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Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Quad- sized

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Type styles are:

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Courier characters,

Sanserif characters,

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Print pitches are:

Pica pitch,

Elitepitch,

Condensedpica pitch,

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Quad- sized.

Various line and character spacings:

THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED

Other features:

Emphasized, Double-strike.

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Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Quad- sized

Contents

NOT INTENDED FOR SALE Radio Frequency Interference Statement Federal Communications CommissionThe above statement applies only to printers marketed in the U.S.A Trademark AcknowledgementsHOW TO USE THIS MANUAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER Quad- sized SETTING TABLEOFCONTENTSChapter Chapter UP THE PRINTERChapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWAREChapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSDraft character NLQ character Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTERAppendix D CHARACTER SETS Standard character set IBM character set #2 IBM character set #lLOCATING THE PRINTER SETTING UP THE PRllVTERUNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents FIgwe 1-l. Check to make knob, 4 Ribbon cartridge SETTING UP Mount the platen knob clear plastic top cover. Then disengage remove the cover completely Remove the top coverlgure 1-5. Installing the ribbon cartridge install the ribbon cartridgeReplace the top cover Connect the printer to the computerMount the paper guide Connect the printer’s power cordLOADING SINGLE SHEETS I Figure l-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loadingManual loading LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS 12. Raise one of the clamp levers to lock one sprocket unit in place 11. Close the sprocket covers Figure l-lPaper parking Short self test Paper unparkingTEST PRINTING Figure I-13. Short test pattern Long se/f testinterface test DIP SWITCH SETTINGS ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP1 l-l l-3 ON Orator Prints this way with switch l-3 OFFDenmark/Norway when switch 1-6 is OFF and switch 1-7 is ON Switch l-8 Do you want an automatic line feed?MEMO SWITCHES AND INDICATORS CONTROL PANEL OPERATlONSPaper feed switch Power indicatorOn Line switch Thisis condensedelite 20charactersper inch This is proportional pica This is condensedpica 17 characters per inchThis is proportional elite Figure 2-2. Print pitches selectable from the control panelCourier Thisitalic ThisPOWER-UP FUNCTIONS ShorttestpatternOn Line switchStay in pane/ pitch Print Pitch switch Long test pattern Paper Feed switchBy holding this switch down during power-up, you can prevent software by any commands your software may issue20 LPRINT CHR$I 30 NEXT 40 LPRINT 50 END H3BE,4 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONSH37A,4 2. Press the Print Pitch switch and hold it down 1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-line3. Press the Paper Feed switch. The paper will be fed out backward Page feed Paper Feed and On Line switches2. Press the On Line switch again andhold it down 1. Press the On Line switch to set the minter off-lineLeft margin NLQ Type Style and Print Pitch switches 1. Press the On Line switch to set the printer off-linePage MEMO Printer menu Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWAREINSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE Page width Printer command optionsType styles USING YOUR SOFTWARE SETTING THE DIP SWITCHESInitialization sequence Page alignmentType style and pitch selection Other printer commandsPRINTERCOIYIMANDS can help you to use ESC4italicESCS printMEMO HARD-COPYING THE SCREEN MS-DOS AND PC-DOS Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASICPROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS AEDLIN NLQELITE.DAT ACOPY CON NLQPRINT.BAT COPY NLQELITE.DAT PRN PRINT %l 1*-VxlVi!VA-VXVL\ANLQPRINT README.DOC PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC1000 Set control codes RESTORE 1570 LPRINT C$Other features1490 LPRINT E$ACHR$I 1500 LPRINT E$ CHR$I2060 FOR M-O TO 2070 READ MM 2080 LPRINT CHR$MM 2090 NEXT M How the program works LPRINr rn cHR$I MEMO AND TROU8LESHOOTING MAINTEIVANCECLEANING THE PRINTER Chapteroff 1. Turn power OFF and unplug the power cord 10. Fasten the print head down with the two screws n If fanfold paper becomes stuck TROUBLESHOOTINGn If label paper becomes stuck n If printing is faint, incomplete, or unclearn If you have problems with horizontal tabulation n If some printer commands afe ignored of executed incof- fectlyn If you have problems with graphics n If you have problems with download charactersMEMO H Switches and indicators TECHNICAL SPEClF/CAl/O/VSn Printing Mechanism n Interface and Emulationn Type Styles and Pitches Dot Matrix Sizen Character Sets n EIectf ical Specifications 4 Paper Specificationsn Dimensions and Weight n Environmental n interface SignalsRequirements n Option18 + SVDC OUT 1External supply of + SVDC. 19-30 GND SignalName Dh *ectionMEMO FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDSdraft Selectelite charactersEmphasized printing Cancel emphasized printingSelect CourierDouble-strike Cancel double-strike printingprinting StartCHARACTER SET COMMANDS Cancel superscript or subscriptStop overliningSelect IBM character set #7 Select IBM character setSelect IBM character set #2 Select international character setEnable printing of a// character codes on next character Enable printing of all character codesSelect slash zero Select normal zeroCancel condensed printing CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDSPica pitchCancel one-line expanded printing Cancel expanded printingExpanded printingfixed Selectspacing Select master print modePrint double-height characters Select double or quadruple sizeReturn to normalSet line spacing to l/8 inch VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDSSelect character height, width, and line spacing Set line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to 7172 inchSet line spacing to n/216 inch Set line spacing to n/72 inchfeed LineReverse line feed Perform one n/2164nch line feedSet page length to n lines Set top of page at current positionSet page length to n inches Set top marginDisable paper-out detector Cancel top and bottom marginsEnable paper-out detector FormSet vertical tab stops in channel Set vertical tab stops every II linesSelect vertical tab channel Vertical tabSet fight margin HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDSleft margin Set left and right margins Cancel automatic line feedCarriage return Set automatic fine feedSet horizontal tab stop every n columns Right justifyLeft justifyHorizontal tab Reset all tab stopsRelative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inchesAbsolute horizontal tab in columns GRAPHICS COMMANDSPrint sing/e-density &bit graphics Print double-density &bit graphicsSelect graphics mode Print quadruple-density b-bit graphicsConvert graphics densityPrint O-pin graphics DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDSCopy standard characters from ROM into RAM Define draft download charactersDefine NLQ download characters characters Define downloadSelect download character set Select draft download character setSelect draft elite download character set MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDSSelect NLO download character set Select ROM character setCOMMANDS Cancel last lineSet MSB to Set MSB tohrmediate print Cancel immediate printSet prinfer off-line Set printer on-lineUnidirectional printing Bidirectional printingOne-line unidirectional printing Manual feedAuto ResetEject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASFMEMO Appendix CHARACTER GENERATORDO W/i/LOAD Draft characterPage lot data NLQ characterA maximum of 78 near-letter-quality characters can be defined ~~ma”ds initialT-M- Read da,..f,,r1 ,--,arac.er Ascender or desc,,nder?II GOTO over”Page OUT 6HHJBE.5 OUT 6H3BE.4 GOTO Sample CHARACTER SETSHexa 0.81----P---‘,-.PSTANDARD CHARACTER SET Page lMll-lm-lL-I I 5 I 6 I ’Page systems IBM CHARACTER SET #linterface significantADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commandsijlii =F8 $ h0 d 6 a T IEINDEX Page El Vertical tabulation Zero slash or nomal E L L L E MULTI-FONT PRINTERPOWER-UP FUNCTIONS SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS1 Factorv s-=-JFunction PRINT PITCH SELECTION El LStandard mode 123456789012SUMMARY COMMANDIN NUMERIC ORDER“.I” n a2mli tsc MODEESC “c” n ESC “” “2 ” 4 I o