Star Micronics LC-15 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Type: Monochrome printer
Application of IBM/Epson printer commands and character sets is Supported
Accepts: single sheets, fanfolds, multi-interface copy forms (thick to a maximum of three)
Available feed types: Tractor or friction feed.
Compatible with almost all word-processing, graphics, and spreadsheet software
Easy to understand indicator lights with audible beeping sounds as feedback
Simple Replacement of Ribbon cartridge within seconds
Modes of Printing: Draft style and four NLQ styles( Courier, Sans serif, Orator Small cap’s or Low case)
Available font styles include italicized, condensed print, bold printer, double-sized printer and quadruple-sized printer
Appropriate functions like paper handling and font selection have been given five buttons on the control panel
Printer functions are user-customizable via DIP switch settings.
Has automatic or manual paper loading
Has Paper parking and un-parking features
Printing gap is adjustable to suit different thickness papers
Self test includes: short test and long test and a print area

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Which type of paper do you recommend for this printer?

A: The printer readily accommodates single, folds, multi-copy sheets and feeds them using either tractor or friction.

Q: In what manner must I change the ribbon cartridge?

A: A ribbon cartridge is attached to a device that can be secured and changed in a matter of minutes ensuring that the ribbon sits neatly in between the print head and print head shield after which the cartridge can be changed after removing the tops cover.

Q: Which of the print quality settings are of utmost importance?

A: The printer includes a draft and several NLQ, which contains Courier, Sanserif, Orator (with an option for upper case only or lower case only).

Q: Explain the process through which I can add paper to the printer manually?

A: You can load the paper manually by opening the top lid, adjusting the paper guides, placing the sheet between the guides and twisting the platen knob to draw the paper in.

Q: Do it yourself test which the printer can complete is possible right?

A: Yes, to begin the short and long self test you have to as usual switch the printer on while holding a button that is specifically assigned for this task.

Q: So what changes can I make when I have a thicker paper?

A: The printing gap can be arranged by the adjustment lever which is on the right side of the paper bail near its end.

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Trademark Acknowledgements

LC-15, ND-10/15, NR-10/15: Star Micronics Co., Ltd. IBM PC,PC-AT, PC-XT, Proprinter XL, Proprinter II, PC-DOS: International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft BASIC, MS-DOS: Microsoft Corporation

FX-1050, EX-1000, FX86e, FX286e: Seiko Epson Corp

NOTICE

STAR’s express permission is forbidden.

● The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

● All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of

press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them.

● The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanualis organizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhowtomake thebest useof yourprinteryouareurgedto readthroughchapters1through3.The remainingchaptersmay be treatedas a ~fenmce guidefor programming operations,etc. It assumesa degreeof acknowledgeoff the operationof computm (forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers). Thechaptersareas follows:

Chapter 1— Settingup theprinter

Thischapterexplainshowtogetthe printerunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse.

Chapter 2 — Controlpaneloperations Therearea numberof controlsonthe frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesand fontselection. Aftergettingsetup,readthischapterandtryouttheproceduresinittofind

outhowtheprinterworks.

Chapter 3— DIP switchsettings Thischapterexplainshowto settheDIPswitchesto makesystemsettings

on theprinter.

Chapter 4— Printercontrolcommands Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsusedto driveit. This sectionis of use if you are writingor modifyingprogramstotake advantageof theprinter’sfeatures.

Chapter S— Downloadcharacters

Thischapterexplainstheproceduresto createyourown characters.

Chapter 6— MS-DOSandyourprinter Sincethe PC or PC-AT family of computersrunningunder MS-DOSis

currentlythe mostpopularconflgmationof microcomputer,we have includeda fewhintsandtipstohelpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems. Sincevirtuallyall PCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinterpreter,wehave also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to

demonstratethecapabilitiesofthe printer.

Chapter 7 — Troubleshootingandmaintenance Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking

in the expectedway.It alsoincludesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance operationsyou cancarryoutyourself.Itisnot,however,acompleteservice manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouareunsureofyourabilityto carryout anymaintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter 8 — Specifications

Thissectiongivesthespecificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9 — Charactersets Thesechartsgivethedifferentcharactersetsavailable,andthedifferences

betweennationalcharactersets (asset up withthe DIP switches).

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

Thisprinterisaconvenient,monochromeprinterwithoutfrillsbutwithafull complementof features, making it an excellentpartner for a personal computer.It supportstheIBM/Epsonprintercommandsandcharactersets, enablingittoprintjustaboutanythingyourcomputercangenerate,bothtext

andgraphics.Someof itsmainfeatwesarethe following:

● Extensivesoftwaresupport

Sinceitis compatiblewiththeEpsonand IBMprinters,it workswithany softwarethatsupportsthoseprintem.Thatincludesmostword-processing andgraphicsprograms, spread-sheets,andintegratedsoftwarepackages.

. Easy operation

Clearlyunderstandableindicatordisplaysandbeeptonesprovideimmediate feedbackwhen you press the buttonson the controlpanel.The five buttonscan operate in combinationsto perform a surprisingvariety of functions,includingmicro-alignment.

. Easycareandmaintenance

The ribboncartridgecan be replacedin secondsthe print head in a few minutes.

. Versatilepaperhandling Singlesheets,fanfoldforms,andmulti-copyforms(upto triple-ply)areall

accepted,andyou canuse eithertractoror frictionfeed.A specialfeature enablesyou to keep fanfoldformsparkedin readinesswhile printingon otherpaper.

● Largevarietyoftypestylesand sizes

Theprinterhas onedraftstyleandfourNLQstyles(Courier,Sansenf,and

Oratorwith small capitalsor lower case), plus italics for all styles,plus

condensedprint,boldprint,double-sizedprint,quadruple-sizedprint.

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER .......................... .....................1

Locatingtheprinter................... ............................... ........................1

UnpackingandInspection..... ................................... ...................... ..2

Checkthecartoncontents...... ............. ............ .........................2

Partsnameoftheprinter... ... .... ... ............. ...................... .... ......3

SettingUp..................... ... .... ............ .................................................4

Mounttheplatenknob.......... ............. ......................................4

Installtheribboncartridge.. ...................... ... ... .... .....................5

Connection............... ............. ...................... ...................... ... ....6

LoadingSingleSheets

Automaticloading............... ............ .........................................8

Manualloading........................... ... ............. ...................... .....10

LoadingandParkingFanfoldForms.. ... .... ... ...................... ............11

Loadingthepaperfromtherearoftheprinter................... ....11

Loadingthepaperfromthebottomoftheprinter..................13

Paperparking........................ ... ............. ...................... ... ........15

Paperunparking.......................... ... ... .... ...................... ...........15

AdjustingthePrintingGap.......................... ... .... ... .........................16

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS ..................................17

ButtonsandIndicators.. ...................... ... ...................... ............. ......17

ONLINEbutton...... ............. ... ... ............. ............. ............. ....18

PAPERFEEDbutton............................. ................................19

SET/EJECTPARKbutton..... .... ..................... .... ............. ......19

PRINTPITCHbutton

NLQTYPESTYLEbutton.. ..................................................20

Power-UpFunctions

Shorttestmode Longtestmode Printareatestmode Stayinpanelpitch

Stayinpanelstyle.... ... ............................... ... .... .....................23

Stayinpanelpitchandstyle................................. ... ............. .23

Hexadecimaldump. ............ .... ............................... ... .............23

SwitchCombinationFunctions................. ...................... ...............26

Formfeed........ .... ... ............ ....................................................26

Topofform

Forwardmicro-feed...............................................................27

Reversemicro-feed... ............. ...................... ..........................27

Clearingthebuffer

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Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTING ........... ........... ........... ......... ........29

LocationoftheDIPSwitches.. ............. ... ...................... .................29

FunctionsoftheDIPSwitches............ ... ... ............. ........................30

Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

FontControlCommands

CharacterSetCommands..... ............................... ... ........................39

CharacterSizeandPitchCommands.............................................41

VerticalPositionCommands............. ............. ...................... ..........47

HorizontalPositionCommands

GraphicsCommands..................... ... .... ..................... .....................58

DownloadCharacterCommands MacroInstructionCommands

OtherPrinterControlCommands............. ............. ...................... ..64

Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS ............................................69

DesigningYourOwnDraftCharacters..........................................69

Definingtheattributedata.....................................................7O

Assigningthecharacterdata.. ... ............................... ... ...........72

Sampleprogram... ............. ............ ...................... ...................72

DefiningYourOwnNLQCharacters.... ... ...................... .... ... ........74

Chapter 6 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER ........................................77

InstallingApplicationSoftwarewithYourPrinter........................77

EmbeddingPrinterCommands............... ............ ............. ..............78

ProgrammingthePrinterwithDOSCommands

ProgrammingwithBASIC........ ............ ...................... ...................82

Howtheprogramworks

ModificationsforIBMmode................... ... ............. ..............88

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Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE ............89

Troubleshooting

Powersupply.................. ............. ...................... .....................

Ranting.................... .... ............ ...................... .........................90

Paperfeeding.........................................................................92

Maintenance... ............. ...................................................................95

ReplacingthePrintHead

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Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS

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Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS . ............. ... ...................... ... ...................103

StandardCharacterSet IBMCharacterSet#2 IBMCharacterSet#1 IBMSpecialCharacterSet

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InternationalCharacterSets.. ... ...................... ............ ..................1lt)

INDEX

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COMMAND SUMMARY

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chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include —

● Locatingtheprinter

● Unpackingandinspection(namesof parts)

. Settingupandconnection

● Loadingsinglesheets

● Loading andparkingfanfoldforms

● Adjustingtheprintinggap

LOCATINGTHE PRINTER

Beforeyoustartunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou haveasuitableplaceonwhichtolocateit. By“a suitableplace”, we mean:

A firm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

Awayfromexcessiveheat(suchas directsunlight,heaters,etc)

Awayfromexcessivehumidity

Awayfromexcessivedust

Supplyit“clean”electricity.Don’tconnectit tothesamecircuitasalarge, noise-producingappliancesuchas a refrigerator.

●

Makesurethelinevoltageis within10%ofthevoltagespecifiedon the identificationplate.

A locationwithsufficientspacetolocatetheprinterandanypaperto be fedintoit, as wellasthe printedpapercomingout.

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If youareusingaparallelconnectionto yourcomputer,makesurethat iswithin2m(6ft)oftheprinter(anRS-232comectionusingtheoptional RS-232interfacecanbe madeoverlongerdistances).

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UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Checkthecartoncontents

Nowunpackthe contentsoftheprintershippingcarton,andcheckeachitem in thebox againstFigure1-1to makesurethatyouhave everything(there shouldbe five items). If anyof theseitemsare missing,contactyoursupplier.

Figuru I-I. Check tomake sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Peperguide, 3) Platen knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge, and 5) Uaer’s manual.

The optionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinter are:

● Serial(RS-232)interfaceboard

● Automaticsheetfeeder

● Pulltractorunit

Partsnameof theprinter

Makeanexternalinspectionoftheprinter.Notethelocationsofthefollowingparts:

Entry slot

Figure1-2 The printer’s external parts

Bail lever:

opensandclosesthepaperbailwhichholdsthepaper againstthe platen.

Releaselever: releases the platen. This lever must be down for

printingon singlesheets,andup for fanfoldforms. Top cover: Rear cover: Entry slot:

protectstheprintheadandotherparts.

protectsthe sprocketfeedmechanism.

for insertingsinglesheetsof paper.

Control panel: controlsvariousprinterfunctions.

Power switch: switchespoweron andoff.

Connector:

forconnectingthecomputerto the printer.

ase lever

SEITING UP

Placethepnnterin thepositionwhereitisgoingtobepermanentlysited,and

removeallpackingmaterialfrominsidethetopcover.Thispackingmaterial

isintendedtopreventdarnagetotheprinterintransit.Youmayliketokeep this packingwiththe printercartonifyouintendtransportingtheprinterfor use at a differentlocation.

Mounttheplatenknob

Theplatenknobis packedintoa recessofthewhitefoampackingmaterial

whichheldyourprinterinsidetheprintercarton.Becarefulto removethe knobbeforedisposingofthe packing.

Mounttheplatenknobontheshaftontheright-handsideoftheprinter.Turn

theknobontheshaftbeforepushingtheknobfullyintoposition.

Figure 1-3.Mounting the platen knob

Installtheribboncartridge

Removethetop coverbyliftingthefront(usingthetwo gripsattheside),

andpullingtowardsyou.Nowinstalltheribbon.

F@IIU 1-4. Remoting the top cover

1. Usethetensioningknobontheribboncartridgeto tightenthe ribbon if it is slack(turnclockwise).

2. Use the grips on the side of the ribbon cartridgeto help locate the cartridge(squeezetheminwardsgently),andmakesurethatthespindles on thecartridgeholderfit intothe socketson thecartridgeitself.

igura 7-5.Installing the ribbon cartridge

3. Theribbonshouldpassbetweenthe printheadandthe pnnthead shield (seeFigure 1-6).

Ffgure 1-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield

Now,holdthetopcoveruprightandengagethetabsattheback.Thenswing thefrontedgedownuntilthe coverisclosed.

Leavethetopcoverclosedduringnormaloperation.Itkeepsoutdustanddirt andreducestheprinter’soperatingsounds.Openthecoveronlytochange theribbonor makean adjustment.

Connection

Connecttheprinter to yourcomputer,usinga standardparallel-typecable. On aPCorPC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouusethe 25-wayDtype connector at the computer end, and the Amphenol-type36-way connectoratthepnnterend.Thepinoutsoftheprinter’sconnectoraregiven in Chapter8 if youneeda cableforconnectionto anothercomputer.

Plugthe printerintoa suitablemainsoutlet.However,DONOTturnonthe powerswitchatthe frontoftheprinteryet.

Interface

Connector

Figut-o1-7.Connecting the interface cable

cable

Ifyouwanttousetheoptionalserialinterface,slideouttheparallelinterface boardby grippingthe flips on both sides.Then insertthe optionalserial interfaceboardalltheway,as showninFigure 1-8.

Figura 1-8. Replacing the interface board

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

sectionwilltakeyouthroughtheproceduresfor loadingsinglesheets

This

of paper. If youareusingthe optionalautomaticsheetfeeder(ASF),read the ASF

instructionbooklet.

Automaticloading

Singlesheetscanbeloadedmanuallywithpoweroff,orautomaticallywith poweron. Wewillstarttheeasy waywithautomaticloading.

1. Placethepaperguideinposition,locatingthelugs on thebottomofthe assemblyintotheslotsonthe rearcoverofthe printer.

Figurs 1-9. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets

2. Makesurethatthereleaseleveris down. If the fanfoldpaperis mountedon the printer,pressthe( “ERKCTj buttonto parkthepaper,thenmovethereleaseleverdownwards.

Adjustthe paperguidestomatchthe sizeofpaperyouwillbeusing(re-

3. memberingthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge ofthecarriage).

Placea single sheetbetweenthe guides,placingthe sideon whichyou wanttoprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown in theguidesuntilyoufeelit stop.

lever

Figure 1-10. Loading a single sheet

Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchatthefrontoftheprinter.Theprinter

5. willbeep,indicatingthatnopaperisinpositionforprinting.Theorange

POWER indicatoralsoflashesto showthis.

Nowpressthe(

SEHWCT )button. Thepaperbailwillmoveclearof

thepaper,andthepaperwillbefed andadjustedpasttheprintheadto a positionready forprinting.Thepaperbailwillbemovedbacktogripthe paperagainsttheplaten,andtheprintheadwillmovetothestartposition.

Manualloading

Itisalsopossibletoloadpapermanuallywhiletheprinter’spowerisoff.The procedureis:

Placethepaperguideinposition,locatingthelugson thebottomof the

assemblyintothe slotson therearcoverof theprinter. Checkthatprinterpoweris off and thereleaselever at thebackof the

printeris down.

Openthe topcover,thenmovethebailleverontopofthepnnterforward

to openthe paperbail. Adjustthepaperguidestomatchthesizeof paperyouwillbeusing(re-

4. memberingthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge of the carriage). Placea singlesheetbetweentheguides,placingthe sideon whichyou

5. wanttoprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown in theguidesuntilyoufeel it stop. Turn-theplatenknob clockwiseuntilthefrontedgeof thepapercomes

6. outfromunderthetop cover. If the paper is not straight,move the releaselever to the up position,

7. straightenthepaperby hand,thenmovethereleaseleverbackdown. Move the bailleverbackto closethepaper bail.

