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Star Micronics NB-15 user manual mO+ml +m2, Draft characters, Letter Qualitv characters

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THE PRINT MODE AND THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

In the example program above, before we defined the new characters, we selected the Draft print mode. By doing this, we

caused user-defined characters to print as draft characters because user-defined characters assume the mode that is in ef- fect at the time they are defined.

The modes that affect user-defined characters are draft, and letter quality printing. (The (ESC) “x” n command selects be- tween draft (n = 0) and letter quality (n= l).)

The commands for defining characters, selecting the download character set, and copying ROM are exactly the same for each of the user-defined print styles. The print mode in ef- fect when the characters are defined determines the mode of the user-defined characters.

The print mode determines the size of the grid upon which the characters are designed and the speed at which they print. Table 8-l shows the different character grid sizes for each of the print modes.

	Table 8-l
Download	character design grids
	ml	mO+ml +m2
	(Maximum)	(Maximum)
Draft characters	9	12
Letter Qualitv characters	15	18

nDraft download characters

As you’ve seen, draft characters are designed on a grid which is 9 dots wide by 24 dots high (plus up to three columns of dots for space between characters). Draft download characters print at the same high speed as normal draft characters, even though they may print with more dots and may even be designed for pro- portional spacing.

nLetter quality download characters

If you select letter quality printing with the (ESC) “x” 1 com- mand or by the control panel, you can design your own characters on a grid which is 15 dots wide by 24 dots high. Each character can be as wide as 18 dots, including space on either side of the character. The dot columns are spaced closer

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Star Micronics NB-15 user manual mO+ml +m2, Draft characters, Letter Qualitv characters, n Draft download characters

Contents

USER’S MANUAli NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PNSelf Declaration 3 tatementTrademark Acknowledgement A Special Message to the New Owner Table of Contents Setting Up Your PrinterUsing Commercial Software Chapter Chapter ChapterChapter Controlling with BASICChapter Chapter Printing TextSpecial Features of the Printer Adjusting the width of space between charactersChapter Chapter Creating Your Own CharactersAppendix A DIP Switch Settings Appendix B ASCII Codes and Conversion Chart Appendix C Function CodesAppendix D Command Summary in Numeric 191 Order Technical SpecificationsAppendix G Serial Interface Specifications Appendix H Connecting with ComputerSETTING UP YOUR PRINTER CHAPTERSetting it up Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 1 includeRemoving 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 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER Parts of the printer - what they’re for and how to use themPaper selection and loading Adjustment Testing printer operation CHAPTERFigure 2-1. Front and rear views of the printer H Controls and indicators Figure 2-2. The control paneln 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 While trrnirrgon the power EXTRA FUNCTIONS WITH THE COUTRUL PANELn 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 2. Insert a sheet of paper, as you did for the self-testsn Panel modes 1. Plug in the printer don’t turn it on yetDuring normal operation CONNECTING THE PRINTER Figure 2- 14. Connect the cable like thmI. Make sure that both your computer and printer are turn- ed off MEMO USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE CHAPTERUsing your printer with SuperCalc Using your printer with word processorsn First, some terminology USING YOUR PRINTER WITH SUPERCALC are now available. It has the capability of using several of the ad Page MEMO CONTROLLING WITH BASIC CHAPTfiRCHR$ function Command syntax Problem codes Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 4 includeLPRINT things other than character strings Let’s try what we learned. Type the following ESC “W” ending with MEMO PRINTING TEXT CHAPTERSubjects we’ll cover in Chapter 5 include Letter quality LQ characters Underlining and overlining20 LPRINT CHR$27 xl Font selection commands This line shows Font 2 charactersFunction Control codeUnderline and overline commands 100 LPRINT ” printing.”printing 1Function10 Demo of boldface 30 LPRINT “This line is BOLDFACE printing 40 LPRINT CHR$27F50 LPRINT This line is normal printing This line is BOLDFACE printing This line is normal printingSuperscript ON Try this program to see how these two pitches work mode Permanentexpanded modestayson untilCHR$15orESCCHR$15 CondensedCHR$18 Here’s what you should get from this program MIXING PRINT MODES Proportional print1 Pica is the default pitch and is active when Elite is turned off Summary notesMEMO CHAPTER Setting margins- left, right, and bottomFORMATTING TEXT The amount of space between lines Moving to the next pageprint head to the left margin, ready to start a new line Line 40 defines and changes the line spacing. The command ESC“A”CHR$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$n 50 FOR I=1 TO 60 LPRINT THIS IS LINE1 70 NEXT 90 LPRINT CHR$lZ Form feed 100 END20 ’ Leave 6 blank lines at the bottom of page 30 LPRINT CHR$27NCHR$6 80 LPRINT CHR$270 Clear bottom marginTHIS 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 W Vertical tab channels CHRSO120 LPRINT “2ND TAB OF CHANNEL’ 130 LPRINT CHR$12 140 NEXT MEMO SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER Printer’s bell Master reset Uni-directional printingCHAPTER Subjects we’ll cover in Chapter 7 includeYou 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 134 a 159 f164 A 169 c15 LPRINTCHR$27 95 LPRINTCHR$27= Double-highenlargedprint ESC“h”CHR$l DOUBLE THIS IS QUAI SIZED PRINTING ESCCHR$25 CHR$4 or “4”ESCCHR$25 CHR$l or “1” ESCCHR$25“R” or “R”10 FOR I=0 TO 30 NEXT 40 LPRINT 50 ENDPage CREATING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS CHAPTERSubjects we’ll cover in Chapter 8 include Designing your own characters Printing your own charactersOO OO O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0 O0THE PRINT MATRIX design and download into the printer. When download n Rule 1 Dots cannot overlap WRONG 1.igure8-sUotscannotoverlapthoseinimmediatelyadjacent 123458789dots, the printhead would have to slow down and back up to n Assigningavalueofcharacterspace Figure 8-8. Characterdesignsforthetwographsymbols n Download character definition command ESC “&” CHR$O nl n2 m0 ml m2 dl d2 d3 ... dxCHR$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 102 370 LPRINT 380 LPRINTCHR$9 390 FOR I=0 TO 488 STEP 400 LPRINTCHR$61 410 NEXT 420 LPRINT 430 LPRINTJAPANCHRSg440 FOR I=0 TO 347 STEP 450 LPRINTCHR$60 460 NEXT 470 LPRINT 480 LPRINTCHR$9 490 FOR I=0 TO 493 STEP 500 LPRINTCHR$61 510 NEXT90 DATA 1, 9, 2, 31,253,64, 32, 1,128,80 mO+ml +m2 Draft charactersLetter Qualitv characters n Draft download charactersthan draft characters the same is true of LQ download characters MEMO