Star Micronics XB-2420, User Manual

Page 1: ...USERS MANUAL XB 2420MULTI FONT XB 2425MULTI FONT ZB 80825502 ...

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Page 3: ...soft BASIC Microsoft Corporation LQ 860W60 LQ 85W105O Seiko Epson Corp NOTICE All rights reserved Reproducticmof any part of this manual in any form whatsoever witbout K 5 t E57KsWJJ J j Y oChange i noti Alleffosts have xenmadeto ensusetbeaccurscy ofthe contentsof thismanualatthetime ofpress However shouldany errors bedetected STAR wouldgreatly a preciatebeingirrformedof them The above notwithstan...

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Page 6: ...tercomponents andthe actualexampleof fontstyle Chapter2 Settingup theprinter Thischapterexplainshowto gettheprinterunpackedandsetup Readthis chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse Chapter3 Optionalaccessories Thischapterexplainstheoptionalaccessorieswithyourprinter andhowto installthem Chapter4 Paperinstallationanduse Thischapterdescribesinstructions forprintingsuchasselectingpapertypes adjustingtheprint...

Page 7: ...cluded a fewhintsandtipsto helpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinterpreter wehave alsoincludedsomehints andasamplepmgram inthislanguage todemonstrate thecapabilitiesofthe printer Chapter10 Troubleshooting andmaintenance Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourprinterisnotworking in the expectedway It alsoincludesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance...

Page 8: ...ngle bin Automatic SheetFee r 15 Dual bin Automatic SheetFeeder 20 PullTractor Unit 22 FontCartridges andRAMCartridges 23 Interface Cartridges 25 Chapter4 PAPERINSTALLATION ANDUSE 27 Selection ofpaper 27 Adjusting theprinting gap 28 Loading fanfold forms 29 Loading thepaperfromtherearoftheprinter 30 Loading thepaperfromthebottom oftheprinter 32 Loading thepaperwithPush Pull feed 33 Paperparking 36...

Page 9: ...d Topofform Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing theautoloading value Clearing thebuffer All reset Seleeting theprintcolor Selecting theASFbinnumber Storemacrodefinition Chapter6 DEFAULTSETTINGS HowtosettheEDSmode Functions oftheEDSsettings Command parameters Fontparametem Character parameters Styleparameters Layout parameters Formsparameters Otherparameters DotAdjustment mode 43 43 44 4...

Page 10: ...r space Sample program Defining yourownchamcters withIBMmode Assigning thedownload character set Assigning thecharacter dotpattern Assigning theIndexTabledata Sample program Chapter9 MS DOSANDYOURPRINTER Installing application software withyourprinter Embedding printercommands Programming theprinterwithDOScommands Programming withBASIC ChapterlOTROUBLESHOOTING ANDMAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Powers...

Page 11: ...arallel interface Serialinterface Character sets Standard character set 2 International character sets IBMcharacter set 2 Character set l IBMspecial character set Proportional spacing table INDEX COMMANDSUMMARY 151 151 155 155 156 157 158 160 161 168 169 170 183 187 ...

Page 12: ...ictionfeed Youcan load fanfoldforms from the rear with internalpush tractor or fanfold formsandmulti partformsfromthebottomwithoptionalpulltractor A specialfeatureenablesyoutokeepfanfoldformsparkedinreadinesswhile printingon otherpaper Sixbrightcolors Magenta cyan violet yellow orangeandgreenaddacolordimensionto yourprintedoutputby theoptionalcolorribbon Largevarietyof fonts The printerhasthe foll...

Page 13: ...rethatsupportsthoseprinters Thatincludesmostword processing andgraphicsprograms spread sheets andintegratedsoftwarepackages Easyoperation Indicatordisplaysandbeeptonesprovideimmediate easytounderstand feedbackwhenyoupressthebuttonsonthecontrolpanel Thefivebuttons canoperatein combinations to performa surprisingvarietyoffunctions includingmicro alignment Easycareandmaintenance The ribboncartridgeca...

Page 14: ...789 ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghi jk 123456789 ABCDEFGtiI TK abccie LJk 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghijk 12395L78 7 ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghijk 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKabcdefghi ik 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghijk 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghijk 123456789 ftBCDEFGHIJK obcdefghijk 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJK abcdefghijk 123456789 ABCDEFGHI jK abcdefghi jk 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKabcde...

Page 15: ...ththeprinter scomponents andcapabilities refertothe informationon the followingpages Papergulcie Releaselever Wustment ever w Tractor W ever lever Powe knob Cartridgeslot Ribboncartridge Print head Control Tear assist Interikce connector 4 ...

Page 16: ... For insertingsinglesheetsof paper Assistswhentearingfanfoldformsatthe perforation CAUTION Sincethetear assistedgeis madesharptocutoffpaper you must swing down the transparentpart when you openthe frontcover Otherwise you may injure yourfingers Indicatesprinterstatusand makesvari ous controlof printer functionssimple andconvenient Switchespoweron or off Advancesthe papermanually Connectsthecompute...

Page 17: ...MEMO 6 ...

Page 18: ...eat suchas directsunlight heatem etc Awayfromexcessivehumidity Awayfromexcessivedust Supplyit with clean electricity Donotconnectit tothesamecircuitas a large noise producing appliancesuchas a refrigerator Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specifiedon the printer s identificationplate To disconnecttheprinter the plughasto be disconnectedfromthe wall socket whichhas to be locatedcloseto the...

Page 19: ...igure2 1tomakesumthatyouhaveeverything thereshould be fiveitems If anyof theseitemsaremissing contactyoursupplier F un2 1 Checktomeka sureyw haveallfiveitems 1 Printer 2 Paparguide 3 Platenknob 4 Ribbon cartridge and5 User smanual NOTE Theplatenknobismountedon theprinterfortheNormalcarriage printer 8 ...

Page 20: ...olorribboncartridge X24CL Fontcatridges FCseries RAMcartridge RC 32Z DC 32Z Serialinterfacecartridge IS 8XL Bufferedparallelinterfacecartridge IP 128XL Automaticsheetfeeder SF 10DMII 15DMII SF 10RMII 15RMII Pulltractorunit PT 1OXIW15XM Fordetailsof theoptionalaccessories referto Chapter3 9 ...

Page 21: ...printercarton incaseyouhavetomovetheprinter to a newlocation Mountingtheplatenknob Theplatenknobis packedintoan accessoryboxwithotheraccessoriesfor the Widecarriageprinter NOTE FortheNormalcarriageprinter theplatenknobismountedonthe printeratfactory Mounttheknobontheplatenshaft whichis locatedonthe right handside oftheprinter Rotatetheknobontheshaftbeforepushingt he knobfullyinto position Pl Ner k...

Page 22: ...the followingprocedure If youwantto print withcolor installthe optionalcolorribboncartridge X24CL 2 Turn the tensionknobclockwiseon the ribboncartridgeto tightenthe ribbonif it is slack Guidetheribbonbetweentheprintheadandthesilverprintheadshield making certain that the spindleson the cartridgeholder fit into the socketson the cartridgeitself Theribbonshouldpassbetweentheprintheadandtheprintheadsh...

Page 23: ...cecable OnaPS 2orPC AT typecomputer thismeansthatyouuse the25 pinD typecomectoratthecomputerend andtheAmphenol type 36 pinconnectorattheprinterend Theconjuration oftheprinter scomector is givenin Chapter11 shouldyou need a cable for connectingto another computer Ifyouneedtoconnecttoaserialport usetheoptionalSerialRS 232interface cartridge IS 8XL Followthe proceduresbelowto connecttheinterfacecable...

Page 24: ...rfacecableto yourcomputer Useyour computerinstructionsto attachtheinterfacecable NOTE Because you need your computer when you start printing ensurethatit is completelyinstalled Plugtheprinterintoa suitableoutlet However DONOTturnonthepower switchat the frontof the printeryet NOTE To disconnecttheprintertheplughastobe disconnectedfromthe wallsocket whichhastobelocatedclosetotheprinter andeasyto acc...

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Page 26: ...n off the powerswitch AUTOMATICSHEETFEEDER Youcanusethe AutomaticSheetFeederto printon singlesheets ThisprintercanbeusedeitheraSingle bintypeorDual bintypeAutomatic SheetFeeder Single BinAutomaticSheetFeeder sF 1oDMI 1 15DMII The procedureto mountthe Single BinASFis 1 2 3 Openthefimt coverbyliftingupthebackusingthetwogripsoneither side thenswingdownthe transparentpart seeFigure3 l Openthe rearcove...

Page 27: ...sparentpart Hgwu 32 n therear rover snd removeit 4 A stackerisincludedwiththe AutomaticSheetFeeder Attachthehook at the top of the stackerto the AutomaticSheetFeeder Thenpushthe lower sectionof the stackerdownintoposition andengagethe lower hookas shownin Figure3 3 16 ...

Page 28: ...eeder 5 TiptheAutomaticSheetFeederforwardslightlyandputthefeederinto placebehindthe printerplatenroller 6 Lowerthe rear sideof the AutomaticSheetFeederand attachit to the Au omatic SheetFeeder U_ FlguJu34 Mountthe AutomatiiSheetFeeder uh printer 17 ...

Page 29: ...wIt h the transparentpartm the openposmon F gum34 Closethafmntawer 8 Insertthehopperattachrnentbyhandintotheholdersontop ofthehopper supportsectionas shownin Figuxe3 6 opperattachment Figufa 36 Inserttie hopperattachment ...

Page 30: ...e ASFby installingthe paperstackintothe hopper Referto Chapter4 In addition youcanfeedasheetofpapermanuallybyinsertingintotheslot at the frontof ASFrolleras showninFigure3 8 F gufw3 U Inserta sheetof paperto feedmanually NOTE Set the paperguideandrear coverasidecarefullyaftertheyhave been removedfromthe printer Reversethe proceduredescribed abovewhenremovingtheAutomaticSheetFeeder ...

Page 31: ...A stackerisincludedwiththeAutomaticSheetFeeder Attachthehook at the top of the stackerto the AutomaticSheetFeeder Thenpushthe lower sectionof the stackerdownintoposition andengagethe lower hookas shownin Figure3 9 Figurs 3 s Attachthe stsckertothe AutomaticSheetFeeder 5 Tipthe AutomaticSheetFeederforwardslightlyandputthefeederinto placebehindthe printerplatenroller 6 Lowerthe rear sideof the Autom...

