IBM Quietwriter III 5202, Manual

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Page 2: ...your comments to the IBM Corporation Dept F95 035 3 740 New Circle Road N W Lexington KY 40511 Information you supply may be used by IBM without obligation You may of course use it yourself Necessary...

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Page 4: ...the printer into a different electrical outlet from the radio or tele vision Ensure that the grounding wire is tightly secured If necessary contact your Authorized IBM dealer or IBM service represen t...

Page 5: ...is manual refer to the Glossary on page 7 1 for definitions of any terms that may be unfamiliar to you With Problem Determination Procedures on page 6 1 you can diag nose many minor problems yourself...

Page 6: ...tells you how to obtain them It also explains how to change the ribbon and printhead Problem Determination Procedures helps you diagnose and correct problems that may occur during setup or normal oper...

Page 7: ...Movement 3 2 Print Mode Selection 3 4 Fonts and Pitches 3 6 Pinwheel Form Feeder 3 13 Reference 4 1 Printer Lights 4 1 Cover Switch 4 4 Interface 4 5 Setup Switches 4 6 Print Quality 4 12 Contrast Co...

Page 8: ...Paper 5 12 Transparencies 5 1 3 Problem Determination Procedures 6 1 Power On Self Test 6 14 Printer Self Test 6 1 5 Hex Trace Dump 6 17 Glossary 7 1 Index X 1 _ viii...

Page 9: ...and double wide printing Three print modes each with a different ribbon usage rate _ Graphics printing charts and pictures using all points addressable APA printing technology Up to a 335 mm 13 2 in...

Page 10: ...your point of purchase You will need a spare printhead and ribbon to diagnose some problems The following information should be recorded and retained IBM Product Name IBM Model No IBM Serial No The p...

Page 11: ...l standards Class 1 construction provides protection against electric shock by protectively grounding the accessible metal parts of the machine The IBM Quietwriter Ill Printer is equipped with a groun...

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Page 13: ...fer to the illustration below to locate the features on your printer Power Switch 0 Printhead Printer Control Buttons Paper Release Lever Pluggable Font Holder Paper Bail Lever Printer Control Lights...

Page 14: ...bbon carrier to the center of the printer 3 Push the ribbon release lever away from you to the open position 4 Locate the ribbon in the accessory box that came with your printer 5 Turn the ribbon take...

Page 15: ...6 Place the ribbon cartridge on the carrier 7 Make sure the ribbon is threaded between the posts and is behind the printhead as shown below Getting Started 2 3...

Page 16: ...ake sure it is securely seated 9 Pull the ribbon release lever toward you to the closed position Then check to be sure that the lever is fully closed as shown below Ribbon Release Lever Closed Positio...

Page 17: ...ccessory box with your printer 2 Lift the top cover on the printer Clear Plastic Cover 3 Snap the clear plastic cover onto the printer top cover as shown Top Cover 4 Close the printer cover Press down...

Page 18: ...e pn ter Power sw c Make su e the sUion 0 o the back of the p lnte printer rn the o nd of the cord rnt h wall outlet mallere d nto t e Plug the s d of the cor 3 Plug the larger en 4 111111111111111111...

Page 19: ...oments all the lights go off except Ready and one of the print mode lights Draft Quality Enhanced If the Ready light did not come on check to make sure the cover is completely closed Then press Start...

Page 20: ...aligns with the lines on the back cover Note There are five recessed lines in the face of the back cover The center line shows where the left edge of the first character will print Insert the paper to...

Page 21: ...t the platen after the printer has started to print Paper Bail Lever Note The paper will feed to the first writing line and this line is set as the top line of the page Your software program should mo...

Page 22: ...paper in the printer 2 Turn the printer Power switch off 3 Press and hold Start Stop on the printer 4 Turn the printer Power switch on while pressing Start Stop You can release Start Stop when the pr...

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Page 24: ...able from your computer to the large socket on the back of the printer Use the shape of the plug to help you attach the cable properly Grounding Wire 1111111111111111111111111 111111111 Note The print...

