Brother SX-4000, User Manual

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Page 2: ...nce in a residential instal lation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interferenceto radio communications However there is noguarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception wh...

Page 3: ...nual Correction 2 Manualcorrection 22 Layout Functions 23 Superscript Subscript 23 Specialcharacters 23 Automatic underlining 24 Boldface 25 Centering 26 Cancelling the centering mode 27 Right margin flush 27 Cancellingthe rightmargin flush mode 28 Display Mode 29 Line by line processing 29 Correction in display mode 31 Functions requiring a special display 32 Functions triggering line printing 33...

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Page 5: ...KEYBOARD NDERUNE HYPHEN PERMANENT HYPHEN i INE OUT TAB _HEELRESET CODE ALT NDEX SUPERSCRIPT VIEW 3 ...

Page 6: ...riate key or CODE appropriate key will be used in this manual when the ALT or CODE must be held down while the appropriate key is pressed The following functions and characters can be repeated by holding down the corresponding keys NORMAL CHARACTERS HYPHEN SPACE BAR BACKSPACE RETURN TAB Carrier moves from one tab to the next CORRECTION INDEX REVERSE iNDEX 4 ...

Page 7: ... Cover Supporter Lever Platen Knob Power Switch Display Carrying Handle Keyboard Paper release lever Pushing this lever loosens tension on the paperso I I that it can be adjusted as necessary I Paper Supporter Keyboard Cover can be used as a paper supporter as illustrated above 5 ...

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Page 9: ...rt description of the printing and display modes When you switchyour machine on you are in printing mode 1 Printing mode The pdnting modecorresponds to the traditional way of usinga typewriter when a character istyped it is printedimmediately on the paper The basic operations that allow you to start in this mode are described in the chapter Basic Typing p g When you use the printing mode the chara...

Page 10: ...d when you reach a decimal tab or when you choose to print a line in centering oryou choose the right margin flush feature This is because the machine needs to know the entire contents of the line to be able to print it at the Correct position on the paper After the line is pdnted the machine returns automatically to the printing mode You may also choose to work in display mode in order to enjoy t...

Page 11: ...ompt disappears and the carrier returns to the left margin 3 If you want to change the position of the paper use the index reverse index function described next Index reverse index The index reverse indexfunction lets you move the paper up or down by 1 12 inch one haft line in either direction Press CODE INDEX P to raise the paper or press CODE REV O to lower the paper To move the paper continuous...

Page 12: ...ting of view mode is changed to off Selecting line spacing The line spacing determines the vertical separation between the printed lines Increasing the line spacing results in fewer printed lines per page Pressing AL r LINE 2 changes the indication under LINE through the following cycle 1 1 1 2 _2 _1 l 1 fl I 2 _ _T SJt_LL W_D _0LO AUTO I Indication Meaning i Standard line spacing 1 1 2 y 1 1 2 li...

Page 13: ...re the selected pitch matches the pitch of the daisy wheel inserted in the unit Setting margins The carrier movement is limited by the left and right margins unless you press ALT M REL 3 as explained below Setting the margins allows you to decide where your text will be positioned on the paper Left r_rgin LMAR 1 Move the carrier to the place you want to set the left margin by using SPACE BAR or BA...

Page 14: ...eft of the left margin backspace to the left margin press ALT M REL 3 and then continue to backspace 2 Tomovepasttherightmargin hold SPACEBAR untilthecarrierreaches the right margin Press ALT M REL 3 then continue spacing using SPACE BAR You may not move past the fight margin with SPACE BAR ff the auto carrier return function is activated To turn this function off see Returning the carrier page 17...

Page 15: ...cimal tab position This does not change the decimal tab into a regular tab but allows you to use that decimal tab just like a regular tab once For more details on Decimat Tabs see page 13 Clearing tabs 1 Using TAB move the carrier to the tab stop you want to clear This may be a regular tab or a decimal tab 2 Press ALT T CLR 8 to clear the tab CAUTION If you press ALl IT CLR 8 for more than half a ...

