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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanualis organizedintonine chapters.Tolearnhowtomakethebest useof yourprinteryouareurgedtoreadthroughchapters1through3.The remainingchaptersmay be treatedas a referenceguidefor programming operations,etc. It assumesa degreeof knowledgeof the operationof computers(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers). Thechaptersare as follows:

Chapter 1— Settingup theprinter Thischapterexplainshowtogettheprinterunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse.

Chapter 2— Controlpaneloperations There are a numberof controlson the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesand fontselection. Aftergettingsetup, readthischapterandtry outthe variousproceduresin

it to find outhowtheprinterworks.

Chapter 3 — Defaultsettings

Thischapterexplainshowtousethe ElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)modeto makesystemsettingsontheprinter.

Chapter 4— Pnntcr controlcommands Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsusedto drive it. This sectionis of use if you are writingor modifyingprogramsto takeadvantageoftheprinter’sfeatures.

Chapter 5 — Downloadcharacters Thischapterexplainstheproceduresto createyourowncharacters.

Chapter 6— MS-DOSand yourprinter

Sincethe PC or PC-AT family of computersnmningunder MS-DOSis

currentlythe most popularconfigurationof microcomputer,we have includedafewhints andtipsto helpyouuseyourprinterwith suchsystems. SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinteqxeter,wehave also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstratethecapabilitiesof theprinter.

Chapter 7 — Troubleshootingandmaintenance Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourpnnterisnotworking

in the expectedway.It also includesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance

operationsyou cancarryoutyourself.Itisnot,however,acompleteservice manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerif youareunsureofyourabilityto carryout any maintenanceorservicingoperations.

Chapter 8 — Specifications This sectiongivesthe specificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9 — Charactersets Thesechartsshowthe differentcharactersets available.

FEATURESOF THE PRINTER

Thisprinterhas a fullcomplementoffeatures,makingitanexcellentpartner

for a pemcmalcomputer.It supportsthe IBM/Epsonprintercommandsand charactersets,enablingit to pMt just aboutanythingyourcomputercan generate,bothtextandgraphics.Someofitsmainfeatms ruethefollowing:

● Versatilepaperhandling

Singlesheets,fanfold forms, and multi-pm forms (up to 5-ply) rue all

accepted,andyoucanuseeitherpush@l tmctoror frictionfeed.(Youcan load fanfoldforms fium the rear with push tractor,or fanfoldformsand multi-pan forms fmm the bottom with pull tractor.)A special feature enablesyou to keep fanfoldformsparkedin readinesswhileprintingon other paper.

● Six bright colors

MageM cyan,violet,yellow,orange,and~n add a colordimensionto yourprintedoutputby the colorversionprinter.

● Largevarietyof fontsand sizes

Theprinterhasonedraftfon~oneHigh+eed DraftfontandfiveLQ fonts

(Romm SanSerif,Courier,Pmtige and Script),italicsfor all styles,plus condensedprint,bold print,double-sizedpnn~ and quadruple-sizedprint.

● Extensivesoftwaresuppofl

Sinceit is compatiblewiththeEpsonandIBMprintm, it workswithany softwruethat supportsthoseprintem.That includesmost woti-pmcesdng

and graphicsprograms,spread-sheets,and integratedsoftwarepackages.

. Easy operation

Indicatordisplaysand beep tonesprovideimmediate,easy to understand feedbackwhenyoup~s thebuttonsonthecontrolpanel.Thefivebuttons can operatein combinationsto performa suqxisingvarietyof functions, including micm-alignment.

● Easy care and maintenance

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

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER

LocatingthePrinter UnpackingandInspection

Checkingthecartoncontents Identifyingprinterparts

SettingUp

Mountingtheplatenknob Installingtheribboncartridgeandtherollerunit Installingtheoptionalcartridge Connectingtheprintertoyourcomputer

LoadingSingleSheets

Automaticloading Manualloading

LoadingandParkingFanfoldForms

Loadingthepaperfromtherearoftheprinter Loadingthepaperfromthebottomoftheprinter Paperparking

Paperunparking LoadingMulti-PartForms AdjustingthePrinting.Gap

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

ButtonsandIndicators

ONLINEbutton

PAPERFEEDbutton

SET/EJECT/PARKbutton

PITCHbutton

FONTbutton Power-UpFunctions

Shorttestmode

Longtestmode

Printareatestmode

Stayinpanelpitch

Stayinpanelfont Stayinpanelpitchandfont Hexadecimaldump

SwitchCombinationFunctions

Formfeed Topofform

1 2 2 3 4 4 4 8 9

10 10 12 13 13 16 17 18 19

20 23

23 24 24 25 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 29 29 30 32 32 32

Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feed Changingtheautoloadingvalue

Clearingthebuffer/Allreset Selectingtheprintcolor Storemacrodefinition

33 33 33 34 35 35

Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS

HowtosettheEDSmode FunctionsoftheEDSsettings Bidirectionaltest/Adjustmentmode

Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

FontControlCommands CharacterSetCommands CharacterSizeandPitchCommands VerticalPositionCommands

HorizontalPositionCommands GraphicsCommands DownloadCharacterCommands ColorSelectionCommandes OtherPrinterControlCommands

Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

DefiningYourOwnCharacterswithStandardMode

Assigningthecharacterdata Assigninga valueofcharacterspace Sampleprogram

DefiningYourOwnCharacterswithIBMMode

Assigningthedownloadcharacterset Assigningthecharacterdotpattern AssigningtheIndexTabledata

Sampleprogram

3-7 37 38

43 45

52 55 61 68 73 76 81

81 85

85 86 87 88 90 90 91 93 94

Chapter 6 MS-DOS ANDYOUR PRINTER

InstallingApplicationSoftwarewithYourPrinter EmbeddingPrinterCommands ProgrammingthePrinterwithDOSCommands ProgrammingwithBASIC

Howtheprogramworks

97 97

98 100 103 108

Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

Powersupply Printing

Paperfeeding Maintenance ReplacingthePrintHead

111 111 112 112 114 117

117 Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS

StandardCharacterSet#1 StandardCharacterSet#2 IntemationaJCharacterSets IBMCharacterSet#2

Codepage#437(U.S.A.) Codepage#850(Multi-1ingual) Codepage#860(Portuguese) Codepage#861(Icelandic) Codepage#863(CanadianFrench)

Codepage#865(Nordic) IBMCharacterSet#1 IBMSpecialCharacterSet ProportionalSpacingTable

INDEX

COMMANDSUMMARY

119 123

124 126 127 128 128 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137

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chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include —

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Locatingthe printer

●

Unpackingandinspection(partnames)

✎

Settingup andconnecting

✎

Loadingsinglesheets

✎

Loadingand parkingfanfoldforms

✎

Adjustingtheprintinggap

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Beforeyou startunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou haveasuitableplaceonwhichtolocateit. By“a suitableplace”,wemean:

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A firm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

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Awayfrom excessiveheat(suchas directsunlight,heaters,e(c)

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Awayfromexcessivehumidity

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Awayfromexcessivedust

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

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

✎

To disconnecttheprintertheplug hasto be disconnectedfromthe wall socket,whichhastobe locatedcloseto theprinter,andeasyto access.

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Installthe printerwherethereis sufficientroomfor the paper and any paperbeingfedin orprintedout.

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Ifyouareconnectingyourprinterwithaparallelcable,makesurethat the cableis within2m (6ft)of the printer.An RS-232connectionusingthe optionalSPC-8Kinterfacecan bemadeoverlongerdistances.

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UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Checking the carton contents

Nowunpackthe contentsofthe shippingcarton,andcheckeachiteminthe boxagainstFigure1-1tomakesumthatyouhaveeverything(thereshould be six items).

If anyof theseitemsammissing,contactyoursupplier.

F@ms l-1. Checktomakesureyou haveallsixitems: 1)Printer,2) Paperguide,3) Roller unit,4) Platenknob,

5) Ribbon cartridge, and 6) Manual set (User’s manual, User’s guide and Sticker).

The optionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare:

● Fontcartridges(FC-lZ, FC-2Z,FC-3Z,FC-4Z)

● RAMcartridge(RC-32Z)

● Serial-Parallelconverter(SPC-8K)

● Automaticsheetfeeder(SF-1ODQ)

. Rollpaperholder(RH-1OZ)

Identifying printer parts

Make an external inspectionof the printer. Note the locations of the followingpartsin Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2.The printer’s external psrts

Roller unit: Releaselever:

holds the paperagainstthe platen. releasesthe platen.Thislevermustbebackfor

single sheets,andforwardforfanfoldforms. Top cover: Rear cover: Entry slot: Control panel: Power switch:

protectsthe printheadandotherinternalparts.

protectsthetractorfeedmechanism.

for insertingsinglesheetsof paper.

controlsvariousprinterIimctions.

turnspoweron andoff. Interface connector: for connectingthecomputerto theprinter.

SEITING UP

Placethe printerin the desiredlocation,andremoveall packingmaterial from insidethe top cover. This packingmaterialis intendedto prevent damagetotheprinterwhilein transit.Youwillwanttokeepallthepacking material,alongwiththe printercarton,incaseyouhavetomovetheprinter to anewlocation.

Mounting theplaten knob

Theplatenknobispackedintoarecessof thepackingmaterialwhichheld your printer inside the carton. Be sure to remove the knob from the packaging.

Mountthe knobontheplatenshaft,whichis ontheright-handsideof the printer.Rotate the knob on the shaft beforepushingthe knob fully into position.

P1.itenhnob

F/gun?1-3. Mounting the platen knob

Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit

Removethetopcover by liftingupthefront(usingthe twogripsoneither

side),andpullingthe covertowardsyou (seeFigure 1-4).Nowinstallthe ribbon.(Ifyouwantthecolorprintertoprintinblackonly,installtheoptional monochromeribboncartridge,Z24orLZ24.)

NOTE: Turnoff thepowerswitchwhenyoureplacetheribboncartridge. 4

Flgum 74. Removing the top cover

1. Turnthe tensionknobclockwiseonthe ribboncartridgeto tightenthe ribbonifit is slack.

2. Guidethenbbonbetweenthepnnthead andthesilverprintheadshield, making certain that the spindleson the cartridgeholder fit into the socketson the cartridgeitself.

Figure 1-5. Installing the ribbon cartridge

3. Theribbonshouldpassbetweentheprintheadandtheprintheadshield (seeFigure 1-6).

Figure 1-6. Passthe ribbon between the print head and print head shield

Afteryouhaveinstalledthe ribboncartridge,installtherollerunit.

4. 5,

Openther;ar coverusingthetwo pitson eitherside.

Grippingthe lockleversonbothsidesoftheroller unit,fitthemounting bracketsontothe shaftinsideof theprintermechanism.Youwillneed to tilttherollerunitslightlybackward.

Securethe roller unit firmly by loweringinto position,as shown in

Figure1-7.

Closethe rear cover.

Roller

Figure i-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer

To replacethe top cover,insertthe tabs intotheslotson the printercase.

Swingthefrontedgedownto closethe cover. Leavethetopcoverclosedduringnormaloperation.Thecoverkeepsout

dustanddirtandreducestheprinter’soperatingsounds.Openthecoveronly to change the ribbonormakean adjustment.

Installing the optional cartridge

Thispr@terhasfivebuilt-inLQfonts,anda7 K-byte(30K-bytefor color printer)printingbuffer.

Youcanaddmorefontsorexpandtheprintingbufferbyinstallingoptional cartridges(Fontcatndgeor RAMcartridge).

To installorchangea cartidge,followtheprocedurebelow.

1. Turnoffthepowerswitchatthefrontoftheprinter,andremovethetop cover.

2. Removetheconnectorcoveratthe rightsideof the printer.

3. Push outthecap fromtheconnectorcover. NOTE : Keepthiscap in a safetyplace.

Optional cartl-i(igc

Figurs 1-8. Slide the csrtridge imo the slot with the power switch off.

4. Installtheconnectorcoverintotheprinter.

5. Inscrtthecartridgeintotheslotofthecmnnectorcover,andslideitallthe wayin.

NOTE:Remount the cap on the comcctor cover if you do not use the

optionalcartridge.

Connecting the printer to your computer

Connect the printerto your computerusing a standardparallelinterface cable.OnaPCorPC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouusethe25-pin D-typeconnectoratthecomputerend,andtheAmphenol-type36-pinconnector at the printer end. The configurationof the printer’sconnectoris given in Chapter 8 shouldyou need a cable for connectionto another computer.

If youneedto comect to a serialport,usetheoptionalSerial-Parallelconverter,SPC-8K.

Figure 1-9.Connecting the interface cable

Plugthe printerintoasuitableoutlet.However,DONOTturnonthepower switchatthefrontof the printeryet.

NOTE: To disconnecttheprintertheplughastobedisconnectedfromthe

wallsocket,whichhastobelocatedclosetotheprinter,andeasyto access.

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

Thissectionwilltakeyouthroughtheproceduresforloadingsinglesheets of paper.

Ifyouareusingtheoptionalautomaticsheetfeeder(SF-10DQ),referto the ASFinstructionbooklet.

Automatic loading

Singlesheetscanbe loadedmanuallywiththepoweroff,or automatically

withthepwer on. We willstarttheeasy waywithautomaticloading.

1. Placethe paperguidein positionby insertingthetabs,locatedon the bottomof the assembly,intotheslotson the rearcoveroftheprinter.

lever

Figure 1-10. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets

2. Adjustthepaperguidestomatchthesizeofthepaperyouwillbeusing. Rememberthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge of the carriage.

3. Tumonthe powerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontofthe printer.The printerwillbeep,indicatingthatthereisnopaperinpositionforprinting. Theorange

POWER indicatorwillalsoflash to confirmthis.

Makesurethatthereleaseleveris back.

