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1. 4 6 Printing the remaining lines on page 4 6 Continuing printing after supplying paper 4 7 Resuming after an Area Over warning 4 7 REMOVING PRINTED PAGES 4 8 Removing Single 4 8 Removing Continuous Forms 4 8 CLEARING THE PRINT BUFFER 4 8 CHAPTERS USING siiis oir d corn 5 1 HOW TO USE THIS CHAPTER 5 1 ENTERING SETUP MODE see 5 2 OVERVIEW OF SETUP 5 4 Setup Mode 5 5 Points to Remember sessseseeee 5 8 PRINTING A LIST OF SELECTED OPTIONS 5 8 DECIDING WHICH OPTIONS TO CHANGE 5 11 MENU1 AND MENU2 ITEMS AND OPTIONS 5 13 Resetting MENU1 and 2 5 27 CHANGING HARDWARE OPTIONS 5 27 CHANGING PRINT POSITION ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS zi etn ite eere Er 5 32 CHANGING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 5 38 HEAD GAP ADJUSTMENT ITEMS AND OPTIONS 5 49 EXITING AND 5 5 50
2. _ _ _ ________________ _ ____ QR 4 User s Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this printer This printer is a compact versatile flat paper path printer that offers maximum compatibility with today s software packages and personal computers The 24 wire print head provides crisp clear printing for business office and home environments This printer is also easy to install and use DL7400 dot matrix printer 136 columns FEATURES Key printer features models and options are listed in the next two sections e Software compatibility This printer which operates primarily with the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set is compatible with the IBM Proprinter XL24E command set and the Epson ESC P2 command set e Various character sets As basic character sets PC character sets and 2 are available for the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation and the italic character set and graphics character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Epson ESC P2 emulation As national character sets a total of 56 or 58 national character sets depending on the emulation including IBM PS 2 character sets are available e Multiple fonts The printer has nineteen resident fonts Ten bit map fonts Courier 10 Pica 10 Prestige Elite 12 Boldface PS OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Correspondence Compressed Draft and High speed Draft and nine outline
3. fug Eod o IP ee AN 0 d Q OUWuolumnx Bz o Da C Od v Da De QE Ne 4 GROVERE MIAO Ca oe m foa pe 00 m e ret de sk oH Peete coc ce aa 90 O C B fn a o m a a m Code Page 437 Character Set 2 HAMM Re FH oL b xh D C Fs Ce Rel eS Ol i M TH pego mee x go How OD it LPF m mo oo di deco C um p et wm Qe poU ced od 46 AON OH OR RK any Cai ci RA D DE bd bet em 0 c CO a ED Pn C Ed eo B XD EO Sen m b D b DO O8 6 y mor mL ck PI NET d ht 9HaukpsERSRU Cer nd D Pe DHA d 00 CO E 1 User s Manual The following shows character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation Characters differ in codes 128 to 255 hex 80 to FF m a o lt eo nm 7 m Italic Character Set CHARACTER SETS ITALIC AND GRAPHICS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION Ars He EPOR ERAN S SoG Ow SN AY BS f Oy Ag Be Sh De DO by DNAN AR URN SMD ESS te 3 uw N APM Oe De EK
4. 6 9 CHAPTER 7 TROUBLE SHOOTING 02 7 1 SOLVING PROBLEMS sse 7 1 Print Quality Problems 7 1 Paper Handling 7 5 Operating 7 7 oer tet itte te i n 7 8 Alarm display 22 2 7 9 Responses to alarm occurrences 7 10 DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS eene 7 10 GETTING HELP ii ea ertet rite ra tot erts 7 11 CHAPTER 8 INSTALLING OPTIONS 8 1 INSTALLING THE CUT SHEET FEEDER 8 1 Installing on the front side of the 8 2 Installing on the rear side of the printer 8 4 Removing the Cut Sheet 8 7 INSTALLING THE TRACTOR 8 8 INSTALLING THE LARGE STACKER 8 9 INSTALLING THE LARGE PAPER TABLE 8 11 APPENDIX SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS 1 1 A 1 SUPPLIES tatere ene A 1 OPTIONS Has A 1 APPENDIX PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS B 1 PHYSICAL 0 B 1 FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
5. Oe j am E US lt rn un beete L H Ou 0123456789 ABCDEF HAL 5 6 m ta emo t UNE Ben dd te fb j E TT EOS 69 Ta YR 02 MM DD 40 ul ak D rs 0 ed Cred 0 94 0 ese Na oe F a PN se nn et COVD OH MANKELL B QUE Um E O gt Bo eM mi MH EZ SAN OH ww Il AN lt un e xf an 490 0 MO OO 08 n LITHUA2 Lithuanian 2 ISO LTN ISO Latin 0123456789 ABCD H j3 ft fr ar Det DD soam G UoRMEGRK OF BAe Zam eSe 24 ft ey rn SVOOHADMMEREYAR TRO Xi BRAN mi de Mo TD EO OE U E ID D EMA Noe Ti i a muornocmiuomurnuucdzxuzo on ON co OH or v n As B UR x 4 d of 0123456789ABCDEF IE EE E O D 4 D et amp ea OO 0 eX 90m m E a DE o N HD
6. Starting the self test 3 Allow printing to continue for a dozen or more lines of repeat printing To exit the self test mode press the ONLINE button Then press the LOAD button to remove the test page 4 Examine the self test page It should look like the sample on the next page Check that printing is uniform and that there are no light dark or smudged areas If the print quality is good go to step 5 Otherwise try to correct the problem as follows e sure that the ribbon is installed correctly e Load a new sheet of paper e Repeat the self test procedure eee User s Manual 2 17 SETTING UP Self test printing BUTTON ACTION lt ONLINE gt Exit to normal mode lt LF FF gt Return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt mode lt PRINT gt Change print mode lt IMPACT gt Change high impact lt LOAD gt Pause resume printing 1 Software specification 40100 4033 01A 035103 Emulations DPL24C FUJITSU DPL24C PLUS ver 2 02 IBMXL24E IBM Proprinter XL24E Ver 1 02 ESC P 2 EPSON ESC P 2 Ver 1 02 3 Repeat printing LOG 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1 4 5 amp 0123456789 lt gt QABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZIN abodefghi klmnop itm SAT FYLLT 70125146200 SPPTEPI rat sane LL 0123156 it 1 abede se sro TER ET iL ose A
7. 4 1 GA E Ae hr ber ll SO DEAL ete ER B BD o 0 Od DB ODD mg De XD Ranney o gt ENG ED 00 20 0rd Uu M NA BO HOP EM AN wi OOD ubURGP ET ma e dor un AVA DANISH Danish2 DANISHI NORWEGN Danish1 Norwegian ADEE 456789 ABCD m a o Men m u e e a H el he A VES o Ho Swe A Bum EN OR Pe 3 ewe ee S tee NLJUM 4 pm tdi ll aa 0 r7 Ge duum ay L Tee OU ODO Ooo APHEZ PEMAN woe CHUB eH Deo AMMA Ee Mee ee BSGMVOAMaRUMHAMHEAO NP oe XR oS dE to un bete p OAM 0 D EX a vie Venu MN Sau 4 He 48 iN 14 eS eee nog Qi OS aA DLP atte ER amp QOO doD DUO I 0 0 6 OS Get On XJ Uo AM Da AP MeN A GAS D PEM aN wudm moomumunzumnnudzmaoc oc C9 m D P Om eee A Ud sm un C MC m MD PN ON 15 User s Manual 0123456078 9ABCDEF The following character sets differ from the graphics character sets SPANSHI Spanish1
8. PG DHN Code Page DHN IBM851 851 0123456789 ABCODEFPF In n BM un ta LA ee avl 4 Oe E NASCE 4j Jord qe OTTEMO NT ot FR 9 OOS DODO Ui oae CO Erad oO 40 cQ uUum Dir Et Nw O d qiu OK AMMA Bao Cip DD gt Ze DM BN m on e amp eamuodumnuuduonnu uiuumxuUuo Se OS Uo eee NA EDF u e rn 1 21 tO PS 00 OS C CO E Cc DEF B 0123456789 A8A 98 MODY KA APO Fr ao VPN Heng ER oo 24 4 aa ES 4 m QOL AON Im pH vA H QoOmdddgoonduywuwv C Bou ad uio s OG XD El 5 un BOHM Oo gt RN we rm Mo AMO A Oa Ui a D BER NOH mi TEKSASA SAN MPM d c c 0 ev t Y d un cp d E zZ qum BO L H 9 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS LATIN P Latin Polish LITHUA I Lithuanian 1 012345678 9ABCDEF it A AVE RP K OF ESM sown es TU PU on SN GE kor 74 fen EJ I qe FK BO r HU gt OM KM Se Reon ROy np a gt BM WN ee 10 PH AOI eG 0 B Om ID D EE RA PN Oe mi
9. E 1 CHARACTER SETS 1 AND 2 DPL24C PLUS AND XL24E EMULATION eee E 1 ITALIC AND GRAPHICS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 E 2 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL 2 4 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS DPL24C PLUS AND XL24E EMULATION E 14 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION te Rd E 16 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS AND SUPPORTED RESIDENT FONTS ALL EMULATIONS E 20 APPENDIX F RESIDENT FONTS F 1 INDEX c bo i E EAE IN 1 FUJITSU OFFICES to desit i nef des 1 bXb f I C eO xviii User s Manual QUICK REFERENCE Quick Reference is written for experienced users users who are familiar with how the printer works but who may need to refresh their memory occasionally Only the printer s normal non setup mode is covered For details on setup mode see Chapter 5 Normal mode operation includes everyday operations such as paper handling and font selection The printer comes up in normal mode when turned on To enter setup mode press the AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons at the same time while the ONLINE indicator is off not lit MANUAL GAP MICRO FEED EE COPOWER COPAPER OUT C TRACTOR F REMOVE PAPER C TRACTOR C MENU I CO FRONT DIR CGUIET 27 u
10. QR 2 3 3 3 5 Top martini spaserte Ge 5 19 265 04 tna tik QR 2 2 15 7 7 1 ue cen Print Heat m 6 6 Unde suba DERE 5 28 B2 Printer seen erepti 2 27 Unpacking 2 2 2 UU ATEM 545 7 1 Quick Reference QR 1 Removing printed 4 8 ne Replacing ribbon cartridge 6 3 WIDTH siete ere tts 5 24 B 1 B 2 Resume printing QR 2 4 6 Ribbon cartridge 2 8 6 1 A 1 Ribbon subcassette A l RS 22326 tocan eai RES 5 29 IN 2 User s Manual FUJITSU OFFICES Please send your comments on this manual or on Fujitsu products to the following addresses North American Contact FUJITSU CANADA INC 6975 Creditview Road Unit 1 Mississauga Ontario LSN 8E9 CANADA Phone 1 905 286 9666 Fax 1 905 286 5977 European Contact PFU Imaging Solutions Europe Limited Hayes Park Central Hayes End Road Hayes Middlesex UB4 8FE U K Phone 44 20 8573 4444 Fax 44 20 8573 2643 PFU Imaging Solutions GmbH Frankfurter Ring 211 80807 Miinchen Germany Phone 49 89 32 378 0 Fax 49 89 32 378 100 PFU Imaging Solutions S p A Via Nazario Sauro 38 20099 Sesto S Giovanni MI Italy Phone 39 02 26294 1 Fax 39 02 26294 201 Australian Contact FUJITS
11. 5 8 4 os tee GEH oe er cena sea oL Cae D DD ND ub es C nb Doudou uU d OVO 4 fg Ru SD By Ne 52 D Du AKAMA 10 D EMH Nee DANTAON OO on e ee mom ERR dE Uh e Pan lt COS em PX I MAZOWIA MAZOW T Mazowian SLOV SLOV T Slovenian 1 8 0123456789ABCDEF m A m M o m e HH A te Boc cae 3 4 Hm B 74 i He Gem P AMCODMN N L wee F Teno 30 OD oam O D N ed os 4 EE Od Doe Bee MoS EG MN GH DE NM FOO gt DN er mi i saovLNDRMVTHNM JEASO NM FP OON e m G 09 HS ub c X un gt lt eA eM OA amp Hb o4 Sve BE San FRO AP we 0 8 SWS 4 uL OE Nas 24 e od d OS Za FR ARR ODOC ASOD OU OS 4D d xd EE ot ot fag ng sa gt Fx AND ETO PSs mh AMMO Se AS POM OH e sv HA r Ude me un CANN Te gOS Es E 7 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS TURKY TURKY T Turkish LATIN2 LATN2
12. STUVWXYZIN1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzi nR89c 22ii iapun 4 BIniour 0Q6egefzi2sf is 5 mi j gt 212312680 bete tk iW oat abode GA A iounnaet gt 4 ad poU BITE 096 bu gt ab 25 Jersey r2mt With Ot ER Tt cdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz u nN89ccaiii Sample self lest page 5 exit the self test mode press the ONLINE button The printer will return online NOTE The printer can also print a special demo pattern that illustrates some of the printer s capabilities To print the demo pattern 1 Loada sheet of paper A4 or larger 2 Turn the printer off 3 While pressing the FRONT DIR button turn the printer back on The printer will start printing the demo pattern 4 demo pattern stops printing after one page To pause or restart the demo during printing of a page press the ONLINE button 5 To exit demo mode turn the printer off 2 18 User s Manual SETTING UP PRINTER FUNCTION SPECIFICATION Printing technology 24 wire dot matrix Logic seeking Resolution Letter quality 360 X 180 dots inch Draft quality 120 X 180 dots inch High speed draft 90 X 180 dots inch Standard command set Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS Version 2 01 Resident emulations Epson ESC P2 IBM Proprinter XL24E Character sets IBM PC char sets 1 and 2 IBM PS 2 char sets Codepage
13. character set setup menu 2 Hungarian HUNGARY 4 4 4 4 X4 4 Y 4 W Hungarian two HUNG T NN NN NON NN NN pass Slovenian SLOV NN NN NN NN Slovenian two SLOV T NN NN ON No N NN N pass Polish POLISH V 4 4 Vv 4 44 NN Polish two pass POLISH T NN NN NN NN NN Mazowian MAZOWIA V N N N N N N N Mazowian two MAZOW IV N N N N N N N N N pass T Latin 2 EATING A4 X4 XX SANS Latin 2 two pass LATIN2 T VN NN NN Vv Kamenicky KAMENIC IV N N N N N N Kamenicky two KAMEN T IV wN pass Turkish TURKY NN NN NN NN v Turkish two pass TURKY T NN NON NN N NN N Cyrillic Vv A al IBM 437 IBM437 E SM I IBM 851 IBM851 NN NON ELOT 928 ELOT928 NN NN Code Page DHN PG DHN NN NN NN vy Latin Polish LATIN P NN NN 4 NN NN ISO Latin ISO LIN AP a A hah a WT Continued on the next page Upright italic and bold available Supported Me User s Manual E 21 CHARACTER SETS oBHoegEOJZOosg Resident font Eres 8 5 2 i we mom c m mM Me ASC Baste Boy Ys National Name in p E character set setup menu E 2 Lithuanian 1 LITHUAI Lithuanian 2 LITHUA2 MIK MIK Macedonian MACEDON ABG ABG ABY ABY DEC Greek DEC GR ELOT 927 ELOT 927 D M M M M M Ss Ss mE cR 4 eS 2 eS GREEK 11 GREEK 11 Code Page 862 PG 862 Hebrew DEC HBR DEC Hebrew Old HBR OLD Code Page MAC PG MA
14. eee C 8 User s Manual COMMAND SETS e n bit 0 to 2 Specification of font number 1 Resident fonts m bit 1 0 0 0 m bit 1 0 1 0 Courier 10 5 Prestige elite 12 Draft Compressed Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence High speed draft NYDN BP WN _ 2 Downloaded fonts n 0 Downloaded font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 Select print quality font attributes ESC eq n 0 Letter 360 x 180 dpi 1 Correspondence 180 x 180 dpi 2 Draft 120 x 180 dpi 3 High speed Draft 90 x 180 dpi Select spacing mode font attributes ESC e s n n 0 Fixed pitch font 1 Proportional spacing font Select character pitch n 360 inch font ESC e p ni m attributes 0 n lt 255 1 lt m lt 255 x 256 no Ex n 36 10 pitch 30 12 pitch 24 15 pitch 21 17 pitch Condense enlarge vertically font attributes ESC e A n n 1 Executed 0 Not executed Select point size n 1200 inch font attributes ESC e v ni m 0 lt n lt 255 0 lt n lt 255 x 256 nj 7166 10 point eee User s Manual C 9 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Select character style font attributes ESC ei n n 0 Upright 1 Italic Select stroke weight font attributes ESC e w n n 249 7 reserved 251 5 reserved 253 3 light 0 0 medium 3 3 bold 5 5 black 7 7 ultrablack Select typeface font attributes ESC et n n 1 3 Courier bitmap 4 Nimbus Sans 5 Timeless
15. Bo 1 Aono Oe Fw me Nw mm Reg AOR RAS amp E oM 0 Mee ot es v un 49 User s Manual E 10 CHARACTER SETS PG MAC MACEDON Macedonian 0123456789 ABCDEF L H qH XD UD UD QAVvbKpPSx Fr eaAA Ran ae 3 1 m AT vis mu TTT Fra MOR e RED EET HL 08 ID 0 REX DL Et pe m sii M X nO EB ERAU BAAga Mae ar M dDHHupoenxk amp E uurmuo TO c CM O0 XP XD D OT mwy EA S HTG oo ox un gt C c OO 0 sri 0123456789ABCDEF L MS oe eae OSS UE 14 i ey ql sf rom 70 Ep WU OQ XD HORUS ey Be or H1 5 Om fa nuo Fe DN we 1 LUTT D MMES BOUE Ul 5 ID D EKMAN mi C amp muormmrmuuumauann5iEdrxmmo Qm msi mc csv 1 Ma HUNN Qe em X odo gn 2 0 0 rac o rco MOO ADA MIK ELOT 927 0123456789 ABCOD EF I h A 6 9 3G u re ODD Baw 5 02 H M NUR zx KE EEE se RS pS FT JX AK APwWOFaAa
16. D Data transfer D Data transfer GND Signal ground Shield Connector specification Printer side Type B receptacle female Upstream port Cable side Type B plug male Specification Basic specification USB interface compliant Note It does not guarantee all operations on hosts Power control Self power device Transmission mode Full speed Maximum 12 Mbps 0 25 me User s Manual D 11 INTERFACE INFORMATION LAN INTERFACE Cable This printer supports the 10Base T and 100Base TX cables Connector pin alignment Signal line name Function NIC HUB Transmit data NIC HUB Transmit data HUB NIC Receive data HUB NIC Receive data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 12 User s Manual fa fa a o i eo e m wo un F m ri Below character sets 1 and 2 of Code Page 437 available in the DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation Characters Characters in set 2 also vary with the national character set enclosed in boxes differ for sets 1 and 2 Code Page 437 is for the USA character set CHARACTER SETS Code Page 437 Character Set 1 DPL24C PLUS AND CHARACTER SETS IBM XL24E 1 AND 2 EMULATION B ZR E C BOX cL 4 4 dem emm HRE og FTP P 30 Wei Om oux maw c OL OD Jw Y
17. USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Description Items lt S gt DISABLE ENABLE lt FCNT PE gt TRACTOR lt RCNT PE gt TRACTOR Effectiveness of the Cut Sheet Selection command S Makes the command ineffective Makes the command effective Note The Cut Sheet Selection command S changes the paper source to the paper table and waits for manual insertion of a cut sheet Detection of end of front continuous forms Paper end is detected by the sensor on the tractor unit Paper end unprinted area Continuous forms About 101 mm Regardless of paper end printing continues near to the edge of paper Paper end unprinted area About 4 mm for both continuous forms Detection of end of rear continuous forms Paper end is detected by the sensor on the tractor unit Paper end unprinted area Continuous forms About 157 mm Regardless of paper end printing continues near to the edge of paper Paper end unprinted area About 4 mm for both continuous forms 5 42 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items GATHER Setting of ribbon protective control at a line feed on continuous forms ENABLE The protective control is executed DISABLE The protective co
18. sess B 2 PERFORMANCE B 5 PAPER B 6 Print edite eee v B 6 Paper Thickness 8 User s Manual APPENDIX C COMMAND C 1 FUJITSU DPL24C PLUS eee C 2 Bar Code Printing C 14 PROPRINTER XL24E EMULATION C 22 EPSON ESC P2 C 27 APPENDIX D INTERFACE D 1 PARALLEL INTERFACE D 1 Compatible 222 D 2 Nibble Mode arrnnnrnnnannvnnnnvvnrnvrnnnnrnnannvennnrrvannrnnannenennr D 4 Data Transmission Timing eese D 6 SERIAL 44000000 D 7 Serial Options 5 2 0 8 Gable Wiring D 8 Serial Protocols 2 aee dn ederent D 10 USB INTERFACE ipe teet res D 11 Cable 5 5 nne ette e e edi Perte oes D 11 SpecCIfICAtiOn 2 eee pito m cede deniers D 11 cete mede tle tete D 12 erc D 12 APPENDIX E CHARACTER SETS
19. A button until the bars are aligned In the following figure the first line is assumed to be printed from left to right ae quality quality gt gt lt gt lt lt gt gt lt lt gt gt Bars offset to the left Bars offset to the right 4 Adjust the vertical print alignment at correspondence speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from letter speed to correspondence speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described in step 3 Press the HI IMPACT button to enter Hi Impact mode Make similar adjustments 5 Adjust the vertical print alignment at draft speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from correspondence speed to draft speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described in step 3 Press the HI IMPACT button to enter Hi Impact mode Make similar adjustments 6 Adjust the vertical print alignment at high draft speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from draft speed to high draft speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as desoribed in step 3 Press the HI IMPACT button to enter Hi Impact mode Make similar adjustments 7 Exit the V ALMNT function Press the ONLINE button to exit the V ALMNT function and save the new vertical alignment settings The printer exits setup mode and returns online
20. available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation CHARACTER SETS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION DANISHI Danish1 NATIONAL IE A 9 l c BS FH ODM ox oq Ci 8 tu c Hj 4 1 i ey qe 41 WHA 2 ee ow LT awake OOO 9 60 I D be SP RM NT Gar Cu QU ES LB p SHAN wii 404 o wn P S e ev I doo EE San FH Lobo CIO 9 uu c 1 oe E 24 pt 4 iA SLEEP FJ TT GAO Da Cg v o BB 0 0 TCA eR OD Ub n moe em a sm m Rap XD AU Boeken Ss gt FX ON Bats AHO Ee A Oi Uu f DD Ede po MS aC OOUOCRRUDHEMHEAO d 0 m TOM OM o ew IA Ce HRS un lt lt 00 span p OO 0 OO BD E ere ia o e m N lt 8 oim N Tje N 2 rg eis ALS 0123456789 ABCDEF ITALIAN Italian L H ll 44 een Bun ga Feo BPS DOPO 3 SAVE s tet NE el 24 pel 4 qc WA OD quw aw LP ade FR OLD oi 40 0 t 20 et gt t Ne nines Aa OMME D D X X AN 0
21. A tractor is supplied as standard and is attached to the front of the printer It can be attached to the rear of the printer You can also buy a tractor unit as an additional rear tractor unit A maximum of 8 ply media can be fed from the rear tractor unit e Put the paper table in the normal mode when the rear tractor unit is to be used For reinstalling the tractor unit for rear feed see page 2 10 to 2 13 1 Press the PAPER PATH button to select REAR TRACTOR the indicator lights 2 Set the continuous forms Go to step 3 8 in the section Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed in this chapter 3 Load the continuous forms Go to step 9 in the section Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed in this chapter Unloading Continuous Forms To unload continuous forms 1 Make sure that the FRONT TRACTOR or REAR TRACTOR indicator lights 2 Press the LOAD button The continuous forms paper is retracted to the park position If the paper cannot be retracted in one operation continue to press the LOAD button until the paper is parked NOTE The printer can retract continuous forms paper up to a maximum of 55 8 cm 22 inches per operation 3 Toremove the paper raise the tractor paper holders and lift out the paper NOTE If continuous forms are unloaded without stopping the paper may slip off the tractors User s Manual 3 19 PAPER HANDLING Tearing Off Continuous Forms Your printer has a special tear o
22. LLL 8 11 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS 2 Installing the Large Paper Table Insert and push the left and right protrusions on the paper table ends into the grooves on the cover as shown in the following figure Set the paper table in the normal position See Setting the paper table in Chapter 2 The new large paper table can be opened or closed in the same way as the removed paper table V am NE REESE Aes SERS 2 Sp Je ii C 7 tm U ea 174 Make sure the protrusions are inserted completely as right figure S Mew 8 12 User s Manual SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS This appendix lists the supplies and options available for the printer Contact your dealer for information on ordering any of these items dd Ribbon cartridges Black ribbon CA02374 C104 Ribbon subcassette Black ribbon CA02374 C204 Print head KA02033 E659 LAN card KA02012 C103 Installable only on a printer model with the parallel and USB interfaces Cut sheet feeder SF940 KA02027 D750 Large Stacker KA02038 D160 Large paper table KA02038 D150 User s Manual A 1 SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS 2 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS This appendix gives the physical functional and performance specifications for the printer It also gives detailed paper specifications PHYSICAL Dim
23. R odo gU uu F E Eor OO Cr mie m bl UOGONmuummexaxczuo Ch c3 FN ee Vo dG A Ce bred 4 Ch m xt uu r OR OO CI kh Ed 2a o m e N e Graphics Character Set 1 HD ome amp Et Are ap oC B wc 4 S HO Jo Hol Ate 3 HiT Fr UHR Eu FR aruta 1 COE S gc Pa Ond NAD gt RHR Ne SAA TEE E z EDDIE User s Manual E 2 CHARACTER SETS Graphics Character Set 2 Il Sem FH D da dom 4 Ss 94 MU X om oU Me mq c eb Y Cm p icto 4 ow eK ANH f UU oe NET mA woo Qu C ee bd be er AN AD ES Se A MTom an VA 6 ko sak nd s FE eescegen onamemenenemvann 0123 45 67 8 9 A BCD EF E 3 User s Manual LTN ISO TUK CYRILIC LATIN 9 SWEDISH Swedish have some characters and symbols whose use depends on resident fonts ISO Courier 10
24. gt EM ANH Eos amp etimgmfuodlngimnuommmnuiimiINEZO C n 0 m BOOM OS oS vr Gb sm 3 0 1 t0 un Hn C05 P 40 ra HAM od d 6 EE on Eo OO A ewe OO 8 Su c 1 eee B BEN 24 bi tt S OR I Usi pqg oe A rr GOO gud con LT awe Y B RB DD CDD TD ID Ou Hes CSO am 0 sd xu Dea Dou ox 4 Bon OH S gt Se AN d Q OU Qu AGH NA BOO A 05 02 PEA a NHR EAD AMR EAS fo D P OMe wey G9 s E un Qc lt 0D Ov VA Suan awe 4 dE s ee 24 pA dep qe dp BU mm FA i 5 UO cH OO Deca aw ae Wee 0 0 GOD DO ud A Cn Ue dd d Uf el Se KANG Bo HE 00 0 0rd Uu DGHmMA EO 6 MCAVUAADLUDHAMA RAO dn 01 00 DOOM DM n d ko wa 0123456789 ABCDEF C 08 0 8r aD 1D D Oo d E UO 2 0 fu LEGAL User s Manual E 18 CHARACTER SETS WCP1250 Windows 1250 WCP1251 Windows 1251 0123456 78 0123456789 ABCDEF AORRPOMKMA TF EA ae ano QOMHKHONMNS SH KR EMO fu O E b e oS OT AAA 8 00 0 m X MONS SM RSMo ox xg A RH ain obnOXL w uudg6 stYrt IG mn SETE 6 do Fg
25. menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL 2 Select the DEFAULT function Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on DEFAULT Press the A button or the V button to select the DEFAULT function The printer reprints the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The default values in MENUI are now reset 3 Do either of the following e Select new options for MENU1 or MENU2 e Exit setup mode saving the factory defaults See the section MENU1 and MENU Items and Options To exit setup mode and save the new defaults make sure that the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide are positioned on SAVE amp END then press the MICRO button or the W MICRO button USING THE This section describes how to use the following diagnostic functions DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS s SENGEN e HEX DUMP V ALMNT These functions are used for checking print quality and diagnosing printer problems HEX DUMP also provides useful information for programmers Printing the Self Test The SELF TST function prints test pages to check how the printer operates independently of your computer The self test does not check the interface between the computer and the printer The self test prints the printer s firmware version its resident emula
26. ow au B os k M JO v 19 EF Aout She Xx AN 62 Bao f Ot gi U E ID gt EH ANS ri CMOUAARHUMHANMABBO e C 0 rio OM OM e wy Ate HY 4 SE of va c O1 st i6 5 pP 0 O fa NO b 0 ad xd D O00 0 0 D IG og X4 Q 0 0 x MODY DHE 0 A O00 vil POR HQ 4 AN gt gt ARC A PYF ION ee Be oe I Eom k P4 ov MH MN DIKAN UM DAA NAS f Ot pmi U EL D gt bd BENI c xr 10 D 00 OY mw Il AO sok od un eee QD e CX 0 SP 10 0 Ov d f WCP1252 Windows 1252 xo 3 0 O OO Ot OB 3 OB sd BOO XU D XD on oH fac 4 OO 00 0 x amp OUDUODwuWadod LE M at OO HH Za Q A alt jag OA dtm w Om 1 Fe FMA 8 MS PM XO e B m se SK AN wee 1 CQ VTVHMOAMMA EO Ot gd 0 4 DD DEN AN eH OK camuomogtmmurmuomuntmuuaJzzuo mio moo cw MNA we mK xd A 0123456789 ABCDEFP 19 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS NATIONAL In all emulations this printer supports 52 national character sets for CHARACTER SETS character
27. un Con Nm Pore T Q Z ea fa NORWEGN Norwegian 012345878 9ABCDEF a m b en a m wy lt m H 4 Mur KE ae Ooo 8 4 pt Oe 8 NAE ety 150 rr eel eee 7 TAO d dz dg ow O0 o LP wee BRR OCIA Po wwe xD ot oe ee m4 VERE NA Be DS 2 gt EM D ND Mant TE MVUAADHMOe SMA wy NN 1 un 05 Rat uo nm m m OVA we ILL EE Gum Eero ad bo dg 4 fed x 1 6 ES BLAUE d 4 2 1 4 1 fr 9 or SOS am DN bP vn ER 00 0 QU OO DOO Ub h Ce AU ud De 4D XD 4D o4 od ocu n Pn op E a Em aN AH ea X v AOMNHDO D amp Sal D cO D e my HA P db EE un 5 oc C4 02 AMOR m a Cu E 17 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS DANISH Danish2 fH 012345678 HW VER ENE re 8 BWC 4 s eet NN Nas 1 1 ie arc i To Fra I s ST Cea YA PRO CO 240 SB TOD WAH O DP 49 9 p oe od Moun a gt Fe Nw mi MOH OYA ELS
28. NOTE To exit the V ALMNT function you must exit setup mode irre User s Manual 5 57 USING SETUP MODE Correct vertical print alignment SETUP MODE The following flowchart shows how setup mode is organized for the REFERENCE Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation Differences in the IBM Proprinter XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations are summarized after the flowchart _ _ _ __ ______ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 5 58 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE DPL24C PLUS ORGANIZATION Note Asterisks indicate default setting at shipment Gid CERO Move red cursor on the prime guide or Select function LOAD r TEAR OFF Move red cursor on the prime guide Select option print next item Ca Select option print previous item ITEMS amp OPTIONS SETUP MODE EMULATE DPL24C COUR 10 COUR N XL24E PRSTG12 COUR B ESC P2 COMPRSD BOLDFCE N SANN PICA10 N SAN B QUALITY LETTER REPORT DRAFT PITCH 2 5 CPI LINE SP 1 LPI CHAR W NORMAL 3 CPI 21 2 TIMES 5 CPI 3 LPI 4 TIMES 6 CPI ALPI 10 CPI SLPI HI DRFT CORRESP N SAN I OCR B OCR A 12 CPI 6 LPI 15 CPI 7LPI 17 CPI 8 LPI 18 CPI 20 CPI PROP SP PG LX10 0 LINE TOP MRC 1 LINE 10LINE 2 LINE 20LINE 3 LINE 60LINE SOLINE ZEROFNT NO SLSH IDC3 CDE ENABLE SLASH DISABLE LANGUGE USA PG86
29. V c XN O Hom ME D E BIOS 4 dE D tet 74 4 4 ET TF Ee WURDE HAT ELE A noun aes TORU AWM NR ee EDO B ginem oe BN mH Wn i MENA Bag gt 2 Ce C4 00 f arn Ohm OD ON e tee HOA De arr SEO SF Gir x ox dE o0 tA LDH A MA Hoo B 8 FA Sao 8 HH ee M mU 14 Ji FE I ES FSS A 2 Oo am AL Pane OU p dm ouod wx DUO gu ou QOwene Fe FRAN MMA EEO EMNE uU Urndo umucDummnmudzzo O om C4 00 t u D MM n oy MN 09 2 CANM User s Manual E 6 CHARACTER SETS POLISH POLSH T Polish HUNGARY HUNG T Hungarian a Ta mis e e m 5 oor A al DM B40 ow fig ne HE N H 2 4 i 9 9 e Set err ere a DYER Be ret oU 5 0 WSC xo Ted O30 AD a m Bowe db Fx eR 2 i RS O OPS st f Oum C gt EG 0 Ne vr md vaton Neha AEO r4 e mw FA Te U ma Rod t0 un OAM D Ov d amp d Ro 8 Vcn
30. data User s Manual C 11 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Bit Image Graphics Graphics type m graphics Graphics type m graphics Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density graphics 360 dot per inch 24 pin graphics Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Select bin 3 for following pages Initialize Printer Reset printer Reset printer Initialize printer ESC m n n data ESC e b m n n2 data or ESC e B m n n2 data ESC K nj n2 data ESC L n1 n2 data ESC Y n n2 data ESC Z n n2 data FS Z n n2 data ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EM E ESC EMR 11 11211 E ESC ESC CR P ESC SUB I _______________________________________________________ User s Manual COMMAND SETS Bar Code Printing Print bar code ESC DC4 b R b Total number of parameters c w h a R fixed chi chy c Type of bar code Decimal Codabar nw 7 EAN 13 EAN 8 Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 UPC type A Code 128 UPC type A with checkdigit printing DPrADUBRWNHNH Width of narrow bar in 1 1440 inch units Height of bar code Defines check characters and OCR char
31. disconnect the power plug from the outlet for safety reasons Otherwise electric shock or fire may result If a lightning storm is in nearby disconnect the power plug from the outlet Leaving the plug connected to the outlet may result in damage to the printer or other property damage A The print head and internal frames become extremely hot during printer operation and remain so immediately afterwards Do not touch these parts until sufficient time has passed to allow them to cool Otherwise burns or personal injury may result lt User s Manual xiii N CAUTION amp Do not touch the paper feed or ejection openings while the printer is operating Otherwise personal injury may be result Do not touch the printer cable connectors or the metal part of the print head Otherwise personal injury or a printer failure may result Do not touch the print head while it is moving Otherwise burns or personal injury may result AN Note that continuous forms that are fed in the reverse direction continuously may come off the paper feed tractors Operate the printer with the paper thickness lever set to the appropriate paper thickness Use only an original ribbon cassette that is specified as suitable by Fujitsu Textile fibers accumulate on components inside the printer and parts of the roller so clean these parts regularly Do not turn the ribbon feed knob in the reverse direction Otherwise the ribbon
32. holders EE dd __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 3 16 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Paper Holders Adjusting paper tension 7 Pull the right tractor to stretch the paper taut Push the right locking lever down to secure the tractor in place 8 Lower the paper table to the down position normal mode Paper table Lowering the cut sheet stand CAUTION e Before lowering the paper table make sure that the paper holders are closed If the holders are opened they may cause damage to the tractors and the paper table e Make sure that the paper table is positioned to its normal mode If it is not done jamming may occur when continuous forms paper is fed D LR se MEN User s Manual 3 17 PAPER HANDLING 9 Press the PAPER PATH button to select FRONT TRACTOR The indicator lights 10 Press the LOAD button to advance the paper to the top of form position Top of form is the first line on which printing can start After loading paper the printer goes into online mode 11 Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary e Horizontal alignment Move the forms tractors as required e setting see Chapter 5 e Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 NOTE Do not open the front cover during printing User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Loading Continuous Forms Rear Feed
