Star Micronics LC-20 Manuel d'utilisateur

USERS MANUALLC-20 DOT MATRIX PRINTER80820476

IUNPACKINGAND INSPECTIONCheckthe cartoncontentsNowunpackthecontentsof theshippingcarton,andcheckeachitemin theboxagainstFigwe 1-1to makesurethatyouhav

P fIf cut sheet paper (withoutthe ASF) is not feedingsmoothly,check thefollowing:Check Possible remedyIs the papa release levaSet the release lever to

I CheckIPossible remedyAre youtryingtofeed paper Youcan only feed paper in this way when the printer isusing the front panel buttonsoff-line. Set the

If thepaperparkfacilitydoesnotappearto be workingcorrectly,checkthefollowing:CheckPossibleremedyIsthepaperreleaseleverinThepaperreleaselevermustbeset

IMAINTENANCEEssentially,your printer is a robust piece of equipment, but shouIdbetreatedwithamodicumofcareinorderto avoidmalfunctions.Forexample:...●

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6. Disengagethecablefromthetabsholdingitdown,thenremovethepnnthead.7. Foreasy instaUationofthenewpnnthead, movethecarriagetowardtheleftendof the rail.

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c 8SPECIFICATIONSPrintingsystem ...SerialImpactDot-matrixPrintingspeed ...150cps (Draftpica)37

Characterdot matrix...9 x 11(Draft)18X23 (NLQ)Bit imagedot-matrix... DPI*Normal60(8 or 9) x 480Double120(8 or 9)

Ribhntife ..._~_fi~.~_fi~... Imillion characters(draftpica)Dimensions...396(w)x 301(d)x 120(h)mm15.6(w)xll.8(d) x4

Theoptionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare:● Serial-Parallelconverter(SPC-8K)● Automaticsheetfeeder(SF-1ODR)Partsname of theprinte

Thefollowingdescribesthepinoutoftheparallel(Centronics-type)inter-faceconnector(signalswhicharelowwhenactiveareoverlined):Pin Name Function1 I STROBEG

c 9CHARACTER SETSThe followingtablesshowthe standardand IBMcharactersets.The decimalcharactercode of each characteris shown in an inset to thelowerrig

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ISTANDARD CHARACTER SET #2Othercharactersareidenticalto standardcharacterset#1.106

INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETSWhenaninternationalcharactersetisselectedDIPswitches2 to 2 orbya commandfromsoftware,thefollowingchangesaremadeinthecharac

IBM CHARACTER SET #2o0 (I’m1h2In3 vIn4 ‘n45&l71 23-GIixh—_xwh.-B%~ (so)1430~ (s1)15 31108

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IBM CH/ ,RAC’1(Ml)J(DC2)J-la(GC4)__lZ(-b-b-b(c-_-b(-b-_GJ--b-b---E‘ER SETOthercharactersare identicalto characterset #2.The duplicationof controlcodes

IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER SETAdditionalcharacterscanbe printedby specialcommands.111

SETIWJGUPPlacethe printerin the desiredlocation,and removeall packingmaterialfrom insidethe top cover. This packingmaterialis intendedto preventdamage

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INDEXmAbsohorita5Asce61Aufe6Autolife31Autoshfee8,31DBacks5Balev3 1BAS23,72Bee6Bidireprin6Bit-prin58-Boprin3Botmar5Buf27,1aCancom6Carrret5Cente5Chano v

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Reprinter,68Revlife4Revmicro2Ribcart4 1Rimar5R charse6mSanstyst20Setes21Setu 4Sinsheautoloa8manloa1specif1Slze4Smcapi2Specifi99Sprofe111Stancharse31St

COMMAND SUMMARYCFstd.IBMstd.IBM”<B’EL> Bell<BS> Backspace<HT> Horizontaltab<LF><VT>V<FF> FormC rExpandedprintingfo

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IStarMicronicsCo.,Ltd. invitesyoursuggestionsand commentson yourprinterand thismanual.Pleaseaddressyourcorrespondenceto:WorldwideHeadquarters:STARMICR

Figure 1-4. Removing the lop cover1. Turn the tension knob counterclockwiseon the ribbon cartridge totightenthe ribbonif it is slack.2. Guidetheribbon

