XR-1000
USERS MANUAL
XR-1500
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CONGRATULATIONS
Chapter 3 - Setting up the Memory Switches
ORGANIZATION OF THIS MANUAL
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 7 - Troubleshooting and maintenance
Chapter 5 - DIP Switches
Chapter 8 - Specifications
Chapter 4 - Emulations and escape codes
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
Chapter 3 SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES
Chapter 2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
Chapter 4 EMULATIONS AND ESCAPE CODES
Form feed control codes
chapter
UNPACKING, SETTING UP AND CONNECTION
INTRODUCTION
c - LOCATING THE PRINTER
Serial RS-232 interface hoard
Automatic sheet feeder 9 Color option kit
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
Indicators
CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
Chapter
FRONT PANEL CONTROLS
Pitch Pane/ Lock
PITCH SETTING
QUIET MODE
FONT SElTING
Font Panel Lock
PAPER HANDLING
Form feed
Paper parking
Short tear-off function
BUFFER CLEAR/RESET
TEST AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS
Micro Feed
Chapter 3SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES
The structure of the menus is shown below Main menu
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Command Menu
MENU OPTIONS
Font Menu
Paper Menu
Print Menu
Forms Menu
B-RI
Factory settings
NOR==1
locpIl
AND ESCAPE CODES
EMULATIONS
EMULATIONS
NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION
COMMAND CODES AND ESCAPE SEQUENCES
Both
1 Example command
Font style and character set control codes
print mode
Select italic
characters
Select character table
Select font
Both
Both
Select secondary character set
Select primary character set
Select International
character
1 Print a single character from the Ail Character Chart IBM
1 Print continuously from the Ail Characters Chart
1Select/cancel
undefined control code area
Set pica pitch printing
Font pitch control codes
1Set elite pitch printing
Set elite pitch printing
1Cancel condensed print mode
Set condensed print mode
Select/cancel
proportional printing
1Set or cancel pica proportional pitch
Special print mode control’codes
1Select/cancel expanded printing
Select one-line expanded printing
Select Master print mode
Cancel one-line expanded print
Both
Both
print mode
Select print mode
Cancel emphasized print mode
Select emphasized
1Select double-strike printing
Cancel double-strike printing
underline
overline
Line space control codes
Cancel superscript/subscript
Select superscript/subscript
Line feed
Set line spacing to 7/72 inch
Set line spacing to l/8 inch
1Set line spacing to l/6 inch
1Set line spacing to n/216 inch
1Define line spacing l/72 inch increments
Set line spacing to W72 inch
Execute ES&A definition
One-time line feed in l/216 inch increments
Reverse one-time line feed in l/216 inch increments Both
Form feed control codes
Set vertical print position in lines
1 Form feedBoth t
Set page length in inches
Reverse feed to top of form
Set page length in lines
Both
Set top-of-form
Margins and vertical tab setting control codes
1Move to next vertical tab position
I VT
Set VFU vertical tabs
Select vertical form unit VFU channel
Set relative vertical tab positions
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Set top margin
Cancel top and bottom margins
1Set bottom margin
Set left and right margins
Set left margin
Horizontal print position control codes
Set right margin
Carriage return
automatic line feed
Set/cancel
Move to next horizontal tab
1Set/clear
Set relative horizontal tab positions
1 Restore tabs to default settings
Set horizontal print position
Both
mode
1Set iustification
1 Produce character space
Select
Move print head
character control codes
Copy standard ROM font into RAM
cNUI2tandard
Both
1Define draft download characters
1Define NLQ download characters
1Define draft download characters
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Both
Byte 2nd Byte 3rd Byte
Bit number
Graphics
Select bit image mode
Select download/standard character set
Both
Select 8-dot double-density
Select &dot normal density
Both
cESC
double-density
Redefine bit-image mode
Set &dot quadruple-density
cEsc
1Set MSB to
Miscellaneous codes
Set MSB to
Both
Cancel last character
1Cancel MSB control
1Select zero style
Backspace
Set printer off-line
I Cancel last line
Set printer on line
Deselect printer 10” carriage model only
Enable paper-out detection
Disable paper-out detection
Deselect printer 15” carriage model only
1Sound buzzer
Enable unidirectional printing for one line only
I Enable/disable
bidirectional printing
I Define macro instruction
Enable/disable double-height mode
Enable/disable large character printing
Both
Both
Select character height, width, line spaclng
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
Both
ASF Automatic Sheet Feeder control
immediate mode
Set/cancel
Reset
I Select font
ASCII command sequences
bold prlnt
Italic print
print
Select/cancel
Control ASF
Select color printing with color option only
Both
I “Y I Blue
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
Printing
Power supply
If the POWER indicator does not illuminate, check the following
Is the PAPER indicator
If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following
If the printout is not what is expected
check
If dots are missing in the printing, check the following
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
Now the cover turn the You now to reusing printer
REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD
Page
FRONT PANEL DIAGNOSTIC AND TEST MODES
Short test mode
Standard mode
IBM mode
Page
Text test mode
The resulting printout will be similar to the example below
1OCPI
20 LPRINT CHR$I
Hexadecimal dump mode
Bidirectional test/adjustment mode
9 To exit from this mode, press the ip13button
8 Repeat the process for all print modes
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MEMO
MS-DOS AND
INSTALLING APPLICATION SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRINTER
YOUR PRINTER
Chapter
Proportional
GRAPHICS HARD COPY
SETTING UP THE PRINTER FROM THE DOS PROMPT
AEDLIN NLQ.DAT NEW FILE
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Sample program
PROGRAMMING USING BASIC
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How the program works
Modifications
Print pitches are
THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED Other features
Courier characters
Various line and character spacings ARE CHANGED
Patches necessary to use the BASIC interpreter
Monochrome display
Color display
chapter
SPECIFICATIONS
Pacr width
Bit image dot-matrix
15”model
Copies
Ribbon type
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CHARACTER SETS
Sample
Chapter
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STANDARD CHARACTER SET #I
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ITii
I ml
A I B I c
I1961
I2121
Other characters are identical to Standard character set #l
STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2
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SET ##2
IBM CHARACTER
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Other characters are identical to IBM character set #2
IBM CHARACTER SET #I
Standard mode IMB mode
ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET
Additional characters can be printed by special commands
Denmark/Norway
1NTERNATlONAL CHARACTER SETS
MEMO
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INDEX
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