Star Micronics SJ-48 User Manual

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Federal Communications Commission

Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This

equipmenthas been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to

Part 15 of FCC

Rules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterference inaresidentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,usesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnot installedand

tions. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference toradioortelevision reception, whichcanredetermined by turning theequipment offandon, the user isencouraged to trytocorrect the interference by oneormore ofthe following measures:

● Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

● Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

● Consult the dealer or an experienced radionV technician for help.

Unauthorized modifications of this product by the user will voidhis authority to operate theequipment unless expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance.

For compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard, this equipment requires a shielded cable.

The above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U.S.A.

used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communica-

Connect the equipment into an outlet ona circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

The Canadian Department of Communications

Statement of

Radio Interference Regulations

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set

out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Le pr6sent appareil num6rique n’6menpas de bruits radioelectriques d6passant Ies limites applicable aux

Wpy+: nufn6@uesde la classe B prescribesclansle R&glementsur le brouillage radio61ecrrique6dict6 par le muusere des Commumcatlons du Canada.

The abovt statement applies only to printers marketed in Canada.

Self Declaration

Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046/1984 announced by

the DBP. DBPhas been informed ofthe introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the right to examine the whole series. It istheuser’sresponsibility toseethathisown assembled system is inaccordance withthetechnicalregulations under Vfg 1046/1984. To conform to ITZ-regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded cable.

The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives.

The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Germany.

Trademark Acknowledgements SJ-48, XB-241O,XB24-10, NX-2420, LC24-200, SC-10, BP-10, SF-1OCA:Star Micronics Co., Ltd. IBM-PC, PS/2, PC-AT, Proprinter X24/X24E, PC-DOS: International Business Machines Corp. MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC: Microsoft Corporation LQ-850: Seiko Epson Corp.

NOTICE

express permission is forbidden.

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

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

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

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

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanual isorganized intotenchapters. Tolearnhow tomake thebest useofyour printer you are urged to read through chapters 1through 5. The remaining chapters maybe treated as areference guide for programming operations, etc. It assumes a degree of acknowledge of the operation of computers (for instance, it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers). The chapters are as follows:

Chapter 1

Thischapter indicates the somefeaturesof theprinter, thenames and those functionsof the printercomponents. Thischapter also indicatessomerequirements toprinter, power supply and Ink Cartridge.

Chapter 2 —

This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and setup. Read thischapter before you do anything else.

Chapter 3

This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types, adjusting the printing gap, installing paper, and removing jammed paper.

Chapter 4 —

There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling, print modes and font selection. After getting set up, read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works.

Chapter 5

This chapter explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer.

Chapter 6 —

This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer, and the software commands used to drive it. This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer’s features.

— Introduction

Setting up the printer

— Paper handling

Control panel operations

— DIP switch settings

Printer control commands

Chapter 7

This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters.

Chapter 8 —

SincethePS/2orPC-AT family ofcomputersrunning underMS-DOS iscurrently the most popular configuration ofmicrocomputer, we have included a few hints andtips to help you use your printer with such systems.

Since virtually allPCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have also included

some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer.

— Download characters

MS-DOS and your printer

Chapter 9 —

Troubleshooting and maintenance

Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking intheexpected

way. It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out

yourself. It is not, however, a complete service manual. Call a qualified service engineer

if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations.

Chapter 10— Reference

This section gives some references of your printer, such as specifications of your printer,

the pinout of interface comecter, the character tables.

The character table charts give the different character sets available.

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

Featuresofthe printer Printercomponents Requirements

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Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Unpackingandinspection Settingup

Connectingthepowersupply InstalltheInkCartridge Connectingtheinterfacecable

PAPER HANDLING

Selectionof paper Adjustingtheprintinggap Loadingpaper

Loadingthepaperfromthefrontslot Loadingthepaperfromtheflatfeedslot

Removingpaperjams

Buttonsandindicators

ONLINEbutton LINEFEEDbutton FWDADJbutton REVADJbutton PITCHbution

Switchcombinationfunctions

Flatfeed Formfeed Topofform Headclaeaning Clearingthebuffer/Allreset

Power-upfunctions

Chargetheoptionalbatterypack Shorttestmode Longtest mode Hexadecimaldump Pitchlockmode

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19 19 19 20 20 20 21 22 22 22 23 23 24 25 25 25 26 27 28

Chapter 5

DIP SWITCH SETTINGS

LocationoftheDIP switches FunctionsoftheDIPsettings

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Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Fontcontrolcommands Charactersetcommands Charactersizeandpitchcommands Verticalpositioncommands Horizontalpositioncommands Graphicscommands Downloadcharactercommands Otherprintercommands

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Definingyour own 24-dotcharacters

Assigningthecharacterdata Assigninga valueofcharacterspace Sampleprogram

Definingyourown48-dotcharacters

MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER

Installingapplicationsoftwarewithyourprinter Embeddingprintercommands ProgrammingtheprinterwithDOScommands ProgrammingwithBASIC

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67 67 68 69 69 72

75 75 76 77 79

Chapter 9

Chapter 10 REFERENCE

INDEX

COMMAND SUMMARY

TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

Powersupply Printing Paperfeeding

Maintenance

Specifications Pinoutofinterfaceconnector Charactersets

Standardcharacterset#2 Internationalcharactersets IBMcharacterset#2 Characterset#l IBMspecialcharacterset

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93 93 96 97 98

100 101 108 109

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Thisprinterhas a fullcomplementoffeatures, making itan excellent partner for apersonal computer. It supports the Epson/IBM printer commands and character sets, enabling it to printjust about anything your computer can generate, both text and graphics.

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

Some of main features are the following:

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Ink jet printing system

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Auto-capping system

Easy maintenance

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2-way power supply

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Versatile paper handling

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Extensive software support

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Easy operation

Inkjet printing system

The inkjet printing system prints characters and graphics by firing ink drops at the paper from thin nozzles.

Heating the ink in these nozzles, by applying electrical pulses to the heating elements, produces bubbles thatquickly expand and eject the jnk.

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A vacuum is then produced as the bubble contracts after the pulseends. This draws fresh ink into the nozzle.

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An important feature of this printing system is the simple construction of individual nozzles. This construction has the following advantages in addition to reducing manufacturing costs.

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. The printing mechanism is more durable and smaller. . Print quality is higher because of greater nozzle density.

● Quiet, non-impact operation.

This means that the inkjet printer can be used for a much wider range of applications than other printers.

Auto-capping system

This printer moves the carriage to the home position and automatically caps the print head

whenever theprinteristurned on and off, ormore than 5 seconds havepassed sincethe last data was received.

This auto-capping system prevents the head from drying out or becoming clogged with dust, and ink dropping or evaporation. Italsohelpsto reduceinkspillageintheeventtheprinterisheld foranyreason in otherthan

the horizontal position or is shipped.

Easy maintenance

This printer uses a replaceable Ink Cartridge (SC-10) that contains both the print head and ink,theonlymaintenance required is a simple cartridge replacement. You can always rely on high-quality printouts without complicated maintenance.

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Z-way power supply

You can use this printer with the AC power source using the AC adapter, or without AC power source using the optional NiCd battery pack, BP-10. With the optional battery pack, your printer can even be used outdoors. Great for laptop computer users.

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Versatilepaper handling

Single sheets and envelopes (COM 10 size) are all accepted, and you can use either roller feed or flat feed. You can also feed paper with optional Automatic Sheet Feeder.

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Extensive software support

Since it is compatible with the Epson and IBM printers, it works with any software that supports those printers. That includes most word-processing and graphics programs, spread-sheets, and integrated software packages.

Easy operation

Indicator displays and beep tones provide immediate, easy to understand feedback when you press thebuttonson the control panel. The five buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions, including micro-alignment.

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PRINTER COMPONENTS

To get acquainted with the printer’s components and capabilities, refer to the information below.

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Top cover Aligns single sheets (cut forms) to help the printer detect when

paper is inserted. This cover is used as a paper tray when using the flat feed or optional Automatic Sheet Feeder.

Interface connector Adjustment dial

Connects the computer to the printer. Controls print darkness by adjusting for the thickness of forms

being printed.

AC adapter cable connector

Connects the plug of the AC adapter. Do not remove the plug when the printer is turned on.

Print head cap

Caps the print head of Ink Cartridge to prevent ink from drying out.

Ink Cartridge

A disposable cartridge including ink and print head.

Lock lever Locks or releases the Ink Cartridge. Paper cover Protectsthe InkCartridgeand otherinternalcomponentsof your

printer.

Control panel Indicates printer status and makes various control of printer

functions simple and convenient.

DIP switch

Sets the default printer conditions.

Release lever Releases pressure on the paper. This lever must be down to feed

paper, and upward to release paper.

Battery component cover

The optional battery pack is located under this cover.

Entry slot For inserting single sheets of paper with flat feeding.

Power switch

Switches power on or off.

Printer stand Adjustable to raise the printer.

Battery switch

Set the switch to ON position only when charging the optional battery pack or working the printer with it.

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REQUIREMENTS

Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer, make sure that the following requirements are satisfied.

Location of the printer

Make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate the printer. By “a suitable

place”, we mean:

. A firm, level surface which is fairly vibration-free . Away from excessive heat (such as direct sunlight, heaters, etc) . Away from excessive humidity or dust . Use the printer where there is sufficientroom for the paper and any paper being fed in

or printed out.

. Make sure that the interface cable is within 2m (6ft) of the printer.

● Do not place objects on top of the printer.

Requirements of the power supply

. Supplyitwith “clean” electricity. Do not connect ittothesamecircuitas a large, noise-

prod’ucingappliance such as a refrigerator.

● Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the AC adapter’s identification

plate.

. Do not unplug the AC adapter cable to turn printer off. The print head will be damaged

because itcannotbecapped correctly. If the AC adapter cable isunpluggedby mistake, plug it in again and switch the printer on and off to cap correctly.

Requirements of the Ink Cartridge

. Do not remove the Ink Cartridge from the printer unless it has to be replaced. . Do not touch the print head of the Ink Cartridge. The print head is a special precision

component.

● Do not subject the Ink Cartridge to physical shock or vibration. Ink may be spilled on

your hands or clothes.

● Do not attempt to refill the Ink Cartridges. A clear printout camot be obtained.

. Do not disassemble the Ink Cartridge. Ink may be spilled on your hands or clothes. . Do not place the head of the Ink Cartridge face down.

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This chapter describes the following procedures to setup your new printer. Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer, make sure that the requirements described in Chapter 1 are satisfied.

. Unpacking the carton box

● Connecting the power supply

. Installing the Ink Cartridge . Comecting the printer to your computer

UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Now unpack the contents of the shipping carton, and check each item in the box against

Figure 2-1 to make sure that you have everything (there should be four items). If any of these items are missing, contact your supplier.

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The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are:

● Automatic Sheet Feeder (SF-1OCA)

● NiCd battery pack (BP-1O)

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SEITING UP

Place theprinter in the desired location, and remove all packing material from the printer.

Thispacking material isintendedto preventdamage to theprinter while intransit. You will

wanttokeepallthepackingmaterial,alongwiththeprintercarton,in caseyouhave tomove

the printer to a new location.

Connecting the power supply

You can use either the AC adapter or the optional NiCd battery pack to supply the power

to the printer.

The procedure to connect the AC adapter is:

1. Plug the AC adapter into a properly grounded AC outlet.

2. Attach the AC adapter cable to the printer. Whenever connecting the AC cable, the

carriage moves and the print head is-recapped automatically. -

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The procedure to install the optional NiCd battery pack is:

1. Turn the printer upside down and turn the printer stand.

2. Open the battery compartment by pushing the two recesses as shown in Figure 2-3.

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3. Insert the battery pack into the battery compartment with the terminal end first.

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4. Replace the battery compartment cover, and return the stand to its original position.

5. Tu&on the batte~-switch Iocated behindthe printer. Wheneveryou turn on the battery switch, the carriage moves and the print head is recapped automatically.

Install the Ink Cartridge

Your printer uses a replaceable Ink Cartridge contains both the print head and ink.

The procedure to install the Ink Cartridge is:

1. Open the top cover and the paper cover.

2. Lift the lock lever on the carriage.

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3. Open the package of the Ink Cartridge.

4. Push the right side of the head cap carefully as shown in Figure 2-6. It will pop off.

5. Remove the protection tape.

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6. Load the Ink Cartridge by inserting the guide into the slot of the Ink Cartridge.

CAUTION: Be careful not to touch the terminals on the flexible cable.

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7. Push the lock lever down to the end. (The Ink Cartridge is positioned and locked as shown below.)

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8.9.Close both the paper cover and the top cover.

Turn on the Power switch while holding down the [ buttons. This will execute the head cleaning to fill up the ink into the print nozzles.

Connecting the interface cable

Connect the printer to your computer using a standard Centronics parallel interface cable. On a PS/2 or PC/AT-type computer, this means that you use the 25-pin D-type connector at the computer end, and the Amphenol-type 36-pin connector at the printer end. The configuration of the printer’s connector isgiven in Chapter 10should you need a cable for connecting to another computer.

Follow the procedures below to connect the interface cable:

1. Turn off the power switch both the printer and the computer.

2. Remove the connector cap from the interface connector.

3. Connect the interface cable to the printer as shown in Figure 2-9. Make sure that you press the plug fully into the interface connector.

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4. Move bothclipsinside theextendedprongs onthesides ofthepluguntil youhearaclick.

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5. Connect the other end of the interface cable to your computer. Use your computer instructions to attach the interface cable. NOTE: Because you need your computer when you start printing, ensure that it is

completely installed.

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SELECTION OF PAPER

Your printer accepts any of the following papers: . Single sheets (cut forms) and stationery

This printer can print on paper from 7.2x 7.2 in. (182x 182mm) to 8.5 x 356mm) without curls, folds or damaged edges. The paper thickness should be under 0.2mm and wights between 52 g/m2to 90 g/m2 with roller feed, and between 52 g/m2to 105g/m2with flat feed. Note that gauges for the paper sizes are printed on the top cover and the flat feed slot. You can also use the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder.

