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USERS MANUAL

NX-2415

MULTI-FONT

DOT MATRIX PRINTER

XBL 80825600

Summary of Contents for NX-2415II

Page 1: ...USERS MANUAL NX 2415 MULTI FONT DOT MATRIX PRINTER XBL 80825600...

Page 2: ...NX 2415II MULTI FONT USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE...

Page 3: ...Stirndirt d his equipmem requiws a shielded cable T hcc h c t ilcr ct r Ipplic JIII I Jp iflrc i t ld kctcd if 1 S 4 Statementof The CanadianDepartmentof Communications RadioInterferenceRegulations Th...

Page 4: ...r 2 Setting Up the Printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 3 Paper Installation and Use This chapter describes th...

Page 5: ...rinter This sectionisofuse ifyou are writingormodifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Chapter 9 Download Characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your own chara...

Page 6: ...onfiguring your software for the printer Chapter 3 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE Selection of paper Adjusting the printing gap Loading single sheets Loading and parking fanfold forms Loading the paper Pa...

Page 7: ...EDS MODE How to set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING Maintenance Chapter 7 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Automatic Sheet Feeder Setting up Loading paper Pull Tractor Unit S...

Page 8: ...downlo td character set Assigning the uhar wtcrdot pattern Assigning the Index Table data sample pr ogl m Chapter 10 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINrl ER Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming wi...

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Page 10: ...nts Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script The control panel has five but ons and eleven indicators The indicator display and beep tones provide immediate easy to understand feedback when you pr...

Page 11: ...PRINTER COMPONENTS Front cover Rear cover Release lever Controi panel Bitil roller Bail lever Interface connector...

Page 12: ...nts of your printer Protects the tractor feed unit and separates in coming and outgoing fanfold forms For inserting single sheets of paper Indicates printer status and makes control of printer functio...

Page 13: ...inches wide and fanfold forms up to 406 mm 16 inches wide In Draft mode prints at speeds up to 300 CPS in 15pitch 240 CPS in 12pitch 200 CPS in 10pitch In Letter Quality mode prints at speeds up to 10...

Page 14: ...le high Double strike Double wide Emphasized Italics Outline Overlining Shadow Subscript Superscript Underlining Fanfold forms can be removed without advancing blank forms Multi part forms I Prints up...

Page 15: ...ica pitch 10 CPI Elitepitch 12CPI Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condettsed elite pitch 20 CPI Normalproportional Condettsed proportiottal Double height Doub 1 e width TX P1 e...

Page 16: ...ce 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 Away from excessive dust A steady power supply...

Page 17: ...ct your supplier Figure Z l Check to make sure you have all five items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Platen knob 4 Ribbon cafiridge and 5 User s manual The optional accessories which you may have ordered...

Page 18: ...in case you have to move the printer to a new location Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the packing material which held your printer inside the printer carton Be...

Page 19: ...ing the two grips at the sides and pulling towards you Figure 2 3 Remove the front cover to install the ribbon cartridge L T e up the slack in the ribbon bytuming the tension knob on the ribbon cartri...

Page 20: ...fitintothe sockets on the cartridge itself Figure 2 5 Install the ribbon cartridge 4 Make sure that the ribbon is positioned between the print head and the print head shield as shown in Figure 2 5 5 T...

Page 21: ...s closed Figure 2 7 Swing down the front of the front cover after inserting the tabs into the slots of the printer case Leave the front cover closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dust an...

Page 22: ...andard equipmemt with this printer There are two sorts of cable that you can use a standard 36 pin Centronics parallel cable or the serial cable that you can purchase as an option with the printer Con...

Page 23: ...nnector into the socket on the side of the printer as shown in Figure 2 9 Make sure that you press the plug into the interface connector I EsY Ll Figure 2 9 Connect the interface cable 3 Move both cli...

Page 24: ...d Epson mode IBM mode 1 Star NX 241511 Proprinter XL24E 2 Star NX 2415 Proprinter XL24 3 Star NB24 15 4 Epson LQ 106O 5 Epson LQ 1050 Ifyour software package does notmention printers by name butasks i...

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Page 26: ...enables the printer to grip the paper as it feeds it through Fanfold paper is also sometimes referred to as computer paper continuous forms or sprocket forms You can feed thefanfold forms from therear...

