Star Micronics NB-15 user manual Tof

1.Plug in the printer (don’t turn it on yet).

2.Insert a sheet of paper, as you did for the self-tests.

3.While holding down both the Paper Feed and Mode keys, turn on the power switch.

When you want to terminate the hex dump function, turn off the power switch.

nPanel modes

As you’ll learn in Chapter 5, this printer has many software controls. But if you want to print in one fixed mode, ignoring the control codes, these Panel modes take effect for you. To set the Panel modes, follow the procedures:

1.Plug in the printer (don’t turn it on yet).

2.While holding the key or keys as shown below, turn on the power switch.

Key		Type of Panel			mode
Type	Style	Character		set	type
Mode		Print	quality (draft or LQ)
Print	pitch	Print	pitch
TOF		All of the		above

Notice that these modes stay on with ignoring the relative con- trol codes until you turn off the printer.

ng-pin graphics emulation mode

You already know that this printer represents the state of the

art in tack-sharp 24-pin text printing. To complete the text abili- --

ty of this printer, we have also the ability to do dot graphics 9- pin printing. The IBM graphics printer mode utilizes g-pin graphics software which is commonly used by the IBM printer.

The IBM printer requires a different line feed pitch of either n/72nd or n/216th inches. This printer normally uses a pitch of nll80th inches, due to its 24-pin design. To avoid software in- compatibility with existing IBM graphics programs, this printer has been designed to most closely emulate the requirements for g-pin dot graphics compatibility.

This unique g-pin graphics emulation mode can be envoked as follows: