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153/Printers/NEC/Read_Me
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » Printers |
| Filename: | 153/Printers/NEC/Read_Me |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 058C bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Read_Me file for NEC printers. ------------------------------ The "NEC.P6-Plus" printer definition file is for use with the NEC P6 Plus and NEC compatible 24 pin printers. Most of the graphics resolutions are 24 pin dumps. The 360 DPI vertical resolution graphics dumps are interlaced and as such require the support of the FS "3" <n> control sequence to set n/360 inch line pitch. Note that colour printing should only be selected if you have installed a colour ribbon in your NEC P6 Plus - the ribbon that comes with the NEC P6 Plus is black only. ISO Latin 1 text characters are obtained by using ESC "t" 1 and ESC "6" to select IBM character set 2 instead of italic characters for the top bit set printer characters. In addition ESC "R" <n> sequences are used to print some of the characters. The "NEC.P6-Plus" file will in fact work with many Epson compatible 24 pin printers, with the exception of the 360 DPI vertical resolution graphics modes which use the NEC specific command. Colour printing is available at all supported resolutions, but it should be noted that the interlaced graphics printouts ie. 180 by 360 DPI or higer, result in a large number of print head passes (8 or 16) over the same line on the paper and on the second or subsquent interlace passes, the light ribbon colours are printed on top of dark colours already on the paper. This may cause contamination of the lighter ribbon colour.
00000000 0a 52 65 61 64 5f 4d 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f |.Read_Me file fo| 00000010 72 20 4e 45 43 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 2e 0a |r NEC printers..| 00000020 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000030 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..| 00000040 54 68 65 20 22 4e 45 43 2e 50 36 2d 50 6c 75 73 |The "NEC.P6-Plus| 00000050 22 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 64 65 66 69 6e 69 |" printer defini| 00000060 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 66 6f 72 |tion file is for| 00000070 0a 75 73 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 4e 45 |.use with the NE| 00000080 43 20 50 36 20 50 6c 75 73 20 61 6e 64 20 4e 45 |C P6 Plus and NE| 00000090 43 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 20 32 34 20 |C compatible 24 | 000000a0 70 69 6e 0a 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 2e 20 4d 6f |pin.printers. Mo| 000000b0 73 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 |st of the graphi| 000000c0 63 73 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 61 |cs resolutions a| 000000d0 72 65 20 32 34 0a 70 69 6e 20 64 75 6d 70 73 2e |re 24.pin dumps.| 000000e0 20 54 68 65 20 33 36 30 20 44 50 49 20 76 65 72 | The 360 DPI ver| 000000f0 74 69 63 61 6c 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e |tical resolution| 00000100 0a 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 64 75 6d 70 73 20 |.graphics dumps | 00000110 61 72 65 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6c 61 63 65 64 20 61 |are interlaced a| 00000120 6e 64 20 61 73 20 73 75 63 68 20 72 65 71 75 69 |nd as such requi| 00000130 72 65 0a 74 68 65 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 20 6f |re.the support o| 00000140 66 20 74 68 65 20 46 53 20 22 33 22 20 3c 6e 3e |f the FS "3" <n>| 00000150 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 | control sequenc| 00000160 65 20 74 6f 0a 73 65 74 20 6e 2f 33 36 30 20 20 |e to.set n/360 | 00000170 69 6e 63 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 70 69 74 63 68 2e |inch line pitch.| 00000180 20 4e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 | Note that colou| 00000190 72 0a 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 73 68 6f 75 6c |r.printing shoul| 000001a0 64 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 62 65 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 |d only be select| 000001b0 65 64 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 0a 69 |ed if you have.i| 000001c0 6e 73 74 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 61 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 |nstalled a colou| 000001d0 72 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 79 6f 75 72 |r ribbon in your| 000001e0 20 4e 45 43 20 50 36 20 50 6c 75 73 20 2d 0a 74 | NEC P6 Plus -.t| 000001f0 68 65 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 20 74 68 61 74 20 63 |he ribbon that c| 00000200 6f 6d 65 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 4e 45 |omes with the NE| 00000210 43 20 50 36 20 50 6c 75 73 20 69 73 0a 62 6c 61 |C P6 Plus is.bla| 00000220 63 6b 20 6f 6e 6c 79 2e 20 49 53 4f 20 4c 61 74 |ck only. ISO Lat| 00000230 69 6e 20 31 20 74 65 78 74 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 |in 1 text charac| 00000240 74 65 72 73 20 61 72 65 0a 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 |ters are.obtaine| 00000250 64 20 62 79 20 75 73 69 6e 67 20 45 53 43 20 22 |d by using ESC "| 00000260 74 22 20 31 20 61 6e 64 20 45 53 43 20 22 36 22 |t" 1 and ESC "6"| 00000270 20 74 6f 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 0a 49 42 4d 20 63 | to select.IBM c| 00000280 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 73 65 74 20 32 20 69 |haracter set 2 i| 00000290 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 69 74 61 6c 69 63 |nstead of italic| 000002a0 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 0a 66 6f 72 20 | characters.for | 000002b0 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 20 62 69 74 20 73 65 74 20 |the top bit set | 000002c0 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 |printer characte| 000002d0 72 73 2e 20 49 6e 0a 61 64 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 |rs. In.addition | 000002e0 45 53 43 20 22 52 22 20 3c 6e 3e 20 73 65 71 75 |ESC "R" <n> sequ| 000002f0 65 6e 63 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 75 73 65 64 20 74 |ences are used t| 00000300 6f 20 70 72 69 6e 74 0a 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 20 |o print.some of | 00000310 74 68 65 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 2e 0a |the characters..| 00000320 0a 54 68 65 20 22 4e 45 43 2e 50 36 2d 50 6c 75 |.The "NEC.P6-Plu| 00000330 73 22 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 69 6e 20 |s" file will in | 00000340 66 61 63 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 6d |fact work with m| 00000350 61 6e 79 0a 45 70 73 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 |any.Epson compat| 00000360 69 62 6c 65 20 32 34 20 70 69 6e 20 70 72 69 6e |ible 24 pin prin| 00000370 74 65 72 73 2c 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 0a 65 |ters, with the.e| 00000380 78 63 65 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |xception of the | 00000390 33 36 30 20 44 50 49 20 76 65 72 74 69 63 61 6c |360 DPI vertical| 000003a0 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 0a 67 72 61 70 | resolution.grap| 000003b0 68 69 63 73 20 6d 6f 64 65 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 |hics modes which| 000003c0 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 4e 45 43 20 73 70 65 | use the NEC spe| 000003d0 63 69 66 69 63 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 2e 0a 0a |cific command...| 000003e0 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 |Colour printing | 000003f0 69 73 20 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 61 74 20 |is available at | 00000400 61 6c 6c 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 64 0a 72 65 |all supported.re| 00000410 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 62 75 74 20 69 |solutions, but i| 00000420 74 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 20 6e 6f 74 65 |t should be note| 00000430 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 0a 69 6e 74 65 72 |d that the.inter| 00000440 6c 61 63 65 64 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 70 |laced graphics p| 00000450 72 69 6e 74 6f 75 74 73 20 69 65 2e 20 31 38 30 |rintouts ie. 180| 00000460 20 62 79 20 33 36 30 20 44 50 49 0a 6f 72 20 68 | by 360 DPI.or h| 00000470 69 67 65 72 2c 20 72 65 73 75 6c 74 20 69 6e 20 |iger, result in | 00000480 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f |a large number o| 00000490 66 20 70 72 69 6e 74 20 68 65 61 64 0a 70 61 73 |f print head.pas| 000004a0 73 65 73 20 28 38 20 6f 72 20 31 36 29 20 6f 76 |ses (8 or 16) ov| 000004b0 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 |er the same line| 000004c0 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 0a 61 6e | on the paper.an| 000004d0 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 |d on the second | 000004e0 6f 72 20 73 75 62 73 71 75 65 6e 74 20 69 6e 74 |or subsquent int| 000004f0 65 72 6c 61 63 65 20 70 61 73 73 65 73 2c 0a 74 |erlace passes,.t| 00000500 68 65 20 6c 69 67 68 74 20 72 69 62 62 6f 6e 20 |he light ribbon | 00000510 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 61 72 65 20 70 72 69 6e |colours are prin| 00000520 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 6f 70 20 6f 66 0a 64 61 |ted on top of.da| 00000530 72 6b 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 73 20 61 6c 72 65 61 |rk colours alrea| 00000540 64 79 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 70 65 72 2e |dy on the paper.| 00000550 20 54 68 69 73 20 6d 61 79 20 63 61 75 73 65 0a | This may cause.| 00000560 63 6f 6e 74 61 6d 69 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |contamination of| 00000570 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 67 68 74 65 72 20 72 69 62 | the lighter rib| 00000580 62 6f 6e 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 2e 0a |bon colour..| 0000058c
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