Benutzerhandbuch für Star Micronics NB24-10/15

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• cover

  1
• Table of Contents

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• CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER

  10
  • LOCATING THE PRINTER

    10
  • CHECK THE CARTON CONTENTS

    10
    • Removing the printer cover

      11
    • Removing the packing tube

      12
    • Removing shipping screws

      13
    • Fitting the platen knob

      13
    • Installing the ribbon cartridge

      14
    • Installing the mute cover

      15
    • Installing the interface board

      16
    • Installing the font cartridge

      17
• CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER

  18
  • CONTROLS AND PARTS OF THE PRINTER

    18
    • Parts of the printer

      18
    • Controls and indicators

      20
    • Extra functions

      22
    • Other controls

      23
  • SELECTING AND LOADING PAPER

    23
    • Loading single sheets

      24
    • Loading sprocket-feed paper

      27
  • ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD

    29
  • TESTING THE PRINTER

    30
  • CONNECTING THE PRINTER

    30
• CHAPTER 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

  34
  • USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

    34
  • WORD PROCESSING WITH THE PRINTER

    35
  • GENERAL CONCEPTS

    36
    • The escape code

      36
    • The master reset code

      36
    • Using Letter Quality (LQ)

      37
    • Getting the most from your print choices

      37
  • USING THE PRINTER WITH EASYWRITER II

    38
    • Redefining pitch settings and print control codes

      39
    • A sample printout with EasyWriter II

      42
    • Redefining your own print pitches

      43
    • Redefining your own print control keys

      43
  • USING THE PRINTER WITH WORDSTAR

    44
    • User-defined print commands

      44
  • USING THE PRINTER WITH LOTUS l-2-3

    45
  • USING THE PANEL MODES

    47
  • ADVANCED PANEL FUNCTIONS

    49
    • Setting print start position

      49
    • Setting the top of form

      50
    • Setting the left and right margins

      50
    • Clearing the print buffer

      51
• CHAPTER 4 PRINTING WITH BASIC

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  • SOME BASICS OF BASIC

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    • First steps

      53
    • ASCII codes and the CHR$ function

      54
    • Control codes

      54
    • The escape codes

      56
    • A note on command syntax

      56
    • Selecting the right software mode

      57
  • SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXT

    57
    • Draft and Letter Quality characters

      58
    • Italic printing

      59
    • Characters in the Font Cartridge

      60
    • Underlining and overlining

      61
    • Superscripts and subscripts

      62
  • CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH

    63
    • Expanded print

      64
    • Condensed print

      65
    • Proportional printing

      67
  • MAKING WORDS STAND OUT

    68
  • MIXING PRINT MODES

    70
• CHAPTER 5 FORMATTING TEXT

  72
  • LINES AND LINE SPACING

    72
    • Starting a new line

      72
    • Reverse line feeds

      73
    • Changing the line spacing

      74
    • Moving down the page without a carriage return

      78
  • PAGE CONTROL

    80
    • Form feed

      80
    • Reverse form feed

      81
    • Setting the top of form

      81
    • Changing the page length

      81
  • TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS

    82
  • SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS

    85
  • HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TABS

    86
    • Horizontal tabs

      86
    • One-time horizontal tabs

      88
    • Vertical tabs

      90
    • Vertical tab channels

      93
  • CENTERING AND ALIGNING TEXT

    94
• CHAPTER 6 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

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  • Now hear this

    96
  • Resetting the printer

    97
  • Taking the printer off line

    97
  • Printing the bottom of the sheet

    97
  • Backspace, delete, and cancel text

    98
  • Printing zeroes

    99
  • Immediate-print

    99
  • Adjusting the width of space between characters

    100
  • Printing at half-speed

    101
  • Uni-directional printing

    102
  • The seven bit dilemma

    103
  • Block graphics characters and special symbols

    104
  • International character sets

    107
  • Printing characters in the control code area

    108
  • Printing BIG characters

    110
  • The optional sheet feeder

    111
  • Reading a hex dump

    112
• CHAPTER 7 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICS

  116
  • DOT MATRIX PRINTING

    116
  • DESIGNING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS

    117
    • Assigning a value of character space

      120
    • Assigning a value to your character

      121
    • Download character definition command

      122
  • PRINTING DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

    124
  • THE PRINT MODE AND THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

    127
    • Draft download characters

      128
    • Letter quality download characters

      128
  • STORlNG THE DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

    128
  • USER-DESIGNED DOT GRAPHICS

    128
    • Specifying the graphics data

      130
  • COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING SOFTWARE

    131
  • REDEFINING ALTERNATE GRAPHICS CODES

    132