Star Micronics LC24-15, User Manual

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Page 2: ...marketed in West Gemanp Trademark Acknowlidgements LC24 15 NB 15 NB24 15 Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC PC AT PC XT Proprinter XL24 Proprinter X24 Proprinter II PC DOS InternatIonal Business Machinks Corp Microsoft BASIC MS DOS Microsoft Corporation LQ 1050 LQ 850 LQ 1000 Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express...

Page 3: ... Chapter 2 Control panel operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection After getting set up read this chapter and try out the procedures in it to find out how the printer works Chapter 3 DIP switch settings This chapter explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer ...

Page 4: ...r 7 Troubleshooting and maintenance This section gives 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 out yourself It is not however a complete service manual Call a qualified service engineer if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations Chapter...

Page 5: ...early understandable indicator displays and beep tones provide immedi ate feedback when you press the buttons on the control panel The five buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including micro alignment l Easy care and maintenance The ribbon cartridge can be replaced in seconds the print head in a few minutes l Versatile paper handling Single sheets fanf...

Page 6: ...ld forms 13 Loading the paper with pull tractor unit 15 Paper parking 17 Paper unparking 17 Adjusting the Printing Gap 18 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 19 Buttons and Indicators 19 ON LINE button 20 PAPER FEED button 21 SET EJECT PARK button 21 PITCH button 2 1 STYLE button 22 Power Up Functions 23 Short test mode 23 Long test mode 24 Print area test mode 24 Stay in panel pitch 24 Stay in pan...

Page 7: ...TERS 77 Defining Your Own Characters 77 Assigning the character data 78 Assigning a value of character apace 79 Sample program 79 Chapter 6 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 83 Installing Application Software with Your Printer 83 Embedding Printer Commands 84 Programming the Printer with DOS Commands 86 Programming with BASIC 88 How the program works 94 Modifications for IBM mode 96 Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTIN...

Page 8: ...ECIFICATIONS 107 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS 111 Standard Character Set 112 IBM Character Set 2 114 IBM Character Set l 116 IBM Special Character Set 117 International Character Sets 118 INDEX 119 COMMAND SUMMARY 122 ...

Page 9: ...e l Away from excessive heat such as direct sunlight heaters etc l Away from excessive humidity l Away from excessive dust l Supply it clean electricity Don t connect it to the same circuit as alarge noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator l Make sure the line voltage is within 10 of the voltage specified on the identification plate l A location with sufficient space to locate the printer...

Page 10: ...ton and check each item in the box against Figure l l to make sure that you have everything there should be five items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier F gum I 1 Check 10make sure you have all five items 1 Printer 2 Paper guide 3 Platen knob 4 Ribbon cartridge and 5 User s manual ...

Page 11: ...nal parts Bail lever opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen Release lever releases the platen This lever must be down for printing on single sheets and up for fanfold forms Top cover protects the print head and other parts Rear cover protects the sprocket feed mechanism Entry slot for inserting single sheets of paper Control panel controls various printer function...

Page 12: ...tion Mount the platen knob The platen knob is packed into a recess of the white foam packing material which held your printer inside the printer carton Be careful to remove the knob before disposing of the packing Mount the platen knob on the shaft on the right hand side of the printer Turn the knob on me shaft before pushing the knob fully into position knob Figure 1 3 Mounting the platen knob In...

Page 13: ...n the ribbon if it is slack turn clockwise 2 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 Figure 1 5 Installing the ribbon cartrldge ...

Page 14: ... head and print head shield Now hold the top cover upright and engage the tabs at the back Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed Leave the top 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 6 ...

Page 15: ...onts or expand the data buffer by installing oprional IC cards Font card or RAM card To install or change an IC card first turn off the power switch Then insert the IC card into the slot at the bottom right front of the printer and slide it all the way in Figure 1 7 Slide the IC card into the front slot with the power switch off 7 ...

Page 16: ...ter 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 front of the printer yet r cable Figutv 1 8 Connecting the interface cable If you want to use the optional serial interface slide out the parallel interface board by gripping the flips on both sides Then insert th...

Page 17: ...Figure 1 9 Replacing the interface board 9 ...

Page 18: ...ith power off or automatically with power on We will start the easy way with automatic loading 1 Place the paper guide in position locating the lugs on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the rear cover of the printer Figure 7 70 Mounting the paper guide for single sheeis 2 Make sure that the release lever is down If the fanfold paper is mounted on the printer press the SE RT 1 button to ...

Page 19: ...justable paper guides lever I Figure 1 77 Loading a single sheet 5 Turn on the power using the switch at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that no paper is in position for printing The orange f OWER indicator also flashes to show this 6 Now press the sEEWT button The paper bail will move clear of the paper and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a posi...