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

Fanfold forms have holes alongthe sides and perforationsbetween the sheets.Theyare also calledsprocketforms,punchedforms,or just plain “computerpaper”.Thisprinteracceptsformsupto 16”wide.Fanfoldforms areloaded,parked,andunparkedasexplainednext.

Loadingthepaperfromtherear of theprinter

Youcanloadthefanfoldpapereitherfromtherearorfromthebottomofthe printer.If you are goingto load the paper from the bottomread the next section.

1. Place astackoffanfoldpaperbehindandatleastonepage-lengthbelow theprinter.

2. Turn theprinter’spowerOFF.

3. Pmshthe releaselever to the upward position.This has the effect of ~leasingthe paperfromtheplatenroller,andengagingthetractorfeed.

4. Removethepaperguideandputit asideforthe moment.

5. Removethe~arcover. Gripitbyitsrearedge andliftupwardsandbackwardsas in Figure1-11.

Figure T-IT. Opening the rear cover

With the sprocketcoversopen,threadthe paper over the sprockets,

6. aligningholeswiththepinson thesprockets.

Adjustthespacingofthesprocketsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using

the clamplever at the back of each sprocketto release and lock the sprocketinpositin(whentheleverisdown,thesprocketmaybemoved, andwhenit isup,the sprocketis locked).

Smocket cover

F/gun?1-12. Thread the fenfold paper over the sprockets.

Nowclosethe sprocketcovers,againmakingsurethatthepapersprocket

Clamp lever

holesarealignedwiththepinsonthesprockets.Iftheyarenot aligned properly,youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresulting in tearingandjammingof the paper. Turnontheprinterusingtheswitchatthefrontoftheprinter.Theprinter

9. willbeep(indicatingthatthepaperisnotyetfilly loaded).Thisis also confirmedby theorange

10.Nowpressthe(

‘EER-ECT) button.Thepaperbailwillmoveclearof

POWER indicatorflashing.

thepaper,andthepaperwillbefedandadjustedpasttheprintheadto a positionready forprinting.Thepaperbailwillbemovedbacktogripthe paperagainsttheplaten,andtheprintheadwillmovetothestartposition.

11.Remounttherearcover.Holdittilted upwardandinsertthefourtabsat the front into their slots.Then rotate the cover downwards,pressing downonthethumbpadson theleft andrighttosnapit intoplace.

12.Mountthepaperguideinthehorizontalpositionshownin Figure1-13, sothatit will separatetheprintedfromtheunprintedpaper.

Figurs 1-13. Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms

Loadingthepaperfromthebottomof theprinter

Youcanloadthefanfoldpaperfromthebottomof theprinterby usingthe optionalpulltractorunit.

Removethe top cover,thenmovethe bail lever on top of the printer forwardtoopenthepaperbail. Mounttheoptionalpulltractorunitonto theprinter.Gripthe locklevers

2. onbothsideandpushtheunitdownwardsontotheplatenrollershaftto fitthetractorgrips,as shownin Figure 1-14. Placea stackof fanfoldpaperbelowtheprinter.

3. Withthesprocketcoversopen,threadthepaperoverthesprocketsfrom

4. thebottomof theprinter,aligningholeswiththepinson thesprockets. Adjustthespacingofthesprocketsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using

5. the clamplever at the back of each sprocketto release and lock the sprocketinpositin(whentheleverisup,thesprocketmaybemoved,and whenit is down,thesprocketislocked).

Platen

~utw1-14.Mountingthe optionalpulltractor unit

cover lever

Figure 7-15. Thread the fanfold paper over the sprockets from the bottom of tie printer.

6. Nowclosethesprocketcovers,againmakingsurethatthepapersprocket holesarealignedwiththepinson thesprockets.If theyart-not~igned

properly,youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresulting

in tearingandjammingof thepaper.

7. Mountthenewtopcover.

Paperparking

Afterloadingfanfoldpaperfromtherearof theprinter,youdonothaveto unloadit whenyouwanttoprinton a singlesheet.Theprinterwill“park” it for youif youfollowtheprocedurebelow.

1. Paperparkingstartswith powerON, fanfoldpaperloadedin printing position,thereleaseleverup.

2. Pressthe( line(ON

3. Tearofftheprintedformatthelastperforation,leavingnotmorethan

abouthalf a page showingabovethetop cover.If necessary,pressthe (PAPERFEED)buttontofeedpaperfonvarduntilaperforationislocated just abovethetop cover,andtearthere.

4. Pressthe( ‘W&4RcT) Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthefanfoldformbackwarduntilthe paperis completelyfree of theplaten.

5. “Movethe releaseleverto thedownposition.

6. Mountthepaperguidein theuprightposition.

Now you can load singlesheetseitherautomaticallyor manually,as ex-

plainedpreviously.The fanfoldpaperremainsparked at the back of the printer.

ONLINE

LINE indicatorof~.

) buttononthecontrolpaneltosettheprinteroff-

buttonon the controlpanel.

Paperunparking

Whenyouwantto resumeusingfanfoldpaper,theprocedureisasfollows.

1. Removeall singlesheets fromthe printer.

2. Mountthe paperguideinthehorizontalposition.

3. Movethe releaselevertotheup position.

4. Pressthe ( ‘EFEAECT) button.Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthe parkedfanfoldpaperintopositionforprinting.

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

The distancebetweenthe print head and the platen can be adjusted to

accommodatedifferentpaperthicknesses.Tomakethisadjustment,remove thetopcover.Theadjustmentleverislocatedneartherightendofthepaper

bail. Pulling the adjustmentlever upwards narrows the gap; pushing it

downwardswidensthegap.

Therearefivepositions;youcan feeltheleverclickingintoeachposition. Thesecondpositionfromthetopistheonemostcommonlyusedfor single

sheetsofpaper.Trydifferentpositionsuntilyougetthebestprintingresults.

Flgura 1-16. Adjusting for different thicknesses of paper

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CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

Thecontrolpanelbuttonscanbepressedsinglyto performtheoperations indicatedbytheirnames. Otherfunctionscanbeobtainedby holdingthese buttonsdownwhenyouturntheprinter’spoweron.Stillfurtherfunctions canbeexecutedbypressingthe controlpanelbuttonsin combination.

Thischapterexplainsallthebuttonandindicatorfunctions.

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Pauseprinting

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Feedpaper(fast andslow,forwardandreverse)

✎

Park fanfoldforms

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Setthe top-of-formposition

✎

Selectthe printpitch

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Selectafontstyle

✎

Printtestpatterns

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Preventsoftwarefromchangingthepanelpitchandfontselections

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Printa hexadecimaldump

✎

Cleartheprinter’sbuffer

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

printerisequippedwithfivebuttonsonthecontrolpanel:fromrightto

The

lefttheyare,( ONLINEl(PAPERFEED]and(s’TFd~cT>(largerbuttons),

~d (“) and (=E) (smallerbuttons).

The followingis a briefguideto the buttonsandindicatorsonthe control panel.

Figure 2-1. Control panel

ONLINE button

(

ON LINE

buttonsets the printeron-lineand off-line.The state

)

The changeseachtimeyoupressthebutton.

Intheon-linestatetheprinterreceivesdatafromthecomputerandprintsthe data.Intheoff-linestatetheprinterstopsprintingand sendsthecomputer a signal indicatingthatit cannotacceptdata.

Theprinterpowersup in theon-linestateifpaperis present.If paperisnot present,theprinterpowersup off-linewiththe

Whenyouloadpaperthe

POWER indicatorstopsflashing,but the printer

remainsoff-line.To startprintingyoumustpressthe(

POWER indicatorflashing.

ON LINE

)

button

goon-line. Thethreemaintimeswhenyouwillwanttopressthe(

ON LINE

)button

are:

● Beforeand afteranyotherpaneloperation

Theotherpanelbuttonsoperateonlyin theoff-linestate.Firstpressthe

ON LINE ) buttonto go off-line,thenperformthe paneloperation,then

(

pressthe (

● Topauseduring printing

Ifyoupressthe

ON LINE ) buttonagaintogo backon-line.

LINE

(

buttonduringprinting,theprinterstops

)

printingand goesoff-line,allowingyouto checkthe printoutor changea

LINE

control panel setting.Printingresumeswhenyoupress theC

buttonagainto go backon-line.

)

● Tocutfanfoldformsat theendof printing

LINE )button downfor

Whenusingfanfoldforms,ifyouholdtheC

ON onesecond,in additiontogooff-linetheprinterfeedsthepaperabouttwo inchesforward,allowingyouto cutitoffjust belowthelastlineprinted. Whenyoupressthe(

LINE )button againtogobackon-line,thepaper

ON feeds backward about one inch, stopping in the right place to resume printing.

PAPERFEEDbutton

If youpressthisbuttoninoff-line,thepaperfeedsforward.If youholdthis buttondown,the printerperformsconsecutiveline feeds.

Whileyouarefeedinglines,ifyoualsopressthe (

button,the

LINE

paperwillfeed to thetop of thenextpage.This is explainedlater.

SET/EJECTPARKbutton

Pressingthisbuttoncausestheprintertoexecutepaperloadingifthepaper hasnot loadedwhileinthe off-linestate.

If the paper has been loaded, this button causes the printer in different functionsdependingon thereleaseleverposition.

If the releaseleveris setto theupwardpositionfor thefanfoldforms,this

buttonoperatestoparkthe fanfoldformsto thebackwardposition. If the releaselever is set to the downwardpositionfor the singlesheets,

pressingthisbuttonejectsthe paper. Thisbuttonhasno effectif the optionalpulltractorunitis mounted.

PRINTPITCHbutton

Thisbuttonselectstheprintpitchthatwillbe printed.Rememberthatthe printermustbeoff-lineforyoutodothis.Successivepressesofthisbutton

willilluminate(andselect)the followingoptionsin thisorder:

Pitch

Pica

Elite

Condensedpica Condensedelite Picaproportional Eliteproportional

Indicator(s)

PICA ELITE PICA, COND ELITE, COND PICA, PROP ELITE, PROP

Holdingdownthisbuttonwillcyclecontinuouslybetweenthese options.

NLQ TYPESTYLEbutton

Thisbuttonselectsthefontstyletobeprinted.Draftstyleisalwaysselected

at power-up.TochangetooneoftheNLQ(nearletterquality)styles,setthe

printeroff-line,thenpressthe(SfF7E)buttonrepeatedlyuntiltheindicators besidethe desiredselectionilluminate.Theselectionscycleinthefollow-

ingorder:

Fontstyle

Draft Courier Courieritatic

Indicator(s)

(allindicatorsoff)

COURIER COURIER, ITALIC

Sanserif SANSERIF Sanserifitalic Orator Oratoritalic

SANSERIF, ITALIC ORATOR ORATOR, ITALIC

Holdingdownthisbuttonwillcyclecontinuouslybetweentheseoptions. TheOratorstyleis uniquein twoways.First,it is a lotlarger(higher)than

the other styles. This makes it a good choice for labels and other text requiringhigh visibility.A little extraline spacinghelps when Oratoris used.Second,therearetwoversionsoftheOratorfontstyle:oneprintssmall capitalsinplaceoflower-caseletters;theotherprintslower-caseletters,but withoutdescenders.The other font styles do not have a small-capitals

option.Lowercasealwaysprintsas lowercase. Yougetthe smallcapitalswhenyou selectOratorfmm the controlpanel. ThefontstylecanalsobeselectedbyprintercommandsgiveninChapter4.

Printercommandsenableyouto selectboth Oratorstyles,and also draft italic,whichcannotbe selectedfromthecontrolpanel.

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

,hlte,

In additionto their normalfunctions,all the controlpanel buttonshave specialfunctionsthatoperateifyouholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower on.

MICROFEED

A &

‘,byinJu[p?+f,

Printarea test

Stay in P&l pitch

rgure2-2. Power-up functions of control panel

OPOwER

— FF —A

Shorttestmode

If theprinteris turnedonwhilethe printerwillentertheshortself-testmode.The printerwillstartprintingas

LINE

soonas the numberof the printer’sROM,followedby sixlinesofthecharacterset.

Eachline willbe offsetby onecharacterfromtheonebeforeit. The final resultwillbe somethinglikethefollowing.

(

button is released,and willprintthe version

)

LINE

(

button is pressed,the

)

Figure 2-3. Short self-test

Sincethetestprintoccupiesthe wholewidthof the carriage,it is recommended that the printer is loaded with continuousstationeryto avoid possibledamageto theprinthead and/orplaten.

Long test mode

If the printeris turnedon whilethe (PAPER FEED) buttonis pressed,the printerwillenterthelong self-testmode.Theprinterwillstartprintingas soon as the numberof theprinter’sROM,followedby thewholecharactersetprinted in eachfont stylesandpitchavailable.

Thetest cyclesendlessly.To stopthe testyoumustswitchpoweroff.

Sincethetestprintoccupiesthe wholewidthof the carriage,it is recommended that the printer is loaded with continuousstationeryto avoid

possibledamagetotheprintheadand/orplaten.Inaddition,the totalnumber

oflinesprintedisconsiderable,morethancanbeaccommodatedon a single sheet,sofanfoldpaperis certainlysuggestedforthistest.

CPAPER FEED) buttonis released,and will printthe version

Printarea testmode

Ifyouwanttoknowhowmanylinesonyourpapercanbeprinted,tryto run thispnntarea test.Byholdingthe~ ‘%FWCT]buttondowndunng powerup,theprinterwillentertheprintareatestmode.Theprinterwillprintthe firstlinemessage,thenprintsthelastlinemessageonyour singlesheetafter feedingthepapertothebottomof the paper.

If youhaveloadedthefanfoldpaper,the printershowsonlythe firstline.

Stayinpanelpitch

By holdingthe @iTCR)button down during power-up,you can prevent softwareinterferencewiththeprintpitchselectedfromthe controlpanel. Youwillhearan acknowledgingbeep aspowercomeson.

Afterthebeeptone,youcansettheprinteroff-line,selectaprintpitch,then returnto on-lineand startprinting.Thepitchyouselectedwillnotbereset

or otherwisechangedby anycommandsyoursoftwaremayissue.

Stayinpanel style

If helddownduringpower-up,the (ST@ buttonpreventssoftwareinter-

ferencewiththefontstyleselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Therewillbean

acknowledgingbeep,after whichyou can set the printeroff-line,selecta fontstyle,thenreturntotheon-linestateandstartprinting.Theselectedfont stylewillnotbechangedby anycommandssentby software.

Stayinpanelpitchandstyle

If you wantto protectboththepitchandfont stylesettingsfrom software changes,pressthe@iTiX!landGF7iT3buttonsduringpower-up.Therewill

be a littlelong acknowledgingbeep.

Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnotpreventyoufrommaking anynumberofchangeslaterfromthecontrolpanel.

Hexadecimaldump

This feature is useftd for programmed who are debuggingprintingpro-

grams and want to see the actualcodesthe printer is receiving.(Some

computemchange thecodestheprogrammerintended.)

Inthismode,allreceiveddatawillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat,

ratherthanthecontrolcodesbeingactedonascommandcodes. Thismodeis accessedwiththe followingprocedure:

1. Holdingboththe powerON.A beeptonewillbe heard.

2. Start printing.In placeof the usualprintoutyou will get a formatted dumpshowingexactlywhat datathe printerreceives.Eachlinepresents sixteencharactem,their hexadecimalcodes to the left and printable character printedon the right.

3. At the end of the hexadecimaldump,set theprinteroff-linewiththe

ON LINE )button. Thisis necessaryto printthelastline.

(

(PAPER FEED) and( ‘EJ!MCT>buttonsdown,turn

ThefollowingBASICprogramis a simpletestyoucanruninhexadecimal mode:

10 FOR 1=0 TO 255 20 LPRINT CHR$(11 J 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END

If your systempassesthe codes directlyto the printer withoutchanging them,youwillgeta printoutlikeFigure2-4.

0[:) (:)1 02 0s 1;)4 (:)5 (0.5 (07 0!3 (:)y ,;B/l C)e (:)C (:,D OE- rjF

1(:) 11 12

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2R 2C 2D 2E 3= :0 :1 32 .3:

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

50 51 32 53 54 55 56 57

61;)61 62 63 64 43 66 67

’70 71 ’72 77 74 75 76 77

80 81 82 83 84 S5 86 87 S8 89 BA 8EI SC f3D 8E EIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90 91 92 93 94 q5 96 97 60 (41 FKZ AZ A4 Q5 66 A7 RO ccl DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7

EC) El E2 EZ, E4 E5 E6 E7 FO F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 (jD ~,A

1T 14 15 16 17

34 35 36 37 38 X9 :393133C 3D SE 3F

El 132W3 134 B5 B6 B7 cl C2 C3 C4 c?. C6 C7

18 19

ICIIH iC ID IE IF ................

