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Страница 1: ...MULTI FONT SLQ X624 10 MULTI FONT SLQ X624 15 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE ...

Страница 2: ...knowledgements XB24 10 XB24 15 NB 15 NB24 10 NB 24 15 Star Micro s Co Ltd IBM PC PC AT PC XT Proprinter X2UXL24 Proprinter II PC DOS International Business Machines Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation Pinwriter p6 p7 NEC Co ration LQ 850 LQ 1000 LQ lOKLQ 1SOO Seiko Epson Corp WordStar MicroPro International Corporation NOTICE l AU rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manu...

Страница 3: ...l is divided into 9 chapters Use chapters 1 through 3 as a User Guide giving you information on how to set up and start your printer The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledge off the operation of computers for instance it assumes you know about hexadecimal numbers The chapters am as follows Chapter 1 Introduction Read...

Страница 4: ... virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have also included some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 7 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section give a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry...

Страница 5: ...CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 11 Controls 11 Indicators 11 PITCH SE I I ING 12 Pitch Panel Lock 12 QUALITY SETTING 12 Mode Panel Lock 13 FONT SETTING 13 Font Panel Lock 13 QUIET MODE 14 PAPER HANDLING 14 Form feed 14 Paper parking 14 Short tear off function 15 Micro Feed 16 BUFFER CLEAR RESET 16 TEST AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS 16 Chapter 3 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES 17 M NJOPTIONS 19 Command Menu 19 F...

Страница 6: ...69 Chapter 5 DIP SWITCHES 73 Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 75 TROUBLESHOOTING 75 Power supply 76 Printing 76 Paper feeding 78 EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE 81 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP 81 RIBBON REPLACEMENT a2 REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD 84 FRONT PANEL DIAGNOSTIC AND TEST MODES 86 Short test mode 86 Long test mode 87 Text test mode 88 Hexadecimal dump mode 89 Bidirectional test adjustment mode 90...

Страница 7: ...n 110 Family 2 112 Family 3 114 Family 4 116 STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 118 Family 1 118 Family 2 118 Family 3 119 Family 4 119 IBM CHARACTER SET 2 120 Family 1 120 Family 2 122 Family 3 124 Family 4 125 IMB CHARACTE X SET l 127 ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET 128 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS 129 INDEX 131 ...

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Страница 9: ...from heaters etc l Away from excessive humidity l Away from excessive dust l A location with sufficient space to locate the printer and any paper to be fed into it as well as the printed paper coming out l If you are using a parallel connection to your computer make sure that it is within 2m 6ft of the printer an RS 232 connection using the optional RS 232 interface can be made over longer distanc...

Страница 10: ...may have ordered with your printer are l Serial RS 232 interface board l Automatic sheet feeder l Color option kit See the installation instructions contained with these optional items for details of how to attach them to your printer 2 ...

Страница 11: ...rton if you intend transporting the printer for use at a different location laten knob The platen knob should be removed from the accessory box inside the shipping carton Mount the platen knob on the shaft on the right hand side of the printer Turn the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position NOTE Before turning the platen knob always ensure that the power to the printer is OF...

Страница 12: ...k turn clockwise 2 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see illustration below Print head shield Ink ribbon 3 Use the grips on the side of the ribbon cartridge to help locate the cartridge squeeze them inwards gently and make sure that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Ribbon cartridge Ribbon tensioning knob Ribbon ...

Страница 13: ...way D type connector at the computerend and the Amphenol type 36 way connec tor at the printer end The pinouts of the printer s connector are given in Chapter 8 if you need a cable for connection to another computer Plug the printer into a suitable mains outlet However DO NOT turn on the power switch at the back of the printer yet nterface cable 5 ...

Страница 14: ...lso enable you to select a character set other than the USA character set if your supplier has not already set these up for you The DIP switch cover is located inside the top cover see below Use the end of apaper clip or similar to set the switches Details of these switches are given in Chapter 5 If you feel unsure as to your ability to set these switches contact your supplier DIP switch cover 6 ...

Страница 15: ... the back of the printer h position Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using re membering that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage There are markings molded into the back plate of the assembly to help you if you wish to center the paper If you are centering the paper using the markings molded into the paper guide remember that print...

Страница 16: ...p the paper against the platen and the print head will move to the start position The actual vertical position of the paper after auto loading is determined by the Memory Switch setting see Chapter 3 The vertical position of the paper can be finely adjusted by means of the micro feed function see Chapter 2 Fanfold paper continuous stationery If you are going to use fanfold continuous paper then yo...

Страница 17: ...ket to release and lock the sprocket in position when the lever is up the sprocket may be moved and when it is down the sprocket is locked Release lever Sprocket cover I 5 Now close the sprocket covers again making sure that the paper sprocket holes are aligned with the pins on the sprockets If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing an...

Страница 18: ...initial position of the paper after auto feeding and the micro feed function may be used to adjust the paper position 8 Remount the top cover rear cover and the transparent printer cover 9 Remount the paper guide as shown below Once the paper has been loaded The printer will now be on line the ON LINE indicator will be lighted You may now want to choose a font a pitch and a print quality This can ...

Страница 19: ...h show which option has been currently selected using them font mode or pitch Some of these indicators can be either orange or green depending upon the options currently selected There is no indicator associated with the C EKI button as its operation is obvious when paper has been inserted but the C EC and 0 3 buttons both have indicators embedded in the buttons themselves The indicator embedded i...

Страница 20: ...is button will cycle continuously between these options Pitch Panel Lock If the EC button is pressed when the printer is turned on the pitch will be locked and no pitch changes can be made from software It is still possible however to put the printer off line and change the pitch using the TPIGSbutton QUALITY SETTING The printer is capable of 3 print quality modes Super Letter Quality SLQ Letter Q...