Page 16: ...umber typed This lets you correct wrong entries on the display For more details concerning correction in display mode refer to the next section p 29 3 When the decimal point is entered or when you press TAB or RETURN the displayed numbers and the decimal point if you used it are printed 4 Type whatever comes after the decimal point Although the decimal tab function is mostly used to align numbers ...

Page 17: ...n same as deCimal point position TOLR 31 Clearing the decimal tab To cancel the decimal tab altogether press ALl1 IT CLR 8 at the decimal tab position Repeat function The repeat function allows you to type the same characters many times by just holding down the corresponding character key This is useful for example when you want to separate two parts of the text with a line mad e of hyphens To typ...

Page 18: ...r keys For example I_ capital a and Ill 1 are uppercase characters 1 To type one or a few uppercase characters press either the dght or left SHIFT Releasing this key returns the keyboard to the lowercase mode 2 For continuous uppercase typing press SHIFT LOCK This will set the keyboard nshift lock mode To return to lowercase typing press either the right or left SHIFT 16 ...

Page 19: ...arrier to the left margin advances the paper by the number of lines setwith the line space selector 1 1 1 2 2 This machine is provided with an automatic carder return function which when activated will return the carrier automatically when you type a space or a hyphen inthe hot zone Pressing ALTI OPERATE switches through the following OPERATE options OFF not displayed AUTO _ L L _ OFF Indication M...

Page 20: ...s about these options see DISPLAY MODE page 29 Permanent space ff you want to type a space in the hot zone without triggering a carrier return press CODE SPACE BAR An example of when you would use CODE SPACE BAR would be when you need to keep two words on the same line For instance April 9 1995 In this example you would press CODE SPACE BAR after the corn ma to prevent the year from moving to the ...

Page 21: ...rasing a misspelled word that was one character shorter or longer than the correct word example replacing fomulas with formulas or minnor with minor Delete the entire misspelled word If th_deleted word was shorter than the correct word align the carder up with the first letter of the deleted word if it was longer align the carrier with the second letter of the deleted word Press CODE B8 1 2 to mov...

Page 22: ...uper subscripts underlined and bold characters can be deleted with this function as well as regular characters 3 Type in the correct character i I TO erase a series of characters merely hold down CORRECT The carrier will backspace and correct continuously until you release the key Relocation The R_LOC key allows you t omove to the end of your typing line rapidly_ Press RELOC to return the carrier ...

Page 23: ...press CORRECT Erasing the entire line The line out function allows you to delete an entire line automatically The line out function will delete the last line typed as long as the carder has not been moved to the next line 1 Using BACKSPACE or SPACE BAR move the carder to the space right after the line to be erased I would llke to suggest some _nor changesA 2 Press CODE L OUT to delete the line aut...

Page 24: ... Return the paper to the line of the character to be corrected using CODE INDEX P or CODE REV O 2 Line up the carder with the error using BACKSPACE or SPACE EARl 3 Press CODE CORRECT The M CORRECTlON promptwillappear on the display I 4 Type the incorrect character to remove it Use SHIFT for uppercase characters and set the typewriter in underlining mode to correct an underlined character 5 Type th...

Page 25: ...script press CODE period After typing a subscript press CODE L comma This will move the paper back to normal position In supedsubscript mode the carrier will always move by 1 12 inch regardless of the current line spacing Super subscdptsofmorethan 1 12incharenotpossible Thebeepwi I sound if you press twice on CODE CODE If you wish to move the carriage more than 1 12 inch use CODE INDEX P or CODE R...

Page 26: ... underlined and not the spaces between them 1 Press ALT UNDLN once to turn on the CONT option or press the same keys twice to turn on the WORD option 2 Type your text The characters are underlined according to the option you selected 3 To cancel the automatic underlining mode press ALI UNDLN 1 again until nothing is displayed under UNDLN The spaces that triggered a carder r_urn in the automatic ca...

