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1. SAVE amp END MENUI MENU2 EMULATE DPL24C FONT COUR 10 COUR N QUALITY LETTER PITCH 2 5 CPI LINE SP 1 LPI CHAR W NORMAL XL24E PRSTGI2 COUR B REPORT 3 CPI 2 LPI 2 TIMES ESC P2 COMPRSD COUR DRAFT 5 CPI 3LPI 4 TIMES BOLDFCE N SAN N HI DRFT 6 CPI 4 LPI PICA10 N SAN B 10 CPI CORRESP N SAN I 12 CPI OCR B TIMLS N 15 CPI OCR A TIMLS B 17 CPI TIMLS I 18 CPI DOWNLD 20 CPI Y r PROP SP lt lt CHAR H NORMAL ATTRIB NONE PAGE LG 3 0 IN PG LX10 0 LINE PGLXI OLINE LFT END 1 COLM TOP MRC 1 LINE 2 TIMES ITALICS 3 5 IN 10LINE 1 LINE 2COLM 2LINE 4 TIMES CONDNSD 4 0 IN 20LINE 2LINE 3COLM 3LINE SHADOW 5 0IN 4COLM BOLD 5 5 IN 6 0 IN 7 0 IN 60LINE 6 LINE 10 LINE 8 0 IN M E 40 COLM 8 5 IN 9 LINE 4 COLM LON SOLINE 9 LINE 11 6 IN 12 0 IN 14 0 IN 18 0 IN LINE Y 4 m LANGUGE USA PG855 PG DHN CHR SET SET 2 PRF SKP NO SKIP WIDTH 13 6 IN 7EROFNT NO SLSH DC3 CDE ENABLE UK PG866 LATIN P SET 1 SKIP 1L4IN SLASH DISABLE GERMAN HUNGARY ISO LTN 110IN FRENCH HUNG T LITHUAI D gom ITALIAN SLOV LITHUA2 T T Y SPANISH SLOV T MIK SWEDISH POLISH MACEDON DANISHI POLSH T PG MAC PAGE437 MAZOWIA ELOT927 c a PAGE850 MAZOW T ABG PAGES60 LATIN2 ABY l l PAGES63 LATN2T DECGR PA
2. ay Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 MENU2Items OPtions Description PG LXI Ones value O LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE setting for 4 LINE 5 LINE 6 LINE 7 LINE setting 8 LINE 9 LINE number of lines per The LINE setting depends on the line page 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 LFT END 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 gae ue RE LET END per Software specified margin 5 20 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE _ EE DR z R A A A I Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 M
3. 5 50 Resetting Factory Defaults in MENU and MENUA ssseeeeee 5 50 Using the Diagnostic Functions 5 51 Printing the Self Test ssssessss 5 52 Procedure ii red us 5 52 Printing Hex DUMPS eee 5 53 POCO UE ici idilio 5 54 Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMNT 5 56 PTOCOGUFO eitr ene ent eene EHE tec e serons 5 56 Setup Mode Reference cccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeees 5 58 DPL24C Plus Organization 5 59 Differences in IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation 5 61 Differences in Epson ESC P2 Emulation 5 62 Online Setup Mode sese 5 63 CHAPTERS MAINTENAN CEsaurriianan 6 1 Cleaning iU ete etes 6 1 Cleaning and Vacuuming the Printer 6 1 Cleaning the Platen and Exit Rollers 6 3 x User s Manual Replacing the Ribbon eseeeees 6 3 Replacing the Print Head seseeeesssess 6 7 CHAPTER7 TROUBLE SHOOTING ccccccccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 7 1 Solving Problems ssssseeeennn 7 1 Print Quality Problems esses 7 1 Paper Handling Problems sssse 7 4 Tips for Clearing a Jammed Sheet from the Printer 7 7 Operating Problems
4. 3 20 4 5 Paper path selecting hotte edes 3 3 Paper select lever sssse 2 11 3 2 Paper out detection 4 5 5 30 PICA TO oU URSI RU a 5 15 ed Ce Ree ee ee ee des 5 17 Platini si 2 10 Cleaning va she haste sever rete is 6 3 knob i nete 2 10 Power COMMECLON ern tteddietes etit 2 11 COL ea Seed de NI 2 3 2 11 vai M TE 2 11 PPRzOUT Sept t 5 30 Prestige Elite lies 5 15 PRESSKP anita heen heen es 5 25 IN 4 User s Manual INDEX Print NECEM ALA cuore eee dt er ege t ertet B 6 buffer clearing sess 4 8 5 32 QUALITY 5 25 esed epi 5 16 features selecting sss 4 1 Quick Reference operation QR 1 list of selected Options 5 10 Print guide deen depen eara 2 10 Ro Print h d iier 2 10 Printer REPO D 9 control panel Srne ns 4 2 Removing printed pages ee 4 8 fail res eger tees hee Aven 7 11 Replacing ribbon cartridge sss 6 3 OUT nia 1 1 1 2 Resident o ertet Renee 2 1 command Seis uuu C 1 normal mode ede repeto QR 1 5 1 emulations osi qan eerta 2 23 5 15 problems ac teg lote iau 7 1 TOS tan evi ire cem arene Aang td 1 2 F 1 Ine 2 l Resume PRIN S rre creas ien Sedi Oe 4 5 Set p MOdE cistitis 5 1 RGHTEND D Sn 5 27 specifications einir B 1 Ribbon cartridge Printer DOC toca 2 29 A RR RR ORTU 27 Printing repl
5. 4 7 Removing Printed Pages seeeeessss 4 8 Removing Single Sheets ssusss 4 8 Removing Continuous Forms s s s 4 8 Clearing the Print Buffer esses 4 8 User s Manual CHAP TERS USING SETUP MODE 5 ires itis erd tad eS esoo 5 1 How to Use This Chapter sssesss 5 1 Entering Setup Mode ssssessee 5 2 Overview of Setup Mode ccccceeeeeeesceeeseeneeeeeeeees 5 4 Setup Mode Example sess 5 6 Points to Remember eeeeeee 5 9 Printing a List of Selected Options 5 10 Deciding Which Options to Change 5 12 Changing MENU1 and MENU Options 5 14 Procedure tie eatis teme 5 28 Resetting MENU1 and MENUJA 5 29 Changing Hardware Options usse 5 30 A E E 5 35 Changing Print Position Adjustment Options 5 36 PYOCOCUIGC 3 niei rest iet e ec carre 5 40 Changing Configuration Options 5 41 Procedure eese eee nb petentes 5 48 Exiting and Saving sssseeese 5 49 A ae a AEA EEE EATA 5 49 Resetting Defaults sseeeessss 5 50 Resetting Power On Defaults 5 50 Resetting Factory Defaults
6. 5 25 status after loading paper in offline mode character width CHAR W 5 17 ON EORD eene hs 5 44 detection of end of forms CONT PE 5 45 tear off TEAROFE ssss 5 41 emulation EMULATE 5 15 tear off enable time TEAR EN 5 42 fine adjust CNTFINE top of forms tear off position TEARPOS 5 42 continuous form o oocononcccononnnoonncnononnnnnnnnnoo 5 37 top margin TOP MRO 5 21 fine adjust left position CNT LFT top of form CNT ORG cotinuous form 5 37 continuous form cooccoccccocnnoccnnncononanonnc nncnnos 5 38 top Of fOrs iieii taes ises 5 40 fonts FONT eite 5 15 word length WORD LG 5 31 hardware options seen 5 30 zero with a slash ZEROFNT 5 25 interface INTRFCE sss 5 32 Shadow printing ssesee 5 18 language LANGUGE 5 22 Shipping restraint cardboard removing 2 4 left end of page LFT END 5 20 Single sheet line feed LE ii 5 26 loading ii 3 5 line spacing LINE SP 5 17 Single sheets line spacing adjust CUT ADJ single sheet 5 38 ejecting wishin evi dee ee E 3 8 list of selected options 5 10 Soft download fonts 4 1
7. User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function n bit 0 to 2 Specification of font number 1 Resident fonts Courier 10 Prestige elite 12 Draft Compressed Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence High speed draft udo Uu hu DO 2 Downloaded fonts n 0 Downloaded font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 Select print quality font attributes n 0 Letter 360 x 180 dpi Correspondence 180 x 180 dpi Draft 120 x 180 dpi High speed Draft 90 x 180 dpi Select spacing mode font attributes n 0 Fixed pitch font Proportional spacing font Select character pitch n 360 inch font attributes 0 n lt 255 1 n lt 255 n n x 256 n Ex n 36 10 pitch 30 12 pitch 24 15 pitch 21 17 pitch Condense enlarge vertically font attributes n 1 Executed 0 Not executed Select point size n 1200 inch font attributes 0 lt n 255 0 lt n lt 255 n n x 256 n Ex n 166 10 point ESC e q n ESC e s n ESC e p nj n ESC e A n ses puewwoy ESC e v n n User s Manual C 9 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command 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 3 light 0 medium 3 bold 5 black 7 ultrablack Select typeface font attributes ESC e t n n 1 Pica Courier bitmap Nimbus Sans Timeless Prestige B
8. ssse 3 17 Installing the Tractor Unit 3 17 Tearing Off Continuous Forms 3 18 Feeding and Positioning Paper 3 19 Line Feed Form Feed sss 3 19 Micro Feed 12 thee Re Rees 3 19 Load Position Adjust esses 3 19 Switching Paper Types sss 3 20 Switching to Single Sheets 3 20 Switching to Continuous Forms 3 21 Tips on Paper Handling seesesssssss 3 21 General Tips cceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeseeneeeeeeneeees 3 21 Multipart Forms Ireid iania iian iiid iaa 3 21 Envelopes unt eer RPM 3 22 Labels Lee ted Lie an 3 22 A UNCERT 4 1 Selecting Print Features sssssssss 4 1 Using Commercial Software sssss 42 Using the Control Panel sees 4 2 Selecting MENU1 or MENU2 sssssss 4 3 Starting or Stopping Printing sssssss 4 5 Starting Printing sesseeeee 4 5 Stopping Printing eee 4 5 Resuming from a Paper Out ssssuss 4 5 Printing the remaining lines on a page 46 Continuing printing after supplying paper 4 6 Resuming after an Area Over warning