Страница 21: ...n green on the front panel is shown by a green indicator Note that not every font is available in every mode see the table below Holding down the 63 button will cycle continuously between the fonts available for the mode selected 1 Mode 1 Font I TMS ROMN TW LIGHT OPTION when font IC card is installed TMS ROMN W LIGHT COURIER PRESTIGE HELVET I SCRIPT I CINEMA OFTION when a font IC card has been ins...

Страница 22: ...e C 1 button so that the indicator is extinguished 2 Press the REE button and keep it depressed 3 Press the 0 5 button momentarily 4 The paper will then move forward to the top of the next sheet fanfold paper or eject a cut sheet 5 Set the printer on line again 0 LIE Zbutton to resume printing Paper parking Paper parking is useful if you am using fanfold paper and you want to print a document on o...

Страница 23: ...elect fanfold paper engaging the fanfold sprockets 9 Now feed the fanfold paper to the print position by pressing the C ZZF button The paper will move to its former print position and the printer will automatically go on line You are now ready to start printing on fanfold paper again Short tear off function The short tear off function is handy when using fanfold paper It ejects the paper so that t...

Страница 24: ...o clear the buffer of the printer or to return it to its power on status by using the front panel buttons without having to turn the power off and on To do this put the printer off line press thee YY button and then press the 3 button again Before releasing the Z NE button hold down the G3 button Releasing the 54 button within two seconds of holding it down before releasing the NC 0 1 button will ...

Страница 25: ...INE I PROP I I COND QUIET EXlT ENTER The principle involved is that the printer will print a list of options on one line You use the Z C and C buttons to move the print head so that it is below the option you want to choose The printer will move the paper up and down as appropriate so that the menu options are visible The XEC button moves the print head one option to the left and the T button move...

Страница 26: ...oot or trunk use the button as an G 3 button as marked in blue underneath the button The structure of the menus is shown below Main menu I I I I I The options within each menu are given below As mentioned above when you press the button from any sub menu or from an option within amenu you will return to the menu level above the current one If you press the 53 button from the main menu the printer ...

Страница 27: ...faster malting slightly more noise OFF When printing in graphics mode the printer may either print bidirectionally in alternate directions for speed BI or in one dire on only unidirectional for in creased accuracy KINI For practically all purposes however bidirectional printing is sufficiently accurate If this is set ON then when paper is inserted the printerwillautomaticallycomeon line Ifset OFFl...

Страница 28: ...nsity and low speed printing HI DENSITY I OPTION ASF With this option you may selector cancel the Automatic Sheet Feeder option OFFS or ONI AUTO LOADING AUTolLOADING SF PAPER OUT DETECTOR When you load paper automatically this option deter mines the number of lines by which the paper will be fed forward from the top of the paper The options range from 1 to 6 and the factory setting is 6 Thisoption...

Страница 29: ... produce program listings etc This can be enabled by setting this option ONI or if using software which performs this function automatically it can be set 10 1 AUTO LF If set ON this will expand all received carriage return codes to a line feed and carriage return pair However this may be set OFF if your software demands it AUTO CR If set ON this function will expand all received line feed codes t...

Страница 30: ... DIRECTION PII AUTO ON LINE ml FONT MENU ZERO STYLE SLQ LQ FONT PRINT MENU NORMALl COURIER PRINT QUALITY PRINT PITCH CONDENSED PRINT ITALIC PRINT DRAFT 12 PAPER MENU SLQ LQI wm WFI WFI HI SPEED OPTION ASF WFI 4AUT0 LOADING 6 LINES1 AUTO LOADING ASF 6 LINES PAPER OUT DETECTOR Kwl FORMS MENU SHORT TEAR OFF roNI SKIP OVER PERFORATION ram AUTO LF ram AUTO CR DJI LINES PER INCH 6 LPI PAGE LENGTH INCH D...

Страница 31: ... before making any DIP switch changes NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION When in either standard or IBM mode any numerical parameters taken by command sequences are usually binary rather than ASCII numerical values In this manual any ASCII values will be represented in quotes eg 21 will represent the ASCII string 32h concatenated with 31h in BASIC CHR SO CHR S1 Usually in these examples however hexadecimal ...

Страница 32: ...ome command codes are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the command codes all command codes will be given together with anote of the modes to which each command code is applicable Most of the following command codes ate available in both the standard mode and the IBM emulation mode If a command is common to both modes the descriptive heading is followed by Both If th...

Страница 33: ...ts eg nO Where an indefinite number of parameters are to be supplied the n s are separated by an ellipsis I The sequence is then given using hexadecimal codes two hexadecimal digits followed by a lowercase h with variables again represented by letters enclosed in angle brackets The decimal equivalent follows the hexadecimal The following is an example Example command ESC BS 1Bh 08h n Cn Both codes...

Страница 34: ...ence above deselects italic printing There are no parameters This com mand will not be valid if the Font Panel Lock mode has been selected Se t print mode ESC x 1Bh 78h 27 120 Both This command selects the print mode for subsequent printing where n may be a binary value of OOhor Olh or either of theASCI1 characters 0 or l 30h or 31h If OI is equal to OOhor 0 then Draft mode will be selected and if...

Страница 35: ... of this parameter Any other parameters are invalid and will be ignored This command will also be ignored if Mode Panel Lock has been selected Select Deselect 12cpi draft mode cFS S n Standard 1Ch 53h 28 83 Cn n The command above selects or deselects 12cpi draft mode where n can be an ASCII or binary value of either 0 or OOhor 1 or Olh If oI OOh or O then 180dpi mode will be selected and if ul Olh...

