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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 panel 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 dump 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 following BASIC program is a simple test you can run in hexade- cimal mode:

10 FOR I=0 TO 255

20LPRINT CHR$(I);

30NEXT I

40LPRINT

50END

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Contents NX-2400 Page HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Quad-sized Tableofcontents With DOS and Basic Download Character Generator Chapter Platen Remove the top cover Setting UPInstall the ribbon cartridge Replace the top cower Install the optional IC cardMount the paper guide Connect the printer to the computerFigure l-7.Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loadingManual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms 11. Closing the sprocket covers Paper parking Short se/f test Paper unparkingInterface test Long se/f testAdjusting the Printing GAP International character set Print style and pitch selection Page Page OFF Control Panel OPERAllONS Paper Feed switch On Line switchSty/e/Pitch switch Quiet Mode switchSh0ff test paffern On Line switch POWER-UP FunctionsLprint CHR$I Next B8 B9 Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination FunctionsTop Of fOff?L Style/Pitch Page Memo Installing Your Software Using WE PR//vERPrinter Command optionsUsing Your Software Setting the DIP SwitchesType sty/e and pitch selection Printercommands Memo HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Using the Printer with DOS and BasicName of list device PRN Programming the Printer with DOS CommandsNew file Acopy LQELITE.DAT PRN Aprint README.DOC Programming the Printer with Basic‘Cancel Lprint the Spacings are Changed Next H How the program works IBM Lprint ES= cHR$ocHR$6ocHR$6o Replacing the Ribbon Cleaning the PrinterReplacing the ribbon cartrlctge Replacing the Print HeadConnector cover Fligure 5-2. Replacing the print head Replacing the Battery in the RAM Card If line spacing is twice as wide as expected TroubleshootingIf printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear If a// text is printed on the same lineIf you have problems with download characters If you have problems with graphicsIf you have problems with horizontal tabulation Printing Mechanism Switches and fndicatorsInterface and Emulation Dot Matrix Size Character SetsDimensions and Weight Paper SpecificationsType Sty/es and Pitches Option Electrical SpecificationsInterface Signals Environmental RequirementsSignal Pin No Name Memo Select draft quality characters Font Control CommandsSelect Italic Characters Select LQ charactersSelect LQ type Style Select ornament characterDouble-strike Printing Select Upright CharactersStart Underlining Stop Overlining Cancel Superscript Or subscriptStop Underlining Start OverliningSelect Character set #2 Select Standard characterSelect IBM character set Select character set #7Select normal zero Enable printing of all character codesEnable printing of a// character codes on next character Select s/ash zeroHigh-density elite pitch Pica pitchElite pitch High-speed elite pitchExpanded printing Cancel condensed printingCancel expanded printing Condensed printingSelect fixed spacing Select master print modeCaucel one-line expanded printing Se/ect proportional spacingReturn to normal Height Increase character SpacingSelect double or quadruple size Print double-height charactersSelect character height, width, and line spacing Select Character WidthSet line spacing to 718 inch Vertical Position CommandsSelect character type and print pitch Set line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inchSet line spacing to n/360 inch Set line spacing to 716 inchSet base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/780 or n/216 inchExecute ESC a Select forward feed modeSelect reverse feed mode Define line spacing to n/72 inchSet top of page at current position Perform one n/180-inch or n/2164nch line feedPerform one n/780-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n linesSet bottom margin Cancel top and bottom marginsSet page length to n inches Set top marginSet vertical tab stops every n lines Disable paper-out detectorEnable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stopsSet right margin Select Vertical Tab channelVertical tab Set left marginSet automatic Line feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage returnRight justify BackspaceLeff justify Center textHorizontal tab Reset all tab stopsSet horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columnsAbsolute horizontal tab in columns Relative horizontal TabRelative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in inchesPrint 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Graphics CommandsPrint 8-bit single-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density graphicsPrint M-bit hex-density graphics Select graphics modeCopy standard characters from ROM into RAM Convert graphics densityDownload Character Select download character set Define DownloadMSB Other Printer Control CommandsDelete Last character Sent ROMLast Line Cancel Quiet PrintRepeat data Quiet PrintStop printing Cancel Immediate PrintSet printer off-line Set printer on-lineManual feed PrintingUnidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printingEject Paper Reset printerSet print start position on ASF Memo Norma/ character AppendixCDOWNLOADSemi-condensed Proportional Super/subscript character Iiao 1600 2440 If ST=5 then CLS Goto 3480 Character Sets Standard Character SET I7’Pj-iii-j IBM Character SET #2 Page IBM CH Aracter SET #I Additional Character SET SfR International Character SetsIndex 111 Lol107 Command Summary ESC ESC p ESC p0 ESC p.‘ 111