Star Micronics NX-2415 Chapter 7

Chapter 7 TROlJl3LESHOOTING

AND MAINTENANCE

The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only

as a brief guide to these functions. Remember that your printer is a highly

sophisticated electronic device, which also contains high voltage inside. For

that reason, only carry out those operations described in this chapter.

CAUTION: Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described

here may result in electric shock and/or damage to the printer.

When carrying out any repairs or maintenance, always follow

the instructions carefully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery, which should not

cause you any trouble, provided it is used and treated sensibly. However, the

few elementary tips below should avoid you having to make unnecessary

service calls. The following table gives you ideas on where to look in this

section if you experience faults:

Remember - it is better not to attempt operations or repairs above your level

of competence. Otherwise, you run the risk of damaging the printer.

Contents

Main 0 Copyright 1989 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Page FEATURES OF THE PRINTER TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER LOCATING THE PRINTER Page Parts name of the printer SElTlNG UP Mount the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridge Page Page Ins tall the optional IC card Connection Page LOADING SINGLE SHEETS Automatic loading Page Manual loading LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Loading the fanfold forms Page Loading the paper with pull tractor unit I L I b. I i. L. L L L t L Paper parking Paper unparking ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS BUTTONS AND INDICATORS ON LINE button PAPER FEED button SET/EJECT PARK button PITCH button STYLE button POWER-UP FUNCTIONS Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Stay in panel pitch Stay in panel style Stay in panel pitch and style Hexadecimal dump Page Page SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Form feed Top of form Forward micro-feed . Reverse micro-feed Clearing the buffer Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTINGS LOCATION OF THE DIP SWITCHES FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHES Page Page Page Page chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters .- Select L Q characters Select LQ font style - Select Courier characters Select Optional characters Select Prestige characters Se/ect Orator characters Select Script characters Select italic characters Select upright characters Select ornament chatacter Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double-strike printing Cancel double-strike printing Stop underlining Stops underlining. Superscript Start 0 verlining - Stop 0 verlining Page Select character set #2 Select international character set - Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of all 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 Seim-condensed pitch Condensed printing Cancel condensed printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing for one line Cancel one-line expanded printing Select character width Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select master print mode Increase character spacing Select double or quadruple size Select character size Print double-height characters Return to normal height ~1 Select character height, width, and line spacing Select character type and print pitch VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to 760 or 7l72 inch Set line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Set base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/180 or n/216 inch Set line spacing to n/60 or n/72 inch Define line spacing to n/72 inch Execute <ES& A Mode Line feed Reverse line feed SIect forward feed mode Select reverse feed mode Perform one n/l 80-inch or n/216-inch line feed Perform one n/216=inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set top of page at current position - Set page length to n lines Set page length to n inches Set top margin Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom margins Form feed Return to top of current page 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 Select vertical tab channel Vertical tab HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Set right margin Set left and right margins Carriage return Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feed - Backspace Left justify Center text Right justify Full justify Set horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop everyn columns Reset all tab stops Horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print g-bit normal-density graphics Print g-bit double-density graphics Print g-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Print g-bit quadruple-density graphics Print 24-bit hex-density graphics Page Select graphics mode Convert graphics density DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters Copy character set from ROM into RAM card Select download character set Select ROM character set OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 Set MSB to 0 Accept MSB as is Delete last character sent Cancel last line Repeat data Quiet print Cancel quiet print lmmedia te print I . . Cancel immediate print Set printer off-line Set printer on-line Stop printing Bell Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing One-line unidirectional prin thg Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Reset printer Page Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS Page Assigning a value of character space Sample program - 32, DIFFUSION RANGES Of CARS & TELEPHONES . Page Chapter 6 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS P-T- COW anywhere PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS Page PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC Page Page 2620 0, 3230 3270 3420 3560 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0. 0. 0. 0, 0, O8 24, OS Oj 56 .- -- Page How the program works Double-height, Double-sized, Quad-size d Emphasized, Double-strike, Underlining, UTemng, -___I Modifications for IBM mode Chapter 7 AND MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING . Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate, check the following: If your printer does not print, or suddenly stops printing, check the follow- ing: - - - -. - If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following: If dots are missing in the printing, check the following: 99 If the printout is not what is expected: Paper feeding If cut sheet paper (without the ASF) is not feeding smoothly, check the following: If the ASF is not operating or is not feeding paper correctly, check the following: If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly, check the following: If text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines, check the following: 102 If the page length and margins are not what is expected, check the following: MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE RIBBON REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD Page REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE RAM CARD Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS LQ Page I Chapter 9 r CHARACTER SETS -.I STANDARD CHARACTER SET 68 1 I + I : lKI~-P-J~--l Page Page Page Page IBM SPECIAL CH -r ARACTER SET INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS #S@[\lAC~>@O by INDEX El ID/ El lol I Dl Lu.! ml COMMAND SUMMARY :: 2 mo . - Select character height, width, and line spacing 5 1