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Page 1: ...LC24 10 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN 80821322 ...

Page 2: ...from the U S Government Printing Office Washington D C 20402 Stock No 004 000 00345 4 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 Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046 1984 announced by the DBP DBP has been info...

Page 3: ... Chapter 3 gives tips on using word processing programs and other com mercial software with this printer Read this chapter in conjunction with your software manual Chapter 4 is addressed to do it yourself programmers It shows simple programming examples using DOS commands and BASIC Chapter 5 covers maintenance and troubleshooting Look through this chapter to see what it contains then refer to it a...

Page 4: ...control panel The four switches can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment l Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds the print head in a few minutes l Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanfold forms and multi copy forms up to triple ply are all accepted and you can use either tractor or friction feed A s...

Page 5: ...for ALL y 2 Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elitepitch ll CPI Semi condensed pitch 1s CPI PlCa Pitch I Condensed pitch 10 Normal proportionaL condensedproportional Double height Double Width TriIlp1e Wid th Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings ARE Other features tll mmm B WEfrn cx 3elxm BBxm Emphasized Double strike Underlining Overlining SUPERSCRIPT SUBSCRIPTJ Download ...

Page 6: ...6 Mount the paper guide Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Loading and parking fanfold forms 9 Paper parking Paper unparking Test printing 12 Short self test Long self test Interface test Adjusting the printing gap DIP switch settings Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Switches and indicators Power indicator On Line switch Paper Feed switch Quiet Mode switch Style Pitch switch Power up functions...

Page 7: ...RINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC 35 Hard copying the screen 35 Programming the printer with DOS commands 36 Programming the printer with BASIC 38 How the program works MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING 45 Cleaning the printer 45 Replacing the ribbon 45 Replacing the print head 46 Replacing the battery in the RAM card 48 Troubleshooting 49 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 51 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 57 Font control...

Page 8: ...ACTER GENERATOR Draft character LQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS Standard character set IBM character set 2 IBM character set l Additional character set International character sets 89 97 INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 105 108 _ ...

Page 9: ...it out of direct sunlight and away from heat producing appliances l Use it only in temperatures where you are comfortable l Avoid locations with dust grease or high humidity l Supply it clean electricity Don t connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator l Make sure the line voltage is within 10 of the voltage specified on the identification plate l If...

Page 10: ...ems 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Platen knob 4 Ribbon cartridge and 5 User s manual Make an external inspection of the printer Note the locations of the following parts Bail lever opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen 2 ...

Page 11: ...the computer to the printer SETTING UP Mount the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing material which held your printer inside the packing box Be careful to remove the knob before disposing of the packing Mount the platen knob on its shaft on the right side of the printer Turn it until you can push it in all the way Power should always be off when you turn t...

Page 12: ... top cover lnstaii the ribbon cartridge The top side of the ribbon cartridge has a handle for turning the ribbon Turn this handle in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon lgure 1 4 Installing the ribbon cartridge 4 ...

Page 13: ... and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment lnsfall the optional IC card This printer has five built in character styles fonts and a 7 K byte data buffer You can add more fonts or expand the data buffer by installing optional IC cards Font card or RAM card To install or change an IC card first turn off the power switch Then in...

Page 14: ...Check that the printer s power switch located at the left front is OFF Then plug the printer s power cord into an AC wall outlet Never plug or unplug the power cord while the printer is turned on LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper If you are using the optional automatic sheet feeder ASF read the ASF instruction booklet Mount t...

Page 15: ...ail closed then switch power on You will hear a short beep tone and the Power indicator on the control panel will flash These are the printer s paper out signals 2 Place a single sheet on the paper guide and insert it down into the entry slot as far as it will go 3 Move the bail lever forward When the bail opens the printer feeds the paper automatically 4 Move the bail lever back The paper will fe...

Page 16: ...gle sheet of paper into the entry slot as far as it will go the same way as for semiautomatic loading Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover If the paper is not straight move the release lever to the up position straighten the paper by hand then move the release lev...

Page 17: ...sition If there is paper in the printer remove it Since the platen is released you can just pull the paper out 4 Move the bail lever forward to open the bail 5 Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment 6 Remove the rear cover Grip it by its front edge and lift upwards and backwards as in Figure l 9 Figure 1 9 Opening the rear cover 7 Open the sprocket covers on the right and left spro...

