Star Micronics lC-10 How the program works

2410 DATA 6, 8. 6. 0, 28, 32, 14, 64, 14, 0

2420 DATA 14. 0,124, 0, 0, 12, 64, 12, 32, 14

2430 DATA 16, 14, 0. 14, 0, 12, 0

2440 '

2450 '

Dot graphics data

2460 DATA 0, 0, 0. 0, 1. 3, 7. 7. 7. 15

2470 DATA 14, 14, 14. 14, 14, 7, 7. 3, 3, 15

2480 DATA 15, 15, 0. 0, 0. 0, 0, 0. 0. 0

2490 DATA 0, 1, 3. 3. 7. 7, 15, 14, 14, 14

2500 DATA 14, 15, 7. 7. 7. 3, 0. 0. 0, 0

2510 DATA 0, 0. 0. 0. 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

2520 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0, 0. 0. 0

2530 DATA 1. 3. 7, 7, 7, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14

2540 DATA 14. 7. 7, 3, 3, 15, 15. 15. 0, 0

2550 DATA 0, 0, 0. 0. 0. 0. 0, 0. 0, 0

2560 DATA 0, 0, 60.255.255.255.255.255.143. 15

2570 DATA 7, 7, 7, 7. 3. 3, 3,131,193,241

2580 DATA 240,240, 0. 0, 0. 0, 0. 0. 0. 1

2590 DATA 121,253,253,255.255,255,143~ 7. 7. 7

2600 DATA 31,253,252.248,248.240.192, 0, 7, 15

2610 DATA 31, 31, 15, 7. 3. 0. 0. 0. 0, 0

2620 DATA 0, 0, 0. 0, 0, 0. 0. 0, 60,255

2630 DATA 255,255,255.255,143. 15, 7. 7. 7, 7

2640 DATA 3. 3, 3,131,193,241,240,240. 0. 0

2650 DATA 0, 0. 0. 0, 0. 0. 0. 0. 0, 0

2660 DATA 0, 31, 31, 3.129.128.192.192.192.192

2670 DATA 192,224,224.224,224,240.255,255,255.255

2680 DATA 255.127. 0, 0. 0. 0, 63,127,255,255

2690 DATA 255,255,193,128,128.128,128,192,224~240

2700 DATA 252,255.255,255.127, 63. 31, 7. 7, 31

2710 DATA 254,252,248.224,128, 0, 0, 3, 7. 7

2720 DATA 7, 3, 0, 0, 0. 0. 0, 31, 31. 3

2730 DATA 129,128,192,192.192,192,192,224,224,224

2740 DATA 224,240,255,255.255.255.255,127, 0, 0

2750 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0. 0, 0. 0. 0, 0. 0

2760 DATA 0,248,248,240,224,224.112.112,112, 56, 56

2770 DATA 56, 56, 56,120,120,240.240.224,224,192

2780 DATA 128, 0. 0, 0, 0, 0,192,224,240,240

2790 DATA 240,248,248.248,120~120. 56. 56. 56. 56

2800 DATA 48,112,224,224,224,224,240,240,248~248

2811-j DATA 120,120, 56, 56, 56. 56,120.240,224.224

2820 DATA 192,128. 0, 0. 0, 0. 0,248,248.240

2830 DATA 224,224,112,112, 56. 56. 56. 56, 56.120

2840 DATA 120,240,240.224.224,192,128, 0, 0, 0

2850 DATA 0, 0. 0, 0. 0, 0. 0, 0, 0. 0

How the program works

This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to

BASIC string variables (lines 1000 to 1090). You can find most of these

commands near the beginning of Appendix B.

