Star Micronics SB-10

PROGRAMMING IN BASIC

A Word About MBASIC

The Character String (CHR$)

Expanded Type

Emphasized and Double-Strike Printing

Underlined Printing

Superscripts and Subscripts

Line Spacing and Reverse Line Feed

BASIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES

Preventive Maintenance

How to Clean the Printer

Replacing the Fuse

Replacing the Print Head

Checking the Printer for Correct Operation

APPENDIX A

FUNCTION CODE REFERENCE

Font Styles and Print Controls

Formatting Controls

APPENDIX B

INSTALLING THE PRlNTER INTO YOUR WORD PROCESSING

PACKAGE 95

The Installation Menu

Installing Special Features

APPENDIX C

THE ASCII CODE CONVERSION CHART 101

APPENDIX D

DUAL IN-LINE PACKAGE (DIP) SWITCHES

DIP Switch Settings and Their Functions

Selection of the International Character Set

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Contents

Main CONTENTS Page Page I . ,, TABLE OF TABLES Page INTRODUCTION its many features include: SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER dow To Assemble the Printer for Operation - n PLACEMENT OF THE PRINTER l n HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE PRINTER Attach the cut sheet guide: Connect the power cord to the printer: n FEATURES OF THE PRINTER n THE CONTROL PANEL w DUAL IN-LINE PACKAGE (DIP) SWITCHES l W HOW TO LOAD PAPER INTO THE PRINTER Sing/e-sheet loading: Table.l-1 Slide positions for determining the left margin Page Form-feed loading: l n ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD GAP n HOW TO PRINT THE SELF-TEST l n CONNECT THE INTERFACE CABLE TO YOUR COMPUTER Page Page Page WORD PROCESS/A/G WITH THE PRINTER n AN INTRODUCTION TO ASCII CODES Table 2-1. Examples of decimal and hexadecimal codes. Decimal codes Hexadecimal codes Escape codes and Control codes Table 2-2. Examples of escape and control codes. pi n WORD PROCESSING FOR ALL PURPOSES PROCESSING PACKAGE Pitch size/characters per inch Proportional spacing Boldface and Emphasized printing modes Page Page GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR SPREADSHEET PACKAGE Page n SUPERCALC n LOTUS 7-2-3 Page Page EXPLORING PRINT FEATURES L n THE LETTER-QUALITY (LQ) MODE THIS LINE IS LETTER QUALITY, AND EMPHASIZED PRINTING. NOW, TURN TO NORMAL PRINTING. THIS IS UNDERLINED LQ PRINTING. LETTER QUALITY CHARACTERS CAN PRINT WITH PROPORTIONAL SPACING OR NORMAL PICA PITCH. n THE DRAFT-QUALITY MODE - n VARIETY OF PITCH SIZES Page Figure 4-7. Elite printing in the draft mode. - - Condensed pitch w ~;M311~NDG FEATURES WITH THE MACRO n INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS Page Page Page CREATING PAGE FORMATS n CHOOSING THE PAGE LENGTH AND NUMBER OF LINES PER PAGE W SETTING THE TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS n ADJUSTING LINE SPACING Table 5-3. Adjusting line spacing. n SUPERSCRIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTS Table 5-4. Printing superscripts and subscripts. - n VERTICAL TABS w HORIZONTAL TABS Table 5-6. Setting and using horizontal tabs. Page Page PROGRAMMNG IN BASIC Table 6-7. Expanded print conversion chart. I Emphasized and double-strike printing - Underlined printing Superscripts and subscripts Line spacing and reverse line feed Page Page BASIC MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES W HOW TO CLEAN THE PRINTER Exterior Interior W REPLACING THE FUSE n REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD l H M&KING THE PRINTER FOR CORRECT OPER- Electrical ! : Mechanical