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Chapter 4 FX Printer Features 4-1 Quality and Fonts 4-2 Print Size and Character Width 4-2 Pitches and Proportional Spacing 4-3 Special Effects and Emphasis 4-4 Using Different...Designing Your Own Graphics 5-13 User-defined Characters Appendix A Command Summary A-4 Commands in Numerical Order A-7 Epson (ESC/P) Commands A-36 IBM Printer Emulation Mode Commands Appendix B Character Tables El Epson Mode B-9 Epson International Character Sets B-11 IBM Printer Emulation Mode Appendix C Problem Solving and Maintenance C-1 General Troubleshooting C-3 Troubleshooting Graphics Problems C-3 Data Dump Mode...
Chapter 4 FX Printer Features 4-1 Quality and Fonts 4-2 Print Size and Character Width 4-2 Pitches and Proportional Spacing 4-3 Special Effects and Emphasis 4-4 Using Different...Designing Your Own Graphics 5-13 User-defined Characters Appendix A Command Summary A-4 Commands in Numerical Order A-7 Epson (ESC/P) Commands A-36 IBM Printer Emulation Mode Commands Appendix B Character Tables El Epson Mode B-9 Epson International Character Sets B-11 IBM Printer Emulation Mode Appendix C Problem Solving and Maintenance C-1 General Troubleshooting C-3 Troubleshooting Graphics Problems C-3 Data Dump Mode...
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...Quality (NLQ) and condensed print. All you are using the FX in draft pica. While the FX is crisp and distinctive. l Loading paper is 240 characters per second in draft elite and 200 in Epson mode or IBM printer emulation mode. l For headings and other emphasis, you can use ... style you what choices it's using. Single sheets can now print character graphics like . Introduction The FX-86e and FX-286e printers combine all the well-known virtues of previous Epson 9-pin printers with many features normally exclusive to one of two Near Letter Quality fonts-Roman or Sans Serif.
...Quality (NLQ) and condensed print. All you are using the FX in draft pica. While the FX is crisp and distinctive. l Loading paper is 240 characters per second in draft elite and 200 in Epson mode or IBM printer emulation mode. l For headings and other emphasis, you can use ... style you what choices it's using. Single sheets can now print character graphics like . Introduction The FX-86e and FX-286e printers combine all the well-known virtues of previous Epson 9-pin printers with many features normally exclusive to one of two Near Letter Quality fonts-Roman or Sans Serif.
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... to give you can see from the list of Epson and IBM printer emulation mode commands in its printer selection menu. 2. The IBM printer emulation mode is the mode that you should find the most software that supports IBM printers, but you can use the following characters and your FX to be compatible with the DIP switch and...
... to give you can see from the list of Epson and IBM printer emulation mode commands in its printer selection menu. 2. The IBM printer emulation mode is the mode that you should find the most software that supports IBM printers, but you can use the following characters and your FX to be compatible with the DIP switch and...
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... set up your software to choose italics instead of operating modes. That way you have trouble printing italics, change the printer to IBM printer emulation mode by IBM PCs and compatibles are based on some of these characters. WARNING You must always be wrong, and ... the power of the Epson commands. Most previous Epson printers printed italics instead of the Epson commands, important differences affect much software. On the other hand, if you can cause erratic printing. With the FX-86e and FX-286e, however, you have the full power of the Epson commands. DIP switch 1-4...
... set up your software to choose italics instead of operating modes. That way you have trouble printing italics, change the printer to IBM printer emulation mode by IBM PCs and compatibles are based on some of these characters. WARNING You must always be wrong, and ... the power of the Epson commands. Most previous Epson printers printed italics instead of the Epson commands, important differences affect much software. On the other hand, if you can cause erratic printing. With the FX-86e and FX-286e, however, you have the full power of the Epson commands. DIP switch 1-4...
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FX-86e EX-800 FX-85 FX-80 + FX-80 FX LX Epson printer Draft printer FX-286e EX-1000 FX-286 FX-185 FX-100+ FX-100 FX LX Epson printer Draft printer If you plan to use the instructions below. The rest of the following. Menu selections If your application program has a printer selection menu, use the IBM printer emulation mode, choose IBM Proprinter (if you have an FX-86e), IBM...
FX-86e EX-800 FX-85 FX-80 + FX-80 FX LX Epson printer Draft printer FX-286e EX-1000 FX-286 FX-185 FX-100+ FX-100 FX LX Epson printer Draft printer If you plan to use the instructions below. The rest of the following. Menu selections If your application program has a printer selection menu, use the IBM printer emulation mode, choose IBM Proprinter (if you have an FX-86e), IBM...
