Star Micronics NX-2480 User Manual

USERS MANUAL

RAINBOW

NX-2480

QBF

80825591

COLOUR

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Trademark acknowledgments

NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour,NX-2420Rainbow/Colour,NX-2420,SF-1ODW,SPC-SK: Star Mi(r(llli(s

co. Ltd.
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IBM PC, IBM

IBM ProprinterXL24:internationalBusiness Machines Cmporatiorl.

Froprfnter X24E,IBM Pmprinter XL24E,IBMProprinter X24,

TrueTypeMacintosh:Appk. Computer Inc.
PostScript: AdobeS@t’rnslnco~orated

MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows 3.1: Microsoft Corporation

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Guide to this manual

Even though the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour is basically

a very

complex functions. We have grouped this manual into
two main sections. divided into seven chapters and an
appendix.

For normal everyday use, you may never need to refer to
Section II at all. We strongly recommend however that
you read through Section-I-(Chapters 1, 2 and
connecting and–usingthe printer for the first time.

simple printer to use, it is also capable of many

3) before

SectionI

Chapter 1
Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Features and parts

Unpacking and setting up the printer,
including setting up your computer
software

Using the printer, including loading paper,
using the display and control panel, and
printing

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Guide to this manual... ......... ..................................................................iii

Introduction

1

Features ..... ...... .................. ........... ......................................... ........... . . I

Parts ... .......... . ...............................................................................................4

Unpacking and setting up

7

Choosing a place for the printer., .... ...................................................7

Unpacking the printer ... ..........................................................................8

Setting up your printer ....... ....................................................................9

Fitting the platen knob ...............................................................,.............9

Removing the front cover ...................................................................... 70

Installing the ribbon cartridge ...................................... . . . . . . . 70

Removing the ribbon cartridge ............................................................ 72

Installing the roller unit. ......................................................................... 72

Removing the roller unit ........................................................................13

Replacing the front cover ......................................................................73

Installing the paper guide ......................................................................

Installing the mute cover ............................................. .. . . . . . . . . 74

74

Connecting the printer to the computer ....... ................................15

Setting up your printer with your computer ...... ........................ IT

Setting up with MS. DOS.. ..................................................................... 77

MS-DOS ............................ . . . . .

MS-DOS application software ................................................................ 77

Setting up the printer in Windows ..................................................... 79

Installing TrueType fonts (for Windows) ...............................................27

Selecting different fonts .......................................................................... 22

.................................................... 77

Using your printer

23

Loading paper ...... .....................................................................................23

Adjusting the print gap ................................................,.........................24

Loading cut sheet paper .................:......................................................26

Loading and parking fanfold paper .....................................................27

Loading paper from the rear of the printer ............................................28

Loading paper from the bottom of the printer ......................................30

Parking paper .......................................... . ...... .................. . . . . . 31

Unparking the paper ................................ ...............................................32

Using the control panel

Ready and not-ready modes .........................................,.......................33

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Pausing printing....., ................................................................................. 33

Feeding paper through the printer .....................................................34

One line or several lines at a time .......................................................... 34

A page at a time .......................................................................................34

Individual form tear-off ........................................................................... 34

Loading paper ..........................................................................................35

Micro-feeding paper (backwards and forwards) ............................. ..... 35

Setting the top of a form .......................................................................5’5

Changing the autoloading position ....................................................

36

Eject and park ........................................................................................... 37

Quiet printing ................................................................. ......................... 37

Changing the way your printout looks .............................................38

Selecting the different fonts ................................................................... 38

Changing the pitch of the font ...............................................................39

Changing the zoom size .......................................................................... 40

Selecting the print color ..........................................................................41

Controlling the printer’s memory ....................................................... 42

Saving Macros ..........................................................................................42

Removing the macro ...................................................... .. ......... ........... 43

Clearing the buffer ...................................................................................43

Setting the printer back to default settings ..........................................

44

Locking the printer ..................................................................................45

Font lock ...................................................................................................45

Font unlock ............................................................................................... 45

Pitch lock ..................................................................................................45

Pitch unlock ......................................................................... .................... 46

Pitch and font lock ...................................................................................46

Pitch and font unlock ...............................................................................46

Test printing .................................. .......................................................... 47

Short test. .................................................................................................47

Long test. .................................................................................................. 47

Print area test mode ................................................................................48

Hexadecimal dump mode .......................................................................49

Adjusting the dot alignment ................................................................ 50

Electronic DIP switches ......... .............................................. ........ ......52

Using the Electronic DIP switches ......................................................53

Banks and numbers .................................................................................53

Selecting the switch bank. ......................................................... ............ 53

Seiecting the switch number ............................................. .................... 54

Changing a switch’s value ......................................................................54

An example ................................................................................ ......... .... 54

Exiting Electronic DIP Switch mode ......................................... ............ 54

What you can change with the Electronic DIP Switch mode. ..... 55

Meanings of the switches ..................................................................... 56

A 1- Emulation ..........................................................................................56

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AZ - Auto Emulation Change (AEC) mode...... .......................................56

A3- RAM usage .......................................................................................57

A4 - Color and zoom ................................................................................57

A5 - Auto LF with CR.. .............................................................................

Auto sheet feeder ............................................................................ 57

A6 -

BI - Graphics direction ............................................................................57

B2 - Paper-out ..........................................................................................58

B3 - Tear-o ff.. ............................................................................................ 58

B4 - Reserved ...........................................................................................58

B5 and B6 - Multi-part mode .................................................................. 58

Cl and C2 - Print mode ...........................................................................59

C3 through C5 - Page length..

DI - Character table .................................................................................59

D2 through D4 - character code tables ..................................................60

D5 -CR centering .....................................................................................61

El through E5 - LQ Font selection .........................................................61

FI - Electronic DIP switch settings .........................................................62

................................................................. 59

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Optional accessories

63

Accessories available .............................................................................63

The SF-IODW ............................................................................................63

Unpacking ............................ ....... ............... ............................................63

Installing the SF- IODWASF.......... ..........................................................64

Using the SF- IODW. .................................................................................65

The SPC-8K serial/parallel converter ..................................................67

Baud rate. ...................................... ...........................................................68

Number of bits in a word ......... .... .........................................................68

Parity .. ........................ .................. s.......... .............. ............................ . .68

Handshaking ................. .... . .......... . ............ . ..... . ............ ............ .. ... 69

Connecting the SPC-8K converter ..........................................................69

Using the SPC-8K. ................. . ............ . .......... ............ ....... .................70

The serial connector on the SPC-8K... ....................................................71

Setting up an MS-DOS computer ........................................................... 72

Setting up a Windows computer ............................................................73

Troubleshooting

75

Common problems and solutions ...................................................76

Power switch is on, but POWER indicator is neither lit nor flashing.. 76

Printer sounds as if it is printing, but is not ..........................................76

Printing is weak. .......................................................................................76

Printer tests work, but printer will not print out data from attached

- computer ..............

