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Trademark Acknowledgements

LC-15, ND-10/15, NR-10/15: Star Micronics Co., Ltd.

IBM PC, PC-AT, PC-XT, Proprinter XL, Proprinter II, PC-DOS: InternationalBusinessMachines

Corp.

Microsoft BASIC, MS-DOS: Microsoft Corporation

FX-1050, EX-1000, FX86e, FX286e: Seiko Epson Corp

NOTICE

STAR’s express permission is forbidden.

●The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

●All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of

press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate being informed

of them.

●The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanualisorganizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhowtomakethebest

useofyourprinteryouareurgedto readthroughchapters1through3.The

remainingchaptersmay be treatedas a~fenmce guideforprogramming

operations,etc. It assumesadegreeof acknowledgeoff the operationof

computm (forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers).

Thechaptersareas follows:

Chapter 1— Settingup theprinter

Thischapterexplainshowtogettheprinterunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse.

Chapter 2—Controlpaneloperations

Thereare anumberof controlson the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelatedto paperhandling,printmodesandfontselection.

Aftergettingsetup,readthischapterandtryouttheproceduresinittofind

outhowtheprinterworks.

Chapter 3—DIP switchsettings

Thischapterexplainshowto settheDIPswitchesto makesystemsettings

on theprinter.

Chapter 4—Printercontrolcommands

Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsusedto driveit. This sectionis of use if you are

writingor modifyingprogramsto takeadvantageof theprinter’sfeatures.

Chapter S—Downloadcharacters

Thischapterexplainstheproceduresto createyourowncharacters.

Chapter 6—MS-DOSandyourprinter

Sincethe PC or PC-ATfamilyof computersrunningunderMS-DOSis

currentlythe mostpopularconflgmationof microcomputer,we have in-

cludedafewhintsandtipstohelpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems.

SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinterpreter,wehave

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

demonstratethe capabilitiesof theprinter.

Chapter 7—Troubleshootingandmaintenance

Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking

in the expectedway.It alsoincludesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance

operationsyoucancarryoutyourself.Itisnot,however,acompleteservice

manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyouareunsureofyourabilityto

carryoutanymaintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter 8—Specifications

Thissectiongivesthespecificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9—Charactersets

Thesechartsgivethedifferentcharactersetsavailable,andthedifferences

betweennationalcharactersets(assetup withtheDIP switches).

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

Thisprinterisaconvenient,monochromeprinterwithoutfrillsbutwithafull

complementof features,making it an excellentpartner for apersonal

computer.It supportstheIBM/Epsonprintercommandsandcharactersets,

enablingittoprintjustaboutanythingyourcomputercangenerate,bothtext

andgraphics.Someof itsmainfeatwesarethefollowing:

●Extensivesoftwaresupport

Sinceitis compatiblewiththeEpsonandIBMprinters,it workswithany

softwarethatsupportsthoseprintem.Thatincludesmostword-processing

andgraphicsprograms,spread-sheets,andintegratedsoftwarepackages.

.Easyoperation

Clearlyunderstandableindicatordisplaysandbeeptonesprovideimmedi-

ate feedbackwhen you press the buttonson the controlpanel.The five

buttonscan operate in combinationsto perform asurprisingvariety of

functions,includingmicro-alignment.

.Easycareandmaintenance

The ribboncartridgecan be replacedin secondsthe print head in afew

minutes.

.Versatilepaperhandling

Singlesheets,fanfoldforms,andmulti-copyforms(uptotriple-ply)areall

accepted,andyoucanuse eithertractoror frictionfeed.Aspecialfeature

enablesyou to keep fanfoldformsparkedin readinesswhileprintingon

otherpaper.

●Largevarietyof typestylesandsizes

TheprinterhasonedraftstyleandfourNLQstyles(Courier,Sansenf,and

Oratorwith small capitalsor lower case),plus italicsfor all styles,plus

condensedprint,boldprint,double-sizedprint,quadruple-sizedprint.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1SETTING UP THE PRINTER ...............................................1

Locatingtheprinter..........................................................................1

UnpackingandInspection................................................................2

Checkthecartoncontents........................................................2

Partsnameoftheprinter..........................................................3

SettingUp.........................................................................................4

Mounttheplatenknob.............................................................4

Installtheribboncartridge.......................................................5

Connection...............................................................................6

