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Star Micronics NX-15 user manual Near Letter Quality characters

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must make sure that you’ve set the DIP switches properly. The rest of this manual discuss the various control codes to

control this printer. You’ll find that many features have dif- ferent codes for either the Standard mode or the IBM mode.

The Standard Mode emulates the Epson FX-85 printer. The IBM’Mode emulates the IBM Graphics printer. You can select one of these modes by setting DIP switch 2-5. (For details, please refer to Appendix A.)

SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXT

If you looked carefully at your printer’s self test, you probably noticed that it can print in italics. But that’s not all! Your printer can underline characters, print superscripts and subscripts, and perhaps most exciting, print near letter quality characters.

■Near Letter Quality characters

This printer’s Near Letter Quality (sometimes abbreviated as NLQ) character set is ideal for correspondence and other impor- tant printing, as it produces very high quality characters. Nor- mally, your printer prints draft quality characters. This is ade- quate for most work and has the fastest printing speed. For the final pi-intout, try NLQ. The program below shows an example.

10 ‘ Demo of NLQcharacter set

20 LPRINTCHR$(27); “xl”;

30 LPRINT “This 1ine shows NEARLETTERQUALITY!”

40 LPRINTCHR$(27); “x()”;

50 LPRINT “This 1ine shows standard print .”

In this program, line 20 selects NLQ characters with (ESC) “x” 1 command. Line 30 prints a sample before line 40 switches printer back to draft printing with an (ESC) “x” O. When you run the program you should get this:

1ine shows NEAR LETTER QUALITY!

1.1I“”iE?. +l””iI:2k!S ::i’1::/Jl”i (j ;:,17 t:I p 1“”i. 1“-t1. ,,

turn off the power switch. After you turn on the power

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Star Micronics NX-15 user manual Near Letter Quality characters

Contents

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 PrinterPrintingwith BASIC Usingthe Printerwith Commercial SoftwareChapter3 Chapter4 FormattingText55 SpecialFeaturesof the PrinterChapter5 Chapter6 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 \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 CHAPTER USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARESubjectscoveredin Chapter3 include Usingcommercialsoftware Controllingthe printerwiththe PanelmodeEasyWriter II WordStar Lotus ‘entering the function codes The master reset codeThe escape code 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 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 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 ‘“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 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 CHR$18 CondensedONCondensedOFF ProportionalOFF ProportionalONESC “p” ESC “p” OPrint emphasis commands MAKING WORDS STAND OUT10 ‘ 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 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 J,#%./.?., x+ 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F102 DE MEMO Subjectscoveredin Chapter7 include DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICSCHAPTER 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 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 4, 48, 14. 48, 1.4 30 LPRINT CHR$27“&”CHR$0CHR$60 CHR$6250 FOR M=OTO 60 READ MM u . s . EXPORTS USER-DESIGNEDDOT GRAPHICSPage “CHR$2nl n2 ml m2 ...~ ESC”*” CHR$5 nl n2 ESC’’~’CHR$4 nl n2Plotter ESC”*” CHR$0nl n29-pin graphics mode In addition, you can select the print density by the value of nO. When nOis Othe normal density is selcted, and when nOis 1 the double density is selected MEMO CHAPTER CARING FOR YOUR PRINTERSubjectscoveredin Chapter8 include Cleaningthe printer Changingthe ribbon c Replacingthe printhead‘igure 8-1. Unhooktabs to pry open the cartridge Page Page Pri able orcover MEMO ~ 1 Y/ . -$ 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 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 137 Font Ditch controls Sets the print pitch to picaSets the print pitch to elite 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 printingSelects superscripts ESC “s” o Cancels underliningSelects underlining superscript CancelsSelects subscripts subscriptthe paper one line line CONTROLLING THE VERTICAL PRINT POSITIONAdvances feedPURPOSESets line spacing to n/216 inch Sets line spacing to 1/8inchSets line spacing to 7/72 inch Sets or Defines line spacing to n172inchn/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 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 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 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 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 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-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 Serial interface option Environment Ribbon Print head lifeMEMO THE PARALLEL INTERFACE APPENDIX F‘“s’ L L,’x L “L. LJ When this signal goes LOW the printer isIwhen 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 ~9-pingraphics,112 INDEXAttributebyte Autofeed mode 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”, 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 EuropeanMarket WorldwideHeadquutiersAmerican Market UK MarketPage PRINTED IN JAPAN