Epson LQ-1500, User Manual

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Page 3: ... a different outlet so that the computer and receiver are on different branch circuits If necessary the user should consult the dealer or an experienced radio television techni cian for additional suggestions The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the...

Page 4: ...heet Guide 12 Assembling the three pieces 12 Attaching the sheet guide 12 Connecting the LQ 1500 to Your Computer 15 Locating the interface card 15 Installing the interface card 17 Attaching the cable to the printer 18 Connecting the printer cable 18 Setting the DIP Switches 19 Switch1 21 Switch2 22 Installing the Power Cord 24 2 Operation and Maintenance 25 Controls and Indicators 25 The power sw...

Page 5: ...paring the printer for pin feed paper 35 Inserting pin feed paper 37 Proper placement of pin feed paper 40 Removing pin feed paper 41 Removing the tractor unit 41 The LQ 1500 Self Test 42 4 Control codes 45 Computer to Printer Communications 45 How Many Names Can One Code Have 46 Appendixes 49 A LQ 1500 Command Summary 49 Vertical Spacing Commands 50 Horizontal Spacing Commands 54 Print Style Comm...

Page 6: ...C The LQ 1500 Character Set 75 Regular Characters 75 International Character sets 78 D Widths of the Proportional Characters 79 E ASCII Code Conversion Chart 87 F Specifications of the LQ 1500 91 v ...

Page 7: ...t cover 16 1 15 Interface card 16 1 16 Locating the interface card 17 1 17 Interface card installation 19 1 18 Interface connection to computer 20 1 19 Switch settings 21 2 1 Controls and indicators 26 2 2 Maintenance 28 3 1 Adjustment levers 30 3 2 Sheetload 33 3 3 Protective cover removed 35 3 4 Tractor unit installation 36 3 5 Printer parts used with pin feed paper 37 3 6 Paper inserted 38 3 7 ...

Page 8: ...Tables 1 1 Settings for switch 1 22 1 2 Settings for switch 2 23 1 3 International character switch settings 23 ix ...

Page 9: ... highlights include l Letter quality printing The LQ 1500 s 24 pin print head can print letter quality characters in four widths l Proportional letter quality printing The LQ 1500 can print in two widths of proportional letter quality characters l Draft speed The LQ 1500 can print at 200 characters per second using the draft character set l Two hundred and twenty four printing styles The LQ 1500 c...

Page 10: ...u how to use the LQ 1500 with specific software programs The first three chapters of this manual will help you set up operate and maintain your printer Chapter 4 contains information on how to use control codes with your printer The appendixes contain helpful information about selecting print styles and character sets and about using control codes to command certain printer functions Appendix A su...

Page 11: ...es l Dust cover l Front cover installed on the printer l Paper feed knob l Power cord l Ribbon cartridge l This User s Manual Note It s a good idea to save all of the packing materials in case you want to move your LQ 1500 some day Finding a Suitable Location Before you actually set up your printer you should give some thought to where you are going to put it Of course your printer must sit somewh...

Page 12: ...ug It s a good idea to choose an outlet which is not controlled by a wall switch that could be accidentally shut off dur ing the printing process 3 Choose a location which will allow enough space beneath or behind the printer to load the paper If you are using continuous or pin feed paper the paper path should be free from obstruction see Figure 1 2 4 Protect the printer from prolonged exposure to...

Page 13: ...m a functional printer Figure 1 3 shows the assembled printer and iden tifies some of the main parts WARNING To avoid shock hazard and prevent damage to the LQ 1500 complete all of the installation procedures described here with the power to the printer turned OFF Installing the paper feed knob The first piece to install is the paper feed knob which you use to manually turn the platen and advance ...

Page 14: ...Figure 1 3 The LQ 1500 printer 6 ...

Page 15: ...al is easy Set the dust cover aside if you will be needing it Put it away in the printer box if you plan to use the optional tractor unit Removing the front cover The next assembly step installing the ribbon cartridge first requires a bit of disassembly You should remove the front cover to gain easier access to the print head when you install the ribbon Open the front cover by tilting the back edg...

Page 16: ...inned object that moves back and forth on two silver rods across the printer The ribbon guide is the silver shield on the side of the print head next to the paper The ribbon guide guides the ribbon between the print head and the paper The paper is guided through the printer by a large rubber roller called the platen It has the same function as the platen in a typewriter The paper bail is the numbe...

