Star Micronics XB-2425 User manual

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XB24-20W250,XB-241W415, XB24-10/15, NX-2420, LC24.200, FZ24, LZ24, X24CL, RC-32&

DC-32~ IS-8XL, IP-128XL, SF-1ODMIU15DMII,SF.10RMI~15RMII, ~-10XIW15XM: Star

MicronicaCoq Ltd.

IBM-PC, PS/2, PGAT, Proprinter X241VXL24~ Proprinter X24/XL24,PC-DOS: International

Business Machines Corp.

MS-DOS, Microsoft BASIC: Microsoft Corporation

LQ-860W60, LQ-85W105O:Seiko Epson Corp.

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USERS MANUAL

NOT INTENDED FORSALE

Trademark Acknowledgements

XB24-20W250,XB-241W415, XB24-10/15, NX.2420, LC24-200, FZ24, LZ24, X24CL, RC-32~

DC-32~ IS-8XL, IP-128XL, SF-10DMII/15DMII, SF-10RMII/15RMII, PT-10XM/15XM: Star

Micronics Cov Ltd.

IBM-PC, PS/2, PC.AT, Proprinter X24~L24~ ProprfrsterX24/XL24,PC-DOS: International

BusirsesaMachines Corp.

MS-DOS, Microaof?BASIC: Microsoft Corporation

LQ-86W106O,LQ-85W105O:Seiko Epson Corp.

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HOWTO USETHISMANUAL

Thismanualisorganizedintoelevenchapters.Toleamhowtomakethebest

useofyourprinteryouiueurgedto md throughchaptm 2through6.The

remainingchaptemmaybe treatedas a~ference guidefor programming

operations,etc. It assumesadegnx of acknowledgeof the operationof

computers(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers).

Thechaptersareas follows:

Chapter1— Introduction

Thischapterindicatesthesomefeattuesoftheprinter,thenamesandthose

functionsof theprintercomponents,andtheactualexampleof fontstyle.

Chapter2—Settinguptheprinter

Thischapterexplainshowtogettheprinterunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse.

Chapter3—Optionalaccessories

Thischapterexplainstheoptionalaccessorieswithyourprinter,andhowto

installthem.

Chapter4— Paperinstallationanduse

Thischapterdescribesinstructionsforprintingsuchasselectingpapertypes,

adjustingtheprintinggap,andinstallingpaper.

Chapter5— Controlpaneloperations

Thereare anumberof cmtrols on the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsnAatedto paperhandling,printmodesandfontselection.

Aftergettingsetup,readthischapterandtryouttheprocedunxin ittofind

outhowtheprinterworks.

Chapter6—Defaultsettings

Thischapterexplainshowto settheElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)modeto

makesystemsettingsontheprinter.

Chapter7— Printercontrolcommands

Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsused to driveit. This sectionis of use if you are

writingormodifyingprogramsto takeadvantageoftheprinter’sfeatwes.

Chapter8—Downloadcharacters

Thischapterexplainstheprocedunxto createyourowncharacters.

Chapter9—MS-DOSandyourprinter

Sincethe-PS/2or PC-ATfamilyof computemrunningunderMS-DOSis

curmtlythemostpopukarconfigurationofmicmcomputer,wehaveincluded

afewhintsandtipsto helpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems.

SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinterpreter,wehave

alsoincludedsomehints,andasamplepmgraminthislanguagetodemonstrate

thecapabilitiesoftheprinter.

Chapter10— Troubleshootingandmaintenance

Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking

in the expectedway.It alsoincludesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance

operationsyoucancarryoutyourself.Itisno~however,acompleteservice

manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerifyoumunsureofyourabilityto

carryoutanymaintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter11— Reference

Thissectiongivessomereferenceofyourprinter,suchasspecificationsof

yourprinter,thepinoutofinterfaceconnector,thecharactertables.

Thecharactertablechartsgivethedifferentcharactersetsavailable.

TABLEOFCONTENTS

Chapter1INTRODUCTION

Featureoftheprinter

Fontstyleexample

Printercomponents

Chapter2SETTINGUPTHEPRINTER 7

Locatingtheprinter 7

Unpackingandinspection 8

Settingup 10

Mountingtheplatenknob 10

Installtheribboncartridge 11

Comectingtheinterfacecable 12

Chapter3OPTIONALACCESSORIES 15

AutomaticSheetFeeder 15

Single-binAutomaticSheetFee&r 15

Dual-binAutomaticSheetFeeder 20

PullTractorUnit 22

FontCartridgesandRAMCartridges 23

InterfaceCartridges 25

Chapter4PAPERINSTALLATIONANDUSE 27

Selectionofpaper 27

Adjustingtheprintinggap 28

Loadingfanfoldforms 29

Loadingthepaperfromtherearoftheprinter 30

Loadingthepaperfromthebottomoftheprinter 32

LoadingthepaperwithPush/Pullfeed 33

Paperparking 36

Paperunparking 37

Loadingsinglesheets 38

Loadingthepaperwithoutoptionalaccessories 38

LoadingthepaperwithoptionalAutomaticSheetFeeder 40

Chapter5CONTROLPANELOPERATIONS

Bottomsandindicators

ONLINEbutton

PAPERFEEDbutton

SET/EJECT/PARKbutton

PITCHbutton

FONTbutton

Power-upfunctions

Shorttestmode

Longtestmode

Printareatestmode

Pitchleekmode

Fontlockmode

FontandPitchlockmode

Hexadecimaldump

Switchcombinationfunctions

Formfeed

Topofform

Forwardmicro-feed

Reversemicro-feed

Changingtheautoloadingvalue

Clearingthebuffer/Allreset

Seleetingtheprintcolor

SelectingtheASFbinnumber

Storemacrodefinition

Chapter6DEFAULTSETTINGS

HowtosettheEDSmode

FunctionsoftheEDSsettings

Commandparameters

Fontparametem

Characterparameters

Styleparameters

Layoutparameters

Formsparameters

Otherparameters

DotAdjustmentmode

Chapter7PRINTERCONTROLCOMMANDS

Fontcontrolcommands

Charactersetcommands

Charactersizeandpitchcommands

Verticalpositioncommands

Horizontalpositioncommands

Graphicscommands

Downloadcharactercommands

Colorselectioncommands

Otherprintercommands

Chapter8DOWNLOADCHARACTERS

DefiningyourowncharacterswithStandardmode

Assigningthecharacterdata

Assigningavalueofcharacterspace

Sampleprogram

DefiningyourownchamcterswithIBMmode

Assigningthedownloadcharacterset

Assigningthecharacterdotpattern

AssigningtheIndexTabledata

Sampleprogram

Chapter9MS-DOSANDYOURPRINTER

Installingapplicationsoftwarewithyourprinter

Embeddingprintercommands

ProgrammingtheprinterwithDOScommands

ProgrammingwithBASIC

ChapterlOTROUBLESHOOTINGANDMAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

Powersupply

Printing

Paperfeeding

Maintenance

Replacingtheprinthmd

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