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USERS MANUAL

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Page 2: ...00345 4 For com liance with Federal Noise Interference Standard this equipment requires a shielded cable This stitement will beappliedonly fbr tb printers mrtited in L S A Self Declaration Radio inte...

Page 3: ...talling the ribbon cartridge Installing the interface board Chapter2 Gettingto Know Your Printer 7 Controls and parts of the printer Parts of the printer Controls and indicators Extra functions Other...

Page 4: ...he printer with WordStar User defind print commands Using the printer with Lotus 1 2 3 Using the panel modes Advanced panel functions Setting print start position Setting the top of form Setting the l...

Page 5: ...bs Vertical tab channels Centering and aligning text Chapter6 SpecialFeaturesof the Printer 77 Nowhear this Resetting the printer Taking the printer off line Printing the bottom of the sheet Backspace...

Page 6: ...ng the ribbon Replacing the print head DIP SwitchSettings Switch functions ASCII Codesand Conversion Chart FunctionCodes Commands to control print style Font style controls Font pitch controls Special...

Page 7: ...AppendixG SerialInterfaceSpecifications 191 Configuring the serial interface The serial protocols Serial busy protocols XON XOFF protocol ACK protocol Index 196...

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Page 9: ...p it out of direct sunlight and away from heat producing appliances Use it only in temperatures where you are comfortable Avoid locations with dust grease or high humidity Supply it clean electricity...

Page 10: ...cover The printer s cover is important for two reasons it keeps dust and dirt away from the printer s delicate mechanism and it absorbs nearly all of the printer s operating sounds Don t take off the...

Page 11: ...keep the print head from being damaged during shipping This tube must be removed before use First take off the printer cover The protective tube is split along its bottom side to allow easy removal G...

Page 12: ...per h 4 With the ribbon facing away from you use the guide holders as a fulcrum and lightly press the cartridge down until the two holder springs snap shut to hold the cartridge firmly in place See Fi...

Page 13: ...wo optional interface 1 F boards a serial interface board that lets you connect to a serial RS 232C com puter port and the other board contains extra buffer memory for parallel output All three boards...

Page 14: ...6 igure 1 6 I terface board Slidethe I F board into the slot...

Page 15: ...single sheets the guide is propped up on top of the printer and serves as a guide If you are using sprocket feed paper the guide is reversed and laid flat on top of the printer and serves as a paper s...

Page 16: ..._ J Front and rear viewsof the printer INTERFACE COVER On the back of the printer this cover conceals and protects the interface board The cover is cut away to expose the external connector to which...

Page 17: ...rrent ly set Proportional PROP Pica 136 characters line Elite 163 characters line or Pica condensed 233 characters line PRINT PITCH KEY Selects one of the four available character pitches when the On...

Page 18: ...er It controls how strongly the paper is held against the platen The release lever has four posi tions the top setting is used for inserting paper the next is for single sheets the third is for sprock...

Page 19: ...ion Release lever 1 I I I Paper bail 2 Figure 2 3 Use frictionfeed for singlesheets and tractor feedfor continuouspaper Loading single sheets Instead of feeding the paper in manudy by turning the plat...

Page 20: ...tches provided for it and prop up the paper guide Position the adjuster at the triangle marked on the guide for standard margins or set it according to your own requirements Set the release lever for...

Page 21: ...automaticallybyusing the releaselever To align paper that is not in straight Set the release lever to the adjustment setting Straighten the paper and adjust it for the margins you want Move the releas...

Page 22: ...s in the paper Feed the end of the paper into the slot next to the platen cover plate Fit the holes in the paper over the sprocket pins so the paper is even and clamp the sprocket units in place Check...

Page 23: ...I 15 1 L Figure 2 8 correctly Closethe sprocketcoverswhenthe paperispositioned L Figure 2 91 Readyto loadthe sprocket feedpaper Notetherever ed positionof the paper guide...

Page 24: ...different thicknesses To make this adjustment move the adjustment lever which is under the printer cover and immediately in front of the release Release lever Adjustment lever 4 F 0 Figure 2 10 The a...

Page 25: ...Try different positions until you get the best printing results TESTING THE PRINTER your prln er has two built in programs that l rintout SaMPle lines of letters numbers and other characters to show y...

Page 26: ...e holding down one of the following keys turn on the power switch Paper Feed key Self test 1 long On Line key Self test 2 short When you want to terminate the long self test function turn off the powe...

Page 27: ...printer are turned off 2 Connect the printer end of the interface cable to the connector socket at the right rear of the printer as shown in Figure 2 12 3 Connect the other end of the cable to your co...

Page 28: ...I 20 MEMO...

Page 29: ...t matrix printer Centronics type printer Dot matrix ASCII printer or Epson FX series This printer should work fine with any of these descriptions Some printer lists are not very clear and may not incl...

Page 30: ...g to see from this manual this printer can do much more than that As a result most word processing programs provide a way of sending special codes to a printer The actual codes used as well as the met...

Page 31: ...acters following it as printer functions The codes used to describe the functions are also entered in the same way as the escape code In this section we will show ycmthe format each word processor use...

Page 32: ...t The escape code sequence to turn the NLQ set on is ESC x 1 and the code sequence to select draft quality is lZ SC x 0 The decimal equivalents are 271201 and 271200 respective ly Getting the most fro...

