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Star Micronics NX-1001 manual Embedding Printer Commands

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EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

	CPI	Numberof columns
Pica	10	80
Elite	12	96
Condensedpica	17.1	137
Condensedelite	20	160
Proportional		Variable

Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequenceto returnto the defaultsettings.The commandfor yourprinteris <ESC>@.

MakesurethattheDIPswitchesaresetforthecorrectprinteremulation,and thatyou haveselectedthe appropriatecharactersetusingthe DIP switches. If you are in doubtabouttheCotilgrationof yourapplicationsoftware,seek expertadvice.Yoursoftwaresupplierwillprobablybe yourmost qualified reference.

EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS

Many word-processorsand other software lack commandsfor changing font, or printing double-sizecharacters.Your printer thereforehas com- mandsthatcanbeembeddedindocumentsto controlthesefunctionswithout softwarehelp. The commandsconsistof a capitalletterenclosedin double parentheses,followedby a digit:

Font:	((F))O	Courier
	((F))l	Sansenf
	((n)7	Oratorwith smallcapitals
	((F))8	Oratorwith lower case
	((F))9	Draft
Size:	((s))0	Standardsize
	((s))1	Doublewidth
	((s))2	Doubleheight
	((s))3	Doublewidth and height

If you want to print a title in double-sizeOrator with small capitals,then changeto regular-sizefontsfor othertext, you can use thesecommandsas follows:

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Star Micronics NX-1001 manual Embedding Printer Commands

Contents

80820471 NX-1001MULTI-FONTUSERS MANUAL DOT MATRIX PRINTERN I F S NX-1001i t U 1 S Mto Part 15of FCCRules.Theselimitsare d t pPage sets 7 - T8 - S 9 - CPage TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page SET71NG UP THE PRINTER N u Check the cartoncontents‘owerswitch. O n Parts name of theprinterMounttheplaten knob Install the ribboncartridgea t p Printh 3. T rConnection Automaticloading 3. A 4. T5. P 5 P ManualloadingLoadingthepaper 9. T 8. N ci t h i w st p g f f Paper unparking PaperparkingWeightg/mz PaperTypeThickness mm Page F Z C p CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONSONLINE button Pitch PAPERFEED buttonPITCHbutton IndicatorsFONTbutton Short test mode Stay in panel pitch and font Long test modeStay in panel pitch Stay in panel fontHexadecimaldump t t p2. S Page Form feed 4. W Paper ParkingTopof form Forwardmicro-feed4. W h Reversemicro-feedClearingthe buffer 2. PPage printer’s cover a l DIP SWITCH SET77NGSPrintermode Switch1----1 FunctionSwitches 1-7 and 1-8 W O prints this way with switch 1-3 OFFSwitch 1-4 A ORATOR PRINTS THIS WAY WITH SWITCH 1-3 ONThe a PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Select NLQ characters Select draft qualitycharactersF CC Select draft elite charactersSelect Oratorcharacterswithsmall capitals Select NLC?fontSelect Couriercharacters Select SanserifcharactersSelect uprightcharacters Select Oratorcharacterswith lower caseSelect italic characters EmphasizedprintingStart underlining CancelemphasizedprintingCanceldouble-strikeprinting Double-strikeprintingSubscript Stop underliningStart overlining Stop overliningSelect characterset #2 Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptSelect standardcharacterset Select characterset #1Enable printing of all character codes on next character Enableprinting of all charactercodesSelectinternationalcharacterset CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Both Both Function n Effect O Normal size 1 Double-high,double-wide Esc “” V@” VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS CEsc“o”n/216 ~If n =0, the line spacingis set to O n/72Feedsthe papern linesfrom the currentline, wheren is betweenO and Cancelsthe bottommargin Page ESC“?’ti IB 6C n HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS8 S n S Alignssubsequenttextwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin ragged Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingtheleftmargin ragged Movestheprintpositionrightorleft a specifieddistancemaximum GRAPHICS COMMANDS ESC “?” n m n2 ml d 94 ?@ tdml, m2, ..... roll DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDSCharactersdefinedby thiscommandcan be selectedby cES@ “I” n Characterset O Courier 1 Sanserif 7 Oratorwith smallcapitals Selectsthe downloadcharacterset anddraftquality.Ignoredif the IBothI CAN OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDSCancelsthe quietprint mode, and resumesnormalprinting Page Page DESIGNING YOUR OWN DRAFT CHARACTERS chapterThe minimumwidthof a characteris five dots Ascender !l~~h Descender !...!,!’2 2 0LPRINT0 CHR$ 27 “S” CHR$ O j Page DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS 2nd.28 64 0 0 0 f.. 12Page INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER M A Y Pchapter EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS PRINTER COMMANDS PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS A ~DLIN NLQELITE--.-- DAT New f i 1e PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC E$ “S1” “SUEECRIPT’’E$ spacingH$E$ ’’We’’*,’ space1650 LPRI~ graphics data How theprogram works iW7d ITALICS Fof - all i“i’-!”’f” Ihub 1e-s izedEx~anded.Double-height Quad-s izedMEMO TROUBLESHOOTING chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCEprinter? Power supplyPrhWng If the POWERindicatordoesnot illuminate,check the followingIf the printoutis not what is expected If the print is faint,or uneven,checkthe followingIf dots are missingin the printing,check the following I Check Paper feedingusingthinnerpaper Check Has the ASF option been selected with the DIP switch?Possibleremedy Selectthisoption If thepagelengthandmarginsarenotwhatis expected,checkthefollowing REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD MAINTENANCEFigwu 7-T.Replacingthe printhead r covertabs on the printhead carriage 8. Placethe new printhead on its support,seatingit on the two pins6. Disengagethecablefromthetabsholdingitdown,thenremove thepnnt head 9. Threadthenewcablethesame wayastheold, securingitunder thethreeMEMO I chapter SPECIFICATIONSCharacterdot matrix 8 or 9 x5.5’’-8.5” 15.6wxll.8d x4.7h in DimensionsWeight 396wx 301dx 120hmmFunction Goes from high to low for 20.5ps when activesetting High when printeris on-linecSample CHARACTER SETS1% L chapterW-db STANDARD CHARACTER SET #1Page Othercharactersare identicalto standard characterset ##l STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS IBM CHARACTER SET #2 Page Other characters are identical to character set #2 IBM CHARACTER SET #1Page Page m--l INDEX1...2L Ribboncartridge,4 r- -mResetprinter,68 Reverselinefeed,48 Reversemicro-feed,27 S1nseriftypestyle,20,35 Selftests,21-22 SettingupCOMMAND SUMMARY a2 ml d d ml dESC “K” nl n2 ml fl “s”1 “p”bESG “p”1 Esc“’p”“o”“” “” “F” “” “” “9” “” “” “R”“”“” ‘Ii”“”w’ 7“‘j”n “” “” “T’“”“’”n“” “” “0” “” “” “” “” “4” “” “” “” “” “F” ‘i” ‘i” “7” “” “” “F” “” “” “8”EuropeanMarket Consumer ResponseWorldwideHeadquarters AmericanMarketPRINTED IN JAPAN