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10. RPEMLANHUDHAMHAEAO c QUO sio OM 0 OY e ww WA 09 r TEM Be me mK to sb ot un L H Q c O o strano x p o0 0 C 0 O a fi fu LATIN A Latin American JAPAN Japanese Hb HOA VI Re eV ca Bn SanrFHnoAreOawo g ewe 4 ESOS to E Ne 24 pide mA A d dO DX wo L Swett v2 1d 8 amp 0 0 DD DUO D 0 Ui oe e LEER OU XD 4D nb a ride Q Uma 3b xx mWNHdE tOd 110 0 0 0 UND ADO MA ESO WEMUAHHODHAMAEAZAO CHNMAMOR AD e ay IAG E ENPI x Ron eN a 0123456789 ABCDEF Onuamwiuiuwtrdoodxmnuoamutm L H HI EAL VIE Semen e d 9 9 Vc s MN 3h BIO TA OoOO OSxmuc doe os e NN No 14 pud ee ey del WA OD Ad ow Lf ate Y A Xa 8 ROO CoD OD 0 di oe Re Qn 33 4U D ouv d xU Qe 4 XU HD on oed ort Go RO mu d EX Nw mm 11020 UH Did mx Be oO A Ote UD HD D E 04 PH ND c Dn C 0 OO mu DmEdulxgxzo QC c OQ 0 sro D P ORD se avy IAC 1 Ik beo X o t0 un 0123456789 ABCDEF j L SERE ears Pp peg uq ASCMNH D gt EKAN Avy CANOE VD D AAA u E 17 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS FRENCH French NORWEGN Norwegian 0123 456789 ABCDEF HE E AR VI Sh Ro eee a gan FHORPFP OS D CP 8 BWC dodge 4 ced GE Fe 24 HO 4 9 e deis del E So FEAR Agr 4dod o0 d ug Ar Y A 8 fO O0 G3 OO D U H D Q8 S QU X d xd 4 0 OU D AQ ied e eG ot APUPAS EKKU 00 34 070 0 Oud rmx Bao Q OU U EL ID
11. 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 User s Manual vil TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Reference ccccccecceeceeeeeteeeeeeeesneeteeeees QR 1 CHAPTER INTRODUCTION wi a ERE EI LE DO CL eee e Reis 1 1 Features iN Eu eee 1 1 Options icon 1 2 CHAPTER2 SETTING UP usina atras 2 1 Selecting a Good Location ssussss 2 1 Unpacking THE PRINTER eeee 2 3 Checking Options and Supplies 2 5 Assembling the Printer seeeeeeeeeesess 2 6 Installing the Cut Sheet Stand 2 6 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge 2 7 Getting Acquainted With Your Printer 2 10 Connecting the Power Cord sssssssss 2 11 Testing the Printer Offline sessssss 2 13 Loading Paper for the Self Test 2 13 Printing the Self Test sssssssss 2 14 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 2 19 Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable 2 19 Selecting a Seria
12. 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 apo dnjas in the input buffer This speeds data reception because the printer does not require decoding time during data reception User s Manual 5 43 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items lt AREACNT gt Options ENABLE DISABLE Description Area over detection control 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 Does not detect the edges Select this option when you are using colored or preprinted paper lt ON LOAD gt OFFLINE ONLINE Printer status after loading paper in offline mode Remains offline after paper loading Goes into online after paper loading 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 MENUbutton Once this setting has been selected setup mode cannot be entered from the control panel To cancel this setting turn the power on
13. sese 7 8 Printer Failures eeeeeeeeeneee 7 11 Diagnostic functions sereen neshi re i erkrneri Es 7 12 Getting Help esses 7 12 GHAPTERS INSTALLING OPTIONS sorna as 8 1 Installing the cut sheet feeder 8 1 APPENDIX A SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS eeeeeeeeeeeeeeereernnene A 1 ODUODS e osten EA RAT ad iners A 1 SUDplies zx o ade ML e e A 1 APPENDIX B PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS B 1 Physical Specifications oooononicccinnncccnnnononnnnccccnnnancnnnn B 1 Functional Specifications oooonicccnnnnccccnnonccnnnccccnanancnnnns B 2 Performance Specifications sssssse B 4 Paper Specifications ssssssssss B 6 PINTA TOA n cete teil hk ee ree teil B 6 Paper Thickness oooooccccccnincocccoccnonancnncccnnn naar ncncnnnns B 8 APPENDIX C COMMAND SETS ecce ee eeeeeeeee eene en ncnncnonnnnns C 1 Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS see C 2 Factory Default Settings sessssss C 15 IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation C 18 Epson ESC P2 Emulation sssssss C 23 APPENDIX D INTERFACE INFORMATION eene D 1 Parallel Interface eeeeen D 1 Compatible Mode sese D 2 Nibble Mode coooocccccoccccococccc
14. 11 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack 12 Move the paper thickness lever back to its original position For single sheet printing the correct position is 1 Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 gives other paper thickness lever settings 13 Close the front cover of the printer 6 6 User s Manual MAINTENANCE NENNEN 5 REPLACING THE PRINT The print head is easy to replace HEAD 5 CAUTION 3 The print head may be hot if you have been printing recently 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 right end of the head lock wire forward to release it from the hook at the right of the print head carriage Then release the wire from the center hook 4 Remove the print head from the connector on the carriage as shown in the figure below Head lock wire Replacing the print head _ n User s Manual 6 7 MAINTENANCE To install the print head 1 Carefully fit the mounting guide grooves of the print head on the locating studs on the carriage 2 Push the print head into the connector and hook the wire into place in the reverse order of removal 6 8 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 t
15. BO L EREBHOlLe eeocosSgumuuc Ug 2 u j el o4 Bebe edem de esl dl TARA Far A MU E E y xx td B 90 00 God DOO DG Gn we Qnm ou ug EE E Qe ox AQ ced ted od on E Btw Q4 o gt XX PN 1 CHRVVOCHHOAMMA ECO UOMNH D gt E DX 0 NDS Hoi SCNVUAMHEUDHAMARAO DANA ran io P OH wv FA 0 mer dB UMOR Be we x FEN un deste L H C oe COLO run o fS ODM LO OBL Ru User s Manual E 6 CHARACTER SETS SLOV SLOV T Slovenian HUNGARY HUNG T Hungarian Character Sets 1 8 0123456789ABCDBP IHA VE og o s ec on ON Ban E LM O ZR oto qp C 0O 8 ous C Bac LA CE RBS bl a ps ail TT Fg ma Aa i Wei OD uou E YR 82000373 HOD Aw an CD Det im od oh ot Bon 4 3 KAN MOO 2304207 Qui MoOAMYA EO c OU UE IDDExmNGOUIS X moOOUmtmouiuunulmzo SANMAMONR DA e vr date me FRU Be we mK t Sb ON A gt ES ESO a 0123456789ABCDEP A HH FAD VES 89 9 V cu OS Ban ELIo amp ieeoGosumuc 3 ip LA eel 24 Rol OF 1 d TT AAA TH OSM Ad Ov LOT see YA AeRNO DODO DODO ae t DOG osd E Oe xD 4D ox edo ti EQ gn GP D gt Bx Nw nm ee 4 00 078 Qu MHANMMA BLS ROM Ui 4 D gt E KHAN ml S RGuUoimigcmUuunuixuo C eo m sao r0 O0 ec v HA E HDI X FREON un roe L H OCANMTOOMONMCMNYO lu MAZOWIA MAZOW T Mazowian POLISH POLSH T Polish 0123 456789ABCDEPF IHE VE o4 0 9 cua Ban FW oR em
16. CNTONLY The printer detects paper out only for continuous forms Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red DETECT 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 5 30 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults Options Description 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 UNI DIR 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 BUZZER Enables or disables the printer status buzzer Buzzer on recommended The printer beeps to indicate paper out or other conditions Buzzer off under any conditions WORD LG 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 buffe
17. ESC US n ESC h n User s Manual COMMAND SETS Set character offset to n 120 inch Cancelled by CR or ESC x 0 lt n lt 63 64 lt n lt 127 Set character pitch to n 360 inch 0 n n n lt 999 n Ny and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Vertical Control Line feed Reverse line feed Form feed Advance paper n 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 Reverse paper n 180 inch 0 n lt 255 Advance paper n 360 inch 0 n n n lt 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Reverse paper n 360 inch 0 n n n 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to 1 8 inch 8 1pi Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set line spacing to n 60 inch O lt n lt 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch 6 lpi 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 O lt n n n lt 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to n 360 inch 1 lt n lt 255 Function Command ESC DCI1 n ESCeH nj 1 1 LF ESC LF FF ESC J n ESC j n ESCeJ n nj 1 ESC ej nj 1 n ESC 0 ESC 3 n ESC 1 ESC A n ESC 2 ESCe V nj 1 1 PTS puewwog FS 3 n User s Manual C 5 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 6 Function Command Tabulation Horizontal tab exe
