NEC Pinwriter P2000/P2X, User Manual

Page 1: ...Pinwriter P2OOO P2X User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...or control Since implementation by customers of each product may vary the suitability of specific product configurations and applications must be determined by the customer and is not warranted by NEC To allow for design and specification improvements the information in this document is subject to change at any time without notice Reproduction of this document or portions thereof without prior wri...

Page 3: ...ipment in a satisfactory state of repair 6 Use a shielded and properly grounded I O cable to prevent radio frequency interference User s Responsibility The user is ultimately responsible for correcting problems that arise from harmful radio frequency emissions from equipment under the user s control If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined ...

Page 4: ...sary the user should consult the dealer NEC or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions NOTE The operator of a computing device may be required to stop operating the device upon finding that the device is causing harmful interference and it is in the public interest to stop operation until the interference problem has been corrected ...

Page 5: ...Option 11 Sheet Feeder 11 Section 3 Control Panel _ 12 Buttons and Indicators 12 Selectinp the Font and Pitch h 13 Memory Switch Menu Mode 14 Entering the Memory Switch Menu Mode 16 Using the Control Panel 16 Option Setting Mode 16 Normal Setting Mode Printing Out the Memory Switch Setting 17 Normal Setting Mode Description of Memory Switch Settings 18 Normal Settinp Mode Changing the Memory Switc...

Page 6: ...ems _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 32 Troubleshootino p _ _ _ _ 34 Self Test _ _ _ 34 Print Screen 35 Hex Dump ____ ____ __ _ _ __ ____ __ ___ ___ __ _ _ _____ 35 Cleanino _ __ _ _ _ 36 Print Quality Maintenance _ _ _ _ __ 36 Section 6 Programming _ 37 ASCII Codino 3 37 Control Codes _ __ _ _ _ ___ __ __ __ ___ ______ _____ __ __ ______ _ __ _ _ __ __ ____ _ _ __ _ __ 38 Appendix A Technical Specificati...

Page 7: ...h resolution graphics 360 dpi graphics mode printing tan smooth your illustrations D Varioustypestyles Seven resident type styles will make your document look great 0 Simple Printer settings Two buttons on the control Panel allow you to Change the various Printer settings easily c1 Useful printouts The P2OOOF2X has three types of test printouts for users The self test printout helps you to check t...

Page 8: ...uter and printer you need not read past Section 6 However if gou have an interest in doing some of your own programming Section 6 and Appendixes of the manual provide valuable programming information as well as hardware and paper specifications Notes cautions and warnings described in this manual are used as follows NOTE contains helpful hints and other important that helps you for using your P200...

Page 9: ...ver need to repack and move the Printer to another location OPERATING REQUIREMENTS Before you set up your Printer be sure that you have an effrcient work space You should have a good Printer stand or similar type of table In addition you need the right kind of environment to keep your equipment runninp well Set up your Printer in a location that is 0 weh ventilated Temperature 5 to 38 C 41 to 100 ...

Page 10: ...r a power outlet Q spacious enough for easy access and paper flow Bottom Feed Rear Feed INSTALLING THE SHEET GUIDE The sheet guide that comes with your printer makes it easy for you to load cut sheets 0 Holding the sheet guide upright fit the right and left slots of the sheet guide to the printer middle cover tabs Tilt the sheet guide toward the rear When you use the cut sheet use the sheet guide ...

Page 11: ...on 0 Open the top cover Be sure the canier is positioned at the Center of the Printer Q Set the Paper thickness setting lever to the forward position Turn the feed knob in the direction of the mow to tighten the ribbon 6 Slide the bar on the bottom of the ribbon cartridge undemeath the two hooks on the print head carrier Gently press down on the top of the ribbon cartridge to leck it in place arou...

Page 12: ...wer cord into a properly grounded outlet Turn on the power You can see tbe lights on the control panel altematingly blinking lights go off after two seconds CAUTION Q Before plugging the power cord check the printer applicable voltage Connecting the power cord to the abnormal voltage outlet may cause the printer damage Applicable voltage is indicated on the printer label located at the back of the...

