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CONGRATULATIONS

Thankyouforbuyingthisprinter.Thisprinterisprovidedwiththefollow-

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2printmodes-DraftandNearLetterQuality

Manydiffenmttypefacesbuiltintothe printer

Epsonor IBMPmprintercompatibilityincludinggraphics

Comprehensivepaper-handlingfacilities(cut-sheetortractorasstan-

dard,withoptionalAutomaticSheetFeeder)

Paper-park facility for loading cut-sheet paper without having to

unloadfanfoldpaper

MemorySwitchfacility,enablingcomprehensiveprogrammingfrom

the frontpanel

Optionalcolorfacilities

ORGANIZATIONOF THIS MANUAL

Thismanualis dividedinto9chaptm. Usechapters1through3asa“User

Guide”,givingyouinformationonhowtosetup andstartyourprinter.The

remainingchaptersmay be treatedas areferenceguidefor programming

operations,etc. It assumesadegree of knowledgeoff the operationof

computers(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers).

The chaptersam as follows:

Chapter 1- Introduction

Readthissectionfirst,asitexplainshowto unpackandinstallyourprinter.

Chapter 2- Front panel controls

There am anumberof controlson the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesand font selection.This

sectionshowsyouhowto use the frontpanelcontrols.

Chapter 3- Setting up the Memory Switches

Your printerhas aMemorySwitch function,which allows you to make

certain system settings fmm the front panel. This section explains the

operationof theseMemorySwithes.

Chapter 4- Emulations and escapecodes

Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedby yourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsused to drive it. This sectionis of use if you zue

writingor modifyingprogramsto takeadvantageof theprinter’sfeatwvs.

Chapter 5- DIP Switches

Thissectionexplainshowto setthe DIPswitchesto makesystemsettings

on the printer.

Chapter 6- MS-DOSand your printer

Since the PC or PC-AT family of computersrunningunder MS-DOSis

currentlythe most popularccmflgurationof microcomputer,we have in-

cludedafewhintsandtipsto helpyouuse yourprinterwithsuchsystems.

SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinteqmxer,wehave

also included some hints, and asample program in this language to

demonstratethe capabilitiesof the printer.

Chapter 7- Troubleshooting and maintenance

Thissectiongiveachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking

in the expectedway.It also includesdetailsof some routinemaintenance

operationsyoucancarryoutyourself.Itisno~however,acompleteservice

manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouareumnueofyourabilityto

carryout any maintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter 8- Specifications

This sectiongivesthe specificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9- Character sets

Thesechartsgivethediffenmtcharactersetsavailable,andthedifferences

between‘nationalcharactersets (as setup withthe DIP switches).

TABLEOF CONTENTS

Chapter 1INTRODUCTION 1

LOCATINGTHEPRINTER

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UNPACKING,SEITING UP ANDCONNECTION....................1

Settingup.....................................................................................3

Comection...................................................................................5

LOADINGPAPER.........................................................................7

Cut-sheetpaper............................................................................7

Fanfoldpaper(continuous)stationery.........................................8

Oncethepaperhasbeenloaded

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Chapter 2FRONT PANEL CONTROLS 11

CONTROLSANDINDICATORS...............................................11

Controls.....................................................................................11

Indicators...................................................................................11

PITCHSETTING.......................................................................... 12

PitchPanelLock........................................................................12

FONTSETTING...........................................................................13

FontPanelLock.........................................................................13

QUIETMODE..............................................................................13

PAPERHANDLING....................................................................14

Formfeed................................................................................... 14

Paperparking.............................................................................14

Shorttear-offfunction...............................................................15

MicroFeed................................................................................. 16

BUFFERCLEAR/RESET............................................................16

TESTANDMAINTENANCESETTINGS.................................16

Chapter 3SETTING UP THE MEMORY SWITCHES 17

MENUOPTIONS.........................................................................19

CommandMenu........................................................................19

Fontmenu..................................................................................19

PrintMenu.................................................................................20

PaperMenu................................................................................20

FormsMenu...............................................................................21

Factorysettings..........................................................................22

Chapter 4EMULATIONS ANDESCAPE CODES 23

EMULATIONS.............................................................................23

NUMERICALREPRESENTATION...........................................23

COMMANDCODESANDESCAPESEQUENCES..................24

Fontstyleandcharactersetcontrolcodes.................................26

Fontpitchcontrolcodes............................................................30

Specialprintmodecontrolcodes..............................................32

Linespacecontrolcodes...............................................,............36

Formfeedcontrolcodes............................................................39

Marginsand verticaltab settingcontrolcodes......................,...41

Horizontalprintpositioncontrolcodes.....................................44

Downloadedcharactercontrolcodes.........................................48

Graphics.....................................................................................52

Miscellaneouscodes..................................................................55

ASCIIcommandsequences.......................................................63

Chapter 5DIP SWITCHES 67

Chapter 6TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE 69

TROUBLESHOOTING................................................................69

Powersupply.............................................................................70

Printing......................................................................................70

Paperfeeding.............................................................................72

MAINTENANCE.........................................................................75

ADJUSTINGTHEPRINTINGGAP ...........................................75

RIBBONREPLACEMENT..........................................................76

REPLACINGTHEPRINTHEAD...............................................78

FRONTPANELDIAGNOSTICAND

TESTMODES..............................................................................80

Shorttestmode..........................................................................80

Longtestmode..........................................................................81

Texttestmode ...........................................................................82

Hexadecimaldumpmode..........................................................83

Bidirectionaltest/adjustmentmode...........................................84

Chapter 7MS-DOSAND YOUR PRINTER 87

INSTALLINGAPPLICATIONSOFI’WARE

WITHYOURPRINTER..............................................................87

GRAPHICSHARDCOPY...........................................................89

SE’ITINGUP THEPRINTERFROMTHE DOSPROMPT......89

PROGRAMMINGUSINGBASIC..............................................90

Sampleprogram.........................................................................90

Howtheprogramworks............................................................93

Patchesnecessaryto usetheBASICinterpreter........................96

Chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS 97

INDEX

Chapter 9CHARACTER SETS 101

STANDARDCHARACTERSET#1.........................................102

STANDARDCHARACTERSET#2.........................................104

IBMCHARACTERSET#2 .......................................................105

IMBCHARACTERSET#l .......................................................107

ADDITIONALCHARACTERSET...........................................108

INTERNATIONALCHARACTERSETS................................. 109

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chapter 1INTRODUCTION

Thefollowingsectioncovemtheunpackingandinstallationofyourprinter,

togetherwithinformationon paperloadingandhandling(bothcontinuous

andcut-sheetpaper).

LOCATINGTHE PRINTER

Beforeyoustartunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou

haveasuitableplaceon whichto locateit. By“a suitableplace”,we mean:

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Afirm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

Awayfromexcessiveheat(ie awayfromdirectsunlightand awayfrom

heaters,etc)

Awayfmm excessivehumidity

Awayfromexcessivedust

Alocationwithsufficientspaceto locatethe printerandanypaperto be

fed intoit, as well as the printedpapercomingout

If youareusingaparallelconnectionto yourcomputer,makesurethatit

iswithin2m(6ft)oftheprinter(anRS-232connectionusingtheoptional

RS-232interfacecan be madeoverlongerdistances).

UNPACKING,SE’l_HNGUPANDCONNECTION

Nowunpackthe contentsof the printershippingcontainer,andmake sure

thatyouhavethe following:

●The printeritself

●Paperguideassembly

sThe platenknob

.Afabricribbon

If anyof theseitemsmmissing,cmtact yoursupplier.

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Theoptionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare:

●Serial(IN-232) interfaceboard

●Automaticsheetfeeder

●Coloroptionkit

See the installationinstructionscontainedwith these optionalitems for

detailsof howto attachthemto yourprinter.

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Settingup

Placeyourprinterinthepositionwhereit is goingto bepermanentlysited,

and removeall packingmaterialfrom insidethe top cover.This packing

materialisintendedtopnwentdamagetotheprinterintransit.Youmaylike

to keep thispackingwiththe printercartonif you intendtranspofiingthe

printerfor use at adifferentlocation.

The platen knob shouldbe removed from the accessorybox inside the

s~pping carton.Mounttheplatenknobon theshafton theright-handside

oftheprinter.Turntheknobontheshaftbeforepushingtheknobfullyinto

position.

NOTE

IBeforeturningtheplatenknob,alwaysensurethatthepowertotheprinter ~

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Removethetop coverby liftingthe front(usingthetwo gripsat the side),

andpullingtowardsyou.Nowinstallthe ribbon.

1Usethetensioningknobontheribboncartridgeto tightentheribbonif it

is slack(turnclockwise).

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Theribbonshouldpassbetweentheprintheadandtheprintheadshield

(seeillustrationbelow).

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Usethegnpson thesideoftheribboncartridgetohelplocatethecartridge

(squeezethem inwardsgently),and makesurethat the spindleson the

cartridgeholderfit intothe socketson the cartridgeitself.

Ribboncartridge

Ribbon holder

Connection

Comect theprinterto yourcomputer,usingastandardparallel-typecable.

On aPC or PC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthat youuse the 25-wayD-

typeconnectoratthecomputerend,andtheAmphenol-type36-wayconnec-

tor at the printerend.The pinoutsof the printer’scomector mgiven in

Chapter8if youneedacablefor connectionto anothercomputer.

Plugtheprinterintoasuitablemainsoutlet.However,DONOTturnonthe

powerswitchat the backof the printeryet.

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You may needto set someDIP switchesinsidetheprinterbeforeyou start

usingit.Theseswitchesenableyouto configwetheprinteras an Epsonor

as an IBMProprinterprinter.TheDIP switchesalsoenableyouto selecta

characterset other than the USA characterset, if your supplierhas not

alreadysettheseup foryou.TheDIP switchcoverislocatedinsidethetop

cover(seebelow).Usetheendofapaper-clip(orsimilar)tosettheswitches.

DetailsoftheseswitchesaregiveninChapter5.Ifyoufeelunsureastoyour

abilityto setthese switches,contactyoursupplier.

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LOADINGPAPER

The

followingsectionsexplainhowto loadpaper- single-sheet(cut-sheet),

withoutthe AutomaticSheetfeeder,and also the operationsnecessaryfor

loadingcontinuous(fanfold)stationery.

If youtm usingtheAutomaticSheetFeeder,pleaserefertotheinstructions

suppliedwiththeAutomaticSheetFeederunit.

Cut-sheetpaper

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Placethepaperguidein position,locatingthelugson the bottomof the

assemblyintotheslotson theprinterbody.

Makesurethatthereleaseleverispushedtowardsthebackof theprinter

(~ position).

Adjustthepaperguidesto matchthesizeof paperyouwillbeusing(re-

memberingthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefmmtheleft-handedge

of the carnage).There are markingsmoldedinto the back plateof the

assemblyto helpyouif youwishtocenterthepaper.If youarecentering

thepaperusingthemarkingsmoldedintothepaperguide,rememberthat

printingwillstartfromthe left-handedge,unlessyouresetthe left and

rightmarginsusingsoftwmvcommands.

Placethepaperbetweentheguides,placingthe sideon whichyouwant

toprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdowninthe

guidesuntilyoufeelit stop.

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Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchatthebackoftheprinter.Theprinter

wilibeep,indicatingthatno paperis in positionforprinting.Theorange

PAPERindicatoralsoshowsthis.

Nowpmssthe (SE’’WT’PARK:button.ThepaperbailWillmoveclearofthepaper,

andhe paperwill be fed and adjust&1past the printhead to aposition

readyfor printing.The paperbailwillbe movedbackto grip thepaper

againsttheplaten,and the printheadwillmoveto the startposition.

Theactualverticalpositionofthepaperafterauto-loadingisdeterminedby

theMemorySwitchsetting(see Chapter3).

The verticalpositionof the paper can be finely adjustedby meansof the

microfeed function(see Chapter2).

Fanfoldpaper (continuous)stationery

Ifyouaregoingtousefanfold(continuous)paper,thenyouwillneedtouse

theintegraltractormechanismassembly,situatedundertherearcoverofthe

printer.

1Removethetop and rearcoversof theprinterto insertthepaper.

Clamp lever Rear cover

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2Pushthereleaselevertowardsthefrontoftheprinter(tothe~position).

This has the effect of releasingthe paper from the platen roller, and

engagingthe tractorfeed.

3With the sprocketcovers open, tluvad the paper over the sprockets,

aiigningthe sprocketholeswiththe pinson the sprockets.

4Adjustthe spacingof thesprocketsby slidingthemalongthebar, using

the clamp lever at the back of each sprocketto release and lock the

sprocketimposition(whentheleverisup,thesprocketmaybemoved,and

whenit is down,the sprocketis locked).

Release lever

/Sprocket cover

5Nowclosethespmcketcovers,againmakingsurethatthe papersprocket

holesare alignedwiththepinson the sprockets.If they are not aligned

properly,youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresulting

in tearingandjammingof the paper.

6Tumonthe printerusingtheswitchattheback oftheprinter.Theprinter

willbeep (indicatingthatthepaperis not yet fullyloaded).This is also

confirmedby theorangePAPERindicator.

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7Nowpnxthe @&@button.Thepaperbailwillmoveclearof thepaper,

andthe paperwill be fed and adjustedpast the printhead to aposition

~ady for printing.The paperbailwillbe movedbackto grip the paper

againsttheplaten,andtheprinthead willmoveto the startposition.As

whenloadingcut-sheetpaper,theMemorySwitchsettingwilldetermine

the initialpositionof the paper after auto-feeding,and the micm feed

functionmaybe used to adjustthe paperposition.

8Remountthetop coverrearcoverandthe transparentprintercover.

9Remountthepaperguideas shownbelow:

Oncethepaper has beenloaded

Theprinterwillnowbeon-line(theONLINEindicatorwillbelighted).You

maynowwanttochooseafont,apitchandaprintquality.Thiscanbedone

fromthe frontpanel,but youmustputtheprinteroff-linefirst by pressing

the.[=~~~-;button.The indicatorwill go out and the printerwill beep to

confirmthis.

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FRONTPANELCONTROLS

The followingsectiondescribesthe frontpanelcontrolsand indicatorson

yourprinter,togetherwithadescriptionofthefunctionsperformedbythem.

CONTROLSANDINDICATORS

The followingis abrief guideto the controlsand indicatomon the front

panel.

Controls

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Theprinteris equippedwithfivebuttons:fmmleftto right they are, LFONT;

and .@!I (smaller buttons), and @E@, (PA~R~EEtj and (, ONPUI~”> (larger

buttons).

Indicators

The firsttwo buttonshaveaseriesof indicatorsnextto them whichshow

whichoptionhasbeencurrentlyselectedusingthem(fontor pitch).Some

oftheseindicatomcanbeeitherorangeorgreen,dependingupontheoptions

cunently selected.

Thereis no indicatorassociatec’withthe SETEJECTPA~K; button(asits operationis

obvious when paper has been inserted), but the PAPERFEED’and ‘“ONLINE””

buttons both have indicatmxembeddedin the buttons themselves.The

indicatorembeddedinthe PAPERFEEO’Ibutton,howeverdoesnotindicatepaper

feeddirectly,butindicates(whenilluminated)whetherQuietmodehasbeen

selected(seebelow).The .-ONWE’. buttonalsohas an embeddedindicator.

Pushingthe ~-LINE”’ buttonwillalternatelyset theprinteron- andoff-line

andilluminateor extinguishthe indicator.

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Inadditiontotheseindicators,the~ mtwoothers,POWERandPAPER.The

POWERindicatorwillilluminatewhenpowerissuppliedtotheprinter,and

the PAPERindicatorwill illuminatewhenno paperhas beeninserted.

