BenutzerhandbuchInhaltsverzeichniscover1Table of Contents4CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER9WHERE SHALL WE PUT IT?9WHAT HAVE WE HERE?9Removing the printer cover10Removing the packing tube11Removing shipping screws11Installing the platen knob12Installing the ribbon cartridge12Installing the mute cover14Installing the interface board15Installing the font cartridge16CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER17CONTROLS AND PARTS OF THE PRINTER17Parts of the printer17Controls and indicators19Extra functions20Other controls20SELECTING AND LOADING PAPER21Loading single sheets22Loading sprocket-feed paper24ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD26EXTRA FUNCTIONS WITH THE CONTROL PANEL27Self-tests28Hex dump29Panel modes309-pin graphics emulation mode30Setting print start position31Setting the top of form31Setting the left and right margins32CONNECTING THE PRINTER32CHAPTER 3 USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE35First, some terminology36USING YOUR PRINTER WITH SUPERCALC37USING YOUR PRINTER WITH WORD PROCESSORS38CHAPTER 4 CONTROLLING WITH BASIC41SOME BASICS ABOUT BASIC41First steps41Establishing communications42The CHR$ function43Control codes43The escape codes44A note on command syntax44Some problem codes45CHAPTER 5 PRINTING TEXT47SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXT47Letter Quality characters47Characters in the Font Cartridge48Underlines and overlines49Boldface printing50Superscripts and subscripts51CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH52Expanded print53Condensed print55Proportional printing56MIXING PRINT MODES57CHAPTER 6 FORMATTING TEXT61LINES AND LINE SPACING61Starting a new line61Changing the line spacing62Moving down the page without a carriage return65PAGE CONTROL66Form feed66Changing the page length67BOTTOM MARGIN68SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS71HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TABS72Horizontal tabs72One-time horizontal tabs73Vertical tabs75Vertical tab channels78CHAPTER 7 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER81Now hear this81Resetting the printer82Putting your printer to sleep82Printing the bottom of the sheet82Backspace, delete, and cancel text83Immediate-print84Adjusting the width of space between characters85Repeat characters86Uni-directional printing86The seven bit dilemma88Block graphics characters and special symbols88International character sets91Printing BIG characters929-pin graphics emulation mode94The optional sheet feeder94Reading a hex dump95CHAPTER 8 CREATING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS97DOT MATRIX PRINTING97THE PRINT MATRIX98DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS99Rule 1: Dots cannot overlap100Rule 2: Each row is divided into three bytes102Assigning a value of character space103Assigning a value to your character104Download character definition command105PRINTING DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS107How to print the characters in control code area111THE PRINT MODE AND THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS112Draft download characters112Letter quality download characters112Größe: 5,82 MBSeiten: 114Language: EnglishHandbuch öffnen