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Страница 1: ...MULTI FONT LC IOII USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE ...

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Страница 3: ...er 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 as nece...

Страница 4: ...four switches can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including margin setting and 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 ...

Страница 5: ... for a 1 1 s t y I iii II Print pitches are Pica pitch Elite pitch Condensed picapitch Condensed elitepitch proportional spacing for all pitches Various line and character spacings THE SPACINGS THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED ARE CHANGED Other features Emphasized Double strike Underlininq Dverlinlng f3UPERSCRIPT BUBSCRIPT Download chkacters i ti l Dot graphics ...

Страница 6: ...de Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Loading and parking fanfold forms 9 Paper parking Paper unparking Test printing 12 Short self test Long selft test Interface test Adjusting the printing gap 14 DIP switch settings 14 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 19 Switches and indicators 19 Power indicator On Line switch Paper Feed switch Print Pitch switch NLQ Type Style switch Power up functions 23 ...

Страница 7: ...ITH DOS AND BASIC 37 Hard copying the screen 37 Programming the printer with DOS commands 38 Programming the printer with BASIC 40 Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING 47 Cleaning the printer 47 Replacing the ribbon 47 Replacing the print head 47 Troubleshooting 50 Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 53 Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 59 Font control commands 59 Character set commands 63 ...

Страница 8: ... 91 Draft character NLQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS 99 Standard character set 100 IBM character set 2 102 IBM character set l 104 Additiona character set 105 International character sets 106 INDEX 107 REFERENCE CARD Inside the cover ...

Страница 9: ...ut 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 identitication plate l If you...

Страница 10: ...items 1 Prmter 2 Paper gume a rlaten 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 ...

Страница 11: ... controls various printer functions Power switch switches power on and off Connector for connecting 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...

Страница 12: ...ing the platen knob Remove the top cover Lift the front edge of the printer s clear plastic top cover Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover and remove the cover completely Figure 1 4 Removing the top cover 4 ...

Страница 13: ...e the top cover Hold the cover upright and engage the tabs at the back Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed Leave the cover closed during normal operation It keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment Connect the printer to the computer Connect the printer end of the interface cable to the co...

Страница 14: ... 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 the paper guide The paper guide fits into the two holes on top of the rear cover Mount the guide and raise it to the upright position ...

Страница 15: ... 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 You will feel a slight resistance as the paper engages the paper detector lever Work the paper past this resistance and insert it down as far as it will go 3 Move the bail lever forward When the bail opens the printer feeds ...

Страница 16: ...he entry slot as far as it will go the same way as for semiautomatic loading 3 Move the bail lever on top of the printer forward to open the paper bail 4 Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of the paper comes out from under the top cover 5 If the paper is not straight move the release lever to the up position straighten the paper by hand then move the release lever back down 6 Move...

Страница 17: ... 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 i 9 Opening the rear cover 7 Open the sprocket covers on the right and left sprocket units as s...

Страница 18: ...ose the sprocket teeth we I 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 ...

Страница 19: ...to place 17 Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 12 so that it will separate the printed from the unprinted paper Figure l 12 Mounting the paper guide for fanfold 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 fo...

Страница 20: ...Remove 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...

Страница 21: ...itely in a cycle of 30 or 70 lines To stop the test switch power off lnterface 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 B...

Страница 22: ...sults 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 white switches marked DSW 1and DSW2 These are the printer s DIP Dual In line Package switches DSWl has eight switches named l 1 to 1 8 from left to right DSW2 has four switches named 2 1 to 2 4 For all switches the ON position is towards the back of the printer...

Страница 23: ...s 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 ...

Страница 24: ...ic 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 edge ...

Страница 25: ...e line spacing when you expect single 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 me...

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Страница 27: ... selections l Print a hexadecimal dump l Park fanfold forms l Set the top of form position l Set the left and right margins l Clear the printer s buffer SWITCHES AND INDICATORS The control panel has four switches marked 0 On Line l Paper Feed l Print Pitch l NLQ Type Style The On Line Print Pitch and NLQ Type Style switches respond with a beep tone when pressed and indicators beside them indicate ...

Страница 28: ...r powers up in the on line state if paper is present If paper is not present the printer powers up off line with the Power indicator flashing When you load paper the Power indicator stops flashing but the printer remains off line To start printing you must press the On Line switch go on line The two main times when you will want to press the On Line switch are l Before and after any other panel op...

