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Table Chapter 1 Setting Locating of Contents Up Your Printer 1 the printer Check the carton contents Removing the printer cover Removing the packing tube Installing the ribbon cartridge Installing the.
— Chapter 3 Using the Printer with Commercial 21 Software Using commercial software Word processing with the printer General concepts The escape code The master reset code Using Near Letter Quality .
55 Chapter5 Formatting Text Lines and line spacing Starting a new line Reverse line feeds Changing the line spacing Moving down the page without a carriage return Page control Form feed Reverse form f.
I Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Download Characters and Dot 97 Graphics Dot matrix printing Designing your own characters Defining proportional .
Appendix G Serial Interface Specifications 191 Configuring the serial interface The serial protocols Serial busy protocols XON/XOFF protocol ACK protocol Index 196.
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CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include– ● Choosing a suitable place for your printer ● Unpacking . Setting up LOCATING THE PRINTER Give some thought to the best place to put the printer. Both the printer and computer should be used in normal office sur- roundings.
-–— 1 Figure 1-1. Check to make sure you have all four items: 1) printer, 2) paper guide, 3) ribbon cartridge, and 4) User’s manual. You should also have a parallel interface board to connect your computer to the printer. Also available are a parallel inter- face board with extra buffer memory and a serial interface board, both optional.
I — 3 r -1 I I —~ Figure 1-2. Remo;e the printer cover by lifting carefully. ■ Removing the packing tube The printer is shipped with a protective spiral tube to keep the print head from being damaged during shipping. This tube must be removed before use.
4 ■ Installing the ribbon cartridge This printer uses a neat, easy-to-change ribbon cartridge with automatic threading. To fit or change the ribbon cartridge: 1. Turn o~~ the power and remove the printer cover. 2. Slide the print head gently to the center of the printer.
!3 ~—-..-.–. print head guide ibbon L———....—. ] , 1 J Figure 1-5. To thread the ribbon, slide the print head carriage manually to the right or left, and the ribbon will slip down by itself into its proper position. 7. Replace the printer cover.
6 ~igure 1-6. I terface board ~ Slide the I/F board into the slot..
CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 2 include– ● Parts of the printer — what they’re for and how to use them . Paper selection and loading .
8 1 I ! I Power switch Figu;e 2-1. _.J Front and rear views of the printer. INTERFACE COVER – On the back of the printer, this cover conceals and protects the interface board. The cover is cut away to expose the external connector to which you attach your computer cable.
1- 9 —— 9 Controls and indicators Now let’s go over the controls and indicators of the printer, starting with the control panel on the right. There are nine in- dicators and five keys on the control panel. ,,------ ! I I L.. . .—.–- .. .. . .
I 10 ■ Extra functions There are eleven more functions that are not directly specified on the control panel. You can access six of them by pressing one particular key when you turn on the power; five others are activated by pressing two control keys at once.
11 h – The second setting is for normal single sheets. & – The third is for sprocket-feed paper. # – The bottom one is used when you want to release the paper completely to adjust it. The paper bail holds the paper against the platen according to ‘the setting of the release lever.
1 ,> Sliding adjuster Sheet guide Figure 2-4. Raise the paper guide for load~ng sin~le sheets. 3. 4. 5. L ‘1 Paper guide J Insert the guide stand in the notches provided for it and prop up the paper guide. Position the adjuster at the triangle marked on the guide for standard margins, or set it according to your own requirements.
13 6. 7. 8. 9. ~---- ! ~ Align a sheet of paper on the guide along the adjuster. Turn on the power switch. (The Paper Empty in- dicator will glow because there is no paper.) Now set the release lever to the auto-feed setting – the top position. The printer will advance the paper automatically.
— 14 1. Turn on the printer and set the release lever for sprocket-feed paper. 2. If the paper guide is installed, remove it, and put it aside for a moment. 3. Place a stack of fan-fold paper behind the printer. 4. Open the sprocket covers, on the right and left sprocket units, as shown in Figure 2-7.
I — 15 ~ –—- “-- ““1 L ——... —-—– Figure 2-8. correctly. Close the sprocket covers when the paper is positioned L.—— —--- Figure 2-91 Ready to load the sprocket-feed paper.
16 ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD The distance between the print head and the platen must be adjusted to accommodate papers of different thicknesses. To make this adjustment, move the adjustment lever, which is under the printer cover and immediately in front of the release Release lever $ Adjustment lever 4 & F 0 -“ — —.
17 lever (Figure 2-10). Pulling the adjustment lever towards you will. wicle~ tkie gap; pushing it away from you will narrow the ,-- .--, ,%a. $l. ‘~~ere are four positions; you can feel the lever clicking into the various notches. The first step (shown) is the one most com- mordy used for single sheets of paper.
18 You can print the self-test without hooking up the printer to your computer. Simply: 1. Plug in the printer (don’t turn it on yet). 2. Insert a sheet of paper (or sprocket paper, either one).
19 1. Make sure that both your computer and printer are turned off. 2. Connect the printer end of the interface cable to the connector socket at the right rear of the printer as shown in Figure 2-12. 3. Connect the other end of the cable to your computer as described in the computer manual.
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CHAPTER 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Subjects covered in Chapter 3 include– ● Using commercial software ● Controlling the printer with the Panel mode USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE Many of you purchased this printer to use with commercial software.
22 With these questions answered, you are ready to start print- ing. Read the manual that came with your commercial software and the next Chapter to see how to make it send information for this printer to print. This is all you need to know to use this printer as a regular printer.
23 standard text entry mode in order to accept the special printer function codes. WordStar uses the CONTROL key in different ways to define the print function codes. EasyWriter II has a system function which allows you to define print pitches and special print functions for use with the ALT key.
24 values defined by their respective DIP switch settings. We suggest you get in the habit of using the master reset code in any document where you use function codes. If you do not, the printer will keep the most recently defined characteristics, and print any following documents the same way.
