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Star Micronics SR-10/I5 user manual Define macro

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Define macro

	Table 8-7
Macro	instruction	commands
Function	Mode	Control code
Define macro	STAR	< ESC > “ + “....codes
		you include...CHR$(30)
	IBM	<ESC>	“+“....codes
		you include...CHR!$(30)
Use macro	STAR	< ESC >	“!”
	IBM	<ESC >	“?.’

18 LPRINT CHR$(27) "+"; ' START DEFINITION OF MACRO

24)LPRINT CHR$(18); ' PICA

30 LPRINT CHR$(27) "Wfl"; ' EXPANDED OFF

40 LPRINT CHR$(27) "F"; ' EMPHASIZED OFF

50 LPRINT CHR$(27) "H"; ' DOUBLE-STRIKE OFF 60 LPRINT CHR$(27) "-0"; ' UNDERLINE OFF

70 LPRINT CHR$(27) "T"; ' SUPER & SUBSCRIPTS OFF

80 LPRINT CHR$(3Q)); ' END MACRO DEFINITION

As the comments in the program listing show this will define

a macro that will reset all the print style functions. SR-lo/15 will remember this macro until the power is turned off or until a new macro is defined. A macro can hold up to 16 bytes (characters) of information. The one that we defined contains thirteen.

Now that you have defined a macro, let’s see how to use it. This program will print one line using several printing style features. Then it “calls” the macro in line 60. When line 70 prints the style is “plain vanilla” because the macro has reset it.

10 LPRINT CHR$(27) "-1"; ' UNDERLINE

20 LPRINT CHR$(27) "G"; ' DOUBLE- STRIKE 30 LPRINT CHR$(27) "Wl"; ' EXPANDED

40 LPRINT "TESTING ONE, TWO, THREE"

50 LPRINT CHR$(27) "!'I; ' USE THE MACRO 60 LPRINT "TESTING FOUR, FIVE, SIX"

If you are using with the IBM mode, change the line 50 as shown below.

50 LPRINT CHR$(27) I'?"; ' USE THE MACRO

-I-EE3TINtONE, -rWQ, 7HREE

TESTING FOUR, FIVE, SIX

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Contents

SR-IO/I5 USER’S MANUALFederal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference StatementA note about the programs in this manual Trademark AcknowledgementA Special Message to the New Owner the new SR-lo/IsSo, gentle reader, with this manual we hand you the key to Self-Test Table of ContentsFirst Starting ChangingLine ControlsCommands to Control Print Style Commands to Control Vertical Position ofCommands to Control Horizontal Position of CommandsFunctions of the Connector Signals Table of Tables Page SETTING UP SR- 1O/15 WHERE SHALL WE PUT IT?CHAPTER 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 standardCOMPONENTS AND CONTROLS GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SR-lo/15CHAPTER Figure 2-1. Front and rear views of SR-IO Power cord connectorGround terminal Figure 2-2. Front and rear views of SR-15 Power cord conndrBail lever Control ,Ll W POWER LAMP - Glows green when the power is on Page PAPER SELECTION AND LOADING Left margin on the single sheet guide Position ofDistance from Left-Hand1. Turn off the power and remove the rear cover. After Figure 2-5. The metal guide is used to align the left marginHere’s the proper sequence for loading 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 Using SR-lo/15 with commercial software USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWAREGETTING STARTED WITH SR-lo/l5 CHAPTERn First, some terminology line feed nameabbreviation of its namen The escape code CHR$ function Problem codes Command syntax used in this manual Selecting the right software modeCONTROLLING SR-lo/15 WITH BASIC Subjects covered in this chapter includePR#l LIST PR#@ OPEN4,4 cMD4 LIST CLOSE4LLIST it or however your computer does it. We’ve crossed the 24LPRINT TESTING NEW 10 LPRINT CHR$7 RUNESC CHR$69 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 PRINTING TEXT WITH SR-lo/15 In this chapter we’ll cover Near letter quality characters ItalicsUnderlining Superscript and subscripts Print pitch Print emphasis 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 Here’s what you should get from this program Thisline 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 kEmphasizedControl code SUMMARYFunction In this chapter we will learn how to Change the vertical spacing LINE SPACING AND FORMS CONTROLChange the length of the page Set top and bottom margins STARTING NEW LINESCHANGING LINE SPACING This is what you will get NEW 18 FOR I = 1 TO30 LPRINT CHR$27 A CHR$I 4@ LPRINT This line spacing is set to 60 LPRINT Line spacing is set to l/6 inch normal. 70 LPRINT CHR$27command 30 LPRINT CHR$27 A CHR$I LPRINT CHR$2779 LPRINT CHR$27 A CHR$12 LPRINT CHR$27 fl11 30 LPRINT CHR$27 3 CHR$Ispacing STAR modeCHR$h 10 Demo one-time line feeds FORMS CONTROLS Page Table 63 Form feed commands CHANGING THE PAGE LENGTHForm length commands TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS SUMMARY Control codeFunction 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$n ESC “0” Reverse form feed Set page length to n lines CHR$nIn this chapter we will discover how to use Horizontal tabs USING HORIZONTAL TABSFORMATTING YOUR OUTPUT Vertical tabs Left and right marginsWhen you run the program now it produces this SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS The commandsSR-10/15’s left and right margins work just like a typewriter-once they are set all the printing is done between themUSING VERTICAL TABS 60 LPRINT CHR$ll Fifth tab 12 LPRINT CHR$27 P CHR$lfl 14 LPRINT CHR$2@ CHR$4@ CHR$50 CHR$@First tab Second tab Third tab Fourth tab “B” nl n2 d SUMMARYControl code FunctionSPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SR-lo/15 Commands covered in this chapter include Bell Master resetUnidirectional printing Eighth bit control Block graphics International character sets Macro instructionYou can try this by typing n Printing to the bottom of the sheet 50 LPRINT CHR$127 CHR$127 CHR$127 60 LPRINT WORK 74LPRINT CANCEL TEXT NEW 10 LPRINT BACKSPACE DOES NOT20 LPRINT CHRS8 CHR$8 CHR$8 3@ LPRINT I===WORK 40 LPRINT DELETE DOES NOTn Unidirectional printing n The seven bit dilemma n Block graphics characters and special symbols Page 134 A 144 154 ti 164 iT 184 194 l 2!34 t 214 r 224 I-r L .J4 ? 244 c’ 254n International character sets The characters that change are shown beneath their ASCII code in Table Define macro Control code CHRS7 ESC “Y” SUMMARYESC “Y” ESC “y” ESC “y” ESC “@” CHR$ CHRSl7 ESC “8” FunctionPage CREATING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS In this chapter we’ll coverDesigning and printing your own characters 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 PRINTING DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS 10 LPRINT CHR$27 * CHR$l CHR$160 CHRS162 20 FOR N = 160 TO30 FOR M = 0 TO 40 READ MM 50 LPRINT CHR$MM 60 NEXT M 70 NEXT N 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$ $1 150 LPRINT wAutos TB$ ERASING DOWNLOAD CHARACTER DEFINITIONS DEFININGPROPORTIONAL CHARACTERSPage 230 DATA 105,200,0,0,0,0,2,~88,2,0,0,0,0 240 DATA 112,41,0,0,127,0,68,0,68,56,0,0,0250 DATA 115,185,0,0,0,16,42,0,42,4,0,0,0 Standard characters without proportional spacingW Connecting characters 10 Program to define and print numerals 400 DATA 11, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 32, 0, 32, 0, 32 420 DATA 11, 2, 0, 2, 0, 29 8, 2, 4, 10, 244430 DATA9, 244, 10, 244, 2, 8, 2, 8, 2, 0, 0 450 DATA 11, 8, 8, 0, 0, 0, 48, 8, 112, 0, 96DATA 0, 6, 0, 14, 070, 0, 70, 0, 70 DATAESC “*” 1 nl n2 mO ml ...mZlDefines download character into RAM for STAR mode Control codePage High resolution graphics PRINTING WITH DOT GRAPHICSSR-10/15’s bit image graphics capabilities Printing a pre-defined shape Plotting a calculated shapen Specifying the number of columns of dots n Specifying the graphics data 10 ‘Demo dot graphics 20 PI = 30 WID = 49OPEN “LPTl” AS 111 WIDTH #1,25550 PRINT #l,CHR$27 “K” CHR$WID MOD 256 CHR$INTWID/256 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 7,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 DATA 255,127,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0DATA 192,128,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 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 = They were all printed using the plotting program in this chapter So whatdo these differentDot graphics commands or ESC “*” CHR$3 nlDouble density graphics Double density/double speed ‘Quadruple density graphicsNormal density graphics Double density graphics Double density/double speedQuadruple density graphics CRT graphicsStar’s engineers have given programmers a unique shortcut for ESC “g” n0 nl n2 ml m2 ESC ‘2” nl n2 ml m2... Print quadruple density graphics for IBM modeMaster graphics selection for STAR mode ESC 3” n0 nl n2 ml m2 Master graphics selection for IBM mode