User ManualTable of Contentscover1Table of Contents3CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER7LOCATING THE PRINTER7CHECK THE CARTON CONTENTS7Removing the printer cover8Removing the packing tube9Installing the ribbon cartridge10CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PRINTER13CONTROLS AND PARTS OF THE PRINTER13Parts of the printer13Controls and indicators14Extra functions15Other controls17SELECTING AND LOADING PAPER17Loading single sheets18Loading sprocket-feed paper20ADJUSTING THE PRINT HEAD22TESTING THE PRINTER22CONNECTING THE PRINTER24CHAPTER 3 PRINTING WITH BASIC25SOME BASICS OF BASIC26First steps26ASCII codes and the CHR$ function27Control codes27The escape codes29A note on command syntax29SOME SPECIAL KINDS OF TEXT30Near Letter Quality characters30Italic printing31Underlining32Superscripts and subscripts33CHANGING THE PRINT PITCH34Expanded print35Condensed print36Proportional printing38MAKING WORDS STAND OUT39MIXING PRINT MODES41CHAPTER 4 FORMATTING TEXT43LINES AND LINE SPACING43Starting a new line43Reverse line feeds44Changing the line spacing45Moving down the page without a carriage return47PAGE CONTROL49Form feed49Reverse form feed50Changing the page length50TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS51SETTING LEFT AND RIGHT MARGINS54HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TABS55Horizontal tabs55One-time horizontal tabs57Vertical tabs58Vertical tab channels61CENTERING AND ALIGNING TEXT63CHAPTER 5 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE PRINTER65Now hear this65Resetting the printer66Taking the printer off line66Printing the bottom of the sheet66Backspace, delete, and cancel text67Printing zeroes68Immediate-print68Adjusting the width of space between characters69Uni-directional printing70The seven bit dilemma72Block graphics characters and special symbols72International character sets76Printing characters in the control code area77Printing BIG characters78The macro control code80Reading a hex dump82CHAPTER 6 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS AND DOT GRAPHICS85DOT MATRIX PRINTING85DESIGNING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS86DEFINING PROPORTIONAL CHARACTERS92DESIGNING YOUR OWN NLQ CHARACTERS93USER-DESIGNED DOT GRAPHICS96HIGHER RESOLUTION GRAPHICS98MORE GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING TIPS99Redefining alternate graphics codes999-pin graphics mode99Size: 4.57 MBPages: 100Language: EnglishOpen manual