Page 32: ...Chapter4 In addition youcanfeedasheetofpapermanuallyby insertingintotheslot at the frontof ASFbin l as shownin Figure3 11 I Figure 3 11 You can inserta sheetof papertothe fontslot I NOTE Setthe paperguideandrear coverasidecarefidlyaftertheyhave been removedfromthe printer Reversethe proceduredescribed abovewhenremovingthe AutomaticSheetFeeder 21 ...

Page 33: ...installed move itbefo takingofftherearcover Movethebailleverontopoftheprinterforwardto openthepaperbail Squeezethe sidesofthepapersupportslightly andinsertintotheholes on bothsideofthe PullTractorUnitas sho in Figure3 12 ok PapersupportA 1 F rs3 12 Mount thepapersup rt A andBontothe Pulll ractor Unit 5 Fit the mountingbracketsof thePullTractorUnitontothe shaftof the printermechanism tiltingthe Pul...

Page 34: ...PullTractorUnit FONTCARTRIDGESAND RAMCARTRIDGES Thisprinterhassevenbuilt inLQfonts anda29K byte 76K byteforwide carriagetypeprinter printingbuffer Youcan addthe followingoptionalfontsor expandthe printingbufferby installingoptionalcartridges FontCartridgeor RAMCartridge FC lZ Cartridge Orator2 LetterGothic Blippo Cinema FC 2ZCafiridge OCR B OCR A CODE39 UPC EAN FC 3ZCartridge TW Light Orane 23 ...

Page 35: ...nspanmtpan seeFigure3 l 2 Removethe connectorcoverat the rightsideof theprinter 3 Pushoutthe cap fromtheconnectorcover NOTE Keep s capin a safeplace Cartridge cover Flgutw3 14 Slidethe cartridgeintothe sbt wiihthe POWW switchoff 4 Installthe connectorcoverintotheprinter 5 Insertthecartridgeintotheslotofthecomectorcover andslideitallthe wayin NOTE Remountthe cap on the connectorcover if you do not ...

Page 36: ...reinstallit to theprinter 1 Tumoffthepowerswitch anddisconnectthepowercordfromthepower source 2 Discomecttheinterfacecableif attached 3 Compresstheprojectedpartsonthe rightandleft andpulltheStandard InterfaceCartridgeto removeit fromthe printer Figure 3 15 Remow theStandardInterfaceCarliidge fromthe printer 4 InserttheoptionalInterfaceCartridgesecurelyintoplace If it is not fullyinserted theprinte...

Page 37: ...erial InterfaceCartridge Switch Function ON OFF 1 Datalength 8 bit 7 bit I 2 I ParitY condition I Referbelow I 3 4 DataProtocol Refer below 5 Paritycondition Refer below 6 7 Transfer speed Refer below 8 Paritycondition Dataprotocol OFF ON I 1 1 ETX ACK Transferspeed Switch 6 Switch7 Switch8 Transferspeed OFF OFF OFF 150BPS OFF OFF ON 300BPS OFF ON OFF 6 K BPS OFF ON ON 12 M BPS ON OFF OFF 2400BPS ...

Page 38: ...ationsof continuousfanfold forms may reduceprintingquality misalignthefanfoldforms orcauseapaperjam It isrecommended nottoprintwithinanamaofoneinchbeforeandafter theperforations Multi partforms You can use multi partforms that have up to five parts includingthe originalwhentheMulti partmodeis selectedwiththeEDSsetting For details pleasereferto Chapter6 Usepmssumsensitivemulti paxt formswithbothsid...

Page 39: ...dto accommodate differentpaperthicknesses Tomakethisadjustment openthe front cover The adjustmentleveris locatedat the left sideof the printer mechanism Pushing the adjustmentlever backwardsnarrows the gap pullingit forwardswidensthe gap There are seven positions and you can feel the lever clickinginto each position Thesecondpositionfromtherear markedwith o istheonemost commonlyusedfor singlesheet...

Page 40: ... 3rdor4th 4 ply 40 58 0 24 0 30 4thor5th 5 ply 40 58 0 30 0 35 5thor6th LOADINGFANFOLDFORMS This printeracceptsfanfoldformsup to 10 widefor the normalcarriage printer andup to 16 wideforthe widecarriageprinter Youcanload fanfoldpaperwiththe followingthreeways Pushfeedwithinternaltractorunit BottomfeedwithoptionalPullTractorUnit Push Pullfeed withinternaltractorunit andthe optionalPullTractor unit ...

Page 41: ...deandputit asideforthe moment Openthetransparentpartofthefrontcover andtherearcoverusingthe two gripson eithers de as inFigure4 3 Releaselever Rear co er 1 Figwu 4 3 Openingthe rear cover 6 Passthepaperbetweentheprintercaseandtherearcover 7 Withthetractorcoversopen mountthepaperby aligningholeswiththe pinson the tractorunit 8 Adjustthespacingofthetractorunitsbyslidingthemalongthebar using the clam...

Page 42: ...that the paperis not yet filly loaded The PAPER OUT messagewillalsoflashto confh mthis 1I NOW prCSS the I E X EGT 1 button Thepaperwillbefedandadjusted pasttheprintheadto a positionreadyforprinting 12 Ifyouwanttosetthepapertoadifferentposition settheprinteroff line by pressingthe I ONLINE button then set the paper by using the micro feedfunction Fordetails referto Chapter5 13 Closethe rear coveran...

Page 43: ...ldforms Loadingthepaper fromthebottomof theprinter You can load the fanfoldpaper from the bottom of the printer with the optionalPullTractorUnit 1 Installthe optionalPullTractorUnitas describedin Chapter3 lguru 4 msmume opnonaiml I racmrurm 32 ...

Page 44: ...s locked 4 Nowclosethetractorcovers againmakingsurethatthepaperholes are alignedwiththepinsonthetractorunits Iftheyarenotalignedproperly youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding possiblyresultingintearing andjammingof thepaper Loadingthepaper withPush Pullfeed YoucanloadthefanfoldpaperwithPush Pullfeedbyusingboththeinternal pushtractorunit andtheoptionalPullTractorUnit 1 Placeastackoffanfold paperbehin...

Page 45: ...ththepinsonthetractorunits If heyarenotti fied properly youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding possiblyresultingintearing andjammingof thepaper Releaselever Figwu 4 8 Mountthe fanfoldpaperover the internaltractorunits 8 Tumonthepowerusingthe switchlocatedatthefrontofthe printer The printerwillkeep indicatingthat the paperis not yet fullyloaded The PAPER OUT messagewillalsoflashto confkn this 9 Nowpnx...

Page 46: ...Whentheleverisup theunitisreleased andwhenitisdown theunitis locked 13 Nowclosethetractorcovers againmakingsumthatthepaperholesare alignedwiththepinsontheoptionaltractorunits Iftheyarenotaligned properly youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding possiblyresulting in tearingandjammingof thepaper 14 Removetheleverstopperfromtheslotof thereleaseleverasshownin Figu 4 10 15 Set the release lever to the J pos...

Page 47: ...thpowerON fanfoldpaperloadedin printingposition andthe releaseleverbackward Pressthe ONLINE buttononthecmnmlpaneltosettheprinteroff line ONLINE indicatorwillturnoff Tearoff the printedformat thelastperforation leavingnot morethan abouthalfapageshowingabovethefrontcover Ifnecessary pressthe IPAPER FEED buttontofeedpaperforwarduntilaperforationislocated just abovethe frontcover andtearthere Pressthe...

Page 48: ...youhaveloadedit usingthe optionalPullTractorUnit Paperunparking Whenyouwantto resumeusingfanfoldpaper thepmcedu is asfollows 1 Removeall singlesheetsfromtheprinter 2 Mountthepaperguidein thehorizontalposition 3 Movethe releaseleverto thebackward 4 Pressthe button Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthe parkedfanfold a backintopositionforprinting NOTE Theprinterbeepsintermittently ifyoumovethereleaselev...

Page 49: ...e 4 12 Mountingthe paperguideforsinglesheets 2 3 4 Adjustthepaperguidestomatchthesizeofthepaperyouwillbeusing Rememberthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft handedge of thecarriage Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontoftheprinter The printerwillbeep indicatingthatthereisnopaperinposit ion forprinting The PAPER OUT messagewillalsoflashto confhrnthis Makesurethatthe releaseleveris at ...

Page 50: ...lyoufeelit stop Now pRSStilt button The paper will be fed into the printerandadjustedpasttheprintheadto a position ady forprinting Ifyouwanttosetthepapertoadifferentposition settheprinteroff line by pressingthe O N LINE button then set the paper positionby usingthemicro feedfunction Fordetails referto Chapter5 I Figutu 13 Loadinga singlesheet 39 ...

Page 51: ...alAutomaticSheetFeeder 2 3 4 5 Usethe printer sEDSmodeto selectASF Fordetails pleasereferto Chapter6 If fanfoldpaperhas alreadybeenloadedin the printer park the paper throughthe Rar slot Pullthe printerreleaseleverforwardto loadsinglesheets Whenyoumusing Single BinASF pullthepaperloadingleverforward to pullthehopperoutuntilit is in position In caseof the Dual BinASF pull bothpni sum bar leversforw...

Page 52: ...er guide to the desiredlefl positionby moving it horizontallyin eitherdinxt ion Unlockthe paper guidesby pressing downon thelockingleversin caseof Dual BinASF 7 Loekthelefipaperguides inpositionbymovingtheloekingleverupfor the Dual BinASF F ua 7s Aajuatma papergudas toaccommodatethewidthof ffw paper 41 ...

Page 53: ...itintothe AutomaticSheetFeeder I Flgum 417 Fsn the psperbeforeinser ng intotheASF 10 Insertthe paperstackintothe AutomaticSheetFeeder Thestackshouldnotbemorethan15mm 5 8 equivalentto 150sheets of 20 lb paper If necessary removesomesheets The ASFmay notperformsatisfac torilyif it is overloaded 11 WhenyouamusingSingle BinASF pushthepaperloadinglevertoward theback In caseof the Dual BinASF pushbothpr...

Page 54: ...se Parkfanfoldforms Setthetop of formposition Selecttheprintpitch Selecta font Printtestpatterns Preventsoftwarefromchangingthepanelpitchandfontselections Printa hexadecimaldump Cleartheprinter sbuffer Changethe printcolor Storemacrodeftition BUTTONSAND INDICATORS The printeris equippedwithfivebuttonsonthe controlpanel Fromleftto nghttheyare I VSR 1 PITCH I 5ET E JEc T 4 and r ONLINE The following...

