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NX-2420 user manual
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NX-2420
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NX-2420
RAINBO
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0 Copyright 1990 Star Micronics Co., Ltd.
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
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FEATURES OF THE PRINTER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER
Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS 37
Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 45
Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS
Chapter 6 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 97
Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE
Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS 119 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS 123
INDEX COMMAND SUMMARY 153
Chapter 1
SETTING UP THE PRINTER
LOCATING THE PRINTER
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/den tifying printer parts
SETTING UP
Mounting the platen knob
Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit
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Ins falling the optional cartridge
Connecting the printer to your computer
LOADING SINGLE SHEETS
Automatic loading
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Manual loading
LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS
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Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer
Paper parking
Paper unparking
LOADING MULTI-PART FORMS
ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP
NOTE: Pressure sensitive paper is recommended for the multi-part paper.
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Multi-part mode is recommended when using the 4-ply and 5-ply paper. (Refer to Chapter 3.)
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BUTTONS AND INDICATORS
Chapter 2
CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS
ON LINE button
PAPER FEED button
SET/EJECT/PARK button
PITCH button
FONT button
POWER-UP FUNCTIONS
Short test mode
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Print area test mode
Stay in Panel Pitch
Stay in Panel Font
Stay in Panel Pitch and Font
Hexadecimal dump
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SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS
Form feed
Top of form
Forward micro-feed
Reverse micro-feed
Changing the auto loading value
Clearing the buffer/All reset
Selecting the print color
Store Macro Definition
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Chapter 3
DEFAULT SETTINGS
HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE
FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SElTlNGS
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BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT MODE
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Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS
FONT CONTROL COMMANDS
Select draft quality characters
Select draft pica characters
Select draft elite characters
Select draft condensed characters
Select L Q characters
Select LQ pica characters
Select LQ elite characters
Select LQ condensed characters
Select LQ proportional characters
Select LQ font
Select font
Select italic characters
Select upright characters
Emphasized printing
Cancel emphasized printing
Double-s trike printing
Cancel double-s trike printing
Start underlining
Stop underlining
S tarf 0 verlining
Stop 0 vet-lining
Select score
Select ornament character
Superscript
Subscript
Cancel superscript or subscript
CHARACTER SET COMMANDS
Select standard character set
Select IBM character set
Select character set #I
Select character set #2
Select international character set
Select IBM code page
Enable printing of all character codes
Enable printing of all character codes on next character
Select slash zero
Select normal zero
CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch
Elite pitch
Semi-condensed pitch
Condensed printing
Cancel condensed printing
Expanded printing
Cancel expanded printing
Expanded printing for one line
Cancel one-line expanded printing
Select character width
Select proportional spacing
Select fixed spacing
Select master print mode
Increase character spacing
Select double or quadruple size
Select character size
Print double-height characters
Return to normal height
Select character height, width, and line spacing
VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to l/8 inch
i ,. Set line spacing to 7160 or 7/72 inch
Set line spacing to l/6 inch
Set line spacing to n/360 inch
Set base unit for line spacing
Set line spacing to n/180 inch or n/216 inch
Set line spacing to n/60 inch or n/72 inch
Execute <ES& cA
Line feed
Reverse line feed
Select forward feed mode
Select reverse feed mode
Perform one n/l804nch or n/216=inch line feed
Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed
Feed paper n lines
Set top of page at current position
Set page length to n lines
Set page length to n inches
Set bottom margin
Cancel bottom margin
Form feed
Return to top of current page
Disable paper-out detector
Enable paper-out detector
Set vertical tab stops
Set vertical tab stops every n lines
Set vertical tab stops in channel
Select vertical tab channel
Vertical tab
HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin
Set right margin
Set left and right margins
Carriage return
Set automatic line feed
Cancel automa tic line feed
Backspace
Left justify
Center text
Right justify
Full justify
Set horizontal tab stops
Set horizontal tab stops every n columns
Horizontal tab
Relative horizontal tab
Relative horizontal tab in inches
Absolute horizontal tab in inches
Absolute horizontal tab in columns
GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal-density g-bit graphics
Print double-density g-bit graphics
Print double-density, double-speed g-bit graphics
Print quadruple-density g-bit graphics
Print hex-density 24-bit graphics
Se/ect graphics mode
Seiecf graphics mode
Convert graphics density
DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters
Define download characters
Copy character set from ROM into RAM
Select download character set
Shift download character area
Select draft pica download character set
Select draft elite download character set
Select draft condensed download characters
Select LQ pica download characters
Select L Q elite download characters
Select LQ condensed download characters
Select L Q proportional download characters
Select ROM character set
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Accept MSB as is
Delete last character sent
Cancel last line
Set printer off-line
Set printer on-line
Stop printing
Bell
Bidirectional printing
Unidirectional printing
One-line unidirectional printing
Manual feed
Auto feed
Eject paper from ASF
Set print start position on ASF
Reset printer