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Chapter 6

MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER

When using your printer with an IBM PC, PC-XT, or PC-AT or compatible, you will probably be using PC-DOS or MS-DOS as an operating system. A number of software tricks may be useful here. This chapter is not, however, a substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer. To learn how to print files, etc. it is best to read the relevant parts of these manuals.

INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH

YOUR PRINTER

When installing application software, you may find that your printer is not specifically mentioned in the lists of printers given for installation. How- ever, this should pose no problem. Read this section, and guidelines provided with your software on printer installation.

If you have your printer set up in standard mode, then choose an Epson LQ- 1050 or LQ-850 as your printer to be selected.

If neither of these are mentioned, choose one of the following (in order of preference): Star NB-15, Star NB24-15, Epson LQ-1000, Epson LQ-1500.

If you have your printer set up with the DIP switches to emulate an IBM Proprinter XL24, simply choose this from the list of printers available in the application software list.

If the IBM Proprinter XL24 is not mentioned, use Proprinter X24 or Proprinter II.

If your software package does not mention printers by name, but asks instead what features your printer is capable of, the most common questions are: “Can your printer perform a backspace?” and “Can it do a hardware form feed?“. You should answer “Yes” to both these questions.

Other software packages may well allow you to install specific features. Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed. This is given below.

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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 Locating the Printer Chapter Check the carton contents Printer’s external parts Parts name of the printer Mount the platen knob Install the ribbon cartridgePage Page Ins tall the optional IC card Connection Figure I-9.Replacing the interface board Automatic loading Loading Single Sheets Adjustable paper guide Manual loading Loading and Parking Fanfold Forms Loading the fanfold forms Figure l-73. Thread the fanfold paper over the sprockets Figure l-74.Mounting the paper guide for fanfold forms Loading the paper with pull tractor unitPage Paper unparking Paper parking Adjusting the Printing GAP Control Panel Operations On Line button SET/EJECT Park button Paper Feed buttonPitch button Italic Style button POWER-UP Functions Short test mode 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 Form feed Switch Combination Functions Forward micro-feed Top of formReverse micro-feed Clearing the buffer Chapter Location of the DIP Switches Auto CR Functions of the DIP SwitchesPage Page Page Memo Printer Control Commands Select LQ font style Font Control CommandsSelect draft quality characters Select LQ characters Se/ect Orator characters Select Courier charactersSelect Optional characters Select Prestige characters Select ornament chatacter Select Script charactersSelect italic characters Select upright characters Start underlining Cancel emphasized printingCancel double-strike printing Double-strike printing Subscript Stop underliningStop 0 verlining Superscript Select character set #I Cancel superscriptSelect standard character set Select IBM character set Select character set #2 Enable printing of all character codesSelect international Character set Pica pitch Enable printing of all character codes on next characterSelect slash zero Select normal zero Seim-condensed pitch Elite pitchHigh-speed elite pitch High-density elite pitch Expanded printing Cancel condensed printingCancel expanded printing Condensed printing Select proportional spacing Cancel one-line expanded printingExpanded printing for one line Select character width Select fixed spacing Select master print modeIncrease character spacing Select character size Select double or quadruple sizePrint double-height characters Select character height, width, and line spacing Return to normal height Select character type and print pitch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Vertical Position CommandsSet line spacing to l/6 inch Set line spacing to 760 or 7l72 inch Define line spacing to n/72 inch Set base unit for line spacingSet line spacing to n/180 or n/216 inch Set line spacing to n/60 or n/72 inch Line feed Execute ES Mode AsciiSIect forward feed mode Select reverse feed mode Set top of page at current position Perform one n/l 80-inch or n/216-inchline feedPerform one n/216=inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set bottom margin Set page length to n linesSet page length to n inches Set top margin Return to top of current Cancel top and bottom marginsDisable paper-out detector Enable paper-out detector Select vertical tab channel Set vertical tab stopsSet vertical tab stops every n lines Set vertical tab stops in channel Set left margin Vertical tab Set left and right margins Set right marginCarriage return Left justify Cancel automatic line feedSet automatic Line feed Backspace Set horizontal tab stop everyn columns Right justifyFull justify Set horizontal tab stops Relative horizontal tab in inches Reset all tab stopsHorizontal tab Relative horizontal Tab 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 MO+mI+m2 Define download characters Select download character set Copy character set from ROM into RAM cardSelect ROM character set Delete last character sent Cancel last lineSet MSB to Accept MSB as is Lmmedia te print Cancel quiet printRepeat data Quiet print Stop printing Cancel immediate printSet printer off-line Set printer on-line One-line unidirectional prin thg BellBidirectional printing Unidirectional printing Set print start position on ASF Reset printerAuto feed Eject paper from ASF Memo Download Characters Ascii Code Left space Character width Right space Sample program Assigning a value of character space Lprint Cars & Telephones Memo Chapter Installing Application Software with Your Printer CPI Embedding Printer Commands COW Aprint README.DOC Programming the Printer with DOS Commands ESC Acopy LQELITE.DAT PRN Aprint README.DOC Programming With Basic Width Gosub 2620 Data 3620 How the program works Quad-size d Lprint CHR$2SECHR$O Modifications for IBM mode Troubleshooting Maintenance 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 Replacing the Ribbon Maintenance 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 IATINABEPlCA #$aiRi International Character Sets Index Lol Page Command Summary 123 IBM ESC a 125