Star Micronics NB-15 Printer User Manual


 
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SLOTS FOR FONT CARTRIDGES - These are the two
openings at the bottom right of the front of the printer. Insert-
ing an optional font cartridge pushes the small door up out of
the way and exposes a connector which accepts the cartridge.
H Controls and indicators
Now let’s go over the controls and indicators of the printer,
starting with the control panel on the right. There are seven in-
dicators and five keys on the control panel.
Figure 2-2. The control panel.
POWER INDICATOR - Glows green when the power is on.
PE INDICATOR - Stands for “Paper Empty”, and glows red
when the printer runs out of paper and when certain printer
malfunctions occur.
FORM LENGTH SWITCH -Tells the printer how long the
pages are so that it can generate an automatic TOF code at the
appropriate time.
TYPE STYLE INDICATORS - Shows the character set in
use: standard (STD), font 1 (Fl), or font 2 (F2).
TYPE STYLE KEY - Selects one of the three character sets
available to the printer.
MODE INDICATORS - Either DRAFT or LQ glows green
to indicate the mode (set by the Mode key or the DIP switch).
MODE KEY - Changes the print mode every time it is press-
ed.
PITCH INDICATORS - Shows the character pitch current-
ly set: Proportional (PROP), 136, 163, or 222 characters/line.
PRINT PITCH KEY -
Selects one of the four available
character pitches.