Bell, Bidimctiona!printing, Manualfeed | Star Micronics LC-200

Bell

Mode	ASCII	Decimal	Hexadecimal
Both	~EL>	7	07

Soundsa brief beep tone from the printer’sbeeper.

Bidimctiona!printing

Mode ASCII	Decimal			Hexadecimal
<ESC> “U” “O”	27	85	48	IB	55	30
Both	27	85	0
<ESC> “U” <O>	27	85	0	IB	55	00

Causessubsequentprintingto be done in the nmrnalbidirectional mode, which is fasterthan unidirectionalprinting.

Unidirectionalprinting

Mode ASCII		Decimal			Hexadecimal
<ESC>	“U” “l”	27	85	49	IB	55	31
Both	“u” <1>	27	85	1	IB	55	01
<ESC>

Causes subsequentprintingto be done unidirectionally,ensuring maximumverticalalignmentprecision.

One-lineunidirectionalprinting

Mode	ASCII	Decimal	Hexadecimal
Std.	<ESC> “<”	27 60	IB 3C

Immediatelyreturnstheprintheadto theleftmargin,thenprintsthe remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional printingresumeson the next line.

Manualfeed

IModel	ASCII		I Decimal			I Hexadecimal				I
Both	<ESC> <EM><O>		27	25	0	IB	19	00
	‘,(,,	,,(,,	“)” “)”/40	40	48	41 41 I 28	28	30	X	29
		“o”

Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted.Ignoredif EDS switch A-4 is ON (ASF inactive).

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Star Micronics LC-200 Bell, Bidimctiona!printing, Unidirectionalprinting, One-lineunidirectionalprinting, Manualfeed