Page 33: ...don t be nervous it s not as hard as it sounds We will show you how to make changes in your program specifically to help you print with this printer By changing the pitch settings you can use the docu...

Page 34: ...nter Type B and the printer name will be displayed Type over the present printer name as follows 1 Printer Name Dot flatrix rinter Press RETURN and the Edit Global Sequences screen willbe displayed Th...

Page 35: ...ntry fields to Option 2 Control Code Sup port on the Edit Font Support screen Also make changes in the other fields to look like the figure shown below Enter the italic codes for lines 41 50 41 Bold S...

Page 36: ...eal to Bold 130 ld to Normal Norma1 to Shadow Shadow to Normal Normal to IJnderl ine IJnderl ine to Normal Normal to Double Double to Normal Normal to Overstrike Overstriketo Normal Normal to pecial S...

Page 37: ...nge the pitch setting in the next line to pica by sett ing a new ruler line Ruler Name pica Character Pitch 10 Use the print control key S for italic to highlight the second sentence in the paragraph...

Page 38: ...member ali the codes can be found in Appendix C of this manual Also keep in mind that print control keys can be combined in your document such as boldface and underline EasyWriter II uses three method...

Page 39: ...erted in your text exactly like other P com mands If you wish to use them refer to the WordStar User s Manual for instructions or contact your dealer for assistance Perhaps the most useful user define...

Page 40: ...to start on a new page Selecting the Align option tells Lotus 1 2 3that you have mov ed the paper to the top of a new page Use this option after using the Paper Feed key to move the paper or after in...

Page 41: ...example to print a worksheet in condensed print use the setup string O15 This sends ASCII 15which is the code for condensed printing The following table shows how many character columns will fit with...

Page 42: ...e attribute for example the Print Pitch Panel Mode press the PRINT PITCH key on the control panel when you turn on the power After a second you will hear a beep and the ON LINE indicator will glow To...

Page 43: ...movements may be performed from the control panel Key Functions On Line Paper Feed Forward micro feed On Line TOF Reverse micro feed Print Pitch TOF Top of form setting Mode TOF Setting of left margin...

Page 44: ...ey 2 While holding the Print Pitch key press the TOF key Your printer acknowledges the new top of form with the sound of beep Setting the left and right margins As you ll learn in Chapter 5 you can se...

Page 45: ...program we have chosen BASIC because it is easy to learn and easy to use Also more personal computer users program in BASIC than in any other language The rest of this manual will show you a little B...

Page 46: ...t BASIC so they should run on most computers But if strange things happen when you try to run a program check the BASIC manual that came with your computer Let s consider Apple II computers for a minu...

Page 47: ...we use only decimal ASCII codes in this manual in some applications it will help ifyou understand what a hex code is Hex is short for hex adecimal and refers to a base 16 number the numbers we use in...

Page 48: ...he A key we want to print the letter A it takes care of all the intermediate steps Appendix B is a table that shows the various names for each code so you can convert back and forth The microcomputer...

Page 49: ...character itself e g LPRINT W or by using the CHR function to send the ASCII code for the character e g LPRINT CHR 87 Many of printer commands end with a 1 or O When shown as in the above example i e...

Page 50: ...ty characters Near Letter Quality characters This printer s Near Letter Quality sometimes abbreviated as NLQ character set is ideal for correspondence and other impor tant printing as it produces very...

Page 51: ...h does not support the NLQ character mode Table 4 1 Near letter quality commands Function Control code Near letter qualityON ESC X 1 Near letter qualityOFF ESC X O Italic printing italic letters are l...

Page 52: ...inter ignored the control codes to set or cancel italic characters H Underlining Not only can your printer print all styles of printing in both reman and italic but it can underline them too The contr...

Page 53: ...ipts Your printer can print in two different heights of characters The smaller characters are called superscriptsand subscrifltsand are half the height of normal characters Superscriptsprint even ly w...

Page 54: ...his works out to 136 characters per line You can also print 12 character per inch elite itch This gives you 163 characters per line You can set these pitches by using the Mode key on the con trol pane...

Page 55: ...0 LPRINT automatically turns off at the end of a 1ine Expanded print set with CHR 14 is automatically cancelled at the end of the line This is convenient in many applications such as for one line titl...

Page 56: ...nsed print Each of the print pitches also can be condensed to its normal width This is called condensed print Try this program to see how it works 10 Demo 20 LPRINT 30 LPRINT 40 LPRINT 50 LPRINT f O L...

Page 57: ...LPRINT 90 LPRINT of various print pitches CHR 15 CHR 27 MW This line is CONDENSED ELITE pitch CHR 27 P This line is CONDENSED PICA pitch CHR 18 CHR 27 M This line is NORMAL ELITE pitch 100 LPRINTCHR 2...

Page 58: ...w is two or three times as wide as an i Well you too can enjoy professional looking proportional printing You can turn proportional printing on and off with the following commands Table 4 8 Proportio...

Page 59: ...l panel at power on these control codes related print pitches except expand print mode is ignored MAKING WORDS STAND OUT Your printer has good print density when it s just printing nor mally But somet...