. Envelopes

Commercial number 10 (4.1” following envelopes camot be used.

Envelopes with: windows, holes, perforations, cutouts, and double flaps Envelopes made with special coated paper or deep embossed paper

- Envelopes using peel-off sealing strips

- Envelopes in which letters have been enclosed

x 9.5”) can be only used with the flat feed. The

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Figure 3-1 shows the recommended print area for each type of papers.

W: 182-216 mm (7.2 -8.5 inch)

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ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

Thedistancebetween theprinthead andthepapercanbe adjustedto accommodatedifferent paper thicknesses.The adjustment dial is located behind the interface connector at the left side of the printer.

There are three positions, and you can feel the dial clicking intoeach position. The center positionis forhigh densitygraphicsprinting on normal paper. Turning the adjustmentdial clockwiseisforthenormalpaper, andthecounterclockwise isforthickpaperor envelopes.

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LOADING PAPER

This section will take you through the procedures for loading paper. You can load paper either from the front slot or from the flat feed slot. It is recommended to use the flat feed slot for thick paper or the envelopes.

Loading the paper from the front slot

1. Open the top cover and push down the release lever.

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2. Check the adjustment dial to accommodate the paper thickness.

3. Slide to turn on the Power switch located at the left side of the printer. The

PAPERindicator willilluminateand the indicator willblink that there isno

paper in position for printing. NOTE: The Power switch will return to its original position automatically.

4. Match the paper with the paper size scales on the top cover and insert the paper

straightly.

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Now, press the I If you want to set the paper to a different position, set the printer off-line by pressing

6. the I

[button, then set the paper position by using the micro-feed function.

I button down to advance and position the paper.

(For details, refer to Chapter 4.)

Press the [ ON

] button to set the printer on-line.

NOTE:

1.Do not open the paper cover while printing.

2. If the paper catches at the top of cover as it is being fed through the printer, it will curl and may not stack properly. If you notice the paper catching on the cover as shown below, lightly tap the paper with your hand so that it stacks against the cover.

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Loading the paper from the flat feed slot

1. Raise the printer by adjusting the printer stand as shown below.

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2. Open the top cover and rotate the adjustment dial counterclockwise.

3. Slide the Power switch to turn on the power, and press the I [

buttons until you hear a short beep tone.

4. Align the envelope (or the paper) with the scales of the flat feed slot and insert the envelope straight into the slot. The’envelope automatically sets to the printing position.

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5. If you want to set the paper to a different position, set the printer off-line by pressing the I

I button, then set the paper position by using the micro-feed function.

(For details, refer to Chapter 4.)

6. Press the [

] button to set the printer on-line.

NOTE: Remove the envelope by hand if it is not ejected after printing.

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REMOVING PAPERJAMS

When paper jams occur, the indicatorilluminates and the printer is set off-line. In this case, remove the jammed paper according to the following procedure.

1. Lift up the paper release lever.

2. Remove the jammed paper carefully by pulling on the end of the paper. If thepaperiswrapped around theplaten,pullthe end of the paper whileholdingdown the I

~button.

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3. Open the paper cover, and confirm that any paper remained in the printer.

4. Press down the paper release lever.

5. Load anew sheet ofpaperand press the I

] button to set the printer on-line.

The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the operations indicated by their names. Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer’s power on, or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination.

This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions.

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Pause printing

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Feed paper (fast and slow, forward and reverse)

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Select the print pitch

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Select the font

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Select paper feed mode

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Set the top-of-form position

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Cleaning the Ink cartridge

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Clear the printer’s buffer

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Charge the optional battery pack

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Print test patterns

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Print,a hexadecimal dump

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Prevent software from changing the panel pitch selection

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

The minter is eauiuDedwith five buttons on the control uanel. From left to right they are

[

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] \ PITCH - ~. -

The following is a brief guide to the buttons and indicators on the control panel.

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ONLINE button

The ONLINE button setstheprinter on-lineand off-line. The statuschanges each time you

press the button.

When the printer is on-line, it can receive and print data from the computer. When the

printer isoff-line, it stopsprinting and sends the computer a signal indicating thatit cannot

accept data.

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The printer powers up in the on-line status if paper is loaded. If paper is not loaded, the printerpowers up off-line with the indicator illuminating and the indicator blinking.When you load paper, you must press the [

[ button to set the printer

on-line.

You will want to press the I ONLINE ]button: . Before and after any other panel operation

The otherpanel buttonsoperate in theoff-line state. Pressthe I ONl-lNE ~buttonto go off-line.After performingthepaneloperation(s), pressthe I ON

] buttonagainto

go back on-line.

. To pause during printing

Ifyoupressthe I ON

I button during printing,the printer stopsprinting and goes

off-line, allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting. Printing resumes when you press the I

Ibutton again to go back on-line.

LINE FEED button

If you press this button while off-line, the paper will feed forward. If you hold the button down, the printer will perform consecutive line feeds.

If you also press the I ON

] button while you are line-feeding, the paper will eject

automatically the current page. This is explained later.

FWDADJ button

For fine alignment, you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows:

1. Press the ~ ON button to set the printer off-line.

2. press andholddownthe ~ button.Thepaperwill startadvancinginaseries of small steps. When you want to stop, release this button.

REVADJ button

You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse, to return to a higher position on the same page.

1. Press the I

2. Press and hold down the I in a series of small steps. When you want to stop, release this button.

ON button to set the printer off-line.

] button.The paper will start moving backwards

If you press this button while on-line, this will change the Print Quality between High Quality (HQ) and Economy. You will hear one beep tone when the Economy mode is selected, and twice when the HQ mode is selected.The print speed isthe same in both the Economy and HQ mode, but the Economy mode uses less ink. When you select the Economy mode with this button, the printer ignores the Print Quality commands from the computer, and prints all text and graphics with the Economy mode.

PITCH button

This button allows you to selecttheprintingpitch. Remember that the printer must be offline for you to do this. Successive presses of this button will select the following options in order (Note that semi-condensed pitch is not available in the IBM mode):

Pitch Pica (1OCPI)

Elite (12CPI) Semi-condensed (15CPI) Condensed pica (17CPI) Condensed elite (20CPI) Proportional

If you press this button while on-line, this will change the Font style. You willhear one beep tonewhen the H-Gothic fontisselected, andtwice when the Roman font is selected.

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SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons in combinations.

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Flat feed

This ptinter can load paper either from the front slot of from the flat feed slot. It is recommended to use the flat feed for thick paper or the enveloPes.

Before you load paper from the flat feed slot, it isnecessary to indicatetheprinter that the paper will be fed by the fiat feed with the following procedure:

the I ON

press the ~ ON While holding down the I

I button to set the printer off-line.

J button again and hold it down.

[ button down, press and hold the I

button. Continue holding these two button down. In a few second, you will hear a short beep tone signaling that the flat feed mode is selected. Ifyouhold thesebuttonsaftertheshort beep tone,youwillhear twobeeptonessignaling that the flat feed mode is cancelled.

Release these buttons, and load paper from the flat feed slot.

Form feed

When you want to eject the current paper, follow theprocedures below instead ofpressing the I

1. Press the I ON

2. Press the ~LINEFEED\button and hold it down. The printer will start performing successive line feeds.

3. While holding the I release both buttons at the same time. The printer will smoothly eject the current page.

] button several times:

] button to set the printer off-line.

[ button down, press the I ON [button, then

Top of form

When you power on the printer, the first line position is automatically set to the current position. If this isnot where you want the top line of the page to be, you can change the top-of-form

position as follows:

1. Press the I

2. Movethepapertothe desiredtop-of-formpositionbypressingthe I or by performing a forward orreverse micro-feed with ~

] button to set the printer off-line.

]button,

]or ~

button.

3. Press the

I ON

4. While holding the

I button to set the printer on-line.

] button down, press the I FW3 [ button, then

release both buttons atthesametime. You will hear a beep tone indicatingthatthe top-

of-form position has been set.

Head cleaning

The printer’s unique head cleaning system clears paper particles and dust accumulated aroundtheprintheadnozzlesthat may otherwise cause printingproblems. It also clearsthe nozzlesand helpsmaintain ahighlevel ofprintquality. However, ifprinting problems such asirregulardotprintordotmissingshouldoccur,perform theprinthead cleaning according to the procedure below.

1. Make sure that the printer is turned on and the paper is loaded.

2. Press and hold down the I

] and I

3. The indicator blinks for five seconds while the print head is being cleaned. The check pattern shown below can be printed by pressing oneof any button within 1.5

seconds after pressing the I

{and I

NOTE: The printer does not print the check pattern when the data in the buffer is

retained.

I buttons while in on-line.

I buttons.

When the print check is completed, the printer returns to normal status.

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Clearing the buffer/All reset

Theprinterstoresreceived dataina largememory buffer. Thiscreates a problem when you

wantto abandonaprintingjob andrestart:theprintermaybe holdingmore data initsbuffer than it has actually printed, and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting. Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer, but there is another way:

1. Halt theprintingprogram on the computer. If printing stops immediately, thebuffer is clear and the rest of this procedure is unnecessary. If printing does not stop, continue as follows:

2. Press and hold the I ON

3. While pressing the I

ON button. Continue holding these two buttons down. In one second you will hear three beeptonessignalingthattheprinterhasbeen initializedtothepower-on defaultsettings.

4. Release these buttons, make any necessary control panel settings, then set the printer back on-line.

It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you do this panel operation. Otherwise, when you go back on-line the computer will start sending data again and the

printer will continue printing, with missing data where the buffer was cleared.

] button.

I button down, press and hold the I

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

In addition to their normal functions, all the control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on.

@ I ~

F 4 P f c p

Charge the optional battery pack

The printercanoperate with theoptionalNiCd battery pack when an externalpower source

is not available. Battery life varies depending on the options and the print density. Normally, asinglechargeworks theprinter for40 minutes.A battery charge willtake about ten hours.

S t m

t m

H P d

l m

1. Set the battery switch on the back of the printer to the ON position.

2. Turn the Power switch on while holding down the I ON

3. The indicator blinks while the battery is being charged. When the battery reaches a nearly fullcharge,the indicatorautomatically goes off (auto power off function).

CAUTION: Do not overcharge the battery pack.

Short test mode

Ifthe printeristumedon whilethe ~I-INEFEED ~buttonispressed,theprinterwill enter the short self-test mode. The printer will print the version number of the printer’s ROM, followed by six lines of the character set. Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it. The final result will be something like Figure 4-5.

‘: ‘: ,’: Ver 1.0 ,’:,’,,*

! II~$%& ( ) ;;+, –. / o I 2345 b7b9: ; <= > ?@ ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ ] ‘—’ abcdef gh 1 Jk lmno

! ,,#$%& ( ) >k+ , –

“ #$%& ( ) “:+, – /0 123456789: ; <=> ?@ ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \

#$%& ( ) ,’:+ , – /0 12345b789 : ; $%& ( ) ‘i+, -. /0 123456789: ; <=> ?@ABCDEFGH I

%& ( ) ‘:+, -. /0 123456789

F 4 S s

/01 23456789: ; <=> ?@ ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ ] ‘–’ abcdefghi jk lmnop

<= >?@ ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Z [ \ ] “– abcdef gh 1 j k lmnowr

: : <=> ?@ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY Z [ \ 1 ‘– abcdef gh i j k 1mnOPqrSt

J [\1 abcdef gh 1j k 1mnopqrs

Chapter4 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 25

j button.

1 abcdef gh i j k 1mnopq

Long test mode

Iftheprinter isturned on whilethe I

{ buttonimpressed,theprinterwill enterthe

long self-test mode. The printer will print the version number of the printer’s ROM, followed by the whole character set printed in each font and pitch available.

The test cycles endlessly, so you must turn the power off to stop it.

> Ver 1.0 c:,’:9:

< TMS-ROMN >

00@V+44 *❑OW 9 Jfl U**t !!1[S-1 t 1 ++L-~A7 ! “ #$%& ( ) “:+, – . /0 123456789: ; <=> ?@ ABCL)EFGHI JKLMNC PQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ ] ‘–’ abcdef gh i jklmnopqrstuvwxyz { [ } ‘OQti6a2i&5geeel 1 aiOtifiN@~L r-+f% i (())

= . . .

1 % W P

. . “

< L >

F L s

Hexadecimal dump

This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want to

see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computers change the codes the programmer intended.) In this mode, all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format, rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes.

This mode is accessed with the following procedure:

1. While holding the I

I button down, turn power ON. A beep tone will be

heard.

2. Begin printing. In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing

exactly what data the printer receives. Each line presents sixteen characters, their

hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on the right.

3. Attheendofthehexadecimaldump,setthepfinteroff-line withthe I ON

] button.

This is necessary to print the last line.

The following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexadecimal mode:

10 WIDTH “LPT 1 : “ , 255 20 FOR 1=0 TO 255 30 LPRINT CHR$ ( I ) : 40 NEXT I 50 LPRINT

END

If your system passes the codes directly to the printer without changing them, you will get a printout like Figure 4-7.

00 01 02 0.3 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 5b .57 60 61 62 6.3 64 65 66 67 70 ’71 72 73 74 75 76 77

80 81 82 83 84 55 86 87

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 AO A 1 A2 A3 .A4 .A5 .Ab A7 BO B1 B2 B3 134 B5 Bb B7 co c 1 C2 C3 C4 [:5 C(-J C7

DO D1 D2 F)3 04 D5 Db 1)7 EO E1 E2 h;.3 !s4 E5 I-6 !-7 FO F 1 F2 F:3 F4 F5 F“6 E-7

Oh 09 [M OH OC

I b 1Y 1A i B I (: 1D 1!- 1F 2b 29 2A 2B 2(: 2D 2E 2F’ 3b 39 .3A 3B 3C 31) 3E 3E” 48 49 4A. 4B 4C 4U 41? 4F

.58 59 5A 5B 5C 51) 5E 5P’

66 69 6A OF! bC bI) bF 6F78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7fi’ 86 $39 6A hB bC hI) SE

98 99 9A 9B 9(; 91) 91? 9F” AS .A9 .AA AR AC AD .4P AF B8 B9 nA Hi? 13c [it) BP: BP”

CS C9 CA (;11 CC CD CE CF’

1)8 1)9 DA F)B IX; DE I)F I)h

E8 E9 F:A F;B EC El) F:P: EF’ FEi F9 E“A FB FC E’D F1- F’P’

(01) OF OF

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

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

;:;$O/o&( )?<+,– ./

0 ; ?