Page 13: ...apers see Section 4 Loading Continuous Papers to load Paper and then continue the following Steps from 8 0 Set tbe Paper selection lever to the rear position 0 Open the top cover and set the Paper thickness setting lever to Position 3 or 4 Turn on the Printer power Make sure the carriage moves to the Center of the Printer and the lights are Off Q Close the top cover Slide the Paper guide so the ie...

Page 14: ...r a pause of several seconds 0 When the printer is out of paper and the SELECT light is blinking insert a sheet of paper The printer feeds the paper to the first print position automatically Press MODE The printer resumes the self test printing Your self test will look like the following example the following figure shows the example of the P2000 ...

Page 15: ... contact your Printer dealer or Computer dealer Switch off the Printer and the Computer WARNING Before connecting the interface cable turn off both your Printer and Computer Locate the parallel interface connector at the left of the Printer Connect one end of the cable to the Printer Secure the connector with the clips Connect the other end of the cable to the interface port at the rear of your Co...

Page 16: ... terms used to describe them Sheet Guide Allows you to feed single cut sheet _ a Ruler Helps yiu center the paper Identifies print column positions across the paper width st from getting inside the Power Cord The buttons and light on the control panel allow you to easily control the printer and observe its status The control panel buttons are available to change the various printer settings See Se...

Page 17: ...o feed tut sheet and left Trattor Removable Ttactor Used when loading the continuous Paper See Setting Lever See the following Ribbon Print Head Paper Feed Dial The Paper feed dial allows you to feed Paper manually If you advance Paper tum the diaI counterclockwise If you feed Paper in the reverse direction turn the dial clockwise ...

Page 18: ... thinner paper move the lever backward toward lower numbered position If the print smudges or when using thicker paper move the lever forward toward higher numbered position Copy Mode When you set the paper thickness setting lever at any of position 5 or more forward positions the printer enters the copy mode to maintain print quality In this mode the printer prints at a lower speed Sheet Guide an...

Page 19: ...stall the ribbon OPTION You tan increase the usefulness of your Printer by adding optional features Your Printer dealer has more information Sheet Feeder You tan use a sheet feeder to load and print tut sheets hopper capacity maximum of 50 sheets The P2OOO P2X uses a one bin sheet feeder Order number 136 265194 OOl A Refer to Sheer Feeder 4813 User s Guide for instructions of instahing and Paper l...

Page 20: ...ECT Light 0 Displays the printer state 0 0 Lights when the printer is in the online state and paper is loaded in the printer CJ Goes off when the printer is in the offline o state or the printer is out of paper Blinks once a second when the printer is out of paper and print data remains in the printer buffer Blinks twice a second or blinks alternately with MODE light when a printer problem occurs ...

Page 21: ...lection mode the printed markings show the corresponding light Operation to the MODE and SELECI lights to indicate the selected font or pitch See Selecting the Font and Pizch IJ means that the lisht is on m means that the light is Off H means that the light is blinking SELECTING THE FONT AND PITCH You tan select the font and pitch by using the control Panel buttons or Software control Code see Sec...

Page 22: ...When the printer receives the print data during the fontlpitch selection mode the printer prints data after completion of the font pitch selection mode 4 Turning off the printer during the font pitch selection mode cancels any modified settings MEMORY SWITCH MENU MODE The memory switches control your printer s menu mode settings Before using the printer check that the memory switches are set for y...

Page 23: ...e with you Printer Noms 1 None Push Tractof SR Sheet Feeder Pull Pull Trattor 2 P2ow 111 ptx wl 3 P2ooo ICR ONLYI m CR w o PfilMOUTJ 4 7he S F left margin becomes available only when tie current Paper loading method issetto S FJintheq m setting mode 5 lhe setting put in bnckett I D denotes tie factory settiog ...

