Microsoft KB Archive/57498

Word 5.0: Support for Star Micronics Printers

PSS ID Number: Q57498 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Printer driver support for the Star Micronics printers and Microsoft Word for MS-DOS versions 5.0 and 5.5 is available on the Supplemental Printer Kit for Word version 5.5b. You can obtain the Supplemental Printer Kit by calling Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426- 9400. If you call from outside the United States, contact Microsoft International Customer Service at (206) 936-8661.

The printer drivers can be found under the filename DWXST0 in the Software/Data Library by searching for DWXSTO, Q45512, or S12302. DWXST0 was archived using the PKware file-compression utility.

DWXST0.EXE and DW0212.EXE are the files for the Star printer drivers on the Microsoft Download Service (MSDL).

These printer drivers are included on the shipped or supplemental disks for Word version 5.5.

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
Word supports these printers in Epson FX emulation mode.

.PRD File
NX1000.PRD

Model names: NX-1000 and NX-1000 Rainbow

IBM graphics characters: Yes Line drawing font: Courier Graphics resolution (dpi): 60, 120, 240

Formatting Capability ———- ———-

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Double Underline Yes Microspace Justify 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
Word supports this printer in Epson LQ emulation mode.

PRD File
NX2400.PRD

Model name: NX-2400 IBM graphics characters: Yes Line drawing font: Courier Graphics resolution (dpi): 60, 180, 360

Formatting Capability ———- ———-

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Double Underline Yes Microspace Justify 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
Word supports these printers in Epson FX emulation mode.

PRD File
STARXR.PRD

Model names: XR-1000/1500 and XR-1000/1500 Color

IBM graphics characters: Yes Line drawing font: Courier Graphics resolution (dpi): 60, 120, 240

Formatting Capability ———- ———-

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Double Underline Yes Microspace Justify 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
Word supports these printers in Epson LQ emulation mode.

PRD File
STARXB.PRD

Model names: XB-2410/2415 and XB-2410/2415 Color

IBM graphics characters: Yes Line drawing font: Courier Graphics resolution (dpi): 60, 180, 360

Formatting Capability ———- ———-

Bold Yes Italic Yes Small Caps Yes Strikethrough Yes Super/Subscript Yes Underline Yes Double Underline Yes Microspace Justify Yes Graphics Yes

Fonts Font Sizes —– ———

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

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