4B 4? 4(44EI4C 4D 4E 4F

5$3 59 5A 5Ei 5C 5D 5E 5F

69 6A 6EI 6C 6D 6E 6F ‘a bc defg h i j k:1mno

76 79 7FI 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F

96 99 99 9EI 9C 9D 9E 9F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

,48 A9 Ah 9B AC fiD 14E AF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

R8 139 BA BB EC ED HE EIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

C8 C9 CA C!3 CC CD CE CF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DS D9 DA Di3 DC DD DE DF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FE F9 F/? FB FC FD FE FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

!“#$w.’ ()II+,-./ 0123456789: ;<= :>? WMICDEFGH

F,CW?STUVWXYZ[ \

pq r stuvwx y z [ : }-.

. .

IJK:LMNO

1“-

Figure2-4. Sample hexadecimal dump

MostBASICs,however,arenotquitethatstraightforward.Forexample,the IBM-PCprintsthefollowing.

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 23 24 2S 26 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 41 42 43 44 4S 46 47 50 51 52 53 S4 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 .S4 65 66 67 6E! 67 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F

70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 BO 81 82 B3 84 S5 B6 87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

ho Al (42 A3 C14 A5 (A6 /)7

RI B2 BX B4 B5 E16 R7 BE !39 BA BB EC ED BE BF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CO Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D3 D6 D7

EO El E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E(4 EH EC ED EE EF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F(3FI F2F3F4F’5F6F7 (:ID (]A

OH 09 09 OB oc OD 06 OE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

17 1!3 19 IB IC ID iE IF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28 29 2A 2EI 2C 2D 2E 2F 3S 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 48 49 4& 4EI 4C 4D 4E 4F @QBCDEF6HIJKLMN0 58 59 59 5EI 5C 5D SE SF PQRSTLIVWXYZt\l*–

7S 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F pqrstuvwxyzc:>-”.

SS S9 8A SE SC SD BE BF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90 99 96 9B 9C 9D 9E 9F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AS !49 (4(4 (IB AC f?D AE fiF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CB C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF

DE! D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FE F9 FA FE FC FD FE FF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I“#*z&’ ()*+,-./

01234567B9: ;<=>?

‘abcdefghijklmno

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

. .

Figure 2-5. Sample hexadecimal dumpwithlBM-PC

WhentheIBM-PCBASICinterpretersendshexcodeOD(carnagereturn) it adds an extra hex OA(line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-fde)also gets specialtreatment:the interpreterdoes not send it at all. This can cause problemsthatgenerategraphicsordownloadcharacterdata,but thereis a solution.Try changingline 20 in the precedingprogramand addingthe codingshownbelow.

Codingfor IBM-PCwithmonochromedisplay:

20 GOSUB 100

100 O=INP (&H379 ) : IF 0<128 THEN 100

110 OUT &H378, I :OUT &H37A, 5

120 RETURN

Codingfor IBM-PCwithcoloradapter:

20 GOSUB 100

-100 O=INP (&H3BD) 110 OUT &H3BC, I :OUT &H3BE, 5 120 RETURN

: IF 0<128 THEN 100

:OUT&H37A, 4

:OUT&H3BE,4

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

Severaladditionalfunctionscanbeobtainedby pressingthecontrolpanel

buttonsin combinations.

MICRO FEED

A h

OPOWER

FF —A

—

--—-

Clearing tie buffer

Figure 2-6. Switch combination functions of mntrol panel

Formfeed

If youare usingsinglesheets,thisoperationejectsthecurrentpage.Ifyou areusingfanfoldforms,it feedsto the topofthenextpage.

1. Pressthe( ON

2. Pressthe performingsuccessivelinefeeds.

3. Still holdingthe button,then releaseboth buttons.The printerwillsmoothlyeject the

currentpage.

LINE

)

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

(PAPER FEED) buttonandholditdown.Theprinterwillstart

(PAPER FEED> button down, press the(

LINE

)

Topofform

Whenyouturnon printerpower,thetop-of-formpositionis automatically setto thecurrentposition.Ifthisisnotwhereyouwantthetopofthepage to be, youcan changethetop-of-formpositionas follows.

LINE

1. Pressthe(

buttonto setthe printeroff-line.

)

2.. Move the paper to the desired top-of-formpositionby pressingthe

(PAPER FEED) button,orbyperformingaforwardorreversemicro-feed.

LINE ] button.

3. Press andholdthe (

4. Press andholdthe (PiT5R)button.

5. Releasebothbuttonsatthesametime.Theprinterwillbeepto indicate thatthetop-of-formpositionhasbeenset.

Forwardmicro-feed

Forfinealignment,youcanfeedthepaperforwardinverysmallincrements as follows:

1. Pressthe( ON

2. Pressthe C ON

3. Pressthe

LINE

)

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

LINE

)

button againandholditdown.

(PAPER FEED) button.Thepaperwillstartadvancinginasenes

of smallsteps.Whenyouwantto stop,releasebothbuttons.

Reversemicro-feed

Youcan also feedthepaperin smallincrementsin reverse,to returnto a

higher positiononthe samepage.

Note:Withfanfoldforms,donottryto returnto a previouspage.The per-

forationmaycatchinsidetheprinter.

1. Pressthe( ON

2. Press the(

3. Pressthe( ‘EMIH7CT)butto,n.Thepaperwillstartmovingbackwards in a seriesofsmallsteps.Whenyouwanttostop,releasebothbuttons.

LINE

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

LINE 3 buttonagainandholdit down.

Clearingthebuffer

When DIP switch 2-1 is ON, the printer stores receiveddata in a large

memorybuffer.Thiscreatesaproblemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprinting

jobandrestart:theprintermaybeholdingmuchmoredatainitsbufferthan

it has actuallyprinted,and this unprinteddatamustbe clearedout before restaffing.Turningpoweroff is one way to clear the buffer, but there is

anotherway:

Haltthe printingprogramon the computer.If printingstops immediately,thebufferisclearandtherestofthisprocedureisunnecessary.If

printingdoesnotstop,continueas follows:

LINE

Pressthe

( nowstop,buttheremaybedata remainingin the buffer. Press andholdthe ( ON

3. Pressandholdthe (~) button.Continueholdingthesetwo buttons

4. down.Inaboutthree secondsyouwillhearabeeptonesignalingthatthe bufferhasbeen cleared. Releasethesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrolpanelsettings,then

5. setthe printerbackon-line.

Itisessentialtohalttheprintingprogramonthecomputerbeforeyougooffline.Otherwise,whenyougobackon-linethecomputerwillstartsending dataagainandtheprinterwillcontinueprinting,withmissingdatawherethe bufferwascleared.

buttonto set theprinteroff-line.Printingwill

)

button.

)

LINE

Thebankof DIP(DualIn-linePackage)switchesinsidetheprinterisused for variousfunctions.

ThischapterexplainswheretheDIP switchesam located,andhowto use them.

LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES

Whenyouremovetheprinter’scoverandlookinside,youwillseeon the greenboardatthe bottom of theprintertwogroupsofsmallwhiteswitches markedDSW1andDSW2.Thesearetheprinter’sDIPswitches.DSW1has eightswitches,named1-1 to 1-8fromlefttoright.DSW2hasfourswitches

named2-1to 2-4.

Figure 3-1.DIP switches

For allswitches,theONpositionistowardsthebackoftheprinterandthe OFFpositionistowardstheIlont.Toseta DIP switch,use aballpointpen orothersmallimplementtomovetheswitchto the ON or OFFposition.

Theprinter’spowershouldbeoffwhenyousettheDIPswitches.Settings madewhilepowerisondonottakeeffectuntilpowerisswitchedoff,then on again,becausetheprinterreadsthe DIP switchesonlyat power-up.

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES

The printerisdeliveredwithallDIPswitchsettotheONposition.Theseare thestandardsettings.Bychangingthesettings,youcanalter variousprinter functionsto match yourrequirements.The followingquestionswill help

youmakethe rightsettings.

Switch

1-1 Pagelength 11inches 12inches 1-2 AutoCR Yes 1-3 Printingarea Atype Btype 1-4 Autosheetfeeder Inactive 1-5 Paper-outdetector 1-6 Printermode

1-7

I 1-8 I AutoLF

2-1

2-2 2-3 Internationalcharacterset 2-4

Switch l-l: Is the pagelengthof yourpaper 11inchesor 12inches?

LeavethisswitchONifyouwillbeusing1l-inchforms.MoveittotheOFF positionif you willbe using 12-inchforms.

Switch 1-2: Do you wantan automaticcarnagereturn?

Function

Characterset (Standardmode)

Characterset (IBMmode)

UsageofRAM

ON OFF

Active Enabled Standard

Italics

Set#2 Set#l

Disabled

IBM

Graphics

I No

Buffer Download

Leavethis switchON. The printerwillautomaticallyperforma carnage

returnbymovingto theleftmarginateachlinefeed. Evenifyoursoftware sendsa separatecarnage-returncode,anextracarnagereturndoesnoharm

becausetwoconsecutivecarriageRtumsarethesameasone.Veryfewpro-

gramsrequirethisswitchto be OFF.

Switch 1-3: Whichtype of printingarea formatdo you want to use for

single sheets?

Thisprintercanusetwotypesofpnnting areaformatforsinglesheets. By puttingtheswitchON(“Atype”),thetopofthefirstlineofprintingwillstart to oneinchfromthetopofthepaper,andtheprintedareawiIIendtoprint oneinchfromthebottomofthepaper.

ByputtingtheswitchOFF(”Btype”),the topofthefirstlineofprintingwill start1/6inchfromthetopofthepaper,andtheprintedareawillend 1/3inch fromthebottomofthepaper.

Switch 1-4: Areyougoingto usetheautomaticsheetfeeder(ASF)?

To use the automaticsheetfeeder,move this switchto the OFF position.

Otherwiseleaveit ON. Switch 1-5: Doyouwantthepnnterto stoppnntingattheendofthe paper,

or to keepprinting?

LeavethisswitchONexceptwhenyouneedto printverycloseto the end of the paper. Whenthis switch is OFF the printer ignoresthe paper-out detectorandprintsdownto (andbeyond)thebottomedge.

Switch 1-6: DoyouwanttousetheprinterinstandardmodeorIBMmode? Selectthemodecompatiblewithyour computerandsoftware.In standard

modetheprinteroperateslikethe EpsonFX-1050.InIBMmodeitoperates likethe IBMProprinterXL.The ONpositionselectsstandardmode.The

OFFpositionselectsIBMmode.

S;vitch

1-7: The actionof this switchdependson the modechosenwith

switch1-6.

If youselectedstandardmode,doyouwantitalicsorgraphiccharactes?

LeavethisswitchONtoprintitalicsinthestandardcharacterset.Ifyouset thisswitchto theOFFposition,in placeofitalicsyouwillgetthegraphic characters,internationalcharacters,and mathematicalsymbolsof IBM characterset#2.SeeChapter9,charactercodes128to 254.

IfyouselectedIBMmode,doyouwantIBMcharacterset#1or#2?

ONselectscharacterset#2, whichis forcomputerswithan 8-bitinterface (themostcommonkind).OFFselectscharacterset#1, for computerswith

a 7-bitinterface.

Switch 1-8: Doyouwantan automaticlinefeed?

If you leave this switchat the ON position,a separateline-feedcode is requiredto obtaina linefeed.

If you movethis switchto the OFFposition,the printerperformsboth a carriagereturnandlinefeedeachtime it receivesa carnage-returncode.

Mostcomputersystemssendalinefeedcode,orbothacarriagereturnand linefeed,at the endof eachline,so thisswitchshouldbe left ON.

If you get doubleline spacingwhenyouexpectsinglespacing,or if lines overprinteachother,trychangingthesettingof this switch.

Switch 2-1: Doesyoursoftwaredownloadnewcharactersto theprinter?

To downloadcharactersthisswitchmustbe OFF.Theprinterthenusesits RAMmemoryfor storingcharacterpatternsandprovidesonlya one-line printbuffer.Ifyouleavethis switchON theprinterusesitsRAMmemory

asaninputbuffer,allowingthe computerto senddatafasterthantheprinter

prints. Switches

2-2 to 2-4: Do youwantan internationalcharacterset?

Internationalcharactersetsdifferintheirassignmentof 14charactercodes. Seethe charactertablesatthebackof thismanual.WiththeDIP switches youcan selectoneofeightcharactersetsas follows:

Country 2-2 2-3 2-4 Country 2-2 2-3 2-4 U.S.A. France Germany England

ON ON ON DenmarkI * ON ON OFF

OFF ON ON Sweden OFF ON OFF

ON OFF ON Italy

ON OFF OFF

OFF OFF ON SpainI OFF OFF OFF

* Denmark/Norwaywhenswitch 1-6is OFFandswitch1-7isON.

chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Theprinterhas twoemulationmodes:Standardmodeand IBMmode. Instandardmode,theprinteremulatesthefunctionsoftheEpsonFX-1050. In IBM mode, the printer emulatesthe IBM ProprinterXL. Additional commandcodesareincludedas a supersetof theseemulations.

The emulations changedbymeansofDIPswitch1-6.WhenON,theprinter will be in standardmode, and when OFF, the printer will be in IBM emulationmode(seeChapter3).Itisnotpossibletochange theemulation modeby meansof softwarecontrolor the frontcontrolpanel.

Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecommands,allcommandswillbegivenbyfunction.Thenameofeachcommand is followedby a tableliketheonebelow:

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal

Mode:

“X” “l”

27120 49

27120 1

Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog-

Hexadecimal

IB 78 31 IB 78 01

nized. Std. Standardmode(DIP switch1-6on) IBM IBMmode(DIPswitch1-6off) Both BothstandardandIBMmodes

ASCII:

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Controlcharactersareenclosedinpointedbrackets:For example,<O>means character codeO.

Decimal:

Hexadecimal:

Givesthecommandin decimalcharactercodes. Gives the command in hexadecimalcharacter

codes.

Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbesuppliedareindicatedby italicletters suchas n.

Many commandshave alternativeforms. Some commandsuse cESC> (charactercode27)inStandardmodeandcFS>(charactercode28) in IBM

mode. Other commandshaveparametersthat can be specifiedas either charactercodes or digit characters,like the parameter 1 in the sample commandabove.

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Selectdraftqualitycharacters

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

,,,, ,, ,,

((

Both <ESC>

<ESC>

IBM

<ESC>“1” “O”

<ESC>

“F” “ “ “ “ “9”

))

“X” “O”

<o> 27120 0

“x”

“I” <O> 27 73 0

40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39

27120 46

27 73 48

IB 78 30

IB 78 00 IB 49 30 IB 49 00

Changesfrom near letter qualityto draft quality.Ignoredif the _ buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Selectdraftelitecharacters

Mode ] ASCII

~M I <E!

SC>

I <ESC> “I”

Changestodraftqualitycharacterswithelitepitch(12cpi).Ignored if the

“I” “l” 27 73 49

<1>

(~E)Or (FiiTii) buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

I 27 73 1 I IB 49 01

Hexadecimal

IB 49 31

SelectNLQcharacters

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Boh

“X” “l” “X” <1>

27120 49

27120 1

IB 78 31

IB 78 01

Changesfromdraftqualityto nearletterquality.The initialNLQ typestyleisCourierunlessa differentstylehasbeenselectedby a precedingcommand. Ignored if the(js~) button was pressed

duringpower-up.