33. in the input buffer This speeds data reception because the printer does not require decoding time during data reception Od 5 40 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items lt AREACNT gt Area over detection control ENABLE Detects the left and right edges of paper when loading the paper The printer does not print data beyond the edges but turns on the AREA OVER indicator DISABLE Does not detect the edges Select this option when you are using colored or preprinted paper lt CUT ONL gt Printer status after loading paper in offline mode for single sheets OFFLINE Remains offline after paper loading ONLINE Goes into online after paper loading lt CNT ONL gt Printer status after loading paper in offline mode for continuous forms OFFLINE Remains offline after paper loading ONLINE Goes into online after paper loading lt LOCK gt Lock function of setup mode Enables all buttons on the control panel Disables the setup related buttons to keep the printer from entering setup mode during the offline state Disables the setup related buttons and the MENU button Once this setting has been selected setup mode cannot be entered from the control panel To cancel this setting turn the power on while simultaneously pressing the HI IMPACT PAPER PATH and LF FF buttons User s Manual 5 41
34. m n n x 256 nj 0 lt n m lt 255 1 lt n lt 256 n lt 7920 Character Set Control Select character set 1 Appendix E gives the character sets Select character set 2 ESC 6 Appendix E gives the character sets Select international character set ESC R n n 0 USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 United Kingdom 4 Denmark 1 Norway 5 Sweden Finland 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 Denmark 2 Clear print buffer Select printer Deselect printer ignore input Force most significant bit to 1 Force most significant bit to 0 Cancel control over most significant bit User s Manual C 7 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Select code table ESC e C n n 0 Code page 437 1 Code page 850 2 Code page 860 3 Code page 863 4 Code page 865 5 ISO 8859 1 ECMA 94 Select extended character by character ESCeE number n m 0 lt n mn lt 664 and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Word Processing Line justification on ESC m Automatically center printing ESCc Reset word processing features ESC x Font Selection and Downloading Select font m with source and style set by n ESC m n e m bits 0 and 1 Font device selection Selection of font 0 0 Resident font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 0 Resident font e m bits 2 and 3 Print quality specification Print quality Original quality of font Letter quality 360 dpi Correspondence quality 180 dpi Draft quality 120 dpi
35. modes In the tables e Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer e Output denotes a signal from the printer to the computer The return lines specified in the second column represent twisted pairs with one side connected to signal ground The standard signal levels are 0 0 to 0 4 V low and 2 4 to 5 0 V high User s Manual D 1 INTERFACE INFORMATION Compatible Mode Signal Name Direction Description Data Strobe This signal is a strobe DSTB pulse for reading data Data to 8 The printer reads data when this signal is low The pulse width must be I us or more at the receiving terminal Data 1 to 8 Data 8 pin 9 is the most significant bit however this pin 1s not used in 7 bit ASCII communications Logical 1 signals must go high at least 1 us before the falling edge of the Data Strobe signal and must stay high for at least 1 us after the rising edge Acknowledge This pulse signal indicates ACK that the printer has received data and is ready to accept the next set of data This signal is also sent when the printer is switched from offline to online Data cannot be received when this signal is high This signal is high during data entry when the printer is offline when the buffer is full or when an error occurs Paper Empty This signal is high when PE the printer is out of paper D 2 User s Manual Signal Name Select
36. opposite directions HALF Data transmission occurs in either direction but not simultaneously lt CTS gt IGNORE CTS is ignored by the printer DETECT CTS is detected by the printer lt CD gt IGNORE CD is ignored by the printer DETECT CD is detected by the printer lt END gt Indicates the end of the HARDWRE item list Press the W button to print the first item which is lt PPR OUT gt Press the A button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu User s Manual 5 31 USING SETUP MODE CHANGING PRINT When you print using ruled paper you often want to adjust the print POSITION position so that the print sits properly on the ruled lines The ADJUST ADJUSTMENT function allows you to OPTIONS e Set top of form position e Fine tune top of form position e Fine tune left print start column left margin e Adjust for accumlative line spacing error in a page The top edge of your paper is the physical top of the page The logical top of the page as understood by the printer when loading paper is called the top of form Printing starts at this position Note that printing actually starts at the position obtained by adding the following e Top of form default 1 8 6 inch 7 6mm e margin specified by your software e Printer TOP MRG top margin setting default 1 line Table 5 5 describes the ADJUST items and options Items are li
37. or resuming printing e Removing printed pages e Clearing the print buffer Instructions for loading paper are given in Chapter 3 This printer has enough capability to print multipart forms When superior copy capability is required use the hi impact mode Press the HI IMPACT button on the printer control panel This function is valid when the HI IMPACT indicator lights MAAL GAE MICRO FEED STN LIPOVER C EPAPER E TRACTOR F C REMOVE PAPER Mp CO TRACTOR R CO MENU DROUET O Ci cur SHEET O MENU 20 PRINT MODE AUTO GAP HI IMPACT PAPER PAH LF FF ONLINE TEAR OFF LOAD ront DIR RESET SETUP MENU SAVE TOP NOTE e Setting hi impact mode by pressing the HI IMPACT button is cancelled when you turn off the printer If you wish to have the hi impact mode set on power on save the setting in setup mode PRINTING SELECTING PRINT The print features you select determine how your printed pages will look FEATURES Print features include the following Print quality Fonts Pitch characters per horizontal inch Page length and width Line spacing lines per vertical inch To select print features you can use either commercial software or the printer control panel The method you use depends on the capabilities of your software If your software has most of the features you require you may rarely if ever have to use the control panel In fact your software often overrides the prin
38. software emulations include DPL24C PLUS select DPL24C PLUS for optimum performance User s Manual C 1 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS FUJITSU DPL24C This section describes the printer commands for the DPL24C PLUS PLUS command set which is the native command set of this printer See the Programmer s Manual DPL24C PLUS for detailed information on using these commands Print Mode Control Double strike bold printing on ESC G Double strike bold printing off ESC H Emphasized shadow printing on ESC E Emphasized shadow printing off ESC F Italic printing on ESC 4 Italic printing off ESC 5 Select character style and screening ESC e S ni n2 nj 0 Normal 1 Outline 2 Shaded 3 Outline and shaded 4 Thin outline 5 Thin shaded 6 Thin outline and shaded 0 Transparent 1 Light dot matrix 2 Heavy dot matrix 3 Vertical bars 4 Horizontal bars 5 Slants 6 Back slants 7 Lattice One line double width characters on SO or ESC SO One line double width characters off DC 4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n 0 eee C 2 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Double height characters on off ESC V n on n 1 off n 0 This command does not adjust the line spacing Multiwidth and height printing ESC n h hy n 0 Not adjusted vi v2 1 Character pitch multiplied 2 Line spacing multiplied 3 Character pitch and line spacing multiplied Tens digit of horizontal multiple Units digit of horiz
39. t og dl le tae Wed OS ANE UP Y A Wed 0 0 De NO Doe Jet wood moO ee Wma nays gt EM DN ve 1 r 1200 OH MAA N S ROM NH DO gt NE m i gt mano rm O ev an HUN k ood uh e vite H8 9 OHO tee M Nas 24 dM RE sf e pes A rn TODEA E ODO 03 900 I0 Poen suom um ea xD e ono o m Dom ROSA EN m iaouguoucdddmxegco B OE U ES D D GE X DH DN m un a modommuouumnxudzzo SAIN MTOM OH MP MMM die 41 osx wn Pee ua 0123456789ABCDEF PAGE855 Code Page 855 1 8 0123456789ABCDEF PAGES50 Code Page 850 Multilingual mf Bobo mo BOE ste RAMU hh eM OM EBI mE OOB H RTE etre 44 20 M E N eee 1 uzumoueemunYs oo ee See OM oe Rm com oe a So EM Ne He 00 0 Ud OH Ea 3 1 ou 605 UND A G fa un gt oe OLIO run 0 UO OD mI meu c 90000 D D KAP xol du dd BE 74 1 1 Ate Se fote NG fate A BO DO
40. 22 User s Manual SETTING UP Y If you are using more than one software package determine which emulation is supported by the software you use most frequently Select that emulation Y If your software supports more than one emulation select the DPL24C PLUS emulation if possible This emulation has the greatest capabilities Ifyou want to use an emulation that is not supported by your software contact your software manufacturer or printer dealer and ask whether support is available You may be able to obtain a printer driver that is not shipped with the original software package To select an emulation proceed as follows 1 Turn the printer on and load a sheet of paper To change a single printer setting such as the emulation you can use a single sheet paper To change several printer settings as described in Chapter 5 you must load continuous forms paper See Chapter 3 for paper loading instructions 2 Enter setup mode Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline Then press the AUTO GAP button and the HI IMPACT button As the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information D LR se LE User s Manual 2 23 SETTING UP CVM OFFLINE SETUP MODE The left end of the head guide indicates the option to be selected The selected option is underlined SAVE amp END function must be selected to exit setup mode Following list shows how buttons function in setup m
41. 437 850 851 852 855 860 863 865 866 ISO8859 1 ECMA 94 National character sets USA UK German French Italian Spanish Swedish Finnish Norwegian Danish 1 and 2 Hungarian 1 and 2 Slovenia 1 and 2 Mazowia 1 and 2 PG DHN Polish 1 and 2 Latin2 1 and 2 Latin P ISO Latin Kamenicky 1 and 2 Turkish 1 and 2 ELOT927 ELOT928 Cyrillic Lithuanian 1 and 2 Mik Macedonian PG MAC ABG ABY DEC GR Greekll HBR DEC HBR OLD ISO Turkish Korean and Legal Latin 9 RUSCII 691 characters per font Print functions See below Fonts Bitmap Courier 10 Pica 10 Prestige 12 Boldface PS Compression 17 Correspondence 10 Draft 12 HI Draft 12 OCR B 10 OCR A 10 lt Scalable gt Courier scalable Upright Italic Bold Timeless PS Upright Italic Bold Nimbus Sans PS Upright talic Bold Bold printing Shadow printing Italic printing Underline Condensed SMES PSST Ee Double wiatn Double height Double amp H The following functions are for the DPL24C PLUS only Underline TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3 TYPE 4 TYPE 5 TYPE 6 Overline Bar code print Codabar EAN8 EAN13 EAN example Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 UPC type A Code 128 123415670 Scalable font Screened outline CA BI Demo pattern _ _ _______ User s Manual 2 19 SETTING UP CONNECTING THE Your printer supports one of the following interface options PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER Centronics parallel interface RS 232
42. ESCeq DRFT Pitch 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 20 CPI ESCep or PROP SP ESCeH ESCh ESC US ESCM ESCP ESCpESCi ESCes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LPI ESCeV ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESCA Character NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES ESC W width SO or ESC SO DC4 ESC u ESC Character NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES ESC V height ESC u Underline Factory default Cancel command User s Manual C 19 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Wem Selectable options in setup mode Attributes NONE ITALICS CONDNSD ESC 4 ESC 5 SHADOW BOLD SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC ei ESC Page 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 0 5 5 6 0 7 0 8 0 ESC C NUL length 8 5 11 0 11 6 12 0 14 0 18 0 IN ESC e C NUL ESC FF NUL ESC C ESC e C ESC FF Left end 1 2 3 41 COLM Controllable in online setup mode Top 1 2 3 10 LINE Controllable in margin online setup mode MIK MACEDON ABG ABY PG MAC ELOT927 DEC GR GREEK 11 PG862 HBR OLD HBR DEC ISO TUK RUSCII LATIN 9 Language USA UK GERMAN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH SWEDISH FINNISH DANISHI DANISH2 NORWEGN PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 1508859 ECMA94 PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 Uncontrollable by HUNGARY HUNG T SOLV commands but SOLV T POLISH POLSH T controllable in MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN7 online setup mode LATIN2 LATN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LT
43. GAP and HI IMPACT Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Printer prints lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select function Press TEAR OFF or LOAD to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide then press Desired function is selected Press AMICRO SAVE amp END or VMICRO Select options Press TEAR OFF or LOAD to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE print guide then press A Printer ADJUST CONFIG and GAP ADJ A or V saves changes and exits setup mode grev A LIST DEFAULT INITIAL l Press or VMICRO to pause resume Press FRONT DIR V ALMNT See Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMT later in this chapter for details Press ONLINE lt SELF TST HEX DUMP Functions having items and options Summary of setup mode 5 6 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 4 Select the current emulation Since you do not want to change the emulation press the W button to select the current emulation and print the next item lt FONT gt and its options 5 Change the font to Prestige Elite 12 Press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button once to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on PRSTGI2 Press the W button to select PRSTG12 and print the next item lt QUALITY gt an
44. Getting help The tables in this section describe common printer problems and their solutions The following types of problems are considered e Print quality problems e Paper handling problems e Operating problems e Printer failures Print Quality Problems Poor print quality or other printing problems are often caused by incorrect printer setup or incorrect software settings A gradual decrease in print quality usually indicates a worn ribbon Table 7 1 identifies common print quality problems and suggests solutions TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Printing is too light or Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is too dark properly installed and that the ribbon feeds smoothly Check ribbon wear Replace the ribbon if necessary Check the difference of thickness of medium If auto adjustment function detects difference level of medium it doesn t work properly In this case you must adjust for paper thickness manually See ADJUSTING PAPER THICKNESS in Chapter 3 If you adjust for paper thickness manually tune up as follows If printing is too light decrease setting If printing is dark increase setting Note Printer accepts the value for paper thickness from Printer Driver or application program In this case check the setting of the Printer Driver or application program at your host computer And then tune the value by way above Stains or smudges Check ribbon wear Replac
45. QR 2 3 3 3 22 line feed seed eee QR 2 3 3 3 22 Idlvi 4 5 5 14 FUN CHON i dae UI a e tede 5 4 5 4 5 54 7 10 IBM Proprinter 24 2 22 5 14 5 62 Interface 55e rettet 2 20 5 29 D 1 I em 3 23 LAN 2 22 5 29 D 12 bee tes QR 2 3 3 Line feed ea QR 2 3 3 3 22 B 5 Line spacing sse 5 18 5 36 B 4 EIS E see tetto ve dae e 5 4 5 8 LOAD QR 2 3 3 n aat 3 9 3 12 3 16 Lubrication re 6 1 IN 1 INDEX Maintenance RECO RETE 6 1 Self test 2 nhe 2 17 5 4 5 52 Margin o ot 5 32 Serial 2 20 2 27 D 7 QR 2 2 25 4 4 5 4 Setup mode siet ette 5 1 Multipart paper 2 402 2 0 0 0 000000000812 8 Single sheet 3 9 Fosse weak eek 6 ejecting ient debit ts 3 14 NN SEES i epe ER ER HTEHE 4 3 ape PE s Specifications 1 nee reet edet tete aa 1 ONLINE ettet etie QR 2 3 3 5 41 EP TEAR OE E rdg QR 2 3 3 3 20 Testing printer Pee cendo nts 2 17 2 26 E BE SES HS 2 16 PAPER 4 6 5 27 7 7 7 9 online er mee 2 26 Paper
46. SLCT INTERFACE INFORMATION Direction Description This signal is high when the printer is online Auto Feed XT Not used Signal Ground No connection Logic ground level 0 V Frame Ground Printer chassis ground line FG and SG are connected 5 5 V source up to 300 mA Signal Ground Twisted pair return lines Input Prime INPRM If this signal is low for more INPRM than 50 us the printer is reset to the initial condition and is placed online This signal is low when the printer is offline paper is out or when there is a printer error Logic ground level 0 V No connection 5 VR Pulled up to 5 V through a 3 3 kQ resistor SLCT IN Not used lt lt lt dd User s Manual D 3 INTERFACE INFORMATION Nibble Mode Pin numbers 2 to 9 15 to 31 and 33 to 35 are the same as the conventional mode Signal Name Direction Description Host Clock This signal is set high when the host requests the reverse data transfer phase nibble mode Printer Clock Reverse data transfer phase This signal goes high when data being sent to the host is established Reverse idle phase This signal is set low then goes high to interrupt the host indicating that data is available Printer Busy Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 3 data bit 7 then forward path host to printer busy status Ack Data Re
47. Wer ee ECS gt X04 DH BL S o e c C4 00 PLO D CO CS e sv EAC ENN ae un 6 L H oe sna GAMA 13 User s Manual LATIN 9 CHARACTER SETS RUSCII BIO A su gd RD C XD D XU onion et id Aon ed aaa SOG De Hee NN Aw NA 0 BU p nuoemungedevriel AO Op ob Be Nw BOMMAOS Ot e4MOAKRKLDKTIHNMHEZO 0 SPD D D 9 OS WOP be un a 9 EI ae o d e D e L H ITALIAN Italian d Oe an 74 4 NWUOhAOAMN SM CoM ok Ba D E PO P UT EL B H0 Z8 a 0 E23 6 i pm m c mtu mm HEBOH o n mi op Be ANH ee AOHAMAEEL O O0 EA C2 D E pA 0H NL S Ot eamuomnmmuumnnnxuiazzo DH e mv i Am 2 A a a un OSNMTNIPrROANARUA The following character sets differ from those of Code Page 437 USA available in the DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation 0123456 78 L H DPL24C PLUS AND CHARACTER SETS IBM XL24E NATIONAL EMU
48. dad 028 SD tote HD on 4 4 gt EX Nemt Foo Ao me DD D 6 AE m mm rsmdaunumomunxdazzo SHO Pa ID P OD Oo HE A GR HE Ge un 06 X oe C4 oa Or OO C3 5 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS PAGE865 Code Page 865 Nordic PAGE860 Code Page 860 Portugal 0123456578 9A BCDEF 0123456789ABCDEF iH H Ad con 03 MP p DA ox qo CP 4 fe os ey I OS Ee GeO LOT aver S woODDO0dg3do02S8uSgSm C dd et XD AD ot nos of Bowe apo pe Fe PN U ES Ew awe ri Bw OVAHkUMHOMARAS Sei NMA 0D eee HE OA Be MH Ge we eK REN un C e CN c E aD P CO CS toe D ER ILHAM eat re Ben FH OA Pe Doers Ba oS let s e E Most 9 pu de ge dm TAO o ou d ow oO anette Us d gm dowd OM OHO a of f OH DS n Cnm gif oe 0 96 7 PMC OVAREUMUMHAMHEZAO SAM m 0 P e ee HS ee wank ow Ww cyan up TT PSP PAGES66 Code Page 866 Cyrillic PAGE863 Code Page 863 Canada French L H 01234567 8939 ABCODEF 0123456 789A BCDEF 3H XD QD pm fn
49. electric shock or fire may result Do not spill any liquid such as water on the printer Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Do not damage or modify the power cord The power cord may be damaged by placing a heavy object on it stretching it excessively forcibly bending it twisting it or heating it and this may result in electric shock or fire Do not use the power cord if it or the power plug is damaged or the plug does not fit securely in the outlet receptacle Using the power cord in that condition may result in electric shock or fire Do not insert the power cord into an outlet or turn on the power to the printer when any of its covers has been removed Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Prevent foreign objects such as metal shards and inflammable materials from being inserted or dropped into any openings in the printer e g ventilation openings Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Do not disconnect the power plug from the outlet while the power to the printer is turned on Otherwise the plug becomes deformed possibly resulting in fire Q Do not remove the main printer cover or the cover for the cable connectors except as necessary To check and repair internal components request your printer dealer to do so Some internal components use high voltage and touching them may result in electric shock Do not modify the printer by yourself Otherwise electric shock or fire may re
50. fonts Timeless Nimbus Sans and Courier each in upright italic and bold e High speed printing At 10 cpi print speed ranges from 120 cps for letter quality to 505 cps for draft quality Smee User s Manual 1 1 INTRODUCTION e Large print buffer 128K bytes are available in total for storing input data and downloading fonts A large input data buffer allows you to send files to the printer and return to work in your application A large download buffer allows you to use custom fonts e 136 column print line 136 column printers print in landscape mode using legal or standard size computer forms e Simple switching of paper types The ability to park continuous forms makes it easy to switch between continuous forms and single sheets from the control panel This switching is possible even for an optional cut sheet feeder and second tractor e Dual tractor feeding capability The tractor unit is removable and can be converted to front feed or rear feed e Multi path of paper The printer has multiple paths to feed paper For the continuous form front and rear tractor second tractor is option For cut sheet loading paper table front front csf option rear csf option Also for cut sheet ejecting front and rear is selectable front eject paper require removing for next paper loading e Tear off function Available at both the front and the rear of the printer The tear off button on the control panel is used
51. given in the following table in units of 1 180 inches Width of narrow bar 2 Dots 2 180 inches 20 27 3 Dots 3 180 inches 4 Dow 180 inches e h Specify the height of the bar code to be printed in units of 1 1440 taking the narrow bar width as the reference Height of bar code parameter w x parameter h in units of 1 1440 Height of bar code lt 11 Inches Actual printing The printing is done with the following initial values if the bar code height is less than or equal to 24 dots taking dot equal to 1 180 inches of the printing unit of the printer The following values are the standard heights for the respective bar code standards Enter the value so that the height is lt 23 180 if the standard is correct Narrow bar EAN 2 Dots 162 Dots 130 Dots 108 Dots 16 1440 1296 1440 1040 1040 864 1440 3 Dots 234 Dots 187 Dots 135 Dots 24 1440 1872 1440 1496 1040 1080 1440 4 Dots 312 Dots 249 Dots 162 Dots 32 1440 2496 1440 1992 1040 1296 1440 Figures in parentheses are values converted to units of 1 1440 dd gt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ User s Manual C 15 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS f a Bits 2 0 Specifications related to the check and OCR characters Bit Content of specification value Content or setting Check character E Added Additional specification 1 1 Not added character printing OCR B is ta
52. interface cable tighten the screws in the cable connector 4 Attach the other end of the interface cable to your computer Gently pull on the cable to verify that it is secure SELECTING AN Before printing with your software verify that the correct emulation EMULATION is selected on your printer This section describes the available emulations and their selection For Experienced Users The printer s preselected factory setting is the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation If this emulation is acceptable you may skip this section An emulation is a set of commands used by your software to communicate with the printer There are many different emulations available for printers Each emulation has unique features and capabilities This printer offers three resident emulations e Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS for Fujitsu DL series printers e BM Proprinter XL24E e Epson ESC P2 Resident emulations are stored in the printer s permanent memory Here are some points to help you determine which emulation to select Y Determine which emulations your software supports Refer to your software documentation Since most software programs support this printer try to run a program with the factory default emulation first DPL24C PLUS emulation is the factory default Try this emulation even if you are not sure of which emulation to choose See Chapter 5 for detailed information about how your printer communicates with your software M 2
53. length can be up to 15 meters 50 feet This type of length is required in many networking and shared printer configurations ee 2 20 User s Manual SETTING UP Selecting a USB Cable v When the USB interface is used to connect to the host computer the parallel interface and the serial interface factory add on option cannot be connected simultaneously Y TheUSB interface does not guarantee all connections of USB supported devices Selecting a LAN cable Y When the LAN cable is connected the parallel and USB cables cannot be used Y The LAN cable when used in 100 environments must conform to category 5 or higher Connecting the Interface Cable To connect the interface cable 1 Turn off both the printer and the computer 2 Attach the interface cable to the connector Do not connect more than one interface cable type to the printer at the same time RS 232C Connector Connecting the interface cable User s Manual 2 21 SETTING UP NOTE The LAN interface is a user add on option When installing a LAN card remove the two screws securing the cover and remove the cover Then insert the LAN card and reattach the cover with the two screws removed earlier For details refer to the Online Manual that comes with the LAN card 3 secure a parallel interface cable flip the fastener clips located on the printer into the notches on the cable connector To secure a serial
54. line spacing may be uneven 4 73 mm 0 18 in 4 73 mm 0 18 in or more Print area Approx 101 mm 4 inches for front tractor feed Approx 157 mm 6 2 inches for rear tractor feed Print area may be off the 5 08 38 mm 0 2 1 5 5 08 mm or more paper depending on 0 2 inch or more paper setting or width Print area for continuous forms eee eee User s Manual B 7 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper Thickness Paper thickness is given by the weight of the paper in either grams per square meter g m or in pounds bond Ibs bond The following table shows the allowable paper thickness for one part paper or for each sheet of multipart paper The total thickness must not exceed 0 57 mm 0 022 inch The weight of carbonless or carbon backed paper may vary depending upon the paper manufacturer When using paper of borderline thickness test the paper before running a job Type of Paper Number of Thickness Parts 2 User s Manual B 8 Carbonless Top Bottom Top Middle Bottom Top Middle 2 3p Bottom Top Middle 2 4p Bottom Top Middle 2 5p Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 40 50 g m 34 43 kg or 11 13 Ib 40 50 g m 34 43 kg or 11 13 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or
55. only on a printer model with the parallel and USB interfaces For information on the installation procedure refer to the manual that comes with the LAN card Options can be purchased from your dealer Order numbers for options are given in Appendix A This chapter describes what to do after installing cut sheet feeder A cut sheet feeder SF940 allows you to automatically feed single sheets It can be mounted on the front or the rear of the printer When attaching the cut sheet feeder to the front of the printer remove the tractor For both front and rear the cut sheet feeder can handle a max of 5 ply multipart media When installing the front and rear cut sheet feeders the printer assigns the first bin to the front feeder You can change the assignment using set up mode AN W AR N N G Electric Before mounting or shock removing the cut sheet feeder turn off the power switches of the personal computer and the printer and remove the power plug from the outlet Otherwise you may receive electric shock User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS Installing on the front side of the printer 1 Turn off the printer power Confirm that the printer power is turned to the O side 2 Removing the tractor unit Raise the paper table and remove the tractor unit For details on mounting and removing the tractor unit see Selecting the Tractor Unit Position on page 2 10 Tractor unit 3 Instal
56. or troubleshooting work on the printer switch off the power switch and be sure to disconnect the power plug from the outlet Performing that work on the printer without the power turned off may result in burns or electric shock 4 Dust accumulates or near metal parts of the power plug so wipe away that dust with a dry cloth Continued use of printer in that condition may result in fire Do not drop or strike the printer such as by hitting it against something Otherwise a failure may result xii User s Manual N CAUTION Insert the power plug completely into an outlet so that it is securely connected Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Exercise caution to keep loose clothing hair neckties etc away from paper feed or ejection openings and tractors while the printer is operating Otherwise personal injury may result Q When disconnecting the power plug from the outlet pull it out while grasping the plug not the cord If you pull it out while grasping the cord the insulation may be damaged or the cable core may be exposed or damaged possibly resulting in electric shock or fire Do not cover or wrap the printer with a cloth or anything else while it is operating Otherwise heat accumulates possibly resulting in fire Do not use the power cord with it bunched together Otherwise heat accumulates possibly resulting in fire If the printer is not to be used for a long time
57. part cut sheets to be fed automatically e Tractor unit A second tractor unit may be bought as an additional option if dual tractor feeding capability is required LAN card A LAN card is available as a printer add on option A user installable function the LAN card can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel USB interfaces For details see Chapter 8 e Large paper table The large paper table helps to increase operability when large cut sheets are used Also sheets that are output from the front are easier to keep properly organized Large stacker The large stacker accommodates sheets output from the rear It is used in continuous printing with a cut sheet feeder Me User s Manual 1 3 INTRODUCTION dd 1 4 User s Manual SETTING UP Your new printer is easy to install and set up This chapter tells you how to set up the printer and start printing right away If this is your first printer you should read the entire chapter before attempting to use the printer In this chapter you will learn how to e Unpack assemble and select a good location for the printer e Identify the printer s major parts e Connect the power and interface cables e Test the printer before connecting it to your computer e Install the printer driver e Select an emulation and print a sample page using your software If you have a problem while setting up the printer review the section Solvin
58. sends the DC1 DC3 XON code hex 11 When fewer than 255 bytes of space remain in the buffer or when the printer is taken offline the printer sends the XOFF DC3 code hex 13 When the input buffer is configured for 256 bytes the buffer limit is reduced from 255 bytes to 63 bytes The computer must stop transmitting data within 255 63 characters of receiving the XOFF code or information may be lost If paper runs out the printer sends an NAK code hex 15 DTR is a hardware protocol that is the DTR signal on interface cable pin 20 is used to control the flow of data rather than transmission of a character code When the printer is ready to receive data pin 20 1s high When fewer than 255 63 bytes of space remain in the buffer or when the printer is taken offline pin 20 is low The computer must stop transmitting data within 255 63 characters of DTR being low or information may be lost The RC protocol is the same as the DTR protocol except that the Reverse Channel signal pin 11 is used instead of the Data Terminal Ready signal pin 20 NENNEN VbVe o O w e Up h3 D 10 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION USB INTERFACE Cable This printer supports the USB 1 1 Full speed specification To connect to the host use USB 2 0 compliant INF cables 5 meters 196 inch or shorter Use the shielded cables Connector pin alignment Signal line name Function Power supply