Page 55: ... youpressthe I ONLINE buttonduringprinting the printerstops printingandgoesoff line allowingyouto checktheprintoutorchange a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the I ONLINE I buttonagainto go backon line To cut fanfoldformsattheendofprinting Whenyouholdthe I ON LINE I buttondownforonesecondwiththe pushtractormode thepnntergoesoff lineanddisplaysthe SHORTTEAR OFF message then the...

Page 56: ...endingon thepositionof the releaselever If the releaseleveris backforthe fanfoldforms pressingthisbuttonparks the forms Ifthereleaseleverisforwardforthesinglesheets pressingthisbuttonejects thepaper PITCHbutton Thisbuttonallowsyoutoselecttheprintingpitch Rememberthatthepnnter mustbe off linefor youto do this Successivepressesof this buttonwill display andselect thefollowingoptionsinorder llotethat...

Page 57: ...hic Orane Cinema Barcode39 uPc EAN OldStyle Firenze SLQRoman SLQTW light SLQScript Draft High Speed Draft Message H GOTHIC ORANE CINEMA CODE 39 UPC EAN O STYLE FIRENZE ROMAN SQ TW LIGHT SQ SCRIPT SQ DRAFT HS DRAFT Fontis skipped If a Fontcartridgeis not installed theselectionof relatet If you want to change the character quality quickly press this MODk FONT buttonin on line The printerstopsprintin...

Page 58: ...et Each line willbe offsetby one characterfromthe one beforeit The final nxultwillbesomethinglikeFigure5 3 Ifthecolorribbonisused eachline printsin a differentcoior e x x 0 123456789 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 abcdefgh i j k lmno 0 123456789 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 abcdefghi j k lmnop 0 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 abcdef ghi k1Mnopq 012 3456789 ABCDEFGH I JKLMNOPQRSTUWVXYZ 1 ab...

Page 59: ...lay Theprinterwillprinttheversionnumberoftheprinter sROM thecurrentEDSsettingsandthecurrentDotAdjustmentsetting followedby the wholecharactersetprintedin eachfontandpitchavailable Thetestcyclesendlessly so youmustturnthepoweroff to stopit m o a t x x y will ll l 1 Ill t 1 11 ww W I 4 m 7 A a ic lfr 1 J ar r I M cm m w JMr Figure 5 4 Long self test 48 ...

Page 60: ...femwe Youwillhearanacknowledging beep andtheprinterwillshowthe PITCH LOCK messageon thedisplayaspowercomeson Afterthebeeptone youcansettheprinteroff line selectaprintpitck then returntoon lineandstartprinting Thepitchyouselectedwillshowwith onthedisplayandnotberesetorotherwisechangedbyanycommandsyour softwaremay issue Fontlock mode By holdingthe buttonduringpower up fontscan onlybe selectedfromthe...

Page 61: ...elastline ThefollowingBASICprogramis a simpletestyoucanruninhexadecimal mode 10 WIDTH LPT1 255 20 FOR 1 0 TO 255 30 LPRINT CHR I 40 NEXT I 50 LPRINT 60 END 00 0 I 02 O 04 05 0 b 07 03 09 0 A lB OC OCI OE O F 10 1 1 12 13 74 15 1 b 17 18 1 1A IB IC IG IE IF 20 21 2 Z 2 24 5 i 6 z 7 23 29 ZA 28 C 2 E 2 F 30 3 I 3 35 34 55 0 37 38 39 A iB 3C 30 3 E 3 F 40 41 47 43 44 45 46 47 43 49 4 A 48 4 4 4 E 4 F...

Page 62: ...AC ACI AC AF B O B 1 B 2 B 3 84 B 5 B 6 B 7 B8 89 BA BB EC BD Bf BF C O C 1 C Z C3 C4 C 5 C 6 C 7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF 00 D 1 D Z D3 D4 LI5 06 D 7 Cl8 D 9 L A CIB D l D D E D F O E 1 E 2 E 3 E 4 E 5 E 6 E 7 E 8 E 9 E A E B E C E O E E E F FO F 1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA F8 FC FD FE FF OD OA YgumS6 SamplehexadedmaldumpwithIBM PC Whenthe IBM PCBASICinterpretersendshexcodeOD carriagereturn itadd...

Page 63: ... Pressthe I ONLINE 1 buttonto settheprinteroff line Pressthe 1PAPERFEEDI buttonandholdit down Theprinterwillstart performingsuccessivelinefeeds Whileholdingthe 1PAPERFEED buttondown pressthe 1 ONLINE J button then release both buttons at the same time I eprinter will smoothlyejectthe currentpage Topof form Whenyoupowerontheprinter thetop of formpositionisautomatically set tothecurnmtposition Ifthi...

Page 64: ...an also feedthe paperin smallincrementsin reverse to returnto a higherpositiononthe samepage NOTE With fanfoldforms do not try to returnto a previouspage The perforationmaycatchinsidetheprinter 1 Pressthe I ONLINE 1 buttonto setthe printeroff line 2 Pressthe ONLINE I buttonagainandholdit down 3 Whileholdingthe I ONLINE buttondown pressthe PARK button Thepaperwillstartmovingbackwardsinaseriesofsmal...

Page 65: ...ngwill nowstop butthemmaybe dataremainingin the buffer 3 Pressandholdthe I ONLINE I button 4 While pressing the I ONLINE I button down press and hold the MODE I button Continueholdingthesetwobuttonsdown Inone secondyouwillhearabeeptoneandthe BUFFER CLEAR messageon displaysignalingthatthebufferhasbeencleared If youholdthesebuttonsmorethreeseconds youwillhearthreebeep tonesandthe PRINTER RESET messa...

Page 66: ...nthecolorribbonisinstalledintothe printer SelectingtheASF bin number Youcanusethedual bintypeAutomatic SheetFeeder SF 10RMII 15RMH withthisprinter YoucanselectthisASFbinnumberbythecontrolpaneloperationasshown below 1 2 3 4 5 Pressthe I ONLINE buttonto setthe printeroff line Pressthe I 1buttonandholdit down Whileholdingdownthe I P R 1button pressthe IPAPERFEEDI button The CURRENT ASF BIN1 message w...

Page 67: ...both buttonsat the sametime after this messageto storethe cunent setting Ifyoureleasethesebuttonsafterthe CLEAR MACRO messageisshown on thedisplay the macrois cleared NOTE Youcan storethe followingsettingswiththisprocedure Q CurrentFontandPitch Currentauto loadingamountforcutsheet Currentauto loadingamountforcontinuouspaper Currentauto loadingamountin ASFmode Curnmtprintcolor Datatobestoredmecontr...

Page 68: ...SMODE The EDSmodehas29kindsoffunctionsyoucansetasthepower ondefault Turn the printer on while simultaneouslyholding the pb I E C7 PARK PAPERFEED and I ONLINE 1buttons The ELECTRIC DIP SW messagewill showon the display and enterthe EDSmode In EDSmode the buttonsonthe controlpanelm usedasshownbelowin Figure6 1 lJ MICRO FEED MODE SETE JECT OUIET FONT PITCH PARK PAPER FEED L ON LINE I 1 1 1 1 EDSb BAN...

Page 69: ...rdetails fer to Chapter5 FUNCTIONSOFTHE EDSSEITINGS The printerstcmxthe parametemas easy to useprogrammenuitemsthat you can selectfrom the controlpanelwhilein the EDS mode Thesepa rametersspecify e Command whichcommandsthe printeraccept Font whichfontto print Character whichcharactersetto print Style whichstyleto print Layout howpageswillbe formatted Forms whatpaperthe printerwilluse Others Adefau...

Page 70: ... USA U S A character set is selected D1 ITAL1C OFF Italic print mode is cancelled D2 PITCH 10 Pica pitch 10 CPI is selected El MULTIPART OFF Multi mrtmedeis canalled I E2 PAPER OUT ON Paper out detector is enabied E3 ASF OFF Optional AW is not installed E4 T MGN CUT 1 6 Top margin for cut forms is set to 1 6 inch E5 T MGN ASF 1 6 Top margin for ASF is set to 1 6 inch E6 T MGN TRA 1 6 Top m gin for...

Page 71: ...erth theprinterprints s Quietmode You can selectthe Quietmodeas the power ondefaultby settingthis switch WheninQuietmode theprinterwillprintslightlyslower butatareduced noiselevel Graphicsdirection When printing in dot graphicsmode the printer may either print bi directionally in alternatedirections for speedor in one directiononly unidirectionalfor inc ased accuracy For practicallyall purposes ho...

Page 72: ...o set on line Fontparameters TheFontparametersareassignedto Bank B includingthesefunctions Mode Selectthe modeof fontquality HSDraftprintswiththehighestspeed butthedotmatnxisreducedtoprint faster Drafthasa reduceddotmatrixcomparedto LetterQuality but the print qualityis betterthanthe HSDraft LetterQualityis referedasLQ andtherearemanyfontstylesas shown below The SLQ SuperLetterQuality is thehighes...

Page 73: ...elected for LQ SLQ mode B2 LQ ORATOR 2 Orator font with lower case is selected for LQ LSLQ mode B2 LO TW LIGHT TW Light font is selected for LQ SLQ mode B2 LO L GOTHIC Letter Gothic font is selected for LQ SLQ mode B2 LO BLIPPO Blippo font is selected for LQ SLQ mode B2 LO H GOTHIC H Gothic font is selected for LQ SLQ mode B2 LO ORANE Orane fcnt is selected for LQ SLQ mode B2 LO CINEMA Cinemafont ...

Page 74: ...haracterSet If youselectedIBMmode youcan selecteithercharacterset l or 2 Characterset 2isforcomputm withan8 bitinterface themostcommon kind andset l is forcomputm witha 7 bitinterface Zerostyle Thisswitchtellstheprinterhowto printzero s Whenthe NORMAL isselected theprinterprintsthenormalzero when it is SLASHED the slash zero whichis often used in draft mode to pnwentanypossibleconfusionwiththe let...

Page 75: ...I C5 COUNTRY USA IU S A character setisaelected I C5 COUNTRY FRA France character set is selected C5 COUNTRY GER Germany character set is selected I C5 COUNTRY UK I gl dch set is selected I C5 COUNTRY DEN1 Denmark character set 1 is selected C5 COUNTRY SWEDN Sweden character set is selected I C5 COUNTRY ITALY IItiych krwkselecti I C5 COUNTRYSPA1 Spain character set 1 is selected C5 COUNTRYJAPAN Ja...

