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Epson FX-80 User Manual

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Table of Contents

2
User's Manual
4
Table of Contents
12
Table of Figures
18
Introduction
- 18
  FX-80 Features
- 19
  What's Inside the Printer
- 21
  Using the Manual
- 22
  Your Personal Guide
26
One Easy Lesson
- 26
  First Steps
- 27
  Ticket Program
- 29
  Ticket Program Description
32
Looking It over
- 33
  Unpacking the
  - 34
    Supplies and Accessories
  - 34
    Find Your FX-80 a Safe Home
  - 35
    First Things First
    - 35
      The Covers
- 35
  Uncovering the
  - 36
    The Ribbon
- 37
  The Ribbon
  - 38
    The Paper Guide
  - 38
    Paper Feeders
    - 38
      The Pin Feeders
- 38
  Inserting the Paper Guide
- 39
  Adjusting the Pin Feeders
- 40
  Loading the Paper
  - 41
    The Optional Tractor Feeder
- 41
  The Paper Path
- 42
  Installing the Optional Tractor Feeder
  - 43
    The Friction Feeder
- 43
  Adjusting the Tractor Width
43
Releasing the Tractor Feeder
- 44
  Parts with Settings
  - 44
    The Paper Thickness Lever
  - 45
    Function Switches
46
Uncovering the DIP Switches
47
Factory Setting of the DIP Switches
- 48
  Starting up
48
Connecting the Cable
- 49
  Top Panel Buttons and Lights
- 50
  The FX-80 Tests Itself
50
Setting the Top of Form
51
Sample Self Test
52
Controlling the Printer from BASIC
- 53
  BASIC Communications
  - 54
    The CHR$ Function
  - 54
    Printing from BASIC
  - 56
    BASIC Basics
  - 57
    Control Codes
- 57
  Interpretation of ASCII Codes
  - 58
    Escape
- 59
  Resetting Commands
  - 59
    The Master Reset Code
  - 60
    The Print Buffer
  - 61
    Cancel and Delete
  - 62
    Specific Reset Codes
- 63
  ASCII Characters in Escape Sequences
- 63
  Summary
- 64
  Notation Used in this Manual
66
Print Pitches
- 66
  Dot-Matrix Printing
  - 66
    The Print Head
  - 67
    Main Columns
- 67
  The Print Head
  - 68
    Intermediate Positions
- 68
  All Dots in Main Columns
- 68
  Use of Intermediate Positions 4 and
- 69
  Modes for Pitches
  - 69
    Pica and Elite Modes
- 69
  Pica and Elite M
  - 71
    Compressed Mode
  - 71
    Conflicting Modes
- 72
  Mixing Pitch Modes
  - 73
    Expanded Mode
- 74
  Pica and Expanded a
  - 75
    Mixing Print Pitches on One Line
- 77
  Summary
78
Print Quality
- 78
  Modes for Weights
  - 78
    Double-Strike Mode
  - 80
    Emphasized Mode
  - 81
    Emphasized and Double-Strike
- 81
  Proportional Mode
- 83
  More Mixing of Modes
- 84
  Mode Priorities
- 85
  Summary
86
Dress-Up Modes and Master Select
- 86
  Dress-Up Modes
  - 86
    Underline Mode
  - 87
    Super- and Subscript Modes
  - 88
    Italic Mode
- 89
  Master Print Mode Select
- 89
  Program for Master Select
  - 93
    The Inner Workings of
  - 93
    Unique Modes
- 94
  Some Mode Combinations
  - 95
    Switching Modes with Master Select
- 96
  Italic Print Menu
  - 97
    The Master Select as a Subroutine
97
Master Select Quick Reference Chart
- 98
  Summary
100
Special Print Features
- 100
  Special Characters
  - 100
    The Backspace Function
  - 102
    Some Special Characters
  - 103
    International Characters
- 103
  Program for International Characters
104
International Characters in
- 105
  International Switches
105
Switch Settings by Country
- 106
  Special Speeds
  - 106
    Half-Speed Mode
  - 106
    Immediate Print Mode
- 107
  Solving the 7-Bit Dilemma
- 108
  Summary
110
Line Spacing and Line Feeds
- 110
  Line Spacing
  - 110
    Changing Line Spacing
  - 111
    Standard Character Matrix and Line Feed
  - 112
    Variable Line Spacing
  - 113
    Regular STAIR STEPS
  - 114
    Microscopic Line Spacing
- 115
  Line Feeds
  - 115
    One-Time, Immediate Line Feed
  - 116
    Irregular STAIR STEPS
  - 117
    Reverse Feed
- 119
  Summary
122
Forms Control
- 122
  Controlling Form Length
  - 122
    Form Feed
  - 123
    Not-So-Standard Forms
  - 123
    Setting the Top of Form (TOF)
  - 125
    Absolute Form Length
- 127
  Avoiding the Paper Perforation
  - 127
    The SOP Solution
  - 128
    Setting the SOP with a Switch
  - 128
    Centering the SOP Gap
- 129
  The Single-Sheet Trick
  - 130
    Summary
132
Formatting
- 132
  Vertical Tabs
  - 133
    Activating Vertical Tabs
  - 133
    Rental Maintenance Form
  - 135
    Form Using Two
  - 136
    Setting up the Form
  - 137
    Fixed Vtabs
  - 137
    Range Limitations
- 137
  Horizontal Tabs
  - 138
    A Test of Changing Line Spacing
  - 140
