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  • Page 1 LC-IO COLOUR PRINTER USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN 8082025 I...
  • Page 2 The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives. The above statement applies only to printers marketed in West Germany. Trademark LC-10, NL.40, NP-10, NX-10/15, ND-lo/H, IBM PC, IBM Proprinter II, PC-DOS: International Business Machines Corp. BASIC, MSDOS:...
  • 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, colour, dot-matrix printer that supports the IBM/Epson commands and character sets. An excellent partner for your personal computer, it prints text and graphics in black-and-white or six bright colours. A print sample generated by a BASIC program is included inside the back cover.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS SETTING UP THE PRINTER 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...
  • Page 6 Top of form Forward Reverse Left margin Right margin Clearing USING THE PRINTER Chapter 3 COMMERCIAL Installing Printer Printer Type styles Page width Initialization Setting the DIP switches Using your software Page alignment Type style and pitch selection Embedding USING THE PRINTER Chapter 4 WITH DOS AND BASIC...
  • Page 7 Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR Appendix D CHARACTER SETS INDEX REFERENCE CARD Draft character NLQ character Standard character set IBM character set #2 IBM character set #l Additional character set International character sets Inside the cover...

  • Page 8: Setting Up The Printer

    Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - Locating the printer Unpacking and inspection (names of parts) 0 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 9 Figure 1-f. 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. Note the locations of the following parts: Bail lever: opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen.

  • Page 10: Setting Up

    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 11: Remove The Top Cover

    Remove the top cower 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. igure 1-4. Removing the top cover...

  • Page 12: Replace The Top Cover

    hstall 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 assembly, guiding the ribbon between the print head and the metal platen guard.

  • Page 13: Loading Single Sheets

    Figure l-6. r;onnectmg tne mtertace caue 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 sheets of paper.

  • Page 14: Semiautomatic Loading

    igure i-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Single sheets can be matically with on. We loading. that the then power on. indicator on control panel signals. Place a sheet on slot. You feel a detector Work the as it the bail forward.

  • Page 15: Manual Loading

    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. Insert a single sheet of paper into the entry slot as far as it will go, the same way as for semiautomatic loading.

  • Page 16: 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. Fanfold forms are loaded, parked, and unparked as explained next.
  • Page 17 Figure l-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth igure l-71. 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 18: 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 19: Paper Unparking

    Tear off the printed form at the last perforation, about half a page showing Paper Feed switch to feed paper forward just above the top cover, and tear there. Press the Print Pitch switch on the control Still holding the Print Pitch switch down, press the Paper Feed switch. The printer will automatically paper is completely...

  • Page 20: Long Selft Test

    Figure 7-13. 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. Check that paper is in position for printing. With power off, press the Paper Feed switch on the control panel and hold it down.

  • Page 21: Adjusting The Printing Gap

    ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between accommodate different paper thicknesses. the top cover. The adjustment bail. Pulling the adjustment away from you narrows the gap. There are four positions; The first position (narrowest sheets of paper. Try different Adjustment lever Figure 7-74.
  • Page 22 Figure l-15. DIP switches The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to the ON position. These are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. help you make the right settings. International character set (See below) The following questions will...
  • Page 23 Switch l-l: Is the page length of your paper Leave this switch ON if you will be using OFF position if you will be using 12-inch forms. Switch 1-2: Do you want an automatic Leave this switch ON. The printer return by moving to the left margin sends a separate...
  • Page 24 ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an g-bit interface (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #l, for computers with a 7-bit interface. Do you want an automatic line feed? Switch 1-8: 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 26: Control Panel Operations

    Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERAT/O/VS This chapter explains how to use the control panel to: 0 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 position...

  • Page 27: Power Indicator

    The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform ations indicated by their names. these switches down when you turn the printer’s functions can be executed bination. This chapter explains Power indicator The power indicator lights (yellow) when power is on. When paper is not present,...

  • Page 28: On Line Switch

    When you press the On Line switch again to go back on-line, the paper feeds backward about one inch, stopping in the right place to resume printing. Paper Feed switch This switch operates only when the printer is off-line. once the paper feeds forward by one line. If you hold this switch down, the printer performs consecutive line feeds.

  • Page 29: Nlq Type Style Switch

    Samples of these pitches proportional pitch different “i” and “1” are narrower and space-efficient, though is required. Note that you cannot panel. You can make this selection by the printer commands “p” 1 - see Appendix In IBM mode (when DIP switch l-6 is OFF), as follows: Pica (10 characters...

  • Page 30: Power-Up Functions

    .; j.. <,j /_. 2, .+: + -/- l”i _i_ .y ::) “’ This is near-letter-quality Courier. This is Courier This Sanserif. is Sanserif This TtiIs ORATOR THIS ORATOR This is Orator This Orator Figure 2-3. Type styles selectable The other type styles do not have a small-capitals option. Lower case always prints as lower case.

  • Page 31: Short Test Pattern

    Short test pattern: On Line switch If held down during (shown in Chapter Long test pattern: Paper Feed switch If held down during The test cycles endlessly. Stay in pane/ pitch: Print Pitch switch By holding this switch down during power-up, interference with the print pitch selected hear an acknowledging...
  • Page 32 At the end of the hexadecimal dump, set the printer off-line with the On Line switch. This is necessary to print the last line. The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade- cimal mode: If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 2-5.

  • Page 33: Switch Combination Functions

    When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter turn) it adds an extra hex OA (line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-file) special treatment: the interpreter problems in programs that generate but there is a solution. Try changing adding the coding shown below. Coding for IBM-PC with monochrome GOSUB...

  • Page 34: Page Feed

    Paper parking: Print Pitch and Paper Feed switches This procedure feeds the paper backward. It parks the fanfold form at the back of the printer so that you can switch to single-sheet feeding (by moving the release lever to the down position). 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.
  • Page 35 Reverse micro-fee& You can also feed the paper in small increments to a higher position on the same page. Note: With fanfold forms, do not try to return perforation may catch inside the printer. Press the On Line switch to set the printer Press the On Line switch again and hold it down.
  • Page 36 1. Halt the printing program on the computer. diately, the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary. If printing does not stop, continue as follows: Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line. stop, but there may be data remaining in the buffer. Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down.
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  • Page 38: Installing Your 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. Before using the printer with commercial 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...

  • Page 39: 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 40: 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 41: 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 with printer commands or panel controls.
  • Page 42 Type style (Font): ((F))O Size: Colour: Bold: Italic: If you want to print a title in double-size Orator with small capitals, then change to regular-size Courier for some text that includes italics, you can use these commands as follows: File as seen on computer screen: Printer ((F))O ((S))O...
  • Page 43 When you use these commands there are several points to note: The type style ((F)) and italic ((I)) commands are ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was held down when power was switched on. The bold command ((B))l gives double-strike you may prefer to use emphasized printing, which requires a software command or escape sequence.