PITCHSEITING

Usethe PITCH’ buttontosetthepitchthatwillbe printed.Rememberthatthe

printer.mustbe off-lineforyoutodo this.Successivepnxses ofthisbutton

willilluminate(andselect)the followingoptionsin thisorder:

(Pitch IIndicator(s)

10 charactersperinch IOCPI

12charactersper inch 12CPI

17charactersper inch 10CPI,COND

20charactersuerinch ]12CPI.COND 1

1Proportional IPROP

Holdingdownthisbuttonwill cyclecontinuouslybetweentheseoptions.

Pitch Panel Lock

If the PITCH’ buttonis pressedwhenthe printeris turnedon,the pitchwill

be “locked”,and no pitch changescan be made from software.It is still

pssible, however,to puttheprinteroff-lineandchangethepitchusingthe

PITCH button.

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FONTSEITING

hXSiIlg the ~‘oNT: buttonwillilluminateafontindicator.Rememberthat

theprintermustbeoff-lineforyoutodothis.Notethattheselectionofsome

fonts(shownin yellowonthefrontpanel)is shownby anorangeindicator,

andtheselectionof others(shownin greenon thefrontpanel)is shownby

agreenindicator.Holdingdownthe (FONT~button will cycle continuously

Mtweenthe fontsavailable.

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FontPanelLock

lfthe .TONTI buttonimpressedwhentheprinteristurnedon,thefontwillbe

“locked”,andnofontchangescanbemadefromsoftware.Itisstillpossible,

however,to put the printeroff-lineand changethe font using the ‘~ONf’

button.

QUIETMODE

To selectQuietmode,theprintermustbeon-line.Whileit is on-line,press

the I.PAPE!FEEDbutton. This will alternatelyilluminateand extinguishthe

QUIETindicator.When in Quietmode,theprinterwillprintslightlyslower,

but at areducednoiselevel.

NOTE

If you press the PAPERFEEO?

buttonwhilethe printer is off-line,the-EEZ

buttonwillperformits normalfunction,ie it willfeedpaper.

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PAPERHANDLING

The followingsectionsdescribethe waysin whichyou can controlpaper

feeding,etc by meansof thefrontpanelcontrols:

Formfeed

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formfeedcan be achievedfromthe frontpanelin the followingway:

Put the printer off-line, by pressing the ON.LINE button, so that the

indicatoris extinguished.

Press the .!APEBFEEDbutton,andkeepit depnxsed.

Pressthe =‘ buttonmomentarily.

The paperwill then moveforwardto the top of the next sheet(fanfold

paper),or ejectacut sheet.

Setthe printeron-lineagain(..ONLINE.button)to resumeprinting.

Paperparking

Paperparkingisusefulifyouareusingfanfoldpaper,andyouwanttoprint

adocumentononeor twosheetsof cut-sheetpaper.Theprinter“parks”the

fanfoldpapersafelyout of the way,so thatyou do not need to unloadthe

paper before inserting cut-sheet paper, then, when you have finished

printingon cut-sheetpaper, movesthe fanfoldpaperback to its original

positionso thatyoucan restat printing.

To usethis facility,followtheinstructionsbelow:

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Puttheprinteroff-line@ess the :-OWW‘button,sothattheindicatorgoes

out).

Press the {ET:::CT:PARK’button,so that the fanfoldpaperis movedoutof the

paperpath.

Nowmovetheteleaselevertotherearoftheprinter(~position)toselect

cut-sheetpaper(disengagingthe fanfoldsprockets).

NOTE

Ifyoudonotmovethereleaseleveratthisstage,theprinterwillwarnyou

at‘thenextstepby emittingacontinuousseriesof &ps. I

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Insertthe cut sheetpaperin thepaperguides

Pressthe 6fi~~ECTPAR~buttoninorderto feedthecutsheettothe startingprint

position.Theprinterwill automaticallygo on-line.

Printasnormalonthecutsheet(s),andwhenyouhaveftished printing,

putthe printeroff-line(by p~ssing the .ONLNE.; buttonagtin).

If thesoftwarehasnot donethisfor you,ejectthepaperby pressingthe

@IS!:@button.

Movethe releaselever to the frontof the paper (~position) to select

fanfoldpaper(engagingthe fanfoldsprockets).

Nowfeedthe fanfoldpaperto the printpositionby pressingthe {EKJECTP(R]

button.Thepaperwillmoveto its formerprintposition,andtheprinter

will automaticallygo on-line.

You arenow readyto startprintingon fanfoldpaperagain.

Shorttear-offfunction

Theshort-tear-offfunction is handy when using fanfold paper. It ejects the

paper so thatthe perforation isjust abovethe transparent cover, allowing you

tear it off withouthavingto openup theprinter.It then reversesthe paper

feedafteryouhavetom offthepaper,the~by startingprintingatthetopof

thenextform.Thisfeatureis especiallyusefulif youareusingpre-printed

stationery(suchas invoices,etc), whichwillnotbe printedalltogether.

Tousetheshorttear-offfunction,pressthe{ON”LINEIbuttonwhentheprinter

ison-line,andholditdownforafewseconds.Whenyoureleasethebutton,

thepnnterwillgooff-line,andthepaperwillmoveupafewinches,allowing

youto tear off the form.

To ~tum the paperto its previousposition,pressthe ONLINE buttononce

again.When you ~lease the button,the printer will return to its on-line

status,andthepaperwillbefedbackwards,withtheprintheadalignedwith

thetop of the nextform.

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MicroFeed

The Micro Feed facilityis usefulif youwishto alignthe paperexactly.It

feedsthe paperforwardsor backwardsin l/216th inchincrements.

To use thisfeatwe, put the printeroff-line(usingthe (- button).

Then press the @@> button,and eitherthe (PAP-O) button (to feed the

paperforwatis), or the @W@ button(to feedthe paperbackwards).

Holdingdownthesebuttonscontinuouslywillcontinuetofeedthepaperfor-

wardsor backwardsin smallincrements.

BUFFERCLEAR/RESET

It is possibleto clearthebufferof theprinteror to mtumit to itspower-on

statusbyusingthefrontpanelbuttonswithouthavingto turnthepoweroff

andon.Todothis,puttheprinteroff-line(pressthe[ON

L~.1 button),andthen

pressthe :-0N~i~~7buttonagain.Beforereleasingthe (“~~ button,hold

downthe “F!NT button.Releasingthe (:0~~1buttonwithintwo secondsof

holdingit down(beforereleasingthe CON.LNSIbutton)willclearthedatain

the buffer.Releasingthebuttonaftertwo seconds(again,beforereleasing

the @~-’ button)willresettheprinterback to the settingsat power-on.

TESTAND MAINTENANCESETTINGS

The

printerisequippedwithanumberoffunctionstoassisttestingandmain-

tenance.Sinceitisanticipatedthattheywillnotbeusedveryoften,theyare

notdescribedhem,but in Chapter6.

However,briefly,theyare:

●Atexttest printmode

●Ashorttestprintmode

●Alongtestprintmode

.Ahexadecimaldumpmode

●Abidirectionalprinttest

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chapter 3SETTINGUP

THE MEMORYSWITCHES

In additionto thepitchandfont,manyotheroptionsregardingthe setupof

theprintercanbecarriedoutfromthefrontpanel.To accesstheseoptions,

itisnecessaryto turnoff theprinter,andthenturniton again,whileholding

downthe[~IE’1, .WR.FEED’Iand 4*S buttonstogether.Thiswillcausethe

printerto printaseriesof questionsand optionsto whichyoucan answer

usingthe frontpaneibuttons.Thisis calledthe MemorySwitchmode.

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QUIET

EXIT d-ENTER

Theprincipleinvolvedis thatthe printerwillprintalist of optionson one

line.Youusethe SET:WPARK and ‘P~ERFEEObuttonstomovetheprintheadsothat

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it is belowthe optionyouwantto choose.

Theprinterwillmovethepaperupanddownasappropriate,sothatthemenu

optionsa~ visible.

The SETEJECTPAriK’button movesthe print head one option to the left, and the

PAPERFEED button moves one optiontotheright(asmarkedinblueonthefront

panelunderthebuttons).Holdingdownoneofthesebuttonswillstillmove

theprintheadonlyone optionforwardor back.

Whentheprintheadisbelowthedesiredoption,pressthe ONLINE buttonto

enterthisintotheprinter’smemory.Anyoptionchosenatthisstagewillnow

be stored,evenwhenthe printeris turnedoff.

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Whenyoupressthe {ON- buttontoenteran option,a“*” (asterisk)will

beprintedto confirmthatthe optionhasbeenchosen.

Themenusare organizedin ahieramhical(tm-structumd) fashion.Some

menusdo not choose optionsdirectly,but instead,move down to other

menus. To move up through the menu structuretowards the “root” or

“trunk”,use the ~

PITCH’ button as an ““EXIT

button (a.. marked in blue

underneaththe button).

The structweof the menusis shownbelow.:

Mainmenu

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Printcurrentsettings

1-[ Use factorysettings

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Commandmenu Fontmenu Printmenu Papermenu

Theoptionswithineachmenuare givenbelow.

Asmentionedabove,whenyoupressthe (“-EX-”’I buttonfromanysub-menu

orfromanoptionwithinamenu,youwillreturntothemenulevelabovethe

currentone.If youpressthe ‘EXIT-’ buttonfromthemainmenu,theprinter

willprint“***E~***” ~d exitto beingon-line,withthesettingschosen

in MemorySwitchmodebeingnowset in the printer.

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MENUOPTIONS

The

followingis alistof theoptionswithinthemenus,andtheirmeanings,

togetherwiththepromptsprintedinMemorySwitchmode.Thepromptsare

givenin capitallettersin squarebrackets,thus:[OFF].Factorysettingsare

markedhemwith an asterisk(forexample,[ON*]).Asummaryof factory

settingsis alsoprovidedfollowingthissection.

CommandMenu

Thismenuallowsyouto setup variousparameterscontrollingthe overall

setupof the printer:

RAMUSAGE

QUIETMODE

GRAPHICS

DIRECTION

AUTOON-LINE

The printer RAM may be used as aprint buffer

[BUFFER*],fordownloadingfonts[DOWNLOAD],or

as asingle-linebuffer[lLINE.BUFFER].

Theprintermayeitherprintslowerandquieter[ON],or

faster,makingslightlymorenoiseIOFP].

Whenprintingin graphicsmode,theprintermayeither

print bidirectionally(in alternatedirections)for speed

IBI*] or in one directiononly (unidirectiomlfor in-

creased accuracy CUNI].For practicallyall purposes,

however,bidirectionalprintingis sufficientlyaccurate.

If this is set [ON*],then when paper is inserted,the

printerwillautomaticallycomeon-line.Ifset[OFFI,then

youwillhaveto pressthebuttontobringtheprinteron-

line.

FontMenu

Thismenuallowsyouto settwoparametm concerningfontswhichwillbe

automaticallyselectedwheneveryou turn on the printer:

ZEROSTYLE In computerusage,azero is often writ?enwith aslash

through it, as follows: ‘@”. This style is called

[SLASHED].If azero is writtenas aslightlythinner

capital“O”,withouttheslash(“O”),thisismaybechosen

byselectirwrNOW*I.

NLQFONTSTYLE Thisoptionallowsyoutochoosethedefaultfontselected

whenNLQmodeisselected.Allavailablefontsaregiven

as options.Thedefaultis [COURIER*].

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PrintMenu

Thismenuallowsyouto setup variousprintingoptionswhichwillbe auto-

maticallyselectee-wheneveryouturn theprinteron:

PRINT QUALITY ThiswillselecteitherNearLetterQualityWQ] orDraft

[DRAFF] mode.

PRINTPITCH You may select aprint pitch of either [1OCPI*]or

[12CPIl(c’CPI”standsfor“charactersperinch”),orpro-

portionalspacingPROP].

CONDENSED You may selectcondensedprintto be eitherIOIP] or

PRINT IONlat power-up.

ITALICPRINT YoumayselectitalicprintingtobeeitherIOW] or [ONI

at power-up.

k

OPTIONASF

AUTOLOADING

r

AUTOLOADING

(ASF)

PAPER-OUT

DETECTOR

Withthisoption,youmayselectorcanceltheAutomatic

SheetFeederoption[OFF] or [ONI.

Whenyou load paper automatically,this optiondeter-

minesthenumberoftinesbywhichthepaperwillbefed

forwardffomthetopofthepaper.Theoptionsrangefrom

1to 6, and thefactorysettingis 6.

l%isoption,liketheoneabove,determinesthenumberoi

linesby whichthepaperwillbefedforwardfromthetop

of the paper,but here the optionis determinedfor the

AutomaticSheetFeder. Again,theoptionsrangefrom

1to 6, and6is thefactorysetting.

Frequently,theprinter willdetectthelackofpaperand

gooff-linewithanumberofbeepsifnopapcrisinserted

in the printer [ON*]. However, this can lx disabled

[Ore.

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FormsMenu

This

menuallowsyoutosetvariousoptionsassociatedwithpaperhandling:

SHORTTEAROFF

SKIPOVER

PERFORATION

I

IAUTOLF

AUTOCR

LINESPER INCH

PAGELENGTH

Whenusingfanfold(continuous) paper, this ShortTear

Off option allows you to tear off one sheet of paper

withouthavingtoejectthewholeofthefollowingsheet.

Ifthisoptionisset[ON*],whenthepaperreachesthetop

of the form,it will automaticallybe advancedalittle,

allowingyouto tearoff thepapereasily.Set thisoption

to IOFFIif Youdo notwantto useit.

Whenusingfanfold(continuous)paper,you may wish

printingto stopalittlebeforethebottomof each shee~

andstartprintingaLittleafterthebegimingofthenext(in

otherwords,skippingoverrheperforation).Thisisuseful

ifyouwanttoproduceprogramlistings,etc.Thiscanbe

enabledbysettingthisoption[ONI,or,ifusingsoftware

whichperformsthisfunctionautomatically,itcanbe set

[OFF].

If sel [ONI,thiswillexpandallreceivedcarriagereturn

codesto alinefeed and carriagereturnpair. However,

thismaybe set [OFF*Iifyoursoftwaredemandsit.

If set [ON*],thisfunctionwillexpandall receivedline

feedcodesto acarriagereturnandline-feedpair.How-

ever, this may be set [OFF] if you do not want to be

expanded.

Thissetsthenumberoflinesperverticalinchwhichwill

be printedto [3LPI], [4LPI], [6LPI*]or [8LPI].

ThepagelengthmaybesetbymeansoftheDIPswitches

[DIP-SW*](seeChapter5for details)or to any of the

followinglengths(in inches):[31,[3.51,[41,[5.51,[61,

[7],[8],[8.5],[11.7]

or [14].A4 paper is equivalentto

11.7inches,whilethe DIP switchsettingsof 11inches

and12incheswillnormallybe usedforfanfoldpaper.

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Factorysettings

Thefollowingis alistofthesettingssetup atthefactory,whichmaybe re-

storedby choosingtheFACTORYSEToptionfromthemain menu:

COMMANDMENU

RAMUSAGE [BUFFER]

QUIETMODE IOm

GRAPHICSDIRECTION IBI]

AUTOON-LINE [ONI

FONTMENU

ZEROSTYLE NORMAL]

NLQFONTSTYLE [COURIER]

PRINT MENU

PRINTQUALITY [DRAFT’1

PRINTPITCH [1OCPI]

CONDENSEDPRINT [OFFI

ITALICPRINT [OFFI

PAPER MENU

OPTIONASF IOm

AUTOLOADING [6LINES]

AUTOLOADING(ASF) [6LINES]

PAPER-OUTDETECTOR [ONI

FORMSMENU

SHORTTEAROFF [ONI

SKIPOVERPERFORATION IOm

AUTOLF IOm

AUTOCR [ONI

LINESPER INCH [6LPI]

PAGELENGTH(INCH) IDIP-SWl

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chapter 4EMULATIONS

AND ESCAPECODES

EMULATIONS

The printer has two emulation modes: standard mode and IBM mode.