Font selection changes unexpectedly .................................................... 77

Printer will not feed paper properly .......................................................78

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The printer will not print in color ........................................................... 78

Line spacing is incorrect..................,.... ...................................................79

Over-printing occurs ................................................................................79

Incorrect number of lines per page ........................................................80

Malformed text or graphics .................................................................... 80

Poor printing quality ................................................................................80

Forms are smudged .................................................................................81

Printing is too dark ..................................................................................81

Printer case is hot ....................................................................................81

Printer makes excessive noise ................................................................ 82

Printer prints beyond the edge of the paper .........................................82

Left margin moves towards the right during printing ......................... 83

Some incorrect characters are being printed ........................................84

Printer behaves erratically ...................................................................... 85

Printing ceases .........................................................................................85

Display messages (non-error) ..............................................................85

Display messages (error) .............................................................. .. .....

87

Beep tones ................................................................................................. 88

Checking system software settings ...............................................89

In Windows ...............................................................................................89

In MS. DOS.. ........................................................................ ........ ...........

90

Software commands

91

Introduction ...... ...................................................................................... ...9I

Font control commands ........................................................................ 93

Character set commands ...................................................................... 98

Character size and pitch commands ................................................ 70Z

Vertical position commands .............................................................. 770

Horizontal position commands ......................................................... 717

Graphics commands ............................................................ ......... 721

Download character commands .......................................................

725

Other printer commands ................................................................. .729

Appendix

135

Specifications ...... .................................................... 135

Parallel interface .............................................................................. 740

Character sets...... ...................................................................... 141

Standard character set #2 ................................................................... 742

International character sets. ............................................................... 744

IBM character set #2 .............................................................................

Code page #437(U. S.A.).. .................................................................... 745

Code page #850 (Multi.lingual) ..................................................... .147

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Code page #860 (Portuguese) ............................................................... 148

Code page #861 (Icelandic) .................................................................... 149

Code page #863 (Canadian French) ...................................................... 150

Code page #865 (Nordic) ....................................................................... 151

Character set #1 ..................................................................................... ?52

IBM special character set.. ................................................................... 753

Glossary

Index

Costumer service information

155

167

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Chapter 1

Introduction

‘ Thank you for buying a STAR NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour

printer. We are confident that it will provide you with
years of reliable, high-quality printing. We think we have
made the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour one of the fastest,
quietest, and easiest to use dot matrix printers ever. We
hope you agree with us.

Features

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You only need to add a color ribbon cartridge
to print vibrant, full-color documents. You
can choose from up to 256 colors, depending
on your computer software.

Fast:

Easy to use:

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour speeds
through drafts at 330 characters per second

(15 pitch). When printing in its 360 dpi letter­quality mode (that’s more dots per inch than
some laser printers!), it turns out beautifully­finished work at up to 100 characters per

second.
With clearly labeled buttons, an informative

LCD screen, and easy paper loading, the NX­2480 Rainbow/Colour can be used by any-

one, even without previous computer or
printer experience.

With the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour’s Elec­tronic DIP Switch feature, you can change the
printer’s default power-on settings from the
front panel.

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LCfl screen: You can see your printer’s settings at a glance

by looking at the informative LCD screen. It
shows what font you are using, how big it is

(the font pitch) and other useful information
(this feature does not apply when you use the

printer with Windows 3.1 or later).

Fonts:~ÓZ•˜Ḋ•The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour is a multi-font

printer, which means that it can print text in
a variety of different type styles (fonts)—10 in
all.

These include:

Draft

Roman
SanSerif Courier
Prestige Swp-t

Orator-2

SLQ Roman

Graphics:

Zooming:

ORATOR

H-Got h i c

You can print these fonts in different styles,

such as emphasized, bold, shadow, and out-

line, as well as being able to change the size

of the font.

The advanced 24.-pinprint head can print up

to 360 dots per inch (and in color too!) mak­ing it an ideal printer for graphics programs,
and for programs running under Windows

3.1 and later.

You can print documents at 50?Z0or 67?40of

their actual size. As a result, you need only
use a single sheet of paper to print large doc-

uments, such as spreadsheets.

Paper types: You can print on a wide variety of different

paper types and sizes; from fanfold computer
paper, to single sheets and stationery, to
multi-part forms. Even when fanfold paper is
loaded, the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour allows

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you to print on single sheets, saving you time

and effort. A tear-off function allows you to
tear off single printed fanfold paper sheets
from the printer without wasting paper. You
can feed fanfold paper from either the rear or
the bottom of the printer.

h optional automatic sheet feeder is also

available, which holds up to 50 sheets of

paper.

Compcdiblity:By emulating the industry-standard Epson

and IBM printers, the NX-2480 Rainbow/
Colour allows you to printjust about any­thing your computer software can generate.

The NEC graphics command set is also sup-

ported for even better graphics compatibility.

The Automatic Emulation Change feature

means that the printer can automatically
change to the appropriate printer emulation
for the application software, depending on

the data received.

Special drivers and scalable fonts are
included to allow you to produce high-quality

printout from Windows 3.1 and later applica-

tions.

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Parts

This is what your new printer looks like. These diagrams
may be useful in the next few sections to identi~ the dif­ferent parts mentioned.

front

power

Theprinter(withinterfacecableconnected)

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The printer with the front and rear covers removed and no interface

cable connected

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Parts - an explanation

The

paper guides hold single sheets and sets their posi-

tion so that they are fed into the printer correctly.

The paper entrances are where paper feeds into the

printer. There is one for single sheets, and two for com­puter (fanfold) paper—rear and bottom.

The release lever grips single sheets as they are fed in.

The lever should be pushed towards the back of the
printer to hold

(pulled forward) when fanfold paper is in use.

The

platen knob lets you feed paper through the printer

single sheets properly, and released

manually. Usually, though, you will find that the

[PAPER FEED] button (see “Feeding paper through the

printer” on page 34) is the most efficient way of doing
this.

The front cover protects internal components and

reduces printing noise.

The mute cover further reduces printing noise.
The display screen shows information about the prin-

ter’scurrent setting.

The control panel has buttons to control the printer.
The power switch turns the printer on and off.
The interface connector accepts the cable connector

that links the printer to the host computer.

The print head transfers the image to the paper.
The ribbon cartridge contains the ribbon which the

head uses to mark the paper.

The paper thickness adjustment lever lets you adjust

the position of the print head for different paper thick­nesses and for multi-part forms.

The roller unit helps to grip paper and pull it through

the printer.

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The tractor unit grips the sides of fanfold computer

paper. When you use the tractor unit, the tractor cov­ers must be closed.

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Unpacking and

Chapter 2

setting up

Choosing a place for the printer

Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer,

make sure that you have a suitable place to put it. By a

“suitable place”, we mean:

A firm, level surface where the printer will be stable,

and vibration-free.

●

Away from any heaters.

●

Away from direct sunlight.

●

Not in an excessively humid area.

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Somewhere that is clean, dry and dust-free. Basi­cally, computer equipment works best in the same
kind of temperature and humidity as you do.

