Initialization sequence, Using Your Software | Star Micronics lC-10

The character pitch can be selected from the control panel before you start printing, or possibly by an initialization sequence as described next.

initialization sequence

One of the installation options may be to specify the commands your software sends at the beginning of each printing job. These commands are called the “initialization sequence” or “setup string.” If necessary, you can use the initialization sequence to adjust the margins to your paper size or select a particular type style or pitch. You can look up the commands you want in Appendix B.

For example, if you selected 96-column width for a spreadsheet program, it would be convenient to add an elite pitch command to the initialization sequence. Appendix B indicates that this command consists of the two characters:

< ESC > “M”

which have decimal character codes 27 and 77 (hexadecimal 1B and 4D). Your software manual or an on-screen prompt will explain how to place these codes in the initialization sequence.

SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES

After completing the installation of your software, check the setting of the printer’s DIP switches, in particular DIP switch l-6. If you selected a Star or Epson printer on the installation menu, switch 1-6 should be ON (the factory setting). If you selected an IBM printer, switch l-6 should be OFF.

DIP switches l-2 (auto CR), l-7 (character set), 1-8 (auto LF), and 2-l (RAM usage) are also related to your software. Read what your software manual has to say about carriage returns, line feeds, character sets, and downloading characters, and refer to the explanation at the end of Chapter 1.

USING YOUR SOFTWARE

With the installation and DIP switch settings correctly completed, you are ready to entrust most of the control of your printer to your software. However, there will still be some things you have to do yourself.

Page alignment

If you are printing on fanfold forms, the first thing to do before you start printing is to align the top of the forms so that printing will start at

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Star Micronics lC-10 user manual Initialization sequence, Setting the DIP Switches, Using Your Software, Alignment

Contents

LC-IO Helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Table of Contents Commercial Software Download Character Generator Setting UP the Printer Page Mount the platen knob Remove the top cower Hstall the ribbon cartridge Loading Single Sheets Loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Lever Paper parking Paper unparking Short self Test Long se/f test Interface test Adjusting the Printing GAP Figure l-15. DIP switches Switch 1-3 When Page Memo Chapter Power indicator On Line switch Paper Feed switch NLQ Type Style switch This is near-letter-quality Courier Short test pattern On Line switch Long test pattern Paper Feed switch Lprint CHR$I Next Switch Combination Functions Switch combination functions of control panelPage Page Page Memo Using the Printer with Commercial Software Installing Your Software Printer command options Setting the DIP Switches Using Your SoftwareInitialization sequence Alignment Embedding printer commands Type style and pitch selection Printer Commands Page Using the Printer with DOS and Basic HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Print README. DOC Edlin Nlqelite . DAT Acopy NLQELITE.DAT PRN Print README. DOC Programming the Printer with Basic For Lprint the Spacing has Changed Restore How the program works $=CHR$lB Pica pitch Page Cleaning the Printer Replacing the Ribbon Replacing the Print Head Replacing the print head If the printer doesn’t print If fanfold paper becomes stuckIf label paper becomes stuck If printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear If you have problems with graphics If you have problems with horizontal tabulationIf you have problems with download characters Memo Printing Mechanism Switches IndicatorsNterface and Emulation Dot Matrix Size Co/our PrintingCharacter Sets Dimensions Weight Paper SpecificationsType Styles and Pitches Electrical Specifications Lnterface SignalsRequirements OptionPage Memo Font Control Commands Select draft quality characters Select Draft Elite Characters Select Sanserii Characters Select Orator characters with small capitalsSelect Orator characters with lower case Select italic characters Printing Double-strike Printing Cancel superscript or subscript StopStart Stop Overlining Colour Printing Commands Character SET Commands Enable printing of a// character codes Select IBM character set #7Select IBM character set #2 Select international character set Character Size and Pitch Commands Pica Pitch Cancel expanded printing Cancel one-line expanded printing Increase Character Spacing Select double or quadruple sizePrint Double-height Characters Return to normal height Select Character Size Set line spacing to II8 inch Set line spacing to 7172 inchSet line spacing to 716 inch Set line spacing to n/216 inch Execute ESC Line feed Feed Paper Set top of page at current positionSet page length to n lines Set page length to n inches Cancel top and bottom margins Margin Set Tab stopsSet vertical tab stops every n lines Select vertical tab channel Horizontal Position Commands Set Left margin Cancel automatic line feed Set left and right marginsCarriage return Set automatic line feed Center text Right Horizontai Tab Relative horizontal tabAbsolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns Graphics Commands Convert Graphics Density Print g-pin graphics Copy Standard characters From ROM into RAM Define draft download characters Define NLQ download characters M3... m46 Select Download Character set Select draft download character setSelect draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Macro Instruction Commands Other Printer Control CommandsDefine Macro Instruction Execute macro instruction Cancel last line Cancel immediate printDelete Last character Sent Immediate prinl Set printer on-line BellBidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Reset printer FeedAuto feed ASF Appendixc Download Draft character ChF NLQ character 12831Page For I-33 to ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If S then END Locate 11.1 Print Print Character SET? For BS=BO+CHR$PCC,Y Next Y Character Sets Standardcharacterset C7 w IBM Character SET #2 I112128144160176 101 IBM Character SET #l Hexa Cledma Additional Character SET International Character Sets CHR$ Index 106 Tabulation, 51, 75, 76 POWER-UP Functions LC-10 DIP Switches 12345678901234567 Command Summary in Numeric Order STI ‘cu L L L E L