107 | Star Micronics NX-2400 manual

Star printers, 29

Style/Pitch switch, 21, 23, 26 Subscripts, 60

Super/subscript character, 91

Superscripts, 60

Tabulation, 50, 73, 74, 77 Test patterns, 12, 13, 22 Top cover, 3, 5

Top margin, 7, 72

Top of page (form), 26, 31, 72 Tractor feed, 9 - 12, 51

Troubleshooting, 49 - 50

Type style, 17, 21. 32, 53, 58, 68

Type style commands, 32

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Underlining, 59, 60

Unidirectional printing, 86

Unpacking and inspection, 1

Unparking, 12

Ecal position commands, 68

Vertical tabulation, 73

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Star Micronics NX-2400 user manual 107

Contents

NX-2400 Page HOW to USE this Manual Features of the Printer Quad-sized Tableofcontents With DOS and Basic Download Character Generator Chapter Platen Remove the top cover Setting UP Install the ribbon cartridge Replace the top cower Install the optional IC card Mount the paper guide Connect the printer to the computer Figure l-7.Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms 11. Closing the sprocket covers Paper parking Short se/f test Paper unparking Interface test Long se/f test Adjusting the Printing GAP International character set Print style and pitch selection Page Page OFF Control Panel OPERAllONS Paper Feed switch On Line switch Sty/e/Pitch switch Quiet Mode switch Sh0ff test paffern On Line switch POWER-UP Functions Lprint CHR$I Next B8 B9 Switch combination functions of control panel Switch Combination Functions Top Of fOff?L Style/Pitch Page Memo Installing Your Software Using WE PR//vER Printer Command options Using Your Software Setting the DIP Switches Type sty/e and pitch selection Printercommands Memo HARD-COPYING the Screen MS-DOS and PC-DOS Using the Printer with DOS and Basic Name of list device PRN Programming the Printer with DOS Commands New file Acopy LQELITE.DAT PRN Aprint README.DOC Programming the Printer with Basic ‘Cancel Lprint the Spacings are Changed Next H How the program works IBM Lprint ES= cHR$ocHR$6ocHR$6o Replacing the Ribbon Cleaning the Printer Replacing the ribbon cartrlctge Replacing the Print Head Connector cover Fligure 5-2. Replacing the print head Replacing the Battery in the RAM Card If line spacing is twice as wide as expected TroubleshootingIf printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear If a// text is printed on the same line If you have problems with download characters If you have problems with graphicsIf you have problems with horizontal tabulation Printing Mechanism Switches and fndicatorsInterface and Emulation Dot Matrix Size Character Sets Dimensions and Weight Paper SpecificationsType Sty/es and Pitches Option Electrical SpecificationsInterface Signals Environmental Requirements Signal Pin No Name Memo Select draft quality characters Font Control Commands Select Italic Characters Select LQ charactersSelect LQ type Style Select ornament character Double-strike Printing Select Upright CharactersStart Underlining Stop Overlining Cancel Superscript Or subscriptStop Underlining Start Overlining Select Character set #2 Select Standard characterSelect IBM character set Select character set #7 Select normal zero Enable printing of all character codesEnable printing of a// character codes on next character Select s/ash zero High-density elite pitch Pica pitchElite pitch High-speed elite pitch Expanded printing Cancel condensed printingCancel expanded printing Condensed printing Select fixed spacing Select master print modeCaucel one-line expanded printing Se/ect proportional spacing Return to normal Height Increase character SpacingSelect double or quadruple size Print double-height characters Select character height, width, and line spacing Select Character Width Set line spacing to 718 inch Vertical Position CommandsSelect character type and print pitch Set line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Set line spacing to 716 inchSet base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/780 or n/216 inch Execute ESC a Select forward feed modeSelect reverse feed mode Define line spacing to n/72 inch Set top of page at current position Perform one n/180-inch or n/2164nch line feedPerform one n/780-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom marginsSet page length to n inches Set top margin Set vertical tab stops every n lines Disable paper-out detectorEnable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stops Set right margin Select Vertical Tab channelVertical tab Set left margin Set automatic Line feed Cancel automatic line feedSet left and right margins Carriage return Right justify BackspaceLeff justify Center text Horizontal tab Reset all tab stopsSet horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Absolute horizontal tab in columns Relative horizontal TabRelative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches Print 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Graphics CommandsPrint 8-bit single-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density graphics Print M-bit hex-density graphics Select graphics mode Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Convert graphics densityDownload Character Select download character set Define Download MSB Other Printer Control CommandsDelete Last character Sent ROM Last Line Cancel Quiet PrintRepeat data Quiet Print Stop printing Cancel Immediate PrintSet printer off-line Set printer on-line Manual feed PrintingUnidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printing Eject Paper Reset printerSet print start position on ASF Memo Norma/ character AppendixCDOWNLOAD Semi-condensed Proportional Super/subscript character Iiao 1600 2440 If ST=5 then CLS Goto 3480 Character Sets Standard Character SET I7’ Pj-iii-j IBM Character SET #2 Page IBM CH Aracter SET #I Additional Character SET SfR International Character Sets Index 111 Lol 107 Command Summary ESC ESC p ESC p0 ESC p.‘ 111