Page 24: ...ode The option setting mode selects a paper loading method 0 Load paper and enter the memory switch menu mode The printer will print the option setting mode menu The currently selected method is between brackets 1 None indicates that the paper loading with the cut sheet guide or push tractor is selected S F indicates that the paper loading with the sheet feeder is selected Pull indicates that the ...

Page 25: ...re Shows the memory switch settings for the P2000 at the factory O P T I O N SETfING UODE CIJRPENT OFTIN NORMAL sE TINf MODE A PRINT tlO K LANGIJACE WAR STS SHAPE OF 2 Ehd OUICl noDDE GRAPUICS PRINT DIRIXTICJN nfzx DUMP lloIx l 1 U S A 0 OISABLE UNIDIRECTIUNAL DISABLE ß FORMT FOR l FEED LENGTli SKIP OWR P FORATLON u IARGIN E WLATXON CR FUNCTION LF FUNCTIW C PAPER HANOLINC TDF f lARGI JlCUT SnEET G...

Page 26: ...n defaut unidirectional 5 Hex dump mode Selects or cancels the hex dump mode disable Group B Format 1 Form feed length 2 Skip over perforation 3 0 margin emulation 4 CR function 5 LF function Selects the form feed length defauft for continuous paper in inches P2000 ll in Pw 12 in Selects or cancels I inch skip over perforation at power up no skip Selects or cancels 0 margin emulation disable Selec...

Page 27: ...left C I x 0 Basic position defauft setting Group F Print Reset Setiings 1 Print setting 2 Reset setting Prints out the current menu mode settings Resets the menu mode settings all to factory settings Normal Setting Mode Changing the Memory Switch Settings To Change any of the settings you will interact with the Printer and respond to the questions that are printed out The control Panel buttons ar...

Page 28: ... select it At the MSW WRITE OK Yes No question press MODE to reset the CR function setting to new setting To modify the new setting press FEEDROAD and return to step 0 B At the Mode Exit Yes No question press MODE then the printer prints the main menu of the normal setting mode To modify the other settings in Group B press FEED LOAD and perform steps to in the same manner Turn off the printer to q...

Page 29: ... fiom the top edpe of a Page Many word processing applications however assume that the Printer is preset so that the fust print line will be printed at the top of the Page When using the Pinwriter with these applications zero margin emulation is useful for you to directly correlate the word processing document margins with printed document margins For example the first print line of the Printer is...

Page 30: ...ess setting lever depending on the weight of the paper you are using see Section 2 Slide the sheet guide backward Pull the sheet guide forward until it locks Turn on the printer power Make sure the carriage moves to the center of the printer and the SELECT light is off Close the toi cover Insert a sheet of paper into the insertion slot of the sheet guide using the ruler and paper guides to center ...

Page 31: ... feature When the Paper selection lever is set to the rear Position and Paper is inserted the Printer loads the Paper to the first print Position automatically without pressins FEEDI LOAD after one second LOADING CONTINUOUS PAPERS i The following subsections describe how to set up and load the Printer with continuous Papers Removable Trattor A built in removable tractor feeds continuous Papers Alt...

Page 32: ...rom the printer Set the paper selection lever to the front position 0 Remove the sheet guide 8 Open the top cover 8 Remove the tractor 0 To remove the push tractor Pulling up the back knobs on both sides of the tractor remove the tractor from the printer 0 To remove the pull tractor Press the tabs on both tractor side frames and turn the tractor toward the back of the printer to remove from the pr...

Page 33: ...ames to the slots of the Printer b Push the knobs on both sides of the tractor toward the rear until it locks Q To install the tractor as a pull tractor a Put the slots of the tractor frames to the tabs of the sides of the upper feed roller b Turn the tractor toward the front until it locks Removable Trattor Tab Tab Close the top cover ...

Page 34: ...dge position of the paper This will allow the paper to be set at the recommended position the center of the printer Lock the left tractor into position by flipping the lock lever down Set the right tractor so that its feed pins align with the holes on the right side of the paper Close and lock the right tractor NOTE Fit the paper snugly between the tractors but do not stretch the paper feed holes ...

