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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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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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:

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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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