Page 1 USERS MANUAL NX-1001 MULTI-FONT DOT MATRIX PRINTER 80820471...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS T o f o t p...
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SET71NG UP THE PRINTER “ h t b l i o p — i B “ s D n c a a r h t b d i t t...
Page 11 Check the cartoncontents 1 t m Printer,...
Page 12 Parts name of theprinter ‘owerswitch o t p u f f...
Page 13 t t p t a n Mount theplaten knob Install the ribboncartridge a t p i o t...
Page 14 i i i s...
Page 15 Print a d a...
Page 16 Connection O a P o P t a s ‘% Interfacecable...
Page 17 Automaticloading W w s...
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i t p a t f i n p o t p w b u o t p...
Page 19 Manualloading I i a i o a o t p i o T w b u...
Page 20 “ Loadingthepaper & p u t 1 w h t e p i a...
Page 21 i u t o t p a t f i n y f...
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Page 23 Paperparking o a s Paper unparking d n h w “ i f y t s t i a f...
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a a r Weight(g/mz) PaperType (Each paper) 52-82 Thickness (mm) (Total) Recommended Lever position...
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CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS i a b c b p o t c o o b p...
Page 27 ONLINE button u i t t g o t g b T c f i c r t g b y c h t g b t c i o j...
Page 28 PAPERFEED button I y a b a a r PITCHbutton y t s Pitch t d t Indicator(s) 10CPI 12CPI 10CPI, COND 12CPI, COND IOCPI, PROP 12CPI, PROP 10CPI, PROP, COND 12CPI, PROP, COND...
Page 29 FONTbutton t b p Font i a g d n h I D s 1 i O i w p Indicator(s) DRAFT COURIER SANSERIF ORATOR i i l...
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Short test mode I t p b s l w b o w b s ! #! # *y.&, ( ) *+. -0 /~~~3456789: ! I,#$z&, () x+, -, /01234567s9 : : <=>? W+BCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYZ [ \ 1“- ,,#SZ&’ ( ) *+, -. /0123456789: : <=??13ABCDEFGHI J KLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ 1’- ;...
Page 31 Long test mode I t p Stay in panel pitch c s t p Stay in panel font t t o n b c Stay in panel pitch and font I y w o t D s o a s o t s i i r w n b r...
Page 32 Hexadecimaldump w g a p cm 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 1[> 11 15 1,5 17 2.3 24 3(> 31 51> 51 B(:) S1 S.5 B7 91> 91 A(] Fil A& A7 RCI B1 E14 E15 E16 H 7 CO Cl C2 C3 C5 C6...
Page 33 & & a n q (:)S 1)9 (:)0 (:)Ei (>C CID (:IA I:)E 2EI 2C 5!4 5EI 3C 6D 6E 7(J 7Ei 7C B9 8A S!3 SC SD SE SF 9(4 9EI ?C 9D fM3 AY M AE+ AC AD AE AF’ E19 HA i3EI BC Hi3 BE BF Cci c? CA Ci% cc...
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Form feed t s t...
Page 35 Paper Parking o t p FONT w b f Topof form o t p t t c Forwardmicro-feed o a b t a M p t s t i n w t s t o b p t s t i a s o t p...
Page 36 Reversemicro-feed LINE Clearingthe buffer 1 i O o i o I i e a t p d n t t r t s t i a s o t c t a p i a l i i b...
Page 38 o D ( printer’s cover a t b 1 t 1 f 2 t 2 F a s i o d n t DIP SWITCH SET77NGS o t p a t p — T s a D s b o w w s o t u a b O o O...
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Switch Function Printermode 1----1 a a i a D s Standard ‘ ‘ ‘ b i t O O t p...
Page 40 Switch 1-3: Do Switch 1-4: Switch 1-5: o t k Switch 1-6: ORATOR PRINTS prints this way with switch 1-3 OFF. Switches 1-7 and 1-8: Page lengthl t u t g j p q a THIS WAY WITH o i l o t p o a s SWITCH...
Page 41 Switch 2-1: The Set this s # S 2 t 2 Switches Country s # w i f c s # f c Country OFF OFF 2 i O w g t s # o o 1 c OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF...
Page 42 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS b i s ‘ < “ “X” std. < < “X” a a s o D s 3 I i n p I t d w b c b a t 27120 49 27120 < O t p b i I o t c 78 31...
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Select draft qualitycharacters “ “ “ “ “F’ “ “ “ “ < “ “X” <o> —. .- < “ < “ “ “ < > < Select draft elite characters “ “ < “ Select NLQ characters < “ “X”...