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I3. Theribbon shouldpassbetweentheprinthead andtheprinthead shield(seeFigure 1-6).Print head\Print head shieldI‘ h~,.kribbo.IIIL@J\Figure 1-6. Pass th

ConnectionConnecttheprinter to yourcomputerusing a standardparallel interfacecable.OnaPCorPC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouusethe25-pinD-typeconnect

LOADING SINGLE SHEETSThissectionwilltakeyouthroughtheproceduresfor loadingsinglesheetsof paper.If youareusingtheoptionalautomaticsheetfeeder(AN?),refe

2.3.4.5.Makesurethatthereleaseleveris down.Iffanfoldpaperisalreadymountedintheprinter,pressthePAPER FEEDbuttonwhileholdingthe FONTbuttonto parkthe pap

IManualloadingItisalsopossibletoloadpapermanuallywhiletheprinter’spowerisoff.Theprocedureis:1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.Placethe paper guidein positionby insertin

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMSFanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforationsbetween thesheets.They are also calledsprocketforms,punchedf

Trademark AcknowledgementsLC-20, NX-1OOO,LC.1O,ND.10/15: StarMicronicsCo., Lid.IBM PC, PC-AT, PC-XT,ProprinterIII, ProprhrterII, PC.DOS: International

6.7.Withthesprocketcoversopen,mountthe paperby aligningholeswiththepinson the sprockets.Adjustthespacingofthesprocketsby slidingthemalongthebar,usingt

13.Mountthepaperguidein thehorizontalpositionshownin Figure1-12,so that it will separatetheprintedfromthe unprintedpaper.F/gufo 1-12. Mountingthe pape

PaperparkingAfterloadingfanfoldpaper,youdo nothaveto unloaditwhenyouwanttoprinton a singlesheet.Theprinterwill “park”it for you if youfollowtheprocedu

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAPThe distancebetween the print head and the platen can be adjustedtoaccommodatedifferentpaperthicknesses.Tomakethisadjustment

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chapter2CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONSThecontrolpanelbuttonscanbepressedindividuallytoperformtheopera-tionsindicatedby theirnames.Otherfunctionscanbe achiev

ONL/NEbuttonThe ON LINE buttonsetstheprinteron-lineandoff-line.Thestatuschangeseachtime youpressthe button.Whentheprinteris on-line,itcanreceiveandpri

PAPERFEEDbuttonIf youpressthisbuttonwhileoff-line,the paperwill feed forward.If youholdthebuttondown,theprinterwillperformconsecutiveline feeds.Ifyoua

FONTbuttonThisbuttonselectsthe font to be printed.Draft font is alwaysselectedatpower-up.To changeto oneof the NLQ(nearletterquality)fonts,set theprin

POWER-UP FUNCTIONSIn additionto their normal functions,all the controlpanel buttonshavespecialfunctionsthatoperateifyouholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower

HOW TO USE THIS MANUALThismanualis organizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhowto makethebestuseof yourprinteryouareurgedto readthroughchapten 1through3.There

LongtestmodeIftheprinteristurnedonwhilethePAPERFEEDbuttonispressed,theprinterwillenterthe longself-testmode.Theprinterwillstartprintingas soonasthePAP

HexadecimaldumpThis featureis useful for programmed who are debuggingprintingpro-grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving.(Some

MostBASICS,however,arenotquitethatstraightfonvard.Forexample,theIBM-PC willgiveyou a printoutsimilarto Figure2-5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONSSeveraladditiomdfunctionscanbe achievedby pressingthecontrolpanelbuttonsin combinations.Reverse mmu-teedmIFigwe2-6. Switch

PaperParkingThisprocedurefeedsthe paperbackward.It parksthe fanfoldform at thebackoftheprintersothatyoucanswitchtosignal-sheetfeeding(bymovingthe rele

Reversemicro-feedYoucan also feed the paperin smallincrementsin reverse,to returnto ahigherpositionon the samepage.NOTE: Withfanfoldforms,donottryto r

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chapter 3DIP SWITCH SETTINGSThebankof DIP (DualIn-linePackage)switchesinsidetheprinteris usedfor variousfunctions.ThischapterexplainswheretheDIP switc