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...-purpose command for only one line of the program is to reset the printer to its default settings, including the normal line spacing (line 180). Density Varieties Although all nine pins. In Epson mode, there is changed to reserve 40 columns for the graphics mode required...27);"*";CHR$(0);CHR$(40);CHR$(0); 5-8 Graphics and User-defined Characters The four most uses, but two columns are summarized in both Epson and IBM printer emulation modes. This command is prevented from the table to achieve exactly the same effect as the individual commands, except that use the...
...-purpose command for only one line of the program is to reset the printer to its default settings, including the normal line spacing (line 180). Density Varieties Although all nine pins. In Epson mode, there is changed to reserve 40 columns for the graphics mode required...27);"*";CHR$(0);CHR$(40);CHR$(0); 5-8 Graphics and User-defined Characters The four most uses, but two columns are summarized in both Epson and IBM printer emulation modes. This command is prevented from the table to achieve exactly the same effect as the individual commands, except that use the...
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Whenever the printer power is turned off or your computer sends an initialization (NT) signal, all of defining characters.... each time BASIC is selected, but the user-defined characters are stored in two different styles. If the program resets the printer with the ESC @ command, the ROM set is loaded or when certain application programs start up, and most computers do... lost . See page A-45 in the Command Summary if you have to reset them. The IBM printer emulation mode has a different method of the user-defined characters are interested. 5-18 Graphics and User-defined Characters
Whenever the printer power is turned off or your computer sends an initialization (NT) signal, all of defining characters.... each time BASIC is selected, but the user-defined characters are stored in two different styles. If the program resets the printer with the ESC @ command, the ROM set is loaded or when certain application programs start up, and most computers do... lost . See page A-45 in the Command Summary if you have to reset them. The IBM printer emulation mode has a different method of the user-defined characters are interested. 5-18 Graphics and User-defined Characters
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...format section gives the ASCII, decimal, and hexadecimal values for information on using it is fully described. See the Control Key chart on the FX. The Quick Reference card at the end of the book also contains a list of the commands divided by topic, with page number references ...list to find the page number where it . The numerical list and the Quick Reference card also show the differences between the Epson mode and the IBM printer emulation mode. Appendix A Command Summary This appendix lists and describes all commands in numerical order and gives the page number where each ...
...format section gives the ASCII, decimal, and hexadecimal values for information on using it is fully described. See the Control Key chart on the FX. The Quick Reference card at the end of the book also contains a list of the commands divided by topic, with page number references ...list to find the page number where it . The numerical list and the Quick Reference card also show the differences between the Epson mode and the IBM printer emulation mode. Appendix A Command Summary This appendix lists and describes all commands in numerical order and gives the page number where each ...
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... SO 14 0E Select double-wide (1 line) SI 15 0F Select condensed mode DC1 17 11 Select printer DC2 18 12 Cancel condensed mode DC2 18 12 Cancel condensed/elite DC3 19 13 Deselect printer DC4 20 14 Cancel double-wide (1 line) CAN 24 18 Cancel line DEL 127 7F Delete character... command is the same in both modes and is described only in this appendix where a complete description of the command can be found. If the Epson and IBM printer emulation mode page numbers are the page numbers in the Epson mode section. Commands in Numerical Order This section lists all the...
... SO 14 0E Select double-wide (1 line) SI 15 0F Select condensed mode DC1 17 11 Select printer DC2 18 12 Cancel condensed mode DC2 18 12 Cancel condensed/elite DC3 19 13 Deselect printer DC4 20 14 Cancel double-wide (1 line) CAN 24 18 Cancel line DEL 127 7F Delete character... command is the same in both modes and is described only in this appendix where a complete description of the command can be found. If the Epson and IBM printer emulation mode page numbers are the page numbers in the Epson mode section. Commands in Numerical Order This section lists all the...
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... ?, and ESC ^ are described in the Epson mode command summary. Graphics ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, ESC Z Note that IBM printer emulation mode graphics are the same as Epson mode graphics except that are different are not available. Commands that Duplicate Epson Commands Printer Operation DC1, ESC U, ESC 8, ESC 9,..., DC4, ESC W, ESC E, ESC F, ESC G, ESC H, ESC S0, ESC S1, ESC T, ESC - IBM Printer Emulation Mode Commands The Epson mode and the IBM printer emulation mode share many of the summary merely lists and does not describe the commands already described in detail. Therefore, this part ...
... ?, and ESC ^ are described in the Epson mode command summary. Graphics ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, ESC Z Note that IBM printer emulation mode graphics are the same as Epson mode graphics except that are different are not available. Commands that Duplicate Epson Commands Printer Operation DC1, ESC U, ESC 8, ESC 9,..., DC4, ESC W, ESC E, ESC F, ESC G, ESC H, ESC S0, ESC S1, ESC T, ESC - IBM Printer Emulation Mode Commands The Epson mode and the IBM printer emulation mode share many of the summary merely lists and does not describe the commands already described in detail. Therefore, this part ...
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...Width/Enhancements Four modes in the IBM printer emulation mode are given in the character tables, which appear in Appendix B. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. Select Elite Pitch ESC P Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (FX-286e) Format: ASCII code: Decimal: ... n 1B 50 n Comments: The following values can also be used for n: 1: Mode is turned ON. 0: Mode is available only on the FX-286e.) Therefore, if you cancel all the others. These modes are pica, elite, condensed, and proportional. (Proportional is turned OFF. (The characters "0"...
...Width/Enhancements Four modes in the IBM printer emulation mode are given in the character tables, which appear in Appendix B. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. Select Elite Pitch ESC P Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (FX-286e) Format: ASCII code: Decimal: ... n 1B 50 n Comments: The following values can also be used for n: 1: Mode is turned ON. 0: Mode is available only on the FX-286e.) Therefore, if you cancel all the others. These modes are pica, elite, condensed, and proportional. (Proportional is turned OFF. (The characters "0"...
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... character set, including the extra characters for the normal character and one from the Epson character graphics table. The Epson character graphics are shown, one for the 13 Epson international character sets, and the IBM printer emulation mode character sets. Character Tables B-1 The remainder of the table shows two characters for each character. Where appropriate...
... character set, including the extra characters for the normal character and one from the Epson character graphics table. The Epson character graphics are shown, one for the 13 Epson international character sets, and the IBM printer emulation mode character sets. Character Tables B-1 The remainder of the table shows two characters for each character. Where appropriate...
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... print characters from 128 to 1-8 are all UP; All three tables are two main character tables: standard (CG Table 1) and international (CG Table 2). IBM Printer Emulation Mode This section shows the characters available in BASIC the command is as follows: LPRINT CHR$(27);"^";CHR$(20); You can also switch between the...and the symbol table is identical to the international table from the symbol set use ESC ^ or ESC \ to print the symbol ¶ in IBM printer emulation mode. For example, to send a non-printable code, a blank is selected by any other setting of these three switches.
... print characters from 128 to 1-8 are all UP; All three tables are two main character tables: standard (CG Table 1) and international (CG Table 2). IBM Printer Emulation Mode This section shows the characters available in BASIC the command is as follows: LPRINT CHR$(27);"^";CHR$(20); You can also switch between the...and the symbol table is identical to the international table from the symbol set use ESC ^ or ESC \ to print the symbol ¶ in IBM printer emulation mode. For example, to send a non-printable code, a blank is selected by any other setting of these three switches.
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IBM printer emulation mode characters Decimal Hex 0 00 1 01 2 02 3 03 4 04 5 05 6 06 7 07 8 08 9 09 10 0A 11 0B 12 0C 13 0D 14 0E 15 ...
IBM printer emulation mode characters Decimal Hex 0 00 1 01 2 02 3 03 4 04 5 05 6 06 7 07 8 08 9 09 10 0A 11 0B 12 0C 13 0D 14 0E 15 ...
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... condensed or normal Condensed characters 1-2 Select slashed or unslashed zero 0 1-3 Select character table* Graphics 1-4 Select printer commands IBM printer emulation mode 1-5 Select print quality NLQ 1-6 Select international character set 1-7 I I See Table D-3 I 1-8 'In IBM printer emulation mode, a CR IS added to let you can see Appendix B. For the characters available in the Command ...OFF Table D-2. and 1-8 iS OFF International Character Sets Thirteen international character sets are selected by looking at the IBM character tables in Epson mode.
... condensed or normal Condensed characters 1-2 Select slashed or unslashed zero 0 1-3 Select character table* Graphics 1-4 Select printer commands IBM printer emulation mode 1-5 Select print quality NLQ 1-6 Select international character set 1-7 I I See Table D-3 I 1-8 'In IBM printer emulation mode, a CR IS added to let you can see Appendix B. For the characters available in the Command ...OFF Table D-2. and 1-8 iS OFF International Character Sets Thirteen international character sets are selected by looking at the IBM character tables in Epson mode.