Page 60: ...only Finally line 80 turns emphasized off so your printer is set for normal printing Loakcloseiy at the different lines of printing Inthe lineof boldface printing each character has been printed twic...

Page 61: ...t Bit Print style Decimal value 1 Eliteprint 1 2 Proportionalprint 2 3 Condensedprint 4 4 Emphasizedprint 8 5 Boldfaceprint 16 6 Expandedprint 32 7 Italics 64 8 Underline 128 For example if you want t...

Page 62: ...onflict the one of lesser priority bit wise is cancelled For example Condensed and Emphasiz ed can not be printed at the same time printing is Em phasized 3 Elite cancels Emphasized 4 Underline Expand...

Page 63: ...ught about printing on a new ine is when we didn twant it to happen We learned that putting a semicolon at the end of a BASIC line will not end the line of printing So somehow the computer tells the p...

Page 64: ...ove around the page at will You can use this feature to print several columns of text side by side or to print a graph and then move back up and insert descriptive legends As you experiment you re bou...

Page 65: ...50 60 70 80 90 Demo of line spacing FOR 1 1 TO 25 IF 1 13 THEN 60 LPRINT CHR 27 A CHR I LPRINT THIS LINE SPACING IS SET TO I NEXT I LPRINT LINE SPACING IS SET TO 1 6 INCH NORMAL LPRINT CHR 27 2 END Th...

Page 66: ...the IBM mode only defines the line spacing as n 72 of an inch the ESC 2 com mand changes the line spacing to the amount defined by the previous ESC A For the IBM mode you need to change the following...

Page 67: ...line spacing to n172 inch ESC A CHR n Set linespacingto n 216inch ESC 3 CHR n One timelinefeed ofn1216 inch ESC J CHR n One timereverse linefeed ESC j CHR n of n1216inch Moving down the page without...

Page 68: ...with the normal line spacing Notice that both line 30 and line 50 end with semicolons This prevents the normal line feed from occurring The ESC j CHR n command works the same way ex cept that the pap...

Page 69: ...2 When you run the program the results will look like this w 0 1 I NE NUMHER 1 L INE NIJI IBER 2 I L L INE NUMBER 3 n The form feed CHR 12 in line 50 caused the printer to move to the top of a new pag...

Page 70: ...n Let s set up a 7 inch high form length which is typical of many computer checks The following program will do it NEW 10 Demo of variable form lengths 20 LPRINT CHR 27 C CHR 0 CHR 7 30 LPRINT PAY TO...

Page 71: ...des are given in the following table Table 5 5 Top and bottom margin commands Function Control code Set topmargin ton lines ESC r CHR n Setbottom margin ton lines ESC N CHR n Cancel topandbottom margi...

Page 72: ...s at the bottom of page 30 LPRINT CHR 27 N CHR 6 40 Start top of page at 1ine 6 50 LPRINTCHR 27 r CHR 6 100 LPRINTCHR 27 O clear top and bottom margins Now when you run the program your printer skip t...

Page 73: ...I o 7 0 I o i 1H I S 1S L 1NE 56 0 T ll S IS LINE 57 THIS IS LINE 58 i TNIS I S L I NE 5 7 o I THIS 1S LINE 60 I TH1 S I S L I NE 61 THIS IS LINE 1 4 b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q TNIS IS LINE 105 THIS IS LIN...

Page 74: ...20 GOSUB 70 30 LPRINT CHR 27 1 CHR 1O 40 LPRINT CHR 27 Q CHR 70 50 GOSUB 70 60 END 70 FOR 1 1 TO 80 80 LPRINT X 90 NEXT I 100 LPRINT 110 RETURN The first thing that this program does is to branch to...

Page 75: ...move across the page to a certain posi tion several times in a document It s not much fun to type in space after space You don t have to you can tab your way across the page Your printer s tabs are l...

Page 76: ...When you run the program now it produces this The words are now closer together but still evenly spaced To reset the default tabs use the following program LPRINTCHR 27 eO CHR 8 This command sets the...

Page 77: ...ed by the values of nl and n2 using the formula nl n2 x 256 The units by which the print head actually moves vary with the print pitch you are using as shown in Table 5 9 Try this program to see how t...

Page 78: ...CHR O 7 I LPR INT Tab S NEXTI 90 END 9 Vertical tabs Vertical tabs have the same kinds of uses that horizontal tabs do they just work in the other direction Horizontal tabs allow you to reach a specif...

Page 79: ...liR 30 ClIR 0 ESC B is the command to set vertical tabs Like the horizontal tab setting command tab positions must be defined in ascending order Our example sets vertical tabs at lines 10 15 25 and 3...

Page 80: ...program to see how these commands work 10 of p iI it S it i Jrl i XI 1 IWI NT 1st Lin 1st fl Imm 30 LPR1 NT CHR 27 fl CHR 3 4 IL PRINT 4t h Linch 1st Co1urrrn 50 LPR IW CHR 27 fO CHR 7 Ml LPE l NT 5t...

Page 81: ...11 Vertical tab channel commands Function Control code Set verticaltabs at nl n2 etc as ESC b CHR nO CHR nO channelnO CHR n2 CHR 0 SelectverticalchannelnO ESC CHR nO You can store up to eight channel...

