BenutzerhandbuchInhaltsverzeichnisCover1Table of Contents3CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER7LOCATING THE PRINTER7CHECK THE CARTON CONTENTS7Removing the printer cover8Removing the packing tube9Installing the ribbon cartridge10Installing the mute cover11Installing the interface board12CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER13CONTROLS AND PARTS OF THE PRINTER13Parts of the printer13Controls and indicators15Extra functions16Other controls17SELECTING AND LOADING PAPER17Loading single sheets18Loading sprocket-feed paper21ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD22TESTING THE PRINTER23CONNECTING THE PRINTER24CHAPTER 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE27USING COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE27WORD PROCESSING WITH THE PRINTER28GENERAL CONCEPTS29The escape code29The master reset code29Using Near Letter Quality (NLQ)30Getting the most from your print choices30USING THE PRINTER WITH EASYWRITER II31Redefining pitch settings and print control codes32A sample printout with EasyWriter II35Redefining your own print pitches36Redefining your own print control keys37USING THE PRINTER WITH WORDSTAR37User-defined print commands37USING THE PRINTER WITH LOTUS l-2-338USING THE PANEL MODES41ADVANCED PANEL FUNCTIONS42Setting print start position43Setting the top of form43Setting the left and right margins43CHAPTER 4 PRINTING WITH BASIC45SOME BASICS OF BASIC45First steps45ASCII codes and the CHR$ function46Control codes47The escape codes48A note on command syntax49Selecting the right software mode50SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXT50Near Letter Quality characters50Italic printing51Underlining and Overlining52Superscripts and subscripts53CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH54Expanded print55Condensed print57Proportional printing59MAKING WORDS STAND OUT60MIXING PRINT MODES61CHAPTER 5 FORMATTING TEXT65LINES AND LINE SPACING65Starting a new line65Reverse line feeds66Changing the line spacing67Moving down the page without a carriage return70PAGE CONTROL72Form feed72Reverse form feed72Changing the page length73TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS74SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS75HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TABS78Horizontal tabs78One-time horizontal tabs79Vertical tabs81Vertical tab channels83CENTERING AND ALIGNING TEXT85CHAPTER 6 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER87Now hear this87Resetting the printer88Taking the printer off line88Printing the bottom of the sheet88Backspace, delete, and cancel text89Printing zeroes90Immediate-print91Adjusting the width of space between characters91Uni-directional printing92The seven bit dilemma94Block graphics characters and special symbols94International character sets97Printing characters in the control code area98Printing BIG characters102The optional sheet feeder103The macro control code104Reading a hex dump106CHAPTER 7 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHIS109DOT MATRIX PRINTING109DESIGNING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS110Defining proportional characters116Downloading with the IBM-P mode117DEFINING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS119USER-DESIGNED DOT GRAPHICS123Higher resolution graphics125MORE GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING TIPS126Redefining alternate graphics codes1269-pin graphics mode126Größe: 5,82 MBSeiten: 128Language: EnglishHandbuch öffnen