SelectNLQtypestyle

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “k” n

SelectsanNLQtype style accordingtothevalueofn.Indraftmode, thiscommandremainsdormantandtakeseffectlaterwhenNLQis selectedby<ESb “x”1.Ignoredifthe(s~)button waspressed duringpower-up.

n Typestyle O Courier(initialvalue)

1 Sanserif 2 Oratorwithsmallcapitals 3 Oratorwithlowercase

SelectCouriercharacters

Mode

Both

IBM

ASCII

“(” “(” “F” “)” “)” “o”

<ESC> “I” “3”

<ESC>“I”

<3> “I” “7”- 27 73 55 “I” <7>

ChangestotheCourierNLQfont.Ignoredifthe(SWE)button was

pressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

27107

4040 7041 41 4$

Decimal

27 73 51 27 73 3

27 73 7

Hexadecimal

IB 6B n

Hexadecimal

28 2846 29 2930

IB 49 33 IB 49 03 IB 49 37 IB 49 07

SelectSanserifcharacters

Mode

Both

IBM

ASCII

“ “ “ “ “F” “)” “)” “1”

((

<ESC> “I” “2” 27 73 54

<ESC>

“I” <2>

ChangestotheSanserifNLQfont.Ignoredifthe(SWLE)buttonwas pressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

40 40 70 41 41 49

27 73 2

Hexadecimal

28 28 46 29 29 31

IB 49 32 IB 49 02

SelectOratorcharacterswithsmall capitals

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both “(” “(” “F’ “)” “S’ “2” 4040 7041 41 50 28 28 46 29 29 32

ChangestotheOratorwithsamllcaptitalsNLQfont.Ignoredifthe

-button waspressedduringpower-up.

SelectOratorcharacterswithlowercase

Mode

Both “ “ ““ “F’ “ “ “)”

ASCII Decimal

(( )

Changesto the Oratorwith lower caseNLQ font. Ignoredif the _ buttonwaspressedduring~wer-up.

“3” 4040 7041 41 51 28 28 46 29 29 33

Hexadecimal

Selectitaliccharacters

IMode I

[Bom I -(’, y’, q?> q!. ,,),,

I std. <ESC> “4”

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

“l” I 4040 7341 41 49 I 28 2849 292931 /

27 52

IB 34

FIBMI <FS> “4” 1 28 52 I Ic 34 I

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedinitalics.Ignoredifthe

= buttonwaspresseddufingpower-up.

Se!ectuprightcharacters

Mode

Both “ “ “(” “I” “)” “)” “O”

Std. <ESC> “5”

IBM <FS> “5”

ASCII

(

Stopsitalic printing andcauses,subsequentcharactemtobeprinted upright.Ignoredifthe (is=jbutton waspressedduringpower-up.

Emphasizedprinting

Model ASCII

Both ]

<ESC> “E” 27 69

Causessubsequentdraft charactemto be emphasizedby adding

extrathicknesstoverticalstrokes.

Decimal

4040 7341 41 48

Hexadecimal

28 2849 29 2930

27 53 IB 35

28 53 IC 35

Decimal Hexadecimal

IB 45

Cancelemphasizedprinting

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “F”

Decimal

27 70 IB 46

Cancelsemphasizedprinting.

Double-strikeprinting

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

“ ,, ,, “

( ( “B” “)” “)”

<ESC> “G”

“l” 40 40 66 41 41 49

27 71

Causessubsequentcharactersto be printedin double-strikemode withaslightverticalpapermotioninbetween,causingathickening of horizontalstrokes. Forboldprint,useofdouble-strikeis recommendedinNLQmode, and combined use of emphasized and double-strike

mended in draft mode. Double-strike cannot be used whh superscripts or subscripts.

Canceldouble-strikeprinting

IMode I ASCII

Both

“ ‘. “ “

( ( “B” “)” “)” “0”

<ESC> “H” 27 72

I Decimal

4040

M 41 41 48

Hexadecimal

28 28 42 29 29 31

IB 47

is recom-

I Hexadecimal \

28 28 42 29 29 30 IB 48

Cancelsdouble-strikeprinting.

Startunderlining

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal

,, t, ,, ,,

( ( “-” “)” “)” “1”

<ESC> “-” “l” 27 45 49

<ESC> “-” <1> 27 45 1

Causessubsequentcharactemtobeunderlined.IBMblockgraphics charactemand spaces skippedby horizontaltabulation are not underlined.

40 40 45 41 41 49

Hexadecimal

28 28 2D 29 29 31

IB 2D 31

IB 2D 01

stop

underlining

‘Mode ASCII Decimal

,, ,, ‘, 4.

( ( “-” “Y’ “Y’

Both <ESC> “-” “O” 27 45 48

<ESC> “-” <O> 27 45 0

“o” 4040 45 41 41 48 28 2820 29 29 30

“Stopsunderlining.

Startoverlining

IMode \ ASCII

<Es~> .,–‘, t!~..

Both

Causessubsequentcharactersto be overlined. Spacesskippedby horizontaltabulationarenotoverlined.

Decimal

27 95 49

27 95 1

Stopoverlining

Mode ASCII

Both

<p.c> .1–.’ ‘yy> <ESC> “ – “ <O> 27 95 0

Stopsoverlining.

Decimal

27 95 48

Superscript

Hexadecimal

IB 2D 30 IB 2D 00

Hexadecimal

IB 5F 31 IB 5F 01

Hexadecimal

IB 5F 30 IB 5F 00

IMode I AScll

Both

<ESC> “S” “O”

<ESC> “S” <O> 27 83 0

Causessubsequentcharacterstobe printedassuperscripts.Doesnot changethe characterpitch.

Subscript

Mode

Botb

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “S” “l” 27 03 49

<ESC> “s” <1> 27 W 1

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedas subscripts.Doesnot changethe characterpitch.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 33 48

IB 53 30

IB 53 00

IB 53

IB 53 01

Cancelsuperscriptorsubscript

Model ASCII I Decimal / Hexadecimal ]

BothI <ESC> “T” I 27 &l

I IB 54

Stops printing superscriptsor subscriptsand returns to normal printing.

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

Selectstandardcharacterset

Mode I ASCII

Both

<ESC> “t” “O”

<ESC> “t” <o> 27116 0 IB 74 00

I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

27116 48 IB 74 30

Selectsthe standardcharacterset.This is thepower-updefaultin Standardmodeif DIPswitch1-7is ON.

Se/ectIBMcharacterset

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both ~

<ESC> “t” “l” <ESC> “t” <1> 27116 1

27116 49 IB 74 31

IB 74 01

Selectsan IBMcharacterset.Thisis thepower-updefaultin IBM

mode.

Selectcharacterset#1

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “7” 27 55

IB 37

Selectscharacterset#1.

Selectcharacterset#2

Mode I ASCII \ Decimal I Hexadecimal /

BothI

<ESC> “6” 27 54 IB 36

Selectscharacterset#2.

Selectinternationalcharacterset

Mode ASCII

std. <ESC> “R” n

IBM

<FS>

“R” n

Decimal Hexadecimal 27 82 n IB 52 n 28 82 n IC 52 n

Selectsaninternationalcharacter set accordingtothe valueof n.

n Characterset O U.S.A

1 France 2 Germany 3 England 4 DenmarkI 5 Sweden 6 Italy

n Characterset 7 SpainI

8 Japan 9 Norway

10 Denmark11 11 SpainII 12 LatinAmerica 13 Denmark/Norway

me firsteight of thesecharactersets(fromU.S.A.to SpainI) can be selectedaspower-updefaultsby DIP switches2-2to 2-4.

Enableprintingofall charactercodes

Mode

IBM

ASCII Decimal

cESC> ‘Y”

nl n2

27 92 rd n.?

EnablesprintingofallcharactersintheIBMcharacterset,including thoseassignedto charactercodeswhichare normallyconsidered controlcodes.Thiscommandremainsineffectforthenextnl +n2 x256 charactem,where

nl andrz2arenumbersbetweenOand255.

Duringthisintervalnocontrolfunctionsareexecuted.Ifacodewith no assignedcharacteris received,theprinterprintsa space.

Hexadecimal

IB 5C nl d

Enable printing of all character codes on next character

IModel ASCII

IIBMI <ESC>“A“ I 27 94 I IB 5E I

This commandoperateslike eES~ ‘\” exceptthatit remainsin effectfor onlyonecharacter.

I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

Selectslashzero

Mode ASCII

Borh

Decimal

27126 1

Hexadecimal

IB 7E 31

IB 7E 01

Causessubsequentzerocharactersto be overprintedwith a slash (m.

Selectnormalzero

Mode ASCII

Both

Causes subsequentzero characters to be printed normally (0), withouta slash.

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

Decimal Hexadecimal 27126 48 27126 0

IB 7E 30 10 7E 00

Picapitch

IMode] ASCII

std. <ESC> “P”

IBM <DC2>

I Decimal

27 80 18 12

I Hexadecimal I

IB 50

In Standardmode,changesfromelitetopicapitch(10cpi)or from

condensedelitetocondensedpica(17cpi).In IBMmode,changes

fromeithereliteorcondensedtopica(10cpi).Ignoredifthe(~)

buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

E/itepitch

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both <ESC> “M” IBM <ESC> “:”

In Standardmode,changesfrompicato elitepitch(12cpi)or from condensedpica to condensedelite(20cpi).In IBMmode,changes

fromeitherpicaorcondensedtoelite(12cpi).Ignoredifthe(~)

buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

27 77 IB 4D

27 58 IB 3A

Hexadecimal

Condensedprinting

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<Sk=

<ESC> <Sb 27 15

Standardmode, changesfrompicato condensedpica(17cpi)or

fromelite to condensedelite(20cpi).InIBMmode,changesfrom eitherpicaor elite to condensed(17 cpi). Ignoredif the(~] buttonwasptessedduringpower-up.

Cancelcondensedprinting

Mode ASCII

Both <DC2>

In Standardmode,changesfromcondensedpicatonormalpicaor fromcondensedelitetonormalelite.InIBMmode,alwayschanges to normalpica. Ignoredif the power-up.

Decimal

18 12

-button

Expanded printing

Mode ASCII

Both

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 87 49 27 87 1

Hexadecimal OF IB OF

Hexadecimal

was pressed du~ng

IB 57 31 IB 57 01

Causessubsequentcharactersto be expandedto double width.

Cancelexpandedprinting

Mode / ASCII

Both

<ESC>“W”“O”

Stopsexpandedprintingandreturnstonormalwidth.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 87 48 27 87 0 IB 57 03

IB 57 30

Expandedprintingfor oneline

Mode ASCII

Both

<so>

Decimal Hexadecimal

14 OE

27 14

Causessubsequentcharactersinthecurrentlineto beexpandedto doublewidth.Charactm returnto normalwidthafterthenextline feed(cLF>).The<DC4>,cVT>,-, and<ESC>“W”Ocommandsalsocancelexpandedprinting.

Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting

Mode ASCII

Borh <DC4>

Stopsone-lineexpandedprintingsetwith<S0> or<ESC><S0>. DoesnotcancelcESC>“W” 1.

Decimal

Selectproportionalspacing

Mode

Both

IBM <ESC> “P” <1>

ASCII

<ESC>“P” “l”

<ESC>

“p” <1> 27112 1

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeproportionallyspaced.Ignored if the(PiTi5i7)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

27112 49

27 00 1

IB OE

Hexadecimal

IB 70 31 IB 70 01 IB 50 01

Selectfixedspacing

Mode

Both

IBM <ESC> “P” <O>

ASCII

<ESC>“P” “O”

<ESC>

“p” <o> 27112 0

Causessubsequentcharactersto be printed with fixed character spacing.Ignoredifthe(~) buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

27112 48

27 80 0

Hexadecimal

IB 70 30 IB 70 00

IB 50 OU

Selectmasterprintmode

Mode

Both <ESC> “!”

ASCII

n 27 33 n

Selectsa combinedprint mode accordingto the value of n. The valueofnisthesumofthevaluesgivenbelowforthedesiredcharacteristics.

Examples:n = 1giveselite;n = 9(1 +8) givesemphasizedelite;n = 137(1+ 8 + 128)givesunderlinedemphasizedelite.

Function n value Underline

Italic[*1] 64 Expanded Doublestrike Emphasized 8 Condensed[*2] Proportional[*2] 2

Elite [*2]

[*1]Ignoredif the(~) buttonwaspressedduringpower-up. [*2]Ignoredif the@i7Cii)buttonwas pressedduringpower-up.

Increasecharacterspacing

Decimal

128

Hexadecimal

IB 21 n

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

std. <ESC> <5P> n 27 32 n

16 20 n

Increasesthespacebetweencharactemby n/240inches,wherenis a numberfromOto 127.Usedin microjustification.

Selectdoubleorquadruplesize

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Both <ESC>“h” n 27 104 n

Selectsthesizeof subsequentcharactersas shownbelow.Extrahighcharactersalignalongthecap-lineofnormalcharacters,with thebaselinetemporarilymovingdown.Linespacingistemporarily doubledwhen n = 1,5 or 6 and quadrupledwhenn = 2. To print correctlywhenn = 3,4,5 or 6, setthelinespacingto 24/216(1P)

Hexadecimal

16 68 n

of an inch with cESC> “3” <24>,and print the same characters twice,upperhalf on oneline,lowerhalfon thenext.For accurate alignment of the two halves, select unidirectionalprintingwith <ESC>“U” <1>.

n Effect O Normalsize

1 Double-high,double-wide 2 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide 3 Double-high,double-wide(Lowerhalfonly) 4 Double-high,double-wide(Upperhalf only) 5 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide(Lowerhalf only) 6 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide(Upperhalfonly)

Selectcharactersize

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ “(” “S” “)” “)”

(

Decimal

40 40 S3 41 41 n

Selectsacombinationofcharacterheightandwidthaccordingtothe value of n, as below.Doesnotmovethebaseline.

n Characterwidth O Singlewidth

1 Doublewidth Single height 2 Singlewidth 3 Double widti

Double-heightcharactersarealwaysprinted at near letterquality. Doubleheightprintingtemporarilycancelsthesuper/subscriptand condensedprinting modes, but these modes resume when the

printerreturnsto normalheight.

Printdouble-heightcharacters

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both .

<ESC>

“W” “l”

“W” <1>

Printssubsequentcharactersat double heightwithoutmovingthe base line, and withoutchangingthe line spacing.Temporarily cancelssuper/subscriptandcondensedprintingmodes.

27119 49 27119 1

Hexadecimal

28 28 53 29 29 n

Characterheight Singleheight

Doubleheight Doubleheight

Hexadecimal

10 77 31

IB 77 01

Returntonormalheight

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC>

<ESC> “W” <O> 27119 0

“W” “O”

Decimal

27119 48

Hexadecimal

IB 77 30

IB 77 00

Terminatesdouble-heightprintingandprintssubsequentcharacters

atnormalheight.Resumessuper/subscriptandcondensedprinting

if thesemodeswerein effectbeforedoubleheightwas selected.

Selectcharacterheight,width,andline spacing

Model ASCII

Both

<ESC>“[” “@”

Selectsa combinationofcharacterheight,width,andlinespacing accordingtothevalueofnandm,asbelow.Doesnotmovethebase line.

<4> <()> 27 91 64 4 0

<O> CO> n m

Linespacing

Decimal

o Onm

Characterheight

Hexadecimal

IB 5B 40 04 00

00tH3 nm

o Unchanged Unchanged

1 Unchanged

2 Unchanged

Single

Double

Double Singleheight

Double

Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged

Doubleheight

m Characterwidth

1 Singlewidth(sameas 43SC> “W” O) 2 Doublewidth(sameas <ESO “W” 1)

Double-heightcharactemare alwaysprintedat nearletterquality. Doubleheightprintingtemporarilycancelsthesuper/subscript~d condensedprinting modes, but these modes resume when the printerreturnsto normalheight.

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

Setline spacingto 1/8inch

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “O”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 48

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesorreversesin subsequentline feedsto 1/8inch.

Setline spacingto 7/72inch

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“l”

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 7/72inch.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 49

Setline spacingto 1/6inch

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> “2”

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesorreversesin subsequentline feedsto 1/6inch.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 50

Setline spacington/216inch

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>

“3” n

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 51 n

IB 30

IB 31

IB 32

IB 33

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesorreversesin subsequentline feeds to n/216inch, where n is betweenOand 255. If n= O,in Standardmodetheline-feeddistanceis settoO,butin IBMmode thiscommandisignored.

Setlinespacington/72inch

Mode

Both <ESC>

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

“A” n 27 65 n IB 41

In Standardmode,setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reverses insubsequentlinefeedstonf72inch,wherenisbetweenOand85.

~If n =0,the linespacingis set to O.

In IBMmodethiscommanddoesthesameexceptthat(1)thenew line spacing does not take effect until the next <ESC> “2” command,and(2) if n = O,the<ESC>“A”commandis ignored.

Execute<ESC>“A”

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> “2”

Sets the line spacingto the value defined by the last preceding <ESC>“A”command.Setsthelinespacingto 1/6inchif thereis no precedingcESC>“A”command.

Linefeed

IModel ASCII

BothI <LF> 10

Printsthe currentlineand feedsthe paperto thenextline. If DIP

switch 1-2 is ON, also moves the next print positionto the left

margin.Seetheprecedingcommandsforthelinespacing.

