Oki Microline 182, Handbook

Page 1: ...I IBM COMPAIIBLE MICROLINE 182 183 Printer Handbook...

Page 2: ...made to ensure that the information in this document is complete accurate and up to date OKI assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control OKI also cannot guarantee that chan...

Page 3: ...27 Installing and Using the Tractor Feed Unit 30 Inserting Single Sheets 35 CHAPTER 3 PROGRAMMING 37 Basic Training 39 If You Have a Software Package 43 Programming the printer 45 Carriage Return and...

Page 4: ...1 Printing Multiline Graphics 72 Cancel Function 75 Line Feed 76 Paper Out 76 APPENDIXES A o ati I i 77 B Software Notes 81 C Interface Cables 115 D ASCII Character Code Chart 129 E Specifications 137...

Page 5: ...and lights and ex plains various ways to load paper Chapter 3 explains how you can program your printer for special printing effects and how to use the control codes in a software package The appendi...

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Page 7: ...Con Z c CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER...

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Page 9: ...long with some extra items you need These items include 1 ML182 ACcable Paper separator Frame ground A setscrew Platen knob f lIar power supply board If Spare fuses 220 v 0 63 A 240 v 0 5 A for contro...

Page 10: ...feed unit Access cover Acoustic cover 2 ML183 Tractor feed unit Paper separator Access cover ACcable Acoustic cover Frame ground A th setscrew Platen knob forpower supply board Spare fuses 220 V 0 63...

Page 11: ...rface equipment Super Speed 19 200 baud RS232C serial board High Speed 9 600 baud RS232 C serial board M L182 only Super Speed 19 200 baud RS422 serial board High Speed 9 600 baud RS422 serial board M...

Page 12: ..._________________ 2 Remove the access cover by inserting your hand in the top cover slot see figure and lifting off the access cover 3 Remove the carriage shipping restraint that keeps the print head...

Page 13: ...___________ CHAPTER 1 SETTING UP 4 Gently slide the print head to the middle of the printer or to the left side so that it is away from the rollers on the column indicator bar 5...

Page 14: ...he area of the plate that is nearest the front of the printer then lower the top of the cartridge where the plastic ribbon shield is located over the print head The tabs on both side of the cartridge...

Page 15: ...then grasp the cartridge on both sides of the print head and lift up 7 The blue lever located to the left of the ribbon cartridge is used to adjust the print head gap for single or multi part paper Wh...

Page 16: ...ter is working properly Insert a piece of computer paper with sprocket holes or a single sheet of typing paper into the printer as you would insert it in a typewriter If you are unfamiliar with typewr...

Page 17: ...cess cover into the holes on the top front edge of the printer b Lower the access cover onto the printer 12 Grasp the paper and pull it through the opening in the access cover Use the platen knob if y...

Page 18: ...with a printer revision number that is followed by a rolling character pattern ABCJ f FGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXXZ l _ a edefgh ij k BCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVW XYl J _ abcqlFfgh ij kl CO r S f I JKLMNOPQRSTUV...

Page 19: ...nel or turn the power switch OFF After the printer has shown that it is in operating order you are ready to connect your computer First you need an interface cable If you don t have one see your compu...

Page 20: ...ter power is OFF Connecting a Parallel Interface 1 Insert the 36 pin plug in the appropriate receptacle toward the right side of the printer back If no frame ground FG included in your interface cable...

Page 21: ...PRINT Everything s okay and then run the program 6 Your printer should print Everything s okay at 10 characters per inch NOTE If the printer did not print make sure you entered the program properly So...

Page 22: ...g your interface cable make sure both your printer and computer are off before inserting the cable Important to note if you are using a serial cable you are probably required to use an OPEN and PR 1 s...

Page 23: ...the power and try this one line program to make sure the connection is correct LPRINT Everything s okay NOTE Your computer may require a different print statement such as PRINT 1 or PR 1 Check your co...