In standard mode, the printer emulates the fhnctions of the Epson EX-800

and EX-lOOOpnnters.Additionalcommand codes are included as asupset

of these emulations.

In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter II. Additional

command codes are included as asuperset of these emulations.

Theemulationis changedbymeansofDIPswitch1.WhenON,theprinter

willbein standardmode,andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbein IBMemula-

tionmode(seeChpter5).Itisnotpossibleto changetheemulationmodeby

meansof softwarecontrolor the frontpanelcontrols.

NOTE

Remembertoturnoff theprinterbeforemakinganyDIPswitchchanges.

NUMERICALREPRESENTATION

Whenin either standard or IBM mode, any numerical parametem taken by

command sequences are usually binary ratherthanASCIInumericalvalues.

In@ismanual,anyASCIIvalueswillberepresentedinquotes,eg“21”will

represent the ASCII string 32h concatenated with 31h (in BASIC,

CHR$(50)+CHR$(51)). Usuallyin theseexamples,however,hexadecimal

valueswillbequoted,asshownbythelowercase“h”followingthenumber,

eg 32h.

Binarynumbersover FFh are obtainedby dividingthe numberinto two

bytes,thefirstbeingthelowbyte,andthesecondbeingthehighbyte.Inthis

way,thevalue 123hwillbe dividedintothe two followingbytes:23h and

Olh.

If negativenumbers are required,they are obtained by subtractingthe

absolutevalueof thenegativenumberfrom65536(10000h),anddividing

theresultintohighandlowbytes.Forinstance,torepresentthenumber-l Oh,

the followingoperationis carriedout:

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1000Oh-IOh=FFFOh

andthe nxdt is dividedintothetwo bytesof F7)handFFh,

If “non-printable” codes are given, ie those codes fmm OOhthrough IFh and

71%,these codes will be enclosed in angle brackets, for example cDC1>.

The name in the angle brackets is that assigned to the code in the ASCII con-

vention. The name of the character should not be used, the binary value

should”beinput. In the same way, it should be noted that the angle brackets

are not to be input -they are merely there as delimitem in the printed text.

Of course, in aprogram, ameaningful variable name can be given to these

charactem, for instance (the following example is written in BASIC):

10 ESC$=CHR$(27) :BS$=CHR$(8)

20 LPRINT ESC$;BS$;

COMMANDCODESANDESCAPESEQUENCES

SomecommandcodesarecommontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.In

thedescriptionsof the commandcodes,allcommandcodeswillbe given,

togetherwithanoteofthemodestowhicheachcommandcodeisapplicable.

Mostof the following command codes are available in both the standard

mode and the IBM emulation mode. If acommand is common to both

modes, the descriptive heading is followed by “Both”. If the command is

specific to one mode, then either “Standard” or “IBM” will follow the

descriptive heading. Occasionally, there am two identical commands to

perform the same function. In these cases, the relevant sign follows the

escape sequence.

Whenparametemare given,the accompanyingtextdescribeswhetherthe

parameteris an ASCIIcharacteror abinaryvalue.

In the following descriptions, first the function of the command sequence is

given. This is followed by the emulation for which this command is

appropriate (“Standard”, “Both” or “IBM”).

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Followingthe heading,the full formof the commandis given,usingthe

ASCIInamesforcontrolcodes,eg<ESC>(theanglebracketsoneitherside

ofthenamearenotpartofthename,beingsimplydelimitem,andshouldnot

beentered).Variableparametersrueindicatedby aletter(usually“n”),and

an optional number, enclosed in angle brackets (eg cnO>). Where an

indefinitenumberof pararnetemare to be supplied,the cos are separated

by an ellipsis(“... “).The sequenceis thengivenusinghexadecimalcodes

(twohexadecimaldigitsfollowedby alowercase“h”),withvariablesagain

representedby lettersenclosedin anglebrackets.The decimalequivalent

followsthehexadecimal.The followingis an example:

Examplecommand Both

<ESC> cBS> <?0 (codes)

IBh 08h <0 (hexadecimal)

I27 8<0 (decimal) \

Note that the above command sequence is for example purposes only -it

does not have any real function.

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Fontstyleand characterset controlcodes

Selectitaliccharacters

<ESC> 4Standard

hz- 34h i

27 52

<FS> 4IBM

IICh 34h I

I28 52 I

The sequence above selects italic character printing.

Deselectitalicprinting

<ESC> 5Standard

IBh 35h

27 53

<FS> 5IBM

ICh 35h I

I28 53 I

The sequence above deselects italic printing.

\select printmode Both I

<ESC>, x-3P

IBh 78h <n>

27 120 <n>

This command selects the print mode for subsequent printing, where <n> may be a

binary value ofOOhorOl h, or either of the,ASCHcharacters “O”or”l”(30hor 3lh).

If -a> is equal to OOhor “O”,then Draft mode will be selected, and if equal to Olh

or “l“, then NLQ mode will be selected. All other parameters are invalid. This

command will also be ignored if Font Panel Lock has been selected.

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ISelectfont Both

<ESC> k<0

IBh 6Bh <0

27 107 <n I

ThecommandaboveselectsatypefaeeforsubsequentNLQprinting,where<n>is

abinaryvaluein therangeof OOhto 07h.The followingtableshowstheeffectof

differentvaluesof thisparameter:

Binary Binary

Value Selectedfont Vatue Selectedfont 1

IOOh ICourier I04h IScript I

IOlh ISanserif I05h ]OCR-B I

I02h ILetter-Gothic I06h ITW.Li~ht I

I07h ICinema I

Anyotherparametersare invalidandwillbe ignored.Thiscommandwillalsobe

ignoredif FontPanelLockhasbeenselected.

Selectcharactertable Both

<ESC> t<*

IBh 74h <0

116 <0 I

Theeommandabovewillselectthecharaetertabletobeusedinsubsequentprinting,

where<n>canbeabinaryorASCIIvaluefromOOhthrough02hor”O”through“2”.

Thefollowingtableshowstheeffectof thisparameter:

IValue of cO IDescription

OOhor “O” ISelects standard character table

Olh or “i” ISelects IBM character table

02h or “2” Moves character set downloaded in OOhto 7Fh area to

80h to FFh area

Anyothervaluesareinvalidandwillbe ignored,

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ISelectprimarycharacterset Both

IBh 37h

27 55

Thecommandaboveselectstheprimarycharacterset.

Thereye no parameters.Theareafrom80hto 9Fh is usedforcontrolcodes.

[Seiectsecondarycharacterset Both

IBh 36h

27 54

Thecommandaboveselectsthesecondarycharacterset.

Therearenoparameters.Theareafrom80hto9Fhisusedforprintablecharacters.

Selectinternationalcharacterset

<Esc> R<m Standard

IBh 52h <0

27 82 <0

<FS> R<m IBM

ICh 52h <*

28 82 <0

Thecommandaboveselectsan internationalcharacterset,where<n> is abinary

valuein therangeOOhthroughOEh.Thecharactersetselectedisdependenton the

valueof cn>, as showninthetablebelow:

Value of ~Intemationat character set Value of ac= International character set

OOh USA 08h Japan

Olh France 09h Norway

02h Germany oAh Denmark II

03h England OBh Spain II

04h Denmark IOCh Latin America

05h Sweden ODh Denmark/Norway

06h Italy OEh Irish

07h Spain I

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Any other valuesof <n> are invalidand willbe ignored.The specialcharacters

affectingeach symbolsetaregivenin Chapter9.

\Printcontinuouslyfrom the AHCharactersChart IBM I

IBh 5Ch C/lb al>

I‘27 92 ah d> I

The commandaboveallowsaseriesof specialcharactersto be printedfrom the

controlcodearea(OOhthruIFh),wherethetwoparametersgivethetotalnumberof

charactersto be printed(lowbyte fiist).On receiptof thiscommand,any codes

receivedin therangeOOhthroughIFh willnotbeinterpretedas controlcodes,but

willprint the characterscorrespondingto thosecodes.This willcontinuefor the

numberof charactersdesignatedby <n@ and<nI>.

IPrintasinale characterfromthe All CharacterChart IBM \

<ES(7> A1

IBh 5Eh

27 94

ThecommandaboveprintsasinglecharacterffomtheAllCharactersChart.There

arenoparameters.Ifthenextcharactertoreprintedhasacodebetw=n OOhandIFh,

itwillnotbe treatedasacontrolcode,andthecharactercorrespondingto thiscode

willbe printed.

\Select/cancelundefinedcontrolcodearea Standard 1

<ESC> I<*

IBh 49h <0

I27 73 <m I

Thiscommandselectstheprintablecodeareaexpansion,wherea> maybea binary

valueofOOhorOlh, oreitherof theASCIIcharacters“O”or”l”(30hor3lh). If<n>

isequaltoOOhor”O”,thentheundefinedcontrolcodearearemainsasnon-printable

codes.If cn> is equlto Olh or “l”, thoseareashiftsto theprintablecharacters.

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Fontpitch controlcodes

Set picapitch printing Standard

<ESC> P

IBh 50h

I27 80 I

The commandabove sets all subsequentprinting to pica pitch. There are no

parameters.ThiscommandwillbeignoredifPitchPanelLockhasbeenselected.It

maybe candled by acESC>M(elitepitchset)command.

Set pica pitch printing IBM 1

I<Dc2> I

12h

18

The commandabovesets the printpitch to pica. There are no parameters.This

commandis ignoredifPitchPanelLockmodehasbeenselected.

Set elite pitchprinting Both

<Esc> M

IBh 4Dh

I27 77 I

The commandabove sets all subsequentprinting to elite pitch. There are no

parameters.ThiscommandwillbeignoredifPitchPanelLockhasbeenselected.It

may be cancelledby a<ESC> P(standardmode) or a<DC2> (lBM mode)

command.

Set eiite pitchprinting IBM

<Esc>

IBh 3Ah

27 58

The commandabovesets the printpitch to elite. Thereare no parameters.This

commandis ignoredif PitchPanelLockmodehasbeenselected.

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Set condensedprintmode Both

<ESC> <S1>

IBh Om

27 15

<S1>

oFh I

I

Eitherof the two commandsabovewill set condensedprint mode.Thereare no

parameters.Subsequentprintingwill take place at approximately1.7 times the

numberofcharacters/inchthanwaspreviouslythecase.Thisiscancelledonreceipt

ofacDC2>command.ThiscommandwillbeignoredifPitchPanelLockmodehas

beenselected.

ICancelcondensedprintmode Standard

i12h

18

Thecommandabovecancelsthecondensedprintmode.Therearenopammeters.On

receiptof thiscommand,all subsequentprintingwillbe doneat thepitchselected

priorto acESC> <S1>or <S1>command.Thiscommandwillbe ignoredifPanel

PitchLockmodehasbeenselected.

Select/cancelproportionalprinting Both

CEsc> P<w

IBh 70h <?0

27 112 </0

Thesequenceaboveselectsor cancelsproportionalprinting,whereen> isabinary

orASCIIvaluefmmOOhthroughOlhor “O”through“l”. If <n>–+tlhor “O”,then

proportionalprintingisdeselected(cancelld), andifa>=olh or“l”, thenpropor-

tional printing is selected. This command willbe ignoredifPanelPitchLockmode

hasbeenselected.

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Set or cancel picaproportionalpitch iBM

<ESC> P<m

IBh 50h <m

27 80 <0

Thecommandabovesetsorcancelspicaproportionalpitchprinting,wherecn> is

abinaryvalueofeitherOOhorOlh.Ifcn>issetto Olh,thenpicaproportionalprinting

isenabled,andif Q> is settoOOh,thenpicaproportionalprintingisdisabled.Any

othervaluesof<m withthiscommandwillsetpicapitch,andthepMter willattempt

toprint<n>.IfPanelPitchLockmodehasbeenselected,thenthiscommandwillbe

ignored.

Specialprint modecontrol”codes

Seiectkancei expandedprinting Both

<ESC> w<0

IBh 57h <0

27 87 <?D

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsexpandedprinting,where<n>isabinaryor

ASCIIvaluefromOOhthroughOlh or “O”through“l”. If cn>=OOhor “O”,then

expandedprintingisdeselected(canceled),andif cn>=olh or“l”, thenexpanded

printingis selectedforall printingsubsequentto thereceiptof thiscommand.

Seiectone-iineexpandedprinting Both

<ESC> <so>

IBh OEh

27 14

<so>

OEh

I14

Eitherof the commandsabovewill selectone-lineexpandedprint.Thereare no

parameters.Expandedprintingwillbe performedsubsequentto thereceiptof this

commanduntilanyofthefollowingcommandsisreceived:<DC4>,.&E-, &! SC>

<B, cVT>, =&I+,<ESC>cFI%=or &! SC>W.

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Cancelone-lineexpandedprint Both I

I<DC4> I

I14h I

20 I

The commandabovecancelsthe one-lineexpandedprint mode set by cSO> or

cESC> <SO>. There are no parameters

ISelectMasterprint mode Both

1cESC> <0 I

l13h 21h <m

27 33 <0

The commandaboveselectsa“Masterprint”mode,where <n> is abinary value

composedof theadditionof the following bit settings:

73=

Bit Value Value

(dec) (hex)

01 Olh

m=

1 2 02h

24 04h

3 8 08h

4 16 IOh

Et=E=

I61 64 I40h

I7I128 I80h

Function Effect when Effect when

bit=l bit=O

Pitch [12cvi IIOcui

Proportionalprinting set csi-kcei

Condensed printing set cancel

Emphasized tnintimzIset cancel

Hence, if condensed italic underlined print is required at 12cpi, the values of bits 2,

6,7 and Omust be added together.Tl& comesto (indecim~)4+64+128+1=197,

or (in hexadecimal)04h+40h+80h+Olh=C5h.The mastermodeis henceauseful

wayof selectinganumberof printparameterssimultaneously.

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ISelectprintmode IBM

<ESC> I<0

IBh 49h <Lb

27 73 <0

The commandabove selectsthe print mode (resident/downloadedfont, pitch),

wherecn> is abinaryvalue.Theprintmodeselectedbydifferentvaluesof-> is

shown‘inthetablebelow:

I+IPrintmode I

IoIDraft I

I1IDniftwith elite pitch I

I2Isanserif I

3Courier

4Draft download

\5Draft download with elite pitch

6NLQ download

7Courier

Thiscommandis ignoredif PanelLockmodehasbeenselected.

ISelectemphasizedprintmode Both

<ESC> E1

IIBh 45h I

27 69

Thecommandaboveselectstheemphasizedprintmode.Therearenoparameters.

All charactersprintedsubsequentto receiptof this commandwill be printedin

emphasizedmode.Thiscommandis validonlyin draftmode.

Cancelemphasizedprintmode Both

<ESC> F

IBh 46h i

I27 70 I

Thecommandabovecancelstheemphasizedprintmode.Therearenoparameters.

Allcharactersprintedsubsequenttoreceiptofthiscommandwillbeprintedinnon-

emphasizedmode(canceling theeffectof the@SC> Ecommand).

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Selectdouble-strikeprinting

<ESC> G- ‘

IBh 47h I

27 71

Thecommandabovewillselectthedouble-strikeprintmode.‘Ilere arenoparame-

ters.Anycharactersprintedsubsequenttothereceiptofthiscommandwillreprinted

in double-strikemode.