Page 44 Select NLC? font < “k” Select Couriercharacters “ “ “ “ “F’ “ “ “)” Select Sanserifcharacters “ “ “ “ “F’ “)” Select Oratorcharacterswithsmall capitals “ “ “ “ “F’ “)” t t v “ “l” 4 “)” “ “)”...
Page 45 Select Oratorcharacters with lower case “ “ “ “ “F’ “ “ “ “ Select italic characters std. < “ Select NLQ italic characters I <Esc>“ < Select uprightcharacters std. “5” < Emphasizedprinting < “ “ 40 40 70 41 41 58 28 28 4B 29 29 38 lower case NLQ font.
Page 46 Cancelemphasizedprinting Both 43SC> “F* Double-strikeprinting u o d Canceldouble-strikeprinting Both &SC> “H” Start underlining “ CESb “-” < < “ 27 70 t b p 27 72 27 45 49 27 45 t b u IB 48 2D 31 2D 01...
Page 47 Stop underlining < “ “ < “ < Start overlining < “ - < “ “ < Stop overlining < “ < ‘ < Superscript < “ “ “ < Subscript < “ “ < “ <1> 27 45 27 45 27 95 49 27 95 t b o...
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Cancelsuperscriptor subscript dzsc> ‘“r’ Select standardcharacterset CEsc> “t” “o” Both CEsc> “t” co> i D s Select IBM characterset < “ “ < “ < Select characterset #1 CEsc> “ Select characterset #2 < “ 2 i O 27 66 27 64 74 30 74 00...
Page 49 Selectinternationalcharacterset “ Enableprinting of all charactercodes &SC> ‘Y’ nl o a c Enable printing of all character codes on next character 27 S2 n Character set 7 Spain I 8 Japan 9 Norway 10 Denmark II 11 Spain II 12 Latin America 13 Dcmnark/Norway b D s 27 92 nl...
Page 50 < “ - “ “ < “ - “ < Causessubsequentzero charactersto be overprintedwith a slash < “ - “ “ < “ - “ < Causes subsequent withouta slash. CHARACTER SIZE < “ < Changesfromeliteto picapitch(10 cpi)or fromcondensedeliteto condensedpica (17 cpi). Ignoredif the duringpower-up.
Page 51 <Sb Both < < Changes from pica to condensedpica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensedelite (20 cpi). Ignoredif the during power-up. Both < Standardmode,changesfrom condensedpicato normalpica or fromcondensedeliteto normalelite.In IBMmode,alwayschanges to normal pica. Ignored if the power-up. <ESC>“W” “ Both “...
Page 52 I <so> ‘ <ESC> <SO> Causessubsequentcharactemin the currentlineto be expandedto doublewidth.characters returnto normalwidthafterthe nextline feed (cLF>). The cDC4>, cVT>, -, mands also cancelexpandedprinting. Both < Stopsone-lineexpandedprintingset with <S0> or <ESC><S0>. Doesnot cancelcESC> “W” 1. < “ “ < “ < <...
Page 53 <ESC> “!” n Selects a combinedprint mode accordingto the value of n. The valueof n is the sumof thevaluesgivenbelowfor the desiredchar- acteristics. Examples:n = 1 giveselite;n = 9(1 +8) givesemphasizedelite;n = 137(1 + 8 + 128)givesunderlinedemphasizedelite. Function Underline Italic Expanded Doublestrike Emphasized Condensed[*]...
Page 54 n Effect O Normal size 1 Double-high,double-wide 2 Quadruple-high, q uadruple-wide “ “ “ “ “S” Selectsacombinationofcharacterheightandwidthaccordingto the value of n, as below.Does not movethe base line. n Characterwidth O Singlewidth 1 Doublewidth 2 Singlewidth 3 Doublewidth Double-heightcharactersare alwaysprinted at near letter quality. Doubleheightprintingtemporarilycancelsthe super/subscript a nd condensed printing modes, but these modes resume when the printerreturnsto normalheight.
Page 55 < “ “ std. < “ Terminatesdouble-height p rintingandprintssubsequent c haracters at normalheight.Resumessuper/subscript a ndcondensedprinting if thesemodeswe~ in effectbeforedoubleheightwas selected. <Esc> “[” V@” <0> <0> Selectsa combinationof characterheight,width,and line spacing accordingto thevalueof n andm,as below.Doesnotmovethebase line. Line spacing Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single Single...
Page 56 VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS CEsc> “o” Sets the distancethepaper advancesor reversesin subsequentline feeds to 1/8inch. < “ Sets the distancethe paper advancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 7/72 inch. std. < “ Sets the distancethepaper advancesor reversesin subsequentline feeds to 1/6inch. < “3” n Sets thedistancethepaper advancesor reversesin subsequentline feeds to n/216 inch, where n is between O and 255.