Page 25: ...into the notches on the plug to hold the plug in place 4 Attach the grounding wire from the printer cable using the thumb screw from your accessory kit You have now finished setting up your printer Ge...

Page 26: ...t you have performed all the steps correctly b Try printing the job again 4 After the job has printed press Form Feed to remove the sheet of paper When printing a multipage job the printer will stop a...

Page 27: ...nditions Some printer conditions are indicated by a combination of lights Printer Status Ready Not Ready The Start Stop button controls the ready not ready status of your printer Press and release Sta...

Page 28: ...u press Reset The printer will Eject the paper or feed the next form Clear the printer buffer Reset the printer to default conditions Paper Movement Several of the printer control buttons j Form Feed...

Page 29: ...lease the button When you press Code and Iner the paper moves down slightly 11120th of an inch 21 mm rather than one line Use it to help finely adjust the writing line When you press and hold Code and...

Page 30: ...will get the highest quality of print at a burst speed of 80 cps for 10 pitch It is recommended that the Enhanced mode be used when necessary to print letter quality docu ments on rough papers The Enh...

Page 31: ...l print in the mode you have selected until you either select another mode reset the printer or turn the printer off Roody Pope Draft Quolily Enhanced Ribbon Font The following chart summarizes the pr...

Page 32: ...le in 12 pitch Font 2 Courier typestyle in 17 pitch compressed print Font 3 Boldface a proportionally spaced PS font which resembles Courier Font 4 Below is an example of each Courier 1O Font 1 l acx...

Page 33: ...s called the default font The setup switches in your printer were set at the factory to use Courier 10 as the default font Courier 10 is font 1 in the tour embedded fonts You may find that you use one...

Page 34: ...Pluggable Font Cartridges Insert an Electronic Font Ill cartridge Note Do not insert or remove a pluggable font cartridge when the printer is printing 1 If the printer is printing press and release S...

Page 35: ...job Insert the car tridge and press Start Stop to complete the job Downloadable Fonts For an even greater variety and selection of typestyles you can pur chase font download diskettes which contain ad...

Page 36: ...olid On solid See note below On solid Blinking On solid On solid See note below On solid On solid Blinking On solid See note below On solid On solid On solid Blinking See note below Note When a plugga...

Page 37: ...Code while you press and release Font to select the next font Each time you press and release the Font button the next font is selected If the active font is an embedded font the printer will cycle t...

Page 38: ...g 4 On solid On solid On solid Pluggable Fonts Font Ready Draft Quality Selected Light Light Light 1 Blinking On solid On solid 2 On solid Blinking On solid 3 On solid On solid Blinking 4 On solid On...

Page 39: ...r can use forms with an overall width of 76 2 to 381 mm 3 to 15 in edge to edge and with a pin to pin width of 63 5 to 368 3 mm 2 5 to 14 5 in Avoid printing on the perforations of the form paper beca...

Page 40: ...sition 4 Lower the form feeder onto the printer so the slots rest on the platen shaft Paper Bail Lever 5 Press down on each side of the form feeder until it snaps into place 6 Let the form feeder rest...

Page 41: ...s directly behind and below the printer The forms should be no more than 762 mm 30 in below the printer Adjust the forms left or right so the forms feed into the printer straight Note You may need to...

Page 42: ...u until it stays in the open posi tion Paper Bail Lever 5 Lift the silver crossbar up and toward you until it rests in the top of the slot 6 Insert the form under the crossbar at the back end of the f...

Page 43: ...to the first writing line Silver Crossbar Paper Bail Lever 9 Press j to feed the paper up to the pinwheels 10 Pull the paper release lever all the way toward you and leave it there Note The form will...

Page 44: ...pinwheel lock levers upward a Slide the left pinwheel al the way to the left b Move the paper left or right until the form fits over the pins on the left pinwheel c Slide the right pinwheel to the ri...