Page 17: ...on 1 Close the paper bail so that it is against the platen 2 Grasp the print head by the finned part and slide it along the silver rods until it is positioned at 40 on the paper bail scale You will need space on either side of the print head when you insert the ribbon cartridge 3 Rotate the ribbon cartridge take up knob in the direction indicated by the arrow next to it so that the ribbon is tight...

Page 18: ...gure 1 8 Lower the ribbon car tridge and press the spot marked PUSH to seat the back of the ribbon cartridge first 5 Once you have positioned the exposed ribbon and secured the back end of the ribbon cartridge push down on the front of the cartridge to snap it into place The ribbon cartridge will sit level when it is positioned correctly 6 Now give the take up knob several turns to straighten out ...

Page 19: ...on operation To replace the front cover simply reverse the steps you took to remove it Fit the right end into place first and then lower the left end until it is securely in place Tilt the cover back into the closed position It should fit snugly 11 ...

Page 20: ...n the sheet guide over so the back side is facing you Use your thumbs to snap the the two plastic spring clips over the bot tom edge of the sheet guide One of the sliding paper guides should now be securely in place 3 Again position the sheet guide so that the textured side is facing you Move the installed sliding guide to the proper end of the sheet guide The vertical standing edge of the sliding...

Page 21: ...Figure 1 10 Sheet guide assembly 13 ...

Page 22: ...ur LQ 1500 with single sheets of paper lift up the sheet guide at the back and fold down the metal legs on the bottom of the sheet guide As shown in Figure 1 13 the legs fit into slots in the top case of the LQ 1500 This step is not necessary if you will be using the optional tractor unit 14 ...

Page 23: ... next step will be to connect your printer to your computer At the printer end of this con nection two additional pieces of equipment are required an interface card and a printer cable The interface card consists of a circuit board pre mounted into a metal carrier Figure 1 15 Locating the interface card Epson makes three types of interface cards for the LQ 1500 para1 lel serial and IEEE 488 With t...

Page 24: ...Figure 1 14 The dust cover Figure 1 15 Interface card 16 ...

Page 25: ... Figure 1 16 If there is a large cavity at the lower left the interface card is missing and you must install it before you can use your LQ 1500 If on the other hand there is a plug connector at the lower left the interface card has been installed for you If your interface card has been installed you can skip to the next section LQ 1500 with interface card installed Figure 1 16 Locating the interfa...

Page 26: ... the retaining screws Then pull the release levers on both sides of the interface card at the same time The card will slide out easily Attaching the cable to the printer Note Before you connect any cables be sure that both the printer and the computer are turned OFF One end of your printer cable should plug right into the connector on the interface card if it doesn t you have the wrong cable To se...

Page 27: ...nstalling your printer Because each com puter installation is slightly different Epson has placed a series of DIP switches on the back of theprinter interface which you can change to best suit your printing application You can see them through a slot in the back cover of the interface card 19 ...

Page 28: ... sure that the printer is turned OFF before you make any changes in the DIP switch settings Your printer does not register changes in switch settings made while the power is ON You must reinitialize or restart the printer to record the switch settings The switches are all numbered for identification The number has two parts The first part refers to the switch group Look at the back of your printer...

Page 29: ...er to remember switch settings according to whether the switch is pointing up toward the top of the printer or down toward the bottom of the printer Interface Switch 1 Switch 2 Figure 1 19 Switch settings Switch1 The functions of the four switches that make up switch 1 are sum marized in Table 1 1 The right hand column shows how the switches are set when the printer is delivered These predetermine...

Page 30: ...waits for you to load more paper before proceeding and no data is lost However if you are using single sheets the paper out detector stops the printer when it nears the bottom of the sheet even if you want to print all the way to the bottom or if you have another sheet ready to feed In this case it is best to disable the paper out detector by turning switch 1 2 to the Up position With the printer ...

Page 31: ...e 1 3 shows the required switch settings for each set 2 1 UP UP UP Up Table 1 3 International character set switch settings 2 2 2 3 International character set UP UP U S A UP Down Down Down UP Down France Germany United Kingdom Down Down Down Down UP UP Down Down UP Down UP Down Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Switch 2 4 Switch 2 4 is used to tell the LQ 1500 the size of paper that you will be using It...

