Star Micronics LC-10 Manual de usuario

LC-IO COLOUR PRINTER USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE PN 8082025 I

Bail lever Poa Release lever: releases the platen. This lever must be down for printing on single sheets, and up for fanfold forms. T

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1700 a----- Key expla"atlons --------------------______________---------------- 1710 LOCATE 10.40 :PRINT "Fl: Clear dot" 1720 LO

2400 GOSUB 3730 :GOTO 2180 2410 I----_ wrapmup ___________------------------------------------------------ 2420 CLS :LOCATE 1.1 :PRINT "SA

3450 FOR Y-l TO WI :BS=BO+CHR$(P(CC,Y)) :NEXT Y 3460 IF NOT NLQ THEN B5=BE+STRING5(35.0) :GOTO 3480 3470 FOR Y-l TO WI :B$=B$+CHRI(Q(CC,Y)) :

CHARACTER SETS This appendix gives tables of the printer’s standard and IBM character sets. The decimal character code of each charac

STANDARDCHARACTERSET <DC3> # 3 r--- 3,C.S~C~S~ h9 1 I67 1 I83 1 r21 l 1371 153 I id”d”d”d I I I9 I 1251 141 I I57 I - 98

:IDIE/F I 7 <BEL> 7 G W C7 w 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 241 8 CBS> <CAN> ( 8 II X h x 136 152 168 I84 200 216 232

IBM CHARACTER SET #2 I 5 6 7 P I<’ I 1 I I 1 I I I 9 <HT> <EM> ) 9 I Y i y 9 25 41 57 13 89 105 121 A 1 B <I

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IBM CHARACTER SET #l C Hexa- ledma 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 1 -7-4 Other characters are identical to IBM character set #2. The dupl

Remove the top cower Lift the front edge of the printer’s clear plastic top cover. Then disengage the tabs at the back of the cover a

ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET Hexa- decima 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands

INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected by DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4 or by a command from softwa

INDEX m Absolute tab, 79 Ascender, 83, 90 Auto feed, 88 Automatic carriage return, I6 Automatic line feed, 17, 77 Automatic sheet feede

Graphics commands, 80 ml Hard copy, 37 Hexadecimal dump, 24-26 Horizontal position commands, 76 Horizontal tabulation, 51, 79 II/ IBM cha

semiautomatic loading, 7 specifications, 55 Slash zero, 66 Small capitals, 16, 22 Software, 31-35 Specifications, 53-57 Sprocket feed, 9-1

LC-10 COLOUR PRINTER REFERENCE CARD POWER-UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions, all the control panel switches have special

DIP SWITCHES International character sets: * Denmark/Norway when switch l-6 is OFF and switch l-7 is ON. Note: DIP switches are read

PRINT PITCH SELECTION Standard mode Pica Elite 12:;.<q.~&y~q(> < ESC > “M” 1~~!+~~~&q~y()~‘1! 1234567890 t 123456789012 1234

COMMAND SUMMARY IN NUMERIC ORDER MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION PAGE IBM STD STD STD IBM STD IBM STD IBM IBM IBM STD STD <BEL> CBS> <HT

MODE CONTROL CODE PUNCTIDN PAGE IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM STI) IBM IBM IBM STD IBM STD IBM STD IBM STD <ESC> ‘.=” nl n2 <DC4&

hstall the ribbon cartridge The top side of the ribbon cartridge has a handle for turning the ribbon. Turn this handle in the directi

MODE CONTROL CODE FUNCTION PAGE <ESC> “b” nU nl n2... <Or < ESC > “c” n < ESC > “e” 0 n <ESC> “e” 1 n &l

L L L E L L L E L L E E Type styles are: i) , " :;* f.: .t, i:y f, :s, : {;I (-: .t;, ({+! r CZJ 'i Courier characters, Sanserif charact

Figure l-6. r;onnectmg tne mtertace caue Connect the printer’s power cord. Check that the printer’s power switch (located at the left

igure i-7. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets Semiautomatic loading Single sheets can be manually with off, or matically with o

lever Manual loading It is also possible to load paper manually while the printer’s power is off. The procedure is: 1. Check that pr

LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforations between the sheets. They are also called

lever Figure l-10. Opening the sprocket covers to expose the sprocket teeth igure l-71. Closing the sprocket covers 10. Fit the holes in

13. Turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward until it comes out from under the top cover. 14. Move the bail lever back to

3. Tear off the printed form at the last perforation, leaving not more than about half a page showing above the top cover. If n

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if no

I Figure 7-13. Short test pattern Long se/f test To see the printer’s variety of type styles, you can run the long version of the

ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknes

L L L i.. 6 i I L t I I Figure l-15. DIP switches 2-3 2-4 International character set (See below) The printer is delivered with all DIP switch

Switch l-l: Is the page length of your paper 11 inches or 12 inches? Leave this switch ON if you will be using 11-inch forms.