Page 27: ...or ordinary fanfold paper The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to suitthe paper thickness The adjustment lever is located inside the printer s main body at the right han...

Page 28: ...ngs Weight g mz Thickness mm Recommended aPer J pe Each sheet Total Lever position Single 52 to 90 0 07 too 12 2 or 3 2 ply 40 to 52 0 12 to 0 14 2 or 3 3 ply 40 to 52 O 18to0 21 3 or 4 LOADING SINGLE...

Page 29: ...move the release lever toward the rear of the printer Adjust the left paper guide to the desired left position by moving it horizontally in either direction Adjust the right paper guide to accommodate...

Page 30: ...he printer and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing 8 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the ONLINE button then setthe p...

Page 31: ...Theprinter can feed fanfold forms usingeither the standard tractor unitorthe optional Pull tractor unit PT 15XJ as shown in Figure 3 6 Figure 3 6 Paper path tor tantold tOrmS This section will take yo...

Page 32: ...ten roller and engaging the tractor feed Remove the rear cover Grip it by its rear edge and lift upwards and backwards as in Figure 3 7 I Figure 3 7 Remove the rear cover 5 With the tractor covers ope...

Page 33: ...ads on the left and right to snap it into place 9 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position as shown in Figure 3 9 This will separate the printed from the unprinted paper 10 Turn ON the power a...

Page 34: ...d Press the ONLINE button on the control panel to set the printer off line The ON LINE indicator will turn off Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page...

Page 35: ...ing When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows 1 Remove all single sheets from the printer 2 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position 3 Move the release lever to t...

Page 36: ...slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font Save macro definition Clear the printer s buffer Print test patterns Prevent software from...

Page 37: ...he ON LINE button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the ONLINE button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the ONLINE button during printing the pri...

Page 38: ...de withthe QUIET indicator illuminated the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level SET EJECT NOTE This button has no effect if the Pull tractor unit is used Pressing this butto...

Page 39: ...ondensedpica 17CPI 10CPI COND Condensedelite 20CPI 10CPI 15CPI COND Super condensed 24CP1 15CPI COND IBM only Proportional PROP Condensed proportional PROP COND FONT This button selects the font to be...

Page 40: ...Reset Figure 4 2 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using cut forms this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the ne...

Page 41: ...g the ON LINE button down press the PAPER FEEO button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the pape...

Page 42: ...immediately the buffer isclear and therest of thisprocedure is unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the ON LINIij button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop...

Page 43: ...the button and hold them down until you hear a beep tone 4 Release both buttons at the same time after this beep tone to save the current setting If you release these buttons after three beep tones t...

Page 44: ...number of the printer s ROM followed by seven 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 4 v XAX swtJ...

Page 45: ...character set printed in each font and pitch available The test repeats endlessly so you must turn the power off to stop it V 4 0 Figure 4 5 Long self test Since the self test prints across the full w...

Page 46: ...nter off line select a print pitch then return to the on line state and start printing The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Font lock m...

Page 47: ...you to view the paper for optimum alignment 3 Toadjust theprinting usethe SET EJECT and PAPERFEED buttons The SET EJECT button will move the second pass to the left The PAPER FEED button will move th...

Page 48: ...grammers whoaredebuggingprintingprograms and wantto seethe actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended Inthismode all datareceived willbeprintedinahex...

Page 49: ...quarter tone twice Meaning Printer detects an error condition Turn off the power switch and turn it on again Printer is out of paper Buffer is cleared Top of form is set Quiet mode is selected Macro d...

Page 50: ...r on while simultaneously holding down the SET EJECT j PAPER FEED and ONLINE buttons You will hear an acknowledging beepas power comes on This indicatesthat you have entered the EDS mode In EDS mode t...

Page 51: ...Enabled Disabled A 3 RAM Usage Input Buffer Download buffer A 4 Automatic Sheet Feeder I Not installed Installed A 5 Auto LF with CR Disabled Enabled B I Graphics Direction Bi directiomd Uni direction...

Page 52: ...Switch A 4 Automatic Sheet Feeder When using the optional automatic sheet feeder SF 15DJ move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch A 5 Auto LF with CR If you leave this switch...

Page 53: ...tch ON Switch B 5 CR Centering If you set this switch OFF the carriage moves to the center each time to feed papernears theperforations This way youcan getbetterquality of printing around the perforat...