Iffanfoldpaperisalreadymountedintheprinter,pressthe(

sc&AE~~cT

buttontoparkthepaperintheoff-linestate,thenmovethereleaselever backwards. Placea singlesheetbetweentheguides,placingthesideon whichyou

wanttoprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown in theguidesuntilyoufeelit stop. Nowpressthe(

sE&~+cT

)button.Thepaperwillbefedintotheprinter andadjustedpasttheprintheadto a positionreadyforprinting. Ifyouwanttosetthepapertoadifferentposition,setthepnnteroff-line

by pressingthe( ON

LINE ) button,~en set the paper by using the

micro-feedfunction.(Fordetails,referto Chapter2.)

)

Figure 1-17. Loading a single sheet

Manual loading

Itisalso,possibletoloadpapermanuallywhiletheprinter’spowerisoff.The

procedureis:

1. Placethe paperguidein positionby insertingthe tabs,locatedon the bottomof theassembly,intotheslotson the rear coverof theprinter.

2. Check thatprinter powerisoff andthe release lever isback.

3. Adjust the paper guidesto matchthesize of paper you will be using. Rememberthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge of thecarnage.

4. Placea singlesheetbetweenthe guides,placingthe sideon whichyou wanttoprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown

in theguidesuntilyou feelit stop.

5. Turn theplatenknobclockwiseuntilthefrontedgeof the papercomes outfromunderthetop cover.

6. If the paper is not straight, move the release lever forward, then straightenthepaperby hand andmovethereleaseleverback.

LOADING AND PARKINGFANFOLD FORMS

Fanfold forms have holes alongthe sides and perforationsbetween the sheets.Theyare also calledsprocketforms,punchedforms,or just plain “computerpaper”.Thisprinteracceptsformsupto 10”wide.Thissection willtakeyou throughtheproceduresfor loading,parkingandunparking fanfoldforms.

NOTE:To get good line-feeding,put l-inch space (non-printingarea)

aroundaperforation.

Loading the paper from the rear of the printer

Youcanloadthefanfoldpapereitherfromtherearorfromthebottomofthe

printer.If youaregoingtoloadthepaperfromthebottom,refertothenext

section.

Placeastackoffanfoldpaperbehindandatleastonepage-lengthbelow

1. theprinter. Turnthe printer’spowerOFF.

Pushthereleaseleverforward.Thishastheeffectofreleasingthepaper

fromtheplatenroller,and engagingthetractorfeed.

Removethepaperguideand putit asideforthemoment.

Removetherearcoverusingthetwopitsoneitherside,andpushbackwardsas in Figure1-12.

Figure 1-12. Removing the rear cover

6. Movethetractorunitsdownwardsbygrippingthe positioningleverson

bothsideofthetractorunitas shownin Figure 1-13.

Figure 1-13. Movethe tractorunits dawnwards for loading the paper from the rear

7. Withthetractorcoversopen,mountthepaperbyaligningholeswiththe pinson the tractorunit.

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Adjustthe spacingofthetractorunitsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using

the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position.Whentheclampleverisup,theunitisreleased,andwhenitis down,theunitislocked. Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthepaperholesare

alignedwiththepinsonthe tractorunits.Iftheyare notal;fied properly, youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingintearing andjammingofthepaper.

10.Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontoftheprinter.The printerwillbeep,indicatingthatthepaperis not yet fullyloaded.The orange

11.Nowpressthe c

POWER indicatorwill alsoflashto confirmthis.

s.pd~c,

>button.Thepaper willbefedandadjusted

pastthe printheadto a positionreadyforprinting.

12.If youwanttosetthepapertoadifferentposition,settheprinteroff-line by pressingthe<

ON LINE

button,then set the paper by using the

]

micro-feedfunction.(Fordetails,referto Chapter2.)

13.Replacethe rear cover, and mountthe paper guidein the horizontal positionshownin Figure 1-15,so that it willseparatethe printedfrom the unprintedpaper.

Figure 1-15. Mounting the papar guide for fanfold forms

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Loading thepaper from the bottom of the printer

You caq load the fanfoldpaper from the bottomof the printer with the followingprocedure.

1. Removethetop coverandthe rollerunit.

2. Opentherearcoverusingthetwopitsatthe side,andpushbackwards.

3. Gripthepositioningleverson bothsideof thetractorunit,andpullthe uni;upwardsas showninFigure 1-16.

Figure 1-16. Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding

Placea stackof fanfoldpaperbelowtheprinter.

Withthe tractorcoversopen,mountthepaper fromthe bottomof the

printer,by aligningholeswiththepinson the tractorunit.

Adjustthespacingofthetractorunitsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position.Whentheleverisup,theunitisreleased,andwhenitisdown, theunitislocked.

Figure 7-17. Install the roller unit after mounted the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer.

7. Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthepaperholesare alignedwiththepinsonthetractorunits.Iftheyarenotalignedproperly, youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingintearing andjammingof thepaper.

8. Remounttherollerunit andreplacetherear coverandthe top cover.

Paper parking

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

1. To beginpaperparking,start withpowerON,fanfoldpaperloadedin printingposition,andthe releaseleverforward.

LINE )buttonon thecontrolpanel to settheprinteroff-

2. Pressthe( line.ON

3. Tear off theprintedformat thelast perforation,leavingnot morethan abouthalf a page showingabovethe top cover.If necessary,pressthe

(PAPER FEED> buttontofeedpaper forwarduntilaperforationislocated

just abovethetopcover,andtearthere.

LINE indicatorwillturnoff.

4. Pressthe(

s,&/Ae#~cT

J buttononthe controlpanel. Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthefanfoldformbackwarduntilthe paperis completelyfreeoftheplaten.

5. Move the releaselevertotheback.

6. Mountthepaperguidein theuprightposition.

Now you can load single sheets either automaticallyor manually, as explainedpreviously.The fanfoldpaperremainsparkedatthe backofthe printer.

NOTE: You cannot park the fanfoldpaperif youhaveloadedit fromthe

bottomof the printer.

Paper unparking

Whenyouwantto resumeusingfanfoldpaper,theprocedureisas follows.

1. Removeallsinglesheetsfromtheprinter.

2. Mountthe paperguide in the horizontalposition.

3. Move the releaseleverto the front.

4. Pressthe ( parkedfanfoldpaperbackintopositionforprinting.

NOTE: Theprinterbeepsintermittentlyifyoumovethereleaseleverwhile

thepaperis loaded.

SE~/AE~~CT

button.Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthe

LOADING MULTI-PARTFORMS

Youcan printoncontinuousmulti-partformswiththe built-intractorunit. Youcanusemulti-partformsthathaveuptofivepartsincludingthe original whenthe Multi-partmodeis selectedwith the EDS setting.(Fordetails, pleasereferto Chapter3.)

Itisrecommendedtouseformsjointedbydottedorpastingunderthenormal officecondition.

Multi-partformsshouldbepressuresensitive,andshouldnotbeusedinthe frictionfeed. (Bottomfeedwiththepull-tractorisrecommended.)

NOTE: Whenprintingcontinuousmulti-partforms,careshouldbetaken,

asthe edgesof thepapermightbedamaged. The tolerance between the dotted or pasted position and other positionsmustbeless than0.05mm.

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

The dis~nce between the print head and the platen can be adjustedto accommodatedifferentpaperthicknesses.Tomakethisadjustment,remove thetopcover.Theadjustmentleveris locatedatthe leftsideof theprinter mechanism.Pushing the adjustmentlever backwardsnarrows the gap; pullingit forwardswidensthegap.

Therearesixpositions,andyoucanfeelthe Ieverclickingintoeachposition.

Thesecondpositionfromtherearistheonemostcommonlyusedforsingle

sheetsofpaper.Trydifferentpositionsuntilyougetthebestprintingresults. (Donot settheleverout of themarkedpositions.)

Adjustment lever

Figure 1-18. Location of the adjustment lever

The followingtableprovidesthe recommendedlever positionsfor each papertypesas a reference.

Paper

Single

2-ply 3-ply

4-ply

5-ply

Type

Weight (g/mz)

(Each paper) (Total)

52-82 83-90 40-58

40-58

Thickness(mm)

0.07-0.10 2nd

0.11-0.12 I 3rd

0.12-0.16 3rd

0.18-0.20

0.21-0.25 4th

0.24-0.26

0.27-0.30 5th

0.30-0.33 5th

0.34-0.35 6th

Recommended

Lever position

3rd

4th

NOTE: Pressuresensitivepaperisrecommendedforthemulti-partpaper.

Multi-partmodeis recommendedwhenusingthe 4-plyand5-ply paper.(Referto Chapter3,)

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CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

Thecontrolpanelbuttonscanbepressedindividuallytoperformtheoperationsindicatedbytheirnames.Otherfunctionscanbe achievedbyholding thesebuttonsdownwhenyouturntheprinter’spoweron,orbypressingthe controlpanelbuttonsin combination.

Thischapterexplainsallthebuttonandindicatorfunctions.

Pauseprinting

Feedpaper(fast andslow,forwardandreverse)

Parkfanfoldforms

Setthetop-of-formposition

Selecttheprintpitch

Selectafont

●

Printtestpatterns

Preventsoftwarefrom changingthepanelpitchandfontselections

Printa hexadecimaldump

●

Cleartheprinter’sbuffer

●

Changetheprintcolor(colorprinteronly)

●

Storemacrodefinition

BUTTONSAND INDICATORS

printeris equippedwithfivebuttonson thecontrolpanel.Fromleftto

The

rightthey are,(T6NT) and (FiTCR) (smallerbuttons),and ( “W4=”T),

(PAPER FEED), andC

The followingis a briefguideto the buttonsand indicatomonthe control

panel.

Figure Z-l. Control panel

LINE )(larger buttons).

ONLINE button

ON LINE

>button setsthe printeron-lineand off-line.The status

The

changeseachtimeyoupressthe button. Whentheprinterison-line,itcanreceiveandprintdatafromthecomputer.

Whentheprinterisoff-line,itstopsprintingandsendsthecomputerasignal indicatingthatit cannotacceptdata.

Theprinterpowersup intheon-linestatusifpaperisloaded.If paperisnot

loaded,the printerpowersup off-linewiththe Whenyouloadpaper,the

POWER indicatorstopsflashing,andthe printer

POWER indicatorflashing.

goeson-line.

LINE

Youwillwantto pressthe (

● Beforeand afterany otherpaneloperation

button:

)

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

LINE ) button to go off-line.

( operation(s),presstheC

● To pauseduringprinting

If you press the( ON

LINE

)

buttonduringprinting,the printer stops

After performing the panel

buttonagainto go backon-line.

)

printingand goesoff-line,allowingyouto checktheprintoutor change acontrolpanelsetting.Printingresumeswhenyoupressthe(

LINE

buttonagaintogobackon-line.

● To cut fanfoldforms attheendofprinting

LINE

Whenusingfanfoldforms,youcanholdthe (

buttondown

)

for one second.In additionto goingoff-line,the printeralso feedsthe paperforwardapproximatelytwoinches.Thisallowsyoutocutitoffjust belowthelast lineprinted.

)

Whenyoupressthe (

LINE

button againto gobackon-line,the

paperfeedsbackwardstoppingwhereyouleft off. NOTE:Thisfunctionisvalidonlywhenthebufferis empty.

PAPER FEED button

If you pressthisbuttonwhileoff-line,thepaperwillfeed forward.If you holdthebuttondown,theprinterwillperformconsecutivelinefeeds.

If youalsopressthe

LINE

]

(

button whileyouareline-feeding,the

paperwillfeedautomaticallyto thetopof thenextpage.Thisisexplained

later.

If youpressthisbuttonwhileon-line,thiswillalternatelyflashthe

QUIET

indicatoronandoff.WheninQuietmodewiththe QUIET indicatorlit,the printerwillprintslightlyslower,butat a reducednoiselevel.

SET/EJECT/PARK button

NOTE: Thisbuttonhasnoeffectifthe bottomfeedmodeis selected.

Pressingthis buttoncausestheprintertobeginpaperloadingifthe paperhas notloadedwhilein the off-linestate.

If the paperhas beenloaded,thisbuttonresultsin differentfi.mctionsdependingon the positionof thereleaselever.

If the mlcaseleveris forwardforfanfoldforms,pressingthisbuttonparks theforms.

If the releaseleverisbackforsinglesheets,pressingthisbuttonejectsthe paper.

PITCH button

Thisbuttonallowsyoutoselecttheprintingpitch.Rememberthattheprinter mustbeoff-linefor you to do this. Successivepressesof this buttonwill illuminate(and select) the followingoptions in order (Note that semicondescdpitchisnotavailablein theIBMmode):

Pitch Indicator(s)

Pica(10CPI) 10

CPI

Elite(12CPI) 12CPI

CPI

Semi-condensed(15,CPI) Condensedpica(17CPI) Condensedelite(20CPI)

10CPI,COND

CPI,COND

12 Proportional PROP Condensedproportional

PROP,COND

FONT button

Thisbuttonselectsthefonttobeprinted.Draftfontisselectedatpower-up unlessthedefaultsettingsarechanged.TochangetoHSDraft(High-Speed Draft)oroneoftheLQ (LetterQuality)fonts,settheprinteroff-line,then

press the(-) buttonrepeatedlyuntiltheindicatorsbesidethedesired

selectionilluminate.Theselectionscycleinthefollowingorder:

Font

Draft

Roman

Sansenf

Courier Prestige script option

High-SpeedDraft

Indicator(s)

HS-DRAFT,ROMAN ROMAN ROMAN,COURIER COURIER COURIER,SCRIPT SCRIPT OPTION

HS-DRAFT

The OptionFontselectionwillbe skippedunlessafontcartridgeisinstalled.