B I JKLMNO

PQRSTUVWXY’Z [ \

‘ a i j k

p { I }

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

F 4 S h d

MostBASICS,however, are notquitethat straightforward. For example, the IBM-PC will give you a printout similar to Figure 4-8.

When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter sendshex code OD(carriagereturn) it adds an extra hex OA(line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-file) also gets special treatment: the interpreter does not send it at all. This can cause problems with graphics or download character data. However, you can solve this problem by changing line 30 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below.

Chapter4

CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 27

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Iv 18 19 IB IC ID 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 3 3 3 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 7’0 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 b4 85 66 87 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 AO Al A2 A3 A4 A5 Ab A7 BO B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 Bb B7 CO Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7

FO F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7

F 4 S h d

08 09 OA OB OC OD OA OE

28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 21-’

38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F

58 59 5A 5B 5C SD 5E SF

68 69 6A bB bC 6D 6E bF 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 6E SF 98 99 9A 9B 9C 9D 9E 9F A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF B8 B9 BA BB BC BD BE BF C D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE I)F

E F

Coding for IBM-PC with monochrome display:

30 GOSUB 100

1 x=INP(&H3BD)

110 OUT &H3BC,I

:IF X<128 THEN 100

:OUT &H3BE,5 :OUT &H3BE,4

120 RETURN

Coding for IBM-PC with color adapter:

30 GOSUB 100

100 X=INP(8ZH379) 110 OUT &H378,1

:IF X<128 THEN 100

:OUT &H37A,5 :OUT &H37A,4

120 RETURN

IE IF’

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

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

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0 @ P

‘

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

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

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

Pitch lock mode

Byholdingthel selected from the control panel. This prevents software interference. You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on.

Afterthe beep tone, you can set the printer off-line, select aprintpitch, thenretum toonlineandstartprinting.Thepitch youselectedwillnotberesetor otherwisechangedbyany commands your softwaremay issue.

Ibuttondown during power-up, the print pitch can onlybe

Chapter5

D S S

The bank of DIP (Dual In-line Package) switches inside the printer is used to define the various default printer functions. This chapter explains where the DIP switches are located, and how to use them.

LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES

When you open the top cover and the paper cover and look inside, you will see the small compartment at the right side of the printer with small white switches. These are the printer’s DIP switches, named 1to 10 from left to right.

I /7gufe 5-1.

For all switches, the ON position is towards the back of the printer and the OFF position is towards the front. To set a DIP switch, use a ballpoint pen or other small implement to move the switch to the ON or OFF position.

The printer’s power should be off when you set the DIP switches. Settings made while power isondo not takeeffect until power is switchedoff,thenon again, because theprinter reads the DIP switches only at power-up.

s l i p c

Chapter5 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS 29

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES

The printer is factory-set with all DIP switches in the ON position.These are the standard settings. By changing the settings, you can alter various printer functions to match your requirements. The following questions will help you choose the proper settings.

Switch

Emulation Standard

RAM usage

Auto LF with CR

4 Automatic Sheet Feeder

Font style

Print mode

Character set

International Character Set

10 IBM Code Page

Switch 1: Do you want to use the printer in standard mode or IBM mode?

Selectthemodecompatible with yourcomputerand software. In standardmode the printer operates like the Epson LQ-850. In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter X24E. The ON position selects standard mode. The OFF position selects IBM mode.

Switch 2: Does your software download new characters to the printer with the Standard

mode?

Function ON OFF

IBM Download Enabled Active

Quarter size

(Standard mode)

(IBM mode)

Buffer Disabled Inactive Tms Romn Helvet Normal size

Graphics Italics

Set #2 Set #l

In order to download characters’with the Standard mode, this switch must be in the OFF position.Theprinter thenusesitsRAM memory for storingcharacter patternsand provides only aone-lineprint buffer. If you leave this switch ON, the printerusesits RAM memory

as an input buffer, allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints. NOTE: This switch takes no effect with the IBM mode. In the IBM mode, you cannot

download characters.

Switch 3: Do you want an automatic line feed? If you leave this switch at the ON position,a separate line-feed code is required from your

computer to obtain a line feed. If youmovethis switch totheOFF position, theprinterperforms both acarriage return and

line feed each time it receives a carriage-return code. Mostcomputer systems sendalinefeed code, or both a carriage return and line feed, at the

end of each line, so this switch should be left ON. If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing, or if lines overprint each other, try changing the setting of this switch.

Switch 4: Are you going to use the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder (ASF)? In order to use theoptional Automatic SheetFeeder, move this switch to the OFF position.

Otherwise leave it ON. Switch 5: Do you want to print with Roman font style or H-Gothic font style? This printer has two font styles: Roman and H-Gothic.

The ON position selects the Roman font style, and the OFF position selects the H-Gothic font style as the power-on default.

Switch 6: Do you want to print quarter sized mode? This printer has special print mode. If you move this switch to the OFF position, all data

received are printed in half-sized both horizontally and vertically. This mode is called as

“Quartersized printmode”. Ifyouleave thisswitchON, theprinterprints withnormal print

mode. Switch 7: The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch 1.

If you selected standard mode, do you want italics or graphic characters?

Setthis switch OFF to print italics in the standard character set. If you leave this switch to the ON position, in place of italics you will get the graphic characters, international

characters, and mathematical symbols of IBM character set #2.

If you selected IBM mode, do you want IBM character set #1 or #2?

ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an 8-bit interface (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #1, for computers with a 7-bit interface.

Switches 8 to 10: Do you want an international character set or IBM code page?

Internationalcharacter sets differ in their assignment of 14character codes in the Standard Italic character set. See the character tables at the back of this manual. With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows:

Country 8 9 U.S.A.

ON ON ON France OFF ON ON Germany

ON OFF England OFF OFF ON

Country 8 9 10 Denmark I ON ON OFF Sweden

Italy ON OFF OFF

OFF ON OFF

Spain I OFF OFF OFF

Except in the Standard Italic character set, these switches select the default character code page as shown below:

Code Page

8 9 10 #437 U.S.A. ON ON ON #850 Multi-Lingual OFF ON ON #860 Portuguese ON OFF ON #861 Icelandic OFF OFF ON

Code Page 8 9 10 #863 Canadian French #865 Nordic

(Reserved)

ON ON OFF

OFF ON OFF

ON OFF OFF

OFF OFF OFF

Chapter5 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS 31

Chapter

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The printer has two emulation modes: Standard mode and IBM mode. In standard mode, the printer emulates the functions of the Epson LQ-850. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations.

The emulationischanged bymeansof DIP switch 1.When thisswitch issetON,theprinter willbe in standard mode, and when this switch is setOFF, the printer will be in IBM mode

(see Chapter 5).

It is not

possibletochange the emulation by means of software control.

This chapter describes the printer’s control commands. Some commands are common to boththe standard and IBM modes. In thedescriptionsof thecommands, allcommands will given by functions. The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below:

< “ 27 120 49

Mode:

Indicates the mode in which the command is recognized.

27 120 1 IB 78 01

IB 78 31

Std. Standard mode (DIP switch 1is ON.) IBM IBM mode (DIP switch 1 is OFF.) Both Both standard and IBM modes

ASCII: Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Control characters are

enclosed in pointed brackets: For example, <1> means character code 1. Decimal: Gives the command in decimal character codes. Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes.

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

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 33

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select Economy mode

“ “O”

<O>

Changes from High Quality mode to Economy mode. The printspeedisthesamein boththeEconomy and HQ (High Quality)mode, but the Economy mode uses less ink. Ignored if the Economy mode was selected with the control panel.

Select High Quality mode

<ESC> “ 27 120 49 IB 78 31

<ESC> “ 27 120 1 IB 78 01

Changes from Economy mode to High Quality mode. Ignored if the Economy mode was selected with the control panel.

Select print quality

<ESC> “[”

IBM

Selects the print quality according to the value of n as shown below.

<o> 27 91 100 0

<1> n

27 120 48 IB 78 30 27 120 0 IB 78 00

16 5B 64 00

in 01 n

n Print quality

No change

1-127 Economy mode

128-254 High Quality

255 Factory default

Ignored if the Economy mode was selected with the control panel.

Select Tms Romn font

,, ,, “ ,>

Selects the Tms Romn font. This is the default font if DIP switch 5 is set to ON.

“F” “ “ “)”

)

“0”

40 40 70 41 41 48 28 28 46 29 29 30

“o”

27 107 48

IB 6B 30

Select H-Gothic font

,, ,> ,, ,,

<ESC> “k” <FF> 27 107 12 IB 6B OC

“F” “ “ “ “

Selects the H-Gothic font. This is the default font if DIP switch 5 is set to OFF.

Select italic characters

<ESC> “4” 27 52 IB 34

Causes subsequent characters to be printed in italics.

Select upright characters

<ESC> “5”

Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright.

Emphasized printing

<ESC> “E”

Both

Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes.

40 40 70 41 41 76

“L”

27 53

27 69

28 28 46 29 29 4C

IB 35

IB 45

Cancel emphasized printing

<ESC> “F”

Both

Cancels emphasized printing.

Double-strike printing

<ESC> “G”

Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double-strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between, causing a thickening of horizontal strokes.

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 35

27 70

27 71 IB 47

IB 46

Cancel double-strike printing

Both <ESC> “H” 27 72

Cancels double-strike printing.

Start underlining

I I

<ESC> “-” “l” 27 45 49

Both

Causessubsequent characters to beunderlined.IBMblockgraphicscharacters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined.

Stop underlining

<ESC> “-” “O” 27 45 48

Both

<ESC> “-” <O> 27 45 0

Stops underlining.

Start overlining

<~sc> ‘,–,, ‘<~,!

IBM

IB 48

27 45 1 IB 2D 01

27 95 49

27 95 1 16 5F 01

I I

IB 2D 31

IB 2D 30 IB 2D 00

IB 5F 31

Causes subsequent characters to be overlined. Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined.

Stop overlining

IBM

<ESC> “-” <O> 27 95 0

Stops overlining.

27 95 48

IB 5F 30

IB 5F 00

Select score

]

<ESC> “(” “-”

<1> nl n2

<O>

Start score according to the values of nl and n2, as shown below.

nl Function

Underlining

2 Strike-through

Overlining

Function

<3>

o Cancel score

Single continuous line Double continuous line

2 5 Single broken line

Double broken line

Select ornament character

“q” n

Selects an ornament character according to the value of n, as shown below.

I I

27 40 45 3

O 1 d

27 113 n

IB 28 2D 03

01 nl n2

IB 71 n

Superscript

Mode

ASCII

<ESC> “S” “O”

Both

Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts. Does not change the character pitch.

n Character

2 Shadow 3

Normal

1 Outline

Shadow and outline

Decimal

27 83 48 27 83 0

Hexadecimal

IB 53 30 IB 53 00

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 37

.Subscript

<ESC> “S” “l”

Both

Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts. Does not change the character pitch.

Cancel superscript

Both <ESC> “T” 27 84

Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to nortnal printing.

or subscript

27 83 49

27 83 1 IB 53 01

IB 53 31

IB 54

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

Select standard character set

I I

Both

Std.

<ESC> “t”

<ESC> “t” <FS> “I” <FS> “I”

“o” <o> 27 116 0 “o” <o> 28 73 0

Selects the standard character set. This isthe power-up default in Standard mode if DIP switch 7 is set to OFF.

Select IBM character set

<ESC> “t”

<FS> “I” “1“

Std.

<FS> “I”

Selects an IBM character set. This is the power-up default in IBM mode, or DIP

,switch 7 is set to ON in standard mode.

<1>

Select character set #l

27 116 48

28 73 48

27 116 49 27 116 1 28 73 49 28 73 1

27 55

IB 74 30

IB 74 00 IC 49 30 IC 49 00

IB 74 31 IB 74 01 IC 49 31 IC 49 01

IB 37

Selects character set #1.

Select character set #2

Selects character set #2.

27 54

IB 36

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 39

Select international character set

<ESC> “R” n

Selectsaninternationalcharacter setin the Standard character set according to the value of n.

n Character set o U.S.A 8

1 France 9

Germany England 11

3 4 Denmark I 12 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spain I

Select IBM code page

181

“T”

#437 #850 #860 #86’1 #863 #865

Both

<O> <O> nl n2 O 0 d n2 00 00 nl n2

Changes the code page of thecurrent IBM chm-actersetaccording to the values of

d and n2.

id n2 Code Page

3 82 3 92 3 93 3 95 3 97

27 82 n IB 52 n

10 Denmark II

13 14

<o> 27 91 64 4 0

<4>

U.S.A. Multi-lingual Portuguese Icelandic Canadian French Nordic

Character set Japan

Norway

Spain II Latin America

Korea Irish Legal

IB 5B 54 04 00

One of these code pages can be selected as power-up defaults by DIP switches 8 to 10.

Enable printing of all character codes

nl n2 27 92 nl n2

x 256characters,whererd andn2arenumbers

<ESC> ‘Y”

IBM

EnablesprintingofallcharactersintheIBMcharacterset, includingthoseassigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes. This command remainsineffect forthenextr.d+n2

between Oand 255.

During this interval no control functions are executed. If a code with no assigned

character is received, the printer prints a space.

IB 5C nl n2

Enable printing of all character codes on next character

IBM

<ESC> “A”

Thiscommand operates like<ESC> ‘1”exceptthat itremains ineffect for onlyone character.

Select slash zero

<ESC> “-” <1> 27 126 1 IB 7E 01

Causes subsequent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash (~).

Select normal zero

Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally (0), without a slash.