59. settings MENU I function Menu 2 settings MENU function e Hardware settings HARDWRE function e Print position adjustment settings ADJUST function e Configuration settings CONFIG function e Print head gap adjustment settings GAP ADJ function Most selectable options only alter print features such as the typestyle and page format However some options must be selected correctly for the printer to work properly with your hardware and software For each function Table 5 2 lists items whose options must be selected correctly for system and printer accessory compatibility Table 5 2 Required Options MENU1 EMULATE The emulation selected on the printer must be the same as the emulation selected in your software If you selected an emulation when you set up the printer Chapter 2 you do not need to change the EMULATE option unless you want to change to a different emulation The emulation assigned to MENU is the default when you turn the printer on See the section MENU1 and MENU2 Items Options later in this chapter If you use MENU the emulation selected for MENU 2 must be the same as the emulation selected in your software See the section MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options later in this chapter User s Manual 5 11 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 2 Required Options Cont If you have a serial interface the serial interface options selected on the printer must be the same as the setti
60. smoother feeding of paper stapled multipart forms raise the rear stacker to support the forms Envelopes When printing envelopes use the paper table or the manual feed slot of the cut sheet feeder Note the following e When loading envelopes make sure that the envelope flaps face forward Otherwise the envelopes may jam in the printer Labels e Be careful to check operating conditions when using labels Labels are sensitive to temperature and humidity e Only use labels mounted on continuous forms backing sheets Do not print labels mounted on single sheet backing Labels mounted on single sheet backing tend to slip and printing becomes crooked e Do not feed labels backwards using the LOAD button from the control panel Jamming may occur e Do not use the printer tear off feature when printing labels If the labels are retracted the backing may peel off and the labels may jam in the printer e Test print labels before running a job If jams occur go into setup mode and setthe paper thickness control to manual mode and setthe paper thickness indicator to a wider position manually If jamming problems continue try a different type of label eee User s Manual 3 23 PAPER HANDLING eee 3 24 User s Manual MULTIPART FORMS HI IMPACT MODE User s Manual PRINTING This chapter describes the following everyday printing operations e Using multipart form hi impact mode e Starting stopping
61. space below MENU Emulation Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Font Courier 10 Prestige Elite 12 Compressed 17 Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Courier Normal 10 outline Courier Bold 10 outline Courier Italic 10 outline Nimbus Sans Normal PS outline Nimbus Sans Bold PS outline Nimbus Sans Italic PS outline Timeless Normal PS outline Timeless Bold PS outline Timeless Italic PS outline Downloaded font 0 Downloaded font I Print quality Letter Report Draft High speed draft Pitch 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi Proportional spacing User s Manual 4 5 PRINTING 3 Press the ONLINE button to return online You are ready to print using the selected menu STARTING OR Starting Printing STOPPING PRINTING Before you start to print make sure that paper is loaded To start printing press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Then start your software Stopping Printing To stop printing immediately press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline You can also use your software to stop printing but there will be a slight delay before printing stops Any data sent to the print buffer but not yet printed is stored until you resume printing Data in the print buffer is lost if you turn the printer off To resume printing press the ONLINE button again To cancel printing use the cancel commands prov
62. stored in the send buffer by a nibble mode request The status information is not stored in the send buffer by a nibble mode request Setting of reducing backward line feeds as much as possible Backward line feeds occur when printing vertical enlargement characters or multi path characters which involve several printing paths for a print activation Reduce control is performed Reduce control is not performed 5 44 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items TOF CTL Setting of priority on TOF control to a printer driver specification or a setup specification TOF control determines the amout of the top margin when paper is fed to the home position DRIVER Driver specification is given priority SETUP Setup specification is given priority lt CUTEDIR gt Selection of the eject direction of cut sheets with manually feeding of cut sheets FRONT Ejected to the front REAR Ejected to the rear lt CSFEDIR gt Selection of the eject direction of cut sheets with use of a CSF FRONT Ejected to the front REAR Ejected to the rear lt CUTEJCT gt Selection for automatic ejection of cut sheets Automatic ejection of cut sheets when no cut sheet is detected No automatic ejection of cut sheets when no cut sheet is detected lt FL CENT gt Selection of the print carrier position when pa
63. the main parts of the printer If this is your first printer you should read the entire chapter before attempting to use the printer Chapter 3 Paper Handling explains how to load and use paper with your printer Chapter 4 Printing covers basic printing operations This chapter describes everyday operations from the printer s control panel such as loading paper and selecting print features in detail After you become more familiar with the printer use Quick Reference at the beginning of the manual to refresh your memory as needed Chapter 5 Using Setup Mode describes how to change the printer s optional settings such as print features hardware options and top of form Most settings only affect print features such as the typestyle and page format Note that certain settings directly affect hardware and software compatibility Refer to this chapter as indicated in Chapter 2 or as required Chapter 6 Maintenance explains basic maintenance procedures for this printer Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting describes problem solving techniques Before you contact your dealer for help check the list of problems and solutions provided in this chapter Chapter 8 Installing Options describes the options available for the printer and explains how to install them At the end of this manual you will find several appendixes a glossary and an index Appendix A gives order numbers for printer supplies options and publications Other
64. the paper one line do not hold the button more than three seconds Micro Feed Use the micro feed function to fine tune the position of the paper e Press MICRO button to feed paper backward by 1 180 inch e Press the W MICRO button to feed paper forward by 1 180 inch Remember that the top of form will differ from the original setting Load Position Adjust Use also the micro feed function to adjust the load position of the paper e When MICRO button or the W MICRO button is used immediately after the LOAD button is pressed the adjusted position of paper is retained as the new load position until the power is turned off e Pressing the ONLINE and LOAD buttons simultaneously saves the new position permanently The load position can be set for single sheets and continuous forms respectively NENNEN bB VV LLLLO XQC amp amp 3 22 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING TIPS ON PAPER General Tips HANDLING e Use high quality paper Do not use paper that is wrinkled or curled at the edges e Do not use paper with staples or metal parts Do not use paper with unpredictable variations in thickness such as paper with partial multilayers paper with embossed printing and labels with the backing sheet exposed e Store paper in a clean dry environment Multipart Forms e Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets if possible Printing tends to become misaligned on the bottom sheet e ensure
65. value of the lines per page setting User s Manual 5 17 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items Tens value lt PG LX10 gt setting for 0 LINE 10 LINE 20 LINE 30 LINE 40 setting LINE 50 LINE 60 LINE 70 LINE 80 LINE number of 90 LINE lines per page e The LINE setting depends on the line spacing setting LINE SP When 0 LINE is set the line spacing value is 11 0 IN only when both PG LX10 0 LINE and PG LX1 0 LINE are set lt PG LX1 gt Ones value 0 LINE LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 5 setting for LINE 6 LINE 7 LINE 8 LINE 9 LINE setting numberof The LINE setting depends on the line lines per spacing setting LINE SP pase When 0 LINE is set the line spacing value is 11 0 IN only when both PG 10 0 LINE and PG LX1 0 LINE are set lt LFT END gt Specifies the print start column for changing the left margin Printing starts at the position given by this column plus your software specified left margin COLM Column 1 2 3 41 LET END y Software specified margin 5 18 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Con
66. 0 0 0 lt d lt 255 04 lt 127 32768 lt d dy 256 x 32768 ESC B nj nj NUL ESC ni n5 9 92 ESC ni di d2 Page Formatting Set right margin to column n 1 lt n lt 255 Set left margin to column n 0 lt n lt 255 Set top and bottom margins from top of page 4 02 0 Top margin t t x 256 360 inch 0 lt t lt 255 0 lt t2 lt 127 e Bottom margin b b x 256 360 inch 0 lt 61 lt 255 0 b lt 127 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt lt 127 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 n lt 127 Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set page length to d dz x 256 360 inch n 2 m 0 0 lt lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 The default is 1 360 inch ESC Q n ESC I n ESC ni ny ti t2 b2 ESC n ESC O ESC C n ESC C NUL n ESC nj di d2 The value depends on the pitch set by the ESC U command 222 30 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Character Set Control Select character set 1 ESC 7 Select character set 2 ESC 6 Select character set table ESC t n n Oiltalics character set 1 Graphics character set 2 Downloaded character set 3 Graphics character set Select international character set ESC R n n 0 USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 United Kingdom 4 Denmark 1 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spanish 1 8 Japa
67. 00 XD xu tmnonHuDmannuxuzxzo Qe NO ENON OMe ay HAG 1 HOS Ge un uH C80 P iO SD P 00 0 mm ILLO DA ma it H V cn m cL 4 ip S tet VAN 44 I ee HEE ETF 39 BoA Do dum co b fe WA B 9e 20 0 2d RODU u mc od xb t Om d XD EEE QSOs Oo EA DON d sd Fe 1 C e mcr un D OD o o SUG Qe 4 5 un Q n ON 0I an i p 056 0 m m OO f fu User s Manual E 16 CHARACTER SETS LATIN A Latin American JAPAN Japanese 01 23456789ABCDEF L H 0123456 789ABCDEF IEH N EE 8 5 s BUS Nod GAO Se AM DL wee w X BBR DO 9 DADO UO Wwe OS oun d ORG xD MU 94 4 tt Gouge op Fe DN COD PEK aN ayy MEA UAREOURHEAMHREZO Ort DP aoa ww I A RIE Be we wt o Li mun ure rg CHC OMe Ul HA See cn B Bae Odo I Set Nast oe Eurum LP matte owe KO Ti 40 0 De gw DOMMER A OUO UD gt KN DAM p S e sv NA KE
68. 1 Set proportional space mode m gt 5 Select character pitch m 360 inch Reset proportional space mode e n and n set point size of font Point size n n x 256 x 0 5 point 0 lt n lt 255 0 lt m lt 127 Copy resident character set to download area ESC NUL n s ESC amp NUL ni n do di 4 data Indicates extended commands not supported by the original printer Create download font ee _ _________________ User s Manual C 33 COMMAND SETS ESC P2 Bit Image Graphics Graphics type m graphics Bit image mode definition Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density graphics Select raster image graphics n 1 m 0 d 1 Raster image graphics mode Print raster image graphics ESC m n n2 data ESC s n ESC n n2 data ESC L 0 data ESC Y nj n data ESC Z mm data ESC nj n d ESC c v h m n n2 data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Select bin 3 for following pages Change bins at next page ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EM E ESC EMR 11 2 C Print Option Control Friction feed selection Rear tractor feed selection Front tractor feed selection Cut sheet feed selecti
69. 1 and DC3 codes Any data received between DC3 and the next DCI is ignored Disables the DC1 and DC3 codes These codes are then ignored No line feed is added to a carriage return cC ABEDMNGB A line feed is added to each carriage return ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP No carriage return is added to a line feed ABCDEFG IJKLMNOP A carriage return is added to each line feed ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP The default value of lt LF CODE gt changes with the selected emulations as follows LF amp CR is a default value in the DPL24C emulations LF ONLY is a default value in the XL24E emulations Br gt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ __ _ ___ __ User s Manual 5 25 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES l 2 3 4 Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt RGHTEND gt WRAP End of line wrap Causes a carriage return plus a line feed ABCD 4 ABCD 5 EFGH OVR PRT Characters are overprinted at the end of a line c ABCD Indicates the end of MENU items Press the button to print the first item lt EMULATE gt Press the A button to print the previous item lt RGHTEND gt Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt men
70. 11 Ib 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib kg Weight in kilograms of 1000 sheets of 788 x 1091 mm paper 1 16 g m Ib Weight in pounds of 500 sheets of 17 x 22 inch paper 3 76 g m PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Type of Paper Number of Thickness Parts Carbonless Top Middle 2 6p Bottom Top Middle 2 7p Bottom 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Carbon backed Do not use in high humidity environments Top Bottom Top Middle Bottom Top Middle 2 3p Bottom Top Middle 2 4p Bottom Top Middle 2 5p Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib kg Weight in kilograms of 1000 sheets of 788 x 1091 mm paper 1 16 g m Ib Weight in pounds of 500 sheets of 17 x 22 inch paper 3 76 g m User s Manual B 9 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Type o
71. 2 Friction feed platen cut sheets Convertible bi directional tractor on front or rear Paper loading by LOAD button Advancing perforations to tear off edge by TEAR OFF button Parking continuous forms when using cut sheets Cut sheet feeder Tractor unit 1 to 5 copies for cut sheet feeder 1 to 8 copies for tractor and paper table 102 420 mm 4 16 5 in 102 mm 4 in or greater 55 420 mm 2 16 16 5 in 70 420 mm 2 76 16 5 in 100 420 mm 4 16 5 in 70 420 mm for front cut sheet feeder 2 76 16 5 in 100 420 mm for front cut sheet feeder 4 16 5 in To use cut sheets exceeding 297 mm in length the optional large cut sheet table and large stacker are required OE o 2 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper thickness Up to 0 57 mm 0 022 inch Paper length By software Programmable in one line or inch increments in all emulations By control panel Depends upon emulations Default is 11 inches for all emulations DPL24C XL24E 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 5 11 11 6 12 14 or 18 inches ESC P2 4 4 5 5 5 5 11 11 5 22 inches Number of copies Up to 5 including the original normal mode Up to 8 including the original HI IMPACT mode Paper stack Cut sheet 100 sheets A4 size 1p 55 kg m The stack of cut sheets may decrease depending upon the various paper conditions such as quality the extent of curl and storage environment Command sets e
72. 2 Push the print head into the connector and hook the wire into place in the reverse order of removal eee User s Manual 6 7 MAINTENANCE Opening and closing the control panel The control panel of this printer can be pulled down toward the front as necessary such as when jammed paper must be removed Front cover ETE p Control panel Removing the stacker unit Lock lever The stacker unit of this printer can be removed in the event that paper is jammed in it unit While pushing down the lock levers of the stacker guide pull out the stacker unit from the rear Stacker Stacker guide 6 8 Lock lever User s Manual MAINTENANCE Mounting the stacker unit Position groove over guide pin on the right and left sides of the stacker unit Then push in the stacker unit until guide pin 2 is hooked onto slot 2 Slot 2 Groove 1 Guide pin 1 Groove 1 Slot 2 LL 6 9 User s Manual MAINTENANCE 6 10 User s Manual SOLVING PROBLEMS User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Your printer is extremely reliable but occasional problems may occur You can solve many of these problems yourself using this chapter If you encounter problems that you cannot resolve contact your dealer for assistance This chapter is organized as follows e Solving problems e Diagnostic functions e
73. 2 12 User s Manual SETTING UP Mounting the tractor unit 1 2 Position the U shaped slots on both sides of the tractor unit over the guide pins of the printer unit To set the tractor unit in position line it up with the groove of the left guide pin The right guide pin has no groove Push down the shaft at the front of the tractor unit until it locks with an audible click Do not press the lock levers when pushing down the shaft Guide pin 3 Verify that the hooks on both sides of the tractor unit are securely hooked onto guide pin 2 as shown in the following figure Guide pin 1 Guide pin 2 User s Manual 2 13 SETTING UP GETTING Now that your printer is assembled take a moment to become familiar ACQUAINTED WITH with its major parts YOUR PRINTER Looking at the printer from the front right side and rear left side you can see the parts of the printer shown in the figure below Front cover Print head Control panel Paper guide Power switch Paper table Tractor unit gt Front CSF connector Rear CSF connector Power connector Printer components The printer control panel has the buttons and indicators used to load and feed paper see Chapter 3 and select print features see Chapter 4 The control panel also allows you to change the printer s optional settings see Chapter 5 2 14 User s Manual SETTIN
74. 360 14 360 14 360 GRAPHIC GRAPHIC GRAPHIC GRAPHIC GRAPHIC lt CUT ADI 14 360 FCSFADI 14 360 RCSFADI 14 360 END 9 360 9 360 9 360 4 360 4 360 4 360 0 360 0 360 0 360 4 360 4 360 4 360 9 360 9 360 9 360 14 360 14 360 14 360 GRAPHIC GRAPHIC GRAPHIC ua interface PPR OUT CNTONLY PRT DIR BI DIR BUZZER ON WORD LG 8 BIT BUFFER NONE Tw DETEDT UNI DIR OFF 7 BIT 256 BYTE ERUIT Roe um Yes IGNORE 2K BYTE INTRFCE PARALEL PARALLEL 8K BYTE SERIAL _ p 24K BYTE USB 32K BYTE AUTO 28 No 96K BYTE AUTO 4S 128K BYTE AUTO 68 wv AUTO108 AUTO158 AUTO208 lt lt gt FORMAT 8NONE1 70DD1 BAUD RT150 PROTOCL XON XOF DSR IGNORE DUPLEX FULL CTS IGNORE CD IGNORE 8NONE2 7MARK1 300 DTR DETECT HALF DETECT DETECT 8EVENI 7SPACE1 600 REV CHL 7 80DD1 1200 70002 2400 4800 END 9600 19200 5 60 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE CONFIG DEFAULT INITIAL LIST E SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT GAP ADJ AMOUNT AUTO MANUAL TEAROFF MANUAL TEARPOS VISIBLE TEAR EN 0 SEC CUTLOAD AUTO LOADTIM 9 5 SEC DECODE DIRECT AUTO ALWAYS 1 SEC BUTTON 1 0 SEC QUBUED 2 SEC 1 5 4 SEC 2 0 SEC 6 SEC 2 5 SEC 3 0 SEC lt lt AREACNT ENABLE CUT ONL OFFLINE CNT ONL OFFLINE LOCK NONE DISABLE FCNT PE TRACTOR DISA
75. 40 to 49 40 3600 inch 1 90 inch d 50 to 59 50 3600 inch 1 72 inch d 60 to 69 60 3600 inch 1 60 inch Vertical Control Line feed Form feed Advance paper n 180 inch 1 n 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 n lt 255 Set line spacing to n 60 inch 0 lt n lt 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch 0 n lt 255 ESC U ni n d LF FF ESC J n ESC 0 ESC 3 n ESC A n ESC 2 ESC n Tabulation Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs The values of n to in this command are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs are to be set 1 lt lt 255 1 lt k lt 32 Move print position n 120 inch for draft or n 180 inch for letter right from left margin n n n x 256 Move print position n 120 inch for draft Or n 180 inch for letter left or right from the current position nj n x 256 Vertical tab execution HT ESCD n n ny NUL ESC n n2 ESC ni n COMMAND SETS ESC P2 Set vertical tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k lt 16 Move to dot line d ds x 256360 inch 2 02 0 0 x d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 Vertical relative move by d da x 256 360 Inch 2
76. 6 Gothic 8 Prestige 23 Boldface 130 OCR A 131 OCR B 134 Courier scalable Select font by I D font attributes ESC e F n Quality Spacing Typeface Courier bitmap Prestige Boldface Pica OCR A OCR B Courier bitmap Gothic Timeless Timeless Italic Timeless Bold Nimbus Sans Nimbus Sans Italic Nimbus Sans Bold Courier scalable Courier Bold scalable Courier Italic scalable C 10 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Copy resident font to download area ESC NUL m n m 0 Courier 10 1 Prestige Elite 12 2 Draft 3 Compressed 4 Boldface PS 5 Pica 10 6 Correspondence 7 High speed Draft n 0 Downloaded font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 Create download font ESC amp m Cs e m bits 4 and 5 Specifies the quality of Ce data characters to be registered Font quality selection 0 1 Letter 360 dpi 1 0 Correspondence 180 dpi 1 1 Draft 120 dpi e m bit 0 Specifies external font number to be registered Font number selection Remarks Downloaded font 0 At power on resident font 0 is automatically downloaded Downloaded font 1 At power on resident font 1 is automatically downloaded e m bits 1 2 3 6 7 Not used don t care e Cs Download start character ASCII code Ce Download end character ASCII code 00 Cs Ce 255 00 lt Cs Ce lt FF Precaution Ce 2 Cs e data More than one byte of data containing bit map data Reserved ESC e D
77. 6 ISO LIN CHR SET SET 2 UK HUNGARY LITHUA1 SET1 HUNG T LITHUA2 SLOV MIK SLOV T MACEDON POLISH SWEDISH POLSH T ELOT927 DANISH MAZOWIA PAGE437 MAZOW T ABY PAGESS0 LATIN DEC GR PAGE860 LATN2 T HBR OLD 863 KAMENIC PG862 PAGE865 KAMEN T HBR DEC ECMA94 TURKY GREEKII DANISH2 TURKY T ISO TUK FINNISH CYRILIC RUSCII NORWEGN IBM437 LATAIN 9 ISO8859 851 WCP1250 ICR CODE CR ONLY LF CODE LF amp CR CR amp LF LF ONLY PG852 BLOTO28 PG DHN 25 PG855 LATIN P User s Manual 5 59 USING SETUP MODE FCNTORG 1 6 IN FCNTFIN 0 180 RCNTORG 1 6 IN RCNTFIN 0 180 FCUTORG 1 6 IN FCUTFIN 0 180 RCUTORG 1 6IN RCUTFIN 0 180 1 8 6IN 1 8 6IN 1 8 6IN 1 8 6IN 29 180 29 180 d 29 180 29 180 6 6IN 6 6IN 6 6IN SIN 66 6IN 66 6IN 66 6IN lt lt CNT LFT 10 90 FCNTADI 14 260 RCNTADI 14 360 FCNTAIL 14 360 RCNTAIL 14 360 CUT ADI 14 360 9 360 9 360 9 360 9 360 3 360 o 4 360 4 360 4 360 4 360 4 360 F 0 360 0 360 0 360 0 260 0 360 10 90 4 360 4 360 4 360 4 360 4 360 9 360 9 360 9 360 9 360 9 360 14 360 14 360 14
78. 7 7 c Jj minn SAUL XIMJOUL JOP aum pz CO FUJITSU USER S MANUAL cO FUJITSU FUJITSU DL7400 DOT MATRIX PRINTER USER S MANUAL IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS READ THE ENTIRE MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT INCORRECT USE OF THE PRODUCT MAY RESULT IN INJURY OR DAMAGE TO USERS BYSTANDERS OR PROPERTY While FUJITSU ISOTEC has sought to ensure the accuracy of all information in this manual FUJITSU ISOTEC assumes no liability to any party for any damage caused by any error or omission contained in this manual its updates or supplements whether such errors or omissions result from negligence accident or any other cause In addition FUJITSU ISOTEC assumes no liability with respect to the application or use of any product or system in accordance with descriptions or instructions contained herein including any liability for incidental or consequential damages arising therefrom FUJITSU ISOTEC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN WHETHER EXPRESSED IMPLIED OR STATUTORY FUJITSU ISOTEC reserves the right to make changes to any products described herein without further notice and without obligation Using This Product in High risk Situations This product is designed and manufactured for use in standard applications such as office work personal devices household appliances and general industrial use This product is not intended for special uses n
79. 80 inch ESC h n 0 lt n lt 255 Pw 4 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Set character offset to n 120 inch Cancelled by CR or ESC x 0 lt n lt 63 64 n x 127 Set character pitch to n 360 inch 0 n no n lt 999 01 Ny and are the hundreds tens and units digits Vertical Control Line feed Reverse line feed Form feed Advance paper n 180 inch 0 n 255 Reverse paper n 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 Advance paper n 360 inch 0 lt n mn lt 999 01 n and are the hundreds tens and units digits Reverse paper n 360 inch 0 ni n n lt 999 n n and are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to 1 8 inch 8 Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 lt n 255 Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set line spacing to n 60 inch 0 n 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch 6 Ipi or to the value set with the ESC A command The preset line spacing command is ESC A n Set line spacing to n 360 inch 0 n mn lt 999 n5 and are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to n 360 inch 1 lt n lt 255 ESC DCI n ESC e H ni n5 n3 LF LF ESC FF ESC J n ESC j n ESCeJ ni n ESC ej ni n5 n3 ESC 0 ESC 3 n ESC 1 ESC A n ESC 2 ESC e V n n2 n3 FS 3 n APP User s Manual C 5 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Tabulat
80. AR H NORMAL NORMAL ATTRIB NONE NONE PAGE LG 11 0 IN 1 0 IN LFT END 1 COLM COLM TOP MRG 1 LINE LINE LANGUGE PAGE437 PAGE437 HR SET SET2 SET2 RF SKP NO SKIP NO SKIP IDTH 13 6 IN 3 6 IN NO SLSH NO SLSH ENABLE ENABLE CR ONLY CR ONLY LF amp CR LF amp CR WRAP WRAP DETECT BI DIR ON 8 BIT 8KBYTE AUTO 25 8NONE 1 9600 XON XOF IGNORE FULL DETECT IGNORE x T RCNT PE GATHER CUT CTL SKIP PR STATUS BANDCTL TOF CTL CUTEDIR CSFEDIR CUTEJCT L CENT L CENT KENCNT F CODE RT CUT SFBIN1 T LD SF LD SFAPTC F CTL R MODE hr tz z tr tr z z AY A ll Q O UO fu UD z H UJ zi WOHGNDArPOBZGIOaGHYy H zj Hz tz tz zl Ay x tj HuwuprpouaOLUHULUHHUZOOQOLDKPA 21 tj xj j Ay H zj Hz trj j j nj GAP ADJ GAP ADJ 1 FORMAT to CD are not printed when PARALEL option is selected for INTRFCE It is printed equipped with RS 232C 2 TEAR EN is printed when AUTO option is selected for TEAROFF Printout of factory defaults using LIST EE dd 5 10 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE DECIDING WHICH The previous page shows a printout of the printer s factory default OPTIONS TO CHANGE settings In this printout options are listed by functional group e Menu I
81. BLE ONLINE ONLINE SETUP ENABLE EDGE ALL lt lt RCNT PE TRACTOR EDGE GATHER ENABLE DISABLE CUT CTL PRCISIN SPEED SKIP PR ENABLE DISABLE STATUS ENABLE DISABLE BANDCTL ENABLE DISABLE lt TOF CTL DRIVER CUTEDIR FRONT CSFEDIR FRONT CUTEJCT AUTO FL CENT POSNI RL CENT POSNI SETUP REAR REAR MANUAL POSN2 POSN2 lt lt SKEWCNT ENABLE FF CODE EJECT PRT CUT 71 180 FRONT CNT LD PRCISIN CSF LD NORMAL DISABLE FORM FD 99 180 REAR SPEED SWBACK lt lt CSFAPTC ALWAYS LF CTL PRCISIN PR MODE NORMAL HI IMPT DISABLE DQ MODR MODE1 NORMAL SPEED QUIET ENABLE MODE2 75 User s Manual 5 61 USING SETUP MODE Differences in IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation In the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation MENUI and MENU2 differ from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways e The following options are different lis 11 CHAR W NORMAL CHAR H NORMAL ATTRIB NONE 2 TIMES 2 TIMES ITALIC SHADOW BOLD e The AGM item is provided CHR SET SET2 AGM OFF PRF SKIP NO SKIP SET I ON SKIP Differences in Epson ESC P2 Emulation In the Epson ESC P2 emulation MENUI and MENU2 differ from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways e The ZER
82. C ISO Turkish ISO TUK RUSCII RUSCII 1508859 15 LATIN 9 LE RD GE c SR c AE ao C D S S C eS EE 2 4 AE Ss 5 A C c o E dE Windows Code WCP1250 Page 1250 Windows Code WCP1251 Page 1251 Windows Code WCP 1252 Page 1252 Upright italic and bold available V Supported eee E 22 User s Manual RESIDENT FONTS This appendix provides print samples of the printer s nineteen resident fonts COURIER 10 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts PRESTIGE ELITE 12 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts DRAFT 12 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts COMPRESSED 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts PICA 10 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts CORRESPONDENCE 10 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts BOLDFACE PS The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using amp variety of sizes and fonts OCR B 10 The 24 wire dot ma
83. C serial interface Centronics parallel interface USB LAN interface The parallel interface connector has wire clips The serial interface connector has tapped holes Cables for these interfaces are available from dealers cable manufacturers and other suppliers The LAN card is a user installable option For details see Chapter 8 or refer to the Online Manual that comes with the LAN card For detailed interface specifications see Appendix D Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable For the parallel interface use a cable that meets the following specifications Y Atthe printer end use a shielded male Centronics connector such as an Amphenol DDK 57FE 30360 or its equivalent To prevent RFI radio frequency interference the connector cover must be connected to the cable shield Y Atthe computer end most computers including IBM PCs require a male DB 25P connector Some computers however require a Centronics connector To determine the type of connector your computer uses refer to your computer user manual Y Make sure that the cable length does not exceed 3 meters 10 feet Selecting a Serial Interface Cable For the serial interface use a cable that meets the following specifications Y Atthe printer end use a 25 pin male connector such as a Cannon DB 25P or its equivalent Y To determine the type of connector your computer requires refer to your computer user manual or ask your dealer Y The cable
84. CT The printer detects paper out for both continuous forms and single sheets Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red IGNORE The printer ignores paper out for both continuous forms and single sheets Printing continues until no more data remains No PAPER OUT warning is displayed Sm User s Manual 5 27 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Description Items lt PRT DIR gt BI DIR Bidirectional printing The printer prints in either direction while seeking the next print direction for a shorter print time Unidirectional printing Unidirectional printing is used for printing vertical lines in tables even if vertical alignment is not adjusted Unidirectional printing is slower than bidirectional printing lt BUZZER gt Enables or disables the printer status buzzer Buzzer on recommended The printer beeps to indicate paperout or other conditions Buzzer off under any conditions lt WORD LG gt To determine the required word length refer to your computer documentation Select 8 BIT to print bit image graphics 8 bit word length used by most computers 7 bit word length MSB 0 lt BUFFER gt Assigns buffer memory to input data and downloaded font data Print buffer Download buffer NONE 0 byte 128K bytes 256BYTE 256 bytes 127 75K bytes 2KBYTE 2K bytes 126K bytes 8KBYTE 8K bytes 120K bytes 24KBYTE 24
85. DEF E aOR ID D Beam vB AaALAHKVDTIHNMHEZO SD OD cR RK E un 0123456789 ABCDEF L H L H s LO 4 C xr c UD O1 MISC 4 Juan FH SUT 4d eos oS MN NAE 4 1 1 fett dese Je STS eS TAO Ww oL Pv YR GO Yo pce Buon d DD E a NN e eg t HOM NAO EKMAN Ii UGH MH Ea c om eran uo CO OS wy FEU qb un CANN AACA A 2 HBR DEC fu a Q m M n e wu e a m lt 0123456789 ABCDEE Mo OO DD Ger BOB wm AU wm OO mo D MM ed sd e cH x50 QOO D DO D Hue oe ei uo RR Corb o me 0 0C Om rl fBU h UD D dd OG AMMA 0G PH NL S mi MWMCMNVOAORAUOEDHANMHEAO O10 sb iD AD OM o my Il 0 UR OP Aer un d m O D nu aDIAUCQOIMNMLRCSASCGu c m eee Fe J4 p fate ls RE PS EO WHO Dom oe LT sint HS CeO U A Dow Mee we oe ER AN we
