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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
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FEATURES OF THE PRINTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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chapter 1
SETTING UP THE PRINTER
LOCATING THE PRINTER
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Partsname of theprinter
SEITING UP
Mountthe platen knob
Installthe ribbon cartridge
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Connection
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LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This
Automaticloading
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Manualloading
LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS
Loadingthepaper from therear of the printer
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Loadingthepaper from thebottom ofthe printer
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Paperparking
Paperunparking
ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP
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CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The
ONLINE button
PAPERFEED button
SET/EJECTPARKbutton
PRINTPITCH button
NLQ TYPESTYLEbutton
POWER-UP FUNCTIONS
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Shorttest mode
Long test mode
Printarea test mode
Stayin panelpitch
Stayin panel style
Stayin panelpitch and style
Hexadecimaldump
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SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS
Formfeed
Topof form
Forwardmicro-feed
Reversemicro-feed
Clearingthe buffer
LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES
FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES
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PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
FONT CONTROL COMMANDS
Selectdraft qualitycharacters
Selectdraft elite characters
SelectNLQ characters
SelectNLQ typestyle
SelectCourier characters
SelectSanserif characters
SelectOrator characterswithsmall capitals
SelectOrator characterswithlower case
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Se!ectuprightcharacters
Emphasizedprinting
Cancelemphasizedprinting
Double-strikeprinting
Canceldouble-strikeprinting
Startunderlining
stop underlining
Startoverlining
Stopoverlining
Superscript
Subscript
Cancelsuperscriptor subscript
CHARACTER SET COMMANDS
Selectstandardcharacterset
Se/ectIBM characterset
Selectcharacterset #1
Selectinternationalcharacterset
Enableprintingof all character codes
Enable printing of all character codes on next character
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Selectslash zero
Selectnormalzero
CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS
Picapitch
E/itepitch
Condensedprinting
Cancelcondensedprinting
Expandedprinting
Cancelexpandedprinting
Expandedprintingfor one line
Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting
Selectproportionalspacing
Selectfixed spacing
Selectmasterprint mode
Increasecharacterspacing
Selectdouble orquadruplesize
Selectcharactersize
Printdouble-heightcharacters
Returnto normalheight
Selectcharacterheight, width,and line spacing
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VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS
Setline spacing to 1/8inch
Setline spacing to 7/72inch
Set line spacingto 1/6 inch
Set line spacingto n/216inch
Setline spacing ton/72 inch
Execute<ESC> A
Linefeed
Reverseline feed
Performone n/216-inchlinefeed
Performone n1216-inchreverseline feed
Feedpapern lines
Set topof page at currentposition
Setpage length ton inches
Set topmargin
Setbottom margin
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Canceltop and bottommargins
Formfeed
Returnto top of currentpage
Disablepaper-outdetector
Enablepaper-outdetector
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Set verticaltab stopseveryn lines
Set verticaltab stopsin channel
Selectvertical tab channel
Verticaltab
HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS
Setleft margin
Setright margin
Set leftand
rightmargins
Carriagereturn
Setautomatic line feed
Cancelautomaticline feed
Backspace
Leftjustify
Centertext
Rightjustify
Sethorizontal tabstops
Sethorizontal tabstop everyn columns
Resetall tab stops
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Horizontaltab
Relativehorizontaltab
Absolutehorizontaltab in inches
Absolutehorizontaltab in columns
GRAPHICS COMMANDS
Printnormal-density8-bitgraphics
Printdouble-density8-bitgraphics
Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics
Printquadruple-density8-bitgraphics
Selectgraphicsmode
Convertgraphicsdensity
Print9-pin graphics
DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS
Copystandardcharactersfrom ROMinto RAM
Definedraft downloadcharacters
DefineNLQ downloadcharacters
Definedownloadcharacters
Seled downloadcharacterset
Selectdraft downloadcharacterset
Selectdraft elitedownloadcharacter set
SelectNLC?downloadcharacterset
SelectROM characterset
MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS
Definemacro instruction
Executemacro instruction
OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
Set MSBto 1
Set MSB to O
AcceptMSB as is
Deletelast charactersent
Cancellast line
Immediateprint
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Cancelimmediateprint
Setprinter off-line
Setprinter on-line
Bell
Bidirectionalprinting
Unidirectionalprinting
One-lineunidirectionalprinting
Manualfeed
I Autofeed
Ejectpaper fromASF
Setprint start positionon ASF
Resetprinter
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DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
DESIGNING YOUR OWNDRAFTCHARACTERS
Definingtheattribute data
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Assigningthe characterdata
Sampleprogram
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DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS
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chapter 6
MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER
INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER
EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS
PRINTER CCIMP4AND:3
PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS
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PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC
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LPRINTE$;A;CHR$(8);Set 8/72 line spacing
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Howthe programworks
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ModificationsforIBM mode
chapter 7TROUBLESHOOTING
AND MAINTENANCE
TROUBLESHOOTING
Powersupply
Ifthe POWER indicatordoes notilluminate,checkthe following:
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Turnoffthe@nter,ensurethe power cable is securely
Printing
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Istheribbonproperlyin- Checkandreinstallifnecessary.
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Ifdots are missinginthe printing,checkthefollowing:
Paperfeeding
If cut sheetpaper (without the ASF)is not feeding smoothly,check the following:
Iffanfold(continuous)paperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed, checkthe following:
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MAINTENANCE
REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD
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chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS
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I12 1PAPER IHigh whenpaper out. Can be disabled with DIP switch
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10 ACK 5p.slowpulseacknowledgesreceiptofdata 11 BUSY Lowwhenprinterreadytoreceivedata
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INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS
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