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