  • Page 44: Using The Printer With Dos And Basic

    Chapter 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 the screen Programming the printer with DOS commands...
  • Page 45 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 46 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 tile.
  • Page 47 *I - l:*-V[xl^V[!“VA^V[X^VL\ 2:*-c - “E - ^V indicates that the following character is a control code. ^V[ enters the < ESC> code. < ESC > has character code 27, and “[” is the 27th character in ASCII sequence from A. Similarly, “VA enters the control code <...
  • Page 48 You will note that this program avoids the printer’s double-parenthesis commands. To change colours, for example, it uses the escape sequence E$: “r”; CHR$(n), where E$ is predefined as CHR$(27), equivalent command ((C))n. for embedding in documents, but they are less convenient in programs. In their simplest form they cannot be listed;...
  • Page 49 1410 LPRINT 1420 LPRINT H$;E$;"wl";E$;"r";CHR$(l);"RED, 1430 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(2);"BLUE. 1440 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(3);"VIOLET. 1450 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(4);"YELLOW," 1460 LPRINT 1470 LPRINT H$;E$;"r";CHR$(5);"ORANGE, 1480 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(6);"GREEN, 1490 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(O);"and 1500 LPRINT E$;"wO" 1510 LPRINT E$;"Q";CHR$(47) 'Set right margin 1520 LPRINT C$;"Various line and character spacings:" 1530 LPRINT E$;"al"...
  • Page 50 1910 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(O); 1920 LPRINT E$;"%O" 1930 LPRINT H$;C$;"Dot 1940 DIM LOG0$(4) 1950 RESTORE 2450 1960 FOR ROW-1 TO 4 1970 FOR COL-1 TO 100 1980 READ DG 1990 LOGO$(ROW)=LOGO$(ROW)tCHR$(DG) NEXT COL 2000 2010 NEXT ROW 2020 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(8); 2030 FOR ROW-1 TO 4 2040 LPRINT H$;H$;...
  • Page 51 2410 DATA 2420 DATA 0,124, 2430 DATA 16, 14, 2440 ' 2450 ' Dot graphics data 2460 DATA 2470 DATA 14, 14, 14. 14, 14, 2480 DATA 15, 15, 2490 DATA 2500 DATA 14, 15, 2510 DATA 2520 DATA 2530 DATA 2540 DATA 2550 DATA 2560 DATA...
  • Page 52 The WIDTH width. It prevents and line feeds in graphics Actual printing the program showing all styles in italics, some double-size, Next comes the central fourteen times in expanding barrel effect. The work is done by live printer commands: the right margin to vary the line spacing the space between (lines 1570 and 1630).
  • Page 53 1510 LPRINT CHR$(28);"Q";CHR$(47) 'Set right margin 1550 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I);E$;"2"; 'Set line spacing 1560 ' LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(I); 'Increase character space 1610 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I);E$;"2": 1620 ' LPRINT E$;" ";CHR$(I); 2020 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(B);E$;"2": 'Set 8/72" spacing 2140 LPRINT D$;CHR$(28);":";CHR$(O);CHR$(O~;CHR$(O); 2240 LPRINT C$;CHR$(28);":";CHR$(O);CHR$o;CHR$(O~;CHR$(O~; 2250 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(6O~;CHR$~6O);...

  • Page 54: Cleaning The Printer

    Chapter AND TROU5LESHOOTlNG Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include - Cleaning the printer Replacing the ribbon Replacing the print head Troubleshooting Dust and heat will make any mechanism maintenance is preventive, This is covered in greater detail in Chapter comfortable for humans is best for both the computer CLEANING...

  • Page 55: Replacing The Print Head

    REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million of normal use. When printing you’ll know that the print head has reached replace the print head, follow the procedure As you remove the old print threaded, so that you can thread Caution:...
  • Page 56 Disengage the cable from the tabs holding print head. For easy installation the left end of the rail. Place the new print head on its support, Thread the new cable the same way as the old, securing tabs on the print head carriage. Connector Figure 5-2.

  • Page 57: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING H If the printer doesn’t print: Check the Power and On Line indicators. Check that the interface printer ends. Make a test print. (Turn switch down, then turn power ON.) If the test print succeeds, the problem is not with the printer; different cable.
  • Page 58 If the printed characters screen: Check DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4. When these switches are not all ON (back), an international character changed to other characters. Some software is not able to display international If you use an international on the keyboard. If you are using the IBM mode, check DIP switch l-7.
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  • Page 60 TECHNICAL SPEClHCA T/Oh/S H Printing Mechanism Printing method Printing speed Printing direction Print head Ribbon Paper feed Paper feed speed /nterface and Emulation Interface Data buffer Emulation modes H Switches and indicators Power switch Control panel Serial impact dot matrix 120 characters per second (draft pica) 30 characters...

  • Page 61: Standard Character Set

    DIP switches Special features W Co/our Printing Colours W Dot Matrix Size Character matrix Bit-image graphics Character Sets Standard character set IBM character set Download characters International character sets 12 pins Panel pitch/style lock-in Forward and reverse micro-feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump Black, red, blue, violet, yellow, orange, green...
  • Page 62 Type Styles and Pitches Draft type styles NLQ type styles Extra-large Print pitches Line spacing Column width Paper Specifications Single sheets Fanfold paper Number of copies Dimensions Dimensions Weight ‘. Draft, draft italic Courier, or small capitals), these Double width, double height, double width characters and height, Pica (10 cpi)
  • Page 63 Electrical Specifications Line voltage Line frequency Power consumption Insulation resistance Dielectric strength Environmental Requirements Operating temperature Operating humidity Storage temperature Storage humidity Option Automatic sheet feeder lnterface Signals Signal Pin No. Direction Name STROBEIN DATA1 DATA2 DATA3 DATA” , II\ -‘*c I TXT DA~.AJ...
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  • Page 66: Font Control Commands

    PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes arranged by function. The name of each command one below: Mode ASCII <ESC> I‘ 1” “X” Both Cl> <ESC> “X” Indicates Mode: Std. Both ASCII: Indicates characters < 0 > means character Gives the command Decimal: Hexadecimal: Gives the command...
  • Page 67 Select draft elite characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” “ ” I < ESC > “I” <I> Changes to draft quality Type Style Select characters Mode ASCII %‘ ” I <ESC> &lx,’ Both <I> <ESC> “X” Changes from draft style is Courier unless command.
  • Page 68 Select Sanserii Mode ASCII Both “(” c. ESC > < ESC > Changes was pressed Select Orator characters Mode ASCII Both “(33 Changes NLQ Type Style switch was pressed Select Orator characters Mode ASCII Both “(” Changes Type Style switch was pressed Select italic characters Mode ASClt...
  • Page 69 Emphasized printing Mode ASCII “E” <ESC> Both Causes subsequent thickness to vertical Cancel emphasized printing ASCII Mode “F” <ESC> Both Cancels emphasized Double-strike printing Mode ASCII S‘ >> L. 7, “B” ‘.)” Both <ESC> ‘xi” Causes subsequent a slight vertical paper zontal strokes.
  • Page 70 Stop underlining Mode 1 ASCII “0" < ESC > ‘*-” Both < ESC > “-” co> Stops underlining. Start 0 werlining Mode ASCII < ESC > “A” “1” Both <ESC> “p” <I> Causes subsequent zontal tabulation are not overlined. Stop overlining Mode ASCII <ESC>...

  • Page 71: Colour Printing Commands

    COLOUR PRINTING COMMANDS Select printing colour Mode ASCII “C” “)” ‘T’ Both <ESC> 7” Select the printing ribbon is not installed. or the digit character. < 0 > < 1 > or “1” < > < 3 > or “3” <...

  • Page 72: Character Set Commands

    Select IBM character Mode ASCII “7” Both <ESC> Selects IBM character selected, this command < ESC > “t” I command. default if DIP switch Select IBM character Mode ASCII “6” Both <ESC> Selects IBM character selected, this command < ESC > “t” I command. default if DIP switch Select international...

  • Page 73: Character Size And Pitch Commands

    Enable printing of all character Mode ASCII <ESC> ‘Ln” This command operates for only one character. Select slash zero ASCII Mode <ESC> “ .> “ 1” Both <ESC> ‘L 32 Cl> Causes subsequent Select norma/ zero Mode ASCII ‘I - 31 “0”...
  • Page 74 Condensed printing Mode ASCII <SI > Both r <ESC> <SI> In Standard mode, changes elite to condensed or elite to condensed during power-up. Cancel condensed printing Mode ASCII Both 1 <DC2> In Standard mode, changes condensed elite to normal pica. Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed Expanded printing Mode...
  • Page 75 Cancel one-line expanded ASCII Mode Roth i <DC4> Stops one-line expanded Does not cancel < ESC > “W” 1. Select proportional spacing ASCII Mode < ESc > ss 73 “113 Both <EfjC> “ ” Cl> <ESC> “p” Cl> Causes subsequent the Print Pitch switch was pressed Select fixed spacing Mode...
  • Page 76 increase character spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> “” Std. Increases the space number from 0 to 127. Used in microjustification. Select double or quadruple Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “h” Selects the size of subsequent characters align along the cap-line line temporarily moving down.
  • Page 77 Select character size Mode ASCII Both “(” “(33 “s., “)” Selects a combination value of n, as below. Character Single width Double Single width Double Double-height characters height printing temporarily printing modes, normal height. Select character height, Mode ASCII < ESC > “[”...
  • Page 78 VERTICAL POSITION Set line spacing to II8 inch Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “0” Sets the distance the paper advances to l/8 inch. Set line spacing to 7172 inch Mode ASCII <ESC> “1” Both Sets the distance the paper advances to T/i’2 inch. Set line spacing to 716 inch Mode ASCII...
  • Page 79 Execute < ESC > “A” Mode ASCII <ESC> “2” Sets the line spacing “A” command. Sets the line spacing < ESC > “A” command. Line feed ASCII Mode <LF> Both Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line. If DIP switch l-2 is ON, also moves preceding...
  • Page 80 Feed paper n lines ASCII Mode <ESC> “f’ “1” Both <ESC> “f Cl> Feeds the paper 127. Set top of page at current position Mode ASCII “4” <ESC> Sets the current position also be done from the control Set page length to n lines IModel ASCII Both...
  • Page 81 Set bottom margin Mode ASCII “N” Roth <ESC, Sets the bottom margin to n lines, where n is between 0 and 127 in Standard mode or between 0 and 255 in IBM mode. when you change the page length. Cancel top and bottom margins Mode ASCII “0”...
  • Page 82 Set vertical tab stops IModel ASCII “B” IBoth <ESC> Cancels all current lines nl, n2, etc., where nl, n?. etc. are numbers maximum of 16 vertical specified in ascending the tab stop list. Standard vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current move if the line spacing Set vertical tab stops every n lines...
  • Page 83 HORIZONTAL POSITION Set left margin IModel ASCII < ESC > “1” Both Sets the left margin current character pitch The left margin does not move if the character The left margin must be at least two columns and within the limits below: Pica Elite Condensed...
  • Page 84 Set left and right margins Mode ASCII “X” <ESC> Both I Sets the left margin the preceding commands Carriage return 1 Mode 1 ASCII <CR> Both Prints the current line and returns the next print position If DIP switch l-8 is ON, also performs Set automatic line feed IModel...
  • Page 85 Center text 1 Mode 1 ASCII <ESC> “a” *’ I . . Both <ESC> “a” <I> Centers subsequent Right justify Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “7” i Both <ESC> “a” <2> Aligns subsequent ragged. Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII Both <ESC>...
  • Page 86 Horizontai Mode ASCII Both <HT> Moves the print position is no next horizontal derlining is selected, underlined. Relative horizontal Mode ASCII i ESC > “\” Std. < FS > “‘sI” Moves the print position inches). Ignored if the resulting The formulas for the distance If n2 is between 0 and 63, the print head moves right by (nl + n2 x 256)/l 20 inches...

  • Page 87: Graphics Commands

    GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print sing/e-density 8-bit graphics ASCII Mode “K” <ESC’ Both Prints bit-image graphics image is 8 dots high and nI + nZ x 256 dots wide. Maximum 8 inches (480 dots). tnf, m2, . . . are the dot data, each a l-byte value from 0 to 255 representing top and the least significant must be nl + n-7 x 256.
  • Page 88 Select graphics mode Mode ASCII <ESC> “*” Both Selects one of seven graphics prints bit-image graphics on nl, n2, ml, m2, . . n0 Graphics 0 Normal-density 1 Double-density 2 Double-density, 3 Quadruple-density 4 CRT graphics, 5 Plotter 6 CRT graphics, Convert graphics density Mode ASCII...

  • Page 89: Download Character Commands

    DOWNLOAD CHARACTER Copy standard characters IModel ASCII <O> Std. < ESC > “:” < FS > -:” <O> Copies all the standard acter RAM area, overwriting when DIP switch 2-1 is ON. Define draft download Mode 1 ASCII <ESC> “&” co>...
  • Page 90 Define NLQ download characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “&” CO> Both m3... Defines one or more new NLQ characters later use. DIP switch 2-l must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed. download character space instead of character direction, so each character...
  • Page 91 Select download character Mode ASCII <ESC> “%” “ 1 ” Both <ESC> “O/O” < 1 > Selects the download Select draft download Mode 1 ASCII < ESC > “I” "4" < ESC > “I” <4> Selects the download Type Style switch was pressed Select draft elite download Mode ASCII...
  • Page 92 MACRO INSTRUCTION Define macro instruction Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “f” ..__ IRS> Cancels any existing instruction. The defined between the ” + ” and or control characters Execute macro instruction Mode 1 ASCII Both “ + ” Cl> <ESC> Executes a previously OTHER PRINTER CONTROL Set MSB to 7...
  • Page 93 Delete last character ASCII Mode <DEL> Both Deletes the last character has already been printed, of a command. Cancel last line Mode ASCII <CAN> Both Deletes the last line currently immediate prinl I Mode I ASCII “ 1” < ESC > “i”...
  • Page 94 Set printer on-line Mode ASCII <DC1 > Both Returns the printer all subsequent characters the printer was set off-line panel. Bell Mode ASCII Both <BEL> Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer’s Bidirectional printing Mode ASCII <ESC> “U” “0” Both <ESC>...
  • Page 95 Manual feed Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> CO> Both <cc>. . . ( ,, “o” Selects manual sheet feeder is mounted. Auto feed Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> <4~ Both u(., “(3. “4” Selects the automatic inactive). Eject paper from ASF ASCII Mode <ESC>...

  • Page 96: Draft Character

    Appendix CHARACTER With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their dot data, and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regular character set. Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanese characters.

  • Page 97: Draft Character

    The dot matrix for a draft-quality wide. Figure C-l shows the matrix with the car symbol there are no pairs of horizontally cannot fire fast enough to print adjacent To the printer, a draft character one byte for each column. the data as shown in Figure C-l and enter them via the <...

  • Page 98: Nlq Character

    By moving quickly build up the dot pattern. F4 and start over. When the dot data in the computer’s box and ask you to select the next character When you have finished program will ask you whether characters you have designed. characters will be saved on a disk file and downloaded the entire character...
  • Page 99 If you select near letter quality, now has 16 (high) x 23 (wide) dot positions. adjacent sharp signs, occupying This reflects the fact that the printer dots, but that even skipping printed. A near-letter-quality two bytes for each column. passes of the print head, the paper scrolling The first 23 bytes of dot data represent represent the second pass.
  • Page 100 1000 ~**tt**.*t.******tt*frt 1010 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 :KEY OFF :CLS 1020 DIM A(126). P(126.23). 1030 KEY 1, CHR$(7) :KEY 2, CHR$(8) :KEY 5, CHRO(11) 1040 KEY 4. CHR$(lO) 1050 FOR I-33 TO 126 :A(I)--1 :NEXT I 1060 1070 LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT STRING$(25,621; 1080 PRINT o DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR 1090 1100 LOCATE 3.1 :PRINT "READ CHARACTERS FROM EXISTING FILE?"...

  • Page 101: Draft Character

    1700 a----- Key expla"atlons 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 I----- Get =haracter ----------------------------------.------------------- 1790 IF A(K)<0 THEN GOSUB 3220 :GOTO 1950 1800 IF NLQ THEN 1870...
  • Page 102 2400 GOSUB 3730 :GOTO 2180 2410 I----_ wrapmup ___________------------------------------------------------ 2420 CLS :LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT "SAVE TO FILE?" 2430 S--l :PX=2 :PY=l :SO$-flYes" :Sl$-"No- :GOSUB 3020 2440 IF S THEN 2530 2450 LOCATE 5.10 :PRINT "Output file name [";FI$;"l II: 2460 INPUT FO$ 2470 IF FO$-""...
  • Page 103 3450 FOR Y-l TO WI :BS=BO+CHR$(P(CC,Y)) 3460 IF NOT NLQ THEN B5=BE+STRING5(35.0) 3470 FOR Y-l TO WI :B$=B$+CHRI(Q(CC,Y)) 3480 LSET A$=BB :PUT X1.M 3490 NEXT CC :RETURN 3500 I----- Output to printer -----------------------~-------------- 3510 LPRINT HD5; 3520 FOR CC-33 TO 126 3530 IF A!CC)<O THEN 3580 3540 LPRINT E5;"&";CHR5~O);STRING5(2,CC);:Z=A(CC) 3550 FOR Y-l TO WI :Z=P(CC,Y) :GOSUB 3600 :NEXT Y...
  • Page 104 This appendix gives tables of the printer’s sets. The decimal character the lower right of the character. The hexadecimal code can be found and left edges of the table. For example, and row 1, so its hexadecimal 16 + 1 = 65) to decimal Control codes recognized inside pointed...
  • Page 105 STANDARDCHARACTERSET <DC3> r--- r21 l 1251 3,C.S~C~S~ 1371 153 I id”d”d”d...
  • Page 106 <BEL> CBS> <CAN> <HT> IEM> 1137 1153 <LF> <FF> 1140 1156’[172 <CR> 1 I41 1157 <so> <SI> -/-?-O- 1143 1 1159 1 :IDIE/F ~9~I~Y~i 1169 1185 1201 1217 < = IMPl~~~~~ 1173 1189 1205 1221 > 1175 1 1191 1 1207 ( 1223 1 1233...
  • Page 107 IBM CHARACTER SET #2 I<’ <HT> <EM> <LF> IT> <ES0 <I ;‘F> iFS> “I112128144160176 114 I 130 t <SI> < 146 1 162iNd -b&-iid”~ <DEL>...
  • Page 109 IBM CHARACTER SET #l -7-4 Hexa- ledma Other characters are identical The duplication of control to obtain control functions <ESC> “ > ” command. to IBM character set #2. codes enables systems with a 7-bit interface when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the...
  • Page 110 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER Hexa- decima In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands.
  • Page 111 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER When an international 2-4 or by a command from software, character set: See page 17 for the DIP switch settings. The commands for selecting Standard mode: Where n means character n are: 0 U.S.A 1 France 2 Germany ’...
  • Page 112 Absolute tab, 79 Ascender, 83, 90 Auto feed, 88 Automatic carriage return, Automatic line feed, 17, 77 Automatic sheet feeder, 6, 16, 56, 88 Backspace, Bail lever, 2, 7, 8, 9, II, 12 BASIC, 25, 40, 92 Beeper, 20, 24, 27, 28, 29, 87 <BEL>, Bidirectional printing,...
  • Page 113 Graphics commands, Hard copy, 37 Hexadecimal dump, 24-26 Horizontal position commands, Horizontal tabulation, 51, 79 IBM character sets, 64, ZOO-103 IBM mode, 16, 22, 45 IBM printers, IBM-PC, 25,26 Immediate print, 86 Initialization sequence, Installing software, Interface: signals, 56 specifications, test, 13 International characters,...
  • Page 114 semiautomatic loading, specifications, Slash zero, 66 Small capitals, 16, 22 Software, 31-35 Specifications, 53-57 Sprocket feed, 9-12. Standard character set, 17, 64, 98, 99 Standard mode, 16. 17, 21. 4.5 Star printers. Subscripts, Superscripts. Tabulation, 51, 75, 76, 77 Test patterns, Z2.
  • Page 115 LC-10 COLOUR PRINTER REFERENCE CARD POWER-UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal have special functions that operate power COURIER SANSERIF ORATOR ~ ITALIC SWITCH COMBINATION Several additional functions panel switches in combinations. functions, all the control if you hold them down while switching...

