Star Micronics NX-1000 manual

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FIgwe 1-l. Check to make knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge,

sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Paper guide, 3) Platen and 5) User’s manual.

Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the following parts:

Bail lever: opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen.

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Star Micronics NX-1000 manual

Contents

Not Intended for Sale Trademark Acknowledgements HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Quad- sized Tableofcontents Commercial Software Index Reference Card Generator Locating the Printer Check the carton contentsUnpacking and Inspection Page Setting UP Mount the platen knob Remove the top cover Replace the top cover Install the ribbon cartridgeConnect the printer to the computer Loading Single Sheets Connect the printer’s power cordMount the paper guide Semiautomatic loading Figure l-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Opening the rear cover 11. Closing the sprocket covers Paper parking 12. Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Test Printing Paper unparkingShort self test Long se/f test Interface test Adjusting the Printing GAP DIP Switch Settings 1IBM Orator Prints this way with switch l-3 OFF Page Memo Switches and Indicators Control Panel OPERATlONS On Line switch Power indicatorPaper feed switch Elite Characters Per Courier Italic NLQ Sanserif POWER-UP Functions On LinePage Lprint CHR$I Next Switch Combination Functions Page Page Page Memo Installing Your Software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Initialization sequence Setting the DIP SwitchesUsing Your Software Alignment Other printer commands Type style and pitch selection Printercoiyimands Memo Using the Printer with DOS and Basic HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Print README. DOC Aedlin NLQELITE.DAT VxlVi!VA-VXVL\ Programming the Printer with Basic Lprint Lprint the Spacings are Changed Lprint CHR$MM How the program works LPRINr rn cHR$I Memo Chapter Replacing the ribbon cartridge Screws Qure 5-2. Replacing the print head Troubleshooting If fanfold paper becomes stuck If you have problems with graphics If you have problems with horizontal tabulationIf you have problems with download characters Memo Printing Mechanism Switches and indicatorsInterface and Emulation Character Sets Dot Matrix SizeType Styles and Pitches Dimensions and Weight Paper SpecificationsEIectf ical Specifications Environmental Requirements Interface SignalsOption 18 + Svdc OUT 1External supply of + Svdc -30 GND Memo Printer Control Commands Select draft quality characters Select NLQ type style Select Draft Elite CharactersSelect MC? characters Select Sanserif characters Se/ect italic characters Select Courier CharactersSelect upright characters Start Double-strike PrintingStop underlining Character SET Commands Select IBM character set #2 Select IBM character setSelect IBM character set #7 Select international character set Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Pica Pitch Character Size and Pitch CommandsCancel condensed printing Pitch Expanded Printing Select Fixed Spacing Select master print modeIncrease character spacing Select double or quadruple size Select character height, width, and line spacing Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacing to l/8 inch Set line spacing to n/216 inch Set line spacing to 7172 inchSet line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to n/72 inch Line Feed Set page length to n inches Set top of page at current positionSet page length to n lines Set top margin Cancel top and bottom margins Select vertical tab channel Set vertical tab stops every II linesSet vertical tab stops in channel Vertical tab Horizontal Position Commands Carriage return Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Set automatic fine feed Right justify Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Relative horizontal tab Reset all tab stopsHorizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Graphics Commands Print quadruple-density b-bit graphics Select graphics modeConvert graphics Density Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Download Character CommandsPrint O-pin graphics Define draft download characters Define NLQ download characters M0 ml N2 m0 M3... m46 M3...m46 Select download character set Define download CharactersSelect draft download character set Macro Instruction Execute macro instruction Set MSB to Cancel last lineOther Printer Control Commands Accept MSB as is Set prinfer off-line Cancel immediate printSet printer on-line One-line unidirectional printing Bidirectional printingUnidirectional printing Manual feed Eject paper from ASF Reset PrinterAuto Set print start position on ASF Memo Appendix Draft characterPage NLQ character Lot dataPage Locate 1.1 Print STRING$25,62 Over If S then END Locate 11.1 Print Print Character SET? OUT 6HHJBE.5 OUT 6H3BE.4 Goto Character Sets Standard Character SET DC3 I 6 I ’ IBM Character SET #2 103 IBM Character SET #l Additional Character SET Ii- i Sl International Character Sets Index IR1 Page Switch Combination Functions NX-1000 =-J Print Pitch Selection Command Summary Numeric Order ESC ESC 2 4 I o