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Star Micronics SB-10 User Manual

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  • Page 1 USER’S MANUAL SB-IO Star Micronics...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS TABLE OF TABLES INTRODUCTION SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER The Complete Placement How to Assemble Features The Control Dual In-Line How to Load Paper Into the Printer Adjusting How to Print the Self-Test Connect SECTION WORD PROCESSING An Introduction Decimal Hexadecimal Escape and Control Word Processing...
  • Page 3 GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR SPREADSHEET PACKAGE Printing Commands Three Popular Spreadsheets VisiCalc VisiCalc Setup Codes The VisiCalc Print Command SuperCalc The SuperCalc Lotus l-2-3 The Lotus Print Commands The Lotus Options EXPLORING PRINT FEATURES The Letter-Quality Double-Strike Printing Emphasized Printing Underlining Text...
  • Page 4 PROGRAMMING IN BASIC A Word About MBASIC The Character Expanded Type Emphasized and Double-Strike Underlined Printing Superscripts and Subscripts Line Spacing and Reverse Line Feed BASIC MAINTENANCE Preventive Maintenance How to Clean the Printer Replacing the Fuse Replacing the Print Head Checking the Printer for Correct APPENDIX...
  • Page 5 APPENDIX DESIGNING BIT-IMAGE Four Modes for Bit-Image Printing 8-Bit Graphics APPENDIX TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX INTERFACES The Parallel Interface The Serial Interface The IEEE-488 Interface INDEX FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STAR MICRONICS WARRANTY COMMAND QUICK REFERENCE GRAPHICS Graphics COMMISSION STATEMENT RADIO...
  • Page 6 TABLE OF TABLES Slide positions l-l. the left margin 2-l. Examples of decimal 2-2. Examples of escape and control 3-l. The various draft-quality their VisiCalc setup codes SuperCalc setup codes for the draft-quality 3-2. pitch sizes 3-3. Lotus l-2-3 setup codes for the draft mode pitch sizes 4-1.
  • Page 8 Star Micronics’ parts. You already dot matrix bidirectional, hardcopy at 54 cps, in eight languages in only the finest...

  • Page 9: Setting Up Your Printer

    SECTION SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: The Complete Printer Package To Assemble the Printer Gestures of the Printer *Dual In-Line Package (DIP) Switches *How to Load Paper into the Printer *How to Print the Se/f-Test As you unpack your new printer, the complete contents...
  • Page 10 You’ll find your Star Micronics this book. Please read completed registration card as soon as possible. value on the information This printer has been perfect working order. Lift the front cover, and you’ll find the packing material used to protect...

  • Page 11: How To Assemble The Printer

    HOW TO ASSEMBLE Now you’re ready to set up your printer the printer is turned off before you begin. Load the ribbon cassette: Loading and replacing and clean procedure: Turn the knob on the cassette counter-clockwise to tighten ribbon. Snap cassette carriage, as shown...
  • Page 12 Your printer has been supplied ribbon cassette. Because we suggest that you replace faded or uneven. NOTE: Always make sure the printer or replacing been in operation, head or metal be very hot. Use both hands to remove grasping it by the edges. Attach the cut sheet guide: This plastic guide...

  • Page 13: Features Of The Printer

    your printer. If you’re not using your printer and computer outlet. FEATURES OF THE PRINTER The simple steps you’ve for operation. Before you turn on the printer, become familiar with its features. open detector Control’ panel Figure 1-5. Features of the printer Release lever: Adjusts...

  • Page 14: The Control Panel

    Front cover open detector: cover is opened during Power switch: Turns printer Fuse holder: Contains Buffer case: Contains optional Interface connector: Connects on configuration) to your computer. Entry slot for form feed paper: guides. Adjustable tractor feed platen. THE CONTROL PANEL Now take a closer look at the control panel...
  • Page 15 On line button: instructions inoperative missions are disabled Top of form (TOF) gle-sheet or form feed paper. Form feed (FF) button: Line feed (LF) button: Press and hold to advance I. ,. w DUAL IN-LINE PACKAGE In addition has 18 Dual In-line way it handles the DIP switches, To find the DIP switches,...
  • Page 16 @Letter-quality/draft-quality print selection Throughout this manual, to tailor the printer’s printing information on the positioning pendix W HOW TO LOAD PAPER INTO THE PRINTER As you become acquainted more more for the conveniences ability to accept single-sheet any external devices. Read on, and you’ll kinds of paper in it.
  • Page 17 When the paper is in this position, from the top of the page. You can adjust the start-point by using the Line Feed button Remember to first put the printer the “Pause” button. Figure l-8. Loading single-sheet Figure 1-9. Aligning the page with the cutting edge of the shield.
  • Page 18 Form-feed loading: Your printer’s built-in venient features ever offered form-feed paper as well as with paper- so you produce continuous feed. Here’s how it works: *Turn off the power switch the hinged back cover. you’ll need to remove *Loosen the clamp screws tractor units.

  • Page 19: Adjusting The Print Head Gap

    Figure l-11. Form feed paper correctly @Close the paper bail and the front printer You can now check Press the Form Feed (FF) button page, after pressing the “Pause” ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD GAP This printer is designed nesses, as well as multilayer printing with a simple adjustment...

  • Page 20: How To Print The Self-Test

    Figure 1-12. Adjust the print head gap. By experimenting with this lever, you will learn which yield the highest quality HOW TO PRINT THE SELF-TEST Eager to see the beautiful, new printer can produce? You can easily view a sample The self-test confirms both the correct...

  • Page 21: Connect The Interface Cable To Your Computer

    NOTE: Always be sure the ribbon there is paper ing. The printer will print symbols in the letter-quality .To eject the page, press the Pause button; FF). Now take a close look. ginning. CONNECT THE INTERFACE CABLE TO YOUR COMPUTER You’ll be printing in just minutes, to your computer...
  • Page 22 There’s only one way to attach the connector, so you can’t go wrong. (For information on serial and IEEE-488 interfaces, please see your Star dealer.) In the next section, you’ll see how easy it is to use the printer with your favorite word processing programs.
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  • Page 25: An Introduction To Ascii Codes

    WORD PROCESS/A/G PRINTER WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: @HOW to Use ASC// Codes for the Features You Want dnstalling Your Word Processing If you’re already familiar to the next part in this section, word processing program. on and we’ll show you how to use them to get the most from your printer.

  • Page 26: Decimal Codes

    Most computers, printers, specific types of codes “ask-key”) stands for the American Interchange. This standard computers and related devices data in a way that each can understand. ASCII code for each letter, number, see Appendices C and E) you will probably for your day-to-day applications.
  • Page 27 with the corresponding confirm that you’re entering It’s important to remember are simply different expressions are other expressions of ASCII codes “Escape” codes and “Control” Many ASCII codes can be entered software package with the use of either the escape key-in conjunction with...
  • Page 28 allow you to send your text “simply” send codes for special manual will advise you on how to do this.) Your best option, however, “custom” installation for printers. quire some highly detailed works, but they give the best results. gories of information you’ll .Do you have a backspacing...
  • Page 29 Remember, your software manual is the primary source of infor- mation for printing with your word processing package. ever in need, your dealer is there to lend a hand. *********** In the next section, we’ll show you how to print several popular spreadsheet programs with your printer.
  • Page 31 SECTION GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR SPREADSHEET PACKAGE WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: *How Print Spreadsheet Programs Next to word processing, widely accepted microcomputer and business. And it’s an area where your printer really shines. ability to print in the condensed elite-gives you a new level of flexibility As a result, you can print eye-catching...
  • Page 32 review the command structure with your printer. VisiCalc setup codes VisiCalc’s setup option allows you to use the advanced features of your printer by first sending the proper codes to it. (In the following examples, the control character caret.) To get to the setup mode, type”/P”. need to know for the setup options available to you: “C - This code signals you to send the character lowing as a printer code.
  • Page 33 Remember, in the expanded mode, your printer prints characters at twice their normal width. The VisiCalc After you’ve designed your spreadsheet essary information, described in the software manual, this command is used to delineate the size of the spreadsheet cell in the upper left-hand in the lower right-hand Normally, when you plan a very large printout-one fit on a single page-other...
  • Page 34 LOTUS 7-2-3 One of the most popular 1-2-3 combines spreadsheet, word processing cations in a single package. spreadsheet is very similar to that used in VisiCalc and SuperCalc. The Lotus print commands As described in the Lotus manual, the printing procedure is begun with the command /PP.
  • Page 35 key. (If you are in the LQ mode, you can switch to draft mode with the code \027 \053.) Table 3-3. Lotus l-2-3 setup codes for draft mode pitch sizes. Pitch Size Columns Per Line Pica In the following sections, we’ll show you more of the features you’ll use to create professional-quality printer.
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  • Page 37 EXPLORING PRINT FEATURES WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: @How to Put Emphasis into Your Letter-Quality @Using the Versatility @Combining Features With the Macro Instruction *HOW to Use the international As you know, your printer will print letter-quality acters per second and draft-quality per second.
  • Page 38 THE LETTER-QUALITY Although DQ is the original factory default setting, you can change the default to the Letter-Quality DIP switch 1-5 (turn this back ON to reactivate DQ) or by entering the codes through your word processing Quality Mode” later in this section). imenting in DQ, let’s take a look at the options you have in the let- ter-quality mode.
  • Page 39 Like most of the print features, the emphasized activated-remain Table 4-2. FUNCTION Activate Emphasized Print Cancel Emphasized Print Underlining The underlining accent your text: THIS IS UNDERLINED Figure 4-4. An example of underlined text. Here are the commands you’ll need to start and stop the under- lining feature: Table 4-3.
  • Page 40 LETTER QUALITY CHARACTERS WITH PROPORTIONAL SPACING OR NORMAL Figure 4-5. An examole of proportional prlntlng. Table 4-4. The codes for proportional FUNCTION ESCAPE CODE Activate Proportional <ESC> Cancel Proportional <ESC> THE DRAFT-QUALITY You’ll probably want need to print a fast draft of your work, but when you see all the ca- pabilities this mode offers, we think you’ll use it even more often, To switch from LQ to DQ you have two choices:...
  • Page 41 specifications. You can also use pitch size to integrate different kinds of text into a printed page. The following available draft-quality pitch sizes. Pica pitch As we have said, pica printing yields 10 characters 80 characters per line. Pica is commonly thesis papers, reports, -and your document be easy to read or scan.
  • Page 42 WBJECT: ORDERING STATIONERY I Imld 1,ike place supplies -Frcxn your Enclosed my order Please pr~~~~ss this Thank you. Figure 4-7. Elite printing in the draft mode. To access the elite pitch: *Turn off DIP switch l-6 (if it had been turned @Enter one of the following Table 4-7.
  • Page 43 w ~;M311~NDG FEATURES WITH THE MACRO As you gain in experience with y.our printer, you will undoubtedly develop a flair for combining might want to combine condensed preference for combined styles, this printer makes them easy to use with the macro instruction The macro instruction of separate commands works: first, you define the “macro”...
  • Page 44 Table 4-10. DIP switch settings Sets. COUNTRY SWITCH France Germanv England Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Table 4-l 1. Codes used to activate Sets. ESCAPE CODE <ESC> USA=0 France = 1 Germany = 2 Denmark= Sweden = 5 Whenever you’re finished you can return to the one you normally use by again entering the proper code and country number.
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  • Page 47 SECTION CREATING PAGE FORMATS WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: @How to Set the Left and Right Margins @HOW to Determine of Lines Per Page, and the Top and Bottom Margins *How to Control Line Spacing @Superscripts and Subscripts @Setting and Using Vertical and Horizontal In Section 4, we showed you the wide range of printing capabilities offered by your printer.
  • Page 48 in table 5-1, you will need to enter a specific value for “n” to signify the positions of the left and right margins. substitute any number between 1 and 132~just make sure that the left margin has a smaller value than the right margin. After you have set the margins, the printer will automatically return and line feed.
  • Page 49 1 and 127 - just be sure that this number is greater than the value you chose for the top margin. Table 5-2. Setting the and the top and bottom margins. FUNCTION ESCAPE CODE Page Length in inches -=ESC> (n = 1 to 32) Number Lines Per Page...
  • Page 50 As Figure 5-l shows, when you print with DIP switch l-3 in the off position, your line spacing will be 1/8th inch, the European standard. This setting will yield 8 lines per inch, or 88 lines on an 1 l-inch Of course, you are by no means limited to these two settings-by entering codes you can have complete control of the line spacing function.
  • Page 51 VERTICAL TABS When you are tabulating you may find it useful to leave a number of lines blank between sections of print. This printer’s vertical tab feature allows you to do this with the codes shown in Table 5-5. Table 5-5. Setting and using vertical tabs. hNCTlON ESCAPE CODE...
  • Page 52 Table 5-6. Setting and using horizontal FUNCTION ESCAPE CODE D nl n2...0 <ESC> Horizon- tal Tabs Advance to Next Horizon- <HT> tal Tab ****+****** In this section, we’ve shown you some of the more common methods you will use to create a custom format. But there are many more, as quick review of Appendix A will show.
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  • Page 55: Escape And Control Codes