Page 20: ...just 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 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop 6 Turn the platen knob clockwise until the front edge of th...

Page 21: ...orms You can load the fanfold paper from the rear of the printer 1 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer 2 Turn the printer s power OFF 3 Push the release lever to the upward position This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 4 Remove the paper guide and put it aside for the moment 5 Remove the rea...

Page 22: ...have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 9 Turn on the printer using the switch atthe front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded This is also confirmed by the orange POWER indicator flashing 10 Now press the Ep p 1 button The paper bail will move clear of the paper and the paper will be fed and adjuste...

Page 23: ...t the optional pull tractor unit onto the printer Grip the lock levers on both side and push the unit downwards onto the platen roller shaft to fit the tractor grips as shown in Figure l 15 4 Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and at least one page length below the printer 5 With the sprocket covers open thread the paper over the sprockets from the entry slot of the printer aligning holes with ...

Page 24: ... from the entry slot of the printer 7 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 and jamming of the paper 8 Mount the new top cover 16 ...

Page 25: ...l a perforation is located just above the top cover and tear there Press the s cT button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen Move the release lever to the down position Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now you can load single sheets either automatically or manually as ex plained previously ...

Page 26: ...near the right end of the paper bail Pulling the adjustment lever upwards narrows the gap pushing it downwards widens the gap There are five positions you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the top is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results Figure 7 16 Adjusting for different thicknes...

Page 27: ...ting l Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse l Park fanfold forms l Set the top of form position Select the print pitch l Select a font style l Print test patterns l Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections l Print a hexadecimal dump l Clear the printer s buffer BUTTONS AND INDICATORS L The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel from right to le...

Page 28: ...e and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons operate only in the off line state First press the ON LINE button to go off line then perform the panel operation then press the ON LINE button again to go back on line l To pause during printing If you press the ON LINE button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a co...

Page 29: ...ton causes the printer in different functions depending on the release lever position If the release lever is set to the upward position for the fanfold forms this button operates to park the fanfold forms to the backward position If the release lever is set to the downward position for the single sheets pressing this button ejects the paper This button has no effect if the optional pull tractor u...

Page 30: ...le in the following order Font style Indicator s Courier COURIER Courier italic COURIER ITALIC Prestige COURIER ORATOR Prestige italic COURIER ORATOR ITALIC Orator ORATOR Oratoritalic ORATOR ITALIC script ORATOR OPTION Script italic ORATOR OPTION ITALIC Option OPTION Option italic OPTION ITALIC Draft all indicatorsoff Draftitalic ITALIC Holding down this button will cycle continuously between thes...

Page 31: ... is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will start printing as soon as the ON LINE button is released and will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by six lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like the following I Figure 2 3 Short self test Since the test print...

Page 32: ...d paper is certainly suggested for this test Print area test mode If you want to know how many lines on your paper can be printed try to run this print area test By holding the C SE lgCT Ibutton down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode The printer will print the first line message then prints the last line message on your single sheet after feeding the paper to the bott...

Page 33: ... from the control panel Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing pro grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all received data will bc printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the ...

Page 34: ... 4 0 0 b u 7 Da 09 UA DB DC DO Dt DF i 1 il ii 1 14 E5 t6 t CS E3 EA EE EC tLi EE F F I il t Fi t 4 i z F 17 l b Fr FA Ft FL FL1 FE FF lil ou Figure 2 4 Sample hexadecimal dump Most BASICS however are not quite that straightforward For example the IBM PC prints the following I II III 11 0 04 NJ Ot 01 08 0 UA It 01 UU IOA DE lik I 1 I I 14 15 lb 17 lb 19 It IC IC lE li il I ic 2 5 14 Li Lb 27 26 I ...

Page 35: ...at generate graphics or download character data but there is a solution Try changing line 20 in the preceding program and adding the coding shown below Coding for IBM PC with monochrome display 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP H379 IF 0 128 THEN 100 110 OUT H378 1 OUT H37A 5 OUT H37A 4 120 RETURN Coding for IBM PC with color adapter 20 GOSUB 100 100 O INP H3BD IF 0 128 THEN 100 110 OUT H3BC I OUT H3BE 5 OUT...

Page 36: ...eration ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page 1 PreSS the ON LINE button to set the printer off line 2 Pressthe PAPER FEED button and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds 3 Still holding the PAPER FEED button down press the ON LINE button then release both buttons The printer will smoothly eject the current page ...

Page 37: ...o feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the ON LINE 1 button Loset the printer off line 2 Press the ON LINE button again and hold it down 3 Press the PAPER FEED button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in ...