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

addition to their normalfunctions,all the controlpanel buttonshave

specialfimctionsthatoperateifyouholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower on.

colorprinter,eachline printsinadifferentcolor.)

at,<d,i

I “#$%& ( ) I + .-. /0 I 274 st,789 : : f = > ?@’ABCDEFGHI JKLMN13FQRSTUVWXYZ[\ 1

! “#$%& I 1* +.-. i II i ? 11s I,7hCI: ; <=) ?@ABCDEFGHI JKLMNLIPQRSTUVWXYZ[\ ‘ #$%& ( ) F$%d [ ) * + ,$z& I I * + .-. , III ?7d~(, “&l ( ) *+ ,- , L ( ) * . ,– ,1,Ii : I J~17 b‘, : :

Figure2-3. Short self-test

●+ .-. /11I 214 5(, 7h<~ : :

?4.s(,7hv : : <=> ?,oABcDEf~GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ 1‘— abcdet’~1] I .ik 1mlIOPLII-

,., ,<(,?h,, ; <.) ?WAB(~DEFGHI JKLMNIJI>QRSTIIVWXYZ [ \ ] ‘. abrd,, f’$t) 1

<=> ?@ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[ \ ] abrd< 1FhI Jk Inlfl,vq

7h: : <=> ?~,ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\ I “- abcde f: h i i k I rnn. p,l rs

.> ?w,ABCDEFGRIJKLMNOPQRSTLiVWXYZ[ \ ] --- abcdt I F11! , h I mru,k),l rs t (1

1“ abI’~~ r Ft]i i k 1mIIOP

gh , , k 1m,,,,

.1k lmllf.,PQr ~ t

Sincethe self-testoccupiesthefullwidthofthecarriage,itisrecommended that theprinteris loaded withthewidestpaperpossibletoavoiddamageto theprintheadand/orplaten.

Long test mode

If the printeris turnedon while the

(PAPER FEED) buttonis pressed,the

printerwillenterthe longself-testmode.Theprinterwillprinttheversion numberoftheprinter’sROMandthecurrentEDSsettings,followedbythe wholecharactersetprintedineachfontandpitchavail;ble.

‘hetestcyclesendlessly,soyoumustturnthepoweroff to stopit.

c 5 old “S*]

...––..... +.––––––. –––.––-..-––.–----––-–––. .–––.–––.

0 , ($4”,

2s-)

–. . .

..––. .– . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fkwre 2-4. Lena self-test

.. ...

-.<,,..<,

. .

Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefullwidlhofthecarriage,itisrecommended

thattheprinteris loadedwiththe widestpaperpossibletoavoiddamageto

the printheadand/orplaten.Inaddition,thetotalnumberoflinesprintedis considerable,more thancan be accommodatedon a singlesheet,so fanfold paperis recommendedforthistest.

Print area test mode

Byholdingthe( entertheprintareatestmode.Thisway,youcanfindouthowmanylineson yourpaper are availablefor printing.The printerwill print the first line message,thenprintthelastlinemessageafterfeedingtothebottomofthe

page.

Ifyouhaveloadedthefanfoldpaper,onlythefirstlinemessageis printed.

,,FJA,&lc.,

) buttondownduringpower-up,the printerwill

Stay in Panel Pitch

By holdingthe(PiTCil)buttondownduringpower-up,the print pitchcan onlybeselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference, Youwillhear an acknowledgingbeepaspowercomeson.

Afterthe beeptone,youcanset theprinteroff-line,select a printpitch,then returntoon-lineandstartprinting.Thepitchyouselectedwillnotbereset

or otherwisechangedby anycommandsyoursoftwaremay issue.

Stay in Panel Font

Byholdingthe (-) buttonduringpower-up,fontscanonlybe selected fromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.Therewillbean acknowledgingbeepaspowercomeson,afterwhichyoucansettheprinter off-line,selectafont,thenrctumtotheon-linestateandbeginprinting.The sclectcdfontwillnotbechangedbyanycommandsyoursoftwaremayissue.

Stay in Panel Pitch and Font

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

Pressingtlmscbuttonsduringpower-updocsnotpreventyoufrommaking anynumberof changeslaterfromthecontrolpanel.

Hexadecimal dump

This feature is useful for programmerswho are debuggingprintingprograms and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving.(Some computemchangethecodes the programmerintended.)

Inthismode,alldatareceivedwillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat, ratherthanthecontrolcodesbeingactedon as commandcodes.

Thismodeis accessedwiththefollowingprocedure:

1. Whileholdingboth

the(PAPER FEED)and(

SEJAE~~CT

turnpowerON. A beeptonewillbe heard.

2. Beginprinting.In placeof theusualprintoutyou will get a formatted dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents sixteencharacters,theirhexadecimalcodestotheleftandprintablecharactersprintedon the right.

3. At the end of the hexadecimaldump,set the printeroff-line withthe

LINE

(

button.Thisisnecessaryto printthelast line.

)

ThefollowingBASICprogramisasimpletestyoucanruninhexadecimal mode:

10 LPRINT WIDTH “LPT1 : “ .255

20 FOR 1=0 TO 255

30 LPRINT CHR$(I) ;

40 NEXT I

50 LPRINT 60 END

)buttons down,

If your systempasses the codes directlyto the printer withoutchanging them,youwill geta printoutlikeFigure2-5.

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 60 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 AO Al AZ A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 BO 81 R2 63 64 B5 B6 B7 CO Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 DO D1 D2 03 04 05 D6 D7 EO El E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 FO F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 OD OA

Figure 2-5. Sample hexadecimal dump

08 09 OA 06 OC OD OE OF

18 19 1A 16 IC ID 1E 1F 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 48 49 4A 46, 4C 4D 4E 4F

58 59 5A 56 5C 50 5E SF 68 69 6A 66 6C 6D 6E 6F 78 79 7A 7B 7C 70 7E 7F 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F

98 99 9A 9B 9C 90 9E 9F . . . . . . . . . .

A8 A9 AA AB AC AO AE AF

B8 B9 6A t3B BC BD 8E BF . . . . . . . . . . . .

C8 C9 CA CB CC CO CE CF . . . . . . . . . . . . .

D8 D9 DA OB DC DD DE DF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF . . . . . . .

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

! “#$%&: i ) ~+ ; -. / 0123456789 : ; <=>? @ABCDE FGH I JKLMNO PQRSTUVWXYZ [\] ‘-

‘ abcdefghi jkl mno

pqrstuvwxyz ( ! ) -.

. .

MostBASICS,however,arenotquitethatstraightforward.Forexample,the

IBM-PCwillgiveyoua printoutsimilarto Figure2-6.

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 .?2 23 24 25 26 27

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 AO Al AZ A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 E70 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 87 CO Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 DO D1 02 03 D4 05 D6 07 EO El E2 E3 E4 ES E6 E7 FO F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 OD OA

Flgure2-& Samplehexadecimal dumpwithlBM-PC

08 09 OA 06 OC 00 OA OE

17 18 19 IB IC ID IE IF 28 29 2A 26 ZC 2D 2E 2F 38 39 3A 3B 3C 30 3E 3F 48 49 4A 46 4C 40 4E 4F 58 59 5A 56 5C 5D 5E 5F 68 69 6A 66 6C 6D 6E 6F 78 79 7A 7F3 7C 70 7E 7F 88 89 8A BB 8C 8D 8E 8F 98 99 9A 96 9C 90 9E 9F A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF 68 69 8A BB BC BD BE BF C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D8 D9 DA DB DC DD OE DF E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF

. .. .. .

.. ... .

!“#$%&’ ()*+.-./

0123456789:;<=>?

@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]”-

‘abcdefghijklmno

pqrstuvwxyz{j)-.

. . . . .

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

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

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

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

. . .. . .. .

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

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

WhentheIBM-PCBASICinterpretersendshexcodeOD(carriagereturn) it adds an extra hex OA(linefeed).Hex code 1A (end-of-file)also gets specialtreatment:the interpreterdoes not send it at all. This can cause problemswitigrapticsordowtioadcharacterdata.HoweveLyoucans0lve thisproblembychangingline 30 intheprecedingprogramandaddingthe codingshownbdow.

Codingfor IBM-PCwithmonochromedisplay:

30 GOSUB 100

100 X=INP(&H3BD)

:IF X<128 THEN 100

110 OUT &H3BC,I :OUT &H3BE,5 :OUT &H3BE,4 120 RETURN

Codingfor IBM-PCwithcoloradapter:

30 GOSUB 100

100 x=INP(&H379)

:IF X<128 THEN 100

110 OUT &H378,1 :OUT &H37A,S :OUT &H37A,4 l~o RETURN

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several

additionalfimctionscanbe achievedbypressingthecontrolpanel

buttonsin combinations.

Fjgum 2-7. Switch combination functions of control panel

Buffer clear/All reset

Reverse Micro Feed I

Form Feed

Form feed

If youarcusingsinglesheets,thisoperationejects thecurrentpage.Ifyou

areusingfanfoldforms,it feedsto thetopof thenextpage.

Pressthe( Pressthe

2. performingsuccessivelinefeeds. Whileholdingthe

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

smoothlyejectthecurrentpage.

ON LINE

(PAPER FEED> buttonandholditdown.Theprinterwillstart

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

)

(PAPER FEED) buttondown, pressthe(

LINE

)

Top of form

Whenyoupowerontheprinter,thetop-of-formpositionisautomaticallyset tothecurrentposition.Ifthisisnotwhereyouwantthetopofthepagetobe, youcan changethetop-of-formpositionasfollows:

LINE

1. Pressthe (

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

(PAPER FEED) button,orbyperformingaforwardorreversemicro-feed.

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

)

LINE

button.

)

)button down,presstheCPiTC17)button,

Pressandholdthe (

Whileholdingthe( then releaseboth buttonsat the same time. The printer will beep to indicatethatthetop-of-formpositionhasbeen set.

Forward micro-feed

Fortinealignment,youcanfeedthepaperforwardinverysmallincrements

follows:

Pressthe(

1. Pressthe (

2. Whileholdingthe (

LINE ) buttonto set thepnntcr off-line.

ON LINE

button againandholdit down.

)

]

ON LINE

buttondown,pressthe (PAPERFEED> button.Thepaperwillstartadvancinginascnesof smallsteps.When youwantto stop,releasebothbuttons.

Reverse micro-feed

Youcan also feedthepaperin smallincrementsin reverse,to rctum to a higherpositiononthesamepage.

NOTE: Withfanfoldforms,donottrytorctumtoapreviouspage.Theper-

forationmay catchinsidetheprinterandcauseajam.

1. Pressthe(

2. Press’the(

3. Whileholdingthe (

ON LINE

ON LINE ) buttonagainandholdit down.

buttonto setthe printeroff-line.

)

ON LINE

)

button down,pressthe (

s,~.~~~C.T

button.Thepaperwillstartmovingbackwardsinascncsof smallsteps. Whenyouwanttostop,releasebothbuttons.

Changing the auto loading value

Normally,the printerautomaticallyloadsthepaperoneline fromthetop edge. If youwantto change this value,follow thisprocedure:

1. Loadthepaperusingthe (

2. Changetheprintpositionusingthemicrofeed function. Thelineonlhc cardholderhelpsyou to alignthebaselineofcharacters to be printed.

3. Afteryougctthe desiredposition,pressthe[ ONLINE

thevalue.

‘;’$A’vikc’) button.

)button tosave

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

Definitionfunction,whichisdescribedbelow. Notethatyoucanonlychangethisvalueimmediatelyafterloadingpaper.If

youfeedpaper,youcannotchangetheautoloadingvalue.

Clearing the buffer/All reset

Theprinterstoresreceiveddata in a large memorybuffer.Thiscreatesa problemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprintingjobandrestart:theprintermay be holdingmore data in its buffer than it has actuallyprinted,and this unprinteddatamustlx clearedoutbeforerestarting.Turningpoweroffisone wayto clearthebuffer,butthereisanotherway:

Halttheprintingprogramonthecomputer.Ifprintingstopsimmediately,

1. thebufferisclearandtherestofthisprocedureisunnecessary.Ifprinting does not stop, continueas follows: Pressthe(

nowstop,buttheremaybedataremaininginthe buffer. Pressandholdthe(

While pressing the (

_ button.Continueholdingthesetwobuttonsdown.Inone SeCOnd

youwillheara beeptonesignalingthatthebufferhasbeencleared. If you holdthesebuttonsmoretwo seconds,you willhearthree beep

tones signalingthat the printerhas been initializedto the power-on

defaultsettings. Releas~thesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrolpanelsettings,thenset

theprinterbackon-line.

ON LINE ) buttonto set the printeroff-line.Printingwill

LINE

ON LINE

)

button.

)

button down, press and hold the

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

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

converterbypressingtheredClearbuttononitbeforeyouresetthe printer.

Selecting theprint color

Normally,the color printerprintswith black even if the color ribbonis installed. Withouttheaid of software,youcan changetheprintingcolorasfollows:

PresstheC

PresstheCFGN71buttonandholdit down.

Whileholdingthe(-) button,pressthe(

ON LINE

Eachtimeyoupressthe ( =wdkr’

FONT or PITCH willblinkto showthecurrentcoloras shownbelow.

Color Black

Magenta

cyan

Violet

Releasebothbuttonsafteryouset thedesiredprintingcolor.

buttonto setthe printeroff-line.

)

S’:m+$c‘

) button,oneof the indicatorsof

Indicator Color

HS-DRAFT ROMAN Orange

COURIER

SCRIPT

Yellow Green

) button.

Indicator 10CPI

12CPI

15CPI

If you want to save the selectedcolorfor later use, store it usingthe MacroDefinition.

NOTE:This functions validonlywhenthecolorribbonisinstalledintothe

colorprinter.

Store Macro Definition

You camstore the current settingsto the printer for later use with the followingprocedure:

LINE

Pressthe( Pressthe(~) buttonandholdit down.

2. Whileholdingthe(~>button down,press the (TiTCll>button and

holdthemdownuntilyouheartwo beeptones.

Releasebothbuttonsat thesametimeafterthetwo beeptonesto stem thecurrentsetting. If youreleasethesebuttonsafterthreebeeptones,themacroiscleared.

