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Top of form

Forward micro-feed

Reversemicro-feed

Left margin

Right margin

Clearingthe buffer

Chapter 3USING THE PRINTER WITH

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE 31

Installingyour software 31

Printer menu

Printer command options

Type styles

Page width

Initialization sequence

Settingthe DIP switches 33

Using your software 33

Page alignment

Type styleand pitch selection

Other printer commands

Chapter 4USING THE PRINTER

WITH DOS AND BASIC 37

Hard-copyingthescreen 37

Prograrnmingthe printer with DOS commands 38

Programming the printer with BASIC 40

Chapter 5MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING 47

Cleaningtheprinter 47

Replacingtheribbon 47

Replacingtheprint head 47

Troubleshooting 50

Appendix ATECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS 53

Appendix BPRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS 59

Fontcontrol co~ands 59

Charactersetcommands 63

Charactersizeandpitch commands 66

Verticalpositioncommands 70

Horizontal positioncommands 76

Graphics commands 80

Download character commands 82

Macro instruction commands 85

Other printer contrcdcommands 86

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Contents

Main Page MULTI-FONT NX-I 00011 USERSMANUAL additiortalsuggestions.llteuaermayfindthefollowingbookle~ tionsCarrmi askerhelpful: Rxw2L%R5%&%YG bookktis @Copyright 1989Star Mic~nics Co., Ltd. ! 1 HOWTO USETHIS MANUAL E. t- FEATURESOFTHE PRINTER with lower case characters, and Pica IhxikI1es ized, Quad siz~d Under1ininq, Wer 1InIng, TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Page chapter 7 SETTINGUPTHEPRINTER LOCATINGTHEPRINTER UNPACKINGANDINSPECTION Checkthe carton contents Page SETTINGUP Page Page LOADINGSINGLESHEETS Page It Check that LOADINGAND PARKINGFANFOLDFORMS Page Page TESTPRINTING LPRINT THE INTERFACEWORKS ADJUSTINGTHEPRINTING GAP I I I2-3 ]In@~ationalcha~ter~tl(see~e~~w) , I I Orator prints this way with switch 1-3 OFF. Page Page chapter2 CONTROLPANELOPERATIONS SWITCHESANDINDICATORS Page This is pica (10characters Thisiselite(12charactersperinch). This is proportional pica. This is proportional elite. near 1etterqua 1ity Courier. Orator with lower case. Orator ita 7ic with lower case. !- I 1 . Page ~ ,- 1;:... - L - 25 ................ -. -- a.. . . . -..> ,.. , J MostBASICs,however,arenotquitethatstraightforward. Forexample, the IBM-PC prints the following. Page Page Page Page Page I chapter 3USINGTHEPRINTER WITHCOMMERCIALSOFTWARE Page 1- I 1- < I 1~~ If you are printing on fanfold forms, the first thing to do before you Page Page Page I 1 i l- -. ,. chapter WITHDOSAND BASIC Page L Page 1 Page Page Page Page MEMO 1 . chapter 5MAINTENANCE Page I }.- 1 Page Page Page I 1- 1 I I~ h- . i ,. Page Page Page r-Signal Page AppenciixB PRINTERCONTROLCOMMANDS IBOhl Select draft elite characters Select IVf.Qcharacters Se/ect M& type style lectedby <ESC>x 1. Ignoredif the NLQ Type Style switchwas pressedduringpower-up. Select Sanserif characters I I < I< I, , Double-strike printing Cancel double-strike printing 62 Start underlining Stop underlining I . L i i t ,- Stop over/ining Se/ect/BM character set Select IBM character set #l 64 Select IBM character set #2 Select international character set Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of all character codes on next character 65 Select s/ash zero Select normal zero I Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing for one line Cancel one-he expanded printing Select proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Se/ect master print mode 68 Increase character spacing Select double or quadruple size Return to normal height Select character height, width, and line spacing VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1/8 inch Page Line feed Reverse line feed Perform one n/216-inch line feed Perform one n/276-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n/ines Set top of page at current position Set page length ton lines Set page length to ninches Set top margin Set Cancel top and bottom margins Form feed Disable paper-out detector Enable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n/ines Set vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel Vertical tab HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Set right margin Page Left justify Center text Set horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every ncohrmns Reset all tab stops Horizonta/ tab std. \ Re/ative horizontal tab < Absolute horizontal tab in columns GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print single-density 8-bit graphics Print double-density 8-bit graphics Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics Select graphics mode Print 9-pin graphics std. DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM std. <Esc>: <()><cl> <()>27 58 000 IB 3A 00 00 00 Define draft download characters Define ML(2download characters Define cfown/oacfcharacters Se/ect download character set Select draft download character set 1- Select draft elite download character set Select NLQ download character set Select ROM character set MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS Define macro instruction OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MS13to 1 Set MSB to O Accept MSB as is Cancel last line hnfnediate Cancel Set Bell Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printing Manual feed I Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on ASF Reset printer MEMO Appendix CDOWNLOAD CHARACTERGENERATOR Page I I r . ,,, .- ., - ., ,. .. 1- ,* Page t I I .. k- , 1. , [ [ ,.,.,- 1; E . . Page Append D r I II 0 +?!+4-% c & (5 r3 GF161 177 193 209 225 241 I &6F v f v I-E l-iiim l-m m bi- lm- 6 - p I c<FF> <FS> ,\1: Page <N 3 < 5I I & 4 < I ad l- 8+ I I : .... -. I-. 1- ~ INDEX m . -. ConsumerResponse WH AM EM UM hI4I I CH CCC: vTi 1? DIPSWITCHES L Seebeow)%-i MULTI-FONT ==E- NX-I REFERENCE CARD POWER-UPFUNCTIONS SWITCHCOMBINATION FUNCTIONS <VT> <FF> <cR> <so> <SI> <DC1> <DC2> IBM <DC2> <LF> cmB <so> <SI> <EM><0> <EM><4> <EM>R <EM>f ,,>. ,. ,, ROM I < tr> STD <Esc>tf) ..... ...- IBM <Fs>= IBM <Fs>Q~ IBM <Fs>~n IBM <R3>~