Star Micronics XR-1500 Printer User Manual


 
Chapter 4 - Emulations and escape codes
This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer, and
the software commands used to drive it. This section is of use if you ate
writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer’s features.
Chapter 5 - DIP Switches
This section explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings
on the printer.
Chapter 6 - MS-DOS and your printer
Since the PC or PC-AT family of computers nmning under MS-DOS is
currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer, we have in-
cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems.
Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have
also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to
demonstrate the capabilities of the printer.
Chapter 7 - Troubleshooting and maintenance
This section give a checklist of points to check if your printer is not working
in the expected way. It also includes details of some routine maintenance
operations you can carry out yourself. It is not, however, a complete service
manual. Call a qualified service engineer if you ate unsure of your ability to
carry out any maintenance or servicing operations.
Chapter 8 - Specifications
This section gives the specifications of your printer.
Chapter 9 - Character sets
These charts give the different character sets available, and the differences
between national character sets (as set up with the DIP switches).