Star Micronics NB-15 user manual

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TOF KEY - Ejects the current sheet, feeds a new sheet, and moves the print head to the left margin.

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 can get consecutive line feeds, one after the other.

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 on line and off line. When you turn the power switch on, the printer is placed on line automatically.

nExtra functions

There are twelve more functions that are not directly specified on the control panel. You can use seven of them by pressing a key when you turn on the power; five others are ac- tivated by pressing two control keys at once.

For details, please refer to the end of this chapter.

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, just like a typewriter. Caution: Turn the platen knob only with the Power switch c&f.

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. You’ll be using it often - it controls how strongly the paper is held against the platen. The release lever has four positions: the top setting is used for insert- ing paper, the next is for single sheets, the third is for sprocket- feed paper, and the bottom 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 are two sets of eight switches that are used in interfacing the printer to your particular computer. There are also switches to set page length, line spacing, and per-

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Contents USER’S MANUAli Tatement Special Message to the New Owner Table of Contents Chapter Controlling with Basic CHR$Chapter Special Features of the Printer Functions of the Connector Signals Appendix G Serial Interface Specifications TRS-80 BasicSetting UP Your Printer Page Tion and movement for both removing and replacing the cover Page Print head Printer Slide the I/F board into the slot Page Getting to Know Your Printer Page Page Page Selecting and Loading Paper ‘igure 2-4. Raise the paper guide for loading single sheets You can insert a sheet of paper by using the release lever To align paper that is not in straight Sprocket cover You can raise While trrnirrgon the power Self-test DIP switch 2-2 on Efgh!jklmnopqr¶tuvwxyz~ ?lSS&‘ TOF During normal operation Connecting the Printer Page Memo Using Commercial Software Page Ascii Using Your Printer with Word Processors Page Memo Controlling With Basic PR#O ListNEW Lprint Testing RUN ESC W Lprint CHR$27WCHR$l Lprint CHR$27WCHR$49 Lprint CHRS27Wl Memo Printing Text Lprint CHR$27 xl ESC Lprint Overlined OFF ESCLprint Undelined Boldface on Escso When you run this program you should get this Demonstration Condensed Here’s what you should get from this program OFF Elite mint Summary notes Memo Formatting Text This is what you will get This Line Spacing is SET to Run the program again. Now the results will look like this Here is what your printer will produce Line Number Lprint CHRS12IOI ESCNCHR$n Lprint this is LINE1 Next This is Line Return TWO Three Four ONE This command sets the horizontal tab to every eight columns Next Try thisprogram tosee how this works Lprint CHR$11 First TAB Lprint CHR$llFIFTH TAB CHR$O Lprint 2ND TAB of CHANNEL’ Memo Special Features Printer Lprint CHR$7 ESCVCHR$O Here is what this program will print Lprint CHR$27il Printing direction commands Function Control code Next Lprint Lprint Eighth bit controls Next J 129 LPRINTCHR$27 LPRINTCHR$27= Lprintlprint Double This is Double Sized Printing Next Lprint Lprint CHR$IPage Creating Your OWN Characters Print Matrix Defining Your OWN Characters Usethisgridoronesimilartoittodefineyourown draftcharacters Wrong 128 Assigningavalueofcharacterspace Characterdesignsforthetwographsymbols Page Read MM LPRINTCHR$MM Next M Next N Lprint LPRINTCHR$I Next Lprint Lprint CHR$I NextLprint LPRINTGERMANYCHR$9 Lprintscales Data 1, 9, 2, 31,253,64, 32, 1,128,80 Read MM Lprint CHR$MM Next MMO+ml +m2 105 106
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