Page 18: ...xpose the sprocket teeth igure l 11 Closing the sprocket covers 10 Fit the holes in the paper over the sprocket pins Check that the paper is even 11 Close the sprocket covers Figure l l 1 12 Raise one of the clamp levers to lock one sprocket unit in place 10 ...

Page 19: ...o place 17 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure l 12 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper _ Figure I 12 Mounting the paper guide tor tantola forms Now you are ready to switch power on and print Paper parking After loading fanfold paper you do not have to unload it when you want to print on a single sheet The printer will park it for you if you f...

Page 20: ...move all single sheets from the printer and close the paper bail 2 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position 3 Move the release lever to the up position 4 With power ON move the bail lever forward The printer will auto matically feed the parked fanfold paper into position for printing 5 Move the bail lever back to close the bail Now you are ready to print TEST PRINTING After loading paper y...

Page 21: ... Interface test After confirming that the printer works by itself it is time to test the interface with the computer The simplest way to do this is with a direct command Power up both the printer and computer load paper then try a command like one of the following MS DOS or PC DOS command A ECHO THE INTERFACE WORKS PRN Microsoft BASIC command LPRINT THE INTERFACE WORKS Or you can try any other com...

Page 22: ...P SWITCH SETTINGS When you remove the printer s cover and look inside you will see on the green board at the bottom of the printer two groups of small switches marked DSWl and DSW2 These are the printer s DIP Dual In line Package switches DSWl has eight switches named l l to l 8 from left to right DSW2 has eight switches named 2 l to 2 8 For all switches the ON position is towards the back of the ...

Page 23: ...pitch selection The printer is delivered with all DIP switch set to 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 make the right settings 15 ...

Page 24: ...tomatic sheet feeder move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch 1 5 Do you want the printer to stop printing about an inch from the end of the paper or to keep printing to the bottom Leave this switch ON except when you need to print very close to the end of the paper When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom ...

Page 25: ...spacing or if lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch 2 1 Does your software download new characters to the printer To download characters this switch must be OFF The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the c...

Page 26: ... Option 12 CPI OFF 1 OFF 1OFF 1 OFF 1 If there is no Font Card in the slot Courier style is selected ...

Page 27: ...ll the switch and indicator functions SWITCHES AND INDICATORS The control panel has four switches marked 0 On Line l Paper Feed l Quiet Mode l Style Pitch The Quiet Mode and Style Pitch switches respond with a beep tone when pressed and indicators beside them indicate their current status There is also a Power indicator that lights when power is on I Figure 2 I Control panel Power indicator The po...

Page 28: ... pause during printing If you press the On Line switch during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the On Line switch again to go back on line l To cut fanfold forms at the end of printing When using fanfold forms if you hold the On Line switch down for 2 seconds in addition to goi...

Page 29: ...ear two acknowledging beep tones After the beep tones you can set the type style using the Quiet Mode switch or the Paper Feed switch While in this mode these switchs works to select the type style instead of their normal functions The selections cycle in the following order when using the Quiet Mode switch Draft Courier Courier italic Prestige Prestige italic Orator Orator italic script Script it...

Page 30: ... also be selected by printer com mands given in Appendix B POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel switches have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on Stay m Panel pitch Long test Figure 2 2 Power up functions of control panel Short test pattern On Line switch If held down during power up this switch prints a short test...

Page 31: ...itch and Type Style settings from software changes press only the Style Pitch switch during power up There will be two acknowledging beeps Pressing these switches during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel Hexadecimal dump Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want t...

Page 32: ...1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 1C 1D 1E 1F 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 20 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 38 3C 30 3E 3F 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 46 4C 40 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 58 5C 5D 5E 5F 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 68 6C 60 6E 6F 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 78 7C 7D 7E 7F 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97...

Page 33: ...panel Paper parking Quiet Mode and Paper Feed switches This procedure feeds the paper backward It parks the fanfold form at the back of the printer so that you can switch to single sheet feeding by moving the release lever to the down position Before parking fanfold forms tear off all but the last page leaving less at least three inches less than a full page showing above the top cover 1 Press the...