25 USING THE PRINTER WITH EASYWRITER II (Note: If you have not read the “General Concepts” section in this chapter, you should do so before continuing.) This printer can be used with most of the standard print func- tions available with your EasyWriter II word processing pro- gram.
EasyWriter II program. Before making any changes in the printer driver, you should first check to be sure the printer selec- tion is set for printer Type B (Option 7 on the System Functions menu.) Then follow the instructions in Appendix B of your EasyWriter II User’s Manual to reconfigure Type B printers.
27 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. [10 ] [10] [12 ] [12 ] (17 ] [17 ] [1 ] [1 ] [2 ] [10 ] [3 ] [3 ] [120] [120] [120] [120] [120] [120] [120] [120] [ 18 27 80 [ 18 27 77 [ 15 [ 27 120 1 [ 27 120 0 [ 27 64 [ [ [ Thecodes 120inlines 23through 26canbe changedtoreflect more pitch settings.
— 28 print function assigned to each control key. Table 3-1 shows the current control function, the print function we will assign to it and the keyboard keys used.
1- 29 ample below shows the use of expanded and italic prints used in combination with condensed and pica pitch settings. Use your EasyWriter II program hands-on and type the example below. ‘SUBJECT : ORDERING STATIONERY SUPPLIES I would like to place an order for stationery supplies from your mail order catalog.
I 30 example; you should be able to apply most of the function codes to the setup used here. ■ Redefining your own print pitches If you want to define a new print pitch (Edit Pitch Table), enter your function code to choose the print you want.
31 4. Select and print variable information for merge letters, etc. ■ User-defined print commands There are several CONTROL-P (-P) commands that ‘automatically work with this printer and require no changes.
I If you do change several of the things listed in the /Print menu, Lotus 1-2-3 will remember the selections that you have made and use them each time you print the spreadsheet. They are even saved with the spreadsheet so that they will be the same the next time that you use the spreadsheet.
33 with the date to the left, a title in the center, and a page number to the right, the header might look like this: And, on August 12, 1986, the results might look like this: 12-.41J13-86 Spreadsheet. Tit le Page 1 Another of the selections under options is Setup.
— 34 Selection of any of the Panel Modes at power-on ensures that your choices remain in effect until you turn the power off. This means that the printer will ignore any codes sent by the soft- ware that you are using.
I — 35 More than one attribute may be set in this way. For example, if you wish to set both print pitch and print quality, press BOTH the PRINT PITCH and power, and after the ON selections as necessary.
1. Set the Off Line mode by pressing the On Line key. 2. While holding down the On Line key, press oneof the following keys. Paper Feed key – Forward micro-feed TOF key – Reverse micro-feed 3. When you can set the print start position, release the Paper Feed key or the TOF key first, then release the On Line key.
CHAPTER 4 PRINTING WITH BASIC Subjects covered in Chapter 4 include– ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Listing BASIC programs on the printer How a program prints things Control codes, escape codes, and co.
38 easiest operations one can do, but even they may depend on what computer you have. In Microsoft BASIC, we can list all the steps in a program by entering LIST. This lists them on the CRT screen; if we want to print them on a printer, we prefix the command with an L (enter LLIST).
39 Taken together, these numbers and their meanings make up the ASCII code (pronounced ask-key), which stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange. There are ASCII codes for all the letters of the alphabet (upper case and lower case), O to 9, most punctuation marks, and some (but not all) of the functions of the printer.
40 That’s the printer’s bell (we call it that even though it sounds like a buzzer). We’ll learn more about it in later – we just wanted to show you a control code that would get your attention.
1- 41 numbers is called an escape sequence. ■ A note on command syntax Because the readers of this manual will be running such a wide variety of applications on so many different computers, we can’t show the exact way of sending codes to the printer for each one of them.
42 must make sure that you’ve set the DIP switches properly. The rest of this manual discuss the various control codes to control this printer. You’ll find that many features have dif- ferent codes for either the Standard mode or the IBM mode. The Standard Mode emulates the Epson FX-85 printer.
switch while holding the Mode key down on the control panel, set the NLQ mode with the Mode key while in the Off Line mode. Then run the program again. You should get like this: This 1 i ne shows NEAR LETTER QUALITY! This 1 ine shows standard print . As you can see, now the printout only contains NLQ characters.
AA Here is what you should get: In this program, line 20 turns italic on with (ESC) “4”, and line 40 turns italic off with (ESC) “5”. Now, set the “Italic Panel” mode, as described in Chapter 3, then run the program again.
45 In this program underline is turned on in line 20 with (ESC) << –“ 1, and then off in line 40 with (ESC) “-” O. There’s a new aspect to this program, though. The semicolons at the end of the first three lines told BASIC that those lines were to be con- tinued.
— 46 Here line 30 turns on superscripts with (ESC) “S” O. It’s turn- ed off in line 50 with (ESC) “T”. Then between printing text, subscripts are turned on in line 70 with (ESC) “S” 1, and finally off in line 90. Again, everything prints on one line because of the semicolons.
1- 47 the line at 12 characters per inch. The (ESC) “P” in line 40 resets the printer to pica pitch and line 50 prints the line in pica pitch. ~ Expanded print Each of the print pitches can be enlarged to twice its normal width. This is called expanded print.
48 Now the results look like this: When you turn on expanded print with (ESC) “W” 1 it stays on until you turn it off with (ESC) “W” O. Table 4-6 Expanded print commands Function Control code .
49 Table 4-7 Condensed print commands Function Control code Condensed ON CHR$(15) or (ESC) CHR$(15) Condensed OFF CHR$(18) By combining expanded print and condensed print with the two pitches, this printer has eight different character widths available.
