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Star Micronics NX-15 user manual EasyWriter II WordStar Lotus

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With these questions answered, you are ready to start print- ing. Read the manual that came with your commercial software and the next Chapter to see how to make it send information for this printer to print. This is all you need to know to use this printer as a regular printer. But this printer isn’t just a regular printer. This printer has many capabilities that your commercial software isn’t aware of. We will see what it takes to use some of the printer’s advanced features with commercial software in the next section.

WORD PROCESSINGWITH THE PRINTER

Not many word processing programs directly support all of the advanced features of printers. They usually provide a method for using a few of the more common print features such as boldface and underlining. But as you are probably beginning to see from this manual, this printer can do much more than that.

As a result, most word processing programs provide a way of sending special codes to a printer. The actual codes used (as well as the method of entering them) will vary different soft- ware. The theory behind these methods, however, is basically the same.

This section discusses two word processing programs and one spreadsheet program most used by printer owners. The pro- grams also pro~-ide a variety of ways to enter the codes necessary to use the advanced features of this printer. These concepts can be applied to many other programs besides those detailed here. The programs are:

EasyWriter II WordStar Lotus 1-2-3

If your software program is not included in this Chapter, you should still study the different techniques used. Then, with the help of your program manual and the supporting chapters in this manual, you should be able to figure out how yours works.

GENERAL CONCEPTS

Each word processing program has a way to get out of the

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USERS MANUAL Self Declaration FederalCommunicationsCommission RadioFr uencyInterference %tatementThis stitement will be appliedonlyfbr tb printers mrtited in L%S.A This shtement will be a#lied onlyfor the~n”ntersmarketedin West @manyTable of Contents Chapter1 SettingUpYour PrinterUsingthe Printerwith Commercial Software Chapter3 Chapter4Printingwith BASIC SpecialFeaturesof the Printer Chapter5 Chapter6FormattingText55 Chapter7 DownloadCharactersand Dot Graphics Serial busy protocols XON/XOFF protocol ACK protocol AppendixG SerialInterfaceSpecificationsConfiguring the serial interface The serial protocols Index196Page SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER CHAPTERRemoving the printer cover Figure 1-2. Remoe the printer cover by lifting carefully Installing the ribbon cartridge Page ~igure 1-6. Slidethe I/F board into the slot I terface board ~Paperselectionand loading Adjustment Testingprinteroperation GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTERPartsof theprinter-whatthey’refor andhow to use them CHAPTERFigue2-1. Front and rear views of the printer 9 Controls and indicators Extra functions h - The second setting is for normal single sheets Page 6. Align a sheet of paper on the guide along the adjuster Page “--““1 ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD \ Adjustment$lever\4 F lever Figure 2-10. Pulling the adjustment lever towards you ~--””‘---”---”-”” 1. Make sure that both your computer and printer are turned off MEMO CHAPTER USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARESubjectscoveredin Chapter3 include Usingcommercialsoftware Controllingthe printerwiththe PanelmodeEasyWriter II WordStar Lotus The master reset code The escape code‘entering the function codes 0. The decimal equivalents are 271201 and 271200, respective- ly values defined by their respective DIP switch settingsUsing Near Letter Quality NLQ Getting the most from your print choices1. Printing from the Print List Form screen Follow the sample and enter the italic codes for lines 44. overstrikeSupport 2 Using Characterfrom 42. Single Underline Support 2 Using Character43. Double Underline Support 2 Using Character 41. Bold/ShadowFace SupportEasyWriter II control keys EasyWriter II Function‘ New functionKeys used Print the document. Your printout should look like this USING THE PRINTER WITH WORDSTAR USING THE PRINTERWITH LOTUS If you do change several of the things listed in the /Print menu, Lotus 1-2-3 will remember the selections that you have made and use them each time you print the spreadsheet. They are even saved with the spreadsheet so that they will be the same the next time that you use the spreadsheet And, on August 12, 1986, the results might look like this Key Mode Print pitch TOF Page 1. Set the Off Line mode by pressing the On Line key 1. Set the Off Line mode by pressing the On Line keySetting the top of form Setting the left and right marginsPRINTINGWITH BASIC CHAPTERPRINT “Hel 10!“ Control codes 10 ‘ Demo of ASCII code 20 LPRINTCHR$7 30 END RUNits abbreviation line feedthe name of the code ASCIIESC “W” numbers is called an escape sequence A note on command syntaxSelecting the right software mode LPRINTCHR$27 “W”CHR$1 LPRINTCHR$27 “W”CHR$49 LPRINTCHR$27 “WI”Near Letter Quality characters Italic OFF Italic ONESC “4” ESC “5”Here is what you should get In this program underline is turned on in line 20 with ESC CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH Th 1s 11 ne is. EL 11“”Ep ~ trh‘“l”l’”i1.s. 1.1,I“”iP i ‘3 1’” l\ pi. t h 10 ‘ Demo of expanded print 20 LPRINT “DemorIstrat ion of “ 10 ‘ Demo of permanent expanded mode 20 LPRINTCHR$27 “WI”~ Expanded print 30 LPRINTCHR$14 40 LPRINT “EXPANDED” 50 LFRINTCHR$20CHR$14or ESCCHR$14 CondensedON CondensedOFFCHR$18 ProportionalOFF ProportionalONESC “p” ESC “p” OPrint emphasis commands MAKING WORDS STAND OUT10 ‘ Demo of boldface