Star Micronics NX-1000, User Manual

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A few in s ta lla tio n p ro g ra m * m ny nsk you n o t to sclcct a p rin te r b u t to
d escrib e w h a t y o u i p r in te r c a n d o I lie a n s w e rs to th e m o s t o fte n a sk e d
q u e s tio n s are : Y es, iliis p rin te r c a n d o a b a c k sp a c e ; a n d Y es, it c a n d o a
h a rd w a re fo rm feed.
S electin g (o r d e s c rib in g ) a p rin te r is th e m a in ste p in th e in s ta lla tio n
p ro c e ss a n d fre q u e n tly th e o n ly ste p n ecessary . I f y o u se lec ted th is p r in te r
o r a n y S ta r, I p s o n
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IBM p r in te r y o u s h o u ld be a b le to use so ftw a re
c o m m a n d s lo r all th e s ta n d a r d p r in te r fu n c tio n s, in c lu d in g b o ld o r d o u ­
b le -strik e p rin tin g , u n d e rlin in g , s u b sc rip ts, su p e rs c rip ts , m a rg in c o n tro l,
lin e -sp a c in g c o n tro l, a n d g ra p h ic s.
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B esides th e s ta n d a r d p r in te r fu n c tio n s , h o w e v e r, y o u r p r in te r h a s so m e
c a p a b ilitie s y o u r s o ftw a re m a y n o t be a w a re of, in c lu d in g d o u b le - a n d
q u a d i u ple-size p r in tin g a n d th e p r in tin g o f sp e cia l c h a r a c te r s a ssig n e d to
c o n tro l co d e s. S o m e s o ftw a re e n a b le s y o u to d e fin e th e se c a p a b ilitie s as u se r
o p tio n s in th e in s ta lla tio n p ro ce ss. R e a d y o u r s o ftw a re m a n u a l to find o u t
w h e th e r y o u c a n d o th is a n d i f so, ho w .
T h e m o s t u se fu l th in g y o u c a n d o is to d e fin e a w ay to e n te r th e esc a p e
c o d e < E S C > , w h ic h is th e c o n tro l c h a r a c te r w ith d e c im a l c h a r a c te r c o d e
27 (h e x a d e c im a l IB ). T h is c o d e u su a lly c a n n o t b e k ey e d in d ire c tly (p re ssin g
th e E S C key w ill n o t w o rk ). A s a n in s ta lla tio n o p tio n , h o w e v e r, y o u m a y
be a b le to a s sig n it to a f u n c tio n key o r a sp e cia l k ey c o m b in a tio n . D o in g
so w ill p u t th e full p o w e r o f th e p r in te r a t y o u r d isp o sa l.
Type styles
S o m e w o rd -p ro c e s s in g s o ftw a re h a s c o m m a n d s th a t e n a b le yo u to
c h a n g e ty p e sty les in th e m id d le o f a d o c u m e n t w ith o u t a p r in tin g pause.
T o use th e se c o m m a n d s y o u m u s t g e n e ra lly d e fin e th e p r in te r's ty p e styles
(fo n ts) d u r in g in s ta lla tio n , b y a ssig n in g th e m n u m b e rs fo r ex a m p le . R e a d
y o u r s o ftw a re m a n u a l fo r d e ta ils, a n d re fe r to A p p e n d ix B fo r th e re le v a n t
p r in te r c o m m a n d s .
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S p re a d s h e e t p r o g ra m s in p a r tic u la r m a y ask y o u to specify th e p r in te r ’s
c o lu m n w id th . T h e c o lu m n w id th o f th is p r in te r d e p e n d s o n th e c h a r a c te r
p itc h used:
P ic a 80 c o lu m n s
E lite 96 c o lu m n s
C o n d e n s e d p ic a 137 c o lu m n s
C o n d e n s e d e lite 160 c o lu m n s ( S ta n d a r d m o d e o n ly )
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