Canceldouble-strikeprinting Both

<ESC> H

IBh 48h

27 72

The commandabove will cancel the double-srnkeprint mode. There are no

parameters.AnychamcterspMted subsequentto thereceiptof thiscommandwill

be printedin non-double-strikeprintmode(canceling theeffectof the cESC> G

command).

Select/cancelunderline Both

<ESC> <m

IIBh 2Dh <m I

27 45 <m

The commandabovewill selector cancelunderlining,where<n> is abinaryor

ASCIIvaluewhichmaytakethevaluesOOhthroughOlhor “O”through“l”. If the

value is OOhor “O”,thenunderliningwillbe cancelled.If cn>=olh or“l”, thenall

printablecharactersincludingspaces(butexcludinghorizontaltabsandIBMblock

graphiccharacters)willbe underlined.

Select/canceloverline Both

<ESC> <?0 I

IBh 5Fh <* I

27 95 <m

Thecommandabovewillselectorcancdoverlining,where<n>isabinaryorASCII

.valuewhichmaytakethevaluesOOhthroughOlhor “O”through“l”. If the value

is OOhor’’O”,then overlining will becancelled. If -a>=Olh or’’l”, then all printable

characters including spaces (but excluding horizontal tabs)willbeoverlined.

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Selectsuperscriptkubscript Both

<ESC> s<0

IBh 53h <m

Thecommandabovewillselecteithersuperscriptor subscriptprinting,where<O

isabinaryorASCIIvaluewhichmaytakethevaluesOOhthroughOlhor”o”through

“l”. If&e valueisWh or“O”,superscriptprintingwillbeselected,andif c~=olh

or “l”, thensubscriptprintingwillbe selected.

Cancelsuperscripthubscript Both 1

i<ESC> TI

I27 84 I

Thecommandabovewillcancelsuperscriptorsubscriptprinting(ifeitherhasbeen

selected).Therearenoparameters.Ifeithersuperseriptorsubscriptprintinghasbeen

selected,thenprintingsubsequenttoreceiptof thiscommandwillbein thenormal

position.

Linespace controlcodes

]Linefeed

<LF>

OAh

I10 I

Thecommandaboveadvancesthepaperoneline.Therearenoparameters.IfAuto

CR hasbeenselectcxl,acarriagereturnwillalsobe generatedon receiptof aLine

Feedcharacter.1/6inchlinespacingwillautomaticallybe selectedat power-on.

IReverselinefeed Both 1

1<ESC> <Lfi I

10 I

The commandabove will reverse line-feedthe paper one line. There are PO

parameters.1/6inchlinespacingis automaticallyselectedat power-on.

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Set linespacingto 1/8 inch Both

<ESC> o

IBh 30h

27 48

Thereareno parameters.Thecommandabovesetslinespacingto 1/8inch,where

“O”is theASCIIvalue“O”.

Set iinespacingto 7/72 inch Both

<ESC> 1

IBh 31h

27 49

Therearenoparameters.Thecommandabovesetslinespacingto 7/72inch,where

“l” is theASCIIvalue“l”.

Set iinespacingto 1/6 inch Standard

<ESC> 2

IBh 32h

27 50

Thereareno parameters.Thecommandabovesetslinespacingto 1/6inch,where

“2”is the ASCIIvalue“2”.

Set iinespacingto n/216inch Both

<ESC> 3<m

IBh 33h <0

27 51 <m

Thecommandaboveallowsprecisecontrolof linespacing,whereco isabinary

value.Uponreceiptof thiscommand,thelinespacingwillbe setto <n>/216inch.

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Set linespacingto n/72inch Standard

<E!W> A<*

IBh 41h <m

I 27 65 <* I

Thecommandabovesetsthelinespacinginincrementsof 1/72inch,where<O is

abinaryv~ue. on receiptofthiscommand,linespacingwillbesetto<0f72 inch.

Definelinespacing(1/72 inchincrements) IBM

<ESC> A<m

IBh 41h <m

27 65 <0 I

Thecommandabovedefineslinespacingin 1/72inchincrements,wherecn> is an

optionalbinaryvalueifitknot txqualtozero,~> definesthelinespacingwhichwill

beimplementedafteran cESC>2commandhasbeenreceived.If<P =O,thenthe

currentvalueof linespacingsetby apreviouscESbA commandwillremainin

force.

Execute<ESC>Adefinition IBM

<ESC> 2

IBh 32h

27 50

Thecommandaboveexecutesthelinespacingpreviouslydefinedby the43SC>A

command.Therearenoparameters.Ifan&SC>A sequencehasnotpreviouslybeen

entered,thenlinespacingwillbeset at l/6thinch.Ifan<ES~A sequencehasbeen

receivedpriortothiscommand,thenanysubsequentlinefeedswillmovethepaper

by theamountspecifiedby thecESC>A command.

IOne-timelinefeed (in 1/216inchincrements) Both I

<ESC> J<m

IBh 4Ah <m

74 <m I

Thecommandabovecausesaprecisepaperfeed,whereen> isabinaryvalue.On

receiptofthiscommand,thepaperwillbefedforwardby~>/216inch. Nocarriage

returnwilltakeplace,andthecurrentlinespacingvaluewillbe unaffected.

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Reverseone-timelinefeed (in 1/216inchIncrements)

Both

IBh 6Ah <*

27 106 <m

The commandabovecausesaprecisereversepaperfmxl,where<n> is abinary

value.Onreceiptofthiscommand,thepaperwillbefedbackwardsby<n>/216inch.

No carriagereturnwilltakeplace,andthecurrentlinespacingvaluewillbe unaf-

fected.

Set verticsiprintposition(in iines) Both

<ESC> f1<m

IBh 66h 31h <*

I27 102 49 <m I

Thecommandabovesetsthenextverticalprintposition,wherecn>isabinaryvalue

specifyingthenumberof lines(atcurrentlinepitchsetting)downfromthecurrent

positionatwhichprintingwillnexttakeplace.In thecommandthebinarycharacter

Olh canbe substitutedfortheASCIIcharacter“l”.

Formfeedcontrolcodes

Formfeed Both

<m

OCh

Thecommandabovewillcauseaformfeed.Therearenoparameters.Onreceiptof

thiscommand,theprinterwillprintalldatastoredintheprintbuffer,andwillmove

to the topof the nextpage(asdeterminedby the formlengthset by @! SC>Cor

<ESC>C<NUb. Acarriagereturn(totheleftmargin)willalsotakeplace.If the

ASFhasbeenselected,thiscommandfunctionsas apageejectcommand.

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IReversefeed to top of form Both

[“<ESC> <FF> I

IBh OCh

27 12

The commandabove reverses the paper to the top of the form. There are no

parameters.Onreceiptofthiscommand,thepaperwillbefedbackwardstothetop

of thecurrentpage.Acarriagereturn(totheleftmargin)willalsotakeplace.This

commandis invalidif theASFhasbeenselected.

Set pagelength(in inches) Both

<ESC> c<Nub <0

IBh 43h OOh <m

27 67 0<0

The commandabovesetsthepagelengthin inches,where<n> is abinaryvalue

(ls~><22 instandardmode,lS<n>S127inIBMmode)repmenting thenewpage

lengthin inches.Thebottommarginisreset,andthecurrentlineafterexecutionof

thiscommandis madethenewtopof form.

Set pageiength(in iines) Both

<ES(2> c<m

IBh 43h <0

I27 67 <* I

The commandabovesets the page lengthin lines,wherecn> is abinary value

(ISCn>S127instandardmode,lgQ>s255 inIBMmode).Thenewpagelengthis

set accordingto the currentline spacingvalue. Subsequentchangesof the line

spacingvaluewillnotaffectthepagelength.Thebottommarginis reset,and the

currentlineafterexecutionofthiscommandismadethenewtopofform.Thiscom-

mandis invalidif thelinespacingis setto,O.

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ISet top-of-form IBM

<ESC> 4

IIBh 34h

!27 52 I

Thecommandabovesetsthetopof-formPositionatthecurrentpaperposition.There

arenoparameters.Onreceiptofthiscommand,thetop-of-formpositionwillbe set

to thecurrentpaperposition.

Marginsand verticaltabsettingcontrolcodes

IMoveto nextverticaitab position Both

t<V’b

OBh

11

Thecommandabovemovesthepapertothenextverticaltabposition.Thereareno

parameters.On receiptof thiscommand,theprinterprintsdata storedin theprint

buffer,andthepapermovestothenextverticaltabpositionor(ifrherearenomore

verticaltabpositionson thepage),to thetopof thenextpage.If no verticaltabpo-

sitionshavebeensetwiththecESG Bcommandorif theyhavebeencleared,the

papermovesforwardby oneline.

ISet verticaitab positions Both

<ESC> Bcn~ ... <nl> <NuL>

IBh 42h <n@ ... <nl> OOh

27 66 Q@ ... cnl> 00

The commandabovesetsverticaltab positions,wherethe valuesrepresentedby

cnb to-ad> arebinaryvaluesgivingthevefical tabpositionsinlinesfromthetop

ofthepage.Thevaluesgivenmustkin ascendingorder.Iftheyareno~thesequence

willbeterminated.Thesequencemustendwitha-WUL>(ASCIIOOh).Ifnovalues

aregivenbetweenthecESC>Bandthe@JUL>,thenallverticaltabpositionspre-

viouslysetwillbecleared.Printingwillstartonthe(cm+lth) lineinstandardmode,

and the(cn>th)linein IBMmode.

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ISelectverticalform unit (VFU)channel Both 1

<ESC> Icm>

IBh 2Fh a>

27 47 cm>

ThecommandaboveselectsaVFUwithinwhichallsubsequent<VT>commands

willbeexecuted,wheremisabinaryvaluefromOto7. Differentsetsofvertical

tabscanbe storedindifferentchannels‘usingthe<ESC>bcommand,andselected

usingthiscommand.

[Set VFUverticaltabs Both

<ESC> b<m> <n(b ... cd> <NuL>

IBh 62h cm> <n@ ... d> OOh

27 98 -an> O@ ... al> o

ThecommandabovesetsverticaltabsinsideaVFW,wheremistheVFUchannel

(0S-<7) (accessedby the <ESG /C- command),and subsequentabsolute

values(in lines)ofverticaltabs(accessedby thecVb command)arerepresented

by <n@ to <nZ>.Thesevaluesmustbe givenin ascendingorder,otherwisethe

commandwillbe terminated.The sequencemustend witha@JUL>(oOh).If no

verticaltab valuesaregivenbetweenthechannelnumberandthe@JUb, thenall

previousverticaltabpositionssetforthatchannelwillbe cleami.

ISet reiativeverticaltab positions Both

L<ESC> e1<*

IBh 65h 31h <m

27 101 49 <*

Thecommandabovewillsetrelativeverticaltabpositions,where<n> isabinary

valuegivingthedistancein linesbetweenverticaltabssetby thiscommand.The

verticaltabssetbythiscommandaresubsequentlyaccessedbythecV’b command.

Allverticaltabspreviouslysetarecleared.InsteadoftheASCII“l”, thebinaryOlh

charactercanbe used.

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Set top margin Both

<ESC> c<*

IBh 63h <0

27 99 <m

Thecommandaboveset.sthetopmargin,whereaisabinary valuewhichspecifies

the”heightof thetopmargintothefmt printedlinein lines(atthecurrentlinepitch

setting).Printingwillstarton the(*>+lth) lineon thepage.Subsequentchanges

to thelinepitchsettingwillnotaffectthisvalue.

Set bottommargin Both

<ESC> N<n

IBh 4Eh <n

27 78 <0

Thecommandabovesetsthebottommargin,wherea> isabinaryvaluespecifying

thebottommargindeprhin linesat thecurrentlinepitchsetting.If thepagelength

is reset (with the cESCX or <ESC>C<NUL>commands),the effect of this

commandwillbelost.Subsequentchangestothelinepitchsetting,however,willnot

affectthelengthsetby thiscommand.

Canceltop and bottommargins Both

<ESC> o

IBh 4Fh

I27 79

Thecommandabovecancelsthesettingsfortopandbottommargins.Thereareno

parameters.

Set left and rightmargins Both

<ESC> x<* <0

IIBh 58h <?0 I

I27 88 <0 <n I

The commandabovesetsthe left and rightmargins,wherethe two valuesrepre-

sentedby the <n>sare binarynumbersusedfor settingthe left and rightmargins

respectively.Marginsare setat thecurrenthorizontalpitch.

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I<ESC> 1I

ISet left margin

Thecommandabovesetstheleftmargin,where“l”isalowercase“L”(not“one”),

and<o isabinaryvalueusedtosettheleftmargin.Themarginisdefinedinterms

ofthenumberofcharacterpositionsatcurrentpitch.Ifproportionalspacinghasbeen

selected,thenthecharacterwidthforpicapitchisused.Theleftmarginmaynotbe

closer than two print positionsto the right margin,otherwisethis commandis

ignored.

ISet right margin I

I<ESC> QStandard I

IIBh 51h I

I27 81 <m I

Q<m IBM I

ICh 51h <m

28 81 <0

Thecommandabovesetstherightmargin,wherecn> is abinaryvalueusedto set

therightmarginincharacterspacesatthecurrentpitch.Ifproportionalspacinghas

beenselected,thenthecharacterwidthforpicapitchis used.

Horizontalprintpositioncontrolcodes

[Carriagereturn Both I

I<CR> I

I13 I

The commandaboveperformsacarriagerehun.The printheadwillreturnto the

beginningoftheprintline.IfAUTOLFhasbeensetupwiththeMemorySwitches,

alinefeedwillbe performedas will(atthecurrentlinespacing).

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Set/cancelautomaticlinefeed IBM

<ESC> 5<m

IRh 35h <m

27 53 <n

l%ecommandabovesetsorcancelsautomaticlinefeed,wherec- isabinaryvalue

ofeitherOOhorOlh. If<m=Olh, thenwhenevertheprinterreceivesa<CR>(ODh),

alinefeedwillautomaticallybeaddedbytheprinter.Ifcn>=OOh,thenthisfunction

willbe cancelled.

IMoveto next horizontaltab Both

I<I-In

I09h I

9

Thecommandabovemovestheprintheadto thenexthorizontaltabsetting.There

arenoparameters.Iftherearenohorizontaltabssetonthelinefollowingthecurrent

printposition,this commandis ignored.If underliningis on, then skippedprint

positionsare notunderlined.

ISet/clearhorizontaltabs Both

<ESC> D*b ... al> <NuL>

IBh 44h cn(b ... <n]> OOh

27 67 *b ... all> o

Thecommandabovesetshorizontaltabs,where-a@ andal> arebinaryvalues

representingthenewtabpositions.If novaluesaregiven,alltab stopsarecleared.

Thedefaulttabsettingiseveryeightcharacters.Tabsaresetat thecurrentcharacter

pitch. If proportionalspacing has been selected, then pica pitch is used for

determiningthepositionsofthetabs.In Standardmode,oncethetabshavebeenset,

thepositionofthetabswillremainthesameifthecharacterpitchischanged.In the

IBMmode,the tab settingswillchangerelativeto the new characterpitch if the

characterpitchis changed.

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I

Restoretabs to defaultsettings IBM 1

<ESC> R

IBh 52h

27 82

Thecommandaboverestoresall tabs(verticaland horizontal)to defaultsettings.

Thereare no parametm. On receiptof thiscommand,all verticaltab settingswill

becleared,andallhorizontaltabswillberesettoeveryeighthposition,startingat

column9.