Page 57 < ‘ Standardmode,sets the distancethe paperadvancesor reverses in subsequent l inefeedsto nf72inch,wheren isbetweenOand255. ~If n =0, the line spacingis set to O. In IBMmodethis commanddoesthe sameexceptthat (1) the new line spacing does not take effect until the next <ESC> “2” command,and (2) if n = O,the <ESC>“A”...
Page 58 < “~’ Feedsthepaperonceby n/216inches,wheren isbetween1and255. Doesnotmovethe printpositionrightor left in the standardmode. Doesnot changethe line-spacingsetting. std. <ESC> “j” Feedsthepaperonceby n/216inchesinthereversedirection,where nisbetween1and255.Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightorleft. Doesnot changethe line-spacingsetting. < “ “ std. “ Feedsthe papern linesfrom the currentline, wheren is betweenO and 127. < “ Setsthe currentpositionas the top-of-pageposition.Notethat this can also be done from the controlpanel.
Page 59 < “ Sets the pagelength ton lines in the currentline spacing,where n isbetween1and 127inStandardmodeorbetween 1and255inIBM mode. Changingthe line spacinglater does not alter the physical page length.The currentline becomesthe top of the page. < “ Sets the page length to n inches, where n is between 1 and 32 in Standardmodeor between1and 64 in IBMmode.The currentline becomesthe top of the page.
Page 60 <FF> Feedsthe paperto the top of the nextpage accordingto the current pagelength,and movesthe printpositionto the left margin.When the automaticsheet feeder (ASF) is selected (DIP switch 1-4 is OFF), this commandejectsthe currentpage. std. < < Feeds the paper backwardto the top of the currentpage. Ignored when frictionfeed is used.
Page 61 <ESC> “B” nl Cancelsallcurnmtverticaltab stopsandsetsnewverticaltab stops at lines nl, rd. etc., wherenl, n2, etc. are numbersbetween 1 and ~255. A maximumof 16verticaltab stopscan be set. The tab stops must be specifiedin ascendingorde~ any violationof ascending orderterminatesthetabstoplist.Standardterminationisbythe<b controlcode.Theverticaltabstopsamsetintermsof thecurnmtline spacingand do not move if the line spacingis changedlater. <...
Page 62 < Feeds the paper to the next verticaltab stop and moves the print positiontotheleftmargin.Performsalinefeedifno verticaltabsare set, as at power-up.Feedsto the top of the nextpageif verticaltabs are set but the currentline is at or belowthe last verticaltab stop. HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS std.
Page 63 std. “ Setstherightmarginatcolumnn inthecurnmtcharacterpitch(pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected). Column n becomesthelastcharacterpositionintheline.Therightmargindoes not move if the characterpitch is changedlater. The rightmargin must be withinthe limitsbelow: “ Setstheleftmarginatcolumnnl andthe rightmarginat columnn2. See the pnxeding commands for margin restrictions and other notes.
Page 64 “ < Causesthe printerto performboth a carriagexetumand line feed each time it ~ceives a <CR> code. This commandtakes priority over DIP switch 1-3. < “ < Causesthepnnterto performonlya carriagereturnwhenit receives a <C- code.This commandtakespriorityover DIP switch 1-3. Movestheprintpositiononecolumnto theleft. Ignoredif the print position is at the left margin.
Page 65 “ “ < Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingtheleftmargin ragged. <ESC> “D” Cancelsall currenthorizontaltab stops and sets new tab stops at columnsnl, ti, etc.in thecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitchif pro- portional spacing is currently selected), where nl, n2, etc. are rmmbersbetween 1 and 255. The maximumnumberof horizontal tab stopsallowedis 32 in Standardmodeand 64 in IBMmode.The tab stops must be specifiedin ascendingorder;...
Page 66 < Movesthe printpositionto the nexthorizontaltab stop. Ignoredif the~ isnonexthonzontrdtabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen underliningis selected,spacesskippedby horizontaltabulationare not underlined. @SC> ‘A” Movestheprintpositionrightorleft a specifieddistance(maximum 8 inches).Ignoredif theresultingpositionis beyondtherightor left margin.The formulasfor the distanceand di~ction areas follows: If ti is betweenOand 63,the printheadmovesrightby (n] + n2 x 256)/120inches.
Page 67 GRAPHICS COMMANDS “ Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally.The graphicimageis 8dotshighandnl + ti x 256dotswide.Maximum widthis 8 inches(480 dots).ml, ti, ... are the dot data, each a 1- bytevaluefromOto 255 repenting 8 verticaldots,withthemost significantbit at the top and the least significantbit at the bottom. The numberof data bytesmustbe n] + ti x 256.