Страница 36: ... of this parameter Cl Moves character set downloaded in OOhto 7Fh area to Any other values are invalid and will be ignored Select primary character set ESC 7 Both 1 1Bh 37h 27 55 The command above selects the primary character set There are no parameters The area 6om 8Ohto 9Fh is used for control codes Select secondary character set ESC 6 Both 1 27 The command above selects the secondary character...

Страница 37: ...mbol set are given in Chapter 9 print continuously from the All Characters Chart ESC ulo cd 1Bh 5Ch cd IBM 1 27 92 ulo cd I The command above allows a series of special characters to be printed from the control code area OOhthru 1Fl r where the two parameters give the total number of characters to be printed low byte rust On receipt of this command any codes received in the range OOhthrough 1Fh wi...

Страница 38: ...ica pitch There are no parameters This command will be ignored if Pitch Panel Lock has been selected It may becancelled by acESC M elite pitch set or acESC g semi condensed pitch set command Set pica pitch printing CDCb IBM 1 12h I 18 1 The command above sets the print pitch to pica There are no parameters This command is ignored if Pitch Panel Lock mode has been selected Set elite pitch printing ...

Страница 39: ...and will be ignored if Pitch Panel Lock has been selected It may be cancelled by a ES0 P pica pitch set or a cESC M elite pitch set command 1Set condensed print mode Both 1 1cESC 1Bh 27 SI OFh 15 Either of the two commands above will set condensed print mode unless semi condensed pitch set printing was previously selected There are no parameters Sub sequentprintingwilltakeplaceatapproximately 1 7t...

Страница 40: ...inting is deselected cancelled and if n Olh or l then propor tional printing is selected There are four types of proportional printing that may be selected l PropoltionaI l Condensed proportional l Superscript Subscript proportional l Superscript Subscript condensed proportional Set or cancel pica proportional pitch ESC P Cn 1Bh 50h n 27 80 II IBM The command above sets or cancels pica proportiona...

Страница 41: ...cted for all printing subsequent to the receipt of this command Select one We expanded printing ES0 so 1Bh OEh 21 14 so Both Either of the commands above will select one line expanded print There are no parameters Expanded printing will be performed subsequent to the receipt of this command until any of the following commands is received cDC4 LD cESC Pa VT cFFb cESC d D ES0 W or FS E Zancelone lin...

Страница 42: ... addition of the following bit settings Bit Value Value Function Effect when Effect when d hex bit 1 bit 0 0 1 Olh Pitch 12cpi 1Ocpi 1 2 02h Propoltionalprinting set cancel 2 4 O4h Condensed printing set cancel 3 8 08h Emphasized printing set cancel 1 4 I 16 1 1Oh I Double strike printing 1 set I cancel I I 5 I 32 I 20h IDouble widthurintim I set1 cancel I 6 64 40h Italic printing set cancel 7 128...

Страница 43: ...es of cm is shown in the table below Print mode 14 DOrmlOad w Elite 22 Download w Condensed 7 DOrmlOad w Roportional This command is ignored if Panel Lock mode has been selected Select emphasized print mode ESC E Both 1Bh 45h 27 69 The command above selects the emphasized print mode There are no parameters All characters printed subsequent to receipt of this command will be printed in emphasized m...

Страница 44: ...de Cancel double strlke printing ESC H 1Bh 48h 27 72 Both The command above will cancel the double strike print mode There are no parameters Any characters printed subsequent to the receipt of this command will be printed in non double strike print mode cancelling the effect of the cESC G command Select cancel underline Both ESC C D 1Bh 2Dh n 27 45 Cn The command above will select or cancel underl...

Страница 45: ...53h 27 83 CtD Cn The command above will select either superscript or subscript printing where n is a binary or ASCII value which may take the values OOhthrough 01hor 0 through 1 If the value is OOhor Yl superscript printing will be selected and if cn Olh or l then subscript printing wiIl be selected Cancel superscript subscript Both 1 ESC I 1Bh 54h 27 84 The command above will cancel superscript o...

Страница 46: ...space control codes Line feed Lib Both I OAh I 10 I The command above advances the paper one line There are no parameters If Auto CR has been selected a carriage return will also be generated on receipt of a Line Feed character l 6 inch line spacing will automatically be selected at power on 3 Reverse line feed Both cESC LB 1Bh OAh _ 27 10 The command above will reverse line feed the paper one lin...

Страница 47: ...cing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch ESC 1 Both 1Bh 31h 27 49 There are no parameters The dommand above sets line spacing to 7 60 inch in IBM emulation mode 7 72 inch where 1 is the ASCII value 1 Set line spacing to l 6 inch Esc 2 1Bh 32h 27 50 cFS 2 1Ch 32h Standard IBM 28 50 There are no parameters The command above sets line spacing to l 6 inch where 2 is the ASCII value 2 39 ...

Страница 48: ... I The command above allows precise control of line spacing where n is a binary value Upon receipt of this command the line spacing will be set to u1 180 inch when in IBM mode 02 216 inch rounded to the nearest l 360 inch Set line spacing to rd60 inch ESC A Cn 1Bh 41h CR 27 65 P Standard The command above sets the line spacing in increments of l 60 inch where en is a binary value On receipt of thi...

Страница 49: ...previously defined by the cESC A command Therearenoparameters If an cEW Asequence has notpreviously been entered then line spacing will be set at 1 6th inch If an cESOAsequence has been received prior to this command then any subsequent line feeds will move the paper by the amount specified by the ESC A command One time line feed in l 180 inch increments Esc J rP 1Bh 4Ah C Both 1 27 The command ab...