Set relativehorizontaltab positions Both

<ESC> eo<*

IBh 65h 30h <m

I27 101 48 ‘cm I

The command above sets horizontaltabs, where -> is abinary value. On

receiptof thiscommand,all horizontaltabswillbecleared,andnewonesinserted

every<n> characters.Thesehorizontaltabscan be accessedwithan c- corn.

mand.

Set horizontalprint position Both

<ESC> fo<0

IBh 66h 30h <n

27 102 48 <*

Thecommandabovesetsthenexthorizontalprintposition,where-> is abinary

value.Thenexthorizontalprintingwilltakeplacecn> characterspaces(atcurrent

printpitch)fromthecurrenthorizontalprintposition.

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ISetjustificationmode Both

L<Esc> a<?0

IBh 61h <w

I27 97 <m I

The commandabove will set the justifkation mode in which the printerprints

receiveddata,where-> isabinaryorASCIIvalueintherangeOOh(or’’O”)through

02h(or “2”).The meaningsof thesevaluesare shownin thetablebelow:

Value Meaning

Thedefault(whentheprinteris f~st turnedon)is leftjustifkation.

Producecharacterspace Standard

<ESC> <s> <?0

IBh 20h <*

I27 32 <0 I

The commandaboveproducesaspacecharacter,wherecSI% is the ASCIIspace

character(20h),anda> isabinaryvaluefromOthrough127givingthespacewidth

indots.Whenindraftmode,thedotspacingis 1/120inch,andwheninNLQ,thedot

spacingis 1/240inch.If in superscriptor subscriptprinting,thedot spacingis the

sameas above,butif in expandedmode,theresolutionis halfthe above.

Select nexthorizontalprintposition(by dot) Both

<ESC> $<nib Cnl>

IBh 24h Cnb al>

27 36 *b al>

The commandabovewillstartsubsequentprintingat ahorizontalpositiondeter-

minedly dotspacing,where~andd> aretwobinarynumbers(lowbytefirst)

specifyingthenumberof dots(at 1/60inchspacing)by whichtheprintheadwill

movetotherightfromtheleftmargin.IfthesubsequentpMt positionisbeyondthe

rightmargin,thenprintingwillstartat theleftmargin.

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IMoveprinthead I

<ESC> \Cnb ad> Standard

IBh 5Ch Cnb al>

27 92 Cnb d>

<FS> \d> IBM

ICh 5Ch -all>

/28 92 Cn(b ad> I

Thecommandabovemovestheprintheadrelativeto thelastprintposition,where

o~ andcnl> aretwobinarynumbers(lowbytefwst)specifyingthe amount(in

inches)by whichtheprintheadwillmovefromthelastprintposition.Thenumber

representedbytheparameterssignifiesmove~entin l/120thsinch.Apositivevalue

willmovetheprintheadtotherighgandanegativevaluewillmoveittotheleft.See

“NumericalRepresentation”forderailsof hownegativevaluesarerepresentedin

thisway.

Downloadedcharactercontrolcodes

CopystandardROM font into RAM

<ESC> <NLJb <* e~Standard

IBh 3Ah OOh <* OOh

27 58 0<?0 o

<FS> <NUb <0 <NuL> IBM

ICh 3Ah OOh <0 OOh

28 58 0<m o

Thecommandabovecopiesthecharactersfromtheselcctcdcharactersetwitha>,

asshownbelow,intothedownloadRAMarea.<NUb istheASCIIcharacterOOh.

This commandis only valid if “DOWNWARD”has been selectedin the RAM

USAGEmenuoftheMemorySwitch(seeChaptcr3fordetails).Allcharactersfrom

20htoFFharecopied.Regardlessofthecharacterse~thecharacters80hto9Fhare

copied.However,theblockcharactersoftheIBMcharacterset(BOhthroughDFh,

F4handF5h)arecopiedas spacecharacters.

Binary Selected font Binary

Value Value Selected font

OOh Courier 04h Script

Olh Sanserif 05h OCR-B

02h Letter-Gothic ~h ‘lW-Light

03h orator 07h Cinema

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I

Definedraft downloadcharacter(s) Both

<ESC> &<NUb <cl> <C2> C* cdl> ... ~n>

IBh 3Dh OOh <cl> <C2> <?0 ‘4> ... ain>

I27 61 0 <d> <C2> <m’ 4> ... cdn> I

Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof “soft’’charactersto be downloaded.

This commandis only valid if “DOWNLOAD”has been selectedin the RAM

USAGEmenuoftheMemorySwitch(seeChapter3fordetails),andthedraftmode

hasbeen selectedbeforethiscommandisexecuted.

Thefollowingrulesareobsexved.<cl> andec2>arebinaryvalueswhichdetermine

the characterrangewhichwill be replacedby downloadeddata. For instance,if

<cZ>=20handcc2>.30h, allcharactersfrom20hthrough30hwillbe overwriuen

bythedownloadeddata.Ifadownloadedcharacterisstoredinthearea80hthrough

9Fh, it can only be printedin the characterset #2 mode. It is possibleto store

downloadedcharactersin the part of rhe characterset reserved for IBM block

graphics(BOhrhroughDFh,F4handF5h),butthesecharacterscanonlybeprinted

whenthestandardcharactersethasbeenselected.

Eachcharacterisdefiiedbyanattributebyte(cn>)and 11databytes(dl> ...<A>).

Theattributebyte,en>,indicateswhetherthecharacterisanaseender(notusingthe

lowestof thenineverticaldots)or adescender(notusingthe highestdot).It also

indicatestheamountofwhitespaceto theleftofthechamcter(Oto7dots),andthe

widthofthecharactercell,includingthisspace(4to 15dots).Theleftspaceandcell

widthattributesareusedonlyin proportionalspacing.

Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withtheMSBbeingthetopdotandthe

LSB the bottomdot.Thesecorrespondto pins 1to 8or 2to 9of theprint head,

deWndingon whetherthecharacteris an ascenderor descender.

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Definedraft downloadcharacter(s) IBM

<ESC> =al> 4> <DC4> cm> d> cd> cdl> ... 411>

IIBh 3Dh cd> 4> 14h cm> cal> cd> ail> ... 42>1

27 61 al> 42> 20 -> al> cd> 41> ... 411>

Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof “soft”charactersto bedownloaded.

This commandis only valid if “DOWNLOAD”has been selectedin the RAM

USAGEmenuoftheMemorySwitch(seeChapter3fordetails),andthedraftmode

hasbeen selectedbeforethiscommandisexecuted.

The followingrules are observed.cnl> and d> give the numberof bytes of

characterdata that will follow.cm is the charactercode of the frostcharacter

defined.al> andCU2>areattributesbytes.’<all>to cdll> arethecharacterdata,

andare thesameas in cESC>“&”. Theatrnbutebyted> indicateswhetherthe

characters anascender(notusingthelowestofthenineverticddots)ora descender

(notusingthehighestdot)andwhetherit hasadownwardextensionto 12dots.

The atrnbutebyted?> givesproportional-spacinginformation.Bit7is ignored.

Bits4to6 specifytheoffsettothefwstbyteprinted(Oto7),enablingleadingspaces

inthecharactertobeignored.BitsOto3specifythewidthofthecharactercell(maxi-

mum 11dots).The characterwillbe followedby amandato~ blankdot column

whichis notincludedin thiswidth.

Charactersdefinedby thiscommandcanbe selectedby cESb %1,cESC> 14,

cESC> 15, or cESC> 16.

DefineNLQ downloadcharacter(s) Both

<ESC> &<NUb <cl> <C2> cab

Cal> d> <* ... ‘C*

IIBh 26h OOh ccl> <C2> cab

ICal> d> <* ... <0

27 38 0ccl> <C2> -b

Cal> cd> <m ... <0

Thecommandaboveenablesthedefinitionof “soft”characterstobe downloaded.

Thefollowingrulesareobserved.<cl> andec2>arebinaryvalueswhichdetermine

the characterrangewhichwillbe replacedby downloadeddata. For instance,if

ccZ>=20handec2>=30h,allcharactersfrom20hthrough30hwillbeoverwritten

bythedownloadeddata.Ifadownloadedcharacterisstoredinthearea80hthrough

9Eh,it can only be printed in the characterset #2 mode. It is possibleto store

downloadedcharactersin the part of the characterset reserved for IBM block

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graphics(130hthroughDFh,F4handF5h),butthesecharacterscanonlybeprinted

whenthestandardcharactersethasbeenselected.

a~, <al> andca2> areattributebytes,settingthestartingdotcolumn,printable

width(in dots),andendingdotcolumnrespectively.

Theverticaldefinitionofthecharactersis 18dots.Eachbytethereforerepresentsa

third of the vertical definition.If co bytes am required for acharacter,the

arrangementofthesebytesisasfollows(wherethebytenumbersarerepresentedby

decimalnumbers,startingatO),andthctotalwidthofthecharacterhasbeendefined

by theparametercal>:

Bit

“1-i

6

5

B

4

3

2

1

0

1St

Byte

??nd

B}’le

3rd

Byte

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Selectdownload/standardcharacterset Both

<ESC> %<m

IBh 25h <* I

27 37 <0

Thecommandaboveselectseitherthestandardordownloadedcharacterse~where

cn> isabinaty value(OOhorOlh)oran ASCIIvalue(“O”or’’l”).Ifcn> equalsOOh

or“O”,thestandardcharactersetis selected.Thisisthedefaultvalueat power-on.

If Olhor “l” hasbeenselected,thenthedownloadedcharactersetis selected.

Graphics

Thefollowingcommandsrelatetothegraphicalcapabilitiesoftheprintex(bitimage

mode).Allbit-imageprintingiscarriedoutasrastergraphics(iedataisacceptedin

blocks,andthenprintedas adjacentlinesof graphicsonedotwide).

Select-bitimagemode Both

<ESC> *m> -b <nl> Cdb

... CA>

IBh 2Ah cm> -07 otl> db

... dt>

I27 42 m> -aO> CnI> -do>

... dn> I

Thecommandaboveselectsoneof thegraphicmodesavailableontheprinterand

printsgraphicdata,where-is abinaryvaluerepresentingthegraphicsmode(see

tablebelow),and<nb andcnl>arebinary values(lowbytefirst)givingthenumber

of graphicdata bytes following(as representedby dO> ... <tin>).The actual

numberof databytesvariesaccordingto thegraphicmodechosen.Thenumberof

databytesis equalto thenumberof graphiccolumnstQbe printed.

[Graphicprintmodes]

CfrD Mode DPI urc- Mode DPI

0Single 60 4CRTI80

1Double 120 5Plotter 72

2High-speeddouble* 120 6CRTH90

3Quadruple 240 7Doubleplotter 144

*Adjacentdotsarenotprintablein thismode.

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~elationship ofbit numberto dotposition]

Whentheprinterisprintingbit-image&ta, therelationshipof dotsto pinsusedis

as follows:

Bi[

Pin number number

;

Qzl

7

3

46

55

6

74

8

93

2

1

0

Select8-dot normaldensity Both

<ESC> KCnb -all> db ... cdn>

IBh 4Bh *b d> Ufb ... cdn>

27 75 Cnb Cnl> Cdb ... cdn>

Thecommandaboveselects8dot normaldensitybit-imageprinting,where<n@

and cnl> are binaryvalues(lowbytefrost)representingthenumberof databytes

followingthe command.The databytesare representedby d(b ... dn>. This

commandhasthesameeffectas <ESG *O.

[Select8-dot doubl-density Both 1

<ESC> LCnb al> db ... cdn> 1

LIBh 4Ch Cnb d> d-b ... dn>

27 76 ab d> Cd_b ... cdn>

Thecommandaboveselects8-dotdouble-densitybit-imageprinting,wherecnb

and<nl> are binaryvalues(lowbytefwst)representingthe numberof databytes

followingthe command.The databytesare representedby cdtb ... ==zfn>.This

commandhasthesameeffectas <ESG *1.

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ISelect8-dot double-speeddouble-density Both

<Esc> Y2all> Clib ... C&> i

IIBh 59h cnb Cnl> db ... cdn> I

27 89 Cnb Qll> d(b ... cdn>

l%ecommandaboveseleas 8-dotdouble-speed,double-densitybit-imageprinting,

wherec@- andcnl> arebinaryvalues(lowbytef~st)representingthenumberof

databytesfollowingthecommand.Thedatabytesarerepresentedbycdb... <d-.

Thiscommandhasthe sameeffectas cESC> *2.

Set 8-dot quadruple-density Both

<ESC> zCn(b Qll> Qo ... cdn>

IIBh 5Ah cn~ <nl> <d& ... -ain> I

I27 90 ~(b Cnl> Qi(b ... cdn> I

The commandaboveselects8-dotquadruple-densitybit-imageprinting,where

cn~ and”cnl>arebinaryvalues(lowbytefrost)representingthenumberofdata

bytesfollowingthecommand.Thedatabytesare representedby cd~ ... cdn>.

Thiscommandhasthesameeffectas cESC> *3.

[Redefinebit-imagemode Both 1

<ESC> ?cd>

IIBh 3Fh Cml>

27 63 Cml>

Thecommandaboveredefinesabit-imagemodetoanothermode,wherecm@ is

themodeto be redefined.Thismaytakethe ASCIIvalues“K”, “L”, “Y” or “Z”.

cml> isabinaryvaluerepresentingthemodeto whichcmb isredefined,beinga

value used after the cESC> *command (Othrough 7). If any of the modes

representedby <m@ are subsequentlyselected,bit-imageprintingwillnowtake

placein themodeas definedby ml>.

Select9-dotgraphics Standard

<ESC> Aa> UIO> Cnl> cdlb ... .ain>

IBh 5Eh cm> <n(b all> db ... cdn>

I27 94 un> Q(b =W> cd(h ... -dn> I

Thecommandaboveselectsthe9dot bitimagemode,wherecm isabinaryvalue

representingthegraphicsmode(seetablebelow),and cnb and cnl> arebinary

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values (low byte f~st) giving the numberof graphicsdata bytes following(as

representedby ~... -do). The numberof data byte is twice the numberof

graphicscolumnsto be printed.

Miscellaneouscodes

The followingcommandsdo not relate specificallyto graphics,but have more

generalapplications:

ISet MSBto 1

<ESC> >

IBh 3Eh

-27 62 >

ThecommandabovesetstheMSBto 1.Therearenoparameters.Onreceiptofthis

command,themostsignificantbit(MSB)of subsequentdatawillalwaysbe setto

1.

Set MSBto O

<ESC> =Standard

IBh 3Dh

r,27 61

<FS> =IBM

ICh 3Dh

t

ThecommandabovesetstheMSBtoO. Therearenoparameters. Onreceiptofthis

command, the mostsignificantbit (MSB)of subsequentdata willalwaysbe set

too.

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IcESC> #I

ICancelMSBcontrol Both I

IBh 23h

27 35

ThecommandabovecancelssoftwarecontroloftheMSB.Therearenoparameters.

Onreceiptof thiscommand,softwarecontrolof themostsignificantbit(MSB)by

the<ESC>>,<ESC>=(standard)or dYi>= (IBM)commands,willbe cancelled.

ISelectzerostvle Both I

1<ESC> <0 I

IBh 7Eh <?0

27 126 <w

Thecommandaboveselectsthestyleinwhichzeroeswillsubsequentlybeprinted,

where<n>iseitherabinaryvalueofOOhorOlhoranASCIIvalueof“O”or“l”. If

o> isOOhor“O”,rhen“normal”(non-slashed)zeroeswillbeprinted,butifitisOlh

or“l”, thenthe“computer-style”(slashed)zerostylewillbeprinted(thisoverrides

theMemorySwitchsetting,in Chapter3).