Contents

LC-200 LC-200 Page HOW to USE this Manual Page Features of the Printer Table of Contents Download Characters Printer Control Commands 113 Locating the Printer Chapter Checkingthe carton contents Printer’s external parts Identifyingprinterparts Install the ribboncartridgeand the roller unit Mountingtheplaten knobSeiting UP ~~cketson the cartridge itself Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield Figur@1-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer Connecting the interface cable Connectingtheprinter to your computer Loading Single Sheets Automaticloading Lever Manualloading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loadingthepaper from the rear of theprinter 73.Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units Cover 75. Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding Loadingthepaper from the bottomof theprinter Paperparking Paper unparking Loading MULTI-PART Forms 17. Location of the adjustment lever Adjusting the Printing GAP Single Control Panel Operations Buttons and Indicators Paperfeed button Online button Pitch button SET/EJECT/PARKbutton Font button POWER-UP Functions Short test mode Long self-test Long test mode Stay in Panel Pitch and Font Print area test modeStay in Panel Pitch Stay in Panel Font Next Lprint Hexadecimaldump Figura 2-6.Sample hexadecimal dump with IBM-PC Return Switch Combination Functions Form feedTopof form Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feedChangingthe auto loading value Selectingtheprint color Clearingthe buffer/Allreset StoreMacroDefinition Page HOW to SET the EDS Mode Default Settings Functions of the EDS Settings OFFStandard IBM Page OFF On on OFF On on on Bidirectional TEST/ADJUSTMENT Mode Ascii Printer Control Commands Font Control Commands Select draft quality charactersSelect AU characters Select Script characters Select NLQ fontSelect Couriercharacters Select Sanserlfcharacters Select uprightcharacters Select OratorcharactersSelect italic characters Select NLQ italic characters Start underlining CancelemphasizedprintingCanceldouble-strikeprinting Double-strikeprinting Subscript Stop underliningStop werlining Superscript Select characterset #1 Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptSelectstandardcharacterset Select IBM characterset Select internationalcharacterset Select IBM codepageS.A Select normalzero Enableprinting of all charactercodesEnable printing of all character codes on next character Select slashzero Character Size and Pitch Commands ElitepitchCondensedprinting Cancelcondensedprinting CancelexpandedprintingExpandedprinting Select fixed spacing Cancelone-lineexpandedprintingSelect masterprint mode Selectproportionalspacing Select doubleor quadruplesize Increasecharacterspacing Select charactersize Print double-heightcharactersReturn to normalheight Vertical Position Commands Select characterheight, width,and line spacingSet line spacingto 1/8inch Set line spacing to n/72 inch Set line spacing to 7~2 inchSet line spacing to 1/6inch Set line spacingto n/216 inch Performone n/216-inchline feed ExecuteESC aLine feed Reverseline feed Setpage length ton lines Performone n/216-inchreverseline feedFeedpaper n lines Set top of page at currentposition Cancelbottommargin Set page length ton inchesSet bottommargin Set verticaltab stops Disablepaper-outdetectorEnablepaper-outdetector Returnto top of currentpage Verticaltab Set verticaltab stopseveryn linesSet verticaltab stops in channel Select verticaltab channel Horizontal Position Commands Set left marginSet right margin Set automaticline feed Cancelautomaticine feedSet left and right margins Carriagereturn Fulljustify LeftjustifyCentertext Rightjustify Horizontaltab Reset all tab stopsSet horizontaltab stops Set horizontaltab stopsevery n columns Relativehorizontal Absolutehorizontaltab in inchesAbsolutehorizontaltab in columns Printdouble-density,double-speed8-bitgraphics Graphics CommandsPrint normal-density8-bitgraphics Print double-density8-bitgraphics Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphics SelectgraphicsmodeConvertgraphicsdensity Print 9-pingraphics Definedraft downloadcharacters Download Character Commands Define draft downloadcharacters DefineNLQ downloadcharacters Copy characterset from ROM into RAM Select downloadcharactersetShift downloadcharacterarea Select NLQ italic downloadcharacterset Select draft downloadcharactersetSelect draft elite downloadcharacterset Select NLQ downloadcharacterset Select magenta Color Selection CommandsSelectprint color Wect Black Select orange Select cyanViolet Select yellow Accept MSB as is Cancellast lineSet MSB to Set MSB to O Setprinter on-line Cancelauiet mintQuietprint Set printer off-line One-lineunidirectionalprinting BellBidimctiona!printing Unidirectionalprinting Set print startposition onASF ResetprinterAuto feed Ejecfpaper fromASF Memo Designing Your OWN Draft Characters Download Characters Definingthe attributedata Assigningthe characterdata Lprint U.S. Exportsm Sampleprogram Lprint SCALE$ NextLprint CHR$27 UT Defining Your OWN NLQ Characters Assigningthe characterdata with the Standard mode 128 Reaii MM Lprint H U.S. ExportsvLprint AUTOSUCHR$9 Next 1410 Assigningthe characterdata with the IBM mode Lprint U S . Exports Readmm Lprint CHR$MM Nexti Lprint AUTOS’’CHR$9Nexti Lprint Nexti Lprint Lprint GUNS’’CHR$9 AP . Exports Page MS-DOS and Your Printer Installing Application Software with Your Printer CPI Embedding Printer Commands Printer Commands Programming the Printer with DOS Commands XlV !VA Acopy Nlqelite .DAT PFfN Aprint Readme .DOc ‘Escape code Iolo E$=CHR27$ Programming with Basic 1520 2330 How theprogram works ~ = 1-1d e- d .Dwble+ieight, 10uk1e-5ized 106 Troubleshooting Maintenance Printing Powersupply If dots are missingin the printing,checkthe following Is thepapertoothick? Paper feeding Is there toomuchpaperinthe paperfeedhopperorstacker? 112 Replacing the Print Head Maintenance Hea NLQ Specifications T m 117 B d A e Chapter Standard Character SET #1 Page Standard Character SET #2 International Character Sets IBM Character SET #2 125 Code Page #850 Multi-1ingual Llm Page Re#863 Canadian Fre\ ch Code Page #865 Nordic IBM Character SET #1 IBM Special Character SET Index Page Page Command Summary 137 138 IBM Mode 140 141