86. E 5F PORSTUVWXYZIN 1 6A 6B 6D abcdefghijklmno 7A 7B 7D pdrstuvwxyz 89 8A 8c 99 9 9 5 A eR 0 0 yOUC YR AC Sample hex dump 4 Exitthe HEX DUMP function Exit the HEX DUMP function in either of the following ways e To remain in setup mode press the LF FF button The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is then reprinted For details on other functions see other sections in this chapter e To return to online normal mode press the ONLINE button If you press the ONLINE button while the hex dump is printing the printer immediately switches to normal online mode but data that was sent to the printer is printed You can also enter hex dump mode by turning off the printer and then turning the printer back on while simultaneously pressing the ONLINE button and the LF FF button until the printer beeps _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _____________ User s Manual 5 55 USING SETUP MODE Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMNT The V ALMNT function corrects the vertical character displacement that sometimes occurs with bidirectional printing Characters printed from left to right are not aligned with characters printed from right to left as shown below This example shows how printing looks when characters are vertically misaligned Note that the left margin is not straight If you notice misaligned printing use the following procedure to check and correct the verti
87. G ROM is mounted Sector protect alarm A sector protect check of flash ROM was performed but no sector protect information was found Blinking Blank Off me User s Manual 7 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING Responses to alarm occurrences Your first response to each alarm should be as described in the following table LES alarm Remove any paper dust which may cause problems in carriage operation APTC gap Check the paper thickness 0 04 to 0 57 mm Check whether the paper has different thicknesses or whether the paper has filing holes For problems other than the above request your printer dealer to make repairs The following errors cause the printer to turn off the power e Print head error e Space motor error e Line feed motor error e 34 V overvoltage error No error condition is displayed if any of these errors occurs Turn the printer off and back on then rerun the same job to check if the error was transient If the error recurs contact your dealer DIAGNOSTIC The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and V FUNCTIONS ALMNT SELF TST tells you whether the printer hardware is functioning correctly If the printer hardware is functional any problems you are having are probably caused by incorrect printer settings incorrect software settings the interface or the computer HEX DUMP allows you to determine whether the computer is sending the correct commands to the printer an
88. G UP CONNECTING THE Before you plug in the printer POWER CORD Make sure that the printer power is switched off The side marked on the power switch should be depressed v Make sure that the power outlet is properly grounded Make sure that you use the power cord shipped with the printer This cord is designed to minimize radio frequency interference To plug in the power cord Plugone end of the power cord into the power connector on the rear of the printer 2 Plug the other end of the power cord into the power outlet Connecting the power cord 3 Make sure that the power cord is securely connected 4 Tum on the power by pressing the side marked on the power switch The POWER indicator on the printer control panel will light the print head will move to its home position within a few seconds and the ONLINE indicator will light green NOTE If no forms are loaded the printer beeps and the red PAPER OUT indicator lights and the ONLINE indicator will not light User s Manual 2 15 SETTING UP TESTING THE PRINTER OFFLINE At this point load paper and run the printer self test The self test checks printer performance and print quality before you connect the printer to the computer Use either single sheets or continuous forms see Chapter 3 This section describes the self test procedure using single sheets Loading Paper for the Self Test To print th
89. IAL Resets factory defaults in MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ LIST Prints a list of all currently selected options SELF TST Runs the self test HEX DUMP Prints hex dumps V ALMNT Checks and corrects vertical print alignment To select a function from the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 1 Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide at the function you require 2 Press the A button or the W button to select the function If the function has items and options the printer prints the first item and its options The MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG and GAP ADJ functions contain items that have selectable options The other functions have neither items nor options eee 5 4 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE The first three MENU1 items and their options are shown below Items are enclosed in single brackets lt gt lt EMULATE gt DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 lt FONT gt COUR 10 PRSTG12 COMPRSD BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP OCR B OCR A COUR N COUR B COUR I N SAN N N SAN B N SAN I TIMLS N 5 5 DOWNLDO DOWNLD1 lt QUALITY gt LETTER REPORT DRAFT HI DRFT To select an option from the lt item gt menu 1 Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide at the option you require 2 Press the W button to select the option The printer
90. K bytes 104K bytes 32KBYTE 32K bytes 96K bytes 96KBYTE 96K bytes 32K bytes 128KBYT 128K bytes OK bytes 5 28 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Description Items lt BUFFER gt NOTE continued OBYTE option is recommended only for graphics application With 128KB selected the printer cannot accept any download font data lt INTRFCE gt Selects the type of the interface to the computer PARALEL Centronics parallel interface SERIAL RS 232C serial interface USB USB interface Auto interface selection mode Both interfaces are ready for communication Specify the timing regarding the selected interface as being inactive To switch the interface to the optional LAN interface mount the LAN card with the setup mode set to AUTO XS or AUTOXXS under INTERFCE which in turn is under HARDWRE The interface will automatically switch to the optional LAN interface To switch the interface to something other than the optional LAN interface do either of the following e Toreturn the setup mode to INTERFCE under HARDWRE remove the LAN card To switch the interface to a fixed interface set PARALEL USB with the LAN card mounted and the setup mode set to INTERFCE under HARDWRE Gm User s Manual 5 29 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and O
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92. MODE commands to set the computer serial settings to match the printer factory settings MODE COM1 9600 N 8 1 P MODE LPT1 COM1 To activate these settings whenever you turn the computer on write the MODE commands in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Make sure that the MODE COM file is included in your root directory If the printer still doesn t work consult your dealer or someone experienced in serial interface communications e Ifan error occurs during printing with Windows simply printing the page again will cause the printed characters to be garbled To avoid this problem execute reset from the control panel or turn off the printer then print the page again You are now finished setting up and testing the printer To familiarize yourself with everyday printer operations such as loading paper selecting print features and printing see Chapters 3 and 4 A printer driver is required for using the printer in a Windows environment Special printer drivers for Windows 95 98 Me NT 4 0 2000 XP and Server 2003 are provided with the DL7400 printer For information about how to install printer drivers refer to Readme txt of the printer driver to be installed These printer drivers run with DLP24C emulation Be sure to specify DLP24C emulation for the printer mode The DL7400 printer driver is a printer driver for monochrome printing The color data printing result may differ from its print preview or the monochrome data pri
93. N LITHUAI LITHUA2 WCP 1250 WCP1251 WCP1252 Underline Factory default Cancel command C 20 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Wem Selectable options in setup mode Character SET 1 SET2 ESC7 ESC6 set Perfora SKIP NO SKIP ESC N ESC O tion skip Paper 8 0 IN 11 0 IN 11 4 IN 13 6IN 8 0 Controllable in width IN is default for 80 column printer online setup mode and 13 6 IN is default for 136 column printer Zero font NO SLSH SLASH Controllable in online setup mode DC3 ENABLE DISABLE Controllable in online setup mode LF ONLY LF amp CR ESCel Right end WRAP OVR PRT Controllable in wrap online setup mode CNTONLY DETECT IGNORE ESC 9 ESC 8 Print BI DIR UNI DIR ESC U direction Print NORMAL QUIET Controllable in mode online setup mode High DISABLE ENABLE ontrollable in Impact online setup mode Underline Factory default Cancel command User s Manual C 21 COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E IBM PROPRINTER This section describes the printer commands for the IBM Proprinter XL24E EMULATION XL24E emulation Asterisks in the Function column indicate extended commands that are not supported by the original printer Print Mode Control Double strike bold printing on ESC G Double strike bold printing off ESC H Emphasized shadow printing on ESC E Emphasized shadow printing off ESC F One line double width characters on SO or ESC SO One line double width char
94. OFNT and LF CODE items are not defined e The following options are different we we 1 _ I PAGELG 4 01 LANGUGE USA PG852 T PG DHN CHR SET ITALIC 4 5 IN UK 855 LATIN P GRAPHIC 5 0 IN GERMAN PG866 ISO LTN 5 5 IN SWEDISH HUNGARY LITHUAI DANISHI HUNG T LITHUA2 AN SLOV MIK 5 SLOV T MACEDON 11 0 IN s 2 POLISH PG MAC 11 5 IN JAPAN POLSH T ELOT 927 d NORWEGN MAZOWIA ABG LATIN A MAZOW T ABY FRENCH LATIN2 DEC GR 7 LATN2 T GREEK 11 KAMENIC PG 862 KAMEN T HBR DEC TURKY HBR OLD TURKY T ISO TUK CYRILIC KOREA 22 0 IN DANISH2 IBM437 LEGAL 1508859 851 RUSCII 852 ELOT928 LATIN 9 is 5 62 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE ONLINE SETUP The preceding sections describe offline setup mode This section MODE introduces online setup mode The tedious task of setting up printer features one by one from the control panel and printing and checking the desired options on paper can be avoided by using online setup mode In online setup mode printer features are set via the computer rather than the printer control panel Put the printer in online setup mode in either of the following two ways e Turn the printer off and then turn the printer back on while pressing the TEAR OFF button Hold down the button until the printer beeps e Issue the printer command ESC e ONLINE This command is valid in any emulation Send setup data from the computer in any of the f
95. OLM 18 COLM 19 COLM 20 COLM 21 COLM 22 COLM 23 COLM 24 COLM 25 COLM 26 COLM 27 COLM 28 COLM 29 COLM 30 COLM 31 COLM 32 COLM 33 COLM 34 COLM 35 COLM 36 COLM 37 COLM 38 COLM 39 COLM 40 COLM 41 COLM lt TOP MRG gt i LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 5 LINE 6 LINE 7 LINE 8 LINE 9 LINE 10 LINE lt LANGUGE gt USA UK GERMAN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH SWEDISH DANISHL PAGE437 PAGE8SO 5 860 PAGEB63 PAGES6S ECMA94 DANISH2 FINNISH NORWEGN 1508859 P6852 6852 Initial printout in setup mode Check that the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed at the bottom of the page 2 24 User s Manual SETTING UP 3 Select the MENUI function Locate the cursor on left edge of the aluminum print guide Initially this cursor should be positioned at SAVE amp END at the beginning of the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Press the LOAD button repeatedly to position the cursor at MENUI as shown below lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 SELF TEST HEX DUMP V ALMNT The cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide Press the W MICRO FEED button to select and print the following lt EMULATE gt options lt EMULATE gt DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 The currently selected emulation is indicated by a short underline In the figure shown above the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected 4 Select an emulation Press the LOAD butt
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97. Paper table Power cord Ribbon cartridge A fr gt lt CD ROM Checking items received 2 2 User s Manual SETTING UP 2 Carefully examine each item for damage Report any problems to your dealer or shipping agent 3 Place the printer where you plan to use it 4 Remove the tapes and cushions securing the printer Open the front cover and remove the shipping restraint cardboard that holds the print head carriage in place shown below Removing the shipping restraint cardboard 5 Store the original shipping carton and packaging materials for future use For example the original packaging is ideal for use when you move or ship your printer to another location NOTE The interface cable is not included with the printer You must purchase it separately Connection of the interface cable is described later in this chapter Me User s Manual 2 3 SETTING UP Checking Options and Supplies The following options and supplies if ordered are shipped separately e LAN card option e Cut sheet feeder option e Tractor unit option e Large Paper Table option e Stacker option e Extra monochrome ribbon cartridges Make sure that you received all the options you ordered Installation of options is described in Chapter 8 Once you are sure you have everything you are ready to assemble the printer 2 4 User s Manual SETTING UP ASSEMBLING THE This section explains how to setting the p
98. RMANCE SPECIFICATIONS Print speed 10 cpi 12 cpi Letter 120 cps 144 cps Report 240 cps 288 cps Correspondence 240 cps 288 cps Draft 505 cps 606 cps MODE 1 360 cps 432 cps MODE 2 High speed draft 505 cps 606 cps cpi characters per inch cps characters per second Line feed speed 60 ms per line at 6 lines per inch Form feed speed 6 inches per second Ribbon life Up to 5 million characters Certification Safety M33324A UL60950 1 United States United States for 100 to 120 VAC CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 Canada for 100 to 120 VAC M33324B EN 60950 1 Germany for 220 to 240 VAC RFI regulation M33324A Class B of FCC Part 15B United States for 100 to 120 VAC User s Manual B 5 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS PAPER Print Area SPECIFICATIONS This section illustrates the recommended print area for single sheets and continuous forms May be decreased to 4 23 mm 55 420 mm 2 16 16 5 in 1 6 inch However line spacing may be uneven 4 73 mm 0 18 inch 70 420 mm 3 16 5 in Print area 4 73 mm 0 18 inch Print area may be 5 08 38 mm 0 2 1 5in 5 08mmormore of the paper 0 2 inch or more depending 20 paper setting or width Print area for single sheets 6 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS 101 6 422 mm 4 16 5 in 4 73 mm 0 18 in May be decreased to 102 Print area 9 29 m 4 inches 1 6 inch However
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101. a resident font and that some national character sets do not For details see the table at the end of this appendix When the following character sets are used with the Epson ESC P2 emulation the printing of FFh code characters is not supported symbols specific to different languages Note that these tables are for ECMA94 ISO8859 Below are the 52 national character sets available for all emulations of this printer These character sets support different characters and UK British English CHARACTER SETS NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL EMULATIONS ME tt ML awe 4 A Nes 9 1 4 C D OO D 0 awe su xd 90 AD oi e odo ol Been spre ANG M ga Du Oo PD Exe eA Coco O oe 00 aD D D OS o oS r wak Rd 4 C om C4 00 P aD un OO ZA 0123456789 ABCDEF vp bo GBE But et Nes J4 2 1 es og qmi dd OSes VI ER eM ODO O3 D00 nO 0 sd ad sd XD el 6 of Bruny sap ra DN we mr FANT DE OOM oo CO pm AS gt X Ro 0nd c C8 CO D VD P D rv AD un fa a o a o ut lt m
102. ached To eject sheets manually use one of the following methods e Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a form feed Removing Continuous Forms To avoid wasting paper use the printer tear off function to remove continuous forms paper Press the TEAR OFF button to advance the perforation to the tear off edge Tear the paper off and then press any button to retract the paper back to the top of form position See Chapter 3 for more detailed instructions Place the printer offline Press the PRINT MODE and AUTO GAP buttons simultaneously to clear all data from the print buffer This method is useful when you cancel a print operation and do not want to continue printing data already sent to the printer This method does not change or clear MENU1 and MENU2 settings paper loading position settings and downloaded fonts 4 8 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Your printer has two modes normal and setup Normal mode is used for everyday printer operations and is explained in Chapters 3 and 4 Setup mode serves two purposes It enables you to e Select the printer s optional settings Help diagnose printer problems These setup mode functions can be done either offline using the printer control panel offline setup or remotely using a setup program in your computer system or software online setup Primarily this chapter explains how to use the offline setup mode The online setup mode whi
103. acters ch ch Bar code characters NOTE When EANI13 UPC type or UPC type A with checkdigit printing is selected as the type of barcode printing the barcode from the left from the first dot will cause the omission of a flag character that should by printed on the lower left or middle left of it Therefore when printing these types of barcode leave two or more spaces open from the left See the next page for details of the Bar Code Command Me User s Manual C 13 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Bar Code Printing Control ASCII ESC DC4 b R c w a chl chn Hexadecimal 1B 14 b 52 c w a chl Decimal 27 20 b 82 c w a chl 1 Function a Instructs the printing of bar codes according to the different specifications of this command 2 Valid range of parameters a b Specification of number of bytes Actual number of data 6 b R Fixed ASCII DR Hexadecimal 82 Decimal 152 c C Specifies the type of bar code to be printed No printing is done if any value other than the following is specified S Type of bar code Hexadecimal CRINE 97 UPC type A with check character C 14 User s Manual COMMAND SETS d w Specify the width of the narrow bar of the bar code to be printed in units of 1 1440 Specify the Logical value to be printed in units of 1 1440 Actual printing The printer prints with the width
104. acters off DC4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n 0 Double height double width characters ESC Q 1 2 n 4 m 0 m 0 m 0 mj m4 ms controls character height and line spacing Spacing Unchanged Unchanged Normal Unchanged Double Unchanged Unchanged Single Normal Single Double Single Unchanged Double Normal Double Double Double Unchanged Normal Double C 22 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Condensed characters on SI or ESC SI Condensed and elite characters off DC2 Subscript or superscript printing on ESC S n subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off ESCT Underline on off on 1 off 0 ESC n Overline on off on n 1 off n 0 ESC n Horizontal Control Space SP Backspace BS Carriage return CR Elite characters on ESC Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC P n on n 1 off n 0 Vertical Control Line feed LF Form feed FF Advance papern 216 inch 1 lt n 255 ESC J n Advance papern 180 inch in AG mode ESC J n 1 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 lines ESC 0 Set line spacing to 7 72 inch ESC 1 Set line spacing to n 216 inch ESC 3 n 0 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to n 180 inch in AG mode ESC 3 n 0 lt n lt 255 Preset line spacing to n 72 inch ESC A n 1 lt n lt 255 Preset line spacing to n 60 inch in AG mode ESC A n 1 lt n lt 255 Set li
105. ading Paper for the Self Test 2 16 Printing the 2 17 CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER intr ee aee ets 2 20 Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable 2 20 Selecting a Serial Interface Cable 2 20 Selecting a USB 2 21 Selecting a LAN cable 2 21 Connecting the Interface Cable 2 21 SELECTING AN 2 22 PRINTING A SAMPLE PAGE ONLINE 2 26 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 2 27 CHAPTER 3 PAPER 3 1 SELEGTING PAPER se tree feta c tede 3 1 OVERVIEW OF PAPER OPERATIONS 3 2 SELECTING PAPER 3 5 Paper Paths and Feed Directions 3 5 ADJUSTING FOR PAPER THICKNESS 3 8 USING SINGLE 3 9 Loading a Single Sheet of 3 9 Loading Paper from the Cut Sheet Feeder OPO Arr 3 12 Ejecting Single 3 14 USING CONTINUOUS 3 14 Positioning the Pape
106. and 3 American English Same as code page 437 UK British English GERMAN German SWEDISH Swedish PAGE437 Code page 437 PAGE850 Code page 850 PAGE860 Code page 860 PAGE863 Code page 863 PAGE865 Code page 865 ECMA94 ECMA 94 1508859 ISO 8859 1 PG852 Code page 852 PG852 T Code page 852 two pass PG855 Code page 855 PG866 Code page 866 HUNGARY Hungarian HUNG T Hungarian two pass 5 20 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt SLOV Slovenian continued SLOV T Slovenian two pass POLISH Polish POLSH T Polish two pass MAZOWIA Mazowian MAZOW T Mazowian two pass LATIN2 Latin 2 LATIN2 T Latin 2 two pass KAMENIC Kamenicky KAMEN T Kamenicky two pass TURKY Turkish TURKY T Turkish two pass CYRILIC Cyrillic 437 437 851 851 ELOT928 ELOT 928 PG DHN Code page DHN LATIN P Latin Polish ISO LTN ISO Latin LITHUAI Lithuanianl LITHUA2 Lithuanian2 MIK MACEDON Macedonian PG MAC ELOT927 nme User s Manual 5 21 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identif
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108. aper table and ribbon cartridge PRINTER Setting the paper table Turn the paper table 1 as shown in the table below then push it 2 and set it 3 The complete setup conditions are shown below Make sure that the top end of the paper table is engaged with the printer guide pin and the guide pin on the paper table is inserted into the cover groove Cover guide slot Cut sheet table guide pin y Guide pin NOTE Do not apply unreasonable force while you are setting the paper table It could cause damage Also do not leave the paper table in incomplete setting Running the printer with the paper table left in incomplete conditions could cause a paper jam EE dd gt gt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ___ __ User s Manual 2 5 SETTING UP Handling the paper table You must open and close the paper table when you feed continuous forms using the front tractor or you attach the cut sheet feeder to the front of the printer Normal mode The following figure shows the paper table in normal mode Dog Oo 2 6 User s Manual SETTING UP Open mode in which the front tractor is attached or detached or when continuous forms are fed using the front tractor When you attach the optional cut sheet feeder to the front of the printer open the paper table and proceed as follows 1 Open the paper table Slightly raise the front end of the paper table 1 then pull 2 and li
109. appendixes provide additional technical information about the printer vi User s Manual CONVENTIONS Special information such as warnings cautions and notes are indicated as follows WARNING A WARNING indicates that personal injury may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly CAUTION A CAUTION indicates that damage to the printer may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly NOTE A NOTE provides how to tips or suggestions to help you perform a procedure correctly NOTEs are particularly useful for first time users For Experienced Users If you are familiar with this printer or with dot matrix printers in general this information will help you use the manual effectively NENNEN R J4X4XOXv X J34 OU O 0 5 OO O QC GV User s Manual vii vill Warning symbols Various graphic symbols are used in this manual They serve as signs to help users of this product use the product safely and correctly as well as prevent damage and personal injury to the users or bystanders The following tables show and explain each symbol Be sure that you understand the meaning of each symbol before reading the manual A WARNING indicates that death or serious A CAUTION indicates that personal injury or personal injury may result if you do not follow a property damage may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly procedure correctly Examples and explanations of g
110. aults for that emulation FONT For each of the following fonts the recommended pitch settings are given after the font name When you change the font be sure to also change the pitch if required COUR10 Courier 10 PRSTGI2 Prestige Elite 12cpi COMPRSD Conpressed font 15 17 and 18cpi BOLDFCE Boldface Proportional PICA 10 Pica 10 CORRESP Correspondence 10cpi OCR B OCR B 10cpi OCR A 10cpi COUR N Courier Normal 10cpi COUR B Courier Bold 10 COUR I Courier Italic 10 N SAN N Nimbus Sans Normal Prop N SAN B Nimbus Sans Bold Prop N SAN I Nimbus Sans Italic Prop 0 0 08 1 880 0 11 08 n1 5 14 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Options Description MENU2 Items lt FONT gt TIMLS N Timeless Normal Prop continued TIMLS B Timeless Bold Prop TIMLS I Timeless Italic Prop DOWNLDz Font 0 or font 1 in the printer s download RAM See Appendix F for font examples QUALITY Select the print quality that most often meets your needs LETTER Letter print quality This option provides the highest resolution but the slowest print speed It cannot be used with the compressed font Rep
111. c print guide Print Guide Installing the new ribbon cartridge 6 Press the ribbon release levers until the mounting pins snap into the holes on the ribbon support brackets Gently pull on the cartridge to verify that the pins are securely positioned in the holes 7 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to tighten the ribbon 8 Close the front cover of the printer Note The buzzer may sound if the print head is moved while the power supply is ON Me User s Manual 6 5 MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE The print head is easy to replace PRINT HEAD CAUTION lt HOT gt The print head and metal frame is hot during printing or immediately after printing Do not touch them until it cools down To remove the print head 1 Turn off the printer 2 Open the front cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge 3 Pull the left end of the head lock wire forward to release it from the hook at the left of the print head carriage Then release the wire from the center hook 4 Release the wire under the head on the left side O_O 10 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 11 3 1 6 6 User s Manual MAINTENANCE 5 Remove the print head from the connector on the carriage as shown in the figure below Wire Left side releases Replacing the print head To install the print head 1 Carefully fit the mounting guide grooves of the print head on the locating studs on the carriage
112. cal print alignment Procedure Make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded in the printer If possible use forms at least 356 mm 14 inches wide to avoid printing on the platen However you can also use letter or A4 size forms if you set the WIDTH option in MENUI to 8 inches See the section Changing MENU MENU2 Items and Options for details Then proceed as follows to check and correct vertical print alignment 1 Enter setup mode Press the AUTO GAP button and the HI IMPACT button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL 2 Select the V ALMNT function Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor at V ALMNT then press the button the button to select the V ALMNT function The printer prints the help menu then starts printing rows of parallel bars using letter quality speed ee 5 56 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 3 Adjust the vertical print alignment at letter quality speed Examine the parallel bars If the bars are aligned not jagged go to step 4 If the bars are offset to the left repeatedly press the Y button until the bars are aligned If the bars are offset to the right repeatedly press the
113. ch is reviewed briefly at the end of this chapter is valid in all emulations Optional settings on the printer include the emulation fonts pitch page length and page width serial interface options and the top ofform setting When you save your settings in the printer s permanent memory they become the new settings or defaults These defaults are invoked whenever you turn on the printer For example if you save DPL24C PLUS as the default emulation DPL24C PLUS is invoked when you turn on the printer The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT These functions are helpful for printer trouble shooting as described in Chapter 7 HOW TO USE THIS The sections in this chapter are presented in logical sequence f you are CHAPTER a first time user be sure to read the following sections first e Entering Setup Mode e Overview of Setup Mode These sections will familiarize you with how setup mode works Once you understand the basics use the following sections to select printer options that are compatible with your computer system s hardware and software setup e Printing a List of Selected Options e Deciding Which Options to Change e MENUI and MENU Items and Options e Hardware Items and Options Print Position Adjustment Items and Options e Configuration Items and Options Me User s Manual 5 1 USING SETUP MODE e Head Gap Adjustment Items and Options Exiting and Saving To restore the
114. coding of certain commands e Enabling of the AREA OVER indicator Table 5 6 describes the CONFIG items and options Items are listed in the order they are printed The procedure for changing the configuration options is described after Table 5 6 Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items lt TEAROFF gt Auto or manual tearoff feed MANUAL Automatic tearoff feed is invalid and tearoff feed must be done using the TEAR OFF button AUTO Automatic tearoff feed is valid but only for continuous forms Tearoff feed can also be done using the TEAR OFF button Od 5 38 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items lt TEARPOS gt Tearoff position VISIBLE Select this option when your software positions forms to the next top ofform after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed without adding a form feed when data transfer has stopped ALWAYS Select this option when your software stops after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed after adding a form feed when data transfer has stopped Note For both settings tearoff positioning will fail if the page length setting does not match the actual perforation spacing The following lt TEAR EN gt item is printed when TEAROFF AUTO is specifie
115. ctable Start bit 1 bit Stop bit 1 or 2 bits selectable Protocol XON XOFF DC1 DC3 DTR Data Terminal Ready or RC Reverse Channel selectable Buffer size 256 2K 8K 24K 32K 96K or 128K bytes selectable Cable Wiring This printer allows two types of serial communication control DSR enabled and DSR disabled The type of control required is determined by your computer requirements The type of control also affects the way the interface cable is wired To determine whether you need DSR enabled control or DSR disabled control use the printer HARDWRE function see Chapter 5 DSR disabled control offers simpler cabling and communication than does DSR enabled control DSR disabled control can be used to interface with an IBM PC and most other personal computers With DSR disabled control the input control signals DSR CTS and CD are always considered high regardless of their actual states Therefore no wire connection for these pins is required The following figure shows the wiring required for connection to an IBM PC BESE D 8 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION Host Printer TD 2 9 TD RD 3 DSR Pin 6 dc DK DTR Pin 20 gt DTR RC RTS Pin4 RTS CTS Pin 5 gt CTS CD Pin8 gt SG Pin SG indicates an open wire Wire q is unnecessary for the DTR or RC protocol Some computers may not require wire w DSR enabled cont
116. cut sheet feeder like it turns in the direction of arrow B using the mounting pins as supporting points Mounting pin 8 4 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS Check that the cut sheet feeder frame is correctly mounted on mounting pin 2 Mounting pin Mounting pin 2 3 Close the rear stacker Me User s Manual 8 5 INSTALLING OPTIONS 4 Connecting the cable Connect the cut sheet feeder cable to the connector on the rear right of the printer Insert the cable with the connector arrow mark up 5 Extend the extension and extension wire in the order from 1 to 2 according to the size of the paper to be used ict Extension Extension wire 8 6 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS Removing the Cut Sheet Feeder Before removing the cut sheet feeder disconnect the cable AN W ARNIN G Electric Before mounting or shock removing the cut sheet feeder turn off the power switches of the personal computer and the printer and remove the power plug from the outlet Otherwise you may receive electric shock When mounted on the front side of the printer User s Manual 8 7 INSTALLING OPTIONS When mounted on the rear side of the printer INSTALLING THE A tractor unit is supplied as standard equipment attached to the front of TRACTOR UNIT This unit may also be attached to the rear of the printer for rear feeding of contin