27 94 n IB 5E n

27 126 49

27 126 48 27 126 0

IB 7E 31

IB 7E 30 IB 7E 00

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 41

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

Pica pitch

I I

<ESC> “P”

Std.

IBM <DC2>

27 80 IB 50

I Hexadecimal I

In Standard mode, changes from either elite or semi-condensed to pica pitch (10 cpi) or from condensed elite to condensed pica (17 cpi). In IBM mode, changes from either elite or condensed to pica (10 cpi). Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

Select pica characters with Economy mode

I IBM I <ESC> “1” <0>

Changes to pica pitch (10cpi) with Economy mode. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

27 73 0

I Hexadecimal I

I IB 49 00 I

Select pica characters with High Quality mode

I I

I IBM I <ESC> “1” <2>

Changes to pica pitch (10 cpi) with High Quality mode. Ignored if the PITCH

LOCK mode was selected during power-up, or the Economy mode was selected

with the control panel.

27 73 2

I Hexadecimal I

I IB 49 02 I

Elite pitch

I I

<ESC> “M”

Std.

IBM <ESC> “:”

Changes from either pica or semi-condensed to elite pitch (12 cpi) or from condensedpica tocondensedelite (20cpi). Ignored ifthePITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

27 77 IB 4D

27 58

Select elite characters with Economy mode

I I

I IBM I <ESC> “l” <8> I 27 73 8 I

Changes to elite pitch (12 cpi) with Economy mode. Ignored if thePITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

I Hexadecimal I

IB 3A

IB 49 08 I

Select elite characters with High Quality mode

IBM <ESC> “I” <LF>

27 73 10

IB 49 OA

Changes to elite pitch (12 cpi) with High Quality mode. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up, or the Economy mode was selected

with the control panel.

Semi-condensed pitch

27 103

Changes from either pica or elite to semi-condensed pitch (15cpi). Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

IB 67

Condensed printing

~ I

<S1> 15 OF

Both

<ESC> <S1> 27 15

Changes from pica to condensed pica (17cpi) or from elite to condensed elite (20

IB OF

cpi). Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

Select condensed characters with Economy mode

IBM <ESC> “I” <16>

27 73 16

IB 49 10

Changes to condensed pitch (17 cpi) with Economy mode. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

Select condensed characters with High Quality mode

IBM <ESC> “I” <DC2>

27 73 18

Changes to condensed pitch (17 cpi) with High Quality mode. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up, or the Economy mode was selected with the control panel.

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 43

IB 49 12

Cancel condensed printing

<DC2>

Both

In Standardmode, changesfromcondensed picato normalpica orfrom condensed elite to normal elite. In IBM mode, always changes to normal pica. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

Expanded printing

<ESC> “W” “l”

Both

Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width.

Cancel expanded printing

<ESC> “W” “O”

Both

+Stopsexpanded printing and returns to normal width.

Expanded printing for one line

18 12

27 87 49 27 87 1

27 87 48

27 87 0

IB 57 31

IB 57 01

IB 57 30 IB 57 00

<so>

Both

27 14

Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width. Characters return to normal width after the next line feed (<LF>). The <DC4>, <VT>, <1%-, and <ESC> “W” Ocommands also cancel expanded printing.

Cancel one-line expanded printing

<DC4>

Both

Stops one-line expanded printing set with <S0> or <ESC> <S0>. Does not cancel <ESC> “W” 1.

Select character width

28 69 n

IC 45 n

Select a character width according to the value of n as shown below.

Character width

o Normal-wide

1 Double-wide

2 Triple-wide

Select proportional spacing

27 112 49 27 112 1

IBM I <ESC> “P” <1>

27 80

Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

IB 70 31 IB 70 01

IB 50 01

Select proportional characters with High Quality mode

IBM <ESC> “I” <3>

27 73 3

Changes to proportional pitch with High Quality mode. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up, or the Economy mode was selected with the control panel.

IB 49 03

Select fixed spacing

TRM <ES(7> “P” <o>

Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing. Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

27 112 48 27 112 0

27 80 0

IB 70 30 IB 70 00

IB 50 00

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 45

Select master print mode

<ESC> “!” n

Std.

Selectsacombined printmodeaccordingtothe valueofn. Thevalueof nisthe sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics.

Function Underline

Italic Expanded

Double strike Emphasized Condensed [*] Proportional [*] Elite [*]

[*] Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power-up.

Examples: n = 1gives elite; n = 9(1 +8) gives emphasized elite; n = 137(1 + 8 +

128)gives underlined emphasized elite.

Increase character spacing

n 27 32 n

n value

128

64 32

27 33 n

IB 21 n

IB 20 n

Increases the space between characters by n dots, where n is a number from Oto

127.Used in microjustification.

Select double or quadruple size

Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below. Extra-high characters align along the cap-line of normal characters, with the base line temporarily moving down. Line spacing is temporarily doubled when n = 1 and quadrupled when n =2.

Effect

O Normal size

1 Double-high, double-wide

2 Quadruple-high, quadruple-wide

27 104 n

IB 68 n

Select character size

“(” “(”

“s” “)” “)” d

Selectsacombination ofcharacter height and width according to the value ofd, as

below. Does not move the base line.

d Line spacing o Single width

Character height Single weight

1 Double width Single height 2

Single width Double width Double height

Double height

Print double-height characters

“W” “l”

<ESC>

Std.

“W” <~>

“v” “l”

Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line, and

<without changing the line spacing.

Return to normal height

40 40 83 41 41

27 119 49 27 119 1 28 86 49 28 86 1

28 28 53 29 29 d

IB 77 31

IB 77 01

IC 56 31 IC 56 01

I I

Std.

<ESC>

<FS> “v” “o”

I-<FS> “v” <o>

“ “O” “ <O>

27 119 48 27 119 0 28 86 48

] 28 86 0 I IC 56 00 I

I Hexadecimal 1

IB 77 30 IB 77 00

IC 56 30

Terminates double-height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height.

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 47

Select character height, width, and line spacing

IBM

<ESC> “[”

<O> <O> n m O

Y@” <4>

<o>

27 91 64 4 0

IB 5B 40 04 00

00 00 n m

Selectsacombination ofcharacterheight, width, and line spacingaccording to the value of n and m, as below. Does not move the base line.

Line spacing Unchanged

Unchanged

Single

Single Double Unchanged

Double Singleheight

Double

Character height Unchanged

Single height Double height Unchanged Single height Double height

Double height

m Character width

1 Single width (same as <ESC> “W” O)

2 Double width (same as <ESC> “W” 1)

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set line spacing to 1/8inch

27 48

Sets the distance the paper advances in subsequent line feeds to 1/8 inch.

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

27 49

Setsthedistancethepaper advances insubsequentlinefeeds to7/60 inch(standard mode) or 7/72 inch (IBM mode).

Set line spacing to 1/6inch

27 50 IB 32

Sets the distance the paper advances in subsequent line feeds to 1/6 inch.

Set line spacing to n/360 inch

[ [

Std.

<ESC> “+” <FS> “3” n

n 27 43 n IB 2B n

28 51 n

IB 30

IB 31

IC 33 n

Setsthedistance the paper advances in subsequent line feedsto n/360 inch, where n is between Oand 255. .

Set base unit for line spacing

IBM

Setsthe base unit for the line spacing commands, <ESC> “3” and <ESC> “J”. If

<O> <O> <O> n

the value of n is 180,the base unit is setto 1/180”.Ifthevalueofn is 216,thebase unit is set to 1/216”. If otherwise specified, this command is ignored. This command becomeseffective only after <ESC> “3” or cESC> “J” is received, The default base unit is set to 1/216”.

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

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 49

00 00 00 n

Set line spacing to n/180 inch or n/216 inch

Both ] <ESC> “3”

n 27 51 n IB 33 n

Setsthedistance thepaper advancesin subsequentlinefeedstorz/180inchorn/216 inch,where nisbetween Oand255.If n=O, inStandardmodethe line-feeddistance is set to O,but in IBM mode this command is ignored.

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

I Both ] <ESC> “A” n

I 27 65 n I IB 41 n I

In Standard mode, setsthe distance the paper advances in subsequent linefeeds to n/60 inch, where n is between Oand 255. If n =O,the line spacing is set to O. InIBMmode thiscommand definesthe distance thepaper advances in subsequent linefeeds ton/72inch,where n isbetween 1and 85.Thenewlinespacing doesnot take effect until next <ESC> “2” command.

Execute <ESC> “A”

IBM <ESC> “2” 27 50 IB 32

Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding <ESC> “A” command. Sets the line spacing to 1/6 inch if there is no preceding <ESC> “A” command.

Line feed

Both <LF>

Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line. See the preceding commands for the line spacing.

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

] I

Feeds the paper once by n/180 inches or n/216 inches, where n is between 1and

255. Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode. Does not change the line-spacing setting.

27 74 n

IB 4A n

Feed paper n lines

<ESC> “f’ “ l“ n 27102 49 n <ESC> “f’

<1> n

27102 1 n

Feeds the paper n lines from the current line, where n is between Oand 127.

Set top of page at current position

<ESC> “4” 27 52

IBM

Setsthe current positionasthetop-of-page position. Notethat thiscan also bedone from the control panel.

Set bottom margin

Both

<ESC> “N” n

27 78 n

Sets the bottom margin ton lines, where n is between 1and 127in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode.

Cancel bottom margin

<ESC> “O” 27 79

IB 66 31 n IB 66 01 n

IB 34

IB 4E n

IB 4F

Cancels the bottom margin.

Form feed

<FF>

Feeds the paper to the top of the next page, and moves the print position to the left

margin.

Set vertical tab stops

Both

Cancels all current vertical tab stopsand setsnew vertical tab stopsatlinesnZ, n2, etc., where nf, n2,etc. are numbers between 1and 255. A maximum of 16vertical

tab stops can be set. The tab stops must be specified in ascending order; any violationof ascending order terminates the lab stoplist. Standard termination is by

the <0> control code. The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line

spacing and do n.. ..ove if the line spacing is changed later.

IB 42

27 66 11/ n2 . 0

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 51

nl n2 00

Set vertical tab stops every n lines

<ESC> “e” “l” n

<ESC> “e”

<1> n

27101 49 n

27101 1 n

Cancels all current vertical tab stopsand setsnew tab stopsevery n lines, where n

is between 1 and 127.

Set vertical tab stops in channel

<ESC>“b” nO nl

n2 ....

<0>

Cancels all current vertical tab stopsinchannelroll,(where rdlis between Oand 7) and sets new vertical tab stops in this charnel. (A channel is a set of vertical tab stopsselectedby the<ESC> “/” command.) See<ESC> “B” forparameters n],

<o>.

...

27 98 no n]

Select vertical tab channel

‘ nO

Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number (T@from Oto

7. The tab stops in each channel are set by <ESC> “b”.

IB 65 31 n

IB 65 01 n

IB 62 nO nl

n2 . 0 n2 00

n2,

47 nO IB 2F no

Verticaltab

Both

Feeds thepaper to thenext vertical tab stop and moves theprintposition to theleft margin. Performs a linefeed ifno vertical tabs are set,asat power-up. Feeds to the top ofthenext page ifverticaltabsare setbut thecurrentlineis atorbelow the last vertical tab stop.

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set left margin

I Std. ] <ESC> “l” n I 27 108 n I IB 6C n I

Sets the left margin at column n (where n is between Oand 255) in the current character pitch (picapitch ifproportional spacingis selected).The leftmargin does notmove ifthecharacter pitch ischanged later.The leftmarginmustbeatleasttwo columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below:

Pica Elite

()= ~ 576 ()= ~ =91

Semi-condensed Osn= 114 Condensed pica Osn S 130 Condensed elite O~ns 152

Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi-condensed Osn =57 Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite

O<n =38 ()<~ =45

Sn s64

OSn s76

Set right margin

n 27 81 n IB 51 n

Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected). Column position in the line. The right margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later. The right margin must be within the limits below:

n becomes the last character

Pica Elite

4S n s80 55

n s96

Semi-condensed 6sn ~120 Condensed pica 7= n =137 Condensed elite 8~n S160

Set left and right margjns

]

IBM ] <ESC> “X”

nl n2 27 88 nl n2

Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column rz2.See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes.

Carriage return

)

Both ] <CR>

Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin. If DIP

switch 3 is set to OFF, also performs a line feed.

Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi-condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 53

2Sn S40 3~ ~548

3Sn S60

45n 568 4~n~ 80

IB 58 nl n2

Set automatic line feed

IBM <ESC> “5” <1> 27 53 1 IB 35 01

Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it

receives a <CR> code. This command takes priority over DIP switch 3.

Cancel automatic line feed

IBM <ESC> “5” <O>

Causestheprinter toperformonlya carriage return when itreceives a<CR> code.

This command takes priority over DIP switch 3.

Backspace

Moves the print 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.

Leftjustify

Aligns subsequent text with the left margin, leaving the right margin ragged.

Center text

“a” <0>

27 53 0

27 97 48 IB 61 30

27 97 0 IB 61 00

27 97 49 27 97 1 IB 61 01

IB 35 00

IB 61 31

Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins.

Rightjustify

Aligns subsequent text with the right margin, leaving the left margin ragged.

27 97 50 27 97 2 IB 61 02

IB 61 32

Set horizontal tab stops

Both <ESC> “D” n] n2 .,.. <O> 27 68 nl n2 .... 0 IB 44 nl n2 00

Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns nl, n2, etc. in the current character pitch (pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected), where

nl, n2, etc. are numbers between 1 and 255. The maximum

number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 64 in IBM mode. The tab stops must be specified in ascending order; any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list. Standard termination is by the <0> control code. To clear all tab stops, specify <ESC> “D” <0>.

Set horizontal tab stop every n co/umns

<ESC> “e” “0” n

Std.

< <O> n

Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns, where

n is between 1and 127.

Reset all tab stops

I /

IBM <ESC> ‘CR”

Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power-up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9. Also clears all vertical tab stops.

