Star Micronics LC-200 User Manual

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Specifications and Main Features

Model: LC-200 Dot Matrix Printer
Compatibility: Supports IBM/Epson printer commands and character sets
Paper Handling: Allows single sheet, fanfold forms and multiparts up to quad ply that can be pushed pulled tractor fed or friction fed.
Font Options: One draft font, one high-speed draft plus four NLQ fonts types(Courier, Sanserif, Orator and Script) italics for all styles and condensed, non-concave, double and quadruple fonts.
Maintenance: Ribbon cartridge is easy to replace in seconds while the head print takes a couple of minutes.
Control Panel: Has 5 buttons for different functions for paper management, font choice and settings.
Features:
Ample software support-autocad orientated
Display indicators and beep tones for user.
Options of Automatic and manual paper loading.
Micro alignment functions
Arrangement of customizable characters for download
Dimensions & Weight: Not provided in the manual
Electrical: Power supply specification was not provided in the instruction manual.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Which printable forms is lc-200 able to support?

A: The LC-200 support Single sheets, fanfold forms, and multi-part forms up to quadruple-ply.

Q: Oigain For both IBM and Epson software, this printer is usable right?

A: Right, this printer is functional and can be used with IBM, LC-200 as well alongside Epson printers.

Q: Is it a possibility of changing the print font or size?

A: During the panel delay while the printer is offline, the panel buttons can also be used to alter the fonts or even the sizes.

That’s a pretty quick answer Let’s make it amiss so one can know Firstly, replacing ribbon cartridges will hardly take a while.

A: Replacing the ribbon cartridge is a pretty straightforward process, which should only take a couple of seconds.

Q: Am I able to park the fan fold paper while engaging in printing on single sheets?

A: Absolutely, if you are more printing on different kinds of paper, do not fret on their special features of the printer which allows you to park fan folded forms lie in wait.

Q: What kind of care do I have to exercise on maintenance with this printer?

A: Just like any other basic upkeep, routine maintenance would include changing the ribbon, replacing the print head and basic cleaning to maintain the printers good condition.

Q: Am I able to color this printer with this printer color considering the ribbon is installed?

A: A printer that is able to change colors also exists, this printer has that installed functionality too.

User Manual

USERS MANUAL

LC-2

DOT MATRIX PRINTER

ZX 80820487

LC-200

DOT MATRIX PRINTER

USERS MANUAL

NOT INTENDED FOR SALE

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Trademark Acknowledgements

LC-200, NX-1OOO,LC-10, ND-10/15: StarMicronicsCo., Ltd. IBM PC, PC-AT, PC-XT, Proprinter 111,Proprinter II, PC-DOS: InternationalBusinessMachines Coro. Mi&oaoft BASIC, MS-DOS: MicrosoftCorporaticm FX-850, EX-800, LX-850, LX-81O:Seiko EpsonCorp.

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanualis organizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhowto makethebest useofyourprinteryouareurgedto readthroughchapters1through3. The remainingchaptersmay be treatedas a referenceguidefor programming operations,etc. It assumesa degree of knowledgeof the operation of computers(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers). Thechaptemareas follows:

Chapter 1— Settingup the printer Thischapterexplainshowto gettheprinterunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyou do anythingelse.

Chapter 2 — Controlpaneloperations There are a numberof controlson the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesand fontselection. Aftergetting setup, readthischapterandtry outthevariousproceduresin

it to find outhow theprinterworks.

Chapter 3 — Defaultsettings ThischapterexplainshowtousetheElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)modeto

makesystemsettingsonthe printer.

Chapter 4 — Printercontrolcommands

Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and the softwarecommandsusedto driveit. This sectionis of use if you are writingor modifyingprogramsto takeadvantageofthe printer’sfeatures.

Chapter 5 — Downloadcharacters

This chapterexplainstheproceduresto createyourown characters.

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

currentlythe most popularconf@ration of microcomputer,we have includeda fewhintsandtipsto helpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems. SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinterpreter,wehave also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to

demonstratethecapabilitiesofthe printer.

Chapter 7 — Troubleshootingandmaintenance

Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourpnnteris notworking in the expectedway. It alsoincludes detailsof someroutinemaintenance operationsyoucancarryoutyourself.Itisnot,however,acompleteservice manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouareunsureofyourabilityto carryout anymaintenanceor semicingoperations.

Chapter 8 — Specifications Thissectiongivesthespecificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9 — Charactersets Thesechartsshowthe differentcharactersetsavailable.

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

Thisprinterhasafullcomplementoffeatures,makingitanexcellentpartner fora personalcomputer.ItsupportstheIBM/Epsonprintercommandsand charactersets,enabling it to printjust aboutanythingyour computercan generate,bothtext andgraphics.Someofitsmainfeaturesarethefollowing:

● Extensivesoftwaresupport

Sinceit is compatiblewiththe Epsonand IBMprinters,it workswithany softwarethatsupportsthoseprinters.That includesmostword-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.

. Easy care andmaintenance The ribboncartridgecan be replacedin secondsthe printhead in a few

minutes.

● Versatilepaperhandling

Singlesheets,fanfoldforms,andmulti-partforms(upto quadruple-ply)are all accepted,and you can use either push/pulltractor or frictionfeed. A specialfeatureenablesyouto keepfanfoldformsparkedin readinesswhile printingon otherpaper.

. Large variety of fonts and sizes

Theprinterhasonedraftfont,oneHigh-SpeedDraftfontandfourNLQfonts (Courier,Sanserif,OratorandScript),italicsfor allstyles,pluscondensed print,boldprint,double-sizedprint,and quadruple-sizedprint.

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER

LocatingthePrinter UnpackingandInspection

Checkingthecartoncontents Identifyingprinterparts

SettingUp

Mountingtheplatenknob Installtheribboncartridgeandtherollerunit Connectingtheprintertoyourcomputer

LoadingSingleSheets

Automaticloading Manualloading

LoadingandParkingFanfoldForms

Loadingthepaperffomtherearof theprinter Loadingthepaperffomthebottomof theprinter Paperparking

Paperunparking LoadingMulti-PartForms AdjustingthePrintingGap

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

ButtonsandIndicators

ONLINEbutton

PAPERFEEDbutton SET/E.JECT/PARKbutton PITCHbutton FONTbutton

Power-UpFunctions

Shorttestmode Longtestmode Print areatestmode Stayinpanelpitch Stayinpanelfont Stayinpanel pitchandfont Hexadecimaldump

SwitchCombinationFunctions

Formfeed Topof form

1 2 2 3 4 4 4 8 9 9

11 12 12 15 16 17 18 19

21 21 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 26

27 27 27 27 28

30 30 30

Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feed Changingtheautoloadingvalue Clearingthebuffer/Allreset Selectingtheprintcolor

Storemacrodefinition

31 31 31 32 32 33

Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS

HowtosettheEDS mode

Functionsof theEDSsettings Bidirectionaltest./Adjustmentmode

Chapter 4

Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Chapter 6 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

ControlCommands

Font

CharacterSetCommands CharacterSizeandPitchCommands VerticalPositionCommands HorizontalPositionCommands GraphicsCommands DownloadCharacterCommands ColorSelectionCommandes OtherPrinterControlCommands

DesigningYourOwnDraftCharacters

Definingtheattributedata Assigningthecharacterdata Sampleprogram

DefiningYourOwnNLQCharacters

AssigningthecharacterdatawiththeStandardmode AssigningthecharacterdatawiththeIBMmode

InstallingApplicationSoftwarewithYourPrinter EmbeddingPrinterCommands ProgrammingthePrinterwithDOSCommands ProgrammingwithBASIC

Howtheprogramworks

35 35 36

40 41

42 47 50

55 62 67 70 74 76

101 104

Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

Powersupply Printing

Paperfeeding Maintenance ReplacingthePrintHead

107 107 108 108

110 113 113

Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS

Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS

StandardCharacterSet#l StandardCharacterSet#2 InternationalCharacterSets IBMCharacterSet#2

Codepage#437(U.S.A.)

Codepage#850(Multi-lingual)

Codepage#860(Portuguese)

Codepage#861(Icelandic)

Codepage#863(CanadianFrench)

Codepage#865(Nordic) IBMCharacterSet#1 IBMSpecialCharacterSet

INDEX

COMMAND SUMMARY

115

119 120 122 123 124 124 126 127 128 129 130 131 132

133

136

chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include—

Locatingtheprinter

●

Unpackingandinspection(partnames)

●

Settingup andcomecting

●

Loadingsinglesheets

●

Loadingandparkingfanfoldforms

✎

Adjustingtheprintinggap

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Beforeyoustartunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou haveasuitableplaceon whichto locateit. By“a suitabIeplace”,wemean:

●

A firm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

✎

Awayfromexcessiveheat(suchas directsunlight,heaters,etc)

✎

Awayfromexcessivehumidity

✎

Awayfromexcessivedust

●

Supplyitwith“clean”electricity,Donotconnectitto thesamecircuitas a large,noise-producingappliancesuchas a refrigerator.

●

Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer’s identificationplate.

✎

To disconnecttheprintertheplughas to be disconnectedfromthe wall socket,whichhas to be locatedcloseto theprinter,and easyto access.

✎

Installthe printerwherethereis sufficientroomfor the paper and any paperbeingfed in or printedout.

Ifyouareconnectingyourprinterwithaparallelcable,makesure thatthe cableis within2m (6ft)of theprinter.An RS-232connectionusingthe optionalSPC-8Kinterfacecan bemadeoverlongerdistances.

UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Checkingthecartoncontents

Now unpackthecontentsoftheshippingcarton, andcheckeachiteminthe

boxagainstFigure1-1to makesurethatyouhaveeverything(thereshould be sevenitems).

If anyof theseitemsaremissing,contactyoursupplier.

FigureI-I. Check to make sureyou haveall sevenitems: 1)Printer, 2) Paperguide, 3) Rollerunit,4) Platen

knob, 5) Color ribbon cartridge, 6) Monochrome ribbon cartridge, and 7) Manual set (User’s manual, User’s guide and Sticker).

The optionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare:

● Serial-Parallelconverter(SPC-8K)

● Automaticsheetfeeder(SF-1ODN)

● Rollpaperholder(RH-1OZ)

Identifyingprinterparts

Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the

followingpartsin Figure 1-2.

Figure 7-2.The printer’s external parts

Roller unit: Release lever:

Top cover:

Rear cover: Entry slot: Control panel:

Power switch: Interface connector:

holdsthe paperagainstthe platen. releasestheplaten.ThisIevermustbebackfor single sheets,and forwardfor fanfoldforms. protectstheprintheadandotherinternalparts. protectsthetractorfeedmechanism. for insertingsinglesheetsofpaper. controlsvariousprinterfunctions. turnspoweron andoff. for connectingthecomputerto theprinter.

SEITING UP

Placetheprinterin the desiredlocation, and removeallpackingmaterial

from inside the top cover.This packingmaterialis intendedto prevent darnageto theprinterwhileintransit.Youwillwanttokeepallthepacking material,alongwiththeprintercarton,incaseyouhavetomove theprinter to a new location.

Mountingtheplatenknob

Theplatenknobispacked intoa recessofthe whitefoampackingmaterial whichheldyourprinterinsidethecarton.Besureto removetheknobfrom thepackaging.

Mountthe knobon the platenshaft,whichis on theright-handsideof the printer.Rotatethe knob on the shaft before pushingthe knob fully into position.

Figure1-3.Mounting the platen knob

Installtheribboncartridgeandtherollerunit

Removethetopcoverbyliftingup thefront(usingthe twogripsoneither

side),andpullingthecovertowardsyou(seeFigure 1-4).Nowinstallthe ribbon.(Ifyouwanttoprintwithblackonly,installthemonochromeribbon cartridge,2X9.)

—

F@r8 1-4.Removing the top cover

1. Turn the tension knob counterclockwise on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack.

2. Guidethe ribbonbetweenthe Printhead and the silverprinthead shield, making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the

~~cketson the cartridge itself.

Figure 1-5.Instelliflg the ribbon cartridge

3. ‘l%enbbonshoul dpassbetweentheprintheadandtheprinthead shield (seeFigure 1-6).

Figure 7-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield

Afteryouhaveinstalledtheribboncartridge,installtherollerunit. Openthe rear coverusingthetwogripson eitherside.

Grippingthelockleversonbothsidesoftherollerunit,fitthemounting

bracketsontothe shaftinsideof theprintermechanism.You willneed to tilt the rollerunitslightlybackward. Securethe roller unit firmly by lowering into position, as shown in

Figure 1-7. Closethe rearcover.

Roll

Figur@1-7.Install the roller unit onto the printer

To replacethe top cover,insertthe tabs intothe slotson the printercase.

Swingthe frontedgedownto closethecover. Leavethe top coverclosedduringnormaloperation.Thecoverkeepsout

dustanddirt andreducestheprinter’soperatingsounds.Openthecoveronly to change the ribbonor makean adjustment.

NOTE: When you remove the color ribbon cartridge,press the ribbon

releasecatchtowardyouwithyourindex finger.Oncetheribbonis freeof theprinthead,thecartridgeliftsout easily.

Connectingtheprintertoyour computer

Connecttheprinterto your computerusing a standardparallelinterface

cable.OnaPCorPC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouusethe25-pin

D-typeconnectoratthecomputerend,andtheAmphenol-type36-pinconnector at the printer end. The contlgurationof the printer’sconnectoris given in Chapter8 should you need a cable for connectingto another computer.

If youneedto connecttoa serialport,usetheoptionalSerial-Parallelconverter,SPC-8K.

Interface cable

Figure 1-8.Connecting the interface cable

Plug the printer into a suitable outlet. However, DO NOT turn on thepower switch at the front of the printer yet.

NOTE: To disconnect the printer the plug has to be disconnected from the

wall socket, which has to be located close to the printer, and easy to access.

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

sectionwilltakeyouthroughtheproceduresforloadingsinglesheets

This

of paper. Ifyouareusingtheoptionalautomaticsheetfeeder(SF-10DN),referto the

ASFinstructionbooklet.