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Contents

Main @Copyright 1987 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER 1 Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS 19 Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC 37 Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING A7 Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 53 - Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 59 I SETTING UP THE PRINTER LOCATING THE PRINTER UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Page SETTING UP Mount the platen knob Page hstall the ribbon cartridge Replace the top cover Connect the printer to the computer Page Semiautomatic loading Manual loading LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Page Paper parking Paper unparking TEST PRINTING Short self test Long se/f test interface test ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Page Orator Prints this way with switch t-3 OFF. Page Page Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERAT/O/VS SWITCHES AND INDICATORS Power indicator On Line switch This Page This is near-letter-quality Courier. Short test pattern: On Line switch Long test pattern: Paper Feed switch Stay in pane/ pitch: Print Pitch switch Stay in pane/ Sty/e: NLQ Type Style switch Hexadecima/ dump: Paper Feed and Print Pitch switches 10 FOR I-O *TO 255 20 LPRINT CHR$(I); 30 NEXT I 40 LPRINT 50 END Figure 2-5. Sample hexadecimal dump Figure 2-6. Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC 2.5 ! Paper Page feed: Paper Feed and On Line switches Forward micro-feed: On Line and Paper Feed switches Reverse micro-fee& On Line and Print Pitch switches Left margin: NLQ Type Style and Print Pitch switches Right margin: NLQ Type Style and Paper Feed switches Clearing the buffer: Print Pitch, On Line and Paper Feed switches Page Page Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Page Embedding printer commands PRINTER COMMANDS Page Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Name Page Page Page Page Page How the program works Page Page Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROU5LESHOOTlNG CLEANING THE PRINTER REPLACING THE RIBBON REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD Page TROUBLESHOOTING H If the printer doesnt print: screen: rectly: Page TECHNICAL SPEClHCA T/Oh/S H Printing Mechanism H Switches and indicators Page Page - n Electrical Specifications n Environmental Requirements n Option n lnterface Signals k Page Page PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters _- Select draft elite characters Select NLQ characters Select NLQ type sty/e Select Courier characters I Select Sanserii characters Select Orator characters with small capitals Select Orator characters with lower case Select italic characters Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double-strike printing Cancel double-strike printing Start underlining Stop underlining Start 0 werlining Stop overlining Superscript Subscript COLOUR PRINTING COMMANDS Select printing colour CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select IBM character set #7 Select IBM character set #2 Select international character set Enable printing of a// character codes Enable printing of all character codes on next character Select slash zero Select norma/ zero CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Elite pitch Condensed printing Cancel condensed printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing for one line Cancel one-line expanded printing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select master print mode increase character spacing Select double or quadruple size Print double-height characters Return to normal height Select character size I I 70 n Select character height, width, and line spacing m Page Execute < ESC > A Line feed Reverse line feed Perform one n/276-inch line feed Perform one n/276-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Set page length to n inches Set top margin Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom margins Form feed Return to top of current page Disable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines 75 Set vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Set right margin -. Set left and right margins Carriage return Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feed Backspace Center text Right justify Set horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Reset a// tab stops Horizontai tab Relative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print sing/e-density 8-bit graphics Print double-density 8-M graphics Print double-density, double-speed 8-M graphics Print quadruple-density 8-M graphics Select graphics mode Convert graphics density Print g-pin graphics DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Define draft download characters Define NLQ download characters Define download characters t Select download character set Select draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Select ROM character set .- Define macro instruction 85 Execute macro instruction OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 7 Set MSB to 0 Delete last character sent Cancel last line immediate prinl Cancel immediate print Set printer off-line Set printer on-line Bell Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Reset printer Appendix CHARACTER GENERATOR Draft character Page NLQ character Page Page I----- Modify & plot character ----------------------------~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 94 Page Page CHARACTER SETS -?-- n 1 STANDARDCHARACTERSET I x 1 1143 1 1159 1 1175 1 1191 1 1207 ( 1223 1 1239 1 1255 1 Page Page IBM CHARACTER SET #l Page INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS INDEX m /o/ Iu LC-10 COLOUR PRINTER REFERENCE CARD POWER-UP FUNCTIONS SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Page PRINT PITCH SELECTION 12345678901234567 < ESC > ~'9 123456789012345678!Xl 1234567890 CHR$( 18) 123456789012 < ESC > M" 12345678901234567 COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER - Page u L Y I cu- Q c e