)

button to settheprinteroff-line.

NOTE: Youcanstorethefollowingsettingswiththisprocedure.

● CurrentFont andPitch

● Currentauto-loadingamountforcut sheet

● Currentauto-loadingamountforcontinuouspaper

“Currentauto-loadingamountin ASFmode

● Currentprintcolor(colorprinteronly)

DatatobestoredarecontrolledinStandardmodeandIBMmodeseparately. For example,thedata storedin theStandardmodearenot effectivein the IBMmode,andviceversa.

chapter 3

DEFAULT SETTINGS

Most printers use abankofDIP(Dual In-linePackage)switchesinsidethe printerto achievevariousfunctions.However,thisprintercan changethe power-updefaultsettingsbyusingtheElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)mode.

Thischapterexplainshowto use theEDSmode.

HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE

EDSmodehas25kindsoffunctionsyoucansetasthepower-ondefault.

The

ToentertheEDSmode,turntheprinteronwhilesimultaneouslyholdingthe

s* TF+CT

(

(PAPER FEED) and (

In EDSmode,theindicatorsandthebuttonsonthe controlpanelare used as shownbelowinFigure3-1.

Usethe[~)button to selecttheBankNumber.OneoftheFONTindicatorswillilluminateto showtheselectedBankNumber. ~

●

Usethe (~) buttonto selecttheSwitchNumber.Oneofthe dicatov willilluminateto showthe selectedSwitchNumber.

✎

QUIET indicatorshowsthecurrentsetting.

The

If you wantto setit ON,pressthe<

✎

Pressthe

●

Pressthe(

(PAPER FEED>button to printoutthecurrentsettings.

LINE

)buttontosavethenewsettingsandtoexittheEDS

mode.

ON LINE

s(-~~~~<:r

)

buttons.

>button.

PITCHin-

Figurs 3-7. Button and indicator functions in the EDS mode

FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SEITINGS

Theprinteris factory-setwithallEDS switchesintheONposition.These are the standardsettings.By changingthe settings,you can alter various printerfunctionstomatchyourrequirements.Thefollowingquestionswill helpyouchoosethepropersettings.

Number Function

ON OFF

A-1 Emulation STANDARD A-2 RAMUsage A-3 AutoLFwithCR A-4 AutoSheetFeeder

I A-5 I GranhicsDirection

B-1

Multi-part B-2 Paper-out B-3 Tear-off B-4

(Reserved) B-5 PrintableArea c-l

PrintMode

InputBuffer DownloadBuffer Disabled

Notfitted Fitted

I Bi-directional! Uni-directional !

Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled LeaveON TypeA TypeB

(Seebelow)

c-2 c-3

PageLenglh

(Seebelow)

c-4

, (NotUsed)

c-5

D-1

CharacterTable

(Standardmode) (IBMmode)

Graphics

IBM#2 D-2 IBMCodepageor D-3 Intemationat D-4

CharacterSet

(Seebelow)

D-5 (NotUsed)

E-1 E-2 E-3

LQFontSelection

(Seebelow)

E-4 E-5 (NotUsed)

IBM

Enabled

I Enabled

Disabled

--i

Italics

IBM#l

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

mode?

Selectthemodecompatiblewithyourcomputerandsoflware.In Standard modethe printeroperatesliketheEpsonLQ-860.InIBMmodeitoperates liketheIBMProprintcrX24E.TheONpositionselectsStandardmode.The OFFpositionselectsIBMmode.

Switch A-2: Doesyour softwaredownloadcharacterstotheprinter? InordertodownloadcharactersthisswitchmustbeintheOFFposition.The

printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and providesonlyaone-lineprintbuffer.Ifyouleavethis switchON,theprinter usesitsRAMmemoryasaninputbuffer,allowingthecomputertosenddata fasterthanthe printerprints.

NOTE:Whcn you want to downloadcharacterswith IBM mode by the

monochromeversionprinter,youmust installthe optionalRAM cartridge(RC-32Z).Otherwise,youcannotdownloadevenif this

switchis set OFF. Switch A-3: Do you wantan automaticlinefeed? If you leave this switchin the ON position,a separateline-feedcode is

requiredfrom yourcomputertoobtainalinefeed. If you move this switchto the OFFposition,theprinterperformsboth a

carriagereturnand linefeed eachtimeit receivesa carriage-returncode. Most computersystemssenda linefeedcode,orbothacarriagereturnand

linefeed,atthecndofeachline,so thisswitchshouldbeleft ON. If you get double line spacingwhenyouexpect singlespacing,or if lines

overprinteachother,try changingthesettingof thisswitch. Switch A-4: Are yougoingto usctheautomaticsheetfeeder(ASF)?

InordertousctheautomaticsheetfeederSF-1ODQ,movethisswitchtothe OFFposition.Otherwiseleave it ON.

Switch A-5: Arc yougoingto printdotgraphicsuni-directionally? Whenprintingindotgraphicsmode,theprintermayeithcrprintbidirection-

ally(inalternatedirections)forspccdorinonedirectiononly(unidirectional forincreasedaccuracy).Forpracticallyallpurposes,however,bidirectional printingissufficientlyaccurate.Inorder10print uni-directionally,movethis switchto theOFFposition.

SwitchB-1:Areyougoingto printonmulti-partpaper? Youcanuseup to 3-plypaperwhenthisswitchis ON.If youwanttoprint

on4-plyor 5-plypaper,setthisswitchto theOFFposition. Switch B-2: Doyouwantthcprintcrtosloppnntingatthecndofthc paper,

or to keepprinting?

WhenthisswitchisOFFtic printerignoresthepaper-outdetectorandprints downto (andbeyond)thebottomedge.Otherwiseleaveit ON.

Switch B-3: Do you want to advancepaper automaticallyat the cnd of

printing?

Youcan selecttheTear Off functionwiththis switchOFF.

Whenusingfanfoldpaper,theTearOfffunctionallowsyoutotearoffonc sheetofpaperwithoutfullyadvancingthefollowingsheet.

Switch B-4: This switch is used for technicalpurposeonly. Leave this

switchON.

Switch B-5: Whichiype of printingarea do you want to use for single

sheets? Thisprintercanuse two typesofprintingareaformatfor singlesheets. Byputtingthe switchON(“TypeA“),thetopofthe firstlineofprintingwill

start1/6inchf~omthetopofthepaper,andtheprinicdareawillend 1/6inch fromtic bottomof thepaper.

ByputtingtheswitchOFF(“TypeB“),thefirstlineofprintingwillstartat

oneinchfromthetopofthepaper,andthepnntcdareawillcnd6mmfrom thebottom of theprinter.

SwitchesC-1 and C-2: Whichprintmodedoyou wantto set? Theseswitchesselectthedefaultprintpitchandthefontsasshownbelow.

Print Mode c-1 c-2

10CPIDRAFT 10CPIHSDRAFT 17CPIDRAFT 10CPILQ OFF RF

NOTE:If youchangetheseswitchesaflcryouhavestoredthemacro,these

settingswilloverridethemacrosetting.

ON ON ON OFF

OFF

SwitchesC-3 and C-4: Whatis thepage lenglhof yourpaper? LeavetheseswitchesONifyouwillbcusing1l-inchforms,Youwillneed

tochangetheswitchesifyouwillbeusingadifferentpagelengthas shown below:

Switch D-1: The actionof this switchdependson the modechosenwith

switchA-1.

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

characters?

MovethisswitchOFFto printitalicsintheStandardcharacterset.If you leavethis switch in the ON position,in place of italicsyou will get the graphiccharacters,internationalcharacters,and mathematicalsymbolsof IBMcharacterset#2. See Chapter9, charactercodes 128to 254.

IfyouselectedIBMmode,doyouwantIBMcharacterset#1or#2?

ONselectscharacterset#2, whichisforcomputerswithan 8-bitinterface (themostcommonkind).OFFselectscharacterset#1,forcomputerswith a 7-bitinterface.

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

codepage?

Internationalcharactersetsdifferintheirassignmentof14charactercodes inthe StandardItaliccharacterset.Seethecharactertablesatthebackofthis manual.Withtheseswitchesyoucan selectoneof eightcharactersets as follows:

Country U.S.A. ON ON ON

France OFF ON ON Sweden OFF ON OFF

Germany ON OFF ON

England

D-2 D-3 D-4

OFF OFF ON

Country DenmarkI

haly SpainI OFF OFF OFF

D-2 D-3 D-4 ON ON OFF

ON OFF OFF

ExceptintheStandardItaliccharacterset,theseswitchesselectthedefault charactercode pageasshownbelow:

IBMCode

Page D-2 D-3 D-4 IBMCode Page

#437U.S.A. #850Multi-lingual

#860 Portuguese #861

Icelandic

#863

ON ON ON c~adian French

OFF ON ON #865Nordic

ON OFF ON (Reserved)

OFFOFF ON (Reserved)

D-2 D-3 D-4

ON ON OFF

OFF ON OFF

ON OFF OFF

OFF OFF OFF

SwitchesE-1 to E-4:Whichfontdo youwanttoprintasthedefaultLetter

Quality?

Theseswitchesallowsyou to choosethe defaultfont selectedwhenLQ modeis selected,as shownbelow.

I Font Name IE-1 IE-2 IE-3 IE-4 I Font Name I E-1 I E-2 I E-31 E-4 I

/ Roman

ION ION ION ION I Orator2* ION \ ONI ONIOI@ Sanserif OFF ON ON ON T’W-Light* OFF ON ON OFF Courier ON OFF ON ON Letter-Gothic*ON OFF ON OFF

Prestige

OFF OFF ON ON Blippo*

script ON ON OFF ON H-Gothic*

I OCR-B*

OCR-A* Orator*

IOFFION IOFFIONIOrane*

ON OFF OFF ON Cinema* ON OFF OFF OFF

OFF OFF OFF ON Code39* OFF OFF OFF OFF

OFF OFF ON OFF

ON ON OFFOFF

10FFION10FFIOF’11

Optionalfonts(markedwithanasterisk)canbe selectedonlywhenthecor-

respondingfontcartridgeis installedinthe printer. Ifthecorrespondingfontcartridgeisnotinstalled,thenRomanisselected.

BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT

Thismodeis usedto adjustthealignmentof theprintheadon successive bidirectionalpasses.Afteraperiodofsomemonths,yourprintermaywork itselfoutof alignmentonleft and rightprintingpasses.Thiswill be most evidentin graphicsprinting.Thismodewillprobablybeusedveryrarely.

1. Turnthe printeroff and then turn it on againwhileholdingdownthe ‘=l%wr”

(

) and (

somethinglikethe following:

*tJ DoT

2. The printer will feed the paper forwardsand backwardsduring this operation,allowingyouto viewthepaperforoptimumalignment.

3. To adjusttheprinting,usethe( The(

(PAPER FEED) buttonwillmovethe secondpassto theright.

SZ~AC~~CT

ON LINE

ADJUSTMENT SETTING 89 *

) buttons. The

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

=wkc’ )and

printer will then print

CPAPER FEED> buttons.

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chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Theprinterhastwoemulationmodes:StandardmodeandIBMmode. In standardmode,theprinteremulatesthefunctionsoftheEpsonLQ-860. In IBMmode,theprinteremulatesthe IBMPropnnter X24E.Additional commandcodesareincludedasa supersetof theseemulations.

The emulationis changedby means of EDS switchA-1. When ON, the printerwillbe instandardmode,andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbein IBM mode(see Chapter3).It is notpossibleto changetheemulationmodeby meansof softwarecontrol.

Thischapterdescribestheprinter’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare commontoboth thestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecommands,all commandswillbe categorizedby function.Thename of each commandis followedby a tablelikethe onebelow:

Mode

Std.

ASCII

Mode:

Decimal Hexadecimal

27120 49 IB 78 31 27120 1 IB 78 01

Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecognized. Std. Standardmode(EDSswitchA-1on) IBM IBMmode(EDSswitchA-1off) Both BothstandardandIBMmodes

ASCII:

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Controlcharactersareenclosedin pointedbrack-

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

Givesthecommandin decimalcharactercodes.

Gives the command in hexadecimal character

codes.

Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbesuppliedareindicatedby italicletters suchas n.

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select draft quality characters

Mode ASCII

Both “ “ “ “ “F” “)” “)” “9” 4040 7041 41 57 28 2846 29 29 39

Std.

((

“O”

Decimal

27120 48 27120 0

Hexadecimal

IB 78 30 IB 78 00

Changesfromletterqualityto draftquality.Ignoredif the (FGiTf_)

buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select draft pica characters

Mode ASCII

IBM

Changestodraftqualitycharacterswithpica pitch(10cpi).Ignored if the (R5RT)or(FiT5@buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

27 73 0 IB 49 00

Hexadecimal

Select draft elite characters

~ModeI ASCII

Decimal

IIBM I cESC> “I” <8> 1 27 73 8

Changestodraftqualitycharacterswithelitepitch(12cpi).Ignored

if the (M>or @iRXi)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Hexadecimal

I IB 49 08 I

Select draft condensed characters

Mode ASCII

IBM

Changesto draftquality characterswithcondensedpitch(17cpi). Ignored if the CTGNT)or (FiTCFl)button was pressed during power-up.

Decimal

27 73 16

Hexadecimal

IB 49 10

Select LQ characters

Mode ASCII

std.

<ESC>

<ESC> “X”

“X” “l”

<1>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27120 49 27120 1

Changesfromdraftqualityto letterquality.TheinitialLQ fontis Romanunlessadifferentfonthasbeenselectedbyaprecedingcommand.Ignoredif the(-> buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select LQ pica characters

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> “I”

Changestoletterqualitycharacterswithpicapitch(10cpi).Ignored if the- or- buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

<2>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 2

Select LQ elite characters

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC>

“I” <LF>

Changesto letterqualitycharacterswithelitepitch(12cpi).Ignored if the(T5NT)or(~~button waspressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

27 73 10 IB 49 OA

Select LQ condensed characters

IB 78 31 IB 78 01

16 49 02

Hexadecimal

Mode ASCII

IBM

Changestoletterqualitycharacterswithcondensedpitch(17cpi).