●

Allow 6“ (15cm) of free space either side of the

printer and adequate space for paper behind the
printer, if you want to use fanfold (computer) paper.

●

If you want to use the bottom feed for fanfold (com­puter) paper, you should locate the pile of paper at
least one page length (about 12” (30cm)) below the
printer.

●

Make sure the printer is connected to a steady
power supply. It should not be on the same electric
circuit as appliances like copiers or refrigerators
that cause power spikes and surges.

●

Use a power supply of the correct voltage as speci­fied cmthe printer’s identification plate.

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Unpacking the printer

As you unpack the printer from the box, make sure that

you have all the following items:

3 Ribbon cartrid~e \\ //

2 Printer driver
and fontdisk ~ ~~

1 Printer ‘

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Ifany of these are missing, please contact your supplier.

Optional accessories that you may have purchased are:

●

Serial-Parallel converter (SPC-8K)

●

Automatic sheet feeder (SF-IODVVl

For details of how to install these optional accessories,
see Chapter 5.

You will also need a cable to connect the printer to your
computer (available separately). For IBM or IBM-com-

patible computers, this will generally be a parallel cable,
with a 25-pin ‘D’ connector at one end and a 36-pin
Amphenol-type (Centronics) connector at the other end

(a “Centronics” printer cable). This cable should be no

longer than about 6’ (2m).

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If your computer has no parallel port available, you will
need to use the Serial-Parallel converter (SPC-8K) and a
cable to connect your computer to the printer. See “The
SPC-8K serial/parallel converter” on page 67 for full
details.

Setting up your printer

Remove the printer and all supplied parts from the
packing material. Put the printer on the place you have
prepared for it. Save the packing material and carton in
case you need to move the printer in the future.

Fitting the platen knob

This knob is packed into a recess of the packaging mate-

rial in the printer box.
To fit the knob, rotate the knob on the shaft (lining up

the flattened side of the shaft with the flattened part of
the hole on the knob). After you have lined up these flat­tened sides, push the knob firmly onto the shaft.

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Removing the front cover

You will need to remove the front cover (the smoked

plastic cover on the top of the printer) to install and
change ribbon cartridges. Lift the cover from the rear
using the grips on the sides, then lift up to remove the
cover from the body of the printer.

Installing the ribbon cartridge

You have the choice of using a color or

a black ribbon

with the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour. Both ribbons are

installed and removed in the same way.

●

Take the slack out of the ribbon by turning the knob

on the ribbon cartridge clockwise (as shown by the
arrow).

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Place the cartridge on the cartridge carrier inside
the printer. Make sure that the ribbon is between
the print head and the print head shield. Press the
cartridge so that it “clicks” into place. If the cart­ridge does not “click” into position on both sides,

you may need to turn the cartridge knob about 1/4

of a turn clockwise.

●

Once the cartridge is in the carrier, tighten the rib­bon again by turning the cartridge knob clockwise
(about 1/2 a turn). Check once more to make sure
that the ribbon is between the print head and print
head shield (ifit isn’t, take the cartridge out, and try
again).

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Removing the ribbon cartridge

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To remove the ribbon cartridge, press the cartridge
grips inward and lift the cartridge upward out of the
printer.

Installing the roller unit

● .

Open the rear cover by pushing the cover grips

backward and upward.

●

Pick up the roller unit so that the small illustration
is on top of the roller unit, and the smoked plastic

side (with six small black rollers) is facing you.

●

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Hold the roller unit so that the top is tilted slightly
away from you. Slide the hooks on either side of the
back of the roller unit over the platen (the large
black roller) and under the silver bar behind and
above the platen. The hooks should both be between
the metal plates at either end of the silver bar.

●

Push the front of the roller unit down firmly, so that
the unit “clicks” into place. If it does not fit properly,
remove it and try again.

Removing the roller unit

●

Pull both gray locking tabs towards you and lift the
front of the roller unit slightly to remove the roller
unit. Pull the roller unit out of the printer towards
you.

Replacing the front cover

Once you have fitted the ribbon and roller unit, you

should replace the front cover.

Note:

●

Even though you can operate the printer with the front cover
removed, we do not suggest that you do this. The printer will
be noisy and it is also possible to drop things into the printer,
which may damage the mechanism.

Hold the cover by the grips, so that the grips are on
the side of the cover furthest from you. Tilt the top
of the cover towards you a little.

●

Insert the tabs into the slots in the case.

●

Lower the rear of the cover into position.

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Installing the paper guide

You can set the paper guide on the NX-2480 Rainbow/

Colour in one of two positions: horizontal for fanfold
paper and vertical for single sheets.

●

Hold the paper guide, either horizontally, or verti­cally, depending on the type of paper used.

●

Fit the tabs into the slots on the printer body to

install the paper guide.

●

Make sure the guide is firmly in position.

Installing the mute cover

The mute cover helps reduce the noise from your printer
when you are printing.

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●

Hold the mute cover upright so that the ridges on
the cover are towards you and at the top.

●

Slide the left tab on the mute cover into the left hole
on the front cover.

●

Drop the right tab on the mute cover into the right
slot on the front cover. Close the mute cover by
swinging it down.

Connecting the printer to the computer

We assume here that you are connecting the printer to

an IBM or IBM-compatible computer, using the parallel
interface, If you are connecting using a serial interface,
or connecting to any other type of computer, read Chap­ter 5.

Note: Before connecting or disconnecting the printer and the com-

puter, make sure that the power to both the printer and the
computer is turned OFF. If the power is on when you make or
break these connections, there is a risk that you will damage
the circuitry of the computer and/or the printer. Repairs can
be expensive!

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Press the cable plug into the printer socket:

●

Clip the cable into the socket using the wire clips on
either side of the socket.

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Connect the ‘D’ connector on the other end of the

cable to the parallel (printer) port onyour computer.

This will probably be labelled

PRN, LPT1 or something similar. Refer to your com-

Printer, Parallel,

puter’s instruction manual for details of how to
secure the cable.

Now you can turn on your printer and computer.

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Setting up your printer with your computer

In this section, you will learn to setup your printer wtth
two different computer environments: MS-DOS or
Microsoft Windows 3.1 (or a later version of Windows). If
your computer uses a different operating system, you

should refer to Chapter 5 for details of setting up your

. printer. Refer to your computer operating system manu-

als for details of configuring the operating system.

Setting up with MS-DOS

Every program that you use with MS-DOS must be

“told” separately what printer is connected to your com­puter. This is usually done in an INSTALL or SETUP pro­gram or menu option within your application software

(word-processor, spreadsheet, or whatever).

Look for an option called “Add printer”, “Install printer”

or “Configure printer” in your application software. If
you can’t find this option easily, read your software
manual to find out how to do it.