Page 68 < “ Prints bit-imagegraphicsat 240 dots per inch horizontally(maxi- mum 1920dotswide),skippingevery seconddot in the horizontal di~ction. See <ESC>“K” for otherinformation. < “ Selectsone of eight graphicsmodesdependingon the valueof nO and prints bit-imagegraphicsin this mode. See <ESb “K” for informationon nl, n2,ml, m2, ... no Graphicsmode O Normal-density 1 Double-density...
Page 69 “ Selectsone of eight graphicsmodesdependingon the valueof nO and prints 9-pin bit-imagegraphics in this mode. The graphics imageis 9 dotshigh and n] + n2 x 256dotswide.Maximumwidth is 8inches.Dotsbeyondtherightmarginareignored.mI, m2,... are bytepairsrepresenting9 verticaldotseach.In theleftmostposition, the most significantbit of ml is the top dot;the least significantbit of ml is the seconddot fmm the bottom;the mostsignificantbit of ti is thebottomdot;andtheotherbitsof m2areignored.Otherbyte pairs are similar.The numberof databytesmust be 2 x (nl + n2 x...
Page 70 DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS “ Definesone or more new draftcharactersand stem them in RAM for lateruse. DIP switch 1-2mustbe OFF;otherwiseRAM is used as an input buffer, not for downloadingcharacters,and this com- mandis ignored.Draftmodemustbe selectedbefotethiscommand is executed. nl is the charactercodeof the first characterdefinedand ti is the charactercodeof the last characterdefined.nl mustbe equalto or lessthanti.
Page 71 < “ Definesoneor morenewNLQcharactemand storesthemin RAM for later use. DIP switch 1-2 must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selectedbeforethis commandis executed.The parametersare the same as for the draftdownloadcharactercommandexceptthatthe attributebytespecifiesrightspaceinsteadofcharacterwidthandthe dot densityis doubledin each direction,so each characterconsists of 16 dotsverticallyand 23 dotshorizontallyand requires46 data bytes.Dotsdefinedby ml to m23areprintedon the firstpassof the head.
Page 72 “ Definesoneor morenewNLQcharactersand storesthemin RAM for later use. DIP switch 1-2 must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selectedbeforethis commandis executed.The parametersare the sameas forthedraftcharactercommandexceptthatthe dotdensity is doubledin each direction,so each characterconsistsof 16 dots verticallyand 23 dots horizontallyand requires46 data bytes. cESC>...
Page 73 < “ “ < “ < Selectsthe downloadcharacterset anddraftquality.Ignoredif the ‘ buttonwas pressedduringpower-upor if DIP switch 1-2 is < “ “ < “ < Selectsthedownloadcharacterset,draftquality,andelitepitch(12 c~i).Ignoredif the DIP switch 1-2is ON. < “ “ < “ < Selectsthe downloadcharacterset andnear letterquality.Ignored if the buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor if DIPswitch 1- F O N T...
Page 74 OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS < “ mostsignificantbit of each subsequentbyte receivedto 1, allowingusemwitha7-bitinterfaceto accesscharacterswithASCII codes greaterthan 127. < “ Setsthe mostsignificantbit of each subsequentbytereceivedto O. < “ Cancelsthe precedingcommandsand acceptsthe most significant bit as it is sentto the printer. Deletes the last character received.Ignored if the last character receivedhas alreadyken printed,or if the last characterreceived was all or part of a command.
Page 75 < < “ < Selectsthe quietprintmode,in whichtheprinterprintseachlinein twopassesto reducethesoundofprinting.Youcanalsosetthequiet mode with the controlpanelbutton. < “ < < “ Cancelsthe quietprint mode, and resumesnormalprinting. You can also cancelthe quietmode with the controlpanelbutton. < < ‘ < Sets the printer off-line. The printer disregards all subsequent charactersandcommandsexcept<DC1>,which~tums itto theon- line state.The printer’sON <...
Page 76 Soundsa brief beep tone from the printer’sbeeper. < “ “ < “ < Causessubsequentprintingto be donein the normalbidirectional mode, whichis fasterthan unidirectionalprinting. < “ “ < “ < Causes subsequentprintingto be done unidirectionally, e nsuring maximumverticalalignmentprecision. < “ Immediatelyreturnstheprintheadto theleftmargin,thenprintsthe remainder of the line from left to right.
Page 77 <EM><4> < Both ,<(,, ,,(,, ,,4,, Selectsthe automaticsheetfeeder.Ignoredif DIP switch 1-4is ON (ASF inactive). < “ ,,(,, ,,(,, “R” Ejects the current page. Ignored if DIP switch 1-4 is ON (ASF inactive). <ESC><EM>“T” n Both ,,(,, ,,(,, “T” “)” Skipsn/6inchesatthetopof thepage,wheren is between1and 15. Ignoredif DIP switch 1-4is ON (ASF inactive).