Page 34: ...by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 3 Press the Style Pitch switch and hold it down 4 Press the Paper Feed switch The printer will beep to indicate that the top of form position has been set fofwafd f iCfO feed On Line and Paper Feed switches For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small in crements as follows 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Pre...

Page 35: ...stop continue as follows 2 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press the On line switch and hold it down 4 Press the Style Pitch switch and hold it down You will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared If you hold down these switches in about three seconds you will hear three beep tones sign...

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Page 37: ...If this printer is not listed look for the Epson LQ 800 or IBM Proprinter X24 If these are not listed look for another Star Epson or IBM printer A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preference Star NB 15 Epson LQ 800 IBM Proprinter X24 NB24 10 LQ 1000 Proprinter II NB24 15 LQ 1500 Proprinter Some menus are less explicit about model names but offer general de scriptions such...

Page 38: ...decimal character code 27 hexadecimal 1B This code usually cannot be keyed in directly pressing the ESC key will not work As an installation option however you may be able to assign it to a function key or a special key combination Doing so will put the full power of the printer at your disposal Type styles Some word processing software has commands that enable you to change type styles in the mid...

Page 39: ...etting of the printer s DIP switches in particular DIP switch l 6 If you selected a Star or Epson printer on the installation menu switch l 6 should be ON the factory setting If you selected an IBM printer switch l 6 should be OFF DIP switches l 2 auto CR 1 7 character set l 8 auto LF and 2 l RAM usage are also related to your software Read what your software manual has to say about carriage retur...

Page 40: ...h printing job by sending a command that resets the printer That is why you must press these switches as you power up If you do not press these switches during power up the reset command will reset your panel selections to the settings of DIP switches If you want to change the type style or pitch in the middle of a printing job one way to do this is to insert a printing pause command in your file ...

Page 41: ...use italic print You will probably not see the symbol ESC on the screen but a different symbol such as AE or or perhaps no symbol at all This depends on your software After printing the first page of a long job you may want to pause to check that the printing is correctly formatted Press the On Line switch setting the printer off line Printing will stop immediately To resume printing press the On ...

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Page 43: ... you are running application software Normally the PRTSC key prints only text data but if your DOS system includes a file named GRAPHICS COM you can hard copy graphics dis plays by first typing the command A GRAPHICS You will find that graphics printing takes considerably more time than text printing See your DOS manual for further information on the GRAPHICS command At the DOS command level there...

Page 44: ...pt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names 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 For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option The pri...

Page 45: ...right margin in column 92 This will give a 6 7 inch 80 column printed line with a one inch left margin Elite has 12 characters per inch 12 is a control code 92 is the character as you can verify in Appendix D You may want to place additional commands in this file such as line spacing and bottom margin commands Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in e...

Page 46: ...p the E printer and print any specified file with a single command To create such 1 a batch file with the name LQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this j file to print README DOC type the fifth line t A COPY CON LQPRINT BAT i COPY LQELITE DAT PRN 1 PRINT l Z i A LQPRINT README DOC The first above line is a copy command from...

Page 47: ...mi condensed pitch 15 CPI 1270 LPRINT H PI 1280 LPRINT CHR lS Select condensed print 1290 LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI 1300 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1310 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1320 LPRINT HQ E pl Select proportional spacing 1330 LPRINT PI Normal proportional 1340 LPRINT H CHR lS and condensed proportional 1350 LPRINT CHR 18 1360 LPRINT E pO Cancel proportional...

Page 48: ...ad character 1780 FOR I 1 TO 5 1790 LPRINT CHR BO Print download character 1800 NEXT I 1810 LPRINT ES O Select normal character 1820 LPRINT E T Cancel superscript 1830 GOSUB 2650 1840 LPRINT E l Select download character 1850 FOR I 1 TO 5 1860 LPRINT CHR BO Print download character 1870 NEXT I 1880 LPRINT ES O Select normal character 1890 GOSUB 25ib 1900 LPRINT E Sl Select subscript 1910 LPRINT E ...

Page 49: ...INT CHR MM 2750 NEXT M 2760 RETURN 3000 3010 DATA 3020 Super subscript download character data 3030 DATA 7 23 6 3040 DATA 12 0 16 0 44 0 80 0 44 120 3050 DATA 64 128 33 120 94 128 33 120 94 128 3060 DATA 33 24 66 0 33 24 94 128 33 120 3070 DATA 94 128 33 120 64 128 44 120 00 0 3000 DATA 44 0 l 6 0 12 0 3090 3100 LQ pica download characer data 3110 DATA 4 29 3 3120 DATA 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 3130 DATA...

Page 50: ...A 252 255 255 255 127 63 31 7 7 31 3490 DATA 254 252 248 224 128 0 0 3 7 7 3500 DATA 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 31 31 3 3510 DATA 129 128 192 192 192 192 192 224 224 224 3520 DATA 224 240 255 255 255 255 255 127 0 0 3530 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3540 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56 3550 DATA 56 56 56 120 120 240 240 224 224 192 3560 DATA 128 0 0 0 0 0 192 224 240 240 3570 DATA 240 248 248 248 120 120 ...

Page 51: ...he logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 3240 to 3630 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Appendix B for details The pattern is printed in four rows each eight dots high and 100 dots wide Lines 1980 to 2050 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGO Line 2060 sets the line spacing...

Page 52: ...PRINT H E q CIiR 1 OUTLINED RQ Q CHR O 1650 LPRINT E q CHR 2 SHADHED q C 0 1660 LPRINT E q CHR 3 OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED 1670 LPRINT EQ q CHR O 2060 LPRINT E A CHR e E 2 Set S 72 line spacing 2530 LPRINT E Sl CHR 28 c o c o c o 2540 LPRINT E CHR o c iR 60 cHR 60 2670 LPRINT IQ CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 44 ...

Page 53: ...th alcohol or water containing a mild detergent but be careful not to spill any liquid into the interior of the printer Use a soft brush to remove paper dust and lint from the interior A small vacuum cleaner can also make this task easier but be very careful not to bend or injure any electronic parts or wiring The printer contains delicate electronic parts so only clean those places where you have...

Page 54: ... the same way Warning The print head becomes hot during operation If you have been using the printer wait awhile so that the print head can cool off 1 Turn power OFF and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge 3 Move the print head carriage toward the right until you can see the connector cover Remove the connector cover and pull the cable free from the connector 4 Unscre...

Page 55: ...e into the connector inserting it as far as it will go Connector Screws Print head mgure 3 2 HeplacIng tne prmt neaa 10 Fasten the print head down with the two screws 11 Move the carriage back toward the right and replace the connector cover Slide the connector cover to the left until it locks into place 12 Replace the ribbon cartridge and top cover and plug the power cord back in 47 ...

Page 56: ...tery before the end of its service life Follow the procedure below 1 Insert the RAM card in the printer as described in Chapter 1 2 Turn the power switch on to supply power to the RAM card 3 Unscrew the screw that holds the battery in place and set it aside 4 Remove the old battery and install the new battery the same way as the old 5 Fasten the battery holder plate with the screw 6 Turn off the p...

Page 57: ... qualified serviceman remove any label paper that adheres inside the printer Do not attempt to remove it yourself l Avoid using label paper with any exposed adhesive areas W If printing is faint incomplete of unclear l Check that the ribbon cartridge is installed correctly If the ribbon car tridge is old replace it l Adjust the printing gap See Chapter 1 l If ribbon replacement or gap adjustment d...

Page 58: ...nds are mutually exclusive For example you cannot get emphasized condensed printing n If you have proMems with horizontal tabulation k l Don t change the margins after setting tabs l Don t change the print pitch after setting tabs The physical positions of the tab stops do not adjust to the new print pitch j n If you have problems with graphics I l If you are using commercial software check that i...

Page 59: ...ion dots Ribbon Black fabric ribbon cartridge Life 2 million draft characters Paper feed Friction and push tractor feed Semiautomatic sheet loading Paper feed speed 3 4 inches second during page feed n interface and Emulation Interface Centronics compatible 7 or 8 bit TTL level Data buffer 7K bytes when not used for download characters l Line buffer when using download Emulation modes Epson LQ 800...

Page 60: ...dpi CRT I 8 x 720 dots at 90 dpi CRT II 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi High speed 8 x 1920 dots at 240 dpi Quadruple den sity 24 x 480 dots at 60 dpi Single density 24 x 720 dots at 90 dpi CRT II 24 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 24 x 1440 dots at 180 dpi Triple density 24 x 2880 dots at 360 dpi Hex density n Character Sets Standard character set IBM character...

Page 61: ...druple width and height Pica 10 cpi Elite 12 cpi Semi condensed 15 cpi Standard mode only1 Condensed pica 17 cpi Condensed elite 20 cpi Standard mode only1 Proportional spacing Courier and Prestige characters only l 6 inch standard l 8 n 60 n 72 n 180 n 216 or n 360 inch programmable 8 inches 80 characters 96 characters 120 characters 137 characters 160 characters 140 to 216 mm 5 5 to 8 5 inches w...

Page 62: ...ute n Environmental Requirements Operating temperature 5 to 40 C 41 to 104 F Operating humidity 10 to 80 no condensation Storage temperature 30 to 65 C 22 to 149 F Storage humidity 10 to 95 at 40 C no condensation W Option Automatic sheet feeder n fnterface Signals Pin No Signal Name Direction Function 1 IN Goes from High to Low for at least 0 5 microseconds when data are valid 2 DATA1 IN 5 DATA4 ...

Page 63: ...Signal ground 17 CHASSIS Printer s chassis ground isolated from GND sienal around I I 18 SVDC OUT External supply of SVDC 19 30 GND Twisted pair return signal ground level 31 RESET IN Low input resets the printer to its power up I I I condition I 32 ERROR OUT Goes Low to signal that the printer cannot print due to an error condition 33 EXT GND External ground 34 35 N C Unused 36 SELECT IN IN Alway...

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Page 65: ...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 Many commands have alternative forms Some commands use ESC character code 27 in Standard mode and FS character code 28 in IBM mode Other commands have parameters that can be sp...

Page 66: ...mant and takes effect later when LQ is selected by ESC x 1 Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel style at power on n TvDe style 0 Courier 1 Optional font 2 Prestige 3 Orator 4 Script Select ornament character Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC n 9 27 113 n IB 71 II Selects an ornament character according to the value of n n Character 0 Normal 1 Outlined 2 Shadow 3 Outlined with shado...

Page 67: ...I Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC G 27 71 1B 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of hori zontal strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in LQ mode and combined use of emphasized and double strike is recom mended in draft mode Double strike cannot be used with superscripts or subscrip...

Page 68: ... 48 1B 5F 30 Both ESC y CO 27 95 0 1B 5F 00 Stops overlining Superscript Model ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I ESC S 0 27 83 48 1B 53 30 Both ESC S co 27 83 0 1B 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC S 1 27 83 49 1B 53 31 Both ESC S I 27 83 1 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed a...

Page 69: ...racter set Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode if DIP switch l 7 is OFF Select character set 7 Mode ASCII Both ESC 7 Selects character set I Select character set 2 Decimal Hexadecimal 27 5 5 1B 37 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 1 ESC 6 1 27 54 IlB 36 Selects character set 2 Select international character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC R n 27 82 n ...

Page 70: ...effect for the next nl n2 x 256 characters where nl and n are numbers between 0 and 2 55 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned character is received the printer prints a space L 1 Enable printing of a character codes on next character i Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC lnrr 27 94 IB SE This command operates like ESC except that it remains in effect...

Page 71: ...r pica or condensed to elite 12 cpi Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up High speed elite pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal FS S 1 28 83 49 1c 53 31 Std FS S Cl 28 83 I 1c 53 01 Selects high speed draft quality with elite pitch This command becomes effective only after the draft quality and elite pitch have been selected High density elite pitch Mode ASCII Decimal H...

Page 72: ...mal pica Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up Expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC W I 27 87 49 1B 57 31 Both ESC w I 27 87 1 1B 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cancel expanded printing IModel ASCII 1 Decimal I Hexadecimal I ESC W 0 27 87 48 IB 57 30 Both ESC W co 27 87 0 1B 57 00 Stops expanded printing and returns to ...

Page 73: ... 1 ESC P co 1 27 80 0 IlB 50 00 I Causes subsequent characters to be printed with fixed character spacing Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch at power up Select master print mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 3 n 27 33 n 1B 21 n Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics E...

Page 74: ...mporarily doubled when n 1 and quadrupled when n 2 n Effect _ 0 Normal size 1 Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Print double height characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC WI 1 27 119 49 1B 77 31 Both ESC WI Cl 27 119 1 1B 77 01 IFS V 1 28 86 49 1C 56 31 Std FS V Cl 28 86 1 IC 56 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without c...

Page 75: ...ombination of character height width and line spacing ac cording to the value of n and m as below Does not move the base line Line spacing Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single Single Single Double Double Double Character height Unchanged Single height Double height Unchanged Single height Double height Unchanged Single height Double height Character width Single width same as ESC W 0 Double width ...

Page 76: ...t Elite 20 Download Draft Condensed 6 Download LQ Pica 14 Download LQ Elite 22 Download LQ Condensed 7 Download LQ Proportional Ignored if the printer was set to stay in panel pitch and or panel style at power up VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to l 8 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both eESC 0 27 48 1B 30 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to...

Page 77: ...ch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 3 n 27 51 n 1B 33 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 180 inch Standard mode or n 216 inch IBM mode where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 360 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both FS 3 n 28 51 n 1c...

Page 78: ...he next line If DIP switch 1 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 1 cESC LF 127 10 1B OA Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line If DIP switch l 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the precedi...

Page 79: ... carriage to the left margin if DIP switch l 2 is ON Does not change the line spacing setting Ignored when friction feed is used Feed paper n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC f 1 n 27 102 49 n IB 66 31 n Both ESC f I n 27 102 1 n 1B 66 01 n Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where n is between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC 4...

Page 80: ... where n is between 1 and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel top and bottom margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 0 21 19 1B 4F Cancels both the top margin and the bottom margin Form feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both FF 12 oc Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current pag...

Page 81: ...l tab stops can be set 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 The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Set vertical tab stops every n lines Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 1 ESC e 1 n 27 101 49 n 1B ...

Page 82: ...NTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Both 1 ESC 1 n 127108 n Hexadecimal IIB 6C n Sets the left margin at column n where n is between 0 and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and with...

Page 83: ...SC X nl n2 27 88 nl n2 1B 58 nl n2 Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both CR 13 OD Prints the current line and returns the next print position to the left margin If DIP switch l 8 is ON also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed i Mode ASCII Dec...

Page 84: ... the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC a 1 27 91 49 1B 61 31 Both EfjC a I 27 91 1 1B 61 01 Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC a 2 21 91 50 1B 61 32 Both ESC a 2 21 97 2 1B 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving the left margin ragged Full justify Mo...

Page 85: ...tops specify ESC D O Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC e 0 n 27 101 48 n IB 65 30 n Both ESC e CO n 27 101 0 n IB 65 00 n L Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every n columns where n is between 1 and 127 Reset a tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC R 27 82 1B 52 1 Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up val...

Page 86: ...Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC d nl n2 27 100 nl n2 1B 64 nl n2 Sets the next print position to nl n2 x 256 120 inches from the current position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum position is 8 inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC nl n2 1 27 36 nl n2 I 1B 24 nl n2 Sets the next print position to nl n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin ...

Page 87: ...rint b bit double density graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC L nl n2 27 76 nl n2 1B 4C nl n2 Both ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints 8 bit dot graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maximum 960 dots wide See ESC K for other information Print b bit double density double speed graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC Y nl n2 27 89 nl n2 1B 59 nl n2 Both ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints 8 bit dot graph...

Page 88: ... of data bytes must be 3 x nl n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to character mode _ Select graphics mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC n0 nl 27 42 n0 nl 1B 2A n0 nl Both n2 ml m2 ___ n2 ml m n2 ml m2 Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of no and prints dot graphics in this mode See ES...

Page 89: ...ouble density 120 dots per inch 11 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Convert graphics density Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC n m 27 63 n m 1B 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 code from 0 to 4 or 6 indica...

Page 90: ...tes the first byte m0 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 exceed the following max imum limits Character mode ml m0 f ml m2 Draft characters 9 12 LQ pica characters 29 36 LQ elite characters 23 30 LQ semi condensed 15 24 LQ proportional 37 42 Draft super subscripts 7 12 LQ ...

Page 91: ...it interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 27 61 1B 3D IBM FS z 28 61 1C 3D Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESCb 27 35 1B 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last ...

Page 92: ...mode with the control panel switch Cancel quiet print Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC s 0 27 115 48 1B 73 30 Both EfjC s co 27 115 0 1B 73 00 Cancels the quiet print mode and resumes normal printing You can also cancel the quiet mode with the control panel switch Immediate print Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC i 1 27 105 49 1B 69 31 Both ESC i Cl 27 105 1 1B 69 01 Selects the immediate print...

Page 93: ...commands except DC1 which returns it to the on line state The printer s On Line indicator does not go off Set printer on line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both DCl 17 11 Returns the printer to the 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 Line switch on the control panel Stop ...

Page 94: ...g Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 1 ESC 1 27 60 IlB 3C Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal bidirectional printing resumes on the next line Manual feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC EM O 27 25 0 1B 19 00 Both er wr so a 6 40 40 48 41 41 28 28 30 29 29 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automa...

Page 95: ...mal ESC EM T n 27 25 84 n 1B 19 54 n Both ss 1 c q n 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where n is equal to or greater than 1 Ignored if DIP switch l 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 27 64 1B 40 Std FS 8 28 64 IC 40 Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does no...

Page 96: ...MEMO ...

Page 97: ...ters The process of designing new characters with paper and pencil is time consuming The program listed in this appendix enables you to do everything on the computer screen It also enables you to maintain disk files of character data for downloading when required The creation of a telephone symbol as a normal character t and super subscript character t is explained below Normal character I 3 7 8 9...

Page 98: ...your choice In the same way the program asks you to select Standard or IBM mode normal or super subscript and character mode then to confirm whether to continue or start over Continuing on the next screen the program asks what character you want to redefine offering the exclamation mark as a suggestion If you want to print the telephone symbol in place of the ex clamation mark press Return If you ...

Page 99: ...esigned If you answer Yes to all three questions your characters will be saved on a disk file and downloaded to the printer and the entire character set from character 33 to character 126 w will be printed out At any point while you are selecting or designing characters you can press FS to skip the current character and proceed to the next character The program does not allow you to redefine the s...

Page 100: ...bytes of dot data 4 ESC 1 to enable the printer to print the downloaded characters This program is coded in Microsoft BASIC for the IBM PC The WIDTH 255 command in line 1050 means infinite line width and prevents the computer from inserting unwanted line feeds in the character data Some versions of BASIC do not need the WIDTH command Check your BASIC manual and make any changes necessary 1000 1 11...

Page 101: ...1580 HD CHR 27 SO HD HI 16 GOTO 1600 1590 HD CHR 27 T HD HI 24 1600 I Select Quality 1610 LOCATE 12 1 PRINT SELECT QUALITY S O 1620 LOCATE 13 l PRINT w Letter quality 1630 LOCATE 14 l PRINT Draft quality 1640 LOCATE 15 l PRINT 1 Proportional 1650 LOCATE 13 S l PRINT I SQ INPUT l QUA ASC S 1660 IF QUA 13 THEN QUA S GOTO 1680 ELSE LOCATE 13 S l PRINT w M 1670 S S l HOD 3 GOTO 1650 1680 IF QUA 0 THEN...

Page 102: ...NT STR AO I 2190 IF QUA 2 THEN 2210 2200 A2 W AO Al LOCATE 5 50 PRINT Right Space GOTO 2230 2210 LOCATE 5 50 INPUT Right Space A2 2220 IF AO Al AZ W THEN LOCATE 3 50 PRINT SPC 20 GOTO 2210 2230 LOCATE 5 63 PRINT STR AP 1 GOTO 2060 2240 I_____ xey explanat ons _ __ 2250 LOCATE lo 50 PRINT Fl Clear dot 2260 LOCATE 11 50 PRINT F2 Pass over 2270 LOCATE 12 50 PRINT F3 Set dot 2280 LOCATE 13 50 PRINT F4...

Page 103: ... LOCATE PX l PY PRINT I Sl 2850 IF NOT S THEN 2860 ELSE 2880 2860 LOCATL PX PY pRINT 2870 LOCATE PX l PY PRINT u I LOCATE PX PY 2880 IF S THEN 2890 ELSE 2910 2890 LOCATE PX PY PRINT w 2900 LOCATE PX l PY PRINT LOCATE PX PY 2910 I INPUT l IF I CHR lJ THEN E NOT S GOTO 2850 2920 RETURN 2930 I _ __ Fu c n e check _ ____ _ __ 2940 I INPUT l SK ASC I FK VAL I 2950 IF SK 6 AND SK 14 THEN ST SK 6 GOTO 30...

