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Specs Install Subjects covered in include Printer’s bell Master reset Setting Up Your Printer n A note on command syntax Immediate-print Adjusting the width of space between characters values defined by their respective DIP switch settings How to downloadedand stored in RAM Random Access Memory for use DIP switch 2-6 is on see below

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NOT INTENDED FOR SALE 1PN 80821223 USER’S MANUALOReorient the receiving antenna A Special Message to the New Owner Setting Up Your Printer Table of ContentsChapter Chapter Getting to KnowChapter 3 Using the Printer with Commercial 25 Software Some basics of BASIC First steps Immediate-print Adjusting the width of space between characters mode StandardConfiguring the serial interface The serial protocols Appendix H Serial Interfack SpecificationsSerial busy protocols XON/XOFF protocol ACK protocol Index239Choosing a suitable place for your printer Unpacking Setting up SETTING UP YOUR PRINTERCHAPTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 includeW Removing the printer cover Figure 1-2. Remove the printer cover by lifting carefully n Removing shipping screws 15-inch type only Page i ‘igure 1-6. To thread the ribbon, slide the print head carriage E I L n Installing the font cartridge Paper selection and loading Adjustment Testing printer operation Parts of the printer - what they’re for and how to use themGETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 2 includeMute cover Figure2- 1. Front and rear views.of the printer printerPrinter cover panelhI15 inch type1 lo inch type1 current TOP OF FORM KEYw Extra functions n Other controls n Loading single sheets 2-6. Raise the paper guide for loading single sheets To align paper that is not in straight n Loading sprocket-feed paper ~-- ~-~ Figure 2-10. Close the sprocket covGGw?pGa tioned correctly ITry different positions until you get the best printing results 1. Plug in the printer don’t turn it on yet 2-13 Self-test Standard mode IBM modeThe self-tests show you what the printer can print Figure 2-14. Connect the cable like thisfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz~- !~$g&*+,-./0123456789=?@~CDEFGH MEMO Subjects covered in Chapter 3 include- * Using commercial software USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWAREControlling the printer with the Panel mode CHAPTERWORD PROCESSING WITH THE PRINTER W The escape code n Using Letter Quality LQ values defined by their respective DIP switch settingsTechnically speaking, initializing the printer clears the print The escape code sequence to turn the LQ set on is ESC “x”1. Printing from the Print List Form screen use italic, expanded, emphasized and italic-underline print El201 42. Single Underline Support Zj Using Character n A sample printout with EasyWriter Print the document. Your printout should look like this 1 PX USING THE PRINTER WITH WORDSTARSubscript User’s Manual for instructions or contact your dealer for assistance Page And, on August 12, 1986, the results might look like this Quality PrintADVANCED PANEL FUNCTIONS Clear the print Paper Feed key - Right margin set 1. Set the Off Line mode by pressing the On Line keyH Clearing the print buffer 2. While holding the On Line key, press the Type Style keyCHAPTER PRINTING WITH BASIC4 First steps n Control codes w ASCII codes and the CHR$ function10 Demo of ASCII code 20 LPRINT CHR$7 30 END RUN B The escape codes n A note on command syntaxESC “W” n Selecting the right software mode n Draft and Letter Quality characters This line is in ITALIC characters commandsn Characters in the Font Cartridge Selects internal characters In this program underline is turned on in line 30 with ESC 10 Demo of print pitches 20 LPRINT CHR$27g CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH30 LPRINT This line is SEMI-CONDENSED pitch 40 LPRINT CHR$27M 50 LPRINT This line is ELITE pitch 60 LPRINT CHRS27PWhen you run this program you should get this return with CHR$20, as done in line Demonstrationof CONDENSEDprinting Page MAKING WORDS STAND OUT This line is BOLDFACE printing your printer is set for normal printing Summary notes FORMATTING TEXT CHAPTERDIP switch DIP switch 2-6 is on see below1 command to the printer return. Each time the printer receives a CHR$13 it returns the50 LPRINT THIS LINE SPACING IS SET TO1 60 NEXT 20 FOR I=1 TO 30 IF I=13 THEN 40 LPRINT CH.R$27ACHR$I70 LPRINT LINE SPACING IS SET TO l/6 INCH NORMAL. 