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Star Micronics NX-1001 manual M A Y P, Installing Application Software With Your Printer, chapter

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WhenusingyourprinterwithanIBMPC, PC-XT,or PC-ATor compatible, youwillprobablybe usingPC-DOSor MS-DOSas an operatingsystem.A numberof softwaretricksmaybe usefidhere.This chapteris not,however,

asubstitutefor the operatingsystemmanualssuppliedwithyourcomputer. To learn how to print files, etc. it is best to mad the relevantparts of these manuals.

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER

Wheninstallingapplicationsoftware,you may find that yourprinteris not specificallymentionedin the lists of printersgiven for installation.How- ever, this should pose no problem. Read this section, and guidelines providedwith your softwareon printerinstallation.

If youhaveyourprintersetup in standardmode,thenchoosean EpsonLX- 850 as your printerto be selected.

Ifthisis notmentioned,chooseoneof thefollowing(inorderof prefe~nce): Star NX-1000/LC-10,Star ND-10/15,EpsonFX86e,Epson FX286e.

If you have your printer setup with the DIP switchesto emulatean IBM ProprinterIII, simplychoosethis from the list of printers availablein the applicationsoftwarelist.

If the IBM ProprinterIII is not mentioned,use PmprinterII or Pmprinter.

Ifyoursoftwmpackage doesnotmentionprintembyname,butasksinstead what featuresyour printer is capableof, the most commonquestionsare: “Can your printerperforma backspace?”and “Can it do a hardwareform feed?”.You shouldanswer“Yes”to both these questions.

Other softwarepackagesmay well allow you to install specificfeatures. Spreadsheetprogramswill often ask for the maximumnumberof columns to be printed.This is givenbelow.

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DOT MATRIX PRINTER NX-1001MULTI-FONTUSERS MANUAL 80820471NX-1001 N I F St p 1 S Mto Part 15of FCCRules.Theselimitsare d i t UPage 9 - C 7 - T8 - S setsPage TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page SET71NG UP THE PRINTER Check the cartoncontents N uParts name of theprinter ‘owerswitch. O nInstall the ribboncartridge Mounttheplaten knoba t p 3. T r PrinthConnection Automaticloading 5. P 3. A4. T Manualloading 5 PLoadingthepaper 8. N c 9. Tt p g f f i t hi w s Paperparking Paper unparkingThickness mm Weightg/mzPaperType Page CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS F Z C pONLINE button Indicators PAPERFEED buttonPITCHbutton PitchFONTbutton Short test mode Stay in panel font Long test modeStay in panel pitch Stay in panel pitch and font2. S Hexadecimaldumpt t p Page Form feed Forwardmicro-feed Paper ParkingTopof form 4. W2. P Reversemicro-feedClearingthe buffer 4. W hPage DIP SWITCH SET77NGS printer’s cover a lFunction Switch1----1 PrintermodeORATOR PRINTS THIS WAY WITH SWITCH 1-3 ON O prints this way with switch 1-3 OFFSwitch 1-4 A Switches 1-7 and 1-8 WThe a PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft elite characters Select draft qualitycharactersF CC Select NLQ charactersSelect Sanserifcharacters Select NLC?fontSelect Couriercharacters Select Oratorcharacterswithsmall capitalsEmphasizedprinting Select Oratorcharacterswith lower caseSelect italic characters Select uprightcharactersDouble-strikeprinting CancelemphasizedprintingCanceldouble-strikeprinting Start underliningStop overlining Stop underliningStart overlining SubscriptSelect characterset #1 Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptSelect standardcharacterset Select characterset #2Selectinternationalcharacterset Enable printing of all character codes on next characterEnableprinting of all charactercodes CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Both Both Function n Effect O Normal size 1 Double-high,double-wide Esc “” V@” n/216 VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDSCEsc“o” n/72 ~If n =0, the line spacingis set to OFeedsthe papern linesfrom the currentline, wheren is betweenO and Cancelsthe bottommargin Page ESC“?’ti HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS IB 6C n8 S n S Alignssubsequenttextwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin ragged Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingtheleftmargin ragged Movestheprintpositionrightorleft a specifieddistancemaximum GRAPHICS COMMANDS ESC “?” n m 94 ?@ td n2 ml dDOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS ml, m2, ..... rollCharactersdefinedby thiscommandcan be selectedby cES@ “I” n Characterset O Courier 1 Sanserif 7 Oratorwith smallcapitals Selectsthe downloadcharacterset anddraftquality.Ignoredif the OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS IBothI CANCancelsthe quietprint mode, and resumesnormalprinting Page Page chapter DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERSThe minimumwidthof a characteris five dots Ascender !l~~h Descender !...!,!’2 2 0LPRINT0 CHR$ 27 “S” CHR$ O j Page DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS 64 0 0 0 f.. 12 2nd.28Page chapter INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTERM A Y P EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS PRINTER COMMANDS PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS A ~DLIN NLQELITE--.-- DAT New f i 1e PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC space spacingH$E$ ’’We’’*,’ E$ “S1” “SUEECRIPT’’E$1650 LPRI~ graphics data How theprogram works Quad-s ized Ihub 1e-s izedEx~anded.Double-height iW7d ITALICS Fof - all i“i’-!”’f”MEMO chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTINGIf the POWERindicatordoesnot illuminate,check the following Power supplyPrhWng printer?If dots are missingin the printing,check the following If the printoutis not what is expectedIf the print is faint,or uneven,checkthe following Paper feeding I CheckPossibleremedy Selectthisoption usingthinnerpaperCheck Has the ASF option been selected with the DIP switch? If thepagelengthandmarginsarenotwhatis expected,checkthefollowing MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE PRINT HEADr cover Figwu 7-T.Replacingthe printhead9. Threadthenewcablethesame wayastheold, securingitunder thethree 8. Placethe new printhead on its support,seatingit on the two pins6. Disengagethecablefromthetabsholdingitdown,thenremove thepnnt head tabs on the printhead carriageMEMO SPECIFICATIONS I chapter5.5’’-8.5” Characterdot matrix8 or 9 x 396wx 301dx 120hmm DimensionsWeight 15.6wxll.8d x4.7h inHigh when printeris on-line Goes from high to low for 20.5ps when activesetting Functionchapter CHARACTER SETS1% L cSampleSTANDARD CHARACTER SET #1 W-dbPage STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2 Othercharactersare identicalto standard characterset ##lINTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS IBM CHARACTER SET #2 Page IBM CHARACTER SET #1 Other characters are identical to character set #2Page Page INDEX m--l1...2L S1nseriftypestyle,20,35 Selftests,21-22 Settingup r- -mResetprinter,68 Reverselinefeed,48 Reversemicro-feed,27 Ribboncartridge,4COMMAND SUMMARY ESC “K” nl n2 ml fl a2 ml dd ml d Esc“’p”“o” “p”bESG “p”1 “s”1“” “” “F” ‘i” ‘i” “7” “” “” “F” “” “” “8” “” “” “T’“”“’”n“” “” “0” “” “” “” “” “4” “” “” “” “” “F” “” “” “9” “” “” “R”“”“” ‘Ii”“”w’ 7“‘j”nAmericanMarket Consumer ResponseWorldwideHeadquarters EuropeanMarketPRINTED IN JAPAN