Automaticloading

Single sheets can be loaded manually with the power off, or automatically with the power on. We will start the easy way with automatic loading.

1. Place the paper guide in position by inserting the tabs, located on the

bottom of the assembly,intothe slotson the rearcoverof theprinter.

Figure1-9.Mounting the paper guide for single sheets

2. Adjustthepaperguidestomatchthesizeofthepaperyou willbeusing. Rememberthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge of the carriage.

3. Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontoftheprinter. The printerwillbeep,indicatingthatthereisnopaperinpositionforpnnting. Theorange

POWERindicatorwillalsoflashto confhn this.

Make surethatthe releaseleverisback.

Iffanfoldpaperisalreadymountedintheprinter,presstheC

st~~.~~c1

buttontoparkthepaperin theoff-linestate,thenmovethereleaselever backwards. Placea singlesheetbetweenthe guides,placingthe sideon whichyou

5. wanttoprint towardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown in theguidesuntilyou feelit stop. Nowpressthe (

S,~A.&ICT

button.Thepaperwillbefedintotheprinter

)

andadjustedpast theprintheadto a positionreadyfor printing. Ifyouwantto setthepaper to adifferentposition,settheprinteroff-line

7. by pressing the(

LINE

) button,

then set the paper by using the

micro-feedfunction.(Fordetails,referto Chapter2.)

—

)

lever

Figure 1-10. Loading a single sheet

Manualloading

Itisalsopossibletoloadpapermanuallywhiletheprinter’spoweris off.The

procedureis:

1. Placethe paperguidein positionby insertingthetabs,locatedon the bottom of the assembly,intothe slotson the rearcoverof the printer.

2. Checkthatprinterpoweris off andthe releaseleveris back.

3. Adjustthe paper guidesto matchthe size of paperyou will be using. Rememberthat printingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge of the carriage.

4. Placea singlesheetbetweenthe guides,placingthe sideon whichyou wanttoprinttowardsthebackofthe printer.Gentlypushthepaper down in theguides untilyoufeelit stop.

5. Turntheplatenknobclockwiseuntilthe frontedgeof thepapercomes outfromunderthe topcover.

6. If the paper is not straight, move the release lever forward, then straightenthepaperby handandmovethe releaseleverback.

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforationsbetweenthe sheets.They are also calledsprocketforms,punched forms, orjust plain “computerpaper”.Thisprinteracceptsformsup to 10”wide.Thissection will take you throughthe proceduresfor loading,parkingand unparking fanfoldforms.

Loadingthepaper from therear of theprinter

Youcanloadthefanfoldpapereitherfromtherearorfromthe bottomofthe printer.If youaregoingto loadthepaperfromthebottom,refertothenext section.

1. Placeastackoffanfoldpaperbehind andatleast onepage-lengthbelow the printer.

2. Turnthe printer’spowerOFF.

3. Pushthe releaseleverforward.Thishastheeffectofreleasingthepaper fromtheplatenroller,and engagingthetractorfeed.

4. Removethepaperguideandput it asidefor themoment.

5. Removetherearcoverusingthetwogripsoneitherside,andpushbackwardsas in Figure1-11.

Figutu 1-71.Removing the rear cover

6. Movethetractorunitsdownwardsbygrippingthepositioningleverson bothsideof the tractorunitas shownin Figure1-12.

Figure 1-12. Movethe tractor units downwards for loading the paper from the rear

7. Withthetractorcovers open,mount the paperby aligning holes withthe

pinson thetractorunit.

Figure 1-73. Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units

Tractor cover

Ie\er

Adjustthespacingofthetractorunitsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using

8. the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position.Whentheclampleverisup,theunitis released,andwhenitis down,the unitis locked. Nowclose thetractorcovers,again makingsurethatthepaperholesare

9. alignedwiththepinsonthetractorunits.Iftheyarenotalignedproperly,

you.willhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingintearing andjammingof the paper.

10.Turnonthe powerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontoftheprinter.The

printerwill beep,indicatingthatthe paperis notyet fullyloaded.The orange

11.NowpresstheC

POWERindicatorwill alsoflashto confirm this.

=L’A=dEcT

) button.Thepaperwillbefed and’adjusted

pasttheprinthead to a positionreadyforprinting.

12.Ifyouwantto setthepaperto adifferentposition,setthepnnteroff-line

by pressingthe(

LINE

button,then set the paper by using the

)

micro-feedfunction.(Fordetails,referto Chapter2.)

13.Replacethe rear cover, and mount the paper guidein the horizontal

positionshowninFigure1-14,so thatit willseparatetheprintedfrom theunprintedpaper.

Figure 7-14. Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms

cover

Loadingthepaper fromthebottomof theprinter

You can load the fanfoldpaper fmm the bottomof the printer with the followingprocedure.

1. Removethetop coverandthe rollerunit.

2. Opentherearcover usingthetwogripsattheside,andpushbackwards. 3: Gripthepositioningleverson bothsideof thetractorunit,andpullthe

unitupwardsas showninFigure 1-15.

POsitiOninglever

Figure 1-75. Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding

Place a stack of fanfold paper below the printer. With the tractor covers open, mount the paper from the bottom of the

5. printer, by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit. Adjustthe spacingofthetractor unitsby sIidingthem alongthebar,using

6. the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position. When the lever is up, the unit is released, and when it is down, the unit is locked.

Figurel-16.”Mount the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer

7. Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthepaperholesare alignedwiththepinsonthetractorunits.Iftheyarenotalignedp~operly, youwill haveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingintearing andjammingof thepaper.

8. Remounttherollerunit andreplacetherearcoverandthetop cover.

Paperparking

Afier loading fanfold paper from the rear of the printer, you do not have to

unload it when you want to print on a single sheet. The printer will “park”

it for you if you follow the procedure below.

1. To begin paper parking, start with power ON, fanfold paper loaded in printing position,

2. Pressthe( line.ON

LINE indicator willturnoff.

3. Tear off theprintedformat thelastperforation,leavingnotmorethan abouthalf a pageshowingabovethe topcover.If necessary,pressthe

(PAPERFEED] buttonto feedpaperforwarduntilaperforationislocated

just abovethetop cover,andtearthere.

4. Pressthe( .Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthefanfoldformbackwarduntilthe

paperis completelyfreeof theplaten.

andthe releaseleverforward.

ONLINE }buttononthecontrolpaneltosettheprinteroff-

=mkc’

> buttonon thecontrolpanel.

5. Move the release leverto the back.

6. Mountthepaperguidein theuprightposition.

Now you can load single sheets either automaticallyor manually, as

explainedpreviously.The fanfoldpaperremainsparkedat thebackof the printer.

NOTE: YOUcannotpark thefanfoldpaperif you haveloadedit fromthe

bottomof the printer.

Paperunparking

Whenyouwant to resumeusing fanfoldpaper,theprocedureis asfollows.

Remove all single sheets from the printer.

2. Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position.

3. Move the release lever to the front.

4. Press the ( “TM” parked fanfold paper back into position for printing.

NOTE: Theprinterbeepsintermittentlyif youmovethereleaseleverwhile

thepaperis loaded.

) button.The printer will automatically feed the

LOADING MULTI-PARTFORMS

Youcanprintoncontinuousmulti-partformswiththebuilt-intractorunit. Youcanusemulti-partformsthathaveuptofourpartsincludingtheoriginal whenthe Multi-partmode is selectedwith the EDS setting.(For details, pleasereferto Chapter3.)

Itisrecommendedtouseformsjointedbydottedorpastingunderthenormal

officecondition.

Multi-part forms should be pressure sensitive, and should not be used in the friction feed. (Bottom feed with the pull-tractor is recommended.)

NOTE:

Whenprintingcontinuousmulti-partforms,care shouldbe taken,

asthe edgesof thepapermightbedamaged. The tolerancebetween the dotted or pasted position and other positionsmustbe lessthan0.05mm.

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

The distancebetween the print head and the platen can be adjustedto accommodatedifferentPaperthicknesses.Tomakethisadjustment,remove

the m cover.Thead.ju~tientleverislocatedattheleftSideOfthePrinter

mechanism.Pushing the adjustmentlever backwardsnarrows the gap; pulling it forwardswidensthegap.

There are five positions,and you can feel the lever clicking into each position.Thesecondpositionfromtherearistheonemostcommonlyused for single sheets of paper. Try differentpositionsuntil you get the best printingresults.(Do notset theleveroutof themarkedpositions.)

Figure 1-17. Location of the adjustment lever

The followingtable providesthe recommendedlever positionsfor each papertypesas a reference.

Paper Type

Single 2-ply

3-ply

4-ply 40-58

NOTE:Pressuresensitivepaperis recommendedfor themulti-partpaper.

Multi-partmode is recommendedwhen using the 4-ply paper. (Referto Chapter3.)

Weight (g/mz) Thickness (mm)

(Each paper)

52-82

(Total) Lever position

0.07-0.10 2nd 83-90 0.11-0.12 40-58 0.12-0.16

40-58

0.18-0.20

0.21-0.25 4ttl

0.24-0.26 4th

0.27-0.30 5th

Recommended

3rd 3rd 3rd

chapter2

CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

we controlpanelbuttonscanbepressedindividuallytoperformtheoperations indicatedbytheirnames.Otherfunctionscanbe achievedby holding thesebuttonsdownwhenyouturntheprinter’spoweron,orbypressingthe controlpanelbuttonsin combination.

Thischapterexplainsall thebuttonand indicatorfunctions.

Pauseprinting

Feedpaper(fastand slow,forwardandreverse)

Parkfanfoldforms

●

Setthetop-of-formposition

✎

Selectthe printpitch

✎

Selecta font

●

Printtestpatterns

✎

Preventsoftwarefrom changingthepanelpitchandfont selections

●

Printa hexadecimaldump

✎

Cleartheprinter’sbuffer

✎

Changetheprintcolor

✎

Storemacrodefinition

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

Theprinteris equippedwithfivebuttonsonthecontrolpanel.Fromleftto

right they are,(IEZID and (EEED (sm~ler buttons),and (

LINE >(largerbuttons).

(PAPERFEED), and(

The followingis a briefguideto thebuttonsandindicatorsonthe control panel.

Figws 2-1. Control panel

s,.;;.&T ),

ONLINE button

The (

ON LINE

)

buttonsets the printeron-lineand off-line.The status

changeseachtimeyoupress thebutton. Whentheprinterison-line,itcanreceiveandprintdata fromthecomputer.

Whentheprinterisoff-line,it stopsprintingand sendsthecomputerasignal indicatingthatit cannotacceptdata.

Theprinter powersupin theon-linestatusifpaperisloaded.If paperisnot loaded,the printerpowersup off-linewiththe POWERindicatorflashing.

Whenyouload paper,the POWERindicatorstopsflashing,and theprinter

goeson-line. Youwill wantto pressthe C

● Beforeand afteranyotherpaneloperation

ONLINE

)

button:

The other panel buttons operate only in the off-line state. Press the

LINE ) button to go off-line.

( operation(s),pressthe (

● To pauseduringprinting

If you press the( ON

LINE

)

buttonduringprinting,the printer stops

After performing the panel

)

buttonagainto gobackon-line.

printingandgoesoff-line,allowingyouto checktheprintout or change acontrolpanelsetting.Printingresumeswhenyoupressthe{

LINE

buttonagainto go backon-line.

)

● To cut fanfoldformsat theend ofpnnting

LINE

Whenusingfanfoldforms,youcanholdthe (

)

buttondown for one second.In additionto goingoff-line,the printer also feedsthe paperforwardapproximatelytwoinches.Thisallowsyouto cutitoffjust belowthelast lineprinted. Whenyoupressthe (

LINE

)

buttonagainto gobackon-line, the

paperfeedsbackwardstoppingwhereyouleftoff. NOTE:Thisfunctionis validonlywhenthe bufferis empty,

PAPERFEEDbutton

If you pressthis buttonwhileoff-line,the paperwill feedforward.If you

ho~dthebuttondown,theprinterwillperformconsecutivelinefeeds.

If you alsopressthe

LINE

(

]

buttonwhileyou areline-feeding,the

paperwill feedautomaticallytothe topof thenextpage.Thisis explained

later.

If you pressthisbuttonwhileon-line,this willalternatelyflashthe QUIET indicatoronand off. Whenin Quietmodewiththe QUIETindicatorlit,the printerwillprintslightlyslower,butat a reducednoiselevel.

SET/EJECT/PARKbutton

NOTE: Thisbuttonhas no effectif thebottomfeedmodeis selected.

Pressingthisbuttoncausestheprintertobeginpaperloadingifthepaperhas notloadedwhilein the off-linestate.

If the paperhas beenloaded,this buttonresultsin differentfunctionsdepending on the positionof the releaselever.

If the releaseleveris forwardforfanfoldforms,pressingthisbutton parks theforms.

If the releaselever isback for singlesheets,pressingthisbuttonejectsthe paper.

PITCHbutton

Thisbuttonallowsyoutoselecttheprintingpitch.Rememberthattheprinter mustbe off-linefor you to do this. Successivepressesof this buttonwill illuminate(andselect)the followingoptionsin order:

Pitch

Pica(10CPI) Elite(12CPI) Condensedpica(17CPI) Condensedelite(20CPI) Proportional

Indicator(s)

10CPI 12CPI 10CPI,COND 12CPI,COND PROP

FONTbutton

Thisbuttonselectsthefontto beprinted.Draftfontis selectedatpower-up

unlessthedefaultsettingsarechanged.To changetoHSDraft(High-Speed Draft)oroneoftheNLQ(NearLetterQuality)fonts,setthe printer off-line,

then press the (TGNTlbutton repeatedlyuntil the indicatorsbeside the

desiredselectionilluminate.The selectionscyclein the followingorder:

Font

Draft Sanserif Courier Orator script High-SpeedDraft

Indicator(s)

DRAFT DRAFT,COURIER COURIER COURIER,SCRIPT SCRIPT HSDRAFT

TheOratorfontisuniqueintwoways.First,it islarger(higher)thantheother fonts,whichmakesit a goodchoiceforlabelsandothertextrequiringhigh visibility.You will need a little extra line spacingwhen Orator is used. Second,theOratorfontprintssmallcapitalsin placeoflower-caseletters. The otherfontsdonothavethisoption.Lowercasewillalwaysprintaslower case.