Page 76: ...IBMmode Followingtable showsthe displaymessagesand those meaningsfor the Bank D Display Message Meantng D1 ITALIC OFF Italic print mode is csncelled D1 ITALIC ON Italic print mode is sehxXed D2 PITCH 10 Pica pitch 10 CPI is selected D2 PITCH 12 IElite uitch 12CPl is selected I D2 PITCH 15 Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI is selected D2 PITCH 17 Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI is selected D2 PITCH 20 IConde...

Page 77: ... printedin oneinch Followingtable showsthe displaymessagesand those meaningsfor the B 6CE S Display Message Meaning El MULTI PART OFF Multi part mode is cancelled El MULTIPARTON Multi part mode is selected I E2 PAPER OUTOFF I Pimer outdetector is disabled I E2 PAPER OUTON Paper out detector is enabled E3 ASF OFF Optionat ASF is not installed E3 ASF SINGL ON Single Bin ASF is installed E3 ASF DUAL ...

Page 78: ...TRA4 6 ITopmm in for ftioldforms is set to 4 6 inch I I E6 T MGN TRA 5 6 IToumaminf orfwfoldforms is setto 5 6 inch I E6 T MGN TRA 6 6 Top msrgin for fanfold forms is set to 6 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 1 6 Bottom margin is set to 1 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 2 6 IBottom margin is set to Z6 inch I E7 BOTTM MGN 3 6 Bottom margin is set to 3 6 inch E7 BOTTM MGN 4 6 Bottom margin is set to 4 6 inch I E7 BOTTM MGN ...

Page 79: ...iageReturn IfyousetthisswitchOFF aseparatecarriage return codeisrequiredfrom yourcomputerto returnto theleftmargin If yousetthisswitchON theprinterperformsbotha carnagereturnand linefeedeachtimeit receivesaline feedcode Tear Offfunction Youcan selecttheTearOfffunctionwiththisswitchON Whenusingfanfoldpaper theTearOfffunctionallowsyoutotearoffone sheetofpaperwithoutfullyadvancingthefollowingsheet Sk...

Page 80: ...h is set to 12 inches F5 PAGE LGTH A4 Page length is set to compatible for A4 size F5 PAGE LGTH 11 Page length is set to 11 inches F5 PAGE LGTH 10 pagelengthis setto 10inchea F5 PAGE LGTH 9 Page length is set to 9 inches F5 PAGE LGTH 8 5 Page length is set to 8 5 inches F5 PAGE LGTH 8 Page length is set to 8 inches F5 PAGE LGTH 7 Page length is set to 7 inches F5 PAGE LGTH 6 IPage kmgthis set to 6...

Page 81: ...yourcomputertotheprinter setthisswitchto INVERSE EDS setting Ifyouwantto cancelyourEDSsettingsandreturntothefactory settings setthisswitch RESET Followingtable showsthe displaymessagesand those meaningsfor the Bank G Display Message I Meaning G1 STROBE NORMAL SeI the normal interface timing I G1 STROBE INVRSE Set the irtversed interfaee timing G2 EDS CURRENT SetthecurrentEDS settings I G2 EDS RESE...

Page 82: ...sto the right DOT A DJuST fENT SETTING o I i I I I I I I I i I I I 1I i I I i I i I I I I I I i Q LQ 1 I I 1 I11 I I 1 I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 I PADER FEED LQ o I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I i I I I i i I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I I I 4 Whenthetwopasses arealignedwitheachothertoformonecontinuous line thebi dimctionalalignmenttestis completed 5 To change the mode for whi...

Page 83: ... I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 11111111111 1111111 1 1 1 11111111111 11 LQ o 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 DRAFT o 11111111111111111111111 11111111111111111 DRAFT 1 111 111111111 IIlltlllllllll 1111111116111 11 11111 111 11111111111111 Illllilllllll DRAFT o 11111111111111111111111 11111111111111111 I ONLINE DRAFT COND O 111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111 I PITCH 1 END X 72 ...

Page 84: ...rinter scontrolcommands Somecommandsare commonto both the standardand IBM modes In the descriptionsof the commands all commandswill given by fimctions The name of each commandis followedby a tablelikethe onebelow Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC X l 27120 49 IB 78 31 ESC X 1 27120 1 IB 78 01 Mode Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog nized Std Standardmode EDS switchA 1 is EMU LATIONSTD I...

Page 85: ...raftqualitycharacterswithpicapitch 10cpi Ignored ifthe FONT LOCK orPITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower Up Selectdraftelite characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC 1 8 27 73 8 IB 49 06 Changestodraftqualitycharactemwithelitepitch 12cpi Ignored ifthe FONT LOCKor PITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower Up Selectdraftcondensedcharacters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC T 16 27 73 16 IB 4...

Page 86: ...I 2 27 73 2 16 49 02 Changestoletterqualitycharacterswithpicapitch 10cpi Ignored iftheFONT LOCKor PITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower Up SelectLQelite characters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC I LF 27 73 10 IB 49 OA ChangestoIetterqualitycharacterswithelitepitch 12cpi Ignored ifthe FONT LOCKorPITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower Up SelectLQ condensedcharacters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecim...

Page 87: ...f the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power upor thecorrespondingFontCartridgeis notinstalled 11 12 13 14 15 FC 2Z 16 FC 2Z 17 18 FC lZ 32 FC 3Z 33 FC lz 34 n Font n Font O Roman Blippo FC lZ 1 Sanserif 2 Courier 3 Prestige 4 script 5 OCR B 6 OCR A 7 Orator 8 Orator2 9 TW Light 10 LetterGothic H Gothic Orane FC 3Z Cinema FC lZ CODE39 FC 2Z UPC EAN FC 2Z OldStyle FC 5Z Firenze FC 5Z SLQRoman SLQ...

Page 88: ... printedin italics Selectuprightcharacters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 5 27 53 IB 35 Stopsitalicprintingandcausessubsequentcharacterstobeprinted upright Emphasizedprinting tvlodeASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC E 27 69 IB 45 Causessubsequentcharactersto be emphasizedby addingextra thicknessto verticalstrokes Cancelemphasizedprinting Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC F 27 70 IB 4...

Page 89: ...izedanddouble strike isnxommended in draftmode Canceldouble strikeprinting Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC H 27 72 IB 4S Cancelsdouble strike printing Stati underlining Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC l 27 45 49 IB 2D 31 ESC 1 27 45 1 IB 2D 01 Causessubsequentcharactem tobeunderlined IBMblockgraphics charactemandspacesskippedby horizontaltabulationiuenotun derlined Stopunderlining ...

Page 90: ...ecimal Hexadecimal IBM Es t 27 95 48 IB 5F 30 ESC O 27 95 0 IB 5F W Stopsoverlining Selectscore Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC 4 27 40 45 3 IB 28 2D 03 CO cl d d o 1 nl n2 W 01 nl n 2 Startscoreaccordingto thevaluesof nl andn2 as shownbelow nl Function 1 Underlining 2 Strike through 3 Overlining n2 Function O Cancelscore 1 Singlecontinuousline 2 Doublecontinuousline 5 Singlebrokenline 6 Do...

Page 91: ... IB 53 30 ESC S cO 27 33 0 IB 53 W Causessubsequent chamcterstobeprintedassuperscripts Doesnot changethe characterpitch Subscript Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC S l 27 83 49 IB 53 31 ESC S 1 27 B3 1 IB 53 01 Causessubsequentcharactemtobe printedas subscripts Doesnot changethe characterpitch Cancelsuperscriptor subscript Iklodel ASCII Decimal I Hexadecimal I IBoth I cESC T I 27 84 I IB 54 ...

Page 92: ...tto STD ITALIC SelectIBIIU characterset Ihkde ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC t l 27116 49 IB 74 31 Esc t 1 27116 1 IB 74 01 std FS I l 28 73 48 IC 48 31 FS I 1 26731 IC 49 01 Selectsan IBMcharacterset Thisis thepower updefaultin IBM mode orEDSswitchC 1is setto STD GRAPH instandardmode Selectcharacterset 1 Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal B6th ESC 7 27 66 IB 37 Selectscharacterset l Selectcharact...

Page 93: ...a 13 Korea 14 Irish 64 Legal Oneofthesecharactersetscanbe selectedas power updefaultby EDSswitchC 5 SelectIBM codepage Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC t 4 b 27 91 M 4 0 IB 5B 54 04 00 cO d nl n2 O 0 nl ri2 00 00 nl ni Changesthe codepageof thecunent IBMcharactersetaccording to the valuesof nl andn2 nl n2 Code Page 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 3 93 861 Icelandi...

Page 94: ...th no assignedcharacteris received theprinterprintsa space Enable printing of all character codes on next character Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM cESC A n 27 94 n IB 5E n This commandoperateslike 43S0 1 exceptthat it remainsin effectforonlyonecharacter Selectslashzero Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC l 27120 49 10 7E 31 ESC 1 27120 1 10 7E 01 Causessubsequent zerocharacterstobeoverprin...

Page 95: ...27 77 16 4D IBM ESC 27 68 16 3A Changesfmmeitherpicaor semi condensed to elitepitch 12cpi or fromcondensedpicato condensedelite 20cpi Ignoredif the PITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower up Semi condensed pitch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC g 27103 IB 67 Changesfromeitherpicaoreliteto semi condensed pitch 15cpi Ignoredif the PITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower up Condensedprinting Mode ASC...

Page 96: ...oublewidth Cancelexpandedprinting Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC W O 27 87 48 IB 57 30 ESC W 27 87 0 IB 57 IXI Stopsexpandedprintingandreturnsto normalwidth Expandedprintingfor one ine Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both Scb 14 OE std ESC S 27 14 IB OE Causessubsequentcharactersinthe currentlineto be expandedto doublewidth Charactersreturnto normalwidthafterthenextline feed zLF TheKDC4 l ...

Page 97: ...actmx to beproportionally spaced Ignored if the PITCH LOCKmodewasselectedduringpower up Selectfixedspacing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC p O 27112 48 IB m 30 ESC p co 27112 0 IB m 00 IBM ESC P O 27 W O IB 50 00 Causessubsequentcharactersto be printedwith fixed character spacing Ignonxl if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Selectmasterprint mode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecima...

Page 98: ...l Hexadecimal std ESC SE n 27 32 n IB 20 n Incmasesthespacebetweencharactemby ndots whm nisanumber fromOto 127 Usedin micmjustification Selectdoubleor quadruplesize Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC h n 27104 n IB M n Selectsthe size of subsequentcharactemas shownbelow Extra highcharactersalignalongthecap lineofnormalcharacters with thebaselinetempaarily movingdown Linespacingistemporarily do...