18. Q Eu NN Qg GO T S aL SIU XLAOUL JOP AMD pZ co FUJITSU USER S MANUAL co FUJITSU FUJITSU DL3750 3850 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 conse quential 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
19. SETTING UP UNPACKING THE PRINTER Unpack the printer as follows 1 Open the carton and remove the printer and its components M ake 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 V power supply Ribbon cartridge Cut sheet stand r 6 Setup disk Checking items received ooo User s Manual 2 3 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 securing the front cover ejection cover and back cover Open the front cover and remove the shipping restraint cardboard that holds the print head carriage in place shown below Front cover Cardboard 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 2 4 User s Manual SETTING UP Checking Options and Supplies The following options and supplies if ordered are shipped separately LAN card user installable option Cut sheet feeder user installable option Extramonochrome ribbon ca
20. SKIP PR ENABLE STATUS ENABLE BANDCTL ENABLE TOF CTL DRIVER pyp DISABLE SPEED DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE SETUP E CNT ORG 1 6IN CNTFINE 0 180 CUT ORG I 6IN CUTFINE 0 180 CNT LFT 10 90 CUT LFT 10 90 CUT ADJ 21 360 1 180 1 180 9 90 9 90 14 360 6 6 IN 6 6 IN 29 180 29 180 0 90 0 90 0 360 Y 66 6 IN 66 6 IN 21 360 10 90 10 90 GRAPHIC lt lt CSF ADJ 21 360 CNF ADJ 28 360 CNT ADJL 21 360 14 360 21 360 14 360 END 0 360 0 360 0 360 21 360 28 360 21 360 GRAPHIC GRAPHIC GRAPHIC Dual No interface PPR OUT CNTONLY PRT DIR BLDIR BUZZER ON WORD LG 8 BIT BUFFER NONE P DETECT UNI DIR OFF 7 BIT 256 BYTE INTRFCE PARALEL PARALEL IGNORE 2K BYTE SERIAL 8K BYTE USB 24K BYTE AUTO 2S 32K BYTE AUTO 4S 96K BYTE AUTO 6S 128K BYT AUTO10S AUTOI5S AUTO20S y lt lt gt FORMAT 8NONE1 70DD1 BAUD RT150 PROTOCL XON XOF DSR IGNORE DUPLEX FULL CTS IGNORE CD IGNORE 8NONE2 7MARKI 300 DTR DETECT HALF DETECT DETECT 8EVENI 7SPACEI 600 REV CHL 80DD1 7EVEN 1200 7EVENI 70DD2 2400 4800 9600 END 19200 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE NENNEN Differences in IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation In the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation MENU1 and MENU2 differ from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways The following options are different Us tt CHAR W NORMAL CHAR H NORMAL ATT
21. U command beforehand User s Manual COMMAND SETS Character Set Control Select character set ESC 7 Select character set 2 ESC 6 Select character set table ESC t n n 0 Italics character set 1 Graphics character set 2 Downloaded character set 3 Graphics character set Select international character set n 0 USA France Germany United Kingdom Denmark 1 Sweden Italy Spanish 1 Japan Ned coc E S Norway e Denmark 2 Eme Ne Spanish 2 Latin America e W Korea D 5 Legal sles puewwoy EEE User s Manual C 27 COMMAND SETS ESC P2 Assign a character set to active character set ESC t n n number 0 to 3 d d d n 3 n 0 d Active character set number 0 Active character set number 1 Active character set number 2 Active character set number 3 Italic PC 437 USA PC 850 Multilingual PC 860 Portugal PC 863 Canada French PC 865 Norway 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 7 8 9 d 0 3 Print n n x 256 characters from all ESC n n character set character codes 0x n 255 0 n 127 0 lt n n x 256 255 0 lt character codes lt 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 96 n n 0 Resident character set 1 Downloaded character set
22. 0 2 1 5 in PROS ing or for 136 colimn printer Print area for single sheets User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS E pr aira 102 266 7 mm 4 10 5 in for 80 column printer 102 420 mm 4 16 5 in for 136 column printer 25 4 mm 1 inch Maybe decreased to 102 mm 4 23 mm A inches Print area 1 6 inch OCT However line spacing may be uneven 25 4 mm 1 inc h 4 25 4 mm 1 inch Print head position when paperend isdetected selectable by setup mode Print area Approx 80 mm 3 2 inches for push tra ctor feed Approx 35 mm 1 4 inches for pull tractor feed Printing resumable Resume printing is allowable to single part paper only and E selecta ble by setup mode Approx 8 5 mm 0 33 inches 2 Paperend Print area may be off the Po a 5 08 25 4 mm 02 1in 5 08 mmormore Paper o for 80 column printer 0 2 inch or 5 08 32 mm 0 2 1 3 in for 136 column printer o ke O Q o E O 5 0 Print area for continuous forms 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 per 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 35 mm 0 014 inch The weight of carbonless or
23. 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 User s Manual PRINTING PET 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 Rather the AREA OVER indicator lights to call your attention to the loss of data The AREA OVER indicator 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 To resume printing when the AREA OVER indicator is on 1 Stop your software and press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline 2 Adjust the horizontal position of the paper or change the margin settings in the printer setup menu or your software 3 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Restart the software from the pag
24. Adjusting the paperthickness lever 3 4 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ET Table 3 2 Paper Thickness Lever Settings Number of Copies Including the Original 1 1 copy 2 copies 3 copies 4 copies 5 copies Ribbon replacement For carbon interleaved paper the carbon counts as one copy 2 Vary the setting up or down including A to D to optimize printing Select D when replacing a ribbon or clearing a paper jam For labels and envelopes use trial and error to determine a satisfactory setting NOTE If printing is messy the ribbon misfeeds or the paper jams move the lever one setting higher gt v 3 23 EL Q USING SINGLE SHEETS This section describes how to load paper in the cut sheet stand or cut sheet feeder The cut sheet stand allows paper to be loaded manually one sheet at a time A cut sheet feeder allows paper to be loaded automatically from a stack Loading a Single Sheet of Paper To load a sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Check that rear fed continu ous forms are retracted to the park position For details see the section Unloading Continuous Forms later in this chapter E User s Manual 3 5 PAPER HANDLING 2 If necessary reset the paper thickness lever See the section Adjusting for Paper Thickness earlier in this chapter 3 Move the paper select lever forward This lever is at the top left
25. Defines check characters and OCR characters ch ch Bar code characters NOTE When EAN13 UPC type A 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 be 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 User s Manual C 13 sles puewwo9 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function 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 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 Command BEL ESC 9 ESC 8 ESC i n ESC ESC U n ESC e r n ESC e n ESC e ONLINE data ESC e h 1 n 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 param eters are omitted Selectable options in setup mode Command DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Controllable in online setup mode COUR 10 PRSTG 12 CO
26. 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 V At the 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 length can be up to 15 meters 50 feet This type of length is required in many networking and shared printer configurations User s Manual 2 19 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 V The USB interface does not guarantee all connections of USB supported devices Selecting a LAN cable V When the LAN cable is connected the parallel and USB cables cannot be used Y The LAN cable when used in 100BASE TX 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 Pull the shutter on the left side of the printer upward as far as it will go Shutter Opening the shutter NOTE R