Page 82: ...abs atlOand 20inchannellin line 20 In line 30 we set tabs 15 and 25 in channel 2 and in line 40 we set tabs 17 and 28 in channel 3 Because the channels are stored you must make the printer to recall o...

Page 83: ...ng and centering 20 I PRINT CHR 27 1 HR 20 30 I PRINT CHR 27 Q CHR 60 40 1 PRI ir CHR 27 a CHW 0 50 1 PRINT THIS LINE IS LEF T AL IGN D 60 LPRINT CHR 2 A CHR 70 LJ RINT TFiI S L INE IS CENTERED 80 LPR...

Page 84: ...76 MEMO...

Page 85: ...may have wondered why it s called a bell when it beepsinstead of ringing It s a long story that goes back to the early days of computers when teletype machines were used for computer terminals These m...

Page 86: ...ngs at power on these functions will remain with this con trol code Taking the printer off line You know how to put your printer o line with the On Line key on the control panel The printer has anothe...

Page 87: ...that you can print two characters right on top of each other Each time your printer receives a backspace it moves the print head one character to the left instead of to the right You can strike over m...

Page 88: ...default The other type is used almost exclusively in computers and engineering It is called the slash zero and is written like this 0 The line through the number prevents you from misreading it as the...

Page 89: ...the program Your printer will now respond to your typing immediately When you are finished press RETURN alone Adjusting the width of space between characters This printer provides a command that adjus...

Page 90: ...e youmayhaveanapplication such as making tables where you are more concerned with how the vertical lines align than with how fast it prints The printer lets you make this choice The table below shows...

Page 91: ...master reset to restore the printer to the power on condition You can also set the printer to print in one direction for one line only by using the ESC command This command im mediately moves the prin...

Page 92: ...called character set 1 The special characters are printed out when you send ASCII codes 160 255 to the printer Your printer also offers character set 2 which is almost the same as character set 1 exc...

Page 93: ...it has regular letters and numbers instead of the special symbols then your computer is only using seven bits unless you have set DIP switch 2 5 on by mistake You can get the correct printout by chan...

Page 94: ...179 CHR 32 CHR 32 CHR 5 CHR 32 CHR 32 CHR 179 LPRINTCHR 179 CHR 32 CHR 5 CHR 32 CHR 5 CHR 32 CHR 179 LPRINTCHR 179 CHR 32 CHR 32 CHR 32 CHR 32 CHR 53 CHR 179 LPRINTCHR 192 CHR 196 CHR 196 CHR 196 CHR...

Page 95: ...s in all The control codes to select the international character sets are given in Table 6 4 Table 6 4 International character set commands Country Control code U S A ESC R CHR 0 France ESC R CHR l Ge...

Page 96: ...l code area Remember that the low order control codes are the ASCII codes Othrough 31 plus 127 and the high order control codes are 128 through 159 plus 255 These codes don t normally print symbols on...

Page 97: ...the higher control codes hide the italic international characters the lower control codes hide the reman international characters Let s see how these commands work with the following pro gram 10 Demo...

Page 98: ...ode is entered Table 6 7 Big character commands Function Control code Double high enlargedprint ESC h CHR l Quad highenlargedprint ESC h CHR 2 Double high lower halfenlarged Esc h CHR 3 mint Double hi...

Page 99: ...want to align the baseline try this program 10 Demo of aligning BIG characters 20 LPRINT THIS IS i 30 LPRINT CHR 27 j 40 LPRINT CHR 27 h 50 LPRINT DOUBLE 60 LPRINT CHR 27 h 70 LPRINT CHR 27 J CHR 21 C...

Page 100: ...HR 0 aY 0 Insert paper ESC CHR 25 CHR l w l Eject paper ESC CHR 25 R or R When the automatic sheet feeder is installed you must set DIP switch 1 5 on to detect the paper out condition In addition the...

Page 101: ...he following program will define a macro to do this 10 LPRINT CHR 27 1Start macro 20 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR l Big character off 30 LPRINTCHR 27 CHRS O Select normal pica AO LPRINT CHR 27 T Super subscrip...

Page 102: ...in some computers changes ASCII codes before they send them to the printer If you run into problem because of this try this hex dump to check the ASCII codes First turn off the printer Hold down both...

Page 103: ...2 73 81 82 Ez 91 92 93 61 az m El B2 fix 04 13 24 34 44 54 64 74 84 94 A4 B4 106 07 OB 13 16 17 26 27 2B 36 37 3B 46 47 4S 56 57 5s bh 67 b8 76 77 7a 86 S7 B8 96 97 98 66 A7 f38 B6 57 BB 0 IB 29 3 49...

Page 104: ...96 MEMO...

Page 105: ...useful DOT MATRIX PRINTING Dot matrix printers are named because each character is form ed from a group of dots The print head comprises nine wires or pins stacked vertically For any standard characte...

Page 106: ...ers you design are dozudoadedand stored in RAM Random Access Memory for use Designing and printing your own characters has two re quirements firstly designing the shape of the character calculating th...

Page 107: ...help design your new characters We willuse a tiny representation of a chemist s flask for our example We decided that our flask will not be a descender printing below the baseline of standard charact...