Страница 29: ...e as follows Pica 10 characters per inch Elite 12 characters per inch Condensed pica 17 characters per inch Condensed elite 20 characters per inch Proportional pica Proportional elite This is pica 10 characters per inch This is elite 12 characters per inch This is condensed pica 17 charactersper Inch This is condensed elite 20charactersper inch This is proportional pica This is proportional elite ...

Страница 30: ... set the printer off line then press the NLQ Type Style switch repeatedly until the indicators beside the desired selection light The selections cycle in the fol lowing order Draft all indicators off Courier NLQ Courier italic NLQ Sanserif NLQ Sanserif italic NLQ Orator NLQ Orator italic NLQ Samples are shown in Figure 2 3 r 1 i _j L j i 1 I_ 3 I i i J J j j I I This is near letter quality Courier...

Страница 31: ...all capitals The other type styles do not have a small capitals option Lower case always prints as lower case The type style can also be selected by printer commands given in Ap pendix B Printer commands enable you to select both Orator styles and also draft italic which cannot be selected from the control panel POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all the control panel switche...

Страница 32: ...e state and start printing The selected type style will not be changed by any commands sent by software If you want to protect both the Print Pitch and NLQ Type Style settings from software changes press both switches 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 Hexa...

Страница 33: ... EE EF FO Fl F2 F3 F4 FS F6 F7 F8 F9 FA FEI FC FD FE FF OD OCI ot 0123456789 BABCDEFGHIJKLMNO PORSTUVWXYZC l abcdefghi jklmno pqrstuvwxyzCl Figure 2 5 Sample hexadecimal dump Most BASICS however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC prints the following 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 04 OB CC OD OA OE OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1B 1C iD iE IF 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ...

Страница 34: ... 100 100 O INP H3BD IF 0 128 THEN 100 110 OUT H3BC I OUT H3BE 5 OUT H3BE 4 120 RETURN SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations Reverse micro feed ER r D IR PARK1 q POWER ON LINE Top of form Figure 2 7 Switch combination functions of control panel Paper parking Print Pitch and Paper Feed switches This procedure ...

Страница 35: ...to the current position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows 1 Press the On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the Paper Feed switch or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed 3 Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down 4 Press the On Line switch ...

Страница 36: ...he On Line switch to set the printer off line 2 Press the NLQ Type Style switch and hold it down 3 Press the Paper Feed switch The print head will travel to the right end of the carriage then start advancing from right to left in a series of l 10 steps When it reaches the desired right margin position release both switches The printer will beep to indicate that the margin has been set Clearing the...

Страница 37: ...been cleared 6 Release all three switches make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It is essential to halt the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when you go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data where the buffer was cleared 29 ...

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Страница 39: ...ram usually offers a menu of printers from which to choose If you find this printer on the menu select it If this printer is not listed look for the Epson LX 800 or IBM Proprinter II 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 NL 10 Epson LX 800 IBM Proprinter II NP 10 FX 86e Proprinter NX 10115 EX ...

Страница 40: ...tion process Read your software manual to find out whether you can do this and if so how The most useful thing you can do is to define a way to enter the escape code ESC which is the control character with 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 func...

Страница 41: ... on screen prompt will explain how to place these codes in the initialization sequence SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES After completing the installation of your software check the setting 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...

Страница 42: ...sets the printer That is why you must press the NLQ Type Style and or Print Pitch switches as you power up If you do not press these switches during power up the reset command will reset your panel selections to draft style and pica pitch 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 at the point ...

Страница 43: ... to use italic print You will probably not see the symbol ESC on the screen but a different symbol such as E or h 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 th...

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Страница 45: ...e you are running application software Normally the PRTSC key prints only text data but if your DOS system includes a file named GRAPHICSCOM 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...

Страница 46: ...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 tiles 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...

Страница 47: ...n 12 and the 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 ...

Страница 48: ...set up the printer and print any specified tile with a single command To create such a batch file with the name NLQPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next Z means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A COPY CON NLQPRINT BAT COPY NLQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 1 z A NLQPRINT README DOC The first above line is a copy command from the ...

Страница 49: ...20 LPRINT E 5 Cancel italics 1230 LPRINT C Print pitches are 1240 LPRINT H P Pica pitch 1250 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 1260 LPRINT H CHR 15 Condensed pitch 1270 LPRINT P Condensed pica pitch 1280 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 1290 LPRINT P Pica pitch 1300 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print 1310 LPRINT H E pl Select proportional spacing 1320 LPRINT proportional spacing for all pitches 1330 LP...