117. d for the lt TEAROFF gt item lt TEAR EN gt Tearoff enabled time offset time The offset time is from when data transfer stops to when the printer performs automatic tearoff feed If the printer receives data again within the offset time the printer does not perform automatic tearoff feed Sm User s Manual 5 39 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items lt TEAR EN gt In some application continued programs data transfer may stop temporarily due to internal processing This setting can avoid an undesired tearoff feed by waiting for up to six seconds each time data transfer stops lt CUTLOAD gt Single sheet autoloading AUTO Single sheet paper is automatically loaded a certain time after you set the paper BUTTON Single sheet paper can be loaded by pressing the LOAD button The following lt LOADTIM gt item is printed when CUTLOAD AUTO is specified for the lt CUTLOAD gt item lt LOADTIM gt Autoload start time 0 5 1 0 1 5 Autoloading starts when this amount 2 02 5 of time passes after you set single 3 0SEC sheet paper lt DECODE gt Command decode timing DIRECT The printer decodes certain commands immediately after receiving data Example ESC SUB I ESC CR P DPL24C ESC Q IBM XL24E QUEUED The printer decodes commands after storing all data including commands
118. d its options 6 Select the current print quality Since you do not want to change the print quality press the V button to select the current print quality and print the next item lt gt and its options 7 Change the pitch to 12 cpi and exit the MENU2 function Press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button once to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on 12 CPI Since you do not want to make any other changes in MENU2 press the ONLINE button to select 12 CPI and exit MENU2 The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is then reprinted 8 Exit setup mode saving the new font and pitch Since the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide is on SAVE amp END press the MICRO FEED button or the V MICRO FEED button to select SAVE amp END The printer saves Prestige Elite 12 and 12 cpi as the new power on defaults in MENU2 The printer then exits setup mode and returns online These settings remain in effect until changed dd 2 oo LL LL User s Manual 5 7 USING SETUP MODE Points to Remember e Whenever you enter setup mode short help menus are printed at the top of the page Help menus are also printed when you select the SELF TST HEX DUMP or V ALMNT functions Use help menus for quick reference while in setup mode e When printing the items and options for each function you can only print one item at a time However you can move either forward or backward in the ite
119. d whether the printer is executing the commands correctly This function is useful to programmers or others who understand how to interpret hex dumps V ALMNT allows you to check and if necessary correct the printer s vertical print alignment For details on using these functions all of which are available in the printer setup mode see the section Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 w D U fUV p A 7 10 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING GETTING HELP If you are not able to correct a problem using this chapter contact your dealer for assistance Be prepared to provide the following information Your printer model number serial number and date of manufacture Look for this information on the rating label at the back of the printer Description of the problem Type of interface you are using Names of your software packages List of the printer default settings To print the default settings see the section Printing a List of Selected Options in Chapter 5 2 7 User s Manual 7 11 TROUBLE SHOOTING 7 12 User s Manual INSTALLING THE CUT SHEET FEEDER INSTALLING OPTIONS The installaion of options allows you to expand the capabilities of your printer Options available for the printer include e LAN card e Cut sheet feeder e Tractor unit e stacker e Large Paper Table The LAN card is a user installable option but can be installed
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121. e 12 7 mm 0 5 inch from the left gives a left margin of 6 3 mm 0 25 inch plus the left margin specified by your software or the printer setup mode Right paper guide Left papel guide Make sure that the left edge of your paper falls within this area 3 12 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING e Slide the right paper guide until the distance between the two guides is the approximate width of your paper 3 Manually fan the stack of paper and place it in the paper bin NOTE A short horizontal mark inside the left paper guide indicates the maximum capacity of the bin Make sure that your paper stack does not exceed this horizontal mark Horizontal mark indicating maximum capacity of the bin Horizontal mark indicating maximum capacity of the bin Paper guide Loading the cut sheet feeder Rear feed 4 Readjust the right paper guide leaving a slight gap between the paper guide and the right edge of the paper Slide the guide to the approximate width of the paper or the paper will not be loaded properly Pull the right locking lever forward 5 Push the bin lever down to the SET position 6 Load paper to the top of form position using either of the following methods Me User s Manual 3 13 PAPER HANDLING Load the paper manually Press the LOAD button The paper will advance to the top of form position Adjust the position of the paper as needed by the AMICRO button or t
122. e Hight copy capability Up to eight sheets for front rear continuous forms and cut sheets fed from front paper table Up to five sheets for CSF fed e Auto paper thickness control Features as standard equipment Auto interface selection The printer automatically selects the interface proper to the occasion This function can t move at single interface models Paper skew detection The printer detects a skew of paper that is manually fed from the paper table and automatically ejects it without printing print prevention The printer senses and memorizes the left and right edges of paper when loading the paper If receiving data beyond either edge the printer ignores it to prevent directly printing on the platen Maintenance free The printer only requires periodic cleaning and changing of the ribbon cartridge MODELS e Power Supply type 100 120VAC input M33324A 220 240V AC input M33324B e Interface type Centronics parallel USB interfaces Centronics parallel RS232C serial interface EE dd __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 1 2 User s Manual INTRODUCTION OPTIONS Printer add on options are listed below For details see Chapter 8 e Cut sheet feeder The SF940 single bin feeder is available as an option Two cut sheet feeders can be installed in front of and behind the printer at the same time A cut sheet feeder allows single cut sheets and multiple
123. e are saved as the new power on defaults for the printer The new defaults remain active until you change them again NOTE The only way to exit setup mode without saving your changes is to turn off the printer When you turn the printer back on the previous default settings are used Procedure To exit setup mode and save your changes using SAVE END proceed as follows 1 Print the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu should be the last printed line on the page If the menu is not printed press the ONLINE button to print the menu The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is shown below lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL 2 Select the SAVE END function Make sure that the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide is positioned under SAVE amp END Press the A button or the V button to select SAVE amp END The printer exits setup mode and returns online the ONLINE indicator lights green Any changes you made while in setup mode are saved ee 5 50 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE RESETTING This section describes how to reset the printer s power on defaults all of DEFAULTS the factory defaults or the factory defaults only for MENUI and MENU2 Resetting Power On Defaults Power on defaults are the settings saved in the printer s permanent memory The defaults are enabled when
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125. e self test use paper wider than 215 9 mm 8 5 inches and set the left paper guide all the way to the right to avoid clipping the test pattern Standard letter or A4 size paper can be used lengthwise portrait mode Pull the subguide out as required to accommodate the paper size Before loading paper make sure that the printer is on Then proceed as follows Press the PAPER PATH button on the control panel to select the cut sheet mode the CUT SHEET indicator LED lights El y Sf 4 Bree p D 4 PS gg DA a l PAPER PATH N 7 Loading a sheet of paper 2 Insert a sheet of paper A4 or larger into the printer keeping it aligned with the paper guide on the left hand side of the paper table The sheet will automatically be pulled into the printing start position Fm 2 16 User s Manual SETTING UP Printing the Self Test The printer has a built in self test program The self test prints the firmware version the names of the printer s resident emulations and all of the characters available in the emulations The self test prints 80 characters per line To print a self test page make sure that a sheet of paper is loaded Then proceed as follows 1 Turn the printer off 2 While pressing the LF FF button turn the printer back on Keep the LF FF button pressed until the printer beeps Self test printing will start
126. e sheets 10 90 0 90 Moves the position left or right in 10 90 increments of 1 90 inch 0 28 mm lt FCNTADJ gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates for the forms feed error 4 360 0 360 accumulated through feeding of front 4 360 9 360 continuous forms 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 lt gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates for the forms feed error 4 360 0 360 accumulated through feeding of rear 4 360 9 360 continuous forms 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 lt FCNTAJL gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates for the forms feed error 4 360 0 360 accumulated through feeding of front 4 360 9 360 continuous forms Last page 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 nme User s Manual 5 35 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Description Items lt RCNTAJL gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates for the forms feed error 4 360 0 360 accumulated through feeding of rear 4 360 9 360 continuous forms Last page 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 lt CUT ADJ gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates the line spacing pitch on 4 360 0 360 the basis of the spacing error 4 360 9 360 accumulated for feeding single sheets 14 360 by10 inches GRAPHIC 1 Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total lt FCSFADJ gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates the line spacing pitch on 4 360 0 360 the basis of the spacing error 4 360 9 360 accumulated for feeding
127. e the ribbon if appear on the page necessary Check whether the tip of the print head is dirty Clean the head with a soft cloth if necessary The page is blank Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed Printing is erratic or the Make sure that the interface cable is securely wrong characters are connected to both the printer and computer printed One or more 9 characters printed Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as the emulation selected on the printer See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 If you are using an RS 232C serial interface make sure that the serial settings required by your software or computer are the same as the settings on the printer See the section Hardware Items and Options in Chapter 5 7 2 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Cont Characters are lost at If lost area is about 10mm 3mm from left and the left or right end right edge of continuous forms single sheet Area over detection control woks properly In this case make sure that paper size paper position and left and right margins are properly set See the section Configuration Items and Options in Chapter 5 Note Preprinted dark color area shape of corner cut paper skew may cause incorrect detection Please don t use medium like this If you must use medium like this absolutely you can d
128. ed User s Manual PAPER HANDLING OVERVIEW OF The following buttons are used in paper handling PAPER e LF FF TEAR OFF PAPER PATH MICRO FEED OPERATIONS MICRO FEED and LOAD buttons on the control panel A different function is enabled when each button is pressed in conjunction with the ONLINE button The following figure shows the location of each button MANUAL GAP MICRO FEED SIR I POWER C PAPER QUT OI TRACTOR F C REMOVE PAPER QA C TRACTOR C MENU CO FRONT 018 QUIET 27 uu COCUT SHEET COMENU 2 CO PRINT MODE AUTO GAP IMPACT PATH ONLINE TEAR OFF LOAD FRONT DIR RESET SETUP MENU SAVE TOP Location of the buttons Table 3 1 summarizes the use of buttons in paper handling More detailed information is provided later in this chapter NOTE To load or feed paper the printer must be e Online but not receiving or printing data e Offline but not in setup mode To micro feed paper the printer must be e Online but not receiving or printing data e Offline but not in setup mode 3 2 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Table 3 1 Buttons Used for Paper Handling ONLINE Change the Press ONLINE to place the printer online or offline printer mode press ONLINE to stop or resume printing Stop resume printing LOAD Load unload Press LOAD to load paper or to retract continuous paper forms to the park position Press LOAD and ONLINE simulta
129. eft margin 3 10 3 12 3 16 5 18 left print start 2 2 2222 5 35 top of form 3 22 5 19 5 32 5 33 paper thickness 3 8 AMOUNT 5 49 ATIRIB ense En ede 5 17 8002 Bidirectional printing 5 28 5 56 Boldface eR IGI 1 1 4 5 F 1 etes QR 2 4 1 5 28 B 1 BUZZBR e ee an 5 28 Cables EAN tht 1 3 2 21 8 1 A 1 parallel interface 2 20 5 29 serial interface 2 20 5 12 5 29 5 30 2 21 5 29 9 11 Centronics 2 20 5 29 D 1 Character seston eae 5 15 5 16 5 20 E 1 Cleaning 6 1 Continuous forms loading i aee Res 3 16 3 19 placement icies cenieni iiis 3 15 hats 3 20 unloading 2 2222 3 19 Control panel QR 1 2 14 3 2 4 1 6 8 Cut sheet feeder installing nee 3 6 8 1 A 1 loading asso RI dete 3 12 Default eee an 5 10 5 51 Demo pattern essere 2 19 User s Manual Diagnostic 5 52 7 10 Download eee B 1 B 4 C 8 DPL24G PLUS ane 5 14 DRAFT tise Ed 5 15 B 2 Feltet QR 2 3 14 Emulation eR eee 2 22 5 14 Envelopes iuste eoe ETR 3 23 Epson ESC P2 4 5 5 14 5 62 DENS Feeding paper form feed oe
130. ensions SPECIFICATIONS Height 290 mm 11 4 in Width 600 mm 23 6 in Depth 350 mm 13 8 in Weight 17 kg 37 4 Ib AC power requirements M33324A 100 to 120 VAC 410 50 60 Hz M33324B 220 to 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz Power consumption Average 210 VA Maximum 360 VA Heat generation Average 115 kcal h Interface Centronics parallel and RS 232C serial Centronics parallel and USB and LAN option Data buffer size 0 256 2K 8K 24K 32K 96K or 128K bytes Download buffer Maximum 128K bytes 128K minus data buffer size Operating environment 5 to 38 C 41 to 100 F 30 to 80 RH no condensation Wetbulb temperature less than 29 C 84 F Storage environment 15 to 60 C 4 to 140 F 10 to 95 RH no condensation Acoustic noise Average 59 dB A ISO 7779 Bystander Position Front Gm User s Manual B 1 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS Print method Print direction Character cell Letter 10 cpi Letter 12 cpi Report Draft High speed draft Paper handling Standard Optional Paper type Paper size Continuous Width Length Cut sheets Width Paper table Length Cut sheet feeder Width Length Note Impact dot matrix with a 0 2 mm 24 wire head Bidirectional logic seeking or unidirectional seeking Horizontal x vertical 36 x 24 dots 30 x 24 dots 18 x 24 dots 9 x 24 dots 12 x 24 dots 9 x 24 dots MODE 1 MODE
131. ents After loading paper the printer goes into online mode Loading a sheet of paper 8 Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary e Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guide if required e Top of form setting see Chapter 5 e Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 NOTE Do not open the front cover during printing With the cover open detection option installed the printer never prints while the front cover is open Close the front cover to perform printing eee User s Manual 3 11 PAPER HANDLING Loading Paper from the Cut Sheet Feeder Option A cut sheet feeder SF940 allows automatic printing on single sheets without the need to manually insert the sheets one by one This can save you a lot of time when printing long files using single sheets See Chapter 8 for more information on the cut sheet feeder For installation of the feeder refer to its user s manual When a feeder is mounted and the feeder cable is connected the printer automatically knows the feeder type and controls the feeder accordingly 1 Two steps of extension are available for supporting long sheets of paper Steps of extension 2 Adjust the left margin To help align the left paper guide use the inch based ruler located behind the paper guides The ruler is graduated in 10 columns per inch For example setting the left paper guid
132. er to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed 2 Select the HEX DUMP function lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on HEX DUMP then press the A button or the V button to select the HEX DUMP function The printer goes online and prints a header and a short help menu 3 Print the hex dump To start hex dump printing send your file or program to the printer The printer goes online and prints the hex dump Press the LOAD button to pause during hex dump printing To resume hex dump printing press the LOAD button again NOTE When hex dump printing stops the printer remains online in setup mode the ONLINE indicator is green To print another hex dump send another file to the printer 9 A 0 Oo09oIi 5 54 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Hex dump printing BUTTON ACTION ONLINE Exit to normal mode lt LF FF gt Return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt mode lt PRINT gt Change print mode lt IMPACT gt Change high impact lt LOAD gt Pause resume printing 9 A B C BEE 0123456789ABCDEF 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F i amp S S amp k 7 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F 0123456789 lt 4 4 4D 4E ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO 5A 5B 5D 5
133. es Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to be sure that it feeds properly Ribbon feed knob Turn clockwise to tighten Ribbon release lever Mounting pin Ribbon release tabs Preparing the ribbon cartridge Locate the two ribbon release levers on either side of the ribbon cartridge Each ribbon release lever has a mounting pin on the side Place the mounting pins on the ribbon support bracket of the print head cartridge Insert the ribbon so that the ribbon falls between the nose of the print head and the print guide Installing the ribbon cartridge User s Manual 2 9 SETTING UP 6 Press the ribbon release levers inward until the mounting pins snap into the holes of the ribbon support brackets Gently pull on the cartridge to be sure that the pins are secure in the holes 7 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any slack in the ribbon 8 Close the front cover NOTE A Fujitsu ribbon cartridge is recommended Don t use other cartridges If other cartridges are used operating problems or a damage of the print head may be caused Selecting the Tractor Unit Position NOTE This printer uses a detachable tractor that can be used on either the front or back of the printer You can attach the tractor to either the front or back of the printer according to your installation or operating conditions The printer is delivered to you with the tractor attached to the front You can detach i
134. etween the printer and computer as follows 1 Load a sheet of paper 2 Check that the printer is online If the ONLINE indicator is not green press the ONLINE button 3 Try to print using your word processor a programming language or other software 4 Use your software printer selection menus or the printer setup mode described in Chapter 5 to make required changes in the page layout or other print features If the printer does not print or prints the wrong characters proceed as follows e sure that the interface cable is properly connected e Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as that selected on the printer If you are using a serial interface make sure that the printer serial interface settings are the same as those on the computer The printer s preselected factory settings are 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit 9600 baud and XON XOFF protocol You can change the serial settings on either the printer or your computer To change the printer settings see Chapter 5 To change the computer settings use the selection menus provided by your software or the commands of your computer operating system The following example uses the MS DOS operating system 0 2 26 User s Manual SETTING UP INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER Using MS DOS to Specify Serial Interface Settings For an IBM PC or compatible device use the following MS DOS
135. ever you turn the printer on The easiest way to reset the power on defaults is to turn the printer off and then on again This method is useful if you have made changes in setup mode that you do not want to save Resetting Factory Defaults Factory defaults are those settings preselected at the factory For a list of the printer s factory defaults see the section Printing a List of Selected Options earlier in this chapter To reset the factory defaults for all functions proceed as follows 1 Turn off the printer 2 While pressing the LOAD and TEAR OFF buttons turn on the printer Continue to press the two buttons until the printer beeps The factory defaults are now reset Another available method is to select INITIAL in SETUP mode The method of making settings is the same as the method for selecting DEFAULT on the next page except that INITIAL must be selected instead of DEFAULT Resetting Factory Defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 This method resets factory defaults for MENU1 and MENU2 options listed in Table 5 3 but does not reset the printer hardware print position adjustment and configuration options To reset the factory defaults in MENU and MENU2 proceed as follows Me User s Manual 5 51 USING SETUP MODE 1 Enter setup mode Press the AUTO GAP button and the HI IMPACT button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt
136. f Paper Number of Thickness Parts Carbon backed Do not use in high humidity environments 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib Middle 2 6p 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Top 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib Middle 2 7p 40 g m 34 kg or 11 Ib Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Carbon Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets interleaved Top 35 52 g m 30 45 kg or 9 14 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 81 g m 30 70 kg or 9 22 Ib Top 35 46 g m 30 40 kg or 9 12 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Middle 35 46 g m 30 40 kg or 9 12 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 64 g m 30 55 kg or 9 17 Ib Top 35 46 g m 30 40 kg or 9 12 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Middle 3 5P 35 46 30 40 kg or 9 12 Ib Carbon 4 6P Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 64 g m 30 55 kg or 9 17 Ib kg Weight in kilograms of 1000 sheets of 788 x 1091 mm paper 1 16 g m Ib Weight in pounds of 500 sheets of 17 x 22 inch paper 3 76 g m E B 10 User s Manual COMMAND SETS This appendix describes printer commands and their parameters This printer has three resident command sets e Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS native command set for Fujitsu DL series printers e IBM Proprinter XL24E e Epson ESC P2 Separate programmer s manuals are available for these emulations See Appendix A for order information Select the same emulation on the printer and in your software If your
137. ff edge that allows you to tear off printed pages without wasting paper The tear off edge is located on the front and rear of the printer To tear off continuous forms using the tear off edge 1 Press the TEAR OFF button The bottom perforation of the last page advances to the tear off edge If you specified TEAR OFF AUTO using the HARDWARE function in setup mode the paper automatically advances to the tear off edge at the end of each job or when the printer has printed all the data received NOTE If the bottom perforation of your paper is not positioned at the tear off edge the length of your paper may not be specified correctly in your software or the printer setup mode Check that the paper length is specified correctly For information on specifying page length using setup mode see Chapter 5 3 20 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING 2 Tear the paper off at the perforation Tearing off continuous forms rear feed 3 Press any button to retract the forms back to the top of form position lt dd _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ User s Manual 3 21 PAPER HANDLING FEEDING AND The following functions are available whether the printer is online or POSITIONING offline PAPER Line Feed Form Feed Use the line feed form feed function to move paper forward Pressing and holding down the LF FF button feeds one sheet of paper e Pressing the LF FF button once advances
138. ft the table 3 2 Close the paper table Lower the paper table as shown in the figure below 1 then push 2 and close 3 the table D LR EL cc User s Manual 2 7 SETTING UP Installing the Ribbon cartridge CAUTION lt HOT gt The print head and metal frame is hot during printing or immediately after printing Do not touch them until it cools down 1 Prepare the printer to install the ribbon cartridge Make sure that the print head protecting cardboard used for transportation has been removed then turn on the printer power with the top cover closed Ensure that the print head moves and stops at the ribbon replacement position NOTE If you turn on the printer power with the top cover open the print head does not move Turn the printer power with the top cover closed 2 Turn off the printer power Make sure that the power switch is set to the O side 3 Open the front cover of the printer Slide the print head carriage so that its center is at the position for replacing the ribbon cartridge indicated by the triangle marking on the front of the upper cover Preparing the printer to install the ribbon cartridge NOTE The buzzer may sound if the print head is moved while the power supply is ON 2 8 User s Manual SETTING UP Remove the ribbon cartridge from its package Push in the two ribbon release tabs The tabs snap into the cartridge and the ribbon feed mechanism engag
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140. g Problems in Chapter 7 If the problem persists contact your dealer SELECTING A GOOD This printer is suitable for most business office and home environments LOCATION To obtain peak performance from the printer select a location that meets the following guidelines Place the printer on a sturdy level surface Place the printer near a well grounded AC power outlet Ensure easy access to the front and rear of the printer by leaving several inches of space around the printer Do not block the air vents on the front left and right sides of the printer Do not place the printer in direct sunlight or near heaters Make sure that the room is well ventilated and free from excessive dust Y Do not expose the printer to extremes of temperature and humidity ee User s Manual 2 1 SETTING UP Y Use only the power cord supplied with the printer or recommended by your dealer Do not use an extension cord Y Do not plug the printer into a power outlet that is shared with heavy industrial equipment such as motors or appliances or such as copiers or coffee makers Such equipment often emits electrical noise or causes power degradation UNPACKING THE Unpack the printer as follows PRINTER 1 Open the carton and remove the printer and its components Make sure that you have all of the items shown below Note that the power cord supplied depends on the printer model 100 120 or 220 240 VAC power supply Printer
141. ge is shown in Chapter 2 To pause during self test printing press the LOAD button To resume self test printing press the LOAD button again 4 Exit the SELF TST function Exit the SELF TST function in either of the following ways To exit SELF TST and remain in setup mode press the LF FF button The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is then reprinted e To exit SELF TST and return online press the ONLINE button The printer permanently saves any changes made while in setup mode and returns online The self test can also be started by turning off the printer and then pressing the LF FF button while turning the printer back on As described in Chapter 2 this method 1s useful when you first set up the printer E ___ User s Manual 5 53 USING SETUP MODE Printing Hex Dumps The HEX DUMP function prints data and commands in hexadecimal characters and abbreviated control codes The IBM character set 2 is used for printing see Appendix E The HEX DUMP function is useful for checking whether your computer is sending the correct commands to the printer and whether the printer is executing the commands correctly It is also useful for debugging software programs Procedure To print hex dumps make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded into the printer Then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Press the AUTO GAP button and the HI IMPACT button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the print
142. he WMICRO button micro feed the paper using your software Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Load paper according to the instructions in your software documentation Most software packages load paper automatically After loading paper the printer goes into online mode 7 Prntasample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary e Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guides if required e Top of form setting see Chapter 5 e Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 NOTE Do not open the front cover during printing Ejecting Single Sheets If you print using software each sheet is ejected automatically when the end of the printed page is reached To manually eject sheets of paper use the following method e Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a forward form feed USING Continuous forms paper fanfolded at the horizontal perforations is ideal CONTINUOUS for printing rough drafts and long files The paper is fed into the printer FORMS using the forms tractors 3 14 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Positioning the Paper Stack Place the stack of continuous forms paper directly below the rear of the printer or below the front of the printer After the paper is installed in the printer the paper path should look like this Good placement Bad placement Placement of continu
143. iage and surrounding areas You can easily slide the print head to the left or right when the power is off Be careful not to press too hard on the flat ribbon cable that extends from the print head carriage Printer interior 5 Re install the ribbon cartridge Close the front cover 6 Raise the paper table and rear stacker Vacuum the forms tractors and surrounding areas Cleaning the Platen Clean the platen about once a month to remove excess ink Use the platen cleaner recommended by your supplier and proceed as follows 1 Apply a small amount of platen cleaner to a soft cloth Avoid spilling platen cleaner inside the printer CAUTION Do not use alcohol to clean the platen Alcohol may cause the rubber to harden 2 Place the cloth against the platen 3 dry the platen place a dry cloth against the platen Eup 6 2 User s Manual MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE There are two ways of replacing the ribbon You can install a new ribbon RIBBON cartridge in the printer or refill the old ribbon cartridge with new ribbon from a ribbon subcassette Appendix A lists order numbers for ribbon cartridges and ribbon subcassettes The following procedure is for ribbon cartridges For ribbon subcassettes refer to the instructions shipped with the subcassette To replace the ribbon cartridge 1 Turn off the printer Note If the power is turned off during or immediately after printing turn on the power again Verify