Page 24: ...hould be spaced 1 6 under the first 8 The printout should look like this E erl yt h i g s o y This line should be 9 If it is overprinted make a small adjustment in the printer so that it automatically...

Page 25: ...on the top of the printer are eight tiny switches that allow you to select a specific language and to make the printer meet the requirements of your computer This section describes the switches and t...

Page 26: ...fault character pitch Switch 3 controls the automatic line feed It is set in the OFF posi tion because the IBM Personal Computer automatically sends a car riage return to the printer at the end of eac...

Page 27: ...8 selects a programmed memory which is an internal ROM in a CPU or an external ROM The factory setting is for the external ROM The factory switch settings are 1 220 V version SWit h Selection Se ting...

Page 28: ...is OFF and the power cable is unplugged 2 Using a phillips head screwdriver loosen the screw on the switch cover at the back of the printer 3 Use a sharp tipped instrument such as a ballpoint pen or...

Page 29: ...CHAPTER 2 OPERATING YOUR PRINTER...

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Page 31: ...oduced in the setup procedure In addition there are three indicator lights that show the status of the printer POWER Indicator SELECT Switch SELECT Indicator Indicates that the printer power is turned...

Page 32: ...M FEED button while you re switching on the printer ALARM Indicator Lights when paper supply is low or ex hausted unless you use the command to disable the alarm described on page 75 Printing stops un...

Page 33: ...w to load the paper When you use fanfold paper adjust the distance between the sprocket pins at the ends of the platen correspond to the paper size You can adjust the platen pin width by extending or...

Page 34: ...g in the bottom of the printer 6 Slide the paper up until it appears in front of the platen 7 Lower the column indicator bar S Close the paper release lever 9 Use the platen knob to advance the paper...

Page 35: ...t the column indicator bar 4 Open the paper release lever 5 Insert the first sheet of paper in the paper guides 6 Push the paper in just enough that its sprocket holes engage the sprocket pins located...

Page 36: ...ML182 183 __________________________________ 10 Use the platen knob to advance the paper to the first printing line 11 Rep ace the access cover 26...

Page 37: ...ALLING AND USING THE ROLL PAPER STAND 1 Remove the access cover 2 Insert the tabs into the slots on both sides of the printer 3 Plug the roll paper stand cord into the connector for the paper near end...

Page 38: ...open the sheet guide of the roll paper stand Mount the shaft on the stands so the grooved end of the shaft fits into the groove on the left stand and the paper rolls from the bottom 7 Insert the paper...

Page 39: ...e release lever 10 Close the bail arm lever 11 Replace the access cover Fit the cover tabs into the slots at the printer front Next lower the cover carefully making sure the paper fits into the slot i...

Page 40: ...h your printer 2 Insert the posts in each end of tractor feed unit into the concave of the side frame 3 Pull both sides of the tractor toward the front until the clamps snap into both platen ends 4 In...

Page 41: ...CHAPTER 2 OPERATION 5 Load the paper from the top of the printer or load it from the bottom if you have a slotted print stand 31...

Page 42: ...the lock lever open slide the tractor to the desired position then push it to lock it in place 7 8 Pull the paper under the column indicator and up to the level of the tractor unit Adjust the right t...

Page 43: ...CHAPTER 2 OPERATION 9 Open the sprocket covers and the paper release lever slide forward 10 Place the sprocket holes in the paper over the sprockets on the tractor unit making sure the paper is even 3...

Page 44: ...ML182 183 ________________________________ 11 Close both sprocket covers 12 Insert the access cover 34...

Page 45: ...nd to the frist printing line 6 Lower the column indicator bar Now you are ready to learn about programming to take advantage of the special printing effects of your ML182 183 If you do not know how t...

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Page 47: ...CHAPTER 3 PROGRAMMING...

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Page 49: ...ai lable printi ng options Carriage Return If your computer does not automatically add a carriage return at the end of a line you may add one to your program Unidirectional Printing With this method c...

Page 50: ...rent character sets IBM character set either I or II is selectable see page 56 There is also a switch selec tion which enables you to power up the printer in either set and to establish the default ch...