Backspace Both

cBS>

I

The command above moves the print head back one position.There are no

parameters.This commandmovesthe print head back one position(at current

spacing)to the left.If proportionalspacinghasbeen selected,theprintheadwill

movebackbyadistanceequaltothewidthof thelastcharacterprinted.Itdoesnot

deletethelastcharacter.

(Cancellast character Standard

!<DEL> I

7Fh

127

Thecommandabovedeletesthelastcharactertransmittedto theprinter.Thereare

no parameters.Thiscodeiseffectivelyadestructivebackspace.

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[Cancellast line Both

<CAN> 1

18h

24

The commandabovedeletesthelast linetransmittedto theprinter. Thereare no

parameters.Thelastlinetransmittedtotheprinterwillbeerasedfromtheprinter’s

buffer.

ISet printeroff-line Standard

<DC3>

I13h I

I19 I

The commandabovesetstheprinteroff-line.Thereare noparameters.Thiscom-

mandis notequivalentto pressingthe .ONLINE buttonon thefrontpanelwhenthe

printerison-line,as afterthecDC3> commandhasbeenreceived,theprinterwill

ignoreanydatatransmittedto i~exceptforthecDC1>command(below).

Set printeron line Both

<Del>

llh

Thecommandabovesetstheprinteron-lineaftera<DC3>command(above).There

are noparameters.

Deselectprinter(1O“carriagemodelonly) IBM

<ESC> Q<ETX>

IBh 51h 03h

27 81 3

Thecommandabovedeselectstheprinter.Therearenoparameters.Thiscommand

willdeselecttheprinter,forcingitto disregardalldataandcommandcodesuntila

<DCl> (1Ih) commandis receivedto puttheprinterbackon-line.Thiscommand

appliesonlyto themodelof printerequippedwitha10”carriage.

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Deselectprinter(15” carriagemodelonly) IBM

<ESC> Q<SYN>

IBh 51h 16h

27 81 22

ThecommandabovedeselectsthepMter. Therearenoparameters.Thiscommand

willdeselecttheprinter,forcingit to disregardalldataandcommandcodesuntila

cDCI> (1lh) commandisreceivedtoputtheprinterbackon-line.Thiscommand

appliesonlyto themodelof printerequippedwitha15”carriage.

ISoundbuzzer Both

<BEb

07h

7

Thecommandabovesoundstheprinter’sbuzzer.Thereare no parameters.

IDisablepaper-outdetection Both I

<ESC> 8

IBh 38h

27 56

The command above disablesthe printer’spaper-outdetection.There are no

parameters.ThisoverndesthesettingmadebytheMemorySwitchSettings(Chapter

3).

Enablepaper-outdetection Both

<ESC> 9

IBh 39h

27 57

The command above enables the printer’spaper-outdetection.There am no

parameters.ThisoverridesthesettingmadebytheMemorySwitchsettings(Chapter

3).

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IEnable/disablebidirectionalprinting Both

icESC> uI

I27 85 <m I

Thecommandaboveenablesordisablesbidirectionalprinting,wherea> isabinary

valueofeitherOOhorOlh oranASCIIvalueofeither”O”or’’l”. If<n>issettoOOh

or “O”,thenbidirectionalprintingwillbe performed,and if it is Olh or “l”, then

unidirectionalprintingwillbeperformedsubsequenttothereceiptofthiscommand.

If the Memory Switch setting has been made for bidirectionalprinting, this

commandwillbe ignored.

]Enableunidirectionalprintingfor one lineonly Both I

I<ES

-c> <

IBh 3Ch

I27 60 I

Thecommandaboveenablesunidirectionalprintingforonelineonly.Thereareno

parameters.Printingwillbeperformedfromleft-to-rightforthecurrentlineonly.

Definemacroinstruction Both

<ESC> +cdl> ... .dn> <RS>

IBh 2Bh Cdl> ... cdn> IEh

27 43 41> ... -ah> 30

Thecommandabovecancelsanyexistingmacroinstructionandreplacesitwiththe

definedinstruction.The definedmacro instructionconsistsof the charactersbe-

tweenthe’’+’’andcRS>.‘fhesecanbeanyprintablecharactersorcontrolcharacters

exceptcRS>, up to amaximumof 16characters.

IExecute macroinstruction Both I

1

<ESC> +<NUb

IBh 2Bh OOh

27 43 0I

Thecommandaboveexecutesapreviouslydefinedmacroinstruction.

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I

Enable/disablelargecharacterprinting Both

<ESC> h<m

1IBh 68h <m

I27 104 <m I

Thecommandaboveenlargeswholeorpartofcharacters,orcancelssuchenlarge-

men~where<n> is abinaryvalueof OOhthrough06h or an ASCIIvalueof “O”

through“6”.

<n> Effect 1

I

Olh,“l” Double-high,double-wide

02h,“2” Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide

03h,“3” Double-high,double-wide(Lowerhalfonly)

04h,“4” Double-high,double-wide(Upperhalfonly)

105h,“5” Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide(Lowerhalfonly)

06h,“6” Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide(Upperhalfonly)

Itistheuser’sresponsibilitytoaltertheIinepitchsothatitisinaccordancewiththe

newcharacterheigh~andto producealinefeedat thenewpitchin orderto leave

sufficientspaceforthenewcharacters.Iftherearedifferentsizesofprintonthesame

line,theprintingwillbealignedalongthetopofthecharacters.Anypreviouscom-

mandsforenlargement(verticalorhorizontal)ofcharacterswillbecancelledbythis

command.

IEnabie/disabiedoubie-heightmode Both I

<ESC> w<* I

IBh 77h <0

I27 119 <ID 1

The commandaboveenablesor disablesdouble-heightprinting,whereco is a

binaryvalueofeitherOOhorOlh oranASCIIvalueofeither“O”or’’l”. If<n>isset

to OOhor “O”,thendouble-heightprintingis cancelled.If <n>is setto Olhor “l”,

thendouble-heightprintingisenabled.Thecharacterwidthis unaffected.It is the

user’sresponsibilityto alterthe linepitchso thatit is in accordancewiththe new

characterheight,and to producealine feed at the new pitch in order to leave

sufficientspaceforthenewcharacters.Iftherearedifferentsizesofprintonthesame

line,theprintingwillbe alignedalongthebottomof thenormal-sizedcharacters.

Anypreviouscommandsforverticalenlargementofcharacterswillbecancelledby

thiscommrmd.

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Selectcharacterheight,width,linespacing Both

<ESC> [@C?lLb <d> <NUb CNUb Cn2> 4>

IBh 5Bh 40h -b cd> OOh OOh crt2> cn.3>

27 91 64 -b 4> 0 0 C?L?> Cn.b

The commandaboveis usedto controlcharacterheighgwidthand line spacing,

wherecnb andcnl> (lowbytefnt) ate usedto supplythenumberof subsequent

databytes(1 or2).Theeffectof thetwodatabytes(d> and<rd>) isdetermined

as follows:

d>

1ISingle-heightcharacters I

2Double-heightcharacters

16 Sinzle line feed

I

17 ]Single line f~ single-heightcharacters I

18 Single line fed double-heightcharacters

32 ]Double line feed I

33 ]Doublelinef~single-heightcharacters I

34 IDoubleline fed double-heightcharactersI

AnY othervalues INo effect I

Cn3>

1\Single-widthcharacters

1

2IDouble-widthcharacters

Any othervalues INo effect I

Anysuperscript/subscriptorcondensedmodeprintsettingspreviouslyselectedwill

be cancelled,but if double-heightprintingis cancelled,the printerwillreturn to

superscriptlsubscriptorcondensedmodeprinting,ifthesewereselectedpreviously.

Anypreviouscommandsforverticalcharacterenlargementare cancelledby this

command.Ifdouble-heightandnormal-sizedcharactersareprintedinthesameline,

thentheprintingwillbe alignedalongthebottomof rhenormal-sizedcharacters.

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Set/cancelimmediatemode Both ]

<ESC> i<* I

IBh 69h <m

I27 105 <* I

Thecommandaboveselectsor cancelsthe“immediate”printmode,wherecn> is

abinmyvalueof eitherOOhorOlhoranASCIIvalueofeither“O”or“l”. If<n>is

setto OOhor “O”,thenimmediateprintingis cancelled.If ~is setto Olh or “l”,

thenimmediateprintingisenabled.Inimmediateprintmode,eachcharacterissent

straightto theprintheadas it isreceivedfromthehostcomputer(unbuffered),and

thepapermovesup so thatit is possibleto read whatis on thepaper,similarto a

typewriter.

~Reset Both 1

I<ESC> @I

IBh 40h

27 64

Thecommandaboveresetstheprinter.Themarenoparameters.On receiptof this

command,thebufferiscleared,andallsettings(withthefollowingexceptions)are

restoredto theirpower-upvalues.

●ASFsettingsmadewiththecESC>EM command

“Panelmodesettings

ASF (AutomaticSheetFeeder)control Both

<ESC> <ENb <m

IBh 19h <#

27 25 <*

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Thecommandabovecontrolstheoperationof theASF,wherecEIkb is theASCII

code 19h,and<O maytakethebinaryvaluesOOhor 04hor theASCIIvalues“R”

or “T”.The effectof tkesevaluesis summarizedbelow:

Value Effect

OOh Select manualmode

I04h ISelectautomode

r

“R”

“T”

Ejectpaper

Set top printposition. This parametermust be

followed by anotherbinaryvalue (>1) signify-

ing the distance (in 1/6 inch units) at which

printingshouldstartbelow thetopof thepaper.

Thesecommandswillbe ignoredif theASFhasnotbeenselected.

ASCII commandsequences

ThemrnmandabovesequencesarenotprecededbyacESG orcFS>character,but

insteadamprecededbydoubleparentheses,thus’’((”.Theyapplyequallytoboththe

standardandtheIBMemulationmodes.Theyare givenbelow:

ISelectfont Both

( ( F) ) <*

28h 28h 46h 29h 29h <m

I40 40 70 41 41 <?0 I

Thecommandaboveselectsafon~wherecn> is artASCII valuewhichmaytake

thefollowingvalues:

C?P Effect -

4’..

0Courier 5

,, ?.

t“1” ISanserif I“6”

44 . .

2Letter-Gothic “7”

“..

3orator ,, ..

9

I“4” IScript I

+

TW-Light

Cinema

Draft

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Select/cancelitalicmint Both

28h 28h 49h 29h 29h <#

40 40 73 41 41 <0

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsitalicprinting,wherecn> isanASCIIvalue

whichmaybeeither“l” or“O”.Anyothervalueswillbeignored.If->= “l” then

italicprintingis enabled,and if cm =“O”,thenitalicprintingiscancelled.

Select/cancelboldprint Both

((B))<m

28h 28h 42h 29h 29h <m

40 40 66 41 41 <*

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsboldprinting,wheree~ isanASCIIvalue

whichmaybeeither”l” or’’O”.Anyothervalueswillbeignored.If<~ =“l” then

boldp;nting isenabled,and if m> =“O”,thenboldprintingis cancelled.

ISelecticancelunderline Both

I((- ) ) <*

28h 28h 2Dh 29h 29h <0

40 40 45 41 41 <m

Thecommandaboveselectsor cancelsunderlining,whereen> is an ASCIIvalue

whichmaybe either“l” or“O”.Anyothervalueswillbeignored If ~>=”1” then

underliningis enabled,and if en>=’’O”,thenunderliningis cancelled.

ISekcffcancel expandedprint Both 1

((- -s))<*

28h 28h 53h 29h 29h <m

40 40 83 41 41 <m

Thecommandaboveselectsorcancelsexpandedprinting,where<n isan ASCII

valuefrom“O”through“3”.Theeffectof cn> isgivenin thetablebelow:

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“l” IDouble INormal

“2” INormal ]Double

“3” IDouble ]Double

ISelectcolor printing(withcoloroptiononly) Both 1

t((c))<)0 1

28h 28h 43h 29h 29h <*

40 40 67 41 41 <*

Thecommandaboveselectsthecolorto be printedwhenthecoloroptionis fitted,

wherea> is artASCIIvaluefrom“O”through“6”.Thecolorselectedby <n> is

shownin thetablebelow:

-Color

o

,’ !! Black

‘, ,?

1Red

‘, ..

2Blue

“3” Violet

“4” Yellow

“5” Orange

., .,

6Green

ControlASF

( ( <?0 ))

28h 28h <0 29h 29h

40 40 <m 41 41

ThecommandabovecontrolstheASF(AutomaticShmtFeeder),where<n>isan

ASCIIparameterwhichcantakethevalues O

““,’’4’’,’’R’’or’’T”. Thiscommandhas

exactlythesamefunctionas theESC<Ehb command.

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chapter 5DIP SWITCHES

Thebankof DIP switchesinsidetheprinter(seeillustrationbelow)is used

for variousfunctions.All switchesare set ON whenthe printerleavesthe

factory. -“”’’’’’”’’”

Accesstheswitchesby removingthetop cover,andthenslidingtheblack

switchcoverto the left and thenpullingup, usingthe tab at the right, as

shownin the illustrationabove.

The functionsof the switchesare shownin the tablebelow:

Switch Function ON IOFF

1,2 Emulationandchancter set See tablebelow

3Pagelength 11 inches 12 inches

4-7 Internationalcharacterset See tablebelow

8Not used Leave ON

NOTE

Anychangesto the DIP switchsettingsmustbe madewiththepower

to theprinterturnedOFF.

Switches1and 2are used to determinethe emulationmode (standardor

IBM)of theprinter,andalsoto determinethe characterset to be used.

Switch

11 /2 IEmulation ICharacterSet I

ION ION IStandard 1STDf/1 I

ON OFF Standard IBM #2

OFF ON IBM IBM #2

iOFF IOFF IIBM IIBM#l I

Switches4through7are usedto selectthe Internationalcharacterset, as

shownin the tablebelow:

Switch InternationalCharacterSet

4567

ON ON ON ON USA

OFF ON ON ON France

ON OFF ON ON Germany

OFF OFF ON ON England

ON ON OFF ON DenmarkI

OFF ON OFF ON Sweden

ON OFF OFF ON Italy

OFF OFF OFF ON SpainI

ON ON ON OFF Japan

OFF ON ON OFF Norway

ON OFF ON OFF DenmarkII

OFF OFF ON OFF spain II

ON ON OFF OFF LatinAmerica

OFF ON OFF OFF Denmark/Norway

ON OFF OFF OFF Irish

OFF OFF OFF OFF Not uaed

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&ipter6 TROUBLESHOOTING

AND MAINTENANCE

Thefollowingsectionontroubleshootingandmaintenanceis intendedonly

Mabriefguideto thesefunctions.Rememberthatyourprinteris ahighly

sophisticatedelectronicdevice,whichalso containshigh voltagesinside.

For that ~ason, onlycarryoutthoseoperationsdescribedin this section.

CAUTION

Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribedheremayresultin

electric

shockand/ordamagetotheprinter.Whencarryingout any repairsor

maintenance,alwaysfollowtheinstructionscarefully.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Yourprinteris atdiable pieceof precisionmachinery,whichshouldnot

causeyouanytmttble,provideditisusedandtreatedsensibly.However,the

few elementarytipsbelowshouldavoidyou havingto make unnecessary

servicecalls.The followingtablegivesyouideason whereto lookin this

sectionif youexperiencefaults:

Regionoffault

Power supply

Printing

Paper feeding

Description

Poweris notbeing suppliedto theprinter

The printerdoes not pringor stops printing

The mint is faintoruneven

Dots aremissing in charactersor graphics

Whileusingapplicationsoftwsre,fontsorcharacterscannotbeprinted

The printoutis not whatis expected whenrunningaprogram

Single sheets do not feed properly(withoutASF)

ContinuousDauerdoes not feed moxrly with the tractorfeed I

The ASF is not operatingoris not feeding paperproperly

Psperpsrk(switchingbetweencontinuouspaperandcutsheets) is not

workingproperly

The shorttear-offfimctiondoes not work

Text is beingprintedall on one line, orwith extrablanktines

Pagelength andmarginsettings arenot whatis expected.

