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2 0 Copyright 1985 by Epson CorporationNagano, Japan 3 Contents4 Mode CombinationsMaster Select International Special Graphics Character Set Page Formatting Paper-OutSensor Justification with NLQ User-Defined Characters Defining Your Own Characters Running the program Definition program 2 NLQ definition program 1 NLQ definition program 2 Introduction to Dot Graphics PinLabels 5 AppendixesA LX-90Characters DraftMode NLQMode B Software Commands in Numerical Order CCommand Summary Character Width (Pitch) Print Enhancement PageFormatting Line Spacing Form feed and page length Tabs User-DefinedCharacters DDIP Switches and Interface DIP Switches E Troubleshooting and Advanced Features Installation of Commercial Software Programs SelecType Features and Solutions Cancelling modes Printing on Self-adhesiveLabels Beeper Error Warnings Applesoft BASIC Solutions QX-10and QX-16Solutions Data Dump Mode A-l A-2 A-4 B-l C-l c-3 c-4 c-7 c-11 c-11 c-12 c-15 C-16 c-19 c-22 C-23 D-l D-4 E-l E-2 E-3 E-4 E-5 Index 6 Introduction7 Installation and Operation8 Figure l-2.DIP switch locationPrinting the Self Test 9 I Draft<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJK $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . /0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; %&'()*+,-. /0123456789 :; <=>.. ?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMN NLQ Figure 1-3. Self-testprintouts Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 10 Control PanelFigure 7-4.Control panel •The POWER light glows green when the power is on 11 FF (Form•LF (Line Feed)-advancesthe paper one line at a time Using Your Printer 12 SelecType13 Selecting typestyles2-l 14 ABCDEFGHJIJKLMNopqrstuvwxyz15 RETURNThis is an example of LX-90printing 16 Mode Combination1.See that the ON LINE and READY lights are on 2.Press the ON LINE and FF buttons at the same time 4.Press the ON LINE button one more time and then the FF button once again This makes a total of two times, and thus sets the LX-90for emphasized also 5.Press the LF button to return the panel to its standard operation 6.Press the ON LINE button to put the LX-90on line e m p h a s i a e d N e a r L e t t e r Q u a l i t y 17 combinationsMode SelecType Tips For more information on the typestyles in this chapter, see Chapters 3, 4, and 18 Elements of Dot-MatrixPrintingand Computer/Printer Communications19 Other PitchesFigure 3-2.The three pitches of the LX-90 20 NLQ Mode21 ESCape and ASCII•The CHR$ (character string) function is used for numerical codes •CHR$(27) is the ESCape code •LPRINT sends text or commands to the printer 22 PIC Features28 Print Enhancements andSpecial Characters29 Double-Strike20 LPRINT CHR$(27); "G"; 30 LPRINT "This is double-strikeprinting T h i s i s s t a n d a r d p r i n t i n g i s p r i n t i n g T h i s i s d o u b l e - s t r i k e p r i n t i n g T h i s i s s t a n d a r d p r i n t i n g and t h i s i s d o u b l e - s t r i k e p r i n t i n g 30 Expanded Mode29 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; "W1"; 30 LPRINT "This is expanded T h i s i s T h i s i s e x p a n d e d Mode Combinations 31 T h i s i s s t a n d a r d p r i n t i n ge x p a n d e d Underline Mode 10 LPRINT "This text is not underlined 20 LPRINT CHR$( 27);“-1”; 27);“-1”; 30 LPRINT "This text is underlined T h i s t e x t i s n o t . u n d e r l i n e d . u n d e r l i n e d u n d e r l i n e d T h i s u s e s t h e u n d e r l i n e c h a r a c t e r 32 Master Select40 LPRINT "This sample of printing uses 50 LPRINT "Master Select number" ;M 60 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@ 33 Emphasized + compressed + emphasizedEmphasized + elite + elite Emphasized + compressed + elite Superscript and Subscript “SO” 10 LPRINT "The formula for water is H"; 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);"Sl";"2";CHR$(27);"T"; 30 LPRINT "0 40 LPRINT CHR$(27);"@ 34 International Charactersthat set USA Italy France Spain Germany Japan 3 United Kingdom 9 Norway Denmark 10 Denmark 5Sweden LPRINT CHR$(27);"R";CHR$(n) LPRINT CHR$(27);"R";CHR$(l) 5-1 5-2 35 characters37 Special Graphics Character SetFigure 5-l.Special graphics characters 38 5-lThe next printout shows the characters in emphasized expanded pica: 39 Page Formatting40 Skip-Over-Perforation10 LPRINT CHR$(27);"N";CHR$(6); Line Spacing 41 arePaper-OutSensor that Justification with NLQ 0 Left justify 1Center 2Right justify 3Auto justify 42 7 WIDTH LPRINTThis statement prevents BASIC from inserting unwanted carriage returns have ESCape code only 43 User-DefinedCharacters44 Figure 7-l. LX-90 dot-matrixcharactersDesigning Process 45 Figure 7-2. Grid for designing draft charactersFigure 7-3. Correct and incorrect designs Correct and designs 46 120 PRINT "WHICH ROWS HAVE DOTS IN COLUMN";I 130 INPUT R: IF R=0 THEN260LPRINT CHR$(27) "!"CHR$(0)"YOUR DATA NUMBERS: 47 Running the program7, RETURN know RETURN only YOUR CHARACTER IN PICA: IN EXPANDED EMPHASIZED PICA: YOUR DATA NUMBERS: 48 138LPRINT CHR$(27)"&"CHR$(0)CHR$(A)CHR$(A-l+K);49 100. (YouLX-90 50 NLQ gridFigure 7-6. Grid for NLQ characters 51 Figure 7-7. Data numbers for one column52 NLQ definition program53 10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"x"CHR$(l)20LPRINT CHR$(27) ":"CHR$(0)CHR$(0)CHR$(0); 30LPRINT CHR$(27)"%"CHR$(l)CHR$(0); 40LPRINT CHR$(27)"&"CHR$(0)"<<"; 50LPRINT CHR$(0)CHR$(l2)CHR$(0); 60FOR X=1 TO 70READ C: LPRINT CHR$(C); 80NEXT 90LPRINT "YOUR CHARACTER IN PICA: 100LPRINT "IN EXPANDED EMPHASIZED PICA: "; 110LPRINT CHR$(27) 120 LPRINT CHR$(27)"!" CHR$(0) 130 DATA 0,1,0,0,3,128,0,3,128,7,255,0 140 DATA 4,128,0,4,128,0,4,130,0,4,135,0 150 DATA 4,135,0,7,253,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 YOUR CHARACTER IN PICA: IN EXPANDED EMPHASIZED PICA: 54 110 FOR X=58 TO 63: LPRINT CHR$(X)" ";: NEXT55 Introduction to Dot Graphics56 INSTALLATIONS BY MONTH0 JUL AUG SEP OCT NOVDEC Dot Patterns The Print Head and Graphics 57 Graphics ModeLPRINT CHR$(27)"K"CHR$(n1)CHR$(n2); 58 Pin LabelsFigure 8-l.Pin labels 59 Figure 8-2.Calculating numbers for pin patternsFirst Graphics Program 10 LPRINT CHR$(27)"K"CHR$(40)CHR$(0); 20 FOR X=1 TO 40: LPRINT CHR$(74);: NEXT 40: 60 WIDTH StatementsWIDTH LPRINT Multiple-LineExercise 10 WIDTH LPRINT 40 LPRINT CHR$(27)"K"CHR$(100)CHR$(0); 50 FOR X=1 TO 50: LPRINT CHR$(85)CHR$(42); 100 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@ If you run the program now, you’ll see how one line of the pattern looks: 61 20 LPRINT CHR$(27)"A"CHR$(7)30 FOR R=1 TO 70 LPRINT CHR$(27)"K"CHR$(100)CHR$(0); 80 FOR X=1 TO 50: LPRINT CHR$(42)CHR$(85); 90 NEXT X: LPRINT: NEXT R Now run the program to see the six print lines combine into a pat- tern: Line 100 is the reset code to return the printer to its defaults 62 Density VarietiesTable 8-1. Graphics modes Alternate Density code Description LPRINT CHR$(27)"*"CHR$(m)CHR$(n1)CHR$(n2); 63 Reassigning CodeLPRINT CHR$(27)"?Y"CHR$(5) LPRINT Column Reservation Numbers CHR$(27)"Z"CHR$(l28)CHR$(7); or, in the other format: CHR$(27)"*"CHR$(3)CHR$(128)CHR$(7); which is 128 dots plus 7 times 256 dots, for a total of 1920 dots in one row 64 CHR$(27)"L"CHR$(N MOD 256)CHR$(INT(N/256));Designing Your Own Graphics Figure 8-3.Designing in different densities 65 Figure 8-4.Arrow design128) l-64) 8-4 66 825DATA 0,-9,32,0,61,2,4,8,16,32,64,0,0,0,12867 String variables20G$=CHR$(27)+"K"+CHR$(100)+CHR$(0) 