Страница 50: ...1Bh 2Bh n Cn 27 43 Cn 1 FS 3 ID I 1Ch 33h 1 28 51 n I The command above sets line spacing in l 360 inch increments where n is a binary value specifying the new line feed value in l 360 inch units Set vertical print position In lines Both cESC f 1 Cn 1Bh 66h 31h n 1 27 102 49 n I The command above sets the next vertical print position where cn is abinary value specifying the number of lines at curr...

Страница 51: ...a reverse direction eg a reverse line feed will become a forward line feed and a forward line feed will become a reverse line feed This command is invalid if the ASF has been selected Form feed control codes Form feed Both 1 OCh 12 The command above will cause a form feed There are no parameters On receipt of this command the printer will print all data stored in the print buffer and will move to ...

Страница 52: ... llu0122 in standard mode lI n 1255 in IBM mode representing the new page length in inches The bottom margin is reset and the current line after execution of this command is made the new top of form 1Set page length in lines Both 1 1 ESC 1Bh 43h 27 67 The command above sets the page length in lines where n is a binary value ll n 1127 in standard mode Ken 1255 in IBM mode The new page length is set...

Страница 53: ...l tab positions on the page to the top of the next page If no vertical tab po sitions have been set with the cESD B command or if they have been cleared the paper moves forward by one line 1Set vertical tab positions Both 1 cESC 1Bh 27 B 42h 66 cd enI all CNULB OOh 00 The command above sets vertical tab positions where the values represented by 010 to cnl are binary values giving the vertical tab ...

Страница 54: ...f vertical tabs accessed by the VT command are represented by oto to otl These values must be given in ascending order otherwise the command will be terminated The sequence must end with a NuL Oh If no vertical tab values are given between the channel number and the 4IUL then all previous vertical tab positions set for that channel will be cleared I Set relative vertical tab positions Both 1 ESC e...

Страница 55: ...argin depth in lines at the current line pitch setting If the page length is reset with the cESC c or ESCX NUL commands the effect of this command will be lost Subsequent changes to the tine pitch setting however will not affect the length set by this command Cancel top and bottom margins Esc 0 1Bh 4Fh 27 79 Both The command above cancels the settings for top and bottom margins There are no parame...

Страница 56: ...right margin where 01 is a binary value used to set the right margin in character spaces at the current pitch If proportional spacing has been selected then the character width for pica pitch is used Horizontal print position control codes Move print position to the right IBM ESC d elo alI 1Bh h 27 100 ore cd c lo Cd The command above moves the current print position to the right where cno and ad ...

Страница 57: ...automatic line feed where n is a binary value of either OOhor 01h If cn Ol h then whenever the printer receives a CR ODh a line feed will automatically be added by the printer If cn OOh then this function will be can led Move to next horizontal tab Both 1 I H lb I 1 09h I 9 The command above moves the print head to the next horizontal tab setting There are no parameters If there are no horizontal ...

Страница 58: ...h is changed In the IBM mode the tab settings will change relative to the new character pitch if the character pitch is changed 1Restore tabs to default settings IBM 1 cESC R 1Bh 52h 27 82 The command above restores all tabs vertical and horizontal to default settings There are no parameters On receipt of this command all vertical tab settings will be cleared and all horizontal tabs will be reset ...

Страница 59: ...ry or ASCII value in therange OOh or 0 through 03h or 3 The meanings of these values are shown in the table below The default when the printer is first turned on is left justification Produce character space ESC SF3 C D Standard 1 1Bh 20h Cn I 27 32 C P I The command above produces a space character where Sp is the ASCII space character 2Oh and is a binary value from 0 through 127giving the space ...

Страница 60: ... left margin Move print head Standard cESC db al 1Bh 5Ch no al 27 92 cd The command above moves the print head relative to the last print position where ore and cnl are two binary numbers low byte fast specifying the amount in inches by which the print head will move from the last print position When in draft mode the number represented by the parameters signifies movement in 1 12Oths inch and whe...

Страница 61: ...s command is only valid if DOWNWARD has been selected in the RAM USAGE menu of the Memory Switch see Chapter 3for details All characters from 20h to FFh are copied Regardless of the character set the characters 80h to 9Fh are copied However the block characters of the IBM character set BOhthrough DFh F4h and F5h are copied as space characters Billi3ry BiXlalJJ Value Selected font Value Selected fo...

Страница 62: ...nloaded data For instance if cl 20h and cc2 30h all characters from 20h through 30h will be overwritten by the downloaded data If a downloaded character is stored in the area 80h through 9Fh it can only be primed in the character set 2 mode It is possible to store downloaded characters in the part of the character set reserved for IBM block graphics Oh through DFh F4h and F5h but these characters ...

Страница 63: ...f cn bytes are required for a normal character the arrangement of these bytes is as follows where the byte numbers are represented by decimal numbers starting at 0 and the total width of the character has been defined by the parameter al Bit number 1st Byte 2nd Byte 3rd We In the case of a superscript subscript character the width has also been defmed by cur but only two bytes are required per ver...

Страница 64: ... as adjacent lines of graphics one dot wide Select bit image mode Both ESC On cno cd do cdn 1Bh 2Ah On 010 ell alo dn 27 42 On Mb Cd cdn The command above selects one of the graphic modes available on the printer and prints graphic data where OIZ is a binary value representing the graphics mode see table below and and al are binary values low byte first giving the number of graphic data bytes foll...

Страница 65: ... using 8pins in standard non IBM mode the relationship of dots to pins used is as follows When the printer is printing bit image data in 24 pin resolution both in standard and IBM emulation mode the relationship between the bits set and the dots printed is as follows Bit number 2 m N 2 m ...