Horizontal tab

) I

Both <HT>

Moves the printposition to the next horizontal tab stop. Ignored ifthere isno next horizontal tab stop in the current line. Note that when underlining is selected, spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined.

27101 48 n IB 65 30 n 27101 0 n

27 82

IB 65 00 n

IB 52

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 55

Relative horizontal tab

I I

Std.

<ESC> ‘Y” nl n2

27 92 nl n2 IB 5C nl n2

Moves the print position right or left a specified distance. Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin. The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows: If n2 is between Oand 63, the print head moves right by (n] + n2 Ifyou want tomovetheprinthead to the left,n] and rz2areobtainedby subtracting the value from 65536, and dividing the result into high and low bytes.

Relative horizontal tab in inches

I I

IBM / <ESC> “d” nl n2

Setsthenext printposition to (n]+ n2 x 256)/120 inchesfrom thecurrent position.

Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin.

2 IB 64 nl n2

Absolute horizontal tab in inches

<ESC> “$” nl n2

Setsthenextprint positionto (TZI+rz2x 256)/60inchesfrom theleftmargin on the current line. Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin.

27 36 nl n2 IB 24 nl n2

I Hexadecimal 1

x 256) dots.

I Hexadecimal I

Absolute horizontal tab in columns

“O” ‘n

<ESC> “f’ <O> n

Movesthenextprintpositiontocolumn n fromtheleftmargin,where n isbetween Oand 127.

27102 48

27102 0 n IB 66 00 n

n IB 66 30 n

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

Print normal-density 8-bit graphics

I I I Hexadecimal I

<ESC> “K” nl n2

Both

ml m2

27 75 nl n2 IB 4B nl n2

ml m2 ml m2

Printsbit-image graphics at 60dotsper inch horizontally. The graphic image is 48 dots high and

nl +n2x 256dots wide. Maximum width is 8 inches (480 dots).

ml, m2, ... are the dot data, each a l-byte value from Oto 255 representing 48

verticaldots, withthemostsignificantbitatthetopsixdots andthe leastsignificant bit at the bottom six dots. The number of data bytes mustbe ignored. At the end of bit-image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode.

rd +n2x 256.Dotsbeyond the right margin are

Print double-density 8-bit graphics

<ESC>“L” nl n2

ml m2

<ESC> “Y” nl n2 27 89 nl n2

ml m2

27 76 nl n2 IB 4C nl n2

ml m2 ml m2

IB 59 nl n2

Prints bit-image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally (maximum 960 dots wide). See <ESC> “K” for other information.

Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics

~ I I I Hexadecimal I

Both

I I

<ESC> “Z” nl n2

ml m2 ml m2

27 90 nl n2

Prints bit-image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally (maximum 1920dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction. See <ESC> “K” for other information.

IB 5A nl n2

ml m2 .,.

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 57

Print hex-density 24-bit graphics

<FS> “Z” nl n2

I I

Prints 24-bit dotgraphicsat 360dotsper inch horizontally. The graphics image is 48 dotshigh and nl + n2 Inthedata position, the most significant bit of cant bit of isthe 17thand 18thdot;the leastsignificantbitofm2isthe31st and 32nddot from thetop;themost significantbitof significantbitof ofdata bytesmustbe 3 At the end of dot graphics printing, the printer returns automatically to character mode.

ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3

x 256dots wide. Maximum width is8inches (2880dots).

ml, m2,m3...eachthreebytesrepresent 48 verticaldots. Intheleftmost mZisthe 15thand 16thdot from the top; the most significantbit of m2

m3isthebottomtwo dots. Therestofdata issimilar.The number

x (n] + n2x 256).Dots beyondtherightmargin areignored.

28 90 nl n2

ml isthe top and second dot; the least signifi-

m3isthe33rdand34thdotfrom thetop;theleast

Print hex-density 48-bit graphics

IC 5A nl n2

<ESC> “l” “*” nl n2

ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3

Prints48-bitdotgraphicsat 360dotsper inch horizontally. The graphics image is 48 dotshigh and nl + In the data position,themost significantbitof

theeighth dotfromthetop;themost significantbitofm2istheninthdot;the least

significant bit of issimilar.The number of data bytes must be 6 x right margin are ignored. At the end of dot graphics printing, the printer returns automatically to character mode.

ml, m2,m3 ...each six bytes represent 48 vertical dots. In the leftmost

n2x 256 dotswide.Maximumwidthis8 inches (2880dots).

m2 isthe sixteenth dot from the top, and so on. The rest of data

2 nl n2 IB 7C 2A nl n2

ml isthe top dot;the least significantbitof mZ

(rd +n2x 256).Dotsbeyondthe

Select graphics mode

4Y3G “*” nO nl

Std.

ml m2

27 42 nO nl

n2 ml m2

IB 2A nO nl

n2 ml m2

Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of nOand prints bit-

image graphics in this mode. See <ESC> “K” (for 8-bit graphics), <FS> “Z” (for

24-bit graphics) or <ESC> “l” “*”

nl, n2,ml, m2, ...

Graphics mode 8-bit Normal-density

8-bit Double-density

8-bit Quadruple-density

8-bit CRT graphics, mode I

8-bit CRT graphics, mode II 24-bit Normal-density

24-bit Double-density

33 38

24-bit CRT graphics 24-bit Triple-density

24-bit Hex-density 48-bit Normal-density

48-bit Double-density

48-bit CRT graphics

48-bit Triple-density

48-bit Hex-density

(for 48-bit graphics) for information

(60dots per inch)

(120 dots per inch) (120 dots per inch) (240 dots per inch) (80 dots per inch) (90 dots per inch) (60 dots per inch) (120 dots per inch) (90 dots per inch) (180 dots per inch) (360 dots per inch) (60 dots per inch) (120 dots per inch) (90 dots per inch) (180 dots per inch) (360 dots per inch)

Select graphics mode

43SC> “ “ “g” nl n2

IBM

Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of mO and prints dot graphics in this mode. The graphics image is <ESC> “K” (for 8-bitgraphics)or<FS> “Z” (for 24-bit graphics) for information on

ml, m2, ...

2 3 8

9 11 12

[

mO ml m2

Graphics mode 8-bit Normal-density

8-bit Double-density 8-bit Double-density 8-bit Quadruple-density 24-bit Normal-density 24-bit Double-density 24-bit Triple-density 24-bit Hex-density

28 91 103 nl n2

IB 5B 67 nl n2

ml m2

(nl +n2 x 256)– 1dots wide. See

(60dots per inch)

(120 dots per inch) (120 dots per inch) (240 dots per inch) (60 dots per inch) (120 dots per inch) (180 dots per inch) (360 dots per inch)

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 59

Convert graphics density

<ESC> “?” n m

27 63 n m IB 3F n m

Converts graphics defined by subsequent <ESC> “K”, <ESC> “L”, <ESC> “Y” or<ESC> “Z” commands to adensitymode defined by <ESC> “*”. n is“K”, “L”, “Y” or “Z”, indicating the mode to be converted.

m is a code from <0> to <4> or

<6> indicating one of the modes of <ESC> “*”.

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

Define 24-dot download characters

27 38 0 nl IB 26 00 nl

Std.

Clears the 48-dot download characters and defines one or more new 24-dot characters and storesthem in RAM for lateruse. DIP switch 2 must be setto OFF; otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer, not downloading characters, and this command is ignored.

nl is the character code of the first character defined and n2 is the character code of the last character defined. nl must be equal to or less than n2.

The data for each character start with three bytes specifying proportional spacing attributes:thefirstbyte, specifiesthecharacter width;the thirdbyte, m2,specifies theright ofthecharacter. These values must not exceed the following maximum limits:

n2 mO ml m2 n2 mOml m2 n2 mOml m2

dl d2 al

dl d2 dx dl d2 .,. &

mO,specifiesthe left ofthe character; the secondbyte,ml,

Character mode Pica Elite Semi-condensed Proportional 37 Super/Subscript Prop. superlsubscript

ml mO+ml +m2

31 27

19 24

19 36

36 30

Next comes the dot data. Normal character height is 24 dots, so there must be 3 x

ml bytes of dot data. If the printer is in super/subscript mode, however, the

character height is 16 dots, so there must be 2 x ml bytes of dot data. Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots, with the most significant bit being the top dot, and the least significant bit being the bottom dot.

For further details, please refer to chapter 7.

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 61

Define 48-dot download characters

<O> n3 n4 n2 O n3 n4 n2 00 n3 n4

mO ml m2

dl d2 &

27124 38 nl

mOml m2 mOml m2

dl d2 ,.. dx dl d2 dx

IB 7C 26 nl

Clears the 24-dot download characters and defines one or more new 48-dot characters and storesthem inRAM for later use. DIP switch 2 must be set toOFF; otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer, not downloading characters, and this command is ignored.

rzl+n2x 256indicateshow many bytes that will follow with this command. rz3is the character code of the first character defined and n4 isthe character code

of the last character defined. n-?must be equal to or less than The data for each character start with three bytes specifyingproportional spacing

attributes:thefirstbyte,

mO,specifiestheleftofthecharacter; thesecondbyte, ml,

specifiesthecharacter width;the thirdbyte, specifiesthe rightofthe character. These values must not exceed the following maximum limits:

Character mode

Pica 31 Elite Semi-condensed Proportional Super/Subscript Prop. super/subscript

27 30

19 36

mO+ml +m2

24 42

n4.

Next comes the dot data. Normal character height is 48 dots, so there must be 6 x

ml bytes of dot data. If the printer is in super/subscript mode, however, the

character height is 32 dots, so there must be 4 x Each data byte indicates eightverticaldots, with the most significantbit being the top dot, and the least significant bit being the bottom dot.

For further details, please refer to chapter 7.

Select download character set

“ “l”

Std.

<ESC> “%” <1> 27 37 1

Selects the download character set. Ignored when DIP switch 2 is set to ON.

ml bytes of dot data.

27 37 49

IB 25 31 IB 25 01

Shift download character area

<FS> “I” “2” 28 73 50

<FS> “I” <2> 28 73 2

Shifts the download character area defined between Oto 127 to the area between

128to 255.

Select ROM character set

“910”“O” 27 58 48

<ESC> “Yo” <O> 27 58 0

Stops using the download character set and returns to the built-in ROM character set. Ignored when DIP switch 2 is set to ON.

27 116 50 27 116 2

IB 74 32 IB 74 02 IC 49 32

IC 49 02

IB 25 30

IB 25 00

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 63

OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS

Set MSB to 1

Setsthe most significantbitof each subsequent byte received to 1,allowing users with a 7-bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127.

Set MSB to O

Setsthe most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to O.

Accept MSB as is

Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent

o to the printer.

Delete last character sent

<DEL>

27 62

27 61

27 35

127

IB 3E

IB 3D

IB 23

Deletes the last character received. Ignored if the last character received has already been printed, orifthe lastcharacter received was allor part ofacommand.

Cancel last line

Both

<CAN>

Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer.

Set printer off-line

<DC3>

IBM <ESC> “Q” “$”

Sets the printer off-line. The printer disregards all subsequent characters and

commands except <DC1>, which returns it to the on-line. The printer’s ON indicator does not go off.

19 27 81 36

IB 51 24

Set printer on-line

<DC1>

Both

Returns the printer 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 ON button on the control panel.

Stop printing

IBM <ESC> “j”

Prints the entire contents of the input buffer, then sets the printer off-line. The ON indicator on the control panel goes off.

Be//

<BEL>

Sounds a brief beep tone from the printer.

Bi-directional printing

<ESC> “U” “O” 27 85 48 IB 55 30

Both

<ESC> “U” <O> 27 85 0

27 106

IB 6A

IB 55 00

Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bi-directional mode, which is faster than uni-directional printing.

Uni-directional printing

< 27 85 1 IB 55 01

Causes subsequent printing to be done uni-directionally, ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision.

“l”

One-line uni-directional printing

Immediately returns the print head to the leftmargin, then prints the remainder of the line from left to right. Normal printing resumes on the next line.

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 65

27 85 49

27 60

IB 55 31

IB 3C

Manual feed

Both ,’,, ,<(,,

(

“o” ““ ““

Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted. Ignored if DIP switch 4 is set to ON.

Auto feed

Both ‘,(,, ,,(,,

“4” “ “ “)”

)

Selects the automatic sheet feeder. Ignored if DIP switch 4 is set to ON.

Eject paper fromASF

<ESC> <EM> “R”

Both ,,(,, ,,(,,

Ejects the current page. Ignored if DIP switch 4 is set to ON.

“R” “ “ “)”

)

Set print start position on ASF

27 25 0

40 40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29

27 25 4

40 40 52 41 41

27 25 82

40 40 82 41 41

IB 19 00

IB 19 04

28 28 34 29 29

IB 19 52

28 28 52 29 29

<ESC> <EM> “T” n

Both “(,, ,’(,,

Skipsn/6inchesatthe topofthepage,where nisequaltoorgreater than 1.Ignored if DIP switch 4 is set to ON.

Reset printer

Both <ESC> “@”

< 28 64

Reinitializestheprinter. Clears theprintbuffer and returns settingsto theirpowerup values exceptthePrintQuality and Pitch Lock mode setwith the controlpanel, downloaded characters, ASF selections, or the top of form position.

“T” ‘< “ “)” n

)

27 25 84 n

40 40 84 41 41

27 64

IB 19 54 n

28 28 54 29 29 n

IB 40

IC 40

Chapter7

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With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their dot data, and havethemprintedinplaceofselected characters intheregular character set.Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through to complex Chinese or Japanese characters.

Regular characters are permanently stored inthe printer’s ROM, but characters you design are downloaded and stored in RAM for use. Before you start to define your own characters, you must set the DIP switch 2 to OFF. Otherwise, the RAM is used to store the input buffer, and the download commands are ignored.

DEFINING YOUR OWN 24-DOT CHARACTERS

Designing and printing your own characters has two requirements: first, designing the shape of the character, calculating the data necessary to make the shape, and sending that data to theprinter, and secondly, sending thecommand to print thedownloaded characters instead of the regular characters. There are a number of design constraints for download characters:

. The matrix or grid on which you design the characters depends upon the print mode as

shown below:

Character mode Pica characters 31

Elite characters 27

Semi-condensed

Proportional 37

Super/subscript

Proportional super/subscript 37

. The minimum width of ,acharacter is ilve dots. . Dots cannot overlap.