50 ■ Proportional printing Have you ever looked closely at the printingin books and magazines? Doesn’t it look nice? The main reason is that each character is givenan amount of space proportional to its actual width. A typewriter (and most printers), on the other hand, give every character the same amount of space, no matter how wide it is.
51 When you run this program you should get this: Line 20 selects the elite pitch and line 40 turns on the propor- tional printing with (ESC) “p” 1. Line 50 prints a line with pro- portional elite pitch. Then, line 60 selects the pica pitch, so that line 70 prints a line with proportional pica pitch.
— 52 10 ‘ Demo of boldface and emphasized 20 LPRINT CHR$(27);’’G”; 30 LPRINT “This line is 40 LPRINT CHR$(27);’’E”; 50 LPRINT “This line is 60 LPRINT CHR$(27);’’H”; 70 LPRINT “This line is 80 LPRINT CHR$(27);’’F”; 90 LPRINT “This line is 100 END BOLDFACE printing.
I — Here, the value of n defines the print style to be selected. The value of n can range from O to 255, which is the range of values that can be stored in one eight-bit byte. If you look at each bit in this byte, you’ll find that each one represents a printing style variation.
Summa-y notes 1) Pica is the default pitch and is active when Elite is turned off . 2) When two modes conflict, the one of lesser priority bit- wise is cancelled. For example, Condensed and Emphasiz- ed can not be printed at the same time, printing is Em- phasized.
CHAPTER 5 FORMATTING TEXT Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include– ● The carriage return and line feed Q The amount of space between lines c Moving to the next page .
56 Line feed is more complicated. Each time the printer receives a CHR$(1O) it both advances the paper one line and returns the print head to the left margin, ready to start a new line. Now to add a ittle confusion – most (but not all) versions of BASIC add a line feed (CHR$(1O)) to every carriage return ‘(CHR$(13)) they receive.
1 57 NEW 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 ‘ Demo of line spacing FOR 1=1 TO 25 IF 1=13 THEN 60 LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’A’’;CHR$(I) ; LPRINT “THIS LINE SPACING IS SET TO”;I NEXT I LPRINT “LINE SPACING IS SET TO 1/6 INCH (NORMAL).” LPRINT CHR$(27);”2” END This is whatyouwill.
Line 40 changes the line spacing. The command (ESC) “A” CHR$(n) changes the line spacing to n/72 of an inch. The loop that is started in line 20 increases the value of n (the variable I in this program) each time it is executed. So the line spacing in- creases as the program continues.
59 I II .:,. +m . ..;. -- , .+ , ..- ; . . “,. : : ..., :?. . ,. ,.::! -. .,” .., ,,, ..,, . . ,. ,,, ., “. “’ ..- , ,,2 ., ! w: ., ..., . ..,7 L,. :[ I’dli. 1..., :[ i.1~ $[::, (+(: ( INLIFIPIAL... ) . The program works just the same as before, but the line spac- ings are just one-third what they were.
60 30 LPRINT “LINE NUMBER 2.“ ; 40 ‘ One-t i me line feed !50 LPRI NT CHR$( 27 ) ; “J” ; CHR$( 1O(J ); 60 LPRl NT “LINE NUMBER s . “ 70 LPRI NT “L1 NE NUMBER 4.
61 ■ Form feed The simplest forms control code is the@wz feed. Form feed (or (FF)) is CHR$(12) and causes the printer to move the paper to the top of the next sheet.
62 Table 5-3 Form feed commands Function Control code Advance paper to top of next page CHR$(12) Reverse paper to top of current page (ESC) CHR$(12) ■ Changing the page length You may have some computer forms that are not 11 inches high. That’s no problem, because you can tell your printer how high the forms are that you are using.
63 TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS Some programs don’t keep track of where they are printing on the page. This causes problems when you get to the bottom of a page because these programs just keep on printing, right ‘over the perforation. This makes it very hard to read, especially if a line happens to fall right on the perforation.
I 64 When you run this program it will print 150 lines right down the page and across the perforations. When it’s done line 110 sends a form feed to advance to the top of the next page. Now add the following lines to your program. (Don’t forget the semicolons or you won’t get quite the same results that we did.
I — 65 [ o —- 0 0 0 0 0 -------- —------ TH19 1S LINE 1 THIS IS LINE 2 THIS 1S LINE 7 Tkl 1 S 1 S 1. I NE ‘1 THIS IS L [NE 5 THIS IS 1- INE 6 THIS IS LINE 7 1141S 1S LINE 8 TFI 1 s IS L 1 NE 7 T ; THIS IS L I NE 50 0 [ ;:;: ;: ::;: :: .
66 SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS The left and right margins of this printer work just like a typewriter – once they are set all printing is done between them. You can set margins either by using the keys on the con- trol panel, as described in Chapter 3, or by escape commands.
I 67 When you want to reset the margins to the default values, you have two choices. You can either turn the printer off and back on, or you can set margin values equal to the default values. This means that you should set a left margin of O and right margin of 136 in pica pitch.
68 15 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “D” ;CHR$(7) ;CHR$(14) ;CHR$(21 ) : CHR$(O ) (ESC) “D” is the command to begin setting horizontal tabs. It must be followed by characters representing the positions where you want the tabs set. In our program we are setting tabs in columns 7, 14, and 21.
69 Table 5-8 one-time horzontal tabs Function Control code One-time horizontal tab of n (ESC) “f” O CHR$(n) spaces Absolute horizontal tab (ESC) “$” CHR$(nl) CIIIl$(@ Relative horizontal tab (ESC) “” CHR$(nl) CHR$(n2) The first command in Table 5-8 moves the print head n col- umns to the right.
Table 5-9 Units of motion for the absolute and relative horizontal tab commands Print pitch Unit of motion Absolute tab command Relative tab command Pica pitch 1/60 inch 1/120 inch Elite pitch 1/72 inch 1/144 inch Condensed pica pitch 1/102 inch 1/204 inch Condensed elite pitch 1/120 inch 1/240 inch Try this program to see how this works.