Page 54: ...by the EDS switches E 1 to E 3 takes effect Switch D 2 Character Table The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switchA 1 Movethis switch OFF to select Italic character table with th...

Page 55: ...ignment of 12 character codes in the Standard Italic character set See the character tables in Chapter 11 With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows Country D 3 D 4 D 5...

Page 56: ...d here may result in electric shock and or damage to the printer When carrying out any repairs or maintenance always follow the instructions carefully Power switch is on but power indicator is off Pro...

Page 57: ...tors and see Conditions indicated by beep tones in Chapter 4 Selected pitch or font is being changed Probable Cause IAction Set your printer in Font Pitch lock See Pitch lock mode and Font lock mode...

Page 58: ...FEED button Reset adjustment lever See Adjusting the printing gap in Chapter 3 Incorrect number of lines on a page Probable Cause Paper is adjusted incorrectly Action Set the top of form See Top of fo...

Page 59: ...dark Probable Cause Action Adjustment lever is set incor Check the position of the adjustment lever rectly Move the lever to a lighter setting front See Chapter 3 Ribbon is twisted or is not Install t...

Page 60: ...le Cause Paper is adjusted incorrectly Problem with the application program A print head jam caused by the ribbon or a paper jam Action Adjust both paper guides and the paper Refer to your application...

Page 61: ...physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid over dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices To clean theexteriorofthe printer useaclothbarely dampened with either water...

Page 62: ...he power switch AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER SF 15DJ You can use the Automatic Sheet Feeder ASF to print on cut forms Before installing the ASF check each item in the box against Figure 7 1 to make sure tha...

Page 63: ...ling up Remove the paper guide and move the release lever at the back of the printer to the rear position as shown in Figure 7 2 Move the bail lever on top of the printer to open the paper bail Figure...

Page 64: ...are engaged correctly the ejection roller can be rotated by turning the platen knob 7 Install tie printer cover provided with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Figure 7 4 Install the printer cover 8 Insert...

Page 65: ...r as shown in Figure 7 6 Figure 7 6 Insert the stacker attachment Now you can use the ASF by installing the paper stack into the hopper NOTE Set the front cover and paper guide aside carefully after t...

Page 66: ...lever toward the front of the printer to draw the hopper out until it is in position Adjust the left paper guide to the desired left position by moving it horizontally in either direction Figure 7 7 A...

Page 67: ...guides should be adjusted to restrict the amount of horizontal play while allowing the paper to slide up and down freely between the two paper guides The ideal distance between paper ream and paper g...

Page 68: ...out while the paper is pulled printouts on the original and duplicate paper are always aligned well Before installing the Pull tractor unit check each item in the box against Figure 7 10 to make sure...

Page 69: ...lease leverto the front of the printer then pullthe bail lever towards you to release the bail roller from the platen 4 Pressing the right and left lock levers align the fitting area of the pull tract...

Page 70: ...ry slot for cut sheet forms and load the paper into the printer Figure 7 13 Inseri the paper from the entry slot for cut sheet forms 4 Pull the paper about one page towards the sprocket guides 5 Adjus...

Page 71: ...units 7 8 9 Now close the tractor covers again maKlngsure tnat me paper noles are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding...

Page 72: ...See next page for detailed information 2 Turn off the power switch and disconnect the power cord from thepower source 3 Disconnect the interface cable if attached 4 Slide out the parallel interface c...

Page 73: ...t 2 Parity condition Refer below 3 4 Data Protocol Refer below 5 Parity condition Refer below 6 7 Transfer speed Refer below 8 Parity condition Switch 2 Switch 5 Condition ON ON No parity ON OFF OFF O...

Page 74: ...describes the printer s controlcommands Some commands are common to both the Standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the commands all commands will be given by functions The name of each comman...

Page 75: ...SC cd 1 0 n 27 91 100 1 0 n IB 5B 64 01 00 n Changes the print quality according to the value of n as shown below n Print quality o Unchanged 1 127 Draft 128 254 Letter quality 255 Return to EDS setti...

Page 76: ...right characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 5 27 53 IB 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Bo...

Page 77: ...uble strike printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC H 27 72 IB 48 Cancels double strike printing Underlining Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 1 27 45 n IB 2D n Causes subsequentcharac...

Page 78: ...Overlining 2 Double continuous line 5 Single broken line 6 Double broken line Select ornament character Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC q n 27 113 n IB 71 n Selects an ornament character acco...