Страница 66: ...he number of graphical data bytes represented by do through cdn and on represents the graphics mode as represented in the table below Adjacent dots are not printable in these modes lRelationship of bit number to dot position The total number of graphical blocks to be printed is given by the formula nO nl x256 1 When the printer is printing bit image data in IBM mode the relationship of bits transm...

Страница 67: ...nd The data bytes are represented by do dn This command has the same effect as ES 1 Select 8 dot double speed double density ESC Y cno cd do Both de 1Bh 59h 27 89 I ulo Cd cdl3 dn orb Cd do ain The command above selects 8 dot double speed double density bit image printing where cn h and cnl are binary values low byte first representing the number of data bytes following the command The data bytes ...

Страница 68: ... where one is the mode to be redefined This may take the ASCII values K L Y or Z cd is a binary value representing the mode to which cmo is redefined being a value used after the cESC command 0 through 7 32 33 or 38 through 40 If any of the modes represented by one are subsequently selected bit image printing will now take place in the mode as defined by cd Miscellaneous codes The following comman...

Страница 69: ...eters On receipt of this command software control of the most significant bit MSB by the cESC ESC standard or FS IBM commands will be cancelled Select zero style ESC 1Bh 7Eh 27 126 Both The command above selects the style in which zeroes will subsequently be printed where cn is either a binary value of OOhor Olh or an ASCII value of 0 or 1 If 01 is OOhor O then normal non slashed zeroes will be pr...

Страница 70: ...smitted to the printer There are no parameters This code is effectively a destructive backspace Cancel last line Both CAN 18h 24 The command above deletes the last line transmitted to the printer There are no parameters The last line transmitted to the printer will be erased from the printer s buffer Set printer off line Standard Dc3 13h 19 The command above sets the printer off line There are no ...

Страница 71: ...command above deselects the printer There are no parameters This command will deselect the printer forcing it to disregard all data and command codes until a 4X1 11h command is received to put the printer back on line This command applies only to the model of printer equipped with a 15 carriage Stop printing IBM cESC j 1Bh 6A 27 106 The command above forces an off line status There are no paramete...

Страница 72: ...r out detection There am no parameters This overrides the setting made by the Memory Switch settings Chapter 3 Enabte disable bidirectional printing ESC U ID 1Bh 55h 30 27 85 Cn Both The command above enables OT disables bidirec tional printing where OI isabinary value of either OOhor 01h or an ASCII value of either 0 or 1 If cn is set to OOh or O then bidirectional printing will be performed and ...

Страница 73: ... disable large character printing ESC h n 1Bh 68h rD 27 104 Cn Both Me command above enlarges characters or cancels such enlargement where cn is a binary value of OOhthrough 02h or an ASCII value of 0 through 2 If UP is set to OOhor 9 then any character enlargement is cancelled If vu is set to 01h or 1 then characters are printed at double height and width If cn is set to 02h or 2 then characters ...

Страница 74: ...aracter height and to produce a line feed at the new pitch in order to leave sufficient space for the new characters If there are different sizes of print on the same line the printing will be aligned along the bottom of the normal sized characters Any previous commands for vertical enlargement of characters will be cancelled by this command Select character height width line spacing Both diSC 1 a...

Страница 75: ... selected previously Any previous commands for vertical character enlargement are cancelled by this command If double height and normal sized characters are printed in the same line then the printing will be aligned along the bottom of the normal sired characters Set cancel lmmedlate mode cESC i n 1Bh 69h D 27 105 ID Both The command above selects or cancels the immediate print mode where 01 is a ...

Страница 76: ... SC CEW C P Both 1Bh 19h 27 25 n C D The command above controls the operation of the ASF where EM is the ASCII code 19h and QD may take the binary values OOhor 04h or the ASCII values R or T The effect of these values is summarized below Value Effect OOh 1 Selectmanualmode 04h Select auto mode R Eject paper T Set top print position This parameter must be followed by anot binary value l signify ing...

Страница 77: ...up to five levels NOTE Since repeated data is stored in the input buffer capacity 2k bytes the total amount of repeated data cannot exceed this amount ASCII command sequences The command above sequences are not preceded by a SC or FS character but instead are preceded by double parentheses thus They apply equally to both the standard and the IBM emulation modes They are given below Select font Bot...

Страница 78: ...th 28h 40 28h 40 B 42h 66 1 1 29h 29h 41 41 ID n n The command above selects or cancels bold printing where n is an ASCII value whichmaybeeither l or 0 Any other values will beignored Ifcn l then bold printing is enabled and if en Cl then bold printing is cancelled Select cancel expanded print S 1 Both 1 n 28h 40 28h 40 53h 83 29h 41 29h 41 The command above selects or cancels expanded printing wh...

Страница 79: ... an ASCII value from 0 through 6 The color selected by UI is shown in the table below I UD 1 Color I 1 0 Black 1 1 4 1 Yellow 5 Orange 4 v 6 Green 1Control ASF I 28h 28h CID Cn 1 29h 1 29h 40 40 I 41 41 The command above controls the ASF Automatic Sheet Feeder where cn is an ASCII parameter which can take the values 0 4 R or T This command has exactly the same function as the ES EM command 71 ...

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Страница 81: ... the factory DIP switch cwer Access the switches by removing the top cover and then sliding the black switch cover to the left and then pulling up using the tab at the right as shown in the illustration above The functions of the switches are shown in the table below NOTE Any changes to the DIP switch settings must be made with the power to the printer turned OFF 73 ...

Страница 82: ...nternational character set as shown in the table below Switch 4 1 5 1 International Character Set 6 1 7 ON ON ON ON USA OFF ON ON ON France ON OFF ON ON Germany 1 OFF 1 OFF 1 ON 1 ON 1 England I ION ION IOFFION IDenmark I OFF ON OFF ON Sweden ON OFF OFF ON Italy OFF OFF OFF ON Spain I 1 ON ON ON OFF Japan OFF ON ON OFF Norway ION IOFF ION IOFF IDenmarkII OFF OFF ON OFF Spain II ON ON OFF OFF Latin...

Страница 83: ... electric shock and or damage to the printer When carrying out any repairs or maintenance always followthe instructionscarefully TROUBLESHOOTING Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery which should not cause you any trouble provided it is used and treated sensibly However the few elementary tips below should avoid you having to make unnecessary service calls The following table giv...

Страница 84: ...cator illu minated Is the PAPER indicator illu minated Is the paper caught up inter nally Is the ribbon caught up around the print head Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer Can the printer perform self test operations Possible remedy Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to make sure that the connector is fvmly in position If it is not press the c button to...

Страница 85: ...rly Are characters other than those expected being printed Possible remedy Check the software installation andre install the soft ware if necessary Check the software installation and insert the com mands necessary for font changes into the software Either you are using the wrong International Character Set reset with DIP switches or software commands or you have the wrong character set selected f...

Страница 86: ...t can be fed in this way TW with thinner oaner If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Check Is the paper lever pushed to the C position Is the paper guide in the ver tical position Are the holes on each side of the paper aligned withregard to each other in the sprock ets Possible remedy Make sure the release lever is pushed to the h positi...

Страница 87: ...creased Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Isthepapertoothickortoo hill Possible remedy Select this option The release lever should be set to the single sheet position Make sure that the ASF is properly seated on the printer Stop printing remove the jammed sheet you may have to remove the ASF for this and contimre If the left and r...

Страница 88: ...nded to CR LF pairs Check the Memory Switch setting and correct Is text being printed with extra blank lines Two line feeds are being printed Either make your software print just a carriage return or if this is not possible set the AUTO LF to OFF using the Memory Switch menus If the page length and margins are not what is expected check the following Check Is the piriming starting too high or too ...

Страница 89: ...the printer use a barely damp cloth use either water with a little detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner or a compressed air aerosol sold for this purpose When performing this operation be sum not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components ADJUSTING THE PRINTI...

Страница 90: ...l need to replace the ribbon Use only ribbons recommended for use with the printer your supplier will be able to advise you 1 2 To remove the old ribbon from the printer first turn off the power Remove the top cover and hold the ribbon by the two lugs on each side Push in the two lugs slightly and pull upwards to remove the ribbon Ribbon tensioning knob 82 ...

Страница 91: ...bbon cartridge into the holder gripping it by the lugs and turning the knob slightly clockwise if necessary Make sure that the ribbon goes between the print head and the platen guard see illustration below Print head shield 5 Now replace the top cover and turn on the printer You are now ready to start reusing the printer ...

Страница 92: ... printer and remove the power cable 2 If the printer has been in operation immediately before this operation the print head will be hot NOTE Allow time for the print head to cool beforeattemptingto work on it I 3 Open the top cover 4 Remove the ribbon cartridge as described above 5 Using a Phillips type screwdriver carefully unscrew the two bolts securing the print head to the print head assembly ...

Страница 93: ...s and screws Do not apply excessive force when tightening the screws as this may strip be thread but ensure that the print head is firmly secured 10 Replace the ribbon cartridge 11 Replace the top cover 12 Re insert the power cable and re apply power Your printer may now be used You may like to check the print quality using one of the test print procedures see below 85 ...

Страница 94: ... while the T 0 u J button ispressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will start printing as soon as the ZZFFFZbutton is released and will print the version number of the printer s ROM eg Ver 1 0 followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will he offset by one character from the one before it If the color option has been installed each line will be in a differ...

Страница 95: ... character set printed in each typeface and pitch available Since the test print occupies the whole width of the carriage it is nxom mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid possible damage to the print head and orplaten In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accommodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is certainly suggested ...

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Страница 97: ...tton 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA OB OC OD OE OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A SB SC SD 5E SF 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 80 81 82 83...

Страница 98: ...llowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment 3 The vertical lines are in fact composed of three lines the top and bottom being printed on one pass of the print head and the middle on a pass in the opposite direction 4 To adjust the printing use the rSB and EYFE buttons 5 The WE button will move the middle line to the left as shown by the number by the side of the lines The PEER FEE button w...

Страница 99: ...8 Repeat the process for all print modes DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING SLQ LQ 11 PIPER FEE SLQ LQ 12 OH LINE N W DRAFT 13 m iE DRAFT 12 r ON LIF DRAFT COND 12 9 To exit from this mode press the fFc3 button 91 ...

Страница 100: ...MEMO 92 ...

Страница 101: ...n LQ850 1050 or NEC Pinwriter P6 P7 as your printer to be selected If neither of these are mentioned choose one of the following in order of preference Star NB 15 Star NB24 10 Star NB24 15 Epson LQ 1000 Epson LQ 1500 If you have your printer set up with the DIP switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter X24 simply choose this from the list of printers available in the application software list If the I...

Страница 102: ...ckages may well alloti you to install specific features Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed This is given below Number of columns CPI Pica 10 Elite 12 Semi condensed 15 Condensed pica 17 1 Condensed elite 20 Proportional 10 model 15 model 80 136 96 163 120 204 137 233 160 272 Variable Variable Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an i...

Страница 103: ...rder to set up various parameters For instance if you want to set up letter quality printing the command is ES0 x 1 1Bh 78h 31h A file must therefore be created using these three characters Though the MS DOS line editor EDLIN can be used there is a small difficulty in inputting the ES0 character This is achieved with the following se quence aI ima and then the ASCII xl can be input The file is the...

Страница 104: ...rier 1060 H CHR V Horizontaltab 1070 P E P Picapitch 1080 Start printing 1090 WIDTH LPT1 255 1100 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 27 CHR O 1110 LPRINT C Font settings 1120 LPRINT H D Draftcharacters L 1130 LPRINT H F CHR O TMS ROMN characters 1140 LPRINT H F CHR l TW Light characters 1150 LPRINT H F CHR 2 Courier characters 1160 LPRINT H F CHR 3 Prestige characters 1170 LPRINT H F CHR 4 Script characters 118...

Страница 105: ...LPRINT E Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1580 LPRINT C Various line and character spacings 1590 LPRINT E al Center text 1600 FOR I 1 TO 6 1610 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing 1620 LPRINT ES CHR I Increase character space 1630 LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED 1640 NEXT I 1650 FOR I 6 TO 1 STEP 1 1660 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing 1670 LPRINT ES CHR I Increase character space 1680 LPRINT THE SPACINGS...

Страница 106: ...0 LPRINT E T Cancelsubscript 2100 LPRINT H C Dotgraphics CHR 13 2110 DIM LOG0 4 2120 RESTORE 4230 2130 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 2140 FOR COL l TO 65 2150 READ GD 2160 LOGO ROW LOGO ROW CHR GD 2170 NEXT COL 2180 NEXT ROW 2190 LPRINT E A CHR 8 Set 8 60 line spacing 2200 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 2210 LPRINT II 2220 FOR B O TO 2230 IF B 2 THEN 2280 2240 IF B 5 THEN 2280 2250 LPRINT E CHR B Sele 2260 LPRINT CHR 65 CHR O L...

Страница 107: ...6 0 64 128 12 0 44 120 80 0 LO pica download characer data DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA 4 29 3 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 o 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 Dot araphics data ROW i DATA 0...

Страница 108: ...g of chapter 4 The WIDTH LPTI 255 statement in line 1090 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1100 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different font styles followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Next comes ...

Страница 109: ...ou will get a cylinder instead of abarrel effect becuase the IBM mode does not have any command to micro adjust the character spacing Modifications for IBM mode 1070 P CHR 18 Picapitch 1350 LPBINT H E Elitepitch 12 CPI 1360 LPRINT H E g Semi condensedpitch 15 CPI 1390 LPRINT H Condensedpitch 17 CPI 1400 LPRINT H E M Condensedelite pitch 20 CPI 1490 LPRINT H E Wl Double width E WO 1500 LPRINT CHR 2...

Страница 110: ...haracters ree c arac ers SLQ TMS ROMN ancl SLQ TW Light characterls Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elitepitch 12CPI Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI imdensed pica pitch ill CPI Condensed elite pitch 20CPi Normalproportional andcondensed proportional Double height Double and TX ir 1 c width Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings Other features QUTLHIE p BHIUBPI lfiRmT LBrn Ital...

Страница 111: ...on or graphic data string problems may occur To get round these two problems the use of the following subroutine patches is recommended 1260 LPRINT H F I 13 GOSUB5000 LPRINT CODE 39 Monochrome display 5000 5010 O INP H3BD IF 0 128 THEN 5010 5020 OUT H3BC I OUT H3BE 5 OUT H3BE 4 5030 RETURN Color display 5000 5010 O INP H379 IF 0 128 THEN 5010 5020 OUT H378 1 OUT H37A 5 OUT H37A 4 SO 0 RETURN Call ...

Страница 112: ...104 MEMO ...

Страница 113: ...Line spacing l 6 l 8 n 180 n 360 inches Characters Draft ASCII 96 International 14 sets IBM special 111 Super subscript 257 LQSLQ ASCII 96 International 14 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 Super subscript 257 Download draft or LQ 128 255 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Denmark Norway In pica pitch if optional RAM car...

Страница 114: ... 120 8 pin quadruple 240 8 pin CRT I 80 8 pin CRT II 90 24 pin single 60 24Lpin double 120 24 pin CRT III 90 24 pin Triple 180 24 pin hex 360 lo model 15 model 80 136 96 163 120 204 137 233 160 272 Variable Variable LQ 24x35 24x29 16x23 24x18 24x15 16x23 24xn 16xn SLQ 48x35 48x29 48x18 48x15 48xn lo model 8x480 8x960 8x960 8 x 1920 8x640 8 x720 24x480 24x960 24 x720 24 x 1440 24x2880 15 model 8x81...

Страница 115: ...rd OWNLOAD YES Without IC card With IC card lO mode1 27k 59k 12k 27k 15 model 41k 73k 26k 41k Emulations Epson and NEC mode IBM Proprinter mode Interface Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option Ribbon type On carriage dedicated Black standard Color option Ribbon life 3 million characters draft pica Dimensions 10 model 451 w x 341 d x 139 h mm 17 8 w x 13 4 d x 5 470 in Dimensions 15 mod...

Страница 116: ... when active 5 DATA3 High when active 6 DATA4 High when active 7 DATA5 High when active 8 DATA6 High when active 9 DATA7 High when active 10 ACK 5ps low pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 BUSY Low when printer ready to receive data 12 PAPER High when paper out Can be disabled with Memory Switch setting 13 SELECT High when printer is on line 14 15 1 N C I I 16 SIGNAL GND Signal ground 17 CHASSIS...

Страница 117: ...ecimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading 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 ...