144. icator FRONT TRACTOR REAR TRACTOR CUT SHEET lights correctly Press the PAPER PATH button to select the paper path Make sure that the paper covers the paper out sensor i e the left paper edge is within 52 mm for single sheets or 41 mm for continuous forms from the left edge of the platen This problem cannot occur if you use the forms tractor unit or insert a single sheet with its left edge in contact with the left paper guide Make sure that the tractor unit 1s correctly installed and that the tractor shaft gear engages the platen shaft gear If you are using a cut sheet feeder make sure that the bin lever is set to the CLOSED position The bin lever is on the left side of the feeder If you are using a cut sheet feeder make sure that the feeder is firmly mounted on the printer and the cable is correctly connected If you are using the paper skew detection option adjust the paper guide on the paper table for the print start position and correctly slide the sheet along the guide TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 2 Paper Handling Problems and Solutions Cont Paper jams while Turn off the printer and remove the jammed loading paper Remove any obstructions from the paper path If you are using a cut sheet feeder make sure that the bin lever is set to the CLOSED position The bin lever is on the left side of the feeder Make sure that the paper is not folded creased or torn Reload the
145. ided by your software or computer To clear the print buffer place the printer offline and press the PRINT MODE and AUTO GAP buttons Any data sent to the print buffer before you canceled printing will be lost Resuming from a Paper Out The printer can sense when paper runs out Depending upon how PPR OUT paper out is set in setup mode the printer either e Stops printing and lights the red PAPER OUT indicator or e Continues printing until no more data remains in the printer See Chapter 5 for details on setting PPR OUT The factory default is to stop printing if continuous forms paper runs out and to continue printing if single sheet paper runs out To resume printing when paper runs out use either of the methods described below Printing the remaining lines on a page This method is convenient to continue printing under the paper out condition but is not available when the cut sheet feeder is used 1 Press the ONLINE button The printer returns to online mode prints or feeds one line and the PAPER OUT indicator lights up again 2 Repeat this procedure until the full page is printed Line spacings however may be uneven EE dd gt __ __ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ 4 6 User s Manual User s Manual PRINTING CAUTION When printing remaining lines be careful not to print on the platen Printing on the platen may damage both the platen and the print head Continuing printing after su
146. iine nue 5 50 RESETTING DEFAULTS seen 5 51 Resetting Power On Defaults 5 51 Resetting Factory Defaults 5 51 Resetting Factory Defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 5 51 USING THE DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS 5 52 Printing the 0 5 52 Proced re eet edere 5 53 Printing Hex 20 5 54 KN Xvi User s Manual POCO UNG ioco cue centem oto Gen 5 54 Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMNT 5 56 PLOCCCUIG sert di e De a Ends 5 56 SETUP MODE 5 58 DPL24C PLUS ORGANIZATION eee 5 59 Differences IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation 5 62 Differences in Epson ESC P2 Emulation 5 62 ONLINE SETUP MODE eene 5 63 CHAPTER 6 6 1 CLEANING nette ees 6 1 Cleaning and Vacuuming the Printer 6 1 Cleaning the Platen rarsrvnnnnrnnannvnnovrrvnnnrnnnnnrnnennnnnr 6 2 REPLACING THE RIBBON eee 6 3 REPLACING THE PRINT 6 6 Opening and closing the control panel 6 8 Removing the stacker 6 8 Mounting the stacker
147. ion Horizontal tab execution HT Set horizontal tabs ESC D nj The values of n to ny in this command NUL are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n x255 1 lt k x 255 Move to print column n 1 lt n 255 ESC HT n Move dot column n 360 inch ESC ni n n x 256 The value below is for 136 column printers 0 lt lt 255 0 lt m lt 19 0 lt n x 256 lt 4895 Horizontal relative move by n 360 inch ESC e s 999 lt nu non lt 999 ni n2 n Ny and n are the hundreds tens and units digits of the distance s is a plus or minus or sign Vertical tab execution VT Set vertical tabs ESC B nj The values of n to ny in this command NUL are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 lt lt 255 1 lt k lt 64 Move to line n 1 n lt 255 ESC VT n Page Formatting Set right margin 0 lt n lt 255 ESC Q n Set left margin 0 nx 255 ESC 1 n Set perforation skip by n lines ESC N n 1 lt lt 127 Perforation skip off ESC Set page length to n lines ESC C n or 1 lt lt 127 ESC FF p oLLV C G EQ C 6 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Set page length to n inches ESC C NUL n or 1 n lt 22 ESC e C NUL n or ESC FF NUL n Set page length to n 360 inch ESC e f ni
148. ipt n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off ESC T Underline on off ESC n on n 1 off n 0 OL 5L User s Manual C 27 COMMAND SETS ESC P2 Select line ESC 1 n 73 n 0 d 1 d 4 ds 45 0 Ignore command 1 Underline 2 Strike through 3 Overscore d 0 or 4 Cancel line selection 1 Single line 2 or 3 Double line 5 Single dotted line 6 or 7 Double dotted line Select printing style ESC n This command allows you to combine various printing styles The value of n is the sum of the values of the styles you want to combine n 0 Pica pitch 1 Elite pitch 2 Proportional spacing 4 Condensed 8 Shadow 16 Bold 32 Double width 64 Italics 128 Underline Horizontal Control Space SP Backspace BS Carriage return CR Set elite pitch ESC M Set pica pitch ESC P Set 15 CPI ESC g Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC p n on 1 off n 0 Set inter character space to n 120 inch for ESC SP n draft or n 180 inch for letter and proportional 0 lt n lt 127 ee C 28 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Set character pitch to n x 256 360 inch ESC c ni n NENNEN 75 08 0 0 071 0 0L 0L 1 0 AA L LOL 8 C 29 User s Manual lt lt 255 0 lt lt 4 Select character pitch specify unit of pitch n 1 m 0 d 10 to 19 10 3600 inch 1 360 inch 20 to 29 20 3600 inch 1 180 inch d 30 to 39 30 3600 inch 1 120 inch d
149. isable Area over detection by using setup mode But risk of print head broken is increase Incorrect paper size selection of the Printer Driver causes right side area to be lost exactly Printer Driver divide the page by paper size setting and postpone divided right page Please check the paper size setting Printing is vertically Use the printer s V ALMNT function to check misaligned jagged the vertical print alignment If necessary adjust the print alignment See the section Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 Smaller adjustment for paper thickness causes vertically misalignment too Please refer to Printing is too light or too dark The top margin is The top margin is the sum of the top of form wrong setting the software specified top margin and the printer s TOP MRG setting Proceed as follows e Make sure that the top of form setting is correct The factory default is 25 4 mm 1 inch See the section Changing Top of Form in Chapter 5 Check the software specified top margin Refer to your software documentation Check the printer s TOP MRG setting See the section MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options in Chapter 5 User s Manual 7 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Cont Lines are double spaced instead of single spaced The printer overprints on the same line The next print line starts where the previous line ended instead of at the left
150. ken as the 1 Not printed standard To the left of the Printing position of bar code EAN UPC flag To the bottom character left of the bar code The specification becomes invalid for the following bar codes Codabar Always the non additional code is set EAN UPC Always the additional code is set 2 The flag character is printed when Bit 1 0 33__________ 16 User s Manual COMMAND SETS User s Manual chl chn The data and the printable character set are listed below Type of bar Usable character Data count code set Codabar Numerals 0 9 Symbols Start Stop A a B b C c D d T t N n Ee 1 lt lt 64 Includes Start and Stop EAN 13 Numerals 0 9 Fixed at n 12 EAN 8 Numerals 0 9 Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 UPC Type A UPC Type A with check character Code 128 Numerals 0 9 Alphabets A Z Symbols SPACE Start Stop Numerals 0 9 Numerals 0 9 N 0 Numerals 0 9 N 0 ASCII Code Start code A B C Code set C 0 9 Check character Additional code 1 lt lt 63 Check character Non additional code 1 lt lt 64 Fixed at n 11 Fixed at n 11 Check character Additional code 1 lt lt 63 Check character Non additional code 1 lt lt 64 Code set 2n COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Prin
151. kness AUTO GAP AUTO GAP indicator lights control mode Lon Manual Gap AUTO GAP indicator doesn t lights The Manual Gap dial is enabled MANUAL Select paper Select the paper thickness at MANUAL MODE GAP DIAL Thickness at Auto Gap is usually used Auto Gap is used for MANUAL printing on paper of different thicknesses MODE NENNEN F k Vo c 3 4 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING SELECTING PAPER This printer has a variety of paper paths and feed directions PATH Paper Paths and Feed Directions See the following five cases gt Cut sheet Continuous forms n Input n Output With rear tractor 1 Paper table Print Paper table 2 Paper table Print Rear stacker 3 Rear tractor Print Front eject 21 Rear tractor With front tractor 1 Paper table Print Paper table 2 Paper table Print Rear stacker 4 Front tractor gt Print Rear eject Front tractor User s Manual 3 5 PAPER HANDLING With front and rear tractors either optional 1 Paper table Print Paper table 2 Paper table Print gt Rear stacker 3 Rear tractor Print Front eject 4 Front tractor gt Print gt Rear eject Rear tractor Front tractor In the next two cases the number of cut sheets stacked in the printer may be reduced depending on printing conditions and environments Follow
152. le 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on 2 Press the PAPER PATH button to select CUT SHEET the indicator lights 3 Press the FRONT DIR button to select the direction of ejecting single sheets e Front ejection FRONTDIR indicator lights e Rearejection FRONTDIR indicator doesn t light Gm User s Manual 3 9 PAPER HANDLING 4 Adjust the left margin On the left hand side of the paper table a scale graduated in units of 1 mm When the paper guide is positioned at scale 0 mm the left margin is 5 mm 0 2 inch Push the lock lever down to secure the guide 5 Pull the subguide out as required to accommodate the paper size NOTE When using the paper whose width is under 100 mm 4 inch position the paper guide at scale 0 mm Preparing to load a sheet of paper 6 Insert a sheet of paper into the paper table Make sure that the front edge of the paper engages snugly with the feed roller NOTE If paper skews when it is loaded the printer does not print and ejects the paper This function can be disabled by a setting in setup mode my 3 10 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING 7 Press the LOAD button The paper will advance to the top of form position The top of form position is the first line on which printing can start To adjust the position of the paper slightly press the A MICRO FEED button or the W MICRO FEED button The paper will move forward or backward in 1 180 inch increm
153. ling the cut sheet feeder Adjust the U slots made on both sides of the cut sheet feeder to the mounting pins inside the printer and lower the cut sheet feeder slowly Mounting pin Mounting pin U slots Check that the cut sheet feeder frame is correctly mounted on mounting pin 2 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS Mounting pin Mounting pin 2 4 Replacing the paper table Be sure to replace the paper table See Setting the paper table on page 2 5 If the paper table is incorrectly set a paper jam may occur 5 Connecting the cable Connect the cut sheet feeder cable to the connector on the front right of the printer Insert the cable with the connector arrow mark up dd _ _ _ _ __ User s Manual 8 3 INSTALLING OPTIONS 6 Extend the extension and extension wire in the order from 1 to 2 according to the size of the paper to be used CS Extension Extension wire Installing on the rear side of the printer Before mounting the cut sheet feeder turn off the printer power 1 Turn off the printer power Confirm that the printer power is turned to the O side 2 Installing the cut sheet feeder Open the rear stacker Hold both sides of the cut sheet feeder and adjust the U slots made on both side of the cut sheet feeder to the mounting pins inside the printer Attach the slots with the letter A of the cut sheet feeder adjusted to that on the printer side Then lower the
154. m list To move forward print the next item press the W button To move backward print the previous item press the A button e While in the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu or when selecting function that contains items and selectable options press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu e short underline under the first two letters of an option indicates that it is the current default setting For example 12 CPI indicates that 12 characters per inch is the default pitch To change the default select and save a new pitch setting e While in setup mode you can use the LIST function to print out a list of the currently selected options see the next section for details e exit setup mode and permanently save your changes select the SAVE amp END function For details see the section Exiting and Saving later in this chapter To exit setup mode without saving your changes turn the printer off Your previous power on defaults are active when you turn the printer on again PRINTING A LIST OF The LIST function prints a list of all the printer s currently selected SELECTED options This function is useful for checking the printer settings when OPTIONS you first enter setup mode or just before you exit To print a list of options load continuous forms paper and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Press the AUTO GAP button and the HI IMPACT button simultaneously until the printer beep
155. margin The top of form of continuous form displaces gradually Check the line spacing setting in your software Change the CR CODE setting in the printer setup mode to CR ONLY See the section MENU and MENU2 Items and Options in Chapter 5 Change the CR CODE setting in the printer setup mode to CR amp LF See the section MENU and MENU2 Items and Options in Chapter 5 Change the LF CODE setting in the printer setup mode to LF amp CR See the section MENUI and MENU2 Items and Options in Chapter 5 Variation of the top of form is saturated in a few pages and displacement is about 1mm or less In this case adjust value is prepared in setup mode See ADJUST Items and Options and search lt FCNTADJ gt or lt gt Variation of the top of form isn t saturated In this case setting of page length isn t correct Make sure that page length setting equal actual page length exactly In general page length of continuous form is multiple of 0 5inch Anyway don t set page length of continuous forms using mm unit User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Paper Handling Problems Table 7 2 describes common paper handling problems and suggests solutions See Chapter 3 for detailed procedures on loading and using paper Table 7 2 Paper Handling Problems and Solutions Paper cannot be loaded or fed Paper manually loaded is ejected without printing User s Manual Make sure that the paper path ind
156. may become jammed and stuck If printing is started with a slack ribbon the ribbon may become tangled or the ribbon feed mechanism may become locked The print head is extremely hot immediately after printing When replacing the ribbon verify that the print head is sufficiently cool before setting the print head to the ribbon replacement position 6 User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK REFERENCE sss QR 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 FEATURES ant doni i ei E cunts 1 1 MODEES croi cetero aed ded ado edi e 1 2 OPTIONS irpo EE 1 3 CHAPTER 2 2 1 SELECTING A GOOD LOCATION 2 1 UNPACKING THE PRINTER 2 2 Checking Options and Supplies 2 4 ASSEMBLING THE PRINTER 2 5 Setting the paper table 2 5 Handling the 2 6 Installing the Ribbon 2 8 Mounting and removing the tractor 2 11 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR PRINTER 2 14 CONNECTING THE POWER 2 15 TESTING THE PRINTER OFFLINE 2 16 Lo
157. mulations Resident Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Character sets DPL24C XL24E e IBM PC character sets 1 and 2 code pages 437 BM PS 2 character sets code pages and other national character sets 57 2 languages in total e Fujitsu character sets 691 characters ESC P2 e Italic character set Graphics character sets 1 and 2 e IBM PS 2 character sets code pages and other national character sets 61 2 languages in total LPCL A User s Manual B 3 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Fonts Resident Bit map Scalable Downloaded Line spacing Character pitch Characters per line 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 17 1 18 20 Nineteen fonts available Courier 10 Pica 10 OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Prestige Elite 12 Boldface PS Correspondence Compressed Draft and High speed Draft Courier Timeless and Nimbus Sans each in normal bold and italic styles Available from independent vendors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 lines per inch Programmable in 1 360 inch or various increments for image graphics 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 1 18 or 20 cpi or proportional spacing Programmable in 1 360 inch or various increments for image graphics 136 cpl 163 cpl 204 cpl 232 cpl 244 cpl 272 cpl characters per inch cpl characters per line Hem _ _ 4 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS PERFO
158. n 9 Norway 10 Denmark 2 11 Spanish 2 12 Latin America 13 Korea 64 Legal 0 3 8 C 31 User s Manual COMMAND SETS ESC P2 Assign a character set to active character set ESC t nj m number 0 to 3 di d2 93 n 3 02 0 d 0 Active character set number 0 1 Active character set number 1 2 Active character set number 2 3 Active character set number 3 d 0 Italic 1 PC 437 USA 3 PC 850 Multilingual 7 PC 860 Portugal 8 PC 863 Canada French 9 PC 865 Norway di 0 Print n x 256 characters from all ESC character set character codes 0 x n lt 255 0 lt n 127 0 x n n x 256 lt 255 0 character codes 254 Clear input buffer Delete a character Force most significant bit to 1 Force most significant bit to 0 Cancel control over most significant bit Font Selection and Downloading Select font ESC n n 0 Resident character set 1 Downloaded character set Select letter or draft quality ESC x n n 0 Draft 1 Letter Od C 32 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Select type style e Bitmap font ESC k n n 0 Courier 1 Courier 2 Courier 3 Prestige 4 Courier 5 0CR B 6 0CR A 7 Courier 8 Courier 9 Courier e Scalable font n 0 Timeless 1 Nimbus Sans 2 Courier 3 Timeless 4 Timeless 5 Timeless 6 Timeless 7 Timeless 8 Timeless 9 Timeless Set scalable font mode ESC X m ni n e m sets character pitch m 0 Keep previous pitch
159. nderlined options are the factory defaults Options CONFIG Items lt CNT LD gt PRCISIN SPEED lt CSF LD gt NORMAL SWBACK lt CSFAPTC gt lt LF CTL gt PRCISIN SPEED lt PR MODE gt lt HI IMPT gt DISABLE ENABLE Description Selection for the paper feeding of continuous forms paper Gives a higher priority to precision Gives a higher priority to speed Selection of the method of feeding from the CSF Feeds paper directly from the CSF hopper Feeds paper from the CSF hopper to either the cut sheet table used with a front CSF or the stacker used with a rear CSF Then that paper is fed again Paper thickness detection with use of a CSF Every sheet of paper that is fed Sheet of paper that is fed immediately after the feed pin is switched Selection for LF mode Gives a higher priority to precision Gives a higher priority to speed Selection for print mode standard low noise Prints in standard mode Prints in low noise mode Selection for high printing pressure mode Prints in standard pressure mode Prints in high printing pressure mode User s Manual 5 47 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Description Items lt DQ MODE gt MODEI MODE2 lt END gt Selection for draft quality printing mode Prints in 505CPS printing mode Prints in 360CPS printing mode Indicate
160. ne spacing to 1 6 inch or to the value ESC 2 preset by line spacing command ESC A n dd User s Manual C 23 COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E Change graphics line spacing base to ESC mi mp 1 216 or 1 180 inch for ESC J and ESC 3 t t4 m 4 m 0 0 lt lt 255 0 lt lt 255 6 0 t4 180 or 216 Tabulation Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs The values of n to in this command are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs to be set 1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k 28 Clear all horizontal tabs ESC D NUL Move print position right by n 120 inch ESC d n a 0 lt n n lt 255 n n x 256 Vertical tab execution VT Set vertical tabs ESC B ny The values of n to n in this command NUL are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n lt 255 I lt k lt 64 Clear all vertical tabs ESC B NUL Reset tabs to default values ESCR Page Formatting Set left margin at column n and right ESC X n m margin at column m 0 lt n m lt 255 Set perforation skip by n lines ESC N n 1 lt n lt 255 Perforation skip off ESCO Set page length to n lines 1 lt n 255 ESC C n Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 ESC C NUL n Set top of form ESC 4 ee C 24 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Character Set Control Select character set 1 Select character se
161. neously to Save adjusted permanently store a load position adjusted by micro load point feeding immediately after loading paper LF FF Form feed Press and hold LF FF to execute a form feed Continuous forms are fed forward by one page Single sheets are ejected Line feed Press LF FF within three seconds to feed paper forward by one line TEAR OFF Advance Press TEAR OFF to advance the forms perforation forms for to the tear off edge Tear off the forms then press tear off any button to retract the remaining forms PAPER Selects paper Press PAPER PATH to select the paper path front PATH path tractor rear tractor cut sheet HIIMPACT Set reset HI Press HI IMPACT to set or reset hi impact mode IMPACT mode User s Manual 3 3 PAPER HANDLING Table 3 1 Buttons Used for Paper Handling Cont PRINT Select cut Press PRINT MODE FRONT DIR at Offline to MODE sheet ejection select a direction of ejecting cut sheet FRONT RIE e Front ejection FRONT indicator lights It blinks when paper is ejected to the paper table prompting the user to remove the paper Rear ejection FRONT indicator does not light When you save your setting in the setup mode it becomes the new default The default setting is invoked whenever you turn on the printer A MICRO Micro Feed Press AMICRO WMICRO to feed paper by 1 180 inch in the direction of the arrow MICRO AUTO GAP Select paper Select paper thickness control mode thic
162. ngs you selected using your software or your computer operating system If the settings are not the same the printer will not print or will print garbage See the section Hardware Items and Options later in this chapter ADJUST If you are not using software to specify the top margin of the page use the printer s default top of form setting 1 inch 25 4 mm from the top of the paper If you are using software to specify the top margin of the page change the default setting to 1 6 inch 4 2 mm See the section Print Position Adjustment Items and Options later in this chapter CONFIG None You can change the printer s primary configuration See the section Configuration Items and Options later in this chapter GAP ADJ None If you adjust the gap manually or fix the gap change the setting See the section Print Head Gap Adjustment Items and Options ee 5 12 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE MENU1 AND MENU2 ITEMS AND OPTIONS The MENUI and MENU2 functions allow you to change the print options assigned to and MENU2 on the printer control panel In normal nonsetup mode you can easily switch between the menus for printing as described in Chapter 4 MENUI is invoked when you first turn the printer on Select the same emulation on the printer as is selected in your software If the emulations are not the same the printer will not work correctly with your software If you plan to use two different emula
163. ns at next page ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EM E ESCEMR 11 27 E Print Option Control Friction feed selection Rear tractor feed selection Front tractor feed selection Cut sheet feed selection F T M 11811 Miscellaneous Sound the bell Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 0 Add a carriage return to all line feeds on n 1 off n 0 Printer offline Enter online setup mode Select default settings BEL ESC U n ESC 5 n ESC ESC e ONLINE data ESC i ID p1 P2 MU User s Manual COMMAND SETS EPSON ESC P2 This section describes the printer commands for the Epson ESC P2 EMULATION emulation Asterisks in the Function column indicate extended commands that are not supported by the original printer Print Mode Control Double strike bold printing on Double strike bold printing off Emphasized shadow printing on Emphasized shadow printing off Italic printing on Italic printing off Select character style n 0 Normal 1 Outlined 2 Shaded 3 Outlined and shadowed One line double width characters on SO or ESC SO One line double width characters off DC4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n 0 Double height characters on off ESC w n on n 1 off n 0 Condensed characters on SI ESC SI Condensed characters off DC2 Subscript or superscript printing on ESC S n subscript n 1 superscr
164. nt NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt PRF SKP gt For continuous forms this option specifies whether an inch is skipped around the perforation If you are not using software to specify a bottom margin select SKIP when using thicker multipart forms SKIP One inch is skipped around the perforation NO SKIP The perforation is not skipped Printing continues in the bottom margin of the page lt WIDTH gt 13 6 inch page width 11 4 inch page width 11 inch page width 8 inch page width lt ZEROFNT gt Specifies whether to print the number zero 2 with a slash This is useful to distinguish the capital letter from the number 0 Invalid for some soft fonts NO SLSH 0 SLASH iui 0o0 9OO w h 5 24 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Options Description MENU2 Items lt DC3 CDE gt 4 lt CR CODE gt lt LF CODE gt 2 Note ENABLE DISABLE CR ONLY LF ONLY Enables the DC
165. nting result oT User s Manual 2 27 SELECTING PAPER PAPER HANDLING This chapter explains how your printer uses paper Topics covered are e Selecting paper e Overview of paper operations Adjusting for paper thickness e Using single sheets e Using continuous forms front tractor feed and rear tractor feed e Feeding and positioning paper e Switching paper types Tips for paper handling are given at the end of this chapter Check that section if you are using multipart forms envelopes or labels The printer can handle either single sheets or continuous forms Single sheets also called cut sheets include envelopes and noncontinuous multipart forms Continuous forms include labels and multipart forms fed into the printer using the forms tractors For best results use paper that meets the specifications listed below See Appendix B for detailed specifications If you are unsure of the suitability of a particular paper try testing the paper or consult your dealer Length Single sheets 70 to 420 mm 3 to 16 5 in Continuous forms 102 mm 4 in or greater Width Single sheets 55 to 420 mm 2 16 to 16 5 in Continuous forms 102 to 420 mm 4 to 16 5 in 0 57 mm 0 022 in maximum total thickness Copies 1 to 8 copies Paper table Front Rear tractor 1 to 5 copies Cut sheet feeder Note To use cut sheets exceeding 297 mm in length the optional large cut sheet table and large stacker are requir
166. ntrol is not executed CUT CTL Setting of retracting control at canceling TEAR OFF of continuous forms PRCISIN The precision prioritized retracting control is executed It retracts a certain amount of paper the top part of the paper which hangs out from the TOFS and then moves back to the position before TEAR OFF If TOFS detects paper end when a certain amount of paper is retracted it executes the continuous forms save operation and then executes the paper loading operation SPEED The speed prioritized retracting control is executed It retracts the paper by the amount the paper was advanced ee User s Manual 5 43 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Description Items SKIP PR ENABLE DISABLE STATUS ENABLE DISABLE BANDCTL ENABLE DISABLE Setting of printing speed change processing skip The skip processing is executed When a certain amount of blank spaces are found in a line it changes the printing speed for the blank spaces The skip processing is not executed It does not change the printing speed for the blank spaces Ifthe printing speed of the printing data varies before and after the blank spaces such as LQ characters blank space CQ characters it changes printing speeds regardless of this setting Setting of the asynchronous status function The status information is
167. ode BUTTON ACTION on lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu ACTION on ITEM menu entes NENNE EE TR ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select option amp return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu MICROV Select function Select option amp print next item MICRO4 Select function Select option amp print previous item LOAD Move cursor to the right Move cursor right to the next option TEAROFF Move cursor to the left Mave cursor left to the previous option lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Function lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVEGEND MENUL HENU2 HARDURE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMAT INITIAL lt EMULATE gt DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 lt FONT gt COUR 10 PRSTG12 COMPRSD BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP OCR B 0 8 COUR N COUR B COUR I N SAN N N SAN B N SAN I TIMLS N TIMLS B TIMLS I DOWNLDO DOWNLDI lt QUALITY LETTER REPORT DRAFT HI DRET PITCH gt 2 50PI 3 CPI 5 CPI 6 CPI 10CPI 12CPI 15 CPI 17 18 20 CPI PROP SP LINE SP gt 21 51 6 7LPI lt CHAR W NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES lt CHAR H NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES lt ATTRIB gt NONE ITALICS CONDNSD SHADOW BOLD lt PAGE LG gt 11 0 IN 11 6 IN 12 0 IN 14 0 IN 18 0 IN 3 0 IN 3 5 IN 6 0 IN 7 0 IN 8 0 IN 8 5 IN LINE lt LFT END gt 1 COLM 2 COLM 3 COLM 4 COLM 5 6 COLM 7 COLM 8 COLM 9 COLM 10 COLM 11 COLM 12 COLM 13 COLM 14 COLM 15 COLM 16 COLM 17 C
168. ollowing three ways e Enter setup data directly from the computer keyboard before starting your job With MS DOS hold down the Ctrl key and type P Data entered from the keyboard is sent directly to the printer When data entry is complete hold down the Ctrl key again and type P This method is useful when just a few settings need to be changed e Use an editor program to prepare a setup data file and then send the file to the printer using a command before starting your Job With MS DOS use the COPY command This method is useful when settings are used repeatedly e Write a program that enables interactive entry of setup data on the CRT screen This method is the most useful of the three This printer is provided with a floppy disk which contains this program called DLMENU For DLMENU see the last section of chapter 2 To exit from online setup mode send EXIT as the last setup data For details of setup data and its format refer to the programmer s manual for each emulation CE User s Manual 5 63 USING SETUP MODE eee 5 64 User s Manual MAINTENANCE Your printer requires very little care Occasional cleaning and replacement of the ribbon cartridge are all that is required Lubrication of the printer is usually not necessary If the print head carriage does not move smoothly back and forth clean the printer as described in this chapter If the problem continues contact your dealer to determine whether lubrica
169. on LIFT LITT M 118 1 Miscellaneous Sound the bell Move print head to home position Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 0 Initialize printer Enter online setup mode BEL ESC lt ESC U n ESC ESC e ONLINE data C 34 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION This printer can communicate with a computer through a Centronics parallel interface a RS 232C serial interface a USB interface or a LAN interface You can specify the interface selection mode so that the printer uses which interface or it can automatically select the interface from which it first receives data This appendix provides information you may need for wiring your own interface cables or for programming computer to printer communications Most users do not need the information in this appendix To simply connect your printer to your computer follow the instructions in Chapter 2 PARALLEL This parallel interface can operate in the following two modes INTERFACE e Unidirectional forward channel mode or conventional mode This printer supports a conventional Centronics interface e Bidirectional forward reverse channel mode or nibble mode This printer supports a bidirectional communication per Nibble mode of the IEEE 1284 Standard The cable connector at the printer side should be a shielded Amphenol DDK 57FE 30360 or equivalent The connector pin assignments are given in the following tables by
