Star Micronics lC-10 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

This appendix describes the printer’s control commands. The commands are

arranged by function. The name of each command is followed by a table like the

one below:

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “X” I‘ 1” 27 120 49 1B 78 31

Both <ESC> “X” Cl> 27 120 I IB 78 01

Mode: Indicates the mode in which the command is recognized.

Std. Standard mode (DIP switch 1-6 on)

IBM IBM mode (DIP switch 1-6 off)

Both Both standard and IBM modes

ASCII: Indicates the ASCII coding of the command. Control

characters are enclosed in pointed brackets: For example,

< 0 > means character code 0.

Decimal: Gives the command in decimal character codes.

Hexadecimal: Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes.

Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters

such as n.

Many commands have alternative forms. Some commands use < ESC >

(character code 27) in Standard mode and < FS > (character code 28) in IBM

mode. Other commands have parameters that can be specified as either character

codes or digit characters, like the parameter 1 in the sample command above.

FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select draft quality characters

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

‘C ., ‘I 0

( ( “F” “)” “)” “9” 40 40 70 41 41 57 28 28 46 29 29 39

Both <ESC> &IX” “0” 27 120 48 1B 78 30

<ESC> (‘X” co> 27 120 0 IB 78 00

< ESC > “I” “0” 27 73 48 1B 49 30

IBM < ESC > “I” co> 27 73 0 1B 49 00

Changes from near letter quality to draft quality. Ignored if the NLQ

Type Style switch was pressed during power-up.

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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