Printing Mechanism, Nterface and Emulation | Star Micronics lC-10

TECHNICAL SPEClHCA T/Oh/S

H Printing		Mechanism
Printing	method		Serial	impact		dot	matrix
Printing	speed		120 characters			per	second		(draft	pica)
			30 characters per second (NLQ pica)
Printing	direction		Draft:		bi-directional			or	unidirectional
			(selectable),			logic	seeking
			NLQ	and	graphics:			unidirectional,			logic
			seeking
Print head			9 Pins
			Life:	200	million		dots
Ribbon			Black/blue/red/yellow					fabric ribbon			car-
			tridge
			Life: 1 million draft characters/colour
Paper	feed		Friction and			push-tractor			feed
			Semiautomatic			sheet		loading
Paper	feed	speed	2.7 inches/second				(during		page	feed)

n/nterface and Emulation

Interface

Data buffer

Emulation modes

Centronics-compatible, 7 or 8 bit, TTL-level

8K bytes when not used for download characters

l-Line buffer when using download

Epson LX-800 and IBM Proprinter II

H Switches and		indicators
Power	switch	Rocker switch
Control	panel	4 Membrane switches, 10 LED indicators

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Star Micronics lC-10 user manual Printing Mechanism, Nterface and Emulation, Switches Indicators

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 horizontal tabulation If you have problems with graphicsIf you have problems with download characters Memo Switches Indicators Printing MechanismNterface and Emulation Co/our Printing Dot Matrix SizeCharacter Sets Paper Specifications Dimensions WeightType 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