BenutzerhandbuchInhaltsverzeichnisCover1Table of Contents3CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER8WHERE SHALL WE PUT IT?8WHAT HAVE WE HERE?9Removing the printer cover9Removing the packing tube10Installing the ribbon cartridge11CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER14CONTROLS AND PARTS OF THE PRINTER14Parts of the printer14Controls and indicators16Extra functions17Other controls17SELECTING AND LOADING PAPER17Loading single sheets18Loading sprocket-feed paper21ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD23CONNECTING THE PRINTER23EXTRA FUNCTIONS WITH THE CONTROL PANEL24Self-tests25Hex dump26Panel mode26Italic mode26Italic and Panel mode26Setting print start position27Setting the left and right margins27CHAPTER 3 BASIC PRINTING30SOME BASICS OF BASIC30A new language!30First steps31ASCII codes and the CHR$ function32Control codes33The escape codes34A note on command syntax34SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXT35Near Letter Quality characters35Italic printing36Underlining37Superscripts and subscripts38CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH39Expanded print40Condensed print41Proportional printing43MAKING WORDS STAND OUT44MIXING PRINT MODES45CHAPTER 4 FORMATTING TEXT48LlNES AND LINE SPACING48Starting a new line48Reverse line feeds49Changing the line spacing49Moving down the page without a carriage return52PAGE CONTROL54Form feed54Reverse form feed54Changing the page length55TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS56SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS59HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TABS60Horizontal tabs60One-time horizontal tabs61Vertical tabs63Vertical tab channels65CENTERING AND ALIGNING TEXT67CHAPTER 5 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER68Now hear this68Resetting the printer69Putting your printer to sleep69Printing the bottom of the sheet69Backspace, delete, and cancel text70Printing zeroes71Immediate-print71Adjusting the width of space between characters72Uni-derectional printing73The seven bit dilemma74Block graphics characters and special symbols75International character sets78Printing characters in the control code area79Printing BIG characters81The optional sheet feeder83The macro control code83Reading a hex dump85CHAPTER 6 CREATING YOUR OWN CHARCTERS88DOT MATRIX PRINTING88THE PRINT MATRIX89DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS90Rule 1: Draft download characters are eight dots high91Rule 2: Dots cannot overlap92Add up each column of dots93Assigning a value to your character94Download character definition command96PRINTING DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS98DEFINING PROPORTIONAL CHARACTERS101DEFINING NLQ DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS102CHAPTER 7 DOT GRAPHICS108COMPARING DOT GRAPHICS WITH DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS108USING THE DOT GRAPHICS COMMANDS109Specifying the number of columns of dots109Specifying the graphics data110Combining text and graphics112PRINTING A DESIGN OR LOGO113PLOTTING WITH YOUR PRINTER116How the program works118HIGH RESOLUTION GRAPHICS120COMPATIBILITY WITH EXISTING SOFTWARE126MORE GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING TIPS127Redefining alternate graphics codes1279-pin graphics mode128Größe: 6,34 MBSeiten: 129Language: EnglishHandbuch öffnen
