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@Copyright1990StarMicronicsCo., Ltd.
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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UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION
Checkthe carton contents
Partsname of theprinter
SETIWJGUP
Mountthe platenknob
lnsta//the ribboncartridge
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Automaticloading
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Manualloading
LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS
Loadingthepaper
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Paperparking
Paperunparking
ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP
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chapter2
CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
BUTTONS AND INDICATORS The
ONL/NE button
PAPERFEEDbutton
PITCHbutton
FONTbutton
POWER-UP FUNCTIONS
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Shorttest mode
Longtest mode
Stayin panelpitch
Stayin panel font
Stayin panelpitch and font
Hexadecimaldump
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SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS
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Formfeed
PaperParking
Topof form
Forwardmicro-feed
Reversemicro-feed
Clearingthe buffer
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chapter 3DIP SWITCH SETTINGS
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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 font
Se!ectCouriercharacters
SelectSanserif characters
SelectOrator characterswithsmall capitals
SelectOrator characterswithlower case
Selectitalic characters
SelectNLQ italic characters
Selectupright characters
Emphasizedprinting
Cancelemphasjzedprjntjng
Double-strikeprinting
Canceldouble-strikeprinting
Startunderlining
Stopunderlining
Startoverlining
Stopoverlining
Superscript
Subscript
Cancelsuperscriptor subscript
CHARACTER SETCOMMANDS
Selectstandardcharacterset
SelectIBM characterset
Selectcharacterset #1
Select
Enableprintingof all character codes
Enable printing of all character codes on next character
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Selectslash zero
std.
Selectnormal zero
std.
Condensedprinting
Cancelcondensedprinting
Expandedprinting
Cancelexpandedprinting
Expandedprintingfor one /ine r
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Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting
Selectproportionalspacing
std.
Selectmasterprint mode
std.
Increasecharacterspacing
std.
Selectdouble or quadruplesize
Selectcharacter size
Printdouble-heightcharacters
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Returnto normalheight
std.
Selectcharacterheight, width,and line spacing
VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS
Setline spacing to 1/8inch
Setline spacing to 7Y72inch
Setline spacing to 1/6inch
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Set line spacingto ~/216inch
Set line spacingto n/72inch
Execute<ESC> A
Linefeed
Reverseline feed
std.
Performone n/216-imh line feed
Performone n/216-inchreverseline feed
std.
Feedpaper nlines
std.
Setpage length ton lines
Setpage length ton inches
Set bottommargin
Cancelbottommargin
Formfeed
Returnto top of currentpage
std.
Disablepaper-outdetector
Enablepaper-outdetector
Set verticaltab stops
Set verticaltab stopseveryn lines
std.
Set verticaltab stopsin channel
std.
Verticaltab
HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS
Set left margin
std.
Setright margin
Set leftand right margins
Carriagereturn
Setautomatic line feed
Cancelautomaticline feed
Backspace
Leftjustify
std.
Rightjustify
std.
Sethorizontal tabstops
Sethorizontal tabstops everyn columns
std.
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
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Print9-pin graphics
DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS
Definedraft downloadcharacters
DefineNLQ downloadcharacters
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Definedraft downloadcharacters
DefineNLQ downloadcharacters
Copycharacterset from ROMinto RAM
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Selectdownloadcharacterset
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Selectdraft downloadcharacterset
Selectdraft elite downloadcharacterset
SelectNLQ downloadcharacterset
SelectROM characterset
std.
Set MSBto 1
std.
Set MSBto O
std.
AcceptMSB as is
Quietprint
Cancelquietprint
Setprinter off-line
std.
Setprinter on-line
Bell
Bidirectionalprinting
Unidirectiona/printing
One-1ineunidirectionalprinting
Manualfeed
Auto feed
Ejectpaper fromASF
Setprint start positiononASF
Resetprinter
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DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS
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Definingthe attributedata
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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 COMMANDS
PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS
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PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC
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AND MAINTENANCE
TROUBLESHOOTING
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If thePOWER indicatordoes notilluminate,checkthe following:
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Ifyour printerdoesnot print,or suddenlystopsprinting,checkthe follow- ing:
If theprint is faint,or uneven,checkthe following:
If dotsare missingin the printing,checkthe following:
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If yourapplicationsoftwarecannot printthe fonts or charactersselected, checkthe following:
Ifthe printoutis not whatis expected:
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If cut sheetpaper (withoutthe ASF) is not feeding smoothly,check the
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If the ASF is not operatingor is not feeding paper correctly,check the
Ifthe paperparkfacilitydoesnot appeartobe workingcorrectly,checkthe
Check Possibleremedy Isthepaperreleaseleverin Thepaperreleaselevermustbesetto the ~position
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Ifthepagelengthandmarginsarenot whatisexpected,checkthefollowing:
MAINTENANCE
REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD
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