Page 51: ...tures and try them Later the features are explained in detail An LPRI NT statement or pri nt statement tells the computer to send information to the printer Take a minute to check your BASIC maual to...

Page 52: ...write a program this way LPRLI lT CHR 79 CHR 75 CHR 73 CHR 68 CHR 65 CHJ 84 OtfR 65 h This is obviously a tedious way to write but you need to understand the concept when you want to use certain comm...

Page 53: ...is what you should get rt e l O HELLO ASCII code SO is non printable so you must use the decimal or hex adecimal form of the command within a CHR statement Nothing in quotes will work Like most comman...

Page 54: ...el whichever feature s you selected and to reset the printer to the normal startup condition ESCape Sequences Many of your IBM compatible MICROLIN E182 183 printer s special printing features are cont...

Page 55: ...ccept the page formatting com mands such as horizontal tabs which are available with your printer When you install your package you probably need to select the features you re going to be using from a...

Page 56: ...ware package What you just typed causes the computer to send a command to the printer to go into 12 characters per inch mode When you load and run your software all printing thereafter will be at 12 c...

Page 57: ...same commands A command is variation of the same CHR 27 1 II command is CHR H1 B CHR H31 CARRIAGE RETURN AND LINE FEED HexGl letimaf CR CHR 13 00 Carriage return tells the printer to print the line of...

Page 58: ...d ON To eliminate the tab settings use the ESC D 0 command HORIZONTAL TABBING ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal HT CHR 9 09 Advances to the next tab position which occurs every 8th character The command is ig...

Page 59: ...ine spacing in multiples of 1 72 or 1 126 inch This affects space be tween lines only not the height of the characters ASCII DeCimal Hexadecimal ESC 0 CHR 27 CHR 48 1B 30 The ESC 0 command sets line s...

Page 60: ...command allows you to interrupt the set line spacing and reset the line spacing for a single line to a multiple of 1 216 inch You can select a maximum space setting of 255 216 inches which is the equ...

Page 61: ...precise PAGE LENGTH SETTING DEkimal ESC C n n CH R 2 7 CHR 79 67 1B 43 01 FF CHR l 127 The printer page length set is user selectable in either inch or line increments where n is either a two or thre...

Page 62: ...next page when there is only 1 inch left at the bottom of a page This command is ignored if the value of n is more than page length To stop the printer from automatically skipping to the next page fo...

Page 63: ...SO command The DC4 command cancels double width printing before the end of a line This enables you to em phasize specific words or characters within a single line and to automatically return to your p...

Page 64: ...R 18 Back to 10 cpi 50 LPRINT CHR 14 Double pica 60 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 14 Double elite 70 LPRINT CHR 15 CHR 14 Double condensed leA pica E TE l lte 12 cpi tfJtJENsEu co 11 cpi ilack to 10 mpi D 7 btl 4...

Page 65: ...e ninth dot the last dot in some descender characters will be overlapped Underlining under the spaces designated by horizontal tabs is available also 10 LPRINT This line isn t underlined 20 LPRINT CHR...

Page 66: ...below the normal print line use the ESC 51 command before entering the characters To return to printing on the normal print line use the ESC T command Superscript and subscript characters are printed...

Page 67: ...y entering the ESC E command causes each character to be doubled horizontally creating a bolder image for titles subtitles or emphasizing word s within a document To return to the normal character set...

Page 68: ...V f CHARACTER SETS i Decimal ESC 6 CHR 27 CHR 54 1B 36 II ESC 7 CHR 27 CHR 55 1B 37 If you use Spanish for all your documents It is better to make the selection on the internal switches see page 17 s...

Page 69: ...required images will be printed without distortion If you have IBM DOS 2 0 you can use a software package or BASIC commands such as CIRCLE LINE and DRAW to create an image on the display screen your...

