Microsoft KB Archive/51581

Works: Support for Star Micronics Printers PSS ID Number: Q51581 Article last modified on 04-29-1991 PSS database name: D_WorKs

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MS-DOS

Summary:

An application note titled “Star Micronics Printer Drivers” is available from Microsoft that contains printer drivers for the Star Micronics printers listed below. The application note is available by calling Microsoft Product Support Services at (206) 454-2030.

The drivers are also in the Software/Data Library and can be found by querying on WKSTAR, the Q number of this article, or S12562. WKSTAR was archived using the PKware file-conversion utility.

The following Star Micronics printers are supported:

NX-1000 NX-1000 Rainbow NX-2400 XR-1000 XR-1000 with Color Option XR-1500 XR-1500 with Color Option XB-2410 XB-2410 with Color Option XB-2415 XB-2415 with Color Option

More Information:

Supported features in these new drivers are as follows:

Star Micronics NX-1000 and NX-1000 Rainbow
Works supports this printer in Epson FX emulation mode.

PRD file: NX1000Z.PRD

Model Information
Model names: NX-1000 NX-1000 Rainbow IBM Graphics Characters: Yes Line Drawing Font: Courier Graphics Resolution (dpi): 60, 120, 240

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Dbl. Underline Yes McrspcJust Yes Graphics Yes

Fonts Font Sizes —– ———-

Draft 7, 10, 12, 14, 20 Courier 7, 10, 12, 14, 20 Sanserif 7, 10, 12, 14, 20 Orator1 7, 10, 12, 14, 20 Orator2 7, 10, 12, 14, 20 CourierPS 10, 12 SanserifPS 10, 12

Star Micronics NX-2400
Works supports this printer in Epson LQ emulation mode.

PRD file: NX2400Z.PRD

Model Information
Model name: NX-2400 IBM Graphics Characters: Yes Line Drawing Font: Courier Graphics Resolution (dpi): 60, 180, 360

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Dbl. Underline Yes McrspcJust Yes Graphics Yes

Fonts Font Sizes —– ———-

Pica 7,8,12,14,15,16 Elite 6,10,12,15 Prestige 10,12,15,16 PrestigeOutline 10,12,15,16 PrestigeShadow 10,12,15,16 Orator 10,12,15,16 OratorOutline 10,12,15,16 OratorShadow 10,12,15,16 Courier 10,12,15,16 CourierOutline 10,12,15,16 CourierShadow 10,12,15,16 CourierPS 12,16 PrestigePS 12,16 Script 10,12,15,16 ScriptOutline 10,12,15,16 ScriptShadow 10,12,15,16

Star Micronics XR-1000 and XR-1500
Works supports this printer in Epson FX emulation mode.

PRD file: STARXR.PRD

Model Information
Model names: XB-1000/1500 XB-1000/1500 Color IBM Graphics Characters: Yes Line Drawing Font: Courier Graphics Resolution (dpi): 60, 120, 240

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Dbl. Underline Yes Mcr spcJust Yes Graphics Yes

Fonts Font Sizes —– ———-

Draft 7,10,12,14,20,21,24 Courier 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 Prestige 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 Letter-Gothic 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 Orator 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 TWLight 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 Script 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 Cinema 6,7,10,12,14,20,21,24 OCR-B 6,12

Star Micronics XB-2410 and XB-2415
Works supports this printer in Epson LQ emulation mode.

PRD file: STARXB.PRD

Model Information
Model names: XB-2410/2415 XB-2410/2415 Color IBM Graphics Characters: Yes Line Drawing Font: Courier Graphics Resolution (dpi): 60, 180, 360

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Dbl. Underline Yes McrspcJust Yes Graphics Yes

Fonts Fontsizes —– ———

Draft 7,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Courier 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Prestige 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Letter-Gothic 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Orator 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Helvet 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Helvet_Outline 12,16,24 Helvet_Shadow 12,16,24 Helvet_Out_Shad 12,16,24 Optimo 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 OCR-A 6,12 OCR-B 6,12 Tmsrmn-LQ 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 TWLight-LQ 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Tmsrmn 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 TWLight 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Tmsrmn_Outline 12,16,24 Tmsrmn_Shadow 12,16,24 Tmsrmn_Out_Shad 12,16,24 PSTmsrmn-LQ 12,16,21,24 PSHelvet 12,16 Script 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Script_Outline 12,16,24 Script_Shadow 12,16,24 Script_Out_Shad 12,16,24 Greek 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Blippo 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Blippo_Outline 12,16,24 Blippo_Shadow 12,16,24 Blippo_Out_Shad 12,16,24 Cinema 6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15,16,20,21,22,24 Code39 12 '5c'5csoftlibproj

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