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIP SWITCHESTheprinteris factory-setwithallDIPswitchin theONposition.Thesearethestandardsettings.Bychangingthesettings,youcanaltervar

Switch 1-3: Do you wantan automaticline feed?If you leave this switch at the ON position, a separate line-feed code isrequired from your computer to o

Chapter6— MS-DOSand yourprinterSince the PC or PC-AT family of computemrunningunder MS-DOS iscurnmtlythe most popularconfigurationof microcomputer,we

Switch 2-1: Theactionof this switchdependson themodechosenwithswitch 1-1.If you selected standard mode, do you want italics or graphicscharacters?Sett

chapter 4PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDSTheprinterhastwo emulationmodes:StandardmodeandIBMmode.IiIstandardmode,the printeremulatesthe functionsof theEpsonLX-

FONT CONTROL COMMANDSSelectdraftqualitycharactersMode] ASCIIDecimalHexadecimalBoth I “(” ‘T’ “F” “)” “)”“9” I 40407041 41 57 I 282846292939 I. . . .1.

SelectNLQ fontMode ASCIIDecimal HexadecimalBoth<ESC>“k” n27107 n IB 6B nSelectsanNLQfontaccordingto thevalueof n. In draflmode,thiscommandremain

ISelect OratorcharacterswithlowercaseMode ASCII Decimal HexadecimalBoth “ “ “ “ “F’ ‘S“ “ “ “8”40 40 7041 41 56 28 2846 29 29 36(( ))Changesto the Ora

CancelemphasjzedprjntjngMode ASCIIDecimal HexadecimalBorh<ESC> “F’ 27 70IB 46CanWlsemphasizedprinting.Double-strikeprintingMode ASCIIDecimal Hex

StopunderliningModeASCII Decimal HexadecimalBoth<ESC> “-” “O”27 45 48 IB 2D 30<ESC> “-” <o> 27 45 0IB 2D 02Stopsunderlining.Startove

Cancelsuperscriptor subscriptMode ASCII DecimalHexadecimalBoth ! CEsc> ‘“r”27 64iB 54Stops printing superscriptsor subscriptsand Eturns to normalpr

ISelectinternationalcharactersetMode ASCIIDecimal Hexadecimalstd.&SC>“R” n27 02 nIB 52 nSelectsan internationalcharacterset accordingto the val

ISelectslashzeroModeASCII DecimalHexadecimalstd.<ESC> “ - “ “l” 27126 49 IB 7E 31<ESC> “ - “ <1> 27126 1IB 7E 01Causessubsequentzero

FEATURES OF THE PRINTERThisprinterisaconvenient,monochromeprinterwithoutfiillsbutwithafullcomplementof features, making it an excellentpartner for a p

CondensedprintingModeASCIIDecimalHexadecimalBoth<Sb15 OF<ESC> <Sb 27 15 IB OFChangesfrom pica to condensedpica (17 cpi) or from elite toco

Expandedprintingfor one /inerModeASCII Decimal Hexadecimal<so> 14OEBoth<ESC> <SO> 27 14IB OECausessubsequentcharactersin thecurrentl

ISelectmasterprint modeMode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimalstd. <ESC> “!” n 27 33 n IB 21 nSelectsa combinedprint mode accordingto the value of n. The

n EffectO Normalsize1 Double-high,double-wide2 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wideSelectcharactersizeModeASCIIDecimalHexadecimalBoth “ “ “ “ “S” “ “ “)” n((

Returnto normalheightMode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimalstd.<ESC> “W” “O” 27119 48IB 77 w<ESC>“W” <O> 27119 016 77 00Terminatesdouble-hei

..,,VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDSSet line spacingto 1/8inchMode ASCIIDecimalHexadecimalBoth <ESC> “0”27 48IB 30Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor re

ISet line spacington/72inchMode ASCII Decimal HexadecimalBoth<ESC> “A” n 27 65 n16 41 nIn Standardmode,setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reverse

Performonen/216-imh line feedMode ASCIIDecimal HexadecimalBoth ] <!3SC>“J”n27 74 nIB 4A nFeedsthepaperoncebyn/216inches,wherenisbetween1and255.D