Ignoredifthe(TGNTjor @i7CR)buttonwaspressedduringpowerUp.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 18 16 49 12

Select LQ proportional characters

Mode

IBM <ESC> “I” d>

ASCII Decimal

Changestoletterqualitycharacterswithproportionalpitch.Ignored

if the(R5ilT)orCFi7Cil)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select LQ font

Mode

Both

std.

ASCII Decimal

<ESC>“k” n

<FS>

“C” n

Selectsan LQfontaccordingtothevalueof n. In draftmode,this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected.Ignoredif thec-~ buttonwaspressedduringpowerup or thecorrespondingfontis notinstalled.

n Font

O Roman

1 Sanserif 2 Courier 3 Prestige 4 script 5 OCR-B 6 OCR-A

,7 Orator

(Option) (Option) (Option)

Hexadecimal

27 73 3 IB 49 03

Hexadecimal

27107 n IB 6B n 28 67 n IC 43 n

n Font 8 Orator2 (Option)

9 TW-Light

(Option) 10 LetterGothic (Option) 11 Blippo (Option) 12 H-Gothic 13 Orane 14 Cinema 15 Code39

(Option)

(Option) (Option)

Select font

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

““ “ “ “F’ ““ “ “

((

))

Changesa fontaccordingto thevalueof n. Ignoredif the-

buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

n Font O Roman

1 Sanserif

2 Courier

40 40 70 41 41 n 28 28 46 29 29 n

n Font 3 Prestige

4 script 9 Draft

Hexadecimal

Select italic characters

Mo’de

Std.

ASCII

<ESC>

“4”

Causessubsequentcharactemto beprintedin italics.

Select upright characters

Mode

Std. <ESC> “5”

ASCII

Stopsitalic printingandcausessubsequentcharacterstobeprinted upright.

Emphasized printing

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “E”

Causessubsequentcharactersto be emphasizedby addingextra

thicknesstoverticalstrokes.

Cancel emphasized printing

Mode Ascli

Both

<ESC> “F”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 52

Decimal

27 53

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 69

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 70

16 34

Hexadecimal

16 35

16 45

16 46

Cancelsemphasizedprinting.

Double-strike printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “G”

Causessubsequentcharactersto be printedin double-strikemode

withaslightverticalpapermotioninbetween,causingathickening of horizontalstrokes. Forboldprint,useof double-strikeis recommendedinLQ mode,

and combined use of emphasizedand double-strike is recommendedin draftmode.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 71

16 47

Cancel double-strike printing

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “H”

Cancelsdouble-strikeprinting.

Start underlining

Mode ASCII

Both

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeunderlined.IBMblock graphics characters and spaces skippedby horizontaltabulation are not underlined.

Stop underlining

Mode

Both

ASCII

Stopsunderlining.

Start ovedining

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 72

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 45 49

27 45 1

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 45 0 IB 2D 00

IB 48

IB 2D 31

IB 2D 01

Mode ASCII

<p.c> “ – .. “l!!

IBM

Causessubsequentcharactersto be overlined.Spacesskippedby

horizontaltabulationarenot overlined.

overlining

Mode ASCII

<Esc> “ – .. ,40,.

IBM

Stopsoverlining.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 95 49 IB 5F 31 27 95 1 IB 5F 01

Decimal

27 95 48 IB 5F 30 27 95 0 IB 5F 00

Hexadecimal

Select score

Ivlbde

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “ “ “-”

Start scoreaccordingto thevaluesof nl andn2,as shownbelow.

(

<1> nl n2

<O>

<3>

n] Function 1

Underlining

Strike-through

3 Overlining

Select ornament character

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “q” n

Selects an ornarnent character

below.

n Character

O Normal

1 Outline 2 Shadow 3 Shadowandoutline

accordingtothevalueof n,asshown

Decimal

27 40 45 3

o 1 nl n2

Hexadecimal

IB 28 2D 03

00 01 nl n2

n2 Function

Cancel score

o 1

Single continuousline Doublecontinuousline

2 5 Single brokenline

Doublebrokenline

Decimal

27113 n

Hexadecimal

IB 71 n

Superscript

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “S” “O”

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedassuperscripts.Doesnot

changethe characterpitch.

Decimal

27 83 48 27 83 0

Hexadecimal

IB 53 30 IB 53 00

Subscript

Mode

Both

ASCII

“s” <1>

Decimal

27 83 49

27 83 1

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedas subscripts.Doesnot changethe characterpitch.

Cancel superscript or subscript

Mode

Both <ESC> “T”

ASCII

Decimal

27 64

Stops printing superscriptsor subscriptsand returns to normal

printing.

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

Select standard character set

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “t” “O”

<ESC>

Std.

“t” <o>

“I” <O> 28 73 0

Decimal

27116 48

27116 0

28 73 48

Hexadecimal

IB 53 31

IB 53 01

Hexadecimal

IB 54

Hexadecimal

IB 74 30

IB 74 00

IC 49 30

Ic 49 00

Selectsthe standardcharacterset.This is the power-updefaultin StandardmodeifEDSswitchD-1 is OFF.

Select IBM character set

Mode

BottI

Std.

ASCII

<ESC>“t” “l”

<ESC>

“t” <1> 27116 1

“I” <1> 28 73 1

Selectsan IBMcharacterset.Thisis thepower-updefaultinIBM

mode.

Decimal

2711649 28 73 49

Hexadecimal

IB 74 31

IB 74 01 Ic 49 31 IC 49 01

Select character set #1

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “7”

Selects character set Ml.

Decimal

27 55 IB 37

Hexadecimal

Select character set #2

Mode ASCII

Both <ESC> “6”

Selectscharacterset#2.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 .54 IB 36

Select international character set

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC>“R” n

Selects an international character

accordingtothevalueof n.

n Characterset n Characterset O U.S.A

1 France

2 Germany 3 England 4 DenmarkI 5 Sweden

6 Italy

7 SpainI

27 82 n IB 52 n

setin the Standardcharacterset

Japan Norway

DenmarkII

SpainII

LatinAmerica

Korea

Irish Legal

Thefirst eight of thesecharactersets(fromU.S.A.to SpainI) can be selectedaspower-updefaultsby EDS switchesD-2to D-4.

Select IBM code page

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “ “ “T” <4> <O> 27 91 84 4 0

[

<0> <0> nl n2

0 nl d

IB 5B 54 04 00

00 00 nl d

Changesthecodepageofthe currentIBMcharactersetaccording to thevaluesof nl andn2.

nl n2 Codepage

181

3 82

3 92 3 93 3 95 3

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

These codepages can be selectedas power-updefaultsby EDS

switchesD-2to D-4.

Enable printing of all character codes

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> ‘Y”

d d 27 92 d d IB 5C nl n2

Decimal Hexadecimal

EnablesprintingofallcharactersintheIBMcharacterset,including thoseassignedto charactercodeswhich are normallyconsidered

controlcodes.Thiscommandremainsineffectforthenextrd +n2 x256 characters,wherenl andn2arenumbersbetweenOand255. Duringthisintervalnocontrolfunctionsareexecuted.Ifacodewith

no assignedcharacteris received,theprinterprintsa space.

Enable printing of all character codes on next character

Mode

IBM <ESC> “ “ “

ASCII

This commandoperateslike <ESC>‘1”exceptthat it remainsin

effectfor onlyonecharacter.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 94

IB 5E

Select slash zero

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “ - “

“l”

<1>

Decimal

27126 49

27126 1

Hexadecimal

IB 7E 31 IB 7E 01

Causessubsequentzerocharactersto be overprintedwith a slash (0).

Select normal zero

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC>“- “ “O”

<ESC> “ - “

<O>

Decimal

27126 48

27126 0

Causes subsequentzero characters to be printed normally (0),

withouta slash.

Hexadecimal

IB 7E 30 IB 7E 00

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

Pica pitch

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> “P”

IBM

2DC2>

Decimal

27 80

Hexadecimal

IB 50

In Standardmode,changesfromeithereliteor semi-condensedto

picapitch (10 cpi)or fromcondensedeliteto condensedpica(17

cpi).In IBMmode,changesfromeithereliteor condensedtopica

Cpi).Ignored iftheCPiTCR)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

(10

Elite pitch

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> “M”

IBM <ESC> “:”

Changesfromeitherpicaor semi-condensedto elitepitch(12cpi) or fromcondensedpicato condensedelite(20cpi).Ignoredif the

_ buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Decimal

27 77

27 58

Hexadecimal

IB 4D IB 3A

Semi-condensed pitch

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “g”

Std.

Changesfromeitherpica or eliteto semi-condensedpitch(15cpi). Ignoredif the(FTiTiTlbuttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Condensed printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<Sb

<ESC> <Sb

Changesfrom pica to condensedpica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensedelite(20cpi).Ignoredifthe(FiT5R)buttonwaspressed duringpower-up.

Cancel condensed printing

Mode ASCII

Both

<DC2>

In Standardmode,changesfromcondensedpicato normalpicaor fromcondensedelitetonormalelite.InIBMmode,alwayschanges to normalpica. Ignoredif the(FRCi7)buttonwas pressedduring power-up.

Decimal

27103 IB 67

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 15 IB OF

Decimal

18 12

Hexadecimal

Expanded printing

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “W” “l”

Causessubsequentcharacterstobe expandedto doublewidth.

Cancel expanded printing

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “W” “O”

Stopsexpandedprintingandreturnstonormalwidth.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 87 49 27 87 1

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 87 48

27 87 0

IB 57 31 IB 57 01

IB 57 30

IB 57 00

Expanded printing for one line

hhde ASCII

<so> 14 OE

Both

Decimal

27 14

Causessubsequentcharactersinthecurrentlineto beexpandedto doublewidth.Charactersreturntonormalwidthafterthenextline feed(<LF>).The<DC4>,<VT>,<FF>,and<ESC>“W”Ocommandsalsocancelexpandedprinting.

Cancel one-line expanded printing

Mode ASCII

Both

<DC4>

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

Decimal

20 14

Select character width

Mode

Std. <FS> “E” n

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

28 69 n

Selectacharacterwidthaccordingtothevalueofnasshownbelow.

Characterwidth

Normal-wide

Double-wide

Triple-wide

Hexadecimal

IB OE

Hexadecimal

IC 45 n

Select proportional spacing

Mode

Std.

IBM

ASCII

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeproportionallyspaced.Ignored if the(~’ buttonwaspressedduringpower-up,

Decimal

27112 49

27112 1 27 80 1

Hexadecimal

IB 70 31 IB 70 01 IB 50 01

Select fixed spacing

Mode ‘ASCII

Std.

IBM <ESC>

“p” <o>

“P” <o>

Causessubsequentcharactersto be printed with fixed character spacing.Ignoredifthe(PiTCillbuttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select master print mode

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “!” n

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

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

Function n value

Underline Italic 64

Expanded

Doublestrike

Emphasized

Condensed[*] 4

Proportional[*] 2

Elite [*]

Decimal

27112 48 27112 0 27 80 0 IB 50 00

Decimal

27 33

n IB 21 n

Hexadecimal

IB 70 30 IB 70 00

Hexadecimal

128

[*IIgnoredifthe(~) buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Increase character spacing

Mode

Std.

ASCII

Increasesthe space betweencharactersby n dots, where n is a numberfromOto 127.Usedinmicrojustification.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 32 n

IB 20 n

Select double or quadruple size

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “h” n 27104 n IB 68 n

Selectsthesizeof subsequentcharactemas shownbelow.Extrahighcharactersalignalongthecap-lineofnormalcharacters,with the baselinetemporarilymovingdown.Linespacingistemporarily doubledwhenn = 1 andquadrupledwhenn =2.

n Effect

O Normalsize

1 Double-high,double-wide

2 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide

Select character size

Mode

Both

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

“ “ “ “ “S” “ “ “ “ n

((

))

40 40 83 41 41 n

Selectsacombinationofcharacterheightandwidthaccordingtothe valueof n, as below.Doesnotmovethebaseline.

n Characterwidth O Singlewidth

1 Doublewidth 2 Singlewidth 3 Doublewidth

Print double-height characters

Mode ASCII

<ESC>

Std.

<ESC>

Printssubsequentcharactersat doubleheightwithoutmovingthe baseline,andwithoutchangingthelinespacing.

“W” “l” “W” <1>

“v” “l” 28 86 49 IC 56 31 “v” <1> 28 86 1 IC 56 01

Decimal

27119 49 IB 77 31 27119 1 IB 77 01

28 28 53 29 29 n

Characterheight

Singleheight Singleheight Doubleheight Doubleheight

Hexadecimal

Return to normal height

Mode

Std.

ASCII <ESC>

<ESC>

“W” “O”

“W” <O>

“v” “0”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27119 48 27119 0 28 86 48 IC 56 30 28 86 0 IC 56 00

IB 77 30

IB 77 00

Terminatesdouble-heightprintingandprintssubsequentcharacters atnormalheight.

Select character height, width, and line spacing

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<0> <0> n m

Selectsa combinationof characterheight,width,andline spacing accordingtothevalueofnandm,asbelow.Docsnotmovethebase line,

Linespacing Characterheight

n o Unchanged

Unchanged

2 Unchanged 16 ‘Single 17 “Single

18 Single

32 Double

33 Double 34” Double

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 91 64 4 0

OOnm 00 00 n m

IB 5B 40 (!4 00

Unchanged

Singleheight Double height Unchanged

Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged

Singleheight

Doubleheight

Characterwidth

1 Singlewidth(sameas <ESC>“W” O)

Doublewidth(sameas<ESC>“W” 1)

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set line spacing to 1/8inch

IModeI

Both <ESC> “O”

ASCII Decimal

1 I

27 48

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 1/8inch.