    SECTION PROGRAMMNG WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: *How to Use the Character Commands Gome Examples tures of the printer If you’re like most personal computer owners, you’ll probably use your printer primarily for printing cessing applications. But if you are interested in some of the more esoteric uses of your printer-such printing while you’re writing a software program-you experiment by putting it through...
  • Page 56 10 LPRINT CHR$(27) “THIS LPRINT LPRINT CHR$(27) LPRINT “BUT THIS Figure 6-1. A sample of expanded type. As you can see, the command represented by the first statement, CHR$(27) CHR$(87) CHR$(l), turns on the expanded print function; command represented CHR$(87) CHR$(O), turns it off. All of your printer’s features can be activated and canceled command.
  • Page 57 LPRINT CHR$(27) ‘SELECT EMPHASIZED LPRINT “THIS LPRINT CHR$(27) ‘SELECT DOUBLE-STRIKE LPRINT “AND THIS LPRINT CHR$(27) ‘CANCEL DOUBLE-STRIKE LPRINT “NOW YOU’RE THIS DOUBLE-STRIKE THIS EMPHASIZED THIS BOTH AT ONCE NOW YOU’RE BACK TO NORMAL PRINTING Figure 6-2. Double-strike and emphasized print in BASIC. Underlined printing Underlining...
  • Page 58 Superscripts and subscripts When you need to reference footnotes or write math formulas, your printer’s superscripts short program to illustrate how easy it is to use them: 10 LPRINT “LOOK! LPRINT CHR$(27) ‘SELECT SUPERSCRIPT “SUPERSCRIPTS LPRINT LPRINT CHR$(27) ‘CANCEL SUPERSCRIPT LPRINT “AND LPRINT...
  • Page 59 LPRINT l-i ” LPRINT STANDARD. LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT NE. ” Here is an example of the line space settings for the program: THIS COMMAND 1/8TH LINE SPACING,WHITH THIS COMMAND REVERSE Figure 6-5. Line spacing at 1/6th, 1/8th, and 1IlOth inch. Just as you used an escape code in Section 5 to program your own user-specified inch), you can also do this in BASIC with the code: CHR$(27)
  • Page 61 SECTION BASIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES WHAT THIS SECTION SHOWS YOU: *HOW to Clean the Printer *HOW to Replace the Fuse *How to Replace the Print Head Ghecking PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE Over the years you will come to appreciate your printer for its ex- tremely accurate and reliable operation.
  • Page 62 W HOW TO CLEAN THE PRINTER In order to maintain optimum performance want to clean it inside and out on a periodic basis. First be sure to turn the power off and disconnect Exterior Use a soft cloth moistened in denatured dust and dirt from the case of the printer.
  • Page 63 @If the metal strip is bent or broken, you’ll want to replace it. (Be sure to get a 5MT 2-amp fuse, or its equivalent.) Figure 7-1. Replacing the fuse in the printer REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The print head in your printer isvery durable and has an extremely long design life.
  • Page 64 @To keep the screws from vibrating adhesive (or a similar product), available at your dealer or a local hardware store. *Check to see that the print head and its cable are secure before you resume printing. H M&KING THE PRINTER FOR CORRECT OPER- On occasion, you may find that your printer isn’t operating mally according...
  • Page 65 aPower lamp is on, but printer will not operate. Make sure the printer is on-line and the front cover is closed. The front-cover-open mode until you close the cover firmly. Mechanical This group of checks is related to the mechanical operation of the printer, especially the flow of paper and ribbon through the machine.
  • Page 66 “words” of 8 bits each-if is off, you won’t be able to print in the block graphics At Star Micronics, we are dedicated to bringing you the highest- quality, most durable printer money can buy. As a result, you’ll find that this printer will provide many years of trouble-free member, if you have any questions or problems that aren’t answered...
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