Star Micronics ZA-200, ZA-250 ml

Masterprintmode,76

Memoryswitch,55

Menuoptions,57

Micro-f@ 51

MODEbutton,44

Mostsignificantbig99

MS-DOS,117

MSB,99

Multi-partforms,25

Multi-partmode,61

ml

NearLetterQuality,60,108,137

NLQCk3CttH’S, 66

NLQdownloadCh2U2bCtWS,94,95,97

NLQFon~59

NLQitaliccha.meters,68

Normal-densitygraphics,90

ml

offline,100

Online, 100

ONLINE button,42

Onetime linef~ 81

optionalaccessories,7,13,140

Ovedining,69

m

Pagelength,62, 82

Paperfeed, 138

PAPERFEEDbutton,42

Paperfeedspeedj 138

Paperfeedingtrouble,132-134

Paperguide,3

Paperinstallation,25

Papermenu,61

Paperpinking,34

paperspecifkations,138

Papertypes,25

Paper-outdetector,61,83

Parallelinterfaceconnector,141

Picapitch,60,74

PIlT2Hbutton,43

Pitchlockmode,47

Platemknob,3,8

Powersupply,140

Powersupplytrouble,130

Powerswitch,3

Power-upfunctions,45

Preprintedforms,25

Printarea,26

Printareatest, 47

Printcolor,52,98

Printcurrentsettings,57

Rint direction,137

Rint head,3,135,137

Printmenu,60

Printpitch,60,138

Printquality,60

Writercommands,118

Printinggsp,26

Riming speed,137

Printingsystem,137

Rintingtrouble, 130-131

Programming,120

ProgrammingwithBASIC,123

Proportionalpitch,60,75

PullTractorUniL20,30

Pushfeed,28,138

P@@uu feed,31,138

m

Quad-sizeprinting,77

Qwd@edmity graphics,91

Quietmode,43, 58

ml

RAMusage,58

Rearcover,3

Relativehorizontaltab,89

Releaselever,3

Resetprinter,102

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Contents

Main Page @Copyright1991StarMicronicsCo.,Ltd. HOWTO USE THISMANUAL Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page charactersetcommands specifications PinOut COMMANDSUMMARY chapter 1INTRODUCTION FEATURESOFTHE PRINTER PRINTERCOMPONENTS Page Page chapter2 LOCATINGTHEPRINTER UNPACKINGANDINSPECTION Page SEIllNG UP Mountingthep~atenknob Installthe ribboncartridge Connectingtheinterface cable Page Page chapter3 AUTOMATICSHEETFEEDER Single-BinAutomaticSheetFeeder (SF-10DMII/15DMII) Page Page Page Page Dual-BinAutomaticSheetFeeder (SF-IORMIII15RMII) Page PULLTRACTORUNIT(PT-10XM/15XM) Page INTERFACECARTRIDGES DIP SwitchFunctionson The SerialInterface Cartridge l--i OFP OFF OFP 150BPS OFF ON OFF 600BPS Page chapter4 PAPERINSTALLATIONAND USE SELECTIONOFPAPER ADJUSTINGTHEPRINTINGGAP LOADINGFANFOLDFORMS unit. Loadingthepaper from therear of the printer (Pushfeed) Page Loadingthepaper from the bottomof theprinter Loadingthe paper withPush/Pullfeed Page Page Ygww&lo. Paperparking Paperunparklng LOADINGSINGLESHEETS Thissectionwilltake Loadingthepaper withoutoptionalaccessories If 1 Loadingthepaper with optionalAutomaticSheet Feeder Page Page chapter5 CONTROLPANELOPERATIONS BUTTONSANDINDICATORS ~7 ~ ~~ H,, ONLINE Wtton PAPERFEEDbutton SETIEJECT/PARKbutton PITCHbutton MODEbutton 1 FONTbutton POWER-UPFUNCTIONS Shorttest mode Longtest mode Printarea test mode Pitchlock mode Fontlock mode Pitchand Font lock mode Hexadecimaldump Page I SWITCHCOMBINATIONFUNCTIONS m Formfeed Topof form Forwardmicro-feed Reversemicro-feed Changingtheauto loadingvalue Clearingthe buffer/Allreset Selectingtheprint color SelectingtheASF bin number StoreMacro Definition chapter 6SETTINGUP THE MEMORYSWITCHES r MENUOPTIONS. Printcurrent settings hwtallationmenu Communalmenu Fontmenu Churactermenu Printmenu Papermenu Formsmenu Factorysettings DOTADJUSTMENTMODE This HS-DRAFT [;)(:) III III HSDWFT +11II 1 1 1 HS-DRAFT [:1(:) 1II III I chapter 7 PRINTERCONTROLCOMMANDS FONT Selectdraft qualitycharacters Selectdraft pica characters Selectdraft elite characters SelectNLQ characters SelectNLQ font Selectfont Seleutitalic