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

‘G~~~

In additionto their normal functions,all the controlpanel buttonshave specialfunctionsthatoperateifyouholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower on.

9 HS DRAFT

-.”oeAF1 ~ SANSERIFFONT

D COURIER

~ ORATOR

9 SCJ?IPT

m 1C?4JPI , 12CPI

MICROFEED

SETI:JECT IHu?m

PAPER FEEo & LINE

m POWER

SMy in Panel Pitch and Font

Figure 2-2. Power-up functions of control panel

Hexadecimal DUIIIL)

EDS Mode

Bidirectional Test/A(i,justnlcnt

Shorttestmode

If the printer is turned on whilethe c printerwillentertheshortself-testmode.Theprinter willprinttheversion numberof theprinter’sROM,followedby sevenlinesofthe characterset.

Eachline willbe offsetby one characterfromthe onebeforeit. The final resultwillbesomethinglike Figure2-3.(Ifthecolorribbonisused,eachline printsin a differentcolor.)

Figure 2-3. Short self-test

Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefullwidthofthecarriage,itisrecommended thattheprinter is loadedwiththewidestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto

“ theprinthead and/orplaten.

LINE

)

button is pressed, the

Longtestmode

If the printeris turnedon whilethe (

PAPERFEED) button is pressed,the

printerwillenterthelongself-testmode.Theprinterwillprinttheversion numberoftheprinter’sROMandthecurrentEDSsettings,followedbythe wholecharactersetprintedin eachfontandpitch available.

Thetest cyclesendlessly,so youmustturnthepoweroff to stop it.

Figure 24. Long self-test %

Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefullwidthofthecarriage,itisrecommended thattheprinter is loadedwiththewidestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto theprint headand/orplaten.In addition,thetotalnumberof linesprintedis considerable,morethan canbe accommodatedon a singlesheet,so fanfold

paperis recommendedforthistest.

Printarea testmode

Byholdingthe( entertheprintareatestmode.Thisway,youcanfmdouthowmanylineson your paper are available for printing.The printerwill print the first line message,thenprintthelastlinemessageafterfeeding to the bottomof the page.

If youhaveloadedthefanfoldpaper,onlythefirstlinemessageisprinted.

sE~AL~~cT

>buttondownduringpower-up,theprinterwill

Stayin PanelPitch

By holdingthe (Fi7CR)buttondownduringpower-up,the print pitchcan onlybeselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference. Youwillhear an acknowledgingbeep aspowercomeson.

Afterthebeeptone,youcansettheprinteroff-line,selectaprintpitch,then returnto on-lineandstartprinting.Thepitchyouselectedwillnotbereset or otherwisechangedby anycommandsyoursoftwaremay issue.

Stayin PanelFont

Byholdingthe (~> buttonduringpower-up,fontscanonlybe selected fromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.Therewillbean acknowledgingbeepaspowercomeson,afterwhichyoucansettheprinter

off-line,selectafont,thenreturntotheon-linestateandbeginprinting.The selectedfontwillnotbechangedbyanycommandsyoursoftwaremayissue.

Stayin PanelPitchandFont

Ifyouwanttoprotectboththepitchandfontsettingsfromsoftwarechanges, pressboththe (FiTUi)and(T6FiT)buttonsduringpower-up.Therewillbe two acknowledgingbeeptones.

Pressingthesebuttonsduringpower-updoesnotpreventyoufrommaking

anynumberof changeslaterfromthecontrolpanel.

Hexadecimaldump

This feature is usefid for programmerswho are debuggingprintingprograms and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving.(Some computerschangethe codestheprogrammerintended.)

Inthis mode,alldatareceivedwillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat, ratherthanthe control codesbeingactedon as commandcodes.

Thismodeis accessedwiththe followingprocedure:

Whileholdingboth the(PAPER FEED)and (

‘EJMCT

lbuttons down,

turnpowerON. A beeptonewillbe heard.

Beginprinting.In placeof theusualprintoutyou willget a formatted dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents sixteencharacters,theirhexadecimalcodestotheleftandprintablecharactersprintedon theright. At the end of the hexadecimaldump,set the printer off-linewith the

ON LINE

)

button.Thisis necessaryto printthelast line.

ThefollowingBASICprogramisa simpletestyoucanrun inhexadecimal mode:

10 FOR I =0 TO 255 20 LPRINT CHR$( I ) ; 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END

If your systempasses the codes directlyto the printer withoutchanging

MostBASICS,however,arenotquitethatstraightforward.Forexample,the IBM-PCwillgiveyoua printoutsimilarto Figure2-6.

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

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

.. . .. .. ,,.. . . . . ..

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

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

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

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

Figura 2-6. Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC

WhentheIBM-PCBASICinterpretersendshex code OD(carriagereturn)

it adds an extra hex OA(line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-file)also gets

specialtreatment:the interpreterdoes not send it at all. This can cause

problemswithgraphicsordownloadcharacterdata.However,youcansolve

thisproblemby changingline20in theprecedingprogramandaddingthe

codingshownbelow.

Codingfor IBM-PCwithmonochromedisplay:

20 GOSUB 100

100 X=INP (&H3BP) : IF X<:128 THEN 100 110 OUT &H3BC, I :OUT &H3BE, 5 : OUT &H3BE, 4 120 RETURN

Codingfor IBM-PCwith coloradapter:

20 GOSUB 100

100 X=INP (&H379)

110

OUT &H378 , I :OUT &H37A, 5 : OUT &H37A,4

: IF X<128

THEN 100

120 RETURN

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

Severaladditionalfunctionscanbe achievedbypressingthecontrolpanel buttons in combinations.

Tw ofForm

D HSDRAI=T

I -DRAFT

h SANSERIFFONT

9 COURIER

~ ORATOR

SCRIPT

~ - PROP ‘x /—-,

- iocPl

- 12CPI

SET/EJECT

PARK

MICROFEED

_-OU?ET

PAPER FE<D

- POWER ,

●

LoN LINE

/’ >

Store Macro Ekl’inition

Figure 2-7. Switch combination functions of control panel

Change colol-

u “

ForrmFeed

Formfeed

If you areusingsinglesheets,thisoperationejectsthe currentpage.If you areusingfanfoldforms,it feedsto the topof thenextpage.

PresstheC

1. Pressthe

CPAPERFEED) buttonandholdit down.The printerwill start

button to setthe printeroff-line.

LINE

performingsuccessiveline feeds. Whileholding the

<PAPERFEED> buttondown,presstheC ON LINE

button,then releaseboth buttonsat the same time. The printer will smoothlyejectthe currentpage.

Topofform

Whenyoupoweronthe printer,thetop-of-formpositionisautomaticallyset tothecurrentposition.Ifthisisnotwhereyouwantthetopofthepagetobe, youcan change the top-of-formpositionasfollows:

LINE

1, PresstheC

2.” Move the paper to the desired top-of-formposition by pressing the

(PAPERFEED>button,orby performingaforwardorreversemicro-feed.

) button to set the

printeroff-line.

)

LINE

)

3. Press andholdthe (

4. Whileholdingthe(

LINE )button down,pressthe(-) button,

ON then release both buttons at the same time. The printerwill beep to indicatethatthetop-of-formpositionhasbeen set.

Forwardmicro-feed

Forfinealignment,youcanfeedthepaperforwardinverysmallincrements

as follows:

button.

1. Pressthe~

2. Pressthe (

3. Whileholdingthe c ON

ONLINE ) button to setthe printeroff-line.

LINE

)

buttonagainandholdit down.

buttondown,pressthe (PAPERFEED]

)

LINE

button.Thepaperwill startadvancingin a seriesof smallsteps.When

youwantto stop,releasebothbuttons.

Reversemicro-feed

Youcan also feed thepaper in smallincrementsin reverse,to returnto a higher positionon the samepage.

NOTE: Withfanfoldforms,donottrytoreturnto apreviouspage.Theper-

forationmay catchinsidethe printerand causeajam.

button to setthe printeroff-line.

LINE

)

buttonagainandholdit down.

)

LINE

)

button down,pressthe (

Sk&AE~:~T

1. Pressthe(

2. Press the(

ONLINE

3. Whileholdingthe ( button.Thepaperwillstartmovingbackwardsinaseriesof smallsteps. Whenyouwantto stop,releasebothbuttons.

Changingtheautoloadingvalue

Normally,the printerautomaticallyloadsthe paper oneline fromthe top edge. If youwantto changethisvalue,followthisprocedure:

1. Loadthepaperusingthe (

s,~k=~~c,r

2. Changethe printpositionusingthe microfeed function. Thelineonthecardholder helpsyouto alignthebaselineof characters to be printed.

3. Afteryougetthedesiredposition,pressthe( thevalue.

) button.

ONLINE

)

buttontosave

)

Thisvaluewillremainunlessyoupowerofftheprinter.Ifyouwanttoretain this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro Definitionfunction,whichis describedbelow.

Notethatyoucan onlychangethis value immediatelyafter loadingpaper. If youfeedpaper,youcannot changetheautoloadingvalue.

Clearingthebuffer/Allreset

The printer storesreceiveddata in a large memorybuffer.This creates a problemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprintingjobandrestart:theprintermay

be holding more data in its buffer than it has actuallyprinted, and this unprinteddatamustbe clearedoutbeforerestarting.Turningpoweroff is onewayto clearthebuffer,butthereis anotherway:

Haltthe printingprogramon the computer. If printingstopsimmedi-

1. ately,thebufferisclearandtherestofthisprocedureisunnecessary.If printingdoesnot stop,continueas follows:

LINE

Press the(

ON nowstop,buttheremaybe data remainingin the buffer. Press and holdthe (

3. While pressing the (

-button. Continueholdingthesetwobuttonsdown.Inone second youwillhear a beeptonesignalingthatthebufferhas beencleared.

If youholdthesebuttonsmorethreeseconds,youwillhearthreebeep tones signalingthat the printer has been initializedto the power-on defaultsettings. Releasethesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrolpanelsettings,then

5. settheprinterbackon-line.

buttonto set the printeroff-line.Printingwill

ONLINE

ON LINE

)button.

button down, press and hold the

Itisessentialtohalttheprintingprogramonthecomputerbeforeyougooff-

line.Otherwise,whenyougo backon-linethe computerwillstartsending

dataagainandthe printerwillcontinueprinting,withmissingdatawherethe bufferwascleared.

NOTE:If you are usingthe SPC-8K,Serial-ParallelConverter,resetthe

converterbypressingtheredClearbuttononitbeforeyouresetthe printer.

Selectingtheprint color

Normally,thisprinterprintswithblackevenifthecolorribbonisinstalled.

Withouttheaid of software,you canchangethe printingcoloras follows: 32

LINE

)

Pressthe( Pressthe(=) button andholdit down.

2. Whileholdingthem button,pressthe(

3. Eachtimeyoupressthe ( ;’lwi[:’

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

““;,Alik[’‘

) button, oneof the indicatorsof

) button.

FONTor PITCHwillblinkto showthecurrentcoloras shownbelow.

Color

Black Magenta

cyan

Indicator

HSDRAFT Yellow DRAFT

COURIER

Color

Orange Green

Indicator

10CPI 12CPI

PROP

Violet SCRIPT

Releasebothbuttonsafteryouset thedesiredprintingcolor.

4. If you want to save the selectedcolor for later use, storeit usingthe MacroDefinition.

NOTE:Thisfunctionisvalidon]ywhenthecolorribbonisinstalledintothe

printer.

StoreMacroDefinition

You can store the current settingsto the printer for later usc with the followingprocedure:

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

Pressthe(

1. Pressthe(~> buttonandhold itdown.

2. Whileholdingthe(~> buttondown,press the_ buttonand

holdthemdownuntilyouhear twobeeptones. Releasebothbuttonsat thesametimeafterthe twobeeptonesto store

4. thecurrentsetting. If youreleasethese buttonsafterthreebeeptones,themacroiscleared.

LINE

)

NOTE: Youcan storethefollowingsettingswiththisprocedure.

● CurrentFontand Pitch

sCurrentauto-loadingamountfor cutsheet

● Currentauto-loadingamountfor continuouspaper

● Currentauto-loadingamountin ASFmode

● Currentprintcolor

Datatobe storedarecontrolledinStandardmodeandIBMmodeseparately. For example,thedatastoredin the Standardmodearenot effectivein the IBMmode,andviceversa.

chapter 3

DEFAULT SETTINGS

Most printers usea bankof DIP(DualIn-linePackage)switchesinsidethe printerto achievevariousfunctions.However,thisprintercan changethe power-updefaultsettingsbyusingtheElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)mode.

Thischapterexplainshowto usetheEDS mode.

HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE

TheEDSmodehas16kindsoffunctionsyoucansetasthepower-ondefault. ToentertheEDSmode,turnthe printeronwhilesimultaneouslyholdingthe

( In EDSmode,the indicatorsandthebuttonson thecontrolpanelare used

asshownbelowin Figure3-1.

● Usethe(-) buttonto selecttheBankNumber.Oneofthe FONTindi-

catorswillilluminateto showtheselectedBankNumber.

● Usethe(!)button toselecttheSwitchNumber.Oneofthe PITCHin-

dicatorswillilluminateto showtheselectedSwitchNumber.

● TheQUIETindicatorshowsthe currentsetting.

If youwantto set it ON,pressthe(

● Pressthe(PAPER FEED]button to printoutthecurrentsettings.

● Pressthe(

mode.

(PAPERFEED] and ( ONLINE

.s,JAc#~cr

LINE

buttontosavethenewsettingsandtoexittheEDS

> buttons.

