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If you want a particular type style or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing. See Chapter 2.

If you print from the DOS command level very often, it will be ad- vantageous to create a printer setup file. Then instead of setting pitches etc. manually each time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer. For example, you can create a file containing printer commands to set the right and left margins, select letter quality, and select elite pitch. You can find the commands in Appendix B. We suggest the following:

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Letter

quality

< ESC >

“x”

“1”

Elite

pitch

< ESC >

“!”

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Left and right margins <ESC> “x” <12> <$Q>

<ESC > “!” < 1 > is a powerful command that, in addition to selecting elite pitch, cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands. The angle brackets around the < I > indicate character code 1, which is a control code, not the printable digit “1”.

<ESC > “X” < 12 > < 92 > sets the left margin in column 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 tiles with a different set of commands in each.

To avoid excess line feeds, you should place the commands on one line in the setup tile. You may or may not be able to generate a setup tile with word-processing software; it depends on whether your software lets you enter control codes. If your system includes the file EDLIN.COM, however, you can easily create a setup tile with the DOS line editor.

An appropriate name for this setup tile would be LQELITE.DAT. To use the DOS line editor, type the command EDLIN LQELITE.DAT, then type the underlined parts of the following display. Press RETURN at the end of each line, Don’t type the, symbol ‘lh”. This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key: for example, “V means to type CTRL-V. ^C means to type CTRL- C, which indicates the end of the input.

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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’s power cord Connect the printer to the computerMount 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$I Next Return Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination FunctionsPage Page Memo Printer menu Installing Your SoftwarePrinter command options Type stylesWidth Using Your Software Setting the DIP SwitchesInitialization sequence AlignmentType style and pitch selection Other printer commandsCan help you to use ESC4italicESC5 print Memo HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS With DOS and BasicAprint README.DOC Programming the Printer with DOS CommandsNew file Acopy CON LQPRINT.BAT Programming the Printer with BasicLprint Lprint END How the program works Page Lprint ES= c~$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 fanfold paper becomes stuck If the printer doesn’t printIf label paper becomes stuck If a// text is printed on the same lineIf you have problems with horizontal tabulation If you have problems with graphicsIf you have problems with download characters Interface and Emu/a tion Switches and indicatorsCharacter Sets Dot Matrix SizePaper Specifications Dimensions and WeightType Sty/es and Pitches Fnterface Signals Electrical SpecificationsEnvironmental Requirements OptionKCK OUT Memo FdNT Control Commands Select draft quality characters Printer Control CommandsSelect LQ type style Select LQ charactersSelect ornament character Select italic charactersCancel double-strike printing Cancel emphasized printingSelect Upright Characters Emphasized printingStart Overlining Stop UnderliningCharacter SET Commands Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Enable printing of all character codesSelect Slash Zero Select Normal ZeroElite pitch Pica PitchHigh-speed elite pitch High-density Elite PitchCancel Expanded Printing Cancel condensed printingCondensed Expanded printingCaocel one-line expanded printing Select Master Print modeSelect proportional spacing Select fixed spacingSelect double or quadruple size Increase character SpacingPrint Double-height Characters Return To normalSelect Character WidthSelect character height, width, and line spacing Select character type and print pitch Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacing to 718 inch Set line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inchSet base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to 116 inchSet line spacing to n/180 or n/276 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inchDefine line spacing to n/72 inch Select forward feed modeExecute ESC a Line feedPerform one n/780-inch or n/276-inch line feed Set page Iength to n inches Cancel top and bottom marginsSet bottom margin Form feedEnable paper-out detector Disable paper-out detectorSet vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n linesSet left margin Horizontal Position CommandsSelect vertical tab channel TabSet left and right margins Cancel autoniatic line feedCarriage return SetLeft justify BackspaceCenter text Right justifySet horizontal tab stops ResetSet horizontal tab stop every n columns Horizontal tabRelative horizontal tab in inches Relative horizontal TabAbsolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in co/umnsPrint 8-bit double-density Graphics Print 8-bit Sing/e-density GraphicsPrint 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Print Bit quadruple-density GraphicsPrint 24bit hex-density graphics Select graphics modeDownload Character Commands Select Graphics ModeConvert graphics Density Copy character set from ROM into RAM cardSelect download character set Define DownloadSelect ROM character Other Printer Control CommandsSet MS6 to Set MS8 toCancel Quiet print Cancel last lineRepeat data Quiet printSet printer off-line Cancel immediate PrintSet printer on-he Stop printingUnidirectional printing BidirectionalOne-line unidirectional printing Manual feedReset Printer Eject paper From ASFSet 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