 <ESC> “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 matic sheet feeder (ASF) is selected (DIP switch l-4 is OFF), this corn-...
  • Page 83 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines nl, n2, etc., where nl, n2, etc. are numbers between 1 and 255. A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set. The tab stops must be specified in ascending order;...

  • Page 84: Horizontal Position Commands

    HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Both < ESC > “1” Sets the left margin at column n (where n is between 0 and 255) in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional The left margin does not move if the character The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below: Pica...
  • Page 85 Set left and right margins Mode ASCII “x” Both <ESC> Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column n2. See the preceding commands for margin restrictions Carriage return Mode ASCII Both <CR> Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin. If DIP switch l-8 is ON, also performs a line feed.
  • Page 86 Left justify Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “0” Both < ESC > “a” <o> Aligns subsequent ragged. Center text I Mode I ASCII <ESC> “a” “ 1” Both <ESC> “a” <I> Centers subsequent Right justify Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “2” Both c2>...
  • Page 87 Cancels all current horizontal columns, where n is between 1 and 127. Reset all tab stops Mode ASCII cESC> Resets the horizontal stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9. Also clears all vertical tab stops. Horizontal tab Mode ASCII Both...

  • Page 88: Graphics Commands

    Absolute horizontal tab in columns Mode 1 ASCII <ESC> “f’ “0” Both CO> <ESC> “f Moves the next print position to column n from the left margin, where is between 0 and 127. GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print sing/e-density &bit graphics Modt ASCII “K”...
  • Page 89 Print quadruple-density b-bit graphics Mode ASCII <ESC> Both Prints bit-image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally 1920 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal See < ESC > “K” for other information. Select graphics mode Mode ASCII <ESC >...

  • Page 90: Download Character Commands

    Print O-pin graphics IModel ASCII <ESC > “n” Std. Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch if n0 = 0 or 120 dots per inch if nO = 1. The graphics image is 9 dots high and nl + n2 x 256 dots wide.
  • Page 91 The most significan bit of the attribute ascender (positioned (descending amount of white space to the left of the character (0 to 7 dots, specified by bits 4 to 6), and the width of the character cell, including this space (4 to 15 dots, specified by bits 0 to 3).
  • Page 92 Define download characters 1 Mode I ASCII <ESC> “=” <DC4> m2 .-ml1 Defines one or more new draft characters and stores them in RAM for later use. Draft mode must be selected before this command is executed. nl and n2 give the number of bytes of character data that will follow. a0 is the character code of the first character defined.

  • Page 93: Macro Instruction Commands

    Select draft elite download character set ASCII Mode < ESC > “I” “5” < ESC > “I” <.5> Selects the download character set, draft quality, and elite pitch (12 cpi). Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power-up or if DIP switch 2-1 is ON.

  • Page 94: Other Printer Control Commands

    OTHER PRINTER CONTROL Set MSB to 7 Mode ASCII “ > ” Both <ESC> 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 95 hrmediate print Mode ASCII < ESC > “i” “ 1” Both < ESC > “i” <I> Selects the immediate character as soon as received. the printer scrolls can be seen. When back down and printing feed is used. Cancel immediate print IModel ASCII <...
  • Page 96 Be// Mode ASCII Both <BEL> Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s beeper. Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII <ESC> “U” “0” Both CESC> “U” co> Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bidirectional which is faster than unidirectional Unidirectional printing Mode ASCII...
  • Page 97 Auto Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> <4> Both “ ( 7. “4” ‘I ( 12 Selects the automatic sheet feeder. Ignored if DIP switch l-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Eject paper from ASF Mode ASCII <EM> “R” <ESC> Both “(” “(” “R”...
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  • Page 99: Generator