Page 38: ...necessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press and hold the ON LINE button 4 Press and hold the SZKiZ button Continue holding these two buttons down In about three seconds you will hear a beep tone signaling that the buffer has been cleared 5 Release these bu...

Page 39: ...These arc the printer s DIP switches DSWl has eight switches named 1 l to l 8 from Icft to right DSW2 has eight switches named 2 l to 2 8 I Figure3 1 DIP swtches For all switches the ON position is towards the back of the printer and the OFF position is towards the front To set a DIP switch use a ballpoint pen or other small implement to move the switch to the ON or OFF position The printer s powe...

Page 40: ...e page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches Leave this switch ON if you will be using 11 inch forms Move it to the OFF position if you will be using 12 inch forms Switch 1 2 Do you want an automatic carriage return Leave this switch ON The printer will automatically perform a carriage return by moving to the left margin at each line feed Even if your software sends a separate carriage retur...

Page 41: ...e Select the mode compatible with your computer and software In standard mode the printer operates like the Epson LQ 1050 In IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter XL24 The ON position selects standard mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch 1 7 The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch l 6 If you selected standard mode do you want italics or graphic char actes L...

Page 42: ... characters to the printer To download characters this switch must be OFF The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints Switches 2 2 to 2 4 Do you want an international character set Internat...

Page 43: ...ing the switch ON Atype the top of the first line of printing will start to one inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end to print 6 mm from the bottom of the paper By putting the swich OFF B type the top of the first line of printing will start l 6 inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end l 3 inch from the bottom of the paper ...

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Page 45: ...control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the com mands all commands will be given by function The name of each command is followed by a table like the one below Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC x 1 27 120 49 1B 70 31 Both ESC XI l 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command is recog nized Std Standard mode DIP switch l...

Page 46: ...o draft quality Ignored if the STYLE button was pressed during power up Select LQ characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC x0 1 27 120 49 10 78 31 ESC Ix cl 27 120 1 1B 78 01 Changes from draft quality to letter quality The initial font style is Courier unless a different style has been selected by a preceding command Ignored if the m button was pressed during power UP Select LQ font sty...

Page 47: ...mal Both F 1 40 40 70 41 41 49 28 28 46 29 29 31 Changes to the Optional font Ignored if the m button was pressed during power up Select Prestige characters IMode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1 I L 1 Both F 2 40 40 70 41 41 50 28 28 46 29 29 32 Changes to the Prestige font Ignored if the STYLE button was pressed during power up Select Orafor characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both F I I ...

Page 48: ...characters to be printed in italics Ignored if the iTEE button was pressed during power up Select upright characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both I 0 40 40 73 41 41 48 28 28 49 29 29 30 Std cESC 5 27 53 1B 35 IBM FS 5 28 53 1c 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed upright Ignored if the m button was pressed during power up Select ornament chatatter Mode ASC...

Page 49: ...uent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening of horizontal strokes Cancel double strike printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I 6 6 B 0 40 40 66 41 41 40 28 28 42 29 29 30 Both ESC IT 27 72 1B 40 Cancels double strike printing Start underlining IMode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal I c P Roth 1 I 9 99 6 11 1 40 40 45 41 4...

Page 50: ...tal tabulation are not overlined Stop 0 verlining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I Both ESC _ 0 27 95 48 1B 5F 30 ESC 0 27 95 0 1B 5F 00 _ Stops overlining Superscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC S 0 27 03 40 1B 53 30 ESC S 0 27 93 0 1B 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does not change the character pitch Subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cESC...

Page 51: ...g CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Selects the standard character set This is the power up default in Standard mode if DIP switch l 7 is ON Select IBM character set Selects an IBM character set This is the power up default in IBM mode Select character set l Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 7 27 55 1B 37 Selects character set l 43 ...

Page 52: ...rica 13 Denmark Norway The first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as power up defaults by DIP switches 2 2 to 2 4 Enable printing of all character codes 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM cESC Y nl n2 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C nl n2 Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered __ c...

Page 53: ...rprinted with a slash 0 Select normal zero Mode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal I ESC 6 _ 033 27 126 48 1B 7E 30 ESC o 127126 0 IlB 7E 00 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC F 27 80 1B 50 IBM JxY2 18 12 In Standard mode changes from either elite or semi condensed to pica pitch...

Page 54: ...3 I 1c 63 01 Selects high speed draft quality with elite pitch This command be comes effective only after the draft quality and elite pitch have been selected High density elite pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std FS S 0 20 a3 40 1c 53 30 FS s co 20 a3 0 1c 53 00 Selects high density draft quality with elite pitch This command becomes effective only after the draft quality and elite pitch hav...