27. This time ONLINE LED is lightened one time and short beep sound can be heard Load positions are saved separately for single sheets and continuous forms HE i User s Manual 3 19 PAPER HANDLING SWITCHING PAPER TYPES If you have more than one type of job it is often necessary to switch between continuous forms and single sheets This section explains how to switch between paper types It is not necessary to remove the continuous forms paper from the printer Switching to Single Sheets To switch from continuous forms to single sheets 1 Tear off your printed pages 2 Retract the forms paper to the park position by pressing the LOAD button The PAPER OUT indicator turns red CAUTION Failure to retract the forms paper will cause paper jams 3 Move the paper select lever forward to the single sheet position 4 Mount the cut sheet stand For details see the section Using Single Sheets earlier in this chapter If you are using the cut sheet stand press the LOAD button to advance the paper to the top of form position You are now ready to print using single sheets 3 20 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ET Switching to Continuous Forms To switch from single sheets to continuous forms 1 If a sheet of paper is loaded remove the paper by turning the platen knob or pressing and holding down the LF FF button CAUTION Failure to remove paper may cause a paper jam 2 Move th
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29. 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 MENU1 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 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 MENU button 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 POWER MENU MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O MENU TEAROFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD MICROA SAVE TOP MICROV User s Manual 4 3 PRINTING Table 4 1 MENU1 and MENU2 Settings Default Settings Setting For easy reference check N or record your default settings in the space below Print Feature MENUI MENU2 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
30. 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 1 Print quality Letter Report Draft High speed draft Pitch 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi Proportional spacing Other features 4 4 User s Manual PRINTING STARTING OR STOPPING PRINTING 3 Press the ONLINE button to return online You are ready to print using the selected menu Starting Printing Before you start to print make sure that paper is loaded Also verify that the paper thickness lever is set to the appropriate position 1 to D 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 provided by your software or computer To clear the print buffer place the printer offline and press the MENU and T
31. s primary configuration You can CONFIGURATION OPTIONS set the following options to ensure that the printer meets your requirements Tear off for continuous forms e Autoloading of single sheets Direct decoding of certain commands 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 Items Options lt TEAROFF gt MANUAL Description Auto or manual tearoff feed Automatic tearoff feed is invalid and tearoff feed must be done using the TEAR OFF button Automatic tearoff feed is valid but only for continuous forms Tearoff feed can also be done using the TEAR OFF button apo dnjas User s Manual 5 41 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIGItems Options Description lt TEARPOS gt Tearoff position VISIBLE Select this option when your software positions forms to the next top of form after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed without adding a form feed when data transfer has stopped Select this option when your software stops after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed after adding a form feed when dat
32. yourself with everyday printer operations such as loading paper selecting print features and printing see Chapters 3 and 4 2 28 User s Manual SETTING UP INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER A printer driver is required for using the printer in a Windows environment Special printer drivers are provided with the DL3750 3850 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 DL3750 3850 printer driver is a printer driver for monochrome printing The color data printing result may differ from its print preview or the monochrome data printing result User s Manual 2 29 SETTING UP 2 30 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING This chapter explains how your printer uses paper Topics covered are Selecting paper Overview of paper operations Adjusting for paper thickness Using single sheets Using continuous forms Feeding and positioning paper 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 SELECTING PAPER 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 multi
33. 2 11 Items setup ADJUST eee 5 40 BARDNWRE eene 5 30 MENUJ niit poteit 5 14 MENU Zorita 5 14 Labels printing eene 3 22 LAN interface cable connection sees 2 20 optional setting eee 5 32 specification sees D 12 LANGUGE 42 55 oe Peers 5 22 Lever paper select ore emen 3 2 paper thickness usse 3 2 3 4 tractor locking sse 3 14 LF CODE 5 m ne eter 5 26 LE FF button eerte 3 2 4 2 LET END A eerte 5 20 Line f ed investi ett 3 3 DINE SP sita 5 17 Line spacing eee 5 17 LIST function sy ene reete 5 10 LOAD button 3 3 3 7 3 17 Loading cut sheet feeder sss 3 8 single sheets sese 3 5 Lubrication printer 6 1 A I Sn Maintenance printer ooooncnnnnninnnonconccanonnncnnconos 6 1 Margins CHECKING catene otto eed 3 7 N i 2 xs o RD d s 5 20 Pr 5 21 Menu lt lt FUNCTION gt gt 2 25 5 4 MENUJ b tton ceret eee 3 3 MENU1 and MENU2 changing options setup mode 5 14 on control panel eeeeeeeeee 4 2 MENUI function esses 5 14 MENU2 function eee 5 14 Multipart paper seen 3 2 B 8 User s Manual IN 3 INDEX National character sets all emulations
34. 62 21 570 9330 Fax 62 21 573 5150 Manufacturer contact FUJITSU ISOTEC LIMITED Printer Business Division 135 Higashinozaki Hobara machi Date shi Fukushima 960 0695 JAPAN Phone 81 24 574 2236 Fax 81 24 574 2382 URL http p fujitsu com group fit en Contact Email fit gsm ACs jp fujitsu com co FUJITSU
35. AP Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib 5P Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 1b Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Carbon Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets interleaved Top 35 64 g m 30 55 kg or 9 17 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 81 g m 30 70 kg or 9 22 Ib o Ss O Q o E o 5 a Top 35 52 g m 30 45 kg or 9 14 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Middle 35 52 g m 30 45 kg or 9 14 Ib Carbon 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 O User s Manual B 9 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS B 10 User s Manual COMMAND SETS This appendix describes printer commands and their parameters This printer has three resident command sets Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS native command set for Fujitsu DL series printers BM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Select the same emulation on the printer and in your software If your software emulations include DPL24C PLUS select DPL24C PLUS for optimum performance User s Manual sles puewwo9 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS
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37. FUJITSU DPL24C This section describes the printer commands for the DPL24C PLUS com PLUS mand set which is the native command set of this printer Function Command 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 and screening n 0 E N 2 3 4 5 6 n 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Normal Outline Shaded Outline and shaded Thin outline Thin shaded Thin outline and shaded Transparent Light dot matrix Heavy dot matrix Vertical bars Horizontal bars Slants Back slants Lattice One line double width characters on One line double width characters off Double width characters on off on n 1 off n 20 ESCG ESCH ESCE ESC F ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC e S n n SO or ESC SO DC 4 ESC W n C 2 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Command Double height characters on off on n 1 off n 0 This command does not adjust the line spacing Multiwidth and height printing n 0 Not adjusted Character pitch multiplied Line spacing multiplied Character pitch and line spacing multiplied h Tens digit of horizontal multiple 2 1 2 h Units digit of horizontal multiple v Tens digit of vertical multiple v Units digit of vertical multiple 0 h h or v v 11 Conden
