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Press
the
standby awitch agamic turn the power oft. Printing ol
the tost pattern vull end.
• Be sure to loM a street ol paper or a roll ol paper oefcxe orlntlng the
Built-In
lost
pattorn.
BASIC OPERATION
Printing out a program list
To prim out an MSX BASIC program list. enter the LUST command.
For example, execution ot Ihe following staiomenl wiP print a pro¬
gram Hit between line numDer* 10
and
ICO:
LUST 10-100
Printing out chared** in eh* MSX-BASIC program
Enin- me LPRINT command
Fv
example, execution of the following statement will pnnt cnarec-
tors *, B. C. 0, and
L:
I.IWtrr "ABCDR*
Or, nan the following program:
10 INPUT A
20 I NI'UT B
30 l.l'Rl XT -A*H--:A+H
It 5 Is snlerad for A and 7 lor B from the keyboard, A*B= IS will be
printed out.
in other words, the LPRINT command is used to run a PRINT com¬
mand on the printer nstcad ol the display screen
• When operating the printer with software other than the MSX-
BASIC program, road the user's manual ot the software.
Temporarily slopping print out
To temporarily atop p'tntlng out a program Hat. press the ON LINE
switch. Alter the current line Is printed, the thermal head returns to
the left end. the ON LINE lamp goo* oil. and printing atop*, (olliine
mode)
ir me on line switch u presses again, me ON line lamp comes on
and printing restarts Iron »he-e il left ott I online model
Stepping prinl-oid dun lo peper-out
Set DIP swllch 7 on the Back side of the printer lo OFF.
e
DIF Switch 2 i» set to OFF at the factory
While DIP switch
2
Is set to OFF If paper is nearly exhausted during
printing. m« ia.ni prtntahi? mo is printed out, mo inormal head returns
to the loft end. mo unit amors tho offline mode, and printing stop*
(The ON LINE ramp also goes ott.)
It
the ON JNEsw icn Is then pressed, one more lino is printed out and
the thermal head returns lo tho loll end.
Replace paper, men press ihe ON UNE switch. Printing w*l restart
irom wnoro H left off.
• II DIP switch 2 is ON. printing will continue, even If paper is nearly
exhausted. When using sheets ol papor. set Dtp switch 2 to OFF.
ADVANCED OPERATION
The PRN T24 can Do changed to various mode* by tending » specific
code Irwn the computer
See the control code list .This list includes *3 control cooes.
The following explains how lo control tho printer using Borneo! these
codes
How to send a code
To send a code using MSX BASIC, onto* the CHR$ function and
LPBIN7 command.
For example, to feed a line, see
New line" in "Operation Control ol
the control code l«st" . The code name ol Now lino" is LF and Its
hexadecimal code is JMOA
The neaxadoclmnl code SHOA is sent id the printer Iron the computer
using tho CHRf function and LPRINT command
mut
si.ro the printer is In online mode then enter the following state-
mem in direct mooe:
LPRINT CHRi (AHOAL
Oro lino will be fod. This Is because 1 line food" codo. irtQA is sent to
the printer Iron- the computer with the atxxe LPRINT command.
You can thus control th* primer using 43 control coda*
Magnifying characters
Sec "Magnifying characters" and -Cnnccaatlon of magnification" In
ihe item, Print Mode Control of ihe control code list
Their
cede
nemee are SO and Si an
a
Ihe hexadecimal code* are SHOE and SHOF
respectively
II "Magn< lying characters" la specified, Ihe horizontal
width (the number of horizontal
doia)o!
each character will bocome
twice the regular width.
The following examp-e shows a program containing these codes and
Ihe printout
10 CJ--AUCOE"
70
LPRINT CHRS(liHE) ■nnlnrKed
30
LPRINT
CS
40 LPR 1 NT CIWi(4HF) •normal
SO LPRINT C»
60 END
Result
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ahcoi:
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