and emphasized 20 LPRINTCHR$27’’G” Values of mixing print styles for Master Print Print styleDecimal value Summa-y notes FORMATTING TEXT CHAPTERSubjectscoveredin Chapter5 include 9 Reverse line feeds 60 NEXT 70 LPRINT “LINE SPACING IS SET TO 1/6 INCH NORMAL.” NEW 10 ‘ Demo of line spacing40 LPRINT CHR$27’’A’’CHR$I 50 LPRINT “THIS LINE SPACING IS SET TO”I 80 LPRINT CHR$27”2”and run the program again. Now the results will look like this Setlinespacingto7/72inch Setlinespacingto1/8inchESC“O” ESC“l”Here is what your printer will produce Page Changing the page length Set topmarginton lines Canceltopandbottommargins ESC “O”TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS ESC“r”CHR$n50 LPRINTCHR$27 “r” CHR$6 Page Try setting the margins with this program 10 ‘ Demo of margins Horizontal tabs When you run the program now it produces this ESC “$” CHR$nlCIIIl$@ ESC “f” OCHR$nspaces Absolutehorizontaltab10 ‘ Demo of relative horizontaltabs 20 FOR 1=1 TO 50 J.,PRINT “Horizonta”j’LP~I.x’rCHR$n ’’SFXNNDTAJ3” 80 LPRINTCHR$ll “F’IFTHTAB.” ESC “B”CHR$nlCHR$n2 130 LPRINTCHR$12 140 NEXTI 150 LPRINTCHR$27”@” 160 END Try this program to see how easy it is MEMO CHAPTER SPECIALFEATURES OF THE PRINTERSubjectscoveredin Chapter6 inckde Printer’s bell Master reset Uni-directionalprinting InternationalcharactersetsYou can try this by typing LPRINTCHR$7 Resetting the printer Soundbell Here is what this program will print 50 LPRINT “This 1ine is added” I “spaces. ” 60 NEXT 10 ‘ Demo of adjusting spaces40 LPRINTCHR$27 “ “ CHR.$ 70 LPRINT “This 1ine is Norma1 space. ” 80 ENDPrint in both directions Print in one directionESC “U” ESC “U” OThe seven bit dilemma Turn the eighth bit OFF Turn the eighth bit ONESC “” ESC “=”Figure 6-1. Character set #2 30 LPRINTCHR$179CHR$53CHR$32 CHR$32 CHR$32CHR$32CHR$179 10 LPRINTCHR$27 “6”20 LPRINTCHR$218CHR$196 CHR$196CHR$196 CHR$196CHR$196CHR$191 40 LPRINTCHR$179CHR$~2CHR$5CHR$32 CHR$5CHR$32CHR$179J +y+$ i’ $+ Italy Let’s see how these commands work with the following pro- gram Printablecode area expansion When you run this program, you will get like this H The optional sheet feeder Definemacro 10 LPRINTCHR$27 “Q”CHR$40 20 LPRINTCHR$27 “a” CHR$2 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F 102 DEJ,#%./.?., x+ MEMO Subjectscoveredin Chapter7 include DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICSCHAPTER Designingand printingyour own characters User-designedgraphics‘0000 Page 1~ 2, ?i+i@ 0 000 1011 = 11 decimal ~ ESC “&” CHR$0 nl n2 mOml m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9 m10 mllr-----------‘----‘-’~ ESC “” CHR$0 CHR$0 CHR$0 LPRINT 10 LPRINT CHR$27 “ “’ CHR$O CHR$O CHR$O60 LPRINT CHRSMM 70 NEXT M 80 NEXT ?-i 8,241DEFINING PROPORTIONAL CHARACTERS 430 LPR1NT CHii$27 “%0” 440 I-FRIN’r, tih+$27 “so’”460 LPRINT CHR$27 “T’” 470 END DESIGNING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERSNLQcharacters ‘-””’7 30 LPRINT CHR$27“&”CHR$0CHR$60 CHR$62 50 FOR M=OTO 60 READ MM4, 48, 14. 48, 1.4 u . s . EXPORTS USER-DESIGNEDDOT GRAPHICSPage “CHR$2nl n2 ml m2 ...~ ESC”*” CHR$5 nl n2 ESC’’~’CHR$4 nl n2Plotter ESC”*” CHR$0nl n29-pin graphics mode In addition, you can select the print density by the value of nO. When nOis Othe normal density is selcted, and when nOis 1 the double density is selected MEMO CHAPTER CARING FOR YOUR PRINTERSubjectscoveredin Chapter8 include Cleaningthe printer Changingthe ribbon c Replacingthe printhead‘igure 8-1. Unhooktabs to pry open the cartridge Page Page Pri able orcover MEMO DIP SWITCH SETTINGS APPENDIX A~ 1 Y/ . -$ Switch Function 1-2 This switch selects the default character style. If this switch is on the default character style is nor- mal draft characters. If this switch is off the default character style is Near Letter Quality NLQ characters. This switch is set on at the factory SwitchU.S.A. France GermanyEnglandDenmarkSwedenItaly Spain ASCII CODESAND CONVERSIONCHART APPENDIX BStandard ASCII CharactersetPage “ 1’ “~“~Characterset Page 24T F7 1111 248 F8 1111 249 