Page 99: ...Doubleheight Printdouble heightcharacters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC W l 27119 49 IB 77 31 Std ESC W 1 27 119 1 IB 77 01 FS v l 28 86 49 Ic 56 31 FS v 1 28 86 1 Ic 56 01 Printssubsequentcharactersat doubleheightwithoutmovingthe baseline andwithoutchangingthe linespacing Returnto normalheight Mode I ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC W O 27119 48 IB 77 30 Std ESC W O 27119 0 IB 77 00 FS v o 28 8...

Page 100: ...ine spacing accordingtothevalueofnandm asbelow Doesnotmovethebase line n Linespacing Characterheight O Unchanged 1 Unchanged 2 Unchanged 16 Single 17 Single 18 Single 32 Double 33 Double 34 Double Unchanged Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged Singleheight Doubleheight Unchanged Singleheight Doubleheight m Characterwidth 1 Singlewidth sameasd3SC W O 2 Doublewidth sameascESC W 1 89 ...

Page 101: ...stancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto 7 60inch standardmode or7f72inch IBMmode Set line spacingto 1 6inch IModel ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal I Std I cESC 2 I 27 50 I IB 32 I Setsthe distancethepaperadvancesor rwerses in subsequentline feedsto 1 6inch Set ine spacingto n 360inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std 43SC n 27 43 n IB 2B n S 3 n 28 51 n IC 33 n Setsthe distancethepap...

Page 102: ...e ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 3 n 27 51 n IB 33 n Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline feedsto n 180inchor n 216inch wheren isbetweenOand255 If n O inStandardmodetheline feeddistanceissettoO butinIBM modethiscommandis ignored Set ine spacingto n 60inch or n 72 inch Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC A n 27 S5 n IB 41 n In Standardmode setsthedistancethepaperadvan...

Page 103: ...II Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC LF 27 10 IB OA IBM d3Sc 1 27 93 IB 5D Printsthecurrentlineandfeedsthepaperinthereversedirectionto the precedingline Seetheprecedingcommandsforthelinespacing Ignon xi whenthe frictionfeedis used Selectforwardfeedmode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std FS F 28 70 IC 46 Cancels the reverse feedmodeandselectsforwardfeedmode This is the defaultsettingatpower on Selectreve...

Page 104: ...cESC j n 27106 n 16 6A n Feedsthepaperoncebyn 180inchesinthereversedirection where n is between1and255 Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightor left Doesnotchangethe line spacingsetting Feedpaper n Ih es Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC Y l n 27102 49 n IB 66 31 n ESC r 1 n 27102 1 n IB M 01 n Feedsthepapern linesfromthecurrentline wheren isbetweenO and 127 Set topofpage at currentposjtjon Mode AS...

Page 105: ...odeorbetween1and64inIBMmode Thecurrentline becomesthetopof thepage Set bottommargin Mode I ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I I I 1 Both cESC N n 27 78 n IB 4E n Setsthebottommarginton lines wheren is between1and 127in Standardmodeor between1 and 255 in IBMmode The bottom marginis resetwhenyouchangethepagelength Cancelbottommargin Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC O 27 79 IB 4F Cancelsthebottom...

Page 106: ...mal Both ESC 9 27 57 IB 39 Causesthe printer to stop printingbefore the end of the paper Overridesthe settingof EDS switchE 2 Set verticaltabstops Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 1 Both I ESC B nl nZ cO I 27 66 nl n2 0 I IB 42 nl n2 00 I Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewverticaltabstops atlinesnl n2 etc wherenl L etc are numbersbetween1and 255 A maximumof 16verticaltab stopscanbe set Thet...

Page 107: ...wverticaltabstopsin thischannel A channelis a set of verticaltab stops selectedby the d3S command See d3S B forparametersnl ti b r Select verticaltabchannel Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC nO 27 47 no IB 2F MO Selectsa set of verticaltab stopsdesignatedby a channelnumber nO fmmOto7 ThetabstopsineachchannelaresetbyKESb b Verticaltab Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both VT 11 OB Feeds the pape...

Page 108: ...racterpitch pica pitch if proportionalspacingis selected The left margindoesnot moveif the characterpitch is changedlater lle leftmarginmustbeatleasttwocdumnsto theleft of the rightmarginandwithinthelimitsbelow PrinterType Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensedpica Condensedelite Expandedpica Expandedelite Expandedsemi condensed Expandedcondensedpica Expandedcondensedelite 97 ...

Page 109: ...ype Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensedpica Condensedelite Expandedpica Expandedelite Expandedsemi condensed Expandedcondensedpica Expandedcondensedelite Set left and rightmargins Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC X nl d 27 BB nl d IB 58 nl n2 Setstheleftmarginatcolumnn andtherightmarginatcolumnn2 Seetheprecedingcommands formarginrestrictions andothernotes Carriagereturn Mode ASCII Decimal He...

Page 110: ...ode ThiscommandtakespriorityoverEDSswitchF 1 Backspace Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both as 8 06 Movestheprintpositiononecolumntotheleft Ignorediftheprint positionisattheleftmargin Thiscommandcanbeusedtooverstrike or combinecharactm Leftjustify Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std cESC a O 27 97 46 IB 61 30 ESC a 0 27 97 0 IB 61 00 Alignssubsequent textwiththeleftmargin leavingtherightmargin ragge...

Page 111: ...taltab stopsand sets new tab stopsat columnsnl ni etc in the currentcharacterpitch pica pitch if proportionalspacingis currentlyselected wherenl ti etc are numbersbetween1and255 Themaximumnumberof horizontal tabstopsallowedis 32in Standardmodeand64inIBMmode The tab stopsmust be specifiedin ascendingorder any violationof akcending orderterminatesthetabstoplist Standardterminationis by the b control...

Page 112: ...ehorizontaltab Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std cESC Y nl n2 27 92 nl n2 IB 5C nl n2 Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance Ignoredif theresultingpositionisbeyondtherightorleftmargin Theformulas forthe distanceanddirectionare as follows If n2isbetweenOand63 theprintheadmovesrightby nl n2x 256 dots Ifyouwanttomovetheprintheadtotheleft nl andn2 are obtained by subtractingthe value from...

Page 113: ...ntpositionto nl n 2x 256 60inchesfromtheleft marginonthecurrentline Ignoredifthispositionisbeyondtheright margin Absolutehorizontaltabin cohmms Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std cESC f O n 27102 48 n IB 66 30 n ESC f O n 27102 0 n IB 66 00 n Movesthenextprintpositionto columnnfromtheleftmargin where n is betweenOand 127 102 ...

Page 114: ...s beyondtherightmarginamignored Attheendofbit imageprinting the printernturns automatically to charactermode Print double density8 bitgraphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC L nl n2 27 7B nl td IB 4C nl d ml m2 ml m2 ml m2 Printsbit imagegraphicsat 120dotsper inchhorizontally maxi mum960dotswidefornormalcarriageprinter 1632dotsforwide carnageprinter SeecESC K forotherinformation Printdoub...

Page 115: ...eprinter Inthedataml m2 m3 each three bytes present 24 verticaldots In the leftmost position themostsignificantbitofml is the top dot the leastsig nificantbitofml is the eighthdotfromthetop themostsignificant bitofm2istheninthdot theleastsignificant bitofm2isthesixteenth dotfromthetop themostsignificant bitofti istheseventeenth dot fromthetop theleastsignificant bitofm3isthebottomdot Therest pf da...

Page 116: ...ctgraphicsmode Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC nl n2 28 91 102 d d IB 5B 67 nl n2 tnOg ml m2 mOml m2 mOml m2 Selectsoneof eightgraphicsmodesdependingon thevalueof rnO andprintsdotgraphicsinthismode Thegraphicsimageis nl n2 x 256 1dotswide See ESC K for8 bitgraphics or FS Z for24 bitgraphics for informationonmZ m2 ndl Graphicsmode O 8 bitNormal density 60dotsper inch 1 8 bitDouble density 12...

Page 117: ...decimal std cESC n m 27 63 n m 10 W n m Convertsgraphicsdefinedbysubsequent ESC K cESC L d3SC Y orcESb Z commandstoadensitymodedefinedby cESC n is K L Y or Z indicatingthe modeto be converted misacodefrom to 4 or 6 indicatingoneofthe modesof ESC 106 ...

Page 118: ...ngattributes thefirstbyte mO specifies the leftof the charactec the secondbyte ml specifiesthe characterwidth the thirdbyte m2 specifiesthe rightof thecharacter Thesevaluesmustnotexceedthe followingmaximumlimits Character mode ml mo ml m2 Draft 9 12 LQ pica 31 36 LQ elite 27 30 LQsemi condensed 21 24 LQproportional 37 42 Draftsuper subscript 7 12 LQsuper subscript 19 36 LQprop super subscript 37 4...

Page 119: ...ndexTabledatais placedin a lookuptable thatprovidesinfor mationon whereDotPatterndatais storedinmemoryanddefines certainattributesof thecharacter nl n2x 256 givethenumberof bytesto be downloaded n3 andn4 indicatetheloworderandhighorderaddressesinwhich datais to be stored n3 shouldbe 15andn4 shouldbe 128forthisprinter ti determinesthe charactermode to be downloaded as shown below ns Character mode ...

Page 120: ... beingthetopdot andtheleastsignificantbitbeingthebottom dot Copycharacterset fromROMinto RAM Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC O n o 27 5fJ O n O IB 3A 00 n 00 Copiesthe selectedcharacterset with n as shownbelow to the correspondingdownloadcharacterRAM area overwritingany downloaddataalreadypresent IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA 2isnot setto RAM DOWNLOAD n Font n Font O Roman 1 Sanserif 2 Courier 3 Pr...

Page 121: ...dcharacterareadefinedbetweenOto 127to the areabetween128to 255 Selectdraftpica downloadcharacterset Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC I 4 27 73 4 IB 49 24 Selectsthedownloadcharacterset draftquality andpicapitch 10 cpi IgnorediftheFONTLOCKmodewasselectedduringpower up or if EDSswitchA 2 is not setto RAM DOWNLOAD Selectdraftelite downloadcharacterset Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC I FF...

Page 122: ...acters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC I Sb 27 73 14 IB 49 OE Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with elite pitch 12 cpi Igno d iftheFONTLOCKmode wasselectedduringpower uporif EDS switchA 2 isnot setto RAM DOWNLOAD SelectLC condenseddownloadcharacters Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC r SYN 27 73 22 IB 49 16 Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with condensedpitch 17 cpi IgnorediftheFONT...

Page 123: ...al Hexadecimal Both ESC r n 27 114 n IB 72 n Selectsthe printingcolor accordingto the value of n as shown below Ignoredif the colorribbonis not installed n Color n Color O Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet Selectprint color Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both C d 40 40 67 41 41 d 28 2843 29 29 d Changes theprintingcoloraccording tothevalueofd asshownbelow Ignoredif the colo...