38. LTN ISO Latin LATIN P Latin Polish WG 0 OM bh d DD GOD mh M di dox xd on 0 GOG o9 Qeon oui AMZ OOOO x m ODDO E MG ot v1 0 OUQ da rdg ouo e o0 e T Pas on a Uu Na ON N KS Xp X do da MeN Low Qo E o aN e oen AA DOT Qu Mori mMM Go Oo AMNHO REKAN erm eCOUVORhLUEHrAMYU RAO SAN MPI XO P OD e oa y IAG E AT Be x ox db or va oe zm 012345060789 ABCDEF Coe Nm sri uiomoo mmnuodnatmutm 0123456789 ABCDEF Il A VIC o ee Vc w B 005 Zconteenoagwo 2s awe 3 P tit m E J24 p pet be ell de ge To FR ma AN r Ted OD mw oO GO TN tee YR A HERO ODO ASA C 3 49 os DIA XD ESE A Age opt BIKAN RLODUR DIO ADAHESCO ROMNHD gt EX HN v w amongnomummuommunitazxzo Q eO m si ior 00 e wv A 2 FEU SM Gc X SI ON ui gt oo L H SCANMANOFADAMVANE LITHUA2 Lithuanian 2 LITHUAt Lithuanian 1 0123456789 ABCDEF RF QUEDA Hee om De TID SN ON OR ROoPPmLexummHHusgsamsgtu d dps ce I oO 3 4 uA A sr E TORS a a i T TOMKHOXRMENKN MEA EMOR ROUHDSEM OTP RMA BAMA OMX OSE M RP STOR UOugo ts gt XX NN we A PQVUTPVUH OSAKA EO D Om UO ESI D XX NOLO ce monmuumununmxuuizo Qm CO 0 P aO So P OD wy I A e wer FEU Be we aK o d ot un e L H Oeo msmioormdooqduinonmntutm 0123456789 ABCDEF i tH AL VIS Ho 9 Vc s ON amp AobRPBRexHmrmHEdUuanSsu TO GU oN 330 AN Ne N 24 Edd fj A aem dgonL
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40. 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 vertical print alignment Procedure Make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded in the printer If possible use forms at least 216 mm 8 5 inches wide for 80 column printers or 356mm 14inches wide for 136 colmun prnters 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 MENU1 and MENU2 Options for details Then proceed as follows to check and correct vertical print alignment Enter setup mode Press the MENU button and the TEAR OFF 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 V ALMNT SAVE amp END MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP 5 56 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Adjust the vertical print alignment at draft speed 2 Select the V
41. and bold as resident fonts H draft stands for high speed draft y Supported E 20 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS Resident font TI MA ss rdwop TUDO V Y90 0T PNO ax SS9 9 UII sed J Jp H National character set Swedish ISO 8859 1 ECMA94 Code Page 437 Code Page 850 Code Page 852 Code two Pass Code Page 855 Code Page 860 Code Page 863 Code Page 865 Code Page 866 Hungarian Hungarian two pass Slovenian Slovenian two pass Polish Polish two pass Mazovian Mazovian two pass Latin 2 Latin 2 two pass Name in setup menu SWEDISH ISO8859 ECMA94 PAGE437 PAGES850 PAGES852 PAGES852 T PAGES55 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGES65 PAGES66 HUNGARY HUNG T SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATIN2 T xx SUBS SNQUITN eouapuodsa 1o sos 19 9818y 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4442424 2 22 22222222 2 2 2 2 2 2 49IqEIE25 JINN 2 2 2 ouk ouk abo ut uh u udo uk uo ato uh ue ud DL qecR ee oum un cu A A 22 2 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 22 22 2 222 2 2 22 22 2 2 auo vsum AV u a uc euh uS o um e y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 Y 2 E eT EM m E AME EE com cd 2222 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 owes o A 2 2 2 2 LIN 22 22 22 22 22 Continued on the next page x USA is the same as Code Page 437 These are scalable and provided with upright italic and bold as resident fonts H draft stands for high
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43. 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 Parts Thickness One part 52 81 g m 45 70 kg or 14 22 Ib Carbonless 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 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 B 8 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS DR _ hr k K o oB9RR Ro R F Carbon backed Do not use in high humidity environments Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 1 Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 2P 3P Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib
44. data transfer phase This signal goes high when data being sent to the host is estab lished 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 Req Output 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 D 4 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION Return Pin No Signal name Data Available Output 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 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
45. e Bidirectional forward reverse channel mode or nibble mode This printer supports a bidirectional communication per Nibble mode of the TEEE 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 modes In the tables Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer 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 40 4 V low and 42 4 to 45 0 V high User s Manual D 1 INTERFACE INFORMATION D 2 Compatible Mode Return Pin No Data Strobe DSTB Description This signal is a strobe pulse for reading data Data 1 to 8 The printer reads data when this signal is low The pulse width must be 1 us or more at the receiving terminal Data 1 to 8 Data 8 pin 9 is the most significant bit however this pin is 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 ACK This pulse signal indicates that the printer has received data and is ready to accept the next set of data This signal is also sent when the printer i
46. emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items lt FONT gt continued Options TIMLS N TIMLS B TIMLS I DOWNLD Description Timeless Normal Prop Timeless Bold Prop Timeless Italic Prop Font 0 or font 1 in the printer s download RAM See Appendix F for font examples QUALITY LETTER REPORT HI DRFT Select the print quality that most often meets your needs Letter print quality This option provides the highest resolution but the slowest print speed It cannot be used with the compressed font Report 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 High speed draft print quality This option provides lower resolution than draft quality but at 3 5 times letter speed User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations MENUI and MENU2 Items lt PITCH gt Options PROP SP The notes are defined at the end of the table
47. 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 User s Manual CONVENTIONS 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 appendixes provide additional technical information about the printer 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
48. graphics High resolution graphics Select graphics mode in AG mode only ESC K n n data ESC L n n data ESC Y n n data ESC Z n n data ESC g n n m data ESC m c c data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Change bins at next page Cut sheet feed selection ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EMR 111 11211 C 11S1 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 ESCj ESC e ONLINE data ESC K nj n5 i QD p pj Indicates extended commands not supported by the original printer C 22 User s Manual COMMAND SETS EPSON ESC P2 EMULATION This section describes the printer commands for the Epson ESC P2 emula tion Asterisks in the Function column indicate extended commands that are not supported by the original printer Function Command 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 Shade
