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Epson FX-80 User Manual (376 pages)

FX Series printer

Brand: Epson | Category: Printer | Size: 2.92 MB

Volume
7
- Fcc Compliance Statement
  2
- For American Users
  2
- Conventions Used in this Manual
  3
  - Table of Contents
    7
- List of Figures
  13
- Introduction
  18
  - Inside the Printer
    19
  - Inside this Manual
    19
- Programmer's Easy Lesson
  24
  - First Steps
    24
    Ticket Program
    25
    Ticket Program Description
    27
- The FX Printers
  30
  - The FX-80 and FX-100 Printers
    31
  - Printer Parts
    32
    Additional Supplies and Accessories
    33
    Printer Location
    33
    Paper Separator
    34
    Paperpath
    34
    Printer Preparation
    34
    Covers
    35
    Paper Separator
    35
    Manual-Feed Knob
    36
  - Protective Lids
    36
    DIP Switches
    37
  - DIP Switch Vent
    38
    DIP Switch Factory Settings
    39
    DIP Switch Location
    39
    Ribbon Installation
    40
    FX-80: Built-In Tractor Feed
    41
    Paper Loading
    41
  - Ribbon Insertion
    42
    Printer Readied for Paper Insertion
    43
    Pin Feeder Adjustment
    44
  - Loading the
    44
    FX-80 and FX-100: Friction Feed
    45
  - Tractor Unit Release
    45
    And FX-100: Removable Tractor Unit (Optional on the FX-80)
    46
  - Hook and Stud
    47
  - Tractor Unit Installation
    47
  - Adjusting the Pin Feeders
    48
    Paper-Thickness Lever
    49
    Starting up
    49
    Top-Of-Form Position
    49
    Top of Form
    50
    Paper Thickness Adjustment
    51
    Cable Connection
    52
    Control Panel
    52
    The FX Tests Itself
    52
    Sample Automatic Test
    53
- BASIC and the Printer
  54
  - BASIC Communications
    55
  - Several Computers' Print LIST Commands
    55
    BASIC Print Commands
    56
    Character Strings
    56
    ASCII and BASIC Basics
    57
  - Several Computers' Printer Activating Commands
    57
    Control Codes
    58
    Escape-CHR$(27)-And Other CHR$ Commands
    59
  - ASCII Codes on the FX
    59
    Italic Listing
    60
  - Change Commands
    61
    Mode Cancelling Codes
    62
    Reset Code
    62
    Delete and Cancel
    63
  - Alternate Formats for Escape Sequences
    63
  - Summary
    64
  - Dot-Matrix Printing
    66
    Dot-Matrix Characters
    66
    Main Columns
    67
    Theprinthead
    67
    Intermediate Positions
    68
    Main Columns
    68
- Print Pitches
  66
  - Modes for Pitches
    69
    Pica and Elite Modes
    69
    Compressed Mode
    70
    Pica and Elite Letters
    70
    Pitch Comparison
    70
    Mode Priorities
    72
  - Pitch Mode Combinations
    73
    Expandedmode
    73
    Pica and Expanded Letters
    74
    Multiple Print Pitches on One Line
    75
  - Summary
    76
  - Summary of Print Pitches
    77
  - Bold Modes
    78
    Double-Strikemode
    78
    Emphasized Mode
    79
    Single-Strike and Double-Strike Letters
    79
    Proportional Mode
    81
- Print Quality
  78
  - Mixing Modes
    82
  - Summary
    83
    Mode Priorities
    83
  - Summary of Modes
    84
- Dress-Up Modes and Master Select
  86
  - Four Modes
    86
    Underline Mode
    86
    Script Modes: Super and Sub
    88
    Italic Mode
    89
  - More Mode Combinations
    90
    Master Select
    90
  - Master Select Program
    91
    Master Select Combinations
    93
  - Master Select Choices
    93
  - Dress-Up Combinations
    94
    Summary
    95
  - Backspace
    98
    Overstrikes
    98
    Offsets
    99
- Special Printing Features
  98
  - Unidirectional Mode
    100
  - Bidirectional Line
    101
  - Unidirectional Line
    101
  - International Characters
    102
  - Some Special Characters
    102
  - International Characters in Italic Typeface
    104
  - International Characters in Roman Typeface
    104
  - Special Speeds
    105
    Half-Speedmode
    106
    Immediate-Print Mode (FX-80 Only)
    106
  - Summary
    107
  - Line Spacing
    110
    Preset Line Spacing
    110
- Line Spacing and Line Feeds
  110
  - Default Line Spacing
    111
    Variable Line Spacing
    112
  - Cascading STAIR STEPS
    113
    Microscopic Line Spacing
    115
  - Line Feeds
    115
    One-Time, Immediate Line Feed
    116
    Reverse Feed (FX-80 Only)
    116
  - Staggering STAIR STEPS
    117
  - Summary
    118
  - Line-Spacing Commands
    119
  - Form Length Control
    120
    Form Feed Distance
    120
- Forms Control
  120
  - Setting the Top of Form
    121
    Not-So-Standard Forms
    122
  - Two-Inch Form Feed
    123
  - Two-Line Form Feed
    123
  - Paper Perforation Skip
    124
    Skip Command
    124
    Standardskip
    125
    DIP Switch Skip
    126
  - Single-Sheet Adjustment
    126
  - Summary
    127
- Margins and Tabs
  130
  - Margins
    130
    Left Margin
    130
    Margins and Pitches
    131
  - Left Margin Setting
    131
    Absolute Left Margin
    132
    Listing at New Margin
    132
    Right Margin
    133
    Right Margin Set Incorrectly
    133
    Right Margin Set Correctly
    134
    Both Margins
    135
    Tabs
    135
    Default Horizontal Tabs
    136
    Horizontal Tab Usage
    136
    Tabs with Text and Numbers
    137
    Variable Horizontal Tabs
    138
    Absolute Horizontal Tabs
    139
    Vertical Tab Usage
    139
    Ordinary Vertical Tabs
    140
    Ordinary Vertical Tabs
    141
    Text at Tab Stop
    142
    Absolute Vertical Tabs
    143
    Vertical Tab Channels
    143
    Printout of Multipage Channels
    145
    Summary
    145
- Introduction to Dot Graphics
  148
  - Dots and Matrixes
    148
  - Print Head
    149
    Dot Pattern in Two Line Spacings
    150
    Pins Numbered Sequentially
    150
  - Graphics Mode
    151
  - Pin Labels
    152
  - Graphics Modes
    152
    Pins Labelled Uniquely
    153
    First Graphics Programs
    154
    Pin Combinations
    154
    Straight Line
    155
    Large Caret
    156
    Slash
    156
    Wave Pattern
    157
    Diamond Pattern
    158
    Summary
    159
- Varieties of Graphics Density
  160
  - Graphics Programming Tips
    160
    Graphics and Low ASCII Codes
    161
    Graphics and the Reset Code
    161
  - Density Varieties
    162
    High-Speed Double-Density Graphics Mode
    163
  - High-Speed Double-Density Dots
    164
  - No Overlapping Dots
    164
    Low-Speed Double-Density Graphics Mode
    165
  - Overlapping Dots
    165
    Moredensities
    166
    Quadruple-Density Graphics Mode
    166
  - More Graphics Programming Tips
    167
    Reassigning Alternate Graphics Codes
    167
  - Seven Density Modes
    167
    Nine-Pin Graphics Mode
    169
  - Nine-Pin Usage
    170
  - Pin Combination Patterns
    171
  - Printout Using Bottom Pin
    171
    Repeated Patterns
    172
  - Curling Design
    172
    Repeated DATA Numbers
    173
  - Summary
    174
- Design Your Own Graphics
  176
- Planning Process
  176
  - STRATA Program
    177
  - STRATA Layout
    178
  - STRATA Logo
    179
    Three-Dimensional Program
    180
  - Figure
    180
    Corner of the FX-80 Design
    181
    First Version of 3D Program
    182
    Figure
    185
    FX-80 Figure
    185
    FX-100 Figure
    186
    Program for FX-80 Figure
    186
    Other Versions
    187
    Summary
    188
  - STRATA Program
    180
  - More Distinct Version
    188
  - Reversed Version
    189
- Plotter Graphics
  190
  - Arrays
    190
  - Array in Memory and on Paper
    191
  - Computer Memory as Sketch Pad
    191
  - Labelled Cell
    192
    Dimension and Arrays
    193
    Filling Arrays
    193
    Circle Plotting
    194
  - Ones and Zeros Become Dots and Blanks
    192
  - Plotting a Circle
    194
    Displaying an Array
    195
    Ones Become Dots
    195
    Pin Firing Sequences
    196
    Code Solutions
    197
    Higher Resolution
    198
    Divide and Conquer
    199
    Reflections
    200
    Exploding Galaxy
    201
    Big Bang
    202
    Summary
    205
- Symmetrical Graphics Patterns
  206
  - Printing the Array Contents
    208
  - Pattern Sets
    208
    Pin Pattern Calculation
    209
    Graphics Width Settings
    210
    Pattern Printout
    210
  - Program for SYMMETRY
    211
    Variations
    212
  - Symmetric Pattern
    212
    Symmetric Pattern 2
    213
    Symmetric Pattern 3
    213
    Summary
    214
  - ROM and User-Defined Characters
    216
    Character Definition
    217
    Preparation
    217
    Design
    218
- User-Defined Characters
  216
  - User-Defined E
    218
    Dots into DATA
    219
  - Incorrectly Designed E
    219
    Attribute Byte
    220
    Proportional Print
    220
  - Attribute Byte Conversions
    221
    Printing User-Defined Characters
    222
    Defining more Characters
    224
    Downloading Command
    224
    Redefining Control Codes
    225
    Mode Strings
    228
    Strata
    229
    Summary
    229
- Combining User-Defined Characters
  232
  - Large Letters: Double Wide
    232
  - Side-By-Side Characters
    233
  - Large Letters: Double High
    234
  - Giant Letters: Double High and Double Wide
    234
  - Double High and Wide Character
    235
  - ASCII Pattern
    236
  - Program for Giant G
    237
    Giant G
    238
    Data for AMES
    239
  - Games Seem same
    239
    Core Sets
    240
  - Messages in Three Pitches
    240
  - Tracks
    241
    Interlace
    242
    Line Graphics
    242
    Summary
    243
- Business Application
  244
  - Preparation
    244
  - Barchart
    244
  - Barchart
    245
  - Program for BARCHART
    247
    Statement Form
    248
  - Program for STATEMENT
    251
    999 REM: the End
    255
    Index
    256
    Intermediate Positions
    262
  - Manual-Feed Knob
    263