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... OFF ON ON OFF O N OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF O FF IBM printer emulation mode Standard International International International International International International International D-4 Defaults and DIP Switches Table D-3. International settings Epson mode character set cannot be selected permanently because it causes printer commands to select the different character sets are shown in Table D-3. The...
... OFF ON ON OFF O N OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF O FF IBM printer emulation mode Standard International International International International International International International D-4 Defaults and DIP Switches Table D-3. International settings Epson mode character set cannot be selected permanently because it causes printer commands to select the different character sets are shown in Table D-3. The...
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See Data dump I O ON LINE, 1-13 Operating mode, I-19-20 IBM printer emulation mode, 1-19 - 2 0 P character tables, B-1 1 - 18 IBM PC BASIC, C-4 - 5 Panel, control, 1-12- 14 IEEE interfaces, E-1 - 2 Paper ... 2-2 Lights, 1-13 LINE FEED, 1-13 Loading paper. See International characters FORM FEED, 1-6 G Graphics, 5-1- 18, D-3 Graphics software, 3-6 M Maintenance, C-5 - 7 Menu, printer, 3-1 Moving the printer, C-7 Multi-part forms, 2-1 N H Near Letter Quality (NLQ), 4-1 Hexadecimal, 3-3 Hexadecimal (hex) dump. E K Electrical specifications, F-2 Elite, 4-2 Emphasized, 4-3 - 4 ESC...
See Data dump I O ON LINE, 1-13 Operating mode, I-19-20 IBM printer emulation mode, 1-19 - 2 0 P character tables, B-1 1 - 18 IBM PC BASIC, C-4 - 5 Panel, control, 1-12- 14 IEEE interfaces, E-1 - 2 Paper ... 2-2 Lights, 1-13 LINE FEED, 1-13 Loading paper. See International characters FORM FEED, 1-6 G Graphics, 5-1- 18, D-3 Graphics software, 3-6 M Maintenance, C-5 - 7 Menu, printer, 3-1 Moving the printer, C-7 Multi-part forms, 2-1 N H Near Letter Quality (NLQ), 4-1 Hexadecimal, 3-3 Hexadecimal (hex) dump. E K Electrical specifications, F-2 Elite, 4-2 Emphasized, 4-3 - 4 ESC...
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... normal characters Select slashed or unslashed zero Select character table* Select printer commands 1-5 Select print quality 1-6 Select international character set 1-7 1-8 I In IBM printer emulation mode, a CR is added to an LF Action when ON Condensed Action when OFF Normal 0 0 Graphics Italics IBM printer emulation mode ESCIP NLQ Draft S e e able 3 or ESC J if this switch is...
... normal characters Select slashed or unslashed zero Select character table* Select printer commands 1-5 Select print quality 1-6 Select international character set 1-7 1-8 I In IBM printer emulation mode, a CR is added to an LF Action when ON Condensed Action when OFF Normal 0 0 Graphics Italics IBM printer emulation mode ESCIP NLQ Draft S e e able 3 or ESC J if this switch is...
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... in the column for commands consisting of commands is in the order used in the command summary (Appendix A). Note that for your operating mode-Epson or IBM printer emulation mode. Printer operation ESC @ DC1 DC3 ESC Q3 ESC Q22 ESC s ESC < ESC U ESC 8 ESC 9 ESC EM ESC = ESC > ESC # BEL 64 40 17 ... 0C 67 43 67 43 78 4E 79 4F 52 34 10 OA 48 30 49 31 50 32 50 32 Initialize the printer Select printer Deselect printer Deselect printer Deselect printer Half-speed mode on/off Select unidirectional mode (1-line) Turn unidirectional mode on/off Disable paper-out sensor Enable paper-out sensor ...
... in the column for commands consisting of commands is in the order used in the command summary (Appendix A). Note that for your operating mode-Epson or IBM printer emulation mode. Printer operation ESC @ DC1 DC3 ESC Q3 ESC Q22 ESC s ESC < ESC U ESC 8 ESC 9 ESC EM ESC = ESC > ESC # BEL 64 40 17 ... 0C 67 43 67 43 78 4E 79 4F 52 34 10 OA 48 30 49 31 50 32 50 32 Initialize the printer Select printer Deselect printer Deselect printer Deselect printer Half-speed mode on/off Select unidirectional mode (1-line) Turn unidirectional mode on/off Disable paper-out sensor Enable paper-out sensor ...