Page 108: ...m m Figure 7 3 Use this grid or one similarto it to define your own draft characters 1 8 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 I Total L _ l 1 I 1 T 1 i i m m m m m m m m ma m m ASCII CC Descender 1 Slarl columr End colum...

Page 109: ...haracters to occupy nl specifies the beginning of the range of ASCII codes to be defined and n2 the end if you only want to define one character nl and n2 will be the same mOis called the attribute by...

Page 110: ...the download RAM which will save you switching back and forth between the download area and the standard ROM If you wish to use this option make sure that you copy the standard characters into RAM bef...

Page 111: ...0 241 8 5 2 0 DATA 139 124 0 66 4 64 36 16 2 16 12 0 DATA 139 46 16 2 60 0 48 0 48 0 48 0 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR l LPRINT U S EXPORTS LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR O LPRINT CHR 27 1 L...

Page 112: ...s specify the starting column acceptable values are Oto 7 and the last four bits specify the last print column including space when desired minimum character range Acceptable values are from 4 and 11...

Page 113: ...first bit also carries the descender data as with the draft characters but the next three bits describe the character s left space and the last four bits describe the right space Appropriate allocati...

Page 114: ...s grid If we replot our flask for NLQ the grid data will look like Figure 7 7 16 16 8 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 t 7 ASCII Code A Descender Left space Right space MO Descender 128 Left 16 Right I Figure 7 7 Addthe...

Page 115: ...0 16 224 0 0 0 0 140 D 4TA 0 0 0 224 16 0 8 2 4 0 0 150 DATA 128 14 16 38 1 70 1 70 0 126 0 0 1 DATA 70 0 38 0 22 9 6 9 6 8 6 0 170 DATA 20 32 1 4 64 14 0 14 0 124 0 0 12 18 DATA 64 12 32 14 1 6 14 0...

Page 116: ...OF DOLLARS 550 LPRINT CHR 27 T 560 LPRINT CHR 27 OH 570 END u s EXPORTS AUTOS CFIEYIICAIS 8ti titi tidtitib dtidti GUNS 246 8 MILLIONt3 OF DOLLARS USER DESIGNEDDOT GRAPHICS Designing and printing grap...

Page 117: ...ke the calculation easier Table 7 1 Calculating nl and n2 If the number of col Then nl is umns x ranges from and n2 is 1 to 255 x o 256 to 511 x 256 1 512 to 767 X 512 2 768 to 1023 x 768 3 1024 to 12...

Page 118: ...ics modes you can use they are sum marized in Table 7 2 Table 7 2 1 00 Al CHR 2 nl n2ml m2 rapnlcstype u ts inch ESC CHR 6 nl n2 ml m2 You will notice that the higher the density of the graphic mode t...

Page 119: ...roblems A redefining code allows you to change the density for graphics programs that use one of the four alternate codes The 9 pin graphics mode allows you to use all nine pins on each line and thus...

Page 120: ...ormally used in the graphics modes That s because most computers communicate with parallel type peripheral devices using eight data lines When the peripheral is a printer each data line corresponds to...

Page 121: ...al density is selcted and when nOis 1 the double density is selected Since computers are faster than printers there is no signifi cant time loss in printing a single line of graphics with 9 pins You g...

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Page 123: ...y week or so For stubborn dirt you may moisten the cloth with alcohol or water containing a mild detergent but be careful not to spill any liquid into the interior of the printer or onto the print mec...

Page 124: ...rrect type of replacement sub cassette from your dealer Use the following procedure to change the ribbon 1 2 3 Place the cartridge on a flat surface and use a flat bladed screwdriver to unhook the tab...

Page 125: ...half twist in the ribbon is positioned in the right hand section of the ribbon cartridge between the two guide posts Make sure that no twists occur anywhere else Again press on the idler gear holder...

Page 126: ...end of its service life Turn off the power unplug the power cord and use the follow ing procedure to replace the print head Warning The print head becomes hot during operation If you have been using...

Page 127: ...e into the connec tor on the head cable board Make sure that this con nection is secure and that the cable is inserted far enough into the connector 5 Replace the connector cover and feed the cable un...

Page 128: ...120 MEMO...

Page 129: ...tic film which you fold back for access DIP switch 1 is the one on the right as you look at the printer from the front The individual switches of DIP switch 1 are named from 1 1to 1 10 similarly the s...

Page 130: ...t normal zero IPrint slash zero I 1 4 No bottom margin Setbottommarginto 1 inch 1 5 Paper out detected Paper out not detected 1 6 Set SELECT IN signal to Not fixed LOW 1 7 Character set l Character se...

Page 131: ...ntinue printing This switch is set on at the factory This switch controls the status of SELECT IN signal of the parallel interface If this switch is on this signal is held to LOW If this switch is off...

Page 132: ...A 2 International character sets SwitchU S A France Germany England Denmark Sweden Italy Spain 2 2 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF 2 3 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF 2 4 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 2 5 This...

Page 133: ...00001010 0000loll 00001100 00001101 00001110 00001111 00010000 00010001 00010010 00010011 00010100 00010101 00010110 00010111 00011000 00011001 00011010 0001loll 00011100 00011101 00011110 00011111 00...