ISetpage lengthton linesMode ASCIIDecimal HexadecimalBoth <ESC>“C”n27 67 n IB 43 nSetsthepagelengthto n linesin the currentline spacing,wherenis

IFormfeedModeASCIIDecimal HexadecimalBoth<FF>12OcFeedsthepaperto thetopof thenextpageaccordingtothecurrentpagelength,andmovestheprintpositionto

TABLE OF CONTENTSChapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTERLocatingthePrinterUnpackingandInspectionCheckthecartoncontentsPartsnameoftheprinterSettingUpMount the

Set verticaltab stopsMode ASCII Decimal HexadecimalBoth<ESC> “II” nl n2 ... <0> 2766d n2 ... 0IB 42 nl d ...00Cancelsallcurrmt verticaltab

IVerticaltabMode ASCIIDecimalHexadecimalBoth<VT>11OBFeedsthe paper to the next verticaltab stop and movesthe printpositiontotheleftmargin.Perfor

Set rightmarginModeASCII DecimalHexadecimalstd.<ESC> “Q” n 27 81 nIB 51 nSetstherightmarginatcolumnninthecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitch if prop

Setautomaticline feedMode ASCII Decimal HexadecimalIBMCEsc>“’5” cl> 27 63 1IB 36 01Causesthe printerto performboth a carriage~tum and line feede

RightjustifyModeASCII Decimal Hexadecimalstd.cESC> “a” “2” 27 97 50 IB 61 32<ESC>“a” <2>27 97 2IB 61 02Alignssubsequenttextwiththenghtm

HorizontaltabMode ASCII DecimalHexadecimalBoth <H-f> 909Movestheprintpositionto thenexthorizontaltab stop.Ignoredifthereisnonexthorizontaltabsto

GRAPHICS COMMANDSPrintnormal-density8-bitgraphicsModeASCII Decimal HexadecimalBothcESC> “K” nl d27 75 nl n2 IB 4B n] dml m2 ...ml d ...ml d ...Prin

Print quadruple-density8-bitgraphicsMode ASCII Decimal HexadecimalBoth<ESC> “Z” nl n227 90 nl dIB 5A nl W?ml d ...ml m2 ... ml m2 ...Printsbit-i

Print9-pingraphicsMode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimalstd.<ESC> “” “ nO nl27 94 nO nlIB 5E nOnld ml d . .. n2 ml d ... n2 ml d ...Selectsoneof eightgr

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDSDefinedraftdownloadcharactersMode ASCIIDecimalHexadecimalcESC> “&” <O> n]27 30 0 dIB 26 W nl. std.d mO ml m2n2

Chapter 3 DIP SWITCH SETTINGSLocationoftheDIPSwitchesFunctionsoftheDIPSwitchesChapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDSFontControlCommandsCharacterSetCommand

DefineNLQ downloadcharactersIMode/ASCII DecimalIHexadecimalcESC> “&” <O> nl 27 36 0 nl IB 26 LII nlstd. d rno ml m2d d ml dd mo ml dd ...

DefineNLQ downloadcharactersMode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal<ESC> “=” nl n2 dJAU27 61 n] n2 21IB 3D nl n2 15IBMaOal d mlaO al d mlaO al d mld ...

SelectdraftdownloadcharactersetMode ASCII Decimal HexadecimalIBM<ESC> “I” “4” 27 73 52IB 49 34<ESC>“I” <4> 27 73 4 IB 49 04Selectsth

OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDSSet MSB to 1Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimalstd. <ESC> “>” 27 62IB 3ESetsthemostsignificantbit of eachsubsequentb

QuietprintModeASCIIDecimal HexadecimalStd.<ESC>“S” “l” 27115 49IB 73 31<ESC> “s” <1> 27115 1IB 73 01Selectsthequietprintmode,inwhich

BellMode ASCIIDecimal HexadecimalBoth -+lEb 707Soundsa briefbeeptonefromthe printer’sbeeper.BidirectionalprintingIModel ASCIII Decimal\ Hexadecimal IB