Page 45: ...form extends above the pinwheels 15 Position the holes in the form over the pinwheel pins and close the pinwheel covers Remove any wrinkles by gently pulling the unused forms toward the rear of the pr...

Page 46: ...mid conditions and some types of supplies may cause paper feed problems when the silver crossbar is in the bottom of the slot If paper feeding problems occur try running the job with the silver crossb...

Page 47: ...Make sure the pinwheel form feeder is securely latched down onto the platen s haft Make sure you ve pulled the paper release lever all the way toward you and left it in the forward position Make sure...

Page 48: ...bin on top of the printer cable grounding wire located at the rear of the printer See Attaching the Printer Cable on page 2 12 Removing Continuous Forms 3 22 1 Press Start Stop to turn off the Ready l...

Page 49: ...Removing the Form Feeder 1 If the Ready light is on press Start Stop The carrier moves to the center 2 Lift the form feeder from the printer f Operating the Printer 3 23...

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Page 51: ...y Light The Ready light is on solid when the printer is prepared to receive and print information from the computer The Ready light is also on solid or blinking to indicate font selection See the char...

Page 52: ...Paper on page 2 8 if you need help If the printer has a pinwheel form feeder attached see Pinwheel Form Feeder on page 3 13 If you have any other paper handling option installed refer to the operator...

Page 53: ...tall the font requested by your software program or change your software program to request another available font Then press Start Stop to continue printing If the correct cartridge is not available...

Page 54: ...Font light will stop blinking Insert a good cartridge to continue or press Start Stop to ignore the error condition The printer will choose a best fit font If you need help correcting the problem see...

Page 55: ...e parallel interface The interface is the connection between your computer and your printer Information is transmitted from the computer to your printer through a printer cable The printer cable is no...

Page 56: ...ter On other models Switch Group 1 is on the left and Switch Group 2 is on the right Examples of both models are shown below There are eight switches in Switch Group _ 4 6 1 six switches in Switch Gro...

Page 57: ...per automatically feeds return advances one line after with each carrier return return Sets line spacing 6 lines per inch 8 lines per inch Reserved Switch should be set off Switch 1 Character Set Refe...

Page 58: ...the length of the page The chart below summarizes these switch settings When Page length Is Lines Per Page 6 LPI 8 LPI Both switches are off 11 00 inches 66 88 4 is off 5 is on 11 625 inches 70 93 4...

Page 59: ...itch 1 in the off position The printer will print from the embedded font Set Switch 1 on to print from pluggable fonts To choose a particular font from either the embedded or pluggable fonts you must...

Page 60: ...elow to set switches 2 and 3 to p rint with that font When Font selected Is Both switches are off Font 1 2 is off 3 is on Font 2 2 is on 3 is off Font 3 Both switches are on Font 4 Switch 4 Font Emula...

Page 61: ...in the pluggable font The SI DC2 ESC and ESC P commands are ignored when switch 4 is on Switch 4 OFF When switch 4 is off the ESC I command will be used to change print modes and to select individual...

Page 62: ...e brown felt pad on the ribbon carrier the ribbon feed rollers and the cardholder This accumulated dirt may cause print quality problems tops and bottoms of characters missing In extreme cases the rib...

Page 63: ...e The three posi tions are marked L low M medium and H high Set the control higher when the climate is dry lower when it is moist Note Use the lowest setting necessary to attain the desired print qual...

Page 64: ...ists each control and escapement sequence in ASCII decimal numeric order Note For IBM BASICA 2 0 and 2 1 users This BASIC version traps the code point X 1A and does not allow it to be sent across the...

Page 65: ...rinter setup switches See Setup Switches on page 4 6 The printer is initialized when the printer Power switch is turned on when the printer initialization interface signal INIT in the parallel interfa...

Page 66: ...rtical Emphasized Printing 4 31 ESCH 72 End Vertical Emphasized Printing 4 31 ESC l 73 Select Print Quality or Font 4 31 ESC S 83 Begin Subscript Superscript Mode 4 40 ESCT 84 End Subscript Superscrip...