Decimal

27 50 IB 32

Decimal Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal

Reverselinefeed

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal

<ESC><LF> 27 10

Printsthecurrentlineandfeedsthepaperinthereversedirectionto theprecedingline.IfDIPswitch1-2isON,alsomovesthenextprint positiontotheleftmargin.Seetheprecedingcommandsforthcline spacing.Ignoredwhenfrictionfeedis used.

Hexadecimal

IB OA

Performonen/216-inchlinefeed

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “J”

n 27 74 n

Decimal Hexadecimal

IB 4A

Feedsthepaperoncebyn/216inches,wherenisbetween1and255. DoesnotmovetheprintpositionrightorleftwhenDIPswitch1-2 is OFF.Doesnotchangethe line-spacingsetting.

Performonen1216-inchreverseline feed

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “j”

n 27106 n

Feedsthepaperoncebyn/216inchesinthereversedirection,where nisbetween1and255.Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightorleft when DIP switch 1-2 is OFF. Does not changethe line-spacing

setting.

Hexadecimal

IB 6A n

Feedpapern lines

Mode ASCII

Both.

<ESC>“f’ <ESC>“f’ <1> n

Feedsthepapernlinesfromthecurrentline,wherenis betweenO and 127,

“l” n

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 102 49 n

27102 1 n

IB 66 31 n IB 66 01 n

Set topofpageat currentposition

Mode ASCII Decimal

IBM

<ESC> “4” 27 52 IB 34

Setsthecurrentpositionasthe top-of-pageposition.Notethatthis canalsobe donefromthecontrolpanel.

Hexadecimal

Set page lengthton lines

ModeI ASCII

BothI <ESC>“C” n

Decimal

27 67 n

Hexadecimal

IB 43 n

Setsthepagelengthto n linesin thecurrentlinespacing,wheren isbetween1and127inStandardmode orbetween1and255inIBM mode.Changingthe line spacing later doesnot alterthephysical pagelength.Thecurrentlinebecomesthetop of thepage.

Setpage lengthton inches

Mode

Both <ESC>“C” <O>n 27 67 0 n IB 43 00 n

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Setsthepagelengthto n inches,wheren is between 1 and 22 in Standardmodeorbetween1and127inIBMmode.Thecurrentline becomesthetop of thepage.

Settopmargin

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “c” n 27 99 n IB 63 n

Setsthe topmargintonlines,wherenisbetween1and255.Printing begins on the nth lineon thepage.Thepower-updefaultis n = 1, givingno top margin.

Setbottommargin

IModeI ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

IBoth] <ESC> “N” n ] 27 78 n

Setsthebottommarginton lines,wheren is between1and 127in Standardmode or between 1 and 255 in IBMmode.The bottom marginis resetwhenyouchangethe pagelength.

! IB 4E n I

Canceltopand bottommargins

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC>“O”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 79

Cancelsboththetop marginandthebottommargin.

Formfeed

Mode ASCII

Both <FF>

Feedsthe papertothetopofthe nextpageaccordingtothe current pagelength,andmovestheprintpositiontotheleft margin.When the automaticsheetfeeder (ASF) is selected(DIP switch 1-4 is

OFF),thiscommandejectsthecurrentpage.

Decimal

12 Oc

Returntotopof currentpage

Mode

ASCII

Both <ESC><FF>

Feedsthepaperbackwardto the top of the currentpage.Ignored whenfrictionfeedisused.

Decimal

Disablepaper-outdetector

IB 4F

Hexadecimal

IB OC

Mode

Bah

ASCII

<ESC> “8”

Causesthe printer to disregardthe signalsent by the paper-out detector,enablingprintingtothebottomofthepaper.Overridesthe settingof DIPswitch 1-5.

Enablepaper-outdetector

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> Causesthe printer to stop printingbefore the end of the paper.

Overridesthe settingof DIPswitch1-5.

“9”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 56

Decimal

27 57

IB 38

Hexadecimal

IB 39

Set verticaltabstops

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC>

“B”

nl n2 ... <0> I 27 66nl n2 ... 0 ] IB 42nl n2 ... 00

Decimal

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewverticaltabstops atlinesrzZ,n2, etc.,wherenl, n2,etc.arenumbersbetween1and

255. Amaximumof 16verticaltab stopscanbe set.Thetabstops mustbe specifiedin ascendingorden any violationof ascending orderterminatesthetabstoplist.Standardterminationisbythe<O> controlcode.Theverticaltabstopsaresetintenns ofthecurrentline spacingand donotmoveif thelinespacingis changedlater.

Set verticaltabstopseveryn lines

IMode1

Both

ASCII Decimal

<ESC>“e” “l”

<ESC> “e” <1> n 27101 1

27101 49 n IB 65 31 n

Cancelsall currentverticaltabstops andsetsnewtabstopseveryn lines,wheren is between1and 127.

Set verticaltabstopsinchannel

Mode

BoL

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC>“b”

nO nl

d ...

27 98 nO nl IB 62 nO nl

<0> n2 ... 0

Hexadecimal

n IB 65 01 n

d ... 00

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltab stopsin channelnO,(wheren(lis

betweenOand7)andsetsnewverticaltabstopsinthischannel.(A

channelis a set of verticaltab stopsselectedby the <ESC>“/’ command.)SeecESC>“B”forparametersnl, n2,...<0>.

Selectverticaltabchannel

IMode] ASCII 1 Decimal / Hexadecimal I

] BothI <ESC> “~’ nO I 27 47 n

Selectsa set~fverticaltabstopsdesignatedby a channelnumber

(n(l)fromOto7.Thetabstopsineachchannelaresetby<ESC>’’b”.

I IB 2Fno I

Verticaltab

Mode ASCII

Both <VT>

Decimal

Feedsthepaperto the next verticaltab stop and movestheprint positiontotheleftmargin.Performsalinefeedifnoverticaltabsare

set,asatpower-up.Feedstothetopofthenextpageifverticaltabs aresetbutthecurrentlineis at or belowthelast verticaltab stop.

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Setleftmargin

Mode ASCII

BothI <EsC> “l” n

Setstheleftmarginatcolumnn (wherenisbetweenOand255)in the currentcharacterpitch(picapitch if proportionalspacingis selected).The left margindoesnot moveif the characterpitch is changedlater.Theleftmarginmustbeat leasttwocolumnstothe leftof therightmarginandwithinthe limitsbelow:

Pica Elite

Condensedpica Condensedelite Expandedpica Expandedelite Expandedcondensedpica Expandedcondensedelite

Decimal

27108 n IB 6C n

Hexadecimal

Setrightmargin

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “Q” n

std.

IBM <FS>

Setstherightmarginatcolumnninthecurrentcharacterpitch(pica

‘pitchif proportionalspacing is currently selected). Column n

becomesthelastcharacterpositionintheline.Therightmargindoes notmove if the characterpitchis changedlater.Therightmargin mustbe withinthelimitsbelow:

Setleftand

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC>

Setsthe leftmargin atcolumnn] andthe rightmarginatcolumnn2. See the preceding notes.

“Q”

Pica Elite Condensedpica Condensedelite Expandedpica Expandedelite Expandedcondensedpica Expandedcondensedelite

rightmargins

“X” nl n2

commandsfor margin restrictionsand other

Decimal

27 81 n 28 81 n

Decimal

27 88 nl n2

Hexadecimal

IB 51

IC 51 n

4 s n s 136 5 s n s 163 7 s n s 233

8 s n s 255

2 ~ n ~ 68

3 s n <81

4 s n s 116 4 s n s 136

Hexadecimal

10 58

nl d

Carriagereturn

Mode

Both <CR>

ASCII

Printsthecurrentlineandreturnsthenextprintpositionto theleft margin.If DIP switch1-8is ON,alsoperformsa line feed.

Decimal Hexadecimal

13 OD

Setautomaticline feed

IModel ASCII I

IBMI <ESC>“5” <1>

Causestheprinterto performbotha carriagereturnandlinefeed each time it receivesa <CR>code.This commandtakes priority overDIP switch1-8.

Cancelautomaticlinefeed

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> “5” <O>

Causestheprintertoperformonlyacarriagereturnwhenitreceives a <Clb code.Thiscommandtakes priorityoverDIP switch 1-8.

Backspace

Mode ASCII

Both

-d3S> 8

Movestheprintpositiononecolumnto theleft.Ignorediftheprint position is at the left margin. This command can be used to overstrikeor combinecharacters.

Leftjustify

I Decimal

27 53 1

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 53 0 IB

Decimal Hexadecimal

I Hexadecimal I

IB 35 01 I

35 W

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC>

“a” “O” “a” CO> 27 97 0 IB 61 00

Decimal

27 97 48 IB 61 30

Alignssubsequenttextwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin ragged.

Centertext

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “a” “l” 27 97 49 <ESC> “a” <1> 27 97 1

Centerssubsequenttextbetweenthe left andrightmargins.

Hexadecimal

IB 61 31 IB 61 01

Rightjustify

Mode ASCII

Both

cESC>“a”

“2”

Decimal

27 97 50 IB 61 32 27 97 2 IB 61 02

Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingtheleftmargin

‘ragged.

Sethorizontaltabstops

Mode

ASCII

Both <ESC> “D” nl n2 ...

Cancelsallcurrenthorizontaltab stopsand sets new tab stops at

columnsnl, n2,etc.inthecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitchifproportionalspacingis currently selected), where nl, n2, etc. are numbersbetween1and255.Themaximumnumberofhorizontal tabstopsallowedis32inStandardmodeand28in IBMmode.The tab stops must be specifiedin ascendingordec any violationof

ascendingorderterminatesthetabstoplist.Standardterminationis bythe-=0>controlcode.To clearalltabstops,specify<ESC>“D” <o>.

<o>

Decimal Hexadecimal

2766nl n2 ... 0

IB 44nl n2 ... 00

Sethorizontaltabstopeveryn columns

Hexadecimal

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “e” “O” n

cESC> “e” <O> n

Cancelsallcurrenthorizontaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopsevery

n columns,wheren is between1and 127.

Resetall tabstops

/ModeI

IIBMI cESC>“R”

ASCII

Resetsthehorizontaltabstops to theirpower-upvalues in whicha tab stopis setevery8 columnstartingatcolumn9. Alsoclearsall verticaltab stops.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27101 46 n 27101 0 n IB 65 00 n

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 82 I IB 52

IB 65 30 n

Horizontaltab

Mode ASCII

Both

<m>

Decimal Hexadecimal

9 09

Movestheprintpositiontothenexthorizontaltabstop.Ignoredif thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen underliningis selected,spacesskippedbyhorizontaltabulationare notunderlined.

Relativehorizontaltab

Mode ASCII

std. cESC> ‘Y” rd d

IBM <FS> A“ nl d

Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance(maximum

13.6inches).Ignoredif theresultingpositionisbeyondtherightor left margin. The formulasfor the distanceand direction are as follows: If n2isbetweenOand63,theprintheadmovesrightby(nl + @ x

256)/120inches. If n2isbetween64and 127,theprint headmovesleftby(nl + [rz264]x 256)/120inches.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 92 ni d

28 92 nl d

Absolutehorizontaltabin inches

16 5C td d

IC 5C nl n2

Mode

ASCII

Both cESC>“$” nl d

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 36 nl d

Setsthe nextprintpositionto (nl +rd x 256)/60 inchesfromtheleft marginon the currentline.Ignoredif this positionis beyondthe rightmargin.Themaximumpositionis 13.6inches.

Absolutehorizontaltabin columns

Mode ASCII

Both

cESC>“f’ “O” n <ESC>“f’ <O>n 27102 0 n

Movesthe next print positionto columnn from the left margin, wheren is betweenOand 127.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27102 48 n

IB 24 nl n2

IB 66 30 n

IB 66 00 n

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

Printnormal-density8-bitgraphics

Model ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

Both

cESC>“K”

nl n2

ml d .. . ml d ... ml d . ..

27 75 nl d

IB 4B nl d

Prints bit-imagegraphicsat 60 dots per inch horizontally.The

graphicimageis8dotshigh andnl +n2x256dots wide.Maximum

widthis 13.6inches(816dots).ml, m2,... arethe dotdata,eacha

l-byte valuefrom Oto 255 representing8 verticaldots, withthe most significantbit at the top and the least significantbit at the bottom.The numberof databytesmust be nZ+ n2 x 256.Dots beyond the right margin are ignored.At the end of bit-image printingthe printerreturnsautomaticallyto charactermode.

Printdouble-density8-bitgraphics

IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

Both

<ESC> “L” nl n2 27 76 nl d

ml m2 ...

ml m2 . ..

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsperinchhorizontally(maximum 1632dotswide).SeecESC>“K” for otherinformation.

IB 4C nl n2

ml d . ..

Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics

Model ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal”‘1

Both

<ESC>“Y”

nl d

ml m2 ...

27 89 nl d

ml m2 ...

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsperinchhorizontally(maximum 1632dotswide),skippingeveryseconddotinthehorizontal

direction.See<ESC>“K” for otherinformation.

IB 59 nl n2

ml m2 ...

Printquadruple-density8-bitgraphics

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>“Z” nl n2

ml d ... ml d . .. ml d . ..

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 240dotsperinchhorizontally(maximum3264dotswide),skippingeveryseconddotin thehorizontal direction.See<ESC>“K”for otherinformation.

Selectgraphicsmode

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC>“*” nO

Selectsoneofeight graphicsmodesdependingon the valueof nO and prints bit-imagegraphicsin this mode. See <ESb “K” for informationon nl, ti, ml, m2, ...

nO Graohicsmode 0 Normal-density

1 Double-density

2 Double-density,double-speed

3 Quadmple-density 4 CRTgraphics,modeI 5 Plottergraphics

6 CRTgraphics,modeII

7 Double-densityplottergraphics(144dotsper inch)

n2 ml d ...

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 90 nl d IB 5A nl n2

Decimal

27 42 no rd IB 2A nO nl

d ml d ... d ml d ...

Hexadecimal

(60dotsperinch) (120dotsper inch)

(240dotsper inch) (80dotsperinch) (72dotsperinch) (90dotsperinch)

Convertgraphicsdensity

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both cESC> “?” n m

ConvertsgraphicsdefinedbysubsequentcESC>“K”,<ESC>“L”, <ESC>“Y”or<ESC>“Z”commandstoadensitymodedefinedby cESC> “*”.n is “K”,” converted.misacodefrom<0>to<7>indicatingoneofthemodes of <ESG “*”.

27 63 n m IB 3F

L“,“Y”or “Z”,indicatingthe modeto be

n m

Print9-pingraphics

Mode ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “A” nO nl

Std.

n2 ml d ...

27 94 no nl

n2 ml d ...

Hexadecimal

IB 5E nO nl

d ml d ...

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat60dotsperinchifnO=Oor 120dotsper

~inchifnO= 1.Thegraphicsimageis9 dotshighandnl + n2x 256

dots wide.Maximumwidthis 13.6inches.Dotsbeyondthe right marginareignored.ml, m2,...

arebytepairsrepresenting9vertical dotseach.In theleftmostposition,themostsignificantbitof ml is thetopdot;theleastsignificantbitofml istheseconddotfromthe bottom;themostsignificantbitofm2isthebottom dot;andtheother bitsofm2areignored.Otherbytepairsaresimilar.Thenumberof data bytesmust be 2 x (nl + n2 x 256).At the end of bit-image printingthe printerreturnsautomaticallyto charactermode.

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

CopystandardcharactersfromROMintoRAM

Mode ASCII Decimal

std. <ESC>“:”

IBM

27 58 0 0 0 IB 3A 03 00 00 28 58 0 0 0 IC 3A 03 W 00

Copies all the standard charactersto the correspondingdownload characterRAMarea,overwritinganydownloaddataalreadypresent.IgnoredwhenDIP switch2-1is ON.

Hexadecimal

Definedraftdownloadcharacters

Mode ASCII Decimal

cESC> “&” <O> nl 27 3S O nl

Both n2 mO ml m2

d ... mll d ... mll

Definesoneormorenewdraftcharactersandstoresthemin RAM forlateruse.DIPswitch2-1mustbeOFF;otherwiseRAMisused as an inputbuffer,not for downloadingcharacters,andthiscommandisignored.Draftmodemustbeselectedbeforethis command is executed.

d mO ml d d d ml d

Hexadecimal

IB 26 W nl

d ... mll

nl is the charactercode of thefirstcharacterdefinedandn2is the

charactercode ofthelastcharacterdefined.nl andn2mustbothbe between32and 127or bothbe between 160and255.n] must be equalto orlessthann2.Useofcharactercodes32(space)and127 (deletecode)shouldbe avoidedif possible.

