Star Micronics FR-10, FR-15 User Manual

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CONGRATULATIONS

Thankyouforbuyingthisprinter.Thisprinterisprovidedwiththefollow­ing featunx:

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2 printmodes- DraftandNearLetterQuality

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Manydiffenmttypefacesbuiltintotheprinter

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Epsonor IBMPmprintercompatibilityincludinggraphics

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Comprehensivepaper-handlingfacilities(cut-sheetor tractorasstan­dard,withoptionalAutomaticSheetFeeder)

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Paper-parkfacility for loading cut-sheet paper without having to
unloadfanfoldpaper

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MemorySwitchfacility,enablingcomprehensiveprogrammingfrom
thefrontpanel

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Optionalcolorfacilities

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ORGANIZATIONOFTHISMANUAL

Thismanualis dividedinto9 chaptm. Usechapters1through3 asa“User

Guide”,givingyouinformationonhowto setupandstartyourprinter.The
remainingchaptersmay be treatedas a referenceguideforprogramming
operations,etc. It assumes a degree of knowledgeoff the operationof
computers(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers).
Thechaptersam as follows:

Chapter 1- Introduction
Readthissectionfirst,as itexplainshowtounpackandinstallyourprinter.

Chapter 2- Front panel controls
Theream a numberof controlson the frontpanelwhichperformvarious
functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesand font selection.This
sectionshowsyouhowto usethefrontpanelcontrols.

Chapter 3- Settingup the Memory Switches
Your printerhas a MemorySwitch function,which allowsyou to make
certain system settings fmm the front panel. This section explains the
operationof theseMemorySwithes.

Chapter 4- Emulations and escapecodes
Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and
the softwarecommandsused to drive it. This sectionis of use if you zue
writingor modifyingprogramstotakeadvantageof theprinter’sfeatwvs.

Chapter 5- DIP Switches
Thissectionexplainshowto settheDIPswitchestomakesystemsettings
on the printer.

Chapter 6- MS-DOSand your printer
Sincethe PC or PC-ATfamilyof computers

runningunderMS-DOSis
currentlythe most popularccmflgurationof microcomputer,wehave in­cludeda fewhintsandtips to helpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems.
SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinteqmxer,wehave

also included some hints, and a sample program in this languageto

demonstratethecapabilitiesoftheprinter.
Chapter 7- Troubleshooting and maintenance

Thissectiongiveachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking
in theexpectedway. It alsoincludesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance
operationsyou cancarryoutyourself.Itisno~however,acompleteservice
manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouareumnueofyourabilityto
carryoutanymaintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter 8- Specifications

This sectiongivesthe specificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9- Character sets
Thesechartsgivethe diffenmtcharactersetsavailable,andthedifferences
between‘nationalcharactersets (as set up withtheDIP switches).

TABLEOFCONTENTS

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

LOCATINGTHEPRINTER

UNPACKING,SEITING UP ANDCONNECTION....................1

Setting

up.................... ............ .................. ... ................................3

.. ............ ............................... ... ..........

Comection.. ............ ..................... ........................... ... ... ............. ..5

LOADINGPAPER.......................................... ........... .......... ......... .

Cut-sheetpaper.................... ............. ... ... ............. ..................... ...7

Fanfoldpaper(continuous)stationery.........................................8

Oncethepaperhasbeenloaded

Chapter 2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

CONTROLSANDINDICATORS.................... ............. ... ...........11

Controls..... ........ ......... ........ ......... .................................... ..........11

Indicators...................................................... ........... ........ ..........11

PITCHSETTING.......................................... ......... .......... ........... ..12

PitchPanelLock........ ......... ......... .......... ........ ............................12

FONTSETTING ........ ......... ........ .......... ......... ...............................13

Font PanelLock...................... ........ ........... .......... ......... .......... ...13

QUIETMODE... .................................. ........... ........ .......... ........... .13

PAPERHANDLING......................................... ........ ...................14

Formfeed

Paperparking..... ........ ......... ........ ......... .......... ......... ...................14

Shorttear-offfunction....................................... .......... ........... ...15

MicroFeed........ ....... .......... ....... .......... ........... ........ ....................16

BUFFERCLEAR/RESET............... ......... .......... .......... ......... .......16

TESTANDMAINTENANCESETTINGS................. ........ ........16

..... ........ ................................... .......... .......... ......... ......14

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Chapter 3 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES

MENUOPTIONS.................... ............ ............. ... .... .....................

CommandMenu.................................. ......................................19

Fontmenu...................................................................... ......... ...

Print Menu............................................................ .......... .......... .20

PaperMenu... .......... ......... ........ ..................................................20

FormsMenu.... .......................................... .................................21

Factorysettings................ ................................. .........................22

Chapter 4 EMULATIONS ANDESCAPE CODES

EMULATIONS........ ......... ........ ......... .......... .......... .......... ......... ....

NUMERICALREPRESENTATION...........................................23

COMMANDCODESANDESCAPESEQUENCES..................24

Fontstyle and characterset controlcodes.................................26

Font pitchcontrolcodes.......... ........ ........... ........ ........... ............30

Specialprintmodecontrolcodes

Linespacecontrolcodes........................... ....................,............36

..... .......... ...............................

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Formfeedcontrolcodes..... ........ ......... ........ ..............................39

Marginsand verticaltabsettingcontrolcodes......................,...41

Horizontalprintpositioncontrolcodes.....................................44

Downloadedcharactercontrolcodes. ......... ........ ......... ......... .....48

Graphics

Miscellaneouscodes..... ........ ......... ....... .....................................55

ASCIIcommandsequences............... ......... ...............................63

..... ............................... ........ ........ .................................52

Chapter 5 DIP SWITCHES

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Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 69

TROUBLESHOOTING..... ........ ......... ........ ......... .........................69

Powersupply....................................... ......................................70

Printing...... ......... ........ ....... ......... ................................. ........ ......70

Paperfeeding..... ........ ....... ......... ................................ ......... .......72

MAINTENANCE........................... ......... ................................ .....75

ADJUSTINGTHEPRINTINGGAP ...... ......... ......... ........ ......... ..75

RIBBONREPLACEMENT............ ................................ ..............76

REPLACINGTHEPRINTHEAD............................. ........ ..........78

FRONTPANELDIAGNOSTICAND

TESTMODES........ ....... ......... ........ ................................. ........ .....80

Shorttestmode... ......................................... ..............................80

Longtestmode

Texttestmode

Hexadecimaldumpmode...... ......... ......... ........ ......... .................83

Bidirectionaltest/adjustmentmode

........................... ......... ...... .......... ......... ......... ....81

..... ....... ................................ ......... ........ ......... .....82

..... ........ ..............................84

Chapter 7 MS-DOSANDYOURPRINTER 87

INSTALLINGAPPLICATIONSOFI’WARE

WITHYOURPRINTER........ ......... ........ ....... .......... ......... ......... ..87

GRAPHICSHARDCOPY............................ ...............................89

SE’ITINGUPTHEPRINTERFROMTHEDOSPROMPT......89

PROGRAMMINGUSINGBASIC......... ................................. ....90

Sampleprogram............... ..........................................................90

Howtheprogramworks............................................................93

Patchesnecessaryto usethe BASICinterpreter........................96

Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS
Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS

STANDARDCHARACTERSET#1.. .......... ....... ......................102

STANDARDCHARACTERSET#2........ ......... ........ ................104

IBMCHARACTERSET#2 ................ .......................................105

IMBCHARACTERSET#l ..................................... ......... .........107

ADDITIONALCHARACTERSET......................... ..................108

INTERNATIONALCHARACTERSETS...... ......... ......... ........ .109

INDEX

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chapter 1

INTRODUCTION

Thefollowingsectioncovemtheunpackingandinstallationofyourprinter,
togetherwithinformationonpaperloadingandhandling(bothcontinuous

andcut-sheetpaper).

LOCATINGTHE PRINTER

Beforeyoustartunpackingandsetting up yourprinter,makesurethatyou

havea suitableplaceon whichtolocateit. By“asuitableplace”,wemean:

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A firm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

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Awayfromexcessiveheat(ie awayfromdirectsunlightandawayfrom
heaters,etc)

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Awayfmmexcessivehumidity

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Awayfromexcessivedust

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A locationwithsufficientspaceto locatethe printerandanypaperto be
fedintoit, as well as theprintedpapercomingout

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Ifyouareusinga parallelconnectionto yourcomputer,makesurethatit
iswithin2m(6ft)ofthe printer(anRS-232connectionusingtheoptional
RS-232interfacecanbe madeoverlongerdistances).

UNPACKING,SE’l_HNGUPANDCONNECTION

Nowunpackthecontentsof theprintershippingcontainer,andmakesure
thatyouhavethefollowing:

● The printeritself

● Paperguideassembly

s Theplatenknob
. A fabricribbon

If anyoftheseitemsm missing,cmtact yoursupplier.

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The optionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare:

● Serial(IN-232) interfaceboard

● Automaticsheetfeeder

● Coloroptionkit

See the installationinstructionscontainedwith these optionalitems for
detailsof howto attachthemtoyourprinter.

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Settingup

Placeyourprinterinthepositionwhereitisgoingto be permanentlysited,
and removeallpackingmaterialfrominsidethe top cover.This packing
materialisintendedtopnwentdamagetotheprinterintransit.Youmaylike
to keep thispackingwiththeprintercartonif youintendtranspofiingthe
printerfor use at a differentlocation.

The platen knob should be removedfrom the accessorybox inside the
s~pping carton.Mounttheplatenknobontheshaftontheright-handside
ofthe printer.Turnthe knobontheshaftbeforepushingtheknobfullyinto
position.

NOTE
I Beforeturningtheplatenknob,alwaysensurethatthepowertotheprinter ~

is OFF.

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Removethetopcoverbyliftingthefront(usingthetwogripsat the side),
andpullingtowardsyou.Nowinstalltheribbon.

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Usethetensioningknobontheribboncartridgetotightentheribbonifit
is slack(turnclockwise).

23Theribbonshouldpassbetweentheprintheadandtheprintheadshield

(seeillustrationbelow).

,Print headshield

bon

Usethe gnpson thesideoftheribboncartridgetohelplocatethecartridge
(squeezetheminwardsgently),and make surethatthe spindleson the
cartridgeholderfit intothesocketsonthecartridgeitself.

Ribboncartridge

Ribbon holder

Connection

Comect theprinterto yourcomputer,usinga standardparallel-typecable.
On a PC or PC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthat youusethe25-wayD­typeconnectoratthecomputerend,andtheAmphenol-type36-wayconnec­tor at the printerend.Thepinoutsof the printer’scomector m givenin
Chapter8 if you needa cableforconnectionto another computer.
Plugtheprinterintoa suitablemainsoutlet.However,DONOTturnonthe
powerswitchatthebackof theprinteryet.

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You mayneedto setsomeDIP switchesinsidetheprinterbeforeyou start

usingit. TheseswitchesenableyoutoconfigwetheprinterasanEpsonor
asanIBMProprinterprinter.TheDIPswitchesalsoenableyouto selecta
characterset other than the USA characterset, if your supplierhas not
alreadysettheseup foryou.TheDIPswitchcoverislocatedinsidethetop
cover(seebelow).Usetheendofapaper-clip(orsimilar)tosettheswitches.
Detailsoftheseswitchesaregiven inChapter5.Ifyoufeelunsureastoyour
abilityto settheseswitches,contact yoursupplier.

DIP switch covel

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LOADINGPAPER

followingsectionsexplainhowto loadpaper- single-sheet(cut-sheet),

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withoutthe AutomaticSheetfeeder,and alsotheoperationsnecessaryfor

loadingcontinuous(fanfold)stationery.

Ifyoutm usingtheAutomaticSheetFeeder,pleaserefertotheinstructions
suppliedwiththeAutomaticSheetFeederunit.

Cut-sheetpaper

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Placethepaperguidein position,locatingthelugsonthebottomofthe
assemblyintotheslotsontheprinterbody.

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Makesurethatthereleaseleverispushedtowardsthebackoftheprinter
(~ position).

Adjustthepaperguidesto matchthesizeof paperyouwillbeusing(re-

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memberingthat printingwillstartsomedistancefmmtheleft-handedge
of the carnage).Therearemarkingsmoldedinto the backplateof the
assemblytohelpyouifyouwishto centerthepaper.Ifyouarecentering
thepaperusingthemarkingsmoldedintothepaper guide,rememberthat
printingwillstartfromtheleft-handedge,unlessyouresettheleft and
rightmarginsusingsoftwmvcommands.

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Placethepaperbetweentheguides,placingthesideon whichyouwant
toprint towardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdowninthe
guidesuntilyoufeelit stop.

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per guide

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Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchatthebackof theprinter.Theprinter

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wilibeep,indicatingthatno paperisinpositionforprinting.Theorange

PAPERindicatoralsoshowsthis.

Nowpmssthe (SE’’WT’PARK:button.ThepaperbailWillmoveclearofthepaper,

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andhe paperwillbefed andadjust&1past the printheadto a position
readyforprinting.The paperbailwillbemovedbackto grip the paper
againsttheplaten,and theprintheadwillmovetothestartposition.

Theactualverticalpositionofthe paperafterauto-loadingisdeterminedby
theMemorySwitchsetting(seeChapter3).
The verticalpositionof the paper can be finely adjustedby meansof the
microfeedfunction(seeChapter2).

Fanfoldpaper (continuous)stationery

Ifyouaregoingtousefanfold(continuous)paper,thenyouwillneedtouse
theintegraltractormechanismassembly,situatedundertherearcoverofthe
printer.

1 Removethetopandrearcoversof theprinterto insertthe paper.

Clamp lever

Rear cover

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2 Pushthereleaselevertowardsthe frontoftheprinter(tothe~ position).

This has the effect of releasingthe paper from the platen roller, and
engagingthetractorfeed.

3 With the sprocketcovers open, tluvad the paper over the sprockets,

aiigningthesprocketholeswiththepinsonthesprockets.

4 Adjustthe spacingofthesprocketsby slidingthemalongthebar,using

the clamp lever at the back of each sprocketto release and lock the
sprocketimposition(whentheleverisup,thesprocketmaybemoved,and
whenitisdown,the sprocketis locked).

Release lever

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Sprocket cover

5 Nowclosethespmcketcovers,againmakingsurethatthepapersprocket

holesarealignedwiththepinson the sprockets.If theyarenotaligned
properly,youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresulting
in tearingandjammingof thepaper.

6 Tumonthe printerusingtheswitchattheback oftheprinter.Theprinter

willbeep(indicatingthat the paperisnotyetfullyloaded).This is also
confirmedbytheorange

PAPERindicator.

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7 Nowpnxthe @&@button.Thepaperbailwillmoveclearof thepaper,

andthepaperwillbe fed and adjustedpast the printheadto a position
~ady for printing.The paperbailwillbemovedbackto grip thepaper
againsttheplaten,andtheprinthead willmoveto the startposition.As
whenloadingcut-sheetpaper,theMemorySwitchsettingwilldetermine
the initialpositionof the paper after auto-feeding,and the micm feed
functionmaybeusedto adjustthe paperposition.

8 Remountthetop coverrearcoverandthetransparentprintercover.

9 Remountthepaperguideas shownbelow:

Oncethepaper has beenloaded

Theprinterwillnowbeon-line(theONLINEindicatorwillbelighted).You
maynowwanttochoosea font,apitchand aprintquality.This canbedone
fromthefrontpanel,butyoumustputtheprinteroff-linefirst by pressing
the.[=~~~-;button. The indicatorwill go out and the printerwillbeepto
confirmthis.

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chapter2

FRONTPANELCONTROLS

The followingsectiondescribesthe frontpanelcontrolsand indicatorson

yourprinter,togetherwithadescriptionofthefunctionsperformedbythem.

CONTROLSANDINDICATORS

The followingis a brief guideto the controlsand indicatomon the front
panel.

Controls

I m CO”mm m W-LIGHT

9 LETTER-Q _ SCRIPT

9 SANSERIF = CINEMA FONT

M INTERNAL = DRAFl

m WcFl _ POWER

m Izcm

= ‘mp PITCH

-“NDn u a– fi

MICRO FEED

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5ETIWECTiT.ARU PAPER FEm

= PAPER

Theprinterisequippedwithfivebuttons:fmmleftto right theyare, LFONT;

and .@!I (smaller buttons), and @E@,

buttons).