Page 78 chapter 5 Withthisprinteryoucancreatenewcharactemandsymbols,downloadtheir dotdata,andhavethemprintedin placeof selectedcharactersin the regular characterset.Charactem thatcanbe generatedinthiswayrangefromsimple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanesecharactem. Regular charactem are permanently stored in the printer’s ROM, but charactm you designare downloadedand storedin RAM for use. DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS Designingand printing your own charactershas two requirements:first, designingthe shapeof the character,calculatingthe datanecessaryto make...
Page 79 The minimumwidthof a characteris five dots. The user-definedcharactemmay use eightdots vertically. Dots cannotoverlap— that is, you may not havea dot insidea box next to one that is on a line. You may defineany positionin the ASCIItable. PhotocopythegridinFigure5-2tohelpdesignyournewcharacters.Wewill use a tiny representationof a car-sha&d sfii%l for our example. Beforeyou startthedeftition, you willneedto decideexactlywherein the mgularASCIIsetyouwanttoplaceyourcharactem.
Page 80 36 2 Next you must choose whetherto make the car symbolan ascenderor a descender.This determineshow the characteris seatedon the line: Ascender: !l~~h: We decidedthatourcar symbolwillnotbe a “descender”, s o a figure“l” is writtennextto Descenderon thegrid.If yourcharacteris a descender,write a “O”next to Descender. Next, you must specify the left space and the last print column of the character.
Page 81 Now,we calculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesof thecolumnsof dots,and enterthemunderneaththe grid.For example,lookingat Figure5-3, we see thatintheleft-mostcolumntherearefivedots,andtheyamsittinginthe“64” box,“32’’box, “ 16”box,“’8” box,and“4”box.Thusitsverticalvalueis 124. In the next column,there is no dot straddlingthe verticalline; its value is nxordcklas O. You will see the lettemml, m2,ti, etc., are aboveyourvalues.Whenyou definethe character,you willsubstituteyourvaluefor eachof theseletters. To demonstratehow to use the downloadcharactem,let’s use the “car”...
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Page 83 DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS As you probablynoticed,NLQ charactersare printedby two passesof the printhead.Halfofthecharacterisprintedonthefirstpass,andtheremainder onthesecondpass.Thepaperis rolleduphalfa dotheightinbetweenpasses to let the printhead printdotson the secondpass that overlapthe previous dots,in otier to fill in the spacesand producedensercharacters.Addition- ally,tie print head speed is halved,and the dots are printed at doublethe densityof draft characters.For this reason,NLQcharacterscan containup to 23 dots in the horizontaldirection.
Page 84 simultaneoususe of regularand downloadcharactersin the draft character sectionapplyequallyto NLQ characters. 70 70 126 0 Ist: 14 16 1 2nd:.28 74 14 74 124 0 0 0 0 f.. 12 - - - - - - - - .,” “--- 64 32 74 14 74 72 “,lw ”,,...
Page 86 chapter 6 WhenusingyourprinterwithanIBMPC, PC-XT,or PC-ATor compatible, youwillprobablybe usingPC-DOSor MS-DOSas anoperatingsystem.A numberof softwaretricksmaybe usefidhere.This chapteris not,however, a substitutefor the operatingsystemmanualssuppliedwithyourcomputer. To learn how to print files, etc. it is best to mad the relevantparts of these manuals. INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER Wheninstallingapplicationsoftware,you may find that yourprinteris not specificallymentionedin the lists of printersgiven for installation.How-...
Page 87 Pica Elite Condensedpica Condensedelite Proportional Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequenceto returnto the defaultsettings.The commandfor yourprinteris <ESC>@. MakesurethattheDIPswitchesaresetforthecorrectprinteremulation,and thatyou haveselectedthe appropriatecharactersetusingthe DIP switches. If you are in doubtabouttheCotilgrationof yourapplicationsoftware,seek expertadvice.Yoursoftwaresupplierwillprobablybe yourmost qualified reference. EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word-processorsand other software lack commandsfor changing font, or printing double-sizecharacters.Your printer thereforehas com- mandsthatcanbeembeddedindocumentsto controlthesefunctionswithout...
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File as seen on computerscreen: Printout: PRINTER When you use these commandsthere are severalpointsto note: The font ((F’))commandis ignored if the when power was switchedon. Q A line consistingof commandsaloneprints as a blank line. The softwarewillnot knowthattheseare commands,so you cannottrust yoursoftwareto giveyou the conect line width.The printedlinemaybe considerablyshorterthanthelineon the screen;the extraspacebeingthe spacethat was occupiedby the commands.