ON selects character set #2, which is for computers with an g-bit interface (the most common kind). OFF selects character set #l, f

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. c Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERAT/O/VS This chapter explains how to use the control panel to: 0 Pause printing l Feed paper (fast an

The control panel switches can be pressed singly to perform the oper- ations indicated by their names. Other functions can be obta

When you press the On Line switch again to go back on-line, the paper feeds backward about one inch, stopping in the right place

Samples of these pitches are shown in Figure 2-2. Note that with proportional pitch different letters occupy different widths. (For

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into five chapters and four appendixes. To learn how to make the best use of your

-/- l”i _i_ .y ::) .; j.. <,j /_. 2, .+: + i::i t.l t:\ 1. :i, t \ ’ “’ I I 8, This is near-letter-quality Courier. This is Courier i

Short test pattern: On Line switch If held down during power-up, this switch prints a short test pattern (shown in Chapter 1). Long

. i i c 3. At the end of the hexadecimal dump, set the printer off-line with the On Line switch. This is necessary to print the l

When the IBM-PC BASIC interpreter sends hex code OD (carriage re- turn) it adds an extra hex OA (line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of

Paper parking: Print Pitch and Paper Feed switches This procedure feeds the paper backward. It parks the fanfold form at the back

Reverse micro-fee& On Line and Print Pitch switches You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse, to return to a

1. Halt the printing program on the computer. If printing stops imme- diately, the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure

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Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE There is an abundance of commercial software available: spreadsheet programs, word-pr

A few installation programs may ask you not to select a printer but to describe what your printer can do. The answers to the mos

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER This printer is a compact, colour, dot-matrix printer that supports the IBM/Epson commands and character sets.

The character pitch can be selected from the control panel before you start printing, or possibly by an initialization sequence as

the right position on the page, a short distance below the perforation. With power off, you can align the forms by turning the pl

, * Type style (Font): ((F))O Courier ((F))l Sanserif ((F))2 Orator with small capitals ((F))3 Orator with lower case ((F))9 Draft Size: C

When you use these commands there are several points to note: l The type style ((F)) and italic ((I)) commands are ignored if the

Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC Although you will probably do most of your printing with the aid of commercial software,

To switch printer output off, press CTRL-PRTSC or CTRL-P again. Each time you press this key combination, hard copy toggles from o

If you want a particular type style, print pitch, or right or left margin, you can make these settings from the control panel befor

*I - l:*-V[xl^V[!“VA^V[X^VL\ 2:*-c - “E - ^V indicates that the following character is a control code. ^V[ enters the < ESC> code. &

You will note that this program avoids the printer’s double-parenthesis commands. To change colours, for example, it uses the escape s

1410 LPRINT 1420 LPRINT H$;E$;"wl";E$;"r";CHR$(l);"RED, 'I; 1430 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(2);"BLUE. I';

TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER 1 Locating the printer 1 Unpacking and inspection 1 Check the carton contents Setting

1910 LPRINT E$;"r";CHR$(O); 1920 LPRINT E$;"%O" 'Select normal character 1930 LPRINT H$;C$;"Dot graphics:"

2410 DATA 6, 8. 6. 0, 28, 32, 14, 64, 14, 0 2420 DATA 14. 0,124, 0, 0, 12, 64, 12, 32, 14 2430 DATA 16, 14, 0. 14, 0, 12, 0 2440 ' 245

The WIDTH “LPTl:” 255 statement in line 1110 means infinite line width. It prevents the IBM-PC from inserting unwanted carriage ret

1510 LPRINT CHR$(28);"Q";CHR$(47) 'Set right margin 1550 LPRINT E$;"A";CHR$(I);E$;"2"; 'Set line spacing 156

Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROU5LESHOOTlNG Subjects covered in Chapter 5 include - l Cleaning the printer l Replacing the ribbon l Replacin

- REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD The dot matrix print head has a life of about 200 million dots, or years of normal use. When printing

6. Disengage the cable from the tabs holding it down, then remove the print head. 7. For easy installation of the new print head,

TROUBLESHOOTING H If the printer doesn’t print: l Check the Power and On Line indicators. Both must be on. l Check that the interface

n If the printed characters don’t match the characters on the screen: l Check DIP switches 2-2 to 2-4. When these switches are not

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Top of form Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Left margin Right margin Clearing the buffer Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL

TECHNICAL SPEClHCA T/Oh/S H Printing Mechanism Printing method Printing speed Printing direction Print head Serial impact dot matrix 120 cha