) button.

Figure 3-I. Button and indicator functions in the EDS mode

FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS

Theprinteris factory-setwithallEDS switchesin the ONposition.These

are the standardsettings.By changingthe settings,you can altervarious printerfunctionstomatchyourrequirements.The followingquestionswill helpyou choose the propersettings.

Number Function ON OFF

A-1 A-2

Emulation STANDARD

RAMUsage A-3 Auto-LF A-4 ASF Setting

B-1

B-2 Paper-outDetector B-3

I BJ4 I (Reservai)

c-1 c-2

t---i

c-3

c-4

D-1

D-2 IBMCode pageor

D’-3 D-4

Multi-part

Tearoff

Print Mode

PageLength CharacterTable

(Standardmode) Graphics (IBMmode) ,.

InternationalCharacter (Seebelow) Set

mode

InputBuffer Download Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled

Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled

I LeaveON

(Seebelow)

Set#2

IBM

Italics Set#l

Switch A-1: Do you want to use the printer in Standardmode or IBM

mode?

Selectthemodecompatiblewithyourcomputerandsoftware.In Standard modetheprinter operateslikethe Epson FX-850.In IBMmodeitoperates likethe IBMProprinterIII. The ON positionselectsStandardmode.The

OFFposition selectsIBMmode.Forcolorprintinguse theStandardmode

andselecttheEpsonEX-800.

Switch A-2: Doesyoursoftwaredownloadcharactersto theprinter?

InordertodownloadcharactersthisswitchmustbeintheOFFposition.The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and providesonlyaone-lineprintbuffer.IfyouleavethisswitchON,theprinter usesits RAMmemoryasaninputbuffer,allowingthecomputerto senddata fasterthan theprinterprints.

Switch A-3: Do you wantan automaticline feed? If you leave this switch in the ON position,a separateline-feedcode is

requiredfromyourcomputerto obtaina line feed. If you movethis switchto the OFFposition,the printerperformsboth a

carnagereturnand linefeedeachtimeit receivesa carriage-returncode. Mostcomputersystemssendalinefeedcode,orbotha carriagereturnand

linefeed, atthe endof eachline, sothis switchshouldbeleft ON. If you get doubleline spacingwhenyou expect singlespacing,or if lines

overprinteachother,try changingthe settingof thisswitch. Switch A-4: Are yougoingto usethe automaticsheetfeeder(ASF)?

InordertousetheautomaticsheetfeederSF-1ODN,movethisswitchtothe

OFFposition.Otherwiseleaveit ON. Switch B-1: Are yougoingto printon multi-partpaper? Youcanuseupto 3-plypaperwhenthisswitchis ON.If youwanttoprint

orI4-plypaper,set thisswitchto the OFFposition. Switch B-2: Doyouwantthe printertostopprintingattheendofthepaper,

or to keepprinting?

WhenthisswitchisOFFthe printerignoresthepaper-outdetectorandprints

downto (andbeyond) the bottomedge.Otherwiseleaveit ON. Switch B-3: Do you want to advancepaper automaticallyat the end of

printing? Youcan selecttheTear Off functionwiththis switchOFF. Whenusingfanfoldpaper,theTear Offfunctionallowsyouto tearoffone

sheetof paperwithout fullyadvancingthefollowingsheet. Switch B-4: This switch is used for technicalpurpose only. Leave this

switchON.

SwitchesC-1 and C-2: Whichprintmodedo youwantto set?

Theseswitchesselectthedefaultprintpitchandthefontsas shownbelow.

NOTE:If youchangetheseswitchesafteryouhavestoredthemacro,these

settingswilloverridethe macrosetting.

SwitchesC-3 and

C-4: Whatis thepagelengthof yourpaper?

LeavetheseswitchesONifyouwillbeusing1l-inch forms.Youwillneed tochangetheswitchesifyouwillbeusinga differentpagelength as shown below:

PageLength

11inches ON ] ON

A4sizedpaper ON

8inches OFF

12inches OFF

c-3 \ c-4

OFF ON OFF

Switch D-1: The actionof this switchdependson the mode chosenwith

switchA-1.

If you selected Standard mode, do you want italic or graphic characters?

Move this switchOFFto print italicsin the Standardcharacterset. If you

leave this switchin the ON position,in place of italics you will get the graphiccharactem,internationalcharacters,andmathematicalsymbolsof IBMcharacterset #2.See Chapter9,,charactercodes128to 254.

IfyouselectedIBMmode,doyouwantIBM characterset#l or#2?

ON selectscharacterset#2,whichis forcomputerswithan 8-bitinterface (themostcommonkind).OFF selectscharacterset#l, forcomputerswith a 7-bitinterface.

SwitchesD-2 to D-4: Do you want an internationalcharacterset or IBM

codepage?

Internationalcharactersetsdifferin theirassignmentof 12charactercodes intheStandardItaliccharacterset.Seethecharactertablesatthebackofthis manual.Withthese switchesyou can selectoneof eightcharactersets as follows:

Country

D-2 D-3 D-4 U.S.A. ON ON ON France

Gen-nany ON OFF ON

England

OFT ON ON

OFF OFF ON

Country DenmarkI ON ON OFF

Sweden OFF ON OFF

Italy ON OFF OFF

SpainI

D-2 D-3 D-4

OFF OFF OFF

Exceptin theStandardItaliccharacterset,theseswitchesselectthedefauIt charactercodepage as shownbelow:

IBMCodePage

#437U.S.A.

Multi-lingual OFF ON ON #865Nordic OFF ON OFF

#850

Portuguese ON OFF ON (Reserved)

#860

#861Icelandic OFF OFF ON

D-2 D-3 D-4 IBMCodePage D-2 D-3 D-4 ON

#863

CmadianFrench

(Reserved)

ON ON OFF

OFF OFF

OFF OFF OFF

BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT MODE

Thismodeis usedto adjustthe alignmentof theprint headon successive bidirectionalpasses.Afteraperiodofsomemonths,yourprintermaywork itselfoutof alignmenton left and rightprintingpasses.This willbe most evidentin NLQprinting.Thismodewillprobablybe usedvery rarely.

1. Turn the printeroff andthen turn it on againwhileholdingdownthe

,,F~AF.~~cT

(

) and (

LINE

)

buttons.The printer will then print

somethinglike thefollowing:

2. The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwardsduring this operation,allowingyouto viewthepaperfor optimumalignment.

3. To adjustthepnnting,usethe( ..A

The(

(PAPERFEED) buttonwillmovethe secondpassto the right.

,:~

—-CURRENT –1 :

CPAPEB FEED

sEJAc#~(.:I

CURRENT

*CURRENT

)button will move the second pass to the left. The

//////////////////////////////////////////////////

///// ///////////////////////////./ ///////!/////////

o :

l//llllllll///ll/l/////////////////’///////////////

S, T & ,. [,1

)and (PAPERFEED) buttons.

4. Whenthetwopassesarealignedwitheachotherto formonecontinuous

line,thebidirectionalalignmenttestis completed.

5. Tosavethecorrectedvalueandtoexitfromthismode,pressthe_

button.

, ~~яяяяяя

CURRENT CURRENT 1 :

CURRENT ,+ ,

c: o:

,1!INC.h**

////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////!/////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////’/

NOTE:If you want to print NLQ charactersunidirectionally,press the

CPAPERFEED) button severaltimes until the “UNI” message ap-

pears.

chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

me printerhastwo emulationmodes:Standardmodeand IBMmode. In standardmode,theprinteremulatesthe functionsofthe EpsonFX-850 or EX-800for colorprint. In IBM mode, the printer emulatesthe IBM Proprinter III. Additional

commandcodesareincludedas a supersetof theseemulations. The emulationis changedby means of EDS switchA-1. When ON, the

printerwillbein standardmode,andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbein IBM mode(see Chapter3). It is notpossibleto changethe emulationmodeby meansof softwarecontrol.

Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecommands,all commandswill be categorizedby function.The nameof each commandis followedby a tablelikethe onebelow:

IModel ASCII

std.

<ESC>“X” “1” 27120 49 IB 78 31

<ESC>

Mode:

“x” <1>

Indicatesthe modeinwhichthe commandisrecog-

/ Decimal

27120 1 IB 78 01

I Hexadecimal I

nized. Std. Standardmode (EDS switchA-1 on) IBM IBMmode(EDSswitchA-1 off) Both BothstandardandIBMmodes

ASCII:

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Controlcharactersareenclosedin pointedbrack-

ets:For example,<1>meanscharactercode 1. Decimal: Hexadecimal:

Givesthe commandin decimalcharactercodes.

Gives the command in hexadecimal character

codes.

Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbesuppliedareindicatedbyitalicletters suchas n.

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Selectdraftqualitycharacters

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ ““ “F’ “ “ ““

std.

IBM

(( ))

‘

<ESC> “X” “O”

“9” 4040 70 41 41 57

27120 48 27120 0

27 73 48 IB 49 30 27 73 0 IB 49 00

Changesfrom near letter qualityto draft quality. Ignoredif the _ buttonwaspresseddufig POWer-UP.

Selectdraftelite characters

Mode ASCII

IBM -

<ESC> “I” “l”

<ESC>

“I” <1>

27 73 49 IB 49 31 27 73 1

Changestodraftqualitycharactemwithelitepitch(12cpi).Ignored if the(~~or (RTCiT]buttonwas pressedduring power-up.

SelectAU) characters

Mode ASCII

std.

IBM

<ESC>

<ESC> <ESC> “I” “2”

<ESC>“I”

“X” “l”

“x” <1>

<2>

27120 49 27120 1 IB 78 01 27 73 50 IB 49 32 27 73 2 IB 49 02 27 73 51 IB 49 33 27 73 3

Decimal

Decimal Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal

28 2846 29 29 39 IB 78 30

IB 78 00

Hexadecimal

16 49 01

IB 78 31

IB 49 03

Changesfromdraft qualityto nearletterquality.The initialNLQ font is Courierunlessadifferentfonthasbeenselectedbyapreceding command.Ignored if the-button was pressed during power-up.

SelectNLQfont

IModel ASCII

i ROth I <ESC> “k” n

SelectsanNLQfontaccordingtothevalueof n.In draftmode,this command~mains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is selected.Ignoredif the (TGFT]buttonwaspressedduringpowerUp.

n Font O Courier(initialvalue)

1 Sansenf

4 script

7 Orator

SelectCouriercharacters

Mode

Both “ “ ““ “F’ ““ ““ “O”

ASCII

(( ))

ChangestotheCourierNLQfont.Ignoredifthe (TGNT)buttonwas pressedduringpower-up.

SelectSanserlfcharacters

Mode ASCII

B9th “(” “(”

“F” “)” “)” “l”

1 Decimal I Hexadecimal I

I 27107

4040

40 40 70 41 41 49 28 2846 28 29 31

n I IB 6B n

Decimal Hexadecimal

7041 41 48 28 28 46 29 29 30

Decimal

Hexadecimal

ChangestotheSanserifNLQfont.Ignoredifthe(R5NT)buttonwas

pressedduringpower-up.

SelectScriptcharacters

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ “ “’ “F’ “)” “)” “4”

((

ChangestotheScriptNLQfont.Ignoredifthe (-) buttonwas pressedduringpower-on.

Decimal

40 40 7041 41 52 28 28 46 ~ ~ 34

Hexadecimal

SelectOratorcharacters

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ “ “ “F’ “)” “)” “7”

((

4040 7041 41 55

Changesto theOratorNLQfont.Ignoredifthe(T?3NT)buttonwas

,pressedduringpower-up.

Selectitalic characters

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> “4” 27 52

Causessubsequentcharactersto beprintedin italics.

SelectNLQitaliccharacters

Mode ASCII

IBM

27 73 11

Causes subsequentcharactersto be printed in italics with NLQ charact.m.Ignoredifthe(TGNT)buttonwaspressedduringpower

up.

Selectuprightcharacters

Mode ASCII

std.

<ESC> “5”

27 53

Decimal Hexadecimal

28 2846 ~ ~ 37

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IB 34

Hexadecimal

IB 49 OB

Hexadecimal

IB 35

Stopsitalic printingandcausessubsequentcharacterstobe printed upright.

Emphasizedprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC>“E”

Causessubsequentdraft charactemto be emphasizedby adding extrathicknessto verticalstrokes.

Decimal

27 89

Hexadecimal

IB 45

Cancelemphasizedprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “F”

Decimal

27 70 IB 46

Cancelsemphasizedprinting.

Double-strikeprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “G”

Causessubsequentcharacterstobe printedin double-strikemode withaslightverticalpapermotioninbetween,causingathickening of horizontalstrokes. Forboldprint, useofdouble-strikeisrecommendedinNLQmode, and combined use of emphasized and double-strikeis recommendedin draftmode. Double-strikecannotbe used withsuperscriptsorsubscripts.

Decimal

27 71

Canceldouble-strikeprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “H”

Cancelsdouble-strikeprinting.

Decimal

27 72 IB 46

Hexadecimal

IB 47

Hexadecimal

Startunderlining

Mode ASCII

Both -

Causessubsequentcharactemtobeunderlined.IBMblockgraphics charactersand spaces skipped by horizontaltabulation are not underlined.

Decimal

27 45 49 27 45 1 IB 2D 01

Hexadecimal

IB 2D 31

Stopunderlining

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “-” “O”

Stopsunderlining.

Stafi overlining

Mode ASCII

IBM

<p~> ,, – >, “~?. <ESC> “– “ <1> 27 95 1

Causessubsequentcharactersto be overlined.Spacesskippedby horizontaltabulationarenot overlined.

Stopwerlining

Mode ASCII

IBM

Stopsoverlining.

Superscript

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 45 48

27 45 0

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 95 49

Decimal

27 95 48 27 95 0

IB 2D 30 IB 2D CO

IB 5F 31 IB 5F 01

Hexadecimal

IB 5F 30 IB 5F 00

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC>“S” “O”

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedassuperscripts.Does not

changethe characterpitch.