71 !j(’)LP~I.x’rCHR$ (n); ’’SFXNND TAJ3. ” (>ol.[)[<J N7’(;t-jR$ (I I); ’’THIRDTU3 .“’ 7[!LFy/lNT[}HR$ (I I); ’’F’OI.IRTHTAI3 .“ Now, let’s set some vertical tabs of our own. Add these lines to the program: 20 LPRI NT CHR$ (27) ; “B”; CHR$ ( 10) ; CHR.
80 LPRINT CHR$(ll) ; “F’IFTH TAB. ” Now when you run the program the first page looks just like before, but line 80 sends one more (VT) than there are tabs. This doesn’t confuse the printer – it advances the paper to the next tab position, which happens to be the first tab position on the next page.
73 Table 5-10 Vertical tab commands Function Control code Advance paper to next tab position CHR$(ll) Set vertical tabs at nl, n2, etc. (ESC) “B” CHR$(nl)CHR$(n2) .
74 130 LPRINT CHR$(12); 140 NEXT I 150 LPRINT CHR$(27) ;”@” 160 END When you run this program the printout should look like this. rDF OF FORM 1ST T613 OF CH6NNEL 1 2ND TRB OF CHANNEL 1 I TOF OF FI.
75 Table 5-12 Alignment commands lm_- _.: -- 1(=-- 4-.1 .--1 - 1 . ... . .. . 1 ,---, Try this program to see how easy it is. 10 ‘ Demo of a I igrl i ng and centering 20 I., PRINT CHR$ (27) ; “1“ ; ~:HR$ (20) ; 30 I, PRINT CHR.$ (27) ; “Q” ; CHR$ (60 ) ; 40 1.
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CHAPTER 6 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 6 inckde- ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Printer’s bell Master reset Uni-directional printing International character sets Prin.
i 78 mind the operator to change the paper or to make other ad- justments to the printer. You can try this by typing: LPRINT CHR$(7) ■ Resetting the printer Up to now when we wanted to reset the pri.
79 trol the paper-out detector, along with the other codes that we have just looked at are in the following table. Table 6-1 Some miscellaneous commands Function Control code Sound bell CHR$(7) Master.
I 80 Here is what this program will print: The backspace codes in line 20 move the print head a total of three spaces to the left so that the first part of line 30 will over- print the word “NOT”. The delete codes in line 50 “erase” the three letters in the word “NOT” so that it doesn’t even print.
81 20 A.$=’’” : INPIJT “ TYPE A CHARACTER “ ,A$ :~o IF A$=”” THEN so 40 LPRINT A$; : GOTO 20 50 LPRINT : LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “@” Now type several characters, and after each press the RETURN key. The printer simply puts the characters into its buffer while it waits for a carriage return code.
Th i S line is added 10 spaces. This line is added 8 spaces. This line is added 6 spaces. This line is added 4 spaces. This line is added 2 spaces. This line is Normal space. This command can be used to produce micro-justification, which is amethod ofjustifying linesby increasing the space be- tween each character.
83 Here is what you will get. The top line is printed bi-directional- ly, and the bottom is printed uni-directionally. You will have to look hard because there isn’t much difference, but the bottom vertical lines are perfectly aligned. I I 1 Let’s analyze the program.
I 84 Table 6-3 Eighth bit controls Function Control code Turn the eighth bit ON (ESC) “)” Turn the eighth bit OFF (ESC) “=” Accept the eighth bit “as is” from ~Esc) “#,, the comrmter ■.
1 85 Figure 6-1 shows what this program will print. If your chart doesn’t look like this because it has regular letters and numbers instead of the special symbols, then your computer is only using seven bits (unless you have set DIP switch 2-5 on by mistake).
86 So how are all of these characters used? Here is a program that demonstrate how the graphics characters can be combined to create a figure: the 5 of clubs.
1- Here is what this program prints: 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ~::. .-J +y+$ i’ $+ ,::,. .,.. ! . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ■ International character sets Your printer changes languages by changing 12 characters that are different in the different languages.
88 Table 6-5 International character sets Country 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 12( U.S.A # !$ @ [ ] “ ‘ { : } - France # $ a “ G s “ ‘ ~ u & ‘“ Germany # $ s A o u “ ‘ a .
89 That’s where the italic international characters have been stored. So the (ESC) “6” command without the (ESC) “R” gives you access to the international characters. The (ESC) “7” turns these characters back into control codes. The low-order control codes can also be defined, but not all of ‘them can be printed easily.
90 Table 6-6 Control code area commands Function Control code Printable code area expansion (ESC) “6” Control code area exDansion (ESC) “7” ■ Printing BIG characters You can even enlarge your character sets for attention-grab- bing headings or special effects.
91 90 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “h” ;cHR$(2) ; 100 LPRIN’1’ “QUAD”; 110 LPRINT CHR$(27) ; “h” ;CHR$(0) ; 120 LPRINT “ SIZED PRINTING.V 130 END When you run this program, you will get like this: As you can see, when the big character command is used, the baseline for each character does not align.
H The optional sheet feeder The automatic sheet feeder is a handy option that feeds single cut sheets automatically. Work done on cut sheets looks better that done on computer paper, and you don’t have to tear the “perforations” off each sheet as you must with fan-fold paper.
93 Here is how the printer’s macro works. You dejlne a macro by telling the printer what normal control codes are to be included in the macro. Then you can use the macro any time that you want and the printer will do all the things that you included in the macro definition.
I This program will print one line using several printing features. Then it “calls” the macro in line 60. When line 80 prints the style is “plain vanilla” because the macro has reset it.
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CHAPTER 7 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICS Subjects covered in Chapter 7 include– ● Designing and printing your own characters ● User-designed graphics Using the procedures outlined so far, all of the printer’s standard functions can be utilized.