DIP switches Special features 12 pins Panel pitch/style lock-in Forward and reverse micro-feed Paper parking Hexadecimal dump W Co/our Print

n Type Styles and Pitches Draft type styles NLQ type styles Draft, draft italic Courier, Sanserif, Orator (with lower case or small ca

- n Electrical Specifications Line voltage 120 VAC f 10% 220 VAC + 10% 240 VAC + 10% Line frequency Power consumption Insulation resista

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PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS This appendix describes the printer’s control commands. The commands are arranged by function. The name of e

_- Select draft elite characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “I” “ ” I 21 13 49 IB 49 31 IBM < ESC > “I” <I>

I Select Sanserii characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(” “(” “F” “)” “)” “, 99 40 40 70 41 41 49 28 28 46 29 29 31 c

Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “E” 27 69 IB 45 Causes subsequent draft characters to be emphasized by

I Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR 89 Draft character NLQ character Appendix D CHARACTER SETS 97 Standard character set 98 IBM cha

Stop underlining Mode 1 ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 1 < ESC > ‘*-” “0" 27 45 48 IB 2D 30 Both < ESC > “-” co> 27 45 0

COLOUR PRINTING COMMANDS Select printing colour Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I I. 31 ( ‘T’ “C” “)” “)” n 40 40 67 41 41 n 28 28 43

Select IBM character set #7 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “7” 27 55 IB 37 Selects IBM character set #I. If the standa

Enable printing of all character codes on next character Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> ‘Ln” 27 94 1B SE This command

Condensed printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <SI > 15 OF Both r <ESC> <SI> 27 15 1B OF In Standard mode, changes fr

__ Cancel one-line expanded printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Roth i <DC4> I 20 I 14 Stops one-line expanded printing set wit

increase character spacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std. 1 <ESC> “” n 1 27 32 n IlB 20 n Increases the space between chara

Select character size Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both “(” “(33 “s., “)” “)” n 40 40 83 41 41 n 28 28 53 29 29 n Selects a com

VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to II8 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “0” 21 48 1B 30 Sets the dista

Execute < ESC > “A” Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM <ESC> “2” 21 50 IB 32 Sets the line spacing to the value defined by

SETTING UP THE PRINTER Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include - l Locating the printer l Unpacking and inspection (names of parts) 0 Setting

Feed paper n lines Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “f’ “1” n 27 102 49 n 1B 66 31 n Both <ESC> “f Cl> n 27 102

Set bottom margin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Roth <ESC, “N” II 27 78 n lB4E n Sets the bottom margin to n lines, where n is bet

Set vertical tab stops IModel ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal 1 IBoth T <ESC> “B” nl n? ~04 27 66 nl n2 . ..O 1 1B 42 nl n2...00

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin IModel ASCII 1 Decimal 1 Hexadecimal 1 Both < ESC > “1” n 27 108 n lB6C n Sets th

Set left and right margins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both I <ESC> “X” nl n2 I27 88 nl n2 I IB 58 nl no Sets the left ma

Center text 1 Mode 1 ASCII 1 Decimal I Hexadecimal I <ESC> “a” *’ I . . 21 97 49 1B 61 31 Both <ESC> “a” <I> 21 97 I

Horizontai tab 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <HT> 9 09 Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop. Ignored

GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print sing/e-density 8-bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC’ “K” nl n2 21 75 nl n2 1B 4B nl n2 Both ml

Select graphics mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “*” n0 nl 21 42 n0 nl 1B 2A n0 nl Both n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM IModel ASCII 1 Decimal Hexadecimal 1 Std. < ESC > “:” &l

Figure 1-f. Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Printer, 2) Paper guide, 3) Platen knob, 4) Ribbon cartridge, and 5) User’s m

Define NLQ download characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “&” CO> nl 27 38 0 nl 1B 26 00 nl Both n2 m0 ml m2

Select download character set Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> “%” “ 1 ” 21 37 49 IB 25 31 Both <ESC> “O/O” < 1 >

MACRO INSTRUCTION COMMANDS Define macro instruction Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <ESC> “f” ..__ IRS> 27 43 30 1B 2B .

Delete last character sent Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <DEL> 127 7F Deletes the last character received. Ignored if the las

Set printer on-line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both <DC1 > 17 11 Returns the printer to the on-line state, allowing it to

Manual feed Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal <ESC> <EM> CO> 27 25 0 IB 19 00 Both <cc>. . . ( ,, “o” “)” “)” 40 40 48

Appendix c DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR With this printer you can create new characters and symbols, download their dot data, and have

The dot matrix for a draft-quality character is 8 cells high and 11 cells wide. Figure C-l shows the matrix with the car symbol

By moving the cursor and pressing the Fl, F2, and F3 keys you can quickly build up the dot pattern. If necessary you can clear

If you select near letter quality, the character box is the same size but now has 16 (high) x 23 (wide) dot positions. Each dot