Page 79: ...B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript Does not Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC T 27 84 IB 54 Stops printin...

Page 80: ...character table according to the value of n as shown below n Character table o Standard character set 1 IBM character set 2 Shift download character area Select character set l Mode ASCII Decimal Hexa...

Page 81: ...Legal The firsteight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as the power up default by EDS switches D 3 to D 5 Select IBM code page Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC T 4...

Page 82: ...d control codes This command remains in effect for the next nl rz2x 256 characters where nl and rz2are numbers between Oand 255 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no...

Page 83: ...semi condensed to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from pica or condensed to elite 12cpi Ignored ifthe PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power...

Page 84: ...e proportionally spaced when n is 1 and cancels itwhen nisO Ignored ifthePITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Selectfont and pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC I n 27 73 n IB 49 n Ch...

Page 85: ...Courier Courier Courier Prestige Courier Courier Prestige Prestige Prestige Courier Courier Courier Courier Prestige Prestige Normal Normal Italic Emphasized Italic emphasized Emphasized Normal Normal...

Page 86: ...o be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed ELF The DC4 VT FF and ESC W Ocom mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing Mode ASC...

Page 87: ...ease character spacing 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC SP n 27 32 n IB 20 n Increases the space between characters by n dots where n is a number from Oto 127 Used in microj...

Page 88: ...n m 00 00 n m Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and m as shown below Does not move the base line n Line spacing Character height o 1 2 16 17...

Page 89: ...feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n1360inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 6 n 27 43 n 1B 2B n FS 3 n 28 51 n IC 33 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line fe...

Page 90: ...this command is ignored Set line spacing to n160inch or n172inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC A n 27 65 n 1B 41 n In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subse...

Page 91: ...cimal Hexadecimal Std FS F 28 70 IC 46 Cancels the reverse feed mode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at power on Select reversefeed mode Mode Ascll Decimal Hexadecimal Std FS...

Page 92: ...Sets the page length to Mlines in the current line spacing where n is between 1and 127 Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the...

Page 93: ...position to the left margin When friction feed is used this command ejects the current page Set vertical tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I Both I ESC B rz2 0 I 2766 nl rz2 0 I IB 42 nl t72 0...

Page 94: ...Select vertical tab channel Mode Ascll Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC nO 27 47 n l IB 2F no Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number nO from Oto 7 The tab stopsineach channel a...

Page 95: ...ondensed pica Condensed elite Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite Set right margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC Q n 27 81 n...

Page 96: ...utomatic linefeed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC 5 1 27 53 1 IB 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time itreceives a CR code Thiscommand takespriorit...

Page 97: ...ing 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 o Reset all tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexa...

Page 98: ...36 and dividing the result into high and low bytes The unitof movement isfixed at 1 120inch in draft mode and 1 180 inch in LQ mode Relative horizontal tab in inches Mode I ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I...

Page 99: ...nl n2 x 256 Dots beyond the rightmargin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density 8 bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadeci...

Page 100: ...4 dots high and nl n2 x 256 dots wide Maxi mum width is 13 6inches 4896dots In the data ml m2 m3 each three bytes represent 24 vertical dots In the leftmost position the most significant bit of ml is...

Page 101: ...ty 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRT graphics 90 dots per inch 39 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 40 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Select graphics mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC...

Page 102: ...d 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 a density mode defined by ESC n is K L Y or Z indicating the mode to be converted m is a co...

Page 103: ...pacing attributes the first byte mo specifies the left of the character the second byte ml specifies the character width the third byte m2 specifies the right of the character These values must not ex...

Page 104: ...gives the number of bytes to be downloaded n3 and n4 indicate the low order and high order addresses in which data is to be stored n3 should be 15 and n4 should be 128for this printer n5 determines th...

Page 105: ...pies the selected character set with n as shown below to the corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when EDS switch A 3 is set ON n Font O Roma...

Page 106: ...equent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 27 35 IB 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete la...

Page 107: ...quent characters and commands This command is ignored ifIhe printer was set off line by pressing the ONLINE buttonon the control panel Stop printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC j 27 106 IB...

Page 108: ...om left to right Normal printing resumes on the next line AIIanual feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC EM O 27 25 0 IB 19 00 Selectsmanual sheetfeeding even when theAutomatic SheetFeeder is u...

