Benutzerhandbuch für Star Micronics NX-2400

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• cover

  1
• HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

  3
• FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

  4
• TABLE OF CONTENTS

  6
• Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER

  9
  • LOCATING THE PRINTER

    9
  • UNPACKING AND INSPECTION

    9
    • Check the carton contents

      9
  • SETTING UP

    11
    • Mount the platen knob

      11
    • Remove the top cover

      11
    • Install the ribbon cartridge

      12
    • Replace the top cower

      13
    • Install the optional IC card

      13
    • Connect the printer to the computer

      14
    • Connect the printer's power cord

      14
  • LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

    14
    • Mount the paper guide

      14
    • Semiautomatic loading

      15
    • Manual loading

      16
  • LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

    17
    • Paper parking

      19
    • Paper unparking

      20
  • TEST PRINTING

    20
    • Short self test

      20
    • Long self test

      21
    • Interface test

      21
  • ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

    22
  • DIP SWITCH SETTINGS

    22
• Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

  27
  • SWITCHES AND INDICATORS

    27
    • Power indicator

      27
    • On Line switch

      28
    • Paper Feed switch

      28
    • Quiet Mode switch

      29
    • Style/Pitch switch

      29
  • POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

    30
    • Short test pattern

      30
    • Long test pattern

      30
    • Stay in panel pitch

      31
    • Stay in panel style

      31
    • Hexadecimal dump

      31
  • SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS

    33
    • Paper parking

      33
    • Page feed

      34
    • Top of form

      34
    • Forward micro-feed

      34
    • Reverse micro-feed

      34
    • Clearing the buffer

      35
• Chapter 3 USING THE PRINTER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE

  37
  • INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE

    37
    • Printer menu

      37
    • Printer command options

      38
    • Type styles

      38
    • Page width

      38
    • Initialization sequence

      39
  • SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES

    39
  • USING YOUR SOFTWARE

    39
    • Page alignment

      39
    • Type style and pitch selection

      40
    • Other printer commands

      40
• Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC

  43
  • HARD-COPYING THE SCREEN

    43
  • PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS

    44
  • PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC

    46
    • How the program works

      50
• Chapter 5 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

  53
  • CLEANING THE PRINTER

    53
  • REPLACING THE RIBBON

    53
  • REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD

    54
  • REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE RAM CARD

    56
  • TROUBLESHOOTING

    57
• Appendix A TECHNlCAL SPECIFlCATIONS

  59
• Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

  65
  • FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

    65
  • CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

    69
  • CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

    71
  • VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

    76
  • HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

    82
  • GRAPHICS COMMANDS

    87
  • DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

    89
  • OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

    91
• Appendix C DOWNLOAD CHARACTER GENERATOR

  97
  • Normal character

    97
  • Super/subscript character

    99
• Appendix D CHARACTER SETS

  105
  • STANDARD CHARACTER SET

    106
  • IBM CHARACTER SET #2

    108
  • IBM CH ARACTER SET #I

    110
  • ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET

    111
  • INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS

    112
• INDEX

  113
• COMMAND SUMMARY

  116