Page 124: ...subsequentbytereceivedto O AcceptMSBas is Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std ESC 27 35 IB 23 Cancelstheprecedingcommandsandacceptsthemostsignificant bit as it is sentto theprinter Deletelast charactersent Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal std DEIJ 127 7F Deletesthe last characterreceived Ignored if the last character receivedhas alreadybeenprinted or if the lastcharacterreceived was allor partof a co...

Page 125: ...r widecarriageprinter Setprinter on line Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both Del 17 11 Returnstheprinteron linestate allowingit to receiveandprocess allsubsequentcharactemandcommands Thiscommandisignored if theprinterwassetoff lineby pressingthe ONLINE 1button on the controlpanel Stopprinting Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM cESC j 27106 IB B 4 Printstheentirecontentsoftheinputbuffer thensetsthe...

Page 126: ...ion One lineuni directional printing IMode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 1 1 std ESC 27 M IB 3C Immediatelyreturnstheprintheadtotheleftmargin thenprintsthe remainderofthelinefromlefttoright Normalprintingresumeson thenextline Manualfeed IMode ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I Both SC E O 27 25 0 IB 19 00 4040 4s 41 41 28 28 30 29 29 Selectsmanual sheet feedingeven when the optionalautomatic sheetfeederi...

Page 127: ...SF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal ESC EM R Both 27 25 82 IB 19 52 R 4040 8241 41 28 28 52 29 29 Ejectsthecumentpage IgnoredifEDSswitchE 3issetto ASFOFF Setprint startpositiononASF Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal cESC EM T n Both 27 25 84 n IB 19 54 n T n 40 40 84 41 41 n 28 28 54 29 29 n Skipsn 6 inchesatthetopofthepage wherenisequaltoorgreater than 1 Ignoredif EDSswitchE 3 is setto ASF OFF Resetpr...

Page 128: ...the inputbuffer and the download commandsare ignored DEFININGYOUROWNCHARACTERS WITH STANDARDMODE Designingand printingyour own charactemhas two requirements first designingtheshapeofthecharacter calculatingthedatanecessarytomake the shape and sendingthat data to the printer and secondly sendingthe commandtoprintthedownloaded characters insteadoftheregularcharacters Theream a numberof designconstra...

Page 129: ...latetheverticalnumericalvaluesofthecolumnsofdots and enterthemunderneaththegrid Eachverticalcolumn whichhasamaximum of 24 dots is first divided into three groups or two groups for super subscripts ofeightdots Eachgroupofeightdotsis presentedbyonebyte whichconsistsof eightbits Thisiswherethenumbersdowntheleftsideofthegridcomein Noticethat thereis a numberfor each row of dots andthat each numberis t...

Page 130: ...aracterthiswayinsteadofmerelydefting the overallwidthofthecharacter Becausethisprinter sproportional character definitionscan also be used to print normal width characters and by centeringeventhenarrowcharactem inthecompletegridtheywilllookgood evenyouamnotprintingthemproportional Thethreebytesareusedto specifythe widthof thecharacterandthespace tobe allowedoneithersideofit Theleftspace indotcolum...

Page 131: ...1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 1200 1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 WIDTH LPTI 255 LPRINT CHR 27 X1 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR LPRINT CHR 60 CHR 61 FOR N 60 TO 61 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT CHR CW READ RS LPRINT CHR RS FOR M 1 TO CW 3 READ MM LPR NT NEXT M NEXT N CHR MM o LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 LPRINT D...

Page 132: ...ONS LPRINT CHR 27 T LPRINT CHR 27 END DATA Telephone Symbol DATA 3 31 2 DATA O 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 DATA 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 DATA 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 0 DATA O 0 0 Car Symbol DATA 3 31 2 DATA O 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 DATA 0 252 128 0 3 64 1 252 128 DATA 10 3 0 20 124 0 40 0 0 DATA 64 126 0 63 128 0 64 ...

Page 133: ... whichyoudesignthe charactemdependsuponthe characterset as shownbelow Characterset Characterwidth CharacterID Draftcharactem 9 0 LQ picacharactem 35 1 LQ elitecharactem 29 2 LQ proportional 17 41 3 Afteryouhavedecidedyourdownloadcharacterset youmusttelltheprinter wherethe downloadcharacterdatato be stored andhowmanydownload charactersetsyouwilldefine Thefirstdownloadfontareastartsfrom 8001bh andyo...

Page 134: ...l l l I I I I I I l l 1 1 1 128 6 32 16 H 4 2 Ccl press r lash b t 1 1 1 1 1 t i BEli t FQum 8 3 TelephonesymbolwithLQpica Afteryouhavedesignedthecharacterpattern youneedtocompresstheDot Pattern Data compressionallows you to store more downloadcharactersthan withoutcompassion It is a moreefllcientuseofmemory Theprinterwill repeatthepreviousdotcolumnwhenthecurrentcolumncompressionmask bit is setto ...

Page 135: ...ou have writtenthe compressionmask bit data line up all the character data for the compressionmask bit that requires O The telephonesymbollookslikein Figure8 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13141516171819202122232425 128 64 32 16 8 1 2 1 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 128 64 32 16 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 2 1 I I I I II I I I II I Ill I I I I I II I I Figure 5 Compressed characterpatternof tele...

Page 136: ...s9 indextabledata Thefirstandthesecondbytes ml andm2 indicatesthepositionofthefirst dotpatterninthememory ml isthehighorderbyte andti istheloworder byte Thethirdbyte m indicatesthecharactertypeandthedotpatterndatawidth in thememory If the characteris normal simply enter the width of dot pattern in the rriemory If yourcharacteris block graptics add 128to the widthof dot patternin thememory Ourtelep...

Page 137: ...10 1320 1330 1340 1350 1360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 WIDTH LPTI 255 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 164 CHR 9 LPRINT CHR HOF CHR H80 CHR 0 INDEX TABLE LPRINT CHR 1 FOR 1 0 TO 59 LPRINT STRINGS 9 O NEXT I FOR IT l TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT FOR IT l TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT FOR 1 62 TO 255 LPRINT STRING 9 O NEXT I DOT PATTERN FOR DP 1 TO 159 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT DP PRINTOUT PROGRAM IT IT L...

Page 138: ...A Index Table Data DATA 137 17 25 227 96 4 242 0 96 DATA 137 92 28 227 96 0 80 64 96 Dot Pattern Data Telephone symbol DATA O 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 o 59 0 0 DATA 59 15 192 S6 31 192 112 63 192 112 127 192 112 255 192 DATA 127 255 192 127 243 192 113 227 192 127 243 192 127 255 192 DATA 112 255 192 112 127 192 112 63 192 56 31 192 59 15 192 DATA 59 0 Car symbol DATA O 0 DATA 0 255 DATA 14 127 DATA ...

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Page 140: ...tware youmayfindthatyourprinteris not specifically mentionedinthelistsofprintersgivenforinstallation However thisshouldposenoproblem Readthissection andguidelines providedwith yoursoftwareon printerinstallation Chooseone of the following in order of preference accordingto your selectedEmulationmode Standard mode IBM mode StarXB 2410 2415 PropnnterXL24E 1 StarXB24 10 15 PropnnterX24E StarNX 2420Col...

Page 141: ...illaskyouforaninitialization sequence toreturntothedefaultsettings Thecommandforyourprinteris ESC Q MakesurethattheEDSswitchesaresetforthecomet printeremulation and thatyouhaveselectedtheappropriate charactersetusingtheEDSswitches Ifyouareindoubtabouttheconfiguration ofyourapplication software seek expertadvice Yoursoftwaresupplierwillprobablybe yourmostqualified reference EMBEDDINGPRINTERCOMMANDS...

Page 142: ...t youcanusethesecommandsas follows File asseenon computerscreen F 4 S 3 Print er commands F O S 0 Font commands F 1can be F 2embedded F 3anywhere F 9in a document Printout Font commands can be embedded anywhere _i n d d oc LJmen t Whenyouusethesecommandsthereare severalpointsto note Thefont F commandis ignoredif the FONT LOCK modewasselected whenpowerwasswitchedon Thecolor C commandisvalidonlywhen...

Page 143: ...rsoftwareenablesyoutoplacetheescapecodein yourfiles orif you areabletodefinethisasauseroptionduringinstallation youcanalsoembed theseescapesequences PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If yoursystemincludesthe file PRINT COMyou can use the main DOS printingcommand SimplytypethewordPRINTfollowedbythenameofthe fileyouwantto print To printa filenamedREADME DOC forexample type A PRINT README DOC...

Page 144: ... singlecommandfrom your computer For example youcancreatea filecontainingprintercommands toselectletterquality andselectelitepitchwiththeStandardmode Youcan findthe commandsin Chapter7 Wesuggestthe following Letterquality ESC X l Elitepitch SC 1 ESG 1 is a powertil commandthat in additionto selectingelite pitch cancelsunwantedfeaturessuch as underliningwhichmightbe left from previous commands The ...

Page 145: ...now set up the printerby sendingit the fileLQELITE DAT To avoidunnecessaryloggingof commands switchhard copyoutputoff by pressingCTRL PRTSC ifhardcopyison ToprintthefileREADME DOC in LQ elitetype givethe followingtwo commands A COPY LQELITE DAT PRN A PRINT README DOC Forgreaterconvenience youcanmakeabatchfilethatwillsetup theprinter andprintanyspecifiedfilewitha singlecommand To createsucha batch ...

Page 146: ...CHR I LPRINT E CHR I LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I FOR 1 7 TO 1 STEP 1 LPRINT E AU CHR I LPRINT E CHR I LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I Line spacing set Increase character space Line spacing set Increase character space E D cHR 3 cHR 24 CHR 0 Set HT L CHR 0 president fonts are H D Draft characters H L cHR 0 Roman characters H L CHR l anserif characters H L CHR 2 Courier characters ...

Page 147: ... LPRINT Overlinimg LPRINT E LPRINT H E SO SUPERSCRIPT E UT and LPRINT E S1 SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT H RM Download characters i Ss GO 1 P1 CHR 2 CHR 3 CHR CHR 0 l CHR 3 CHR 0 CHR 1 CHR 3 CHR 0 U E SOM SUB 2520 RINT E l FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT E OU LPRINT E T GOSUB 2650 LPRINT E l FOR 1 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I Superscript Select download character Print download character Select nor...