Page 32: ...d You can also change between draft and letter quality printing by using commands sent from your computer Switch 2 8 This switch is used to control the select signal Most com puters require that the select signal be fixed switch is in the up posi tion If your computer requires that the select signal not be fixed then set the switch in the down position If you have a parallel interface card your in...

Page 33: ...There are several controls and indicators on the LQ 1500 see Figure 2 1 You use them to operate the printer and make your day to day printing easier for you Here s what these controls do The power switch The power switch is located on the left side toward the rear of the printer Press the front side of the switch to turn the printer ON press the back side to turn it OFF The control panel The contr...

Page 34: ...nter is on line it is ready to accept data from the computer and the ON LINE light glows green When the printer is off line it is not ready to print When the printer is off line you can use the form feed FF and line feed LF buttons on the control panel to move the paper The ON LINE and READY lights will be off You can return the printer to on line operation at any time just by pressing the ON LINE...

Page 35: ...face card or by a control code sent from the computer Turning off the paper out detector tells the printer to ignore the paper out sensor and allows you to print to the bottom of the page Some computers will stop the printer before the end of the page even though DIP switch 1 2 is down off If this happens you may need to consult your dealer about the interface between your computer and printer You...

Page 36: ... power off you can easily move the print head back and forth to clean under it Use as light a touch as possible to get the job done Figure 2 2 Maintenance Other maintenance Changing the ribbon cartridge and cleaning the printer are the only maintenance tasks that you should do There are no user serviceable parts inside the LQ 1500 Leave any other types of maintenance fuses print heads etc for your...

Page 37: ...gle sheet paper and sheet guide First you can use single sheet paper including all the standard sizes of stationery and preprinted business forms Single sheet paper may vary in width from 7 2 to 14 3 inches The sheet guide unit is used to feed single sheet paper into the LQ 1500 As you may recall Chapter 1 gave you the details for installing the sheet guide unit Pin feed paper and tractor unit Sec...

Page 38: ...laten release lever controls the pressure of the friction rollers against the platen It is the black lever located on the left side of the printer at the end of the platen as shown in Figure 3 1 This lever has two settings engaged back and released forward Figure 3 1 Adjustment levers The first setting engaged is used with the single sheet feed opera tion which is also called friction feed In this...

Page 39: ...s shown in Figure 3 1 The print head adjustment lever has five positions to widen or nar row the space between the print head and the platen Move the lever back toward the rear of the printer to decrease the space and forward toward the front of the printer to increase the space Most paper of standard thickness should be accommodated with the lever in the straight up position Loading Single Sheet ...

Page 40: ...Replace the front cover and dust cover Loading single sheet paper Now that you have prepared the printer you can load the paper into the sheet guide unit Remember to load one sheet at a time Follow the steps outlined below and refer to Figure 3 2 to load single sheet paper into the printer 1 Place a single sheet of paper in the sheet guide unit and adjust the paper guide on the right to the width ...

Page 41: ...er parts if you do this repeatedly with the power ON If the paper is not straight in the printer press the FF FORM FEED button the paper feeds the rest of the way through the printer Remove the paper and place it back in the sheet guide unit Repeat step 4 to reload the paper WARNING Do not move the paper backward through the printer because it may damage the paper out detector 5 Return the printer...

Page 42: ...akes care of itself until the paper runs out All you have to do is load the paper correctly Installing the tractor unit The following steps show you how to prepare the printer for pin feed paper see Figures 3 3 and 3 4 1 Turn OFF the printer Remove the dust cover and the front cover 2 If the sheet guide unit is installed lay it back flat against the top of the printer It should not remain in the u...

Page 43: ...e steps outlined below and refer to Figure 3 5 1 Set DIP switch 1 2 in the down position to enable the paper out detector This allows the printer to stop printing and signal when you are out of pin feed paper 2 Open the paper bail by pulling it forward toward the front of the printer 3 Unlock the gray pin feeder lock levers on the tractor unit by pull ing them toward the front of the printer and s...

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Page 45: ...ert it at the far left of the platen just as you did with single sheet paper 5 Make sure the platen release lever is closed back Inserting pin feed paper Now that you have prepared the printer you can load the pin feed paper by following these steps 1 Make sure you have a clean top edge Insert the pin feed paper into the paper guide slit at the rear of the platen as shown in Figure 3 6 If the shee...