    Appendix CHARACTER GENERATOR 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 throughcomplex or Japanese characters.
  • Page 100 The dot matrix for a draft-quality wide. Figure C-l shows the matrix with the car symbol filled in. Note that there are no pairs of horizontally cannot fire fast enough to print adjacent dots in the horizontal direction. To the printer, a draft character is represented by 11 bytes of dot data, one byte for each column.
  • Page 101 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 102 If you select near letter quality, the character box is the same size but now has 16 (high) x 23 (wide) dot positions. Each dot is represented by two adjacent sharp signs, occupying its own position and the position to the right. This reflects the fact that the printer still cannot print horizontally adjacent dots, but that even skipping every other dot, the dots appear joined when printed.
  • Page 103 ‘*..*.**.**t.*.**.**.** 1000 1010 WIDTH "LPT1:".255 :KEY OFF :CLS 1020 DIM A(1261, P(126.23). Q(126,23). DT(16.24) :EB-CHRS(271 :R$-CHRS(28) 1030 KEY 1. CHR$(7) 1040 KEY 4, CHRS(10) 1050 FOR I-33 TO 126 :A(I)--1 :NEXT i '__-__-_-----___--_~-~~--~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~-~~-~~~-~~--~--~--~~-~~~~~~~~ 1060 1070 LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT STRING$(25,62); 1080 PRINT u DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR ":STRINGSL25,60) 1090 1100...
  • Page 104 1700 I_____ Key explanatio"s 1710 LOCATE 10.40 :PRINT "Fl: 1720 LOCATE 11.40 :PRINT "F2: 1730 LOCATE 12.40 :PRINT "F3: 1740 LOCATE 13.40 :PRINT "F4: 1750 LOCATE 14.40 :PRINT "F5: 1760 LOCATE 15.40 :PRINT "F6: 1770 LOCATE 16.40 :PRINT "RET 1780 a----- Get ,--,ara,-ter ~__~~~~~-~~~___-~~_~____________________------------- 1790 IF A(CC)<O THEN GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1950 1800 IF NLQ THEN 1870 1810 I----- Draft character...
  • Page 105 2400 GOSUB 3730 :GOTO 2180 2410 I----- Wrap-"P ---~__~.___--___--_____________________-~-~~~-~----~--~~~~~ 2420 CLS :LOCATB 1.1 :PRINT "SAVE TO FILE?" 2430 S--l :PX-2 :PY-1 :SOI-"Yes" :Sl$-"No" :GOSUB 3020 2440 1 IF S THEN 2530 2450 LOCATE 5.10 :PRINT "Output file name [";FI$;"] "; 2460 INPUT F00 2470...
  • Page 106 3450 FOR Y-l TO WI :BS-BS+CHRS(P(C!C.Y)) :NEXT Y 3460 IF NOT NLQ THEN BS-BS+STRINGS(35.0) 3470 FOR Y-l TO WI :BS-BS+CHRS(Q(CC.Y)) 3480 LSET AS-B5 :PUT #l,M 3490 NEXT CC :RETURN 3500 ~_---- Output to printer -----------------___----------------------------- 3510 LPRINT HDS; 3520 FOR CC-33 TO 126 3530 IF A(CC)<O TEEN 3580 3540 LPRINT E5;"6";CHR5(O);STRING5(2,CC);:Z-A(CC) 3550 FOR Y-l TO WI :Z-P(CC.Y) :GOSUB 3600 :NEXT Y...
  • Page 107 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 108 STANDARD CHARACTER SET <B 1 24 1 56 [ 72 [ 88 <HT> <EM>...
  • Page 109 <DC3> # /iG- <DC4> $ r 195 1227 (196...
  • Page 110 IBM CHARACTER SET #2 Hexa- decimal <NUL> ” 1161 <DCl> r-‘pr <I 1 II 1 27 <FF> <FS> j-?r~~~ <CR> <so> l-ii- l-G- 146 <SI> ’ I 5 I 6 I ’ ~O~OIPI‘IP~ 1321 1481 1641 1801 j--- --lY---li.--JYI 1 43 1 59 1 75 1 91...
  • Page 112 IBM CHARACTER SET #l Other characters identical codes systems interface obtain functions significant <ESC> > command.
  • Page 113 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands.
  • Page 114 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER When an international 2-4 or by a command from software, the following changes are made in the character set: country 35 I 36 U.S.A. =F 8 $ FRANCE GERMANY ENGLAND DENMARK SWEDEN ITALY SPAIN 1 # $ Q JAPAN # D T NORWAY...
  • Page 115 Absolute horizontal tab, 79, 80 Ascender, 83, 84, 92 Auto feed, 89 Automatic carriage return, 16 Automatic line feed, 17, 77 Automatic sheet feeder, 6, 16, 56. 89 Backspace, 77 II, 12 Bail lever, 2, 7, 8, 9, BASIC, 25, 40, 94 Beeper, 20, 24-29.
  • Page 116 Interface: specifications, 53 signals, 56 test, 13 International characters, 27.51,64,106 Italic printing, 22, 61 Justification, 78 Label printing, 50 Left margin, 28, 76. 77 Line feed, 72 Line spacing, 50. 55, 70-72 Locating the printer, Macro instruction, 85 Maintenance, 47 Manual feed, 88 Margins: bottom, 73, 74...
  • Page 117 Tractor feed, 9-13. 53 Troubleshooting, 50.51 Type style, 22. 34, 54. 60, 61 Underlining, 62 Unidirectional printing, 88 Unpacking and inspection, Unparking, 12 Vertical tabulation, 75 Zero (slash or nomal), 65...
  • Page 118 NX-1000 MULTI-FONT PRINTER POWER-UP In addition have special functions pouer COURIER SANSERIF ORATOR SWITCH COMBINATION Several panel switches COURIER SANSERIF ORATOR REFERENCE CARD FUNCTIONS to their normal functions, that operate if you hold them down while switching FUNCTIONS additional functions...
  • Page 119 Function Page length Auto CR Orator lower case Auto sheet feeder Paper-out detector Printer mode C’harxter set (Std. Mode) Character set (IBM Mode) I-G- Auto LF Usage of RAM International character International character sets: * Denmark/Norway when are read only at power-up. Note: switches changing...
  • Page 120 Standard CHR$(18) IBM mode PRINT PITCH mode Pica 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ < ESC > “M” 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 <ESC> CHR$(lS) < ESC ’ “M” 1234557a9oi234557 12345678901234567 12345676901234567 M 12345678901234567 < ESC > “~33 Condensed Pica Pica < ESC > “:” l ::i::ii;:l,i”;6-~i:ii’70 < ESC > “M” 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890...
  • Page 121 COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal Line feed Vertical Form feed Carriage return Expanded printing one line Condensed pnnting set printer on-hne Cancel condensed printing Pica pttch Set printer off-line Cancel one-line expanded prmhng Cancel last line Delete last character sent...
  • Page 122 MODE CONTROL CODE < ESC > “8” < ESC > “9” < ESC > “:” <ESC> “:” <O> co> <I,> <ESC> “<” <ESC> /I=(’ cESC> “=” nl n2 <DC4> <ESC> “>” -C ESC > “?” n m < ESC > “(nt” <ESC>...
  • Page 123 MODE CONTROL CODE < ESC > “Y” nl n2 ml m2. < ESC > “2” nl “2 ml m2... < ESC > “[” “(2 ” <4> <I)> < ESC > Y’* nl “2 < ESC > “:” nl n2 <ESC> .‘n”...

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