Page 148: ... 0 7 0 0 DATA O 0 0 Dot 1ST DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA graphics data LINE o 0 0 0 0 0 o o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 255 255 3 0 0 31 o 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 255 224 15 255 248 0 7 255 0 0 255 0 3 192 0 63 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 31 0 0 ...

Page 149: ...A 0 1 255 0 15 255 0 127 255 1 255 255 15 255 25S 3820 DATA 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3830 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 o o 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 3840 DATA O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3850 DATA 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 3860 DATA 255 255 255 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3870 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3880 DATA O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3890 DATA O 7 224 0 63 2...

Page 150: ...255 248 439o DATA 103 255 248 1I9 255 248 55 255 248 63s255 248 31 255 248 4400 DATA 31 255 248 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 24 15 255 248 4410 DATA 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 48 15 255 248 15 255 240 4420 DATA 15 255 240 15 255 224 1S 255 192 15 255 92 15 254 0 4430 DATA 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 15 254 0 4440 DATA 15 252 0 15 252 0 15 248 0 15 240 0 31 240 0 4450 DATA 31 24 O 31 192 ...

Page 151: ...o varythe line spacing lines 1490and 1540 and a commandto micro adjustthe space betweencharacters lines1500and 1550 Nextthepmgrarnreturnstonormalspacingandgivesademonstration ofthe printer sword processingabilities italicprinting boldprinting underlin ing subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by downloadingtwonewcharacterpatterns whicharcprintedin placeof ...

Page 152: ...urier characters Sc ni pk cJ ulA H Gothic characters SLQ TW Light Elite pitch 12 CPI Condensed picapitch 1 CPI Condensed proportional Double height Doubl e wicltla Triple width Doub 1e s i z ed Quad s i z ed Various 1ine and character spacings Other features OW LXEWD Stmwm Immml WII TM s Emphasized Doubl e strike Ita 1i C S Under 1ining 9 We r 11n 1ng S UPERs c R1PT and s u Bs c R I P T Download c...

Page 153: ...MEMO 142 ...

Page 154: ...ver the fewelementary tipsbelowshouldhelpyouavoidhavingtomakeunnecessary servicecalls The followingtablegivesyouideason whereto look in this sectionif youexperiencefaults Region of fault Description Power supply Power is not Lx ngsupplied to the printer Printing The nt is faint or uneven Dotsaremissing in characters or graphics Whileusing application software fontsorcharacterscarmotbe printed The ...

Page 155: ... is firmly in position Is the ONLINEindicator illu IfitisnoLpressthel ON LINE Jbuttontosetthe printer minated on line Is the PAPER OUT message If it is the paper has run out Load more paper flashing Is the printer beeping intcr The release lever is moved while the paper is inprinting mittently position Move the release lever to the original position Is the paper caught up inter Turn off the power ...

Page 156: ...nted Possible remedy Check the softwwe installation and re install the software if neceasary Check the software instaflatiou and insert the com mands n ssary for font changea into the software If you have selected the optional fon you need to install the related Font cartridge to the printer Eithexyou areusing the wrong Intemationat Character Set reset with EDS switches or software commands or you...

Page 157: ... this way Try with thinner paper Iffanfold continuous paperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed checkthe following Check Possible remedy Is the paper release lever Make sure the release lever ispuahed to the posi pushed to the position tion Is the paper guide in the ver When using the tractor f the paper guide should be ticat position horizontal Are the holes on each si of Ifthetwosidmofthe p...

Page 158: ...move thejamrn ed sheet you may have print head to remove the ASF for this and continue Are the left and right guides If the left and right guides are too close together the too close together paper will not feed smoothly Move them a little further apart to allow the paper to feed freely Is there toomuchpaperinthe The ASF S paper feed hopper and stacker can hold paperfeedhopperorstacker between 100...

Page 159: ...text all on the same Carriage returns are not being expanded to CR tie LF S Cheek the EDS setting and correct Istextbeingprintedwithextra Twolinefedsarebeingprinted Eithermakesure your blank lille S software print just a carriage return or if this is not possible set the AUTO LF to OFF with the EDS setting Ifthepagelengthandmarginsarenotwhatisexpected checkthefollowing Check Possible remedy 1 Is t...

Page 160: ...on be sure not to bend or damageany cable comections or electroniccomponents REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD Thisisnotajobwhichyouwillneedtodoveryoften Theprintheadhasbeen designedtolastforabout200milliondots Innormaleverydayuse thiswill translatetoyearsoflife However iftheprintqualityisfaint evenafteryou havechangedtheribbonoryouhaveadjustedthegapbetweentheprinthead andtheplaten seeChapter4 theprinthead...

Page 161: ...7 Fastentheprintheaddownwiththetwo smws 8 Replacethe ribboncartridgeand closethe frontcover then plug the powercordbackin Screws Flgum 10 7 Raplacing thaprint haad 150 ...

Page 162: ...onal logic seeking selectable Printhead 24 pins Life 200milliondots Linespacing 1 6 1 8 n 60 n 72 n 180 n 216 n 360 inches Fontstyles Standard Draft High Speed Draft Roman Sansenf Courier Prestige Script Ora tor H Gothic SLQRoman SLQTW Light Option FC lZ Cartridge Orator2 LetterGothic Blippo Cinema FC 2ZCartridge OCR B OCR A CODE39 UPC EAN FC 3ZCartridge Twilight Orane FC 4ZCartridge Russian FC 5Z...

Page 163: ...ica 24X 9 Elite 24X9 Semi condensed 16X7 Condensedpica 24X9 Condensedelite 24X9 Super subscript 16X7 Propm ional Super subscript proportional Bitimagedot matrix DPI 8 pinnormal 60 8 pindouble 120 8 pinhigh speeddouble 120 8 pinquadruple 240 8 pinCRTI 80 8 pinCRTII 90 24 pinnormal 60 Normaltype 80 96 120 137 160 Variable LQ 24X 31 24X 27 16X 19 24X 16 24X 16 16X19 24x n 24x n Normaltype 8X 480 8X 9...

Page 164: ...etype Cutsheet Width 4 1 1 7 4 16 5 101 297mm 101 419mm Length 7 17 14 3 7 17 14 3 182 364mm 182 364mm Thickness 0 07 0 12 mm 0 07 0 12 mm Weight 52 90 g m2 52 90 mz 45 77 kg 45 77 kg 14 24 lb 14 24 lb Fanfold continuous Width 4 oit 4 16 101 254 mm 101 406 mm Length 5 5 Minimum 5 5 Minimum 140mm 140mm Thickness 0 07 0 12 mm 0 07 0 12 mm 0 35mm Totalformulti partforms Weight 52 82 glm 52 82 glm 45 ...

Page 165: ...carriage dedicated Filmribbon Blackonly Monochrome Blackonly Color Black magenta cyan violet yellow orange green Ribbonlife Filmribbon FZ24 0 2millioncharacters LQpica Monochrome LZ24 4millioncharacters draftpica Color X24CL 1millioncharacters draftpica DimensionsandWeight Normaltype Widetype Width 466mm 18 3 608mm 23 9 Depth 400mm 15 7 400mm 15 7 Height 157mm 6 2 157mm 6 2 Weight 9 9 kg 21 8lb 12...

Page 166: ... Automatic SheetFeeder SF loDMII 15DMII Dual binAutomaticSheetFeeder SF loRMII 15RMII PullTractorUnit PT 10XM 15XM Fontcartridge FC lZ FC 2Z FC 3Z FC 4Z FC 5Z FC 1OZ RAMcartridge RC 32Z DC 322 SerialInterfaceCartridge IS 8XL BuffemdParallel Interfacecartridge IP 128XL 155 ...

Page 167: ... Highwhenactive Highwhenactive 1 10 ACK I 5A lowpulseacknowledges receiptof data 11 BUSY Low whenprinterreadyto receivedata 12 PAPER High when paper out Can be disabledwith EDS Settim I 1 13 SELECT Highwhenprinteris on line 14 15 N C 16 SIGNALGND Signalground 17 CHASSIS Chassisground isolatedfromsignalground 18 I 5V I 5VDCounmtfromminter 19 30 GND Twistedpairgroundreturn 31 RESET Whenthisinputsign...

Page 168: ...lwayssetspace I ThispinisSpacewhenthecomputerisreadytosend 5 CTS data Thisprinterdoesnotchwkthispin 6 N C 7 GND I Signalground 8 10 N C Thisprinterturn thispin Spacewhen it is ready to 11 RCH receivedata Thislinecarriesthesamesignalas pin20 12 N C 13 GND Signalground 14 19 N C 20 DTR Thisprinterturnsthispin Spacewhenit is readyto receivedata 21 251 N C I 157 ...

Page 169: ...tiresatthetopandleft edgesofthetable Forexample thecharacter A isincolumn4 androw 1 soitshexadecimalcharactercodeis41 Thisisequivalent 4x 16 1 65 to decimal65 the numberin the inset Controlcodes nxognized by this printer am indicatedby abbreviations insidepointedbrackets z Character I Hexadecimal value II high order II I J I 1 L7 I ddl I L Control code Decimal value L Hexadecimal value low order 1...

Page 170: ...I 159 ...

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Page 172: ...z A o A u a o A u ITALY x z o e u a 6 e i SPAIN1 P x z i Fi L ii JAPAii x z Y NORWAY H G x z K 0 A u e 33 g A u DENMARK 2 G x z 1 0 A u A u SPAIN2 A x z i ix L e i ii 6 u LATIN AMERICA a x z i R e u i fi 6 ii KOREA x z w A The commandfor selectingthe internationalcharacterset is ESC R n Wheren meanscharactercode n i e CHR n in BASIC me v ues of n are O U S A 6 Italy 12 LatinAmerica 1 France 7 Spai...

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Page 175: ...I Code Page 850 Multi lingual Othercharactersareidenticalto CodePage 437 I b I 1 1 I I I 1 I I I 8191AIBIC1DIEIF I 1 142 i58 74 11901 12061 12221 2381 1254 164 ...

Page 176: ...Code Page 860 Portuguese Othercharactersareidenticalto CodePage 437 165 ...

Page 177: ...I Code Page 861 Icelandic Othercharactersareidenticalto CodePage 437 166 ...

Page 178: ...Code Page 863 Canadian French Other charactersareidenticalto CodePage 437 167 ...

Page 179: ...Code Page S65 Nordic Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 ...