Page 46: ...eck the paper to be sure it is not wrinkled or torn and try again 2 Stop turning and release the platen release lever pull it forward when the top of the paper reaches the two pin feeders The paper should now be free to move without using the paper feed knob see Figure 3 7 3 Adjust the pin feeders to the paper width by sliding them inward to line up with the paper pin holes Place the paper pin hol...

Page 47: ... the paper pin holes and that the paper tension is correct If they are not open the pin feeder covers readjust the paper and close them again 7 Close the paper bail 8 Set the print head adjustment lever according to the thickness of your paper 9 Turn the paper feed knob clockwise to advance the paper until the print head is positioned just under the first perforation which sep arates one page from...

Page 48: ...ter makes it difficult for the printed paper to be collected without interfering with the printer operation You have to watch the paper more closely Second if you have room to place the paper on the floor you should arrange it as shown in Figure 3 9 It s best to leave the paper right in the box We recommend this type of paper placement if at all possible Be sure that the paper is free to unfold in...

Page 49: ...READY lights should now be off 4 Open the pin feeder covers on the tractor unit and remove the paper from the pins Make sure the platen release lever is in the forward released position 5 Gently pull the paper up through the paper path until it is free from the printer Removing the tractor unit If the tractor unit is installed on the printer you will have to remove it to use the single and automat...

Page 50: ... unit will slide out from the slots on the printer The LQ 1500 Self Test Now that you are an expert on loading your LQ 1500 you re ready to print The LQ 1500 self test is a built in program which generates a complete printing of all standard characters The self test also pro vides an opportunity to test the ribbon and paper installation without having to request a printout from your computer In fa...

Page 51: ...You can release the LF button once printing begins Draft switch 2 7 down Version 1 7 Letter quality switch 2 7 up Version 1 7 3 Turn the printer OFF to end the test Otherwise it will continue to print indefinitely Now it s time to start learning to communicate with your LQ 1500 Chapter 4 shows you how to do this efficiently and effectively 43 ...

Page 52: ...ow numbers However computers still manage to do a good job of manipulating the letters that we use for word processing The secret lies in the fact that a computer doesn t manipulate letters at all it just manipulates numbers that represent letters and turns these numbers into the letters that we see on the screen and the printout The computer communicates with the printer by means of numeri cal co...

Page 53: ...ts are required for a base 16 number system hex uses the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F In hex A is 41H where the H stands for hex Most of the time we don t have to give this code system a thought If you press A on the keyboard the computer sends the code to print an A to the printer Some ASCII codes don t have keys on the keyboard The most important of these are the codes that hav...

Page 54: ...the control key while you press a letter key For example the code ASCII 12 is the same as CTRL L and advances the paper to the top of a new page Of course the LQ 1500 has many more than 31 functions To use the many additional functions you use one special code to enable all the control codes that consist of more than one character This code is called Escape and in this manual it is abbreviated as ...

Page 55: ...eed Carriage Return ASCII code decimal 27 10 12 13 Abbreviation ESC LF FF CR You now have the basics about codes This knowledge should help you understand and use the information contained in your software documentation to take advantage of the LQ 1500 s many features 48 ...

Page 56: ...tions the line feed command may not actually return the print head to the left margin if the next line prints from right to left but the final effect on the printed page is the same as if it had The commands are organized into five logical groups Vertical Spacing Commands Horizontal Spacing Commands Character Set Commands Graphics Set Commands and Miscellaneous Com mands The function is what the p...

Page 57: ...ecimal 1B 4A n Remarks Advances the paper n 180 inches It does not execute a carriage return n can range from 0 to 255 Function Select 1 8 inch line spacing Format Symbol ESC 0 Decimal 27 48 Hexadecimal 1B 30 Remarks Sets the line spacing for subsequent line feed commands to 1 8 inch Function Select 1 6 inch line spacing Format Symbol ESC 2 Decimal 27 50 Hexadecimal 1B 32 Remarks Sets the line spa...

Page 58: ...0 to 255 Function Set n 60 inch line spacing Format Symbol ESC A n Decimal 27 65 n Hexadecimal 1B 41 n Remarks Sets the line spacing for subsequent line feed commands to n 60 inches n can range from 0 to 85 Function Form Feed Format Symbol FF Decimal 12 Hexadecimal 0C Remarks Advances the paper to the top of the next page Function Set page length by lines Format Symbol ESC C n Decimal 27 67 n Hexa...