Subscript

Mode

Boti

ASCII

<ESC> “S” “l”

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedas subscripts.Doesnot changethe characterpitch.

Decimal

27 83 48 27 83 D

Decimal

27 83 49 27 83 1

Hexadecimal

IB 53 30 IB 53 00

Hexadecimal

IB 53 31 IB 53 01

Cancelsuperscriptorsubscript

Mode ASCII

BothI

<ESC>‘“l’”

Decimal

27 S4

Stops printing superscriptsor subscripts and returns to normal

printing.

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

Selectstandardcharacterset

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal

27116 0

Selectsthe standardcharacterset.This is the power-updefaultin Standardmodeif EDS switchD-1 is OFF.

SelectIBMcharacterset

Mode ASCII

Both

Selectsan IBMcharacterset.Thisis thepower-updefaultin IBM

mode.

“t” <1> 27116 1

Decimal Hexadecimal

Hexadecimal

I 1’ ‘ J

Hexadecimal

1B 74 30 IB 74 IX

IB 74 31 IB 74 01

Selectcharacterset#1

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC>

“7”

27 55

——

IB 37

Selectscharacterset#1.

Selectcharacterset#2

IModel ASCII / Decimal / Hexadecimal I

Both <E.SC> “6”

Selectscharacterset#2,

27 54

IB 36

Selectinternationalcharacterset

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “R” n

Selectsan internationalcharacterset in the Standardcharacterset accordingtothevalueof n.

n Characterset O U.S.A

1 France

2 Germany

3 England 4 DenmarkI 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 SpainI

Thefirsteightofthesecharactersets (fromU.S.A.to SpainI) can be selectedaspower-updefaultsby EDS switchesD-2 to D-4.

SelectIBM codepage

Mode ASCII

Both

[

<O> <O>

nl d

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 82 n IB 52 n

n Characterset

8 Japan

9 Norway

10 DenmarkII 11 SpainII 12 LatinAmerica 13 Korea 14 Irish

64 Legal

Decimal Hexadecimal

<o> 27 91 84 4 0

o 0 d d 00 00 nl d

IB 5B 54 04 00

Changesthecodepageof thecurrentIBMcharacterset according

to thevaluesof nl andn2.

d n2 CodeDa~e

1 181

These code pages can

be selectedas power-up

#437U.S.A. #850Multi-lingual #860Portuguese #861”Icelandic #863CanadianFrench #865Nordic

defaultsby EDS

switchesD-2 to D-4.

Enableprintingofall charactercodes

Mode

IBM

ASCII Decimal

cESC> ‘1” nl n2 27 92 nl d

Hexadecimal

IB 5C nl d

EnablesprintingofallcharactersintheIBMcharacterset,including thoseassignedto charactercodeswhichare normallyconsidered controlcodes.Thiscommandremainsineffectforthenextn] +

x256

charactem,wherenl andn2arenumbersbetweenOand255.

Duringthisintervalnocontrolfunctionsareexecuted.If acodewith no assignedcharacteris received,theprinterprintsa space.

Enable printing of all character codes on next character

Mode

IBM <ESC> “ A“ 27 94

ASCII Decimal

This commandoperateslike <ES@ ‘A”exceptthat it remainsin effectfor onlyonecharacter.

Hexadecimal

IB 5E

Selectslashzero

Mode

std.

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “ - “ “l” 27126 49

<ESC> “ - “ <1> ,.

27126 1

Hexadecimal

IB 7E 31

IB 7E 01

Causessubsequentzerocharactersto be overprintedwith a slash

Selectnormalzero

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> “ - “ “O”

Causes subsequentzero charactersto be printed normally (0),

withouta slash.

Decimal

27126 48 27126 0

Hexadecimal

IB 7!E 30 IB 7E 00

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

Pica pitch

Mode ASCII

std. <ESC> “P”

IBM .

<DC2>

In Standardmode,changesfmmeliteto picapitch(10cpi)or from condensedeliteto condensedpica(17cpi).In IBMmode,changes fromeithereliteorcondensedtopica (10cpi).Ignoredifthe(Fi7CR) buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Elitepitch

Mode ASCII

std. <ESC> “M”

IBM

<Esc> “:”

Changesfrompicatoelitepitch(12cpi)or fromcondensedpicato condensedelite(20cpi).Ignoredif the-button waspressed duringpower-up.

Condensedprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII

<Sb

<ESC> <S~

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 N)

18 12

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 77

27 58 IB 3A

Decimal Hexadecimal

15 OF

15 IB OF

IB 50

IB 4D

Changesfrom pica to condensedpica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensedelite(20cpi).Ignoredif the(FiRi7)buttonwaspressed duringpower-up.

Cancelcondensedprinting

Mode ASCII

Both <DC2>

Decimal Hexadecimal

18 12

In Standardmode,changesfromcondensedpicato normalpicaor fromcondensedelitetonormalelite.InIBMmode,alwayschanges

to normalpica. Ignoredif the (~) buttonwas pressedduring

power-up.

Expandedprinting

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> ‘W” “l”

Causessubsequentcharacterstobe expandedto doublewidth

Decimal

27 87 49 IB 57 31 27 87 1 IB 57 01

Cancelexpandedprinting

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “W” “O”

Stopsexpandedprintingandreturnsto normalwidth.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 87 48 27 87 0

Expandedprintingforone line

Hexadecimal

IB 57 30 IB 57 00

Mode ASCII

Both

<so>

Causessubsequentcharactersinthecurrentlineto beexpandedto

doublewidth.Charactersreturnto normalwidthafterthenextline

feed(<LF>).The <DC4>,<VT>,<FE, and<ESC>“W”Ocom-

mandsalsocancelexpandedprinting.

Decimal Hexadecimal

14 OE 27 14

IB OE

Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both <DC4> ‘al

Hexadecimal

Stopsone-lineexpandedprintingsetwith<S0> or cESC><S0>. Doesnot cancel<ESC>“W” 1.

Selectproportionalspacing

Mode ASCII Decimal

std.

IBM

<ESC>“P”

“p” <1> 27112 1

<1> 27 80 1 IB 50 01

27112 49

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeproportionallyspaced.Ignored if the(FiT5i7)buttonwaspressedduring power-up.

Hexadecimal

IB 70 31

IB 70 01

Selectfixedspacing

Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

IBM

“p” <o> 27112 0

27 80 0 IB 50 00

Causessubsequentcharacten to be printed with fixed character spacing.Ignoredifthe(Fi7Ni)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

IB 70 30

IB 70 00

Selectmasterprintmode

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

,,,!.

27 33 n

16 21 n

std.

<ESC> . n

Selectsa combinedprint modeaccordingto the valueof n. The valueofn isthesumofthevaluesgivenbelow forthedesiredchar-

acteristics.

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

Function Underline

Italic Expanded

n value

128

32 Doublestrike Emphasized

Condensed[*] Proportional[*] Elite[*]

[*IIgnoredif the-button waspressedduringpower-up.

Increasecharacterspacing

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> <SP> n

Increasesthespacebetweencharactersby n/240 inches,wherenis anumberfromOto 127. Usedin microjustification.

Decimal

27 32 n

Selectdoubleor quadruplesize

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> “h” n

Decimal

27104 n

8 4 2

Hexadecimal

IB 2U n

Hexadecimal

IB 68 n

Selectsthe size of subsequentcharactersas shownbelow.Extrahighcharactemalignalongthecap-lineof normalcharacters,with the baselinetemporarilymovingdown.Linespacingistemporarily doubledwhenn = 1and quadrupledwhen

n =2.

n Effect

O Normal size

1 Double-high,double-wide

2 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide

Selectcharactersize

Mode ASCII

“ “ “ “ “S” “)” “)” n

Both

((

Decimal

40 40 83 41 41 n 28 28 53 29 29

Selectsacombinationofcharacterheightandwidthaccordingtothe

valueof n, as below.Doesnotmovethebase line.

n Characterwidth Characterheight O Singlewidth Singleheight

1 Doublewidth 2 Singlewidth 3 Doublewidth

Double-heightcharactemare alwaysprintedat nearletterquality. Doubleheightprintingtemporarilycancelsthesuper/subscriptand condensedptinting modes, but these modes resume when the

printerreturnsto normalheight.

Printdouble-heightcharacters

Mode ASCII Decimal

<ESC>

std.

<ESC>

Printssubsequentcharactersatdoubleheightwithoutmovingthe base line, and without changingthe line spacing.Temporarily cancelssuper/subscriptandcondensedprintingmodes.

“W” “l” “W” <1>

27119 49 27119 1

Hexadecimal

Singleheight Doubleheight Doubleheight

Hexadecimal

IB 77 31 IB 77 01

Returntonormalheight

Mode ASCII Decimal

std.

“W” <O>

27119 0 IB 77 00

Terminatesdouble-heightprintingandplintssubsequentcharacters atnormalheight.Resumessuper/subscriptandcondensedprinting if thesemodeswerein effectbeforedoubleheightwas selected.

Hexadecimal

IB 77 30

Selectcharacterheight,width,andlinespacing

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC> “[” “@” <4> <0> 27 91 64 4

Selectsa combinationof characterheight,width,andline spacing accordingtothe valueof nand line.

—

16 17 18 32 33 34

—

m 7

—

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

printerreturnsto normal height.

Decimal

<0> <0>

Linespacing

Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single Single Single Double Double Double

n m o

m,asbelow.Doesnotmovethebase

Characterheight Unchanged

Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged Singleheight Doubleheight

Onm

Characterwidth

Singlewidth(sameas cESC>“W”O) Doublewidth(sameas <ESG=“W” 1)

Hexadecimal

0 IB 5B 40 04 00

0000 nm

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

Setline spacingto 1/8inch

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “O” 27 48 IB 30

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 1/8inch.

Setline spacingto 7~2 inch

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “l”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 49 IB 31

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor nwersesin subsequentline feedsto 7/72inch.

Setline spacingto 1/6inch

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “2”

27 50 tB 32

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 1/6inch.

Setline spacington/216 inch

Mode “ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC>

“3”

n 27 51 n

IB 33 n

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline

feeds to n/216 inch, where n is betweenOand 255. If n = O,in

Standardmodetheline-feeddistanceis setto O,but in IBMmode

this commandis ignored.

Setline spacington/72inch

\Mode\ ‘ ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

]BothI <ESC> “A” n I 27 65 n I IB 41 n I

In Standardmode,setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reverses insubsequentlinefeedsto n/72inch,wheren isbetweenO and255. If n = O,theline spacingis setto O. In IBMmodethiscommanddoesthe sameexceptthat(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”

Mate ASCII Decimal

IBM

<ESC> “2” 27 50

Sets the line spacingto the value definedby the last preceding <ESC>“A”command.Setsthe linespacingto 1/6inchif thereis

no preceding<ESC>“A”command.

Linefeed

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<LF> 10 OA

Printsthecurrentline andfeedsthepaperto thenextline.Seethe precedingcommandsforthe linespacing.

Reverseline feed

Mode

std. <ESC> <LF> 27 10

IBM

ASCII Decimal

<ESC>“ “

27 93

Printsthecurnmtlineandfeeds thepaperinthereversedirectionto the preceding line. See the precedingcommands for the line spacing.Ignoredwhenfrictionfeedis used.

Hexadecimal

IB 32

Hexadecimal

IB OA

IB 5D

Performonen/216-inchlinefeed

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “J”

Feedsthepaperoncebyn/216inches,wherenisbetween1and255. Doesnotmovetheprint positionrightorleftinthestandardmode. Doesnot changetheline-spacingsetting.

27 74 n

Hexadecimal

IB 4A n

Performonen/216-inchreverselinefeed

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC>

“j” n 27106 n

Decimal

Feedsthe paperoncebyrz/216inchesinthereversedirection,where

nisbetween1and255.Doesnot movetheprintpositionrightorleft.

‘Doesnotchangetheline-spacingsetting.

Feedpapern lines

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “f’ “l” n <ESC> “f’ <1> n

Feedsthepapern linesfromthecurrentline,wheren isbetweenO

and 127.

Decimal

27 102 49 n 27102 1

Settopofpage at currentposition

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC> “4” 27 52

Setsthecurrentpositionas thetop-of-pageposition.Notethatthis can alsobe donefromthecontrol panel.

Decimal

Setpagelengthton lines

Hexadecimal

16 6A n

Hexadecimal

IB 66 31 n 16 66 01 n

Hexadecimal

16 34

Mode

Both

‘ASCII

<ESC> “C”

Decimal

n 27 67 n

Hexadecimal

16 43 n

Setsthepagelengthto n linesin thecurrent line spacing,wheren isbetween1and127inStandardmodeorbetween1and64 inIBM mode.Changingtheline spacinglaterdoes not alterthe physical pagelength.The currentlinebecomesthe topof thepage.

Setpage lengthton inches

Mode

Both <ESC> “C” <O>

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

27 67 0 n

IB 43 00 n

Setsthe page lengthto n inches,where n is between1and 32 in Standardmodeorbetween1and64in IBMmode.Thecurrent line becomesthetop of thepage.

Setbottommargin

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “N” n

27 78 n

IB 4E n

Setsthebottommarginto n lines,wheren isbetween1and 127in Standardmodeor between1 and255 in IBM mode.The bottom

marginis resetwhenyouchangethe pagelength.

Cancelbottommargin

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “O”

Cancelsthebottom margin.

Decimal

27 79

Hexadecimal

IB 4F

Formfeed

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<FF> 12 Oc

Feedsthepapertothetopofthenextpageaccordingtothecurrent pagelength,andmovestheprintpositiontotheleft margin.When the automaticsheetfeeder(ASF) is selected(EDS switchA-4 is OFF),thiscommandejectsthe currentpage.

Returnto topof currentpage

Mode ASCII

std.

<ESC><FF> Feedsthe paperbackwardto the top of the currentpage. Ignored

whenfrictionfeedis used.

