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Star Micronics NB-15 user manual n Assigningavalueofcharacterspace

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Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character, this printer allows you to specify the position in the standard grid where the character will print. You must specify the dot column in which the printed character starts and the dot column in which the character ends. Why, you may ask, would you want to define a character this way instead of merely defin- ing the overall width of the character? Because this printer’s draft proportional character definitions can also be used to print normal width characters, which are twelve dot columns wide. And by centering even the narrow characters in the complete grid they will look good even you aren’t printing them propor- tionally.

The three bytes are used to specify the width of the character and the space to be allowed on either side of it. The left space (in dot columns) is specified by m0 and the right space is specified by m2. The second byte (ml) specifies the number of columns of dots that will be printed by the character. By varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it, you can actually

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Star Micronics NB-15 user manual n Assigningavalueofcharacterspace

Contents

NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN USER’S MANUAliSelf Declaration 3 tatementTrademark Acknowledgement A Special Message to the New Owner Chapter Chapter Chapter Table of ContentsSetting Up Your Printer Using Commercial SoftwarePrinting Text ChapterControlling with BASIC Chapter ChapterCreating Your Own Characters Special Features of the PrinterAdjusting the width of space between characters Chapter ChapterTechnical Specifications Appendix A DIP Switch SettingsAppendix B ASCII Codes and Conversion Chart Appendix C Function Codes Appendix D Command Summary in Numeric 191 OrderAppendix H Connecting with Computer Appendix G Serial Interface SpecificationsSubjects we’ll cover in Chapter 1 include SETTING UP YOUR PRINTERCHAPTER Setting it upRemoving the printer cover tion and movement for both removing and replacing the cover n Installing the ribbon cartridge n Installing the platen knobOr, if you feel better following written instructions, read on Page n Installing the mute cover W Installing the interface board n Installing the font cartridge CHAPTER GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTERParts of the printer - what they’re for and how to use them Paper selection and loading Adjustment Testing printer operationFigure 2-1. Front and rear views of the printer Figure 2-2. The control panel H Controls and indicatorsn Extra functions Turning the knob with the power on could damage the - drive gearsFor details, please refer to the end of this chapter n Other controls It has four settings n Loading single sheets L L L L L L To align paper that is not in straight pigure 2-8. Ready to run with sprocket-feed paper Figure 2-7. Open the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teethSprocket cover paper guide EXTRA FUNCTIONS WITH THE COUTRUL PANEL While trrnirrgon the powern Self-tests Paper Feed key-Self-test 1 long On Line key-Self-test 2 short 1. Plug in the printer don’t turn it on yet 1. Plug in the printer don’t turn it on yet2. Insert a sheet of paper, as you did for the self-tests n Panel modesDuring normal operation Figure 2- 14. Connect the cable like thm CONNECTING THE PRINTERI. Make sure that both your computer and printer are turn- ed off MEMO Using your printer with word processors USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARECHAPTER Using your printer with SuperCalcn First, some terminology USING YOUR PRINTER WITH SUPERCALC are now available. It has the capability of using several of the ad Page MEMO Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 4 include CONTROLLING WITH BASICCHAPTfiR CHR$ function Command syntax Problem codesLPRINT things other than character strings Let’s try what we learned. Type the following ESC “W” ending with MEMO Letter quality LQ characters Underlining and overlining PRINTING TEXTCHAPTER Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 5 include20 LPRINT CHR$27 xl Control code Font selection commandsThis