Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Lprint CHR$7

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mind an operator to change the paper or to make another adjust- ment to the printer.

You can try this by typing:

LPRINT CHR$(7)

nResetting the printer

Up to now when we wanted to reset the printer to the power on condition we have had to either turn the printer off and then on again, or to send the specific codes that reset the particular features. There is an easier way. The control code (ESC) “62” will reset all of the printer’s features to the power on condition (as determined by the DIP switches), with one exception. This exception is that (ESC) “62” will not erase any characters that you have stored in the printer’s RAM memory.

In addition, if you set the “Panel” modes by the control panel settings at the power on, these functions will be remain with this control code.

nPutting your printer to sleep

You know how to put your printer off line with the On Line key on the control panel. Your printer has another off line state that can be controlled from your computer. When you turn the printer off line from your computer, this printer will ignore anything that you send it, except for the code to go on line again. CHR$(lS) is the code to turn your printer off line; CHR$(17) turns your printer to on line status.

nPrinting the bottom of the sheet

Sometimes when you are using individual sheets of paper you may want to print near the bottom of a sheet. The paper-out detector usually stops the printer when you are about 1 inch from the bottom of the sheet. This is notify you if you are run- ning out of continuous paper.

Your printer has the ability to print right to the bottom of the sheet. You can disable the paper-out detector so that it doesn’t stop the printer. This will allow you to print to the end of the sheet, and even beyond if you are not careful. The codes to con- trol the paper-out detector, along with the other codes that we have just learned are in the following table.

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