Страница 50: ...ter 1670 FOR I l TO 5 1680 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character 1690 NEXT I 1700 LPRINT E O Select normal character 1710 GOSUB 2120 1720 LPRINT C E l Select download character 1730 FOR I 1 TO 5 1740 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character 1750 NEXT I 1760 LPRINT E O Select normal character 1770 LPRINT H C Dot graphics 1780 DIM LOG0 4 1790 RESTORE 2630 1800 FOR ROW 1 TO 4 1810 FOR COL l TO 100 182...

Страница 51: ...A 0 0 70 0 38 0 22 9 6 9 2590 DATA 6 8 6 0 28 32 14 64 14 0 2600 DATA 14 0 124 0 0 12 64 12 32 14 2610 DATA 16 14 0 14 0 12 0 2620 2630 Dot graphics data 2640 DATA 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 7 7 15 2650 DATA 14 14 14 14 14 7 7 3 3 15 2660 DATA 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2670 DATA 0 1 3 3 7 7 15 14 14 14 2680 DATA 14 15 7 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 2690 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2700 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2710 DATA 1 3 7 7 7 1...

Страница 52: ...56 56 120 3020 DATA l2o 240 240 224 224 192 128 o o o 3030 DATA 0 0 o o o o o o o o How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1090 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of Appendix B The WIDTH LPTl 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted car...

Страница 53: ...00 to 1850 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGO Line 1860 sets the line spacing to 8 72 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 1870 to 1940 does the printing in four passes of the print head L b This program can also be run in IBM mode DIP switch l 6 OFF if you change a few of the lines as shown below to allow for difference in some of the commands You...

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Страница 55: ...or 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 easy access REPLACING THE RIBBON The printer uses an endless type ribbon cartridge in which the ribbo...

Страница 56: ...rd Remove the top cover and ribbon cartridge 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 Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head For easy installation of the new print head move...

Страница 57: ...asten 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 49 ...

Страница 58: ... 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 n If printing is faint incomplete or unclear l Check that the ribbon cartridge is installed correctly If the ribbon cartridge is old replace it l Adjust the printing gap See Chapter 1 l If ribbon replacement or gap adjustment do...

Страница 59: ...xclusive For example you cannot get emphasized condensed printing x n If you have problems with horizontal tabulation l Don t change the margins after setting tabs L 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 L H If you have problems with graphics l If you are using commercial software check that it supports this p...

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Страница 61: ...eeking 9 Pins Life 200 million dots Black fabric ribbon cartridge Life 1 million draft characters Friction and push tractor feed Semiautomatic sheet loading 2 7 inches second during page feed n interface and Emulation Interface Centronics compatible 7 or 8 bit TTL level Data buffer Emulation modes 4K bytes when not used for download characters l Line buffer when using download Epson LX 800 and IBM...

Страница 62: ... dpi CRT I 8 x 720 dots at 90 dpi CRT II 8 x 960 dots at 120 dpi Double density 9 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 w Character Sets Standard character set 96 ASCII characters IBM character set 244 characters ASCII iutemational characters symbols block graphics Download characters Max 192 draft or 78 NLQ Internationa...

Страница 63: ...7 characters Condensed elite 160 characters WPaper Specifications Single sheets 140 to 216 mm 5 5 to 8 5 inches wide 0 07 to 0 10 mm thick Fanfold paper 102 to 254 mm 4 to 10 inches wide 0 07 to 0 10 mm thick single ply Max 0 28 mm thick 3 ply Number of copies Max 3 original 2 copies n Dimensions and Weight Dimensions Width 384 mm 15 1 inches Depth 287 5 mm 11 3 inches Height 108 mm 4 3 inches Wei...

Страница 64: ...m High to Low for at least 0 5 microseconds when data are valid I I I _ 1 1 In r 1 I TNT I t3 lDATA2 1IN I4 c DATA3h most significant bit InA rAA NI Eight bit character data DATA8 is the DATA1 is the least ii UfiL l r II DATA5 IN sign t bit High is logic 1 and Low is 7 8 DATA6 IN logic 0 DATA7 IN 9 DATA8 IN 10 xx OUT 5 Microsecond Low pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 BUSY OUT o awwhen the pri...