49. include LAN card Single bin cut sheet feeder Double bin adapter for cut sheet feeder RS 232C serial interface board The LAN card is a user installable option but can be installed 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 Note that the RS 232C serial interface is a factory or dealer installable option Options can be purchased from your dealer Order numbers for options are given in Appendix A See A ppendix A to check if your printer supports CSF option This chapter describes what to do after installing cut sheet feeder INSTALLING THE CUT A cut sheet feeder allows you to automatically feed single sheet SHEET FEEDER The ASF300 single bin feeder is available as an option for the 136 column printer For the 136 column printer a double bin adapter can be added to the single bin feeder ASF300 Single bin cut sheet feeder For details on using your cut sheet feeder see the section Loading Paper in the Cut Sheet Feeder Option in Chapter 3 CSS User s Manual 8 1 INSTALLING OPTIONS 8 2 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 SUPPLIES Supplies Order Number Ribbon cartridges Black ribbon CA02374 C104 Ribbon subcassette Black ribbon CA0
50. n 180 inch for letter and proportional 0 n 127 C 24 User s Manual COMMAND SETS User s Manual Set character pitch to n n x 256 360 inch 0 n 255 0 lt n lt 4 Select character pitch specify unit o pitch n 1 n 0 d 10to 19 10 3600 inch 1 360 inch d 20 to 29 20 3600 inch 1 180 inch d 30 to 39 30 3600 inch 1 120 inch d 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 Function Command ESC c n nj ESC U n n d Vertical Control Line feed Form feed FF Advance paper n 180 inch 1 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 lt 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 lt n 255 LF 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 n 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 n lt 255 1 lt k lt 32 Move print position n 60 inch 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 nz n n x 256 Vertical tab execution p beforehand HT ESCD n n NUL
51. nuclear 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 particu larly 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 Following notes for United States are valid for 100 120V model only 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 h
52. obstructions from the paper path Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 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 paper Paper jams while printing Move the paper thickness lever to position D Turn off the printer and remove the jammed paper Remove any obstructions from the paper path Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 O User s Manual 7 5 o 3 le o z 3 Q ET T9 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 2 Paper Handling Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Solution Paper jams while printing continued For continuous forms make sure that the incoming and outgoing paper stacks are correctly placed Paper should feed straight Reload the paper Paper slips off the forms tractors or the perforated holes of the paper tear during printing Make sure that the forms tractors are positioned correctly for the width of your paper and that the perforated holes of the paper fit directly over the tractor sprockets 7 6 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Tips for Clearing a Jammed Sheet from the Printer If a sheet of paper is jammed between the
53. of the print head carriage to the beginning of the next line A type of parallelinterface See Parallelinterface A vertical section on a printed page This printer can print 80 column pages at 10 pitch 10 characters per inch A set of print and format commands used to control the printer Each printer has its own resident command sets embedded in the printer firmware These command sets are actuated by codes sent from the host computer Print that uses condensed characters Condensed characters are narrower than regular characters Using condensed print increases the number of characters per line Connected fan folded sheets of paper that are fed into the printer using forms tractors The fan folded sheets are separated by tearing them at their perforations A panel containing the printer indicators and buttons The control panel is used to control printer operations such as loading paper selecting print features and changing setup options Characters per horizontal inch Also referred to as pitch For example 12 pitch means 12 cpi Characters per second See Single sheets An option that replaces the cut sheet stand The cut sheet feeder allows automatic loading from a stack of paper See A ppendix A to check if your printer supports CSF option Settings selected automatically by the printer when power is turned on Enter setup mode to change the defaults to ensure compatibility with your system hardware and soft
54. 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 print column 80 or 136 and the power supply input voltage 100 120 or 220 240 V C147 E047 06EN January 2014 Copyright 2004 2014 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 photocopying 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 respec
55. often necessary in networking environments where the printer may be shared One of the printer s two operating modes In setup mode the controlpanel can be used to select the printer default settings such as print features hardware options and top of form Setup mode also provides some diagnostic functions See also Normal mode Shadow printing prints characters twice for emphasis Characters printed the second time are shifted slightly to the right Single sheets are sheets of paper envelopes and noncontinuous multipart forms fed into the printer using the cut sheet stand Single sheets are also called cut sheets Fonts downloaded from a disk to the printer memory Soft fonts are also referred to as downloaded fonts Unlike resident fonts soft fonts are available only when in the printer memory Programs that control the computer and printer to perform specified tasks such as word processing database management and preparation of spreadsheets Software is sometimes referred to as application software The total space at the top of the printed page The top margin is the sum of the top of form setting the software specified top margin and the printer s TOP MRG setting The logical top of the physical page as understood by the printer when loading paper The default TOF settings are 1 inch 25 4 mm for both cut sheets and continuous forms User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Tractor feed A method for feedin
56. options lt TEAROFF gt MANUAL AUTO 3 Select an option Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to either MANUAL or AUTO Press the MENU button to select the option and print the lt TEARPOS gt item If other items must be specified do so now Otherwise go to step 4 4 Exit the CONFIG function Press the ONLINE button to exit the CONFIG function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 5 Do either of the following 5 48 Select another function or Exit setup mode saving your changes For details on other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button User s Manual USING SETUP MODE EXITING AND SAVING This section describes how to exit the setup mode save any changes you made To exit setup mode immediately select the SAVE amp END function Any settings changed while in setup mode 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 amp END proceed as follows 1 Print the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The lt lt FU
57. paper holders and lift out the paper Installing the Tractor Unit Install the tractor unit by following the procedure below if it happens to be disengaged from the studs 19ded I D 5 a 5 co 1 Turn off the printer 2 Remove the cut sheet stand and open the acoustic cover 3 Hook the notch of the tractor unit against stud 1 and then rotate the unit downward so as to set the other notch onto stud 2 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Tearing Off Continuous Forms Your printer has a special tear off edge that allows you to tear off printed pages without wasting paper The tear off edge is located on the ejection cover 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 CONFIG 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 2 Tear the paper off at the perforation Tearing off continuous forms 3 Press any button to retract the for