(PA~R~EEtj and (, ONPUI~”> (larger

Indicators

The firsttwobuttonshavea seriesof indicatorsnextto them whichshow

whichoption has beencurrentlyselectedusingthem(fontor pitch).Some
oftheseindicatomcanbeeitherorangeorgreen,dependingupontheoptions
cunently selected.

Thereis no indicatorassociatec’withthe

SETEJECTPA~K;

obvious when paper has been inserted), but the
buttonsboth have indicatmxembeddedin the buttons themselves.The

indicatorembeddedinthe

PAPERFEEO’Ibutton,howeverdoesnotindicatepaper

feeddirectly,butindicates(whenilluminated)whetherQuietmodehasbeen

selected(see below).The .­Pushingthe

~-LINE”’ buttonwillalternatelysetthe printeron- andoff-line

ONWE’. buttonalsohas an embeddedindicator.

andilluminateor extinguishtheindicator.

button (as its operationis

PAPERFEED’and ‘“ONLINE””

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Inadditiontotheseindicators,the~ m twoothers,POWERandPAPER.The

POWER

the

indicatorwillilluminatewhenpowerissuppliedtotheprinter,and

PAPERindicatorwillilluminatewhennopaperhasbeeninserted.

PITCHSEITING

Usethe PITCH’ buttontosetthepitchthatwillbe printed.Rememberthatthe
printer.mustbeoff-lineforyoutodothis.Successivepnxses ofthisbutton
willilluminate(andselect) the followingoptionsin thisorder:

( Pitch IIndicator(s)

10charactersperinch

12charactersper inch 12CPI

17charactersper inch 10CPI,COND
20charactersuer inch ] 12CPI.COND 1
Proportional I PROP

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Holdingdownthisbuttonwillcyclecontinuouslybetweentheseoptions.

PitchPanelLock

If the PITCH’ buttonis pressedwhentheprinteris turnedon, thepitchwill
be “locked”,and no pitchchangescan be made from software.It is still
pssible, however,toputtheprinteroff-lineandchangethepitchusingthe

PITCH button.

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FONTSEITING

hXSiIlg the ~‘oNT:

the printermustbeoff-lineforyoutodothis.Notethattheselectionofsome
fonts(showninyellowonthefrontpanel)is shownby anorangeindicator,
andthe selectionofothers(shownin greenon the frontpanel)is shownby
agreenindicator.Holdingdownthe
Mtweenthe fontsavailable.

button willilluminatea fontindicator.Rememberthat

(FONT~ button will cycle continuously

I Font

I courier

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!kliDt

sanserif

Cinema

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Draft

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FontPanelLock

lfthe .TONTI buttonimpressedwhentheprinteristurnedon,thefontwillbe

“locked”,andnofontchangescanbemadefromsoftware.Itisstillpossible,

however,to putthe printeroff-line and changethe font using the ‘~ONf’

button.

QUIETMODE

To selectQuietmode,theprintermustbeon-line.Whileitison-line,press

I.PAPE!FEEDbutton. This will alternatelyilluminateand extinguishthe

the

QUIETindicator.Whenin Quietmode,theprinterwillprintslightlyslower,

butat a reducednoiselevel.
NOTE

If you press the
button willperformitsnormal function,ie it willfeedpaper.

PAPERFEEO?

buttonwhile the printeris off-line,the-EEZ

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PAPERHANDLING

The followingsectionsdescribethe waysin whichyoucancontrolpaper
feeding,etcbymeansof thefrontpanelcontrols:

Formfeed

formfeedcanbe achievedfromthe frontpanelin the followingway:

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Put the printer off-line, by pressing the

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indicatoris extinguished.
Pressthe

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Pressthe =‘ button momentarily.

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The paper willthenmoveforwardto the top of the nextsheet(fanfold

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paper),or ejectacutsheet.
Settheprinteron-lineagain(..

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.!APEBFEEDbutton,andkeepit depnxsed.

ONLINE.button)to resumeprinting.

ON.LINE button, so that the

Paperparking

Paperparkingisusefulif youareusingfanfoldpaper,andyouwanttoprint
adocumenton oneortwosheetsof cut-sheetpaper.Theprinter“parks”the
fanfoldpapersafelyout of the way,so that youdo notneedto unloadthe
paper before inserting cut-sheet paper, then, when you have finished
printingon cut-sheetpaper, movesthe fanfoldpaper back to its original
positionso thatyoucan restat printing.

To use this facility,followthe instructionsbelow:

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Puttheprinteroff-line@ess the :-OWW‘button,sothattheindicatorgoes
out).

Pressthe

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paperpath.

{ET:::CT:PARK’button,so that the fanfoldpaperis movedoutof the

Nowmovethe teleaseleverto therearoftheprinter(~ position)toselect

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cut-sheetpaper(disengagingthe fanfoldsprockets).

NOTE

Ifyoudonotmovethereleaseleveratthisstage,theprinterwillwarnyou

at‘thenextstepbyemittinga continuousseriesof &ps.

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Insertthecutsheetpaperin thepaperguides
Pressthe

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6fi~~ECTPAR~buttoninorderto feedthecutsheettothestartingprint

position.Theprinterwillautomaticallygo on-line.
Printasnormalonthecutsheet(s),andwhenyouhaveftished printing,

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puttheprinteroff-line(byp~ssing the .
If the softwarehasnotdonethisfor you,ejectthe paperbypressingthe

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ONLNE.;buttonagtin).

@IS!:@button.

Movethe releaselever to the frontof the paper (~position) to select

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fanfoldpaper(engagingthefanfoldsprockets).
Nowfeedthefanfoldpaperto the printpositionbypressingthe

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{EKJECTP(R]

button.Thepaperwillmoveto itsformerprintposition,and theprinter
willautomaticallygoon-line.

Youarenowreadyto startprintingon fanfoldpaperagain.

Shorttear-offfunction

Theshort-tear-offfunction is handy when using fanfold paper. It ejects the

papersothatthe perforation isjust abovethetransparentcover, allowing you
tear it off

feedafteryouhavetomoffthepaper,the~by startingprintingatthetopof

thenextform.Thisfeatureis especiallyusefulif you areusingpre-printed

stationery(suchas invoices,etc),whichwillnotbe printedalltogether.

withouthavingto openuptheprinter.It thenreversesthe paper

Tousetheshorttear-offfunction,pressthe{

ON”LINEIbutton whentheprinter

ison-line,andholditdownforafewseconds.Whenyoureleasethebutton,

thepnnterwillgooff-line,andthepaperwillmoveupafewinches,allowing

youtotearofftheform.

To ~tum the paperto itspreviousposition,pressthe

ONLINE buttononce

again.Whenyou ~lease the button,the printer will return to its on-line
status,andthepaperwillbefedbackwards,withtheprintheadalignedwith

thetopofthenextform.

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MicroFeed

The Micro Feed facilityis usefulif youwishto alignthe paperexactly.It

feedsthepaperforwardsor backwardsin l/216th inchincrements.
To use thisfeatwe,puttheprinteroff-line(usingthe (- button).
Thenpress the @@> button,and eitherthe

(PAP-O) button (to feed the

paperforwatis), or the @W@ button(to feedthepaperbackwards).
Holdingdownthesebuttonscontinuouslywillcontinueto feedthepaperfor-

wardsor backwardsinsmallincrements.

BUFFERCLEAR/RESET

It is possibleto clearthebufferoftheprinteror to mtumittoitspower-on

statusby usingthefrontpanelbuttonswithouthavingto turnthe poweroff

andon.Todothis,put theprinteroff-line(pressthe[ON

L~.1 button),andthen

pressthe :-0N~i~~7buttonagain.Beforereleasingthe (“~~ button,hold

downthe
holdingit down(beforereleasingthe C

“F!NT button.Releasingthe (:0~~1buttonwithintwosecondsof

ON.LNSIbutton)willclearthedatain

thebuffer.Releasingthebuttonaftertwoseconds(again,beforereleasing

the @~-’ button)willresettheprinterback to thesettingsatpower-on.

TESTANDMAINTENANCESETTINGS

printerisequippedwithanumberoffunctionstoassisttestingandmain-

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tenance.Since it isanticipatedthattheywillnotbeusedveryoften,theyare

notdescribedhem,butin Chapter6.

However,briefly,theyare:

● Atexttestprintmode

● A shorttestprintmode

● A longtestprintmode

. A hexadecimaldumpmode

● Abidirectionalprinttest

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chapter 3

SETTINGUP

THE MEMORYSWITCHES

In additiontothepitchandfont,manyotheroptionsregardingthesetupof

theprintercanbecarriedoutfromthefrontpanel.To accesstheseoptions,

itisnecessarytoturnofftheprinter,and thenturnitonagain,whileholding
downthe
printerto printa seriesof questionsandoptionsto whichyoucan answer
usingthe frontpaneibuttons.Thisis calledthe MemorySwitchmode.

[~IE’1, .WR.FEED’Iand 4*S buttonstogether.Thiswillcausethe

-- 12CPI

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- COND ,.,:,:;;..;;:”::

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Theprincipleinvolvedis thattheprinterwillprinta listof optionson one
line.Youusethe

PITCH

Q ---

EXIT d -

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SET:WPARK and ‘P~ERFEEObuttonstomovetheprintheadsothat

SET/EJECT/PARK PAPERFEED

.,..,,,

MICROFEED

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QUIET

- PAPER
ONLINE

ENTER

it is belowthe optionyouwantto choose.
Theprinterwillmovethepaperupanddownasappropriate,sothatthemenu

optionsa~ visible.
The SETEJECTPAriK’buttonmovesthe print head one optionto the left, and the

PAPERFEED button moves one optiontotheright(asmarkedinblueonthefront

panelunderthebuttons).Holdingdownone ofthesebuttonswillstillmove
theprintheadonlyone optionforwardor back.

Whentheprintheadisbelowthedesiredoption,pressthe

ONLINE buttonto

enterthisintotheprinter’smemory.Anyoptionchosenatthisstagewillnow
be stored,evenwhenthe printeris turnedoff.

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Whenyoupressthe { ON- buttonto enteranoption,a“*”(asterisk)will
beprintedto confirmthattheoptionhasbeenchosen.
Themenusare organizedin a hieramhical(tm-structumd) fashion.Some
menusdo not chooseoptionsdirectly,but instead,move down to other
menus. To move up throughthe menu structure towards the “root” or
“trunk”,use the ~

PITCH’ button as an ““EXIT

button (a.. marked in blue

underneaththe button).
Thestructwe

of the menusis shownbelow.:

Mainmenu

,

Printcurrentsettings

Usefactorysettings

,

1-[

,

Commandmenu Fontmenu Printmenu Papermenu

1000-

Theoptionswithineachmenuare givenbelow.
Asmentionedabove,whenyoupressthe

(“-EX-”’I buttonfromanysub-menu

orfromanoptionwithinamenu,youwillreturntothemenulevelabovethe
currentone.If youpressthe ‘
willprint

“***E~***” ~d exitto

EXIT-’ buttonfromthemainmenu,theprinter

beingon-line,withthe settingschosen

inMemorySwitchmodebeingnow setin the printer.

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MENUOPTIONS

followingis alistoftheoptionswithinthemenus,andtheirmeanings,

The

togetherwiththepromptsprintedinMemorySwitchmode.Thepromptsare
givenin capitallettersin squarebrackets,thus:[OFF].Factorysettingsare
markedhemwithan asterisk(forexample,[ON*]).A summaryof factory
settingsis alsoprovidedfollowingthissection.

CommandMenu

Thismenuallowsyouto setup variousparameterscontrollingthe overall
setupof the printer:

RAMUSAGE

QUIETMODE

GRAPHICS

DIRECTION

AUTOON-LINE

The printer RAM may be used as a print buffer

[BUFFER*],fordownloadingfonts[DOWNLOAD],or

asasingle-linebuffer[lLINE.BUFFER].
Theprintermayeitherprintslowerandquieter[ON],or

faster,makingslightlymorenoiseIOFP].
Whenprintingingraphicsmode,theprintermayeither

printbidirectionally(in alternatedirections)for speed

IBI*]or in one directiononly (unidirectiomlfor in­creasedaccuracyCUNI].For practicallyall purposes,
however,bidirectionalprintingissufficientlyaccurate.

If this is set [ON*],then when paper is inserted,the
printerwillautomaticallycomeon-line.Ifset[OFFI,then
youwillhave to press thebuttonto

bringtheprinteron-

line.

FontMenu

Thismenuallowsyouto settwoparametm concerningfonts whichwillbe

automaticallyselectedwheneveryouturn on the printer:

ZEROSTYLE

NLQFONTSTYLE Thisoptionallowsyoutochoosethedefaultfontselected

In computerusage,a zero is often writ?enwitha slash
through it, as follows: ‘@”. This style is called

[SLASHED]. If
capital“O”,withouttheslash(“O”),thisismaybechosen

a zero is writtenas a slightlythinner

byselectirwrNOW*I.

whenNLQmodeisselected.Allavailablefontsaregiven
asoptions.Thedefault is [COURIER*].

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PrintMenu

Thismenuallowsyouto setup variousprintingoptionswhichwillbeauto­maticallyselectee-wheneveryouturntheprinteron:

PRINT QUALITY

PRINTPITCH

CONDENSED
PRINT

ITALICPRINT

OPTIONASF

AUTOLOADING

k

AUTOLOADING
(ASF)

r

PAPER-OUT
DETECTOR

ThiswillselecteitherNearLetterQualityWQ] orDraft

[DRAFF] mode.
You may select a print pitch of either [1OCPI*]or

[12CPIl(c’CPI”standsfor “charactersperinch”),orpro-

portionalspacingPROP].

Youmayselectcondensedprintto be eitherIOIP] or
IONlatpower-up.

YoumayselectitalicprintingtobeeitherIOW] or[ONI
atpower-up.

Withthisoption,you mayselectorcanceltheAutomatic
SheetFeederoption[OFF] or [ONI.

Whenyouloadpaperautomatically,thisoptiondeter­minesthenumberoftinesbywhichthepaperwill befed
forwardffomthetopofthepaper.Theoptionsrangefrom

1to 6, andthefactorysettingis6.

l%isoption,liketheoneabove,determinesthenumberoi
linesbywhichthepaperwillbefedforwardfromthetop
of thepaper,butheretheoptionis determinedfor the
AutomaticSheetFeder. Again,theoptionsrangefrom

1to6, and6 isthefactorysetting.

Frequently,theprinter willdetectthelackofpaperand
gooff-linewithanumberofbeepsifnopapcrisinserted
in the printer [ON*]. However, this can lx disabled

[Ore.

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I

FormsMenu

menuallowsyoutosetvariousoptionsassociatedwithpaperhandling:

This

SHORTTEAROFF

SKIPOVER
PERFORATION

I

I AUTOLF

AUTOCR

LINESPER INCH

PAGELENGTH

Whenusingfanfold
Off option allowsyou to tear off one sheet of paper
withouthavingtoejectthewholeofthefollowingsheet.
Ifthisoptionis set[ON*],whenthepaperreachesthetop
of the form,it will automaticallybe advanceda little,
allowingyouto tearoff thepapereasily.Setthis option
to IOFFIif Youdonotwantto useit.

Whenusingfanfold(continuous)paper,you may wish
printingto stopa littlebeforethebottomofeachshee~
andstartprintingaLittleafterthebegimingofthenext(in
otherwords,skippingoverrheperforation).Thisisuseful
ifyouwanttoproduceprogramlistings,etc.Thiscanbe
enabledbysettingthisoption[ONI,or,ifusingsoftware
whichperformsthisfunctionautomatically,itcanbe set

[OFF].

Ifsel[ONI,this willexpandallreceivedcarriagereturn
codesto a linefeedandcarriagereturnpair.However,
thismaybe set

If set [ON*],thisfunctionwillexpandallreceivedline
feedcodes to a carriagereturnandline-feedpair.How­ever,this may be set [OFF]if you do not want to be
expanded.