LoadingSingleSheets

......................................................................8

Automaticloading....................................................................8

Manualloading......................................................................10

LoadingandParkingFanfoldForms..............................................11

Loadingthepaperfromtherearoftheprinter.......................11

Loadingthepaperfromthebottomoftheprinter..................13

Paperparking.........................................................................15

Paperunparking.....................................................................15

AdjustingthePrintingGap.............................................................16

Chapter 2CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS ..................................17

ButtonsandIndicators....................................................................17

ONLINEbutton....................................................................18

PAPERFEEDbutton.............................................................19

SET/EJECTPARKbutton.....................................................19

PRINTPITCHbutton............................................................19

NLQTYPESTYLEbutton....................................................20

Power-UpFunctions

...........................................#...........................21

Shorttestmode......................................................................2l

Longtestmode

.......................................................................22

Printareatestmode

................................................................22

Stayinpanelpitch..................................................................22

Stayinpanelstyle..................................................................23

Stayinpanelpitchandstyle..................................................23

Hexadecimaldump................................................................23

SwitchCombinationFunctions......................................................26

Formfeed...............................................................................26

Topofform............................................................................27

Forwardmicro-feed...............................................................27

Reversemicro-feed................................................................27

Clearingthebuffer.................................................................28

Chapter 3DIP SWITCH SETTING ..................................................29

LocationoftheDIPSwitches.........................................................29

FunctionsoftheDIPSwitches.......................................................30

Chapter 4PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS................................33

FontControlCommands

................................................................34

CharacterSetCommands...............................................................39

CharacterSizeandPitchCommands.............................................41

VerticalPositionCommands..........................................................47

HorizontalPositionCommands

.....................................................53

GraphicsCommands......................................................................58

DownloadCharacterCommands

...................................................60

MacroInstructionCommands

........................................................64

OtherPrinterControlCommands..................................................64

Chapter 5DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS ............................................69

DesigningYourOwnDraftCharacters..........................................69

Definingtheattributedata.....................................................7O

Assigningthecharacterdata..................................................72

Sampleprogram.....................................................................72

DefiningYourOwnNLQCharacters............................................74

Chapter 6MS-DOS ANDYOUR PRINTER ........................................77

InstallingApplicationSoftwarewithYourPrinter........................77

EmbeddingPrinterCommands......................................................78

ProgrammingthePrinterwithDOSCommands

............................80

ProgrammingwithBASIC.............................................................82

Howtheprogramworks

.........................................................86

ModificationsforIBMmode.................................................88

Chapter 7TROUBLESHOOTING ANDMAINTENANCE ............89

Troubleshooting

.............................................................................89

Powersupply..........................................................................90

Ranting...................................................................................90

Paperfeeding.........................................................................92

Maintenance...................................................................................95

ReplacingthePrintHead

................................................................95

Chapter 8SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................99

Chapter 9CHARACTER SETS .............................................................103

StandardCharacterSet.................................................................104

IBMCharacterSet#2...................................................................106

IBMCharacterSet#1...................................................................108

IBMSpecialCharacterSet...........................................................109

InternationalCharacterSets.........................................................1lt)

INDEX .................................................................................................. 111

COMMAND SUMMARY ........................................................................114

chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1include—

●Locatingtheprinter

●Unpackingandinspection(namesof parts)

.Settingup andconnection

●Loadingsinglesheets

●Loadingandparkingfanfoldforms

●Adjustingtheprintinggap

LOCATINGTHE PRINTER

Beforeyoustartunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou

haveasuitableplaceonwhichtolocateit.By“asuitableplace”,wemean:

●

—

Afirm,levelsurfacewhichis fairlyvibration-free

Awayfromexcessiveheat(suchasdirectsunlight,heaters,etc)

Awayfromexcessivehumidity

Awayfromexcessivedust

Supplyit“clean”electricity.Don’tconnectittothesamecircuitasalarge,

noise-producingappliancesuchas arefrigerator.

Makesurethelinevoltageis within10%ofthevoltagespecifiedon the

identificationplate.

Alocationwithsufficientspacetolocatetheprinterandanypaperto be

fedintoit, as wellastheprintedpapercomingout.

If youareusingaparallelconnectiontoyourcomputer,makesurethatit

iswithin2m(6ft)oftheprinter(anRS-232comectionusingtheoptional

RS-232interfacecanbemadeoverlongerdistances).

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