Disablepaper-outdetector

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “8”

Causesthe printer to disregardthe signal sent by the paper-out detector,enablingprintingtothebottomofthepaper.Overridesthe

settingof EDS switchB-2.

Enablepaper-outdetector

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “9”

Causesthe printer to stop printingbefore the end of the paper. Overridesthesettingof EDSswitchB-2.

Set verticaltabstops

Decimal

27 12

Decimal

27 56

Decimal

27 57

Hexadecimal

IB OC

Hexadecimal

IB 34

Hexadecimal

IB 39

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “B” nl

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewverticaltabstops atlinesnl,

255.Amaximumof 16verticaltab stopscan be set.Thetabstops must be specifiedin ascendingorder;any violationof ascending orderterminatesthetabstoplist.Standardterminationisbythe<0>

controlcode.Theverticaltabstopsareset intermsofthecurrentline spacinganddo notmoveif the linespacingis changedlater.

Hexadecimal

IB 42nl ?z2... CO

nz ...

Decimal

<0> 2766 nl d ... 0

n2, etc.,wheren], n2, etc. arenumbersbetween1and

—

Set verticaltabstopseveryn lines

Mode

std.

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “e” “1”

<ESC>“e” <1> n

n 27101 49 n

27101 1 n

Cancelsall currentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopseveryn

lines,wheren isbetween2 and 127.

Set verticaltabstopsin channel

Mode ASCII Decimal

Std.

<ESC> “b”

nO nl 27 98 nO rd

n2 .,.

<0> d ... 0 d . al

Cancelsall currentverticaltab stopsin channelnO,(where nOis betweenOand7) andsetsnewverticaltabstopsin thischannel.(A channelis a set of verticaltab stops selectedby the <ESC>“/” command.)See<ESC>“B” forparametersnl, n2, ...<0>.

Selectverticaltabchannel

Mode

Std.

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “r’ nO 27 47 nO

Selectsa setof verticaltab stops designatedby a channelnumber (nO)fromOto7.Thetabstopsineachchannelaresetby<ESC>’’b”.

Hexadecimal

IB 65 31 n IB 65 01 n

Hexadecimal

IB 62 nO nl

Hexadecimal

IB 2F no

Verticaltab

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<VT>

Feedsthe paper to the nextverticalLabstop and movesthe print positiontotheleftmargin.Performsalinefeedifnoverticaltabsare set,asatpower-up.Feedstothetopofthenextpageifverticaltabs areset butthecurrentlineis at or belowthe lastvertical tab stop.

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Setleftmargin

Mode

std.

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “l” n 27 108

Setstheleftmarginatcolumn n (wheren isbetweenOand255)in

the curnmtcharacterpitch (pica pitch if proportionalspacingis

selected).Theleft margindoes notmoveif the characterpitch is changedlater.Theleftmarginmustbe atleasttwocolumnsto the leftof the rightmarginandwithinthelimitsbelow:

Pica

Elite Condensedpica

Condensedelite Expandedpica Expandedelite Expandedcondensedpica Expandedcondensedelite

Setrightmargin

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “Q” n 27 81 n

Setstherightmarginatcolumnninthecurrentcharacterpitch(pica pitch if proportionalspacing is currently selected). Column n becomesthelastcharacterpositionintheline.Therightmargindoes notmoveif the characterpitchis changedlater.The rightmargin mustbe withinthelimitsbelow:

n IB 6C n

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IB 51

Pica

4 s n s 80

Elite 5 s ns Condensedpica Condensedelite Expandedpica Expandedelite Expandedcondensedpica Expandedcondensedelite

7 ~ n ~ 137

8 s n s 160 2 S n ~ 40

3 s n s 48 4 ~ n ~ 68 4 s n s 80

Setleftandrightmargins

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> “X” nl n2

Setstheleftmarginatcolumnnl andtherightmargin atcolumnn2. See the precedingcommandsfor margin restrictionsand other

notes.

Carriagereturn

Mode ASCII

Both

<CR>

Printsthecurrentlineandreturnsthenextprintpositionto theleft margin.If EDSswitchA-3is OFF,alsoperformsalinefeed.

Setautomaticline feed

Mode

IBM

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “5” <1> 27 53 1

Causesthe printerto performboth a carriagereturn andline feed each timeit receivesa <CR>code.This commandtakespriority overEDSswitchA-3.

Cancelautomatic[inefeed

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 88 nl n2

Decimal Hexadecimal

13 OD

IB 58 nl n2

Hexadecimal

IB 35 01

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC>

“5” <O> 27 53 0

Decimal Hexadecimal

Causestheprintertoperformonlyacarnagereturnwhenitreceives a <CR> code.ThiscommandtakespriorityoverEDS switchA-3.

Backspace

(ModeI ASCII Decimal

IBothI @S> /8

Movestheprintpositionone columntotheleft.Ignoredif theprint position is at the left margin. This command can be used to overstrikeor combinecharacters.

IB 35 W

Hexadecimal

108

Leftjustify

Mode

std.

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “a” “O”

<ESC> “a” <O> 27 97 0 IB 61 00

Alignssubsequenttextwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin

“ragged.

Centertext

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> “a” “l”

<ESC>

“a” <1> 27 97 1 IB 61 01

Centerssubsequenttextbetweentheleft andrightmargins.

Rightjustify

Mode ASCII

Std.

Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingthe leftmargin ragged.

Fulljustify

Hexadecimal

27 97 48 IB

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 97 49 IB 61 31

Decimal Hexadecimal

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

61 30

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “a” “3” 27 97 51 <ESC> “a” <3> 27 97 3

Alignssubsequenttextbetweenthe leftand rightmargins.

Decimal Hexadecimal

IB 61 33 IB 61 03

Sethorizontaltabstops

Mode] ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both I cESC> “D” nl

d ... cO>

I 2766 nl n2 ... 0 I IB 44 nl n2 ... 00

Cancelsall currenthorizontaltab stopsand sets new tab stops at

columnsnl, n2,etc.inthecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitchifproportionalspacing is currently selected),where nl, n2, etc. are numbersbetween1and255.Themaximumnumberof horizontal tabstops allowedis32in Standardmodeand64in IBMmode.The tab stopsmust be specifiedin ascendingorder; any violationof

ascendingorderterminatesthetab stoplist.Standardterminationis bythe<0>controlcode.To clearalltab stops, specify<ESC> “D” <0>.

Sethorizontaltabstopseveryn columns

Mode ASCII Decimal

std.

<ESC> “e” “O” n 27101

<ESC>“e” <O> n 27101 0 n Cancelsallcurrenthorizontaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopsevery

n columns,wheren is between1 and 127.

Resetall tabstops

Mode ASCII Decimal

lwl’1

<ESC> “R” 27 82

Resetsthehorizontaltabstopstotheirpower-upvaluesin whicha tab stopis setevery 8columnstartingatcolumn9. Also clearsall verticaltab stops.

Horizontaltab

Mode

Both

ASCII

<m>

Movestheprintpositionto thenexthorizontaltabstop.Ignoredif thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen underliningis selected,spacesskippedbyhorizontaltabulationare

not underlined.

Decimal

48 n

Hexadecimal

IB 65 30 n IB 65 00 n

Hexadecimal

IB 52

Hexadecimal

Relative

Mode ASCII

std.

horizontal

<ESC> ‘1” nl n.2

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 92 nl n.2

Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance(maximum

8inches).Ignorediftheresultingpositionisbeyondtherightorleft margin.Theformulasforthedistanceanddirectionareas follows: If n2is betweenOand63,theprintheadmovesrightby (TZI+ n2x

256)/120inches. Ifyouwanttomovethe printheadto theleft,nl andn2areobtained by subtractingthevaluefrom 65536,and dividingthe resultinto

highandlow bytes.

Absolutehorizontaltabin inches

Mode ASCII Decimal

std.

?ESC> “$” nl n2

27 36

nl d

Setsthenextprintpositionto(d +n2x256)/60inchesfromtheleft marginon the currentline. Ignoredif this positionis beyondthe rightmargin.Themaximumpositionis 8 inches.

Absolutehorizontaltabin columns

IB 5C nl d

Hexadecimal

IB 24 nl n2

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “f’ “O”

sESC>

“f’ <O> n 27 102 0

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 102 48 n IB 66 30 n

n IB 66 00 n

Movesthe next print positionto columnn fromthe left margin, wherenisbetweenOand 127.

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

Printnormal-density8-bitgraphics

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “K” nl n2 27 75 nl n2

ml d ...

ml d ... ml d ...

Hexadecimal

10 40

d d

Prints bit-imagegraphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally.The graphicimageis8dotshighandrd+n2x

256dotswide.Maximum

widthis 8 inches (480dots).ml, m2, ... arethedot data,each a 1bytevaluefromOto255representing8verticaldots,withthemost significantbit at thetop andtheleastsignificantbit atthebottom. Thenumberofdatabytesmustbe nl + n2

x 256. Dotsbeyondthe

rightmarginareignored.Attheendofbit-imageprintingtheprinter returnsautomaticallyto charactermode.

Printdouble-density8-bitgraphics

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “L” nl n2 27 76 nl n2

ml m2 ... ml d ...

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsper inchhorizontally(maximum960dotswide).See cESC>“K” forotherinformation.

Hexadecimal

IB 4C nl d

ml d . ..

Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “Y” nl n2

ml m.2 .

27 89

nl d

ml d ... ml d ...

Hexadecimal

IB 59 nl d

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsper inchhorizontally(maximum960 dotswide),skippingeveryseconddotin the horizontal

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

Printquadruple-density8-bitgraphics

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “Z” nl n2

ml m2 ... ml m2 ... ml k? .. .

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 240dotsper inchhorizontally(maximum 1920dotswide),skippingeveryseconddotin thehorizontal direction.See<ESC>“K” forotherinformation.

Selectgraphicsmode

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “*” nO nl

ml d ... d ml d ... d ml ni? .

?i?

Selectsoneof eightgraphicsmodesdependingon thevalueof M and prints bit-imagegraphicsin this mode. See <ESC>“K” for informationon n], n2,ml, m2,...

M Graphicsmode O Normal-density

1 Double-density 2 Double-density,double-speed 3 Quadruple-density

4 CRTgraphics,modeI 5 Plottergraphics 6 CRTgraphics,modeH 7 Double-densityplottergraphics

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 90 d d IB 5A nl n2

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 42 nO nl IB 2A no n]

(60dotsper inch) (120dotsper inch) (120dotsper inch) (240dotsper inch) (80dotsper inch) (72dotsper inch) (90dotsper inch) (144dotsper inch)

Convertgraphicsdensity

IModel ASCII \ Decimal I Hexadecimal I

IStd. I <ESC> “?” n m

Convertsgraphicsdefinedbysubsequent<ESC>“K”,<ESC>“L”, <ESC>“Y”or<ESC>“Z”commandstoadensitymodedefinedby

<ESC>“*”. n is “K”, “ converted.misa codefrom<0>to<7>indicatingoneofthemodes of <ESC>“*”.

I 27 63 n m I

L“,“Y” or “Z”, indicatingthemodeto be

IB 3F n m I

Print9-pingraphics

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC> “” “ nO nl

ml d ... d ml d ...

Decimal

27 94 no nl

Hexadecimal

IB 5E no nl

d ml m.2 ...

Selectsoneof eightgraphicsmodesdependingonthevalueof nO and prints 9-pin bit-imagegraphicsin this mode. The graphics imageis9 dotshighandnl + n2x 256dotswide.Maximumwidth is8inches.Dotsbeyondtherightmarginareignores.ml, m2,...are

bytepairsrepresenting9verticaldotseach.Intheleftmostposition,

themostsignificantbitofml is thetopdot;theleastsignificantbit ofml istheseconddotfromthebottom;themostsignificantbitof m2isthebottomdot;andtheotherbitsofm2areignored.Otherbyte pairsare similar.Thenumberof databytesmustbe2 x (n] + n2x

256).Attheendofbit-imageprintingtheprinterreturnsautomaticallyto charactermode.

nO Graphicsmode

O Normal-density

1 Double-density

(60dotsper inch)

(120dotsperinch) 2 Double-density,double-speed (120dotsperinch) 3 Quadruple-density

(240dotsperinch) 4 CRTgraphics,modeI (80dotsper inch) 5 Plottergraphics 6 CRTgraphics,modeII

(72dotsper inch)

(90dotsper inch)

7 Double-densityplotter graphics(144dotsperinch)

DOWNLOAD

CHARACTER COMMANDS

Definedraftdownloadcharacters

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “&” cO> nl

std. .n2

Definesoneor morenewdraftcharactersandstorestheminRAM forlateruse. EDSswitchA-2mustbeOFF;otherwiseRAMisused

as an inputbuffer,not for downloadingcharacters,and this commandis ignored.Draftmodemustbeselectedbeforethiscommand is executed.

nl is thecharactercodeof thefirstcharacterdefinedand n2 is the charactercodeof thelastcharacterdefined.n] mustbe equalto or lessthann2.Useofcharactercodes32(space)and127(deletecode)

shouldbe avoidedif possible. Eachcharacterisdefinedbyanattributebyte(rnO)and11databytes

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

Themostsignificantbitofthe attributebyteis 1if thecharacteris

an ascender(positionedentirelyabovethe baseline)or Oif it is a

descender(descendingbelowthebaseline).Theattributebyte also

indicatestheamountofwhitespaceto theleftofthecharacter(Oto

7 dots,specifiedbybits4 to 6),andthewidthofthecharactercell,

includingthisspace(4to 15dots,specifiedbybitsOto 3).Theleft

spaceandcellwidthattributesareusedonlyinproportionalspacing.

Eachdata byteindicateseightverticaldots,withtheMSBbeingthe

topdotandtheLSBthebottomdot.Thesecorrespondto pins 1to

8or 2 to 9 of theprinthead,dependingon whetherthecharacteris

an ascenderor descender.