Thissets thenumberoflinesper verticalinchwhichwill
beprintedto [3LPI],[4LPI],[6LPI*]or [8LPI].

ThepagelengthmaybesetbymeansoftheDIPswitches

[DIP-SW*](seeChapter5 for details)or to anyof the
followinglengths(in inches):

[7],[8],[8.5],[11.7]

11.7inches,whiletheDIPswitchsettingsof 11inches

(continuous) paper, this ShortTear

[OFF*Iifyoursoftwaredemandsit.

[31,[3.51,[41,[5.51,[61,

or [14].A4 paperisequivalentto

and12incheswillnormallybeusedforfanfoldpaper.

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I

Factorysettings

Thefollowingis a listofthesettingssetup atthefactory,whichmaybe re-

storedby choosingtheFACTORYSEToptionfromthemain menu:

COMMANDMENU

RAMUSAGE [BUFFER]
QUIETMODE
GRAPHICSDIRECTION
AUTOON-LINE

FONTMENU

IOm
IBI]

[ONI

ZEROSTYLE
NLQFONTSTYLE

PRINT MENU

PRINTQUALITY [DRAFT’1
PRINTPITCH [1OCPI]
CONDENSEDPRINT
ITALICPRINT

PAPER MENU

OPTIONASF
AUTOLOADING
AUTOLOADING(ASF)
PAPER-OUTDETECTOR

FORMSMENU

SHORTTEAROFF [ONI
SKIPOVERPERFORATION
AUTOLF
AUTOCR
LINESPERINCH
PAGELENGTH(INCH)

NORMAL]
[COURIER]

[OFFI
[OFFI

IOm
[6LINES]
[6LINES]

[ONI

IOm

IOm

[ONI
[6LPI]

IDIP-SWl

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chapter 4

EMULATIONS

AND ESCAPECODES

EMULATIONS

The printer has two emulation modes: standard mode and IBM mode.

In standard mode, the printer emulates the fhnctions of the Epson EX-800
andEX-lOOOpnnters.Additional command codes areincluded as asupset
of these emulations.

In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter II. Additional

command codes are included as a superset of these emulations.

TheemulationischangedbymeansofDIPswitch1.WhenON,theprinter

willbeinstandardmode,andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbeinIBMemula­tionmode(seeChpter5).Itisnotpossibletochangetheemulationmodeby
meansof softwarecontrolor thefrontpanelcontrols.

NOTE

RemembertoturnofftheprinterbeforemakinganyDIPswitchchanges.

NUMERICALREPRESENTATION

Whenin either standard or IBM mode, any numerical parametem taken by

command sequences are usually binary

In@ismanual,any ASCIIvalueswillberepresentedinquotes,eg“21”will

represent the ASCII string 32h concatenated with 31h (in BASIC,

CHR$(50)+CHR$(51)).Usuallyintheseexamples,however,hexadecimal
valueswillbequoted,asshownbythelowercase“h”followingthenumber,

eg 32h.

ratherthanASCIInumericalvalues.

Binarynumbersover FFh areobtainedby dividingthe numberinto two
bytes,thefirstbeingthe lowbyte,andthesecondbeingthehighbyte.Inthis

way,thevalue 123hwillbedividedintothe two followingbytes:23hand
Olh.

If negativenumbersare required,they are obtained by subtractingthe

absolutevalueof thenegativenumber from65536(10000h),anddividing
theresultintohighandlowbytes.Forinstance,torepresentthenumber-l Oh,

thefollowingoperationis carriedout:

23

1000Oh- IOh= FFFOh

andthe nxdt is dividedintothetwobytesof F7)handFFh,

If“non-printable” codes are given, ie those codes fmm OOhthrough IFh and
71%,these codes will be enclosed in angle brackets, for example cDC1>.
The name in the angle brackets is that assigned to the code in the ASCII con­vention. The name of the character should not be used, the binary value
should”beinput. In the same way, it should be noted that the angle brackets
are not to be input - they are merely there as delimitem in the printed text.

Of course, in a program, a meaningful variable name can be given to these
charactem, for instance (the following example is written in BASIC):

10

ESC$=CHR$(27) :BS$=CHR$(8)

20 LPRINT ESC$;BS$;

COMMANDCODESANDESCAPESEQUENCES

SomecommandcodesarecommontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.In
thedescriptionsof thecommandcodes,allcommandcodeswillbegiven,

togetherwithanoteofthemodestowhicheachcommandcodeisapplicable.
Mostof the

mode and the IBM emulation mode. If a command is common to both
modes, the descriptive heading is followed by “Both”. If the command is
specific to one mode, then either “Standard” or “IBM” will follow the
descriptive heading. Occasionally, there am two identical commands to
perform the same function. In these cases, the relevant sign follows the
escape sequence.

following command codes are available in both the standard

Whenparametemare given,theaccompanyingtextdescribeswhetherthe
parameteris an ASCIIcharacteror a binaryvalue.

In the following descriptions, first the function of the command sequence is
given. This is followed by the emulation for which this command is
appropriate (“Standard”, “Both” or “IBM”).

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Followingthe heading,the full formof the commandis given,usingthe
ASCIInamesforcontrolcodes,eg<ESC>(theanglebracketsoneitherside
ofthename arenotpartofthename,beingsimplydelimitem,andshouldnot
beentered).Variableparametersrueindicatedbya letter(usually“n”),and
an optional number, enclosed in angle brackets (eg cnO>). Where an
indefinitenumberof pararnetemareto be supplied,thecos areseparated
by an ellipsis(“...

“).Thesequenceisthengivenusinghexadecimalcodes
(twohexadecimaldigitsfollowedbyalowercase“h”),withvariablesagain
representedby lettersenclosedin anglebrackets.The decimalequivalent
followsthehexadecimal.Thefollowingis an example:

Examplecommand Both

<ESC>

IBh

I 27

Note that the above command sequence is for example purposes only - it
does not have any real function.

cBS>

08h

8

<?0
<0
<0

(codes)

(hexadecimal)

(decimal) \

25

Fontstyleandcharacterset controlcodes

Selectitaliccharacters

<ESC> 4

Standard

hz- 34h i

27

<FS> 4

I ICh

I 28 52

The sequence above selects italic character printing.

Deselectitalicprinting

<ESC>

IBh

27 53

<FS>

ICh

I 28

The sequence above deselects italic printing.

52

34h

5 Standard

35h

5

35h

53

IBM

IBM

I

I

I

I

\ select printmode

<ESC>,

IBh

27 120

This command selects the print mode for subsequent printing, where <n> may be a

binaryvalueofOOhorOl h,oreither of the,ASCHcharacters “O”or”l” (30h or 3lh).
If -a> is equal to OOhor “O”,then Draft mode will be selected, and if equal to Olh
or “l“, then NLQ mode will be selected. All other parameters are invalid. This
command will also be ignored if Font Panel Lock has been selected.

26

x

78h

-3P

<n>
<n>

Both I

I Selectfont

<ESC>

IBh

27 107

ThecommandaboveselectsatypefaeeforsubsequentNLQprinting,where<n>is
abinaryvalue in therangeofOOhto07h.The followingtableshowstheeffectof
differentvaluesof thisparameter:

k

6Bh

<0

<0
<n

Both

I

Binary
Value

OOh I Courier

I

I Olh I Sanserif

I 02h I Letter-Gothic I 06h I TW.Li~ht I

Anyotherparametersare invalidandwill be ignored.Thiscommandwillalsobe
ignoredifFontPanelLockhasbeenselected.

Selectedfont

Selectcharactertable

<ESC>

IBh

Theeommandabovewillselectthecharaetertabletobeusedinsubsequentprinting,
where<n>canbeabinaryorASCIIvaluefromOOhthrough02hor”O”through“2”.
Thefollowingtableshowstheeffectof this parameter:

Value of cO I Description

I

OOhor “O”
Olh or
02h or “2” Moves character set downloaded in OOhto 7Fh area to

t

74h

116

I Selects standard character table

“i” I Selects IBM character table

80h to FFh area

<*

<0
<0

Binary
Vatue

Selectedfont

I 04h I Script

I 05h ] OCR-B

I 07h I Cinema

1

I

I

I

Both

I

Anyothervaluesareinvalidandwillbe ignored,

27

I

I Selectprimarycharacterset

Both

IBh 37h

27

55

Thecommandaboveselectstheprimarycharacterset.
Thereye noparameters.The areafrom80hto9Fh isusedforcontrolcodes.

[ Seiectsecondarycharacterset

IBh

27 54

36h

Both

Thecommandabove selectsthesecondarycharacterset.
Therearenoparameters.Theareafrom80hto9Fhisusedforprintablecharacters.

Selectinternationalcharacterset

<Esc>

IBh

R

52h

27 82

<FS> R <m

ICh 52h

28 82

<m
<0
<0

<*
<0

Standard

IBM

Thecommandaboveselectsaninternationalcharacterset,where<n> is a binary

valueintherangeOOhthroughOEh.Thecharactersetselectedisdependentonthe

valueof cn>, asshowninthetablebelow:

Value of ~ Intemationat character set

OOh USA 08h Japan
Olh France
02h

03h England
04h Denmark I
05h Sweden ODh Denmark/Norway
06h Italy
07h Spain I

Germany

Value of ac= International character set

09h

Norway

oAh Denmark II

OBh
OCh

OEh Irish

Spain II
Latin America

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Anyothervaluesof <n> are invalidand willbe ignored.The specialcharacters
affectingeachsymbolsetaregiveninChapter9.

\ Printcontinuouslyfromthe AHCharactersChart

IBh 5Ch

I ‘27 92 ah
Thecommandaboveallowsa seriesof specialcharactersto be printedfrom the

controlcodearea(OOhthruIFh),wherethe twoparametersgivethetotalnumberof
charactersto be printed(lowbytefiist).On receiptof thiscommand,anycodes
receivedintherangeOOhthroughIFh willnotbeinterpretedas controlcodes,but

willprintthecharacterscorrespondingto thosecodes.This willcontinueforthe
numberofcharactersdesignatedby <n@ and<nI>.

C/lb al>

d>

IBM I

I Printasinale characterfromthe All CharacterChart IBM \

<ES(7>

IBh

27 94

ThecommandaboveprintsasinglecharacterffomtheAllCharactersChart.There
arenoparameters.Ifthenextcharactertoreprintedhasacodebetw=n OOhandIFh,
itwillnot be treatedasa controlcode,andthecharactercorrespondingto this code
willbeprinted.

\ Select/cancelundefinedcontrolcodearea

<ESC>

IBh

I 27 73

A

5Eh

I

49h

Standard

<*

<0
<m

I

1

1

I

Thiscommandselectstheprintablecodeareaexpansion,wherea> maybea binary
valueofOOhorOlh,oreitheroftheASCIIcharacters“O”or”l” (30hor3lh). If<n>
isequaltoOOhor”O”,thentheundefinedcontrolcodearearemainsasnon-printable
codes.If cn> isequl to Olh or“l”, thoseareashiftstotheprintablecharacters.

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Fontpitch

controlcodes

Set picapitchprinting Standard

<ESC>

IBh

I 27

The commandabove sets all subsequentprintingto pica pitch. There are no

parameters.ThiscommandwillbeignoredifPitchPanelLockhasbeenselected.It

maybe candled bya cESC>M(elitepitchset)command.

P

50h

80

I

Set picapitchprinting

IBM

I<Dc2>

12h

18

The commandabovesetstheprintpitch to pica. There are no parameters.This
commandisignoredifPitchPanelLockmodehasbeenselected.

Setelite pitchprinting

<Esc>

IBh 4Dh

I 27 77
The commandabove sets all subsequentprintingto elite pitch. There are no

parameters.ThiscommandwillbeignoredifPitchPanelLockhasbeenselected.
may be cancelledby a <ESC> P (standardmode)or a <DC2> (lBM mode)
command.

M

Seteiite pitchprinting IBM

<Esc>

IBh

27 58

3Ah

Both

1

I

I

It

The commandabovesets theprintpitchto elite. Thereare no parameters.This
commandisignoredifPitchPanelLockmodehasbeenselected.

30

Setcondensedprintmode

<ESC>

IBh

27 15

<S1>

oFh

Eitherof the two commandsabovewill set condensedprintmode.Thereare no
parameters.Subsequentprintingwill take place at approximately1.7timesthe
numberofcharacters/inchthan waspreviouslythe case.Thisiscancelledonreceipt
ofacDC2>command.ThiscommandwillbeignoredifPitchPanelLockmodehas
beenselected.

<S1>

Om

Both

I

I

I Cancelcondensedprintmode

i

12h

18

Thecommandabovecancelsthecondensedprintmode.Therearenopammeters.On
receiptofthiscommand,all subsequentprintingwillbe doneat thepitchselected
priortoa cESC>
PitchLockmodehasbeenselected.

<S1>or<S1>command.Thiscommandwillbe ignoredifPanel

Select/cancelproportionalprinting

CEsc>

IBh 70h

27

Thesequenceaboveselectsorcancelsproportionalprinting,whereen> isabinary
orASCIIvaluefmmOOhthroughOlhor“O”through“l”. If<n>–+tlhor“O”,then
proportionalprintingisdeselected(cancelld), andifa>=olh or“l”, then

tional printing is selected. This command

hasbeenselected.

P

112

<w
<?0
</0

willbeignoredifPanel PitchLockmode

Standard

Both

propor-

31

I

Setor cancelpicaproportionalpitch

<ESC>

IBh

27

Thecommandabovesetsor cancelspicaproportionalpitchprinting,wherecn> is
abinaryvalueofeitherOOhorOlh.Ifcn>issetto Olh,thenpicaproportionalprinting
isenabled,andifQ> is settoOOh,thenpicaproportionalprintingisdisabled.Any
othervaluesof<m withthiscommandwillsetpicapitch,andthepMter willattempt
toprint<n>.IfPanelPitchLockmodehasbeenselected,thenthiscommandwillbe
ignored.

P <m

50h

80

<m
<0

iBM

Specialprint modecontrol”codes

Seiectkancei expandedprinting

<ESC>

IBh

27 87 <?D

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsexpandedprinting,where<n>isa binaryor

ASCIIvaluefromOOhthroughOlh or “O”through“l”. If cn>=OOhor “O”,then
expandedprintingis deselected(canceled),andif cn>=olh or“l”, thenexpanded
printingisselectedforallprintingsubsequenttothereceiptof thiscommand.

w

57h

<0

<0

Both

Seiectone-iineexpandedprinting

<ESC>

IBh

27 14

<so>

OEh

14

I

Eitherof the commandsabovewillselectone-lineexpandedprint.Thereare no
parameters.Expandedprintingwillbeperformedsubsequentto thereceiptofthis
commanduntilanyofthe followingcommandsisreceived:<DC4>,.&E-, &! SC>
<B, cVT>, =&I+,<ESC>cFI%=or&! SC>W.

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<so>

OEh

Both

Cancelone-lineexpandedprint

I<DC4>

14h

I

20

The commandabovecancelsthe one-lineexpandedprint modesetby cSO> or

cESC> <SO>. There are no parameters

Both

I

I

I

I

I SelectMasterprint mode

1cESC>

l13h 21h

27

Thecommandaboveselectsa “Masterprint”mode,
composedof theadditionof the following bit settings:

Bit Value Value

01 Olh

73=

1 2 02h
2
3 8 08h
4 16 IOh

m=

33

(dec) (hex)

4 04h

<0

<m
<0

Function Effect when Effect when

Pitch [ 12cvi I

Proportionalprinting

Condensed printing

Emphasized tnintimzI set cancel

where <n> is a binary value

bit=l

set
set cancel

Both

bit=O
IOcui

csi-kcei

Et=E=

61

I

I 7 I 128 I 80h

Hence, if condensed italic underlined print is required at 12cpi, the values of bits 2,

6,7 and Omust be added together.Tl& comesto(indecim~)4+64+128+1= 197,
or (in hexadecimal)04h+40h+80h+Olh=C5h.Themastermodeishencea useful
wayofselectinga numberofprintparameterssimultaneously.

