Star Micronics NX-2415 guide

3.The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield (see Figure l-6).

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Figure I-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield

Now, hold the top cover upright and engage the tabs at the back. Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed.

Leave the top cover closed during normal operation. It keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer’s operating sounds. Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment.

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Star Micronics NX-2415 user manual

Contents

Not Intended for Sale Business Machines Corp HOW to USE this Manual Page Features of the Printer Table of Contents DIP Switch Settings Specifications Chapter Locating the Printer Check the carton contents Parts name of the printer Printer’s external parts Install the ribbon cartridge Mount the platen knobPage Page Ins tall the optional IC card Connection Figure I-9.Replacing the interface board Loading Single Sheets Automatic loading Adjustable paper guide Manual loading Loading the fanfold forms Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Figure l-73. Thread the fanfold paper over the sprockets Loading the paper with pull tractor unit Figure l-74.Mounting the paper guide for fanfold formsPage Paper parking Paper unparking Adjusting the Printing GAP Control Panel Operations On Line button Pitch button Paper Feed buttonSET/EJECT Park button Style button Italic Short test mode POWER-UP Functions Stay in panel pitch Long test modePrint area test mode Hexadecimal dump Stay in panel styleStay in panel pitch and style Lprint CHR$I Next Return Switch Combination Functions Form feed Reverse micro-feed Top of formForward micro-feed Clearing the buffer Location of the DIP Switches Chapter Functions of the DIP Switches Auto CRPage Page Page Memo Printer Control Commands Select LQ characters Font Control CommandsSelect draft quality characters Select LQ font style Select Prestige characters Select Courier charactersSelect Optional characters Se/ect Orator characters Select upright characters Select Script charactersSelect italic characters Select ornament chatacter Double-strike printing Cancel emphasized printingCancel double-strike printing Start underlining Superscript Stop underliningStop 0 verlining Subscript Select IBM character set Cancel superscriptSelect standard character set Select character set #I Select international Character set Enable printing of all character codesSelect character set #2 Select normal zero Enable printing of all character codes on next characterSelect slash zero Pica pitch High-density elite pitch Elite pitchHigh-speed elite pitch Seim-condensed pitch Condensed printing Cancel condensed printingCancel expanded printing Expanded printing Select character width Cancel one-line expanded printingExpanded printing for one line Select proportional spacing Increase character spacing Select master print modeSelect fixed spacing Print double-height characters Select double or quadruple sizeSelect character size Return to normal height Select character height, width, and line spacing Select character type and print pitch Set line spacing to 760 or 7l72 inch Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Set line spacing to n/60 or n/72 inch Set base unit for line spacingSet line spacing to n/180 or n/216 inch Define line spacing to n/72 inch Select reverse feed mode Execute ES Mode AsciiSIect forward feed mode Line feed Feed paper n lines Perform one n/l 80-inch or n/216-inchline feedPerform one n/216=inch reverse line feed Set top of page at current position Set top margin Set page length to n linesSet page length to n inches Set bottom margin Enable paper-out detector Cancel top and bottom marginsDisable paper-out detector Return to top of current Set vertical tab stops in channel Set vertical tab stopsSet vertical tab stops every n lines Select vertical tab channel Vertical tab Set left margin Carriage return Set right marginSet left and right margins Backspace Cancel automatic line feedSet automatic Line feed Left justify Set horizontal tab stops Right justifyFull justify Set horizontal tab stop everyn columns Relative horizontal Tab Reset all tab stopsHorizontal tab Relative horizontal tab in inches Print g-bit double-density graphics Absolute horizontal tab in inchesAbsolute horizontal tab in columns Print 24-bit hex-density graphics Print g-bit double-density, double-speed graphicsPrint g-bit quadruple-density graphics Select graphics mode Convert graphics density Define download characters MO+mI+m2 Select ROM character set Copy character set from ROM into RAM cardSelect download character set Accept MSB as is Cancel last lineSet MSB to Delete last character sent Quiet print Cancel quiet printRepeat data Lmmedia te print Set printer on-line Cancel immediate printSet printer off-line Stop printing Unidirectional printing BellBidirectional printing One-line unidirectional prin thg Eject paper from ASF Reset printerAuto feed Set print start position on ASF Memo Download Characters Ascii Code Left space Character width Right space Assigning a value of character space Sample program Lprint Cars & Telephones Memo Installing Application Software with Your Printer Chapter Embedding Printer Commands CPI COW Programming the Printer with DOS Commands Aprint README.DOC ESC Programming With Basic Acopy LQELITE.DAT PRN Aprint README.DOC Width Gosub 2620 Data 3620 How the program works Quad-size d Modifications for IBM mode Lprint CHR$2SECHR$O Maintenance Troubleshooting Power supply If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following Paper feeding Is there too much paper in the paper feed hopper or stacker? 102 Maintenance Replacing the Ribbon Replacing the Print Head 105 Replacing the Battery in the RAM Card Specifications Cut sheet Fanfold continuous Font card RAM card 109 Strobe Character Sets Standard Character SET 113 IBM Character SET #2 115 IBM Character SET #I IBM Special CH Aracter SET International Character Sets IATINABEPlCA #$aiRi Index Lol Page Command Summary 123 IBM ESC a 125