98 For example, if the data representing “l” was sent to the print head, only the bottom pin would fire; if “2” was sent, only the second pin from the bottom would fire, and if “3” was sent, the two bottom pins would fire, and so on. Columns of these dots side by side make all the characters.
99 ● ● ● ● r — 1. !—— The minimum width of a character is five dots. Unlike standard characters that are restricted to a height of seven dots, user-defined characters may use eight dots vertically. Dots cannot overlap – that is, you may not have a dot inside a box next to one that is on a line.
100 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 I ~ Total I I ASCII Code Descent~er Start column End column M = Descender ● 128 + (Slarl , 161 L End m, m,, m, m, m. m. m. m. m, m, m Figure 7-3. Use this grid (or one similar to it) to define your own draft characters. 1 ?8 64 32 16 8 4 2 .
101 You will see the letters ml, m2, nz3 etc., are above your values. When you define the character, you will substitute your value for each of these letters. Before you complete the definition, you will need to decide ex- actly where in the standard ASCII set you want to place your ‘characters.
I 102 CHR$(27);CHR$(38) ;CHR$(0);CHR$(60) ;CHR$(6O);CHR$( 139) ;CHR$(2);CHR$(5); CHR$(8);CHR$(24 l); CHR$(O);CHR$(O) ;CHR$(241);CHR$(8) ;CHR$(5);CHR$(2 ); CHR$(0) Put this command into the appropriate syntax for the language you are using.
I 103 10 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; “ : “’ ; CHR$ (O ) ; CHR$ (O ) ; CHR$ ( O ) ; 20 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; “&”; CHR$(O ) ; CHR$(60) ; CHR.$ (6Z ) ; 30 FOR N=60 TO 62 40 FOR M=O TO 11 50 READ MM 60 LPRINT CHRS (MM) ; 70 NEXT M 80 NEXT ?-i 90 LPRINT 100 1 1.
104 ., 430 LPR1 NT CHii$ (27) ; “%0” 440 I-, FRI N’r (;tih+$ (27); “so’”; 4!50 LPRINr CHR.$ (9) ; “MILLIONS OF DOLLARS” 460 LPRINT CHR$ (27) ; “T’” 470 END DEFINING PROPORTIONAL CHARACTERS Defining proportional characters uses the same process as above, except that we add additional information.
1. 105 reason, NLQ characters can contain up to 23 dots in the horizon- tal direction. Fundamentally, the process to define and print downloaded NLQ characters is the same as for draft characters, except that you must supply about four times as much character data, and ‘you must design the character with the two passes of the print head in mind.
I 106 To make the character data easier to calculate, put the first pass dots inside the boxes on the grid when you are designing your characters, and the second pass dots on the lines. Remember that adjacent dots may not overlap on the same pass; in other words, if one dot is in a box, its adjacent dot on the same pass’ may not be on a line.
I 107 To demonstrate how to use the NLQ download characters, try this program. 1.0 LPR1 NT CHR$ (27) ; “xl”; 20 LF’RI NT CHR$ (27) ; “ : “ ; (;HR$ ( o ) ; CHR$ (O ) ; CHR$ (0) ; 30 LPRI NT C.
310 NEXT I 320 LPRINT 330 LPR1 NT “CHEMICALS” ; CHR$ (9 ) ; 34~ FOR 1=.4 T() 8.7 STEP .4 350 LPRINT CHR$ (60) ; 360 .NEXT I 370 LPRINT 380 LPRINT “GUNS’ ’; CHR$(9) ; 390 FOR 1=.
109 with the standard resolution of 60 dots per inch (dpi). The command to print normal density (60 dpi horizontally, 72 dpi vertically) uses this format: (ESC) “*” CHR$(0) YZ~ 7z2 ml mz ..... (ESC) “*” specifies the graphics mode, the CHR$(0) specifies normal density.
110 eight rows. Draw your graphics shape, and then calculate the values of each vertical column of eight dots; each value becomes one data byte. When drawing large shapes, the data byte CHR$(255) (all pins firing, or a solid block of dots) is common.
111 Table 7-3 Alternative graphics commands Density Single command Individual command Noraml (ESC)”*” CHR$(0) nl n2 (E7CJC)<’K” Z1 n2 ml m2 ... ml m2 ... Double (ESC)”*” CHR$(l) %1 nz (ESC)<<L’> nl YZ2 ml WZ2 ... ml m2 . . . Double with (ESC)”*” CHR$(2) nl n2 (ESC>’’~,, ~~ ~z m] mz double-speed ml m2 .
112 The first occurs if you have written a program to be printed in one graphics mode and now want to print it in another. If you have used concatenation to store your graphics command in one short character string, that will not be difficult. You can simply change the mode number or alternate code in the definition of the character string.
113 In addition, you can select the print density by the value of nO. When nO is O the normal density is selcted, and when nO is 1 the double density is selected. Since computers are faster than printers, there is no signifi- cant time loss in printing a single line of graphics with 9 pins.
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CHAPTER 8 CARING FOR YOUR PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 8 include– . Cleaning the printer . Changing the ribbon c Replacing the print head Dust and heat will make any mechanism wear more quickly. The best maintenance is preventive, so the first step in any maintenance program is correct location of the printer.
116 Changing the whole cartridge is the simplest method, and because you don’t need to touch the ribbon itself, it is the cleanest way too. To remove the old cartridge, remove the printer cover, grasp the ribbon cartridge with both hands, and pull straight up gently until the holder springs release.
117 r I — Idler I —. Figure 8-2. Replace the ribbon sub-cassette. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Take the new ribbon and holder out of the wrapper, remove the adhesive tape on the joint on the holder, and place it into the cassette as shown in Figure 8-2. Pull sufficient ribbon out of the holder, and thread it as shown in Figure 8-3.