Page 35: ...nt tut sheets NOTE The Paper parking feature tan oniy be used with the tractor installed as a push tractor 8 Press FEEDROAD and MODE simultaneously The Printer will perform reverse line feeding moving the continuous Papers away from the platen NOTE If the continuous Papers are not away from the platen press FEEDROAD and MODE simuitaneously again 0 0 0 8 0 Set the Paper selection lever to the rear ...

Page 36: ...return the paper to the first print position The paper also returns automatically to the first print position when print data is received from the computer h Aufomatic Tear Off Feature With the tractor installed as a push tractor you can tear off the continuous papers without pressing FEED LOAD The printer will advance the paper and align the perforation with the edge of top cover two seconds afte...

Page 37: ...left tractor so that its feed pins ahgn with the holes on the left side of the Paper Close and leck the left tractor into Position by flipping the leck lever down Set the right tractor so that its feed pins ahgn with the holes on the right side of the Paper Close and leck the right tractor NOTE Fit the Paper snugiy between the tractors but do not stretch the Paper feed holes Close the top cover le...

Page 38: ... tractors by flipping their lock levers up Open the left and right tractor covers Set the left and right tractors so that their feed pins align with the holes on the left and right sides of the paper Close and lock the both tractors into position by flipping the lock levers down NOTE Fit the paper snugly between the tractors but do not stretch the paper feed holes Gently pull the continuous papers...

Page 39: ... setting lever to the Position H m Stand the sheet guide 8 Turn on the Printer power Make Sure the carriage moves to the Center of the printer and the SELECT light is off 8 Ciose the top cover Insert an envelope top down with the back or flap side towards you into the insertion slot of the sheet guide using the ruler and Paper guides to Center it The envelope is fed to the first print position and...

Page 40: ...el as patterns of lights that are lit not lit or blinking Refer to Table 5 l for a listing of indicators and corre sponding corrective actions Table 5 l Simde Problem Soivina indication MODE SELECT Meaning Corrective Action On Off Paper empty On Slow blinking Paper empty with print data in memory On Rapid blinking Paper jam with the sheet feeder installed Off Rapid blinking Incorrect setting of th...

Page 41: ...ing II Problem Possible Cause Corrective Action Does not print All lights are off Power is Off The power is on but the Printer does not print The Printer prints one line in two unidirectional strokes The interface cable is not connected properly Print head temperature is too high Printing does not Start at the top of the Page Prfnt is faded Print is smudged Although vetticalfy enlarged or enhanced...

Page 42: ...g paper with the rear feed set the paper selection lever to the front position When loading paper with the bottom feed set the paper selection lever to the rear position TROUBLESHOOTING If you have tried the corrective actions listed in Tables 5 1 5 Z and 5 3 and your printer still will not print correctly try the following troubleshooting techniques Self Test If your Pinwriter will not print run ...

Page 43: ...a particular Printer function such as underlining or condensed printing perform a hex dump to determine whether the Problem is with the Printer or the Software Create several lines of text usinp the function which is giving you Problems In this example we will use the underlining function Exit the Software package and turn off the Printer Press MODE while tunring on the Printer to enter the menu m...

Page 44: ... To make sure your Pinwriter continues to operate properly you should periodically clean and inspect it for signs of wear NOTE Make sure that paper clips or other foreign objects that may fall inside the printer are removed immediately i Cl Clean the outside surface of the printer with a mild detergent or household cleaner to remove dirt dust ink and other residue that can impair printer performan...

Page 45: ...te programs but depend on preprogrammed applications packages tan skip this section completely or read it for insight into how the Pinwriter works ASCH CODING Table 6 l lists the ASCH Codes that c m be used to ccktrol the Pinwriter The 0 to F numbers on the top and left side are the hexadecimal hex numbers for the alphanumeric spe and graphics characters inside the boxes Table 6 l ASCH Table for C...

