Table of Contents | Star Micronics NX-2415 instruction

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 SETTING	UP THE PRINTER	.1
Locating the Printer		1
Unpacking and Inspection		2
Check the carton contents		2
Parts name of the printer		3
Setting Up	........................................................................................	.4
Mount the platen knob		.4
Install the ribbon cartridge		.4
Install the optional IC card		7	I
Connection		.8
Loading Single Sheets		10
Automatic loading		.10
Manual loading		12
Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms		.13
Loading the fanfold forms		13
Loading the paper with pull tractor unit		15
Paper parking		17
Paper	unparking	17
Adjusting the Printing Gap		18

Chapter 2 CONTROL	PANEL OPERATIONS	.19
Buttons and Indicators		19
ON LINE button		20
PAPER FEED button		21
SET/EJECT PARK button		.21
PITCH button		.2 1
STYLE button		22
Power-Up Functions		23
Short test mode		23
Long test mode.. .................................................................... .24
Print ares test mode		24
Stay in panel pitch		.24
Stay in panel style		.25
Stay in panel pitch and style		25
Hexadecimal dump		.25
Switch Combination Functions		28
Form feed		.28
Top of form		.29
Forward micro-feed		29
Reverse	micro-feed	.29
Clearing the buffer		.30

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Star Micronics NX-2415 user manual Table of Contents

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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 Paper Feed button SET/EJECT Park buttonPitch button Style button Italic Short test mode POWER-UP Functions Long test mode Print area test modeStay in panel pitch Stay in panel style Stay in panel pitch and styleHexadecimal dump Lprint CHR$I Next Return Switch Combination Functions Form feed Top of form Forward micro-feedReverse 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 Enable printing of all character codes Select character set #2Select international Character set 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 Select master print mode Select fixed spacingIncrease character spacing Select double or quadruple size Select character sizePrint double-height characters 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 Set right margin Set left and right marginsCarriage return 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 Absolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columnsPrint g-bit double-density graphics Print g-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Print g-bit quadruple-density graphicsPrint 24-bit hex-density graphics Select graphics mode Convert graphics density Define download characters MO+mI+m2 Copy character set from ROM into RAM card Select download character setSelect ROM 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