NX-2415 MULTI-FONT
DOT MATRIX PRINTER
USERS MANUAL
USERS MANUAL
NX-2415II
MULTI-FONT
RadioInterferenceRegulations
FederalCommunicationsCommission RadioFrequencyInterferenceStatement
Statementof The CanadianDepartmentof Communications
Trademark Acknowledgements
Chapter 3 - Paper Installation and Use
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
Chapter 2 - Setting Up the Printer
Chapter 5 - Default Settings - EDS mode
Chapter 8 - Printer Control Commands
Chapter 6 - Troubleshooting
Chapter 7 - Optional Accessories
Chapter 9 - Download Characters
Chapter 3 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 7 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
Chapter 5 DEFAULT SETTINGS - EDS MODE
Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING
Chapter 8 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
Chapter 10 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINrl’ER
COMMAND SUMMARY
Chapter 9 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
Chapter 11 REFERENCE
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INTRODUCTION
Front cover
PRINTER COMPONENTS
Interface connector
Rear cover
Component
Description
SUMMARY OF PRINTER FEATURES
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Feature
Function
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FONT STYLE EXAMPLE
Double-height
PRtNTER PLACEMENT
SETTING UP THE PRINTER
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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
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
CIamp lever
Tractor cober
Figure 3-8. Mount the fanfold paper over the tractor units
Paper parking
Paper unparking
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BUITON AND INDICATOR FUNCTIONS
CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
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ON LINE
PAPER FEED
SET/EJECT
PITCH
FONT
SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS
Form feed
Reverse micro-feed
Top of form
Forward micro-feed
Changing the auto loading position
Clearing the buffer/All reset
Save Macro Definition
Short test mode
POWER-UP FUNCTIONS
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Long test mode
Font lock mode
Print area test mode
Pitch lock mode
Font and Pitch lock mode
Dot adjustment mode
Hexadecimal dump
Beep tone
CONDITIONS INDICATED BY BEEP TONES
Meaning
HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE
DEFAULT SETTINGS-EDS MODE
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FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS
Switches A-1 Emulation
Switch A-3 RAM usage
Switch B~5 CR Centering
Switch B-2 Paper-out
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
Adjust the tractor positions. See “Loading fanfold forms” in Chapter
Probable Cause The tractor positions are in- correctly adjusted
Problem with the application program
Platen knob was manually turned while the POWER in- dicator was on
Check the current EDS setting. Modify the
Some wires are missing from
Wrong default setting with
EDS switches
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MAINTENANCE
AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER SF-15DJ
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES
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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
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Setting
Clamp lever
Figure 7-14. Adjust the sprocket guides
Loading paper
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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Select LQfont
FONT CONTROL COMMANDS
Select print quality
Select print quality
Select upright characters
Cancel emphasized printing
Select italic characters
Emphasized printing
Underlining
Cancel double-strike printing
Double-strike printing
Overlinittg
Select ornament character
Select score
Superscript
Cancel superscript or subscript
Subscript
Select character set #l
CHARACTER SET COMMANDS
Select character table
Select character set #2
Select IBM code page
Select international character set
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Enable printing of all character codes
Enable printing of all character codes on next character
Elite pitch
CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS
Pica pitch
Semi-condensed pitch
Proportional spacing
Cancel condensed printing
Select font and pitch
Select print mode
Expanded printing for one line
Cancel one-line expanded printing
Expanded printing
Select character width
Print double-height characters
Select master print mode
Increase character spacing
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Select character height, width, and line spacing
Return to normal height
‘“W”
Set line spacing to 1/6 inch
VERTICALCOMMANDS
Set line spacing to 1/8 inch
Set line spacing to n1360inch
Execute dlSC “A”
Set line spacing
Set line spacing to n160inch or n172inch
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Line feed
Select forwardfeed mode
Select reverse feed mode
Reverse line feed
Set page length to n inches
Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed
Set page length to n lines
Set top of page at current position
Form feed
Cancel bottom margin
Set bottom margin
Set vertical tab stops
Select vertical tab channel
Set vertical tab stops in channel
Vertical tab
Set left margin
HORIZONTAL POSITION
Set right margin
Carriage return
Cancel automatic line feed
Set left and right margins
Set automatic line feed
Set horizontal tab stops
Reset all tab stops
Horizontal tab
Absolute horizontal tab in inches
Relative horizontal tab
Relative horizontal tab in inches
ESC “d” nl
Print double-density 8-bit graphics
GRAPHICS
Print normal-density 8-bit graphics
Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics
Print hex-density 24-bit graphics
Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics
Both
nl, n2, ml, m2
Select graphics mode
Select graphics mode
HO Graphicsmode
Decimal
Convert graphics density
ASCII
ESC “?” n
ASCII
DOWNLOAD CHARACTER
Define download characters
Decimal
Define download characters
Select download character set
Copy character set from ROM into RAM
Select ROM character set
Set MSB to
OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS
Cancel last line
Set MSB to O
Stop printing
Set printer off-line
Set printer on-line
Bell
AIIanualfeed
Uni-directional printing
One-line uni-directional printing
Auto feed
Set initial conditions
Reset printer
Set print start position on Automatic Sheet Feeder
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DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH STANDARD MODE
Assigning the character data
Assigning a value of character space
Sample program
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DIFFUSIONO
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
Define
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DATA
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How the program works
SPECIFICATIONS
Push tractor feed from the rear of the printer
Weight
Standard
Option
Fanfold continuous
Parallel interface
PINOUT OF INTERFACE CONNECTOR
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8-10
Serial Interface
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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
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
IBM special character set
H-id-+4
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A s c e p A8 m B
Absolute horizontal tab, 89 Adjustment lever, 3 mode, 43,65
INDEX
c Bp d i f m c C c C c C C C C
G c G d G G p
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c I c I c
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T f T TI
d c c SI S c S S S
V p c V V V
Standard Mode
nextcharacter
lines
Sethorizontaltab stops
Deletelastcharactersent
IBM Mode
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