Page 89 PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includesthe file PRINT.COMyou can use the main DOS printingcommand.Simplytypethe wordPRINT followedby the name of the file you want to print. To print a fde named README.DOC,for example,type: A> The computer may respond with the following message, asking which printerto use: If yourcomputeris connectedto onlyoneprinter,pressRETURNto select the default choice (PRN).
Page 90 If youprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbe advantageous to cn?atea printersetupfde. Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeach time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer.For example,you can createa file containingprintercommands to selectnear letter quality,and selectelite pitch with the Standardmode. You can find the commandsin Chapter4. We suggestthe following: ANear letter quality Elite pitch <ESC>“!”...
Page 91 You can now set up the printerby sendingit the file NLQELITE.DAT. T o avoidunnecessaryloggingof commands,switchhard-copyoutputoff (by pressingCTRL-PRTSCifhardcopyis on).ToprintthefileREADME.DOC in NLQ elite type, give the followingtwo commands: A)COF’Y A ,>PRINT For greaterconvenienceyoucanmakeabatchfflethatwillsetup theprinter and print any specifiedfde with a singlecommand.To createsuch a batch filewiththenameNLQPRINT.
Page 92 1120 LPRINTE$; ’’D’’ ;CHR$(3);CHR$(13);CHR$(O) ‘Set ~ 1130 LPRI~ C$; “Fonts are:” 1140 LPRINTH$;D$;“Draft charactem, 1150 LPRINTH$;C$; “Ccurier characters, 1160 LPRINTH$;S$; “SanSerif characters, 1170 IFRINT H$;Ol$; ’’Orator with small capitals, 1180 LPRINTH$;02$; “ 1190 LPRINI’E$; “4”; 1200 LPRINTH$;02$; “and “;01$; “italics 1210 LPRI~ C$;...
Page 93 LPRI~ H$;C$; ‘Tbwnload 1650 1660 LPRI~ D$;E$; “%1”; FOR1==1 ITI 5 1670 1680 LPRI~ CliR$ (60) : 1690 NEXTI LPRIm E$; “%0”; 1700 1710 GC@JB 2200 1720 IYRINTC$;E$; “%1”; 1730 FOR1=1 TU 5 1740 LPRINTCHR$(60); 1750 NEXTI 1760 LPRI~ E$; “%0” 1770 LPRINTH$;C$;...
Page 94 2180 RE’IURN 2190 ‘ 2200 ‘ Define NIL.) d ownload character 2210 LPRINTC$;E$; “&”;CliR$(0);CHR$ (60) ;CIiR$(60); 2220 RESKK!E 2330 2230 FOR M-O IU 46 2240 READ MM 2250 LPRIIWCHR$(MM) ; 2260 NEXT M 2270 REIURN 2280 ‘ 2290 ‘ DATA 2300 ‘...
Page 95 How theprogram works Thisprogrambeginsby assigninga numberof printercommandsto BASIC stringvariables(lines 1000to 1090).Youcan findmostof thesecommands near the beginningof chapter4. The WIDTH“LPT1:”255 statementin line 1110meansinfiite line width. It preventsthe IBM-PCfrom insertingunwantedcarriagemtums and line feeds in graphicsdata. Actualprintingbeginsin line 1120.Usingthe preassignedcommands,the programprints samplesof its diffenmtfonts, includinga line showingall stylesin italics,followedby samplesof the printpitches,then somedouble and quadruple-sizedprinting.
Page 96 Fonts are: ,,. ,. I.,: f .;:,,’!! (:::ll~;i,;[{j,l,,, ““i: :.[; i’!’ ’;;:.:, Courier characters, Sanserif characters, ORATOR WITH with iW7d ITALICS Print pitches are: Pica pitch, Elite pitch, Condensedpica pitch, Condensed elite p]tch, proportional Ex~anded. Ihub 1e–s ized, Quad–s ized . Various 1 i ne Other...
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Page 98 chapter 7 The followingsectionon troubleshooting andmaintenanceis intendedonly ~ a brief guide. Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronicdevice,whichalso containshigh voltageinside.For thatreason, only carry out thoseoperationsthat are describedin this chapter. CAUTION: Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed heremayresultin electricshockand/ordamageto theprinter. Whencarryingout anyrepairsor maintenance, a lwaysfollow the instructionscatefidly.
Page 99 Power supply If the POWER i ndicatordoesnot illuminate,check the following: Check Is the power cable properly plugged into the electrical outlet? Is power being supplied to the outlet? Is theprintervoltsgecomxt? PrhWng If yourprinterdoesnot print,or suddenlystopsprinting,checkthe follow- ing: Check Is the interface cable con- 1 Check bothends of the cable - printerandcomputerto nected securely? Is the ONLINE indicatori.llu- minated?
Page 100 If the print is faint,or uneven,checkthe following: Check Is the ribbon properly irt- 1 Check andreinstall if necessary. Stdkd? Is the ribbonwornout? If dots are missingin the printing,check the following: Check Are dots missing at random in the printing? Isa line of dots missing con- sistently throughout the ptiting?
Page 101 Paper feeding If cut sheet paper (withoutthe ASF) is not feeding smoothly,check the following: Check Is the papa release lever pushedback(tothe ~ posi- tion)? Is the paper guide in place andvertical? Are the left andright guides too close together? Is the ASF selected with the DIP switch se!tirws? Areyou tryingto feed paper using the fkmt panel buttons...
Page 102 Check Are you tryingto feed paper using the ffont panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated? Is the paper thick? If the ASF is not operatingor is not feeding paper correctly, check the following: Check Has the ASF option been selected with the DIP switch? he release lever set to the...
Page 103 If the paperpark facilitydoesnot appearto be workingcorrectly,checkthe following: Check Is the paper release lever in the * position? Has the fanfoldpaper been properlyparked? If text is beingprinted all on one line, or with extra blanklines, checkthe following: Check Is the text alt on the same tie? Is text being printed with extrablanklines?
Page 104 MAINTENANCE Essentially,your printer is a robust piece of equipment, but should be treatedwith amodicumofcarein orderto avoidmalfimctions. F orexample: Keep yourprinterin a “comfortable”environment. R oughlyspeaking,if you arecomfortable, t hentheenvironmentis suitablefor yourprinter,too (see Chapter1). Do not subjectthe printerto physicalshocksor excessivevibration. Avoidextremelydustyenvironments. D ust is the enemyof all precision mechanicaldevices.
Page 105 r cover —. — Replacingthe printhead Figwu 7-T.
Page 106 6. Disengagethecablefromthetabsholdingitdown,thenremove thepnnt head. 7. Foreasy instaLlationofthe newprinthead,movethe carnagetowardthe left end of the rail. 8. Placethe new printhead on its support,seatingit on the two pins. 9. Threadthenewcablethesame wayastheold, securingitunder thethree tabs on the printhead carriage. 10.Plug the cableinto the connector,insertingit as far as it will go. 11.Fastenthe printhead down with the two screws.
Page 107 MEMO...
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chapter 8 Printingsystem ...Serial ImpactDot-matrix Printingspeed ... 150cps (Draftpica) Print direction... Bidirectional, l ogic-seeking Numberof printpins...9 Print head life...100 Line spacing... 1/6, 1/8,n/72, n/216inches Characters..ASCII * USA,France,Germany,England,DenmarkI, Sweden,Italy,Spain I, Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America, DenmarM Norway Numberof columns...1 .
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Characterdot matrix ... 9 x 11 (Draft) Bit imagedot-matrix... DPI Normal Double High-speeddouble* Quadruple CRTI CRT II Plotter Double-plotter * It is impossibleto printadjacentdotsin themodemarkedwithan asterisk (*). Paper feed ...Frictionand push tractor Paper feed speed ...2.8 inches/secondmax Paper width ...Cut sheet Copies...
Page 110 Ribhn fife ....lrnillio ncharacters(draftpica) Dimensions... 396(w)x 301(d)x 120(h)mm Weight...5.1kg(11.21b) Power supply ... .~.u.w~... 120VAC,220VAC,240VAC,50/60Hz ..Automaticsheet feeder (SF-10DR) Options...uno=.
Page 111 Thefollowingdescribesthepinoutoftheparallel(Centronics-type) i nter- face connector(signalswhich are low when activeate overlined): Name STROBE I DATAO 3“ DATA1 DATA2 DATA3 DATA4 DATA5 DATA6 DATA7 BUSY PAPER SELECT I 14,15 I N/’C SIGNAL GND CHASSIS 19-30 RESET ERROR j EXT GND 34,35 NI’C SELECT IN Function Goes from high to low (for 20.5ps) when active...
Page 112 chapter 9 The followingtables showthe standardand IBM charactersets. The decimalcharactercode of each characteris shown in an inset to the lower right of the character. Thehexadecimalcodecanbe foundby readingthe entriesat thetop andleft edgesof the table.For example,the character“A” is in column4 and row 1, so its hexadecimalcharactercodeis 41.
Page 113 STANDARD CHARACTER SET #1 3141516 W-db >...
Page 115 STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2 Othercharactersare identicalto standard characterset ##l.
Page 116 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS Whenan international c haractersetis selectedDIPswitches2-2to 2-4or by a commandfromsoftware,the followingchangesaremadein thecharacter set: See Chapter3 for the DIP switch settings. The commandfor selectingthe internationalcharactersets is: <ESC>“R” n Wheren meanscharactercode n, i.e. CHR$(n)in BASIC.The valuesof n are: O U.S.A. 1 France 2 Germany 3 England...
