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1.Plug in the printer (don’t turn it on yet).

2.Insert a sheet of paper, as you did for the self-tests.

3.While holding down both the Paper Feed and Mode keys, turn on the power switch.

When you want to terminate the hex dump function, turn off the power switch.

nPanel modes

As you’ll learn in Chapter 5, this printer has many software controls. But if you want to print in one fixed mode, ignoring the control codes, these Panel modes take effect for you. To set the Panel modes, follow the procedures:

1.Plug in the printer (don’t turn it on yet).

2.While holding the key or keys as shown below, turn on the power switch.

Key		Type of Panel			mode
Type	Style	Character		set	type
Mode		Print	quality (draft or LQ)
Print	pitch	Print	pitch
TOF		All of the		above

Notice that these modes stay on with ignoring the relative con- trol codes until you turn off the printer.

ng-pin graphics emulation mode

You already know that this printer represents the state of the

art in tack-sharp 24-pin text printing. To complete the text abili- --

ty of this printer, we have also the ability to do dot graphics 9- pin printing. The IBM graphics printer mode utilizes g-pin graphics software which is commonly used by the IBM printer.

The IBM printer requires a different line feed pitch of either n/72nd or n/216th inches. This printer normally uses a pitch of nll80th inches, due to its 24-pin design. To avoid software in- compatibility with existing IBM graphics programs, this printer has been designed to most closely emulate the requirements for g-pin dot graphics compatibility.

This unique g-pin graphics emulation mode can be envoked as follows:

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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$27 xl ESC OFF ESC Lprint UndelinedLprint Overlined Boldface on Escso When you run this program you should get this Demonstration Condensed Here’s what you should get from this program OFF Elite mint Summary notes Memo Formatting Text This is what you will get This Line Spacing is SET to Run the program again. Now the results will look like this Here is what your printer will produce Line Number Lprint CHRS12IOI ESCNCHR$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