80 LPRINT CHR$272 90 ENDThis is what you will get with the Standard mode and run the program again. Now the results will look like this By comparing with the results between the Standard mode and the IBM modes, you’ll notice that the ESC “A” CHR$n command with the IBM modes defined the line spacing as n/72 of an inch, instead of n/60 of an inch I’ESC “J” C”‘n One-timelinefeedof .-,Ion I--LHere is what your printer will produce with Standard mode a- 1-w-----m n Reverse form feed 30 LPRINT PAY TO THE ORDER OF 40 LPRINT CHR$lZ NEW 10 Demo of variable form lengths 20 LPRINT CHR$27CCHR$OCHR$750 LPRINT PAY TO THE ORDER OF 60 END TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINSWhen you run this program it will print 150 lines right down Now when you run the program, your printer skip the first six lines and the last six lines on each page. Always send a form feed after setting the top margin, or it will not work on the first page printed. That’s because the top margin only takes effect after a form feed Try setting the margins with this program Run the program. The results will look like this ESC “D” is the command to begin setting horizontal tabs. It n One-time horizontal tabs Unit of motion Units of motion for the relative horizontal tab commandsPrint pitch Draft charactersto the program Now, let’s set some vertical tabs of our own. Add these linesThere’s a one-time vertical tab command that works just like 10 ’ Demo of print positions 20 LPRINT ‘I* 1st Line, 1st Column” H Vertical tab channels In this program we set tabs at 10 and 20 in channel 1 in line 5-12 commandsAlignment FunctionSubjects covered in Chapter 6 include Printer’s bell Master reset SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTERCHAPTER Uni-directional printing International character setsThe code to sound the “bell” is CHR$7, which is ASCII code Some miscellaneous commands The following program shows how these codes works 20 A$= INPUT TYPE A CHARACTERS,A$ 30 IF A$= THEN 40 LPRINT A$ GOT0 Unit of motion Print pitch Draft characters Letter Quality characters Units of motion for the adjustment of the character width60 LPRINT LPRINT 70 LPRINT CHR$27Ul 80 FOR I=1 TO 90 LPRINT 100 NEXT 20 LPRINT CHR$27ACHR$6 30 FOR I=1 TO 40 LPRINT 50 NEXT110 LPRINT CHR$l2CHR$27g n The seven bit dilemma 40 LPRINT JCHR$JCHR$9 50 NEXT J 60 LPRINT 21 CHR$21 70 LPRINT 10 LPRINT CHRS27O 20 LPRINT CHR$276 30 FOR J=3 TO80 FOR J=128 TO 254 STEP 90 FOR I=J TO Jt4 100 IF I254 THEN 110 LPRINT ICHR$ICHR$9 120 NEXT 130 LPRINT LPRINT 140 NEXT JFigure 6-1. Character set #2 110 LPRINT ICHR$27CHR$ICHR$27= CHRS9 Here is what this program prints n International character sets The characters that change are shown beneath their ASCII code in Table A note for IBM-PC users 101 110 OUT &H378,1 OUT &H37A,5 OUT &H37A,4 102 THIS IS DOUBLE SIZED PRINTING When you run this program, you will get thisTHIS IS QUAD SIZED PRINTINGAutomatic sheet feeder commands1Control ctide “PS%b’ 104 10 FOR I=0 TO 20 LPRINT U-IRSI 30 NEXT 40 LPRINT 50 ENDFABCDEFG HIJKLH#O PORSTUYW XYZ\l ‘abcdefg hlJkimn0 pqrstuvv xyz,l BABCDEFGNotice that your printer receives decimal code 13 hex OD together with hex OA, which is really decimal 10. In addition, your printer does not receive decimal code 26 hex 1A MEMO Subjects covered in Chapter 7 include DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICSDesigning and printing your own characters User-designed graphics CHAPTERDESIGNING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS downloadedand stored in RAM Random Access Memory for use draftcharacters Figure 7-3. Use thisgridoronesimilartoittodefineyourownASCII code 2nd byte Data 1% 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 5th byte6th 7th 8th 9th Page n Assigning a value to your character ESC “&,, CHR$O nl n2 m0 ml m2 dl d2 d3 ... dx Now let’s send the information to the printer. The following ESC “%” n FS “” CHR$O CHR$O CHR$O only for the IBM-P mode 340 FOR I=0 TO 412 STEP 350 LPRINT CHR$60 360 NEXT 370 LPRINT 117 310 NEXT 320 LPRINT 330 LPRINT GERMANYCHR$g380 LPRINT CHR$9 390 FOR I=0 TO 488 STEP 400 LPRINT CHR$61 410 NEXT 420 LPRINT 430 LPRINT JAPANCHR$g 440 FOR I=0 TO 347 STEPDraftcharacters Maximum MaximumLQ characterswithpicapitch LQ characterswithelitepitchUSER-DESIGNED DOT GRAPHICS STORlNG THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERSESC “*” n0 nl n2 ml m2 Page COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING SOFTWARE 721n2 ml nl n2 mln2 ml nl n2 mlMEMO