Page 117 IBM CHARACTER SET #2...
Page 119 IBM CHARACTER SET #1 Other characters are identical to character set #2. The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7-bit interface to obtain control fi,mctions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the cESC> “>” command in the standard mode.
Page 122 horizontaltab, 57 Absolute Ascender,61,71 Autofeed,67 Automaticlinefeed, 31,55 Automaticsheetfeeder,8,31,67, 101 m--l Backspace, 55 Bail lever, 3, 10 BASIC, 23,72-73,82 Beeper, 67 Bidirectional printing, 67 Bit-image printing, 58-60,86 Bold printing, 37 margin,50 Bottom Buffer,27,30, 100 Cancel command, 65 Carriage return, 54 Centering, 55 Channelsof verticaltab stops,52 Charactercodes,printingof all,40 Characterset commands,39-41...
Page 123 Hexadecimal d ump,23-24 Horizontalpositioncommands,53-57 Horizontaltabulation,57 IBMcharactersets,39, 108-111 IBMrode, 30,88 IBM-PC,24 Interface: signals,102 specifications, 1 00 International c haracters,32,40, 107 Italicprinting,36 Justification, 5 5 Left margin,53 Line feed,48 Line spacing,4748,99 Locatingtheprinter,1 Maintenance, 9 5 Manualfeed,67 Margins: bottom,50 left,53 right,54 Masterprintmode,44 Micro-feed, 2 6,27 Microjustification, 44 Mostsignificant b it, 65 1...2L...
Page 124 printer, 6 8 Reset Reverse linefeed,48 Reverse micro-feed, 27 Ribbon cartridge, 4, Rightmargin,54 ROMcharacterset, 64 — S1nserif t ypestyle,20,35 Selftests,21-22 Setting Singlesheets: automaticloading,8 manualloading,10 specifications, 1 00 Slashzero,41 Smallcapitals,20 Specifications, 9 9-102 Sprocketfeed, 11-14,100 Standard character set, 32, Standardmode,30,86 Subscripts,38 Superscripts, 3 8 Tabulation,52 Testpatterns,21...
Page 125 COMMAND SUMMARY MODECONTROLCODE <BEL> <BS> <HT> <LF> <VT> <FF> <Cfb <so> <Sb <Del> <DC2> <DC2> Std. <DC3> <DC4> <CAN> std. <ESG <LF> Std. <Esc> <FF> <Esc> <so> <Esc> <Sb <ESC> <Ehb 4> <ESC> <EW- <4> <ESC> <EiW- “R” <Esc> <EM> “’l”’n <ESC>...
Page 126 MODE CONTROL CODE <ESC> “6” <ESC> “7” <ESC> “8” <ESC> “9” <ESC> “:” cESC> “:” <(b n <O> Std. Std. <ES.C>“<” <ESC> “=” Std. IBJ4 <ESC> “=” nl n2 <DC4> aOal a2 ml d <ESC> “=” nl n2 <NAK> aOal d ml d Std.
Page 127 MODE CONTROL CODE <E-SC- “w” <(b. <we <1> “w” <me “w’ “o” <me “w’ “l” <lSC> “X” nl n2 4?SG. “Y’ nl n2 ml d <ESC> “Z” nl n2 ml rn2 . .. clZSC> “[” “@” <4> <b 4)> <O>n m e’fLSO ‘1”...
Page 128 MODE CONTROL CODE Std. cESC> “-” “l” <DEL> std. “(” “(” “0” “)” “)” “(” “(” “4” “)” “)” “(” “(” “F” ‘“)”“)” “O” “(,, .,(,, ..F..).. L.)>, LL~.. “(” “(” “F” ‘i)” ‘i)” “7” “(” “(” “F” “)” “)” “8” “(”...
Page 129 Consumer Response Star MicronicsCo., Ltd. invitesyour suggestionsand commentson your printerand this manual.Pleaseaddressyourcorrespondenceto: WorldwideHeadquarters: STARMICRONICSCO., LTD. 194Nakayoshida Shizuoka,JAPAN422-91 Attn:ProductManager AmericanMarket: STARMICRONICSAMERICA,INC. LexingtonAvenue,Suite2702-25 New York,NY 10170 Attn:ProductManager EuropeanMarket: STARMICRONICSDEUTSCHLANDGMBH WesterbachstraJ3e 59 P.O. Box 940330 D-6000Frankfurt/Main90 F.R. of Germany Attn:ProductManager U.K.Market: STARMICRONICSU.K., LTD. Star House PeregrineBusinessPark GornmRoad,High Wycombe...
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