NEC PC-8000 Series User manual

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PC-S021A-C
Dot Matrix Printer
User's Manual
NEe
NEe America , Inc .

IMPORTANT NOTICE
(I) All righu reserved. Th .. manual il protected by COPyrilht. No
part of thil manual may be reproduced in Iny form
whal$Oever without the written permission of the copyright
owner ,
(2) The policy of NEe bein, that of continuous product improve-
ment , the contenU of this manual art' lubjecL to change , from
time to time, without notice .
(3) All errarts hive been made to enlure that the conlenU of this
manual are correcl. however. should any errors be detected,
NEe would (reatly appreciate being informed.
(4) NEe can lIHume no rt'llponsibility for error. in this manual or
their consequences .
® Copyright by Nippon Electric Co ., Ltd .
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NOTICE
''This equipment generates 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. It has
been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B computing device
in accordance with the specifica-
tions in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules, which are
designed to provide reasonable protection against such
interference in fI residential installation. However, there is
no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the
equipment ofr and on, the user is encouraged
to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
reorient the receiving antenna
relocate the
computer with respect to the receiver
move
the computer away from the receiver
plug the computer into a different outlet so that
computer and receiver are on different branch circuits.
If necessary. the user should consult the dealer or an
experienced radio/television technician for additional sug-
gestions. The user may find the following bookJet prepared
by the Federal Communications Commission helpful:
"How to Identify and Resolve Radio-TV Interference
Problems". This
booklet is available from the US Govern-
ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402, Stock
No. 004·000·003454."

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS
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l. OUTLINE 1
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2. CONFIGURATION 1
• 3. SPECIFICATIONS 1
• 3.1
Printing Functio ns
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Paper
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• 3.3
Ribbon Cartridge for Exclusive Use in the
PC ·8023A·C 3
• 3.4
Paper Feeding Mechani sm · 4
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3.5 Interface
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" 3.6
Environmental a nd Electrical
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Requirements . . . . · 4
3.7
Weight and External Dimensions · 5
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EXTERNAL VIEW AND NAMES OF
RESPECTIVE PARTS 6
5. OPERATION 7
5.1
Power Switch and Control Panel
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5.2 Switches 7
5.3
Indicators
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5.4
Limit Switches 8
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5.5
Paper Loading
5.6 Adjusting the Printing Position
5.7
Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge
SELF·PRINTING MECHANISM
INTERFACE CONNECTION
HINTS ON CLEANING
BASIC HINTS ON CORRECT USE
CONTROL OF THE PC-S023A-C USING
NBASIC . . ..
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10.1 Changing the Font Type/ Character Size 18
10.2 Dot Space (for Proportionally Spaced
Printing Only) . . 18
10.3 Character Codes Selection 19
10.4 Character Enlargement 21
10 .5 Character Enhancement (Not Applicable
to Condensed Characters) . 22
10.6 Changing the Line Spacing . 22
10.7 Underline Printing . 23
10 .8 Horizontal Tabulation . 23
10.9 Setting the Left Margin . 25
10.10 Line Spacing for N Lines
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10.11 Vertical Tabulation
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10.12 Printer Select and Deselect Mode
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10.13 Incremental Mode/Logica).·Seeking Mode
Selection .. . 30
10.14 Changing the Line Feed Direction
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10.15 Other Control Commands
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SE'ITlNG THE DIP SWITGHES . 33
11.1 Changing the Character Set for Various
Countries . . 33
11.2 Selecting the Number of Lines between
TOFs .. . 34
11.3 Processing DOl
and D03 . 34
11.4 Selecting the Line Feed Function at
Full·Characters Print in One Line . 34
11.5 Selecting the Print Command Code (VaJid
in Logical-Seeking Mode Only) . 35
11.6 Selecting the CR Function .35
11.7 Selecting the Zero-Indication Function .35
11.8 Selecting the Device Address . 36
11.9 Setling the Device Address . 36
11.10 Setting the Print Mode at Power-On
Time .. .37
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Selecting 7- or 8-Bit Data
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Selecting Printer Select or Deselect
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Mode at Power-On Time
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DESCRIPTION OF FUNCTION CODES
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DESCRIPTION OF ESC CODES
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OTHER FUNCTIONS
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14.1
Printing under Data-Buffer·Full
Conditions
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Override Function
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lNTERF ACE SPECIFICATIONS
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Data lnput Method
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Control Signals
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Data Input Codes ·
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Inpu t/ Output Circuit Configuration
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15.5 Connectors
Used
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Pin Assignments for the Connector .
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Input and Output Signals
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Timing Chart
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PROPORTIONAL CHARACTERS
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IS.1 Dot
Width between Proportional
Characters
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16.2 ProportionaJ Character Coding Table .62
CODING TABLES .6 3
17.1 JAS Coding Table
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17.2 US, UK, GE, SW and JA7 Coding
Tables . . . . .64
17.3 AdditionaJ Coding Table ror
Columns 2a to 5a
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EXAMPLES
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Printer Test Program
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