58. paper out response PPR OUT 5 30 changing top of form ses 5 40 perforation skip PRF SKP 5 25 DPL24C PLUS flowchart 5 58 PUD Er 5 17 entering eee aee 5 2 print direction PRT DIR 5 31 example oia 5 6 print quality eese 5 16 CXIUTIB 21A eei ote tree be eiie 5 49 Select Deselect commands DC3 CDE 5 26 ONG xis astra e LEES 5 63 setting of printing speed change processing overview of cr 5 4 SKIP PR neces etre enne 5 46 saving settings sseeseseeeene 5 49 setting of priority on TOF control single sheet fine adjust CUTFINE 5 37 TOF CT 5 iet teet 5 47 A A peri rte RES 5 7 setting of reducing backward line feeds Setup options BANDCTL entree 5 46 adjustment options eeeeeeee 5 36 setting of retracting control Alternate Graphics Mode AGM 5 25 continuous form CUT CTL 5 45 attributes ATTRIB ess 5 18 setting of the asynchronous status function buffer BUFFER eene 5 31 STATUS iiit e 5 46 buzzer ON OFF BUZZER 5 31 setting ribbon protective control carriage return CR ssesss 5 26 continuous form eene 5 45 character height CHAR H 5 18 single sheet top of form CUT ORO 5 37 character set CHR SET
59. printer on See the section Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options later in this chapter If you use MENU2 the emulation selected for MENU 2 must be the same as the emulation selected in your software See the section Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options later in this chapter 5 12 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Function HARDWRE Table 5 2 Required Options Cont FORMAT fyou have a serial interface the serial BAUD RT interface options selected on the printer PROTOCL must be the same as the settings you DSR selected using your software or your DUPLEX computer operating system If the settings CTS are not the same the printer will not CD print or will print garbage See the section Changing Hardware 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 Changing Print Position Adjustment Options later in this chapter CONFIG If you are using paper that is dark colored or preprinted with dark colors you may need to disable the AREA OVER detection function See the section Changing Configuration Options later in this chapter apo dnjas User s Manual 5 13 USING SETUP MODE CHAN
60. t AVTOK DS AMM A BO QOmMnNHOD FMANH KH Ok wcamuodnumumimnuonnunulzxzo CAHAMAMNOR AH e ay IA WOM Be SE ON un e L H QOO msiurdooqmmondnth tmn 0123456789 ABCDEF HE HAL VE S9 de Hoo 9 o ulcus S BBW wo ODP gan 3s eH a JH a o4 bed puse de des de 5 ee Sa HG rr 2X u woraouP2o9x2 RI EA 04 Q 5 ER C1 O o 07 0 Wed mdmrLAmmipmeuiczuuor MoM D1 Db EOS a N eee a t 060207 04 DA AMM Bao WOM A eh gt Rod DM N em on n i e moOOtmmotmUrm n5 uwlaxemo CAN 05 SPD AD DP ON ee wv AO mes ARUP be te KHON un 246 L H DHAAMAMUO EF OAMCMVAL PG DHN Code Page DHN ELOT928 ELOT 928 iH A ye 4 og 9 cs MF San RH OO IL re D OO 5 wu c 24 plo ep ese dsl eS So eea EX GAO Donum o b Po YA NN TAO 09 5 AO DO N ka 9 ASE EE TE E we A OMUDVH MA NMMA ESO A Otf U E4 I2 D XE DX ANH ml i e XmodGmugogmmutmnuadazazo C MO 0 sio o 0 o0 O av A gt END X oS dE t un eos L H 0123456789 ABCDEF SANO TFNO Aa 0123456789 ABCDEF rovubP29ex223 2207230 20 m 0u0uf02X i iuo EA UBHSOxA amp nne gwt t EOL AMI ONTDOHMKEAMO eo Hams 5 CeO aoa OI a A vo Monn ds gt Bx Nw me BQUVDBDVH AGAMA EEO AOWMNHOPEKANH i w amoolgmuiuomnunuioulgzxzo DANMPNOR ON av Hat z HUH Be wank e oy uh do ee L H OANARIOIORNDAANADA fa E 9 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS ISO
61. 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 Toexit 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 is useful when you first set up the printer Printing Hex Dumps apo dnjas User s Manual 5 53 USING SETUP MODE Procedure To print hex dumps make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded into the printer Then proceed as follows Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultane ously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed SAVE amp END V ALMNT lt lt FUNCTION gt gt MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP 5 54 Select the HEX DUMP function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under HEX DUMP then press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the HEX DUMP function The printer goes online and prints a header and a short help menu Print the hex dump To start hex dump printing send your file or program to the printer The pr
62. 0 60 Hz M33331A M33333A Average 140 VA Maximum 255 VA M33331B M33333B Average 150VA Maximum 255 VA Average 251 2 KJ h Centronics parallel Centronics parallel and RS 232C serial Centronics parallel and USB and LAN 0 256 2K 8K 24K 32K 96K or 128K bytes Maximum 128K bytes 128K minus data buffer size o Es e Q o E O 5 0 5 to 38 C 41 to 100 F 30 to 80 RH no condensation Wetbulb temperature less than 29 C 84 F 15 to 60 C 4 to 140 F 10 to 95 RH no condensation Average 49 dBA when printing in letter quality ISO 7779 Bystander Position Front B 1 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS ___Q_ _5 gt ___ ____ gt _a_ o gt M FF 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 Length Paper thickness 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 12 x 24 dots 9 x 24 dots Friction feed platen cut sheets Push tractors rear feed of continuous forms Paper loading by LOAD button Advancing perforations to tear off edge by TEAR OFF button Parking continuous forms when using cut sheets Single bin cut sh
63. 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 is under SAVE amp END press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF 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 5 8 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Points to Remember Load continuous forms paper before entering setup mode In setup mode the LF FF button cannot be used to feed paper To adjust the line position of paper in setup mode use the platen knob Whenever you enter setup mode short help menus are printed at the top of the page Help menus are also printed when youselect the SELF TST HEX DUMP or V ALMNT functions Use help menus for quick reference while in setup mode 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 item list To move forward print the next item press the MENU button To move backward print the previous item press the TEAR OFF button While in the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu or when selecting a function that contains items and selectable options press the ONLINE button to reprint t
64. 2374 C204 Print head CA02281 E718 OPTIONS Options Order Number Description RS 232C serial KA02013 C992 interface board LAN card KA02012 C103 Installable only on a printer model with the parallel and USB interfaces Cut sheet feeder For 136 column ASF300 FJ3801 Single binfeeder printers ASF300 FJ3811 Double bin adapter mounted on single bin feeder The optional cut sheet feeder can be used with printers with the following product numbers KA02010 B111 KA02014 B111 KA02010 B211 KA02014 B211 KA02010 B311 KA02014 B311 KA02010 B115 KA02014 B115 KA02010 B315 KA02014 B315 o User s Manual A 1 SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS A 2 User s Manual PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS 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 Dimensions Height Width Depth Weight Approximately AC power requirements Model Model Power consumption Model Model Heat generation Interface Data buffer size Download buffer Operating environment Storage environment Acoustic noise 80 columns 136 columns 120 mm 4 72 in 120mm 4 72 in 415mm 16 3 in 570 mm 22 5 in 330 mm 13 in 330 mm 13 in 7 3 kg 16 lbs 9 7 kg 21 4 Ibs M3333 1A M33333A 100 to 120 V 10 50 60 Hz M33331B M33333B 220 to 240 V 10 6 5
65. 5 15 lock function of setup mode LOCK 5 44 Software using sse 2 26 4 2 MENUI and MENUZ2 options 5 14 SSS eT IN 6 User s Manual Specification THteTfaCe ss 4i Acct at fas e e teh D 1 paper dote eR ES B 6 V ALMNT function occocononnonononnnnnnnincnnnncnnnnoss 7 12 jsp EE et eas oes B 1 Vertical character displacement Supplies tn ce eere A 1 COrrecting iii id 7 12 TEAR OFF button seen 3 3 WTO Tis 5 25 Tear off setup Options cooooconnniccnncnnonincncnnonnos 5 41 Word length sss 5 31 Tearing off forms enironte 3 18 WORD LG eene enne 5 31 Testing printer Offline oder e eme 2 13 Top margin changing ee 35 21 XON XOFF protocol eee D 10 TOP MRGr i iini Ro nm E 5 21 EL A L M ZEROFN T dea eld Hed 5 25 Unidirectional printing A dossier nial Aiea Arie uL 5 44 Unpacking 7 5 oth re emen 2 3 USB interface cable connection 2 20 optional setting esee 5 32 specifications seen D 11 A _ ___ _ User s Manual IN N INDEX IN 8 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 ON Canada LIN 8E9 Phone 1 905 286 9666 Fax 1 905 286 5