Page 59: ...s Sets a bottom margin of n lines so that you can skip over the perfo rations in pin feed paper n can range from 1 to 127 Function Cancel bottom margin Format ASCII ESC O Decimal 27 79 Hexadecimal 1B 4F Remarks Sets the bottom margin to 0 lines The command uses the letter O not the number zero Function Vertical tab Format ASCII VT Decimal 11 Hexadecimal 0B Remarks Advances the paper to the next ve...

Page 60: ...ecimal 27 47 c Hexadecimal 1B 2F c Remarks This command selects one of the vertical tab channels Subsequent vertical tab codes will advance the paper to the next vertical tab position in the selected channel c can range from 0 to 7 Function Set vertical tabs in tab channels Format ASCII ESC b c n1 n2 NUL Decimal 27 98 c n1 n2 0 Hexadecimal 1B 62 c n1 n2 00 Remarks Sets vertical tabs on lines nl n2...

Page 61: ...from 1 to 255 This command must be sent at the beginning of a line If a line to be printed exceeds the right margin a carriage return and line feed will be inserted to keep the line from exceeding the right margin Function Set left margin Format ASCII ESC I n Decimal 27 108 n Hexadecimal 1B 49 n Remarks Sets the left margin at n character positions of the current character width The value of n can...

Page 62: ...n1 n2 n3 etc You can set up to 32 horizontal tab positions The values of n1 n2 n3 etc can range from 1 to 137 and must be entered in ascending order Function Set intercharacter space Format ASCII ESC SP n Decimal 27 32 n Hexadecimal 1B 20 n Remarks Increases the space between characters by n dots n can range from 0 to 127 Function Absolute dot position Format ASCII ESC n1 n 2 Decimal 27 36 n1 n 2 ...

Page 63: ...ed value for n2 The maxi mum distance is 13 6 inches The command will be ignored if you try to move to a position outside of the current margins Print Style Commands Function Select print mode Format ASCII ESC x n Decimal 27 120 n Hexadecimal 1B 78 n Remarks Selects between the draft mode n 0 and the letter quality mode n 1 Function Select print style Master Select Format ASCII ESC n Decimal 27 33...

Page 64: ...arks Cancels elite width print and returns the LQ 1500 to pica width print Function Proportional print on off Format ASCII ESC p n Decimal 27 112 n Hexadecimal 1B 70 n Remarks This command either selects proportional print n 1 or cancels proportional print n 0 Function One line expanded width print Format ASCII SO Decimal 14 Hexadecimal 0E Remarks This code selects expanded width print for the rem...

Page 65: ...e same as SO Function Cancel one line expanded width print Format ASCII DC4 Decimal 20 Hexadecimal 14 Remarks This code can be used to cancel one line expanded width print before the end of the line Function Expanded width print on off Format ASCII ESC W n Decimal 27 87 n Hexadecimal 1B 57 n Remarks Either turns expanded width print on n 1 or turns expanded width print off n 0 Function Select comp...

Page 66: ...DC2 Decimal 18 Hexadecimal 12 Function Select emphasized print Format ASCII ESC E Decimal 27 69 Hexadecimal 1B 45 Function Cancel emphasized print Format ASCII ESC F Decimal 27 70 Hexadecimal 1B 46 I Function Select double strike print Format ASCII ESC G Decimal 27 71 Hexadecimal 1B 47 Function Cancel double strike print Format ASCII ESC H Decimal 27 72 Hexadecimal 1B 48 59 ...

Page 67: ...nd cancels italic printing and returns you to the standard character set Function Underline on off Format ASCII ESC n Decimal 27 45 n Hexadecimal 1B 2D n Remarks This command turns underlining on n 1 or turns underlining off n 0 Function Select superscripts or subscripts Format ASCII ESC S n Decimal 27 83 n Hexadecimal 1B 53 n Remarks This command either selects superscripts n 0 or selects sub scr...

Page 68: ...ned character set n 0 Function Define userdefined characters Format ASCII ESC NUL nl n2 Decimal 27 30 0 nl n 2 Hexadecimal 1B 26 00 n1 n2 Remarks data data data Defines user defined characters of the currently selected style The function of this command is covered in the LQ I500 Programmer s Manual Function Copy normal character set into userdefined character set Format ASCII ESC NUL NUL NUL Decim...

