Star Micronics XB24-10, XB24-15 user manual Proportional

If your word-processor does not allow you to change fonts, it may allow a pause in printing. Insert a “pause” command in your text file at the point where you want to change fonts. When the document is printed, printing will then pause at that point. You can then put the printer off-line and change fonts with the front panel buttons. Then put the printer on-line again and resume printing.

If your software package does not mention printers by name, but asks instead what features your printer is capable of, the most common questions are: “Can your printer perform a backspace?” and “Can it do a hardware form feed?“. You should answer “Yes” to both these questions.

Other software packages may well alloti you to install specific features. Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed. This is given below.

Number of columns		.........CPI	10” model	15” model
Pica		10	80	136
Elite		12	96	163
Semi-condensed		15	120	204
Condensed	pica	17.1	137	233
Condensed	elite	20	160	272
Proportional			Variable	Variable

Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequence to return the printer to the default settings (specified by the Memory Switches). The command for your printer is <ES0 @ (lBh, 40h).

Make sure that the DIP switches are set for the right printer emulation, and that you have selected the appropriate character set using the DIP switches.

If you are in any doubt about the configuration of your application software, seek expert advice. Your software supplier will probably be your most convenient reference.

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