Page 46: ...nting Same as SO ESC SI 1BOF 2715 Selects condensed printing Same as SI ESC n lB21 n 27 33 n Selects any print styles tin1255 ESC fwQ m ESC n ESC 4 1834 27 52 ESC 5 1835 2753 ESC E 1845 27 69 ESC F 1846 27 70 ESC G 1647 27 71 ESC H 1848 27 72 ESC M lB4D 2777 274045 fwQ 27 45 n Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 n value Cff 10 cpi 0 On 12 cpi 1 On Ptopotional on Condensed On Enhanced On Double strike l g Lkgated ...

Page 47: ...8 selects Tiies 10 PT PS n 19 selects Prestige Elite WP 12 n 34 selects Bald PS n 52 selects Quick Gothic 10 n 53 selects Quick Gothic 12 n decimal Code Selectsor cancels proportional spacing n O Cancel n l Select Selects or canceis outline and shadow printing n O cancels outline and shadow printing n l selects outline printing n 2 selects shadow printing n 3 selects outlme and shadow printing Sel...

Page 48: ...etween characters oIn1127 Moves print position to an absolute horizontal position nlt n2 Q56 number of dots 01n11255 m211 Sets horizontal tabs 1 32 m n Value n Value 10 cpi 1 to79 17 cpi 1to136 12 cpi 1 to89 20 cpi 1 to 159 15 cpi 1 to 119 Sets right margin Character Character width Value n W i d t h Value n 10 cpi 1 to 80 17 cpi 1 to 137 12 cpi 1 to96 20 cpi 1to160 15 cpi 1to120 Moves print posit...

Page 49: ...ances Paper one line Advances Paper to the next preset vertical tab Advances Paper to the top of next Page Sets line spacing at n 360 inch M1255 Selects a vertical tab channel mg Sets line spacing at 8 lines per inch Sets line spacing at 6 lines per inch Sets line spacing at n l80 inch Ma55 Sets line spacing at n 60 inch olnll27 Sets vertical tabs lIn1255 ll l6 Sets page length at n fines per page...

Page 50: ... bit single density dot mode 60 dpi nl n2 056 number of columns Sets 8 bit double density dot mode 120 dpi nl n2x256 number of dots Selects high speed double density dot mode 120 dpi n 1 n2x256 number of dots Selects quadruple density dot mode 240 dpi nl n2x256 number of dots Selects high density dot mode 360 dpi nl n2x256 number of dots Selects either internal or user defined character set n O in...

Page 51: ... set Prints characters continuously from all characters chart nl n2x256 total number of characters Prints one character from all characters chart Moves print position to the left margin Cancels current line of data Deletes preceding character Controls sheet feeder n l Selects hopper n 3 Selects manual slot n 4 Selects hopper n R Ejects sheet from the sheet feeder Cancels control of eighth data bit...

Page 52: ...4pin dot matrix 2 x 12 stagered pin arrangement Font Type a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Draft Gothic 10 Draft Gothic 12 High speed Draft Gothic 12 Draft Gothic 15 Draft Gothic 17 Draft Gothic 20 Quick Gothic 10 Quick Gothic 12 Quick Gothic 15 Quick Gothic 17 Quick Gothic 20 Courier 10 Courier 12 Courier 15 Line Length 0 At 10 cpi 80 characters 0 At 12 cpi 96 characters 0 At 15 cpi 120 characters Cl ...

Page 53: ...c3 Portugal 0 Germany Q Spain 1 Cl Turkey Cl Canada French 0 England 0 Japan CL Spain2 0 Norway 2 0 Denmark 1 0 Norway 0 Latin America Paper Handling CI Manual feed slot sheet guide standard Cl Bottom feed slot for continuous paper standard 0 Push pull convertible tractor standard 0 Sheet feeder capacity 50 sheets optional Ribbon order number 808 861623 001 A 808 867623 607 A Endless loop black ny...

Page 54: ...20 model 200 220 Vat lO 50 60 l Hz 0 P2X 240 V model 240 Vat flO 50 60 l Hz 200 220 model 200 220 Vat lo 50 60 l Hz CAUTION The printer would not be able to guarantee its operation if the input voltage is beyond the specified range Environmental Conditions 0 Operating temperature 5 to 38 C 41 to 100 F 0 Operating humidity 30 to 85 RH noncondensing 0 45 to 70 RH with sheet feeder Storage temperatur...