64 I 40h

I

33

I

I Selectprintmode

<ESC> I

IBh

27 73

The commandabove selectsthe print mode (resident/downloadedfont, pitch),

wherecn> is a binaryvalue.Theprintmodeselectedbydifferentvaluesof-> is
shown‘inthetable below:

49h

I + I Printmode

I o I Draft

I 1 I Dniftwith elite pitch

I 2 I sanserif

3 Courier
4 Draft download

\

5 Draft download with elite pitch
6
7 Courier

Thiscommandisignoredif Panel Lockmodehasbeenselected.

<0
<Lb

<0

I

I

I
I

NLQ download

I Selectemphasizedprintmode

<ESC> E

IBh

I

27

45h

69

IBM

Both

1

I

Thecommandaboveselectstheemphasizedprintmode.Therearenoparameters.

All charactersprintedsubsequentto receiptof this commandwillbe printed in
emphasizedmode.Thiscommandisvalidonlyin draftmode.

Cancelemphasizedprintmode

<ESC> F

IBh

I 27
Thecommandabovecancelstheemphasizedprint mode.Therearenoparameters.

Allcharactersprintedsubsequenttoreceiptofthiscommandwillbeprintedinnon­emphasizedmode(canceling theeffectof the@SC> E command).

34

46h

70

Both

i

I

Selectdouble-strikeprinting

<ESC>

IBh 47h

27 71

Thecommandabovewillselectthedouble-strikeprint mode.‘Ilere arenoparame­ters.Anycharactersprintedsubsequenttothereceiptofthiscommandwillreprinted
indouble-strikemode.

G- ‘

I

Canceldouble-strikeprinting

<ESC>

IBh

H

48h

Both

27 72

The commandabove will cancel the double-srnkeprint mode. There are no
parameters.AnychamcterspMted subsequenttothereceiptof thiscommandwill
beprintedin non-double-strikeprintmode(canceling theeffectof the cESC> G
command).

Select/cancelunderline

<ESC>

I IBh 2Dh

27

45

<m

<m
<m

Both

The commandabovewill selector cancelunderlining,where<n> is a binaryor

ASCIIvaluewhichmaytakethevaluesOOhthroughOlhor “O”through“l”. If the

value is OOhor“O”,thenunderliningwillbecancelled.If cn>=olh or“l”, thenall

printablecharactersincludingspaces(butexcludinghorizontaltabsandIBMblock

graphiccharacters)willbe underlined.

Select/canceloverline

<ESC>

<?0

Both

IBh 5Fh <*

27 95

<m

I

I

I

Thecommandabovewillselectorcancdoverlining,where<n>isabinaryorASCII

. valuewhichmaytakethevaluesOOhthroughOlhor“O”through“l”.

isOOhor’’O”,then overlining will becancelled. If-a>=Olh or’’l”, then all printable

characters including spaces (but excluding horizontal

tabs)willbeoverlined.

If the value

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Selectsuperscriptkubscript

<ESC>

IBh 53h

Thecommandabovewillselecteithersuperscriptor subscriptprinting,where<O
isabinaryorASCII valuewhichmaytakethevaluesOOhthroughOlhor”o”through
“l”. If&e valueisWhor“O”,superscriptprintingwillbeselected,andif c~=olh
or“l”, thensubscriptprintingwillbe selected.

s

<0

<m

Both

Cancelsuperscripthubscript

i <ESC> T

I 27
Thecommandabovewillcancelsuperscriptorsubscriptprinting(ifeitherhasbeen

selected).Therearenoparameters.Ifeithersuperseriptorsubscriptprintinghasbeen
selected,then printingsubsequenttoreceiptof thiscommandwillbeinthenormal
position.

84

Both

Linespacecontrolcodes

] Linefeed

<LF>

OAh

I 10

Thecommandaboveadvancesthepaperoneline.Therearenoparameters.IfAuto
CRhas beenselectcxl,a carriagereturnwillalsobegeneratedonreceipt of a Line

Feedcharacter.1/6inchlinespacingwillautomaticallybe selectedatpower-on.

I Reverselinefeed Both

1<ESC> <Lfi

1

I

I

I

1

I

10 I

The commandabove will reverse line-feedthe paper one line. There are PO

parameters.1/6inchlinespacingisautomaticallyselectedatpower-on.

36

Set linespacingto 1/8 inch

<ESC>

IBh

27 48

Therearenoparameters.Thecommandabovesetslinespacingto 1/8inch,where
“O”is theASCIIvalue“O”.

o

30h

Both

Set iinespacingto 7/72 inch

<ESC>

IBh

27 49

Therearenoparameters.Thecommandabovesetslinespacingto7/72inch,where
“l” istheASCIIvalue“l”.

1

31h

Set iinespacingto 1/6 inch

<ESC>

IBh

27

Therearenoparameters.Thecommandabovesetslinespacingto 1/6 inch,where
“2”istheASCIIvalue“2”.

2

32h

50

Set iinespacingto n/216inch

<ESC>

IBh

27

Thecommandaboveallowsprecisecontroloflinespacing,whereco isa binary
value.Uponreceiptofthiscommand,thelinespacingwillbesetto <n>/216inch.

3

33h

51

<m

<0
<m

Both

Standard

Both

37

Set linespacingto n/72inch

<E!W>

IBh 41h

A

I 27 65

Thecommandabovesets thelinespacinginincrementsof 1/72 inch,where<O is
abinaryv~ue. on receiptofthis command,line spacingwillbeset to<0f72 inch.

<*
<m

<*

Standard

I

Definelinespacing(1/72inchincrements)

<ESC>

IBh 41h

27

Thecommandabovedefineslinespacingin 1/72inchincrements,wherecn> isan
optionalbinaryvalueifitknot txqualtozero,~> definesthelinespacingwhichwill
beimplementedafterancESC>2commandhas beenreceived.If<P = O,thenthe
currentvalueoflinespacingsetby a previouscESbA commandwillremainin
force.

A

65

<m

<m
<0

IBM

Execute<ESC>Adefinition IBM

<ESC>

IBh

27

Thecommandaboveexecutesthelinespacingpreviouslydefinedbythe43SC>A
command.Therearenoparameters.Ifan&SC>A sequencehasnotpreviouslybeen
entered,then linespacingwillbesetatl/6thinch.Ifan<ES~A sequencehasbeen
receivedpriortothiscommand,thenanysubsequentlinefeedswillmovethepaper
bythe amount specifiedbythe

2

32h

50

cESC>A command.

I One-timelinefeed (in 1/216inchincrements) Both I

<ESC>

IBh

J

4Ah

74

<m
<m

<m

I

I

Thecommandabovecausesaprecisepaperfeed,whereen> isa binaryvalue.On
receiptofthiscommand,thepaperwillbefedforwardby~>/216inch. Nocarriage
returnwilltakeplace,andthe currentlinespacingvaluewillbe unaffected.

38

Reverseone-timelinefeed (in 1/216inchIncrements)

Both

IBh

27 106

Thecommandabovecausesa precisereversepaper fmxl,where<n> is a binary
value.Onreceiptofthiscommand,thepaperwillbefedbackwardsby<n>/216inch.
Nocarriagereturnwilltakeplace,andthecurrentlinespacingvaluewillbe unaf­fected.

6Ah

<*
<m

Setverticsiprintposition(in iines) Both

<ESC>

IBh

I 27 102

Thecommandabovesetsthenextverticalprintposition,wherecn>isabinaryvalue
specifyingthenumberoflines(atcurrentlinepitchsetting)downfromthecurrent
positionatwhichprintingwillnexttakeplace.In thecommandthebinarycharacter

Olhcanbe substitutedfortheASCIIcharacter“l”.

f

66h 31h

1

49

<m
<*
<m

Formfeedcontrolcodes

Formfeed Both

<m

OCh

I

Thecommandabovewillcauseaformfeed.Therearenoparameters.Onreceiptof
thiscommand,theprinterwillprintalldatastoredintheprintbuffer,andwillmove
to the topofthenextpage(asdeterminedby the formlengthsetby@! SC>C or
<ESC>C<NUb. A
ASFhasbeenselected,thiscommandfunctionsasa pageejectcommand.

carriagereturn(totheleftmargin)willalsotakeplace. If the

39

I Reversefeedto top ofform

[“<ESC>

<FF>

Both

IBh OCh

27

12

The commandabovereversesthe paper to the top of the form. There are no
parameters.Onreceiptofthiscommand,thepaperwillbefedbackwardstothetop
ofthe currentpage.A carriagereturn(totheleftmargin)willalsotakeplace.This
commandisinvalidif theASFhasbeenselected.

I

Set pagelength(in inches)

<ESC>

c

IBh 43h

27 67 0

<Nub <0

OOh

<m
<0

Both

Thecommandabovesetsthepagelengthin inches,where<n> is a binaryvalue

(ls~><22 instandardmode,lS<n>S127inIBMmode)repmenting thenewpage
lengthininches.Thebottommarginis reset,andthecurrentlineafterexecutionof
this commandis madethe newtopofform.

Set pageiength(in iines)

<ES(2>

IBh

I 27

c

43h

67

<m

<0
<*

Both

The commandabovesetsthepagelengthin lines,wherecn> is a binary value

(ISCn>S127in standardmode,lgQ>s255 inIBMmode).Thenewpagelengthis
set accordingto the currentlinespacingvalue. Subsequentchangesof the line

spacingvaluewillnotaffectthepagelength.Thebottommarginis reset,and the
currentlineafter executionofthiscommandismadethenewtopofform.Thiscom­mandisinvalidifthelinespacingis setto,O.

I

40

I Set top-of-form

<ESC>

IBh

I

! 27

Thecommandabovesetsthetopof-formPositionatthecurrentpaperposition.There
arenoparameters.Onreceiptofthiscommand,thetop-of-formpositionwillbeset
tothecurrentpaperposition.

4

34h

52

IBM

Marginsand verticaltabsettingcontrolcodes

I Moveto nextverticaitab position Both

<V’b

t

OBh

11

Thecommandabovemovesthepapertothenext verticaltabposition.Thereareno
parameters.Onreceiptof thiscommand,the printerprintsdatastored in theprint
buffer,andthe papermovestothenextverticaltabpositionor(ifrhereareno more
verticaltabpositionsonthepage),tothetopofthe nextpage.Ifnoverticaltabpo­sitionshavebeensetwiththecESG B commandoriftheyhavebeencleared,the

papermovesforwardbyoneline.

I

I Set verticaitab positions

<ESC>

IBh 42h

27

The commandabovesetsverticaltabpositions,wherethevaluesrepresentedby
cnb to-ad> arebinaryvaluesgivingtheveficaltabpositionsinlinesfromthetop
of thepage.Thevaluesgivenmustkin ascendingorder.Iftheyareno~thesequence
willbeterminated.Thesequencemustendwitha-WUL>(ASCIIOOh).Ifnovalues
aregivenbetweenthecESC>Bandthe@JUL>,thenallverticaltabpositionspre­viouslysetwillbecleared.Printingwillstartonthe(cm+lth) lineinstandardmode,
andthe(cn>th)lineinIBMmode.

B cn~ ... <nl>

<nl>
cnl>

66

<n@ ...

Q@ ...

Both

<NuL>

OOh

00

41

I Selectverticalform unit(VFU)channel

<ESC>

IBh 2Fh

27

I

47

cm>
a>
cm>

Both

Thecommandaboveselectsa VFUwithinwhichallsubsequent<VT>commands
willbeexecuted,wherem isabinaryvaluefromOto7. Differentsetsofvertical
tabscanbestoredindifferentchannels‘usingthe<ESC>bcommand,andselected
usingthiscommand.

[ SetVFUverticaltabs Both

<ESC>

b

IBh 62h

27

98 -an>

ThecommandabovesetsverticaltabsinsideaVFW,wherem istheVFUchannel
(0S-<7) (accessedby the <ESG / C- command),and subsequentabsolute
values(inlines)ofverticaltabs(accessedby thecVb command)arerepresented
by <n@ to <nZ>.Thesevaluesmustbe giveninascendingorder,otherwisethe
commandwillbe terminated.Thesequencemustend witha @JUL>(oOh).If no
verticaltab valuesaregivenbetweenthechannelnumberandthe @JUb, thenall
previousverticaltabpositionssetforthatchannelwillbe cleami.

<m>

cm>

<n(b ...

cd>

<n@ ... d>
O@ ...

al>

<NuL>

OOh

o

1

I Set reiativeverticaltab positions

L

<ESC>

IBh 65h

27 101

e 1

31h

49

<*
<m
<*

Both

Thecommandabovewillsetrelativeverticaltabpositions,where<n> isa binary
value givingthedistance in linesbetweenverticaltabssetby thiscommand.The

verticaltabssetbythiscommandaresubsequentlyaccessedbythecV’b command.
Allverticaltabspreviouslysetarecleared.InsteadoftheASCII“l”, thebinaryOlh
charactercanbe used.

42

Settop margin

<ESC>

IBh 63h

27 99

Thecommandaboveset.sthetopmargin,whereaisabinary valuewhichspecifies

the”heightofthetopmargintothefmt printedlineinlines(atthecurrentlinepitch
setting).Printingwill starton the(*>+lth) lineon thepage.Subsequentchanges
tothelinepitchsettingwillnot affectthisvalue.

c

<*
<0
<m

Both

Set bottommargin

<ESC>

IBh 4Eh

27

Thecommandabovesetsthebottommargin,wherea> isabinaryvaluespecifying
thebottommargindeprhinlinesatthecurrentlinepitchsetting.Ifthepagelength
is reset (with the cESCX or <ESC>C<NUL>commands),the effect of this
commandwillbelost.Subsequentchangestothelinepitchsetting,however,willnot
affectthelengthsetby thiscommand.

N

78

<n
<n
<0

Canceltopand bottommargins

<ESC>

IBh 4Fh

27

I

Thecommandabove cancelsthesettingsfortopandbottommargins.Thereareno
parameters.

o

79

Set leftand rightmargins

<ESC>
I IBh
I 27 88

x

58h

<* <0

<?0

<0

<n

Both

Both

Both

I

I

Thecommandabovesets theleftandrightmargins,wherethe two valuesrepre­sentedby the<n>sare binarynumbersusedfor settingthe leftandrightmargins
respectively.Marginsare setatthe currenthorizontalpitch.

43

I Set left margin

I<ESC>

Thecommandabovesetstheleftmargin,where“l” isalowercase“L”(not“one”),
and<o is a binaryvalueusedtosettheleftmargin.Themarginis definedinterms
of thenumberofcharacterpositionsatcurrentpitch.Ifproportionalspacinghasbeen
selected,then thecharacterwidthfor picapitchis used.Theleftmarginmaynotbe
closerthan two print positionsto the right margin,otherwisethis commandis
ignored.

1

I

I Set right margin

I <ESC>

I IBh
I 27

ICh

28

Thecommandabovesetstherightmargin,wherecn> isabinaryvalueusedtoset
the rightmarginincharacterspacesatthecurrentpitch.Ifproportionalspacinghas
beenselected,thenthecharacterwidthforpicapitchisused.

Q

51h

81

Q

51h

81

<m

<m IBM I

<m
<0

Standard I

Horizontalprintpositioncontrolcodes

[ Carriagereturn

I <CR>

I 13

Thecommandaboveperformsa
beginningoftheprintline.IfAUTOLFhasbeensetupwiththeMemorySwitches,
a linefeedwillbe performedaswill(atthecurrentlinespacing).

carriagerehun.Theprintheadwillreturnto the

Both

I

I

I

I

I

I

44

Set/cancelautomaticlinefeed

<ESC>

IRh 35h <m

27 53

l%ecommandabovesetsorcancelsautomaticlinefeed,wherec- isabinaryvalue
ofeitherOOhorOlh.If<m=Olh,thenwhenevertheprinterreceivesa<CR>(ODh),

alinefeedwillautomaticallybeaddedbytheprinter.Ifcn>=OOh,thenthisfunction
willbecancelled.

5

<m

<n

IBM

I Moveto nexthorizontaltab

<I-In

I

09h

I

9

Thecommandabovemovestheprintheadtothenexthorizontaltabsetting.There
arenoparameters.Iftherearenohorizontaltabssetonthelinefollowingthecurrent
printposition,thiscommandis ignored.If underliningis on, then skippedprint
positionsarenotunderlined.