30A$=CHR$(85)+CHR$(42) 40B$=CHR$(42)+CHR$(85) 50LPRINT CHR$(27)"A"CHR$(7) 60FOR R=1 TO 70LPRINT G$; 80FOR X=1 TO 50: LPRINT A$;: NEXT 50: 90LPRINT 100 LPRINT G$; 110 FOR X=1 TO 50: LPRINT B$;: NEXT 120 LPRINT: NEXT R 130 LPRINT CHR$(27)"@ 69 LX-90Characters74 Software Commands in Numerical Order75 ESCESC : ESC ESC ESC @ ESC A ESC B ESC C ESC D ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC J ESC K ESC L ESC M ESC N ESC O ESC I’ ESC Q ESC R ESC S ESC T ESC U ESC W ESC Y ESC Z ESC a B-2 76 ESC 115 ESC s ESC 120 ESC77 Command Summary78 LPRINT CHR$(27);"Wl" or LPRINT CHR$(27);"W";CHR$(1)79 Select NLQ or draft( n ) ( n ) ESC a NLQ Justification (n) 80 Character Width (Pitch)SISelect Compressed Mode O F CTRL O ESC SI Select Compressed Mode DC2 Cancel Compressed Mode DC2 CTRL R 81 s oS O O E CTRL N ESC SO Select Expanded Mode (one line) Comments: DC4 Cancel Expanded Mode (one line) DC4 CTRL T 82 ESC WSelect/Cancel Expanded Mode ESC M Select Elite Pitch ESC P Select Pica Pitch (10 C-6 83 Print EnhancementESC E Select Emphasized Mode I B ESC F Cancel Emphasized Mode ESC G c-7 84 ESC HCancel Double-StrikeMode Select Superscript I B ESC S1 ESC T Cancel Superscript/Subscript C-8 85 Master SelectSelect Italic Mode 86 Cancel Italic ModeESC R Select an International Character Set ESC m Select Special Graphics Characters ( n ) 128 to 87 Page FormattingMargins ESC Q Set Right Margin Set Left Margin 88 ESC NSelect Skip-Over-Perforation ESC O Cancel Skip-Over-Perforation Cancels the mode selected by ESC N Line spacing Line Feed A S C I I c o d e : L F CTRL J c-12 89 Select l/&-InchLine SpacingSelect 7/72-InchLine Spacing Select l/6-InchLine Spacing 90 Select n/216-InchLine SpacingESC J Immediate n/216-InchLine Feed ESC A Select n/72-InchLine Spacing 91 Form feed and page lengthForm Feed F F CTRL L ESC C Select Page Length in Lines page ESC CO Select Page Length in Inches 92 TabsTab Horizontally ASCII code: H T Decimal:9 CTRL Advances the print position to the next horizontal tab setting ESC D Set Horizontal Tabs VTTab Vertically ASCII code: VT Hexadecimal: 0B CTRL K C-16 93 ESC BSelect Vertical Tabs ESC b Select Vertical Tabs in Channels (c) ( c ) ( n 1 ) ( n 2 ) c=0to7 Sets up to 16 vertical tabs for channel c Select Vertical Tab Channel c-17 94 ESC eSet Horizontal and Vertical Tabs CHR$(27);“eO”;CHR!$(n) where n is the number of spaces and equals: CHR$(27);“el”;CHR$(n) 7 for 12-dotline spacing ESC f Print Spaces or Line Feeds CHR$(27);“fO”;CHR$(n) CHR$(27);“fl”;CHR$(n) where n is the number of line feeds and equals 0 C-18 95 GraphicsNote: ESC K ESC L Select Double-DensityGraphics Mode 96 ESC Y Select High-Speed Double-DensityGraphics ModeESC Y (n1) (n2) ESC Z Select Quadruple-DensityGraphics Mode (n1) (n2) 97 ESCSelect Graphics Mode (m) ESC Reassign Graphics Mode (s) ESC ^ Select 9-PinGraphics Mode (n1) (n1) 98 User-DefinedCharactersESC & Define User-Defined Characters NUL (d1) (d2) (dn) ESC : Copy ROM Into RAM ESC % Select User-DefinedSet (n) 99 Other CodesBEL Beeper BEL Control: CTRL G Sounds the printer’s beeper BSBackspace ASCII code: B S Decimal:8 Control: CTRL H CRCarriage Return ASCII code: C R CTRL M C-23 100 Select PrinterFormat:’ DC1 CTRL Q Deselect Printer DC3 CTRL S CAN Comments: 101 ESC EMCut Sheet Feeder Control Disable Paper-OutSensor Enable Paper-OutSensor 102 ESCSelect Unidirectional Mode (one line) ESC @ Initialize Printer ESC U Select Unidirectional Mode n = 1 selects the feature n = 0 cancels it (Graphics printing is always unidirectional. ) C - 2 103 ESC sSelect Half-SpeedMode DEL Delete Character DEL 7 F 104 DIP Switches and Interface110 Troubleshooting and Advanced Features117 INDEX
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