MULTI-FONT
USERS MANUAL
XR-1000
XR-1500
Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications
Federal Communications Commission
Radio Frequency Interference Statement
The above sto~emm~ applies only to printers marketed in the USA
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 3 - Setting up the Memory Switches
CONGRATULATIONS
ORGANIZATION OF THIS MANUAL
Chapter 4 - Emulations and escape codes
Chapter 5 - DIP Switches
Chapter 7 - Troubleshooting and maintenance
Chapter 8 - Specifications
Chapter 4 EMULATIONS AND ESCAPE CODES
Chapter 3 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
Form feed control codes
c - LOCATING THE PRINTER
UNPACKING, SETTING UP AND CONNECTION
chapter
INTRODUCTION
Automatic sheet feeder 9 Color option kit
Serial RS-232 interface hoard
User’s manual
Setting up
Ribbon cartridge IRibbon tensioning knob Ribbon holder
Print head shield
nterface cable
Connection
DIP switch cover
Cut-sheet paper
LOADING PAPER
Fanfold paper continuous stationery
Page
Once the paper has been loaded
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
Indicators
Chapter
Pitch Pane/ Lock
PITCH SETTING
FONT SElTING
QUIET MODE
Font Panel Lock
Form feed
PAPER HANDLING
Paper parking
Short tear-off function
TEST AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS
BUFFER CLEAR/RESET
Micro Feed
Chapter 3SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES
The structure of the menus is shown below Main menu
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MENU OPTIONS
Command Menu
Font Menu
Paper Menu
Print Menu
Forms Menu
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Factory settings
B-RI
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NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION
EMULATIONS
AND ESCAPE CODES
EMULATIONS
COMMAND CODES AND ESCAPE SEQUENCES
Both
1 Example command
characters
print mode
Font style and character set control codes
Select italic
Both
Select font
Select character table
Both
character
Select primary character set
Select secondary character set
Select International
undefined control code area
1 Print continuously from the Ail Characters Chart
1 Print a single character from the Ail Character Chart IBM
1Select/cancel
Set elite pitch printing
Font pitch control codes
Set pica pitch printing
1Set elite pitch printing
proportional printing
Set condensed print mode
1Cancel condensed print mode
Select/cancel
Select one-line expanded printing
Special print mode control’codes
1Set or cancel pica proportional pitch
1Select/cancel expanded printing
Both
Cancel one-line expanded print
Select Master print mode
Both
Select emphasized
Select print mode
print mode
Cancel emphasized print mode
overline
Cancel double-strike printing
1Select double-strike printing
underline
Line feed
Cancel superscript/subscript
Line space control codes
Select superscript/subscript
1Set line spacing to n/216 inch
Set line spacing to l/8 inch
Set line spacing to 7/72 inch
1Set line spacing to l/6 inch
One-time line feed in l/216 inch increments
Set line spacing to W72 inch
1Define line spacing l/72 inch increments
Execute ES&A definition
1 Form feedBoth t
Form feed control codes
Reverse one-time line feed in l/216 inch increments Both
Set vertical print position in lines
Both
Reverse feed to top of form
Set page length in inches
Set page length in lines
I VT
Margins and vertical tab setting control codes
Set top-of-form
1Move to next vertical tab position
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Select vertical form unit VFU channel
Set VFU vertical tabs
Set relative vertical tab positions
Set left and right margins
Cancel top and bottom margins
Set top margin
1Set bottom margin
Carriage return
Horizontal print position control codes
Set left margin
Set right margin
1Set/clear
Set/cancel
automatic line feed
Move to next horizontal tab
Both
1 Restore tabs to default settings
Set relative horizontal tab positions
Set horizontal print position
Select
1Set iustification
mode
1 Produce character space
cNUI2tandard
character control codes
Move print head
Copy standard ROM font into RAM
Both
1Define draft download characters
Both
1Define draft download characters
1Define NLQ download characters
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Byte 2nd Byte 3rd Byte
Bit number
Both
Select bit image mode
Graphics
Select download/standard character set
cESC
Select &dot normal density
Select 8-dot double-density
Both
cEsc
Redefine bit-image mode
double-density
Set &dot quadruple-density
Both
Miscellaneous codes
1Set MSB to
Set MSB to
Backspace
1Cancel MSB control
Cancel last character
1Select zero style
Deselect printer 10” carriage model only
I Cancel last line
Set printer off-line
Set printer on line
1Sound buzzer
Disable paper-out detection
Enable paper-out detection
Deselect printer 15” carriage model only
I Define macro instruction
I Enable/disable
Enable unidirectional printing for one line only
bidirectional printing
Both
Enable/disable large character printing
Enable/disable double-height mode
Both
Any superscript/subscript or condensed mode print settings previously selected will be cancelled. but if double-height printing is cancelled, the printer will return to superscript/subscript or condensed mode printing, if these were selected previously. Any previous commands for vertical character enlargement are cancelled by this command. If double-height and normal-sized characters are printed in the same line, then the printing will be aligned along the bottom of the normal-sized characters
Select character height, width, line spaclng
Both
Reset
immediate mode
ASF Automatic Sheet Feeder control
Set/cancel
I Select font
ASCII command sequences
Select/cancel
Italic print
bold prlnt
print
I “Y I Blue
Select color printing with color option only
Control ASF
Both
MEMO
Chapter
DIP SWITCHES
Switches 1 and 2 are used to determine the emulation mode standard or IBM of the printer, and also to determine the character set to be used
TROUBLESHOOTING
Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE
Is the PAPER indicator
Power supply
Printing
If the POWER indicator does not illuminate, check the following
If dots are missing in the printing, check the following
If the printout is not what is expected
If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following
check
Paper feeding
Is there too much paper in the paper feed hopper or stacker?
Possible remedy
If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly, check the following
MAINTENANCE
ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP
RIBBON REPLACEMENT
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REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD
Page
IBM mode
Short test mode
FRONT PANEL DIAGNOSTIC AND TEST MODES
Standard mode
Page
The resulting printout will be similar to the example below
Text test mode
1OCPI
20 LPRINT CHR$I
Hexadecimal dump mode
Bidirectional test/adjustment mode
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8 Repeat the process for all print modes
9 To exit from this mode, press the ip13button
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MEMO
Chapter
INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER
MS-DOS AND
YOUR PRINTER
Proportional
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SETTING UP THE PRINTER FROM THE DOS PROMPT
GRAPHICS HARD COPY
AEDLIN NLQ.DAT NEW FILE
Sample program
PROGRAMMING USING BASIC
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How the program works
Modifications
Various line and character spacings ARE CHANGED
THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED Other features
Print pitches are
Courier characters
Monochrome display
Patches necessary to use the BASIC interpreter
Color display
chapter
SPECIFICATIONS
Copies
Bit image dot-matrix
Pacr width
15”model
Ribbon type
Page
Chapter
CHARACTER SETS
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Sample
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STANDARD CHARACTER SET #I
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l-iii2
I2121
A I B I c
I ml
I1961
Other characters are identical to Standard character set #l
STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2
IBM CHARACTER
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SET ##2
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Other characters are identical to IBM character set #2
IBM CHARACTER SET #I
ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET
Standard mode IMB mode
Additional characters can be printed by special commands
Denmark/Norway
1NTERNATlONAL CHARACTER SETS
MEMO
INDEX
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