For furtherdetails,pleasereferto the Chapter5.

ml m2 d mOml d

d mll d mll d ... mll

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 38 0 nl

IB 26 00 nl

d mOml d

DefineNLQdownloadcharacters

Model ASCII Decimal

<EsC> “&” <O> nl

Std. n2

ml d ... m69

al a2 d aO al a2 d aO al a2

27 38 0 nl

ml d ...m69 ml d ...m69

DefinesoneormorenewNLQcharactersandstorestheminRAM forlateruse.EDSswitchA-2mustbeOFF.NLQmodemustbeselectedbeforethiscommandisexecuted.Theparametersaredifferent fromthedraftcharactercommand.aOspecifiestheleftspace,al specifiesthecharacterwidth,anda2 specifiestherightspace.

The dot density is doubledin each direction,so each character consistsof 18dotsverticallyand23dotshorizontallyandrequires 69databytes.Sincetheverticaldefinitionofthecharacters 18dots, eachbyterepresentsa thirdof verticaldefinition.

For details,pleasereferto Chapter5.

Definedraftdownloadcharacters

Mode ASCII

IBM aO

DefinesoneormorenewdraftcharactersandstorestheminRAM forlateruse. Draftmodemustbe selectedbefore this commandis executed.n] andn2givethenumberofbytesof characterdatathat willfollow.aOisthecharactercodeofthefirstcharacterdefined.aZ anda2areattributesbytes.ml tomll arethecharacterdata,andare

thesameasin<ESG “&”.Theattributebyteal indicateswhether

the characters anascender(notusingthe lowestoftheninevertical

dots)or adescender(notusingthehighest dot) andwhetherit has

a downwardextensionto 12dots.

al a2 ml

d . mll

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 61 nl d 20 IB 3D nl n2 14

aO al a2 ml aO al a2 mI

d ... mll d ... mll

Hexadecimal

IB 26 00 d

Theattributebytea2givesproportional-spacinginformation.Bit7 is ignored.Bits4 to 6 specifythe offsetto the firstbyteprinted(O to 7),enablingleadingspacesin thecharactertobeignored.BitsO to3 specifythewidthofthecharactercell (maximum11dots).The characterwillbefollowedby amandatoryblank dotcolumnwhich is notincludedin thiswidth.

Charactersdefinedbythiscommandcanbeselectedby<ESO “I”

4 or cESC> “I” 5. This commandis ignoredwhen EDS switch

A-2is ON.

DefineNLQ

downloadcharacters

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “=” nl

IBM aO

n2 dVA~

al d ml aO al d ml

m2 ... m46 m2 ... m46

Decimal

27 61 n] d 21

IB 3D n] d 15

DefinesoneormorenewNLQcharactersandstorestheminRAM for later use. EDS switchA-2 mustbe OFF. NLQmodemust be selectedbeforethis commandis executed.Theparametersarethe sameasforthedraftcharactercommandexceptthatthedotdensity is doubled in eachdirection,so eachcharacterconsistsof 16dots

verticallyand 23 dotshorizontallyandrequires46 databytes.

Copycharacterset fromROMintoRAM

Mode

Std. <ESC> “:” <O>

ASCII Decimal

n <o> 27 58 0 n O

IB 3A 00 n 00

Copiesthe selectedcharacterset with n, as shownbelow, to the correspondingdownload character RAM area, overwritingany downloaddata alreadypresent.IgnoredwhenEDS switchA-2 is ON.

n Characterset n Characterset

O Courier

4 script

1 Sansenf 7 Orator

Hexadecimal

aO al a2 ml

d ...m46

Hexadecimal

Selectdownloadcharacterset

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC>

“~0” “l”

%o” <1> 27 37 1 IB 25 01

27 37 49 IB 25 31

Selectsthedownloadcharacterset.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-2 is ON.

Shiftdownloadcharacterarea

Mode ASCII

Std.

ShiftsthedownloadcharacterareadefinedbetweenOto 127to the areabetween 128to 255.

“2”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27116 50 27116 2

IB 74 32 IB 74 02

Selectdraftdownloadcharacterset

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “I” “4”

<ESC>

“I” <4> 27 73 4

27 73 52

IB 49 34 IB 49 04

Selectsthedownloadcharactersetanddraftquality.Ignoredif the _ buttonwaspressedduringpower-uporif EDSswitchA-2 is ON.

Selectdraftelite downloadcharacterset

]Model ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

IBM

<ESC> “I” “5” 27 73 53 IB 49 35 <ESC> “I” <5> 27 73 5

IB 49 05

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset,draftquality,andelitepitch(12 cpi).Ignoredif the(-> buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor if EDSswitchA-2is ON.

SelectNLQdownloadcharacterset

Mode I ASCII

IBM

<ESC> “I” “7” 27 73 55 <ESC> “I” <7> 27 73 7

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IB 49 37

IB 49 07

Selectsthe NLQ downloadcharacterset. Ignored if the (Tt5iiT)

buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor if EDSswitchA-2 is ON.

SelectNLQitalic downloadcharacterset

Model ASCII

IBM I

<ESC> “I” <S~

SelectstheNLQdownloadcharactersetandprintsthemwithitalic style.IgnorediftheC=) button waspressedduringpower-upor

if EDSswitchA-2 is ON.

I Decimal

27 73 15

I Hexadecimal I

IB 49 OF

Sect ROM

Mode

std.

ASCII

characterset

Decimal

27 37 48 27 37 0

Stopsusingthe downloadcharacterset and returnsto the built-in ROM characterset.IgnomiwhenEDS switchA-2 is ON.

COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS

Selectprint color

Mode

Both <ESC> “r” n 27114 n

ASCII Decimal

Selectsthe printingcolor accordingto the value of n as shown tilow. Ignoredif the colorribbonis not installed.

n Color n Color O Black

1 Magenta

2 cyan

4 Yellow 5 Orange

6 Green

3 Violet

Hexadecimal

IB 25 30 IB 25 00

Hexadecimal

IB 72 n

Wect black

Mode

Bor-h “ “ “ “ “c” “)” “)” “o”

Ascll Decimal

((

Changes the

print colorto Black.Ignoredif thecolorribbonis not

installed.

40406741 41 48

Hexadecimal

28284329 29 30

Select magenta

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both ““ ““ “c” “)” 4’)” “l”

((

ChangestheprintcolortoMagenta.Ignoredifthecolorribbonisnot installed,

40406741 41 49

28 2843 29 29 31

Select cyan

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ “ “ “c” “ “ “)”

((

Changesthe

)

printcolorto Cyan.Ignoredif thecolorribbonis not

Decimal

“2” 4040 6741 41 50

Hexadecimal

28 28 43 29 29 32

installed.

Wed violet

Mode ASCII

Boti “ “ “(” “c” “)” “)” “3” 40406741 41 51 282843292933

(

Changes the

printcolorto Violet.Ignoredif the colorribbonis not

Decimal

Hexadecimal

installed.

Select yellow

Mode

Both “ “ ““ “c” “ “ “)”

ASCII

((

)

Changestheprintcolorto Yellow.Ignoredifthecolorribbonisnot installed.

Decimal

“4”

40406741 41 52

Hexadecimal

28 2843 29 29 34

Select orange

Mode ASCII

BOII-I “ “ “(” “c” “)” “)” “5” 4040 6741 41 53 28 2843 29 2935

(

Decimal

Changestheprintcolorto Orange.Igno~dif thecolorribbonisnot installed.

Hexadecimal

Selectgreen

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ ““ “C” “ “ ““ “6” 4040 6741 41 54 28 2843 29 29 36

((

Changes the

))

print colorto Green.Ignoredif the colorribbonis not

installed.

Decimal Hexadecimal

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

SetMSBto 1

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

std. <ESC> “>” 27 62

‘Setsthemostsignificantbitof eachsubsequentbytereceivedto 1,

allowinguserswitha7-bitinterfacetoaccesscharacterswithASCII

codesgreaterthan 127.

SetMSBtoO

Mode ASCII Decimal

std. <ESC> “=” 27 61

Setsthemostsignificantbitof eachsubsequentbytereceivedtoO.

AcceptMSBas is

Mode ASCII

std. <ESC> “#”

Cancelstheprecedingcommandsandacceptsthemostsignificant

bit as it is sentto theprinter.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 35

Deletelast charactersent

Mode Ascll Decimal

std. <DEL>

127

IB 3E

Hexadecimal

IB 3D

IB 23

Hexadecimal

Deletesthe last characterreceived.Ignored if the last character receivedhas alreadybeenprinted,or if thelastcharacterreceived wasall or partof a command.

Cancellast line

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<CAN> 24 18 Deletesthelastline currentlypresentin theprintbuffer.

Quietprint

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “S” “l” 27115 49

std.

<ESC> “s” <1> 27115 1

Selectsthequietprintmode,in whichtheprinterprintseachlinein

twopassestoreducethesoundofprinting.Youcanalsosetthequiet

modewiththe controlpanelbutton.

Cancelauietmint

IMode I

Std.

. .

ASCII Decimal

<ESC>

<ESC> “s”

“S” “0” 27115 48

<o> 27115 0

Cancelsthequietprintmode,andresumesnormalprinting. Youcan alsocancelthe quietmodewiththe controlpanelbutton.

Setprinteroff-line

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII Decimal

<DC3>

<ESC>“Q”

<3> 27 81 3

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

Decimal

Hexadecimal

16 73 31 16 73 01

Hexadecimal

IB 73 30 IB 73 00

Hexadecimal

16 51 03

Setprinteron-line

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal

<Del>

Returnsthe printerto the on-linestate,allowing it to receiveand processallsubsequentcharactersandcommands.This commandis ignorediftheprinterwassetoff-linebypressingthe( ON button on the controlpanel.

Hexadecimal

LINE

Bell

Mode

Both ~EL> 7

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Soundsa briefbeep tonefromtheprinter’sbeeper.

Bidimctiona!printing

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “U” “O” 27 85 48

27 85 0

IB 55 30 IB 55 00

Causessubsequentprintingto be donein the nmrnalbidirectional

mode,whichis fasterthanunidirectionalprinting.

Unidirectionalprinting

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “U” “l” 27 85 49 IB 55 31

<ESC>

“u” <1>

27 85 1 IB 55 01

Causessubsequentprintingto be doneunidirectionally,ensuring

maximumverticalalignmentprecision.

One-lineunidirectionalprinting

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> “<” 27 60

Immediatelyreturnstheprintheadtotheleftmargin,thenprintsthe remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional

printingresumeson thenextline.

Manualfeed

IModel ASCII

Both ‘,(,, ,,(,,

<ESC>

Selectsmanual sheet feedingeven when the optionalautomatic sheetfeederis mounted.Ignoredif EDS switchA-4 is ON (ASF

inactive).

<EM><O>

“o” “)” “)”

I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

27 25 0 IB 19 00

40 40 48 41 41 I 28 28 30 X 29

Decimal Hexadecimal

IB 3C

Autofeed

Mode I ASCII

Both ,,(,, ,,(,,

“4” “Y’ “)” I 40 40 52 41 41

/ Decimal ] Hexadecimal I

27 25 4

IB 19 04

I 28 28 34 29 29

Selectstheautomaticsheetfeeder.IgnoredifEDSswitchA-4isON (ASFinactive).

Ejecfpaper fromASF

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both ,,(,, ,,(,,

<ESC><EM>“R”

“R” “ “ ““

))

27 25 82 IB 19 52

40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29

Ejectsthecurrentpage.Ignoredif EDSswitchA-4 isON(ASFinactive).

Setprint startpositiononASF

IModel ASCII I Decimal

Both ‘,(,, ,,(,,

<ESC>

<EM>“T” n

“T” “ “ “ “ n))40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n

27 25 84 n

Skipsn/6inchesatthetopofthepage,wherenisbetween1and15.

Ignoredif EDSswitchA-4 is ON (ASFinactive).

I Hexadecimal I

IB 19 54 n

Resetprinter

Mode ASCll

Both

<ESC> “@” 27 84

Reinitializestheprinter.Clearstheprintbufferandreturnssettings

totheirpower-upvalues.Doesnotcleartheinput bufferor change

ASF selections.

Decimal Hexadecimal

IB 40

MEMO

chapter 5

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Withthisprinteryoucancreatenewcharactersandsymbols,downloadtheir dotdata,andhavethemprintedinplaceof selectedcharactersinthe regular characterset. Charactersthatcan be generatedin this way rangefrom simplebutusefulsymbolslikethecheckmarkthroughcomplexChineseor Japanesecharacters.

Regular characters are permanentlystored in the printer’s ROM, but charactersyoudesignare downloadedandstoredin RAMfor use.

DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS

Designingand printingyour own charactemhas two requirements:first, designingtheshapeofthecharacter,calculatingthedatanecessarytomake the shape, and sendingthat datato the printer,and secondly,sendingthe commandtoprintthedownloadedcharactersinsteadoftheregularcharacters. Thereare a numberof designconstraintsfor download draft quality

characters:

● The matrix or grid onwhichyoudesignthe charactersissix boxeswide

by nineboxes high.

● Horizontally,dotsmaybecenteredinabox,ormaystraddlealine,making

he actualcharactergrid 11dotswideby9 dotshigh.Vertically,dotscan onlybe centeredin a box. SeeFigure5-1.

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

Theminimumwidthof a characteris fivedots.

Theuser-definedcharactersmayuseeightdotsvertically.

●

Dotscannot overlap— thatis, youmaynothavea dotinsidea boxnext to onethatis on a line.

Youmaydefineanypositionin theASCIItable.

PhotocopythegridinFigure5-2tohelp designyournewcharacters.Wewill usea tinyrepresentationof a car-shapedsymbolforour example.

ASCII Code:

Descender:

spxc:

Left

Lwt column:

mo = Descender x 128

+ (Left x 16) + Last

5-2. Use this grid (or one similar to it) to define your own draft characters

Figure

Definingtheattributedata

Beforeyoustartthedefinition,youwill needto decideexactlywherein the regularASCIIsetyouwanttoplaceyourcharacters.Aftcrdownloading,you access your new characterby sending the code for the character you replaced.