. You may define any position in the ASCII table upto 127characters. Photocopy the grid in Figure 7-1 to help design your new characters. We will use a tiny

representation of a telephone symbol for our example.

Horizontal

19 16

Vertical

24 24

16 16

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F 7-1. t g s d y 2 c

Gii

Assigning the character data

Now, we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots, and enter them underneaththegrid.Eachverticalcolumn (whichhas amaximum of24dots) isfirstdivided intothreegroups(ortwo groupsforsuper/subscripts)ofeightdots.Each groupof eightdots is represented by one byte, which consists of eight bits.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021 22232425262726293o3l

.“. 1 [ 1

32 16

6 4 2

F 7-2.T s w 2 p

1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I I I I ! I [ ! ,

ASCIICode: Leftspace: Characterwidth: Rightspace:

This is where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in. Notice that there is a number foreach row ofdotsand thateachnumber istwice the numberbelow it.By making thesenumberspowersoftwo we can take any combination of dotsin a verticalcolumn and assign them a unique value.

Assigning a value of character space

Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character, this printer allows you to

specify the position in the standard grid where the character will print. You must specify the dot column in which the printed character starts and the dot column in which the character ends. Why, you may ask, would you want to define a character this way instead of merely defining the overall width of the character? Because this printer’s proportional character definitions can also be used to print normal width characters, and by centering even the narrow characters in the complete grid they will look good even you are not printing them proportional.

The three bytes are used to specify the width of the character and the space to be allowed on either side of it. The left space (in dot columns) is specified by rnOand the right space is specified by varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it, you can actually create proportional width characters.

m2.The second byte (ml) specifies the width of the character in dots. By

When defining characters, thenumber ofprinted columns and thecharacter width

Character mode

Pica characters Elite characters

(mO+ml +m2)cannot exceed the value shown below.

ml mO+ml +m2

31 36 27 30

(ml), andthe sumof side spaces

Semi-condensed 19 24

Proportional

Super/subscript

Proportional super/subscript

42 36 42

Sample program

To demonstrate how to use the 24-dot download characters, let’s use the “telephone” character and the other user-defined characters to print asmall graph. Thisprogram willdo

just that:

1000 WIDTH “LPT1 : “ , 255 1010 LPRINT CHR$ (27 );“Xl 1020 LPRINT CHR$( 27) ;“it”;CHR$( O) : 1030 LPRINT CHR$( 60) ;CHR$( 61 );

1 FOR N=60 TO 61

1050 READ LS :LPRINT CHR$ (Ls) ; 1060 READ CW :LPRINT CHR$ (CW) : 1070 READ RS :LPRINT CHR$ (Rs );

1080 FOR M=1 TO CW’k3 1090 READ MM 1100 LPRINT CHR$(MM) ; 1110 NEXT M 1120 NEXT N

“ ;

Chapter7 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS 69

LPRINT CHR$(27); ”

1130 1140

LPRINT CHR$(27); ”

1150

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’h’’;CHR$(l); LPRINT “

1160

LPRINT “

1170

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’h’’;cHR$(o)

1180

LPRINT CHR$(27);” k“;CHR$(0); CHR$(27) ;“5”

1190

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’%’’;CHR$(1) ;

1200 1210

LPRINT “USA’’;CHR$(9); FOR 1=0 TO 681 STEP 25

1220

LPRINT

1230

LPRINT CHR$(9);

1240

FOR 1=0 TO 781 STEP 25

1250

LPRINT

1260

LPRINT “GERMANY”; CHR$(9);

1270

1280

FOR 1=0 TO 412 STEP 25 :LPRINT CHR$(60); LPRINT

1290 1300

LPRINT CHR$(9);

FOR 1=0 TO 488 STEP 25 :LPRINT CHR$(61);

1310 1320

LPRINT

LPRINT “JAPAN’’;CHR$(9) ;

1330 1340

FOR 1=0 TO 347 STEP 25

1350

LPRINT

1360

LPRINT CHR$(9);

1370

FOR 1=0 TO 493 STEP 25

1380

LPRINT LPRINT CHR$(9) ;’’+-”;

1390 1400

SCALE$=’’+-+-”

1410

FOR 1=2 TO 8

1420

~PRINT “+-+” LPRINT CHR$(9); ”0 “;

1430 1440

FOR 1=1 TO 8

1450

LPRINT “ “;1;

1460

NEXT I LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’%’’;CHR$(O)

1470

LPRINT CHR$(27); ’’M”;

1480 1490

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’S’’;CHR$(O);

1500

LPRINT CHR$(9); ” (100 UNITS/1000 PERSONS)”

1510

LPRINT CHR$(27); ’’T”;

LPRINT CHR$(27);’’@I’

1520 1530

END 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 2180

‘ DATA

‘ Telephone Symbol DATA 3, 31, 2 DATA O, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 23, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0 DATA 19, 15,192, 40, 16, 0, 80, 47,192, 32, 80, 0, 80,175,192 DATA 47, 80, 0, 80,175,192, 47, 80, DATA 80,163,192, 33, 64, 0, 80,163,192, 47, 80, DATA 47, 80, 0, 80,175,192, 32, 80, 0, 80, 47,192, 40, 16, 0 DATA 19, 15,192, 40, 0, 0, 23, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0 DATA O, 0, 0

‘ Car Symbol DATA 3, 31, 2 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 30, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 60, 0, 0, 3, 0 DATA DATA 10, 3, DATA 64,12b, O, 63,128, DATA 32, 3, DATA 76,124,128, 51, 3, 0, 12,252, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0,254, 0 DATA O, 0, 0

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0,252,128, 0, 3, 64,

D“;CHR$(ll):CHR$(0) k“;CHR$(12); CHR$(2;) ;“4”.

:LPRINT CHR$(60

:LPRINT CHR$(61.

:LPRINT CHR$(60);

:LPRINT CHR$(61);

:LPRINT SCALE$;

0, 20,124, 0, 40, 0, 0, 80,126,

0, 64,126, 0, 63,128,

0, 64,124,128, 32, 3, 64, 64,124,128, 48,

:NEXT I

0, 80,163,192, 33, 64, 0

1,252,128, 2, 3, 64, 5,124,128

:NEXT I

0, 80,175,192

0, 32, 0, 0 0, 64,124, 0

3, 64

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DEFINING YOUR OWN 48-DOT CHARACTERS

You can define 48-dot download characters. By downloading this 48-dot characters, you can print fine characters.

Fundamentally,theprocess to define andprint downloaded 48-dot character isthe same as for24-dotcharacters, except that youmust supplyabout twice as much character data, and you must indicate the printer how many download data that will follow.

We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example.

ASCIICode: 64 Leftspace: 3 Characterwidth 37 R,ghtspace: 2

F 7 T s w 4 p

The procedure to assign the character data isthe same asthe24-dotcharacters, except that the vertical height is twice to it. So, our telephone symbol requires 186character data. In addition, it also requires the three attribute infomations for each character and three bytes. Therefore, the telephone character is made up with 192byte data.

When you want todownload two picacharacters with48-dot,the download data shouldbe 381 data. This value is devided into two-byte data as shown in the following program.

To demonstrate how to define and to use the 48-dot download characters, let’s use the “telephone” character and the other user-defined characters to print a small graph. This program will do just that:

WIDTH ‘<LP’T1:“,255 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ;“

1010 1020

LPRINT CHR$ (27) ;“I“;“ LPRINT CHR$(60);CHR$( 61);

1030 1040

FOR N=60 TO 61

READ LS :LPRINT CHR$(LS);

1050

READ CW :LPRINT CHR$(CW);

1060 1070

READ RS :LPRINT CHR$(RS) ;

k’OR M=l TO CW’<6

1080 1090

READ M!vl

1100

LPRINT CHR$(MM); NEXT M

1110

!iEXT N

1120 1130

LPRINT CHR$(27);

1140

LPRINT CHR$(27); ”

1150

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’h’’;CHR$(l);

1160

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LPRINT “ CARS & TELEPHONES”

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’h’’;CHR$(O)

1180 1190

LPRINT CHR$(27); ”

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’%’’;CHR$(1);

1200

LPRINT “USA’’;CHR$(9);

1210 1220

FOR 1=0 TO 681 STEP 25

1230

LPRINT

1240

LPRINT CHR$(9);

1250

FOR 1=0 TO 781 STEP 25

1260

LPRINT

1270

LPRINT

1280

FOR 1=0 TO 412 STEP 25

1290

LPRINT

1300

L~RINT CHR$(9);

1310

FOR I=u TO 488 STEP 25

1320

LPRINT

1330

LPRINT “JAPAN’’;CHR$(9);

1340

FOR 1=0 TO 347 STEP 25 :LPRINT CHR$(60); :NEXT

1350

LPRINT

1360

LPRINT CHR$(9);

1370

FOR 1=0 TO 493 STEP 25

1380

LPRINT LPRINT CHR$(9) ;’’+-”;

1390 1400

SCALE$=’’+-+-”

1410

FOR 1=2 TO 8 :LPRIN’T SCALE$; :NEXT I

1420

LPRINT “+-+” LPRINT CHR$(9); ”0 “;

1430 1440

FOR 1=1 TO 8

1450

LPRINT “ “;1; NEXT I

1460 1470

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’%’’;CHR$(O)

1480

LPRINT CHR$(27); ’’M”;

1490

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’S’’;CHR$(O);

1500

LPRINT CHR$(9); ”(100 UNITS/1000 PERSONS)” LPRINT CHR$(27); ’’T”;

1510 1520

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;”@”

1530

END 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100

‘ DATA

‘ Telephone Symbol DATA 3, 31, 2 DATA

DATA 1, 84, 0, 0, 0, 0, D 1 D 4 D 0 D 4 D 4 D 2

“GERMANY’’;CHR$(9) ;

o, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0,

X 1“ ;

&“;CHR$ (125) ;CHR$ (1);CHR$ (O );

“D’’;CHR$(11);CHR$(O)

k“;CHR$(12); CHR$(27) ;“4”:

k“;CHR$(0);CHR$(27) ;“5”;

:LPRINT CHR$

:LPRINT CHR$(61): :NEXT

:LPRINT CHR$(61);

0,170, 0, 0, 0,

6,170, 0, 0, 0, 2 1 2 1

0, 22, 1, 85, 10,160, 0, 22, 85, 84, 2 0, 22, 1, 80, 2 0, 22, 1, 80, 2

60); :NEXT I

61); :NEXT I

60);

:NEXT I

:NEXT

0 0

0 0 0 0

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2110 DATA

2120 DATA

2130 DATA 2140 DATA 2150 DATA 2160 DATA 2170 DATA 2180 DATA 2190 ‘ Car

2200 DATA

2210 DATA 2220 DATA 2230 DATA 2240 DATA 2250 DATA 2260 DATA 2270 DATA 2280 DATA 2290 DATA 2300 DATA 2310 DATA 2320 DATA 2330 DATA 2340 DATA

2350 DATA

2 DATA

4 0, 22, 85, 84,

0, 22, 1, 80,

2 0

2 O

40,170,170, 5, 80, 0, 22, 1, 85, 10,160, 0

0,170,245, 80, 0, 22,128, 85, 10,160, 0

40, 41, 68, 42,245, 80, 0, 22,138, 21, 10,160, 0

84,

10,245, 80, 0,

i, 84, 0, 0, 0, 0,

6,170, o! 0, 0, 0 0,170, 0, 0, 0, 0

~. 20, 0, 0, 0, 0

Symbol

3, 31, 2 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ~! 03 0> 0, 0, 5, 80, 0, 0, 0, 0, lo, lf=Jo, o! o

0, 21, 91, 0, 0, 0!

0, 6, 21, 91, 16, 0,

0,102, 21, 91! lb, 0, 6, 96, 21, 91, 0, 0,

1,152,

9,128, 42,160, 0, 0

38, 0, 17, 64, 0, 0, 40>

lb, O, 21, b4, 0, 0, 40,

2 2

lb, o, 21, 91, 0, 4 0

lb. O, 21, 91, 16, 0, 40, 0. 42,164,224, 0 lb, O, 17, ‘~l, lb, 0, 47,128, 42,164,224, 0

lb,12b, 21, 91, 0, 0,

0,12b, 21, b4, ~, ~. ~, 0, 0, u,

b4, 0, 0, b4, 0, 42,160, 0, 0

7 0

o! u, o

2,172, 0, 0

1 0

2 O

42,164,224, 0

0, 42,184, 0, 0

0, 42,184, 0, 0 0, 42,184, 0, 0

1 0

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When using your printer with an IBM PS/2, PC-AT or compatible, you will probably be using PC-DOS or MS-DOS as an operating system. A number of software tricks may be useful here. This chapter is not, however, a substitute for the operating system manuals

supplied with your computer.

To learn how to print files, etc. it is best to read the relevant parts of these manuals.

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER

When installing application software, you may find that your printer is not specifically mentioned in the lists of printers given for installation. However, this should pose no problem. Read this section, and guidelines provided with your software on printer

installation. Choose oneofthefollowing (in order of preference) according to your selected Emulation

mode.

Standard mode

1 Star XB-2410/XB24-10 Proprinter X24E

Star NX-2420/LC24-200

Epson LQ-850

You can alsoselectoneofNEC 24-wire printerstoprintgraphicsin theStandardemulation mode.

Ifyoursoftware package does notmention printers by name, but asksinstead what features

your printer is capable of, the most common questions are: “Can your printer perform a backspace?” and“Canitdoahardware form feed?”. You shouldanswer ’’Yes”toboththese questions.

Other software packages may allow you to install specific features. Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed. This is given below.

Pica Elite 12 96 Semi-condensed 15 Condensed pica 17.1 Condensed elite Proportional Variable

Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to return to the default settings. The command for your printer is <ESC> @.