Page 55: ...imal Hexadecimal Both Dc2 10 12 In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite In IBMmode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the PITCH button was pressed during power up Expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC w 1 27 07 49 1B 57 31 Both ESC w cl 27 07 1 1B 57 01 Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width Cance...

Page 56: ...Dc4 20 14 Stops one line expanded printing set with SO or ES0 SO Does not cancel ESC W 1 Select character width IMode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1 I I std I FS I n I 20 69 n IlC 45 n Selects a character width according to the value of n as shown below n Character width 0 Normal wide 1 Double wide 2 Triple wide Select proportional spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC p 1 27 112 49 1...

Page 57: ...value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired char acteristics 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 mlbutton was pressed during power up 2 Ignored if the PITCH button was p...

Page 58: ...I I Decimal I Hexadecimal I I Boti 1 s n i I 40 40 03 41 41 n 20 20 53 29 29 n Selects a combination of character height and width according to the value of n as below Does not move the base line n Character width Character height 0 Single width 1 Double width 2 Single width 3 Double width Single height Single height Double height Double height Print double height characters IMode I ASCII I Decima...

Page 59: ...l Both ESC I 4 O 27 91 64 4 0 18 58 40 04 00 cO CO n m 0 0 nm 0000 nm Selects a combination of character height width and line spacing according to the value of n and RI as below Does not move the base line n Line spacing Character height 0 Unchanged Unchanged 1 Unchanged Single height 2 Unchanged Double height 16 Single Unchanged 17 Single Single height 18 Single Double height 32 Double Unchanged...

Page 60: ...pe Print pitch Resident Draft Pica Resident Draft Elite Resident Draft Condensed Resident LQ Pica Resident LQ Elite Resident LQ Condensed Resident LQ Proportional Download Draft Pica Download Draft Elite Download Draft Condensed Download LQ Pica Download LQ Elite Download LQ Condensed Download LQ Proportional 0 8 16 2 10 18 3 4 12 20 6 14 22 7 Ignored if the STYLE and or cm button was pressed duri...

Page 61: ...n subsequent line feeds to 7 60 inch standard mode or 7 22 inch IBM mode Set line spacing to l 6 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 2 27 50 18 32 IBM FS 2 28 50 IC 32 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to l 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC I n 27 43 n 1B 28 n FS 3 n 28 51 n 1c 33 n Sets the distance the ...

Page 62: ...bsequent line feeds to n 180 inch standard mode or n 216 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 in Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 60 or nR2 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC A n 27 65 n 1B 41 n IBM FS A n 26 65 n 1C41 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 60 inch S...

Page 63: ...eed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ES LF 27 10 1B OA Prints the current line and feeds the paper in the reverse direction to the preceding line If DIP switch l 2 is ON also moves the next print position to the left margin See the preceding commands for the line spacing Ignored when friction feed is used Sleet forward feed mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std FS F 20 70 1C 46 Cancels the re...

Page 64: ...B 6A n Feeds the paper once by n 216inches in the reverse direction where n is between 1and 255 Does not move the print position right or left when DP switch l 2 is OFF Does not change me line spacing setting Feed paper n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC f 1 n 27 102 49 n 1B 66 31 n ESC f l n 27 102 1 n 18 66 01 n Feeds the paper n lines from the current line where n is between 0 and ...

Page 65: ... n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 22 in Standard mode or between 1and 127in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set top margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ES6 co n 27 99 n 1B 63 n Sets the top margin to nlines where n is between 1and 255 Printing begins on the nth line on the page The power up default is n 1 giving no top margin Set bottom margi...

Page 66: ...s the current page Return to top of current page Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC cFF 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 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both tESC 8 27 56 1B 38 Causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Ove...

Page 67: ...s IMode 1 ASCII I Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1 Both cESC e 1 n 1 27 101 49 n 18 66 31 n ESC e cl n 1 27 101 1 n 18 65 01 n Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new tab stops every n lines where n is between 1 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC b n0 nl 27 98 n0 nl 1B 62 n0 nl n2 co n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel n0 w...

Page 68: ...adecimal Both cESC 1 n 27 108 n 1B 6C n Sets the left margin at column n where n is between 0 and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is selected The left margin does not move if the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be at least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica Cond...

Page 69: ... pica Condensed elite Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite 41n1136 5 In5 163 6In5204 7 I n I233 8 I n I 255 2InI68 31n181 3 6 n I 102 41nI 116 41n1136 Set left and right margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ES0 x nl n2 27 88 nl n2 1B 58 nl n2 Sets the left margin at column nl and the right margin at column n2 See the preceding...