Page 104: ... LPRINT CHR CC NEXT CC 3400 LPRINT STRING lO lO END 3410 t T Output to Diskette _ _ 3420 PRINT l HD 3430 FOR CC 33 TO 126 3440 IF A C THEN 3460 3450 PRINTtl E C O STRING 2 CC A CC P CC 3460 NEXT CC 3470 PRINT l E l RETURN 3480 I___ output to printer ___ 3490 IF OUA O OR SCR THEN 3510 3500 IF PT l THEN LPRINT E ELSE IF PT 2 THEN LPRINT CHRQ 15 3510 LPRINT HDS 3520 FOR CC 33 TO 126 3530 IF A CC O TH...

Page 105: ...ding the entries at the top and left edges of the table 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 this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets Sample r Character Hexadecimal value high order 1Hexa I decimal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Control ...

Page 106: ...STANDARDCHARACTERSET 98 ...

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Page 108: ...IBM CHARACTER SET 2 ...

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Page 110: ...l Other characters are identical to IBM character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the ESC command 102 ...

Page 111: ...ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET Hexa decimal 0 5 6 7 8 In IBM mode additional characters can be printed by special commands ...

Page 112: ...nd from the following are made the character 1 See 17 for DIP switch i The for selecting international character are I mode R IBM mode FS n n means code n CHR n BASIC The of I are I U S A 5 10 Denmark I 1 6 Italy Spain II 2 Germany Spain I Latin America 3 England Japan 13 4 Denmark 9 Norway ...

Page 113: ...3 Condensed pitch 22 50 64 Connector 3 6 Control panel 3 19 Courier type style 21 D Delete 83 Dimensions of printer 53 DIP switches 14 18 31 49 50 51 61 70 72 81 82 83 87 DOS commands 35 36 37 38 Dot matrix size 52 Double size characters 66 67 Double strike printing 59 Download character commands 81 Download characters 17 50 52 82 89 96 Draft quality ZI 57 82 m Electrical specifications 54 Elite p...

Page 114: ...3 Panel pitch 23 Panel style 23 Paper Feed switch 22 25 Paper feed 7 8 9 10 II 12 51 Paper guide 6 II Paper specifications 53 Paper out detector 26 49 73 Parking II 12 25 Pause 20 32 Pica pitch 22 63 Pitch 22 23 32 53 63 Platen knob 3 Power cord 6 Power indicator 19 Prestige type style 21 Print head 46 47 51 Print pitch 17 68 Printer commands 37 50 57 Printing gap adjustment 24 Printing mechanism ...

Page 115: ...4 77 Test patterns 22 13 22 Top cover 3 5 Top margin 7 72 Top of page form 26 31 72 Tractor feed 9 12 51 Troubleshooting 49 50 Type style 17 21 32 53 58 68 Type style commands 32 Underlining 59 60 Unidirectional printing 86 Unpacking and inspection I Unparking I2 VI Vertical position commands 68 Vertical tabulation 73 107 ...

Page 116: ... nl n2 Absolute horizontal tab in inches ESC O Select ROM character set ESC I Select download character set ESC di 0 Select ROM character set ESC 1 Select download character set IBM ESC O nln2mOmZm2dId2 Define download characters Std ESC 8 CO nln2mOmlm2dId2 Define download characters z ESC n0 nl n2 ml m2 ____ Select graphics mode ESC O Stop underlining ESC I Start underlining 22C 6 0 Stop underlin...

Page 117: ...h Set vertical tab stops Set page length to n lines Set oaee leneth to n inches Set ho izontil tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Select character type and print pitch Perform one n 180 inch or n 2164nch line feed Print S bit single density graphics Print I bit double density graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel to...

Page 118: ...e print Cancel immediate print Immediate print Stop printing Perform one ni Igo inch reverse line feed Select LQ type style Set left margin Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select proportional spacing Select ornament character Cancel quiet print Quiet print Cancel quiel print Quiet print Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select standard cha...

Page 119: ... Select italic characters Select upright characters Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Set MSB to 0 Reset printer Set line spacing to n 72 inch Select LQ type style Select character width Select forward feed mode Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select standard character set Select IBM character set Set right margin Select reverse feed mode Select international charac...

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