Page 67: ...int Quality or Font 4 31 ESC P 80 Select Proportional Spacing Font 4 38 ESC 92 Print All Characters 4 52 ESC 94 Print Next Character 4 52 ESC I 73 Select Font 4 46 ESC T 84 Select Code Page 4 49 Horiz...

Page 68: ...Set 7 72 Inch Line Spacing 4 25 ESC 2 50 Activate Variable Line Spacing 4 25 ESC 3 51 Set Graphics Line Spacing 4 25 ESC A 65 Set Variable Line Spacing 4 28 r ESC 92 Set Vertical Units 4 50 Page Forma...

Page 69: ...Bell Beeper 4 20 ESC 27 Command Prefix 4 24 ESC 5 53 Begin End Auto Line Feed Mode 4 26 ESC I 73 Select Print Quality or Font 4 31 ESC Q 81 Deselect Printer 4 39 DC1 17 Select Printer 4 23 ESCj 106 S...

Page 70: ...discussion of the command how it functions and the purpose or meaning of each parameter Each command ends with an example of an IBM Personal Computer BASIC program statement which shows you how to use...

Page 71: ...e printer contin ually adjusts the vertical position to the nearest 11240th inch The line spacing increment may be changed by one or a combination of the following commands ESC A ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC...

Page 72: ...NT CHR 11 Form Feed The FF command advances the paper to the top of form or top margin of the next page The print position is returned to the left margin The paper advance is based on the currently ac...

Page 73: ...h font In this case the selection will be made from the pluggable font cartridge 2 When switch 4 is on the command is recognized by the printer but no action is taken LPRI NT CHR 15 DC1 Select Printer...

Page 74: ...The command prefix is used to introduce multiple byte com mands The code point immediately following the ESC control identifies the command which in turn identifies the number of sub sequent bytes of...

Page 75: ...under line mode LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 45 CHR n ESC O Set 1 8 Inch Line Spacing I This command sets line spacing to 8 lines per inch LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 48 ESC 1 Set 7 72 Inch Line Spacing ESC2 ESC3 This co...

Page 76: ...de The initial state of this mode is determined by the position of setup switch 6 in Switch Group 1 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 53 CHR n ESC 6 Select Character Set 2 This command in conjunction with ESC 7 Selec...

Page 77: ...Hn code n1 nk This command is used to send a font image to the download font cartridge The Ln and Hn parameters specify the number of data bytes code plus font image data bytes The number of bytes is...

Page 78: ...ed value LPRI NT CHR 27 CHR 6 5 CHR 2 4 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 50 ESC B Set Vertical Tab Stops 4 28 ESC B n1 n2 nk 0 The n s in the format above are used to indicate tab stop positions which are referenced...

Page 79: ...CHR 27 CHR 67 CHR 55 ESC C OSet Page Length in Inches ESC CO m The value m specifies the page length in inches The maximum length which may be specified is 45 inches Lengths greater than 45 inches wil...

Page 80: ...of text which is printed in emphasized mode on a wire matrix printer Text is emphasized by expanding each character slightly in the horizontal direction within its assigned character position to give...

Page 81: ...ng command or when the printer is ini tialized LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 71 ESC H End Vertical Emphasized Printing Double Strike This command ends the vertical emphasized printing mode started by the ESC G Be...

Page 82: ...ro or any EVEN value the font is selected from the embedded fonts When the parameter value is 1 ODD value the font is selected from the pluggable font cartridge The font is selected based on the posit...

Page 83: ...ement used by the line feed control The printer s basic index unit is 1 240 inch If the variable line feed is specified in units other than 1 240 the printer continually adjusts the vertical position...

Page 84: ...yond the right margin or more than 792 bytes for a line length of 13 2 inches 5 6 Aspect Ratio When this aspect ratio is active the printer assumes a horizontal dot density of 60 dpi and a vertical do...

Page 85: ...nsity is deter mined by the active horizontal to vertical aspect ratio The aspect ratio is selected by the ESC n command The default aspect ratio is 5 6 The number of bit image data bytes printed is e...