Page 70: ... This command takes priority over DIP switch l 8 Backspace Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both CBS 0 00 Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print position is at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters Left justify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC a 0 27 97 40 1B 61 30 ESC a O 27 97 0 1B 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the lef...

Page 71: ...ps at columns nl n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if pro portional spacing is currently selected where nl n2 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 3 tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the O ...

Page 72: ... ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std cESC I nl n2 27 92 nl n2 1B 5C nl n2 IBM FS T nl n2 28 92 nl n2 1C 5C nl n2 Moves the print position right or left aspecified distance maximum 1440 dots 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 right by nl n2 x 256 dots If n2 is betwee...

Page 73: ... Both cESC R nl n2 27 75 nl n2 1B 48 nl n2 ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8dots high and nl n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 13 6 inches 816 dots ml m2 am the dot data each a l byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots with the most significant bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of ...

Page 74: ...imal Both FS Z nl n2 27 90 nl d 1C 5A nl n2 ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3 ml m2 m3 Prints 24 bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 24 dots high and nl n2 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 13 6 inches 4896 dots In the data ml m2 m3 each three bytes represent 24 vertical dots In the leftmost position the most significant bit of ml is the top dot the least significant bit of ml i...

Page 75: ... on nl n2 ml m2 nO Graphics mode 0 8 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 8 bit CRT graphics mode I 80 dots per inch 6 8 bit CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 32 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRT graphics 90 dots...

Page 76: ...nch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 8 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 9 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 11 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Convert graphics density Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC I n m 2763 nm 16 3F n m Converts graphics de...

Page 77: ...voided if possible The data for each character start with three bytes specifying propottional spacing attributes the first byte mO speci fies the left of the character the second byte ml specifies the character width the third byte m2 specifies the right of the character These values must not exceed the following maximum limits Character mode ml mOtmltm2 Draft characters 9 12 LQ pica characters 29...

Page 78: ...t Ignored when DIP switch 2 l is ON n Character set 0 Courier 2 Prestige 3 Orator 4 script Select download character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 1 27 37 49 1B 25 31 ESC cl 27 37 1 1B 25 01 Selects the download character set Ignored when DIP switch 2 l is ON Select ROM character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ax 0 27 37 40 18 25 30 Both ESC CO 27 37 0 1B 25 00 Stops using the do...

Page 79: ...it of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as is Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both 1 ESC W 27 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 Std DEL 127 7F Deletes the last character received Ignored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last...

Page 80: ...I Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC s 0 27 115 40 1B 73 30 ESC S o 27 115 0 18 73 00 Cancels the quiet print mode and resumes normal printing You can also cancel the quiet mode with the control panel button ImmefBate print Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ES l i l 27 105 49 1B 69 31 ESC Y l 27 105 1 18 69 01 _ Selects the immediate print mode in which the printer prints each character as soon as rec...

Page 81: ...inter disregards all subsequent characteis and commands except DCl which returns it to the on line state The printer s ON LINE indicator does not go off Set printer on line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both DCl 17 11 Returns the printer to the on line state allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands This command is ignored if the printer was set off line by pressin...

Page 82: ...7 85 1 1B 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done unidirectionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision One line unidirectional printhg IMode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal I 1Both 1 cESC c 1 27 60 1B 3C I 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 Mo...

Page 83: ... if DIP switch l 4 is ON ASF inactive Set print start position on ASF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Bo ES EM T n 27 25 84 n 1B 19 54 II yu 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 1 4 is ON ASF inactive Reset printer Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ES 27 64 1B 40 Std cFS 28 64 1c 40 Reinitializes ...

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Page 85: ...f the character calculating the data necessary to make the shape and sending that data to the printer and secondly sending the command to print the downloaded characters instead of the regular charac ters There are a number of design constraints for download characters l The matrix or grid on which you design the characters is depending on the print mode as shown below Character mode Horizontal Ve...

Page 86: ...nd enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column which has a maxi mum of 24 dots is first divided into three groups or two groups for super subscripts of eight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits That s where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the...

Page 87: ...haracter and the space to be allowed on either side of it The left space in dot columns is specified by m0 and the right space is specified by m2 The second byte ml specifies the number of columns of dots that will be printed by the character By varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it you can actually create proportional width characters When defining characters the numb...

Page 88: ...1270 FOR I 0 TO 412 STEP 25 LPRINT CHRS 60 NEXT I 1280 LPRINT 1290 LPRINT CHR 9 1300 FOR I 0 TO 480 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I 1310 LPRINT 1320 LPRINT JAPAN CHR 9 1330 FOR I 0 TO 347 STEP 25 LPRINT CHRS 60 NEXT I 1340 LPRINT 1350 LPRINT CHR S 1360 FOR I 0 TO 493 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I 1370 LPRINT 1380 LPRINT CHR 9 1390 SCALES 1400 FOR I 2 TO S LPRINT SCALES NEXT I 1410 LPRINT 1420 LPRINT C...

