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PRINTINGWITH BASIC

CHAPTER 4

PRINTINGWITH BASIC

Subjectscoveredin Chapter4 include–

●ListingBASIC programson the printer

●How a programprints things

●Controlcodes,escapecodes,andcommandsyn- tax

●Selectingthe rightsoftwaremode

●Near letter quality(NLQ)characters

●Fixed and proportionalcharacterspacing

●Specialprinting–

Printingin italics

Underlining

Superscriptsand subscripts

Boldfaceand emphasizedtext

Mixingprint modes

To show you how to control your printer from a program, we have chosen BASIC because it is easy to learn and easy to use. Also, more personal computer users program in BASIC than in any other language.

The rest of this manual will show you a little BASIC – just enough for you to use your printer. We’re not going to try to make you an expert programmer, though, only get you started. There are many excellent books that will teach you BASIC, so if you discover that you like to program you should have no trou- ble learning more about it.

SOME BASICS OF BASIC

N First steps

The first things that a beginner learns to do are to list a pro- gram and to print a character string. Certainly these are the

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Star Micronics NX-15 user manual Printingwith Basic, Chapter

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USERS MANUAL This stitement will be appliedonlyfbr tb printers mrtited in L%S.A FederalCommunicationsCommission RadioFr uencyInterference %tatementSelf Declaration This shtement will be a#lied onlyfor the~n”ntersmarketedin West @manyChapter1 SettingUpYour Printer Table of ContentsUsingthe Printerwith Commercial Software Chapter3 Chapter4Printingwith BASIC SpecialFeaturesof the Printer Chapter5 Chapter6FormattingText55 Chapter7 DownloadCharactersand Dot Graphics Configuring the serial interface The serial protocols AppendixG SerialInterfaceSpecificationsSerial busy protocols XON/XOFF protocol ACK protocol Index196Page CHAPTER SETTING UP YOUR PRINTERRemoving the printer cover Figure 1-2. Remoe the printer cover by lifting carefully Installing the ribbon cartridge Page I terface board ~ ~igure 1-6. Slidethe I/F board into the slotPartsof theprinter-whatthey’refor andhow to use them GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTERPaperselectionand loading Adjustment Testingprinteroperation 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 Subjectscoveredin Chapter3 include Usingcommercialsoftware USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARECHAPTER Controllingthe printerwiththe PanelmodeEasyWriter II WordStar Lotus The master reset code The escape code‘entering the function codes Using Near Letter Quality NLQ values defined by their respective DIP switch settings0. The decimal equivalents are 271201 and 271200, respective- ly Getting the most from your print choices1. Printing from the Print List Form screen Follow the sample and enter the italic codes for lines 43. Double Underline Support 2 Using Character 42. Single Underline Support 2 Using Character44. overstrikeSupport 2 Using Characterfrom 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 Setting the top of form 1. Set the Off Line mode by pressing the On Line key1. Set the Off Line mode by pressing the On Line key Setting the left and right marginsCHAPTER PRINTINGWITH BASICPRINT “Hel 10!“ 10 ‘ Demo of ASCII code 20 LPRINTCHR$7 30 END RUN Control codesthe name of the code line feedits abbreviation ASCIISelecting the right software mode numbers is called an escape sequence A note on command syntaxESC “W” LPRINTCHR$27 “W”CHR$1 LPRINTCHR$27 “W”CHR$49 LPRINTCHR$27 “WI”Near Letter Quality characters ESC “4” Italic ONItalic OFF 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 ~ Expanded print 10 ‘ Demo of permanent expanded mode 20 LPRINTCHR$27 “WI”10 ‘ Demo of expanded print 20 LPRINT “DemorIstrat ion of “ 30 LPRINTCHR$14 40 LPRINT “EXPANDED” 50 LFRINTCHR$20CHR$14or ESCCHR$14 CondensedON CondensedOFFCHR$18 ESC “p” ProportionalONProportionalOFF ESC “p” OMAKING WORDS STAND OUT Print emphasis commands10 ‘ 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 40 LPRINT CHR$27’’A’’CHR$I 50 LPRINT “THIS LINE SPACING IS SET TO”I NEW 10 ‘ Demo of line spacing60 NEXT 70 LPRINT “LINE SPACING IS SET TO 1/6 INCH NORMAL.” 80 LPRINT CHR$27”2”and run the program again. Now the results will look like this ESC“O” Setlinespacingto1/8inchSetlinespacingto7/72inch ESC“l”Here is what your printer will produce Page Changing the page length TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS Canceltopandbottommargins ESC “O”Set topmarginton lines ESC“r”CHR$n50 LPRINTCHR$27 “r” CHR$6 Page Try setting the margins with this program 10 ‘ Demo of margins Horizontal tabs When you run the program now it produces this spaces ESC “f” OCHR$nESC “$” CHR$nlCIIIl$@ Absolutehorizontaltab50 J.,PRINT “Horizonta” 10 ‘ Demo of relative horizontaltabs 20 FOR 1=1 TOj’LP~I.x’rCHR$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 Subjectscoveredin Chapter6 inckde Printer’s bell Master reset SPECIALFEATURES OF THE PRINTERCHAPTER Uni-directionalprinting InternationalcharactersetsYou can try this by typing LPRINTCHR$7 Resetting the printer Soundbell Here is what this program will print 40 LPRINTCHR$27 “ “ CHR.$ 10 ‘ Demo of adjusting spaces50 LPRINT “This 1ine is added” I “spaces. ” 60 NEXT 70 LPRINT “This 1ine is Norma1 space. ” 80 ENDESC “U” Print in one directionPrint in both directions ESC “U” OThe seven bit dilemma ESC “” Turn the eighth bit ONTurn the eighth bit OFF ESC “=”Figure 6-1. Character set #2 20 LPRINTCHR$218CHR$196 CHR$196CHR$196 CHR$196CHR$196CHR$191 10 LPRINTCHR$27 “6”30 LPRINTCHR$179CHR$53CHR$32 CHR$32 CHR$32CHR$32CHR$179 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 CHAPTER DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICSSubjectscoveredin Chapter7 include 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 60 LPRINT CHRSMM 70 NEXT M 80 NEXT ?-i 10 LPRINT CHR$27 “ “’ CHR$O CHR$O CHR$OLPRINT 8,241460 LPRINT CHR$27 “T’” 470 END 430 LPR1NT CHii$27 “%0” 440 I-FRIN’r, tih+$27 “so’”DEFINING PROPORTIONAL CHARACTERS 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 USER-DESIGNEDDOT GRAPHICS u . s . EXPORTSPage “CHR$2nl n2 ml m2 ...~ Plotter ESC’’~’CHR$4 nl n2ESC”*” CHR$5 nl n2 ESC”*” CHR$0nl n29-pin graphics mode In addition, you can select the print density by the value of nO. When nOis Othe normal density is selcted, and when nOis 1 the double density is selected MEMO Subjectscoveredin Chapter8 include Cleaningthe printer CARING FOR YOUR PRINTERCHAPTER Changingthe ribbon c Replacingthe printhead‘igure 8-1. Unhooktabs to pry open the cartridge Page Page Pri able orcover MEMO DIP SWITCH SETTINGS APPENDIX A~ 1 Y/ . -$ 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 APPENDIX B ASCII CODESAND CONVERSIONCHARTCharacterset Standard ASCIIPage “~“~ “ 1’Characterset Page 242 F2 1111 243 F3 1111 24J F4 1111 24S F5 1111 246 F6 1111 StandardASCIICodes Decimal Hexadecimal Binary24T F7 1111 248 F8 1111 249 F9 1111 250 FA 1111 251 FB 1111 loll 252 FC 1111 253 FD 1111 254 FE 1111 255 FF 1111MEMO APPENDIX C FUNCTIONCODESSelects an international character PURPOSECancels italic charactersSelects character set#l Selects character set #2Page Sets the print pitch to pica Sets the print pitch to elite137 Font Ditch controls p~TRposE PURPOSE Sets the printer to expanded print Cancels expanded print ESC “w” oPURPOSESets the printer to expanded print for the remainder of the current linebination of these, as determined by n, a boldface, italics, underlining, or any comnumber from O to 255. See Table for detailsCancels boldface printing ESC “H” Cancels emphasized printing ESC “F”Selects emphasized printing Selects boldface printingCancels underlining Selects underliningSelects superscripts ESC “s” o Selects subscripts Cancelssuperscript subscriptAdvances CONTROLLING THE VERTICAL PRINT POSITIONthe paper one line line feedSets line spacing to 1/8inch Sets line spacing to 7/72 inchPURPOSESets line spacing to n/216 inch n172inch Sets or Defines line spacing toPURPOSESets 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 top margin Cancels top and bottom margins ESC “o”Sets the bottom margin ESC “N” n 27 78 n 151 9 Top/Bottom margins and vertical tabsn2 n3 n2 n3PURPOSEAdvances paper to the next ver 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 a specified horizontal position Moves the print head to an ab solute horizontal position27 32 n ESC “space” nIB 26 00 nl n2 mOml ... mll m12 ... m46 27 38 0 nl n2 mO ml ... mll m12 ... m46NOTE This commandis ignoredwhen theDIP switch2-1is seton Defines download characters into RAM“YO” nl n2 ml m2 27 7.5 nl n2 ml m2 IB 4B nl n2 ml m227 76 nl n2 ml m2 IB 4C nl 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 PURPOSE 27 85Page decimal ASCII PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII REMARKS SEE PURPOSE tiODE Page PURPOSE CODE decimal ASCII hex ASCII “o” “” Ejects paper Ejects paperMEMO APPENDIX D COMMANDSUMMARY IN NUMERICORDER2 mO ml ..... mll m12 ..... m46 ESC “Y” nl n2 ml m2 n2 n3 ... CHR$0n2 ml 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 Environment Ribbon Print head life Serial interface optionMEMO APPENDIX F THE PARALLEL INTERFACE‘“s’ L When this signal goes LOW the printer is IwhenL,’x L “L. LJ Page APPENDIX G SERIAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONSTTnllsed1 Page ACK protocol Serial busy protocol I byte mode Figure G-2. Serial protocol timing chartsSerial busy protocol 1 block mode ~q ~INDEX Attributebyte Autofeed mode9-pingraphics,112 ESC“6”,84, 88, 135, 172 ESC‘7”, 84, 88, 135 ESC “*” n, 109ESC “8”,170 ESC“9”,170 ESC “”, 102, 160 ESC“”, 82, 171 ESC “=”, 84 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 American Market WorldwideHeadquutiersEuropeanMarket UK MarketPage PRINTED IN JAPAN