Page 86: ...e satisfied Line spacing set to 16 240 inch Consecutive graphics ESC L commands must be separated by one CR and one LF command Each ESC L command must begin at the left margin The number of bit image...

Page 87: ...red If the skip perforation function is active it will remain active A value greater than the page length will cause the skip perforation to be reset ESC N is canceled anytime the page length is chang...

Page 88: ...it contains a pro portional space font In this case the selection will be made from the pluggable font cartridge A value of n 0 zero or even value causes the printer to return to the previously activ...

Page 89: ...ct Printer command is received The SLGT signal in the parallel interface is elec trically conditioned to an inactive state indicating that the printer has received the parameter value of 21 before the...

Page 90: ...nd or the printer is initialized LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 83 CHR n ESC T End Subscript Superscript Mode ESC Tends Subscript Superscript printing mode LPRI NT CHR 27 CHR 84 ESC W Begin End Continuous Double W...

Page 91: ...o the maximum limit Maximum Values Pitch m n 10 129 132 12 154 158 15 193 190 17 221 226 PS 154 158 The previous margin values in inches are used if a value of zero is used form or n respectively The...

Page 92: ...cted by the ESC n command The default aspect ratio is 5 6 The number of bit image data bytes printed is equal to 256 times Hn plus Ln All text printing modes are suspended by the bit image printing mo...

Page 93: ...bined when possible by the printer into one print operation For guaranteed scan accumulation the following conditions must be satisfied Line spacing set to 8 240 inch Consecutive graphics ESC Z comman...

Page 94: ...3 4 1 4 3 1 5 2 1 6 1 1 7 0 Bottom 1 8 Bottom 7 Top 1 9 Top Two 6 1 10 5 1 11 4 1 12 3 1 13 2 1 14 1 1 15 0 Bottom 1 16 Bottom 7 Top 1 17 Top Three 6 1 18 5 1 19 4 1 20 3 1 21 2 1 22 1 1 23 0 Bottom...

Page 95: ...et of paper based on the currently active paper handling device set tings A form feed command will cause the page to be ejected but the next page will not load until the printer is ready to print A li...

Page 96: ..._ sheetfeed option which is installed See the Sheetfeed Guide To Operations for the the supported parameter values For example to select automatic cut sheet feeding from sheet drawer one LPRINT CHR 2...

Page 97: ...h embedded font is given in the table above The most popular font widths and their corresponding pitch characters per inch are given in the following table Note The parameter order is high low fwd H L...

Page 98: ...S Ln Hn Htm Ltm Hbm Lbm This command is used to set top and bottom margins The ver tical margins are used to define both a top and bottom margin zone which is skipped when paper is advanced by the LF...

Page 99: ...in would be set to bm 10 inches The top margin parameter values would be Htm 5 and Ltm 160 The bottom margin parameter values would be Hbm 56 and Um 64 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 9 1 CHR 83 CHR 4 CHR 0 CHR 5 C...

Page 100: ...zero If this parameter is omitted Ln and Hn must be adjusted accordingly Ln 4 Hn 0 Note Before printing from a selected code page the font id last selected should exist in the code page If the font i...

Page 101: ...subsequent ESC 3 Set Graphics Line Spacing and ESC J Variable Line Feed commands When the printer is initialized g units is set to 216 A value of zero will not change the current setting The values i...

Page 102: ...character to code point assignments LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 92 CHR Ln CHR Hn CHR c l CHR ck ESC Reverse Line Feed ESC causes the printer to perform a reverse line feed based on the currently active line sp...

Page 103: ...ample to advance the printing position 35 120 inches LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 100 CHR 35 CHR 00 Space Backward ESC e Ln Hn This command spaces the print position backward a specified distance The distance in...

Page 104: ...pect ratio of 5 6 A value of d 2 selects an aspect ratio of 1 1 Values of 3 and above are ignored The horizontal dot density of bit image data is determined by which of the bit image commands is used...