Page 89: ... 128 1660 DATA 20 124 0 40 0 0 1670 DATA 63 128 0 64 126 0 1680 DATA 64 124 128 32 3 64 1690 DATA 51 3 0 12 252 0 so 47 192 40 16 0 19 15 192 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 60 0 0 3 0 0 252 128 2 3 64 5 124 128 10 3 0 80 126 0 32 0 0 64 126 0 63 128 0 64 124 0 32 3 0 64 124 128 48 3 64 76 124 128 3 0 0 0 254 0 DIFFUSION RANGES OF CARS TELEPHONES 81 ...

Page 90: ...MEMO ...

Page 91: ...r printer set up in standard mode then choose an Epson LQ 1050 or LQ 850 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 15 Epson LQ 1000 Epson LQ 1500 If you have your printer set up with the DIP switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter XL24 simply choose this from the list of printers available in the applicati...

Page 92: ...ur software supplier will probably be your most conve nient reference EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word processors and other software lack commands for changing font style or printing double size characters and some do not even support bold printing or italics Your printer therefore has commands that can be embed ded in documents to control these functions without software help The commands con...

Page 93: ...e ignored if the STYLO button was held down when power was switched on A line consisting of commands alone prints as a blank line l Software does not know that these commands are commands so you cannot trust your software to give you the correct line width The printed line may he considerably shorter than the line on the screen the missing space is the space that was occupied by the commands One w...

Page 94: ...ame of list device PRNJ If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN to select the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the A prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the file is being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names consecutively on the same line or use wild card characters and Each file will be pr...

Page 95: ...aracter code 1 which is a control code not the printable digit 1 You may want to place additional commands in this file such as left and right margins line spacing and bottom margin commands Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each To avoid excess line feeds you should place the commands on one line in the setup file You may or may not be able to ...

Page 96: ...shown next 55means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print RBADMBDOC type the fifth line A COPY CON LQPRINT BAT COPY LQELITE DAT PRN PRINT l Z A LQELITE README DOC The first above line is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named LQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this file The 1is a dummy parameter whatever file name you type after LQPRIN...

Page 97: ...t E wO 1390 LPRINT H E Wl Double width E WO 1400 LPRINT H CHR 28 E CHR 2 Triple width 1410 LPRINT CHR 28 E CHR O 1420 LPRINT H E h CHR l Double sized 1430 LPRINT H E h C HR 2 Quad sized 1440 LPRINT E h CHR O 1450 LPRINT LPRINT 1460 LPRINT E Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1470 LPRINT C Various line and character spacings Center text Line spacing set ARE CHANGED Increase character space 1480 LPRINT E al ...

Page 98: ... I LPRINT E O Select normal character LPRINT E Sl Select subscript GOSUB 2130 LPRINT E l FOR I 1 T6 5 Select download character LPRINT CHR BO Print download character NEXT I LPRINT E O Select normal character LPRINT E T Cancel superscript LPRINT H C Dot graphics RESTORE 2560 LPRINT E A CHR B Set 8 60 line spacing FOR I 1 TO 3 LPRINT E fO CHR B LPRINT E CHR 33 CHR 240 FOR J l TO 240 3 READ DAT LPRI...

Page 99: ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 255 0 255 255 7 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 224 0 31 248 0 31 255 0 7 255 255 1 255 255 0 127 255 0 0 63 0 0 63 0 0 248 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 255 224 0 7 255 0 3 192 7 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 255 255 31 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 31 31 0 0 31 128 0 15...

Page 100: ...0 DATA 59 0 0 30 0 0 14 0 0 12 0 0 12 08 0 3300 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3310 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 3320 DATA 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 127 128 127 128128 127 128 128 255 128 3330 DATA 223 255 128 255 255 128 255 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 3340 DATA 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 3350 DATA 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 3360 DATA 224 0 1 224 0 3 240 0 15 255 255 ...

Page 101: ...55 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 3810 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 224 3820 DATA 15 254 0 15 254 15 255 192 15 255 192 0 151254 0 15 254 15 254 0 0 15 254 0 3830 DATA 15 252 0 15 252 0 15 248 0 15 240 0 31 240 0 3840 DATA 31 224 0 31 192 0 55 128 0 48 0 8 96 0 24 3850 DATA 192 0 24 128 0 56 0 0 56 0 0 120 0 0 120 3860 DATA 0 0 248 0 0 248 3870 DATA 0 3124el 0 0 1 248 71248 0 71248 0 1 248 0 3 248 0 151248 0...

Page 102: ...command line 1480 a command to vary the line spacing lines 1500 and 1550 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1510 and 1560 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities bold printing underlining subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by down loading two new charac...

Page 103: ... Semi condensed pitch 15 WI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed eiite pitch 2 0 CPI Normal proportional Double height And condensed proptionai Double width Tri E lr widLJrxM Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings Other features om531m ixuI mTrn mxm wflxm Emphasized Double strike Underlining ____ _ UTerllnlT SUPEE SCF IPT and JBSCHIPT Download characters ss t S s t Dot graphi...

Page 104: ...i condensed pitch 15 CPI 1300 LPRINT H E M Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI 1400 LPRINT H CHR 28 E CHR 2 Triple width 1410 LPRINT CHR 28 E CHR 0 1460 LPRINT F Q CHR 47 Set right margin 1500 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 Line spacing set 1510 LPRINT ES CHR I Increase character space 1550 LPRINT E A CHR I E 2 Line spacing set 1560 LPRINT ES CHR I Increase character space 1610 LPRINT ES CHR O Normal character spa...

Page 105: ...sary service calls The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience faults Region of fault Description Power supply Power is not being supplied to the printer Printing The printer does not print or stops printing 9 The print is faint or uneven Dots are missing in characters or graphics While using application software fonts or characters cannot be printed The ...

Page 106: ...ted Is the POWER indicator flashing Is the paper caught up inter around the print head Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer Can the printer perform self test operations Check both ends of the cable printer and computer to Possible remedy make sure that the connector is firmly in position If itisnot press the ON LINE buttontosettheprinter on line If it is the paper has ...

Page 107: ...erly 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 ...

Page 108: ...printer off line and then feed paper Is the paper too thick There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way Try with thinner paper If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Check Is the paper lever pushed to the position Is the paper guide in the ver tical position Are the holes on each side of the paper aligned with re...

Page 109: ...en used al ready or is it creased Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick or too thin The release lever should be set to the single sheet oosition 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 continue If the left and righ...

Page 110: ... Possible remedy Carriage returns are not being expanded to CR LF pairs Check the DIP switch setting and correct Is text being printed with Two line feeds are being printed Either make your extra blank lines software print just a carriage return or if this is not possible setthe AUTOLF toOFF withtheDIPswitch setting If the page length and margins are not what is expected check the following 1 Chec...

Page 111: ...detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer l 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 sure not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components REPLACING THE RIBBON The ribbons used by your printer are endless loop ribbons in wh...

Page 112: ...4 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 5 Unscrew the two screws that hold the print head in place and set them aside 6 Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down then remove the print head 7 For easy installation of the new print head move the carriage toward the left end of ...

Page 113: ...Figure 74 Replacing the print head 105 ...

Page 114: ...uld replace the battery before the end of its service life Follow the procedure below 1 Insert the RAM card in the printer as described in Chapter 1 2 Turn the power switch on to supply power to the RAM card 3 Unscrew the screw that holds the battery in place and set it aside 4 Remove the old battery and install the new battery the same way as the old 5 Fasten the battery holder plate with the scr...

Page 115: ...ine spacing l 6 l 8 n 180 n 360 inches Characters ASCII 96 International 14 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 Download 96 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Denmark Norway Expandable to 255 with optional RAM card Number of columns CPI Pica 10 Elite 12 Semi condensed 15 Condensed pica 17 1 Condensed elite 20 Proportional ...

Page 116: ...e 120 24 pin CRT III 90 24 pin Triple 180 24 pin hex 360 LQ 24 x 35 24 x 29 16x23 24x 18 24x 15 16x23 24 x n 16 x n 8 x 816 8 x 1632 8 x 1632 8 x 3264 8 x 1088 8 x 1224 24 x 816 24 x 1632 24 x 1224 24 x 2448 24 x 4896 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in the mode marked with an asterisk t Paper feed Friction and push tractor standard Pull tractor option Paper feed speed 3 3 inches second max...

Page 117: ...rriage dedicated Black Ribbon life 3 million characters draft pica Dimensions 590 x 332 d x 127 h mm 23 2 w x 13 1 d x 5 h in Weight 9 lkg 20 llb Power supply 120VAC 220VAC 240VAC 50 60Hz varies according to the country of pur chase Options Automatic sheet feeder RS 232C interface Pull tractor feed Font card RAM card 109 ...

Page 118: ... receipt of data 11 1 BUSY Low when minter readv to receive data 12 PAPER High when paper out Can be disabled with DIP switch settine 13 SELECT High when printer is on line 14 15 N C 16 SIGNAL GND Signal ground 17 1 CHASSIS 18 I 5v 19 30 GND 31 RESET 32 ERROR Chassis ground isolated from signal ground SV DC outuut from minter Twisted pair ground return When this input signal is low printer is rese...

Page 119: ...ntries 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 Character Hexadecimal value high order I I r T L Control code Control code T I Decimal va...

Page 120: ...STANDARD CHARACTER SET ...

Page 121: ...D n n e Il2ti 1144 1160 1176 k GDCl 1 A 1 r b 1 fir3 A 208 II Q 209 Y 224 240 23 a Q 225 241 5 E u e U 1149 j G 1181 k b 1129 k 6 F V f V n BEI 7 BS 8 Iill 9 11341 i50 i66 IlUl 11901 12141 12301 12461 11541 170 11861 I A I v ...

Page 122: ... P 112 DCl 1 A 1 Q a CI p j T p j T T CiTj DC2 2 B R b r 2 r j T j T4 j To b j i pi 114 3 3 c s C s 3 p k r fT j z iK tDC4 S 4 D T d t _4 a 25 4 41 k J Z j z 1 261 1421 b 14 pi Jiii i22 I l VT hESC 1 K r k l lJ 111 127 143 FF FS C T Tc r m D b h b icn 114 ...

Page 123: ...c 128 Y ii 129 CI ...

Page 124: ... I L Other characters are identical to 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 ES0 command 116 ...

Page 125: ... IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER SE7 Additional characters can be printed by special commands r T77 117 ...

Page 126: ...1 921 93 94 96 123 124 125 126 155 157 See Chapter 3 for the DIP switch settings The commands for selecting the international character sets are Standard mode ES0 R n IBM mode FS 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 Italy 11 Spain II 2 Germany 7 Spain I 12 Latin America 3 England 8 Japan 13 Denmark Norway 4 Denmark I 9 ...

Page 127: ...5 52 Character spacing 49 Cleaning 103 Column width 107 Condensed pitch 2 1 47 Connector 3 8 _ Control panel 19 Courier font style 22 39 IDI DIP switches 31 35 83 Delete 71 Dimensions of printer 109 Dot matrix size 108 Double size characters 50 5 1 Double strike printing 41 Downloadcharactercommands 69 70 Download characters 34 69 107 Draft quality 22 34 38 1 E Elite pitch 21 34 46 Emphasized prin...

Page 128: ...justification 49 Most significant bit 71 lol Off line 20 73 On Line button 20 23 73 Orator font style 22 39 Overlining 42 jp Page feed 28 58 Page length 32 57 Page width 107 Panel pitch 24 Panel style 25 Paper Feed button 21 24 28 29 Paper feed 108 Paper feeding 100 Paper guide 10 15 Paper specifications 108 Paper out detector 33 58 Parking 17 Pause 20 Pica pitch 21 45 Pitch 21 24 34 45 107 Pitch ...

Page 129: ...nual loading 12 specifications 108 Slash zero 45 Specifications 107 l 10 Sprocket feed 13 17 108 Standard character set 33 43 112 113 Standard mode 33 Style button 22 25 30 Subscripts 42 Superscripts 42 ITI Tabulation 59 Test patterns 23 Top cover 3 4 Top margin 57 Top of form 29 Tractor feed 13 17 108 Troubleshooting 97 102 Underlining 4 1 Unidirectional printing 74 Unpacking and inspection 2 Unp...

Page 130: ...rinting Cancel last line Delete last character sent Reverse line feed Return to top of current page Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject Paper from ASF Set prmt start position on ASF Incmase character spacing Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in iches Select ROM character set Select download character set Select ROM character...

Page 131: ... m2 Print I bit nomtal density graphics 65 FsC L nl L mlmz Print bit double density graphics 6 5 Esc M Elite pitch Esc IT n Set bottom margin 7 SC 0 Cancel top and bottom margins 58 std Esc p Pica pitch 45 IBM SC P o Select fixed spacing gd4 Esc p IS Select proportional spacing z Esc Q n Set right margin 61 IBM ESC Q Set printer off line 73 IBM ESC R Reset all tab stops Std Esc R n Select internat...

Page 132: ...y Set vertical tab stops in channel Set top margin Relative horizontal tab in inches Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Set vertical tab stops every n lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n tines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper n lines Semi condensed pitch Select double or quadruple size ...

Page 133: ... standard character set Select IBM character set Set right margin Select reverse feed mode Select international character set High density elite pitch High speed elite pitch High density elite pitch High speed elite pitch Return to normal height Print double height characters Return to normal height Print double height characters Print 24 bit hex density graphics Relative horizontal tab Stop under...