I Set/clearhorizontaltabs

<ESC>

IBh 44h cn(b

27

Thecommandabovesetshorizontaltabs,where-a@ andal> arebinaryvalues
representingthenewtabpositions.Ifnovaluesaregiven,alltab stopsarecleared.
Thedefaulttabsettingiseveryeightcharacters.Tabsaresetat thecurrentcharacter
pitch. If proportionalspacing has been selected, then pica pitch is used for
determiningthepositionsofthetabs.InStandardmode,oncethetabshavebeenset,
thepositionofthe tabswill remainthesameifthecharacterpitchischanged.In the
IBMmode,the tab settingswillchangerelativeto thenewcharacterpitchif the
characterpitchis changed.

D *b

67

*b

...

...

...

al>

<n]>
all>

Both

Both

<NuL>

OOh

o

I

45

I

Restoretabs to defaultsettings

<ESC>

IBh

27

Thecommandaboverestoresalltabs(verticalandhorizontal)to defaultsettings.
Thereare no parametm. On receiptof thiscommand,allverticaltabsettingswill

becleared,andallhorizontaltabswillbereset to everyeighthposition,startingat

column9.

R

52h

82

Set relativehorizontaltab positions

<ESC>

IBh

I 27 101

The command above sets horizontaltabs, where -> is a binary value. On
receiptof this command,allhorizontaltabswillbe cleared,andnewonesinserted
every<n> characters.Thesehorizontaltabscan be accessedwithan c- corn.

mand.

e

65h 30h

o

48

<*

<m
‘cm

Set horizontalprintposition

<ESC>

IBh

27

f

66h 30h

102

o

48

<0

<n
<*

IBM

Both

Both

1

I

Thecommandabovesetsthenexthorizontalprintposition,where-> isabinary
value.Thenexthorizontalprintingwilltakeplacecn> characterspaces(atcurrent
print pitch)fromthecurrenthorizontalprintposition.

46

I Setjustificationmode

L

<Esc>

IBh

I 27 97

a

61h

<?0
<w

<m

Both

The commandabove will set thejustifkation mode in whichthe printerprints
receiveddata,where-> isabinaryorASCIIvalueintherangeOOh(or’’O”)through
02h(or“2”).Themeaningsof thesevaluesare shownin thetablebelow:

I

Value

Meaning

Thedefault(whentheprinterisf~stturnedon) isleftjustifkation.

Producecharacterspace

<ESC>

IBh 20h

I 27 32

<s>

<?0

<*

<0

Standard

Thecommandabove producesa spacecharacter,where cSI% istheASCIIspace
character(20h),anda> isabinaryvaluefromOthrough127givingthe spacewidth
indots.Whenindraftmode,thedot spacingis1/120inch,andwheninNLQ,thedot
spacingis 1/240inch.If in superscriptor subscriptprinting,thedotspacingisthe
sameas above,butifinexpandedmode,theresolutionis halfthe above.

Selectnexthorizontalprintposition(by dot) Both

<ESC>

$

IBh 24h Cnb al>

27

36

<nib

*b

Cnl>

al>

I

Thecommandabovewill startsubsequentprintingat a horizontalpositiondeter-

minedly dot spacing,where~ andd> aretwobinarynumbers(lowbytefirst)
specifyingthenumberof dots(at 1/60 inchspacing)by whichtheprinthead will
movetothe rightfromtheleftmargin.IfthesubsequentpMt positionisbeyondthe

right margin,thenprintingwillstartattheleft margin.

47

I

I Moveprinthead

<ESC> \

Cnb

IBh 5Ch Cnb

27 92 Cnb

<FS> \ d>

ICh

/ 28

5Ch

92 Cn(b

Thecommandabovemovestheprintheadrelativetothelastprintposition,where
o~ andcnl> aretwobinarynumbers(lowbytefwst)specifyingtheamount(in
inches)by whichtheprintheadwillmove fromthelastprintposition.Thenumber
representedbytheparameterssignifiesmove~entinl/120thsinch.Apositivevalue
willmovetheprintheadtotherighgandanegativevaluewillmoveittotheleft.See
“NumericalRepresentation”forderailsofhownegativevaluesarerepresentedin
thisway.

ad> Standard

al>

d>

IBM

-all>
ad>

Downloaded charactercontrolcodes

CopystandardROM font intoRAM

<ESC> <NLJb <*

IBh

27

3Ah

58

OOh

0

<*

<?0

<FS> <NUb <0

ICh

3Ah

28 58 0

OOh

<0
<m

Thecommandabovecopiesthecharactersfromtheselcctcdcharactersetwitha>,

asshownbelow,into thedownloadRAMarea.<NUb is theASCIIcharacterOOh.
Thiscommandis only valid if “DOWNWARD”has been selectedin theRAM
USAGEmenuoftheMemorySwitch(seeChaptcr3fordetails).Allcharactersfrom

20htoFFharecopied.Regardlessofthecharacterse~thecharacters80hto9Fhare
copied.However,theblockcharactersofthe IBMcharacterset(BOhthroughDFh,
F4handF5h)arecopiedasspacecharacters.

e~Standard

OOh

o

<NuL>

OOh

o

IBM

I

I

48

Binary

Value

OOh Courier
Olh
02h
03h

Selected

Sanserif

Letter-Gothic
orator

font

Binary

Value

04h
05h

~h
07h Cinema

Selected font

Script
OCR-B

‘lW-Light

I

Definedraft downloadcharacter(s) Both

<ESC> & <NUb <cl> <C2> C*

IBh

27 61 0 <d>

I

Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof“soft’’charactersto be downloaded.
Thiscommandis only valid if “DOWNLOAD”has been selectedin the RAM
USAGEmenuoftheMemorySwitch(seeChapter3fordetails),andthedraftmode
hasbeenselectedbefore thiscommandisexecuted.

Thefollowingrulesareobsexved.<cl> andec2> arebinaryvalueswhichdetermine
thecharacterrangewhichwill be replacedby downloadeddata.For instance,if
<cZ>=20handcc2>.30h, allcharactersfrom20hthrough30hwillbeoverwriuen
bythedownloadeddata.Ifadownloadedcharacterisstoredinthearea80hthrough
9Fh, it can only be printedin the characterset #2 mode.It is possibleto store
downloadedcharactersin the part of rhe characterset reserved for
graphics(BOhrhroughDFh,F4handF5h),butthesecharacterscanonlybeprinted
whenthestandardcharactersethasbeenselected.

Eachcharacterisdefiiedby anattributebyte(cn>)and11databytes(dl> ...<A>).
Theattributebyte,en>,indicateswhetherthecharacterisanaseender(notusingthe
lowestof thenineverticaldots)or a descender(notusingthehighestdot).Italso
indicatestheamountofwhitespacetotheleftofthechamcter(Oto 7 dots),andthe
widthofthecharactercell,includingthisspace(4to 15dots).Theleftspaceandcell
widthattributesareusedonlyin proportionalspacing.

3Dh OOh

<cl>

<C2> <?0
<C2> <m’

cdl> ...

‘4> ...

4> ... cdn> I

~n>

ain>

IBM block

Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withtheMSBbeingthetopdotandthe
LSB thebottomdot.Thesecorrespondtopins 1 to 8 or 2 to 9 of theprinthead,
deWndingonwhetherthecharacterisanascenderordescender.

49

Definedraft downloadcharacter(s)

<ESC> =

al> 4> <DC4> cm> d> cd> cdl> ... 411>

IBM

I IBh 3Dh cd> 4> 14h cm> cal> cd> ail> ... 42>1

27 61 al> 42> 20 -> al> cd> 41> ... 411>

Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof “soft”charactersto bedownloaded.
Thiscommandis only valid if “DOWNLOAD”hasbeen selectedin the RAM
USAGEmenuoftheMemorySwitch(seeChapter3fordetails),andthedraftmode
hasbeenselectedbefore thiscommandisexecuted.
The followingrulesare observed.cnl> and d> give the numberof bytes of
characterdata that will follow.cm is the charactercode of the frostcharacter
defined.al> andCU2>areattributesbytes.’<all>tocdll> are thecharacterdata,
andare thesameasincESC>“&”. Theatrnbutebyted> indicateswhetherthe
characters anascender(notusingthelowestofthenineverticddots)ora descender
(notusingthehighestdot)andwhetherithasa downwardextensionto 12dots.

Theatrnbutebyted?> givesproportional-spacinginformation.Bit7 is ignored.
Bits4to6 specifytheoffsettothefwstbyteprinted(Oto7),enablingleadingspaces
inthecharactertobeignored.BitsOto3specifythewidthofthecharactercell(maxi­mum 11dots).The characterwillbe followedby a mandato~ blankdotcolumn
whichis notincludedin thiswidth.

Charactersdefinedby thiscommandcanbeselectedby cESb % 1,cESC> 14,
cESC>15,orcESC>16.

DefineNLQdownloadcharacter(s) Both

<ESC>

Cal> d>

&

I IBh 26h

ICal>

27

d>

38

Cal> cd>

<NUb

<*

OOh
<*

0

<m

<cl>

...

ccl>

...

ccl> <C2>

...

Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof “soft”characterstobedownloaded.
Thefollowingrulesareobserved.<cl> andec2>arebinaryvalueswhichdetermine
thecharacterrangewhichwillbe replacedby downloadeddata.For instance,if
ccZ>=20handec2>=30h,allcharactersfrom20hthrough30hwillbeoverwritten

bythedownloadeddata.Ifa downloadedcharacterisstoredinthearea80hthrough

9Eh,it can onlybe printedin the characterset #2 mode.It is possibleto store
downloadedcharactersin the part of the characterset reservedfor IBM block

50

<C2>

‘C*

<C2>

<0

<0

cab

cab

-b

graphics(130hthroughDFh,F4handF5h),butthesecharacterscanonlybeprinted
whenthestandardcharactersethasbeenselected.
a~, <al> andca2> areattributebytes, settingthestartingdotcolumn,printable
width(in dots),andendingdotcolumnrespectively.

Theverticaldefinitionofthecharactersis 18dots.Eachbytethereforerepresentsa
third of the verticaldefinition.If co bytes am requiredfor a character,the
arrangementofthesebytesisasfollows(wherethebytenumbersarerepresentedby
decimalnumbers,startingatO),andthctotalwidthofthecharacterhasbeendefined
bytheparametercal>:

Bit

1St

Byte

??nd

B}’le

6

“1-i

5

4
3
2
1

0

B

3rd
Byte

51

Selectdownload/standardcharacterset Both

<ESC>

IBh 25h

27

Thecommandaboveselectseitherthestandardordownloadedcharacterse~where
cn>isabinatyvalue(OOhorOlh)oranASCIIvalue(“O”or’’l”).Ifcn> equalsOOh
or“O”,thestandardcharactersetisselected.Thisis thedefaultvalueat power-on.
IfOlhor“l” hasbeenselected,thenthedownloadedcharactersetisselected.

%

37

<m
<*
<0

Graphics

Thefollowingcommandsrelatetothegraphicalcapabilitiesoftheprintex(bitimage
mode).Allbit-imageprintingis carriedoutasrastergraphics(iedatais acceptedin

blocks,andthenprintedas adjacentlinesofgraphicsonedotwide).

I

Select-bitimagemode

<ESC>

...

IBh

... dt>

27 42

...

I

Thecommandaboveselectsoneof thegraphicmodesavailableontheprinterand
printsgraphicdata,where-is abinaryvaluerepresentingthegraphicsmode(see
tablebelow),and<nb andcnl>arebinary values(lowbytefirst)givingthenumber
of graphicdatabytesfollowing(as representedby dO> ... <tin>).The actual
numberofdatabytes variesaccordingtothegraphicmodechosen.Thenumberof
databytes is equalto thenumberof graphiccolumnstQbeprinted.

[Graphicprintmodes]

CfrD

* Adjacentdotsarenotprintablein thismode.

Mode

0 Single

1 Double
2 High-speeddouble* 120
3 Quadruple

*

CA>

2Ah

dn>

m> -b

cm> -07

m> -aO> CnI>

DPI

60

120

240

urc-

Mode DPI

4

CRTI 80
5 Plotter 72
6 CRTH
7

Doubleplotter 144

<nl>

otl>

Both

Cdb

db

-do>

90

I

52

~elationship ofbitnumbertodotposition]

Whentheprinterisprintingbit-image&ta, therelationshipof dotsto pinsusedis
asfollows:

Pin number

;
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Qzl

Select8-dotnormaldensity

<ESC>

IBh

27 75

K Cnb

4Bh

*b
Cnb

Bi[

number

7

6

5

4

3
2
1

0

Both

-all> db ... cdn>
d>

Cnl>

Ufb ...

Cdb ...

cdn>
cdn>

Thecommandaboveselects8dot normaldensitybit-imageprinting,where<n@
andcnl> are binaryvalues(lowbytefrost)representingthe numberofdatabytes

followingthecommand.The databytes are representedby d(b ... dn>. This

commandhasthesameeffectas <ESG * O.

[ Select8-dot doubl-density

<ESC> L Cnb al> db ...

IBh

L

27 76 ab

4Ch Cnb d> d-b ...

d> Cd_b ...

Both

cdn>
dn>
cdn>

Thecommandaboveselects8-dotdouble-densitybit-imageprinting,wherecnb
and<nl> arebinaryvalues(lowbytefwst)representingthenumberofdatabytes
followingthecommand.The databytesare representedby cdtb ... ==zfn>.This
commandhasthesameeffectas <ESG * 1.

53

1

1

I Select8-dotdouble-speeddouble-density

<Esc>

I IBh 59h cnb

27 89 Cnb

l%ecommandaboveseleas 8-dotdouble-speed,double-densitybit-imageprinting,
wherec@- andcnl> arebinaryvalues(lowbytef~st)representingthenumberof
databytesfollowingthecommand.Thedatabytesarerepresentedbycdb... <d-.
Thiscommandhasthesameeffectas cESC> * 2.

Y

2

all>
Cnl>

Qll>

Clib ...

db ...

d(b ...

Both

C&>

cdn>

cdn>

Set 8-dot quadruple-density Both

<ESC>

I IBh 5Ah cn~

I 27 90 ~(b

Thecommandaboveselects8-dotquadruple-densitybit-imageprinting,where
cn~ and”cnl>arebinaryvalues(lowbytefrost)representingthenumberofdata
bytesfollowingthecommand.Thedatabytesarerepresentedby cd~ ... cdn>.
ThiscommandhasthesameeffectascESC> * 3.

z

Cn(b Qll> Qo ... cdn>

<nl>

Cnl>

<d& ...
Qi(b ...

-ain>
cdn> I

i

I

I

[ Redefinebit-imagemode

<ESC>

I

IBh

27

Thecommandaboveredefinesabit-imagemodeto anothermode, wherecm@ is

themodeto be redefined.ThismaytaketheASCIIvalues“K”, “L”,“Y”or“Z”.
cml> isa binaryvaluerepresentingthemodetowhichcmb isredefined,beinga
value used after the cESC> * command(Othrough 7). If any of the modes
representedby<m@ are subsequentlyselected,bit-imageprintingwillnowtake
placein themodeas definedbyml>.

?

3Fh Cml>

63 Cml>

cd>

Select9-dotgraphics

<ESC> A

IBh 5Eh cm>

I 27 94 un> Q(b =W> cd(h ... -dn> I
Thecommandaboveselectsthe9dot bitimagemode,wherecm isa binaryvalue

representingthe graphicsmode(seetablebelow),and cnb and cnl> arebinary
54

a> UIO>

<n(b

Cnl> cdlb ... .ain>

all> db ... cdn>

Both

Standard

1

values (low byte f~st) giving the numberof graphicsdata bytes following(as

representedby ~ ...

-do). The numberof data byte is twicethenumberof

graphicscolumnstobeprinted.

Miscellaneouscodes

The followingcommandsdo not relate specificallyto graphics,but have more
generalapplications:

I Set MSBto 1

<ESC>

IBh 3Eh

-27 62

Thecommandabovesets theMSBto 1.Therearenoparameters.Onreceiptofthis
command,themostsignificantbit(MSB)ofsubsequentdatawillalwaysbesetto

1.

Set MSBto O

<ESC>

IBh 3Dh

r

, 27 61
<FS>

ICh

t

>

=

=

3Dh

Standard

IBM

>

Thecommandabovesetsthe MSBtoO. Therearenoparameters.Onreceiptofthis
command, themostsignificantbit (MSB)of subsequentdatawillalwaysbe set
too.

55

I CancelMSBcontrol

IcESC>

IBh

27 35

ThecommandabovecancelssoftwarecontroloftheMSB.Therearenoparameters.
Onreceiptof this command,softwarecontrolofthemostsignificantbit(MSB)by
the<ESC>>,<ESC>=(standard)ordYi>=(IBM)commands,willbecancelled.

#

23h

Both I

I

I Selectzerostvle

1

<ESC>

IBh 7Eh

27 126 <w

Thecommandaboveselectsthestyleinwhichzeroeswillsubsequentlybeprinted,
where<n>iseitherabinaryvalueofOOhorOlhor anASCIIvalueof“O”or “l”. If
o> is OOhor“O”,rhen“normal”(non-slashed)zeroeswillbeprinted,butifitis Olh
or“l”, thenthe“computer-style”(slashed)zerostylewillbeprinted(thisoverrides
theMemorySwitchsetting,inChapter3).

<0

<?0

Both

Backspace Both

cBS>

The commandabove moves the print head back one position.There are no

parameters.This commandmoves the print head back one position(at current

spacing)to theleft.Ifproportionalspacinghasbeenselected,theprintheadwill
movebackbya distanceequal tothewidthof thelastcharacterprinted.Itdoesnot
deletethelast character.

( Cancellastcharacter Standard

!<DEL> I

7Fh

127

I

I

I

Thecommandabovedeletesthelastcharactertransmittedtotheprinter.Thereare

noparameters.Thiscodeis effectivelya destructivebackspace.

56

[ Cancellast line

Both

<CAN>

18h

24

Thecommandabovedeletesthelastlinetransmittedtotheprinter. Thereareno
parameters.Thelastlinetransmittedtotheprinterwillbeerasedfromtheprinter’s
buffer.

1

I

Set printeroff-line

<DC3>

Standard

I 13h

I 19
Thecommandabovesetstheprinteroff-line.Thereare noparameters.Thiscom-

mandisnotequivalenttopressingthe .
printerison-line,as afterthecDC3>commandhasbeenreceived,theprinterwill
ignoreanydatatransmittedto i~exceptforthe cDC1>command(below).

Set printeron line

<Del>

llh

Thecommandabovesetstheprinteron-lineaftera<DC3>command(above).There
arenoparameters.

Deselectprinter(1O“carriagemodelonly) IBM

<ESC>

IBh

27

Q

51h

81

<ETX>

ONLINE buttonon thefrontpanelwhenthe

Both

03h

3

I
I

Thecommandabovedeselectsthe printer.Therearenoparameters.Thiscommand
willdeselecttheprinter,forcingittodisregardalldataandcommandcodesuntila
<DCl> (1Ih) commandisreceivedtoputtheprinterbackon-line.Thiscommand
appliesonlytothemodelofprinterequippedwitha 10”carriage.

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Deselectprinter(15” carriagemodelonly)

<ESC>

IBh

27

Thecommandabovedeselectsthe pMter. There arenoparameters.Thiscommand
willdeselecttheprinter,forcingittodisregardalldataandcommandcodesuntila
cDCI> (1lh) commandisreceivedtoputthe printerbackon-line.Thiscommand
appliesonlyto themodelofprinterequippedwitha 15”carriage.

Q

51h

81

<SYN>

16h

22

IBM

I Soundbuzzer

<BEb

07h

7

Thecommandabovesoundstheprinter’sbuzzer.Therearenoparameters.

Both

I Disablepaper-outdetection Both

<ESC>

IBh

27

The command above disablesthe printer’spaper-outdetection.There are no
parameters.ThisoverndesthesettingmadebytheMemorySwitchSettings(Chapter

3).

8

38h

56

Enablepaper-outdetection Both

<ESC>

IBh

27

The commandabove enables the printer’spaper-outdetection.There am no
parameters.ThisoverridesthesettingmadebytheMemorySwitchsettings(Chapter

3).

9

39h

57

I

58

I Enable/disablebidirectionalprinting

i cESC> u

Both

I

I 27 85

Thecommandaboveenablesordisablesbidirectionalprinting,wherea> isabinary
valueofeitherOOhorOlh oranASCIIvalueofeither”O”or’’l”.If<n>is settoOOh
or “O”,thenbidirectionalprintingwillbe performed,andif it is Olhor “l”, then
unidirectionalprintingwillbeperformedsubsequenttothereceiptofthiscommand.
If the Memory Switch setting has been made for bidirectionalprinting, this
commandwillbe ignored.

] Enableunidirectionalprintingfor one lineonly

I<ES

-c>

IBh 3Ch

<

<m

Both I

I 27 60

Thecommandaboveenablesunidirectionalprintingforonelineonly.Thereareno
parameters.Printingwill be performedfromleft-to-rightforthecurrentlineonly.

Definemacroinstruction

<ESC>

IBh 2Bh

27

Thecommandabovecancelsanyexistingmacroinstructionandreplacesitwiththe

definedinstruction.Thedefinedmacro instructionconsistsof the charactersbe­tweenthe’’+’’andcRS>.‘fhesecanbeanyprintablecharactersorcontrolcharacters

exceptcRS>, uptoa maximumof 16characters.

43

+

cdl> ...
Cdl> ...
41> ...

.dn>
cdn>

-ah> 30

<RS>

IEh

Both

I

I

I Execute macroinstruction

<ESC>

IBh 2Bh

27 43

Thecommandaboveexecutesapreviouslydefinedmacroinstruction.

+

<NUb

OOh

0

Both I

59

1

I

I

Enable/disablelargecharacterprinting

<ESC> h

IBh 68h

1

I 27

Thecommandaboveenlargeswholeor partofcharacters,orcancelssuchenlarge­men~where<n> isa binaryvalueof OOhthrough06h or an ASCIIvalueof “O”
through“6”.

<n>

104

Effect

<m
<m

<m

Both

1

I

Olh,“l” Double-high,double-wide
02h,“2” Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide
03h, “3” Double-high,double-wide(Lowerhalfonly)
04h, “4” Double-high,double-wide(Upperhalfonly)
05h,“5”

1

06h,“6”

Itisthe user’sresponsibilitytoalterthe Iinepitchsothatitisinaccordancewiththe
newcharacterheigh~andtoproducea linefeedat thenewpitchin orderto leave
sufficientspaceforthenewcharacters.Iftherearedifferentsizesofprintonthesame

line,the printingwillbealignedalongthetopofthecharacters.Anypreviouscom­mandsforenlargement(verticalorhorizontal)ofcharacterswillbecancelledbythis
command.

Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide(Lowerhalfonly)
Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide(Upperhalfonly)

I

I Enabie/disabiedoubie-heightmode

<ESC>

IBh 77h

I 27

The commandaboveenablesor disablesdouble-heightprinting,whereco is a
binaryvalueofeitherOOhorOlh oranASCIIvalueofeither“O”or’’l”. If<n>isset
toOOhor“O”, thendouble-heightprintingiscancelled.If <n>isset toOlhor “l”,
thendouble-heightprintingisenabled.Thecharacterwidthis unaffected.It isthe
user’sresponsibilitytoalterthe linepitchso thatitisinaccordancewith thenew
characterheight,and to producea line feed at the new pitch in order to leave
sufficientspaceforthenewcharacters.Iftherearedifferentsizesofprintonthesame
line,theprintingwillbe alignedalongthebottomof thenormal-sizedcharacters.
Anypreviouscommandsforverticalenlargementofcharacterswillbecancelledby
this commrmd.

60

w

119

<*
<0

<ID

Both

I

I

1

Selectcharacterheight,width,linespacing

<ESC> [

IBh 5Bh

@

40h -b cd> OOh OOh crt2> cn.3>

27 91 64 -b 4>

C?lLb <d> <NUb CNUb Cn2> 4>

0 0 C?L?> Cn.b

Both

Thecommandaboveis usedto controlcharacterheighgwidthand line spacing,
wherecnb andcnl> (lowbytefnt) ate usedtosupplythenumberofsubsequent
databytes (1 or2).Theeffectof thetwodatabytes(d> and<rd>) isdetermined
asfollows:

d>

1

2 Double-heightcharacters

16 Sinzle line feed
17 ]Single line f~ single-heightcharacters

18 Single line fed double-heightcharacters
32
33 ]Doublelinef~single-heightcharacters I
34

AnY othervaluesINo effect

Cn3>

1
2 IDouble-widthcharacters
AnyothervaluesINo effect

ISingle-heightcharacters

I

]Doublelinefeed

IDoubleline fed double-heightcharactersI

\Single-widthcharacters

1

I

I

I

I

I

Anysuperscript/subscriptorcondensedmodeprintsettingspreviouslyselectedwill

be cancelled,butif double-heightprintingis cancelled,the printerwillreturnto

superscriptlsubscriptorcondensedmodeprinting,ifthesewereselectedpreviously.
Anypreviouscommandsforverticalcharacterenlargementarecancelledby this

command.Ifdouble-heightandnormal-sizedcharactersareprintedinthesameline,

thentheprintingwillbe alignedalongthebottomofrhenormal-sizedcharacters.

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Set/cancelimmediatemode

<ESC>

IBh

I 27

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsthe“immediate”printmode,wherecn> is
abinmyvalueofeitherOOhorOlhoranASCIIvalueofeither“O”or“l”. If<n>is
settoOOhor“O”,thenimmediateprintingiscancelled.If~ isset toOlhor“l”,
thenimmediateprintingisenabled.Inimmediateprintmode,eachcharacterissent
straighttotheprintheadas itisreceivedfromthehostcomputer(unbuffered),and
thepapermovesup so thatitispossibleto read whatisonthepaper,similar to a
typewriter.

i

69h

105

<*
<m
<*

Both ]

I

I

~Reset

I<ESC>

IBh 40h

27 64

Thecommandaboveresetstheprinter.Themarenoparameters.Onreceiptofthis
command,thebufferiscleared,andallsettings(withthefollowingexceptions)are
restoredtotheirpower-upvalues.

● ASFsettingsmadewiththecESC>EM command

“ Panelmodesettings

@

ASF(AutomaticSheetFeeder)control

<ESC> <ENb <m

IBh 19h

27

25 <*

<#

Both

Both

1

I

62

Thecommandabovecontrolstheoperationof theASF,wherecEIkb istheASCII
code19h,and<O maytakethebinaryvaluesOOhor04hor theASCIIvalues“R”
or“T”.Theeffectof tkesevaluesissummarizedbelow:

Value Effect
OOh Select manualmode

I 04h I Selectautomode

“R”
“T”

r

Thesecommandswillbe ignoredif theASFhasnotbeenselected.

Ejectpaper
Set top printposition. This parametermustbe

followed by anotherbinaryvalue (>1) signify­ing the distance (in 1/6 inch units) at which
printingshouldstartbelow thetopof thepaper.

ASCIIcommandsequences

Themrnmandabovesequencesarenotprecededbya cESG orcFS>character,but

insteadamprecededbydoubleparentheses,thus’’((”.Theyapplyequallytoboththe
standardandtheIBMemulationmodes.Theyaregivenbelow:

I Selectfont

( (

28h 28h

I 40

Thecommandaboveselectsafon~wherecn> is artASCII valuewhichmaytake

thefollowingvalues:

40 70

C?P Effect

4’..

0 Courier

t “1”

I Sanserif I “6”

44 . .

2 Letter-Gothic

“ ..

3 orator

I “4” I Script I

F

46h 29h 29h

­,, ?.

“7”
,, ..

) )

41 41

5

TW-Light

Cinema
Draft

9

+

Both

<*
<m

<?0

63

I

Select/cancelitalicmint Both

28h 28h 49h 29h 29h <#

40

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsitalicprinting,where cn> isanASCIIvalue
whichmaybeeither“l” or“O”.Anyothervalueswillbeignored.If->= “l” then
italicprintingisenabled,andifcm = “O”, thenitalicprintingiscancelled.

40 73 41 41 <0

Select/cancelboldprint Both

(

28h 28h 42h 29h

40 40

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsboldprinting,wheree~ isanASCIIvalue
whichmaybeeither”l” or’’O”.Anyothervalueswillbeignored.If<~ =“l” then
boldp;nting isenabled,andifm> =

(

B

66

“O”,thenboldprintingiscancelled.

)

41 41 <*

)

29h

<m
<m

I Selecticancelunderline Both

(

I

28h

40 40 45

(- ) )

28h 2Dh 29h 29h <0

41 41 <m

<*

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsunderlining,whereen> isanASCIIvalue
whichmaybe either“l” or“O”.AnyothervalueswillbeignoredIf~>=”1” then
underliningis enabled,andif en>=’’O”,thenunderliningiscancelled.

I Sekcffcancel expandedprint

( (- -s

28h

40

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsexpandedprinting,where<n isanASCII
value from“O”through“3”.Theeffectof cn> is givenin thetablebelow:

64

28h

40

53h

83

) )

29h 29h

41

41

Both 1

<*

<m
<m

“l” I Double I Normal

“2” I Normal ] Double

“3” I Double ] Double

I Selectcolorprinting(withcoloroptiononly) Both

t (

(

28h 28h 43h

40 40

c

67

) )

29h

41

29h <*

41 <*

Thecommandaboveselectsthecolorto beprintedwhenthecoloroptionisfitted,
wherea> is artASCIIvaluefrom“O”through“6”.Thecolorselectedby <n> is
shownin thetablebelow:

- Color

,’ !!

o

Black

‘, ,?

1 Red

‘, ..

2 Blue

Violet

“3”
“4” Yellow

Orange

“5”

., .,

Green

6

<)0

ControlASF

( (

28h

40

28h

40 <m

<?0

<0

)

29h

41 41

29h

)

1

1

ThecommandabovecontrolstheASF(AutomaticShmtFeeder),where<n>isan
ASCIIparameterwhichcantakethevalues O

“ “,’’4’’,’’R’’or’’T”.Thiscommandhas

exactlythesamefunctionastheESC<Ehb command.

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66

chapter 5

DIPSWITCHES

ThebankofDIPswitchesinsidetheprinter(seeillustrationbelow)is used
forvariousfunctions.AllswitchesaresetONwhentheprinterleavesthe
factory.

-“”’’’’’”’’”

Accesstheswitchesbyremovingthetopcover,andthenslidingtheblack

switchcoverto the left and thenpullingup, usingthe tab at the right, as
shownin the illustrationabove.

Thefunctionsoftheswitchesareshownin thetablebelow:

Switch

1,2 Emulationandchancter set
3 Pagelength 11inches 12 inches
4-7 Internationalcharacterset See tablebelow
8 Not used LeaveON

NOTE

AnychangestotheDIPswitchsettingsmustbe madewiththe power
to the printerturnedOFF.

Function

ON I OFF
See tablebelow

Switches1and2 areused to determinethe emulationmode (standardor
IBM)of theprinter,and alsoto determinethecharactersetto be used.

Switch

11 /2

I ON I ON I Standard

ON
OFF

i OFF I OFF I IBM

I Emulation I CharacterSet I

1

STDf
OFF Standard IBM#2
ON IBM

I

IBM#2
IBM#l

/1 I

I

Switches4 through7 are usedto selecttheInternationalcharacterset, as
shownin the tablebelow:

Switch
4
ON ON
OFF ON
ON OFF

OFF OFF
ON ON OFF
OFF ON OFF
ON OFF OFF
OFF
ON ON
OFF ON
ON
OFF
ON ON OFF OFF LatinAmerica

OFF ON OFF OFF Denmark/Norway
ON
OFF OFF OFF OFF Not uaed

5

OFF

OFF
OFF

OFF

6
ON
ON
ON
ON

OFF
ON
ON OFF
ON OFF DenmarkII
ON OFF spain II

OFF OFF Irish

7
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON
ON

OFF Japan

InternationalCharacterSet

USA
France
Germany
England
DenmarkI
Sweden
Italy
SpainI

Norway

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&ipter6 TROUBLESHOOTING

ANDMAINTENANCE

Thefollowingsectionontroubleshootingandmaintenanceisintendedonly

Mabriefguideto thesefunctions.Rememberthatyourprinteris a highly
sophisticatedelectronicdevice,whichalsocontainshigh voltagesinside.