MS-DOS

MS-DOS needs no specific commands to make it work.
To test that the printer is connected properly to the

computer, try entering the following command from the

C> prompt:
PRINT \AuTOExEc.BAT (~]

If the computer answers with:

Name of list device [PRN]:

hit [~] again. The printer should then print the
contents of the file AUTOEXEC.BAT. If the file

AUTOEXEC.BAT

sage on your computer. Most MS-DOS computers do
have a file called AUTOEXEC.BAT,however.

MS-DOS application software

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour can emulate (pretend to

be) a member of one of two printer families: Epson or

does not exist, you will get an error mes-

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IBM. When you open the box containing your NX-2480
Rainbow/Colour, the printer is set to Epson emulation.

This is commonly supported by most software. If your

software package gives you a list of printers to choose
from, choose one printer from the following list (inorder
of preference):

Star NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour

I StarNX-2420Ranbow/Colour I

The shaded printers are not color printers, so if you
select one, you will not be able to print in color.

If none of the printers above is listed, choose one of the
following, in order of preference:

These two printers are not color printers, so if you select

either, you will not be able to print in color.

Note: The printers in shaded boxes do not support color. If you

select them, all output will be in black only, regardless of the
ribbon installed or the software settings.

If you select either of these IBM Proprinter models, you

may need to change your printer emulation.The Auto

Emulation feature (page 56) of the NX-2480 Rainbow/
Colour should take care of this for you. See “Al- Emula­tion” on page 56 on how to change the emulation if you
have trouble with your printer.

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If your software doesn’t list printer names, but asks you
questions about your printer, you should answer “Yes”
to the following two questions:

●

“Can your printer perform a backspace?”

●

“Can your printer do a hardware form feed?”

The answers to any other questions are not so impor-

tant. Answer these using the default settings in the

software.

When you’ve set up your software, try a few test prints,

using features like bold, italic, etc. to see how it works. If
you find you have problems making your software work
with your hardware, the best source of help is usually
your software supplier.

Setting up the printer in Windows

The-NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour is ideally suited for use
with computers running Microsoft Windows system soft­ware. It works best with Windows version 3.1 or later. If
you are running an earlier version of Windows, we rec-

ommend you upgrade your computer to the latest ver-

sion. In particular, this will allow you to use the 15

TrueType fonts included on the floppy disk packaged

with this printer. ~~

To use the printer with Windows, you need to install a

file known as the printer driver file onto your computer.
This file is supplied on the floppy disk packaged with the

printer.
The following description assumes that you are using a

mouse. (Click and double-click refer to the action of
using the mouse to point at an item with the on-screen
pointer, and then pressing the left mouse button either

once, or twice in quick succession.)

If you are not using a mouse, you can still carry out the

installation. Refer to the Microsoft Windows User’s Guide

to find out how to use the keyboard instead of a mouse

to operate Windows.

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To install the printer driver under Windows 3.1, do the

following:

●

Turn on the printer and start up your computer.

●

If Windows does not start up automatically, type
WIN and then press [~] or [~].

●

Double-click the

Control PaneZicon in the Main win-

dow.

●

Double-click the Printers icon

●

If you have never previously installed a printer on

your system under Windows, a list of supported

printers is displayed. (If you have already installed
one or more printers, select the Add button to dis­play the list of supported printers.)

●

Click on InstaZZ

Unlisted or Updated Printer in the

list, so that this option is highlighted.

●

Click InstaZL

A window prompts you to put in the

floppy disk supplied with the printer.

●

Insert the disk with the printer driver file on it and
click OK.A new list of printers appears.
(If you have inserted the disk into a drive other than
drive A, you must type in the drive letter followed by
a colon and a backslash, e.g. “B:\”before selecting

OK.)

●

Select NX-2480

Rainbow/Colour from the new list

of printers.

●

Click

including the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour.

●

Click on Set As Default Printer.

●

Click on Close to return to the ControZPanel win­dow.

For instructions on how to configure the printer, see the
section of the Microsoft Windows User’s Guide called

Control Panel.

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OK. The list of installed printers appears,

If you cannot print from your applications programs
after installing the driver, refer to the section “InWin-

dows” on page 89.

Note: Unless the user chooses a different printer from within the

application, Windows applications always print to the cur­rently selected default printer.

Installing TrueType fonts (for Windows)

To install the TrueType fonts that are on the floppy disk

accompanying this printer, follow the procedure below.

●

Double click the Contro[PaneZin Windows.

●

Double click on Fonts. The Fonts dialog box appears.

●

Click Add. The Add Fonts dialog box appears.

●

Insert the disk in your computer’s floppy disk drive.

●

Select the drive by letter (this is usually “A:”, some­times “B:”). The names of the fonts stored on the
disk are displayed in the List of Fonts window. Each
font name is followed by the word “TrueType”

●

Select the fonts you wish to install. If you want to

install all of them, click SelectAZZ.

●

Click OK.The Fonts dialog box reappears and instal­lation is carried out. The names of the newly
installed fonts are automatically added to the
Installed Fonts list.

●

Withinyour applicationprogram, selectPrinter Setup
from the application’sFilemenu, and reselectthe
printer.The applicationcan now displaytexton-screen
and printtext on your printerusing the new fonts.

Note: The TrueType fonts that are supplied can only be used on IBM

PC compatible computers running Windows 3.1 or higher.

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Selecting different fonts

If you are running applications software under
Windows, you will select fonts from within your applica­tion (refer to your application’s manual for details].

Your application software manual will tell you the vari­ous ways in which you can type-set your text on-screen
so that it is ready to print out on the printer.

Your Windows system already includes several fonts,
such as Arial, Times New Roman and Symbol. You can
also use the 15True~pe fonts included with the
printer. If you have installed Adobe Type Manager soft­ware on your computer, you can also display and print
Adobe PostScript fonts.

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Chapter 3

Using your printer

Loading paper

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour can print on a variety of

paper types, as explained below:

Cut sheet paper

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour can use single sheets of

paper (cut sheets) or letterheaded stationery. Use the fri­ctionfeed or the optional SF-10DWautomatic sheet feeder.

Fanfold paper

It can also accept fanfold (continuous) computer statio­nery. Fanfold stationery has the sheets joined together,
with perforations between sheets, and holes (“sprocket
holes”) along each edge to help the printer grip the
paper. You should not print too close to the sprocket
holes. Otherwise, you run the risk ofjamming the paper
in the printer.

Multi-part forms

You can print continuous multi-part forms which are

either carbon backed or pressure-sensitive carbonless

(NCR), with up to five copies (including the top copy). If
you use multi-part forms, we suggest that you feed them
through the bottom paper feed slot, as this will help to
prevent premature separation of the forms. There
should be a difference in thickness of not more than

0.05mm between the side edges.

Note:

If you use multi-part sets, set up the Multi-Part setting using
the Electronic DIP switches as described in “B5 and B6 - Multi­part mode” on page 58.

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Where you can print on each kind of paper

Fanfold forms

5 1>,,,,

Ix 111111

Single sheets

5,11111

k!!!!!!

If you print outside these limits, you run the risk of
damaging the printer mechanism (and tearing the paper
orjamming it as it goes through the printer).