Page 134: ...45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C Binary 0010 0001 0010 0010 0010 0011 0010 0100 0010 0101 0010 0110 0010 0111 0010 1000 0010 1001 0010 1010 0010 loll 0010 1100 0010 1101 0010 1110 0010 1111 0011 0000 0011 0001...

Page 135: ...D 6E 6F 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 Binary 0100 1101 0100 1110 0100 1111 0101 0000 0101 0001 0101 0010 0101 0011 0101 0100 0101 0101 0101 0110 0101 0111 0101 1000 0101 1001 0101 1010 0101 loll 0101 110...

Page 136: ...y 0111 1001 0111 1010 0111 loll 0111 1100 0111 1101 0111 1110 0111 1111 1000 0000 1000 0001 1000 0010 1000 0011 1000 0100 1000 0101 1000 0110 1000 0111 1000 1000 1000 1001 1000 1010 1000 loll 1000 110...

Page 137: ...8 B9 BA BB BC BD BE BF co cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA Binary 1010 0101 1010 0110 1010 0111 1010 1000 1010 1001 1010 1010 1010 loll 1010 1100 1010 1101 1010 1110 1010 1111 1o11 0000 1o11 0001 1o11 00...

Page 138: ...DC DD DE DF Eo EI E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E 4 EB EC ED EE EF FO F Binary 1100 loll 1100 1100 1100 1101 1100 1110 1100 1111 1101 0000 1101 0001 1101 0010 1101 0011 1101 0100 1101 0101 1101 0110 1101 0...

Page 139: ...0 251 252 253 254 255 Standard ASCIICodes Hexadecimal Binary F2 1111 0010 F3 1111 0011 F4 1111 0100 F5 1111 0101 F6 1111 0110 F7 1111 0111 F8 1111 1000 F9 1111 1001 FA 1111 1010 FB 1111 loll FC 1111 1...

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Page 141: ...where any additional details of the command may be found Several commands require you to specify a value or values In these cases we have used an n or m to indicate a variable You should insert the AS...

Page 142: ...power on Chapter 4 Selects an international character set ESC R n 27 82 n IB 52 n This command selects the international character set according to the value of n as shown in the table below n Charact...

Page 143: ...on default by turning DIP switch l 7 offwhile the DIPswitch2 5 issetoff SEE Chapter6 PURPOSE Selects character set l CODE ESC 7 decimal ASCII 27 55 hex ASCII IB 37 REMARKS This command cancels charac...

Page 144: ...ed at power on NOTE The character l decimal code 49 hexadecimal code 31 can be used instead of ASCII 1 SEE Chapter 4 PURPOSE Cancels NLQ characters CODE ESC O decimal ASCII 27 1 0 o hex ASCII IB 78 00...

Page 145: ...with 136 characters per line You can select the pica pitch as the power on default by turning DIP switch 1 1 on This command is ignored when the Print Pitch Panel mode is selected at power on Chapter...

Page 146: ...Q characters are not printed in condensed pitch You can select the pica condensed pitch with the control panel but you cannot select the elite con densed pitch manually This command is ignored when th...

Page 147: ...el mode is selected at power on NOTE The character l decimalcode 49 hexadecimal code 31 can be used instead of ASCII 1 SEE Chapter 4 PURPOSE Cancels proportional print CODE ESC O decimal ASCII 27 1 2...

Page 148: ...character l decimal code 49 hexadecimal code 31 can be used instead of ASCII 1 Chapter 4 Cancels expanded print ESC w o 27 87 0 IB 57 00 This command resets the character pitch to what it was before e...

Page 149: ...nd cancels one line exanded print set with SO or ESC SO SEE Chapter 4 9 Special print modes PURPOSE Sets the master print mode CODE ESC n decimal ASCII 27 33 n hex ASCII IB 21 n REMARKS This is a powe...

Page 150: ...aracters to be printed in emphasized until cancelled Chapter 4 Cancels emphasized printing ESC F 27 70 IB 46 This command cancels emphasized printing and returns the printer to nor mal printing Chapte...

Page 151: ...can be used instead of ASCII 1 Chapter 4 Cancels underlining ESC O 27 45 0 IB 2D 00 This command stops underlining NOTE The character O decimal code 48 hexadecimal code 30 can be used instead of ASCI...

Page 152: ...onditions appliable to superscripts also apply to subscripts NOTE The character l decimal code 49 hexadecimal code 31 can be used instead of ASCII 1 Chapter 4 Cancels a superscript or subscript ESC T...

Page 153: ...ex ASCII REMARKS SEE REMARKS The actual distance advanced of the line feed is set through various codes see below When the DIP switch 1 8 is off a line feed is automatically generated whenever the pri...

Page 154: ...everses during all subsequent line feeds tol 8 inch Chapter 5 Sets line spacing to 7 72 inch ESC l 27 49 IB 31 This command sets the actual distance the paper advances or reverses during all subsequen...

Page 155: ...set on this command sets the actual distance the paper advances or reverses during all subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch immediately When the DIP switch 2 5 is set off this command defines the actual...

Page 156: ...ds to 1 6 inch When the DIP switch 2 5 is set off this command activates the line spacing defin ed in the ESC A command If the ESC A command has not been defin ed the line spacing is changed to 1 6 in...