Page 69: ...racter sets n 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Country U S A France Germany United Kingdom Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Japan Norway Denmark II Graphics Commands Function Single density dot graphics Format ASCII ESC K nl n2 Decimal 27 75 nl n2 Hexadecimal 1B 4B nl n2 Remarks data data data Prints single density dot graphics at 60 dots per inch The values of nI and n2 define the number of bytes of data accordi...

Page 70: ...decimal 1B 59 nl n2 data Remarks Prints high speed double density dot graphics at 120 dots per inch The values nI and n2 define the number of bytes of data according to the formula nl n2 x 256 Each byte of data controls the print head pins in one vertical row of dots The maximum number of bytes of data is 1632 Function Quadruple density dot graphics Format ASCII ESC Z nl n2 Decimal 27 90 nl n2 Hex...

Page 71: ... 1500 Programmer s Manual Function Change dot graphics density Format ASCII ESC n s Decimal 27 63 n s Hexadecimal 1B 3F n s Remarks Assigns one of the graphics densities of the selected density dot graphics command to any of the four other dot graphics com mands The functions of this command are covered in the LQ 1500 Programmer s Manual Miscellaneous Commands Function Delete line Format ASCII can...

Page 72: ...inter Format ASCII DC3 Decimal 19 Hexadecimal 13 Remarks Places the LQ 1500 in an off line state It will ignore all codes until it receives a select printer code Function Select printer Format ASCII DCU Decimal 17 Hexadecimal 11 Remarks Returns the LQ 1500 to an on line state It enables the printer to receive data again after it has been deactivated by a deselect printer code This code will not ov...

Page 73: ... up to 2K characters DIP switch 1 1 must be in the down position to use this command sequence Function Set eighth bit Format ASCII ESC Decimal 27 62 Hexadecimal 1B 3E Remarks Sets the eighth data bit to 1 Function Clear eighth bit Format ASCII ESC Decimal 27 61 Hexadecimal 1B 3D Remarks Sets the eighth data bit to 0 Function Cancel eighth bit control Format ASCII ESC Decimal 27 35 Hexadecimal 1B 2...

Page 74: ... head doesn t actually move to the left the LQ 1500 combines the two characters and prints them as one Function Initialize printer Format ASCII ESC Decimal 27 64 Hexadecimal 1B 40 Remarks Resets the printer to the power on state including top of form Function Disable paper out detector Format ASCII ESC 8 Decimal 27 56 Hexadecimal 1B 38 Remarks Turns the paper detector off so that you can print to ...

Page 75: ...mat ASCII ESC Decimal 27 60 Hexadecimal 1B 3C Remarks Returns the print head to the left side of the printer Function Unidirectional printing on off Format ASCII ESC U n Decimal 27 85 n Hexadecimal 1B 55 n Remarks Selects unidirectional printing n 1 or returns the printer to bidirectional printing n 0 Function Half speed printing on off Format ASCII ESC s n Decimal 27 115 n Hexadecimal 1B 73 n Rem...

Page 76: ... would look like this LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 66 On the following four pages are charts showing each of the printing styles that the LQ 1500 can produce Following each example is the ASCII code decimal that will select a particular print style The first of the four charts shows the proportional print styles These styles are available in both the Letter Quality and Draft sets The second chart shows the p...

Page 77: ...emphasized Italic Regular Emphasized Double strike Double strike emphasized Underlined Regular Emphasized Double strike Double strike emphasized Italic underlined Regular Emphasized Double strike Double strike emphasized MISwiy 2 M I S w i y Miswiy 10 M 1 S w i y MISwiy 1 8 M I S w i y MisWiy 26 M I S w i y MISwiy 6 6 M I S w i y 98 MlSwiy 74 M I S w i y 106 MISwiy 82 M I S w i y 114 Miswiy 90 M I...

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Page 81: ... LQ Draft 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Prop 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ASCII 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Y Z LQ Q A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 0 P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Prop A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 75 ...

Page 82: ... 168 169 170 1 7 1 a b C d i ii i j k 1 m n 0 P q r 8 t U V W X y Z 1 r ASCII Draft LQ Prop 172 I 173 174 175 176 17 0 0 177 1 1 1 178 2 2 2 179 3 3 3 180 4 4 4 181 5 5 5 182 ci 6 6 183 7 7 7 184 8 8 8 185 9 9 9 186 187 1 8 8 189 190 191 192 193 A B A 194 i3 B 195 c c 196 D D D 197 E E E 198 F F F 199 G G G 200 H H H 201 I I 202 j J J 203 K K K 204 L L L 205 M M M 206 N N N 207 0 O 0 208 P P P 209...