Set line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch

Mode

Both <ESC> “l” 27 49

ASCII Decimal

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 7/60inch (standardmode)or7/72inch(IBMmode).

Set line spacing to 1/6inch

[ModeI ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “2” 27 50

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesorreversesin subsequentline feedsto 1/6inch.

Decimal Hexadecimal

Set line spacing to n/360 inch

Mode ASCII

Std.

cESC> “+” n 27 43 n

<FS> “3” n 28 51

! Decimal

Hexadecimal

IB 30

Hexadecimal

IB 31

IB 32

Hexadecimal

IB 2B n

33 n

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto n/360

inch, where n is between Oand255.

Set base unit for line spacing

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC> “ “ ‘1”

[

<4>

<o> 27 91 92 4 0 IB 5B 5C 04 00

Decimal Hexadecimal

OOn 00 00 00 n

Setsthebaseunit forthelinespacingcommands,<ESC>“3”and cESC>“J”.Ifthevalueof n is 180,thebaseunitissetto 1/180”.If

the value of n is 216, the base unit is set to 1/216”.If otherwise

specified,thiscommandisignored.Thiscommandbecomeseffectiveonly after<ESC>“3” or <ESC>“J”is received,The default baseunitis set to 1/216”.

Set line spacing to nl180 inch or n/216 inch

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC>

Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds torz/180

n=0,in Standardmodethe line-feeddistanceissettoO,butinIBM modethiscommandis ignored.

“3” n

inchorn/216inch,wherenis betweenOand255.If

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 51 n

33 n

Set line spacing to n/60 inch or n/72 inch

Mode

Both <ESC> “A” n

ASC114 Decimal

27 65 n

Hexadecimal

IB 41 n

In Standardmode,setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reverses insubsequentlinefeedston/60inch,wherenisbetweenOand255. If n =0,thelinespacingis setto O. In IBM mode, this commanddefinesthe distancethe paper advancesor reversesinsubsequentlinefeedston/72inch,wherenis between1and85.Thenewlinespacingdoesnottakeeffectuntilthe next<ESb “2”command.

Execute <ESC> “A”

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC>

Sets the line spacingto the value defined by the last preceding

“2”

<ESC>“A” command.Setsthelinespacingto 1/6inchif thereis

no preceding<ESC>“A” command.

Line

Mode ASCII

feed

Both <LF>

Prints the current line

precedingcommandsforthelinespacing.

Reverse line feed

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> cLF>

IBM

<ESC>““

Printsthecurrentlineandfeedsthepaperinthereversedirectionto the preceding line. See the preceding commands for the line spacing.Ignoredwhenfrictionfeedisused.

Decimal

27 50

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IB 32

Hexadecimal

andfeedsthepaperto the nextline.Seethe

Decimal

27 10

27 93

Hexadecimal

IB OA IB 5D

Select forward feed mode

Mode ASCII

Std. <FS>

“F’

Cancelsthereversefeedmodeandselectsforwardfeedmode.This is thedefaultsettingatpower-on.

Select reverse feed mode

Mode ASCII

Std. <FS>

Selectsreversefeed mode. Reversesthe directionof all vertical movements.Ignoredwhen frictionfeedor bottom feed is used.

“R”

Decimal

28 70

Decimal

28 82

Hexadecimal

IC 46

Hexadecimal

IC 52

Perform one n/180-inch orn/216-inch line feed

IMode\

ASCII

IBoth I <ESC> “J” n

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 74 n I IB 4A n I

Feedsthe paperonceby rz/180inchesor n/216inches,where n is between1and255.Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightorleftin

thestandardmode.Doesnotchangethe line-spacingsetting.

Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> “j” n

Feedsthepaperoncebyn/180inchesinthereversedirection,where

nisbetween1and255.Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightorleft.

Doesnotchangetheline-spacingsetting.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 106 n IB 6A n

Feed paper n lines

IModel ASCII I Decimal

Std.

<ESC> “f’ “1” n

<ESC>

“f’ <1> n 27102 1 n IB 66 01 n

27102 49 n IB 66 31 n .

Feedsthe papern linesfromthecurrentline,wherenis betweenO and 127.

I Hexadecimal I

Set top of page at current position

Model ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal

IBM I <ESC> “4”

I 27 52 I IB 34

Setsthecurrentpositionasthetop-of-pageposition.Notethatthis canalsobe donefromthecontrolpanel.

Set page length ton lines

ModeI ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

Both I <ESC> “C” n I

Setsthepagelengthto n linesin thecurrentlinespacing,wheren isbetween1and 127inStandardmodeorbetween1and64inIBM mode.Changingthe line spacinglater doesnot alterthe physical pagelength.Thecurrentlinebecomesthetopof thepage.

27 67 n / IB 43 n I

Set page length to ~ inches

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “C” <0> n

Setsthepagelengthto n inches,wheren is between1 and 32 in Standardmode orbetween1and64in IBM mode.The currentline

becomesthetopof the page.

Set bottom margin

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “N” n—

Setsthebottommarginton lines,wherenisbetween1and 127in Standardmode or between 1 and255in IBMmode. The bottom marginis resetwhenyouchangethepagelength.

Cancel bottom margin

Mode

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “O”

Cancelsthebottommargin.

Form feed

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 67 0 n

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 78 n

Decimal

27 79

IB 43 00 n

IB 4E n

Hexadecimal

IB 4F

Mode

Both

ASCII

<FF>

Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current page length, and moves the print position to the left margin. When the automatic sheet feeder (ASF) is selected (EDS switch A-4 is OFF), this command ejects the current page.

Decimal Hexadecimal

12 Oc

Return to top of current page

IModeI

I Std. I <ESC> <FF>

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

I 27 12 I

IB OC

Feedsthe paperbackwardto the top of the currentpage.Ignored

whenfrictionfeedis used.

Disable paper-out detector

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “8”

27 56 IB 38

Causesthe printerto disregardthe signalsent by the paper-out detector,enablingprintingtothebottomofthepaper.Overridesthe settingof EDS switchB-2.

Enable paper-out detector

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “9”

27 57

IB 39

Causesthe printerto stop printingbefore the end of the paper. OverridesthesettingofEDS switchB-2.

Set vertical tab stops

Mode ASCII

Both

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewverticaltabstops atlinesnl, n2,etc.,wheren], n2,etc.arenumbersbetween1and

255.Amaximumof 16verticaltabstopscanbe set.Thetab stops mustbe specifiedin ascendingorder;anyviolationof ascending orderterminatesthetabstoplist,”StandardterminationisbythecO> controlcode.Theverticaltabstopsaresetintermsofthecurrentline spacinganddo notmoveif theline spacingis changedlater.

Decimal Hexadecimal

2766 nl n2 .. 0

IB 42

nl n2 ... 00

Set vertical tab stops every n lines

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “e” “l” n

<1> n

<ESC>

“e”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27101 49 n 27101 1 n

Cancelsall currentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopseveryn lines,wheren is between2 and 127.

Set vertical tab stops in channel

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “b”

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltab stopsin channelnO,(whereM is betweenOand7)andsetsnewverticaltabstopsinthischannel.(A charnel is a set of verticaltab stops selectedby the cESC> “~’ command.)See<ESC>“B” forparametersnl, n2, ...<0>.

nO d

d ...

<o> n2 ... 0

Decimal

27 98 nO nl

Select vertical tab channel

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC>

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

“r’ nO

Decimal

27 47 nO IB 2F no

IB 65 31 n IB 65 01 n

Hexadecimal

16 62 no n]

d ...

Hexadecimal

Vertical tab

Mode ASCII

Both <VT>

Feedsthepaperto the next verticaltab stop andmovesthe print positiontotheleft margin.Performsaline feedifnoverticaltabsare

set,asatpower-up.Feedstothetopofthenextpageifverticaltabs are setbutthe currentlineis at orbelowthelastverticaltab stop.

Decimal

Hexadecimal

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set left margin

Mode ASCII Decimal

Std.

<ESC> “l” n

27 108 n IB 6C n

Setstheleftmarginatcolumnn (wherenis betweenOand255)in the current characterpitch (pica pitch if proportionalspacingis selected).The left margindoesnot moveif the characterpitch is changedlater.Theleftmarginmustbeatleasttwo columnsto the leftoftherightmarginandwithinthelimitsbelow:

Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi-condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite

Set right margin

Mode ASCII ‘ Decimal

Std.

<ESC>

“0” n

27 81 n IB 51 n

Setstherightmarginatcolumnninthecurrentcharacterpitch(pica pitch if proportionalspacing is currently selected). Column n becomesthelastcharacterpositioninthelinc.Thenghtmargindoes notmove if the characterpitchis changedlater.The rightmargin mustbe withinthelimitsbelow:

Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi-condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite 4<

Hexadecimal

4 s n s so 5 s ~ ~ 9(j G s n g 12,() 7 ~ n <137 s s n ~ l(jo 2< ~ <40 3 s n s 48 3 s n s GO 4< n ~ (jS

n S 80

Set left and right margins

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC>

Sets theleftmarginatcolumnnZandtherightmarginatcolumnn2.

“X”

nI n2 27 88 nl n2

IB 58 nl n2

See the precedingcommandsfor margin restrictionsand other notes.

Carriage return

IModel ASCII

IBoth I <CR>

I Decimal

I Hexadecimal I

I 13 I OD

Printsthecurrentlineandreturnsthenextprintpositionto theleft margin.IfEDSswitchA-3is OFF,alsoperformsa line feed.

Set automatic line feed

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

LBM

27 53 1 IB 35 01

Causesthe printerto performboth a carriagereturnandline feed eachtimeit receivesa <CR>code.This commandtakespriority overEDS switchA-3.

Cancel automatic line feed

Mode ASCII

IBM

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

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 53 0 IB 35 00

Backspace

Mode ASCII

Both as>

Movestheprint position one column to the left. Ignored if the print

position is at the left margin. This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters.

Decimal Hexadecimal

8 08

Leftjustify

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “a” “O”

<ESC>

Alignssubsequenttextwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin ragged.

Center text

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “a” “l”

Std.

<ESC> “a”

Centerssubsequenttextbetweentheleft andrightmargins.

Rightjustify

Mode I ASCII

<ESC> “a”

Std.

<ESC>

Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingtheleftmargin ragged.

Fulljustify

Decimal

27 97 48 IB 61 30

“a” <O> 27 97 0

Decimal

27 97

<1>

“2”

“a” <2> 27 97 2

27 97 1 IB 61 01

I Decimal

27 97 50

Hexadecimal

IB 61 00

Hexadecimal

49 IB 61 31

I Hexadecimal

IB 61 32

IB 61 02

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC> “a” “3”

Alignssubsequenttextbetweenthe left andrightmargins.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 97 51 27 97 3 IB 61 03

IB 61 33

Set horizontal tab stops

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “D”

Decimal

d ...

<0> 27 68 nl n2 ... 0

Hexadecimal

IB 44 nl n2 ... 00

Cancelsallcurrenthorizontaltab stopsandsetsnew tab stopsat columnsnl, n2,etc.inthecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitchifproportional spacing is currently selected),where nl, n2, etc. are numbersbetween1 and255.Themaximumnumberof horizontal tabstopsallowedis32in Standardmode and64in IBMmode.The tab stops must be specifiedin ascendingordec any violationof ascendingorderterminatesthetabstoplist.Standardterminationis bythecO>controlcode.To clearalltabstops,specify<ESC>“D” <o>.

Set horizontal tab stops every n columns

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “e” “O”

<ESC> “e” <O> n

Decimal

101 48 n

27101 0 n

Cancelsallcurrenthorizontaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopsevery n columns,wheren is between1and 127.

Hexadecimal

IB 65 30

IB 65 00 n

Reset,all tab stops

Mode

IBM <ESC> “R”

ASCII

Decimal

27 82

Hexadecimal

IB 52

Resetsthehorizontaltabstopsto theirpower-upvaluesinwhicha tab stopis setevery8 columnstartingatcolumn9.Alsoclearsall verticaltab stops.

Horizontal tab

Mode ASCII

Both <HT>

Movestheprintpositionto thenexthorizontaltabstop.Ignoredif thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen underliningis selected,spacesskippedby horizontaltabulationare notunderlined.

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Relative horizontal tab

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> ‘Y” nl &!

Decimal

27 92 nl n2

Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance(maximum

8inches).Ignorediftheresultingpositionisbeyondthe rightorleft

margin.Theformulasforthedistanceanddirectionareasfollows: If n2isbetweenOand63,theprintheadmovesrightby (nl + n2x

256)dots.

Ifyouwanttomovetheprintheadtotheleft,nl andn2areobtained by subtractingthevaluefrom65536,anddividingthe resultinto highandlowbytes.

Relative horizontal tab in inches

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC>

Setsthe nextprintpositionto (nl +n2x 256)/120inchesfromthe

currentposition. Ignoredif thispositionis beyondtherightmargin.Themaximum positionis 8 inches.

“d” nl n2

Decimal Hexadecimal

27100

td n2

Absolute ,horizontaltab in inches

Hexadecimal

1B 5C nl n2

IB 64 nl n2

Mode ASCII

Std. <ESC> “$” nl n2

Setsthenext printpositionto(nl +n2x256)/60inchesfromthelefi

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 36 nl n2 IB 24 d n2

marginon the currentline.Ignoredif this positionis beyondthe

rightmargin.The maximumpositionis 8 inches.

Absolute horizontal tab in columns

/Mode I ASCII

<ESC> “f’ “O”

Std.

<ESC>

Movesthe next print positionto column n fromthe left margin,

wheren is betweenOand 127.

“f’ <O> n

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 102 48 n 27 102 0 n

IB 66 30 n IB 66 00 n

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

Print normal-density 8-bit graphics

[Mode/ ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “K” nl n2

ml d ...