Page 70: ...Boot the system 3 When the prompt sign A appears type 1 HICSl CR CR indicates pressing the Enter key which is marked with an angled arrow 4 When you see the prompt sign again type BASICA CR EXAMPLE 1...

Page 71: ...print out everything that ap pears on the screen including menus prompts error messages etc which you may not want printed Our sample program shows some ways to suppress unwanted parts of the display...

Page 72: ...isplay a prompt sign when the program is completed If you put in a STOP statement the screen will display Break in 1000 In these cases the prompt or break message would also ap pear on your printout l...

Page 73: ...which dots to print in each column First we discuss each part separately then put them together There are four modes of bit image graphics available with the IBM compatible MICROLINE They differ in ho...

Page 74: ...dots line 480 816 Max dot res 960 1632 This mode has the same density as ESC L and prints at normal speed however you cannot print dots in the same row in adjacent columns In other words after you ha...

Page 75: ...owever print dots in other rows This allows you to create much finer curves and diagonal lines in these high density modes 2 Number of Columns The start graphics code is followed by two numbers tellin...

Page 76: ...ivides two numbers and returns the integer remainder FIX removes the fractional portion of a numeric expression without rounding it off See your BASIC Manual for details Using these functions you can...

Page 77: ...igher density graphics keep in mind that the columns will overlap and remember any restrictions that may apply Then divide the image in to strips of eight rows Each row will be programmed as a separat...

Page 78: ...e number for each column C1 etc then the complete statement looks like this R R R 1 1 eHR R iCH 0 l if column data col 1 col 400 The format is the same for all density modesi the only differences are...

Page 79: ...awn on graph paper they look like this Step 1 Begin with LPRINT and the start graphics code for si ngle density graphics r j iJ 0 LPR1 T Cltlg 27 CHR 75 i f ii i Step 2 Count the columns in the image...

Page 80: ...CH R 9 CH R 18 CH R 36 CH R 72 CH R 144 CH R 32 CH R 64 CHR 128 Step 4 Now run the program The result should look like this If it does not check your arithmetic and typing then try again Now go back a...

Page 81: ...ints more slowly although with this amount of printing the difference in speed may be hard to detect Now try double density normal speed ESC V 30 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 89 CHR 11 CHR 0 CHR 1 CH R 2 CH R 4...

Page 82: ...r and the two lines have merged into one thick line because of even greater overlap Here is another sample program that uses a FOR NEXT loop to print all the possible combinations of dots and spaces i...

Page 83: ...ength of a line and placing the number 255 in a WIDTH statement eliminates any length restriction See your IBM BASIC Manual for details The printout looks like this You can vary the length of the grap...

Page 84: ...NOTE Be careful to enter the amount of graphics data you told the printer to expect otherwise the results will be garbled PRINTING MULTILINE GRAPHICS One LPRINT statement cannot print more than one l...

Page 85: ...nes you must use the ESC A command to change line height to 8 72 inch and ESC 2 to activate the change see page 47 Add these lines l iLpRUNT CH 65 R ar l cii lPRI NT CH 50 The modified program now loo...

Page 86: ...des Double density normal speed ESC Y and quadruple density ESC Z Skip at least one dot position between dots on the same horizontal row The printer will not print a dot placed closer than this Hints...

Page 87: ...NEXTI This method makes it easier to check and modify your data Using a variable such as NDOTS helps to make sure the amount of data in the program matches the number of columns you have specified CA...

Page 88: ...ommand NEAR LETTER QUALITY MODE ASCII ESC I ETX 27 73 3 1 B 49 03 When you want to make a good impression with a memorandum or letter use OKl s special near letter quality mode In this mode the printe...

Page 89: ...APPENDIX A Programming Commands...

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Page 91: ...Cancels tabs CHARACTER SIZE 10 CPI 12 CPI 17 1 CPI Double width Turns off double width before end of line Turns double width on permanently Turns double width off permanently CLEAR BUFFER Resets norma...

Page 92: ...sized Cancels emphasized ESC F 27 70 1B 46 printing Cancels enhanced printing ESC H 27 72 1B 48 FORMATING Specifies the length of a ESC C n 27 67 n 1B 43 n page or ESC C 00 m 27 67 00 m 1B 43 00 m Ski...

Page 93: ...nsity bit image graphics mode 120X72 DPI Prints data in quadruple ESC Z 2790 1B 5A density bit image graphics mode 240X72 DPI LINE FEED Advances paper one line LF 10 OA Advances paper one line VT 11 O...

Page 94: ...out condition Printer will continue printing even if paper is out PRINT MODE NLQ mode ESC I ETX 27 73 3 1 B 49 03 UTI LlTY mode ESC I SOH 27 73 1 1 B 49 01 SUPERSCRIPTS AND SUBSCRIPTS Selects superscr...

Page 95: ...APPENDIX B Software Notes...

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Page 97: ...sent by the IBM Personal Computer causes the printer to return to its default settings Utility mode 10 characters per inch and six lines per inch In most instances your computer sends an I PRIME sign...

Page 98: ...key then press H Here are your MICROLIN E printers features and the corresponding codes in hexadecimal form Emphasized Print H1 BI H45 Enhanced Print I H1 BI H47 17 1 cpi I HOF 12 cpi I H1 BI H3A 10...

Page 99: ...ates entered during the printing procedure set the lower right corner In our example C9 defines the printed area as seven columns A through C by nine rows 1 through 9 You can vary the amount printed b...

Page 100: ...more characters on a line we can change the lower right coordinates so that 13 columns are printed With condensed printing this will still fit on standard 8 1 2 width paper Multiple Control Codes You...

Page 101: ...0 2325 2500 1800 2000 ORTG G 3S5 3S5 3S5 3B5 3S5 385 UTIL 160 83 124 5 48 92 54 56 65 8 75 47 PHONE 21 5 19 75 15 75 18 82 14 62 13 57 FOOD 180 180 180 180 180 180 CLOTHING 120 120 120 120 120 120 HON...

Page 102: ...16 93 18 92 18 OZ 12 92 18 38 34 94 FOOD 180 180 180 180 18 1 180 180 180 18 1 180 180 180 a OTHIIE 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 120 tD Xl 75 5 75 5 75 5 75 5 75 5 75 5 75 5 75 5 75 5 7...

Page 103: ...of SuperCalc should be used Using SuperCalc3 To Create Spreadsheets Figure 1 depicts a typical spreadsheet though it contains fictional data Enter data in your spreadsheet as depicted in the fictiona...

Page 104: ...Gt CISS Sales Model 1st Qrt 2nd Q t 3r d Q t 4th Qt t Tc tal 3120 00 124 100 75 65 364 3120 01 110 115 120 117 462 3120 02 30 110 1 35 120 455 3120 03 25 78 134 237 Total 324 350 408 436 1518 FIGURE...

Page 105: ...lay A toggle Auto form feed now OFF D toggle Double space now OFF E Toggle End line feed now ON S Set printer control codes Current control codes are R Retain printer control codes for session P Print...

Page 106: ...4th Ilrt Total 65 364 117 462 120 455 134 237 436 1518 FIGURE 3 Condensed Mode Manual Control Codes Available in Set Up Mode The chart below is a quick reference of the control codes which must be ty...

Page 107: ...t 1 From the command line type IV SuperCalc 1 will dis play the graph options available to you 2 Type D for Data then when prompted type B5 E8 This loads the location of the data Enter a return CR to...

Page 108: ...se the cursor keys and select the options as shown In Figure 4 When you are finished press the function key F2 to return control to the Global graphics com mand bar lds Axes I leNS 1 41 1 Optl ns Gt o...

Page 109: ...ess function key FO to plot your pie chart To initiate printout of the pie chart press the function key F9 The resultant printout is depicted in figure 5 11 I I C T C I 4 I 3 J e r I I cf I 1 1 d3 lll...