Page 83: ...5 Draft LQ Prop Y Y Y Z Z Z a b C d e f g h i j k ASCII 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 Draft LQ Prop l l l m m m n n n 0 0 0 P P P q q q r r r s s t t s t u u U v V V W W W x X X Y Y Y z z z 77 a a b b c c d d e e f f g g h h i i j j k k ...

Page 84: ...Draft International Characters Letter quality ProDortional 78 ...

Page 85: ...a special table for your word processing program so that it can calculate the number of proportional characters that will fit on each line The table shows the character its ASCII code decimal and lists four widths Figure D 1 shows what each of the four width values are for The total width value is the only width that you will probably need to know The left space body and right space widths are all...

Page 86: ...r Total width Right space Body Left space Figure D 1 A character and its widths LQ Proportional normal Character ASCII code Left space BUY Right Total space width 80 ...

Page 87: ...LQ Proportional normal continued 81 ...

Page 88: ...LQ Proportional normal continued Character ASCII code Left space Body Right Total 82 ...

Page 89: ...LQ Proportional normal continued Character ASCII Left Total code space Body Right space Text 83 ...

Page 90: ...LQ Proportional superscript subscript Character ASCII Left code space Body Right space Total width ...

Page 91: ...LQ Proportional superscript subscript continued 85 ...

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Page 93: ...al Hexadecimal 0 00 1 01 2 02 3 03 4 04 5 05 6 06 7 07 8 08 9 09 10 0A 11 0B 12 0C 13 0D 14 0E 15 0F 16 10 17 11 18 12 19 13 20 14 21 15 22 16 23 17 24 18 Abbreviation NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN Control key Control Control A Control B Control C Control D Control E Control F Control G Control H Control I Control J Control K Control L ...

Page 94: ... 67 88 Hexadecimal Character 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 42 43 Control key Control Y Control Z Control Decimal 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 8 5 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 l00 101 102 Hexadecimal Character 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B SC 5D 5E 5F 60 ...

Page 95: ...77 120 78 121 79 122 7A 123 7B 124 7C 125 7D 126 7E Hexadecimal Abbreviation Decimal Hexadecimal Abbreviation 7F DEL 144 90 DLE 80 NUL 145 91 DC1 81 SOH 146 92 DC2 82 STX 147 93 DC3 83 ETX 148 94 DC4 84 EOT 149 95 NAK 85 ENQ 150 96 SYN 86 ACK 151 97 ETB 87 BEL 152 98 CAN 88 BS 153 99 EM 89 HT 154 9A SUB 8A LF 155 9B ESC 8B VT 156 9C FS 8C FF 157 9D GS 8D CR 158 9E RS 8E SO 159 9F US 8F SI 160 A0 S...

Page 96: ...CE CF D0 Dl D2 D3 D4 D5 Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U Decimal 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 Hexadecimal Character D6 D7 D8 D9 D A DB DC D D DE DF E0 El E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF FO Fl F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8...

Page 97: ...lic 32 international char acters in each of letter quality propor tional letter quality and draft styles Character matrix Proportional 37 x 17 Letter quality 15 x 17 Draft 9 x 17 Column width Pica 136 columns Pica expanded 68 columns Pica compressed 233 columns Pica compressed expanded 116 columns Elite 163 Elite expanded 81 Elite compressed 272 Elite compressed expanded 136 columns Line spacing l...

Page 98: ...to three no carbon copies Single sheet thickness 0 06mm O 1mm Total of all sheets 0 2mm maximum Height 130mm Width 604mm without knob Depth 363mm 14kg Voltage 108 to 122 VAC Frequency 49 5 to 60 5 Hz Power consumption 300 VA maximum 60 VA typical Temperature 5 to 35 C Humidity 10 to 80 non condensing Black cloth ribbon in cartridge Ribbon life 3 x 10 draft characters 5 x 106 lines print head exclu...

