IR1 | Star Micronics NX-1000 instruction

Interface: specifications, 53 signals, 56

test, 13

International characters, 27.51,64,106 Italic printing, 22, 61

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Justification, 78

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Label printing, 50

Left margin, 28, 76. 77

Line feed, 72

Line spacing, 50. 55, 70-72

Locating the printer, 1

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Macro instruction, 85 Maintenance, 47 Manual feed, 88 Margins:

bottom, 73, 74 left, 28, 76. 77 right, 28. 76. 77 top, 7, 73, 74

Master print mode, 68 Micro-feed, 27-28 Microjustification, 68 Most significant bit, 86

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Near letter quality, 22, 60. 83, 85. 93-94 NLQ Type Style switch, 22, 24

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Off-line, 20, 87

On Line switch, 20, 24.87 Orator type style, 16. 22, 60 Overlining, 62

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Page feed, 27, 74 Page length, 16. 73 Page. width, 32, 55 Panel pitch, 24 Panel style, 24

Paper Feed switch, 20. 24.26, 27, 28 Paper feed, 7-12.53

Paper guide, 6, II Paper specifications, 55

Paper-out detector, 16.50, 74


Parking, 11-12, 26
Pause,		20, 35
Pica pitch,				21. 66
Pitch,		21. 24. 34, 55, 66
Platen		knob,			2. 3
Power		cord, 6
Power		indicator, 20
Power		switch,			3
Print	Pitch			switch, 21, 24-28
Print	head,			47-49. 50. 53
Printer			commands,			39, 51, 59
Printing			gap adjustment, 14
Printing			mechanism,			53
Proportional					pitch,	21.67
Programming,					38-46
PrtSc		key,		37		-.

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Quadruple-size characters, 69

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Rear cover, 3. IO

Release lever, 3, 7. 9

Reset printer, 89

Reverse line feed, 72

Reverse micro-feed, 27-28

Ribbon cartridge, 5, 47, 53

Right margin, 28. 76, 77

ROM character set, 85

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Sanserif type style, 22, 60 Self tests, 12, 13, 23-24 Setting up, 3

Single sheets: manual loading, 8 semiautomatic loading, 7 specifications, 55

Slash zero, 65

Small capitals, 16, 22 Software, 31-35 Specifications, 53-57 Sprocket feed, 9-12.53

Standard character set, 17.63, 100-101 Standard mode, 16. 17.21.46

Star printers, 31 Subscripts, 63 Superscripts, 63

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Tabulation, 51, 73. 75, 76. 77

Test patterns, 12, 13, 23, 24

Top cover, 3.4.5

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Star Micronics NX-1000 manual IR1

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 Unpacking and Inspection Check the carton contentsLocating the Printer Page Setting UP Mount the platen knob Remove the top cover Connect the printer to the computer Install the ribbon cartridgeReplace the top cover Mount the paper guide Connect the printer’s power cordLoading Single Sheets 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 Short self test Paper unparkingTest Printing 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 Paper feed switch Power indicatorOn Line switch Elite Characters Per Courier Italic NLQ Sanserif POWER-UP Functions On LinePage Lprint CHR$I Next Switch Combination Functions Page Page Page Memo Installing Your Software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Setting the DIP Switches Using Your SoftwareInitialization sequence Alignment Other printer commands Type style and pitch selection Printercoiyimands Memo Using the Printer with DOS and Basic HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Print README. DOC Aedlin NLQELITE.DAT VxlVi!VA-VXVL\ Programming the Printer with Basic Lprint Lprint the Spacings are Changed Lprint CHR$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 download characters If you have problems with horizontal tabulationIf you have problems with graphics Memo Interface and Emulation Switches and indicatorsPrinting Mechanism Type Styles and Pitches Dot Matrix SizeCharacter Sets EIectf ical Specifications Paper SpecificationsDimensions and Weight Option Interface SignalsEnvironmental Requirements 18 + Svdc OUT 1External supply of + Svdc -30 GND Memo Printer Control Commands Select draft quality characters Select Draft Elite Characters Select MC? charactersSelect NLQ type style Select Sanserif characters Select upright characters Select Courier CharactersSe/ect italic characters Stop underlining Double-strike PrintingStart Character SET Commands Select IBM character set Select IBM character set #7Select IBM character set #2 Select international character set Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Character Size and Pitch Commands Cancel condensed printingPica Pitch Pitch Expanded Printing Increase character spacing Select master print modeSelect Fixed Spacing Select double or quadruple size Set line spacing to l/8 inch Vertical Position CommandsSelect character height, width, and line spacing Set line spacing to 7172 inch Set line spacing to l/6 inchSet line spacing to n/216 inch Set line spacing to n/72 inch Line Feed Set top of page at current position Set page length to n linesSet page length to n inches Set top margin Cancel top and bottom margins Set vertical tab stops every II lines Set vertical tab stops in channelSelect vertical tab channel Vertical tab Horizontal Position Commands Cancel automatic line feed Set left and right marginsCarriage return Set automatic fine feed Right justify Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Reset all tab stops Horizontal tabRelative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Graphics Commands Convert graphics Density Select graphics modePrint quadruple-density b-bit graphics Download Character Commands Print O-pin graphicsCopy standard characters from ROM into RAM Define draft download characters Define NLQ download characters M0 ml N2 m0 M3... m46 M3...m46 Select draft download character set Define download CharactersSelect download character set Macro Instruction Execute macro instruction Cancel last line Other Printer Control CommandsSet MSB to Accept MSB as is Set printer on-line Cancel immediate printSet prinfer off-line Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printingOne-line unidirectional printing Manual feed Reset Printer AutoEject paper from ASF 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