Star Micronics NX-2415 guide

Chapter 6 - MS-DOS and your printer

Since the PC or PC-AT family of computers running under MS-DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer, we have in- cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems. Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer.

Chapter 7 - Troubleshooting and maintenance

This section gives a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way. It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself. It is not, however, a complete service manual. Call a qualified service engineer if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations.

Chapter 8 - Specilications

This section gives the specifications of your printer.

Chapter 9 - Character sets

These charts give the different character sets available, and the differences between national character sets (as set up with the DIP switches).

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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 SET/EJECT Park button Paper Feed buttonPitch button Style button Italic Short test mode POWER-UP Functions Print area test mode Long test modeStay in panel pitch Stay in panel pitch and style Stay in panel styleHexadecimal dump Lprint CHR$I Next Return Switch Combination Functions Form feed Forward micro-feed Top of formReverse micro-feed Clearing the buffer Location of the DIP Switches Chapter Functions of the DIP Switches Auto CRPage Page Page Memo Printer Control Commands Font Control Commands Select draft quality charactersSelect LQ characters Select LQ font style Select Courier characters Select Optional charactersSelect Prestige characters Se/ect Orator characters Select Script characters Select italic charactersSelect upright characters Select ornament chatacter Cancel emphasized printing Cancel double-strike printingDouble-strike printing Start underlining Stop underlining Stop 0 verliningSuperscript Subscript Cancel superscript Select standard character setSelect IBM character set Select character set #I Select character set #2 Enable printing of all character codesSelect international Character set Enable printing of all character codes on next character Select slash zeroSelect normal zero Pica pitch Elite pitch High-speed elite pitchHigh-density elite pitch Seim-condensed pitch Cancel condensed printing Cancel expanded printingCondensed printing Expanded printing Cancel one-line expanded printing Expanded printing for one lineSelect character width Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select master print modeIncrease character spacing Select character size Select double or quadruple sizePrint double-height characters Return to normal height Select character height, width, and line spacing Select character type and print pitch Vertical Position Commands Set line spacing to l/6 inchSet line spacing to 760 or 7l72 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Set base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/180 or n/216 inchSet line spacing to n/60 or n/72 inch Define line spacing to n/72 inch Execute ES Mode Ascii SIect forward feed modeSelect reverse feed mode Line feed Perform one n/l 80-inch or n/216-inchline feed Perform one n/216=inch reverse line feedFeed paper n lines Set top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Set page length to n inchesSet top margin Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom margins Disable paper-out detectorEnable paper-out detector Return to top of current Set vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n linesSet vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel Vertical tab Set left margin Set left and right margins Set right marginCarriage return Cancel automatic line feed Set automatic Line feedBackspace Left justify Right justify Full justifySet horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop everyn columns Reset all tab stops Horizontal tabRelative horizontal Tab Relative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns Absolute horizontal tab in inchesPrint g-bit double-density graphics Print g-bit quadruple-density graphics Print g-bit double-density, double-speed graphicsPrint 24-bit hex-density graphics Select graphics mode Convert graphics density Define download characters MO+mI+m2 Select download character set Copy character set from ROM into RAM cardSelect ROM character set Cancel last line Set MSB toAccept MSB as is Delete last character sent Cancel quiet print Repeat dataQuiet print Lmmedia te print Cancel immediate print Set printer off-lineSet printer on-line Stop printing Bell Bidirectional printingUnidirectional printing One-line unidirectional prin thg Reset printer Auto feedEject paper from ASF 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