IAuto feed‘Mode ASCIIDecimalHexadecimal<ESC> <EM> <4>Both ,,(,, ,,(,,27 25 4IB 19 04“4” “ “ “ “))40 40 52 41 41 28 28 34 29 29Select

chapter 5DOWNLOAD CHARACTERSWiththisprinteryoucancreatenewcharactersandsymbols,downloadtheirdotdata,andhavethemprintedinplaceofselectedcharactersinthe

I●●w●Theminimumwidthof a characteris fivedots.Theuser-definedcharactersmayuseeightdotsvertically.Dotscannotoverlap— thatis, youmaynothavea dotinsidea

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.Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONSChapter 9 CHARACTER SETSStandardCharacterSetInternationalCharacterSetsIBMCharacterSet #2IBMCharacterSet#1IBM Special Characte

Assigningthe characterdataNow,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesofthecolumnsofdots,andenterthemunderneaththegrid.Forexample,lookingatFigure5-3,wese

450 L,PRINT “CHEMICALS”;CHR$ (9) ;460 FOR 1=.4 TO 5.7 STEP .4470 LPRINT CHR$(60) ;480 NEXT 1490 LPRINT500 LPRINT “GUNS”;CHR$ (9) ;510 FOR 1=.4 TO 1.4

IDEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERSAsyouprobablynoticed,NLQcharactersareprintedby twopassesof theprinthead.Halfofthecharacters printedonthefirstpass,and

simultaneoususeof ~gular anddownloadcharactersin thedraftcharactersectionapplyequallyto NLQ characters.(1s1) ml,...m23rr124...m46(2nd)]~81286464323216

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chapter 6MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTERWhenusingyourprinterwithanIBMPC,PC-XT,orPC-ATorcompatible,youwillprobablybeusingPC-DOSorMS-DOSas anoperatingsystem.Anu

CPINumberof columnsPica 1080Elite 1296Condensedpica17.1 137Condensedelite20 160ProportionalVariableSometimesthe software installation will ask you for

File as seenon computerscreen:((F))7 ((S))3Printer commands(( F))CI (( S))0Font commands (( F))lcan be (( F))7embeddecl((Fl)8anywhere ((F) )9in a docu

PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOSCOMMANDSIf your systemincludesthe file PRINT.COMyou can use the main DOSprintingcommand.Simplytypethe wordPRINTfollowe

I youprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbeadvantageousto createaprintersetupfde.Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeachtime, you can compIet

chapter 1SETTING UP THE PRINTERSubjects covered in Chapter 1 include —●●✎✎●✘Locatingthe printerUnpackingand inspection(namesof parts)Settingup and con

Youcannow setup theprinterby sendingit the fileNLQELITE.DAT.Toavoidumecessary loggingof commands,switchhard-copyoutputoff (bypressingClllL-PRTSC ifhar

1120LPRINTE$;’’D’’;CHR$(3);CHR$(13);CY+R$(O)‘Set~1130LPRINTC$;“Fontsare:”1140LPRINTH$;D$;“Draftcharacters,“1150LPRI~ H$;C$;“Couriercharacters,”1160LPR

1650 LPRI~ H$;C$;“Ibtnloadcharacters:“;1660LPRI~ D$;E$;“%1”; ‘Selectdownloadcharacter1670l?3R1=1TO 51680LPRINTCHR$(60); ‘Printdownlmd character1690NEX

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p wThisprogrambeginsbyassigninganumberofprintercommandsto BASICstringvariables(lines1000to 1090).Youcanfindmostofthesecommandsnearthe beginningof chap

Fonts are:;,l!...,.:<..,.;.(::/”’”1;::,/’”!(:{l.:::”!”:.(::!’”+:,Courier characters,SanSet -if characters,ORATOROw l c ca ITALICS fof-all ~’~:~:”;f

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c 7TROUBLESHOOTINGAND MAINTENANCEThefollowingsectionontroubleshootingandmaintenanceisintendedonlyas a brief guide. Rememberthat your printer is a high

P sIf the POWER indicatordoesnot illuminate,checkthe following:CheckPossible remedy11(111Is the power cable properlyTurn off the printer, make certain

If theprintis faint,or uneven,checkthe following:CheckPossible remedyIs the ribbon properly in-Check and reinstall ifnecessaxy.stalled?Is the ribbon w