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Star Micronics NX-1001 manual Programming With Basic

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PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

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You can now set up the printerby sendingit the file NLQELITE.DAT.To avoidunnecessaryloggingof commands,switchhard-copyoutputoff (by pressingCTRL-PRTSCifhardcopyis on).ToprintthefileREADME.DOC in NLQ elite type, give the followingtwo commands:

A)COF’Y NLQELITE . PAT PRN

A ,>PRINT README . DOC

For greaterconvenienceyoucanmakeabatchfflethatwillsetup theprinter and print any specifiedfde with a singlecommand.To createsuch a batch filewiththenameNLQPRINT.BAT,typein the firstfourlinesshownnext. AZ mems topRSStheCT’RLandZ keys simultaneouslyTO. use thiS file tO

print README.DOC,type the fifth line.

A >COPY CON NLQPRINT . BAT

COPY NLQELITE . DAT PRN

PRINT %1

“z

A->NLQPRINT README . DOC

The first line aboveis a copy commandfrom the CONsolescreento a fde namedNLQPRINT.BAT.Thenexttwolinesarethecontentsofthisfile.The %1 is a dummyparameter:whateverfile name you type afterNLQPRINT will be substitutedfor 901and printed.

PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC

As an exampleof programmingthe printeron MicrosoftBASIC,we have listed the program for the IBM-PC. This program runs in the printer’s Standardmode, and the downloadablecondition(DIP switch 1-1 ON and DIP switch 1-2 OFF).

1000 ‘ Set control cedes
1010 E$=CHR(27)$		‘Escape		code
1020 D$-m+’’xo”		‘Draft	quality
1030	N$-E$+’’x1°	‘Near	letter		quality
1040	C$-m+’’kO’’+N$	‘Courier		characters
1050	S$-E$+’’kl’’+N$	‘Sanserif		characters
1060	01$-E$+’’k7’’+N$	‘Orator		with	smal 1 capital
1070	02$-E$+’’k8’’+N$	‘Orator		with	lower case
1080	H$-CHR(9)$	‘Horiz.Ontal			tab
1090	P$=E$+”P”	‘Pica	pitch
1100	‘ Start printiq
1110	WIMH “LFT1: “,255

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Star Micronics NX-1001 manual Programming With Basic

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 4. T 3. A5. P 5 P ManualloadingLoadingthepaper 9. T 8. N ci w s i t ht p g f f Paper unparking PaperparkingPaperType Weightg/mzThickness 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 fontt t p Hexadecimaldump2. 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 #1Enableprinting of all charactercodes Enable printing of all character codes on next characterSelectinternationalcharacterset CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Both Both Function n Effect O Normal size 1 Double-high,double-wide Esc “” V@” CEsc“o” VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDSn/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 M A Y P INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTERchapter 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 print is faint,or uneven,checkthe following If the printoutis not what is expectedIf dots are missingin the printing,check the following I Check Paper feedingCheck Has the ASF option been selected with the DIP switch? usingthinnerpaperPossibleremedy 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 SPECIFICATIONS8 or 9 x Characterdot matrix5.5’’-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 d ml d a2 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