Star Micronics NP-IO manual Control panel

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Figure 2-2.The control panel.

POWER INDICATOR - Glows orange when the power is on. This indicator flickers when the printer runs out of paper and when certain printer malfunctions occur.

NLQ KEY and INDICATOR - Changes the character style (draft or NLQ) when the On Line indicator is off, and glows green when the NLQ mode is selected.

PAPER FEED KEY - Advances the paper one line at a time when the On Line indicator is off. If you hold the key down, you get consecutive line feeds. If you push the On Line key while holding this key, you can advance the paper to the top of the next page or a new form.

ON LINE KEY and INDICATOR - Glows green when the printer is ready to receive data from your computer (on line). When the printer is off line, it sends a signal to the computer in- dicating that it cannot accept data. Pressing the On Line key switches the printer between on line and off line.

nExtra functions

There are seven more functions that are not directly specified on the control panel. You can access four of them by pressing one particular key when you turn on the power; three others are activated by pressing two control keys at once.

Figure 2-3. Extra functions while turning on the printer.

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Contents NP-IO Self Declaration Table of Contents BIG Caring for Your Printer Functions of the Connector Signals Setting UP Your Printer Page Remove the protective tube from the carriage rail Page ‘.igure Memo Getting to Know Your Printer Pow\er cord Control panel Forward Selecting and Loading Paper Release lever To align paper that is not in straight Release lever Open the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth Adjusting the Print Head Show you Printer When Want to Long Function Connecting the Printer Printing with Basic List Page Ascii Page Some Special Kinds of Text ESC Italic on Try this program to see them work Pica ESC P Elite Escm When you run this program you should get this Lprint Condensed CondensedON Here’s what you should get from this program Making Words Stand OUT Boldface on =49 Summary notes Formatting Text Line feed commands This is what you will get Run the program again. Now the results will look like this Set line spacing Inch Esco Set line snacing Lprint Line Number Form feed Lprint CHR$ ESC Top and bottom margin commands Function Control code Lprint this is LINE1 Next Page Try setting the margins with this program Here’s what you should get To begin Try this program to see how this works Lprint CHR$27xO 110 END Relative Horizontal Tab Lprint CHR$27BCHR$lOCHR$l5 Lprint CHR$25CHR$30CHR$o Lprint CHR$llFIFTH TAB CHR$n When you run this program the printout should look like this When you run this program, you should get like this Memo Special Features Printer Lprint CHR$7 Master rest Lprint Backspace does not Lprint CHRS27il Added Spaces This Lprint Next Lprint Lprint Eighth bit controls Next J Page Lprint CHR$27 Lprint CHR$27= Lieltil~l When you refer the Appendix C, you’ll find many characters When you run this program you should get like this Big character commands Function Lprint Double CHR$SO Lprint Testing Abcd ~~III.II I I,I~I~II L 1-t40 Memo Download Characters DOT Graphics Pins prints a row of dots Vertical 241 P r ESC 8~ CHR$O nl n2 m0 ml m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9 ml0 ml1 Page Lprint U.S. Exports Lprint Scales Designing Your OWN NLQ Characters Page Lprint Lprint CHEMICALSCHR$9 Lprint CHR$9i--I SCALE$=--+-I For I=2 to 8 Step Calculating Nl and n2 Umber of col- 1 Then nl is N2 is 11m2 More graphics commands Printer needs 2 bytes to fire all 9 pins in the g-pin