    Adding Horizontal Tabs
  - 142
    A Test of Changing Pitch
  - 143
    Default Horizontal Tabs
  - 143
    Program for FORM
- 144
  BASIC Tabs
- 144
  Setting the Margins
  - 144
    Left Margin
  - 145
    Right Margin
  - 146
    Using the Margin Commands Together
- 146
  Margin Settings and Other Modes
- 147
  Unidirectional Print
  - 147
    Uneven Columns
- 148
  Summary
  - 148
    Even Columns with Unidirectional Mode
150
Saving Vertical Tabs in Channels
- 150
  Setting the Numbers
- 151
  Program for Using FORM
- 153
  Four Sets of Sample Answers and Printouts
- 155
  Filling in Preprinted Forms
- 155
  Multiple-Page Forms
- 156
  Next up
- 156
  Summary
- 157
  Three Pages of Channels Printed out
158
Introduction to Dot Graphics
- 158
  The Big Dot Matrix
  - 159
    Graphics Mode
  - 160
    Entering a Graphics Mode
- 161
  The 7-Bit Limitation
  - 163
    Firing the Pins
- 163
  Usable Pins Labelled Sequentially
  - 164
    Testing, Testing
- 164
  Usable Pins Labelled Uniquely
- 165
  First Graphics Program
- 166
  Graphics Width Limitations
- 166
  Summary
168
Printer Graphics: Firing Single Pins
- 168
  Controlling the Pins
  - 169
    Changing Direction
- 170
  Graphics Line Spacing
- 170
  Variable Control
172
Graphics Pin Patterns and
- 172
  New Graphics Modes
- 173
  Software Notes
- 173
  More Software Notes
- 174
  Changing Densities
  - 174
    High-Speed Double-Density
  - 175
    Low-Speed Double-Density
  - 175
    Consecutive Columns
  - 177
    Quadruple-Density Graphics Mode
- 177
  Dots Do Overlap
  - 178
    More Densities
- 178
  The Seven Modes for Densities
- 180
  9-Pin Graphics Mode
- 181
  Printout to Check Bottom Pin
- 182
  Pattern Design
- 182
  Sketch of a Graphic Design
  - 183
    Repeating a Pattern
  - 183
    Repeating DATA Numbers
- 184
  Summary
186
Two Types of Graphics Programs
- 186
  The Planning Process
- 187
  Logo Design
187
Logo Layout
- 189
  3-Dimensional Design
  - 191
    Entering the Program
193
DATA for the Program
- 194
  Flexing Your Graphics Muscles
196
More Distinct
196
Most Distinct
198
Plotter Graphics
- 199
  Arrays
199
Using the Computer as a Sketch Pad
199
An Array in Memory and on Paper
200
Finding a Cell's Label
- 201
  Dimensioning an Array
- 201
  Filling an Array
- 202
  Plotting a Circle
  - 203
    Translating the Ones to Dots
203
Program and RUN for Displaying an Array
- 204
  One Last Step
205
Program for a Circle
205
The Circle
- 206
  Problem
- 206
  Higher Resolution
207
Divide and Conquer
- 208
  Reflections
  - 209
    The Exploding Universe
  - 210
    The Big Bang
214
Array into Design
- 215
  Generating the Array (Phase One)
214
Advanced Graphics in Memory
216
Printing the Contents of the Array
- 217
  Describing the 2-Dimensional
217
Pattern Sets
- 218
  Calculating Pin Patterns (Phase Two)
218
Translation of the Times Table
- 219
  Setting the Graphics Width
- 220
  Printing the Figure (Phase Four)
221
Program for SYMMETRY
- 222
  Variations on a Theme (Phase Five)
222
Symmetric Pattern
223
Symmetric Pattern
226
User-Defined Characters
226
Sample Characters and ROM Equivalents
- 227
  Preparation
- 227
  Defining Characters
  - 228
    Designing Characters
229
Incorrectly Designed E
- 230
  Translating Dots to DATA
- 230
  The Attribute Byte
- 231
  Proportional Print Information
231
Use of Pins Chosen by Attribute Byte
232
Attribute Byte Conversions
- 233
  Printing User-Defined Characters
- 235
  Download Commands
- 236
  Defining Strings of Characters
- 236
  Defining Control Codes
  - 238
    Printing Low-Order Control Codes
239
International Character Internal Codes
- 240
  Mode Strings
- 240
  Strata
- 241
  Summary
242
Combining User-Defined Characters
- 242
  Large Letters: Double Wide
- 244
  Large Letters: Double High
- 246
  Double High and Wide Character
- 248
  Let's Print
- 248
  Program for Large G
- 250
  DATA for AMES
- 251
  Games Seem same
- 251
  Messages in Three Pitches
- 252
  Building Symbols from a Small Core Set
- 253
  Intricate Pattern
- 254
  Line Graphics
255
Phone List
256
Printing Applications
- 257
  Preparing for Take-Off
- 257
  Barchart
- 258
  Barchart
- 260
  Statement Form
- 261
  Statement Form
- 262
  Program for STATEMENT
  - 264
    Entering the Program
  - 265
    Program Overview
  - 266
    Line-By-Line Comments
- 267
  999 Rem: the End
268
Appendixes AASCII Charts
274
Character Fonts
280
Proportional Character Widths
286
Control Codes in Numeric Order

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