  • Page 116: International Character Sets

    DIP SWITCHES International character sets: * Denmark/Norway when switch l-6 is OFF and switch l-7 is ON. Note: DIP switches are read only at power-up. before changing a DIP switch setting. Switch power off...
  • Page 117 PRINT Standard mode Pica 12:;.<q.~&y~q(> 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 CHR$(18) CHR$( 15) 12345b709012345b7 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 Condensed Pica IBM mode Pica 1. 2 7; :I. 5 & ‘7 CY) y(z) < ESC > “M” 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 Condensed Pica PITCH SELECTION Elite 1~~!+~~~&q~y()~‘1! <...
  • Page 118 COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC MODE CONTROL CODE <BEL> CBS> <HT> <LF> <VT> <FF> <CR> <so> < SI > <DCI> <DC22 <DC2> <DC3> <DC4> <CAN> <DEL> <ESC> <LF> <ESC> <FF> <ESC> <SO> <ESC> <SI> <ESC> <EM> <O> <ESC> <EM> <4> < ESC > <EM > “R” <ESC>...
  • Page 119 MODE CONTROL CODE nl n2 <DC4> <ESC> ‘.=” <ESC> “>” < ESC > “‘P < F+SC > “Oi” < ESC > “A” n < ESC > “B” nl n2 < 0 > <ESC> “C” <O> < ESC > “C” ,I <...
  • Page 120 MODE CONTROL CODE <ESC> “b” nU nl n2... <Or < ESC > “c” n < ESC > “e” 0 n <ESC> “e” 1 n <ESC> “f’ On <ESC> “I” 1 n < ESC > “b” n < ESC > ‘7” 0 <...
  • Page 121 Type styles are: i) , " :;* f.: Courier characters, Sanserif ORATOR ,=jnd Print pitches are: Pica pitch, Condensed Proportional spacing for all pitches, Various Other features: Emphasized, Underlininq, SUPERSCRIPT , Download Dot graphics: .t, i:y f, :s, : {;I .t;, ({+! r CZJ 'i...

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