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Stay in pane/ pitch: Style/Pitch and Paper Feed switch

By holding these switches down during power-up, you can prevent software interference with the print pitch selected from the control panel. You will hear an acknowledging beep as power comes on. After the beep tone, you can set the printer off-line, select a print pitch, then return to on-line and start printing. The pitch you selected will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue.

Stay in pane/ style: Style/Pitch and Quiet Mode switch

If held down during power-up, these switches prevent software inter- ference with the type style selected from the control panel. There will be an acknowledging beep, after which you can set the printer off-line, select a type style, then return to the on-line 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 Type Style settings from software changes, press only the Style/Pitch switch 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.

Hexadecimal dump: Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches

This feature is useful for programmers who are debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computers change the codes the programmer intended.)

1.Holding both the Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches down, turn power ON. A beep tone will be heard.

2.Start printing. In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted

1dump showing exactly what data the printer receives. Each line presents sixteen characters, their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on the right.

3.At the end of the hexadecimal dump, set the printer off-line with the On Line switch. This is necessary to print the last line.

The followipg BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade- cimal mode:

10 FOR I=0 TO 255

20 LPRINT CHR$(I);

30 NEXT I

40LPRINT

50END

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Contents MULTI-FONT Relocate the computerorprinterwithrespectto the mceiver HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Quad-sized Tableofcontents Commercial Software Download Character Generator Chapter Check the carton contentsPage Remove the top cower Setting UPInstall the ribbon cartridge Lnsfall the optional IC card Replace the top coverConnect the printer to the computer Connect the printer’s power cordMount the paper guide Figure i-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loadingManual loading Opening the rear cover Loading and Parking Fanfold FormsClamp Lever Figure l-72. Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Paper parkingTest Printing Interface test Long self testAdjusting the Printing GAP IBM Page Selected Mode You OFF Chapter Switches and IndicatorsPaper feed switch On Line switchQuiet Mode switch Short test pattern On Line switch POWER-UP FunctionsLprint CHR$I Next Return Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination FunctionsPage Page Memo Printer menu Installing Your SoftwareType styles Printer command optionsWidth Alignment Setting the DIP SwitchesUsing Your Software Initialization sequenceType style and pitch selection Other printer commandsCan help you to use ESC4italicESC5 print Memo HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS With DOS and BasicAprint README.DOC Programming the Printer with DOS CommandsNew file Acopy CON LQPRINT.BAT Programming the Printer with BasicLprint Lprint END How the program works Page Lprint ES= c~$oc~$6oc~$6o RkPLACING the Ribbon Cleaning the PrinterReplacing the ribbon cartridge Replacing the Print HeadReplacing the print head ScrewsReplacing the battery Replacing the Battery in the RAM CardIf a// text is printed on the same line If the printer doesn’t printIf fanfold paper becomes stuck If label paper becomes stuckIf you have problems with graphics If you have problems with horizontal tabulationIf you have problems with download characters Interface and Emu/a tion Switches and indicatorsCharacter Sets Dot Matrix SizeDimensions and Weight Paper SpecificationsType Sty/es and Pitches Option Electrical SpecificationsFnterface Signals Environmental RequirementsKCK OUT Memo FdNT Control Commands Select draft quality characters Printer Control CommandsSelect italic characters Select LQ charactersSelect LQ type style Select ornament characterEmphasized printing Cancel emphasized printingCancel double-strike printing Select Upright CharactersStart Overlining Stop UnderliningCharacter SET Commands Select Normal Zero Enable printing of all character codesEnable printing of a// character codes on next character Select Slash ZeroHigh-density Elite Pitch Pica PitchElite pitch High-speed elite pitchExpanded printing Cancel condensed printingCancel Expanded Printing CondensedSelect fixed spacing Select Master Print modeCaocel one-line expanded printing Select proportional spacingReturn To normal Increase character SpacingSelect double or quadruple size Print Double-height CharactersWidth Select CharacterSelect character height, width, and line spacing Set line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inch Vertical Position CommandsSelect character type and print pitch Set line spacing to 718 inchSet line spacing to n/360 inch Set line spacing to 116 inchSet base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/180 or n/276 inchLine feed Select forward feed modeDefine line spacing to n/72 inch Execute ESC aPerform one n/780-inch or n/276-inch line feed Form feed Cancel top and bottom marginsSet page Iength to n inches Set bottom marginSet vertical tab stops every n lines Disable paper-out detectorEnable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stopsTab Horizontal Position CommandsSet left margin Select vertical tab channelSet Cancel autoniatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage returnRight justify BackspaceLeft justify Center textHorizontal tab ResetSet horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columnsAbsolute horizontal tab in co/umns Relative horizontal TabRelative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in inchesPrint Bit quadruple-density Graphics Print 8-bit Sing/e-density GraphicsPrint 8-bit double-density Graphics Print 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphicsPrint 24bit hex-density graphics Select graphics modeCopy character set from ROM into RAM card Select Graphics ModeDownload Character Commands Convert graphics DensitySelect download character set Define DownloadSet MS8 to Other Printer Control CommandsSelect ROM character Set MS6 toQuiet print Cancel last lineCancel Quiet print Repeat dataStop printing Cancel immediate PrintSet printer off-line Set printer on-heManual feed BidirectionalUnidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printingEject paper From ASF Reset PrinterSet print start position on ASF Memo Normal character AppendixcDOWNLOADDraft characters Pica Super/subscript character 1220 Then QUA=2 Else QUA=0 CLS Locate PX,PY Print ISO$ Plot chara,-.ter ------------~-~----~-~-~~~~-~~~~~ Character Sets Standardcharacterset IuIX Ih Y I-G- I-G- l-7 Page IBM Character SET #l I‘?Additional Character SET International Character Sets # $ h o 0 §Index Irl 107 Command Summary 109 Select base unit for line spacing 111