Star Micronics XB24-10 Emulations and escape codes, DIP Switches, MS-DOS and your printer

Chapter 4 - Emulations and escape codes

This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer, and the software commands used to drive it. This section is of use if you am writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer’s features.

Chapter 5 - DIP Switches

This section explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer.

Chapter 6 - MS-DOS and your printer

Since the PC or PC-AT family of computers running under MS-DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer, we have in-

cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems. -- Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have

also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer.

Chapter 7 - Troubleshooting and maintenance

This section give a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working in the expected way. It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can carry out yourself. It is not, however, a complete service manual. Call a qualified service engineer if you am unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations.

Chapter 8 - Specifications

This section gives the specifications of your printer.

Chapter 9 - Character sets

These charts give the different character sets available, and the differences between national character sets (as set up with the DIP switches).