Страница 118: ...8 I 34 50 I I 66 3 1 Qc3 3 c s 13 I 11 rii 4 5 c wd 4 D T d t 1 111 I I j iii lq 5 E U e u 1 l ii 1 l 5 I ES1 I 851 1101 I 6 11171 F l IfIY l u I 6 I 22 I 38 I 54 I 70 I 86 1102 li y I 7 GEL f 7 1 I G 7 G W g w l 5 1 I I K 1119 8 CBS CAN 8 H X h x l i IT I T I G rii 1104 1120 IQ I 1 9 I I I Y _ I I J I Z I i I z I E C I I I K 1 r r I 151 I 311 110 ...

Страница 119: ... 819 A 6 c D E F 0 P D 2 1 B 1 R I h I I L i h L L L c c L 111 ...

Страница 120: ...Family 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ...

Страница 121: ...8 9 A B C D E F alII 1 a ri D 0 I __ 128 m 1 129 2 a 0 A R I P 170 A 171 7 j z 234 250 24 k 235 251 I I L 140 ID CR 141 E CSD 142 tkk F CA 143 113 ...

Страница 122: ...Family 3 I l T l riTj 1 1 __ I RPI f f AN I I IIIll I IllII y 1lllI IJ 60 76 Ill1I B El 77 III1 I 62 70 Ill1 I 63 79 114 ...

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Страница 124: ...Family 4 ...

Страница 125: ...8 9 A I _ NIJL IO Ica 1 CDCI 1129 1145 llsl 2 DC 2 1130 1146 1162 3 DC3 I iii 1163 I 11771 11931 12091 12251 12411 11781 It941 I2101 12281 12421 ...

Страница 126: ...STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 Other characters are identical to Standard character set l Family I Family 2 118 ...

Страница 127: ...Family 3 Family 4 119 ...

Страница 128: ... IBM CHARACTER SET 2 Family I 0 112 3 4151617 D CR 13 E 60 I 14 F 1 15 1311 1471 1631 1791 1951 ltt1I 11271 120 ...

Страница 129: ...8 9 A 8 C D E F LlC Ifi Ia I IL I la 13 I ii 129 6 130 ii 8 131 7 a 132 T 133 a r 1177 T I iii t 1180 llat t F J lr r I II l h c P I I IT CL I1361 11521 lisel I1841 I2001 lnrsl I2321 I2481 i i 121 ...

Страница 130: ... Family 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I I 101 I 281 I U A ESQ I t 1 421 1 581 1 741 1 901 ltosl 1 K IB Ik I I 14 I 30 I 48 1 82 1 78 ho 1128 F 61 0 l ii 0 I r ML 1 1 179 m liii 127 122 ...

Страница 131: ...glAIBI C D E F I I I e 16 I L AL a E I I If141 ILJUI If 123 ...

Страница 132: ...11 11111 lllll I 51 I 211 I 371 I 531 I101 1117 6 I 102 EL llttl 7 I 71 I231 I391 1551 CBS IiF CAN IIIll Ill II IIll1 pK 8 I I K IT l 5 1 f ii Iii 4 HT 1120 EM IT9 1105 w 1121 IIll1 Ill II IIll1 r I 101 I 281 I421 1 581 1 741 1 01 IlOSl 1221 I301 1481 1621 1781 1941 I 124 ...

Страница 133: ...120 z Y 121 Z 122 E P 1 1 1 43 1 39 1 73 I 91 11 27 1107 1123 C m FS L 1 lloa I fi 128l Tl E 1124 m M 1 m IJ 1 13 1 29 I 43 I 61 I 77 c al N n L 1141 1301 1461 1821 1761 1 llro 1126 Icst I I I I 0 0 DEL F I 4 4 I L I131 1311 1471 J T I A IiiF 1127 125 ...

Страница 134: ...2 1 1129 l iii list 1177 1193 1209 1225 1241 2 r T A 6 2 I l iii 1146 1162 1178 7 1194 B 1210 1226 1242 3 A E 4 It 5 Z c H 131 132 133 11341 11501 11661 11821 1198l 12141 12301 11361 1152 I 11681 11841 12001 12161 b a I 11371 11531 ll89l 11851 1201 I 121 I 11421 I1581 11741 Itsol 1 126 ...

Страница 135: ... Other characters are identical to IBM character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a I bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the ES0 I command 127 ...

Страница 136: ...ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET In IBM mode additional characters can be printed by special commands except the Family 3 Code 39 128 ...

Страница 137: ...ALY I lS i B A i I Y e ii 4 v INORWAY I i B QI Q aI i T 61 i T I e Ii 01 See Chapter 5 for the DIP switch settings The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode ESC R n IBM mode cFS R n Where n means character code n i e CHR n in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II 1 France 6 It y 11 Spain II 2 Germany 7 Spain1 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan...

Страница 138: ...MEMO 130 ...

Страница 139: ...sheet paper 7 IDI LE I Emulation 23 73 74 Environment I Epson mode see Standard mode Escape sequence example 25 Escape sequences 24 El Factory settings 22 Fanfold paper 8 Short tear off function I5 Font panel lock 13 Font selection 13 Form feed 14 Front panel controls II El Graphics direction 19 Graphics dump 95 IHI Hexadecimal conventions 23 Hexadecimal dump mode 89 High speed high density printi...

Страница 140: ...knob fitting 3 Power supply troubleshooting 76 Print head replacement 84 Print menu 20 Print quality 20 Printing troubleshooting 76 Printing gap adjustment 81 Proprinter mode see IBM mode ml Quality setting see Mode setting Quiet mode II 14 19 IRI RAM usage 19 Ribbon installation 482 RS232 interface I Dl Setting up from DOS 95 Short tear off Memory Switches 21 Short tear off function 15 Skip over ...

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