Page 105: ...olumn 2 Hex Hexadecimal value for single byte printer control codes These are _ the hexadecimal representations of the binary data that is sent to the printer These values are printed in the Hex Trace...

Page 106: ...4 56 Column 6 PS In proportionally spaced fonts the width of each character varies The PS column shows the proportional space escapement width for each character in units of 11120th of an inch...

Page 107: ...10 9 09 0 HT HT 10 10 OA LF LF 10 1 1 OB cf VT VT 10 12 oc 9 FF FF 10 13 OD Ji CR CR 10 14 OE fl so so 10 15 OF SI SI 10 16 1 0 10 17 1 1 DC I DC 10 18 1 2 i DC2 DC2 10 19 1 3 II 10 20 1 4 DC4 DC4 10...

Page 108: ...37 25 10 38 26 12 39 27 I I I 6 40 28 10 41 29 10 42 2A 10 43 28 10 44 2C 10 45 2D 10 46 2E 10 4 7 2F I I I 10 48 30 0 0 0 10 49 3 1 I I I 10 50 32 2 2 2 10 5 1 33 3 3 3 10 52 34 4 4 4 10 53 35 5 5 5...

Page 109: ...G G G 14 72 48 H H H 14 73 4 9 I I I 8 74 4A J J J 10 7 5 48 K K K 14 7 6 4C L L L 12 7 7 4D M M M 14 78 4E N N N 14 79 4F 0 0 0 14 80 50 p p p 12 8 1 5 1 Q Q Q 14 82 5 2 R R R 14 83 53 s s s 12 8 4 5...

Page 110: ...4 68 h h h 12 105 69 i i i 6 106 6A j j j 6 107 68 k k k 12 108 6C 1 1 1 6 109 6D m m m 14 11 0 6E n n n 12 11 1 6F 0 0 0 10 11 2 70 p p p 12 11 3 7 1 q q q 12 11 4 72 r r r 10 11 5 73 s s s 10 11 6 7...

Page 111: ...S e 10 13 7 89 e HT e 10 138 SA e LF e 10 13 9 88 1 VT 1 6 140 SC i FF i 6 141 80 i CR i 6 142 8E A so A 14 143 SF A SI A 14 144 90 E E 12 14 5 9 1 DCl a 14 _ 146 92 JF DC2 JF 14 14 7 93 0 0 10 148 94...

Page 112: ...Q Q 10 168 A8 l l l 10 169 A9 10 170 AA 10 171 AB 1 1 1 10 2 2 2 172 AC 1 4 10 173 AD j j j 10 174 AE 14 17 5 AF 14 176 BO 10 177 81 i E 5 10 178 B2 Si ii 10 179 B3 I I I 10 180 B4 1 1 1 10 181 BS 9 9...

Page 113: ...rr rr rr 10 202 CA JL JL JL 10 203 CB ir 10 r r 204 cc IF IF IF 10 205 CD 10 206 CE JL JL JL 10 r r r 207 CF J J J 10 208 DO lL lL lL 10 209 Dl 10 T T T 210 D2 lr lr lr 10 21 1 D3 IL IL IL 10 212 04...

Page 114: ...12 231 E7 T T T 10 232 E8 q q q 14 233 E9 e e e 14 234 EA Q Q Q 14 235 EB 6 6 6 10 236 EC 00 00 00 10 237 ED P P P 14 238 EE E E E 10 239 EF n n n 10 240 FO 10 241 F1 10 242 F2 2 2 2 10 243 F3 5 5 5...

Page 115: ...like proportional spacing you may be able to use printer control codes to perform the function Since each software application is unique read your software instructions carefully before using the prin...

Page 116: ...images similar but not identical to those produced by the IBM Graphics Printer 5152 Due to differences in the printing technology between the two printers graphics images designed for the 5152 may no...

Page 117: ...er In addition directions for installing the supply item are given and in some cases information is given to help you determine if a new supply item is needed Ordering Supplies To order IBM supplies c...

Page 118: ...off Ready Draft Quality Enhanced Paper Ribbon Font When the Ribbon light comes on check first to see if you have run out of ribbon Look for the red section of ribbon at the printhead position This in...

Page 119: ...rom the printer buffer When the printer stops printing the carrier will return to the center of the platen 2 Open the printer cover 3 Push the ribbon release lever away from you to the open position R...

Page 120: ...n the carrier assembly 4 Make sure the ribbon is threaded between the posts and is behind the printhead 5 Press down on the ribbon cartridge to make sure it is securely seated 6 Pull the ribbon releas...

Page 121: ...ndom parts of characters missing The dirt or silver specks around or within charac The ters especially in Enhanced mode Before replacing the printhead follow the guidelines below Always replace the br...

Page 122: ...urn off the printer to change the printhead if you are printing a job If you turn off the printer while it is printing the rest of your job will be lost from the printer buffer 2 Remove the ribbon car...

Page 123: ...lacing the Printhead Warning Never install a printhead that appears damaged 1 Hold the printhead by the handle 2 Place the printhead on the printhead mount 3 Move the clip onto the printhead Supplies...

Page 124: ...n any accumulated dirt or ink on the surface of the ribbon feed rollers Use a soft cloth or tissue to clean the ribbon feed rollers 3 Also use the cloth or tissue to clean the silver post and the card...

Page 125: ...r 2 Insert the key under the right side of the brown felt pad as shown below Brown Felt Pad Key 3 Pry the pad up by pushing the key to the right and down as shown below Supplies 5 9...

Page 126: ...4 Remove the pad and discard 5 Install the new felt pad as shown _ 6 Reinstall the ribbon cartridge and close the cover 5 10...

Page 127: ...ur point of purchase The illustration below shows the location of the order number and code page number on the cartridge label _ 013 Artison 10 087 Letter Gothic 255 Gothic 17 Reorder No 1318010 437 1...

Page 128: ...field points most 20 lb xerographic papers meet this requirement A few of many recommended papers are listed below ARDOR1 XEROCOPY Champion2 Bond HAMMERMILL FORE3 XEROCOPY IBM MULTl SYSTEM PAPER MEAD...

Page 129: ...paper must be loaded behind each transparency Use the Quality print mode Information printed on the transparency is not indelible it can be removed Listed below are three transparencies which have be...

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Page 131: ...by step procedures you will be able to determine what to do to make your printer operational again A spare printhead font and ribbon are needed to diagnose some problems It is important that you follo...

Page 132: ...o to Step 14 on page 6 9 on and the Ready light is off The Font light is Go to Step 8 on page 6 7 on solid and the Ready light is off The Font light is Go to Step 10 on page 6 8 blinking and the Ready...

Page 133: ...uires service The Ready light is The printer has received a Stop blinking and the command from the computer Check printer has beeped your print application for font paper or other changes If the print...

Page 134: ...er to your printer g Make sure the printer top cover is completely latched down Did you find any problem while following the above steps No Go to Step 2 Yes Correct the problem and try to print again...

Page 135: ...efer to Printer Self Test on page 6 15 for the procedure Were you able to feed the paper No Go to Step 13 on page 6 9 Yes Go to Step 6 Is the Ribbon light on No Go to Step 8 on page 6 7 Yes Go to Step...

Page 136: ...f g h i j k I Make sure the ribbon release lever is securely latched in the closed position Make sure the printer is not printing over any wrinkles folds or edges of the paper such as over the edge o...

Page 137: ...nt cartridge back into the printer and press Start Stop to resume printing If you did not remove the font cartridge go to Step 9 Note If you have a blank cartridge installed in the printer and the set...

Page 138: ...t Download Guide To Oper _ ations 10 Was the Font light blinking and did the printer beep No Go to Step 13 on page 6 9 Yes Were you downloading a font when the Font light blinked No Go to Step 11 on p...

