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Star Micronics NX-2420 Multi-Font User Manual

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  • Page 1 NX-2420 MULTI-FONT NX-2420 RAINBOWICOLOUR USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE...
  • Page 2 B prescrites darts le Rtglement Cdicd par le minisbe des Communications The above statement applies only lo printers m&led Trademark Acknowledgements NX-2420, XB-2410, NX-2410, SPC-8K, SF-lODQ, RH-1OZ: Star Micronics PC-AT, PC-XT, Proprinter chines Co Microsoft ASIC, MS-DOS: Microsoft LQ-860, LQ-850: 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 has 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 Unpacking and Inspection Checking the carton contents Identifying printer parts Setting Up Mounting the platen knob Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit Installing the optional cartridge Connecting the printer to your computer Loading Single Sheets Automatic loading...
  • Page 7 Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Changing the auto loading value Clearing the buffer/All reset Selecting the print color Store macro definition Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS How to set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Bidirectional test/Adjustment mode Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font Control Commands Character Set Commands Character Size and Pitch Commands...
  • Page 8 Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING Troubleshooting Power supply Printing Paper feeding Maintenance Replacing the Print Head Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS Standard Character Set #l Standard Character Set #2 International Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code page #437 (U.S.A.) Code page #850 (Multi-lingual) Code page #860 (Portuguese) Code page #861 (Icelandic)

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Setting Up The Printer

    Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - . Locating the printer . Unpacking and inspection (part names) Setting up and connecting 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 Checking the carton contents Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton, and check each item in the box against Figure l-l to make sure that you have everything (there should be six items). If any of these items are missing, contact your supplier. Figure T-l.Checktomakesureyou haveall sixitems: 1) Printer.2) Paperguide,3) 5) Ribbon cartridge, and 6) Manual set (User’s manual, User’s guide and Sticker).

  • Page 11: Identifying Printer Parts

    The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are: Font cartridges (FC-lZ, FC-2Z, FC-3Z, FC-4Z) RAM cartridge (RC-32Z) Serial-Parallel converter (SPC-8K) Automatic sheet feeder (SF- 1ODQ) Roll paper holder (RH-IOZ) /den tifying printer parts Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the following parts in Figure l-2.

  • Page 12: Setting Up

    SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location, and remove all packing material from inside the top cover. This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit. You will want to keep all the packing material, along with the printer carton, in case you have to move the printer to a new location.
  • Page 13 Figum 1-4. Removing the top cover 1. Turn the tension knob clockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack. 2. Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield, making certain 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 1-6). Figure I-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield 4. After you have installed the ribbon cartridge, install the roller unit. 5.
  • Page 15 Hgure 1-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer To replace the top cover, insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case. Swing the front edge down to close the cover. Leave the top cover closed during normal operation. The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer’s operating sounds.

  • Page 16: Installing The Optional Cartridge

    Ins falling the optional cartridge This printer has five built-in LQ fonts, and a 7 K-byte (30 K-byte for color printer) printing buffer. You can add more fonts or expand the printing buffer by installing optional cartridges (Font catridge or RAM cartridge). To install or change a cartidge, follow the procedure below.

  • Page 17: Connecting The Printer To Your Computer

    Connecting the printer to your computer Connect the printer to your computer using a standard parallel interface cable. On a PC or PC/AT-type computer, this means that you use the 25-pin D-type connector at the computer end, and the Amphenol-type 36pin con- nector at the printer end.

  • 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 (SF-lODQ), refer to the ASF instruction booklet. Automatic loading Single sheets can be loaded manually with the power off, or automatically with the power on.
  • Page 19 4. Make sure that the release lever is back. If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer, press the ( button to park the paper in the off-line state, then move the release lever backwards. 5. 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 by inserting the tabs, located 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 10” wide. This section will take you through the procedures for loading, parking and unparking fanfold forms.
  • Page 22 6. Move the tractor units downwards by gripping the positioning levers on both side of the tractor unit as shown in Figure 1-13. Figure T-73. Move the tractor units downwards for loading the paper from the rear 7. With the tractor covers open, mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit.
  • Page 23 8. Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar, using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position. When the clamp lever is up, the unit is released, and when it is down, the unit is locked.