170. on repeatedly to position the cursor at the required emulation Press the W MICRO FEED button to select the emulation and print the next MENUI item 5 Exit MENUI Press the ONLINE button to exit the MENUI function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 6 Exitsetup mode to save the emulation To exit setup mode and save the new emulation make sure that the cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END Then press the MICRO FEED button The printer selects SAVE amp END and then goes online To change other printer settings using the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 Me User s Manual 2 25 SETTING UP PRINTING A Once the self test verifies that the printer is functioning correctly try SAMPLE PAGE printing using one of your software packages This exercise will ONLINE ensure that the printer is correctly connected to your computer If you are using a parallel interface the printer usually prints the correct characters automatically However you may need to adjust the page layout or various print features using your software or the printer setup mode If you are using a serial interface the printer may not work at all or it may print a lot of characters In this case the serial settings on the printer do not match those of your computer or your software Before changing any settings use the procedure described below to try printing using the printer s preselected factory settings Test communication b
171. ontact your dealer The printer is on but it Make sure that the printer is online will not print Make sure that the interface cable is securely connected to both the printer and the computer If the red PAPER OUT indicator is lit load paper Run the printer self test see Chapter 5 If the self test executes normally the problem is caused by the interface the computer incorrect printer settings or incorrect software settings Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as the emulation selected on the printer See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 Make sure that the front cover is completely closed The printer is on but it If you are using an RS 232C serial interface will not print make sure that the serial settings required by continued your software or computer are the same as the settings on the printer See the section Hardware Items and Options in Chapter 5 The cut sheet feeder Make sure that the cut sheet feeder is firmly does not operate mounted on the printer Make sure that the cable is correctly connected The FRONT DIR Remove the printed sheet of paper from the indicator blinks paper table User s Manual 7 7 TROUBLE SHOOTING Printer Failures A user cannot generally resolve a problem involving defective printer hardware On detecting a fatal error the printer will e Stop printing e Beep four times e Turn the ONLINE indicato
172. ontal multiple Tens digit of vertical multiple Units digit of vertical multiple 0 lt hyhy or viv2 lt 11 Condensed characters on SI or ESC SI Condensed characters off DC2 Subscript or superscript printing on ESC S n subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off ESC T Select underline type ESC e U n n 0 Single line 1 Bold single line 2 Extremely bold single line 3 Double line 4 Bold double line 5 Extremely bold double line Underline on off ESC n on n 1 off n 0 Overline on off ESC eo n on n 1 off n 0 dd User s Manual C 3 COMMAND SETS DPL24CPLUS Select printing style ESC n This command allows you to combine various printing styles The value of n is the sum of the values of the styles you want to combine n 0 Pica pitch 1 Elite pitch 4 Condensed 8 Shadow 16 Bold 32 Double width 64 Proportional Select image overlay type ESC eI n This command allows you to overlay a pattern on characters n 1 Light dot matrix 2 Heavy dot matrix 3 Vertical bars 4 Horizontal bars S Slants 6 Back slants T Lattice Image overlay printing on off ESC eL n on n 1 off n 0 Horizontal Control Space SP Backspace BS Carriage return CR Elite pitch 12 cpi ESC M Pica pitch 10 cpi ESC P Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC p n on n 1 off n 0 Set character pitch to n 1 120 inch ESC US n 1 lt lt 127 Set character pitch to n 1
173. onventional Centronics interface this printer guarantees the received data when the Data and Data Strobe signals from the computer have the following timing with respect to the Busy and Acknowledge signals from the printer Data 1 to Data 8 Data Strobe BUSY Acknowledge T1 T2 T3 gt 1 us T4 1 us 0 us lt T5 lt 3 us 2 us lt T6 lt 6 us In bidirectional mode nibblemode this printer can send data to the computer Data is sent in units of four bits nibble using four output signal lines as data paths The following outlines one byte of data sent during reverse data transfer phase in nibble mode 284 Activ ani CPU Data Available Data bit 0 Data bit 4 X Flag Data bit 1 Data bit 5 Ack Data Req Data bit 2 Data bite Punter Busy 4 Data bit 3 Data bit 7 1 4 Punter Clock 5 1 tomt LIT Ly Data Available is assigned forthe cable 0 6 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION SERIAL INTERFACE RS 232C is the standard serial interface for data terminal equipment The cable connector at the printer side should be a D subminiature Cannon or Cinch DB 25P male connector or equivalent that conforms to EIA standards The table that follows shows the pin assignments commonly used by most computers In the table e Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer e Output denotes a signal from the printer to the computer e The signal level for mark s
174. opying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Fujitsu Isotec Limited FUJITSU is a registered trademark and Fujitsu Creative Faces is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer Coporation IBM PC and IBM Proprinter XL24E are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation ESC P2 is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark and MS DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Nimbus Sans is a registered trademark of URW Unternehmensberatung Karow Rubow Weber GmbH Hamburg Other product names mentioned in this manual may also be trademarks of their respective companies NENNEN 011 0 L0 0 1 11 User s Manual ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for buying the Fujitsu DL7400 dot matrix printer You can expect years of reliable service with very little maintenance This manual explains how to use your printer to full advantage It is written for both new and experienced printer users This manual describes how to install set up and use your printer and printer options It also explains how to keep the printer in good working condition and what to do should something go wrong Detailed procedures are provided for first time users Experienced users can skip some of the details using the table of contents and chapter introductions to locate information This manual has several appendixes a glossary and an index Ap
175. ort print quality This option provides lower resolution than letter quality but at twice the speed If you want only the double speed regardless of fonts use the correspondence font The quality of the correspondence font is higher than that of report Regular draft print quality This option provides lower resolution than report quality but at 3 2 times letter speed HI DRFT High speed draft print quality This option provides lower resolution than draft quality but at 3 5 times letter speed lt PITCH gt 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi characters per horizontal inch PROP SP Proportional spacing 1 12 inch per character space User s Manual 5 15 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt LINE SP gt LPI lt CHAR W gt NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES 1 lt CHAR H gt 2 TIMES 4 TIMES 1 1 2 3 4 5 7 or 8 Ipi lines per vertical inch 6 lpi 3 Ipi double spacing ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD Change also the pitch 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected Standard character width ABCD Double character width ABCD Quadruple character width ES lt Change also
176. ot place the printer in a humid or dusty area in an area with explosive fumes an area with poor ventilation or close to a fire Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Use only one of the power cords included with this product for this product Do not use any other power cord for this product Otherwise electric shock or fire may result G Do not use this product in an area exposed to a high level of moisture such as a bathroom and shower room Otherwise electric shock or fire may result 5 E User s Manual ix N WARNING A When mounting or removing an optional device or component turn off the power to the printer and personal computer and disconnect their power plugs from the outlets before performing the work Otherwise electric shock may result Connect only Fujitsu recommended optional devices and components Otherwise electric shock fire or failure may result N CAUTION Q Do not block openings in the printer e g ventilation openings If ventilation openings are blocked heat accumulates inside the printer possibly resulting in a fire Do not place a heavy object on the printer Also do not subject the printer to shocks Otherwise the printer may become unbalanced causing it to fall and possibly resulting in personal injury Do not place the printer in an area exposed to strong vibration or an unstable area such as on a slope Otherwise the printer may fall o
177. ous forms User s Manual 3 15 PAPER HANDLING Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed This section explains how to use continuous forms as the tractor unit is installed at the front of the printer The tractor unit pushes continuous forms This condition applies when you first purchase the printer Up to 8 ply media can be fed by the front tractor unit You can use continuous forms paper even if you have a cut sheet feeder installed at the rear of the printer To load continuous forms paper 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Remove any single sheet paper from the printer 2 Lift up the paper table as shown below 3 Release the tractor locking levers by pulling them up Open the tractor paper holders See the following figure 4 Position the left tractor Push the left locking lever down to secure the tractor Center the middle forms support Middle forms support Locking lever Locking lever Positioning the tractors 5 Adjust the left margin Below the left tractor there is a tractor guide short inch based ruler graduated in 10 columns per inch Use the ruler to help position the tractor When the paper edge is positioned to the zero line the left margin is 12 mm 0 5 inch including perforation area and the arrow indicates the location of the first character 6 Fitthe paper feed holes onto the left and right tractor pins Adjust the right tractor to the width of the form Close the paper
178. paper Make sure that the paper table is in normal mode Set the paper table to normal mode Paper jams while Turn off the printer and remove the jammed printing paper Remove any obstructions from the paper path For continuous forms make sure that the incoming and outgoing paper stacks are correctly placed Paper should feed straight Make sure that the paper table is in normal mode Set the paper table to normal mode If you are using a cut sheet feeder make sure that the bin lever is set to the CLOSED position The bin lever is on the left side of the feeder Reload the paper Paper slips off the Make sure that the forms tractors are positioned forms tractors or the correctly for the width of your paper and that perforated holes of the perforated holes of the paper fit directly over the paper tear during the tractor sprockets printing 7 6 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Operating Problems Table 7 3 identifies common operating problems and suggests solutions If you cannot resolve a problem contact your dealer Table 7 3 Operating Problems and Solutions The power does not Make sure that the T on the printer power turn on switch is depressed Make sure that the power cord is securely connected to both the printer and the outlet Make sure that the power outlet is functional Turn the power off Wait 100 seconds and then turn the printer on again If the printer still has no power c
179. pendix A lists supplies and additional documentation and information available from your dealer or authorized Fujitsu representative Fujitsu offices are listed at the end of the manual PRINTER MODELS This manual covers model DL7400 a 136 column printer Each model AND OPTIONS has a 100 120 M33324A VAC or 220 240 M33324B VAC power supply A LAN card a user add on option can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel USB interfaces You must specify these when purchasing the printer Other options include a cut sheet feeder can be added by yourself after purchasing the printer DL7400 Basic specifications Print line at 10 cpi 136 columns DL7400 Interface Centronics parallel RS 232C Centronics parallel USB LAN LAN user option Alternative specification Power supply 100 120 VAC M33324A 220 240 VAC M33324B User add on option LAN card Cut sheet feeder Tractor unit Large Paper Table Large Stacker cpi characters per inch User s Manual ORGANIZATION This manual is organized as follows Quick Reference summarizes everyday printer operations After you become familiar with the printer use this section as a memory aid Chapter 1 Introduction introduces the printer and identifies key features and options that enhance the printer s capabilities Chapter 2 Setting Up gives step by step procedures for setting up the printer for immediate use and identifies
180. per is fed via a front path with feeding of continuous forms paper from the front use of a front CSF and manual feeding of cut sheets Position 1 Column 31 Position 2 Column 42 ee User s Manual 5 45 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Options Description Items lt RL CENT gt Selection of the print carrier position when paper is fed via a front path with feeding of continuous forms paper from the rear and use of a rear CSF Position 1 Column 31 Position 2 Column 42 lt SKEWCNT gt Detection of paper feed skew ENABLE Enables paper feed skew detection DISABLE Disables paper feed skew detection lt FF CODE gt Selection of the method of processing for the FF code is received in cut sheet mode or for the LF FF switch EJECT Ejects cut sheets FORM FD Uses a page break lt PRT CUT gt Selection of the cut amount margin on both sides of continuous forms paper when AREACNT the cut amount in continuous printing is set to ENABLE 71 180 Sets the cut amount for printing to 71 180 inches about 10 0 mm 99 Sets the cut amount for printing to 99 180 inches about 14 0 mm 180 lt gt Selection of CSF for bin 1 if both a front CSF and rear CSF are mounted FRONT Front CSF REAR Rear CSF 5 46 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE U
181. pplying paper 1 Install paper on the forms tractors or on the cut sheet stand or in the cut sheet feeder bin as described in Chapter 3 2 To load the first sheet of paper press the LOAD button The PAPER OUT indicator will turn off 3 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online The printer resumes printing NOTE For continuous forms paper the page where printing stopped and the page where printing resumes may be incorrectly printed In this case wait for the entire job to finish printing Then reprint the incorrect pages Resuming after an Area Over warning The printer senses the left and right edges of paper and stores their positions when the paper is loaded If your software will print data past either edge the printer ignores that data but does not stop printing The AREA OVER detection control functions when AREACNT area control is set to ENABLE in setup mode See Chapter 5 for information on setting AREACNT The factory default is not to sense the edges If paper is dark colored or preprinted the printer may not be able to sense the edges correctly In this case disable the sensor PRINTING REMOVING PRINTED PAGES CLEARING THE PRINT BUFFER This section describes the best methods for removing single sheets or continuous forms paper after printing Removing Single Sheets When you print using software the printer automatically ejects each sheet of paper when the end of the printed page is re
182. printer default settings factory defaults or power on defaults see the section Resetting Defaults later in this chapter For information on using the SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT functions see the section Using the Diagnostic Functions later in this chapter For Experienced Users Once you are familiar with setup mode you may want to use the flowchart at the end of this chapter for quick reference The flowchart lists all printer setup functions items and options ENTERING SETUP Before entering setup mode load continuous forms paper from the front MODE tractor into the printer as described in Chapter 3 Several sheets of paper may be required to make all of your setup mode selections To enter setup mode follow these steps 1 Make sure that front continuous forms paper is loaded and press the PAPER PATH button to select the approporiate paper path If continuous forms paper is fed from the rear or a CSF is mounted the printer does not enter SETUP mode 2 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline 3 Press the AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps MANUAL GAP MICRO FEED v A IC O POWER C PAPER QUT 1 C TRACTOR F CO REMOVE PAPER 4 CO TRACTOR R COMENU EI FRONT DIR CO QUIET uu COCUT SHEET CO MENU 2 CO PRINT MODE AUTO GAP IMPACT PAPER PATH LE FF ONLINE TEAR OFF LOAD FRONT DIR RESET SETUP MENU SAVE TOP Entering setup mode If yo
183. prints the next item and its options You can press to select the option Then the printer prints the previous item and its options 3 After selecting the desired options press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu For each item the short underlined option is the current default option the option currently saved in the printer s permanent memory In the previous example the default options are Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation Courier 10 font and letter print quality The chart on the next page summarizes how to select options such as emulation font and print quality and how to use functions that do not have options Setup Mode Example To become familiar with setup mode try the following example This example shows how to change the font and pitch in MENU to Prestige Elite 12 and 12 cpi 1 Load continuous forms paper 2 Enter setup mode Press the AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps 3 Select the MENU2 function Wait for the printer to stop printing and press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button twice to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide at MENU2 Press the button or the button to select the MENU2 function and print the lt gt item and its options EE dd __ gt _ gt _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ ____ __ User s Manual 5 5 USING SETUP MODE Enter setup mode Press AUTO
184. ptions Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Description Items Serial Interface or USB interface Items The following lt FORMAT gt to lt DUPLEX gt items are not printed when you select the PARALEL option for the lt INTRFCE gt item Be sure that the options selected on the printer are the same as the options selected using your computer operating system or your software Refer to the documentation provided for your computer and software lt FORMAT gt Number Parity bit Number of stop of data bits bits SNONE 1 8 None 8NONE 2 None SEVEN 1 Even 80DDI Odd TEVEN I Even 7ODD 1 Odd 7MARK 1 Mark 7SPACE 1 Space N N I I oco TEVEN 2 Even 7ODD 2 7 Odd The data format also includes a start bit The mark is logical 1 The space is logical 0 lt BAUD RT gt The baud rate is in bps bits per second Select the same baud rate as 600 used by your computer or modem 5 30 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Description Items lt PROTOCL gt Indicates data transmission protocol XON XOF The DC1 and DC3 codes are used DTR The Data Terminal Ready signal is used REV CHL The Reverse Channel signal is used lt DSR gt IGNORE DSR is ignored by the printer DETECT DSR is detected by the printer lt DUPLEX gt FULL Simultaneous data transmission occurs in
185. q Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 2 then data bit 6 Reverse idle phase This signal is set high until the host requests data and after that follows the Data Available signal Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 1 then data bit 5 eee D 4 User s Manual Signal Name Host Busy INTERFACE INFORMATION Direction Description Reverse data transfer phase This signal is set low when the host can receive data and goes high when the host has received data Following a reverse data transfer the interface enters the reverse idle phase when the Host Busy signal goes low and the printer has no data Reverse idle phase This signal goes high when the Printer Clock signal goes low so that the interface re enters the reverse data transfer phase If it goes high with the 1284 Active signal low the 1284 idle phase is aborted and the interface returns to the compatibility mode Data Available Reverse data transfer phase This signal is set low when the printer is ready to send data to the host During the data transfer it is used as data bit 0 LSB then data bit 4 Reverse idle phase This signal is used to indicate that data is available 1284 Active User s Manual This signal goes high to cause the printer to enter the reverse data transfer phase nibble mode INTERFACE INFORMATION Data Transmission Timing In unidirectional mode c
186. r 3 15 Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed 3 16 Loading Continuous Forms Rear Feed 3 19 Unloading Continuous 3 19 Tearing Off Continuous 3 20 OC E OEE User s Manual XV FEEDING AND POSITIONING PAPER 3 22 Line Feed Form Feed 3 22 MICIO FG8d 3 22 Load Position Adjust 3 22 TIPS ON PAPER 3 23 General 3 23 Multipart 3 23 Envelopes iium eget ate 3 23 RIS 3 23 PRINTING 4 1 MULTIPART FORMS HI IMPACT MODE 4 1 SELECTING PRINT 4 2 Using Commercial Software 4 3 Using the Control 4 3 Selecting MENU1 or 2 4 4 STARTING OR STOPPING PRINTING 4 6 Starting Printing 4 4 6 Stopping eene 4 6 Resuming from
187. r multipart copy paper or large size paper frequently remove the paper from the rear stacker or the paper table CE User s Manual 3 7 PAPER HANDLING ADJUSTING FOR The printer can handle paper of different thicknesses including multipart PAPER THICKNESS forms with up to eight parts original plus seven copies For details on paper thickness specifications see Appendix B The printer automatically adjusts for different paper thicknesses You can use the MANUAL GAP DIAL to adjust the paper thickness manually at manual mode Adjusting the manual gap dial Eup 3 8 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Table 3 2 Manual Gap Dial Settings Including the Original 1 SCS mem Bem Hem a Bmw 5 scones e Bem a mew A m For carbon interleaved paper the carbon counts as one copy 2 Vary the setting up or down including A to R to optimize printing especially for labels and envelopes Select R when replacing a ribbon or clearing a paper jam NOTE If printing is messy the ribbon misfeeds or the paper jams move the lever one setting higher USING SINGLE This section describes how to load paper from the paper table or cut sheet SHEETS feeder The paper table allows paper to be loaded manually one sheet at a time A cut sheet feeder allows paper to be loaded automatically from the paper bin Loading a Single Sheet of Paper To load a sheet of paper from the paper tab
188. r off The control panel displays alarms The meanings of alarms can be checked in the following table OE 080 0 1 9J 7 8 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Alarm display function This printer has a function for distinguishing between alarms by using the blinking of individual lamps on the control panel From the combination of blinking lamps in an alarm state the meaning of the alarm can be determined as shown in the following table Condition of occurrence Alarm name PAPER OUT REMOVE PAPER FRONT DIR AUTO GAP HI IMPACT TRACTOR F TRACTORR CUT SHEET ONLINE LES could not be detected during the space initial operation LES alarm The shield board could not be detected normally by the LRES sensor The cooling fan for the space motor was stopped HCPP cut sheet or Switching between cut continuous forms paper sheet paper and continuous switching alarm forms paper was not possible Overload alarm An overload occurred during printing and tripartite printing was performed However the power source voltage was not restored The power source voltage dropped below the specified level when no printing was in progress APTC gap alarm During the APTC operation paper was detected immediately after the start of approach motion or no paper was detected During the APTC operation no reference position was detected A sum check error or read write error occurred or no C
189. r topple possibly resulting in personal injury Do not leave the printer in an area exposed to direct sunlight for a long time such as inside a car under the sun or any other area subjected to high temperatures Otherwise the printer surface heats up possibly melting covers or resulting in other deformities or the inside of the printer may become extremely hot possibly resulting in fire Before moving the printer be sure to disconnect the power plug from the outlet and disconnect all connected cables from the printer Otherwise the power cord may be damaged possibly resulting in electric shock or fire or the printer may fall or topple possibly resulting in personal injury Before connecting or disconnecting a printer cable be sure to turn off the power to the printer and personal computer Performing that and related work without the power turned off may result in a personal computer or printer failure OW OO O Oeo C 9 3 x User s Manual Notes about the printer in operation WARNING Q If the printer is making a strange noise which indicates a problem discontinue printer operation Request your printer dealer to fix the problem Continued operation of the printer without repairs may result in electric shock or fire Do not use a power source whose voltage is other than that indicated Also an excessive number of plugged in power cords must not be connected to a single outlet Otherwise
190. raphic symbols A indicates a warning or caution item By itself the image in this symbol suggests the meaning of the warning or caution the example on the left is a caution of possible electric shock G indicates a prohibited action The image in or beside this symbol expresses the prohibited action the example on the left indicates that disassembly is prohibited indicates a direction that must be observed The image in this symbol shows the direction the example on the left shows the direction in which a power plug is disconnected from an outlet A This symbol and accompanying statement indicate a risk of injury from a hot object Caution Hot A This symbol and accompanying statement indicate a risk of fire Caution Flammable This symbol and accompanying statement indicate a risk of injury from touching part of the equipment Q This symbol and accompanying statement indicate a risk of injury such as from electric shock caused by disassembling the equipment Do not disassemble Q This symbol and accompanying statement indicate a general prohibited action General prohibited action This symbol and accompanying statement indicate a general caution General caution User s Manual Notes on Safety m WARNING Q Do not place a container containing water such as a vase potted plant and drinking glass or a metal object on or near the printer Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Do n
191. rmined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measure e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC warning Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment NOTES 1 Testing of this equipment was performed on model number M33324A 2 The use of a nonshielded interface cable with the referenced device is prohibited The length of the parallel interface cable must be 3 meters 10 feet or less The length of the optional serial interface cable must be 15 meters 50 feet or less 3 The length of the power cord must be 3 meters 9 8 feet or less O_O User s Manual i Notice for Canadian Users This class B digital apparatus M33324A meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil M33324A num rique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada p pP a ii User s Manual ENERGY STAR Energy Saving As an ENERGY STAR Partner FUJITSU ISOTEC LIMITED has determined
192. rol enables communication using an RS 232C interface The CTS and DSR input control signals are enabled CD is ignored DSR must be high when the printer receives data If the printer has data to be transmitted to the computer the printer transmits the data when both DSR and CTS are high When using DSR enabled control use a straight through cable to connect to a DCE data communications equipment device Use a null modem cable to connect to a DTE data terminal equipment device as shown below Host DTE Printer DTE TD Pin TD RD RD DSR Pin 6 DSR DTR Pin 20 DTR RTS Fin 4 RTS CTS Pin 5 CTS CD Pins CD SG Bn SG Gm User s Manual D 9 INTERFACE INFORMATION Serial Protocols A protocol is a set of instructions that control the way data is transmitted between devices such as a computer and printer The protocol ensures that the computer does not send information to the printer faster than the information can be processed By telling the computer when the printer can receive data the protocol prevents the printer s buffer from overflowing This printer offers a choice of four different protocols for connection to a variety of computers XON XOFF DTR and RC If you computer documentation does not recommend a particular protocol try DTR The following table describes the three protocols Protocol Description XON XOFF When the printer is ready to receive data it
193. s Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL Fr EN 5 8 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 2 Select the LIST function Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on LIST Next press the button or the W button to select the LIST function The printer starts to print a list of the currently selected options The preselected factory settings also called factory defaults are shown on the opposite page When the printer finishes printing the list of options it reprints the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 3 Do either of the following e Select another function or e Exit setup mode saving any changes you made For details about other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure that the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide is positioned on SAVE amp END then press the A button or the V button Me User s Manual 5 9 USING SETUP MODE Setup Parameters lt lt Menu 1 settings gt gt lt lt Menu 2 settings gt gt EMULATE DPL24C DPL24C FONT COUR 10 COUR 10 QUALITY LETTER LETTER PITCH 10 CPI 10 CP LINE SP 6 LPI 6 LPI CHAR W NORMAL NORMAL CH
194. s and symbols specific to different languages Some national AND SUPPORTED character sets however do not have some characters and symbols and may not be usable depending on resident fonts The following tables RESIDENT FONTS show which of the resident fonts are supported for each national ALL EMULATIONS character set Resident font jJ Jan 5591010 aq ax SUBS SHOWIN id National Name in character set setup menu xa HELI 4311007 S3uspuodsa4407 USA USA a United Kingdom UK German GERMAN Swedish SWEDISH ISO 8859 1 IS08859 ECMA94 ECMA94 Code Page 437 PAGE437 45 Code Page 850 PAGE850 Code Page 852 PAGE852 eee 42 L ET T EL AE n Code two pass PAGE852 T Code Page 855 PAGE855 Code Page 860 PAGE860 Code Page 863 PAGE863 Code Page 865 PAGE865 oe gt 301 ey ee gt gt c DEE ue iu RER 2 wu oe Se Ses cuu uo uo Mu n c D c m D D e amp amp 5 C Ss I C EC T D MT M EC M NE E Code Page 866 PAGE866 Continued on the next page USA is the same as Code Page 437 Upright italic and bold available V Supported 20 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS Resident font B 5 2 25 6 e TS TFT ua uu S tf National Name in
