Commercial Software | Star Micronics NX-1000 specification

Top of form

Forward micro-feed

Reverse micro-feed

Left margin

Right margin

Clearing the buffer

Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

Installing your software

Printer menu

Printer command options

Type styles

Page width

Initialization sequence

Setting the DIP switches

Using your software

Page alignment

Type style and pitch selection

Other printer commands

Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER

WITH DOS AND BASIC

Hard-copying the screen

Programming the printer with DOS commands

Programming the printer with BASIC

Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Cleaning the printer

Replacing the ribbon

Replacing the print head

Troubleshooting

Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Font control commands

Character set commands

Character size and pitch commands

Vertical position commands

Horizontal position commands

Graphics commands

Download character commands

Macro instruction commands

Other printer control commands

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Star Micronics NX-1000 manual Commercial Software

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 Mount the platen knob Setting UP 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 Figure l-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Opening the rear cover Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms 11. Closing the sprocket covers 12. Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Paper parking Test Printing Paper unparkingShort self test Interface test Long se/f test DIP Switch Settings Adjusting the Printing GAP 1IBM Orator Prints this way with switch l-3 OFF Page Memo Control Panel OPERATlONS Switches and Indicators On Line switch Power indicatorPaper feed switch Elite Characters Per Courier Italic NLQ Sanserif On Line POWER-UP FunctionsPage Lprint CHR$I Next Switch Combination Functions Page Page Page Memo Printer menu Installing Your Software Type styles Printer command options Alignment Setting the DIP SwitchesUsing Your Software Initialization sequence Type style and pitch selection Other printer commands Printercoiyimands Memo HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Using the Printer with DOS and Basic Print README. DOC Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Aedlin NLQELITE.DAT Programming the Printer with Basic VxlVi!VA-VXVL\ Lprint Lprint the Spacings are Changed Lprint CHR$MM How the program works LPRINr rn cHR$I Memo Chapter Replacing the ribbon cartridge Screws Qure 5-2. Replacing the print head If fanfold paper becomes stuck Troubleshooting 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 Select draft quality characters Printer Control Commands Select Sanserif characters Select Draft Elite CharactersSelect MC? characters Select NLQ type style Se/ect italic characters Select Courier CharactersSelect upright characters Start Double-strike PrintingStop underlining Character SET Commands Select international character set Select IBM character setSelect IBM character set #7 Select IBM character set #2 Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Enable printing of all character codes Pitch Character Size and Pitch CommandsCancel condensed printing Pica 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/72 inch Set line spacing to 7172 inchSet line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to n/216 inch Line Feed Set top margin Set top of page at current positionSet page length to n lines Set page length to n inches Cancel top and bottom margins Vertical tab Set vertical tab stops every II linesSet vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel Horizontal Position Commands Set automatic fine feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage return Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Right justify Absolute horizontal tab in inches Reset all tab stopsHorizontal tab Relative horizontal tab Graphics Commands Print quadruple-density b-bit graphics Select graphics modeConvert graphics Density Define draft download characters Download Character CommandsPrint O-pin graphics Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM M0 ml N2 m0 M3... m46 M3...m46 Define NLQ download characters Select download character set Define download CharactersSelect draft download character set Execute macro instruction Macro Instruction Accept MSB as is Cancel last lineOther Printer Control Commands Set MSB to Set prinfer off-line Cancel immediate printSet printer on-line Manual feed Bidirectional printingUnidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printing Set print start position on ASF Reset PrinterAuto Eject paper from ASF Memo Draft character AppendixPage Lot data NLQ characterPage 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 IBM Character SET #2 I 6 I ’ 103 IBM Character SET #l Additional Character SET International Character Sets Ii- i Sl Index IR1 Page NX-1000 Switch Combination Functions =-J Print Pitch Selection Command Summary Numeric Order ESC ESC 2 4 I o