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Star Micronics SR-10/I5 user manual Using Vertical Tabs

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USING VERTICAL TABS

The first thing that this program does is to branch to the subroutine that starts in line 70. This subroutine prints 80 X’s in a row. The first time that the subroutine is used, all the X’s tit in one line. Then line 30 sets the left margin to 10, and line 40 sets the right margin to 70. Once again the subroutine is used, but this time the X’s won’t all fit on one line since there is now only room for 60 characters between the margins.

Run the program. The results will look like this:

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

When you want to reset the margins to the default values, you have two choices. You can either turn the printer off and back on, or you can set margin values equal to the default values. This means that you should set a left margin of 0 and a right margin of 80 on SR-10 or 136 on SR-15

If you change the pitch of your printing after you set your margins, the margins will not change. They stay at the same place on the page. So if you set the margins to give you 65 columns of printing when you are using pica type, and then you change to elite type you will have room for more than 65 columns of elite printing between the margins.

USING VERTICAL TABS

Vertical tabs have the same kinds of uses that horizontal tabs do-they just work in the other direction. Horizontal tabs allow you to reach a specific column on the page no matter where you start from. Vertical tabs are the same. If you have a vertical tab set at line 20, a <VT > (or vertical tab) will move you to line 20 whether you start from line 5 or line 19.

The vertical tab is not set at the power-on default. If you send a CHR$(l l), which is the ASCII code for < VT > , before we have set up tabs it will advance the paper one line. Enter this program to see how this works.

10 'Demo vertical tabs.

28 LPRINT CHR$(ll) "First tab."

30 LPRINT CHR$(ll) "Second tab."

40 LPRINT CHR$(ll) "Third tab."

50 LPRINT CHR$(ll) "Fourth tab."

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Star Micronics SR-10/I5 user manual Using Vertical Tabs

Contents

SR-IO/I5 USER’S MANUALA note about the programs in this manual Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency InterferenceStatement Trademark AcknowledgementA Special Message to the New Owner the new SR-lo/IsSo, gentle reader, with this manual we hand you the key to First Table of ContentsSelf-Test Line StartingChanging ControlsCommands to Control Horizontal Position of Commands to Control Print StyleCommands to Control Vertical Position of CommandsFunctions of the Connector Signals Table of Tables Page CHAPTER SETTING UP SR- 1O/15WHERE SHALL WE PUT IT? WHAT HAVE WE HERE?on the next n Removing packing and shipping screws n Installing the platen knob n Installing the ribbon cartridge Figure l-5. A guide pin on each side of the ribbon cartridge helps to align the cartridge during installation 5. Now thread the ribbon carefully between the print head and the ribbon guide next to the platen. Take a good look at Figure l-7. You might want to use a ball point pen to lightly press the ribbon guide against the platen runbber roller while you insert the ribbon into the thin space between the print head and ribbon guide. Zmporiant Center the ribbon vertically in the middle of the print head to avoid misprints or the ribbon coming off during printing CONNECTING SR-lo/15 TO YOUR COMPUTER Figure 1-8. SR-lo/15 has parallel interface as standardCHAPTER GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SR-lo/15COMPONENTS AND CONTROLS Ground terminal Power cord connectorFigure 2-1. Front and rear views of SR-IO Bail lever Control ,Ll W Power cord conndrFigure 2-2. Front and rear views of SR-15 POWER LAMP - Glows green when the power is on Page PAPER SELECTION AND LOADING Distance Left margin on the single sheet guidePosition of from Left-HandHere’s the proper sequence for loading 1. Turn off the power and remove the rear cover. AfterFigure 2-5. The metal guide is used to align the left margin you’ve practiced a few times, you’ll find it easy to loadPage RIBBON INSTALLATIONADJUSTING THE GAP SELF-TEST SOME TIPS FOR SMOOTHER OPERATION Page GETTING STARTED WITH SR-lo/l5 Using SR-lo/15 with commercial softwareUSING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE CHAPTERn First, some terminology abbreviation line feedname of its namen The escape code Subjects covered in this chapter include CHR$ function Problem codes Command syntax used in this manualCONTROLLING SR-lo/15 WITH BASIC Listing BASIC programs on the printer Printing from BASICPR#l LIST PR#@ OPEN4,4 cMD4 LIST CLOSE4LLIST it or however your computer does it. We’ve crossed the ESC CHR$69 24LPRINT TESTINGNEW 10 LPRINT CHR$7 RUN 10 LPRINT CHR$27 CHRS69COMMAND SYNTAX USED IN THIS MANUAL SELECTING THE RIGHT SOFTWARE MODE in STAR mode. There are some cases where you would use IBM mode with your computer, if you wish Page Underlining Superscript and subscripts Print pitch Print emphasis PRINTING TEXT WITH SR-lo/15In this chapter we’ll cover Near letter quality characters Italics SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXTIn this program, line 20 selects NLQ characters with the Here is what you should get n Superscripts and subscripts CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH 30 LPRINT This line is CONDENSED pitch Now the results look like this line Here’s what you should get from this programThis pitchMAKING SR-lo/15 PRINT DARKER This linm im DOUBLE-8TRIKE and EMPHASIZEDMIXING MODES Master Select and the 256 ASCII Codes Double-strike Pitch Normal Emphasizzd Double-strike kEmphasizedFunction SUMMARYControl code Change the length of the page Set top and bottom margins In this chapter we will learn how to Change the vertical spacingLINE SPACING AND FORMS CONTROL STARTING NEW LINESCHANGING LINE SPACING 30 LPRINT CHR$27 A CHR$I 4@ LPRINT This line spacing is set to This is what you will getNEW 18 FOR I = 1 TO 60 LPRINT Line spacing is set to l/6 inch normal. 70 LPRINT CHR$2779 LPRINT CHR$27 A CHR$12 LPRINT CHR$27 fl11 command30 LPRINT CHR$27 A CHR$I LPRINT CHR$27 30 LPRINT CHR$27 3 CHR$Ispacing STAR modeCHR$h 10 Demo one-time line feeds FORMS CONTROLS Page Form length commands CHANGING THE PAGE LENGTHTable 63 Form feed commands TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS Function SUMMARYControl code 10 Demo top and bottom margins 20 LPRINT CHR$12 Form feedn/216 inch feedOne-time reverse line feed of n/216 inch for IBM mode Form feed ESC “j”CHR$n CHR$ ESC CHR$ ESC “C” CHR$n ESC “C” CHR$OESC “R” CHR$n ESC “r” CHR$n ESC “N” CHR$n ESC “0” Reverse form feed Set page length to n lines CHR$nFORMATTING YOUR OUTPUT In this chapter we will discover how to use Horizontal tabsUSING HORIZONTAL TABS Vertical tabs Left and right marginsWhen you run the program now it produces this SR-10/15’s left and right margins work just like a SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINSThe commands typewriter-once they are set all the printing is done between themUSING VERTICAL TABS First tab Second tab Third tab Fourth tab 12 LPRINT CHR$27 P CHR$lfl 14 LPRINT CHR$2@ CHR$4@ CHR$50 CHR$@60 LPRINT CHR$ll Fifth tab Control code “B” nl n2 dSUMMARY FunctionUnidirectional printing Eighth bit control Block graphics SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SR-lo/15Commands covered in this chapter include Bell Master reset International character sets Macro instructionYou can try this by typing n Printing to the bottom of the sheet 20 LPRINT CHRS8 CHR$8 CHR$8 3@ LPRINT I===WORK 50 LPRINT CHR$127 CHR$127 CHR$127 60 LPRINT WORK 74LPRINT CANCEL TEXTNEW 10 LPRINT BACKSPACE DOES NOT 40 LPRINT DELETE DOES NOTn Unidirectional printing n The seven bit dilemma n Block graphics characters and special symbols Page 134 A 144 154 ti 164 iT 184 194 l 2!34 t 214 r 224 I-r L .J4 ? 244 c’ 254n International character sets The characters that change are shown beneath their ASCII code in Table Define macro ESC “Y” ESC “y” ESC “y” ESC “@” CHR$ CHRSl7 ESC “8” Control code CHRS7 ESC “Y”SUMMARY FunctionPage Designing and printing your own characters CREATING YOUR OWN CHARACTERSIn this chapter we’ll cover Designing proportional charactersTHE PRINT MATRIX 0.0 oaoDEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS n Rule 1 Download characters are eight dots high 12*I WRONG w Assigning a value to your character Figure 9-9. Character designs for the three graph symbols n Download character definition command 0 000 1011 = Ildecimal 30 FOR M = 0 TO 40 READ MM 50 LPRINT CHR$MM 60 NEXT M 70 NEXT N PRINTING DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS10 LPRINT CHR$27 * CHR$l CHR$160 CHRS162 20 FOR N = 160 TO 80 LPRINT 90 DATA 139,2,5,8,241,0,0,241,8,5,2,0If it doesn’t, check the last program we ran for errors, then rerun it 140 LPRINT ESC$ $1 150 LPRINT wAutos TB$ PROPORTIONAL ERASING DOWNLOAD CHARACTER DEFINITIONSDEFINING CHARACTERSPage 250 DATA 115,185,0,0,0,16,42,0,42,4,0,0,0 230 DATA 105,200,0,0,0,0,2,~88,2,0,0,0,0240 DATA 112,41,0,0,127,0,68,0,68,56,0,0,0 Standard characters without proportional spacingW Connecting characters 10 Program to define and print numerals 430 DATA9, 244, 10, 244, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 0, 0 400 DATA 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 32, 0, 32420 DATA 11, 2, 0, 2, 0, 29 8, 2, 4, 10, 244 450 DATA 11, 8, 8, 0, 0, 0, 48, 8, 112, 0, 9670, 0, 70, 0, 70 DATA0, 6, 0, 14, 0 DATAControl code ESC “*”1 nl n2 mO ml ...mZl FunctionPage SR-10/15’s bit image graphics capabilities High resolution graphicsPRINTING WITH DOT GRAPHICS Printing a pre-defined shape Plotting a calculated shapen Specifying the number of columns of dots n Specifying the graphics data 50 PRINT #l,CHR$27 “K” CHR$WID MOD 256 CHR$INTWID/256 10 ‘Demo dot graphics 20 PI = 30 WID =49OPEN “LPTl” AS 111 WIDTH #1,255 60 FOR I = 0 TO WID-1 70 PRINT #1,CHR$2”INTl+SINI*PI/32*3.5+.5Page Page 60 GRAPHICS = CHR$27+CHR$75 70 DIM LOG0$4 80 WIDTH LPT1,255 DATA 192,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 DATA 7,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0DATA 255,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 DATA 128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0LYFAC = 87/LY 600 ’ you need to change are the values in line 40. The array MASK% contains the values of the dots. In order to make this program run on the most computers, we’re using only six pins for graphics. With many computers, you can use all eight available pins. In lines 90 and 100 we’ve defined some other variables you’ll be interested in LX, LXFAC, LY, and LYFAC are used as scaling factors. By changing these values, you can change the size of your printed image or even distort it you can, for example, make our circle print as an ellipse. Experiment a little bit 610 Subroutine to plot a star 620 630 RAD = do these They were all printed using the plotting program in this chapterSo what differentDot graphics commands or ESC “*” CHR$3 nlQuadruple Double density graphicsDouble density/double speed ‘ density graphicsQuadruple density graphics Normal density graphicsDouble density graphics Double density/double speed CRT graphicsStar’s engineers have given programmers a unique shortcut for Master graphics selection for STAR mode ESC 3” n0 nl n2 ml m2 ESC “g” n0 nl n2 ml m2ESC ‘2” nl n2 ml m2... Print quadruple density graphics for IBM mode Master graphics selection for IBM mode