Star Micronics Rainbow NX-1000C Manuel utilisateur

USERS MANUAL

NOTICE

THIS PRODUCT

DESIGNED

TO OPERATE AT 120V.

ANY OTHER VOLTAGE

MAY

CAUSE DAMAGE.

Federal Communications Commission

Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipmentgenerates and uses radio frequency energy and if

not

installed and used properly,

that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio

and television reception.

has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

B computing device

accordance with the specifications in Subpart J

Part

FCC Rules,

which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference

a residential

installation. However, there

no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular

installation.

this equipment does cause interference to radio

television reception, which

can

determined by turning the equipment

off

and on, the user

encouraged to try to correct

the interference by one

the following measures:

• Reorient the receiving antenna

• Relocate the computer

printer with respect to the receiver

• Move the computer

printer away from the receiver

• Plug the computer

printer into a different outlet

that it and the receiver are on

different branch circuits.

necessary, the user should consult the dealer

an experienced redio/television technician

for additional suggestions. The user may find the following booklet, prepared by the Federal

Communications Commission helpful:

"How

to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference

Problems." This booklet

available from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington,

D.C., 20402, Stock No. 004-000-00345-4.

For

compliance with the Federal Noise Interference Standard, this equipmentrequires a shielded

cable.

The

above statement applies only

printers marketed

the U.S.A.

Trademark

Acknowledgements

NX-IOOOC:

Star

Micronics Co., Ltd.

Commodore CI2S/C64: Commodore Business Machines, Inc.

NOTICE

any

part

this manual in any form whatsoever

without STAR's express permission

forbidden.

• The contents

this manual are subject to change without notice.

• All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy

the contents

this manual at the

time

press. However, should any errors be detected, STAR would greatly appreciate

being informed

them.

• The above notwithstanding, STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors

this

manual.

Star

Micronics Co., Ltd.

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

This manual

organized into four chapters and three appendixes.

learn how to make the best use

your printer you are urged to read all

chapters 1 through

The appendixes can be referred to as necessary.

Chapter

1 explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up. Read this

chapter before you do anything else.

Chapter

2 explains the control panel. After getting set up, read this chapter

and try out the procedures in it to find

out

how the printer works.

Chapter

an introduction to BASIC programming for the printer, with

many short demonstration programs.

Chapter

4 covers maintenance and troubleshooting. Look through this

chapter to

see

what it contains, then refer to it as necessary later.

Appendix

A lists the printer's technical specifications.

Appendix

B details the functions

escape sequences and other printer

commands.

Appendix

C presents tables

the printer's character sets.

FEATURES OF THE PRINTER

This printer is a compact, convenient, colour dot-matrix printer with

a Commodore serial interface. Fully compatible with the Commodore Cl28

and

C64 computers,

supports the Commodore commands and prints the

Commodore graphics

and

business character sets (both standard and

DIN

versions).

also has

ASCII operatingmode inwhich

printsthe standard

ASCII character set. Some

its main features are the following:

•

Six

bright colours

Red, blue, violet, yellow, orange, and green add a colour dimension to

your printed output.

See

the samples inside the back cover.

• Easy operation

Clearly understandablelamp displays and beep tones provide immediate

feedback when youpress the switches

the controlpanel. Thefour switches

can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety

functions,

including

ma~gin

setting and micro-alignment.

• Easy care and maintenance

The ribbon cartridge can be replaced

seconds; the print head ina

few

minutes.

• Versatile paper handling

Single sheets, fanfold forms, and multi-copy forms (up to triple-ply)

are all accepted, and you can use either tractor or friction

feed.

A special

feature enables you to keep fanfold forms parked

readiness while printing

on other paper.

• Fast draft-quality printing

120

characters per second, the printer can print a page faster than

you can read it. Characters are naturally shaped, with true descenders.

• High-resolution near-letter-quality printing

Whenyou select

NLQ type style, the printerslows down andemploys

a dense matrix

up to

dots to print clear, well-formed characters.

• Graphics

The printer prints both standard eight-bit graphics and Commodore L

seven-bit graphics. I

• Large variety

type styles and sizes

The printer has one draft style and four NLQ styles (Courier, Sanserif, I

'I'

and Orator with small capitals or lower case), plus italics for all styles, plus U

condensed print, bold print, double-sized print, quadruple-sized print-see

the samples on the next page: l!

OPERATING

MODES

ARE:

COMMODORE

STANDARD

MODE

WITH

GRAPHICS

CHARACTER

SET

with

business

character

set

COMMODORE

DIN

MODE

WITH

GRAPHICS

CHARACTER

SET

with

business

character

set

ASCII

mode

TYPE

STYLES

ARE:

DRAFT

CHARACTERS,

COURIER

CHARACTERS.

SANSERIF

CHARACTERS,

ORATOR

WITH

SMALL

CAPITALS

with lower

case

characters

and

ITAL

IeS

Tor

s.t

es..

PITCHES

ARE:

PICA

PITCH.

ELITE

PITCH.

CONDENSED

PICA

PITCH.

CODJSID

FJ.ITE

PITCH

PROPORTIONAL

SPACING

FOR

ALL

PITCHES.

VARIOUS

LINE

SPACINGS:

SPECIAL

EFFECTS

INCLUDE:

QUAD-SIZE~

DOUBLE-SIZE,

EXPANDED~

EMPHASIZED.

DOUBLE-STRIKE.

UNDERLINING.

I~~~~~~.

SUPERSCRZPT.

SuaSCRZPT.

COLOUR

PRINTING:

REFER

BACK

COVER

DOWNLOAD

CHARACTERS:

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GRAPHICS:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[;

Chapter 1 SETTING

THE PRINTER 1 n

Locating the printer 1

Unpacking and inspection 1

Check the carton contents

Setting up 3 n

Mount

the platen knob

Remove the top cover r

Install the ribbon cartridge

Replace the top cover r

Connect the printer to the computer

Connect the printer's power cord

Loading single sheets 6

Mount

the paper guide

Semiautomatic loading

Manual loading

Loading and parking fanfold forms 8

Paper

parking

Paper

unparking

Test printing

Short self test

(',

Long self test

Interface test

Adjusting the printing gap

DIP

switch settings

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

Switches

and

indicators

Power indicator t

Line switch

Paper Feed switch

Print Pitch switch

NLQ

Type Style switch

Power-up functions

Short test pattern

Long test pattern

Stay in panel pitch

Stay in panel style

Hexadecimal dump

Switch combination functions

Paper parking

Page feed

1 Top

offonn

Forward micro-feed

Reverse micro-feed

Left margin

1 Right margin

Chapter 3 BASIC PROGRAMMING FOR

THE

PRINTER

I BASIC statements

Listing a program

I Coding printer commands

Printer modes and character sets

I Type style and pitch

Special effects

Page fonnatting

Dot

graphics

Download characters 44

I Colour printing

Chapter 4 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

I Cleaning the printer

Replacing the ribbon

I Replacing the print head

Troubleshooting

I Appendix A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL

COMMANDS

I Operating mode commands

Colour printing commands

Font

control commands

Character set commands

) Character size

and

pitch commands

Vertical position commands

Horizontal position commands

I Graphics commands

Download character commands

J Macro instruction commands

Other printer control commands

J Appendix C CHARACTER

SETS

Commodore Standard mode

J Graphics character set

Business character set

J Commodore

DIN

mode

Graphics character set

J Business character set

ASCII character set

International character sets

INDEX

REFERENCE CARD

Inside the cover

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