Graphics Commands | Star Micronics lC-10 specification

GRAPHICS

COMMANDS

Print sing/e-density 8-bit graphics

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC’

“K”

nl

n2

21

75

nl

n2

1B

4B

nl

n2

ml

m2

ml

m2

ml

m2

Prints

bit-image graphics

at

60 dots

per

inch

horizontally.

The

graphic

image is 8 dots high and nI + nZ x 256 dots wide. Maximum width is

8 inches (480 dots). tnf, m2, . .. are the dot data, each a l-byte value from

0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots, with the most significant bit at the

top and the least significant bit at the bottom. The number of data bytes

must

be nl +

n-7 x

256.

Dots

beyond

the right

margin

are

ignored. At

_c

the end of bit-image printing the printer returns automatically to character

mode.

Print double-density 8-M graphics

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC>

“L”

nl

n2

27

76

nl

n2

1B

4C

nl

n2

ml

m2

.._

ml

m?

ml

m2

Prints bit-image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally (maximum 960 dots wide). See < ESC > “K” for other information.

Print double-density, double-speed 8-M graphics

Mode ASCIIDecimalHexadecimal

<ESC>	“Y” nl	t12	21	89 nl n2	1B	59 nl	n?
Both	m2		ml	m2	ml	m2	___
ml

Prints bit-image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally (maximum

960 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction. See < ESC > “K” for other information.

Print quadruple-density 8-M graphics

Mode ASCIIDecimalHexadecimal

<ESC>	“Z” nl	n2	27	90 nl n2	IB	5A nl n2
Both	m2		ml	m2	ml	m2
ml

Prints bit-image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally (maximum

1920 dots wide), skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction. See < ESC > “K” for other information.

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Star Micronics lC-10 user manual Graphics Commands

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 Short self Test Paper unparking Interface test Long se/f test Adjusting the Printing GAP Figure l-15. DIP switches Switch 1-3 When Page Memo Chapter On Line switch Power indicator Paper Feed switch NLQ Type Style switch This is near-letter-quality Courier Long test pattern Paper Feed switch Short test pattern On Line switch Lprint CHR$I Next Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination FunctionsPage Page Page Memo Installing Your Software Using the Printer with Commercial Software Printer command options Alignment Setting the DIP SwitchesUsing Your Software Initialization sequence Type style and pitch selection Embedding printer commands Printer Commands Page HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Using the Printer with DOS and Basic Print README. DOC Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Edlin Nlqelite . DAT Programming the Printer with Basic Acopy NLQELITE.DAT PRN Print README. DOC For Lprint the Spacing has Changed Restore How the program works $=CHR$lB Pica pitch Page Replacing the Ribbon Cleaning the Printer Replacing the Print Head Replacing the print head If printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear If the printer doesn’t printIf fanfold paper becomes stuck If label paper becomes stuck 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 Option Electrical SpecificationsLnterface Signals RequirementsPage Memo Select draft quality characters Font Control Commands Select Draft Elite Characters Select italic characters Select Sanserii CharactersSelect Orator characters with small capitals Select Orator characters with lower case Double-strike Printing Printing Stop Overlining Cancel superscript or subscriptStop Start Character SET Commands Colour Printing Commands Select international character set Enable printing of a// character codesSelect IBM character set #7 Select IBM character set #2 Pica Pitch Character Size and Pitch Commands Cancel expanded printing Cancel one-line expanded printing Return to normal height Increase Character SpacingSelect double or quadruple size Print Double-height Characters Size Select Character Set line spacing to n/216 inch Set line spacing to II8 inchSet line spacing to 7172 inch Set line spacing to 716 inch Line feed Execute ESC Set page length to n inches Feed PaperSet top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Margin Cancel top and bottom margins Select vertical tab channel SetTab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set Left margin Horizontal Position Commands Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage return Right Center text Absolute horizontal tab in columns Horizontai TabRelative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Graphics Commands Print g-pin graphics Convert Graphics Density Define draft download characters Copy Standard characters From ROM into RAM M3... m46 Define NLQ download characters Select NLQ download character set Select Download Character setSelect draft download character set Select draft elite download character set Execute macro instruction Macro Instruction CommandsOther Printer Control Commands Define Macro Instruction Immediate prinl Cancel last lineCancel immediate print Delete Last character Sent Unidirectional printing Set printer on-lineBell Bidirectional printing ASF Reset printerFeed Auto feed Draft character Appendixc Download ChF 12831 NLQ characterPage For I-33 to ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If S then END Locate 11.1 Print Print Character SET? For BS=BO+CHR$PCC,Y Next Y Character Sets Standardcharacterset C7 w I112128144160176 IBM Character SET #2 101 Hexa Cledma IBM Character SET #l Additional Character SET CHR$ International Character Sets Index 106 Tabulation, 51, 75, 76 LC-10 POWER-UP Functions DIP Switches 12345678901234567 Command Summary in Numeric Order STI ‘cu L L L E L