Eachcharacters definedbyanattributebyte(mO)and11databytes

(ml, m2, .....roll).

Themostsignificantbit oftheattributebyteis 1if thecharacteris

an ascender(positionedentirelyabovethe baseline)orOif it is a descender(descendingbelowthebaseline).Theattributebytealso indicatestheamountofwhitespace to theleftofthecharacter(O to 7 dots,specifiedbybits4to 6),and the widthofthecharactercell, includingthisspace(4to 15dots, specifiedbybits Oto 3).Theleft

spaceandcellwidthattributesareusedonlyinproportionalspacing. Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withtheMSBbeing the topdotandtheLSBthebottomdot.Thesecorrespondto pins 1to

8or2 to 9 of theprinthead,dependingon whetherthecharacteris

an ascenderor descender. For furtherdetails,pleasereferto the Chapter5.

DefineNLQdownloadcharacters

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC>“&”<O>nl 27 3S O d IB 26 W d

MO ml @

m3 ...

M46

d mO ml d

m3 ... m46

d d ml d

d ... m46

DefinesoneormorenewNLQcharactersandstorestheminRAM for later use. DIP switch 2-1 must be OFF. NLQ mode must be selectedbeforethiscommandisexecuted.Theparameter arethe sameasfor thedraftdownloadcharactercommandexceptthat the attributebytespecifiesrightspaceinsteadofcharacterwidthandthe dotdensityis doubledineachdirection,so eachcharacterconsists of 16dotsverticallyand23 dotshorizontallyandrequire 46data bytes.Dotsdefinedbyml tom23areprintedonthefirstpassof the head.Dotsdefinedby m24to m46areprintedon the secondpass, thepaperbeingscrolleduphalfa dotbetweenthetwopasses.For furtherdetails,pleasereferto theChapter5.

Definedownloadcharacters

Mode ASCII

<ESC>“=” nl n2 <DC4> 27 61 0 nl 20 IB 3D 00 nl 14

IBM aO

Definesoneormorenewdraftcharactersandsto~s theminRAM forlateruse.Draftmodemustbeselectedbeforethiscommandis executed.nl andti givethenumberofbytesofcharacterdatathat willfollow.UOisthecharactercodeofthefirstcharacterdefined.al

andU2areattributesbytes.ml toml] arethecharacterdata,andare thesameasind3Sb “&”.Theattributebyteal indicateswhether thecharacters anascender(notusingthelowestoftheninevertical dots)or a descender(notusingthehighestdot)andwhetherithas a downwardextensionto 12dots.

Theattributebytea2gives proportional-spacinginformation.Bit7

is ignored.Bits4 to 6 specifytheoffsetto the firstbyteprinted(O

to7),enablingleadingspacesinthecharacterto beignored.BitsO to3specifythewidthofthecharactercell(maximum11dots).The characterwillbefollowedbyamandatoryblankdotcolumnwhich is notincludedin thiswidth.

Charactersdefinedbythiscommandcanbeselectedby<ESC>“%”

1,cESC> “I”4, <ES~ “I” 5, or cESG “I” 6.Thiscommandis

ignoredwhenDIP switch2-1is ON.

Decimal

al a2 ml aO al d ml aO al d ml

d ... mll d ... mll d ... mll

Hexadecimal

Seled downloadcharacterset

Mode ASCII

Both

CEsc>“%’*“l”

<ESC> “90”

Selectsthedownloadcharacterset.IgnoredwhenDIPswitch2-1is ON.

<1> 27 37 1 IB 25 01

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 37 49 IB 25 31

Selectdraftdownloadcharacterset

Mode

IBM

ASCII

“I” <4>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 52 IB 49 34 27 73 4 IB 49 04

Selectsthedownloadcharactersetanddraftquality.Ignoredifthe _ buttonwaspresseddufingpower-uporifD~ switch2-1iS

ON.

Selectdraftelitedownloadcharacterset

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC> ‘T’ “5” 27 73 53

<ESC>

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset,draftquality,andelitepitch (12

cpi).Ignoredif the(~) buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor

if DIP switch2-1is ON.

“I” <5>

Decimal

27 73 5 IB

Hexadecimal

IB 49 35

SelectNLC?downloadcharacterset

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> ‘T’ “6”

<ESC>

“I” <6>

Selectsthedownloadcharactersetandnearletterquality.Ignored ifthe (~] buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor ifDIPswitch 2-1is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 54 IB 49 36 27 73 6

IB 49 06

49 05

SelectROMcharacterset

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “VO” “O” 27 37 48 IB 25 30

<ESC> “%” <O> 27 37 0 IB 25 00

Stopsusingthe downloadcharacterset andreturnsto the built-in ROMcharacterset.IgnoredwhenDIP switch2-1is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS

Definemacroinstruction

Mode ASCII

Both

Cancelsany existing macro instructionand replacesit with the

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 43 . 30 IB 2B IE

definedinstruction.The definedmacroinstructionconsistsof the charactersbetweenthe“+” andcRS>. Thesecanbe anyprintable

charactersorcontrolcharactemexcept<RS>,upto a maximumof

16characters.

Executemacroinstruction

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “+” <1>

Executesa p~viously definedmacroinstruction.

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 43

1 IB 2B 01

SetMSBto 1

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “>”

Setsthemostsignificantbitofeachsubsequentbytereceivedto 1, allowinguserswitha7-bitinterfacetoaccesscharactemwithASCII

codesgreaterthan 127.

Decimal

27 62

Hexadecimal

IB 3E

SetMSB toO

Mode

std.

IBM

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “=” 27 61 IB 3D

<FS>

~~=~~

Setsthemostsignificantbitof eachsubsequentbytereceivedtoO.

28 61

Hexadecimal

IC 3D

AcceptMSBas is

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both <ESC>W“ 27 35

Cancelstheprecedingcommandsandacceptsthemostsignificant bit asit is sentto theprinter.

Deletelast charactersent

Mode ASCII Decimal

Std.

<DEb 127 7F

Deletesthe last characterreceived.Ignoredif the last character receivedhas alreadybeenprinted,or if thelast characterreceived wasall or partof a command.

Cancellastline

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<CAN>

Deletesthelastlinecurrentlypresentintheprintbuffer.

Immediate print

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

cESC> “i” “l”

<ESC>

“i” <1>

27105 49

27105 1

Hexadecimal

IB 23

Hexadecimal

IB 69 31 IB 69 01

Selectstheimmediateprint mode,in whichtheprinterprints each characterassoonas received.Ateverypausein theincomingdata streamthe printerscrollsthepaperup about2 inchesso that the curmt linecan be seen.Whenthe next characteris receivedthe paperis scrolledbackdownandprintingcontinues.Thiscommand is ignoredwhenfrictionfeedis used.

Cancelimmediateprint

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “i” “O”

<ESC>

“i” CO>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27105 46 IB 69 30

27105 0 IB 69 @l

Cancelstheimmediateprintmode.Theprinterwaitsforeachline

‘tobecompletedbefore printing it, anddoesnotscrollthepaperup

anddown.Thiscommandis ignoredwhenfrictionfeedis used.

Setprinteroff-line

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

std.

IBM

19 13

27 81 22 IB 51 16

Sets the printer off-line. The printer disregards all subsequent charactersandcommandsexcept<DC1>,whichreturnsittotheonlinestate.The printer’sON

LINE indicatordoesnotgooff.

Setprinteron-line

IModel ASCII

IBothI

<DCl>

Returnstheprinterto the on-linestate,allowingit to receiveand

processall subsequentcharactemandcommands.Thiscommandis i~ored iftheprinterwassetoff-linebypressingthe( ON

button on the control panel.

I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

17 11

LINE

Bell

Mode

Both cBEb

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Soundsa briefbeeptonefromtheprinter’sbeeper.

Bidirectionalprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII <ESC> “U” “O” <ESC> “U” <O>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 85 48 IB 55 30

27 85 0

Causessubsequentprintingto be donein thenormalbidirectional

mode,whichis fasterthanunidirectionalprinting.

Unidirectionalprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “U” “l”

<ESC>

“u” <1>

27 85 49 IB 55 31 27 85 1 IB 55 01

Causessubsequentprintingto be doneunidirectionally,ensuring

maximumverticalalignmentprecision.

One-lineunidirectionalprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII <ESC> “<”

Immediatelyreturnstheprintheadtothe leftmargin,thenprintsthe remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional printingresumeson the nextline.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 60 IB 3C

IB 55 (KI

Manualfeed

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC><EM><O> 27 25 0 IB 19 N

“ $’ “ “

((

Selectsmanual sheet feedingeven when the optionalautomatic sheetfeederis mounted.Ignoredif DIP switch 1-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

“o” “y’ “)”

40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29

Autofeed

Mode ASCII

Both ,,(,, ‘,(,, ,’4,, ,,),, ,,),,

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 25 4 IB 19 04

40 40 52 4141 28 28 34 29 29

Selectstheautomaticsheetfeeder.Ignoredif DIPswitch1-4is ON

,(ASFinactive).

Ejectpaper fromASF

IModel ASCII

Borh ,,(,, ,,(,,

<ESC><EM>“R”

Ejects the currentpage. Ignoredif DIP switch 1-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

“R” “ “ “ “

))

I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

27 25 82

40 40 82 4141 28 28 52 29 29

Setprint startpositiononASF

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both ,,(,, ,,(,,

<ESC> cEM> “T” n

Skipsn/6inchesatthetopofthepage,wherenisequaltoorgreater than 1.Ignoredif DIPswitch1-4is ON (ASFinactive).

“T” “ “ “ “ n

))

27 25 84 n IB 19 54 n

40 40 8441 41 n 28 28 54 2929 n

IB 19 52

Hexadecimal

Resetprinter

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both <ESC> “@” 27 64 IB 40

Reinitializestheprinter.Clearstheprintbufferandreturnssettings totheirpower-upvalues.Doesnotcleartheinputbufferorchange ASFselections.

Hexadecimal

chapter 5

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Withthisprinteryoucancreatenewcharacter andsymbols,downloadtheir dotdata,andhavethemprintedinplaceofselectedcharactexxintheregular characterset.Charactemthatcanbegeneratedinthiswayrangefromsimple

but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or

Japanesecharacters.

Regular characten are permanentlystored in the printer’s ROM, but charactersyoudesignaredownloadedandstoredinRAMfor use.

DESIGNING YOUR OWNDRAFTCHARACTERS

Designingandprintingyourowncharactemhastwo requirements:firstly, designingtheshapeofthecharacter,calculatingthedatanecessarytomake

the shape,andsendingthat datato the printer,and secondly,sendingthe

commandto print the downloadedcharactersinsteadoftheregularcharacters.Thereare a numberof designconstraintsfordownloaddraft quality characters:

● Thematrixorgridonwhichyoudesignthecharactersis sixboxes wide

by nineboxeshigh.

c Horizontally,dotsmaybecenteredinabox, ormaystraddlealine,making

theactualcharactergrid11dotswideby9 dotshigh.Vertically,dotscan onlybe centeredin a box.SeeFigure5-1.

Figure 5-1. Ootscan be inside boxes or straddle the vertical lines of the grid

Theminimumwidthof a characterisfivedots.

●

Theuser-definedcharactersmayuseeightdotsvertically.

●

Dotscannotoverlap—thatis,youmaynothavea dotinsideaboxnext to onethatis on aline.

●

Youmaydefineany positionintheASCIItable,excepttheblockgraphics areawhenyou aredownloadingin theIBMmode.

PhotocopythegridinFigure5-2tohelpdesignyournewcharacters.Wewill use a tinyrepresentationofacar-shapedsymbolforour example.

rnl m3 m5 rrr7 m9 ml I

m2 m4 m6 m8 m10

128

64 32

8 4

ASCII Code:

Descender: Left space:

Last column:

mO = Descender x 128

+ (Left x 16) + Last

Figure S2 Usethis grid (or one similar to it) todefine your own draft characters

Definingtheattributedata

Beforeyoustartthedefinition,youwillneedtodecideexactlywherein the regularASCIIset youwanttoplaceyourcharacters.Afterdownloading,you access your new characterby sending the code for the character you replaced.

mlndm5m7 m9mll

m2 m4 m6 m~ ml(l

128

64 32

8 4 2

124 66 64 76 76 0

0 4 36 2 72

Figure 5-3.Add the values of the dots in eacAcolumn and write the sum of eaeh column at the bottom

ASCII Code:

Descender: ? Left space: O

Last column: 17

mO = Descender x 128

+ (Left x 16) + Last

Next you must choosewhetherto makethe car symbolan ascenderor a descender.Thisdetermineshowthecharacteris seatedonthe line:

Ascender:

!j;I>~Ii’ Descender:CI~,,l:~:

Wedecidedthatourcarsymbolwillnotbea“descender”,soafigure“l” is writtennexttoDescenderonthegrid.Ifyour characterisadescender,write a “O”nextto Descender.

Next, you must specifythe left space and the last print column of the character. Beingableto specifythewidthof the characterallowsyouto specifythe precisearea insidethegridthat the characterwill occupy,so that narrow charactemwilllook attractivenextto wideones. Acceptablevaluesfortheleftspace areOto 7,andthelastprintcolumnare from4 to 11. Ourcharacterwilloccupyfromcolumn1to column11,so theleft spaceis Oandthe characterwidthdatais 11.

Assigningthecharacterdata

Now,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesof thecolumnsofdots,and enterthemunderneaththegrid.Forexample,lookingatFigwe 5-3,wesee thatintheleft-mostcolumntherearefivedots,andtheyare sittinginthe“64” box,“32’’box,“16”box,“8”box,and “4”box.Thusitsverticalvalueis 124. In the nextcolumn,thereis no dot straddlingtheverticalline; its valueis recordedas O.

Youwillseethelettersml, m2,m3,etc.,areaboveyourvalues.Whenyou definethecharacter,youwillsubstituteyourvalueforeachoftheseletters.

Sampleprogram

To demonstratehow to use the downloadcharacters,let’s use the “car” characterand someotheruser-definedcharacterstoprintasmallgraph.This programwilldojust that:

1000 LPRINT CHR$(27’) j “&”; CHR$(0) j 1010 LPRINT CHR$(60 ) ; CHR$(62 ) j 1020 FOR N=60 TO 62 1030 FOR M=O TO 11 1040 READ MM 1050 LPRINT CHR$(NM): 1060 NEXT M 1070 NEXT N 1080 LPRINT 1090 DATA 139, 2, 5, 1100 DATA 1110 DATA 139,124, 1120 DATA 36, 16, 1130 DATA 139, 46, 16, 1140 DATA 48, 1150 LPRINT CHR$( 27) ; “D” j CHR$( 11 ) JCHR$(0 ) J 1160 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “h”; CHR$( 1 ) j 1170 LPRINT “ 1180 LPRINT CHR$( 27) ; “h”; CHR$(0) j 1190 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “%”; CHR$( 1 ) j 1200 LPRINT “AUTOS”;CHR$(9) ; 1210 FOR I= .4 TO 9.3 STEP .4 1220 LPRINT CHR$(61 ) ; 1230 NEXT I 1240 LPRINT

0,241, 8, 5, 2, 0

0, 48,

U. S . EXPORTS”

8,241, 0

0, 66, 2, 16, 12, 0

4, 64

2, 60, 0 0, 48, 0

1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490

LPRINT “CHEMICALS’’;U-IF?$(9) ;

FOR 1=.4 TO 8.7 STEP .4 LPRINT CHR$(60) ; NEXT I LPRINT

LPRINT “GUNS’’;CHR$(9) ; FOR 1=.4 TO 1.4 STEP .4

LPRINT CHR$(62); NEXT I

LPRINT

LPRINT CHR$(9); ’’+–-”;

SCALE$=’’–-+–-”

FOR 1=2 TO 8 STEP 2

LPRINT SCALE$; NEXT I

LpRINT II––+11

LPRINT CHR$(9); ” “;

FOR 1=2 TO 8 STEP 2

LPRINT “

“;1; NEXT I LPRINT CHR$(27) ;“%’’;CHR$(O) LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’S’’;CHR$(O) ; LPRINT CHR$(9);

“MILLIONS OF DOLLARS” LPRINT CHR$(27); ”T” END

DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS

As youprobablynoticed,NLQcharactersareprintedby two passesofthe printhead.Halfofthecharacterisprintedonthefirstpass,andtheremainder onthe secondpass.Thepaperisrolleduphalfadot heightinbetweenpasses to lettheprintheadprintdotsonthe secondpassthatoverlaptheprevious dots,inorderto fill inthespacesandproducedensercharacters.Additionally,the printhead speedis halved,andthedots areprintedatdoublethe densityof draftcharacters.Forthisreason,NLQcharacterscancontainup to 23 dotsinthehorizontaldirection.