characters Page Canceldouble-strikeprinting Startunderlining Stopunderlining Startoverlining overlining Superscript Subscript Cancelsuperscriptor subscript Page Selectinternationalcharacterset SelectIBM codepage Enableprintingof all character codes Enable printing of all character codes on next character Selectslash zero Selectnormalzero CHARACTERSIZEAND PITCH COMMANDS Picapitch Elitepitch Condensedprinting Cancelcondensedprinting Mode Expandedprinting Caneelexpandedprinting Expandedprintingfor one line Cancelone-lineexpandedprinting Selectpropotfionalspacing [*Ihwmdifthe PITCHLOCKmodewasselectedduringpower-up. Increasecharacterspacing Selectdouble or quadruplesize Selectcharactersize Printdouble-heightcharacters Returnto normal height Selectcharacterheight, width,and line spacing o VERTICALPOSITIONCOMMANDS Setline spacing to 1/8 inch Setline spacing to 7~2 inch Setline spacing to 1/6inch Set linespacing to n/216inch Setline spacing to n/72inch Execute<ESC> A Line feed Reverseline feed Performone n/216-inchline feed Performone n/216-inchreverseline feed Feedpaper nlines Set topof page at currentposition Page Returnto top of currentpage Disablepaper-outdetector Enablepaper-outdetector Set verticaltab stops Set verticaltab stopsevery nlines Set verticaltab stopsin channel Select verticaltab channel Verticaltab HP lm C . rm I lrm Cr alf Calf Lj Ct Rj Fj hs hs e nc Rs H Rh Ahi Ahc GC Pn g Pd g Pd d g Pq g Sgm Cg d 43SC>*. S9gm D C C Dd d c Ddc Dd d c Ddc Ccfi Sdc Sdc a Sd p d c Sdedc Sd d wd Sdc Sdcwi Sfc CSC Spc Spc OPC 1 O A Dlc s Cl l p o B Bp Up Ou p Mf A SA S Epf psp Rp chapter8 DYD C D Dad Acd I Sp d h u tdclut c a socpasgT pwj t wtSm 1 1 1110 1 DYC AcdwS m Page lfp d hOW to use the Ndc awtSm blIDTH LPT1 :,255 LPRINT 1 U.S.EXPORTS fA CHEti&&&& G+-+-+-+-+-+ 2 Acdwm cwtrcstr~ts n u radctdcs a e Nc Tfp d h u tNdc awtIm 1440 1. 0, 0, 0. 1, 64, 70, 14 70, 14, o, 0 Page Page chapter9 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER IASW Y P E P C Page P P W C Page m WITHBASIC 123 1010 1100 1110 1180 I 1660 ,, OATA 1,130, 0, 0.124, 0, 0. OATA 0,128, 0, 0,120, 0, 0, Howthe programworks Sanserif characters, Double-height, Iloub 1es ized, Quads ized . . ..r w Page chapter 10 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOOTING Powersupply Ifthe POWERindicatordoesnotilluminate,checkthe following: Printing Ifyourprinterdoesnotprint,orsuddenlystopsprinting,checkthefollowing: Istheribboncaughtuparound Ifthe printis faint,or uneve~ checkthe following: Ifdots aremissingin the printing,checkthefollowing: 131 If yourapplicationsoftwtuecannotprint thefonts or charactersselected, checkthefollowing: Ifthe printoutisnot whatis expected: Paperfeeding If cut sheet paper (withoutASF) is not feeding smoothly, check the following: 132 Iffanfold(continuous)paperisnotbeingfedcotnctlyusingtheaactorfeed, checkthe following: If the ASF is not operatingor is not feedingpaper correctly, check the following: Page MAINTENANCE REPLACINGTHEPRINTHEAD Page chapter 11 REFERENCE SPECIFICATIONS Page Page Page PINOUTOF INTERFACECONNECTOR Parallelintetiace Pin IName Function Serialh7terface 20 IN-R receivedata. 21-25 N/C CHARACTERSETS The r 0 L p I-K l-x l-ii Izi bl% F 1 (DC1) ! 1 A ~ a d -d d l---ii-ii r-ii pi l--a l--i Page /internationalcharactersets Page Page I , I ,, Page Page Page Page Characterset#1 E 1s4 r-l3C ?! II I 1 HI Page Page INDEX ml MS-DOS, ml off IJ!J IY.1 COMMANDSUMMARY StandardMode Thefollowingcommandstakeeffectwith theStandardmode. ~~ - - u ~ ~ 162 ~ A Print Page IBMtl&lode Thefollowingcommandstakeeffect withthe IBMmode. - u1 4?SG-w o - w 1 * 165 L-?$ts$%edla.am%des