Page 180: ...lfunctions whenthemostsignificant bitissetto 1bytheWSCZ command in the standard mode o 1 NUL o In I K 1 Olcl i rii Ocz 2 p b X3 3 In LIC4 4 In l m 5 I 5 IYl WN 6 In l z BED 7 p I w CAN 8 b I m HT EM 9 b m LF A h I Z Vi E C B I I m FF FS c I I l m m CR II I m I X so E I Z F s F l x IYl o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B c D E F 2 133 149 w 134 150 169 ...

Page 181: ...IBMspecialcharacterset Additionalcharacterscanbe printedby specialcommands 170 ...

Page 182: ...andardnormalmode Standard super subscript mode andIBMmode Character code Proportional width Chr Std 437 850 860 861 863 865 Normal uper ub IBM o 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 20 30 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 20 30 2 2 2 2 2 2 30 20 30 3 3 3 3 3 3 v 30 20 30 4 4 4 4 4 4 30 20 30 5 5 5 5 5 5 30 20 30 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 30 20 30 7 7 7 7 7 7 b 30 20 30 8 8 8 8 8 8 u 30 20 30 9 9 9 9 9 9 30 20 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 E 30 20 30 11 11 11...

Page 183: ...30 30 A 30 20 30 31 31 31 31 31 31 30 20 30 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 30 20 30 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 18 12 30 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 30 20 30 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 30 20 30 36 36 36 36 36 36 36 30 20 30 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 36 24 30 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 36 24 36 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 18 12 18 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 24 16 30 41 41 41 41 41 41 41 24 16 30 42 42 42 42 42 42 42 30 20 30 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 30 20...

Page 184: ... 60 60 30 20 30 61 61 61 61 61 61 61 30 20 30 62 62 62 62 62 62 62 30 20 30 63 63 63 63 63 63 63 30 20 30 64 64 64 64 64 64 64 36 24 30 65 65 65 65 65 65 65 A 36 24 42 66 66 66 66 66 66 66 B 36 24 42 67 67 67 67 67 67 67 c 36 24 42 68 68 68 68 68 68 68 D 36 24 42 69 69 69 69 69 69 69 E 36 24 36 70 70 70 70 70 70 70 F 36 24 36 71 71 71 71 71 71 71 G 36 24 42 72 72 72 72 72 72 72 H 36 24 42 73 73 73...

Page 185: ...93 93 93 93 24 16 94 94 94 94 94 94 94 A 30 20 95 95 95 95 95 95 95 30 20 96 96 96 96 96 96 96 18 12 97 97 97 97 97 97 97 a 30 20 98 98 98 98 98 98 98 b 36 24 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 c 30 20 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 d 36 24 101 101 101 101 101 101 101 e 30 20 102 102 102 102 102 102 102 f 24 16 103 103 103 103 103 103 103 g 36 24 104 104 104 104 104 104 104 h 36 24 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 i 18...

Page 186: ...20 36 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 y 36 24 36 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 z 30 20 30 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 24 16 30 124 124 124 124 124 124 124 18 12 30 125 125 125 125 125 125 125 24 16 30 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 30 20 30 127 127 127 127 127 127 n 30 20 30 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 q 36 24 42 i29 129 129 129 129 129 129 u 36 24 36 130 130 130 130 130 130 130 k 30 20 30 131 131 131 131 ...

Page 187: ... 0 36 24 36 151 151 151 151 151 151 u 36 24 36 152 152 152 152 y 36 24 36 153 153 153 153 153 0 36 24 42 154 154 154 154 154 154 154 L 42 28 42 155 155 189 155 155 30 20 30 156 156 156 156 156 156 156 30 20 30 157 157 190 3 36 24 30 158 158 158 158 158 42 28 42 159 159 159 159 159 159 f 30 20 30 160 160 160 160 160 160 a 30 20 30 161 161 161 161 161 161 i 18 12 18 162 162 162 162 162 162 162 0 30 ...

Page 188: ...4 184 184 184 184 7 30 185 185 185 185 185 185 185 30 186 186 186 186 186 186 186 I 30 187 187 187 187 187 187 187 il 30 188 188 188 188 188 188 188 J 30 189 189 189 189 189 189 30 190 190 190 190 190 190 A 30 191 191 191 191 191 191 191 1 30 192 192 192 192 192 192 192 L 30 193 193 193 193 193 193 193 L 30 194 194 194 194 194 194 194 T 30 195 195 195 195 195 195 195 t 30 196 196 196 196 196 196 1...

Page 189: ...08 208 208 30 30 30 209 209 209 209 209 30 30 30 210 210 210 210 210 T 30 30 30 211 211 211 211 211 u 30 30 30 212 212 212 212 212 L 30 30 30 213 213 213 213 213 F 30 30 30 214 214 214 214 214 i r 30 30 30 215 215 215 215 215 it 30 30 30 216 216 216 216 216 30 30 30 217 217 217 217 217 217 J 30 30 30 218 218 218 218 218 218 1 30 30 30 219 219 219 219 219 219 1 30 30 30 220 220 220 220 220 220 30 3...

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Page 191: ... 24 36 209 139 B 42 28 42 210 137 146 E 36 24 36 211 148 E 36 24 36 212 146 145 36 24 36 213 1 18 12 18 214 139 165 1 24 16 24 215 168 1 24 16 24 216 149 1 24 16 24 221 160 18 12 30 222 152 1 24 16 24 INT 224 159 166 6 30 28 42 226 140 153 0 30 28 42 227 169 0 30 28 42 228 148 6 30 20 30 229 153 6 30 28 42 231 149 b 30 24 36 232 141 B 30 28 42 INT 233 150 167 0 30 28 42 234 158 0 30 28 42 235 157 ...

Page 192: ...38 167 30 20 30 INT 239 161 18 20 30 240 30 20 30 242 30 20 30 243 173 30 21 30 244 134 q 30 20 30 245 143 5 30 20 30 247 165 30 20 30 INT 249 164 30 20 30 251 30 20 30 252 166 3 30 20 30 141 30 20 30 INT 30 20 30 INT 0 24 16 24 INT w 42 28 42 INT t 30 20 30 INT B 36 24 36 INT m 36 24 36 181 ...

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Page 194: ...8 Characterdotpattern 123 Charactermatrix 117 152 Characterset 63 Characterset 1 169 Charactersetcommands 81 83 Charactersettable 158 170 Charactersize and pitch commands 84 89 character space 119 Characterspacing 87 Characterwidth 86 Characters 152 Clamplever 5 CLEARMACROmessage 56 Clearthebuffer 54 Codepage 63 82 162 168 437 162 163 850 164 860 165 861 166 863 167 865 168 Colorselectioncommands ...

Page 195: ...ssage 49 Fontlockmode 49 Fontquality 61 Fontstyle 3 151 Fontstylecommands 74 80 FONT PITCH LOCKmessage 49 Formfe 52 94 Forwardf 92 Forwardmicro feed 53 Frontcover 5 Fulljustify 100 n Graphicscommands 103 106 Graphicsdensity 106 Graphicsdirection 60 Graphicsmode 104 105 m HEXDUMPMODEmessage 50 Hex densitygraphics 104 Hexadecimal dump 50 HighSpeedDraft 61 Horizontal position commands 97 102 Horizont...

Page 196: ...36 Paperspecifications 153 Paperunparkirig 37 Paper outdetector 66 95 Picapitch 84 Pinoutofinterfaceconnector 156 157 PIKH button 45 PitchCOtlltMdS 84 89 PITCHLOCKmessage 49 Pitchlockmode 49 Platenknob 5 10 Powersupplytrouble 144 Powerswitch 5 Printarea 28 Printareatestmode 49 Printcolor 54 112 Printdirection 151 Printhead 5 149 Printpitch 65 PRINTERRESETmessage 54 Printinggap 2 Printingsped 151 P...

Page 197: ...heets 27 Single bin AutomaticSheetFeeder 15 Skipover perforation 68 SLQ 61 Specialcharacterse 170 Specifications 151 155 Standardcharacterset 63 81 159 160 STROBE t iming 70 Subscrip480 SuperLetterQuality 61 Superscript 80 ml Tearassis 5 Tear off function 68 Topmargin 66 TOPMARGIN SETmessage 53 Top of form 52 93 Tractor 5 Troubleshooting 143 148 Paperfeeding 146 148 Powersupply 144 Printing 144 14...

Page 198: ...line feed Returnto top of currentpage Expandedprintingforooe line w g Select ASF bin l Select ASFbin 2 Atrtofeed Ejectpapcrfmm ASF W printstartposition on ASF Iocttase charact spacing Select masterpmt mode Acq tNfSB sis Abs utebortzont al tabin ioches Select ROMcharacterset SeIectdownloadcharncter set Define downloadcharacters select score select graphicsmode Sealine spacingto rd360irtch stop rm r...

Page 199: ...80 irtch orn 216 inchline feed Printnorrnaldcnsity8 bit graphics Printdoubledcnsity 8 bitgraphics Elitepitch Set bottcmmargin Cancelbottommargin Pies pitch Set rightmargin Select international character set superscript Subscript CancelSUpCrSC CMsubscript Bidirectional printing Urtidireuional printing Cancelexpandedprinting Expandedprinting Printdoubledcarsity double speed8 bitgrsphics Priotquadmpl...

Page 200: ...cter width Select forwardfeed mode Select stxndard chamcterset Select IBM charmtcrset Shiftdownbad chatactcrares Select reversefeed mode Returnto normalheight Printdouble heightcharacters Printhex density24 bit graphics Mxnualfeed Select ASF bin l Select ASFbio 2 Autofeed select t color Y select Ont Ejectpaperfrorrt ASF Select character sire Set printstartpositionat ASF Deletelast character sent P...

Page 201: ...nch r Se4top o page at curtwrt positiort Cancelatstcxnatic line feed Set autcmtatic Iioefeed Select character set K Select character set l Disablepqxmut detector Eoablepaper sstdetector Elitepitch ml W12 M9 dl d2 Defitte downloadcharacters Resetprinter Sel line spacingto rt 60istchorn 12 inch S W d tabStOPS SeJ pagelengthto n ittches sel elertgtfr to n lines SetKLmtal tabstops Empltasizd prirttirt...

Page 202: ...t 80 Catted SUpeS SC OKsubscript 80 Bidirectieml g J 115 Urtidkctiorrptlrt g 115 Cartcx4 expandedpmtmg 85 Er e mgins Printdotrbledensity double speed8 bitgraphics 103 Printqtsadmpledertsity8 bitgraphiea 104 nm Select elraracterheight width andline spacing 89 cESG 1 c4 b eb n ScS base rmit forlirtespacing ESG g nl n2 d ml m2 Select graphicsmode E Sb 1 nl n2 Enableprmtistg of all charactercodes Esb ...

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