Fundamentally,theprocessto defineandprintdownloadedNLQcharacter is the sameas for draftcharacters,exceptthatyoumust supplyaboutfour timesasmuchcharacterdata,andyoumustdesignthecharacterwiththetwo passesof theprintheadinmind.Thereamsmalldifferencesin thewaythe attributeinformationis processedalso.

In the draftqualitymodethe attributebytecarriesthe descenderdata,and specifiesthe left spaceandthecharacterwidth.IntheNLQmode,the first bit also carries the descenderdata, and the next three bits describe the character’sleft space as with the draft characters,but the last four bits describetherightspace.Appropriateallocationofdatain thesesevenbits lets you place the character where you like within the grid, with the restrictionthatthecharactermustbe at least9 dotswide.

UsethegridinFigure5-4tohelpplotthedata.Duetothetwo-passprocess, NLQcharacterscancontainupto 16dotsvertically.ml tom23arethedata forthe firstpass,andm24to m46arethedataforthe secondpass.

To makethecharacterdataeasierto calculate,putthefirstpassdotsinside theboxesonthegridwhenyouaredesigningyourcharacters,andthesecond passdots on thelines.Rememberthatadjacentdotsmaynotoverlapon the

samepass;inotherwords,ifonedotisinabox,itsadjacentdot on thesame

passmaynotbeonaline.Therefore,tomakesmoothcharacters,putthedots neededto overlapanyspacesin a characterintheappropriateplacesinthe

secondpass grid. Ifweplotourcar-shapedsymbolforNLQ,thegriddatawilllooklikeFigure

5-5. Thedefiningprocessisthesameasfordraft characters,exceptthatyoumust

selectNLQ mode,and youmustdefine46data.If youwishto printyour NLQ characterswith the regularcharacterset,the remarksregardingthe

simultaneoususeof regularanddownloadcharactersin thedraftcharacter sectionapplyequallyto NLQ characters.

t?ll

Ist)fI124

(

,.ni23

.,.,n146

(2nd)

]~~

32 16

8 4

128

64 32

mO= Descender x 128

8 4

.1St:

?nd:

igure 5-4. Use this grid (orone similar to it) to define your own NLO characters

(Ist) fli24.. -

..m23

,...m46

(2nd)

128

32 16

Ist: 74 38 70 70 726 0 0 0 9

76 7 1 0

2nd: 28 74 ?4 74 724 0 64 32 76 0 0 0

32 64 0 0 0

0 70 38 22 6 6 6

72 72 74 14 74 72

980

8 Right space: O

ASCII Code: Descender: Left space: Right space:

+ (Left x 16) + Right

ASCII Code:

Descender: 7

Left space: O

mo = Descender x 128

+ (Left x 16)

Igura 5-5.Add the values of the dots in the boxes tlrst, and men add me vatue on me Imes

chapter 6

MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER

WhenusingyourprinterwithanIBMPC,PC-XT,orPC-ATorcompatible, youwillprobablybeusingPC-DOSor MS-DOSasanoperatingsystem.A numberofsoftwaretricksmaybeusefidhere.Thischapterisnot,however, asubstitutefortheoperatingsystemmanualssuppliedwithyourcomputer.

To learnhowto printffles,etc.it is bestto readthe relevantpartsof these

manuals.

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH

YOUR PRINTER

Wheninstallingapplicationsoftware,youmayfindthatyourprinterisnot specificallymentionedin the lists of pnntemgiven for installation.However, this should pose no problem. Read this section, and guidelines providedwithyoursoftwareon printerinstallation.

Ifyouhave yourprintersetup in standardmode,thenchooseanEpsonFX-

1050or EX-1OOOas yourprintertobe selected. If neitherofthesea~ mentioned,choose one of thefollowing(inorderof preference):StarNR-10/15,StarND-10/15,EpsonFX86e,EpsonFX286e.

If youhaveyourprintersetup withthe DIP switchesto emulatean IBM

PropnnterXL, simplychoosethisfromthelistof printerxavailableinthe

applicationsoftwarelist. If theIBMProprinterXLis notmentioned,useProprinterII orPropnnter.

Ifyoursoftwarepackagedoesnotmentionpnntembyname,butasksinstead whatfeaturesyour printeris capableof,the mostcommonquestionsare: “Canyourprinterperformabackspace?”and“Canit do a hardwareform feed?”.Youshouldanswer“Yes”toboth thesequestions.

Othersoftwarepackagesmay well allow you to install specificfeatures. Spreadsheetprogramswilloftenaskforthemaximumnumberof columns to be printed.Thisisgivenbelow.

Numberofcolumns

CPI Pica 10 136 Elite

12 163 Condensedpica 17.1 233 Condensedelite Proportional

20 272

Variable

Sometimesthe software installationwill ask you for an initialization sequenceto returntothedefault settings.Thecommandforyourprinteris <ESC>(Q.

Make surethattheDIP switchesaresetfortherightprinteremulation,and thatyouhaveselectedtheappropriatecharacterset usingtheDIPswitches. Ifyouareindoubtabouttheconfigurationofyourapplicationsoftware,seek expertadvice.Yoursoftwaresupplierwillprobablybe yourmost convenientreference.

EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

Many word-processorsand other softwarelack commandsfor changing typestyle,orprintingdouble-sizecharacters,andsomedonotevensupport

boldprintingor italics.Yourprinterthereforehas commandsthatcanbe embeddedin documentsto controlthesefimctionswithoutsoftwarehelp. The commandsconsistof a capitalletter enclosedin doubleparentheses,

followedby a digit:

Typestyle(Font):

Size:

Bold:

Italic:

((m)o

((n)l ((n)z ((m)3 ((m)9

((s))0

((s))1

((s))2 ((s))3

((B))O ((B))l

((1))0 ((1))1

Courier Sanserif Oratorwithsmallcapitals Oratorwithlowercase

Draft

Standardsize Doublewidth Doubleheight Doublewidthandheight

Non-bold Bold

Non-italic Italic

If you wantto printa title in double-sizeOratorwith smallcapitals,then changetoregular-sizeCourierforsometextthatincludesitalics,youcanuse thesecommandsasfollows:

Fileas seenon computerscreen:

( (F) ) 2 ( (S) ) 3

Printer Commands

( (F) ) O ( (S) ) O

Type style, size, bold print, and

( ( I ) ) 11ta 1i c ( (I ) ) Ocorrunands can be embedded (( I))lanYwhem ((l)}Oln a document.

Printout:

PRINTER CCIMP4AND:3

Type style, size, bold print, and

1ta 1ic commands can be embedded

anywhere i n a document .

Whenyouusethesecommandsthereareseveralpointstonote:

●

Thetypestyle((F))anditalic((I))commandsareignoredifthe (~) buttonwashelddownwhenpowerwasswitchedon.

✎

The boldcommand((B))1givesdouble-strikeprinting.Indraftmodeyou may preferto use emphasizedprinting,whichrequiresa softwarecommandor escapesequence.

✎

A lineconsistingof commandsaloneprintsasa blankline.

●

Softwaredoes not know that these commandsare commands,so you cannottrustyoursoftwaretogiveyouthecorrectlinewidth.Theprinted linemaybe considerablyshorterthanthelineonthescreen;themissing

spaceisthe spacethat wasoccupiedby thecommands.

Onewaytohandlethelastproblemistoprepareyourdocumentwithoutthe commands,theninsertthemasa finalstep,withthemarginsreleased.The

find,replace,andcopy functionsofword-processingsoftwarecanbehelpful

here.

Ifyoudonot usethesecommandsorthepanelcontrols,theprinterwillprint standard-size,draft,non-bold,non-italiccharacters.

Theprintersupportsvariouscommandsin additionto the above,such as quadruple-sizeprinting. Most of theseothercommandsconsistof theescapecodefollowedbyone or morelettersornumbers.

Ifyoursoftwareenablesyoutoplace theescapecodeinyour files,orif you wereable to definethis as a user optionduringinstallation,you can also

embedthese escapesequences.

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

If yoursystemincludesthe file PRINT.COMyou can use the main DOS printingcommand.SimplytypethewordPRINTfollowedbythe nameof the file you want to print. To print a file named README.DOC,for example,type:

k )PRINT

The computermay printertouse:

Name of

If your computerisconnectedtoonlyone printer,pressRETURNtoselect the default choice (PRN). Printing will begin and the A> prompt will reappear.You can executeothercommandsor programswhilethe file is beingprinted.

A single PRINTcommandcanprinttwoor morefiles.Listthe filenames consecutivelyonthe sameline,or usewild-cardcharactem(* and?). Each filewillbe printedstartingon anewpage.ThePRINTcommandalsohas controloptions.For example,youcan terminateaprintingjob in progress withthen option. (Theprintermay notstopprintingimmediatelyitmay haveconsiderabledatastoredaheadinits buffer.)Forthe/T option,type:

A)PRINT/T

SeeyourDOSmanualforfurtherinformationaboutthePRINTcommand. If yoursystemdoesnotincludePRINT.COM,youcanprintfilesby using thePRNdevicenamein COPYorTYPEcommandssuchasthefollowing:

A>COPY README. DOC PRN

A>TYPE README.DOC >PRN

README.DOC

respond with the followingmessage, asking which

1ist device [PRN] :

COPYandTYPEdonotpermityoutoexecuteothercommandswhilethe fileis printing.

Ifyouwantaparticularfont style,orpnnt pitch,youcanmake thesesettings fromthe controlpanelbeforeyoustartprinting.See Chapter2.

IfyouprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbeadvantageous tocreateaprintersetupfile.Theninsteadof settingfontstyleetc.manually each time,you can completethe setupwitha singlecommandfromyour computer.Forexample,you can createafile containingprintercommands toselectnearletterquality,andselectelitepitch.Youcanfindthecommands

in Chapter4. Wesuggestthefollowing:

● Nearletterquality

● Elitepitch

“X” “l”

66199

<ESC>“!”cl> is a powerfidcommandthat,in additionto selectingelite pitch,cancelsunwantedfeaturessuch as underliningwhichmightbe left from previous commands.The angle brackets around the cl> indicate charactercode 1,whichis a controlcode,nottheprintabledigit” l“.

Youmay wantto placeadditionalcommandsin thisfile,suchasleft and rightmargins,line spacingandbottommargincommands.Oryoumaywant to createa varietyof setupfileswitha differentsetof commandsin each.

To avoidexcesslinefeeds,youshouldplacethecommandsononelinein thesetupfile.Youmayormaynotbeabletogenerateasetupfilewithwordprocessingsoftware;it dependson whetheryour softwarelets you enter

controlcodes.If yoursystemincludesthefileEDLIN.COM,however,you caneasilycreateasetupfilewiththe DOSlineeditor.

AnappropriatenameforthissetupfilewouldbeNLQELITE.DAT.Touse the DOSlineeditor,typethecommandEDLINNLQELITE.DAT,thentype theunderlinedpartsofthefollowingdisplay.PressRETURNattheendof eachline.Don’ttypethesymbol“A”.ThissymbolmeanstoholdtheCTRL keydownwhilepressingthenextkey:forexample,‘VmeanstotypeCTRL-

Ac mem5 t. typ CTRL.C, whichindicatestheendoftheinPut.

A>EDLIN NLQELITE .~ New f i le

*EJ

1 : *“~ [xl ‘V [ ‘

‘2 ; *“c

—

L—

‘VA

‘V indicatesthatthe followingcharacteris a controlcode.*V[entersthe <ESC>code.<ESC>hascharactercode27,and“[”isthe27thcharacterin ASCIIsequencefromA. Similarly,‘VA entersthecontrolcode<1>.See yourDOSmanualif youneedt%rtherinformationaboutEDLIN.

Youcannow setuptheprinterby sendingit thefileNLQELITE.DAT.To avoidunnecessaryloggingofcommands,switchhard-copyoutputoff (by

pressing(TIllL-PRTSCifhardcopy ison).ToprintthefileREADME.DOC

in NLQelitetype,givethefollowingtwocommands:

A>COPY NLQELITE . DAT PRN A>PRINT RIZADME.DOC,

Forgreaterconvenienceyoucanmakeabatchfilethatwillsetup theprinter

andprintany specifiedfilewitha singlecommand.Tocreatesuchabatch

filewiththenameNLQPRINT.BAT,typeinthefirstfourlinesshownnext.

AZ me~s t. pIWStheCTRLandZkeyssimultaneously.TO usethisfiletO

printREADME.DOC,typethe fifthline.

A)COPY CON NLQPRINT . BAT COPY NLQELITE . DAT PRN PRINT %1

“z

A>NLQELITE README.DOC

Thefirstaboveline is a copycommandfromthe CONsolescreento a file namedNLQPRINT.BAT.Thenexttwolinesarethecontentsofthisfile.The %1is a dummyparameter:whateverfilenameyoutypeafterNLQPRINT willbe substitutedfor%1 andprinted.

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

As an exampleof programmingtheprinter on Microsoft BASIC,wehave

listed the program for the IBM-PC.~is program runs in the printer’s

Standardmode,and thedownloadablecondition(DIP switch 1-6ONand DIP switch2-1OFF).

1000 ‘

1010

1020 D$=E$+“x’’+CHR$(O)

1030 N$=E$+ “x’’+CHR$(1)

1040 C$=E$+“kO“+N$ 1050 S$=E$+“kl“+N$ 1060 Ol$=E$+”k2“+N$ 1070 02$=E$+“k3’’+N$ 1080 H$=CHR$(9) rHorizontal tab

Set contro 1 codes

E$=CHR$ ( 27)

————..—————-—-————-.-——..———————————

‘Escape code

Draft quality

‘Near letter quality

‘Courier characters ‘Sanserif characters ‘Orator with sma11 caplta1s

Orator with 1ower case

1090 P$=E$+”P” 1100 ‘ Start printing

———————————-————-—..—-.———_.-———.——-..-———

‘Pica pitch

1110 WIDTH “LPT1:“,255 1120 LPRINT E$;’’D’’;CHR$(3);CHR$(25);CHR$(0)

LPRINT c$; “Type styles are: “

1130

1140 LPRINT H$;D$;’’Draftcharacters,”

1150 LPRINT H$;C$;

“Courier characters,”

‘Set HT

1160 LPRINT H$;S$;”Sanserifcharacters,” 1170 LPRINT H$;Ol$;’’Oratorwith small caPitals, or” 1180 LPRINT H$;02$;” 1190 LPRINT E$;’’4”;

with lower case characters,”

‘Select italics 1200 LPRINT H$;02$;’’and“;Ol$;’’italics “;S$;’’for “; 1210 LPRINT C$;’’all“;D$:’’styles.” 1220 LPRINT E$;”5°

‘Cancel italics 1230 LPRINT C$;“Print pitches are:“

1240 LPRINT H$;P$;

“Pica pitch (10 CPI),”; 1250 LPRINT H$;E$;’’Fl’’Eliteitepitch (12 CpI),“ 1260 LPRINT H$;CHR$(15); ‘Condensedpitch 1270 LPRINT P$;’’Condensedpica pitch (17 CPI).”; 1280 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Condensedsedelite pitch (20 CpI),”;

1290 LPRINT P$;

1300 LPRINT CHR$(18) 131o LPRINT H$;E$;”P1”;

‘Pica pitch ‘Cancelcondensed print

‘Selectproportionalspacing 1320 LPRINT “proportionalspacing for all pitches,” 1330 LPRINT E$;’’PO”

‘Cancelproportionalspacing 1340 LPRINT H$;E$;”W1’’;’’Expanded,“;E$;’’WCI”; 1350 LPRINT H$;E$;’’wl’’Doublebhei9ht9ht,“;E$;’’wO” 1360 LPRINT H$;E$;’’h’’;CHR$(l);“Double-sized,“ 1370 LPRINT H$;E$;“h’’;CHR$(2);

1380 LPRINT E$;’’h”;CHR$(O)

“Quad–sized. “;

1390 LPRINT :LPRINT 1400 LPRINT E$; UQ”;CHR$(49)

‘Set right margin 1410 LPRINT C$;UVarious line and character spacings:” 1420 LPRINT E$; ’’al” ~