IBM mode

Proprinter X24

CPI

10 80

20 160

Number of columns

120 137

Chapter8 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 75

Make surethat the DIP switches are setforthe correct printeremulation, andthat you have

selected the appropriate character set using the DIP switches. Ifyou areindoubtabouttheconfigurationof yourapplication software, seekexpert advice. Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference.

EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

Many word-processors and other software lack commands for changing font, printing double-size characters. Your printer therefore has commands that can be embedded in documents to control these functions without software help. The commands consist of a capital letter enclosed in double parentheses, followed by a digit (or a capital letter):

Font:

((F))O Tms Romn ((F))L Helvet

Size:

((s))0 Standard size ((s))1 ((s))2 ((s))3

Double width Double height Double width and height

If you want to print a title in double-size Helvet, then change to different size with Tms Romn”forother text, you can use these commands as follows:

File as seen on computer screen:

( (F) )L ( (S) )3

Printer commands

( (F) )0 ( (S) )0

Printer commands ( ( S ) ) 2can be ( ( S ) ) Oembedded

( ( S ) ) Ianywhere ( ( S ) ) Oln a document.

Printout:

i n t e r

Printer commands Can beembedded

When you use these commands there are several points to note:

● A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line.

● The software willnotknow thatthesearecommands, so you cannot trustyoursoftware

togiveyouthe correct linewidth. The printed line maybe considerably shorterthan the lineon the screen; the extra spacebeing the space that was occupied by the commands.

One way to handle the last problem is to prepare your document without the commands, then insert them as a final step, with the margins released. The find, replace, and copy functions of word-processing software can be helpful here.

Ifyoudo not use thesecommands orthepanel controls, the printer willprint standard-size,

Tms Romn characters. The printer supports various commands in addition to the above, such as quadruple-size

printing.

Most of these other commands consist of the escape code followed by one or more letters or numbers. Ifyour softwareenables youtoplacetheescape codeinyourfiles, orifyou areableto define this as a user option during installation, you can also embed these escape sequences.

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

Ifyour systemincludesthe filePRINT.COM you can usethemain DOS printingcommand. Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print. To print a file named README.DOC, for example, type:

A>PRINT README. DOC

The computer may respond with the following message, asking which printer to use:

Name of 1ist dev ice [PRN] :

If your computer is connected to only one printer, press RETURN to select the default choice [PRN). Printing will begin and the A> prompt will reappear. You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed.

A singlePRINT command can printtwo ormore files.Listthe filenames consecutively on the same line, or use wild-card characters (* and ?). Each file will be printed starting on a new page. The PRINT command also has control options. Forexample, you can terminate aprintingjob in progresswith them option. (Theprinter may notstopprintingimmediately as there may be considerable data stored ahead in its buffer.)For the /T option, type:

A>PRINT/T

See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command. If your system doesnot include PRINT.COM, you can printfiles by using thePRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following:

A>COPY README. DOC PRN A>TYPE README. DOC >PRN

COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file is printing.

If you want a particular font, or print pitch, you can make these settings from the control

panel before you start printing. See Chapter 4.

Chapter8 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 77

If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file. Then instead of setting font style etc. manually each time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer. For example, you can create a file containing printer commands to select Economy mode, and select elite pitch with the Standard You can find the commands in Chapter 6. We suggest the following:

. Economy mode . Elite pitch

<ESC> “!” <1> is a powerful command that, in addition to selecting elite pitch, cancels

unwanted features such asunderlining which might be left from previous commands. The angle brackets around the <1> indicate character code 1, which is a control code, not the printable digit “l”.

Youmay wanttopiace additionalcommands inthisfile, suchas leftand rightmargins, line spacing and bottom margin commands. Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each.

To avoid excess line feeds, you should place the commands on one line in the setup file. You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word-processing software; it dependsonwhetheryour software letsyouenter control codes. If yoursystem includesthe file EDLIN.COM, however, you can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor.

An appropriate name for this setup file would be SJELITE.DAT. To use the DOS line editor, type the command EDLIN SJELITE.DAT, then type the underlined parts of the followingdisplay.PressRETURN at theend of each line.Do not typethe symbol“A”.This symbolmeans to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key: for example, ‘V means to type CTRL-V. ACmeans to type CTRL-C, which indicates the end of the input.

A>EDLIN SJELITE. 13AT

New file

AV indicates that the following character is a control code. *V[ enters the <ESC> code.

<ESC> has character code 27,and“[” isthe27th character from A intheASCII sequence. Similarly, ‘VA enters the control code <1>. See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN. You can now setuptheprinter by sendingit thefile SJELITE.DAT. To avoidunnecessary

logging of commands, switch hard-copy output off (by pressing CTRL-PRTSC if hard copy ison).To print thefileREADME.DOC inEconomy elite type,givethe followingtwo commands:

A>COPY SJELITE . DAT PRN A>PRINT README. DOC

For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will setup the printer and print any

specifiedfilewithasinglecommzmd.To createsuchabatchfile withthename SJPRINT.BAT,

type in the first four lines shown next.

AZ mems to press the CTRL and Z keys

simultaneously. To use this file to print README.DOC, type the fifth line.

A>COPY CON SJPRINT . BAT

COPY SJELITE. DAT PRN

PRINT %1 ‘z A>SJPRINT README. DOC

The first line above is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named SJPRINT.BAT. The next two lines are the contents of this file. The %1 is a dummy parameter: whatever file name you type after SJPRINT will be substituted for %1 and printed.

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC, we have listed the program for the IBM-PC. This program runs in the printer’s Standard mode, and the downloadable condition.

1000

‘ Set control codes

1010

E$=CHR$ (27)

TM$=E$+”k“+CHR$(O)

H$=CHR$ (9) PI$=E$+“P“

1 1

EL$=E$+”M“

‘ Start print inz

WIDTH “L~Tl:“,2;5

LPRINT

1130

LPRINT

1140

LPRINT

1150

LPRINT

1160

LPRINT

1170

LPRINT

1180

LPRINT

1190

LPRINT

1200

LPRINT

1210

LPRINT

1220

LPRINT

1230

LPRINT

1240

LPRINT

1250

LPRINT

1260

LPRINT

1270

LPRINT

1300

LPRINT

1310

LPRINT

1320

LPRINT

1330

LPRINT

1340

LPRINT

‘Escape code ‘Roman character ‘Horizontal tab ‘Pica pitch ‘Elite pitch

E$ ;“D“ ;CHR$ (3);CHR$ (30);CHR$ (O ) TM$ ;“Resident fonts are : “ H$ ;E$ ;“ H$;E$ ;“k

TM$ ;“Print pitches are :“ H$ ;PI$;“Pica pitch (10 CPI ),“; H$ ;EL$ ;“ H$ ;E$ ;“g“;“ H$ ;PI$; CHR$(15);

“Condensed pica pitch (17 CPI ),” H$ ;EL$ ;“ CHR$ (18) H$ ;E$ ;“P1“; PI$;’’Normalproportional,”; H$ ;CHR$(15);“Condensed proportional.”; CHR$(18):

E$ ;!!PO!!

H$ ;E$;“ H$;E$ ;“W1“;’’Double width, “;E$;’’WO” H$;CHR$(28) ;’’E’’;CHR$(2) ;“Triple width,“; CHR$(28); tiEM;CHR$(0) H$;E$;M E$;’’h’’;CHR$(O) E$;’’Q’’;CHR$(47)

k“;CHR$ (O );“Roman characters ,“;

“;CHR$(12);“H-Gothic characters .“

Elite pitch (12 CPI ),“

Semi–condensed pitch (15 CPI ),“;

‘Select condensed print

Condensed elite pitch (20 CPI ),”;

W 1 “ ; “ Double–height,“;E$ ;“WO”

h“;CHR$(l);”

Double–sized,ti

‘Cancel condensed print ‘Select proportional spacing

‘Cancel proportional spacing

‘Set right margin

‘Set HT

Chapter8 MS-DOS ANDYOURPRINTER 79

1 LPRINT :LPRINT

1360 LPRINT E$; ’’Q’’;CHR$(47) 1370 LPRINT TM$:

‘Various line and character spacings:”

1380 LPRINT E$; ’’al”

‘Set right margin

‘Center text

1390 FOR 1=1 TO 7 1400 LPRINT E$; ’’A’’:CHR$(I); 1410 LPRINT E$;” ‘;CHR$(I);

‘Line spacing set ‘Increase character space

1420 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGEDM

1430 NEXT I

1440 FOR 1=7 TO 1 STEP -1

1450 LPRINT E$; ’’A’’;CHR$(I) ;

1460 LPRINT E$;” ‘;CHR$(I);

1470 LPRINT

“THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED”

‘Line spacing set

‘Increase character space

1480 NEXT I 1490 LPRINT E$; ’’aO” 1500 LPRINT E$; ”3’’;CHR$(30);

1510 LPRINT E$;” ‘;CHR$(0);

‘Left justify ‘Set l/6m line spacing ‘Normal character space

1520 LPRINT :LPRINT

1530 LPRINT TM$;’’Other features:” 1540 LPRINT H$;E$;VX’’;CHR$(0);

1550 LPRINT

“Economy printing, ‘; 1560 LPRINT E$; ’’x’’;CHR$(1); 1570 LPRINT

“and High Quality. “

1580 LPRINT H$;E$; ”q’’;CHR$(l);’’OUTLINED”;E$;’’q’’;CHR$(0) ;”, ‘:

1 LPRINT E$; ”q’’;CHR$(2);”SHADOWEDu ;E$;’’q’’;CHR$(0) ;”, “;

1600 LPRINT E$; ”q’’;CHR$(3);“OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED”: 1610 LPRINT E$; ”q’’;CHR$(0);”, M 1620 LPRINT H$;E$; ”E’’;’’Emphasized”:E$;”F’’;”, “; 1630 LPRINT E$; ’’G’’Doublebstrike”ke”;E$;’’H’’;”,“; 1640 LPRINT E$; ’’4’’Italicsi;E$’;E$:“5’’:”,“ 1650 LPRINT H$;E$; N-l” ;’’UnderliningM;E$;’’-:”,:”,‘; 1660 LPRINT E$;”-

“;CHR$(3); CHR$(0); CHR$( 1):CHR$(2);CHR$(2) : 1670 LPRINT “Strike–through” ; 1680 LPRINT E$;ti 1690 LPRINT E$;N

(-’’:CHR$(3):CHR$(O) :CHR$(l) ;CHR$(2);CHR$ (0):”, “;

(-”;CHR$(3);CHR$(0) ;CHR$(1):CHR$(3) ;CHR$(l); 1700 LPRINT “Overlining”; 1710 LPRINT E$;N

1 LPRINT H$;E$; ”SO’’;’’SUPERSCRIPT”;E$;’’T”;”and “;

1730 LPRINT E$; ’’S1” 1740 LPRINT H$;TM$; ’

(-’’;CHR$(3) ;CHR$(O);CHR$ (1) ;CHR$(3) :CHR$(0) ;”, “

“SUBSCRIPT”;E$;”T” ;“, “

Download characters: “; 1750 GOSUB 2520 1760 LPRINT E$;”%l”

‘Select download character 1770 FOR 1=1 TO 5 1780 LPRINT CHR$(60

‘Print download character 1790 NEXT I 1800 LPRINT E$; ’’%O”

‘Select normal character 1810 GOSUB 2640 1820 LPRINT E$; ’’%l”;

‘Select download character 1830 FOR 1=1 TO 5 1840 LPRINT CHR$(60);

‘Print download character 1850 NEXT I 1860 LPRINT E$; ’’%O”

‘Select normal character 1870 LPRINT H$;TM$; ’’Dotgraphics:” 1Q80 RESTORE 3290 1890 LPRINT E$; ’’A’’:CHR$(8);

‘Set 8/60” line spacing 1900 FOR 1=1 TO 3 1910 LPRINT E$; ’’fO’’;CHR$(8); 1920 LPRINT E$; ’’*”;CHR$(33); CHR$(240) ;CHR$(0); 1930 FOR J=l TO 240’3 1940 READ DAT 1950 LPRINT CHR$(DAT); 1960 NEXT J 1970 LPRINT 1980 NEXT I 1990 LPRINT E$;”@”

‘Initialize printer

‘ SUBROUTINES

‘ Define 24-dot download character

LPRINT E$; ’’&’’;CHR$(O);CHR$(6O) ;CHR$(60);

RESTORE 2510

READ LS :LPRINT CHR$(LS);

READ CW :LPRINT CHR$(CW);

READ RS :LPRINT CHR$(RS);

FOR M=l TO CW*3

READ MM

LPRINT CHR$(MM);

NEXT M

RETURN

2 2

‘ Define 48-dot download character

2 2

LPRINT CHR$(27) ;”{”;”

LPRINT CHR$(60);CHR$(60) ;

RESTORE 2600

READ LS :LPRINT CHR$(LS);

READ CW :LPRINT CHR$(CW); READ RS :LPRINT CHR$(RS);

FOR M=l TO CW*6 READ MM

LPRINT CHR$(MM);

NEXT M RETURN

‘ DATA

‘ 24–dot download character data

DATA DATA O, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 8, 0,

2 2

D 1 D

D 8 8

D 8

D 1

DATA O, 0, 0

‘ 4 d c d

DATA 3, 31, 2

D DATA 1, 84, 0, 0, 0, 0,

2 2

D D 4

D 0

2 2

D 4 D 4

2 2

D D 2

2 2

D 4

DATA 40,170,170, 5, 80, 0, 22, 1, 85, 10,160, 0 D 0

D 4 D 1 6,170, 0, 0, 0, 0

DATA 1, 84, 0, 0, 0, 0,

2 2

DATA O, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0

‘ Dot graphics data

‘ 1ST LINE

2 2

DATA O, 0, 0, 0, DATA O, 0, 0, 0,

2 2

DATA O, 0, 0, 0, DATA O, 0, 0, 0,

2 2

DATA O, 0, 0, 0, DATA 1,255,255, 3,

2 2

DATA 31, 0,

DATA 31, 0, 0, 31,

3, 31, 2

o, 20, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,170, 0, 0, 0, 0

1 2 1 0

2,160, 5, 80, 0, 22, 1, 80,

0, 31,

&“;CHR$(192); CHR$(0) ;CHR$(0);