27 75 nI d

ml m2 ... ml d ...

Hexadecimal

IB 4B

nl n2

Prints bit-imagegraphicsat 60 dots per inch horizontally.The graphicimageis8dotshighandnl +n2x 256dotswide.Maximum widthis 8 inches(480dots).ml, m2, ... arethe dotdata,eacha 1-

byte valuefromOto255representing8verticaldots,withthe most

significantbitat thetop andtheleastsignificantbitat thebottom.

Thenumberof databytesmustbenl + n2 x 256.Dotsbeyondthe

rightmarginareignored.Attheendofbit-imageprintingtheprinter returnsautomaticallyto charactermode.

Print double-density 8-bit graphics

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both

<ESC> “L”

nl d 27 76 nl d IB 4C nl n2

ml m2 ... ml d .. .

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsperinchhorizontally(maximum960dotswide).See<ESC>“K”forotherinformation.

Hexadecimal

ml m2 ...

Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “Y” nl n2

ml m2 ...

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 89 nl d

ml m2 .. ml m2

IB 59 nl n2

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsperinchhorizontally(maximum960dots wide),skippingeveryseconddotin the horizontal direction.See<ESC>“K”for otherinformation.

Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics

Mode ASCII

Both

<ESC> “Z” nl n2

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat240dotsper inchhorizontally(maximum 1920dotswide),skippingeveryseconddotin thehorizontal direction.See<ESC>“K” for otherinformation.

ml d ...

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 90 nl d IB 5A nl n2

ml d ...

ml m2 ...

Print hex-density 24-bit graphics

Mode ‘ASCII

<FS>

“Z”

Std.

ml d m3 ..

nl d

Prints 24-bitdot graphicsat 360 dots per inch horizontally.The graphics image is 24 dots high and n] + n2 x 256 dots wide.

Maximumwidthis8 inches(2880dots).Inthedataml, m2,m3...

eachthreebytesrepresent24verticaldots.In theleftmostposition, themostsignificantbitofml isthetopdot;theleastsignificantbit ofm1is theeighthdotfromthetop;themost significantbitofm2 is the ninthdot;theleast significantbit of m2 is the sixteenthdot

fromthetop;themostsignificantbitofm3is the seventeenthdot

fromthetop;theleastsignificantbitofm3isthebottomdot.Therest ofdatais similar.Thenumberofdatabytesmustbe3 x (nl + n2x

256).Dotsbeyondthe rightmarginareignored.Atthe endofdot

graphicsprinting, the printer returns automaticallyto character mode.

Select graphics mode

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “*” nO nl

Std.

ml ml ...

Selectsone of elevengraphicsmodesdependingonthevalueofnO

andprintsbit-imagegraphicsinthismode.See<ESC>“K” (for8bitgraphics)or<FS>“Z” (for24-bitgraphics)forinformationon

n], n2,ml, m2,...

nO Graphicsmode

O 8-bitNormal-density

8-bitDouble-density 2 8-bitDouble-density,double-speed 3 8-bitQuadruple-density

4 8-bitCRTgraphics,modeI

6 8-bitCRTgraphics,modeII

32 24-bitNormal-density 33 24-bitDouble-density 38 24-bitCRTgraphics 39 24-bitTriple-density 40 24-bitHex-density

Decimal Hexadecimal

28 90 nl nl

ml d d ...

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 42 nO nl IB 2A nO nl

n2 ml d ...

1C 5A n] n2

ml ml m3 ...

n2 ml d ...

(60 dotsper inch)

(120dotsper inch) (120dotsper inch)

(240dotsper inch)

(80 dotsper inch) (90 dotsper inch)

(60 dotsper inch) (120dotsper inch) (90 dotsper inch) (180dotsper inch)

(360dotsper inch)

Select graphics mode

/Mode/

IBM

ASCII Decimal

<ESC> “ “ “g” nl n2

[

ml d ...

Selectsoneof eight graphicsmodes dependingonthevalueof rnO andprintsdotgraphicsinthismode.Thegraphicsimageis(nl + n2

x 256)– I dotswide.See <ESC> “K”(for8-bitgraphics)or<FS>

“Z”(for24-bitgraphics)forinformationonml, m2,...

mO Graphicsmode

8-bitNormal-density (60 dotsper inch)

8-bitDouble-density

8-bitDouble-density,double-speed(120dotsper inch)

8-bitQuadruple-density

24-bitNormal-density (60 dotsperinch)

24-bitDouble-density (120dotsperinch)

24-bit Triple-density

24-bitHex-density

Convert graphics density

Mode ASCII

Std.

4ESC> “?” n m

Convertsgraphicsdefinedbysubsequent<ESC>“K”,<ESC>“L”, <ESC>“Y”or<ESC>“Z”commandstoadensitymodedefinedby <ESC>“*”.n is “K”, “L”,“Y“ or “Z”, indicatingthemodeto be converted.misacodefrom<0>to<4>or<6>indicatingone ofthe

modesof <ESC>“*”.

Hexadecimal

27 91 103 nl n2

mO ml m2 ... mO ml m2 ...

IB 5B 67 nl n2

(120dotsper inch) (240dotsper inch)

(180dotsper inch) (360dotsper inch)

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 63 n m

IB 3F n m

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

Define download characters

Mode ASCII

Std.

Definesoneor more newcharactersand storesthemin RAM for

lateruse.EDSswitchA-2mustbeOFF;otherwiseRAMisusedas

aninput buffer,not downloadingcharacters,andthiscommandis

ignored.

nl is the charactercodeofthe firstcharacterdefinedandn2is the charactercode of thelastcharacterdefined.nl mustbeequaltoor lessthan n2. The dataforeachcharacterstartwiththreebytesspecifyingproportionalspacingattributes:thefirstbyte,mO,specifiestheleftof the character;the secondbyte,ml, specifiesthe characterwidth;the third byte, m2, specifiesthe right of the character.Thesevalues mustnot exceedthefollowingmaximumlimits:

n2 mO ml m2

dl d2 .. &

27 38 0 n]

Charactermode Draft 9

,LQpica

LQ elite

L~ semi-condensed LQ proportional 37 Draftsuper/subscript 7 LQ sup;r/subscriptLQ prop.super/subscriptI 37

Decimal

IB 26 00 nl

n2 mO ml m2

dl d2 ... (ix

ml mO+ml + m2

19 24

36 42

Hexadecimal

n2 mo ml m2

dl d2 . . dx

Nextcomesthedot data.Normalcharacterheightis24dots,sothere mustbe3 x ml bytesof dotdata.Iftheprinteris in super/subscript

mode,however,thecharacterheightis 16dots,so theremustbe

ml bytesof dotdata.

Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withthemostsignifi-

cantbit beingthe top dot, and the least significantbit being the

bottomdot. For furtherdetails,pleasereferto chapter5.

Define download characters

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> “=” nl n2

n3 n4 <O> n5

ml m2 m9

dl d2 ““ ... (ix

“#”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 61 nl n2 35 IB 3D nl nl 23

n4 O ti

ml m2 ... m9

dl d2 ... C-LX dl d2 . dx

n3 n4 00 n.5

ml m2 . . m9

Definesnewcharactersandstoresthemin RAMforlateruse.EDS

switchA-2mustbeOFFandtheoptionalRAMcartridge,RC-32Z, mustbe installed;otherwiseRAM is used as an inputbuffer,not downloadingcharacters,andthiscommandis ignored.

DownloadingcharactersinIBMmoderequiresDotPatterndataand

CharacterIndexTabledata. DotPatterndatacontrolswhichpins

fire when printing a character.Index Table data is placed in a

“lookuptable”thatprovidesinformationonwhereDotPatterndata

is storedinmemoryanddefinescertainattributesofthecharacter.

(d + n2 x 256)givethenumberof bytesto be downloaded.

n3andn4indicatetheloworderandhighorderaddressesinwhich

datais to be stored.n3shouldbe 15andn4shouldbe 128forthis

printer.

ti determinesthe charactermode to be downloaded,as shown below:

rL5 Charactermode Characterwidth

o Draft 9

1 LQpica 35

2 LQproportional

LQelite 29

17-41

ml throughm9indicateIndexTabledata. ml andm2indicatetheadresswhereDotPatternis stored.ml isthe high-orderbyte.m3indicatesthenumberofcolumnsinthecharacter memory, and m4 indicates the number of columns in the character. ti through m9 are compressionmask bits. Data compression allowsthe efficientuseofmemoryin storingdownloadedcharacters providingspaceformorecharactersthan would be available withoutcompression.Theprinterrepeatsthepreviousdotcolumn inthecurrentcolumnwhenthe currentcolumncompressionmask bitis setto 1. ItisnecessarytodefineallofIndexTabledatabeforetheDotPattern datato downloadmanycharacters.

dl, d2, ... d-xis theDotPatterndatabeingdownloaded. Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withthemostsignificant bit beingthe top dot, and the least significantbit being the

‘bottomdot.

Copy character set from ROM into RAM

Mode ASCII Decimal

std.

<ESC>“:” <O> n

<o> 27 56 0 n O IB 3A 00 n 00

Copiesthe selectedcharacterset with n, as shownbelow,to the correspondingdownloadcharacterRAM area, overwriting any downloaddata alreadypresent.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-2 is

ON.

n Font n Font O Roman

1 Sanserif 2 Courier 3 Prestige

4 script

5 OCR-B 6 OCR-A

7 Orator

(Option) (Option) (Option)

8 Orator2

9 TW-Light 10 LetterGothic 11 Blippo 12 H-Gothic 13 Orane 14 Cinema 15 Code39

Select download character set

Mode ASCII’

●

std.

<ESC>%“ “l”

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-2

is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 37 49 27 37 1 IB 25 01

Hexadecimal

(Option) (Option) (Option) (Option) (Option) (Option) (Option) (Option)

IB 25 31

Shift download character area

Mode ASCII

<ESC> “t” “2”

std.

ShiftsthedownloadcharacterareadefinedbetweenOto 127to the areabetween128to 255.

“I” <2>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27116 50 27116 2

28 73 50 28 73 2

IB 74 32

IB 74 02 IC 49 32

IC 49 02

Select draft pica download character set

Mode ASCII

IBM

<ESC> “I”

<4>

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 4

IB 49 04

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset, draft quality,and pica pitch (locpi). Ignoredifthe (Ti5iT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up

or if EDS switchA-2is ON.

Select draft elite download character set

Mode

IBM <ESC>

ASCII

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset,draftquality,andelite pitch(12 cpi).Ignoredifthe(-) buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor if EDSswitchA-2is ON.

“I”<FF> 27 73 12

Decimal Hexadecimal

IB 49 OC

Select draft condensed download characters

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> “I” <DC4>

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset, draft quality,and condensed pitch (17 cpi). Ignored if the@GNT)buttonwas pressed during power-upor if EDS switchA-2is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 20 IB 49 14

Select LQ pica download characters

Mode

IBM <ESC> “I” <6>

ASCII

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with pica pitch (10 cpi).

Ignoredif fie (T6NT]buttonwas pressed duringpower-upor if EDS switchA-2isON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 6 IB 49 06

Select LQ elite download characters

IMode] ASCII

IBMI <ESC> “I” <SO>

Decimal

27 73 14 I IB 49 OE

Hexadecimal

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with elite pitch (12 cpi). Ignoredifthe(TGNT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-uporifEDS switchA-2is ON.

Select LG)condensed download characters

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> “I” <SYN>

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with condensedpitch (17 cpi).Ignoredifthe_ buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor if EDSswitchA-2is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 22 IB 49 16

Select LQ proportional download characters

Mode ASCII

IBM <ESC> “I” <7>

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with proportionalpitch. Ignoredifthe(TGNT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-uporifEDS switch.A-2is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 73 7 IB 49 07

Select ROM character set

Mode ASCII

Std.

<ESC>

<ESC> ‘?Lo” <O> 27 37 0

Stopsusingthe downloadcharacterset andreturnstothebuilt-in ROMcharacterset.IgnoredwhenEDS switchA-2is ON.

“~0” “O”

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 37 48 IB 25 30

IB 25 00

COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS

commandsin thissectionarevalidonlywith thecolorprinter.

The

Select

Mode

Both

print color

ASCII

,, ,, ,, ,,

((

cESC> “r” n

“c” ““ “)” n

Selectsthe printingcolor accordingto the value of n as shown

below.Ignoredif thecolorribbonis notinstalled.

n Color O Black

1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 cyan 3 Violet

OTHER PRINTER

Set MSB to 1

Mode

std.

ASCII

<ESC>“>” Setsthemostsignificantbitof eachsubsequentbytereceivedto 1,

allowinguserswitha7-bitinterfacetoaccesscharacterswithASCII codesgreaterthan 127.

Decimal

)

40 40 67 41 41 n

27114 n

n Color

4 Yellow

6 Green

CONTROL COMMANDS

Decimal

27 62

Hexadecimal

28 28 43 29 29 n

IB 72 n

Hexadecimal

IB 3E

Set MSB to O

Mode

ASCII

std. <ESC>“=”

Setsthe mostsignificantbitofeachsubsequentbytereceivedtoO.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 61

IB 3D

Accept MSB as is

Mode I ASCII

Std. I <ESC> “#” I 27 35

I Decimal

Cancelsthe precedingcommandsandacceptsthemostsignificant

bit as it is sentto theprinter.

Delete last character sent

Mode ASCII

Std. <DEL>

127

Deletesthe last characterreceived.Ignored if the last character receivedhas alreadybeenprinted,orif thelast characterreceived was allor partof a command.

Cancel last line

Mode\ ASCII

Deletesthe lastlinecurrentlypresentin theprintbuffer.

Set printer off-line

Mode ASCII

Std. <DC3>

IBM <ESC>

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

“Q” “$”

19 13

27 81 36 16 51 24

LINEindicatordoesnotgo off.