Page 27: ... or off OFF not displayed _ BOLD OFF IZ 11ft C0_ _ L_ Indication Meaning OFF Normal printing BOLD Boldface printing 1 Press ALI BOLD and then type your text New York N Y _ 2 Press ALT BOLD once again to cancel this mode I This function can be used together with the decimal tab the automatic centering underline and the right margin flush functions p t 3 26 24 I 27 25 ...

Page 28: ... mode for more information see the next section p 29 The carrierwill backspace one half space for each character typed I I If the entered characters extend beyond the space between the margins a beep sounds and you will not be able to enter any more characters 3 To pdnt the text press TAB or RETURN When printing is finished the carrier will go to the next tab or return to the left margin on the ne...

Page 29: ...gin This is particularly useful for dates and other headings 1 Press ALTi RMF 0 The carrier will go to the right margin 2 Type the text The characters will not be printed im mediately but will first be displayed At this point you can still make corrections in display mode for more information see the next section p 29 The carrier will backspace once each time a character is entered The beep will s...

Page 30: ... any text press AL r RMF 0 This returns the carder to the last typing position ff text has previously been entered on the line Otherwise the carrier returns to the left margin 2 After entering some characters If you have entered some characters press CORRECT until the display is blank Either retype your text or press ALT RMF 0 to return to the last typing position or the left margin 28 ...

Page 31: ...by using the line by line function The following keys cannot be used in display mode You will have to switch back to the printing mode if you want to use them Keys Function ALT M REL To move past a margin ALT L MAR To set the left margin ALT R MAR To set the right margin ALl T SET To set a tab ALT T CLR To clear a regular or decimal tab ALT DT SET To set a decimal tab Line by line processing Line ...

Page 32: ... or RETURN printsthe text and moves the carrier to the next tab or to the next line _ In line by line mode the automatic carder return function is always activated Pressing the hyphen key in the hotzone displays a ghost hyphen 3 dot hyphen This hyphen does not trigger a carrier return immediately as in printing mode However if you type anything after this hyphen printing and carder return will be ...

Page 33: ...rsor Deieting one word from the text To delete a word from your text press iN OUT This will delete all the characters from the left of the cursorto the beginning of the word and move the cursor to the beginning of the deleted word Deletlrtg the entire line To delete the entire line press CODE L OUT This will delete all the characters from the left of the cursor to the beginning of the line and mov...

Page 34: ... Page and Bold character The character flashes showing alternately the normal character and an upper line Example Page Page and Superscript The character in superscriptalternates with the symbol _ The shape of the cursor change from r to e Example mc2 mc2 and mc t Subscript The character in subscript is alternately dis played with the symbol _ The shape of the cursorchanges from D to r_ Example H2...

Page 35: ...ymbol you have typed To turn underlined or bolded characters back to normal delete them and retype them after turning the underline or bold function off Functions triggering line printing The following keys will trigger line printing and clear the display 1 RE nJRN The line is printed the paper is fed and the carrier returns to the left margin 2 TAB The line is printed and the carrier moves to the...

Page 36: ..._ IZ _ _fZ CO_ L_L When you switch the machine on the Word Spell is automatically switched on When the Word Spell is on While typing pressing one of the following keys signals the end of a word and activates the automatic spell check SPACE BAR _ CODE SPACE BAR RETURN except when there is a hyphen at the end of the line or more than two periods You will hear three beeps whenever the word is not fou...

Page 37: ... following operation wSPBJ_ Q Q 1 Press ALT W SPELLI to turn the Word Spell on 2 Movethe carrier back totheword then moveto the right with SPACE BAR or CODE SPACE BAR The word is automatically checked again Pressing RETURN will also recheck the word the carrier is on 35 ...

Page 38: ...n the arrow on the cassette wRh the arrow on the cassette holder Use both hands to ease the cassette intothe holder back first 7 Gently press down on the front of the cassette until it clicks into place 8 Again turn the feed knob counter clock wise to take up any slack 9 Close the top cover 10 Press CODE RESET Q to move the carrier to the previous position Theamount of taperemaining can bechecked ...