Page 110: ...Inc 1984 Gross Sales r 34 27 21 3 20 00 FIGURE 6 ITrn 1st Ort m 2r d Ort 3rd Qrt 4th Ort Figures 7 and 8 are bar charts which were generated from the same data pi i r j E T i I I 1 3 4 S 0 Selle 3 2...

Page 111: ...ions most suit able to your needs Special Notes About SuperCalc3 1 While SuperCalc l is plotting graphic data there may be times when the printer stops for as long as one minute While this is more lik...

Page 112: ...es you can patch into WordStar is lim ited so it s a good idea to spend a few minutes thinking about what you ll need for the kind of documents you want to write You may need superscripts and subscrip...

Page 113: ...f the WINSTALL program You get to this menu from the main INSTALLATION MENU From the main menu type D CR The screen will display the PRINTER INSTALLATION MENU which looks like this PRINTER INSTRLLRTIO...

Page 114: ...nd in the Control P Menu of WordStar After the insertion of each patch WINSTALL will request verification of the code sequence If it was entered cor rectly all you need to do is press CR and continue...

Page 115: ...t sequence clf characters should be ser t tCi the printer at PA in your text Set alternate character pitch function code sequence is currently lBh 3Ah Enter e to chaY tge or press RETURN to leave unch...

Page 116: ...ection is designed for printers that can use two color ribbon but we re going to use it for continuous un derlining Type 1 This will appear on your screen Alternate ribboY 1 selectio 1 With this contr...

Page 117: ...ED FUNCTIONS This selection lets you set WordStar commands to make any four feature changes Keep in mind that for each fea ture you want to use you ll need to add a command to turn it off We re going...

Page 118: ...ice versa Your MICROLINE Printer however doesn t work that way superscript and subscript commands function independently and both are cancelled by the same command See page48 for details We ve already...

Page 119: ...define any combi nation of print features that will be set before a WordStar file is printed The selection of features you choose to de fine is known as the default print format This has two uses Fir...

Page 120: ...l b1 Tel enter a sequeYlce elf characters erlter each elYle separately fed lowed by RETURN Press RETURN to leave a value unchanged Enter a period arId press RETURN to terrniyoate a sequence arid to el...

Page 121: ...your WordStar manual Addendum of Special Considerations for specific information on WordStar for the IBM Personal Computer this includes an explanation of how to use the Function keys on your keyboard...

Page 122: ...and situations where printing speed is important W This prints in AYdouble widthAy 5 CPI AnythIng that doesn t fit prints on the next line which also throws off the page length E Now we re back to 10...

Page 123: ...h 0 L S 1 th f f t h E p a gE O 1 oE gt h _ Now we t e back to 1 CPl See the next example for how to correct thIS ThIS IS beir g printed In corod nsed typo Th print r autOMatic 111y switches to UtIlit...

Page 124: ...this to calculate how lliny spaces for the desired left margin and how Many characte s for the desired I ine width For Pica we ve used a left lIIargir AOl of 10 and a right raargin AOR of 70 AW In do...

Page 125: ...ow many spaces for the desired left margin and how many characters for the desired line width For Pica we ve used a left margin OL of 10 and a right margin AOR of 70 C C IT I d C _l b 1 E IN i cI t t...

Page 126: ...that address installation formatting and printing Installation Of SuperWriter Make a backup copy of SuperWriter and store your master copy in a safe place Insert your backup copy in drive A of your sy...

Page 127: ...pi Su perscri pts 6 cpi 8 5 cpi Because SuperWriter s documentation is clear and the package is easy to use we won t go into detail explaining how to use SuperWriter Instead we ve included print sam p...

Page 128: ...cribe how to use the UOKIDATA U ML182 1 and Sorcim s SuperWriter Ver 1 03 This paragraph is being printed in 10 cpi CR CR CR cpi 17 1 CR This paragraph is being printed at 17 1 cpi Note that the left...

Page 129: ...character pitch is changed In fact it is possible to change the character pitch several ti es in a single line The ML182 I is capable of c h II F g a single line SuperWriter 1 03 will LEFT II F d RIGH...