Page 139: ...y No Go to Step 15 Yes Go to Step 14 14 Is the Paper light on No Go to Step 20 on page 6 11 Yes Check the following items If you have a sheetfeed attached remove it before following the steps below a...

Page 140: ...r unpredictable print results may occur depending on the sheetfeed you have attached to the printer If this does not correct the problem your sheetfeed requires service 17 Do you have a pinwheel form...

Page 141: ...o Step 21 Yes Go to Step 22 on page 6 12 21 Check the following items Then check your print quality after checking each of the items a Make sure you are printing on paper of acceptable quality See Pap...

Page 142: ...ng each item If the printer cable is disconnected recon nect it to the printer a Make sure you are using the proper font for your applica tions b Make sure your switch settings are correctly set for y...

Page 143: ...ns in your computer manual 26 If your printer is still not working correctly after following the pre vious steps and you feel the problem is not in your computer have your printer serviced Problem Det...

Page 144: ...rdware failures or operator correctable errors all the lights go off except Ready and one print mode light Draft Quality or Enhanced If a hardware failure is detected during this test all lights will...

Page 145: ...print quality 1 Make sure there is paper in the printer 2 Turn the printer Power switch oft 3 Press and hold Start Stop on the printer 4 Turn the printer Power switch on while holding Start Stop press...

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Page 147: ...red into 16 byte print packets and is formatted below Each line printed begins with five blanks The alphabetic field AAA AA is printed in the normal character set To perform the hex trace dump 1 Make...

Page 148: ...62 75 66 66 65 72 e data is buffer 65 64 20 69 6E 74 6F 20 31 36 20 62 79 74 65 OA ed into 16 byte OD 70 61 63 6B 65 74 73 20 61 6E 64 20 70 72 69 J packets and pri 6E 74 65 64 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20...

Page 149: ...synonym for binary digit when the printer is being used in its graphic function buffer A temporary storage area in your printer which holds data sent from the computer burst speed The speed at which o...

Page 150: ...a direction perpendicular to the writing line pinwheel form feeder An optional attachment for your printer that uses continuous form paper The paper has punched tracks along each side and perforations...

Page 151: ...character font image download command 4 27 character set selecting command for set 1 4 26 command for set 2 4 26 switch settings for 4 7 cleaning cardholder 5 8 platen 4 12 ribbon feed rollers 5 8 co...

Page 152: ...4 25 ESC 3 4 25 ESC 4 4 26 ESC 5 4 26 ESC 6 4 26 ESC 7 4 26 F felt pad changing 5 8 font active 3 10 defined 7 1 emulation 4 10 manual selection 3 11 select command 4 31 Font button 3 11 Font light 4...

Page 153: ...or 4 7 line spacing activate variable command 4 25 M set graphics command 4 25 set variable command 4 28 set 1 8 inch command 4 25 set 7 72 inch command 4 25 switch settings for 4 7 margins horizontal...

Page 154: ...57 explanation 4 55 printhead changing 5 5 removing 5 6 replacing 5 7 product name 1 2 X 4 proportional space font selection command 4 38 Q Quality light 4 1 quick reference commands charts 4 16 R Re...

Page 155: ...p 2 4 9 tabs horizontal 4 21 horizontal set command 4 29 reset all command 4 39 vertical 4 21 vertical set command 4 28 test hex trace dump 6 17 power on self 6 14 printer self 2 10 6 15 throughput de...

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Page 157: ...ook well organized Yes D No 2 Was the content of the book accurate and complete Yes No 0 3 Was the book easy to use Yes No 4 What can we do to improve the book 5 What is your job title Questions or co...

Page 158: ...40511 POSTAGE WILL BE PAID BY ADDRESSEE International Business Machines Corporation Department F95 Building 035 3 740 New Circle Road N W Lexington Kentucky 40511 NO POSTAGE NECESSARY IF MAILED IN TH...

Page 159: ...atement applies only to those machines used in Canada Avis de conformite aux normes du mlnlstere des Communications du Canada Cet equipement ne depasse pas les limites de Classe B d emission de bruits...

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