Adjusting the print gap

Note:

Important. If you do not adjust the print gap properly, you run

the risk of shortening the life of the print head.

Different paper thicknesses need a different gap

between the print head and the paper. The NX-2480

Rainbow/Colour allows you to make six different set­tings, using the adjustment lever at the left of the
printer. If you push this lever towards the back of the

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printer, the gap is narrowed (thin paper), and if you pull
it towards the front. the ~a~ is widened [thick DaDer).

As you move the lever, you can feel it click between the

six different positions. Position number 2 (starting from
the rearmost position) is the one you will generally use
for single sheets of paper (fanfold or cut sheet). Here is a
table for the adjustment lever when you use multi-part
sets.

Paper Weight of each

type

Single

2-part 11 to 14 Ibs (40 to 52 gsm)

3-part 11 to 14 Ibs (40 to 52 gsm)

4-part 11 to 14 Ibs (40 to 52 gsm)

5-part

Note: if you use multi-part sets, setup the Multi-Part setting using

14 to 24 Ibs (52 to 90 gsm) 0.07

11 to 14 Ibs (40 to 52 gsm) 0.30 to 0.35

the Electronic DIP switches as described in “B5 and B6 - Multi­part mode” on page 58.

sheet

Thickness

(total in mm)

,

012 to 014

0.18 to 0.21

0.24 to 0.28 4 or 5

to 012

Recommended

;;:e;e::::;;

2 or 3

2 or 3

3 or 4

5 or 6

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Loading cut sheet paper

This procedure shows you how to load cut sheet paper
using the paper guide. If you are using the SF-10DW
automatic sheet feeder, please refer to “Using the SF-

10DW’”on page 65.

. This is how cut sheet paper is fed through the printer:

. Make sure that the paper guide is in the vertical posi-

tion. See “Installing the paper guide” on page 14.

. If no fanfold paper has been loaded, and no cut sheet

paper has been loaded, the display will show “PF’
alternating with the character pitch when the printer
is turned on. The printer will also beep.

● Make sure that the release lever is at the back posi-

tion ( “+).

. Adjust the left and right paper guides to the position

you want. Allow the paper to feed through the guides

smoothly, but without allowing it to move from side to
side while feeding through. A gap of less than a milli-

meter (0.04”) is ideal.

s Place a sheet of paper in the guides (upside down,

and printing side towards the rear of the printer), and
gently push it down between the guides until you feel
it stop.

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●

Press the [SET/EJECT] button. This should make the
printer feed the paper round the platen until it is in a
position suitable for printing. The ON LINE indicator
should come on. If this does not happen, you have
probably not loaded the paper correctly. Take the
sheet out and try loading it again.

●

If the paper is at the wrong place to start printing (for
instance, if the address printed on the top of your let­terhead takes up a lot of space), put the printer not-

ready mode (press the [~] button) and use the
micro-feed function, as described in Chapter 4.

●

You can now start printing.

Loading and parking fanfold paper

You can use fanfold paper up to 25cm (10”) wide with

this printer. You can feed this paper from the bottom or
the rear of the printer.

These are the ways inwhich fanfold paper is fed through

the printer:

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Loading paper from the rear of the printer

Always load fanfold paper with the printer’s power

turned OFF.

●

Place the stack of fanfold paper behind and below the
printer.

●

Pull the release lever at the right of the printer
towards

platen and allows it to feed through the tractor roll­ers.

●

Open the mute cover and the rear cover

●

Grip the gray tractor position locking levers on both
sides of the tractor unit and rotate the tractor unit as
far as it will go (about 20 degrees) so that the top is
tilted slightly towards you:

YOU ( p“ ). This releases the paper from the

●

Open the tractor pin covers and align the holes in the
fanfold paper with the pins on the tractor unit. You

will probably need to slide the tractor pin units left

and right to align the paper properly. Use the gray
locking levers on each tractor pin unit to allow the
unit to slide left and right along the rail. Remember to

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lock each tractor pin unit in place again when you
have finished moving it.

. Close the pin unit covers after you have made sure

that the paper holes are properly lined up with the
tractor pins. If the holes and pins are not correctly
lined up, you may find that the paper tears andjams.

Note: If the paper is too tightly stretched or too loose between the

pin holders, the paper will tear or jam as it is fed through the
printer. You may need to experiment to find the ideal tension.

. Close the rear and mute covers, and insert the paper

guide in the horizontal position. See “Installing the
paper guide” on page 14.

● When you turn on the printer (using the switch at the

front), the display wiil show “PF’ alternating with the
character pitch. The printer will also beep.

. Press the

printer. The printer will go into

● If you want to adjust the paper position, put the

printer into

ISETIEJECT] button to load the paper into the

ready mode.

not-ready mode (use the [~] button)
and use the micro-feed function (described in Chap­ter 4).

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Loading paper from the bottom of the printer

Always load fanfold paper into the printer with the print-

er’s power turned OFF.

● Remove the front cover and the roller unit. See

“Removing the front cover” on page 10and “Removing
the roller unit” on page 13for details.

“ Grip the gray tractor position locking levers on both

sides of the tractor unit. Rotate the front of the trac­tor unit upward so that the top is horizontal.

. With a stack of fanfold paper below the printer, feed

the top sheet of the stack through the feed slot at the
bottom of the printer and pass it over the platen.

● Open the tractor pin covers and align the holes in the

fanfold paper with the pins on the tractor unit. You

will probably need to slide the tractor pin units left

and right to align the paper properly. Use the gray
locking levers on each tractor pin unit to allow the
unit to slide left and right along the rail. Remember to
lock each tractor pin unit in place again when you

have finished moving it.

● Close the pin unit covers after you have made sure

that the paper holes are properly lined up with the

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tractor pins. If the holes and pins are not correctly
lined up, you may find that the paper tears and jams.

Note:

s

If the paper is too tightly stretched or too loose between the
pin holders, the paper will tear or jam as it is fed through the
printer. You may need to experiment to find the ideal tension.

Replace the roller unit (see “Installing the roller unit”
on page 12).

●

Replace all the covers that you have removed.

●

Turn on the printer.

●

Put the printer into
button) and use the

not-ready mode (use the [~]

[PAPER FEED] button to advance

the paper so that the print head isjust below a perfo­ration. Put the printer into

Parking paper

ready mode again.

Paper parking allows you to print single cut sheets even
when fanfold paper is loaded. The fanfold paper is tem­porarily “parked” out of the way while the cut sheet is

fed through the printer.

Note:

You can only use the paper parking function when fanfold
paper is loaded from the rear. You cannot use it when you are
feeding fanfold paper from the bottom slot.

●

The power should be ,ON. The release leaver should be

pulled forward [ ~ ) and the fanfold paper loaded.

●

Put the printer into

not-ready mode (use the (~]

button).

9

Tear off the last page of the fanfold paper. If the paper

is not in a suitable position to be torn off, use the

[PAPER FEED) button to feed the paper forwards to a

suitable position.