Forthat~ason, onlycarryoutthoseoperationsdescribedin thissection.

CAUTION

Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribedheremayresultin

electric

maintenance,alwaysfollowtheinstructionscarefully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Yourprinteris a tdiable pieceof precisionmachinery,whichshouldnot
causeyouanytmttble,provideditisusedandtreatedsensibly.However,the
few elementarytipsbelowshouldavoidyou havingto make unnecessary
servicecalls.Thefollowingtablegivesyouideasonwhereto lookinthis
sectionif youexperiencefaults:

shockand/ordamageto theprinter.Whencarryingoutanyrepairsor

Regionoffault

Power supply
Printing

Paper feeding

Description
Poweris notbeing suppliedto theprinter
Theprinterdoes notpringorstopsprinting
Themintis faintoruneven
Dots aremissing incharactersorgraphics
Whileusingapplicationsoftwsre,fontsorcharacterscannotbeprinted
Theprintoutis not whatis expected whenrunningaprogram
Single sheets donotfeed properly(withoutASF)
ContinuousDauerdoes notfeed moxrly with thetractorfeed
The ASFisnotoperatingorisnotfeedingpaperproperly
Psperpsrk(switchingbetweencontinuouspaperandcutsheets) is not

workingproperly
Theshorttear-offfimctiondoes not work
Text is beingprintedallonone line, or withextrablanktines

Pagelengthandmarginsettings arenot whatis expected.

Remember-itisbetternotto attemptoperationsorrepairsaboveyourlevel
of competence.Otherwise,yourunthe risk of damagingtheprinter.

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I

Powersupply

If the POWERindicatordoesnotilluminate, checkthe following:

Check Possibleremedy
Is the power cable properly

plugged into the electrical cormec@ andthenturntheprinterbackon.
outlet?

Is power being supplied to Turnoff the printer,unplug i~ and try with another
theoutlet? appliancetodetermineifelectricityis being suppliedto

Istheprintervoltagecorrect?

Turnoff theprinter,ensurethepowercableis securely

thatoutlet.
Checkthebottompartelofyourprintertoensurethatthe

outletvokagecorrespondstothevoltagerequiredbythe
printer.If theydonotmatch,DONOTtrytooperatethe
printer.contact yoursupplier.

Printjng

If yourprinterdoesnotprint,or suddenlystopsprinting,checkthefollow­ing:

Check
Is the interface cable con- Checkbothends of thecable - printerandcomputerto

nectedsecurely? make surethatthe comector is ftiy in position.
Is theON

minated?

LINEindicatorillu-

Possibleremedv 1

Eit is n@ press the ONLINE
line.

bUttOn to 5(3 theprinteron-

Is the PAPERindicatoritlu- If it is, thepaperhas nm out.Loadmorepaper.

minated?
Is thepapercaughtup inter- Turnoffthepower,removethejammedpaper,replace,

nally?

Is the ribbon caught up Turnoff thepower,removethenbbon,retensionit,and
aroundtheprinthead? replaceit-This problemoccursmostfrequentlywitha

Isthesoftwareyou areusing
properly installed for your installifnec+xsary.
Orinter?

Cantheprinterperformself- Turntheprinteroff, andturniton again,holdingdown
testoperations? oneof thebuttonstoperformaself-test. If thesedo not

tumontheprinter,andcondnueprindng.Makesurethat
theleadingedge of thepaperis smoothandm-creased.

wornribbon.so voumayneed toreplacetheribbon.
Checktheinstallationsettingsinyoursoftware,andre-

work,contactyourdealer.

70

If the printisfaint,or uneven,checkthefollowing:

Check Possibleremedy
Is the ribbon properly in- Checkandreinstallif necessary.

Stalted?
Is theribbonwornout?

The ribbonhas a long life, but eventually will need
replacing.Fitanew ribboncartridgeif necessary.

If dots aremissingin theprinting,checkthe following:

Check
Are dots missing at random

in theprinting?

Isa lineofdotsmissingcon­sistently throughout the

printing?

Possibleremedy
Theribbonhasbecome slack causing it to get caught

up. Stopprinting,remove the ribboncartridge,reten­sion andreplaceit.

Theprintheadis damaged.Stopprinting,and contact
yoursupplierfor anewprinthead.

If your applicationsoftwarecannotprintthe fontsor charactemselected,
checkthe following:

Check Possible remedy
Is yourapplicationsoftware

pr@rly ‘titalled?

Are fontsnotbeingselected Check the software installation andinsert the com-

I properly?

Are characters other than
those

printed?

expected being

Checkthesoftwareinstallation+andre-installthesoft­wareif necessq.

I mandsnece.ssaryforfontchanges intothesoftware.

Eitheryou areusingthewrong InternationalCharacter
Set (resetwithDIP switches orsoftwarecommands),
or you have the wrong characterset selected (for
example if charactersother thanIBM block graphic
charactersare being printed). Correctthis with DIP
switches ortheappropriatesoftwaresequences.

If the printoutis not whatis expected:

I Check

Is the printer installed cor­rectly?

Is the printer not printing
anythingthatyouareexpect-

ing?

I Possibleremedv

Yoursoftwaremay thinkthatit is drivinga different
emulationtotheone actuallvset.ChecktheDIPswitch
settingstomakesureyou havetherightemulation.

Use theHexDunmmodeto analvzetheouhmtfromthe
computerto thep%nter.This will enable you to deter­mine that the right escape sequences, etc are being
transmitted.

.

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Paperfeeding

If cut sheetpaper (withoutthe ASF) is not feedingsmoothly,check the
following:

Check Possibleremedy
Is the paper release lever Set therelease lever to the ~ psition. -

pushedback (to the ~ posi­tion)? .

Is the paper guide in place The paperguide should be in place vertically for cut
andvertical? sheets to feedsmoothly.

Aretheleft andrightguides If theleft andrightguides aretoo close together,the
tooclose together? paperwill not feed smoothly.Move themalittle further

apt to Now thepapertofeed freely.

Is the ASF selected withthe If it is, thendeselect it.
MemorySwitch settings?

Areyoutryingto feed paper Youcanonlyfeedpaperin thiswaywhen theprinteris
usingthefrontpanelbuttons off-line. Set theprinteroff-line and thenfeedpaper.
while the ON
is illuminated?

Is thepapertoo thick? Therearelimitstothethicknessof paperthatcanbe fed

Iffanfold(continuous)paperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed,
checkthe following:

Check Possibleremedy
Is the paperlever pushed to Makesurethereleaseleveris pushedtothe B position.

the ~ position?

Is thepaperguideinthever- Whenusingthe tractorf~ thepaperguideshouldbe
ticalposition? horizontal.

Aretheholes oneachside of
thepaperalignedwithregard themso thatthesprocketholes matchup.
to each otherin the sprock-

e~?
Arethesprocketstoocloseor

toofarapart?
Are the sprocketslocked in Correctthis if necessary.

position and the covers
closed?

Is the paper feeding freely
intotheprinter?

LINEindicator

inthisway. Trywiththinnerpaper.

Ifthetwosidesof thepaperareoutof alignmen~realign

Misalignmentof the sprockets,makingthepaper too
loose ortootigh~ will preventasmoothpaperfeed.

The papershouldnotbe too fm fromtheprinter(less

than1meter/3 feet), andthereshouldbeno cables or

otherobstacles obstructingits path.The papershould

alsobe feedingstraightinto theprinter,andan angled
feed maycausejamsandblockages.

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Check
Areyou hying to feed paper

usingthefrontpanelbuttons
while the ON
is illuminated?

ISthe paper

LINEindicator

toothick?

Youcanonlyfeedpaperinthisway whentheprinteris
off-line. Set the@nter off-line andthenfeed paper.

Therearelimitstothethicknessofpaperthatcanbe fed
inthisway(one topcopyandthreeNCRcopies). Try
withthinnerpaper.

If the ASF is not operatingor is not feedingpaper carectly, check the
following:

Check
Has the ASF option been

selected using the Memory
Switchfunctions?

Is thereleaseleversettothe

~ position?

Is the ASF correctly
mounted?

Is papercaughtup near the
orinthead?

Aretheleft andrightguides
tooclose together?

Istheretoomuchpaperinthe
paperfeedhopperorstacker?

Wasthepaperfannedbefore
beingfedintothe ASF?

Haa the paperbeen used al­readyoris it creased?

Areyou b-yingtofeedpaper
usingthefrontpanelbuttons
while the ON
is illuminated?

ts thepapertoo thickortoo
~?

LINEindicator

Possibleremedy
Select this option

The release lever should be set to the single-sheet
position.

MakesurethattheASFimproperlyseatedontheprintcr.

Stopprinting,removethejsrnmedsheet(you mayhave
toremovethe ASFforthis), andcontinue.

If the left and right guides are too close together,the
paperwillnotfeedsmoothly.Move themalittlefurther
aW to Mow thepaperto feed freely.

TheASF’Spaperfeed hopperandstackercanhold 120

sheetseach.Makesurethatthereis no morepaperthan
thisineitherthehopperorstacker.

If this is not done,paperjams mayoccur.Remove the
stackof paperfromtheASF andfanitbeforereinsert­ilw.

Only new, uncreaaedpapershould be used with the
ASF.

Youcanonly feedpaperin thiswaywhentheprinteris
off-line. Set theprinteroff-line and thenfeedpaper.

Therearelimitsto thethicknessofpaperthatcanbefed

in thisway. Try withdifferentpaper.

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Ifthepaperparkfacilitydoesnotappeartobeworkingcorrectly,checkthe
following:

Check
Is the paperrelease lever in

the ~ position?
Has the fanfold paperbeen

WWIY puked?

Possibleremedy
Thepaperrelease lever must be set to the ~ position

afterthe fanfoldpaperhasbeenparked.
Makestrrethatthe

fanfoldpaperhasbeen parked.

PAPERindicatorcomes on afterthe

Iftheshorttear-offfunctiondoesnotappeartobeworkingproperly,check:

Check

Has printing ended in the EithersendacFF>orenough <LF>ccmunandstoeject

middleof apage? thepage.

If text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines, check the

Possibleremedy

following:

ICheck ] Possibleremedv

Is the text all on the same

tine?

Is text being printed with

extrablanklines?

Ifthepagelengthandmarginsarenotwhatisexpected,checkthefollowing:

Carriage returns are not being expanded to

-&R>+cLF>pairs. ChecktheMemorySwitchSetting
andcorrect.

Two line feeds arebeing printed.Eithermakeyour
softwareprintjust a carriagereturnor (if this is not
possible),settheAUTOLFtoOFFusingtheMemory
Switchmenus.

Check
Is the printing starting too

highortoolow onthepage?

Does the printer’s page
lengthnotmatchthephysical
pagelength?

Is the Skip-overperforation

facilitynotworking?

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Possibleremedy
Use theMicroFeed facilitytoadjusttheprintposition

relativetothewwze.

Use theMemorySwitchsettings, ortheDIP switch to
set up the correctpage lengti or use software cOm-

mandsto do it.
Makesure@isis set withtheMemorySwitchmenus.If

theskipoccursin thewrong place, makesurethepage

length is properly se~ and that the top of the print
position is abouttwo lines down from the top of the
uaver.

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MAINTENANCE

Essentially,yourprinterisarobustpieceofequipment,butshouldbetreated

withamodicumofcaminorderto avoidmalfimctions.Forexample:

● Keepyourprinterin a’’comfortable”environment.Roughlyspeaking,if

youamcomfortable,thenthe environmentissuitableforyourprinter,too

,(seeChapter1).
s Do not subjectthe printerto physicalshocksor excessivevibration.
c Avoidover-dustyenvironments.Dustistheenemyof allprecisionme-

chanicaldevices.Ifyouhaveto usetheprinterin suchan situation,you

might like to considerthe use of an acoustichood, whose primary

functionistoreducetheprinter’snoise,butcanalsoactasabarneragainst

dus~Consultyoursupplierfordetailsof a suitablemodel.

s To cleantheexteriorof theprinter,usea barelydampcloth(useeither

waterwithalittledetergentor alittlealcohol),butdonotallowanyliquid

to fallinsidetheprinter.

● Theinteriorofthepnntermay becleanedwithasmallvacuumcleaneror

a compressed-airaerosol(soldforthispurpose).Whenperformingthis
operation,be sure not to bend or damage any cable connectionsor
electroniccomponents.

ADJUSTINGTHEPRINTINGGAP

distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to

The

accommodate different paper thicknesses. To make this adjustment, remove

the top cover. The adjustment lever is located near the left end of the paper
bail. Fulling the adjustment lever towards you widens the gap; pushing it
away from you narrows the gap.

Thereare fourpositions;youcanfeeltheleverclickingintoeachposition.
Thefirstposition(narrowestgap)istheonemostcommonlyusedforsingle
sheetsofpaper.Trydifferentpositionsuntilyougetthebestprintingnxmlts.

75

RIBBONREPLACEMENT

The ribbonsused by your printer MEendless-loopribbonsin which the

ribbonis recycled.Whentheprintqualitybecomestoofaint,youwillneed

toreplacetheribbon.Useonlyribbonsnxommendedforusewiththeprinter

(yoursupplierwillbe abletoadviseyou).

1 To removetheoldribbonfmmtheprinter,firstturnoffthepower.

2 Removethetopcover,andholdtheribbonbythetwolugsoneach side.

Pushin thetwolugsslightly,andpullupwardsto removetheribbon.

Rihhon car[ridgc

/ Rihh,,~ni,,i,:~nb

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Ribbon holder

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3 Takethenewribbonandtensionitbyturningtheknobonthe topofthe

ribboncartridgeclockwise.

4 Nowinsertthenbboncartridgeintotheholdergrippingitbythelugs, and

turning the knob slightlyckwkwiseif necessary.Make sum that the

ribbongoesbetweentheprintheadandtheplatenguard(seeillustration

below).

,Print headshield

5 Nowreplacethetopcoverand turnontheprinter. Youarenowreadyto

startnxsing the printer.

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REPLACINGTHEPRINTHEAD

Thisisnotajobwhichyouwillneed to dovery often.The printheadhasbeen

designedtogivealife of about200milliondots. In normal everyday use, this
will mean years of life. However, ifthe print quality is faint, even after you
have changed the ribbon, the print head will

Onlyuse a replacementprintheadasrecommendedby yoursupplier.

Turn OFFthe printer,andremovethepowercable.

1

2 Iftheprinterhas beeninoperationimmediatelybeforethisoperation,the

printhead willbehot.

NOTE

Allowtime for the print head to cool before attempting to work on it.

3 Openthetop cover.

4 Remove the ribbon cartridge (as described above)

5 Using a Phillips-typescrewdriver,carefully unscrew the two bolts

securingthe printhead to the printheadassembly(see the illustration
below).

6 Pulltheprintheadfirmlyupwards,releasingthepnntheadcard edgecon-

nectorsfromthe connectormountedon thechassis.

needreplacement.

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7 Removethe retainingscrewsandwashersfromtheprintheadassembly.

Putthemon one side.

8 Take,thenewprinthead, and locateit in position,makingsurethatthe

cardedgeconnectionsfitsecurelyintothechassisconnector.

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Print headbolts

~

Print head

NOTE

DONOTapplyexeessiveforce,as thismayresultin damageto theprinthead.

9 Fastendownthenewprint headusing thenminingwashers andscrews.

@not applyexcessiveforcewhentighteningthescrews,asthismaystrip

thet.lmad,butensu~ thatthe printheadis firmlysecured.

10 Replaee the ribboncaruidge:
1112Replacethetop cover.

Re-insertthe powercableandre-applypower.Yourprintermaynowbe

used.Youmayliketo checktheprintqualityusingoneof thetestprint

pmeedums

(SW below).

