Using WE PR//vER, Installing Your Software | Star Micronics NX-2400

Chapter 3 USING WE PR//vER

WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

There is an abundance of commercial software available: spreadsheet

programs, word-processing programs, graphics programs, and more. This printer will work with any program that supports a Star, Epson or IBM

dot-matrix printer. Before using the printer with commercial software, however, there are two things you must do:

•Install the software so that it supports the printer

•Set the printer’s DIP switches to match the software

INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE

Most commercial software includes an installation program or routine that you can run to customize the software to fit your hardware system.

Start by reading the explanation of the installation program in your software manual.

Printer menu

The installation program usually offers a menu of printers from which to choose. If you find this printer on the menu, select it.

If this printer is not listed, look for the Epson LQ-800 or IBM Proprinter X24. If these are not listed, look for another Star, Epson or IBM printer. A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preference:

Star	NB-15		Epson LQ-800	IBM Proprinter	X24
	NB24-10		LQ-1000	Proprinter	II
	NB24-	15	LQ- 1500	Proprinter

Some menus are less explicit about model names but offer general de- scriptions such as “Star printer”, “Epson printer”, “IBM dot-matrix printer”,

“dot-matrix ASCII printer”, “Centronics-type printer”, “Draft printer”,

or “Standard printer”. Any of these selections should work. If you are not

sure of the right selection, it does not hurt to experiment. If you choose

wrong, you will get strange printing results, but don’t worry; just try a different selection. Don’t pick any printer described as a daisywheel printer or laser printer.

A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do. The answers to the most often asked questions are: Yes, this printer can do a backspace; and Yes, it can do a hardware form feed.

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Star Micronics NX-2400 user manual Using WE PR//vER, Installing Your Software

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 printing is faint, incomplete, or unclear TroubleshootingIf a// text is printed on the same line If line spacing is twice as wide as expected 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 Interface Signals Electrical SpecificationsEnvironmental Requirements Option Signal Pin No Name Memo Select draft quality characters Font Control Commands Select LQ type Style Select LQ charactersSelect ornament character Select Italic Characters Double-strike Printing Select Upright CharactersStart Underlining Stop Underlining Cancel Superscript Or subscriptStart Overlining Stop Overlining Select IBM character set Select Standard characterSelect character set #7 Select Character set #2 Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Enable printing of all character codesSelect s/ash zero Select normal zero Elite pitch Pica pitchHigh-speed elite pitch High-density elite pitch Cancel expanded printing Cancel condensed printingCondensed printing Expanded printing Caucel one-line expanded printing Select master print modeSe/ect proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select double or quadruple size Increase character SpacingPrint double-height characters Return to normal Height Select character height, width, and line spacing Select Character Width Select character type and print pitch Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inch Set line spacing to 718 inch Set base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to 716 inchSet line spacing to n/780 or n/216 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Select reverse feed mode Select forward feed modeDefine line spacing to n/72 inch Execute ESC a Perform one n/780-inch reverse line feed Perform one n/180-inch or n/2164nch line feedFeed paper n lines Set top of page at current position Set page length to n inches Cancel top and bottom marginsSet top margin Set bottom margin Enable paper-out detector Disable paper-out detectorSet vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines Vertical tab Select Vertical Tab channelSet left margin Set right margin Set left and right margins Cancel automatic line feedCarriage return Set automatic Line feed Leff justify BackspaceCenter text Right justify Set horizontal tab stops Reset all tab stopsSet horizontal tab stop every n columns Horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab in inches Relative horizontal TabAbsolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns Print 8-bit single-density graphics Graphics CommandsPrint 8-bit double-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density, double-speed 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 Delete Last character Sent Other Printer Control CommandsROM MSB Repeat data Cancel Quiet PrintQuiet Print Last Line Set printer off-line Cancel Immediate PrintSet printer on-line Stop printing Unidirectional printing PrintingOne-line unidirectional printing Manual feed 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