  • Page 24: Loading The Paper From The Bottom Of The Printer

    Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You can load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the following procedure. 1. Remove the top cover and the roller unit. 2. Open the rear cover using the two pits at the side, and push backwards. 3.

  • Page 25: Paper Parking

    Figure 7-77. Install the roller unit after mounted the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer. 7. Now close the tractor covers, again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units. If they are not aligned properly, you will have problems with paper feeding, possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper.

  • Page 26: Paper Unparking

    5E’phE&C’ 4. Press the ( The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen. 5. Move the release lever to the back. 6. Mount the paper guide in the upright position. Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually, as explained previously.

  • Page 27: Loading Multi-Part Forms

    LOADING MULTI-PART FORMS You can print on continuous multi-part forms with the built-in tractor unit. You can use multi-part forms that have up to five parts including the original when the Multi-part mode is selected with the EDS setting. (For details, please refer to Chapter 3.) It is recommended to use forms jointed by dotted orpasting under the normal office condition.

  • Page 28: 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 at the left side of the printer mechanism.
  • Page 29 The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference. Weight (g/m2) Paper Type (Each paper) 52 - 82 Single 83-90 40 - 58 2-PlY 40-58 3-PlY 40 - 58 4-PlY 40-58 5-PlY Pressure sensitive paper is recommended for the multi-part paper. NOTE: Multi-part mode is recommended when using the 4-ply and 5-ply paper.
  • Page 30 MEMO...

  • Page 31: Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations

    Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the opera- tions indicated by their names. Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer’s power on, or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination.

  • Page 32: On Line Button

    ON LINE button The ( ON LINE ) button sets the printer on-line and off-line. The status changes each time you press the button. When the printer is on-line, it can receive and print data from the computer. When the printer is off-line, it stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data.

  • Page 33: Set/Eject/Park Button

    If you press alSO paper will feed automatically to the top of the next page. This is explained later. If you press this button while on-line, this will alternately flash the indicator on and off. When in Quiet mode with the printer will print slightly slower, but at a reduced noise level.

  • Page 34: Font Button

    FONT button This button selects the font to be printed. Draft font is selected at power-up unless the default settings are changed. To change to HS Draft (High-Speed Draft) or one of the LQ (Letter Quality) fonts, set the printer off-line, then press the CFONt, button repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection illuminate.

  • Page 35: 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 Figure Z-2. Power-up functions of control panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the c ON LINE 1 button is pressed, the printer will enter the short self-test mode.

  • Page 36: Long Test Mode

    Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the (PAPER FEED) button is pressed, the printer will enter the long self-test mode. The printer will print the version number of the printer’s ROM and the current EDS settings, followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available.

  • Page 37: Print Arca Test Mode

    Since the self-test occupies the full width of the carriage, it is recommended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and/or platen. In addition, the total number of lines printed is considerable, more than can be accomodated on a single sheet, so fanfold paper is recommended for this test.

  • Page 38: Hexadecimal Dump

    Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing pro- grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computers change the codes the programmer intended.) In this mode, all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format, rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes.
  • Page 39 Most BASICS, however, are not quite that straightforward. For example, the IBM-PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 2-6. CT.2 c3 Figure 2-8. Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD (carriage return) it adds an extra hex OA (line feed).

  • Page 40: Switch Combination Functions

    SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations. Figutu 2-7. Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed 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.

  • Page 41: Forward Micro-Feed

    3. Press and hold the ( 4. While holding the ( then release both buttons at the same time. The printer will beep to indicate that the top-of-form position has been set. Forward micro-feed For fine alignment, you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows: 1.

  • Page 42: Clearing The Buffer/All Reset

    This value will remain unless you power off the printer. If you want to retain this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro Definition function, which is described below. Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper. If you feed paper, you cannot change the auto loading value.

  • Page 43: Selecting The Print Color

    Selecting the print color Normally, the color printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed. Without the aid of software, you can change the printing color as follows: Press the ( ON LINE Press the (FONT) button and hold it down. While holding them Each time you press the FONT...
  • Page 44 Current print color (color printer only) Data to be stored are controlled in Standard mode and IBM mode separately. For example, the data stored in the Standard mode are not effective in the IBM mode, and vice versa.

  • Page 45: Chapter 3 Default Settings

    Chapter 3 Most printers use a bank of DIP (Dual In-line Package) switches inside the printer to achieve various functions. However, this printer can change the power-up default settings by using the Electronic DIP Switch (EDS) mode. This chapter explains how to use the EDS mode. HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode has 25 kinds of functions you can set as the power-on default.

  • Page 46: Functions Of The Eds Settings

    FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SElTlNGS The printer is factory-set are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. The following questions will help you choose the proper settings. (Not Used) Character Table (Standard mode) (IBM mode) IBM Code page or...
  • Page 47 Do you want to use the printer in Standard mode or IBM Switch A-l: mode? Select the mode compatible with your computer and software. In Standard mode the prinlcr operates like the Epson LQ-860. In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprintcr X24E. The ON position selects Standard mode. The OFF position selects IBM mode.
  • Page 48 Are you going to print on multi-part paper? Switch B-l: You can use up to 3-ply paper when this switch is ON. If you want to print on 4-ply or 5-ply paper, set this switch to the OFF position. Do you want the printer to stop printing at the end of the paper, Switch B-2: or to keep printing? When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper-out detector and prints...
  • Page 49 Switches C-3 and C-4: What is the page length of your paper? Leave these switches ON if you will bc using 1 l-inch forms. You will need to change the switches if you will be using a different page length as shown below: Switch D-l: The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch A-l.
  • Page 50 Except in the Standard Italic character set, these switches select the default character code page as shown below: IBM Code Page #437 U.S.A. #850 Multi-lingual #860 Portuguese ON OF’F ON #861 Icelandic lOFFlOl?FI Switches E-l to E4:Which font do you want to print as the default Letter Quality? These switches allows you to choose the default font selected when LQ mode is selected, as shown below.

  • Page 51: Bidirectional Test/Adjustment Mode

    BIDIRECTIONAL This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bidirectional passes. After a period of some months, your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes. This will be most evident in graphics printing.
  • Page 52 6. To save the corrected values and to exit from this mode, press the ( button. ** DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING *** SE&f&C' (PAPER FEEDwQ ON LINE -RAFT (PAPERFEED SE&E&CT -RAFT /RAFT ON L'NE cotm <PITCH) -;cTI END .tS //////////////////////////////////////// /,///,,,///,/,,,///,/1/1//////1111111111 -1 : 11,,111,,,1,,,,11111111111111111/111/1/1 ////////////////////////////////////////...

  • Page 53: Chapter 4 Printer Control Commands

    Chapter 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-860. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations. The emulation is changed by means of EDS switch A- 1.

  • Page 54: Font Control Commands

    FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Mode ASCII “(” “(3. “F” “)” <ESC> “x” “0” Std. <ESC> “X” co> Changes from letter quality to draft quality. Ignored if the (FONT) button was pressed during power-up. Select draft pica characters IMode ( ASCII 1 IBM 1 <ESC>...
  • Page 55 Select L Q characters ASCII Mode <ESC> “x” “1” Std. <ESC> “X1’ <l> Changes from draft quality to letter quality. The initial LQ font is Roman unless a different font has been selected by a preceding com- mand. Ignored if the (FONT) button was pressed during power-up. Select LQ pica characters ASCII Mode...
  • Page 56 Select LQ proportional Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” <3> Changes to letter quality characters with proportional pitch. Ignored if the m or (ml Select LQ font Mode ASCII Both <ESC> ‘I? Std. <FS> “C” Selects an LQ font according to the value of n. In draft mode, this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected.
  • Page 57 Select italic characters Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “4” Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics. Select upright characters ASCII Mode <ESC> “5” Std. Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright. Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC>...
  • Page 58 Cancel double-s trike printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “H” Cancels double-strike printing. Start underlining Mode ASCII <ESC> “-” “1” Both <ESC> ‘I-” <l> Causes subsequent characters to be underlined. IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined.
  • Page 59 Select score Mode ASCII “-” Std. <ESC> “(” Start score according to the values of nl and n2, as shown below. Function Underlining Strike-through Overlining Select ornament character ASCII Mode Std. <ESC7 “q” Selects an ornament character according to the value of n, as shown below.

