Star Micronics LC-15

Chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................99

Chapter 9CHARACTER SETS .............................................................103

StandardCharacterSet.................................................................104

IBMCharacterSet#2...................................................................106

IBMCharacterSet#1...................................................................108

IBMSpecialCharacterSet...........................................................109

InternationalCharacterSets.........................................................1lt)

INDEX ..................................................................................................111

COMMANDSUMMARY ........................................................................114

Contents

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page FEATURES OF THE PRINTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER LOCATING THE PRINTER Page Partsname of theprinter SEITING UP Mountthe platen knob Installthe ribbon cartridge Page Connection Page LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This Automaticloading Page Manualloading LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Loadingthepaper from therear of the printer Page Loadingthepaper from thebottom ofthe printer Page Paperparking Paperunparking ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP chapter2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The ONLINE button PAPERFEED button SET/EJECTPARKbutton PRINTPITCH button NLQ TYPESTYLEbutton POWER-UP FUNCTIONS ,hlte, Shorttest mode Long test mode Printarea test mode Stayin panelpitch Stayin panel style Stayin panelpitch and style Hexadecimaldump Page Page SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Formfeed Topof form Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feed Clearingthe buffer LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES H Page Page chapter 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 F 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 I 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 o 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 I Canceltop and bottommargins Formfeed Returnto top of currentpage Disablepaper-outdetector Enablepaper-outdetector IT 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 IIBMIcESC>R I27 82 IIB 52 I 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 I Cancelimmediateprint Setprinter off-line Setprinter on-line Bell Bidirectionalprinting Unidirectionalprinting One-lineunidirectionalprinting Manualfeed I Autofeed Ejectpaper fromASF Setprint start positionon ASF Resetprinter chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS DESIGNING YOUR OWNDRAFTCHARACTERS Definingtheattribute data Page Assigningthe characterdata Sampleprogram I DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS Page Page 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 Page PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC Page LPRINTE$;A;CHR$(8);Set 8/72 line spacing 84 Page Howthe programworks Page ModificationsforIBM mode chapter 7TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING Powersupply Ifthe POWER indicatordoes notilluminate,checkthe following: 90 Turnoffthe@nter,ensurethe power cable is securely Printing 1-- 91 Istheribbonproperlyin- Checkandreinstallifnecessary. ~g? Ifdots are missinginthe printing,checkthefollowing: Paperfeeding If cut sheetpaper (without the ASF)is not feeding smoothly,check the following: Iffanfold(continuous)paperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed, checkthe following: Page Page MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD Page ! Page chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS Page Page I12 1PAPER IHigh whenpaper out. Can be disabled with DIP switch 102 I 10 ACK 5p.slowpulseacknowledgesreceiptofdata 11 BUSY Lowwhenprinterreadytoreceivedata 1 I L Page Page Page Page Page Page INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS INDEX Absolute L(2J LE.-! L@ cm CKl Rear ml El Lz- COMMAND SUMMARY Std. IBM IBM Std. <so> <WC>6s<(b <MC>s<1> <Esc> <ESC> 116 <ESC> <ESC>-<O> <ESC>-<1> Page Page ConsumerResponse