Star Micronics LC-200

Chapter 6—MS-DOSand yourprinter

Sincethe PC or PC-AT family of computersrunningunder MS-DOS is

currentlythe most popularconf@ration of microcomputer,we have in-

cludedafewhints andtips to helpyou useyour printerwithsuch systems.

SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwith aMicrosoftBASICinterpreter,wehave

also included some hints, and asample program in this languageto

demonstratethecapabilitiesofthe printer.

Chapter 7—Troubleshootingandmaintenance

Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourpnnteris notworking

in theexpected way.It also includesdetailsof some routinemaintenance

operationsyoucancarryout yourself.Itisnot, however,acompleteservice

manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouare unsureofyour abilityto

carryout any maintenanceorsemicingoperations.

Chapter 8—Specifications

Thissectiongives the specificationsofyourprinter.

Chapter 9—Charactersets

Thesechartsshow the differentcharactersets available.

Contents

Main Page @Copyright1990StarMicronicsCo., Ltd. HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page FEATURES OF THE PRINTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 2CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS ButtonsandIndicators ONLINEbutton Chapter 3DEFAULT SETTINGS HowtosettheEDSmode Font Page chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER LOCATING THE PRINTER UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Checkingthe cartoncontents Identifyingprinterparts SEITING UP Mountingtheplaten knob Installthe ribboncartridgeand the rollerunit ~~cketsonthecartridge itself. Page Page Connectingtheprinter toyour computer LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This Automaticloading Page Manualloading LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Loadingthe paperfrom the rearof the printer Page Page Loadingthepaper from thebottom ofthe printer Paperparking Paperunparking LOADING MULTI-PART FORMS ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP Page chapter2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS BUTTONS AND INDICATORS ONLINE button PAPERFEED button SET/EJECT/PARKbutton PITCHbutton I FONTbutton POWER-UP FUNCTIONS G~~~ Shorttest mode Longtest mode Printarea test mode Stayin Panel Pitch Stayin Panel Font Stayin Panel Pitch and Font Hexadecimaldump Page SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS m I L Formfeed Topof form Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feed Changingtheauto loading value Clearingthe buffer/Allreset Selectingtheprint color StoreMacro Definition Page chapter 3DEFAULT SETTINGS HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS Page Page Page BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT MODE chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Selectdraft qualitycharacters Selectdraft elite characters SelectAU) characters SelectNLQ font SelectCourier characters SelectSanserlf characters SelectScript characters Page Cancelemphasizedprinting Double-strikeprinting Canceldouble-strikeprinting Startunderlining Stopunderlining Stafi overlining Stopwerlining Superscript Subscript Cancelsuperscriptor subscript CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Selectstandardcharacterset SelectIBM characterset Selectcharacterset #1 Selectinternationalcharacterset SelectIBM code page Enableprinting ofall character codes Enable printing of all character codes on next character Selectslash zero (0 Selectnormal zero Elitepitch Condensedprinting Cancelcondensedprinting Expandedprinting Cancelexpandedprinting Expandedprintingfor one line Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting Selectproportionalspacing Selectfixed spacing Selectmasterprint mode Increasecharacterspacing Selectdouble or quadruplesize Selectcharacter size Print double-heightcharacters Returnto normal height Selectcharacterheight, width,and line spacing VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Setline spacing to 1/8inch Setline spacing to 7~2 inch Setline spacing to 1/6inch Setline spacing ton/216 inch Set line spacingto n/72inch Execute<ESC> A Linefeed Reverseline feed std. Performone n/216-inchlinefeed Performone n/216-inchreverseline feed Feedpaper nlines Set topof page at currentposition Setpage length ton lines Setpage length ton inches Setbottom margin Cancelbottommargin Formfeed Returnto top of currentpage Disablepaper-outdetector Enablepaper-outdetector Set verticaltab stops Set verticaltab stopseveryn lines Set verticaltab stopsin channel Select verticaltab channel Verticaltab HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Setleft margin Setright margin Set leftand right margins Carriagereturn Setautomatic linefeed Cancelautomatic[ine feed Backspace Leftjustify Centertext Rightjustify Fulljustify Set horizontaltab stops Set horizontaltab stopsevery ncolumns Resetall tab stops Horizontaltab Relativehorizontal 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 std. ! CHARACTER COMMANDS DOWNLOAD Definedraft downloadcharacters DefineNLQ downloadcharacters Definedraft downloadcharacters DefineNLQ downloadcharacters Copycharacter set fromROM into RAM Selectdownload characterset Shiftdownloadcharacter area Selectdraft downloadcharacterset Selectdraft elite downloadcharacterset SelectNLQ downloadcharacterset SelectNLQ italic downloadcharacterset COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS Selectprint color Wect black Select magenta Select cyan Select yellow Select orange Select green OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS SetMSB to 1 SetMSB to O AcceptMSB as is Deletelast charactersent Cancellast line Quietprint Cancelauiet mint Setprinter off-line Setprinter on-line Bell Bidimctiona!printing Unidirectionalprinting One-lineunidirectionalprinting Manualfeed Auto feed Ejecfpaper fromASF Setprint start position onASF Resetprinter Page chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS Definingthe attributedata I Assigningthe characterdata Sampleprogram Page DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS Assigningthe characterdata with theStandard mode &- I Page Page Assigningthe characterdata withthe IBM mode I Page u Page chapter 6 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS PRINTER COMMANDS PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS Page Page PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC E$=CHR$(27) Escape code Page Page Howthe programworks Page Page chapter 7 AND MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING Powersupply Printing I If dotsare missingin the printing,checkthe following: If yourapplicationsoftwarecannot printthe fonts or charactersselected, checkthe following: If theprintoutis not whatis expected: Paperfeeding If cut sheetpaper (without the ASF)is not feeding smoothly,check the following: 110 Iffanfold(continuous)paperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed, checkthe following: If the ASF is not operatingor is not feedingpaper correctly, checkthe following: w MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD Page chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS Page Page Tfdtp o tp(i fc(walwa a o chapter 9C r L Page Page Page INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS Page Page Page co o fePa! - I-m lb Llm re k _ Lx Page co k o fePaj -cre#863 (Canadian Fre\ l % Yz! Page Page Page INDEX u A G E m m COMMAND SUMMARY Standard Mode TfctewtSm < < <* C< < < c .. d o q s IBM Mode - - =n. @ a @ a S Page C R