Page 109: ...IC 40 I Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer Set initial conditions Mode I ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC IBM...

Page 110: ...totheOFF position Otherwise theRAM isusedto storetheinputbuffer and the download commands are ignored DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH STANDARD MODE Designing and printing your own characters has two...

Page 111: ...column which has amaximum of 24 dots is first divided into three groups or two groups for super subscripts of eight dots Each group of eight dots isrepresented by onebyte which consists of eight bits...

Page 112: ...te grid they willlookgood even if you are not printing them proportionally 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 spac...

Page 113: ...XT M NEXT N LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR ll CHR O LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 LPRINT CHR 27 W CHR 1 CHR 27 W CHR 1 LPR2NT 0 DIFFUSION RANGES OF LPRINT LPRINT CARS TELEPHONES LPRINT CHR 27 W CHR 0 CHR 27 W CHR O LPRI...

Page 114: ...0 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 2 D 1 4 8 2 D 8 8 0 2 D 8 8 8 2 D 8 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 2 D 1 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2090 DATA O 0 0 2 S 2 D 3 31 2 2120 DATA O 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 3 0 2 D 0 1 5 2140...

Page 115: ...haracter set as shown below Character set Character width Character ID Draft characters 9 0 LQ pica characters 35 1 elite characters 29 2 LQ proportional 17 to 41 3 Afteryou havedecided yourdownload c...

Page 116: ...out compression It is a more efficient use of memory The printer will repeat the previous dot column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Fill up the adjacent dot column even if it...

Page 117: ...is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these nu rnberspowers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a uni...

Page 118: ...4 to the character width If the block character is not a line draw character this byte should be the same as the character width Our telephone symbolisanormal pica character sothe character width is35...

Page 119: ...O 1200 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 1210 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 4 CHR 0 1220 LPRINT CHR 0 CHR O CHR 34 CHR 2 1230 LPRINT u DIFFUSION RANGES OF 1240 LPRINT CARS TELEPHONES 1250 LPRINT cHR 27 CHR 4 CHR 0 1260 LPRI...

Page 120: ...060 DATA O 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 59 0 0 2070 DATA 59 15 192 56 31 192 112 63 192 112 127 192 112 255 192 2080 DATA 127 255 192 127 243 192 113 227 192 127 243 192 127 255 192 2090 DATA 112 255 192 1...

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Page 122: ...or example type A PRINT README DOC The computer may respond with the following message asking which printer to use Name list device PRN If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN t...

Page 123: ...ted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands The pointed brackets around the 1 indicate character code 1 which is a control code not the printable digit 1 Youmay want to...

Page 124: ...ve the following two commands A COPY LQELITE DAT PRN A PRINT README DOC For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will setup the printer and print any specified file with a single command...

Page 125: ...T RM Resident fonts are H D Draft characters H L CHR 0 Roman characters H L CHR l Sanserif characters H L CHR 2 Courier characters H L CHR 3 Prestige characters H L cHR 4 Script characters RM Print pi...

Page 126: ...S E SO Superscript 1710 GOSUB 2520 1720 LPRINT E l Select download character 1730 FOR 1 1 TO 5 1740 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character 1750 NEXT I 1760 LPRINT E O Select normal character 1770 LPRI...

Page 127: ...080 DATA 3 31 2 3090 DATA O 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 3100 DATA 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 0 80 175 192 3110 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 3120 DATA 80 163 192 33 64 0...

Page 128: ...0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 128 0 3600 DATA 31 192 0 31 240 0 31 255 0 31 255 240 31 255 255 3610 DATA 31 255 255 7 255 255 0 255 255 0 255 255 1 255 240 3620 DATA 3 192 0 7 128 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3630...

Page 129: ...255 248 3 255 248 199 255 248 247 255 248 4220 DATA 255 255 248 31 255 240 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 224 4230 DATA 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 255 192 15 255 128 15 255 128 4240 DATA 15 255 0 15 255...

Page 130: ...5 192 4550 DATA 15 255 192 31 255 128 254 127 128 252 127 24 248 255 56 4560 DATA 248 255 248 240 255 248 225 255 248 193 255 248 131 255 248 4570 DATA 3 255 248 7 255 248 135 255 248 231 255 248 255...

Page 131: ...program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities italic printing bold printing underlin ing subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the ne...