Page 55: ...d for safety See the printer label located at the back of the printer for detail Special Features 0 Triple width characters Q Double width characters 0 Double height characters 0 Hex data dump 0 Automatic paper loading parking tearinring off 0 Operator panel with font and pitch selection Receive Buffer 16K bytes or 4K bytes with 128 download characters or 0 X bytes with128 download characters S be...

Page 56: ...ii Weight Original Paper thickness 1 plus original Carbonless Original COPY 1 Carbon interleaved Original COPY 1 Carbon 2 plus original Carbonless Original COPY 1 COPY 2 Carbon interleaved Original COPY 1 COPY 2 Carbon 3 plus original Carbonless Original COPY1 COPY 2 COPY 3 89 to 254 mm 3 5 to 10 in 44 9 to 89 8 gsm 12 to 24 lb 0 058 to 0 124 mm 0 0023 to 0 0049 in 74 9 gsm max 20 lb max 48 7 gsm ...

Page 57: ...res describe the dimensions of the print area of a cut sheet continuous forms and envelopes Table B 3 Print Area Dimensions for Sheet Guide Dimensions Description Measurements AandB Margins Normally non printing area 12 7 mm min 0 5 in min C Distance from the top edge to the middle 23 6 mm 0 93 in of the first print lime C Distance from the top edge to the bottom 2514 mm 1 in of the first print li...

Page 58: ...Distance to the bottom of the first print line 25 4 mm 1 in Usually a non printing area because of nearness of 23 6 mm 0 93 in perforation Next print fine after the paper is tom at the perforation is factory set to 0 93 inch Adjustable by changing memory switch setting see Section 3 Table B 5 Print Area Dimensions for Envelopes Dimensions Description Measurements AandB Margins Normally non printin...

Page 59: ...ting control code A nonprintable ASCII code that is used to control a printer function cpi Characters per inch Also known as pitch deselected A mode in which the printer cannot receive data from the host computer Also called offline mode dot mode A mode in which each dot pin on the print head is individually addressed by software double strike printirig A way of printing boldface characters Each l...

Page 60: ...Time To Repair pitch The number of characters per inch in a line PS Proportional spacing A printing method in which the distance between characters varies according to the width of the characters PT Point quiet mode The mode in which the printer prints at a reduced noise level and at a half speed ROM Read only memory selected A mode in which the printer can receive data from the host computer Also...

Page 61: ...capacity 45 CR function 18 Cut sheet 22 D Dimensions 46 Dot size 45 Dot spacing 45 Draft 1 9 E Emulation 46 Envelopes 3 1 Environmental conditions 46 Error A D converter 33 downloading 33 electronic circuit 33 input voltage 33 internal printer program 33 mechanism 33 power supply circuit 33 F Factory settings 17 Features automatic paper loading 23 Automatic tear off 28 copy mode 10 printer 8 zero ...

Page 62: ... 15 features 2 1 MODE button 12 16 rear feed 26 28 MODE light 12 Paper parking 27 Multi ply form 10 Paper selection lever 9 Paper specification 48 N Paper thickness setting lever 10 Paper width 45 Normal setting mode 17 19 Pitch 13 changing the 19 Power cord 4 8 description 18 Power requirements 46 printing out the 17 Power switch 8 functions 18 Print reset settings 19 0 Operating requirements 1 O...

Page 63: ...et setting 19 Ribbon 11 45 installing the 3 Right tractor 9 Ruler 8 10 S S P left margin 18 SELECT light 12 Self test 5 34 Shape of zero 18 Sheet feeder 11 Sheet guide 2 8 10 Skip over perforation 18 Speci al features 47 Specifications Paper 48 T Tearing off 28 Top cover 8 Top margin 18 Tractor 23 Troubleshooting 34 z Zero margin emulation 18 Zero margin emulation feature 21 U Unpacking 1 ...

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