Page 39: ...ls pressing against the correction tape with your thumbs Bring it back to a position parallel with the platen and lift it up and out 5 Pass the new tape through the left guide behind the ribbon guide and out through the right guide The rough sticky side of the tape should face the platen 6 Attach the feeder spool to the pin on the eft 7 Attach the take up spool to the pin on the righL 8 Turn the t...

Page 40: ...own gently 5 Slide the lever back to its original position to lock the cassette daisy wheel in place Make sure to press the lever firmly 6 Close the top cover 7 Press CODE RESET Q to move the carrier to the previous position Make sure the cassette daisy wheel is not inserted backwards The ear should always be on the upper right Improperinsertion of the cassette daisy wheel may cause malfunction an...

Page 41: ...performance 1 Isthe daisy wheel properly installed Hasthe lever been pressed firmly 2 Haveyou run out of ribbon 3 Try to press CODE RESET Q to detect the home position of the carrier 1 Hasthe correction tape been properly installed 2 Have you run out of correction tape 3 Are you using the proper cOrreCtiOn tape 4 Try to press CODE RESET Q to detectthe home position of the carrier 39 ...

Page 42: ...ver use volatile liquids such as thinner or benzine to clean the extedor surface of the typewriter Use only a soft cloth dampened with a mild detergent solution Location Do not expose your typewriter to direct sunlight heat or intense vibration Be sure to rep_ase the keyboard cover when the typewriter is not in use Ventilation 13onot block the ventilation slots provided at the back of the unit to ...

Page 43: ...max 108 characters line 15 max 135 characters line 46 96 characters 1 1 1 2 2 48 characters 1 line 383 characters 12 including decimal tabs LCD 1 line x 16 characters Original 4 copies Correctable film MODEL 1230 or 1030 Nylon MODEL 1032 Multi Strike MODEL 1031 Lift off MODEL 3010for use with correctable film ribbon cover up MODEL4010for use with nylon ribbon and multi strike ribbon 16 4 x 15 1 x ...

Page 44: ...ter kit SK IO0 This starter k t provides you with a good supply of ribbons a script daisy whee and an extra correction tape at a great sav_ngs This includes 3 correctable film ribbons 1 script 1012 daisy wheel 1 ift off correction tape 42 ...

Page 45: ...y mode 3_ Display mode 29 Elite 11 Express backspace 19 F Find function 34 G Ghost Hyphen 30 H Hot Zone 17 Hyphen 18 30 I Index g Inserting paper 9 L Layout functions 23 28 Une memory 20 Line spacing 10 Line out 21 Location 40 L L mode 29 M Manual correction 22 Margin release key t2 Margins setting 11 Margin left 11 Margin right 12 Memory correction 20 O Operate 17 29 P Permanent hyphen 18 32 Perm...

Page 46: ...acters 23 Specifications 41 Spelling cheek 34 Starter kit 42 Status indicators 7 Subscript 23 Superscript 23 T Tab 12 Tab clear 13 Technical information 36 Troubleshooting 39 U Underlining 24 V Ventilation 40 View mode 9 W Word out 20 Word spelt 84 44 ...

Page 47: ...o be used with 1031 1032 ribbons Cassette Daisy Wheels Item NO M401 M402 M403 M405 M408 M409 M410 M411 M412 M413 M414 M415 M416 M417 M419 M421 M422 Pica 10 Standard Pica 10 Prestige 1012 10 Elite 12 Standard Elite 12 Script 1012 10 Grande 10 Quadro 1012 Quadro 15 Brougham 10 Brougham 12 Brougham 15 Prestige Italic 1012 OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Letter Gothic 12 Super Grande 10 Legal Prestige 10 Super Gran...

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Page 51: ...orrection tapes 2 pcsJ 10 50 to be used with 1031 1032 ribbons Quantity Total Cassette Daisy Wheels Item No M401 M402 M403 M405 M408 M409 M410 M411 M412 M413 Type Pitch American Pica 10 StandardPica 10 American Prestige 1012 10 12 American Elite 12 Standard Elite 12 AmericanScript 1012 10 12 AmericanGrande 10 10 American Quadro 1012 10 12 American Quedro 15 15 American Brougham 10 10 American Brou...

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