Page 157: ...ex ASCII IB 66 01 n REMARKS This command sets the next print posi tion to the nth line from the top ofthe cur rent page NOTE The character l decimal code 49 hexadecimal code 31 can be used instead of...

Page 158: ...pter 5 Sets page length to n inches ESC C O n 27 67 0 n IB 43 00 n This command sets the length of all subsequent pages to n inches The value of n must be between 1 and 22 You can select a power on de...

Page 159: ...ignored when the optional automatic sheet feeder is installed The value of n must be between 1 and 255 Chapter 5 Sets the bottom margin ESC N n 27 78 n IB 4E n This command sets the bottom margin to...

Page 160: ...ks as a line feed command Chapter 5 Sets vertical tab positions ESC B nl n2 n3 0 27 66 nl n2 n3 0 IB 42 nl n2 n3 00 This command cancels all current ver tical tab positions and sets those defined at l...

Page 161: ...etc The maximum number of vertical tab positions for each channel allowed is 16 The ASCII Ocharacter is used as a com mand terminator Each vertical tab posi tion must be specified in ascending order T...

Page 162: ...et off this command will also cause a line feed character to be generated after the carriage return thereby advancing to the beginning the next print line automatically Chapter 5 Sets the left and rig...

Page 163: ...r 5 PURPOSE Sets the right margin CODE ESC Q n decimal ASCII 27 81 n hex ASCII IB 51 n REMARKS This command sets the right in exactly margin to SEE n which is the last character position that willbe p...

Page 164: ...z3 00 This command cancels all current horizontal tab positions and sets those defined at print positions nl n2 n3 etc The maximum number of horizontal tab positions allowed is 28 The ASCII O characte...

Page 165: ...the print head to a specified horizontal position CODE ESC nl n2 decimal ASCII 27 92 nl n2 hex ASCII IB 5C nl n2 REMARKS This command causes the printer to move the print head to a specified horizonta...

Page 166: ...set on Chapter 6 Sets the print position to n characters ESC f On 27 102 0 n IB 66 00 n This command sets the next print posi tion to n columns from the left margin The value of n must be between Oan...

Page 167: ...ny number between Oand 255 except the area of block graphics in the IBM mode Following nZ the printer expects character data bytes for each character to be defined The first byte mO is the attribute b...

Page 168: ...ned characters in that range NOTE This command is ignored when the DIP switch 2 1 is set on Chapter 7 Selects download character set ESC YO 1 27 37 1 IB 25 01 This command causes the printer to select...

Page 169: ...er of graphics data bytes ml m2 etc must follow n2 The ASCII values of these bytes determine which pins are fired for each character SEE Chapter 7 PURPOSE Prints double density graphics CODE ESC L nl...

Page 170: ...hics The correct number of graphics data bytes ml m2 etc must follow n2 The ASCII values of these bytes determine which pins are fired for each character Chapter 7 Prints quadruple density graphics ES...

Page 171: ...t number of graphics data bytes ml m2 etc must follow n2 The ASCII values of these bytes deter mine which pins are fired for each character The value of nOand its related graphics modes are shown belo...

Page 172: ...s of nl and n2 are the same as normal density graphics mode The cor rect number of graphics data bytes ml m2 etc must follow n2 The ASCII values of these bytes determine which pins are fired for each...

Page 173: ...30 IB 2B IE This command cancels any existing macro instruction and replace it with the defined instruction The maximum number of characters allowed in the macro instruction is 16 The RS character ma...

Page 174: ...with a 7 bit interface to access those characters whose ASCII code is greater than 127 This code should not be used to transmit printer control codes SEE PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS...

Page 175: ...users with a 7 bit interface to resume normal functions after accessing those characters whose ASCII code is greater than 127 Chapter 6 Prints slash zero ESC 1 27 126 1 IB 7E 01 This command causes t...

Page 176: ...rs SEE PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS SEE Chapter 6 Deletes the last character sent DEL 127 7F This command deletes the last character re...

Page 177: ...g the On Line key When the On Line indicator is not lit the printer will not respond to DC1 Chapter 6 Sets printer on line DC1 17 11 This command resets the printer to the on line state allowing it to...

Page 178: ...o disable the paper out detector Chapter 6 Enables paper out detector SEE PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS SEE ESC 9 27 57 IB 39 This command restores the paper out detector Chapter 6 the...

Page 179: ...the standard bi directional printing which is con siderably faster NOTE The character O decimal code 48 hexadecimal code 30 can be used instead of ASCII O Chapter 6 Selects one line uni directional pr...

Page 180: ...cels enlargement Double high double wide Quadruple high quadruple wide Double high double wide Lower half only Double high double wide Upper half only Quadruple high quadruple wide Lower half only Qua...

Page 181: ...on Chapter 6 Prints characters in the undefined control code area ESC I 1 27 73 1 IB 49 01 This command causes the printer to print characters in the undefined control code area NOTE The character l d...

Page 182: ...moves the paper up so that you can see the current line and then down to con tinue printing This kind of instant feed back can be especially helpful in telecom munications NOTE The character l decima...

Page 183: ...the values defined by their respective DIP switches The main dif ference between the ESC com mand and turning the printer off and back on again is that download characters and macro instructions are...