Страница 65: ...Twisted pair return signal ground level 31 RESET IN Low input resets the printer to its power up condition 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 SELEC Function Lt INjIN 1Always High ...

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Страница 67: ...osed in pointed brackets For example 0 means character code 0 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 ...

Страница 68: ...as pressed during power up Select NLG type sty e Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESCz k n 27 107 n IB 6B n Selects an NLQ type style according to the value of n In draft mode this command remains dormant and takes effect later when NLQ is se lected by ESC x 1 Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up n Type style 0 Courier initial value 1 Sanserif 2 Orator with small cap...

Страница 69: ...in italics Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Select upright characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 5 21 53 1B 35 IBM Ffj 5 28 53 1c 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed up right Ignored if the NLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC E 27 69 1B 45 Causes...

Страница 70: ...ing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC H 27 12 1B 48 Cancels double strike printing Start underlining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC 1 27 45 49 1B 2D 31 Both ESC I l 27 45 1 1B 2D 01 Causes subsequent characters to be underlined IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Stop underlining Mode ASCII EfjC 0 Both ESC co Stops underlining Star...

Страница 71: ...31 ESC S I 27 83 1 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 1 ESC T 1 27 84 t1B 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC t 0 27 116 48 1B 74 30 Std ...

Страница 72: ...l is the power up default if DIP switch l 7 is OFF Select IBM character set 2 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 6 27 54 1B 36 Selects IBM character set 2 If the standard character set is currently selected this command remains dormant and takes effect at the next ESC t 1command In IBM mode character set 2 is the power up default if DIP switch l 7 is ON Select international character set Mode...

Страница 73: ...5 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned character is received the printer prints a space Enable printing of a character codes on next character Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC LA 21 94 1B 5E This command operates like ESC except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I ESC 1 27 126 4...

Страница 74: ...i In IBM mode changes from either pica or condensed to elite 12 cpi Ignored if the Print Pitch switch was pressed during power up Condensed printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal SI 15 OF Both ESC SI 27 15 IB OF In Standard mode changes from pica to condensed pica I 7 cpi or from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from either pica or elite to condensed 17 cpi Ignored if the Print...

Страница 75: ...s subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed LF The DC4 VT FF and ESC W 0 commands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both DC4 20 14 Stops one line expanded printing set with SO or ESC SO Does not cancel ESC W 1 Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII ...

Страница 76: ...n is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics Examples n 1 gives elite n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite n 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized elite Function n value Underline 128 Italic l 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 2 4 Proportional 2 2 Elite 2 1 l Ignored if the JVLQ Type Style switch was pressed during power up 2 Ignored if the Print Pitch sw...

Страница 77: ...ble wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide 3 Double high double wide Lower half only 4 Double high double wide Upper half only 5 Quadruple high quadruple wide Lower half only 6 Quadruple high quadruple wide Upper half only Print double height characters IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I ESC WI 1 27 119 49 1B 77 31 Both ESC WT Cl 27 119 1 IB 77 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height wi...

Страница 78: ...ingle Single height 18 Single Double height 32 Double Unchanged 33 Double Single height 34 Double Double height m Character width 1 Single width same as ESC W 0 2 Double width same as ESC W 1 1 Double height characters are always printed at near letter quality Double height printing temporarily cancels the super subscript and condensed printing modes but these modes resume when the printer returns...

Страница 79: ...d 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 72 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC A n 27 65 n 1B 41 n In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 0 and 85 If n O the line spacing is set to 0 In IBM mode this command does the sam...

Страница 80: ...CII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC J n 27 74 n lB4A n Feeds the paper once by n 216 inches where n is between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DIP switch l 2 is OFF Does not change the line spacing setting Ignored when friction feed is used Perform one nl2164nch reverse line feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC j n 27 106 n lB6A n Feeds the paper once by n 216 in...

Страница 81: ...the page Set page length to n inches Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC C CO n 27 67 0 n 1B 43 00 n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 22 in Standard mode or between 1 and 127 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set top margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC c n 27 99 n 1B 63 n Sets the top margin to n 1 lines where n is between 1 and 255 Pr...

Страница 82: ...II Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC FF 27 12 1B OC Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Ignored when friction feed is used Disable paper out detector ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC 8 1 27 56 IlB 38 Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of DIP switch l 5 Enable paper out detector ASC...