line shows Font 2 characters Function1Function Underline and overline commands100 LPRINT ” printing.” printingThis line is BOLDFACE printing This line is normal printing 10 Demo of boldface30 LPRINT “This line is BOLDFACE printing 40 LPRINT CHR$27F 50 LPRINT This line is normal printingSuperscript ON Try this program to see how these two pitches work Permanentexpanded modestayson until modeCHR$15orESCCHR$15 CondensedCHR$18 Here’s what you should get from this program MIXING PRINT MODES print ProportionalSummary notes 1 Pica is the default pitch and is active when Elite is turned offMEMO The amount of space between lines Moving to the next page CHAPTERSetting margins- left, right, and bottom FORMATTING TEXTprint head to the left margin, ready to start a new line Line 40 defines and changes the line spacing. The command ESC“A”CHR$n defines the line spacing as n/60 of an inch the ESC“2” command changes the line spacing to the amount defined by the previous ESC“A”. The loop that is started in line 20 increases the value of n the variable I in the program each time it is executed. So the line spacing increases as the pro- gram continues. Line 30 shortcuts the loop when I = 13, since BASIC won’t let us send CHR$l3 without adding an unwanted CHR$lO to it. Finally, the ESC“A”CHR$lO and ESC“2” commands in line 80 reset the line spacing to 6 lines per inch IO/60 or l/6 inch The results are the same as previous one n Moving down the page without a carriage return 40 ’ One-time reverse line feed 50 LPRINT CHR$27“j”CHR$lOO OI IOI ESC“N”CHR$n 80 LPRINT CHR$270 Clear bottom margin 50 FOR I=1 TO 60 LPRINT THIS IS LINE1 70 NEXT90 LPRINT CHR$lZ Form feed 100 END 20 ’ Leave 6 blank lines at the bottom of page 30 LPRINT CHR$27NCHR$6THIS IS LINE THIS IS LINE THIS IS LINE I THIS IS LINE THIS IS LINE Try setting the margins with this program HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TABS When you run the program now it produces this Absolute horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab n Vertical tabs Try thisprogram tosee how this worksVertical tabs have the same kinds of uses that horizontal tabs 10 ’ Demo of vertical tabs 40 LPRINT CHR$11 “FIRST TAB.” 80 LPRINT CHR$llFIFTH TAB CHRSO W Vertical tab channels120 LPRINT “2ND TAB OF CHANNEL’ 130 LPRINT CHR$12 140 NEXT MEMO Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 7 include SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTERPrinter’s bell Master reset Uni-directional printing CHAPTERYou can try this by typing n Backspace, delete, and cancel text Here is what this program will print Now add this line This command can be used to produce micro-justification 10 ’ Uni-directional printing 20 LPRINT CHR$27“A”CHR$6 power on condition 10 LPRINTCHR$270 20 LPRINTCHR$276 30 FOR J=3 TO 169 c 134 a159 f 164 A15 LPRINTCHR$27 95 LPRINTCHR$27= Double-highenlargedprint ESC“h”CHR$l DOUBLE ESCCHR$25“R” or “R” THIS IS QUAI SIZED PRINTINGESCCHR$25 CHR$4 or “4” ESCCHR$25 CHR$l or “1”30 NEXT 40 LPRINT 50 END 10 FOR I=0 TOPage Designing your own characters Printing your own characters CREATING YOUR OWN CHARACTERSCHAPTER Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 8 includeOO OO O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0THE PRINT MATRIX design and download into the printer. When download n Rule 1 Dots cannot overlap 123458789 WRONG1.igure8-s Uotscannotoverlapthoseinimmediatelyadjacentdots, the printhead would have to slow down and back up to n Assigningavalueofcharacterspace Figure 8-8. Characterdesignsforthetwographsymbols ESC “&” CHR$O nl n2 m0 ml m2 dl d2 d3 ... dx n Download character definition commandCHR$27CHR$38CHR$OCHR$6OCHR$6O CHR$lCHR$9CHR$2CHR$lCHR$24OCHR$O 30 LPRINTCHR$27“$O”CHR$O 40 END 10 LPRINT CHR$27“%l”CHR$O 20 LPRINTCHR$60CHR$6110 LPRINTCHR$27“%1”CHR$O 20 FOR I=32TO 30 LPRINTCHR$I 40 NEXT 50 LPRINT 60 FOR I=160 TO 70 LPRINT CHR$I 80 NEXT 90 LPRINT Ithat 480 LPRINTCHR$9 490 FOR I=0 TO 493 STEP 500 LPRINTCHR$61 510 NEXT 102 370 LPRINT 380 LPRINTCHR$9 390 FOR I=0 TO 488 STEP400 LPRINTCHR$61 410 NEXT 420 LPRINT 430 LPRINTJAPANCHRSg 440 FOR I=0 TO 347 STEP 450 LPRINTCHR$60 460 NEXT 470 LPRINT90 DATA 1, 9, 2, 31,253,64, 32, 1,128,80 n Draft download characters mO+ml +m2Draft characters Letter Qualitv charactersthan draft characters the same is true of LQ download characters MEMO