Page 184: ...ode This command is ignored when the optional automatic sheet feeder is not mounted on the printer Chapter 6 Cancels auto feed mode 6 99 9 o 40 40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29 Same as ESC EM O above Chapte...

Page 185: ...II REMARKS SEE Ejects paper ESC EM R 27 25 82 IB 19 52 This command causes the printer to eject paper This command is ignored when the optional automatic sheet feeder is not mounted on the printer Cha...

Page 186: ...178 MEMO...

Page 187: ...iage return CHR 14 Sets the printer to expanded print for the remainder of the current line CHR 15 Sets the printer to condensed print CHR 17 Sets printer on line CHR 18 Cancels condensed print CHR 19...

Page 188: ...Defines macro instruction ESC O Cancels underlining ESC 1 Selects underlining ESC nO Selects vertical channels ESC O Sets line spacing to 1 8 inch ESC l Sets line spacing to 7 72 inch ESC 2 Sets line...

Page 189: ...undefined control code area ESC J n Sends a one time paper feed of n 216 inch ESC K nl n2 ml m2 Prints normal density graphics ESC L nl n2 ml m2 Prints double density graphics ESC M Sets the print pi...

Page 190: ...tions in a chan nel Sets horizontal tab positions every n characters Sets vertical tab positions every n lines Sets the print position ton characters Sets print position to n lines Enlarges characters...

Page 191: ...CII characters 33 international characters 11 sets 83 IBM special characters 50 IBM block graphics characters 96 italic ASCII characters 33 italic international characters 11 sets 83 italic IBM specia...

Page 192: ...ngle sheet insertion Short form tear off Easy access format switches Self test and hex dump Downloadable characters Ultra hi resolution bit image graphics Vertical and horizontal tabs Skip over perfor...

Page 193: ...Centronic compatible 7 or 8 bit Synchronization By external supplied Strobe pulses Handshaking By ACK or BUSY signals Logic level TTL Connector 57 30360 Amphenol Serial interface option Interface Asy...

Page 194: ...186 MEMO...

Page 195: ...e pins of the connector To understand how the system of communications works let s look at the functions of the various signals carried by the pins of the interface connec tor Pin 1 carries the STROBE...

Page 196: ...e computer it sets pin 10 low for approximately 2 75 microseconds 15 microseconds when using the optional buffer board This signal acknowledges the receipt of the data and so is called the ACK for ack...

Page 197: ...ATA6 IN 8 DATA7 IN 9 DATA8 IN 10 ACK OUT A LOW pulse acknowl edges receipt data 11 BUSY OUT When this signal goes LOW the printer is ready to accept data 12 PAPER OUT This signal is normally LOW It wi...

Page 198: ...supply in the printer Pin 31 can be used to reset the printer If this signal RESET goes low the printer will reinitialize Pin 32 is used to report error conditions in the printer This signal ERROR is...

Page 199: ...2 stop bits parity Signal levels Mark or logical 1 3 to 15 volts or current ON Space or logical O 3 to 15 volts or current OFF Handshaking Serial BUSY 1 byte mode Serial BUSY 1 block mode ACK mode XON...

Page 200: ...op 11 RCH OUT This is the signal line for the serial busy protocols This pin goes OFF when printer s buffer fills and ON when the printer is ready to receive data In the busy protocols this line carri...

Page 201: ...mode ON ON Table G 4 Data transfer rates Baudrate I Switch6 I Switch7 Switch8 150 IOFF I OFF OFF 300 3N 600 1200 OFF In GFb OFF OFF ON OFF IUIN ON 2400 ION 4800 OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON ON OFF nxl 119200...

Page 202: ...called XON and XOFF respectively to communicate with the computer When the printer s buffer ap proaches capacity this printer will send a DC3 ASCII 19 on TXD pin 2 to tell the computer that it must s...

Page 203: ...f u 1 I or Of f 1 I n Serial busy protocol 1 block mode RXD P 3 g o Buffer full 0 off 11 XON XOFF prutacol RXD Pin 3 TXD P 2 xOFF DC31 XOFF IDC31 XON IDCII 9 f f fu I 1 or of f I I n ACK protocol RXD...

Page 204: ...h 62 150 Channels vertical tab 73 Character graphics 84 146 153 Character set 1 84 122 135 Character set 2 84 122 135 Character space 158 Character width 26 46 Characters in the control code area 88 C...

Page 205: ...8 ESC 3 n 58 146 ESC 4 43 133 ESC 5 43 134 ESC 6 84 88 135 172 ESC 7 84 88 135 173 ESC 8 170 ESC 9 170 ESC 102 160 ESC 82 171 ESC 84 166 ESC 84 166 ESC 111 164 ESC B 23 78 175 ESC A n 58 147 ESC a n 7...

Page 206: ...34 94 on line 9 18 169 paper feed 9 18 94 print pitch 9 34 TOF 9 34 Left and right margins 35 Lever clamp 12 14 release 10 11 14 LF 55 145 Line feed 55 145 148 Line feed commands 145 Line feed revers...

Page 207: ...cters 98 Select printer 169 Self test 17 Serial busy protocol 193 Serial interface 191 Setting margins 63 66 151 154 Setting tabs 67 71 156 Setup 1 Seven bit interface 83 166 Sheet feeder 92 SD 138 Si...

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