Star Micronics NX-1000, User Manual

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AV in d ic a te s th a t th e fo llo w in g c h a r a c te r is a c o n tro l c o d e . AV[ e n te rs
th e < E S C > co d e . < E S C > h a s c h a r a c te r c o d e 27, a n d “ [” is th e 2 7 th
c h a r a c te r in A S C II se q u e n c e f ro m A . S im ila rly , AV A e n te rs th e c o n tro l
c o d e < 1 > a n d A V L e n te rs th e c o n tro l c o d e < 12 > . See y o u r D O S m a n u a l
if y o u need f u r th e r in f o rm a tio n a b o u t E D L I N .
Y o u c a n n o w set u p th e p r in te r b y se n d in g it th e file N L Q E L I T E .D A T .
T o av o id u n n e c e s sa ry lo g g in g o f c o m m a n d s , sw itc h h a r d -c o p y o u tp u t o f f
(b y p ressin g C T R L - P R T S C if h a r d c o p y is o n ). T o p r in t th e file
R E A D M E .D O C in N L Q elite ty p e , give th e fo llo w in g tw o c o m m a n d s :
A>COPY NLQELITE.DAT PRN
A>PRINT README.DOC
F o r g r e a te r c o n v e n ie n c e y o n c a n m a k e a b a tc h lile th a t w ill set up th e
p r in te r a n d p r in t a n y sp ecified file w ith a single c o m m a n d . T o c re a te su c h
a b a tc h file w ith th e n a m e N L Q P R IN I H A T, ty p e in th e first fo u r lines sh o w n
n ex t. AZ m e a n s to p ress th e C T R L a n d Z keys sim u lta n e o u sly . T o use th is
file to p r in t R E A D M E .D O C , ty p e th e fifth line
A>COPY CON NLQPRINT.BAT
COPY NLQELITE.DAT PRN
PRINT
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A>NLQPRINT README.DOC
T h e firs t a b o v e lin e is a c o p y c o m m a n d fro m th e < 'O N x o le screen to
a file n a m e d N L Q P R I N T .B A T . T h e next tw o lines arc the c o n te n ts o f th is
file. T h e % 1 is a d u m m y p a r a m e te r: w h a te v e r file n am e y o u type a f te r
N L Q P R I N T will be s u b s titu te d fo r % 1 a n d p rin te d .
PR O G R A M M IN G THE PRINTER WITH BASIC
A s a n e x a m p le o f p ro g ra m m in g th e p r in te r in M ic ro so ft B A S IC , w e
h a v e listed th e p r o g ra m fo r th e IB M -P C th a t p rin te d the sa m p le o f fe a tu re s
sh o w n a t th e b e g in n in g o f th is m a n u a l. T h is p ro g ra m ru n s in the p r in te r ’s
S ta n d a rd m o d e ( D I P sw itc h 1-6 O N ).
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