DOT MATRIX PRINTER
NX-2415 MULTI-FONT
USERS MANUAL
NX-2415II
USERS MANUAL
MULTI-FONT
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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Chapter 2 - Setting Up the Printer
Chapter 3 - Paper Installation and Use
Chapter 5 - Default Settings - EDS mode
Chapter 6 - Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 - Optional Accessories
Chapter 8 - Printer Control Commands
Chapter 9 - Download Characters
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER
Chapter 3 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 5 DEFAULT SETTINGS - EDS MODE
Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING
Chapter 7 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
Chapter 8 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
COMMAND SUMMARY
Chapter 9 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
Chapter 10 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINrl’ER
Chapter 11 REFERENCE
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INTRODUCTION
PRINTER COMPONENTS
Interface connector
Front cover
Rear cover
Component
Description
SUMMARY OF PRINTER FEATURES
FeatureFunction
Feature
Function
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FONT STYLE EXAMPLE
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Double-height
SETTING UP THE PRINTER
PRtNTER PLACEMENT
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UNPACKING AND INSPECTION
SETTING UP
Installing the platen knob
Installing the ribbon cartridge
5. Take up the slack in the ribbon again by turning the tension knob
6. Hold the front cover upright and engage the tabs at the back. Then swing the front edge down until the cover is closed
Installing the paper guide
Connecting the interface cable
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Configuring your software for the printer
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PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE
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SELECTION OF PAPER
ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP
Single sheets
LOADING SINGLE SHEETS
3 or
1. Raise the paper guide vertically on the rear cover
Now you are ready to start printing
LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS
Loading the paper
Tractor cober
CIamp lever
Figure 3-8. Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units
Paper parking
Paper unparking
BUITON AND INDICATOR FUNCTIONS
CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
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ON LINE
PAPER FEED
SET/EJECT
PITCH
FONT
SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS
Form feed
Top of form
Forward micro-feed
Reverse micro-feed
Changing the auto loading position
Clearing the buffer/All reset
Save Macro Definition
POWER-UP FUNCTIONS
Short test mode
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Long test mode
Print area test mode
Pitch lock mode
Font lock mode
Font and Pitch lock mode
Dot adjustment mode
Hexadecimal dump
CONDITIONS INDICATED BY BEEP TONES
Beep tone
Meaning
DEFAULT SETTINGS-EDS MODE
HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE
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FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS
Switches A-1 Emulation
Switch A-3 RAM usage
Switch B-2 Paper-out
Switch B~5 CR Centering
Switches C-1 to C-3 Page Length
Switches C-4 and C-5 Print Pitch
Switch D-1 Print Mode
Switches E-1 to E-3 LQ Font Selection
TROUBLESHOOTING
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IProbable Cause
Probable Cause The tractor positions are in- correctly adjusted
Problem with the application program
Adjust the tractor positions. See “Loading fanfold forms” in Chapter
Platen knob was manually turned while the POWER in- dicator was on
Some wires are missing from
Wrong default setting with
Check the current EDS setting. Modify the
EDS switches
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MAINTENANCE
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER SF-15DJ
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Setting up
7. Install tie printer cover provided with the Automatic Sheet Feeder
Now you can use the ASF by installing the paper stack into the hopper
Loading paper
Figure 7-8. Fan the paper before inserting it into the ASF
8. Push the paper loading lever toward the rear of the printer
PULL TRACTOR UNIT PT-15XJ
cover
Setting
Figure 7-14. Adjust the sprocket guides
Loading paper
Clamp lever
Figure 7-13. Inseri the paper from the entry slot for cut-sheet forms
Now close the tractor covers, again maKlngsure tnat me paper noles are
SERIAL INTERFACE CARTRIDGE
DIP switch functions on the Serial cartridge
PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
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FONT CONTROL COMMANDS
Select print quality
Select LQfont
Select print quality
Cancel emphasized printing
Select italic characters
Select upright characters
Emphasized printing
Cancel double-strike printing
Double-strike printing
Underlining
Overlinittg
Select score
Select ornament character
Superscript
Cancel superscript or subscript
Subscript
CHARACTER SET COMMANDS
Select character table
Select character set #l
Select character set #2
Select international character set
Select IBM code page
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Enable printing of all character codes
Enable printing of all character codes on next character
CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS
Pica pitch
Elite pitch
Semi-condensed pitch
Cancel condensed printing
Proportional spacing
Select font and pitch
Select print mode
Cancel one-line expanded printing
Expanded printing
Expanded printing for one line
Select character width
Select master print mode
Increase character spacing
Print double-height characters
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Return to normal height
Select character height, width, and line spacing
‘“W”
VERTICALCOMMANDS
Set line spacing to 1/8 inch
Set line spacing to 1/6 inch
Set line spacing to n1360inch
Set line spacing
Set line spacing to n160inch or n172inch
Execute dlSC “A”
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Select forwardfeed mode
Select reverse feed mode
Line feed
Reverse line feed
Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed
Set page length to n lines
Set page length to n inches
Set top of page at current position
Cancel bottom margin
Set bottom margin
Form feed
Set vertical tab stops
Set vertical tab stops in channel
Select vertical tab channel
Vertical tab
HORIZONTAL POSITION
Set left margin
Set right margin
Cancel automatic line feed
Set left and right margins
Carriage return
Set automatic line feed
Reset all tab stops
Set horizontal tab stops
Horizontal tab
Relative horizontal tab
Relative horizontal tab in inches
Absolute horizontal tab in inches
ESC “d” nl
GRAPHICS
Print normal-density 8-bit graphics
Print double-density 8-bit graphics
Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics
Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics
Print hex-density 24-bit graphics
Both
Select graphics mode
Select graphics mode
nl, n2, ml, m2
HO Graphicsmode
Convert graphics density
ASCII
Decimal
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DOWNLOAD CHARACTER
Define download characters
ASCII
Decimal
Define download characters
Copy character set from ROM into RAM
Select download character set
Select ROM character set
OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS
Cancel last line
Set MSB to
Set MSB to O
Set printer off-line
Set printer on-line
Stop printing
Bell
Uni-directional printing
One-line uni-directional printing
AIIanualfeed
Auto feed
Reset printer
Set print start position on Automatic Sheet Feeder
Set initial conditions
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DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH STANDARD MODE
Assigning the character data
Assigning a value of character space
Sample program
012345678
DIFFUSIONO
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PERSONS
DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM MODE
Assigning the download character set
Assigning the character dot pattern
“l” in the column for the compression mask bit. If it is not
Assigning the Index Table data
The third byte
Sample program
’’’’@
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PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS
Elite pitch
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PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC
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RESTORE
RESTORE
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Define
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3910
4490
DATA
O, 31,248
0, 31,240
How the program works
SPECIFICATIONS
Weight
Standard
Push tractor feed from the rear of the printer
Option
Fanfold continuous
PINOUT OF INTERFACE CONNECTOR
Parallel interface
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Serial Interface
8-10
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CHARACTER SETS
Standard character set #2
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International character sets
Country 35 36 64 90 91 91 93 94 96
IBM character set #2
Code Page #437 U.S.A
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Code Page #850 Multi-1ingual
a 3 r171-i
U4 132 a
Code Page +?860Portuguese
Code Page #861 Icelandic
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Other characters are identical to Code Page #437
Code Page #865 Nordic
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Character set #1
H-id-+4
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IBM special character set
0 11
Absolute horizontal tab, 89 Adjustment lever, 3 mode, 43,65
INDEX
A s c e p A8 m B
c Bp d i f m c C c C c C C C C
E p E
s F c s c m F
G c G d G G p
c I c I c
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d c c SI S c S S S
T f T TI
V p c V V V
Standard Mode
lines
Sethorizontaltab stops
nextcharacter
Deletelastcharactersent
IBM Mode
FunctionP
Uni-directionalprinting Expandedprinting
Selectcharacterh
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