Decimal

I Hexadecimal I

I IB 23 I

Hexadecimal

Set printer on-line

Mode ASCII

Both

<DC1> Returns the printer to the on-line state, allowing it to receive and

process all subsequent characters and commands. This command is ignored if the printer was set off-line by pressing the (

button

onthecontrolpanel..

Decimal

Hexadecimal

LINE

)

Stop printing

Mode

IBM

ASCII

<ESC> “i” 27

Printstheentirecontentsoftheinputbuffer,thensetsthepnnteroffline,The (

)

LINE

Bell

Mode

Both

ASCII

-+IEL>

Soundsa briefbeeptonefromtheprinter’sbeeper.

Bidirectional printing

IMode ]

Both

ASCII

<ESC> “U” “O”

Causessubsequentprintingto be donein thenormalbidirectional mode,whichis fasterthanunidirectionalprinting.

Unidirectional printing

Mode

Bo~

ASCII

<ESC> “U” “l”

<ESC>

“u” <1>

Decimal

106

Hexadecimal

IB 6A

indicatoron thecontrolpanelgoesoff.

Decimal Hexadecimal

7 07

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 85 48

27 85 0

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 85 49 27 85 1 IB 55 01

IB 55 30 IB 55 00

IB 55 31

Causessubsequentprintingto be doneunidirectionally,ensuring maximumverticalalignmentprecision.IgnoredwhenEDS switch A-5is set ON.

One-1ineunidirectional printing

Mode

Std.

ASCII

<ESC> “<”

Immediatelyreturnstheprintheadto theleftmargin,thenprintsthe remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional printingresumesonthenextline.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-5is ON.

Decimal Hexadecimal

27 60

IB 3C

Manual feed

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both ,’(,, ,,(,,

“o” ““ ““

))

27 25 0

]

40 40 48 41 41 I 28 28 30 29 29

IB 19 00

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

Auto feed

Mode ASCII Decimal

Both ,’(,, ,’(,,

“4” “ “ “ “))40 40 52 41 41

27 25 4

Selectsthe automaticsheetfeeder.IgnoredifEDSswitchA-4isON (ASFinactive).

Eject paper from ASF

~ModeI ASCII Decimal

Both ,’(,, ,,(,,

<ESC> <EM> “R”

“R” “ “ “ “))40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29

27 25 82

Ejectsthecurrentpage.IgnoredifEDSswitchA-4isON(ASFinactive).

Set print start position on ASF

Mode

Both ,’(,, ,,(,,

A5CII

<ESC> <EM> “T”

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

“T” “ “ “ “ n

))

Decimal

27 25 84 n 40 40 84 41 41 n

Reset printer

Hexadecimal

IB 19 04

28 28 34 29 29

Hexadecimal

IB 19 52

Hexadecimal

IB 19 54 n

28 28 54 29 29 n

Mode ASCII

Borh <ESC> “@”

Std. <FS>

“@”

Reinitializestheprinter.Clearstheprintbufferandreturnssettings totheirpower-upvalues.Doesnotcleartheinputbufferorchange

ASFselections.

Decimal

27 84

28 64

Hexadecimal

IB 40 IC 40

chapter 5

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Withthisprinteryoucancreatenewcharactersandsymbols,downloadtheir dot data,andhavethemprintedinplaceofselectedcharactersintheregular characterset.Charactersthatcanbegeneratedinthiswayrangefromsimple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanesecharacters.

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

Beforeyoustarttodefineyourowncharacters,youmustsettheEDSswitch A-2 to the OFF position.Otherwise,the RAM is used to store the input buffer,andthedownloadcommandsareignored.If youwantto download characterswithIBMmode,youmusthavetheoptionalRAMcartridge(RC32Z)installedin themonochromeprinter.

DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH

STANDARD MODE

Designingandprintingyourown charactershas two requirements:first, designingtheshapeofthecharacter,calculatingthedatanecessarytomake the shape,andsendingthat datato the printer,and secondly,sendingthe commandtoprintthedownloadedcharactersinsteadoftheregularcharacters.Thereareanumberof designconstraintsfordownloadcharacters:

● Thematrixorgridonwhichyoudesignthecharactersdependsuponthe

printmodeas shown below:

Charactermode Draftcharacters LQ picacharacters LQ elitecharacters LQ semi-condesed LQ proportional Draftsuper/subscript LQ super/subscript LQprop.super/subscript

Horizontal

9 31 27

Vertical

24 24 24 24 24

16 16

● Theminimumwidthof a characteris fivedots.

● Dotscannotoverlap.

● Youmay defineanypositioninthe ASCIItable.

PhotocopythegridinFigure5-1tohelpdesignyournewcharacters.Wewill usea tinyrepresentationof a telephonesymbolforourexample.

Figure 5-1. Usethis grid (or one similar to il) to define your own characters

Assigning the character data

Now,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesof thecolumnsofdots,and enterthemunderneaththe grid.Each verticalcolumn(whichhas a maximumof24 dots)isfirstdividedintothreegroups(ortwo groupsfor super/

subscripts)ofeightdots.Eachgroupofeightdotsisrepresentedbyonebyte,

whichconsistsof eightbits. Thisiswherethenumbersdowntheleftsideofthegridcomein.Noticethat

thereis a numberfor each row of dots and thateachnumberis twicethe numberbelowit.Bymakingthesenumberspowersoftwowecantakeany combinationof dotsin a verticalcolumnandassignthcma uniquevalue.

Figure 5-2. Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica

ASCIICock 6(> Leftspace

Charamerw,dtl, 31

Rght space

J ‘>

Assigning a value of character space

Besidesbeingableto specifythe actualwidthof thecharacter,thisprinter allowsyou to specifythepositionin the standardgridwherethe character willprint.Youmustspecifythe dotcolumnin whichtheprintedcharacter startsandthe dotcolumnin whichthecharacterends.Why,youmay ask, wouldyouwanttodefineacharacterthiswayinsteadofmerelydefiningthe overallwidthofthecharacter?Becausethisprinter’sproportionalcharacter definitionscan also be used to print normal width characters, and by centeringeventhe narrowcharactersin the completegrid they will look goodevenif youarenotprinting~em proportionately.

Thethreebytesareusedtospecifythe widthof thecharacterandthespace

tobeallowedoneithersideofit.Theleftspace(indotcolumns)isspecified bymOandtherightspaceisspecifiedbym2.The secondbyte(ml) specifies the widthofthecharacterindots.Byvaryingthewidthofthecharacteritself and the spaces around it, you can actually create proportionalwidth characters.

Whendefiningcharacters,thenumberofprintedcolumns(ml), andthesum of sidespacesand the characterwidth(MI + ml + rTz2)cannot exceedthe valueshownbelow.

Charactermode ml mO+ ml+ m2

Draftcharacters LQ picacharacters LQ elitecharacters 27 LQ semi-condesed LQ proportional Draftsuper/subscript LQ super/subscript LQ prop.super/subscript 37

9 12

30 19 24 37 42

7 12

Sample program

To demonstratehow to use the downloadcharacters,let’s use the “telephone”characterandtheotheruser-definedcharacterstoprintasmallgraph. Thisprogramwilldojustthat:

1000

LPRINTWIDTH“LPTI: “ ,255

1010

LPRINTCHR$(27) ;

1020

LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “&”;CHR$

1030

LPRINTCHR$(60)

FOR N=60TO 61

1040

READLS :LPRINTCHR$[LS)

1050

READcw :LPRINTCHR$

1060

READRS :~LPRINTCHR.$(RS)

1070 1080

FORM=lTO CW*3

READ

1090 1100

LPRINTCHR$(MM);

1110

NEXT,M NEXTN

1120 1130

LPRINTCHR$(27);“D”;CHR$(11);CHR$(0)

1140

LPRINTCHR$(27);“k”;CHR$(4);

1150

LPRINTCHR$(27);“h”;CHR$(1);

1160

LPRINT“

1170

LPRINT“

1180

LPRINTCHR$(27); LPRINTCHR$(27);“k”:CHR$(0);

1190 1200

LPRINTCHR$(27);’’%’’;CHR$(1);

1210

LPRINT“USA”:CHR$(9);

1220

FOR1=0TO 681STEP25

1230

LPRINT

1240

LPRINTCHR$(9);

1250

FOR1=0TO 781 STEP25

1260

LPRINT

1270

LPRINT“GERMANY”;CHR$(9);

1280

FOR1=0TO 412STEP25

1290

LPRINT

1300

LPRINTCHR$(9);

1310

FOR1=0TO 488STEP25

1320

LPRINT

1330

LPRINT“JAPAN”;CHR$(9);

“X1“ ;

;CHR$(61)

o);

icwj

DIFFUSIONRANGESOF”

CARS& TELEPHONES”

“h” ;CHR$(0)

:LPRINTCHR$(60);:NEXTI

:LPRINTCHR$(61);:NEXTI

:LPRINTCHR$(60);

:LPRINTCHR$(61);:NEXTI

:NEXTI

1340

FOR1=0 TO 347

1350

LPRINT LPRINTCHR$(9)

1360

FOR1=0TO 493

1370

LPRINT

1380

LPRINTCHR$(9)

1390 1400

SCALE$=’’+-+-” FOR1=2TO 8

1410

LPRINT“+-+”

1420

LPRINTCHR$(9);

1430

FOR1=1TO 8

1440 1450

LPRINT“ “;1; NEXTI

1460 1470

LPRINTCHR$(27) LPRINTCHRS(27)

1480

LPRINTCHR$~27j

1490

LPRINTCHR$(9);

1500

LPRINTCHR$(27);1 ;

1510

LPRINTCHR$(27);”@”

1520

END

1530

‘ DATA

2000

2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100

2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 2180

Telephone Symbol

‘

DATA DATA O, 0, DATA 19, 15, DATA 47, 80, DATA 80,163, DATA 47, 80, DATA 19, 15, DATA O, 0,

‘ Car Symbol DATA DATA O, 0,

DATA 0,252,128, 0: 3;

DATA 10, 3, 0, 20,124,

DATA 64,126, DATA 32, 3, 0, 64,124, DATA. 76,124,128, 51, 3, DATA O, 0, 0

3, 31,

STEP25 :LPRINTCHR$(60):

STEP25 :LPRINTCHR$(61);

“+-”;

:LPRINTSCALE$;

“;

“%’’;CHR$(O)

.~ll: “S’’iCHR$(O);

(100UNITS/1000PERSONS)”

.,,T,,.

2 0, 7, 0, 0, 8,

92, 40, 16, 0, 80,

0, 80,175,192,47,

92,33,64,

0, 80,175,192,32,

92,40, 0,

0 2

0. 0. 30.

0, 63,128,

0, 80, 0, 23, 0,

0, 0, 0, 0,

64, 1,252,128,

0, 40, 0, 0,

0, 64,126,0,

28, 32,

0, 12,252,0,

0, 23, 0,

47,

92,32,80,

80,

0, 80,163,

63,

92,47,

80,

0, 80, 0, 8,

3, 64,

:NEXTI

0, 2,

;;; 64,

0, 40, 0, 0

0, 80,175,192

92, 33,64, 0

0, 80,175,192

80,

92,40, 16, 0

47,

0, 7, 0, 0

60,

0, 0, 3, 0

64,

3, 26, 28, 24,.

S,124,128 O, 32, 0, 0 0, 64,124,0

28,48,

0, 0,254, 0

3, 64

USA

DIFFUSION RANGES OF

CARS & TELEPHONES

DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM MODE

Downloadingfonts in IBM mode requires downloadingcharacter Dot Patterndata andcharacterIndexTabledata.Dotpatterndatacontrolswhich pinsfirewhenprintingacharacter.IndexTabledatais placedina “lookup table”that providesinformationon where Dot Pattern data is stored in memoryanddefinescertainattributesofthe character.

Assigning the download character set

Youcandefineoneor moredownloadcharactersets for lateruse in IBM mode.Beforeyou start to designyour characters,you must define what characterset(s)youwantto download.

Thecharacterwidthon whichyoudesignthecharactersdependsuponthe charactersetas shownbelow:

Characterset Draftcharacters LQpicacharacters LQ elitecharacters LQproportional

After you have decided your downloadcharacterset, you must tell the printerwhere‘thedownloadcharacterdata to be stored, and how many downloadcharactersetsyouwilldefine.

Thefirstdownloadfontareastartsfrom<800F>h,andyoumustenterOfor the Formatbyte. This Formatbyteindicatesto the printerthat the RAM cartridgehasstoredthedownloadcharacterset.

Followingtheformatbyte,youmustentertheCharacterIDdata.Ifyouwant to definemorecharacterset, add 128totheCharacterID data.

The secondareastartsfrom<891l>h, the thirdareastartsfrom<9212>h,

andthe last areastartsfromc9B13>h.Butyou neednot entertheFormat

bytefor thesearea.

Characterwidth CharacterID

9 35 1 29

17-41

Assigning the character dot pattern

Wewilluse atinyrepresentationof a telephonesymbolforourexample.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718192021 22232425262728293031 32333435

128

64 32 16

8 4 2 1

128

64 32 16

128

64 32

8 4 2

Compression ma, k btt

Figure 5-3. Telephone symbol with LQ pica

Afteryouhavedesignedthecharacterpattern,youwill needtocompressthe DotPattern.Datacompressionallowsyouto storemoredownloadcharactersthan’withoutcompression.It is a moreefficientuse of memory.The

printer will repeat the previous dot column when the current column

compressionmaskbitis setto “l”. Filluptheadjacentdoteventheydonotprint,thencomparetheeachventcal lineto the left line. If the line is the same astheleft one,write“l” in the columnof the“compressionmaskbit”.If it is different,write“O”.

Star Micronics LC24-200 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Locatingthe printer

UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

LOADING AND PARKINGFANFOLD FORMS

LOADING MULTI-PARTFORMS

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

BUTTONSAND INDICATORS

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS