Star Micronics NP-IO manual Selecting and Loading Paper

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NLQ key - Reverse micro-feed

3.When you can set the print start position, release the Paper Feed key or the NLQ key first, then release the On Line key.

nOther controls

There are other controls, not connected to the control panel. Some of the more important ones are:

POWER SWITCH - The switch that turns the printer on and off is at the back, on the left side.

PLATEN KNOB - This knob is at the middle of the right side and lets you turn the platen by hand, like a typewriter. Caution: Turn the platen knob only with the Power switch ~$5 Turning the knob with the power on could damage the drive gears.

RELEASE LEVER - The release lever is on top of the printer, near the left rear corner. It controls how strongly the paper is held against the platen. The release lever has four posi- tions: the top setting is used for inserting paper, the next is for single sheets, the third is for sprocket-feed paper, and the bot- tom one is used when adjusting the paper.

PAPER BAIL - The bail is the movable bar that holds the paper against the platen. Its position depends on the setting of the release lever.

DIP SWITCHES - There is one set of eight switches that is used in interfacing the printer to your particular computer. There are also switches to set page length, and international character set. See Appendix A for a complete list and explana- tion.

SELECTING AND LOADING PAPER

Your printer handles two basic types of paper - single sheets (stationery, envelopes, multipart business forms, etc.) and con- tinuous paper (fan-fold perforated paper).

The release lever controls the pressure of the paper against the platen, It has four settings:

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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