Страница 83: ...t vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC h n0 nl 27 98 n0 nl 1B 62 n0 nl Both n2 O n2 __ 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel no where n0 is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the ESC command See ESC B for parameters nl n2 0 Select vertical tab channel Mode ASCII Decimal...

Страница 84: ... 91 0 s n s 130 Osn 152 O n_ 38 Osn145 Osns64 Osns76 The left margin can also be set from the control panel Set right margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC Q n 27 81 n 1B 51 n IBM FS Q n 28 81 n 1C 51 n Sets the right margin at column n in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column n becomes the last character position in the line The right ...

Страница 85: ... Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM I ESC I5 lb 127 53 1 IlB 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a CR code This command takes priority over DIP switch l 8 Cancel automatic line feed Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM I ESC 5 co 127 53 0 IlB 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a CR code This command...

Страница 86: ...ps Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC D nl n2 O 27 68 nl nt O 1B 44 nl n2 00 Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns nl n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected where nl a etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 28 in IBM mode The tab...

Страница 87: ...e not underlired Relative horizontal tab Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC nl n2 21 92 nl n2 IB SC nl n2 IBM FS nl n2 28 92 nl n2 IC SC nl n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance maximum 6 inches Ignored if the resulting position is beyond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves r...

Страница 88: ...with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of data bytes must be nl n x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density I bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC L nl n2 27 76 nl n2 IB 4C nl n2 Both ml m2 ml m2 ___ ml m2 Prints bit imag...

Страница 89: ...of n0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See ESC K for information on nl n2 ml m2 n0 Graphics mode 0 Normal density 1 Double density 2 Double density double speed 3 Quadruple density 4 CRT graphics mode I 5 Plotter graphics 6 CRT graphics mode II 60 dots per inch 120 dots per inch 240 dots per inch 80 dots per inch 72 dots per inch 90 dots per inch Convert graphics density Mode ASCII Decim...

Страница 90: ...xadecimal Std ESC I O O O 27 58 0 0 0 lB3A 00 0000 IBM FS O O O 28 58 0 0 OlC3A 00 0000 Copies all the standard characters to the corresponding download char acter RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when DIP switch 2 l is ON _ Define draft download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC CO nl 27 38 0 nl IB 26 00 nl Both n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 m3 ml1 ...

Страница 91: ...or further details please refer to the Appendix C Define NLQ download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC CO nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl Both n2 m0 ml m2 n2 m0 ml m2 n2 mO ml m2 m3 m46 m3 m46 m3 m46 Defines one or more new NLQ characters and stores them in RAM for later use DIP switch 2 l must be OFF NLQ mode must be selected before this command is executed The parameters are the same as f...

Страница 92: ...a2 gives proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces in the character to be ignored Bits 0 to 3 specify the width of the character cell maximum 11 dots The character will be followed by a mandatory blank dot column which is not included in this width Characters defined by this command can be selected by E...

Страница 93: ... l is ON Select ROM character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC 0 21 37 48 1B 25 30 Both ESC so o co 27 37 0 1B 25 00 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 1 is ON MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS Define macro instruction Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC _ RS 27 43 30 1B 2B 1E Cancels any existing macro instruction and ...

Страница 94: ... bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 21 35 1B 23 Cancels the preceding commands and accepts the most significant bit as it is sent to the printer Delete last character sent Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both DEL 127 IF Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last ch...

Страница 95: ...1B 69 00 Cancels the immediate print mode The printer waits for each line to be completed before printing it and does not scroll the paper up and down This command is ignored when friction feed is used Set printer off line Model ASCII 1 Decimal Hexadecimal I Std DC3 19 13 IBM ESC Q 3 27 81 3 1B 51 03 Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except DC1...

Страница 96: ... 27 85 1 1B SS 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maxi mum vertical alignment precision One line unidirectional printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 1 ESC T i 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...

Страница 97: ...nored if DIP switch l 4 is ON ASF inactive Set print start position on ASF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC EM T n 21 25 84 n IB 19 54 n Both 3 T 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 IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I Both ESC 1 27 64 1B 40 1 Reinitializes t...

Страница 98: ...90 MEMO ...

Страница 99: ...with paper and pencil is somewhat 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 car shaped symbol as a draft character oh and near letter quality character o is explained below Draft character ml m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9mlO mll 128 64 ...

Страница 100: ...nuing 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 car symbol in place of the exclamation mark press Return If you want to assign the car symbol to another character press the key of that character Next you must choose whether to make the car symbol an ascender or a descender This determines how the c...

Страница 101: ...aracter and proceed to the next character The program does not allow you to redefine the space character or to define any other character as an all blank character Nor can you assign character codes less than 33 or greater than 126 to the characters you define NLQ character NLQ character First ml First ml m23 Second m23 Second pass m24 pass m24 m46 pass m46 pass 128 128 28 ASCII Code 33 28 ASCII C...

Страница 102: ...ond pass byte A maximum of 78 near letter quality characters can be defined The file created by this program contains the following printer com mands 1 ESC O O O standardmode or FS O 0 0 IBM mode to copy the printer s regular characters into download memory If you leave a download character undefined the regular character will be printed 2 ESC x 0 or ESC x 1 to select draft or near letter quality ...

Страница 103: ...ASC MIDS A5 2 1 FOR Y l TO WI P CC Y ASC MIDS A Y 2 1 NEX IY IF NLQ 0 THEN 1310 FOR Y l TO WI QICC Y ASC MIDS Af Y 25 1 NEXT Y NiiT CC CLOSE 1 I__ Select Std IBM LOCATE 6 1 PRINT SELECT MODE SOS Standard mode DIP SW l 6 ON I Sit IBM mode DIP SW l 6 OFF S IBM PX 7 PY 1 GOSUB 3020 IBM S IF IBM THEN HD R STRINGS 3 0 ELSE HDS ES INGS 3 0 I_____ Select Draft NLQ _______ _ LOCATE 9 1 PRINT SELECT QUALIT...

Страница 104: ...GOTO 2050 2010 CSS STRING 3 2 u GOTO 2050 2020 IF ST 3 THEN CSS STRINGS 2 1 GOTO 2050 2030 IF DT X Y l 1 THEN CSS STRING5 2 1 GOTO 2050 2040 DT X Y 1 DT X Y l 2 CSS STRING5 3 2 u 2050 GOSUB 3680 2060 SS ST BX X BY Y GOSUB 3110 IF SS ST THEN 2140 2070 IF ST 3 THEN 2100 2080 FOR Z 10 TO 12 LOCATE 2 38 PRINT n NEXT 2 2090 LOCATE 9 ST 38 PRINT u GOTO 1980 2100 IF ST 4 THEN GOSUB 3220 GOTO 1950 2110 IF...

Страница 105: ...TE PX PY PRINT u LOCATE PX l PY PRIN I LOCATE PX PY 3090 I INPUT5 1 IF II CHRS 13 THEN S NOT S GOTO 3050 3100 RBTURN 3110 I _ Input eheck __ _ 3120 I INPUTS lJ SK ASC I5 FK VAL IOJ 3130 IF SK 6 AND SK 14 THEN ST SK 6 GOTO 3210 3140 IF FK 0 OR FK 5 THEN 3120 3150 IF FK MOD 3 0 THEN Y Y 1 3160 IF FK MOD 3 1 THEN Y Y 1 3170 IF FK 6 THEN X X 1 3180 IF FK 4 THEN X X 1 3190 IF Y WI THEN Y WI ELSE IF Y l...

Страница 106: ...T Y 3560 IF NOT NLQ THEN 3580 3570 FOR Y l TO WI Z Q CC Y GOSUB 3600 NEXT Y 3580 NEXT CC 3590 LFRINT E5 1 RETURN 3600 3610 IF PB THEN 3640 3620 PP INP GHJBD IF PP 128 THEN 3620 3630 OUT 6H3BC Z OUT 6H3BE 5 OUT H3BE 4 GOTO 3660 3640 PP INP 6H379 IF PP 12S THEN 3640 3650 OUT 6H370 Z OUT 6H37A 5 OUI hH37A 4 3660 REIURN 3670 I Plot character ______________ _ _____________________ 3680 LOCATE X 2 1 Y 2...

Страница 107: ...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 indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets Sample r Character It Hexadecimal value hieh order L Control code I Decimal valu...

Страница 108: ...STANDARD CHARACTER SET Hexa lecimal o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 NUL 0 6 P P 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 4 DC4 4 D T d t 4 20 36 52 68 84 100 116 5 5 E U e u 5 21 31 53 69 85 101 117 100 ...

