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| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
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| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
209.0. "NX-10 Printer Problem..Help!!" by CSOADM::MORRIS () Fri Aug 26 1988 01:29
HELP!!!!!!
I am having problems getting my Star NX-10 printer to work with
my 1040 ST. The printer works fine with my 800XL connected to a
PR connection but it does strange things connected to the 1040 ST.
The printer will print part of the first line, then do a form feed
and print part of the next line with words at different character
sizes. It will contiue to do this through the rest of the document.
This is the first time that I have connected a printer to my ST.
The printer cable is a standard 25M-36M parallel printer cable.
(I cold checked the pin to pin connections and compared them with
the Atari manual and the printer manual and they were ok except
for pin 18 which is connected to ext gnd on the printer. should
work.)..... The printer switch settings are as follows:
1-1...ON (page length 11"=ON, 12"=Off)
1-2...ON (draft char=ON, NLQ=OFF)
1-3...ON (Normal zero=ON, Slashed zero=OFF)
1-4...ON (No bot margin=ON, 1" bot margin=OFF)
1-5...Off (Paper out detected=ON, Paper out not detected=OFF)
1-6...ON (Set standard mode=ON, Set IBM mode=OFF)
1-7...ON (Char set #1=ON, Char set #2=OFF)
1-8...OFF (LF must be fm host=ON, Auto LF with CR=OFF)
I've tried this switch in both positions, no luck
2-1 to 2-4...ON
2-1 (Ignore download characters=ON, Enable download Char=OFF
2-2 to 2-3 set up the char set All ON select USA.
Iam using Word Writer ST with the Star.cfg driver and have tried
the Epson.cfg Is there another printer driver I should use or are
the switch settings wrong? If anyone has a similar setup and can
shed some light on my problem it would be appreciated.
Thanks......Mark Morris
| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 209.1 | Recycle after changing DIP? | VINO::BHAMILTON | Buzz Hamilton | Fri Aug 26 1988 08:23 | 5 |
| When you say you've tried the AUTO-LF switch in both positions...
Be sure that you power off the printer after setting the DIP switches,
otherwise changing them has no effect. At least that's the way it
is with my STAR SG10.
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| 209.2 | Check the parity setting | TEA::PETERS | Don Peters, CTS1-2/H6, 287-3742 | Sun Aug 28 1988 00:13 | 5 |
| I wonder if it could have something to do with parity. If parity
on the ST is on, set it off. If parity is the problem, possibly
the parity bit is enabling the upper 128 character set, which may
be initialized to large characters on your printer.
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| 209.3 | NX-10 Pblm | CSOADM::MORRIS | | Sun Aug 28 1988 01:00 | 10 |
| Iam not sure what you mean about parity regarding the printer. I
have installed the printer using the desktop selecting the dot matrix
options. I wrote a short basic program to print all the characters
and all I get is a printer bell,two line feeds, and then a form
feed. I know the printer works ok because I can use it on my
800XL no problem. The problem has something to do with my printer
driver or the desktop installation. I'll keep pluging away,and any
suggestion are appreciated.
Mark...
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