Next youmust choosewhetherto makethe car symbolan ascenderor a descender.Thisdetermineshowthecharacteris seatedon theline:

Asce rider : ‘;:::.!:::

Wedecidedthat ourcarsymbolwillnotbea “descender”,soafigure”1“is writtennexttoDescenderonthegrid.If yourcharacterisadescender,write a “O”nextto Descender.

pe~ce ~der : :’:”l:,:.:::;:

Next, you must specifythe left space and the last print column of the character. Beingableto specifythe widthof the characterallowsyouto specifythe preciseareainsidethe grid that the characterwill occupy,so that narrow charactemwilllook attractivenextto wideones. AcceptablevaluesfortheleftspaceareOto7, andthelastprintcolumnare from4 to 11. Ourcharacterwilloccupy fromcolumn1tocolumn11,so theleftspaceis Oandthe characterwidthdatais 11.

Assigningthecharacterdata

Now,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesofthecolumnsofdots,and enterthemunderneaththegrid.Forexample,lookingatFigure5-3,wesec thatintheleft-mostcolumntherearefivedots,andtheyaresittinginthe“64” box,“32’’box,“16”box,“8”box,and“4”box.Thusitsverticalvalueis124. In the nextcolumn,thereis no dotstraddlingtheverticalline; itsvalueis recordedas O.

ASCIIcode:

Descender: 7

Last column: 77

rrI() =

Descenderx Izx

+ (Left x 16) + Last

724 66 64 76 76 0

0 4 36 2 72

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

Youwillseethelettersml, m2,m3,etc.,areaboveyourvalues.Whenyou definethecharacter,youwillsubstituteyourvalueforeachof theseletters.

Sampleprogram

To demonstratehow to use the downloadcharacters,let’s use the “car”

characterandsomeotheruser-definedcharacterstoprintasmallgraph.This programwilldojust that withthe Standardmode:

1000 LPRINT CHR$(27’) ; “xO” ;

1010 LPRINT CHR$(27 I j “&f’; CHR$ (0);

10’20LPRINT ~HR$ (fj13);CHR$ (62);

1030 FOR N=60 TO 62 1040 FOR M=O TO 11 1050 READ MM 1060 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 1070 NEXT M 1080 NEXT N 10!30 LPRINT 1100 DATA 13g, 2, 5, 1110 DATA

ll~o DATA 139,124, 1130 DATA 36, 16,

1140 DATA 139, 46/ 16, 2, 60, 0 1150 DATA 48, 0, 48, 1160 LPRINT CHR$(27);”D”JCHR$(11 )J~HR$(0)J 1170 LPRINT CHR$(2’7) j’’h”JCHR$(lj j 1180 LPRINT “ 1190 LPRINT CHR$(27) J’’h’’jCHR$(O) ; 1200 LPRINT CHR$(27)j’’~’’JCHR$(l) j 1210 LPRINT

1220 ‘FOR 1=.4 TO 9.3 STEP .4 1230 LPRINT CHR$(61); 1240 NEXT I

1250 LpRINT 1260 LpRINT

1270 FOR 1=.4 TO 8.7 STEP .4 1280 LPRINT CHR$(60);

l~go NEXT 1 1300 LPRINT

1310 LPRINT “GUNS’’;CHR$(9)J 1320 FOR 1=.4 TO 1.4 STEP .4

1330 LPRINT CHR$(62); 1340 NEXT I 1350 LPRINT

0,241, 8, 5, 2, 0

U.S. EXPORTSM

“AUTOS’’;CHR$(9) ;

‘ICHEMICALS’’;CHR$(!2] ;

8,241, 0

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

0, 48, 0

1360

1370

1380 1390 1400

1410

1420

i 430

1440

1450

1460

1470

1480

1490

1500

LPRINT CHR$(9) ; “+--”; SCALE$=“--+-- “ FOR 1=2 TO 8 STEP 2 LPRINT SCALE$; NEXT I LPRINT “--+” LPRINT CHR$[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);

“IvIILLIONS OF 130LLARS”

LPRINT CHR$(27); UT”

END

DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS

Asyouprobablynoticed,NLQcharactersareprintedby twopassesof the print head.Halfofthecharacterisprintedonthefirstpass,andtheremain-

deron thesecondpass.Thepaperis rolledup halfa dotheightin between passesto let the print headprintdots on the secondpass that overlapthe previousdots,in orderto fill in the spacesandproducedensercharacters.

Additionally,the print head speedis halved,and the dots are printed at doublethedensityof draftcharacters.Forthisreason,IW,Qcharacterscan containup to 23dots in thehorizontaldirection.

Fundamentally,theprocessto defineandprintdownloadedNLQcharacter isthe sameas fordraftcharacters,exceptthatyoumustassignthe characterdata accordingtothe emulationmode,you areusing.

Assigningthecharacterdata withtheStandard

mode

Therearedifferencesin thewaythe attributeinformationis processed. In the draftqualitymodetheattributebytecarriesthe descenderdata,and

specifiestheleft spaceandthecharacterwidth.In theNLQmode,therare

ASCIICode

Left space: Character width: Right space:

Figure 5-4. Use this grid (or one similar to it) to define your own NLQ characters with the Standard mode

threeattributebytes,the firstbytedescribesthe character’sleftspace,the

secondbyte describesthecharacterwidth.Andthethirdbytedescribestic rightspace.Appropriateallocationofdatainthesethreebytesletsyouplace thecharacterwhereyoulikewithinthe grid.

UsethegridinFigure5-4tohelpplotthedata.Theverticaldefinitionofthe characteris 18dots.Eachbyte thereforerepresentsa thirdof the vertical definition.That’swherethenumbersdowntheleftsideofthegridcomein. Noticethatthereis a number for eachrowof dotsandthateachnumberis twicethenumberbelowit.Bymakingthesenumbersoftwowecantakeany

combinationof dots in a verticalcolumnand assignthema uniquevalue.

Ifweplotourcar-shapedsymbolforNLQ,thegriddatawilllooklikeFigure

5-5.

The definingprocessisthesameasfordraftcharacters,exceptthatyoumust

selectNLQ mode,andyou mustdefine69 data.If youwishto printyour

NLQcharacter withtheregularcharacterset,theremarksregardingthe si-

multaneoususe of regularanddownloadcharactersin the draft character

sectionapplyequallyto NLQ characters.

128

8 4 2

& -—

,0,

128

64 32

●1 !

●

-~ . .

: .: ;

II , I

1.-1

128

Data:

Figure 5-5. Add the values of the dots into three bytes

ASCII Code 6?

Left space:

Character width: z;

Right space: o

The following program demonstrates characterswiththe Standardmode:

ID@O LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “xl “ ~Olo I,PRINT CHR$(27) ; “&“ ; CHR$(O) ;

~0~0 LpRINT CHR$(Go) ; CHR$(62) ; 1030 FOR N=60 TO 62

1040 I-PRINT CHR$(0) ;CHR$ (23) ;CHR$ (0) ; 1050 FOR M=l TO 69 1060 REAII MM 1070 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 1080 NEXT M 1090 NEXT N 1100 LPRINT 1110 LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’D”;CHR$(11) ;CHR$(0); 1120 LPRINT CHR$(27) ;”h’’;CHR$(l) ; 1130 LPRINT H 1140 LPRINT CHR$(27) ;”h’’;CHR$(0) ; 1150 LPRINT CHR$(271; H%’’;CHR$(I) ; 1160 LPRINT “AUTOSU;CHR$(9); 1170 FOR 1=.4 TO 9.3 STEP .4 1180 LPRINT CHR$(61); 1190 NEXT I 1200 LPRINT 1210 LPRINT “CHEMICALS’’;CHR$(!3) ;

l~~o FOR 1=.4 TO 8.7 STEP .4 1~30 LPRINT CHR$(60) ; -

1~40 NEXT 1

1250 LPRINT 1~61) LpRINT ‘GTJNS”;CHR$(9);

1270 FOR 1=.4 TO 1.4 STEP .4 l~&30 LpRINT CHR$(~~) ;

1290 NEXT I 1300 LPRINT 1310 LPRINT CHR$(9); ’’+--H;

~3~0 SCALE$=”–-+-–” 1330 FOR 1=2 TO 8 STEP 2

1340 LPRINT SCALE$; 1350 NEXT I 1360 LPRINT ‘--+” 1370 LPRINT CHR$(9); P “; 1380 FOR 1=2 TO 8 STEP 2 1390 LPRINT H “;1;

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how to use the NLQ download

1400 NEXT I 1410 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “%’’;CHR$(O]

~4~0

Lp~lNT CHR$(27) ;ll~l’;~HR$(oj ;

1430 LPRINT CHR$ (9);“MILLIC)NSOF DOLLARS” 1440 LPRINT CHR$ (27);“T” 1450 END 1500 DATA

1510 DATA

1520 DATA 1530 DATA

1540 DATA

1550 DATA 1560 DATA 1570 DATA 1580 DATA 1590 DATA 1600 DATA 1610 DATA

1620 DATA 1630 DATA

1640 DATA 1650 DATA 1660 DATA 1670 DATA 1680 DATA 1690 DATA

1700 DATA 1710 DATA

lj’~oDATA 1730 DATA

O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0 0, 9, 0, 0, 16,128, 0, 32, 0 0,

64?128> 63,128, l), 0,

o, 0, 0, 0,

o,~~~, 0, 0, 0, 0,

63,128, 0, 0, 64,128,

15,128. 0, !3, O, 0, ~, O

0,128, 0, 0, 0

u, .32, 0

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

16, 2,

0, 32,124, 0, 0. ~ O

32,12.4, 0, 0, 0,

0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 0,

8,124, 0

0, 63,24;; O

0,120, 0

16, 0, 0, 8,120, 0, 4, 0, 0

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

1,130, 0,

0,124, 0,

0,124 0

o,l~8: 0 0,1’20, 0, 0, 0, () o, 0, 0,

10,215,128,

~,~08, 0,

5, 40, 0, 5, 40, 0, 0, 87,128, 0, 4, 0,

4,144, 0, 4,128, 0> 0, B, 0,

0, ’36, O,

4,1~8, 0, 0, 0, 0 4,128, ~, 8, (), 0,

0, 0, 0,

7,128, 0

5, 40, 0

10,215,128

4,128, 0 0,100, 0

4,144, 0 4,128, 0

0,~~8 (3,1~8

AssigningthecharacterdatawiththeIBMmode

Fundamentally,theprocesstodefineandprintdownloadedNLQcharacter withtheIBMmode isthe sameasfordraftcharacters,exceptthatyoumust supplyaboutfourtimesas muchcharacterdata,andyoumustdesignthe characterwiththe twopassesof theprintheadin mind.

Usethegrid inFigure5-6to helpplotthedatawiththeIBMmode.Dueto thetwo-passprocess,NLQcharactemcancontainupto 16dotsvertically.

First m/.,, ...m45 pass m:..

128

64 32 16

4 2 1

Dot data

Ist:

2nd:

Figure S6. Use this grid (or one similar to it) to define your own NLQ characters with the IBM mode

Second

.,.m46

Dass

128 ASCII Code

Descender

64 Left space:

Width:

32 u/ = Descender x 128

a2 = (Left x 16) + Width

4 2

To makethe characterdataeasierto calculate,putthe firstpass dotswith

blackcircleon the grid whenyou are designing your characters,and the secondpass dots withwhitecircle.Rememberthatadjacentdotsmay not overlaponthesamepass;inother words,ifonedotisin a box,its adjacent dot on the same pass may not be on a line. Therefore,to make smooth characters,putthedotsneededto overlapanyspacesin a characterin the

appropriateplacesin the secondpass grid. Ifweplotourcar-shapedsymbolforNLQ,thegriddatawilllooklikeFigure

5-7. The definingprocessisthesameasfordraftcharacters,exceptthatyoumust

selectNLQmode,andyoumustdefine46 data.If youwishto printyour 90

First /;//.,, pass m:...

128

8 4 2

Dot data

lst: 74 38

2nd: Z8 ?4 1+ 74 ?24 O 64 32 76 0 0 0

Figure 5-7. Add the values of the dots in the boxes first, and then add the value on the lines

,?0 70 126 0 0 0 9 9 8 0

16 1 1

32 64 0 0 0 12 ?2 74

0 0 70 38 22 6 6 6

14 74 ?2

...m45 Second ...m4ri pass

ASCIICode

128

Descender Left space:

Width: a/ = Descender x 128

d = (Left x 16) + Width

8 4

NLQ characterswith the regularcharacterset, the remarksregardingthe simultaneoususeof regularanddownloadcharactersin thedraftcharacter sectionapplyequallyto NLQcharacters.

The following program demonstrateshow to use the NLQ download charactemwiththe IBMmode:

1000 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “1“ ;CHR$(7) ; 1010 i,PRINT CHR$(27) ; “=“;CHR$(146) ;CHR$(O) ;CHR$(21) ; 1020 LPRINT CHR$(60) ; 1030 FOR N=60 TO 62 1040 LPRINT CHR$(128) ;CHR$(23) ; 1050 FORM=l TO 46 1060 READMM 1070 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 1080 NEXTM 1090 NEXTN 1100 I.PRINT 1110 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “D“;CHR$(11) ;CHR$(O) ; 1120 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “ [@”; ~HR$(4) ;CHR$(O); 1130 LPRINT ~HR$(O) ;CHR$(O) ; cHR$(34) ;CHR$(2) ; 1140 LPRINT “

U S. EXPORTS“ 1150 LPRINT ~HR$(27) ; “[@“;CHR$(4) ;cHR$(0) ; 1160 LPRINT CHR$(0) ;~HR$(0) ;CHR$(171 ;CHR$(1) ; 1170 LPRINT ~HR$(27) ; “1’’;CHR$ (7) ;

Star Micronics LC-200 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Locatingtheprinter

UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

LOADING MULTI-PARTFORMS

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE

FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS

BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT MODE

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS

DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS