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Star Micronics NX-15 user manual FormattingText55, SpecialFeaturesof the Printer

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Lines and line spacing Starting a new line Reverse line feeds Changing the line spacing

Moving down the page without a carriage return

Page control Form feed Reverse form feed Changing the page length

Top and bottom margins Setting left and right margins Horizontal and vertical tabs

Horizontal tabs One-time horizontal tabs Vertical tabs

Vertical tab channels Centering and aligning text

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Resetting the printer Taking the printer off line Printing the bottom of the sheet Backspace, delete, and cancel text Printing zeroes Immediate-print

Adjusting the width of space between characters

Uni-directional printing The seven bit dilemma

Block graphics characters and special symbols

International character sets

Printing characters in the control code area Printing BIG characters

The optional sheet feeder The macro control code Reading a hex dump

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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 ContentsPrintingwith BASIC Usingthe Printerwith Commercial SoftwareChapter3 Chapter4 FormattingText55 SpecialFeaturesof the PrinterChapter5 Chapter6 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 \4 F ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD\ Adjustment$lever 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 ‘entering the function codes The master reset codeThe escape code 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 SupportKeys used EasyWriter II control keysEasyWriter II Function‘ New function 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 ‘“l”l’”i1.s. 1.1,I“”iP i ‘3 1’” l\ pi. t h CHANGING THE PRINT PITCHTh 1s 11 ne is. EL 11“”Ep ~ trh ~ 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 CHR$18 CondensedONCondensedOFF ESC “p” ProportionalONProportionalOFF ESC “p” OMAKING WORDS STAND OUT Print emphasis commands10 ‘ Demo of boldface and emphasized 20 LPRINTCHR$27’’G” Decimal value Values of mixing print styles for Master PrintPrint style Summa-y notes Subjectscoveredin Chapter5 include FORMATTING TEXTCHAPTER 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 J,#%./.?., x+ 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F102 DE MEMO CHAPTER DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICSSubjectscoveredin Chapter7 include Designingand printingyour own characters User-designedgraphics‘0000 Page 1~ 2, ?i+i@ r-----------‘----‘-’~ 0 000 1011 = 11 decimal ~ESC “&” CHR$0 nl n2 mOml m2 m3 m4 m5 m6 m7 m8 m9 m10 mll 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 4, 48, 14. 48, 1.4 30 LPRINT CHR$27“&”CHR$0CHR$60 CHR$6250 FOR M=OTO 60 READ MM USER-DESIGNEDDOT GRAPHICS u . s . EXPORTSPage “CHR$2nl n2 ml m2 ...~ Plotter ESC’’~’CHR$4 nl n2ESC”*” CHR$5 nl n2 ESC”*” CHR$0nl n29-pin graphics mode In addition, you can select the print density by the value of nO. When nOis Othe normal density is selcted, and when nOis 1 the double density is selected MEMO Subjectscoveredin Chapter8 include Cleaningthe printer CARING FOR YOUR PRINTERCHAPTER Changingthe ribbon c Replacingthe printhead‘igure 8-1. Unhooktabs to pry open the cartridge Page Page Pri able orcover MEMO ~ 1 Y/ . -$ DIP SWITCH SETTINGSAPPENDIX A 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 137 Font Ditch controls Sets the print pitch to picaSets the print pitch to elite 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 printingSelects superscripts ESC “s” o Cancels underliningSelects underlining Selects subscripts Cancelssuperscript subscriptAdvances CONTROLLING THE VERTICAL PRINT POSITIONthe paper one line line feedPURPOSESets line spacing to n/216 inch Sets line spacing to 1/8inchSets line spacing to 7/72 inch n172inch Sets or Defines line spacing ton/216 inch PURPOSESets line spacing to 1/6 inch, or Uses ESC “A” definitionSends a one-time paper feed of PURPOSEAdvances the paper to the top of the next page form feed Sends a one-time reverse feed of n/216 inchSets print position to n lines 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 positionSets vertical tab positions every n lines ESC “e” 1 n 27 101 1 n ESC “b” nOnl n2 n3 27 98 nO nl n2 n3 IB 62 nOnl n2 n3Sets vertical tab positions in a channel Returns print Page nln2n3 nln2n3nln.Zz3 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 Selects 9-pin graphics ESC “ - “ nO nl n2 ml m2 27 94 nOnl n2 ml m2 IB 5E nOnl n2 ml m2Redefines the graphics mode ESC “?” nO nl 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-sneeflnl ?2.2 ESC “Z”nl n2 ml m2nOnl n2 ml m2 Printing Printing method Printing speed TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSAPPENDIX E Line spacing Column width Special.features PaperPrinter Environment Ribbon Print head life Serial interface optionMEMO APPENDIX F THE PARALLEL INTERFACE‘“s’ L L,’x L “L. LJ When this signal goes LOW the printer isIwhen 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 ~9-pingraphics,112 INDEXAttributebyte Autofeed mode 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”, 62TOF, 9 Formfeed commands,149 Formfeed,reverse,61 Forwardmicro-feed,35Gap,adjusting,16 Graphics,84 CRT, 110,111 Zero,normal,80, 167 slash,80 60,140VT, 70,152 Wordprocessing,22 WordStar,22 XON/XOFFprotocol,194 American Market WorldwideHeadquutiersEuropeanMarket UK MarketPage PRINTED IN JAPAN