L Figure 8-3. Make sure that the ribbon is not twisted when you thread it through its path. REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The dot matrix print head has an extremely long life, around 100,000,000 characters, or years of normal use.
119 Pri able or cover Figure 8-4. Replacement of the print head. 1 3. Hold back the tab that locks the print head into place, and remove the print head. 4. Making sure that the new print head is facing the cor- rect direction, carefully plug the cable into the connec- tor on the head cable board.
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APPENDIX A DIP SWITCH SETTINGS The DIP (Dual In-line Package) switches control many of the functions of the printer. A DIP switch contains a number of small switches, and in this printer, one DIP switch has 10 in- dividual switches and the another has 6 individual switches.
122 CAUTION: Never change the setting of any of the DIP switches when the power is on. The printer only reads the DIP switch settings at the moment the power is turned on. Turn off power to both the computer and the printer when changing settings, and turn on again to use the new settings.
123 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 2-1 This switch selects the default character style. If this switch is on the default character style is nor- mal draft characters. If this switch is off the default character style is Near Letter Quality (NLQ) characters.
124 enable and the print buffer is set to a one line buffer. This switch is set on at the factory. 2-2--2-4 These switches determine the default international character set, as shown in Table A-2. These switches are all set on at the factory. Table A-2 International character sets Switch U.
APPENDIX B ASCII CODES AND CONVERSION CHART Standard ASCII Codes Decimal o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Hex.
126 Decimal 33 34 35 36, 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 Standard ASCII Codes Hexadecimal 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2.
127 Decimal 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 Standard ASCII Codes Hexadecimal 4D.
I 128 Decimal 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 ! 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 Standard.
129 Decimal 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 Standard ASCII Codes Hexadecimal A5 .
I 130 Standard ASCII Codes Character set Decimal 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 ~lg 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 ~30 231 23? 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 Hexadecimal CB cc CD CE CF DO D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF Eo EI E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E .
131 Decimal 242 243 24J 24S 246 24T 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 Standard ASCII Codes Hexadecimal Binary F2 1111 0010 F3 1111 0011 F4 1111 0100 F5 1111 0101 F6 1111 0110 F7 1111 0111 F8 1111 1000 F9 1111 1001 FA 1111 1010 FB 1111 loll FC 1111 1100 FD 1111 1101 FE 1111 1110 FF 1111 1111 .
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APPENDIX C FUNCTION CODES The purpose of this Appendix is to provide a quick reference for the various functions available on this printer. Codes are described in the following format.
134 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE” (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Cancels italic characters. (ESC) “5” 27 53 IB 35 This command causes the printer to cancel italic printing and select the standard reman characters.
135 PURPOSE Selects character set #2. CODE (ESC) “6” (decimal ASCII) 27 54 (hex ASCII) IB 36 REMARKS This command selects character set #2 when the DIP switch 2-5 is set off. You can select character set #2 as the power-on default by turning DIP switch l-7 offwhile the DIPswitch2-5 issetoff.
— 136 PURPOSE Selects NLQ characters. CODE (ESC) “ “ 1 (decimal ASCII) 27 1;0 1 (hex ASCII) IB 78 01 REMARKS This command causes the printer to print near letter quality (NLQ) characters until the NLQ mode is cancell- ed. You can select NLQ characters as the power-on default by turning DIP switch 1-2 off.
I .- 137 ■ Font Ditch controls PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets the print pitch to pica. (ESC) “P” 27 80 IB 50 This command causes printing to be done in pica pitch, with 136 characters per line.
138 p~TRposE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex .ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets the printer to condensed print.
I 139 PURPOSE Sets the printer to proportional print. CODE (ESC) “ “ 1 (decimal ASCII) 27 1;2 1 (hex ASCII) IB 70 01 REMARKS This command causes all subsequent characters to be printed with propor- tional spacing until proportional printing is cancelled.
140 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) RENfARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets the printer to expanded print.
141 PURPOSE Sets the printer to expanded print for the remainder of the current line. CODE (ESC) (so) (decimal ASCII) 27 14 (hex ASCII) IB OE REMARKS Same as (SO), above.
.— 142 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Selects emphasized printing.
I .- 143 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE FURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Selects underlining. (ESC) “-” 1 27 45 1 IB 2D 01 This command underlines the following characters until cancelled.
I 144 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Selects subscripts. (ESC) “s” 1 27 83 1 IB 53 01 This command lowers the following characters and prints them as subscripts until cancelled.
145 CONTROLLING THE VERTICAL PRINT POSITION These commands are used to move the paper relative to the print head. By moving the paper up or down, the print head, in effect, moves the opposite direction (down or up) on the page. ■ Line feed and reverse line feed PURPOSE Advances feed).
146 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets line spacing to 1/8 inch. (ESC) “O” 27 48 IB 30 This command sets the actual distance the paper advances or reverses during all subsequent line feeds tol/8 inch.
147 PURPOSE Sets or Defines line spacing to n172 inch. CODE (ESC) “A” n (decimal ASCII) 27 65 n .(hex ASCII) IB 41 n REMARKS This command works in two different functions depending on the setting of DIP switch 2-5.
— PURPOSE Sets line spacing to 1/6 inch, or Uses (ESC) “A” definition. CODE (ESC) “2” (decimal ASCII) 27 50 (hex ASCII) IB 32 REMARKS This command works in two different functions depending on the setting of DIP switch 2-5.
1- 149 PURPOSE Sends a one-time reverse feed of n/2 16 inch. CODE (ESC) <<.9> n (decimal ASCII) 27 1;6 n (hex ASCII) IB 6A n REMARKS This command causes the printer to reverse the paper n/216 inch. It does not change the current value of line spacing and it does not cause a carriage return.