0, 23, 0,

8 8 0

0, 23, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0

0, 22, 1, 85, 10,160, 0

3, 80, 0, 2 0

0, 22, 1, 80, 2 0

0, 22, 1, 80, 2 0 0, 22, 85, 84, 2 0

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

4 8

0, 80, 47,192, 40, 16, 0

6,170, 0, 0, 0, 0

2 1 0

2 1 0 2 1 0

0,170, 0, 0, 0, 0

0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

0, 40, 0, 0

2 0

0,127,255, 0,255,255

Chapter8 MS-DOSANDYOUR PRINTER 81

3380 DATA 31, 0, 3390 DATA 31, 0, 3400 DATA 31, 0, 3 D 3 1 3 D 3 D 3440 DATA 7, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 15, 0, 3450 DATA 31, 0, 3460 DATA 31, 0,

3470 DATA 31, 0,

3 D 3 3 3 3 3

3490 DATA 31,255,255, 15,255,255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3500 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3510 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3520 DATA O, 0, 0, 0,

3530 DATA O, 12, 0,

3540 DATA 3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0

3550 DATA 15, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0,

3560 DATA 31, 0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 3570 DATA 31, 0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 3 D 0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 3590 DATA 31, 0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 3 D 3 3 3 3 3 3 D 3620 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3630 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3 D 3650 DATA 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 3660 DATA 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31,128, 3 D 3 3 3 3 3 3 D 3 1 7 3 D 3700 DATA 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 3710 DATA 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31,128, 0, 31,128, 0 3 D 3 3 3 3 3 3 D 3 7 0 0 3 D 3 7,128, 0, 15, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0 3750 DATA 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 3760 DATA 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 3 3 D 3 3 3 3 3 3780 DATA 15,252, 0, 47,128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3 ‘ L

3800 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3810 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3820 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3830 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3840 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3850 DATA 255,255,255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3860 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3870 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3 D 2 3 3 D 3900 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0,252, 0, 0 3 D 2 0 0,192, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3920 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 3 D 1 1 0 1 1 3940 DATA 255,255,255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3950 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3~60 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3 D 252 2 3980 DATA 255,255,255,255,255, 255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3990 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 4000 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 4 D 4020 DATA 59, 0, 0, 30, 0, 0, 14, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0

1 7,255, 7, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0

1 3 0, 63, 15, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0

1 3,128, 0, 7, 0, 0, 15, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0,

7 3 0, 63, 0,

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0,

0, 96, 0, 0 0 1 0

3 0,255, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0

7 6 3 9 0

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

3 3 3 0

0 0, 63, 0, 0, 63, 0,

0 1,128, 0, 3, 0, 0

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

0, 60, 0, 3,255, 0, 11,195, 0, 28, 0

0, 31, 31, 0, 31, 31, 0, 31

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

7 0

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0 0, 31, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0

0, 31, 0, 0

0, 15

0, 31, 31, 0, 31 0, 31, 31, 0, 31

0 0

3 0

1 0

0, 31, 0, 0

3 D 12, 1 3 D 221 3 D 2 3 D 2 3 D 2 3 D 25, 2 3610 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3620 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3630 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3 D 3650 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3660 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3 D 2 0,240, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3680 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0

3 D 7 6

3 D

3710 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,

3 D 2

3730 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

3740 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 63

3 D 3 D 25 3770 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 3 ‘ L 3790 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 24, 0, 3800 DATA O, 0, 56, 0, 3 D 3 D 3 6 0 0 0 3 D 0 1 3 , 3 D 2 3 1 1 1 3 D 3 u 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 D 2 2 56, 3 D 222 , 3 D 3 1 1 1 1

3 D 1 1 1 1 1

3 D 1 3 D 222 1 3 D 2 6 3 1 1 0 3 D 1 1 1 1 1 0 3950 DATA 15,192, 0, 15,128, 0, 15, 0, 0> 31, 0, 0, 62, 0, 0 3 D 2 0 0 0 3 D 2 1 1 3 3 D 3 D 4 D 4 D 102 5 6 3 4 D 3 3 1 1 1 4 D 1 1 1 1 1 4 D 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 D 4 D 4 D 3 4080 DATA 192, 0, 24,128, 0, 56, 0, 0, 56, 0, 4 D 0 0 1 4 D 3 4 D 3 3 6 6 4 D 4 D 4 D 4 D 4 D 4 D 4 D 242 2 4 D

O, 63, 0, 0,

0 7 0,127, 0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0

1 1 1 1 1

0 0 3 3

1 1 1 1 1 0 1

3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

3 2 2 1 ,

1 3

7,,

1 1 1 3 0

0, 31,192, 0, 55,128, 0, 48, 0, 8, 96, 0, 24

0 0 3,, 3

31, 2

0 0 0

3,248, 0, 0, 31, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0

1 3 3

0 0,128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

0,255, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

0 0 7

3 6 ,

1 1 1

3 ,

7 7 1 1

0 0

0,255, 0, 0, 15,248, 0

7 1 1

0 0

1 1

0,224, 0, 0 0,224, 0, 0 0,224, 0, 0

0 0

0,128, 0, 0

1 1

0 0 3 3

0 1

0 3

Chapter8 MS-DOS ANDYOURPRINTER 83

4 D 24, 2 4 D 3 7,, 4 D 6 3 1 1 1 4 D 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 D 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 D 1 0, 15, 0, 0, 62, 0, 0 0,248, 0, 0 4 D 2 0 0 0,128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 4750 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 4760 DATA O, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

How the program works

Thisprogram beginsby assigninganumberof printer commandsto BASIC stringvariables

(lines 1000to 1050).You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter

6. The WIDTH “LPT1:“255 statement in line 1070means infinite line width. It prevents the

IBM-PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data. Actual printing begins in line 1080.Using the preassigned commands, the program prints

samples of its different fonts, followed by samples of the print pitches, then some double

and quadruple-sized printing. Next comes the central attraction of the program: a line of text printed fourteen times in

expanding and contracting loops to give a barrel effect. The work is done by four printer commands: a command setting the right margin (line 1340);a centering command (line

1360);acommand tovarythe linespacing (lines 1380and 1430);anda command tomicro-

adjust the space between characters (lines 1390 and 1440). Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer’s

word-processing abilities: italic printing, bold printing, underlining, subscripts, etc. The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by downloading two new

character patterns, which are printed in place of the character “<” (character 60). Details can be found in Chapter 7.

The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an “M & W“ logo. The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid outon graph paper, then converted to the data in lines 2800 to 4260 with the help of a calculator. Each number represents eight vertical dots. (See “Graphics commands” in Chapter 6 for details.)

The pattern is printed in three rows, each row istwenty-four dots high and 240 dots wide. Line 1870sets the linespacing to8/60 inchso thattherows willconnectvertically.The loop in lines 1880to 1960does the printing in three passes of the print head.

Chapter8 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 85

Resident fonts are:

Tms Romn characters,

Print pitches are:

Pica pitch (10 CPI), Elite

Semi-condensed pitch (15 CPI),

Condensedelite pikh(20CPIL

Normal proportional,

C p p (17 CP1),

Condensxlproportional

pitch (12 CP1),

Double-height,

Do ~ e

wid~ti ,

w .

Doue–ize

Quad–s ized.

Various 1 ine and character spacings :

Other features :

ECon om.~~pr i nt i P.g , fj~~~~jj$j~~ ,

Emphasized, Underl ining , ~.~

S UF’E R s c R 1 p T and ,Su B s c R I P T ,

Download characters : zxwsv~~~ff% Dot graphics :

SIMDOWE13, ‘DuTLIm MITE] $i!JWWDm,

Double-strike,

and High Qual i t y .

JiuJ!l!m

Italics,

Over 1 I n I ng ,

ii’!’.;.:’:fi>:i:.’”~~ðL,,!:,,,.,.

,,,,,,,,,

‘~’;”~::

=~~q:’$:,”-‘‘

Chapter9 . ........:.’.....

TROUBLESHOOTINGANDMAINTENANCE

Thefollowingsectionon troubleshootingand maintenance isintended onlyas abrief guide to these functions. Remember that your printer is ahighly sophisticated electronic device, which also contains high voltage inside. For that reason, only carry out those operations described in this chapter.

CAUTION: Any attempttocarry outoperations otherthan thosedescribed heremay result in electric shock and/or damage to the printer. When carrying out any repairs or maintenance, always follow the instructions carefully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery, which should not cause you any trouble, provided it is used and treated sensibly. However, the few elementary tips below shouldhelp you avoid having to make unnecessary service calls. The following tablegives

you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience faults:

Region of fault Description Power supply Printing

Paper feeding Single sheets do not feed properly with roller feed mode

Power is not being supplied to the printer The printer does not print, or stops printing The print is faint or uneven Dots are missing in characters or graphics Whileusingapplication software, fontsorcharacters cannotbe printed The printout is not what is expected when running a program

Single sheets do not feed properly with flat feed mode The ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper properly Text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines

“-

Chapter9 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 87

Power supply

If the

LINE

L I b t

o a

If dots are missing in the printing, check the following:

If your application software cannot print the fonts or characters selected, check the following:

a i

Chapter9 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 89

Paper feeding

If paper is not feeding smoothly with the roller feed, check the following:

If paper is not feeding smoothly with the flat feed, check the following:

Set

LINE

If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly, check the following:

Has th~ paper been

LINEindicator

illuminated?

Isthepapertoothickortoo Thereare limitsto the thicknessof paperthatcanbe fed in thin?

I I

Chapter9 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 91

MAINTENANCE

Essentially, your printer is a robust piece of equipment, but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions. For example:

●

Keep your printer in a

“comfortable” environment. Roughly speaking, if you are

comfortable, then the environment is suitable for your printer (see Chapter 1).

●

Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration.

●

Avoid over-dustyenvironments. Dustis the enemy of allprecision mechanical devices.

●

To clean the exterior of the printer, use a cloth barely dampened with either water with a littledetergent or a little alcohol, but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer.

●

Theinterioroftheprintermay becleaned withasmall vacuumcleaneror acompressedair aerosol (sold for this purpose). When performing this operation, be sure not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components.

Chapter 10i~

SPECIFICATIONS

Printing system ..........................Serial Ink Jet Dot-matrix

Ptinting speed ............................HighQualitymode Economy mode

Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite

CPS 83 CPS

100Cps 100Cps

124

CPS 124CPS

142

CPS 142CPS

166Cps 166Cps

Print direction

Print head ...................................48 nozzles

Line spacing...............................1/6, 1/8,

Font styles..................................Roman and H-Gothic

Characters ..................................ASCII

USA, France, Germany, England, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy,Spain I,Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America, Korea, Irish, Legal

#437 (USA), #850 (Multi-Lingual), #860 (Portuguese), #861 (Icelandic), #863 (Canadian French), #865 (Nordic)

Number of columns

Pica (10 CPI) .......................80

Elite (12 CPI) ......................96

Semi-condensed (15 CPI) ...120

Condensed pica (17 cpi) ......137

Condensed elite (20 CPI) ....160

Proportional.........................Variable

............................Bi-directional, logic-seeking

Uni-directional, logic-seeking

(selectable)

Life: 700,000 characters

n/60, nJ72,n/180,n/216, n/360inches

International 16 sets (*)

IBM special

IBM block graphic 50 IBM code page 6 sets (**) Download 128

111

Chapterl O REFERENCE 93

Character matrix

........................High Quality

Pica

Elite

Semi-condensed 32X 24 Condensed pica Condensed elite

Proportional

Economy 48X 36 24X 36 48

X 30

24X 30

16X 24 48X 21 48X 18 48 x

24X 21 24X 18 24x n

Bit image dot-matrix ..................

Normal-density CRT graphics mode I CRT graphics mode II Double-density Triple-density Quadruple-desity Hex-density

DPI 8-bit 24-bit 60 8 x 480 80 8 x 640 90 8 x 720

120 8

X 960

180 (Not supplied) 24x 1440 240 8 x 1920 360 (Not supplied) 24x 2880

Paper feed ..................................Friction roller feed

Friction flat feed

Paper feed speed

........................5/6 inches/second max

Paper specifications

Width

...................................7.2” -

8.5” (182 -216 mm)

Length .................................7.2” - 14” (182 -356 mm)

Weight .................................52 -105 g/m2

Envelope .............................Commercial 10only

Maximum buffer size

................ Without Download 28 kB

With Download

Emulations

Standard mode

.................... Epson LQ-860, NEC 24-wire Graphics commands

IBM mode ...........................IBM Proprinter X24E

24X 480 (Not supplied) 24X 720 24X 960

(Not supplied)

4 kB

48-bit

X 480

(Not supplied) 48X 720 48

X 960

48X 1440

(Not supplied)

X 2880

Interface

.....................................Centronics parallel

Ink Cartridge

Type ....................................Single cartridge ink supply (SC-1O)

Ink Color

Ink amount ..........................28 g (0.9

.............................Black only

OZ)

Dimensions and Weight

...................................310 mm (12.2”)

Width

...................................216.5 mm (8.5”)

Depth

Height ..................................47.5 mm (1.9”)

Weight .................................1.8Kg (4.0 lb)

Star Micronics SJ-48 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

PRINTER COMPONENTS

REQUIREMENTS

SELECTION OF PAPER

Chapter3 PAPER HANDLING 13

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

LOADING PAPER

REMOVING PAPERJAMS

BUTTONS AND INDICATORS

Chapter4 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 19

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES

Chapter5 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS 29

Chapter6 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 33

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS

DEFINING YOUR OWN 24-DOT CHARACTERS

DEFINING YOUR OWN 48-DOT CHARACTERS

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER

Chapter8 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 75

EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

TROUBLESHOOTING

Chapter9 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 87

MAINTENANCE

SPECIFICATIONS