Page 132: ...lion dots pin Line spacing 1 6 1 8 n 60 n 70 n 180 n 216 inches Font styles Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script Characters ASCII 96 International 16 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50...

Page 133: ...I 24 pin Triple 180 DPI 24 pin Hex 360 DPI 8 X816 8 X 1632 8 X 1632 8 X3264 8 X 1088 8 X 1224 24X 816 24X 1632 24X 1224 24X 2448 24X 4896 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in a mode marked with...

Page 134: ...IBM Proprinter XL24E Interface Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option Ribbon type On carriage dedicated Monochrome Black only Ribbon life Monochrome Z24HD 3 million characters draft pica...

Page 135: ...tive 8 DATA6 High when active 9 DATA7 High when active 10 ACK 5LSlow pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 BUSY Low when printer ready to receive data 12 PAPER High when paper out Can be disabled with...

Page 136: ...CTS This pin is Space when the computer is ready to send data This printer does not check this pin 6 N C 7 GND Signal ground I 8 10 I N C I 11 RCH This printer turns this pin to Space when it is ready...

Page 137: ...etable For example the character A is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 This is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by thi...

Page 138: ...m Standard character set 2...

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Page 140: ...x z x o A u e a o A U x z 0 6 h A 6 e i I R x z R L A x z Y 1 x z R 0 A u 6 z 9 A u x z k 0 A u 6 a A d x z i R L 6 f 6 d x z i R i 6 u f 6 u x z w A H 1 A A 6 S x z 0 t The command for selecting the...

Page 141: ...IBM character set 2 Code Page 437 U S A l i d 4...

Page 142: ...133...

Page 143: ...I Code Page 850 Multi 1ingual c i 3 a r i 171 U 4 ii 132 5 a A L...

Page 144: ...m Code Page 860 Portuguese c i 135...

Page 145: ...Code Page 861 Icelandic c i 136...

Page 146: ...Code Page 863 Canadian French Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 137...

Page 147: ...Code Page 865 Nordic c i 138...

Page 148: ...8 8 2 HT 9 El 25 LF A hi lx VT B ESC hi m m c FS hi I_ii m D IT b so E h I_ F b rii 8 9 NW o Iii m 1 m F ITs 2 m2 Iii 3 ax pi m 4 DC Iii Iiii 5 b I m 6 h h W 7 h Iii M 8 F F 9 EH hi l iii LF A b ha V...

Page 149: ...IBM special character set A c H id 4 I 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B id 1 7 23 n t 8 24 0 11 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I u I 1 1 140...

Page 150: ...INDEX Absolute horizontal tab 89 Adjustment lever 3 18 mode 43 65 A s c e p A 8 m B 3 c B p d i f m c C c C c 8 C C C C C c C C C C 8 c c D A D D c D c D...

Page 151: ...I D c c D c D c I LE setting 41 Electronic E p E 3 E p m s F c s c m F w G c G d G G p 4 H 9I H H H H L 7I c I c I c m Left margin 2 1 7 d M s...

Page 152: ...M L N g m Off Jine command 98 LINE button 28 O O O a O c c O L 2 I3 p s P d i c c 3 d I 1 5 i p 7 I8 Printing trouble I P m Q 4 m 3 h 3 m c m I I8 S S c...

Page 153: ...I d c c S I S c S S S Switch c f m u T f T 3 T I m Underlining 68 69 Uni directional printing 43 99 Unpacking and inspection 8 w V p c V V V m...

Page 154: ...n O n m n n n Function B B H L f V F f C r E p l C p p o C c p p o C o e p C l l R l f E p l C p M f A f E p p s p I c s S m p m A A h i S c S d c D d c S s S g m l s r i U S v c l s i l s i l s n i S...

Page 155: ...nes Sethorizontaltabstops E p C e p D p C d p P n l f P n X g P d 8 g E p b m C b m P p r m S i c S S C s s B p U p E p P d d 8 P q 8 g n2 S c p R h v s c S p P 8 r l f S f l m P s S o c S c t R n h P...

Page 156: ...V F f C r E p l C p p o P p C o e p C l l E p l C p M f A f E p p s p U l s i E l s t i inch or n13f50 i p c p C a l f a l f S c S c E p nt9 dl d dr D d c R p l s 1 i v s p l i p l l h s E p C e u D p...

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