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c Press the (sET/EJEcTj button. The printer will feed the

fanfold paper back until it is out of the way.

● Move the release lever to the back ( ~ ) position.

● Place the paper guide in the upright position.

Load single sheets as described in “Loading cut sheet
paper” on page 26.

Unparking the paper

When you have finished printing on cut sheet paper and
you want to start printing again on fanfold paper, here’s

how you do it:

●

Remove any cut sheets which may still be in the
printer.

●

Place the paper guide in the horizontal position.

●

Move the release lever to the front ( N ) position. The
printer will beep if you move the lever while paper is
still loaded ready for printing.

●

Press the

[SET/EJECT] button. The parked fanfold paper

will be fed into the correct position ready for printing

again.

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Using the control

Chapter 4

panel

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour control panel has five
buttons, which have white labels above them to indicate

their primary functions. Other functions are available as
alternative functions (labelled in brown) or by pressing
combinations of buttons (labelled in yellow).

MICRO FEED

.—-—

SETEJECT QUIET

FONT PITCH

ALT MACRO COLOR ZOOM CLEAR

PARK

PAPER FEED

There are two indicators: the POWER indicator shows
that power is supplied to the printer.When steadily lit, it
means that paper is correctly positioned for printing.
When flashing, it means that paper is not correctly posi­tioned for printing.

1

ON LINE

Ready and not-ready modes

When the ON LINE indicator is lit, it means that the

printer is ready to accept data to be printed from the
computer. If it is not lit, the printer is in

not-ready
mode, and it will not be able to accept data from the
computer. You can usually only make changes to the
printer’s settings using the front panel when this indica­tor is not lit. You set the printer ready and not-ready

with the (~) button.

Pausing printing

You can make the printer not-ready if you want to

pause in the middle of a printing job. Printing will

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restart from the point where it left off when you make
the printer

ready again.

Feeding paper through the printer

There are a number of ways inwhich you can feed paper

through the printer.

One line or several lines at a time

Make the printer not-ready by pressing the (~]

button, and press the

[PAPER FEED] button. This will feed

the paper forward one line. If you continue to hold down

the [PAPER FEED] button, the printer will continue to feed

the paper one line at a time.
Make the printer

A

page at a time

ready again to continue printing.

‘T~is will either eject a cut sheet or feed fanfold paper to

the top of the next sheet. To determine where the top of
a sheet should be, see “Setting the top of a form” on
page 35.

●

If you want to feed a page of paper through the
printer. make the printer

down the

[PAPER FEED] button.

While holding down the

not-ready. Press and hold

[PAPER FEED] button, press the

m button.
Release both buttons at the same time. The paper will

feed through.

Individual form tear-off

You can tear off individual sheets (for instance, sales

invoices) from fanfold paper.

● While the printer is in ready mode, press and hold

down the [~] button.

● Press the [PAPER FEED] button. The paper will move

- forward about 2 inches (50mm), so that you can tear
off the sheet.

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● When you press the [~] button again, the paper

will move back to its original position.

Loading paper

For the most part. paper loading is described in Chapter

3. However, one important point to note is that if paper
has not been loaded, the printer will indicate that it is

not-ready. Pressing the [SET/EJECT] button will start

loading paper, and automatically enter the

Micro-feeding paper (backwards and forwards)

It is often useful to be able to feed the paper backwards

or forwards in the printer by very small amounts. For
example, to get the correct printing position on pre­printed stationery.

ready mode.

. Put the printer in

not-ready mode.

c Press and hold down the [~) button.
. While holding down the [~] button, press the

[PAPER FEED] button to advance the paper in a series of

small steps.

. While holding down the (~] button, press the

[SET/EJECT] button to move the paper backwards in a

series of small steps.

. Release both buttons (the [~] and the

[PAPER FEED] or [SET/EJECT] buttons) when the paper

reaches the place you want.

. Put the printer back into

ready mode.

Setting the top of a form

Very often, when feeding fanfold paper through a page at

a time (see “A page at a time” on page 34), the printer’s
top of a page does not correspond with the actual top of
a page. This is how you “tell” the printer about the top of
a page:

. Put the printer in

not-ready mode.

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● Set the paper position to the top of a page (where you

want the printing to start on each page) using the
micro-feed functions (page 35).

. Press and hold down the (~] button.

● While holding down the (15iTEF@button, press the

m button.

. Release both buttons. The display will show “--”,

which means that the top of the form has been set.

. Put the printer back into ready mode.

Note: The printer now “knows” the top of a page, but it doesn’t

know the exact page unless you tell it, which means that
when you do a page feed, the printer will not necessarily
move to the correct position on the next page. You must set
the page length using the Electronic DIP Switch mode
described on page 53.

Changing the autoloading position

When you load cut sheet paper, the printer automati­cally loads the paper so that printing starts one line
from the top of the paper, unless you tell it otherwise.
This is how you tell it otherwise (for example, if you’re
printing a lot of letters on letterhead paper):

c With the printer in

paper using the

not-ready mode, load cut sheet

[SET/EJECT] button.

“ Use the micro-feed functions (page 35) to alter the

print position. Notice that a number will appear in
the LCD window. This means you can remember that,
for instance, “we should print starting from 67 steps
down on headed invoices”. If the value goes over 99
steps, the display changes from “99”to “--”.

● Set the printer back in ready mode.

● All cut sheet paper loaded from now on will be loaded

so that printing starts at.this position, until you

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change the position again using this procedure, or

until the power to the printer is turned off.

● Ifyou want to save this value for future use (after the

printer has been turned off and on again), you must

save it as a macro. See “Saving Macros” on page 42.

Note:

This function will only work if you use it immediately afier you
have loaded paper as described above. If paper has already
been fed into the printer, this function will not work.

Eject and park

If paper has already been loaded, and the printer is not-

ready, the (SET/EJECT] button has two different functions,

depending on the setting of the release lever.
“ If the release lever is set to the back position for cut

sheet paper ( > ), pressing the

[SET/EJECT] button will

eject the sheet.

. If the release lever is set to the forward position for

fanfold paper ( ,1$), pressing the

[SET/EJECT] button will

park the fanfold paper to allow you to print on cut
sheets. See “Parking paper” on page 31.

Note:

If you are feeding fanfold paper through the bottom slot of the
printer, this button will have no effect.

Quiet printing

Even though the NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour is a quiet
printer, it also has a “quiet” mode, which allows it to
print at a reduced noise level. Setting the quiet mode
requires that the printer is in

ready mode. This is an

exception to the general rule that settings are made

when the printer is in not-ready mode.

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● Press the [PAPER FEED] button. The printer will beep

once and ~ will appear on the display.

. To cancel quiet mode, the printer must be in the

ready mode. Press the [PAPER FEED) button. The

printer will beep twice and ~ will disappear from
the display.

Changing the way your printout looks

The following section describes how you can change the

look of the printout from your printer.

Selecting the different fonts

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour has a range of different
fonts, which can be selected using the front panel con­trols. The display highlights the currently-selected font
by enclosing the font name with lines:

ThePrestigefont

has been selected

\ =:::’ :%3: 70

Set the printer to not-ready.

●

● Press the [~] button. The printer will highlight the

SLQ DRAFT SCJ!,LIJZ

Roman

:=i?st”i~] OPTION

ORATOR

PITCH

font names in the display in the following order:

Font name

Draft

Roman ~

Sans-serif

Courier

Prestige

Scrpt

Orator

Orator-2

Display highlights

B

Roman

Sanserif ~

~

Courier ~

~

Prestige/

~

/SWLLpt

10RATOR

Oratar-2 j

~

I

[

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Font name

H-Gotblc

I SuperLetTerOuality Roman I

Display highlights

]

H-Gothic ~

~

+~Roman

1

I

. When you have highlighted the font you want to use,

press [-] again to make the printer in

ready

mode again.

Changing the pitch of the font

The font “pitch” means “how many characters can be

printed in one inch”. 10-pitch, for instance, means “10
characters can be printed in one inch across the page.”

There are two special modes on the NX-2480 Rainbow/

Colour: Proportional and Condensed proportional. In
these modes, you cannot say exactly how many charac­ters will fit into one inch, because each character takes
up a different amount of space. The opposite of “propor­tional” is “fixed-pitch” or “monospaced”. Look at these
two examples:

Proportional

MMMMMMMMMM
1111111111

NMMMNMMMMM

1111111111

Fixed-pitch

Even though there are 10characters in each line, the
“M”Sin the proportional column take up more space
overall than the “1”s.The space between letters is pro­portional to the letter itself.

However, in the fixed-pitch column, although each “M”
also takes up more space than each “I”, the space
between letters is fixed, no matter what the letter, so
that a row of 10 “1”stakes up the same amount of space
as 10 “M”s.

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I

text

Usually, it is easier to read proportional
which is fixed–pitch.However, if you are trying
line up columns of figures, fixed-pitch has definite
advantages.

To change the pitch:

than text

to

. Put the printer into the

● When you press the [Fii7%i)button, the pitch will

not-ready mode.

change in the following way:

Pitch

Pica (1Ocpi)

Elite (12 cpi) 12

Semi-condensed (15 cpi)

Condensed pica (17 cpi) 17

Condensed elite (20 cpi) l?a

Super-condensed (24 cpi)’ l?v

Proportional

Condensed proportional PE

*.

Only available in IBM emulation mode

. Make the printer ready again.

Display

/0

15

P5

Changing the zoom size

The zoom feature allows you to print at 100Yo(full-size),

67v0(two-thirds size) or 50Y0(half-size) of the

nOrmal

size. The “normal size” is the size that the computer

“thinks” the printout will be.

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The print gap is not set
correctly.

Use the adjustment lever to

set the print gap. Move the
lever to a higher (lighter)
setting. See “Adjusting the
print gap” on page 24.

The ribbon is jammed,

twisted or not set properly
between the print head and
the print head shield.

Print head shield is
damaged or missing.

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The printer’s air vents are

I blocked or obstructed.

Make sure that the ribbon
cartridge is correctly
installed. See “Installing
the ribbon cartridge” on
page 10.

Return the printer to your
dealer for repair.

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!

Switch off the printer and
allow it to cool down. Check
the air vents on the

underside of the printer to

see if they are clogged or

obstructed in any way.
Remove the obstruction or
clogging material if
possible.
If the problem persists,
return the printer to your
dealer for repair.

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P

The front cover and mute

covers are off.
The printer is vibrating.

P

The paper guides are

positioned incorrectly.

The ribbon is jammed,

causing the print head to

jam.

Move any unrelated objects
that are touching the
printer.
Make sure that the printer
is on a level, steady

surface.

Remove the paper, adjust
the position of the paper
guides. Reload the paper.

Make sure that the ribbon
cartridge is correctly
installed. See “Installing
the ribbon cartridge” on
page 10.

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Thepaper is jamming, ~

causing the print head to

jam.

printer. Reload paper.
Check the print gap. If
necessary, use the
adjustment lever to set the
print gap. See “Adjusting
the print gap” on page 24.

Inappropriate margin ~

settings have been selected
from your application
program.

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The ribbon cartridge is

incorrectly installed,

causing the print head to
jam.

The paper is not loaded

properly, causing the print

head tojam.
The print gap is not set

correctly.

“Choosed-ifferentrn”argin

settings in your
application.

I

Make sure that the ribbon
cartridge is correctly
installed. See “Installing
the ribbon cartridge” on
page 10.

Remove all paper from the

~printer. Reload paper.

I

~Use the adjustment lever to
~set the print gap. See

“Adjusting the print gap”
on page 24.

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interference from nearby not too close to any devices

electrical devices or by a
low level of humidity is
affecting the printer’s
operation.

Inappropriate settings have
been selected from your
application program.

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with electric motors, or
raise the humidity level.

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Choose different settings in
your application.

The wrong emulation is

selected.

The wrong character table,
code page or international
character set is selected.

..————.

Static electricity caused by
interference from nearby
electrical devices or by a
low level of humidity is
affecting the printer’s
operation.

Inappropriate settings have

been selected from your

application program.

There are wires missing

from the print head.

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Check the emulation
selection. See 6’Al–
Emulation” on page 56.

t

Check Electronic DIP

Switch settings. See “D2
through D4 – character
code tables” on page 60.

Make sure that the printer

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is not too close to any
devices with electric
motors, or raise the
humidity level.

-.

Choose different settings in
your application.

+

Return the printer to your
dealer for repair.

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The interface cable is

incorrectly connected, or
damaged

Check that the printer

interfacecable is correctly
connected. Ifit is, trya
differentcable.

Static electricity caused by
interference from nearby
electrical devices or by a
low level of humidity is
affecting the printer’s
operation.

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The following messages do not indicate an error in the

printer, but this table provides a quick lookup to deter­mine the meaning of messages:

Message

B

Roman

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1

Draft mode has been selected. You cannot select pro-

portional pitch

[

Roman LO font has been selected

~

Roman SLQ font has been selected

Makesure that the printer
is not too close to any
deviceswith electric
motors, or raise the
humiditylevel.

Meaning

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~Sanserif ~

~Courier ~ Courier LQ font has been selected

[ / Prestige LQ font has been selected

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Sans-serif LQ font has been selected

Script LQ font has been selected

Orator LQ font has been selected

Orator-2 LQ font has been selected

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Meaning

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H-Gothic LQ font has been selected

The zoom mode has been selected. The message
below indicates the current size.

The current pitch size. The message below Indicates
the current size.

The electrorvc DIP switch mode is selected (see
page 53)

Font changes cannot be made from application pro­grams. See “ Font lock” on page 45.

Changes to the font pitch cannot be made from applica­tion programs See “Pitch lock” on page 45.

Displayed in Electronic DIP Switch mode to show the
status of the currently-selected switch. See “Changing
a switch’s value” on page 54.