195. s the end of the CONFIG item list Press the W button to print the first item which is lt TEAROFF gt Press the A button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu ee 5 48 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE HEAD GAP ADJUSTMENT ITEMS AND OPTIONS The GAP ADJ function adjusts the gap between the print head and the paper The automatic paper thickness control APTC feature is built in this printer If you adjust the gap manually or fix the gap change the option of GAP ADJ function For the procedure how to change the options refer to the section Setup Mode Example earlier in this chapter Table 5 7 GAP ADJ Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults GAP ADJ Description Items lt AMOUNT gt Specifies the print head gap AUTO The print head gap is set automatically MANUAL Turn the paper thickness dial indicator manually lt END gt Indicates the end of the GAP ADJ item list Press the W button to print the first item which is lt AMOUNT gt Press the A button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu This section describes how to exit setup mode and save any changes you made ee User s Manual 5 49 USING SETUP MODE EXITING AND To exit setup mode immediately select the SAVE amp END function SAVING Any settings changed while in setup mod
196. single sheets 14 360 by10 inches GRAPHIC 1 Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total This option is available only when paper is being loaded in the front cut sheet feeder lt RCSFADJ gt 14 360 9 360 Compensates the line spacing pitch on 4 360 0 360 the basis of the spacing error 4 360 9 360 accumulated for feeding single sheets 14 360 by10 inches GRAPHIC 1 Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total This option is available only when paper is being loaded in the rear cut sheet feeder 0 GDbU O 5 36 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Description Items Indicates the end of MENUI items Press the W button to print the first item lt FCNTORG gt Press the A button to print the previous item lt RCSFADJ gt Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu When printing graphics selecting GRAPHIC may result in the printing of clearer graphics The CONFIG function defines the printer s primary configuration You can set the following options to ensure that the printer meets your requirements 0 1 6 M User s Manual 5 37 USING SETUP MODE CHANGING e Tear off for continuous forms CONFIGURATION Autoloading of single sheets OPTIONS e Direct de
197. sted in the order they are printed The procedure for changing top of form is described after Table 5 5 GO 9 5 32 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Description Items lt FCNTORG gt 1 6 IN Sets the top of form for front 1 8 6 IN continuous forms in increments of 1 6 eo inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page 6 6 IN The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specified A 66 6 IN setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when your top margin is software specified lt FCNTFIN gt Fine tunes the top of form position for front continuous forms 0 180 29 180 Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm lt RCNTORG gt 1 6 IN Sets the top of form for rear continuous 1 8 6 IN forms in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 TE mm from the physical top of the page l The default is recommended if your top 6 6 IN margin is not software specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when 66 6 IN your top margin is software specified lt RCNTFIN gt Fine tunes the top of form position for rear continuous forms 0 180 29 180 Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm eee User s Manual 5 33 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Descrip
198. sult Do not connect or disconnect the power plug with wet hands Otherwise electric shock may result User s Manual xi N WARNING If excessive heat smoke a strange odor or a strange noise is coming the printer or any other abnormality is observed immediately turn off the power to the printer by using the power switch and be sure to disconnect the power plug from the outlet Then after verifying the end of the abnormality e g no more smoke is coming from the printer request your printer dealer to make repairs Do not repair the printer by yourself as doing so is dangerous Continued use of the printer when it is operating abnormally may result in electric shock or fire If a foreign object e g water or other liquid metal shard has entered the printer immediately turn off the power to the printer by using the power switch and disconnect the power plug from the outlet Then contact your printer dealer Continued use of the printer in that condition may result in electric shock or fire Customers who use the printer near children should take especial care regarding this point If the printer is dropped or a cover is damaged turn off the power to the printer by using the power switch and disconnect the power plug from the outlet Then contact your printer dealer Continued use of printer in that condition may result in electric shock or fire Before performing cleaning maintenance
199. t NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt TOP MRG gt Specifies the number of space lines for the top margin The resultant blank space is the lt TOP MRG gt setting minus 1 line The total size of your top margin is the above resultant value plus the following two settings top of form default 1 inch and the software specified top margin If you are using software to specify the top margin use the default 1 line for lt TOP MRG gt LINE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or 10 lines Top of form Top margin setting 0o oo User s Manual 5 19 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt Selects a language Appendix E shows the character sets for each language Two pass means that diacritical marks are printed separately from their letters and that letters are printed without any reduction The first listing is common to all emulations Options specific to each emulation are skipped See the subsequent listings 2
200. t 2 Print nj na x 256 characters from all character set chars codes of characters to print 0 lt chars lt 255 Print a character from all character set char a code of character to print 0 lt char lt 255 Select code page table 0 nj n lt 255 n n ny x 256 Code page ID Ignore command Code page 437 Code page 850 Code page 860 Code page 863 Code page 865 Clear input buffer Select printer Deselect printer ignore input ESC 7 ESC 6 ESC n n2 chars ESC char ESC An 0 0 c1 c2 User s Manual C 25 COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E Function Command Downloading Select resident or downloaded font Ex n 0 Resident Draft 2 Resident Courier 4 Downloaded Draft 6 Downloaded Courier Create download font ESC I n ESC ni ID m mm data Bit Image Graphics Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density graphics High resolution graphics Select graphics mode in AG mode only ESC ni n data ESC L nj n data ESC Y ni n data ESC Z ni n data ESC g ni n m data ESC m ci c2 data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Select bin 3 for following pages Change bi
201. t Option Control Friction feed selection Rear tractor feed selection Front tractor feed selection Cut sheet feed selection Host controlled paper path control n F Friction Rear Tractor Front Tractor Automatic paper thickness control Miscellaneous Sound bell Enable paper out sensor Ignore paper out sensor Typewriter mode on off on n 1 off n 0 Move print head to home position Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 0 Select CR code definition n 0 CR CR only 1 CR LF Select LF code definition n 0 LF LF only 1 LF LF CR Enter online setup mode Move print head unit 1 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 0 lt n lt 255 T LIST ESC e T n ESC e P nj n2 BEL ESC 9 ESC 8 ESC i n ESC lt ESC U n ESC er n ESC e I n ESC e ONLINE data ESC e h nj po _ User s Manual COMMAND SETS Factory Default Settings The following table describes the printer commands used to control options of the items that can be selected in printer setup mode Command parameters are omitted Mem Selectable options in setup mode Emulate DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Controllable in online setup mode Font COUR 10 PRSTG 12 COMPRSD BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP COUR N COUR B COUR I TIMLS N TIMLS B TIMLS I N SAN N N SAN B N SAN I OCR B OCR A DOWNLD 0 DOWNLD 1 Quality LETTER REPORT DRAFT HI
202. t from the front and then attach it to the back if needed See SELECTING PAPER PATH in Chapter 3 33__________ 2 10 User s Manual SETTING UP Mounting and removing the tractor unit Tractor unit at the front Removing the tractor unit Raise the cut sheet table While pressing the lock levers of the tractor frames located on both sides of the tractor unit lift out the tractor unit to remove it Lock lever Tractor unit Mounting the tractor unit 1 Position the U shaped slots on both sides of the tractor unit over the guide pins of the printer unit To set the tractor unit in position line it up with the groove of the left guide pin The right guide pin has no groove 2 Push down the shaft at the front of the tractor unit until it locks with an audible click Do not press the lock levers when pushing down the shaft Guide pin U shaped slot Guide pin U shaped slot User s Manual SETTING UP 3 Verify that the hooks on both sides of the tractor unit are securely hooked onto guide pin 2 as shown in the following figure Guide pin 1 Guide pin 2 Tractor unit at the rear Removing the tractor unit While pressing the lock levers of the tractor frames located on both sides of the tractor unit lift out the tractor unit to remove it Lock lever gt SE lever JJ oe EE dd gt __ __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
203. tate logical 1 is 3 V or lower for space state logical 0 it is 3 V or higher Direction Description Frame Ground This pin carries information from the printer to the computer Received Data This pin carries information from the computer to the printer Request To Send Spaces are sent when the printer is ready to transmit data Clear To Send Spaces are sent when the computer is ready to receive data Data Set Ready Spaces are sent when the computer has been powered on and is ready to receive or transmit data Signal Ground common return Carrier Detect Spaces are sent when the computer allows the printer to receive data Reverse Channel This signal is used instead of the DTR signal in the RC protocol Spaces are sent when the printer is ready to receive or transmit data User s Manual Data Terminal Ready Spaces are sent when the printer has been powered on and is ready to receive or transmit data INTERFACE INFORMATION Serial Options The serial options for the computer and the printer must match Use the printer control panel the computer operating system or your software to change options specified as selectable Transmission mode Asynchronous full duplex or half duplex selectable Speed 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 baud selectable Data bits 7 or 8 bits selectable Parity bit Odd even mark space or none sele
204. ter on the MENU 1 indicator is lit that is all of the print features assigned to MENUI are enabled However you can easily switch to MENU2 before printing You can also select a resident font other than the fonts assigned to MENUI and MENU2 NOTE For easy reference keep a list of your current MENU 1 and MENU 2 settings near the printer To print a list of current settings see the section Printing a List of Selected Options in Chapter 5 You may also want to use the space provided in Table 4 1 to record your settings User s Manual 4 3 PRINTING Selecting MENU1 or MENU2 When you first turn the printer on MENUI is selected To change to MENU2 or back to MENUI proceed as follows 1 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline 2 Repeatedly press the ONLINE and LF FF buttons The lighted indicator 1 or 2 shows the menu selected When the menu selection is changed the font font pitch and quality assigned in the selected menu becomes valid MANUAL GAP MICRO FEED PV CICA POWER C PAPER QUT 1 C TRACTOR F CO REMOVE PAPER 4 CO TRACTOR R COMENU EI FRONT DIR CO QUIET uu COCUT SHEET COMENU 2 CO LEZER ONL INE PRINT MODE AUTO GAP HI IMPACT PAPER PATH TEAR OFF LOAD FRONT DIR RESET SETUP SAVE TOP User s Manual PRINTING Table 4 1 MENU1 MENU2 Settings Default Settings Setting For easy reference check or record your default settings in the
205. ter settings If your software has limited options you can use the printer control panel to select print features Sometimes the control panel enables you to select features not available through your software For example you can select downloaded fonts not supported by your software User s Manual PRINTING Using Commercial Software Many commercial software packages offer a wide variety of print features including some features that are not supported by this printer For example software often provides a wider range of font sizes than the printer can accommodate Software also allows you to specify multiple fonts on a page To determine which features your software supports and how to select them refer to your software documentation Using the Control Panel Use the ONLINE and LF FF button to directly select one of the two menus MANUAL GAP E MICRO FEED 8 CI COPOWER COPAPER QUT 1 C TRACTOR F CO REMOVE PAPER 7 C TRACTOR COMENU EI FRONT DIRO QUIET 27 uu COCuUT SHEET COMENU 2 CO PRINT MODE AUTO GAP IMPACT PATH LE FF ONLINE TEAR OFF LOAD FRONT DIR RESET SETUP MENU SAVE TOP Printer control panel The AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons specify MENUI or MENU2 either of which allows you to specify different sets of options in advance Some of the print features include emulation print quality character pitch and line spacing When you first turn the prin
206. that the print head has moved to the ribbon replacement position and then turn off the power again 2 Open the front cover of the printer For easy installation slide the print head carriage to a position for replacing the ribbon cartridge indicated by the triangle marking on the front of the upper cover CAUTION lt HOT gt The print head and metal frame is hot during printing or immediately after printing Do not touch them until it cools down Preparing the printer to install the ribbon cartridge User s Manual 6 3 MAINTENANCE 3 remove the ribbon cartridge press the ribbon release levers located on either side of the cartridge and carefully lift the cartridge out of the printer Removing the ribbon cartridge 4 Remove the new ribbon cartridge from its package Push in the sides of the two ribbon release tabs The tabs will snap into the cartridge and the ribbon feed mechanism will engage Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to be sure that it feeds properly Ribbon feed knob Turn clockwise to tighten Ribbon release lever Mounting pin Ribbon release tabs Preparing the new ribbon cartridge 6 4 User s Manual MAINTENANCE 5 Place the two mounting pins on the ribbon support brackets of the head cartridge The two mounting pins are located on the sides of the ribbon release levers Insert the ribbon so that the ribbon falls between the nose of the print head and the plasti
207. that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is an international program that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and other office equipments The program backs the development and dissemination of products with functions that effectively reduce energy consumption It is an open system in which business proprietors can participate voluntarily The targeted products are office equipment such as computers displays printers facsimiles and copiers Their standards and logos are uniform among participating nations p DARE User s Manual lii TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The contents of this manual may be revised without prior notice and without obligation to incorporate changes and improvements into units already shipped Every effort has been made to ensure that the information included here is complete and accurate at the time of publication however Fujitsu Isotec Limited cannot be held responsible for errors and omissions Printer model specifications differ with the power supply input voltage M33324A 100 120 or M33324B 220 240 VAC C147 E051 03EN April 2010 Copyright 2008 2010 FUJITSU ISOTEC LIMITED Printed in Japan All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated stored in a database or retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photoc
208. the line spacing if 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected Standard character height ABCD abcd Double character height ABCD abcd Quadruple character height ABCD 5 16 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt ATTRIB gt NONE ITALICS CONDNSD 1 SHADOW lt PAGE LG gt Selects an attribute to add emphasis to your documents Only one attribute may be selected at a time Standard characters no attributes Italic printing Condensed printing Double printing with a slight horizontal offset Double printing at the same position Specifies the length of the page in inches For DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E emulations 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 0 5 5 6 0 7 0 8 0 8 5 11 0 letter size 11 6 A4 size 12 0 14 0 18 0 inches or LINE For Epson ESC P2 emulation 4 0 4 5 5 0 11 0 11 5 22 0 inches Selecting the page length by specifying number of lines per page default 66 lines per page Selecting this option displays the lt PG LX10 gt and lt PG LX1 gt Use in combination the lt PG LX10 gt to set the tens value of the lines per page setting and the PG LX1 gt to set the ones
209. the notes With rear tractor and front optional cut sheet feeder and large stacker 1 Paper table Print Paper table 3 Rear tractor Print Front eject 5 Front cut sheet feeder Print Paper table 6 Front cut sheet feeder gt Print Rear stacker 5 6 Front cut sheet feeder Rear tractor 3 6 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING With front or rear tractor and rear optional cut sheet feeder and large stacker In addition the front and rear tractor either is optional can be mounted 3 Rear tractor Print Front eject 4 Front tractor gt Print Rear eject 7 Rear cut sheet feeder Print Paper table 8 Rear cut sheet feeder Print gt Rear stacker Large stacker Rear cut sheet feeder 4 3 Front tractor Rear tractor NOTES When ejecting cut sheets to the paper table the REMOVE PAPER indicator blinks after ejecting a cut sheet and stops printing Before restarting printing be sure to remove the cut sheet You must remove cut sheets one by one immediately after ejection This is required therefore the printer may load an ejected sheet again or an ejected sheet may push the previous sheets out of the printer To eject sheets larger than A4 size onto the paper table the paper table must be replaced with the optional large cut sheet table to prevent ejected sheets from falling off the paper table When printing thin pape
210. tion Items lt FCUTORG gt 1 6 IN Sets the top of form for front single 1 8 6 IN sheets in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 os mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when 66 6 IN your top margin is software specified 6 6 IN lt FCUTFIN gt Fine tunes the top of form position for front single sheets 0 180 29 180 Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm lt RCUTORG gt 1 6 IN Sets the top of form for rear single 1 8 6 IN sheets in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 y mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when 66 6 IN your top margin is software specified 6 6 IN lt RCUTFIN gt Fine tunes the top of form position for rear single sheets 0 180 29 180 Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm P O OOoel eo bO 9 O9V9J G9 DCDO bp h 5 34 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Description Items lt CNT LFT gt Fine tunes the left print start position for continuous forms Moves the position left or right in increments of 1 90 inch 0 28 mm lt CUT LFT gt Fine tunes the left print start position for singl
211. tion might be needed CLEANING The front cover the rear stacker and the paper table of the printer help protect against dust dirt and other contaminants However paper produces small particles that accumulate inside the printer This section explains how to clean and vacuum the printer and how to clean the platen It is easier to clean the printer when the front cover and the rear stacker are removed Cleaning and Vacuuming the Printer WARNING To avoid any possibility of injury before cleaning the printer turn off the power to both the printer and the computer and unplug the printer Use the following procedure to clean and vacuum the printer as required 1 Remove any paper from the printer Make sure that the power is off and then disconnect the printer power cord 2 Using a soft vacuum brush vacuum the exterior of the printer Be sure to vacuum the air vents at the front left sides and bottom of the printer Also vacuum the paper table rear stacker and the cut sheet feeder 3 Usea soft damp cloth to wipe the exterior of the printer including the cover paper table and rear stacker A mild detergent may be used CAUTION Do not use solvents kerosene or abrasive cleaning materials that may damage the printer User s Manual 6 1 MAINTENANCE 4 Open the front cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge Using a soft vacuum brush gently vacuum the platen print head carr
212. tions and all of the characters available in the currently selected character set If the DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected for MENUI the self test is printed using the settings currently assigned to MENUI 5 52 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Procedure This procedure assumes that you are in setup mode To print the selftest make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded into the printer Then proceed as follows 1 Print the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu should be the last printed line on the page If the menu is not printed press the ONLINE button to print the menu If you are using the HEX DUMP function press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button instead of the ONLINE button to print the menu The following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL 2 Select the SELF TST function Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on SELF TST and then press the button or the button The printer selects SELF TST and starts printing A short help menu is printed at the top of the page followed by the selftest Note that the printer is not online during self test printing 3 Examine the self test page A sample self test pa
213. tions on a regular basis assign the most frequently used emulation to MENUI Assign the second emulation to MENU2 All of the other settings available for MENU1 and MENU2 are optional Some of the items and options will vary with the emulation To determine which features your software supports refer to your software documentation Table 5 3 describes the MENUI and MENUZ items and options Both functions offer the same items and options The items in Table 5 3 are listed in the order in which they are printed Not all items are defined for all emulations and some options vary with the emulation The procedure for changing the options is referred to in the section Setup Mode Example User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt EMULATE gt Select the same emulation as is selected in your software See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 for information on selecting an emulation DPL24C Fujitsu DL series printers DPL24C PLUS command set XL24E IBM Proprinter XL24E printers Epson printers ESC P2 using the ESC P2 command set NOTE When you change the emulation all MENU or MENU2 options are reset to the factory def
214. trix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts OCR A 10 The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts DO TM User s Manual F 1 RESIDENT FONTS COURIER SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic NIMBUS SANS SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic TIMELESS SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quallty characters and a variety of sizes and The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quay characters and symbols using a varlety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using variety of sizes and fonts prints using prints using prints using F 2 User s Manual INDEX Adjustments l
215. u Unavailable in the IBM XL24E emulation Unavailable in the Epson ESC P2 emulations Available only in the Epson ESC P2 emulations Available only in the DPL24C emulation ee 5 26 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Resetting MENU1 and MENU2 To reset the factory defaults for both MENUI and MENU2 select the DEFAULT INITIAL function For more information see the section Resetting Defaults later in this chapter The DEFAULT function cannot reset those options which are handled by the HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG and GAP ADJ functions The INITIAL function can reset those options which are handled by the HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG and GAP ADJ functions CHANGING The HARDWRE function defines the printer s hardware operating conditions If you are using the optional RS 232C serial interface the HARDWARE a OPTIONS serial interface options must be set properly for the printer to function correctly with your system hardware Table 5 4 describes the HARDWRE items and options Items are listed in the order in which they are printed The procedure for changing the hardware options is described after Table 5 4 Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Description Items lt PPR OUT gt Specifies how the printer responds when you run out of paper CNTONLY The printer detects paper out only for continuous forms Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red DETE
216. u COCuUT SHEET CO MENU 2 C3 PRINT MODE AUTO GAP IMPACT PATH LE FF ONLINE TEAR OFF LOAD FRONT DIR RESET SETUP MENU SAVE TOP Control panel The table on the next page lists normal mode operations with online and offline conditions and gives the required user response Operations are listed by functions dd User s Manual QR 1 QUICK REFERENCE Printer Operations Normal Mode Y Operation can be performed when the printer is in this state Operation cannot be performed when the printer is in this state N A Does not apply oe me ome o both front and rear fed continuous forms dl a continuous forms only any button to forms Micro feed backward Press MICROA mee Snasta 7 uere 7 Stop resume Press ONLINE Resume printing after paper PE Press ONLINE QR 2 User s Manual QUICK REFERENCE Printer Operations Normal Mode Cont Y Operation can be performed when the printer is in this state Operation cannot be performed when the printer is in this state N A Does not apply Exit to normal mode Y Y Start Turn printer off Press LF FF while Self test printing turning printer on Pause resume Press LOAD Exit Press ONLINE QR 3 User s Manual QUICK REFERENCE
217. u do not hear a beep or an alarm beep beeps four times you are not in setup mode Place the printer offline and try again pO eO RR amp w 5 2 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 4 When the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information ve ve ve OFFLINE SETUP MODE The left end of the head guide indicates the option to be selected The selected option is underlined SAVE amp END function must be selected to exit setup mode Following list shows how buttons function in setup mode BUTTON ACTION on lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu ACTION on lt ITEM gt menu REN APTE COP sqm MEM Mrd MD M DTE Function buttons in ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select option amp return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu M MICROV Select function Select option amp print next item setup mode MICROt Select function Select option amp print previous item LOAD Move cursor to the right Move cursor right to the next option cursor to the left Move cursor left to the previous option lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Function lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVESEND MENU WENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMAT INITIAL lt EMULATE gt DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Cursor on left edge of the aluminum print guide Initial printo
218. uclear reactor control in atomic energy facilities aeronautic and space systems air traffic control operation control in mass transit systems medical devices for life support or missile firing controls in weapons facilities where particularly high reliability requirements exist where the pertinent levels of safety are not guaranteed or where a failure or operational error could threaten a life or cause a physical injury hereafter referred to as high risk use Customers considering the use of this product for high risk applications must have safety assurance measures in place beforehand Moreover they are requested to consult our sales representative before embarking on such specialized use Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement for United States Users NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15B of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be dete
219. uous forms For details on removing and mounting the tractor unit see Selecting the Tractor Unit Position on page 2 10 I I I IIIo 8 8 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS INSTALLING THE To continuously stack cut sheets or eject long cut sheets to the rear LARGE STACKER mount the large stacker Also if a cut sheet feeder is mounted at the rear the stacker must be replaced with the large stacker even if cut sheets need not be continuously stacked 1 Removing the current stacker 1 Lift up the current stacker in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 With the stacker in the condition described in step 1 push out the right and left stacker frames to separate them from the protrusions on the stacker plate Current Stacker Stacker frames GUB User s Manual 8 9 INSTALLING OPTIONS 2 Mounting the rear stacker At the rear of the printer push the protrusions on both sides of the rear stacker into the holes inside the rear stacker guide as shown in the following figure Hole User s Manual 8 10 INSTALLING OPTIONS INSTALLING THE To use long cut sheets mount the large cut sheet table LARGE PAPER 1 TABLE Removing the current paper table After opening the paper table and adjusting it to a tilted position remove the paper table by pulling it to separate the left and right protrusions on the paper table ends from the grooves on the cover TEX ET 2 3
220. ut in setup mode The initial printout contains a header help menu and lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The header tells you that the printer is offline and in setup mode The help menu provides a quick summary of how to use setup mode The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu lists all of the functions available to you in setup mode Note that the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide is initially positioned at the SAVE amp END function Setup mode can also be entered by turning off the printer then turning the printer back on while pressing the AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps dd User s Manual 5 3 USING SETUP MODE OVERVIEW OF When you enter setup mode the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is SETUP MODE printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL Table 5 1 summarizes the purpose of each function Table 5 1 Setup Mode Functions SAVE amp END Exits setup mode and saves any changes made while in setup mode MENU I and Assigns print features to MENUI and MENU2 on the MENU2 printer control panel HARDWRE Changes the printer hardware options ADJUST Changes the print position adjustment options CONFIG Changes the configuration options GAP ADJ Adjust the gap between the print head and printing paper DEFAULT Resets factory defaults in MENUI and MENU2 INIT
221. y items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt ABG continued XE DEC GR HBR OLD PG862 HBR DEC GREEK 11 ISO TUK ISO Turkish RUSCII LATIN 9 WCP1250 Windows 1250 WCP1251 Windows 1251 WCP1252 Windows 1252 2 FRENCH French ITALIAN Italian SPANISH Spanish DANISHI Danish I DANISH2 Danish II FINNISH Finnish NORWEGN Norwegian Oe 5 22 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES e Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Description MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt continued ITALIAN SPANSHI SPANSH2 JAPAN NORWEGN LATIN A FRENCH DANISH2 KOREA LEGAL lt CHR SET gt 2 SET 1 SET 2 3 ITALIC GRAPHIC Danish I Italian Spanish I Spanish II Japanese Norwegian Latin American French Danish II Korea Legal IBM character set 1 IBM character set 2 If a downloaded soft font is used the character set for that font overrides the lt CHR SET gt setting Italic characters are available Graphics characters ruled lines are available User s Manual 5 23 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Co

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