Star Micronics NX-2410 I , :

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

n Printing Mechanism

Printing method

Printing speed

Printing direction

Text:

Dot graphics:

Print head

Serial impact dot matrix

150 characters per second (draft pica)

50 characters per second (LQ pica)

Bidirectional or unidirectional (select-

able), logic seeking

Unidirectional, logic seeking

24 Pins

Life: 200 million dots

Ribbon Black fabric ribbon cartridge

Life: 2 million draft characters

Paper feed Friction and push-tractor feed

Semiautomatic sheet loading

Paper feed speed 3.4 inches/second (during page feed)

n Interface and Emu/a tion

Interface

Data buffer

Emulation modes

Centronics-compatible, 7 or 8 bit,

TTL-level

7K bytes when not used for download

characters

l-Line buffer when using download

Epson LQ-800 and IBM Proprinter X24

n Switches and indicators

Power switch Rocker switch

Control panel 4 Membrane switches, 10 LED indicators

DIP switches 16 pins

Contents

Main 0 Copyright 1989 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. Page Page Double-height, Double-sized, Quad-sized. TABLEOFCONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE 29 Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC 35 Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING 45 Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 51 Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 57 Page Chapter 7 SET7NVG UP THE PRINTER LOCATING THE PRINTER UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Page Page Page Page Page I Semiautomatic loading Manual loading Page Page Page Paper unparking TEST PRINTING Short se/f test Long self test interface test ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP DIP SWITCH SETTINGS I - I Character set (IBM Mode) I Set #2 I Set #l I Page Page Page Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Power indicator On Line switch Paper feed switch Quiet Mode switch Sty/e/Pitch POWER-UP FUNCTIONS Short test pattern: On Line switch Stay in pane/ pitch: Style/Pitch and Paper Feed switch Stay in pane/ style: Style/Pitch and Quiet Mode switch Hexadecimal dump: Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches 20 24 F ,. Paper parking: Quiet Mode and Paper Feed switches Page feed: Paper Feed and On Line switches Top of form: Style/Pitch and Paper Feed switches Forward micro-feed: On Line and Paper Feed switches Reverse micro-feed: On Line and Quiet Mode switches C/earing the buffer: On Line and Style/Pitch switches Page Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width Initialization sequence Page alignment Type style and pitch selection Other printer commands can help you to use <ESC>4italic<ESC>5 print. can help you to use italic print. Page C hapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS New file *1 - PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC Page Page Page Page Page Page Chapter 5 MAIAITEIVAIVCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Page Page Page Page screen: rectly: H If you have problems with horizontal tabulation: H If you have problems with graphics: H If you have problems with download characters: I : TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 4 Dot Matrix Size w Paper Specifications only1 1 Electrical Specifications R fnterface Signals Page Page PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS FdNT CONTROL COMMANDS Select Select LQ characters Select LQ type style Select ornament character Select italic characters - Select upright characters Emphasized printing Double-strike printing Cancel emphasized printing Cancel double-strike printing Page Page Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Select slash zero Select normal zero CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Elite pitch High-speed elite pitch High-density elite pitch Page Caocel one-line expanded printing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select master print mode increase character spacing I Select double or quadruple size Print double-height characters Return to normal height Select character width I Select character height, width, and line spacing Select character type and print pitch VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 718 inch Set line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inch Set line spacing to 116 inch Set base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/180 or n/276 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Set line spacing to n/60 oy n/72 inch Define line spacing to n/72 inch Execute < ESC > A Line feed Reverse line feed Select forward feed mode Perform one n/780-inch or n/276-inch line feed Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Set page Iength to n inches Set Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom margins Form feed Disable paper-out detector Enable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set vertical tab stops in channel Set left margin Set left and right margins Carriage return Set automatic line feed Cancel autoniatic line feed Backspace Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify . . . Set horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Reset a// tab stops Horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in co/umns GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print 8-bit sing/e-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Print I-bit quadruple-density graphics Print 24bit hex-density graphics Select graphics mode Select graphics mode Convert graphics density DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy character set from ROM into RAM card Define download characters Select download character set Select ROM character set OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MS6 to 7 Set MS8 to 0 Accept MSB as is Cancel last line Repeat Quiet print Cancel quiet print immediate print Cancel immediate print Set printer off-line Set printer on-he Stop printing Bell Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printing Manual feed Auto feed Page Page Appendix CHARACTER GENERATOR Normal character Page I : Super/subscript character Page Page I Page Page CHARACTER SETS r Page Page Page Page IBM CHARACTER SET #l il I all I D I? 13 29 Page +I- #$ o 0 T-/T-/T -I- +I- B -I-+ 8 s e # $ e # #ad # $ f # $ 6 # $ 6 -l-t- # $ e INDEX r--- L& -- B jD m 1sI Page COMMAND SUMMARY Page Page . -.