LC-20
Trademark Acknowledgements
HOW to USE this Manual
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Features of the Printer
Table of Contents
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Index
Locating the Printer
Chapter
Checkthe cartoncontents
Parts name of theprinter
Mounttheplaten knob
Lnsta// the ribboncartridge
Setiwjg UP
Removing the lop cover
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Connection
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Loading Single Sheets
Automaticloading
Loading a single sheet
Manualloading
Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms
Loadingthepaper
Figuru 7-11.Mount the fanfold psper over the sprockets
Gufo 1-12. Mountingthe paper guide for fanfold forms
Paperunparking
Paperparking
Adjusting the Printing GAP
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Control Panel Operations
Buttons and Indicators
On L/NE button
PITCHbutton
Paperfeed button
FONTbutton
POWER-UP Functions
Short test mode
Stay in panel pitch and font
Long test mode
Stay in panel pitch
Stay in panel font
Next Lprint
Hexadecimaldump
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Form feed
Switch Combination Functions
Paper Parking
Topof form
Forwardmicro-feed
Clearingthe buffer
Reversemicro-feed
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Location of the DIP Switches
DIP Switch Settings
IBM
Functions of the DIP Switches
Inches OFF on 12 inches OFF OFF
Denmark/Norwaywhen switch2-1 is on
Printer Control Commands
Select NLQ characters
Font Control Commands
Select draft qualitycharacters
Select draft elite characters
Select Oratorcharacterswithsmall capitals
Select NLQ font
Se!ectCouriercharacters
Select Sanserifcharacters
Emphasizedprinting
Select Oratorcharacterswith lower case
Select italic characters
Select uprightcharacters
Start underlining
Cancelemphasjzedprjntjng
Canceldouble-strikeprinting
Double-strikeprinting
Superscript
Stop underlining
Start overlining
Stop overlining
Select characterset #1
Cancelsuperscriptor subscript
Selectstandardcharacterset
Select IBM characterset
Enableprinting of all charactercodes
Enable printing of all character codes on next character
Selectinternationalcharacterset
Pica pitch
Character Size and Pitch Commands
Select slash zero
Select normalzero
Expandedprinting
Cancelcondensedprinting
Cancelexpandedprinting
Condensedprinting
Select fixed spacing
Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting
Expandedprinting for one /ine r
Selectproportionalspacing
Selectmasterprint mode
Increasecharacterspacing
Select doubleor quadruplesize
Print double-heightcharacters
Select charactersize
Select characterheight, width,and line spacing
Returnto normalheight
Set line spacingto 1/6inch
Vertical Position Commands
Set line spacingto 1/8inch
Set line spacingto 7Y72inch
Reverseline feed
Set line spacingto n/72 inch
ExecuteESC a
Line feed
Set top of page at currentposition
Performone n/216-imhline feed
Performone n/216-inchreverseline feed
Feedpaper n lines
Set bottommargin
Cancelbottommargin
Setpage length ton lines
Set page length ton inches
Disablepaper-outdetector
Enablepaper-outdetector
Returnto top of currentpage
Select vertica/tab channel
Set verticaltab stops
Set verticaltab stops everyn lines
Set verticaltab stops in channel
Horizontal Position Commands
Verticaltab
Set left margin
Set right margin
Set left and right margins
Carriagereturn
Leftjustify
Cancelautomaticline feed
Set automaticline feed
Backspace
Set horizontaltab stopseveryn columns
Resetall tab stops
Rightjustify
Set horizontaltab stops
Absolutehorizontaltab in columns
Horizontaltab
Relativehorizontaltab
Absolutehorizontaltab in inches
Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics
Graphics Commands
Print normal-density8-bitgraphics
Print double-density8-bitgraphics
Selectgraphics mode
Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphics
Convertgraphicsdensity
Print 9-pingraphics
Define draft downloadcharacters
Download Character Commands
Definedraft downloadcharacters
DefineNLQ downloadcharacters
Select downloadcharacterset
Copy characterset from ROM into RAM
Select ROM characterset
Select draft downloadcharacterset
Select draft elite downloadcharacterset
Select NLQ downloadcharacterset
Accept MSB as is
Cancellast line
Set MSB to
Set MSB to O
Setprinter on-line
Cancelquietprint
Quietprint
Set printer off-line
One-1ineunidirectionalprinting
Bell
Bidirectionalprinting
Unidirectiona/printing
Setprint startposition onASF
Resetprinter
Auto feed
Ejectpaper fromASF
Designing Your OWN Draft Characters
Download Characters
Definingthe attributedata
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Samp/eprogram
Assigningthe characterdata
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Defining Your OWN NLQ Characters
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MS-DOS and Your Printer
Installing Application Software with Your Printer
CPI
Embedding Printer Commands
Printer Commands
Programming the Printer with DOS Commands
ESC
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Programming with Basic
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting and Maintenance
If the Power indicatordoes not illuminate,checkthe following
If the print is faint,or uneven,checkthe following
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Check Possibleremedy
Relativetothepage
Replacing the Print Head
Maintenance
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Specifications
DPI
Ribhntife ~fi~.~fi~ Imillion charactersdraft pica
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Character Sets
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Standard Character SET #2
International Character Sets
IBM Character SET #2
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IBM CH/ ,RAC’‘ER SET
IBM Special Character SET
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Index
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Command Summary
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