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FRONTPANELDIAGNOSTICANDTEST MODES

Theprinterisequippedwithanumberofdifferentmodesfordiagnosisand
testing.These am accessedfromthe frontpanelby holdingdown a front
panelbutton(or combinationof buttons)whileturningon thepowertothe
printer.

The test and diagnostic modes available are listed below

● A text test print mode

c A short test print mode
“ A long test print mode

● A hexadecimal dump mode

● A bidirectional print test

Shorttestmode

Iftheprinteristumed onwhilethe ~~~ buttonispressed,thepnnterwill
enterthe shortself-testmode.Theprinterwill startprintingassoonas the

@ElilEliECbuttonisreleased,andwill printthevemionnurnberoftheprinter’s

ROM,eg “***Ver 1.0***”,followedby sevenlinesof thecharacterset.
Eachlinewillbe offsetby onecharacterfromtheonebeforeit. If thecolor

optionhas been installed,each line will be in a differentcolor.The final
(blackandwhite)resultwillbe somethinglikethefollowing:

[Standardmode]

KBMmode]

Sincethe test

mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid
possible damage to the print head and/or platen.

print occupies the whole width of the carriage, it is recom-

L testmode

Ifth[PAPERR”EDb t
e t l s m T p w s p a s a t

PAPERFEED button is released, and will printthevemionnumberof theprinter’S

ROM, eg “*** Ver 1.0***”, followed by the whole character set printed in
each typeface and pitch available.
Since the test print occupies the whole width of the carriage, it is recom­mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid
possibledarnageto theprinthead and/orplaten. In addition,thetotalnumber
oflinesprinted isconsiderable, more than can be accommodated on a single
sheet, so fanfold paper is certainly suggested for this test.
The printout below shows a short sample of the mults of this test:

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FRINT CURRENT SET
INSTOLL MENU

‘f4cTORY SET

COHt4AND MENU

FONT MENU

PRINT HENU

PAPER MENU

FORHS MENU —

RAM USAGE
QUIET fiOOE
GRAPHICS OIRECTION :
NITO ON-LINE
ZERO STYLE

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PRINT QUALITY :
FRINT PITCH
CONDENSED FT(INT :

ITALIC F,RINT
OPTION ASF
AUTO L0401NG
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PAPER-OUT DETECTOR :
SHOh’T TEAR OFF :
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OFF / ON

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1 / 2/ 3/ 4 / 5/ 6 (6LFI)

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OFF /.ON

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r t t c c b a o a c c

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necessary to turn off the printer completely.
tie printoutwillbesimilartothatproduced by aMS-DOS DEBUG Display

command, ie the hexadecimal values of the bytes received will be given in
rows of 16, divided into two blocks of eight. “Unprintable” charactem, ie
control codes from OOhthrough IFh and 7Fh t.hugh FFh, are represented
by peliOdS.

The following (BASIC) program will produce the result below it:

10 FOR 1=0 TO 255

20 LPRINT CHR$ ( I ) ;
30 NEXT I
40 LPRINT
50 END

After the program has been run, the printer’s buffer should be flushed by
pressing the -OWN. button.

tixiFEED’ k t mode, it is

OS tj9 fjAIJB fic ~D {jE ,:)F

18 19 1A IB IC ID IE IF

28 29 2(3 2EI 2C ~D 2E ~F
38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F
48 49 4A 4J3 4C 4D 4E 4F
58 5? 59 513 SC SD 5E 5F
68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F
78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F
S8 B9 8Q EI13 EC ED BE SF
98 99 9A 9E+ 9C 9D 9E 9F
AS C)9 M AH AC (2D AE AF
!38 69 W 13B EC BD BE BF
C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF
DE D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF
ES E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF
FE F9 FCI FF4 FC FD FE FF

....... . ..... ...

....... . ...... . .

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P command can be used to transmit control codes and escape

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sequences 120ma file to the printer inorder to setup various parameters. For
instance, if you want to set up NLQ printing, the command is <ESG x 1
(lBh 78h 31h).

A file must therefore be created using these tie charactem. Though the
MS-DOS line editor EDLIN can be used, there is a small difficulty in
inputting the <ESO character. This is achieved with the following se­quence:

mm

and then the ASCII “xl” can be input. The file is then saved, and output to

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prior to printing document files. Of course, this command can also be
included in a batch file.

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The following lines of BASIC give examples of how the printer may be

driven from within your own programs:

1000 ‘ Set control codes

1010 E$=CHR$(

1020

D$=E$+”XO“ ‘Draft quality
1030 L$=E$+’’x1° ‘Letter quality
1040 F$=E$+”k” ‘Select font
1050 C$=F$+CHR$(O)+L$ ‘Select Courier
1060 H$=CHR$(9) ‘Horizonta1 tab
1070 P$=E$+”P” ‘Pica pitch
1080 ‘ Start printing
1090 WIDTH “LPT1:“,255
1100 LPRINT E$;“D”;CHR$(3);C~$ (27);CHR$(O);
1110 LPRINT C$;“Font settings:“
1120 LPRINT H$;D$;“Draftcharacters,”;L$;
1130 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(0);“Couriercharacters,“
1140 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(l);’’Sanserifcharacters,”;
1150 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(2);“Letter-Gothic,“
1160 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(3);“Oratorcharacters,“;
1170 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(4);“Scriptcharacters,“
1180 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(5);“OCR-B characters,“ ;
1190 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(6);“TW-Lightcharacters,“
1200 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(7);“Cinemacharacters”
1210 ‘
1220 LPRINT
1230 LPRINT C$;“Printpitches are:”
1240 LPRINT H$;P$;’’Picapitch (10 CPI),”;
1250 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Eliteitepitch (12 CPI),”
1260 LPRINT H$;P$;
1270 LPRINT CHR$(15);
1280 LPRINT “Condensedpica pitch (17 CPI),”;
1290 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Condensedsedelite pitch (20 CPI),”;
1300 LPRINT CHR$(18) ‘Cancelcondensedprint

27) ‘ Escape code

‘Selectcondensedprint

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1310 LPRINT H$;E$;“pi”;

‘Selectproportionalspacing

1320 LPRINT P$;’’Proportionalspacing,”;
1330 LPRINT

1340 LPRINT
1350 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’Wl’’Doubleble width,’’ ;E$;’’WO” ;
1360 LPRINT H$;E$; ”wl’’; ”Double-height ,“;E$;’’wO”
1370 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’h’’;CHR$(l) ;“Double-sized,”
1380 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’h’’;CHR$(2J ;“Quad-sized.”;
1390 LPRINT E$;’’h’’;CHR$(O)
1400 LPRINT :LPRINT
1410 ‘
1420 LPRINT E$;”Q’’;CHR$(47) ‘Set right margin
1430 LPRINT C$;’’Various line and character spacings:”
1440 LPRINT E$;’’al”
1450 FOR 1=1 TO 10
1460 LPRINT E$;’’A’’;CHR$(I); ‘Set line spacing
1470 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(I); ‘Increase character space
1480 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED”
1490 NEXT I
1500 FOR 1=10 TO 1 STEP -1
1510 LPRINT E$;”li’’;CHR$(I); ‘Set line spacing
1520 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(I); ‘Increase character space
1539 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED”
1540 NEXT I
1550 LPRINT E$;’’aO”
1560 LPRINT E$;’’3’’;CHR$(36); ‘Set 1/6” line spacing
1570 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(0);
1580 LPRINT :LPRINT E$;’’Q’’;CHR$(8O)
1590 ‘
1600 LPRINT C$;’’Other features:”
1610 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’4’’ Italics”cs” ;E$;’’5” ;”, “;
1620 LPRINT E$; ’’E’’Emphasizedz;E$’;E$ ;“F’’;”, “;
1630 LPRINT E$; ’’G’’Doublebstrike”ke” ;E$;’’H’’;”, “
1640 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’-;’’ ;’’Underlining” ;E$;’’-;”,;”, “;
1650 LPRINT E$; ’’-;’’ ;’’Overlining” ;E$;”-O’’ ;”, “;
1660 LPRINT E$; ’’SO’’ SUPER”;E$;E$;“T’’;” and “;
1670 LPRINT E$; ’’S1’’SUBSCRIPT”PT”;E$;’’T’’ ;”, “
1680 LPRINT H$;C$;’’Download characters: “;
1690

GOSUB 3020

1700 LPRINT E$;’’%l”;

E$;’’PO”

‘Cancel proportional spacing

‘Center text

‘Left justify

‘Normal character space

‘Selectdownload character
1710 FOR 1=1 TO 5
1720 LPRINT CHR$(60);
1730 NEXT I

L E$;II%OII: ‘ n c

1740

‘Printdownload character

1750 GOSUB 3130
1760 LPRINT E$;’’%l”;

‘Selectdownloadcharacter
1770 FOR 1=1 TO 5
1780 LPRINT CHR$(60);

‘Printdownload character
1790 NEXT I
1800 LPRINT E$;’’%O”

‘Selectnormal character
1810 ‘
1820 LPRINT H$;C$;’’Dotgraphics:”
1830 DIM LOGO$(4)
1840 RESTORE 4170
1850 FOR ROW=l TO 4
1860 FOR COL=l TO 65

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READ GD

1870

LoGO$(ROW)=LOGO$(ROW)+CHR$(GD)

1880

NEXT COL

1890

NEXT ROW

1900

LPRINT E$ ; “A” ;CHR$(8) ;

1910

FOR ROW=l TO 4

1920

LPRINT “ “;

1930

FOR B=O TO 6

1940

IF B=2 THEN 2000

1950

IF B=5 THEN 2000

1960

LPRINT E$;’’*’’;CHR$(B) ;

1970

LPRINT CHR$(65);CHR$(0) ;LOGO$(ROW);

1980

LPRINT “ “;

1990

NEXT B

2000

LPRINT

2010

NEXT ROW

2020

LPRINT E5;”@”

2030

END

2040

‘Set 8/72” line spacing

‘Select normal density

‘Initialize printer

3000

‘ SUBROUTINES

3010

‘ Define Draft download character

3020

LPRINT E$;’’xO’’;E$;”:U

3030

LPRINT E$;’’&’’;CHR$(O);CHR$(60);CHR$(60);

3040

RESTORE 4020

3050

READ LS :LPRINTCHR$(LS);

3060

FOR M=l TO 11

3070

READ MM

3080

LPRINT CHR$(MM);

3090

NEXT M

3100

RETURN

3110

;CHR$(0);CHR$(O);CHR$(0);

3120

‘ Define NLQ download character

3130

LPRINT C$;

3140

LPRINT E$;’’&’’;CHR$(O);CHR$(60):CHR$(60);

3150

RESTORE 4060

3160

READ LS :LPRINTCHR$(LS);

3170

READ CW :LPRINTCHR$(CW);

3180

Rl?ADRS :LPRINT CHR$(RS);

3190

FOR M=l TO CW*3

3200

READ MM

3210

LPRINT CHR$(NM);

3220

NEXT M

3230

RETURN

3240
4000

‘ DATA

4010

‘ Draft download characterdata

4020

DATA 139

4030
4040

DATA 124,

0, 66,

4, 64, 36, 16, 2, 16, 12, 0

4050

‘ NLQ download characerdata

4060

DATA O, 23, 0

4070

DATA

4080

DATA 16, 2,

4090

DATA 32,124, 0, 0, 0.

4100

DATA O, 0>

4110

DATA 16, 0, 0,

4120

1,248, 0, 6, 0, 0.

0, 32,124, 0> 0, 2, 0

0, 63,248, 0

0, 32, 0, 0,

8,120, 0, 4, 0, 0

8.124, 0

0,120, 0

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4140 DATA
4150 DATA

4160 ‘
4170 ‘ Dot graphics

4180

‘ ROW i
4190 DATA 0, 0. 0, 0. 1. 3> 7. 7,
4200 DATA 14. 14, 14, 14, 14. 7, 7, 3,
4210 DATA 15, 15, 0, 0. 0. 0, 6. 7. 7, 7
4220 DATA 7. 7. 7, 7. 7, 6. 6. 0. 0, 7
4230 DATA 7. 7, 7. 7. 7, 7, 7, 7. 7. 7
4240 DATA O. 0. 7, 7. 7, 7. 7, 7, 7. 7
4250 DATA 7. 7. 0. 0. 0
4260 ‘ ROW 2
4270 DATA O.
4280 DATA 7. 7. 7. 7. 3, 3,
4290 DATA 240,240. 0. 0s O, 0, 0>
4300 DATA 255>255,255.255,31. 0> 0. 0, 1> 3
4310 DATA 31,255,255,255,255.255,255, 1, 0. 0
4320 DATA 0, 1>
433o DATA 0, 0. 0. 0, 0
4340 ‘ ROW 3
4350 DATA
4360 DATA 192,224.224.224.224,240,255.255,255.255
4370 DATA 255,127> 0, 0, 0. 0> 0> 0>
4380 DATA 255,255,255,255,255>15, 15> 63.252n240
4390 DATA 192,
4400 DATA 127.252,240,192> 0> 0. 0> 0, 0> 0
4410 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0> 0

4420 ‘ ROW 4
4430 DATA
4440 DATA 56, 56, 56,120.120,240,240>224>224,192
445o DATA 128> 0, 0> 0> 0> 0, 0. 0. 0, 0
4460 DATA 128,248,248>248,248,240,192, 0, 0, 0
4470 DATA 0,
4480 DATA 0, 0, 0> 0, 0> 0, 0. 0, 0. 0
449o DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

2,124, 0,
0,130, 0,
0,120, 0, 0, 0, 0

0. 60,255,255,255>255.255,143,15

o, 31, 31,

0,240,255,255,255,255,255,

0,248,248,240,224,224.112,112>56, 56

0,240,248,248,248,248,240,192. 0

1,130, 0,
0,124, 0,

data

7, 31,255,252,240,192.128,O

3,129,128,192,192,192,192

0,124, 0
0,128, 0

7, 15
3, 15

3,131,193,241

0,224,255

0,192
7, 15

T r h m h

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The K)Wo c s i t next printed line is created by downloading
two new character patterns, which are printed in place of the character “<”
(character 60).

The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an “SW” logo. The
dotpattern of the logo was originally laid outongraph paper, then converted
to the data in lines 4180 to 4490 with the help of a calculator. Each number
represents eight vertical dots. (See “Graphics commands” in Chapter 4 for
details.)

The pattern is printed in four rows, each eight dots high and 65 dots wide.
Lines 1830 to 1900 read the dot data into a string array variable named
LOGC)$. Line 1910 sets the line spacing to 8172inch SOthat the rOwSwill

connect vertically. The loop in lines 1920to 2020 does the printing in four
passes of the print head.

This program can also be run in IBM mode if you change a few of the lines
asshownbelow to allow for differences in someof the commands. You will
getacylinderinsteadof abarreleffect, bccuase the IBM

m d n h

a c t mit c s
Mof I m

1070 P$=CHR$(18) ‘Pica pitch
1250 LPRINT H$ ;E$;“:“;“Elite pitch (12 CPI),“
1290 ‘ LPRINT H$ ;E$;“M”;“Condensede1ite pitch (20 CPI),“;
1420 LPRINT CHR$(28);“Q”;CHR$(47)
1460 LPRINT E$;“A”;CHR$(I);E$;“2”; ‘Set 1ine spacing
1470 ‘ LPRINT E$;“ “;CHR$(I);
1510 LPRINT E$;“A”;CHR$(I);E$;“2”; ‘Set 1ine spacing
1520 ‘ LPRINT E$ ;“ “;CHR$(I);
1570 ‘ LPRINT E$ ;“ “;CHR$(O);
1580 LPRINT :LPRINT CHR$(28);“Q”;CHR$(80)
1610 LPRINT H$;CHR$(28);“4”;“Italics”;CHR$(28);“5”;“, “;
1910 LPRINT E$;“A”;CHR$(8);E$;“2”;
3030 LPRINT E$;
3150 LPRINT CHR$(28);“&”;CHR$(O);CHR$(60);CHR$(60);

“ ; CHR$(28);“:“;CHR$(O);CHR$(O);CHR$(O);

‘Increasecharacterspace
‘Increasecharacterspace

‘Normal characterspace

94

‘Set right margin

‘Set 8/72”

1ine spacing