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Page 131: ...APPENDIX C Interface Cables...

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Page 133: ...determine the requirements on the computer end Parallel Cable The Microline 182 183 requires a Centronics equivalent parallel cable with the following Amphenol 57 30360 or AMP 552274 1 plug or equiva...

Page 134: ...3 Data 2 21 To printer sent information in 4 Data 3 22 To printer the 1st to 8th bits of 5 Data 4 23 To printer parallel data respec 6 Data 5 24 To printer tively Each signal is 7 Data 6 25 To printe...

Page 135: ...4 During printer error state 12 Paper End 30 From printer A high signal in dicates that the printer is out of paper 13 Select No return From printer This signal indicates that the printer is ready to...

Page 136: ...No return Logic ground 34 Not used to 36 Serial Cable The Microline 182 183 requires an RS232 C shielded cable UL and CSA equivalent to European standards approved no more than 50 feed in length with...

Page 137: ...circuit board that must be installed in the printer Installation instruc tions are included with the serial board On the board is a set of eight function switches which you may have to reset depending...

Page 138: ...not mentioned in the list above are not currently used and should be left in their factory settings If you have the know how and the necessary tools and equipment to make your own cable here is what y...

Page 139: ...1 Strobe 2 2 Data 0 3 3 Data 1 4 4 Data 2 5 5 Data 3 6 6 Data 4 7 7 Data 5 8 8 Data 6 9 9 Data 7 10 10 Acknowledge 11 11 Busy 12 12 Paper End 13 13 Select 15 32 Error 16 31 I Prime 19 19 Ground 20 21...

Page 140: ...the computer is ready to send data The printer receives data after confirming this signal as high 7 Signal Ground SG Ground Ground 11 Supervisory Send Data SSD From Ptr Indicates the printer is ready...

Page 141: ...computer s requirement Switch 3 Factory set ON to select 8 bit data Set this switch to OFF if you have a 7 bit system Switch 4 Factory set ON for printer Ready Busy protocol Set this switch to OFF if...

Page 142: ...OFF SSD Pin 11 v OFF ON SSD Pin 11 v OFF OFF Switches 9 to 11 Select the transmission speed baud rate from the chart below The switches are factory set to select 9600 baud 4L l 1 c t L i Switch 9 Swi...

Page 143: ...l This situation normally arises when the printer is not connected directly to the host computer NOTE Those switches not mentioned in the list above are not currently used and should be left in their...

Page 144: ...successfully After you remove the printer cabinet proceed as follows 1 Set switch 6 to OFF selecting the circuit test 2 Disconnect your interface cable and connect the test cable 3 Turn the printer o...

Page 145: ...the printer cabinet off 3 Enter the characters ABCDE followed by a carriage return and a line feed Use the programming statement your computer requires such as LPRINT or PR 1 In BASIC the statement lo...

Page 146: ...inter Page 116 details the printer s requirements d Make sure the printer is plugged in PARITY ERROR PRINTED A parity error occurs when the printer checks for an odd number of binary digits and an eve...

Page 147: ...APPENDIX D ASCII Character Code Chart o...

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Page 149: ...5 00000101 05 ENQ 6 00000110 06 ACK 7 00000111 07 BEL 8 00001000 08 BS 9 00001001 09 HT 10 00001010 OA LF 11 00001011 OB VT 12 00001100 OC FF 13 00001101 OD CR 14 00001110 OE SO 15 00001111 OF Si 16...

Page 150: ...00101010 2A 43 00101011 28 44 00101100 2C 45 00101101 2D 46 00101110 2E 47 00101111 2F 48 00110000 30 0 49 00110001 31 50 0011001 0 32 2 51 00110011 33 3 52 00110100 34 4 53 00110101 35 5 54 00110110...

Page 151: ...1 01010001 82 01010010 83 01010011 84 01010100 85 01010101 86 01010110 87 01010111 88 01011000 89 01011001 90 01011010 91 01011011 92 01011100 93 01011101 94 01011110 95 01011111 96 01100000 97 011000...

Page 152: ...01101111 6F 0 112 01110000 70 P 113 01110001 71 q 114 01110010 72 115 01110011 73 s 116 01110100 74 117 01110101 75 u 118 01110110 76 v 119 01110111 77 w 120 01111000 78 x 121 01111001 79 Y 122 011110...

Page 153: ...10010101 150 10010110 151 10010111 152 10011000 153 10011001 154 10011010 155 10011011 156 10011100 157 10011101 158 10011110 159 10011111 160 10100000 161 10100001 162 10100010 163 10100011 164 1010...

Page 154: ...5 182 10110110 B6 183 10110111 B7 184 10111000 B8 185 10111001 B9 186 10111010 BA 187 10111011 BB 188 10111100 BC 189 10111101 BD 190 10111110 BE 191 10111111 BF 192 11000000 CO 193 11000001 Cl 194 11...

Page 155: ...6 215 11010111 07 216 11011000 08 217 11011001 09 218 11011010 OA 219 11011011 OB 220 11011100 OC 221 11011101 00 222 11011110 OE 223 11011111 OF 224 11100000 EO 225 11100001 El 226 11100010 E2 227 11...

Page 156: ...N A 242 11110010 F2 243 11110011 F3 244 11110100 F4 245 11110101 F5 246 11110110 F6 247 11110111 F7 248 11111000 F8 249 11111001 F9 250 11111010 FA 251 11111011 FB 252 253 11111100 11111101 Fe FD 254...

Page 157: ...APPENDIX E Specifications...

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Page 159: ...2 136 standard size ML183 233 condensed size ML183 III MEDIA Number of sheets 1 to 3 Maximum width of paper ML182 ML183 Roll paper 216 mm NA Pin feed 254 mm 406 mm Tractor feed 241 mm 406 mm Paper Pat...

Page 160: ...r MTIR 15 minues Print head life 200 million characters VI ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS Voltage 220 VAC 10 240 VAC 10 Frequency 50 60 Hz 2 VII PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS IBM COMPATIBLE ML182 Width 372 mm...

Page 161: ...APPENDIX F Character Code Table...

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Page 163: ...1 1 1 1 A Q a q 1 5 T u 0 0 1 0 2 DC2 2 B R b r DC2 0 d T T T L 0 0 1 1 3 3 C S c s u K L r 0 1 0 0 4 DC4 4 0 T d I DC4 n 2 0 1 0 1 5 5 E U e u N CT U I 0 1 1 0 6 6 F V f v f J 0 1 1 1 7 bEL 7 G W 9 w...

Page 164: ...u a i 1 T J3 1 1 0 0 I 0 2 DC2 II 2 B R b r e 0 T IE T T L 0 0 I I 3 3 C S c s A a 0 u T 0 I 0 0 4 DC4 4 D T d I a 0 n L I r 0 I 0 I 5 5 E U e u a 0 N I J J 0 I I 0 6 6 F V f v 0 a u J 0 I I I 7 BEL...

Page 165: ...GLOSSARY...

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Page 167: ...ent to bits per second With serial inter faces the printer must be set to receive data at the same baud rate at which the computer transmits data Binary digit Each bit is either 1 or o A basic unit of...

Page 168: ...rised by a byte of data are transmitted simultaneously over eight separate wires A method of checking for data transmission errors used in some serial interfaces The computer adds a bit the parity bit...

Page 169: ...ter is turned off Read Only Memory a permanent storage device integrated circuit chip Information stored in ROM or firmware can be read but cannot be added to or changed In MICROLINE printers ROM is u...

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Page 173: ...rial 14 INDEX D LYRINT ll 14 LCdst Significant Bit LSB 65 Line feed 76 Line feed dutOIll ltic 18 Line feeu command 45 76 LINE FEED switch 10 22 m MOO 64 Most Significant Bit MSB 65 II Paper gdP adjust...

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