Страница 109: ... 1 A Q a q 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 2 DC2 1 2 B R b r I I I I I I I I BEL I 7 7 G W 4 w 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 Q I 1 I I I I I I I 9 HT EM 9 I Y i y 137 153 169 185 201 217 233 249 B 158 a 159 171 187 203 219 235 251 L 1 11721 11881 12041 12201 12361 12521 101 ...

Страница 110: ...IBM CHARACTER SET 2 ...

Страница 111: ...103 ...

Страница 112: ... 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 104 ...

Страница 113: ...ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET In IBM mode additional characters can be printed by special commands 105 ...

Страница 114: ...tilE E l NORWAY I L4TINAMERICA I Rli le tililpr DENVARKINORWA d I1 I See page 17 for the DIP switch settings The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode ESC R n IBM mode FS R II Where n means character code n i e CHR n in BASIC The values of n are 0 IJ S A 5 Sweden 10 Denmark II 1 France 6 Italy 11 Spain II 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13...

Страница 115: ... 86 Descender 83 84 92 Dimensions of printer 55 Double strike printing 62 Download characters 27 51 54 82 84 91 98 Draft quality 22 59 60 82 84 91 93 IEl Electrical specifications 55 56 Elite pitch 21 60 66 85 Emphasized printing 51 61 Emulation 16 31 53 Entry slot 3 Environmental requirements I 56 Epson printers 31 Escape code 32 35 Escape sequences 59 Expanded printing 67 El Fanfold forms loadin...

Страница 116: ... 55 Paper out detector 16 50 74 Parking 11 12 26 Pause 20 35 Pica pitch 21 66 Pitch 21 24 34 55 66 Platen knob 2 3 Power cord 6 Power indicator 20 Power switch 3 Print Pitch switch 21 24 28 Print head 47 49 50 53 Printer commands 39 51 59 Printing gap adjustment 14 Printing mechanism 53 Proportional pitch 21 67 Programming 38 46 PrtSc key 37 m Quadruple size characters 69 m Rear cover 3 IO Release...

Страница 117: ... 1 COURIER r 1NLQ n PICA p PAPER TYPE FEED SANSERIF L STYLE _ r1 ELITE rPAPER PARK ORATOR r UCOND I 1 I POWER ON LINE SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the control panel switches in combinations COURIER I i m FE SANSERIF u STYLE ORATOR 3 i iT 1c PICA 0 ELITE ZCOND 0 PROP Reverse mwo feed pE Jzq PRINT PITCH FEED J POWER rPAPER PARK1 ON LINE Top of...

Страница 118: ...DIP SWITCHES International character sets Denmark Norway when switch 1 6 is OFF and switch l 7 is ON Note DIP switches are read only at power up Switch power off before changing a DIP switch setting ...

Страница 119: ...18 I I CHR 15 CHR 18 I I CHR 15 3 34567890 34557 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 Condensed Pica IBM mode Pica i 7i iqy 8 I A 1 J 1234567890 1234567890 1234567890 1 45 12 4567 12345678901234567890 12345678901234567890 I2345678901 234567890 Condensed Elite 2345678901234567 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 12345678901234567 Condensed Pica ...

Страница 120: ...paang Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Ahsolute horxmtal tab in Inches Select ROM character set Select download character set Deline download characters Select graphics mode rktk 1nacr0 Instruction Execute macro instructron Stop underhning Start underlining Select verttcal tab channel Set hne spaang to 13 Inch Set lme spacing to 7172 inch Set hne spaang to I 6 inch Execute ESC Set hne spa...

Страница 121: ...o n mches Set page length to n lines Set horirontal tab stops Emphasi ed prlntmg Cancel emphairrd pnnting Double strike prinrmg Cancel double atrlkc prlntmg Select draf t quahty character Select draft ehrr characters Select Sanserli ch rractcrr Selrcc Counrr ch lrxtcrr PAGE 74 74 66 x2 xx X6 x4 X6 81 x9 71 74 73 73 78 61 hl 62 h 59 60 60 61 Select drali download ch rncrrr et X4 Select drat t ehte ...

Страница 122: ...g 63 Start overlining 62 Left justify 78 Center text 78 Right justify 7x Set vertical tab stops in channel 75 Set top margin 73 Set horizontal tab stop every n columns 78 Set vertical tab stops every n lines 75 Absolute horvontal tab in columns 80 Feed paper n lines 12 Select double or quadruple sire 69 Cancel immedmte print 87 lmmedmte print 87 Perform one n 216 Inch reverse line feed 72 Select N...

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