Remember-itisbetternotto attemptoperationsor repairsaboveyourlevel

of competence.Otherwise,you run the risk of damagingtheprinter.

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Powersupply

If the POWERindicatordoesnot illuminate, checkthe following:

Check Possible remedy

Is the power cable properly Turnoff theprinter,ensurethepowercable is securely

plugged into the electrical cormec@ andthenturntheprinterbackon.

outlet?

Is power being supplied to Turnoff the printer,unplug i~ and try with another

theoutlet? appliancetodetermineifelectricityis beingsuppliedto

thatoutlet.

Istheprintervoltagecorrect? Checkthebottompartelofyourprintertoensurethatthe

outletvokagecorrespondstothevoltagerequiredbythe

printer.If theydonotmatch,DONOTtrytooperatethe

printer.contact yoursupplier.

Printjng

If yourprinterdoesnotprint,or suddenlystopsprinting,checkthefollow-

ing:

Check Possible remedv 1

Is the interface cable con- Checkbothends of thecable -printerandcomputerto

nected securely? makesurethatthe comector is ftiy in position.

Is theONLINEindicatorillu- Eit is n@ press the ONLINE

bUttOn to 5(3 theprinteron-

minated? line.

Is the PAPERindicatoritlu- If it is, the paperhas nm out. Loadmorepaper.

minated?

Is thepapercaughtup inter- Turnoff thepower,removethejammedpaper,replace,

nally? tumontheprinter,andcondnueprindng.Makesurethat

theleadingedge of thepaperis smoothandm-creased.

Is the ribbon caught up Turnoff thepower,removethenbbon, retensionit, and

aroundtheprinthead? replaceit-This problemoccurs most frequentlywith a

wornribbon.so vou mayneed toreplace theribbon.

Is thesoftwareyou areusing Checktheinstallationsettingsinyoursoftware,andre-

properly installed for your installifnec+xsary.

Orinter?

Cantheprinterperformself- Turntheprinteroff, andturnit on again,holdingdown

test operations? one of thebuttonstoperformaself-test. If these donot

work,contactyourdealer.

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If theprintis faint,or uneven,checkthe following:

Check Possible remedy

Is the ribbon properly in- Checkandreinstallif necessary.

Stalted?

Is theribbonwornout? The ribbon has along life, but eventually will need

replacing.Fit anew ribboncartridgeif necessary.

If dotsaremissingin the printing,checkthe following:

Check Possible remedy

Are dots missing at random

in theprinting?

Isa line of dotsmissingcon-

sistently throughout the

printing?

The ribbonhas become slack causing it to get caught

up. Stop printing,remove the ribboncartridge,reten-

sion andreplace it.

The printheadis damaged.Stopprinting,andcontact

yoursupplierfor anew printhead.

If your applicationsoftwarecannotprint the fontsor charactemselected,

checkthe following:

Check Possible remedy

Is your applicationsoftware Checkthesoftwareinstallation+andre-installthesoft-

pr@rly ‘titalled? wareif necessq.

Are fonts not being selected Check the software installation and insert the com-

Iproperly? Imandsnece.ssaryfor fontchanges into the software.

Are characters other than

those expected being

printed?

Eitheryou areusingthewrongInternationalCharacter

Set (reset with DIP switches orsoftwarecommands),

or you have the wrong characterset selected (for

example if charactersother thanIBM block graphic

charactersare being printed).Correctthis with DIP

switches orthe appropriatesoftwaresequences.

If theprintoutis not whatis expected:

ICheck IPossible remedv

Is the printer installed cor-

rectly?

Is the printer not printing

anythingthatyouareexpect-

ing?

Yoursoftwaremay thinkthatit is driving adifferent

emulationtotheone actuallvset. ChecktheDIPswitch

.

settings to makesureyou have therightemulation.

Use theHex Dunmmodeto analvzetheouhmtfromthe

computerto the p%nter.This will enable you to deter-

mine that the right escape sequences, etc are being

transmitted.

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Paperfeeding

If cut sheet paper (withoutthe ASF) is not feedingsmoothly,check the

following:

Check Possibleremedy

Is the paper release lever Set therelease lever to the ~psition. -

pushedback (to the ~posi-

tion)? .

Is the paper guide in place The paperguide should be in place vertically for cut

andvertical? sheets to feed smoothly.

Are the left andright guides If the left andright guides are too close together, the

too close together? paperwill notfeed smoothly.Move themalittle further

apt to Now thepaperto feed freely.

Is the ASF selected with the If it is, thendeselect it.

MemorySwitch settings?

Are you tryingto feed paper Youcanonlyfeed paperinthiswaywhentheprinteris

using thefrontpanelbuttons off-line. Set the printeroff-line andthenfeed paper.

while the ONLINEindicator

is illuminated?

Is the papertoo thick? Therearelimitstothethicknessof paperthatcanbe fed

in this way. Trywith thinnerpaper.

Iffanfold(continuous)paperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed,

checkthe following:

Check Possible remedy

Is the paperlever pushed to Makesurethereleaseleveris pushedtothe Bposition.

the ~position?

Is thepaperguide in thever- Whenusingthe tractorf~ thepaperguide shouldbe

tical position? horizontal.

Aretheholes on each side of Ifthetwosidesof thepaperareoutof alignmen~realign

thepaperalignedwithregard themso thatthe sprocketholes matchup.

to each other in the sprock-

e~?

Arethesprocketstoocloseor Misalignmentof the sprockets,makingthe paper too

too farapart? loose ortootigh~ will preventasmoothpaperfeed.

Are the sprockets locked in Correctthis if necessary.

position and the covers

closed?

Is the paper feeding freely The papershouldnot be too fm fromthe printer(less

into theprinter? than1meter/3 feet), andthereshouldbe no cables or

otherobstacles obstructingits path.The papershould

also be feeding straightinto the printer,andanangled

feed maycausejams andblockages.

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Check

Areyou hying to feed paper

using the frontpanelbuttons

while the ONLINEindicator

is illuminated?

Youcanonly feed paperinthisway whentheprinteris

off-line. Set the@nter off-line andthenfeed paper.

ISthe papertoothick? Therearelimits tothethicknessofpaperthatcanbe fed

in this way (one topcopy andthreeNCRcopies). Try

with thinnerpaper.

If the ASF is not operatingor is not feedingpaper carectly, check the

following:

Check

Has the ASF option been

selected using the Memory

Switch functions?

Is the release lever set to the

~position?

Is the ASF correctly

mounted?

Is papercaughtup near the

orinthead?

Are the left andright guides

too close together?

Istheretoomuchpaperinthe

paperfeedhopperorstacker?

Wasthepaperfannedbefore

being fed into the ASF?

Haathe paperbeen used al-

readyor is it creased?

Areyou b-yingto feed paper

usingthefrontpanelbuttons

while the ONLINEindicator

is illuminated?

ts the papertoo thick or too

~?

Possible remedy

Select this option

The release lever should be set to the single-sheet

position.

MakesurethattheASFimproperlyseatedontheprintcr.

Stopprinting,removethejsrnmedsheet (youmayhave

to removethe ASF for this), andcontinue.

If the left andright guides are too close together,the

paperwill notfeed smoothly.Move themalittle further

aW to Mow thepaperto feed freely.

The ASF’Spaperfeed hopperandstackercanhold 120

sheetseach.Makesurethatthereis no morepaperthan

this in eitherthehopperorstacker.

If this is not done,paperjams may occur. Remove the

stackof paperfromtheASF andfanit beforereinsert-

ilw.

Only new, uncreaaedpaper should be used with the

ASF.

Youcanonly feed paperinthiswaywhen theprinteris

off-line. Set theprinteroff-line andthenfeed paper.

Therearelimitstothethicknessof paperthatcanbefed

in this way. Try withdifferentpaper.

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Ifthepaperparkfacilitydoesnotappeartobe workingcorrectly,checkthe

following:

Check Possible remedy

Is the paperrelease lever in The paperrelease lever must be set to the ~position

the ~position? afterthe fanfoldpaperhasbeenparked.

Has the fanfold paper been Makestrrethatthe PAPERindicatorcomes on afterthe

WWIY puked? fanfoldpaperhas been parked.

If theshorttear-offfunctiondoesnotappearto beworkingproperly,check:

Check Possible remedy

Has printing ended in the EithersendacFF>orenough <LF>ccmunandstoeject

middleof apage? thepage.

If text is being printed all on one line, or with extra blank lines, check the

following:

ICheck ]Possible remedv

Is the text all on the same

tine?

Is text being printed with

extrablanklines?

Carriage returns are not being expanded to

-&R>+cLF>pairs. ChecktheMemorySwitchSetting

andcorrect.

Two line feeds are being printed.Either make your

softwareprintjust acarriagereturnor (if this is not

possible), set theAUTOLFtoOFFusingtheMemory

Switch menus.

Ifthepagelengthandmarginsarenotwhatisexpected,checkthefollowing:

Check

Is the printing starting too

highortoo low on thepage?

Does the printer’s page

lengthnotmatchthephysical

page length?

Is the Skip-overperforation

facility not working?

Possibleremedy

Use the MicroFeed facility to adjusttheprintposition

relative tothe wwze.

Use theMemorySwitch settings, or the DIP switch to

set up the correctpage lengti or use software cOm-

mandsto do it.

Makesure@isis set withtheMemorySwitchmenus.If

theskipoccursin thewrongplace, makesurethepage

length is properly se~ and that the top of the print

position is abouttwo lines down from the top of the

uaver.

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I

MAINTENANCE

Essentially,yourprinterisarobustpieceofequipment,butshouldbetreated

withamodicumof camin orderto avoidmalfimctions.Forexample:

●Keepyourprinterin a’’comfortable”environment.Roughlyspeaking,if

youamcomfortable,thentheenvironmentissuitableforyourprinter,too

,(seeChapter1).

sDo not subjecttheprinterto physicalshocksor excessivevibration.

cAvoidover-dustyenvironments.Dustis theenemyof all precisionme-

chanicaldevices.If youhaveto use theprinterin suchan situation,you

might like to considerthe use of an acoustic hood, whose primary

functionistoreducetheprinter’snoise,butcanalsoactasabarneragainst

dus~Consultyoursupplierfordetailsof asuitablemodel.

sTo cleanthe exteriorof theprinter,use abarelydampcloth(use either

waterwithalittledetergentor alittlealcohol),butdonotallowanyliquid

to fallinsidetheprinter.

●Theinteriorofthepnntermay becleanedwithasmallvacuumcleaneror

acompressed-airaerosol(soldfor thispurpose).Whenperformingthis

operation,be sure not to bend or damage any cable connectionsor

electroniccomponents.

ADJUSTINGTHE PRINTINGGAP

The

distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to

accommodate different paper thicknesses. To make this adjustment, remove

the top cover. The adjustment lever is located near the left end of the paper

bail. Fulling the adjustment lever towards you widens the gap; pushing it

away from you narrows the gap.

Thereare fourpositions;youcanfeeltheleverclickingintoeachposition.

Thefirstposition(narrowestgap)istheonemostcommonlyusedforsingle

sheetsofpaper.Trydifferentpositionsuntilyougetthebestprintingnxmlts.

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RIBBONREPLACEMENT

The ribbonsused by your printer MEendless-loopribbonsin which the

ribbonis recycled.Whentheprintqualitybecomestoofaint,youwillneed

toreplacetheribbon.Useonlyribbonsnxommendedforusewiththeprinter

(yoursupplierwillbe ableto adviseyou).

1To removetheold ribbonfmm the printer,firstturn off the power.

2Removethetopcover,andholdtheribbonbythetwolugsoneach side.

Pushin the two lugs slightly,andpullupwardsto removethe ribbon.

Rihhon car[ridgc

/Rihh,,~ni,,i,:~nb

Ribbon holder

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I

3Takethenewribbonandtensionit byturning theknobonthe top ofthe

ribboncartridgeclockwise.

4Nowinsertthenbboncartridgeintotheholdergrippingitbythelugs, and

turning the knob slightlyckwkwiseif necessary.Make sum that the

ribbongoesbetweentheprintheadandtheplatenguard(seeillustration

below).

,Print headshield

5Nowreplacethetopcoverandturnon theprinter.Youarenowreadyto

startnxsing the printer.

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REPLACINGTHE PRINTHEAD

Thisisnotajob which you will need to do very often.The printhead has been

designed to give alife of about200 million dots. In normal everyday use, this

will mean years of life. However, if the print quality is faint, even after you

have changed the ribbon, the print head will needreplacement.

Onlyuse areplacementprintheadas recommendedby yoursupplier.

1Turn OFFthe printer,and removethepowercable.

2Iftheprinterhas beeninoperationimmediatelybeforethisoperation,the

printheadwillbe hot.

NOTE

Allowtime for the print head to cool before attempting to work on it. I

3Openthetop cover.

4Remove the ribbon cartridge (as described above)

5Using aPhillips-typescrewdriver,carefully unscrew the two bolts

securingthe printhead to the printhead assembly(see the illustration

below).

6Pulltheprintheadfirmlyupwards,releasingthepnntheadcard edgecon-

nectorsfromtheconnectormountedon the chassis.

7Removetheretainingscrewsandwashersfromtheprintheadassembly.

Putthemon one side.

8Take,the new print head,and locateit in position,makingsurethat the

cardedgeconnectionsfit securelyintothe chassisconnector.

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~

Print headbolts

Print head

NOTE

DONOTapplyexeessiveforce,as thismayresultin damageto theprinthead.

9Fastendownthenewprintheadusingthenmining washersandscrews.

@not applyexcessiveforcewhentighteningthescrews,asthismaystrip

the t.lmad,but ensu~ thattheprintheadis firmlysecured.

10 Replaeethe ribboncaruidge:

11

12

Replacethetop cover.

Re-insertthepowercableandre-applypower.Yourprintermaynowbe

used.Youmayliketo checkthe printqualityusingoneof thetest print

pmeedums(SW below).

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FRONTPANELDIAGNOSTICANDTEST MODES

Theprinterisequippedwithanumberofdifferentmodesfordiagnosisand

testing.These am accessedfromthe frontpanelby holdingdown afront

panelbutton(orcombinationof buttons)whileturningon thepowerto the

printer.

The test and diagnostic modes available are listed below

●Atext test print mode

cAshort test print mode

“Along test print mode

●Ahexadecimal dump mode

●Abidirectional print test

Shorttestmode

Iftheprinteristumed onwhilethe ~~~ buttonispressed,thepnnterwill

enterthe shortself-testmode.Theprinterwillstartprintingas soonas the

@ElilEliECbuttonisreleased,andwillprintthevemionnurnberoftheprinter’s

ROM,eg “***Ver 1.0***”,followedby sevenlinesof thecharacterset.

Eachlinewillbe offsetbyonecharacterfromtheonebeforeit. If thecolor

optionhas been installed,each line willbe in adifferentcolor.The final

(blackand white)resultwillbe somethinglikethe following:

[Standardmode]

KBMmode]

Sincethe test print occupies the whole width of the carriage, it is recom-

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possible damage to the print head and/or platen.

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each typeface and pitch available.