‘Centertext 1430 FOR 1=1 TO 7 1440 LPRINT E$; ’’A’’;CHR$(I); 1450 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(I);

‘Set line spacing

‘Increase character space 1460 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED” 1470 NEXT I 1480 FOR 1=7 TO 1 STEP –1 149o LPRINT E$;’’A’’;CHR$(I); 1500 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(I);

1510 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS,ARE CHANGED” 1520 NEXT I 1530 LPRINT E$;’’aO”

‘Left justify

1540 LPRINT E$;’’3’’;CHR$(36);‘Set 1/6” line sPacin9 1550 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(0);

‘Normalcharacter space 1560 LPRINT :LPRINT 1570 LPRINT C$;“Other features:“ 1580 LPRINT H$;E$;’’E’’Emphasized”ed”;E$;’’F’’;”,“; 1590 LPRINT E$;’’G’’Doublebstrikeuke”;E$;’’H’’;”,“; 1600 LPRINT E$;”–l”;“Underlining’’;E$; “–O”;“,“ 1610 LPRINT H$;E$;”–l’’;’’0verlinin9”;E$;’’-;”,;”,“;

1620 LPRINT E$;’’SO’’SUPERSCRIPT”PT”;E$;’’T”;”and “; 1630 LPRINT E$;”SI”;”SUBSCRIPT”;E$;”T”

1640

GOSUB 2100

1650

LPRINT H$;C$;’’Downloadcharacters: “;

1660

LPRINT D$;E$;”%l”;

1670

FOR 1=1 TO 5

1680

LPRINT CHR$(60);

1690

NEXT I

1700

LPRINT D$;E$;’’%O”; ‘Selectnormal character

1710

GOSUB 2180

1720

LPRINT C$;E$;”%l”;

1730

FOR 1=1 TO 5

1740

LPRINT CHR$(60); NEXT I

1750

1760

LPRINT D$;E$;“%0” ‘Selectnormal character

1770

LPRINT H$;C$;’’Variousdot f

1780

DIM LOGO$(4)

1790

RESTORE 2370

1800

FOR ROW=l TO 4

1810

FOR COL=l TO 65

1820

READ DG LOGO$(ROW)=LOGO$(ROW)+CHR$

1830 1840

NEXT COL

1850

NEXT ROW

1860

LPRINTE$;’’A’’;CHR$(8); ‘Set 8/72” line spacing

1870

FOR ROW=l TO 4

1880

LPRINT H$;” “;

1890

FOR B=O TO 4

1900

IF B=2 THEN 1940

1910

LPRINT E$;’’*”;CHR$(B); ‘Selectdot grapgics mode LPRINT CHR$(65);CHR$(0);LOGO$(ROW);

1920

1930

LPRINT “ “;

1940

NEXT B

1950

LPRINT

1960

NEXT ROW

1970

LPRINT

1980

FOR ROW=l TO 4

1990

LPRINTH$; ” “;

2000

FOR B=5 TO 7

2010

LPRINT E$;”*’’;CHR$(B);

2020

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

2030

LPRINT “ “;

2040

NEXT B

2050

LPRINT

2060

NEXT ROW

2070

LPRINT E$;”@”

2080

END

2090

‘ SUBROUTINES ––––––––––--–––-––––--––––––––-––-––-––

2100

t Define draft download character ––--–––––-––––––––––

2110

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

2120

RESTORE 2280

2130

FOR M=O TO 11

2140

READ MM

2150

LPRINT CHR$(MM);

2160

NEXT M

2170

RETURN

‘Selectdownload character

‘Printdownloaded character

‘Selectdownload character ‘Printdownloaded character

raphic densities:“

DG)

‘Selectdot grapgics m,ode

‘Initializeprinter

2180 ‘ Define NLQ download character ––––––-–-–––-–-––––––

2190 LPRINT C$;E$:’’&’’;CHR$(O):CHR$(60);CHR$(60); 2200 RESTORE 2310 2210 FOR M=O TO 46 2220 READ MM 2230 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 2240 NEXT M 2250 RETURN 2260 ‘DATA ---––––––––––––––––-–-–-–––--–-–––––-––-–––––– 2270 ‘ 2280 DATA 139,124, 2290 ‘ 2300 ‘ 2310 DATA 128, 14, 16, 38> 2320 DATA 70, 2330 DATA 28, 32, 14. 64, 14, 2340 DATA 64, 12, 32. 14, 16, 14, 2350 ‘ 2360 ‘ Dot graphics 2370 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 1, 3, 7, 7, 2380 DATA 14, 14> 14> 7, 7. 3, 2390 DATA 0, 0> 6, 7, 7. 7, 7, 7. 7, 7. 7, 6 2400 DATA 6, 0, 0. 7, 7. 7, 7> 7. 7, 7. 7, 7 2410 DATA 7. 7> 0, 0, 7. 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7. 7 2420 DATA 7, 7, 0, 0, 0 2430 DATA O, 2440 DATA 7. 7, 3, 3. 2450 DATA O, 0, 0>

2460 DATA 0, 0, 1,

2470 DATA 0, 0> 0, 1,

2480 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0

2490 DATA 2500 DATA 224,224,224>240,255,255,255.255,255,127, O, 0 2510 DATA O, 0. 0, 0, 2520 DATA 15, 63,252>240,192, 2530 DATA 2540 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 2550 DATA 2560 DATA 56,120,120,240>240.224,224,192,128, 0, 0, 0 2570 DATA 0, 0, 0. 0, 0, 2580 DATA 192, 0, 0, 0> 0, 2590 DATA 192, 0, 0, 0, 0> 0> O) 0/ 0> 0. 0. 0 2600 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0

Draft download character --–––––––––––--––––––––––––

NLQ download character ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

o, 31, 31,

7, 15,127,252,240,192, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0,248,248,240,224,224,112,112, 56, 56, 56, 56

0, 66, 4, 64, 36, 16, 2, 16, 12, 0

0, 38, 0, 22, 9, 6, 9, 6, 8, 6, 0

1, 70,

—————————-----———————————————————--———

0, 60,255,255,255,255,255,143, 15, 7, 7

3,131,193,241,240,240, 0, 0 0,224,255,255,255,255,255> 31> 0 3, 31.255,255,255,255,255,255, 1

7, 31,255,252,240,192,128. 0 3,129,128,192,192,192.192,192.224

0,192,255,255,255,255,255. 15

1, 70,

0, 14,

0, 14, 0, 12, 0

3, 15, 15, 15, 0, 0

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

0,128,248,248,248,248,240 0,240,248,248,248,248>240

0,126, 0, 0

0,124, 0, 0, 12

7, 15,

14, 14

Howtheprogramworks

ThisprogrambeginsbyassigninganumberofprintercommandstoBASIC stringvariables(lines1000to 1090).Youcanfindmostofthesecommands nearthebeginningof chapter4.

TheWIDTH“LPT1:”255statementinline1110meansinfhite linewidth. It preventsthe IBM-PCfrominsertingunwantedcarriagereturnsand line feedsin graphicsdata.

Actualprintingbeginsinline 1120.Usingthepreassignedcommands,the programprintssamplesofitsdifferentfontstyles,includingalineshowing all stylesin italics,followedby samplesof the print pitches,then some double and quadruple-sizedprinting.

Next comesthe centralattractionof the program:a line of text printed fourteentimesinexpandingandcontractingloopstogiveabarreleffect.The workisdonebyfourprintercommands:acommandsettingtherightmargin (line1400);acenteringcommand(line1420);acommandto varythe line spacing(lines 1440and 1490);and a commandto micro-adjustthe space betweencharacters(lines 1450and 1500).

Nextthe programreturnstonormalspacingandgivesademonstrationofthe

printer’sword-processingabilities:boldprinting,underlining,subscripts,

etc.

Therowof automobilesin thenextprintedlineis createdby downloading twonewcharacterpatterns,whichareprintedinplaceof thecharacter“<”

(character60).Detailscanbe foundin Chapter5.

The finalpartof theprogramusesdotgraphicsto printsome“SW”logos withvariousdensities.Thedotpatternofthelogowasoriginallylaidouton graphpaper,thenconvertedtothedatainlines2370to 2600withthehelp of acalculator.Eachnumberrepresentseightverticaldots.(See“Graphics commands”in Chapter4 for details.)

Thepatternisprintedinfour rows,eacheightdotshighand65 dotswide. Lines 1800to 1850read the dot data into a string array variablenamed LOGO$.Line 1860setsthelinespacingto 8f12inchso thatthe rowswill connectvertically.Theloop in lines 1870to 1960doestheprintingin four passesoftheprinthead.

Type sty 1es are :

,..

:,i:.~;:,,;::~. (::.i;;,,...(;,;.::.:,,..,~,.::?

Courier characters , Sa nse r if char-acte rs ?

ORATOR WITH SMALL CAP ITAI. S, OR

...+

wi t h 1 @wer case characters,

and -rTA[.T[;S

Print P itches are :

Pi cci pi

t.ch ( 1Cl CF’1) ,

Condensedp]cap]tch(17CPII,

propor-tionil spacing for all pitches,

Various line and character spcicinqs:

Fat- a II v;:~..,:F .,.

El it-e pitch [12 CPI) ,

Condensedelitepitch(20CPII,

CIttier features:

ModificationsforIBMmode

Thisprogramcan alsobe run in IBMmode (DIPswitch 1-6OFF’)if you changeafewofthelinesasshownbelowto allowfordifferenceinsomeof the commands.Youwillgetacylinderinsteadofabarreleffect,becuasethe IBM mode does not have any commandto micro-adjustthe character spacing.

P$”CHR$(18)

1090

LPRINTCHR$(28) ; “4”;

1190

LPRINTCHR$(28) ; “5”

1220

‘ LPRINTH$;E$;

1280

LPRINTCHR$(28) ; “Q”;CHR$(49)

1400

LPRINTE$;“A”;CHR$(I ) ;E$;“2”;

1440

‘ LPRINTE$;“ “;CHR$(I ) ;

1450

LPRINTE$;“A”;CHR$(I ) ;E$;“2”;

1490

‘ LPRINTE$;“ “;CHR$(I ) ;

1500

‘ LPRINTE$;“ “;CHR$(0) ;

1550

LPRINTE$;“A”;CHR$(8) ;E$; “2”; ‘Set 8/72” 1ine 8PacincJ

1860

“M”;

‘Pica pitch ‘Select italics ‘Cancel italics

“Condensed elite pitch (20 CPI) , “;

‘Set right margin

‘Set 1ine spacing

‘Increase character space

‘Normal character space

chapter 7

TROUBLESHOOTING

AND MAINTENANCE

Thefollowingsectionontroubleshootingandmaintenanceis intendedonly

Ma briefguideto thesefunctions.Rememberthatyourprinteris a highly sophisticatedelectronicdevice,whichalsocontainshighvoltageinside.For

thattwcison,onlycarryoutthoseoperationsdescribedin thischapter.

CAUTION:

Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed heremayresultinelectricshockand/ordamagetotheprinter. Whencarryingoutanyrepairsormaintenance,alwaysfollow theinstructionscarefully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Yourprinteris a reliablepieceof precisionmachinery,whichshouldnot causeyouanytrouble,provideditisusedandtreatedsensibly.However,the few elementarytipsbelowshouldavoidyouhavingto makeunnecessary servicecalls.The followingtablegivesyouideason whereto lookin this sectionif youexperiencefaults:

Regionoffault Powersupply Printing

Paperfeeding

Remember-itisbetternottoattemptoperationsorrepairsaboveyourlevel of competence.Otherwise,youruntherisk of damagingtheprinter.

Description

Power is not king suppliedtotheprinter

Theprinterdoesnotprin~orstopsprinting Theprintisfaintoruneven Dotsare

Whileusingapplicationsoftware,fontsorcharacterscannotbeprinted Theprintoutisnotwhatis

Single sheets do not feed properly (without

Continuouspaperdoesnotfeedproperlywiththetractor

The Paper park (switching between continuous paper and cut sheets) is not

working properly

Text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines Page length and margin settings are not what is expected.

missing incharactersorgraphics

expected when ruining a program

ASF)

feed

ASFisnotoperatingor is not feeding paper properly

Powersupply

If the POWER indicatordoesnotilluminate,checkthe following:

Check Is the power cable properly

plugged into the electrical outtet?

Is power being supplied to the outtet?

Is theprintervoltage correct?

Possible remedv

Turnoffthe@nter,ensure the power cable is securely

connected, and then turn the printer back on.

Turn off the printer, unplug it, and try with another

appliance to determine if electricity is being supplied to that outlet.

Check the bottom panelof your printer toensurethat the outletvoltagecorresponds tothevoltagerequiredby the printer. If theydonot match, DONOT try to operate the minter. Contact vour surmlier.

Printing

If yourprinterdoesnotprint,orsuddenlystopsprinting,checkthefollowing:

Check Is the interface cable con- Check both ends of the cable - printer and computer to

nected securely? Is the ON

minated? Is the

flashing?

Is the paper caught up internally?

Is the ribbon caught up around the print head?

Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer?

Can the printer perform self-

test operations?

LINEindicator itlu-

POWER indicator

Possible remedy

make sure that the connector is firmly in position.

IfitisnoCpress the~ on-line.

If it is, the paper has run cut. Load more paper.

Turn off thepower, remove thej tumontheprinter, andcontinueprinting. Make sure that the leading edge of the paper is smooth and uncreased.

Turn off the power, remove the ribbon, retensionit, and replace it. This problem occurs most frequently with a worn ribbow so you may need to replace the ribbon.

Check the installation settings in your software, andreinstall if necessary.

Tum the printer off, and turn it on again, holding down one of tie buttons to perform a self-test. If these donot work, contact your dealer.

ONLINE >buttontosettheprinter

ammedpaper, replace,

If theprintis faint,oruneven,checkthefollowing:

Check Possible remedy

Istheribbonproperlyin-

Checkandreinstallifnecessary.

Is the ribbon worn out? The ribbon has a long life, but eventually will need

1-”-

replacing. Fit a new riblxm cartridge if necessary.

Ifdots aremissingin theprinting,checkthe following:

I Check I Possible remedv

Are dots missing at random in the printing? up. Stop printing, remove the ribbon cartridge, reten-

Is a line of dots missing con- The print head is damaged. Stop printing, and contact sistently throughout the your supplier for anew print head. printing?

The ribbon has become slack causing it to get caught

sion and replace it.

If your applicationsoftwarecannot print the fontsor charactersselected, checkthefollowing:

Check Possible remedy Is your application software Check the software installation, andre-install the soft-

properly installed? Are fonts not being selwted

properly? martds necessary for font changes into the software. Are characters other than

those expected being Set (reset with DIP switches or software axnrnands), printed? or you have the wrong character set selected (for

ware if necessary. Check the software installation+ and insert the com-

Either you we usingthe WrongInternational Character

example if characters other than IBM block graphic characters are being printed). Correct this with DIP switches or the appropriate softwue sequences.

If the printoutis not whatis expected:

Check Is the printer installed cor-

rectly?

Is the printer not printing anything that youare expect-

~g?

Possible remedy Your software may think that it is driving a different

emulation to theone actually set. Check the DIP switch settings to make sure you have the right emulation.

Use the Hex Dumpmode toanalyze the output from the computer to the printer. This will enable you to determine that the right escape sequences, etc are being transmitted.

Star Micronics LC-15 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LOCATINGTHE PRINTER

UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Checkthecartoncontents

Partsnameof theprinter

Mounttheplatenknob

Installtheribboncartridge

Connection

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

Automaticloading

Manualloading

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

Loadingthepaperfromtherear of theprinter

Loadingthepaperfromthebottomof theprinter

Paperparking

Paperunparking

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

ONLINE button

PAPERFEEDbutton

SET/EJECTPARKbutton

PRINTPITCHbutton

NLQ TYPESTYLEbutton

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

Shorttestmode

Long test mode

Printarea testmode

Stayinpanelpitch

Stayinpanel style

Stayinpanelpitchandstyle

Hexadecimaldump

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

Formfeed

Topofform

Forwardmicro-feed

Reversemicro-feed

Clearingthebuffer

LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

DESIGNING YOUR OWNDRAFTCHARACTERS

Definingtheattributedata

Assigningthecharacterdata

Sampleprogram

DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS

EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

Howtheprogramworks

ModificationsforIBMmode

TROUBLESHOOTING

Powersupply

Printing