150 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Reverses the paper to the top of the current page. (ESC) (FF) 27 12 IB Oc This command causes the printer to reverse the paper to the top of the cur- rent printing page (or form).
151 9 Top/Bottom margins and vertical tabs PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) ~ (hex ASCII) RE.MARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets the top margin. (ESC) “r” n 27 114 n IB 72 n This command sets the top margin to n lines.
152 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex .ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Advances paper to the next ver- tical tab position.
153 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets vertical tab positions in a channel.
I 154 CONTROLLING THE HORIZONTAL PRINT POSITION This section described commands that move the print head and restrict its printing range (such as setting margins and tabs). PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Returns print head to the left margin (carriage return).
1- 155 PURPOSE Sets the left margin. CODE (ESC) “l” n (decimal ASCII) 27 108 n (hex ASCII) IB 6C n REMARKS This command sets the left margin to n characters. Each line will begin in the (n + l)th character position from the left edge. The value of n must be between O and 255.
PURPOSE Moves the print head to horizontal tab position. the next CODE (HT) (decimal ASCII) 9 (hex .ASCII) 09 REMARKS This command causes the print head to advance to the next horizontal tab posi- tion. The horizontal tab positions are set at power-on to print positions 8, 16, 24, etc.
157 PURPOSE Moves the print head to an ab- solute horizontal position. CODE (ESC) “$” nl n2 (decimal ASCII) 27 36 nl n2 (hex ASCII) IB 24 nl n2 REMARKS This command causes the printer to move the print head to an absolute horizontal position. The position, in inch- es, is determined by the formula (nl + n2 x 256)/60.
158 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ,ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Adds n dot spaces between characters. (ESC) “space” n 27 32 n IB 20 n This command increases the space be- tween characters by n dots when the DIP switch 2-5 is set on.
159 DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS PURPOSE Defines download characters into RAM. .CODE (ESC) “&” O nl n2 mO ml ... mll [m12 .. . m46] (decimal ASCII) 27 38 0 nl n2 mO ml . . . mll [m12 .. . m46] (hex ASCII) IB 26 00 nl n2 mO ml . . . mll [m12 ...
I 160 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hexASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Copies standard character ROM font into RAM.
161 DOT GRAPHICS COMMANDS PURPOSE Prints normal-density graphics. CODE (ESC) “K” nl n2 ml m2 . . . .. (decimal ASCII) 27 7.5 nl n2 ml m2 ..... (hex ASCII) IB 4B nl n2 ml m2 ..... REMARKS This command selects 60 dots-per-inch, column-scan, bit-image graphics mode.
PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Prints double-density graphics at double-speed. (ESC) “Y” nl n2 ml m2 .. .. . 27 89 nl n2 ml m2 .. .. . IB 59 nl n2 ml m2 . . .. . This command selects 120 dots-per-inch, column-scan, bit-image graphics mode at double-speed.
163 PURPOSE Selects graphics modes. CODE (ESC) “*” nO nl n2 ml m2 .. .. . (decimal ASCII) 27 42 nO nl n2 ml m2 . .. .. (hex ASCII) IB 2A nO nl n2 ml m2 . .. .. REMARKS This command selects one seven possi- ble graphics modes, depending on the value of nO.
— 164 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Selects 9-pin graphics. (ESC) “ - “ nO nl n2 ml m2 . .. .. 27 94 nO nl n2 ml m2 . . .. . IB 5E nO nl n2 ml m2 .. .. . This command selects column-scan, 9- pin bit-image graphics mode.
165 MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Defines macro instruction. (ESC) “+” . . .. . (RS) 27 43 .. .. . 30 IB 2B .. .. . IE This command cancels any existing macro instruction, and replace it with the defined instruction.
166 OTHER COMMANDS PURPOSE Sets the value of the eighth data bit to logical 1. CODE (ESC) “)” (decimal ASCII) 27 62 (hex ASCII) IB 3E REMARKS This command forces the eighth data bit of each subsequent character sent to the printer to logical 1.
167 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Accepts the value of the eighth data bit as is. (ESC) “#” 27 35 IB 23 This command cancels either setting of the eighth data bit.
PURPOSE Moves the print head back one print position (backspace). CODE (BS) (decimal ASCII) 8 (hex ASCII) 08 REMARKS This command shifts the print head one column to the left. If the print head is at the left margin, the command is ignored. This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters.
SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE 169 PURPOSE Sets printer off line. CODE <DC3) (decimal ASCII) 19 (hex ASCII) 13 REMARKS This command causes the printer to go off line, disregarding all subsequent characters and function codes, with the exception of (DC1 ), which will return the printer to the on line state.
— 170 SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS PURPOSE Disables paper-out detector. CODE (ESC) “8” (decimal ASCII) 27 56 (hex ASCII) IB 38 REMARKS This command causes the printer to disregard the signal sent by the paper- out detector.
I .- 171 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Cancels uni-directional printing. (ESC) “u” o 27 85 0 IB 55 00 This command cancels uni-directional printing and returns to the standard bi- directional printing, which is con- siderably faster.
I 172 PURPOSE Enlarges characters in whole or in part; cancels same. CODE (ESC) “h” n (decimal ASCII) 27 104 n (hex ASCII) IB 68 n REMARKS This special command enlarges characters following the command until the enlargement is cancelled. The values of n have the following effects.
173 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE tiODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Cancels the expansion of printable area.
174 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Sets immediate print mode. (ESC) 6C.>9 1 27 1;5 1 IB 69 01 This command selects the immediate print mode. In the immediate print mode the print head prints one character at a time, as you send it.
175 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Resets the printer.
176 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Cancels auto feed mode. (ESC) (EM) O 27 25 0 IB 19 00 This command causes the printer to cancel the auto sheet feeding mode.