F9 1111 250 FA 1111 251 FB 1111 loll StandardASCIICodes Decimal Hexadecimal Binary242 F2 1111 243 F3 1111 24J F4 1111 24S F5 1111 246 F6 1111 252 FC 1111 253 FD 1111 254 FE 1111 255 FF 1111MEMO FUNCTIONCODES APPENDIX CPURPOSECancels italic characters Selects an international characterSelects character set #2 Selects character set#lPage Sets the print pitch to pica Sets the print pitch to elite137 Font Ditch controls p~TRposE PURPOSE PURPOSESets the printer to expanded print Cancels expanded print ESC “w” oSets the printer to expanded print for the remainder of the current linenumber from O to 255. See Table boldface, italics, underlining, or any combination of these, as determined by n, a for detailsSelects emphasized printing Cancels emphasized printing ESC “F”Cancels boldface printing ESC “H” Selects boldface printingCancels underlining Selects underliningSelects superscripts ESC “s” o superscript CancelsSelects subscripts subscriptthe paper one line line CONTROLLING THE VERTICAL PRINT POSITIONAdvances feedSets line spacing to 1/8inch Sets line spacing to 7/72 inchPURPOSESets line spacing to n/216 inch Sets or Defines line spacing to n172inchPURPOSESets line spacing to 1/6 inch, or Uses ESC “A” definition Sends a one-time paper feed ofn/216 inch Sends a one-time reverse feed of n/216 inch Sets print position to n linesPURPOSEAdvances the paper to the top of the next page form feed Page Sets the bottom margin ESC “N” n 27 78 n Cancels top and bottom margins ESC “o”Sets the top margin 151 9 Top/Bottom margins and vertical tabsPURPOSEAdvances paper to the next ver n2 n3n2 n3 tical tab positionESC “b” nOnl n2 n3 27 98 nO nl n2 n3 IB 62 nOnl n2 n3 Sets vertical tab positions in a channelSets vertical tab positions every n lines ESC “e” 1 n 27 101 1 n Returns print Page nln2n3 nln.Zz3nln2n3 Moves the print head to an ab solute horizontal position Moves the print head to a specified horizontal positionESC “space” n 27 32 nNOTE This commandis ignoredwhen theDIP switch2-1is seton 27 38 0 nl n2 mO ml ... mll m12 ... m46IB 26 00 nl n2 mOml ... mll m12 ... m46 Defines download characters into RAM“YO” 27 76 nl n2 ml m2 IB 4C nl n2 ml m2 27 7.5 nl n2 ml m2 IB 4B nl n2 ml m2nl n2 ml m2 Prints normal-density graphicsn2 ml n2 mln2 ml n2 mlESC “*” nOnl n2 ml m2 27 42 nO nl n2 ml m2 27 94 nOnl n2 ml m2 IB 5E nOnl n2 ml m2 Redefines the graphics mode ESC “?” nO nlSelects 9-pin graphics ESC “ - “ nO nl n2 ml m2 MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS OTHER COMMANDS PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS SEE PURPOSE Page PURPOSE 27 85 PURPOSEPage decimal ASCII PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS SEE PURPOSE tiODE Page PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII “o” “” Ejects paper Ejects paperMEMO COMMANDSUMMARY IN NUMERICORDER APPENDIX D2 mO ml ..... mll m12 ..... m46 n2 ml n2 n3 ... CHR$0ESC “Y” nl n2 ml m2 riollble-sneeflESC “Z”nl n2 ml m2 nOnl n2 ml m2nl ?2.2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX EPrinting Printing method Printing speed Paper PrinterLine spacing Column width Special.features Serial interface option Environment Ribbon Print head lifeMEMO THE PARALLEL INTERFACE APPENDIX F‘“s’ L When this signal goes LOW the printer is IwhenL,’x L “L. LJ Page SERIAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX GTTnllsed1 Page ACK protocol Serial busy protocol 1 block mode Figure G-2. Serial protocol timing chartsSerial busy protocol I byte mode ~q ~INDEX Attributebyte Autofeed mode9-pingraphics,112 ESC “8”,170 ESC“9”,170 ESC “”, 102, 160 ESC“”, 82, 171 ESC “=”, 84 ESC “*” n, 109ESC“6”,84, 88, 135, 172 ESC‘7”, 84, 88, 135 ESC “a”n, 75, 158 ESC “B”, 71, 152 ESC “b”, 73, 153 ESC “C”, 62Formfeed commands,149 Formfeed,reverse,61 Forwardmicro-feed,35 Gap,adjusting,16 Graphics,84 CRT, 110,111TOF, 9 60,140 VT, 70,152 Wordprocessing,22 WordStar,22 XON/XOFFprotocol,194Zero,normal,80, 167 slash,80 EuropeanMarket WorldwideHeadquutiersAmerican Market UK MarketPage PRINTED IN JAPAN