  • Page 60: Character Set Commands

    Subscript IMode 1 ASCII <ESC> “S” “1” Both <ESC> “S" <l> Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts. Does not change the character pitch. Cancel superscript Mode 1 ASCII Both I <ESC> “T” Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing.
  • Page 61 Select character set #I Mode ASCII <ESC> “7” Both Selects character set #l. Select character set #2 Mode ASCII Both <ES6 “6” Selects character set #2. Select international Mode ASCII <ES& “R” Std. Selects an international character set in the Standard character set according to the value of n.
  • Page 62 Select IBM code page ASCII Mode Both <ESC> “[” “T” CO> CO> Changes the code page of the current IBM character set according to the values of nl and n2. These code pages can be selected as power-up defaults by EDS switches D-2 to D-4.

  • Page 63: Character Size And Pitch Commands

    Select slash zero Mode ASCII “ Std. <ESC> " <ESC> Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash (0). Select normal zero Mode ASCII “ <ESC> Std. “ <ESC> Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally (0), without a slash.
  • Page 64 Semi-condensed Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “g” Changes from either pica or elite to semi-condensed pitch (15 cpi). Ignored if the (PITCH) button was pressed during power-up. Condensed printing Mode ASCII <Sb Both <ESC> <Sb Changes from pica to condensed pica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensed elite (20 cpi).
  • Page 65 Expanded printing 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 <ES0 mands also cancel expanded printing. Cancel one-line expanded printing Mode ASCII...
  • Page 66 Select fixed spacing Mode ASCII “p” “0” Std. - <ESC> “p” <o> <ESC> <ESC> “P” <O> Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing. Ignored if the(piK%“button was pressed during power-up. Select master print mode Mode ASCII LL,.. Std.
  • Page 67 Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “h” 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 Effect 0 Normal size...
  • Page 68 Return to normal height Terminates double-height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height. Select character height, width, and line spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> “[” “@” <O> <O> Selects a combination of character height, width, and line spacing according to the value of n and line.

  • Page 69: Vertical Position Commands

    VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to l/8 inch Mode ASCII <ESC> “0” Both Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to l/8 inch. Set line spacing to 7160 or 7/72 inch i ,. Mode ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 70 Set base unit for line spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> “[” ‘T’ <o> <o> <o> Sets the base unit for the line spacing commands, cESC> “3” and <ESC> “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 71 Execute <ES& “cA” 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>...
  • Page 72 Perform one n/l804nch or n/216=inch line feed ASCII Mode Both <ESC> “J” Feeds the paper once by n/l 80 inches or n/216 inches, where between 1 and 255. Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode. Does not change the line-spacing setting. Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed Mode ASCII...
  • Page 73 Set page length to Mode ASCII Both cESC> “C” Sets the page length to Standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode. The current line becomes the top of the page. Set bottom margin . . . Mode ASCII Both 1 <ESC>...
  • Page 74 Return to top of current page Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> <FF> Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page. Ignored when friction feed is used. Disable paper-out detector Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “8” Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper-out detector, enabling printing to the bottom of the paper.
  • Page 75 Set vertical tab stops every ASCII Mode <ESC> “e” “1” Std. <ESC> “e” cl> Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every lines, where is between 2 and 127. Set vertical tab stops in channel ASCII Mode <ESC>...

  • Page 76: Horizontal Position Commands

    HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Std. <ESC7 “1” Sets the left margin at column the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected). The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later. The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below: Pica Elite...
  • Page 77 Set left and right margins [Mode 1 ASCII 1 IBM 1 <ESC> “X” Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column n2. See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes. Carriage return Mode ASCII <CR>...
  • Page 78 Left justify Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “0” Std. <ESC> “a” CO> Aligns subsequent text with the left margin, leaving the right margin ragged. Center text Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “1” Std. <ESC> “a” cl> Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins. Right justify Mode ASCII...
  • Page 79 Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “D” Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns nl, n2, etc. in the current character pitch (pica pitch if pro- portional spacing is currently selected), where nl, n2, etc. are numbers between 1 and 255.
  • Page 80 Relative horizontal tab Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> ‘T’ Moves the print position right or left a specified distance (maximum 8 inches). Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin. The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows: If n2 is between 0 and 63, the print head moves right by (nl + n2 x 256) dots.

  • Page 81: Graphics Commands

    GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal-density g-bit graphics Mode ASCII <ESC> “K” Both Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally. The graphic image is 8 dots high and nl + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is 8 inches (480 dots). ml, m2, . . . are the dot data, each a l- byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots, with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom.
  • Page 82 Print hex-density 24-bit graphics Mode ASCII “Z” <FS> Std. Prints 24-bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally. The graphics image is 24 dots high and nZ + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is 8 inches (2880 dots). In the data ml, m2, m3 . . . each three bytes represent 24 vertical dots.
  • Page 83 Seiecf graphics mode Mode ASCII <ESC> “[‘I Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of m0 and prints dot graphics in this mode. The graphics image is (nl + n2 x 256) - 1 dots wide. See <ESC> “K” (for g-bit graphics) or <FS> “Z”...

  • Page 84: Download Character Commands

    DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “8~” <O> Std. Defines one or more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use. EDS switch A-2 must be OFF; otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer, not downloading characters, and this command is ignored.
  • Page 85 Define download characters ASCII <ESC> “='I nl <o> d2 “’ Defines new characters and stores them in RAM for later use. EDS switch A-2 must be OFF and the optional RAM cartridge, RC-32Z, must be installed; otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer, not downloading characters, and this command is ignored.
  • Page 86 dr is the Dot Pattern data being downloaded. dl, d2, . . . Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots, with the most signifi- cant bit being the top dot, and the least significant bit being the bottom dot. Copy character set from ROM into RAM Mode ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 87 Select draft pica download character set Mode ASCII “I" <4> <ESC> Selects the download character set, draft quality, and pica pitch (1Ocpi). Ignored if the (FONT) button was pressed during power-up or if EDS switch A-2 is ON. Select draft elite download character set ‘.
  • Page 88 Select L Q elite download characters Mode ASCII “I” <so> <ESC> Selects the LQ download character set with elite pitch (12 cpi). Ignored if the -button switch A-2 is ON. Select LQ condensed download characters Mode ASCII “I” <sYN> <ESC> Selects the LQ download character set with condensed pitch (17 cpi).

  • Page 89: Color Selection Commandes

    I ‘2 COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS The commands in this section are valid only with the color printer. Select print color Mode ASCII Both 1. 9, ‘I 31 <ESC> Selects the printing color according to the value of n as shown below.
  • Page 90 Accept MSB as is Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “#” Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer. Delete last character sent Mode 1 ASCII Std. I <DEL> Deletes the last character received. Ignored if the last character received has already been printed, or if the last character received was all or part of a command.
  • Page 91 Stop printing Mode ASCII <ESC> ‘j” Prints the entire contents of the input buffer, then sets the printeroff- line. The ( ON LINE > indicator on the control panel goes off. Bell Mode ASCII Both <BEL> Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s beeper. Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII...
  • Page 92 Manual feed IMode 1 ASCII <ESC> <EM> <0> “0" Both u(,. ,,(,, Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted. Ignored if EDS switch A-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Auto feed ASCII Mode <ESC> <EM> <4> "4"...

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