Page 99: ...r matrix 91 Character set 75 91 Character set commands 61 Characters international 23 78 Characters proportional widths 79 Cleaning of printer 27 Codes names of 46 Commands 49 character set 61 graphics 62 horizontal spacing 54 miscellaneous 64 vertical spacing 50 Communications computer to printer 45 Compressed print 58 Computer connecting printer to 15 18 Continuous forms 29 Control codes 45 46 C...

Page 100: ...charcters 23 62 78 Form feed 51 Form length 23 51 Friction feed 30 Front cover 7 Graphics commands 62 Half speed printing 68 Hexadecimal 46 Horizontal spacing commands 54 Horizontal tab 55 IEEE 488 interface card 15 24 Indicators 25 Initialize printer 67 Input buffer 22 Installation interface card 17 power cord 24 ribbon cartridge 9 sheet guide 12 tractor unit 34 Inter character space 55 Interface...

Page 101: ...eous commands 64 Move print head 56 Off line 26 ON LINE button 26 ON LINE light 26 Page length 23 51 Paper bail 8 Paper feed knob 5 Paper feeders 29 PAPER OUT light 26 27 Paper support skids 37 Paper types 29 92 loading pin feed paper 34 loading single sheet paper 31 pin feed paper 29 placement of pin feed paper 40 removing pin feed paper 41 removing single sheet paper 34 single sheet paper 14 29 ...

Page 102: ...anded57 Italic 60 Letter quality 71 Proportional 57 70 Underline 60 Printing method 91 proportional 57 speed 91 Programmer s manual LQ 1500 2 49 Proportional print 57 70 READY light 25 Repeat printing 66 Ribbon cartridge 9 92 installation 9 Ribbon guide 8 Select printer 65 Select signal 23 24 Self test 42 Serial interface 15 24 Sheet guide 29 assembly 12 installation 12 SHEET LOAD button 27 32 Sin...

Page 103: ...fications 91 Tractor unit 29 installation 34 removal 41 Underline print 60 Unidirectional printing 68 Unpacking of print 2 User defined characters 61 Vertical spacing commands 50 Vertical tab 52 Vertical tab in channel 53 Weight of printer 92 Widths of proportional characters 79 97 ...

Page 104: ...teries not supplied by Epson or by accident misuse neglect or improper packing shipping modification or servicing by other than Epson or an authorized Epson Service Center SOME EPSON PRODUCTS HAVE A COMPARTMENT CONTAINING STATIC SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY THIS COMPARTMENT IS CLEARLY LABELED DO NOT OPEN IT THIS WARRANTY WILL BECOME VOID IF YOU ATTEMPT TO MODIFY OR ADJUST ANY ROM OR OTHER PART O...

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Page 107: ...argin of n lines 1 127 Sets the bottom margin to 0 lines Produces a vertical tab NUL Sets up to 16 vertical tabs on lines nl n2 n3 etc l n 2 5 4 Selects a vertical tab channel 0 c s 7 NUL Sets up to 16 vertical tabs on lines n1 n 2 n3 etc of vertical tab channel c 0 c 7 1 n 254 Horizontal Spacing Commands CR Produces a carriage return ESC Q n Sets a right margin at n columns 1 n 255 ESC I n Sets t...

Page 108: ...set to user defined character set ESC R n Selects international character set 0 n 10 Graphics Commands ESC K n1 n2 data Prints single density dot graphics ESC L n1 n2 data Prints double density dot graphics ESC Y n1 n2 data Prints high speed double density dot graphics ESC Z n1 n2 data Prints quadruple density dot graphics ESC s n1 n2 data ESC 7 s n Prints selected density dot graphics Assigns gra...

Page 109: ...phasized 8 Italic 64 Master Select code 73 The Master Select command would look like this ESC I I is ASCII 73 Note Proportional overrides pica elite Condensed works only in draft print DIP Switch Settings Settings for switch 1 Switch Function 1 1 2K byte input buffer 1 2 Paper out detector 1 3 Automatic line feed 1 4 Reserved for future use Up Down Factory Disable Enable Down Disable Enable Down O...

Page 110: ...har Dec 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 2A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T Control key Control Control A Control B Control C Control D Control E Control F Control G Control H Control I Control J Control K Control L Control M Control N Control O Contro...

Page 111: ...71 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 Hex Al A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF BO Bl B2 83 84 B5 B6 B7 88 B9 BA BB BC BD BE BF Co Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF D0 Dl D2 D3 D4 D5 Char 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B c D E F G H l J K L M N O P Q R S T U...