L 177 PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE PURPOSE CODE (decimal ASCII) (hex ASCII) REMARKS SEE Ejects paper. (ESC) (EM) “R” 27 25 82 IB 19 52 This command causes the printer to eject paper. This command is ignored when the optional automatic sheet feeder is not mounted on the printer.
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APPENDIX D COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER Control code Function CHR$(7) Sounds the printer bell CHR$(8) Moves the print head back one print position (backspace) CHR$(9) Moves the print head to the n.
180 (ESC) CHR$(25) CHR$(4) (ESC) CHR$(25) “R” (ESC) CH,R$(32) n (ESC) “!” n (ESC) “#” (ESC) “$” nl 922 (ESC) “~0” O (ESC> “~0” 1 (ESC) “&” CHR$(0) nl (ESC) “*” n.
181 (ESC) “)” Sets the value of the eighth data bit to logical 1 (ESC) “?” nO nl Redefines the graphics mode (ESC) “@” Resets the printer (ESC) “A” n Sets or defines line spacing to n/72 inch (ESC) “B” nl n2 n3 .
— 182 (ESC) “Z” nl n2 ml m2 . . . Prints quadruple-density graphics (ESC) “” nl ?2.2 Moves the print head to a specified horizontal position (ESC) “ - “ nO nl n2 ml m2 . . . . . Selects 9-pin graphics (ESC) “a” n Sets alignment or centering (ESC) “b” nO nl n2 n3 .
L APPENDIX E TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Printing Printing method Printing speed Print buffer Paper feed Printing direction Character set Draft characters NLQ characters Other characters Character matrix Serial impact dot matrix 120 characters per second (in Draft pica) 30 characters per second (in NLQ mode) 4 KB 2.
184 Line spacing Column width 8 X 1088 dots, CRT graphics 8 x 1224 dots, CRT type ~ graphics 8 x 979 dots, Plotter graphics 1/6 inch standard 1/8, n/72 or n/216 inch programmable 136, nomal pica 163, .
I 185 Environment Temperature: 5 to 40°C (40 to 104”F) Humidity: 10 to 809’0, non condensing Ribbon Black cloth ribbon in special cartridge Ribbon life: 3 million draft characters Print head life.
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APPENDIX F THE PARALLEL INTERFACE This printer has a parallel interface to communicate with the computer. The operating specifications of the parallel interface are as follows: Data transfer rate: 1,0.
188 ACK [ ‘----------- —.- 1 L— —— ~ STROBE ~ ‘-–r–-” —1 r——————” ‘“s’ L—..— --l T: More than 0.5WWC Figure F-1. The interface timing diagram. Siwd N’ame ! Circuit Ew3mDle STROBE (To Printer) ‘sat’’” BUSY, ACK (From Printer) ‘u:~a’ib’e Figure F-2.
I_ 189 The printer will report that it has run out of paper by making the PAPER OUT signal on pin 12 high. This pin can be held low by turning DIP switch 1-5 off. When the printer is in the on-line state, pin 13 is held high. This signal (SELECTED) tells the computer that the printer is ready to receive data.
Pins 14, 15, 34 and 35 are not used, while pins 16, 17, 19-30 and 33 are grounded. Pin 18 is connected to the +5VDC supply in the printer. Pin 31 can be used to reset the printer. If this signal (RESET) goes low the printer will reinitialize. Pin 32 is used to report error conditions in the printer.
APPENDIX G SERIAL INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS This printer provides a very flexible RS232C serial interface as an option. It can communicate at rates from 150 to 19,200 baud (bits per second) and supports four different kinds of hand- shaking. This interface can also function as a 20mA current loop interface.
I Table G-1 Serial interface pirf functions Pio No. ~i::;l Direction Function 1 GND – Printer’s chassis ground. 2 TXD OUT This pin carries data from the printer. 3 RXD IN This pin carries data to the printer. 4 RTS OUT This is ON when the printer is ready to receive data.
193 Table G-2 DIP switch on serial board Switch ON OFF 1 7 data bits 8 data bits 2 Parity checked No parity , 9+ Handshaking protocols–see Table G-3 5 Odd parity IEven parity 6 ~ 7 Data transfer rat.
— 194 data. These two pins go ON when the printer is ready to accept data. In the 1 byte mode they go OFF after each character is received. In the 1 block mode they only go OFF when the printer’s buffer approaches capacity. In both cases they will stay OFF if the buffer is too full to accept more data.
195 Serial busy protocol (I byte) mode ~;q ~ DB DTR Fin 20 u~ u I-J RCH u u 1 u u Pin I 1 1 au f f e r f u 1 I or Of f 1 I n. Serial busy protocol (1 block) mode RXD P,” 3 g:~o – $::, ~ Buffer full 0, off 11”. XON/XOFF prutacol RXD Pin 3 TXD P,” 2 xOFF (DC31 XOFF IDC31’ XON IDCII 9.
INDEX 9-pin graphics, 112, 164 Absolute tab, 69, 157 ACK protocol, 194 Adjusting paper gap, 16 Adjusting width of space, 81 Advance paper, 55, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 Aligning text, 74, 158 Alternate .
197 Defining characters, 98, 159 macro instruction, 93, 165 <DEL), 79, 168 Delete, 79, 168 Deselect printer, 78, 170 Detector, cover open, 5 paper-out, 78, 169 DIP switches, 10, 24, 56, 58, 81, 84,.
Expanded print, 27, 33, 47, 53, 140 Extra functions, 10, 33 Feeding paper, 10, 13 <FF), 61, 149 Font pitch commands, 137 Font style commands, 133 Foreign language characters, 87,122, 134 Form feed,.
199 Paper separator, 7, 14 Paper thickness, adjustment, 16 Paper-out, 122 Paper-out detector, 78 Parallel interface, 187 Pica Ditch. 26.33, 46.137 Pitch; 26, ’46, “137 Pitch indicators, 9 Platen, .
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