Star Micronics LC-15 Programming with Basic, Acopy Nlqelite . DAT PRN Aprint RIZADME.DOC

‘V indicatesthat the followingcharacteris a controlcode. *V[ enters the <ESC>code.<ESC>has charactercode27, and“[” is the 27thcharacterin ASCII sequencefrom A. Similarly,‘VA enters the controlcode <1>. See your DOS manualif you need t%rtherinformationaboutEDLIN.

You can now set up the printerby sendingit the fileNLQELITE.DAT.To avoidunnecessaryloggingof commands,switchhard-copyoutputoff (by pressing(TIllL-PRTSCifhardcopyis on).ToprintthefileREADME.DOC in NLQ elite type, give the followingtwo commands:

A>COPY NLQELITE . DAT PRN

A>PRINT RIZADME.DOC,

For greaterconvenienceyoucanmakea batchfilethatwillsetup theprinter and print any specifiedfile with a singlecommand.To createsuch a batch file withthenameNLQPRINT.BAT,typein thefirst fourlinesshownnext.

AZ me~s t. pIWSthe CTRLandZ keyssimultaneouslyTO. use this filetO print README.DOC,type the fifth line.

A)COPY CON NLQPRINT . BAT COPY NLQELITE . DAT PRN PRINT %1

“z

A>NLQELITE README. DOC

The first aboveline is a copy commandfrom the CONsolescreen to a file

namedNLQPRINT.BATThenexttwolinesarethecontentsofthisfile..The %1 is a dummyparameter:whateverfile name you type after NLQPRINT willbe substitutedfor %1 and printed.

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

As an exampleof programmingthe printeron MicrosoftBASIC,we have listed the program for the IBM-PC. ~is program runs in the printer’s Standardmode, and the downloadablecondition(DIP switch 1-6ON and DIP switch2-1 OFF).

1000 ‘ Set contro 1 codes ————..—————-—-————-.-——.———————————.

1010	E$=CHR$ ( 27)	‘ Escape code
1020	D$=E$+“x’’+CHR$(O)	4Draft quality
1030	N$=E$+ “x’’+CHR(1)$	‘Near letter quality
1040 C$=E$+“kO“+N$		‘Courier characters
1050 S$=E$+“kl“+N$		‘Sanserif characters
1060	Ol$=E$+”k2“+N$	‘Orator with sma11 caplta1s
1070	02$=E$+“k3’’+N$	Orator with 1ower case
1080	H$=CHR$(9)	rHorizontal tab

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