Printer command options, Type styles | Star Micronics NX-1000

A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do. The answers to the most often asked questions are: Yes, this printer can do a backspace; and Yes, it can do a hardware form feed.

Selecting (or describing) a printer is the main step in the installation process and frequently the only step necessary. If you selected this printer or any Star, Epson or IBM printer you should be able to use software commands for all the standard printer functions, including bold or dou- ble-strike printing, underlining, subscripts, superscripts, margin control, line-spacing control, and graphics.

Printer command options

Besides the standard printer functions, however, your printer has some capabilities your software may not be aware of, including double- and quadruple-size printing and the printing of special characters assigned to control codes. Some software enables you to define these capabilities as user options in the installation process. Read your software manual to find out whether you can do this and if so, how.

The most useful thing you can do is to define a way to enter the escape code < ESC > , which is the control character with decimal character code 27 (hexadecimal 1B). This code usually cannot be keyed in directly (pressing the ESC key will not work). As an installation option, however, you may be able to assign it to a function key or a special key combination. Doing so will put the full power of the printer at your disposal.

Type styles

Some word-processing software has commands that enable you to change type styles in the middle of a document without a printing pause. To use these commands you must generally define the printer’s type styles (font,? during installation, by assigning them numbers for example. Read your so&are manual for details, and refer to Appendix B for the relevant printer commands.

Page width

Spreadsheet programs in particular may ask you to specify the printer’s column width. The column width of this printer depends on the character pitch used:

Pica		80	columns
Elite		96	columns
Condensed	pica	137 columns
Condensed	elite	160 columns (Standard mode only)

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Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Printer command options, Type styles

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$I Next Switch Combination Functions Page Page Page Memo Installing Your Software Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Setting the DIP Switches Using Your SoftwareInitialization sequence Alignment Other printer commands Type style and pitch selection Printercoiyimands Memo Using the Printer with DOS and Basic HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Print README. DOC Aedlin NLQELITE.DAT VxlVi!VA-VXVL\ Programming the Printer with Basic Lprint Lprint the Spacings are Changed Lprint CHR$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 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 Draft Elite Characters Select MC? charactersSelect NLQ type style Select Sanserif characters Se/ect italic characters Select Courier CharactersSelect upright characters Start Double-strike PrintingStop underlining 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 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 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 Print quadruple-density b-bit graphics Select graphics modeConvert graphics Density 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 download character set Define download CharactersSelect draft download character set Macro Instruction Execute macro instruction Cancel last line Other Printer Control CommandsSet MSB to Accept MSB as is Set prinfer off-line Cancel immediate printSet printer on-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