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Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables Viii Introduction 1 LX-86 Features 1 About This Manual 2 1 Setting Up Your LX-86 Printer 3 Printer Parts Printer Location 3 4 Paper Feed Knob Installation 4 Ribbon Installation 5 Ribbon Replacement 8 Paper Loading 9 Control Panel 10 Lights 11 Buttons 11 Test Pattern 12 Connecting the LX-86 to Your Computer 13 First Printing Exercise 14 2 SelecType 15 SelecType Operation 15 Turning SelecType on 15 Selecting typestyles 16 SelecType exercise 17 SelecType Tips 19 3 Elements of Dot Matrix Printing 21 The Print Head 21 Bidirectional Printing 22 Changing Pitches 22 NLQ Mode 24 4 Printer Control Codes 27 ASCII Codes 27 ESCape Code 28 Printer Codes 29 Embeddedcodes 30 Inserted codes 30 Programming Languages 31 iii

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Contents
List
of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .
vii
List of Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction
................................
1
LX-86 Features
..............................
1
About This Manual
..........................
2
1
Setting Up Your LX-86 Printer
.................
3
Printer Parts
.. ..............................
3
Printer Location
.............................
4
Paper Feed Knob Installation.
..................
4
Ribbon Installation
..........................
5
Ribbon Replacement
.........................
8
Paper Loading
...............................
9
Control Panel
...............................
10
Lights
...................................
11
Buttons
..................................
11
Test Pattern.
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12
Connecting the LX-86 to Your Computer
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13
First Printing Exercise
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14
2
SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SelecType Operation . . .
. . . .
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Turning SelecType on .
. . . .
. . . .
Selecting typestyles. . .
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. . . .
SelecType exercise . . . .
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SelecType Tips . . . . . . . .
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3
Elements of Dot Matrix Printing
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21
The Print Head
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21
Bidirectional Printing.
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22
Changing Pitches
............................
22
NLQ Mode
.................................
24
4
Printer Control Codes
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27
ASCII Codes
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27
ESCape Code
...............................
28
Printer Codes
...............................
29
Embeddedcodes
..........................
30
Inserted codes
. ............................
30
Programming Languages
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31
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