Epson FX-80 User Manual (355 pages)

Brand: Epson | Category: Printer | Size: 16.64 MB

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

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Fcc Compliance Statement
2
For American Users
2
Table of Contents
5
AASCII Codes and Character Fonts
8
- ASCII Codes and International Characters
  8
  - ASCII Code Summary
    9
  - International Characters Summary
    10
- ASCII Character Matrixes
  11
Control Codes in Numeric Order
26
C Control Codes by Function
38
- Character Weight
  38
- Print Enhancement
  39
- Special Printer Features
  39
- Line Spacing
  40
- Forms Control
  40
- Page Format
  41
- Dot Graphics
  41
D Control-Code Comparison
42
- Control-Code Chart
  42
- Epson Model Differences
  44
E Defaults and DIP Switches
50
F Troubleshooting
56
- Problem/Solution Summary
  56
- Beeper Error Warnings
  59
- Hex Diagnosis
  60
- Coding Solutions
  61
  - Pokeing Codes
    62
  - Special Printer Drivers
    63
- Solutions for Seven-Bit Systems
  64
  - High-Order Bit Control
    65
  - Seven-Bit Graphics
    66
- Solutions for Specific Systems
  67
  - Apple II Solutions
    67
  - TRS-80 Solutions
    68
  - IBM-PC Solutions
    68
  - QX-10 Solutions
    69
Mixing Print Modes
72
- Methods for Mixing
  72
- Arriving at 128 Type Styles
  72
  - Mode Conflicts and Priorities
    73
  - Summary Notes
    74
- Mode Priorities
  74
Customizing the FX
76
- Spread-Sheet Programs
  76
- Word Processing
  76
- BASIC Program Listings
  77
- Quiet Printing
  77
- Graphics and User-Defined Characters
  77
- Printer Maintenance
  78
  - Always
    78
  - Now and then
    78
  - Rarely
    78
  - Changing the Print Head
    79
  - Print Head Replacement
    79
Technical Specifications
82
- Printing
  82
- Paper
  83
- Printer
  83
- Environment
  84
- Interface
  84
- Schematic
  85
- Pins and Signals
  87
- The Parallel Interface
  87

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Design Your Own Graphics

Planning Process

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Chapter 3 Using the Printer

Chapter 4 Using the Printer Options

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

Chapter 7 Technical Specifications

Epson FX-80 Operation Manual (203 pages)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 SET-UP

Chapter 2 OPERATION

Setting DIP Switches

Chapter 3 CONTROL CODES

Chapter 4 MAINTENANCE

Appendixes

Epson FX-80 Operation Manual (195 pages)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 SET-UP

Chapter 2 OPERATION

Chapter 3 CONTROL CODES

Chapter 4 MAINTENANCE

Appendixes

Epson FX-80 User Manual (108 pages)

Table of Contents

AASCII Codes and Character Fonts

Control Codes in Numeric Order

C Control Codes by Function

D Control-Code Comparison

E Defaults and DIP Switches

F Troubleshooting

Mixing Print Modes

Customizing the FX

Printer Maintenance

Technical Specifications

Epson FX-80 Technical Service Data (51 pages)

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