The quiet print mode is selected. See “Quet prntlng”
on page 37.

The front panel settings have been saved as a macro.
See “Saving Macros” on page 42.

The short test mode has been selected. See “Short
test” otI page 47

The long test mode has been selected, See “ Long
test” on page 47.

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The print area test mode has been selected See “Print
area test mode” on page 48.

The hexadecimal test dump mode has been selected.
See “Hexadecimal dump mode” on page 49.

Top of form is being set manually with the control
panel. See “Setting the top of a form” on page 35.

The buffer has been cleared manually with the control
panel. See “Clearing the buffer” on page 43.

Dot adjustment mode has been selected. See “Adjust­ing the dot alignment” on page 50.

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The following messages all show that some error has

occurred in the printer

Message

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El

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ES

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No paper loaded in the printer. Load paper (“ Loading
CUTsheet paper” on page 26 and “ Loading and parking
fanfold paper” on page 27)

The release lever has been moved whale the paper ISin
printing position. Park the paper and try again (“ Parking
paper” on page 31)

Print head error. Turn off the printer, wait a few seconds
and try prlntlng again.

Carriage home posltlon error. Turn off Ihe printer, wat a
few seconds and try printing again

Paper handling error Turn off the printer, wait a few

seconds and try prlntlng agan

S.W. I error. Turn off the printer, wait a few seconds and
try printing again

EEPROM or RAM (memory) error Turn off the printer,

wait a few seconds and try prntlng again

“Watchdog” (Internal software error). Turn off the
printer, wait a few seconds and try printing again

Meaning

If any of these errors persist, consult your supplier.

In addition to the display, the printer also uses its inter­nal beeper to alert you of problems and internal condi­tions. Here’s a summary of the different tones:

Beep tones

2-second tone

One long tone

Four short tones, repeated twice

One short tone

Two short tones

Three short tones

Meaning

The printer has detected an error condi­tion. Turn off the printer, wait a few sec­onds and try printing again.

The printer has detected an error condl­tion. Turn off the printer, wait a few sec­onds and try prlntlng again

The printer is out of paper.

The buffer has been cleared. See “ Clear­ing the buffer” on page 43,
The top of form has been set. See “Set­ting the top of a form” on page 35.
The quiet mode has been selected. See
“Quiet printing” on page 37
The zoonl size has been changed. See
“Changing the zoom size” on page 40.
The Electronic DIP Switch mode has been
selected. See “Using the Electromc DIP
switches” on page 53.

The macro definition has been selected.
See ‘;’Saving Macros” on page 42.
The quiet mode has been cancelled. See
“Quiet printing” on page 37

The macro definition has been cancelled.
See “Removing the macro” on page 43.
The printer has been reset. See “Setting
the printer back to default settings” on
page 44

One shorter tone

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Hexadecimal dump mode has been

selected. See “Hexadecimal dump mode”
on page 49.
Pitch lock mode has been selected See

“PItch lock” on page 45.
Font lock mode has been selected. See

“Font lock” on page 45.

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Beep tones

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Meaning

p and font lock have been selected

Two shorter to~es together. See “ Pitch and font lock” on

Intermittent tone the fanfold paper IS not parked. See “Park-

page 46.

The release lever has been moved while

ing paper” on page 31.

Checking system software settings

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Ifyou cannot printfromyour Windows application,

there are three things that you can check. You may also

wish to refer to the Microsoft Windows User’s Guide.

Firstly, check that the printer has been set as the

Default Printer.

●

Double-click the Control Panet icon in the Main win-

dow.

●

Double-click the Printers icon

●

Click on NX-2480 R in the list of
installed printers.

●

Make sure that Set As Default Printer is checked. If it
is not, click on the check box, and try printing from

your application again.

●

Click on CZoseto return to the Control Panel win­dow.

Secondly, check that the printer is correctly selected in
your application.

●

SelectPrint from the application’s Filemenu. A dia­log box appears listing availableprinters.

●

Makesure thatNX-2480 R

l If it is not, click on it and try printing again.

Thirdly, check that the correct port is selected.

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Double-clickthe ControlPanel iconin the Main window.

●

Double-click the Printers icon

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●

Click on NX-2480 R in the list of
installed printers.

●

Click Connect.

●

Make sure that your cable is connected to the port
highlighted in the list of ports. If you are using a
parallel cable, you will probably be using LPT1. If

you are using the SPC-8K serial-to-parallel con-

verter, you will be using COM1 or COM2. Click on
the appropriate port name.

●

Click OK.

●

Click on Close to return to the ControZPanel win-

dow.

If you still cannot print successfully, consult your soft­ware dealer for assistance.

If you cannot print a text file using the MS-DOS
command, check the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to see
whether it contains any of the following statements:

MODE LPT1 : =COM1 :
or
MODE LPT1 : =COM2 :

These indicate that the computer is set up to print to a

printer via a serial cable, not a parallel cable. So, if you

are using a parallel cable, delete the line from
AUTOEXEC.BAT. Resave AUTOEXEC.BAT, and restart
your computer. Try printing again.

Conversely, if you are using the SPC-8K serial-to-para-

llelconverter, make sure that a statement is included in
AUTOEXEC.BAT. See “Setting up an MS-DOS com-

puter” on page 72.If you still cannot print, refer to the

MS-DOSUser’s Guide, or consult your software dealer.

If you can print from MS-DOS but cannot print from
your application, check to see which printer driver is

selected in the application. Check the application’s

manual for details of printer selection.

If you

still cannot print, consult your software dealer.

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C 7

Software commands

Introduction

The NX-2480 Rainbow/Colour has two emulation
modes: Standard/Epson mode and IBM mode.

In the Standard/Epson mode, the printer emulates the
Epson LQ-860/850, and can also recognize the graphics
commands of NEC 24-wire printers. In IBM mode, the
printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E. Some addi­tional command codes, which are a superset of these
emulations, are also supported.

The emulation can be changed by changing Electronic

DIP Switch (EDS) setting Al. When Al is ON, the printer
is in Standard/Epson mode; when it is OFF, the printer
is in IBM mode (see Chapter 4).

In addition, when EDS switch A2 is ON, the printer can
automatically sense which emulation is required and
will change emulation as necessary.

This chapter describes the printer’s control commands.

Some commands are common to both Standard and

IBM modes. All commands will grouped by function. The

name of each command is followed by a table like the

one below:

Hexadecimal

IB 78 01

Std.

MODE:

ASCII Decimal

<E SC>

“X” <1>

27 120 :

Indicates the mode in which the command is
recognized.

Std.

Standard/Epson mode (EDS switch Al is ON)

IBM IBM mode (EDS switch Al is OFF)

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Both

Both Standard/Epson and IBM modes

ASCII:

Decimal:

Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal char-

Parameters for which values must be supplied are indi­cated by letters such as n, m or

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.
Control characters are enclosed in angle

brackets: For example, <1> means character

code 1.
Gives the command in decimal character

codes.

acter codes.

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