Since the test print occupies the whole width of the carriage, it is recom-

mended that the printer is loaded with continuous stationery to avoid

possible darnageto the print head and/orplaten. In addition, the total number

of lines printed is considerable, more than can be accommodated on asingle

sheet, so fanfold paper is certainly suggested for this test.

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rows of 16, divided into two blocks of eight. “Unprintable” charactem, ie

control codes from OOhthrough IFh and 7Fh t.hugh FFh, are represented

by peliOdS.

The following (BASIC) program will produce the result below it:

10 FOR 1=0 TO 255

20 LPRINT CHR$ ( I ) ;

30 NEXT I

40 LPRINT

50 END

After the program has been run, the printer’s buffer should be flushed by

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68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F

78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F

S8 B9 8Q EI13 EC ED BE SF

98 99 9A 9E+ 9C 9D 9E 9F

AS C)9 MAH AC (2D AE AF

!38 69 W13B EC BD BE BF

C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF

DE D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF

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The following lines of BASIC give examples of how the printer may be

driven from within your own programs:

1000 ‘Set control codes

1010 E$=CHR$( 27) ‘Escape code

1020 D$=E$+”XO“ ‘Draft quality

1030 L$=E$+’’x1° ‘Letter quality

1040 F$=E$+”k” ‘Select font

1050 C$=F$+CHR$(O)+L$ ‘Select Courier

1060 H$=CHR$(9) ‘Horizonta1 tab

1070 P$=E$+”P” ‘Pica pitch

1080 ‘ Start printing

1090 WIDTH “LPT1:“,255

1100 LPRINT E$;“D”;CHR$(3);C~$ (27);CHR$(O);

1110 LPRINT C$;“Font settings:“

1120 LPRINT H$;D$;“Draft characters,”;L$;

1130 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(0);“Couriercharacters,“

1140 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(l);’’Sanserifcharacters,”;

1150 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(2);“Letter-Gothic,“

1160 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(3);“Oratorcharacters,“;

1170 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(4);“Scriptcharacters,“

1180 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(5);“OCR-B characters,“;

1190 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(6);“TW-Lightcharacters,“

1200 LPRINT H$;F$;CHR$(7);“Cinema characters”

1210 ‘

1220 LPRINT

1230 LPRINT C$;“Print pitches are:”

1240 LPRINT H$;P$;’’Picapitch (10 CPI),”;

1250 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Eliteitepitch (12 CPI),”

1260 LPRINT H$;P$;

1270 LPRINT CHR$(15); ‘Selectcondensedprint

1280 LPRINT “Condensedpica pitch (17 CPI),”;

1290 LPRINT H$;E$;’’M’’Condensedsedelite pitch (20 CPI),”;

1300 LPRINT CHR$(18) ‘Cancelcondensedprint

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1310 LPRINT H$;E$;“pi”; ‘Selectproportionalspacing

1320 LPRINT P$;’’Proportionalspacing,”;

1330 LPRINT E$;’’PO” ‘Cancel proportional spacing

1340 LPRINT

1350 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’Wl’’Doubleble width,’’ ;E$;’’WO” ;

1360 LPRINT H$;E$; ”wl’’; ”Double-height ,“;E$;’’wO”

1370 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’h’’;CHR$(l) ;“Double-sized,”

1380 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’h’’;CHR$(2J ;“Quad-sized.”;

1390 LPRINT E$;’’h’’;CHR$(O)

1400 LPRINT :LPRINT

1410 ‘

1420 LPRINT E$;”Q’’;CHR$(47) ‘Set right margin

1430 LPRINT C$;’’Various line and character spacings:”

1440 LPRINT E$;’’al” ‘Center text

1450 FOR 1=1 TO 10

1460 LPRINT E$;’’A’’;CHR$(I); ‘Set line spacing

1470 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(I); ‘Increase character space

1480 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED”

1490 NEXT I

1500 FOR 1=10 TO 1STEP -1

1510 LPRINT E$;”li’’;CHR$(I); ‘Set line spacing

1520 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(I); ‘Increase character space

1539 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED”

1540 NEXT I

1550 LPRINT E$;’’aO” ‘Left justify

1560 LPRINT E$;’’3’’;CHR$(36); ‘Set 1/6” line spacing

1570 LPRINT E$;” “;CHR$(0); ‘Normal character space

1580 LPRINT :LPRINT E$;’’Q’’;CHR$(8O)

1590 ‘

1600 LPRINT C$;’’Other features:”

1610 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’4’’ Italics”cs” ;E$;’’5” ;”, “;

1620 LPRINT E$; ’’E’’Emphasizedz;E$’;E$ ;“F’’;”, “;

1630 LPRINT E$; ’’G’’Doublebstrike”ke” ;E$;’’H’’;”, “

1640 LPRINT H$;E$; ’’-;’’ ;’’Underlining” ;E$;’’-;”,;”, “;

1650 LPRINT E$; ’’-;’’ ;’’Overlining” ;E$;”-O’’ ;”, “;

1660 LPRINT E$; ’’SO’’SUPER”;E$;E$;“T’’;” and “;

1670 LPRINT E$; ’’S1’’S UBSCRIPT”PT”;E$;’’T’’ ;”, “

1680 LPRINT H$;C$;’’Download characters: “;

1690 GOSUB 3020

1700 LPRINT E$;’’%l”; ‘Selectdownload character

1710 FOR 1=1 TO 5

1720 LPRINT CHR$(60); ‘Printdownload character

1730 NEXT I

1740 LE$;II%OII: ‘ n c

1750 GOSUB 3130

1760 LPRINT E$;’’%l”; ‘Selectdownload character

1770 FOR 1=1 TO 5

1780 LPRINT CHR$(60); ‘Printdownload character

1790 NEXT I

1800 LPRINT E$;’’%O” ‘Selectnormal character

1810 ‘

1820 LPRINT H$;C$;’’Dotgraphics:”

1830 DIM LOGO$(4)

1840 RESTORE 4170

1850 FOR ROW=l TO 4

1860 FOR COL=l TO 65

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1890

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1920

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2010

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3220

3230

3240

4000

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4020

4030

4040

4050

4060

4070

4080

4090

4100

4110

4120

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LoGO$(ROW)=LOGO$(ROW)+CHR$(GD)

NEXT COL

NEXT ROW

LPRINT E$ ;“A” ;CHR$(8) ;‘Set 8/72” line spacing

FOR ROW=l TO 4

LPRINT ““;

FOR B=O TO 6

IF B=2 THEN 2000

IF B=5 THEN 2000

LPRINT E$;’’*’’;CHR$(B) ;‘Select normal density

LPRINT CHR$(65);CHR$(0) ;LOGO$(ROW);

LPRINT ““;

NEXT B

LPRINT

NEXT ROW

LPRINT E5;”@” ‘Initialize printer

END

‘ SUBROUTINES

‘ Define Draft download character

LPRINT E$;’’xO’’;E$;”:U

;CHR$(0);CHR$(O);CHR$(0);

LPRINT E$;’’&’’;CHR$(O);CHR$(60);CHR$(60);

RESTORE 4020

READ LS :LPRINTCHR$(LS);

FOR M=l TO 11

READ MM

LPRINT CHR$(MM);

NEXT M

RETURN

‘ Define NLQ download character

LPRINT C$;

LPRINT E$;’’&’’;CHR$(O);CHR$(60):CHR$(60);

RESTORE 4060

READ LS :LPRINTCHR$(LS);

READ CW :LPRINTCHR$(CW);

Rl?ADRS :LPRINTCHR$(RS);

FOR M=l TO CW*3

READ MM

LPRINT CHR$(NM);

NEXT M

RETURN

‘ DATA

‘ Draft download characterdata

DATA 139

DATA 124, 0, 66, 4, 64, 36, 16, 2, 16, 12, 0

‘ NLQ download characerdata

DATA O, 23, 0

DATA 1,248, 0, 6, 0, 0. 8.124, 0

DATA 16, 2, 0, 32,124, 0> 0, 2, 0

DATA 32,124, 0, 0, 0. 0, 63,248, 0

DATA O, 0> 0, 32, 0, 0, 0,120, 0

DATA 16, 0, 0, 8,120, 0, 4, 0, 0

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4130 DATA 2,124, 0, 1,130, 0, 0,124, 0

4140 DATA 0,130, 0, 0,124, 0, 0,128, 0

4150 DATA 0,120, 0, 0, 0, 0

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4170 ‘Dot graphics data

4180 ‘ ROW i

4190 DATA 0, 0. 0, 0. 1. 3> 7. 7, 7, 15

4200 DATA 14. 14, 14, 14, 14. 7, 7, 3, 3, 15

4210 DATA 15, 15, 0, 0. 0. 0, 6. 7. 7, 7

4220 DATA 7. 7. 7, 7. 7, 6. 6. 0. 0, 7

4230 DATA 7. 7, 7. 7. 7, 7, 7, 7. 7. 7

4240 DATA O. 0. 7, 7. 7, 7. 7, 7, 7. 7

4250 DATA 7. 7. 0. 0. 0

4260 ‘ ROW 2

4270 DATA O. 0. 60,255,255,255>255.255,143, 15

4280 DATA 7. 7. 7. 7. 3, 3, 3,131,193,241

4290 DATA 240,240. 0. 0s O, 0, 0> 0,224,255

4300 DATA 255>255,255.255,31. 0> 0. 0, 1> 3

4310 DATA 31,255,255,255,255.255,255, 1, 0. 0

4320 DATA 0, 1> 7, 31,255,252,240,192.128,O

433o DATA 0, 0. 0. 0, 0

4340 ‘ ROW 3

4350 DATA o, 31, 31, 3,129,128,192,192,192,192

4360 DATA 192,224.224.224.224,240,255.255,255.255

4370 DATA 255,127> 0, 0, 0. 0> 0> 0> 0,192

4380 DATA 255,255,255,255,255>15, 15> 63.252n240

4390 DATA 192, 0,240,255,255,255,255,255, 7, 15

4400 DATA 127.252,240,192> 0> 0. 0> 0, 0> 0

4410 DATA 0, 0, 0, 0> 0

4420 ‘ ROW 4

4430 DATA 0,248,248,240,224,224.112,112>56, 56

4440 DATA 56, 56, 56,120.120,240,240>224>224,192

445o DATA 128> 0, 0> 0> 0> 0, 0. 0. 0, 0

4460 DATA 128,248,248>248,248,240,192, 0, 0, 0

4470 DATA 0, 0,240,248,248,248,248,240,192. 0

4480 DATA 0, 0, 0> 0, 0> 0, 0. 0, 0. 0

449o DATA 0, 0, 0, 0, 0

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(character 60).

The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an “SW” logo. The

dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper, then converted

to the data in lines 4180 to 4490 with the help of acalculator. Each number

represents eight vertical dots. (See “Graphics commands” in Chapter 4for

details.)

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Lines 1830 to 1900 read the dot data into astring array variable named

LOGC)$. Line 1910 sets the line spacing to 8172inch SOthat the rOwSwill

connect vertically. The loop in lines 1920to 2020 does the printing in four

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1290 ‘ LPRINT H$;E$;“M”;“Condensede1ite pitch (20 CPI),“;

1420 LPRINT CHR$(28);“Q”;CHR$(47) ‘Set right margin

1460 LPRINT E$;“A”;CHR$(I);E$;“2”; ‘Set 1ine spacing

1470 ‘ LPRINT E$;“ “;CHR$(I); ‘Increasecharacterspace

1510 LPRINT E$;“A”;CHR$(I);E$;“2”; ‘Set 1ine spacing

1520 ‘ LPRINT E$;“ “;CHR$(I); ‘Increasecharacterspace

1570 ‘ LPRINT E$;“ “;CHR$(O); ‘Normal characterspace

1580 LPRINT :LPRINT CHR$(28);“Q”;CHR$(80)

1610 LPRINT H$;CHR$(28);“4”;“Italics”;CHR$(28);“5”;“, “;

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3030 LPRINT E$;

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INDEX

m

Applicationsoftwareinstallation,87

ASF,220

Troubleshooting,7.3

AutoCR,21

AutoLF,21

Autoloading,20

ASF,20

Autoon-line,19

Automaticsheetfeeder-seeASF

m

BASICprogramming,90,96

Bidirectionalprinting,19

Bidirectionaltestmode,84

Bufferclear/reseq16

m

Charactersets,101

Characterset,67,68

Cleaning,75

Commandcodes,24

Commandmenu,19

Condensedpring20

Comectiontocomputer,5

Continuousstationery-See Fanfold

paper

Controls,11

Cut-sheetpaper,7

D

Defaultsettings,22

Diagnosticandtestmodes,80

DIPswitches,67

Location,6

Draftmode,20

El

Emulation,23,67,68

Environment,1

Epsonmode-seeStandardmode

Escapesequenceexample,25

Escapesequences,24

m

Factorysettings,22

Fanfoldpaper,8

Shorttear-offfunction,25

Fontpanellock,13

Fontselection,13

Formfeed,14

Frontpanelcontrols,11

m

Graphicsdirection,19

Graphicsdump,89

m

Hexadecimalconventions,23

Hexadecimaldumpmode,83

m

IBMmode,23

Indicatom,11

Internationalcharactersets,68,109

Italicprinting,20

m

Linesper inch,21

111

I..-

Maintenance settings, 16

Maintenance, 75

Maximum number of columns, 89,97

Memory switches, 17

Memory switch tree, 18,82

Micro Feed, 16

cm

NearLetterQualitymode -seeNLQ

mode

Negativenumbers,23

NLQ mode,20

Numericalrepresentation,23

m

O A 2

ml

Pagelength,21,67

Pa~r

Cut-sheet,7

Fanfold,8

Parking,14

Size,21,67

Paperfeeding,troubleshooting,72

Papermenu,20

Paperoutdetector,20

Parallelinterface,1,5,100

PatchesforBASICinterpreter,96

Pitchpanellock,12

Pitchse1

Pkfi3

Powersupply,troubleshooting,70

Printheadreplacement,78

Printmenu,20

Printquality,20

Printing,troubleshooting,70

Printinggapadjustment,75

Proprintermode-seeIBMmode

El

Quietmode,11,13,19

m

RAMusage,19

Ribboninstallation,4, 76

RS232interface,1

El

Settingup fromDOS,89

Shorttear-off(MemorySwitches),21

Shorttear-offfunction,15

Skipoverperforation,21

Slashedzero,19

Specifications,97

Spreadsheetinstallation,88

Standardmode,23

m

Testmode

Long,81

Short,80

Text,82

Testsettings,16

Troubleshooting,69

w

Unidirectionalprinting,19

Unpacking,

1,3

ml

Verticalpitch,21

Ld

Zerostyle,19

1

IConsumerResponse

Star Micronics Co., Liyour suggestions and comments on your

printer and this manual. Please address your correspondence to:

Worldwide Headquarters:

STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD.

194 Nakayoshida

Shizuoka, JAPAN 422-91

Attn: Product Manager

American Market:

STAR MICRONICS AMERICA, INC.

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2702-25

New York, NY 10170

Attn: Product Manager

European Market:

STAR MICRONICS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

Westerbachstrat3e59

P.O. Box 940330

D-6000 Frankfurt/Main 90

F.R. of Germany

Attn: Product Manager

U.K. Market:

STAR MICRONICS U.K., LTD.

Star House

Peregrine Business Park

Gomm Road, High Wycombe

Bucks. HP13 7DL, U.K.

‘Attn:Product Manager

French Market:

SMF S A

2rMF

7Mon

APM

Asian Market:

STAR MICRONICS ASIA LTD.

Room 2408-10 Sincere Building;

173 Des Voeux Road, Central, HONG KONG

Attn: Product Manager

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