66. 865 866 and DHN IBM 437 and 851 ISO 8859 1 and ECMA 94 Total of 63 national character sets o ke O Q o E O 5 0 User s Manual B 3 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Fonts Resident Bit map Outline Downloaded Line spacing Character pitch Characters per line 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 17 1 cpi 18 cpi 20 cpi PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS Print speed Letter Report Correspondence Draft High speed draft Eighteen fonts available Courier 10 Pica 10 OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Prestige Elite 12 Boldface PS Correspond ence 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 ESC P2 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 80 columns 136 columns 80 cpl 136 cpl 96 cpl 163 cpl 120 cpl 204 cpl 136 8 cpl 231 cpl 144 cpl 244 cpl 160 cppl 272 cpl cpi characters per inch cpl characters per line 10 cpi 12 cpi 113 cps 135 cps 225 cps 270 cps 225 cps 270cps 360 cps 432 cps 400 cps 480 cps for 80 column printer 448 cps 537cps for 136 colmun printer cpi characters per inch cps characters per second B 4 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPE
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68. A dame em Sr D Cl aora aah Pane YA a A Ca o Dam Banoo FP o amp He YAR O a N E 5 cmm 222922 amp amua ESa rsue y joe Rua ZEBR SZ CO HHS o 5 S a Ss 3 a a Bae HnkpHEERGRU id CO O m o dosi do d OU XD XD ond oed o i o o Na E sg ml aon aver BK aN ee E o ml eon nese ee anwa Y 23 2 o m S82 e 2 D A G o sonoros meno amp wl dao0do0wunuduocusagsgo A o x Tp 20 a ut gt 2 O OM NH D gt EMA Nee wl n Out DS EM HNO He ow o oc ie e x E E O oudmonosUmomauoudzuo O t cexmnmo uisiomueaesxmlxuo o o N LLI 3 A 2 Z A na e Oe osi ran rv ok A SS lo am lt nonon ey Ac sS i oO o bd E 3 2 E 5 a op o Nj Bu zo eRe X ndo N gers BHR ax od of O ase 58 m Oo hfe S ER o nao m N q eggs P HERBS RRB S ae deses S8 Alli o Us lt 22338 o O PRGEREYeaessesan o 2 33 Hak EkBSU Gm RS 8 o TT o qe I ww E 8o o E Q eo o stan e o0 0 4 0 O0 CO il is o z3 Q ec o sri p re 60 0 AO O Ed me O An 338 0U0U0 o o E 1 r a p zZ TT lt 2 tcc z e o anuo O O a FE q ayas IO gt rzoa s5 oqaeOn User s Manual CHARACTER SETS The following shows character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation Characters differ in codes 128 to 255 hex 80 to FF ITALIC AND GRAPHICS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION Italic Character Set amp UO ne DBM ANY AR fs GAUT O4 MH AN BHO fu CP VQ amp OD Ap b B oM Ke LIDAD Ep Uo ey RSs DMN MTA WN u ee VILLA S gt MMe oc X FE RT
69. ALMNT function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under V ALMNT then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select the V ALMNT function The printer prints the help menu then starts printing rows of parallel bars using letter quality speed 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 LOAD button until the bars are aligned If the bars are offset to the right repeatedly press the LF FF button until the bars are aligned In the following figure the first line is assumed to be printed from left to right HT ani H Wim MATT TIU IB EL ELLE E EEEL LL titii IFA LEE gl I AIN MD MI PEEP CEPT E GL IL G G Bars offset to the left Bars offset to the right Adjust the vertical print alignment at correspondence speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from letter speed to corre spondence speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described step 3 Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from correspondence speed to apo dnjas draft speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described step 3 User s Manual 5 57 USING SETUP MODE 6 Exit the V ALMNT function Press the ONLINE button to exit the V ALMNT function and save the new
70. CIFICATIONS eee eee l Line feed speed 80 ms per line at 6 lines per inch Form feed speed 5 6 inches per second Ribbon life Up to 5 0 million characters Certification Safety ES Cor ea eee M 33331A UL60950 1 United States United States M 33333A for 100 to 120 V CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 Canada for 100 to 120 V M 33331B EN 60950 1 Europe M 33333B for 220 to 240 V EMI regulation M 333338 l ASINZS CISPR22 class B Australia and New Zealand AAA Note 1 For European user o ke e Er o E O 5 a This is a class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures SCS User s Manual B 5 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS EEE PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Print Area This section illustrates the recommended print area for single sheets and continuous forms 102 266 7 mm 4 10 5 in May be for 80 column printer decreased to 102 420 mm 4 16 5 in 4 23 mm for 136 column printer 1 6 inch However line l spacing may be uneven 25 4 mm 1 inch 76 364 mm 3 14 3 in i May be decreased for 80 column printer Print area to 4 23 mm 76 420 mm 3 16 5 in 1 6 inch for 136 column printer However line spacing may be uneven 25 4 mm 1 inch Printarea may be offthe paper 5 08 32 mm 0 2 1 26 in 5 08 mm or more depending on for 80 column printer 0 2 inch or more k 5 08 38 mm
71. Channel signal pin 11 is used instead of the Data Terminal Ready signal pin 20 D 10 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION ST 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 No Signal line name Function Power supply Data transfer Data transfer 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 ee User s Manual D 11 INTERFACE INFORMATION LAN INTERFACE D 12 Cable This printer supports the 10Base T and 100Base TX cables Connector pin alignment EAE DN Nd Receive data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 User s Manual Character Sets 9 fa H H AC VES 9 9 cV S s N fS Ba Hl h AL V 3 Mj 32h EA01P9D00390c RA 33415E50501r0000390 O Y a B ala bes cL GN NaUE a 4 H Li ONE Nem 282 S o 24 pl ey e 4r Op tq j pee ey el o 3 55 o 3 2 a m PETEBAT a r7 m TT FA
72. Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Change bins at next page Cut sheet feed selection ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EMR 1111 11211 C 11S1 Miscellaneous Sound the bell Move print head to home position Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 2 0 Initialize printer Enter online setup mode BEL ESC lt ESC U n ESC ESC e ONLINE data Indicates extended commands not supported by the original printer User s Manual PARALLEL INTERFACE 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 This parallel interface can operate in the following two modes Unidirectional forward channel mode or conventional mode This printer supports a conventional Centronics interface
73. D X PA PH Mo Qeon t i mnoonmimomut uidzemo Oem AN OM SiO XO P9 00 OS ey HA Oe A ae o dg or wa L H Co e 005 iO 1o D 00 OS C A O A A a 0123456789 ABCDEF HEAD MAA od 9 eo Vc us OM Baw d 3 O Zo bo D 0o 8 AUS ode 2 At HN ec eoe d M ew I 4E i Tc r A WH OSM Ba ook P Ya A 8 RB OO HO 3 DOO UO ae OO OOo HO XD AD A oe od ot G Agua sd Fx aN BAGH U odd OU 0umccuox amp ago f OmU RDDExswRG O ux monmguomunmn r huuxzo Be NOP AO P ON e VY HAO 2 oe d RA co eN ua L H 2 oe4 CN 09 P 10 AD P OA ef m OO AAW KOREA Korea DANISH2 Danish2 0123456789 ABCDEF L J IN N v a e o s e EN M Bun eEnoAreoawo g awe H i u l e A DUE zu L A oJ dp sr TUE ESSE To Fr FASAN r MAO DEZA ory Ana YR A 8 RH OOOD DOD OD ES ODO d ud d 0 OU XU HU n A Hi aL APUDI XxrPmMNcw d Q 0 O Qu Odd mx ESO AOMNHD gt EKHNH gei MWECMNVAAHRUDHHAMHAEZO SCANMANOM OAD wv A 2 FE UR Be mH eK 4 od t0 wa CHANMTMUOPAOADCAMVAML 0123456789 ABCDEF Las PE OHE AL VI a H0 0 4 V6 s 3art FwWortrerew Devos BUC aie s bet HN Es 24 pe se bey peel deed eS FES A EN aa GA OM um ow ae L OF wwe YA 3d 8 83840 0040 CoD cQ DO oboe ph QD D o n xd DD XD Don oe on of arun Sx ANB AWS VAQUVUBIHRGANMA EGO ACMAHD E gt EX HN MED ae muodltmuingcununo0xazxzzo C M OO Sio 0 DARA say A 0 Si HUSO Gi Ae kx o d o u
74. Description 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi characters per horizontal inch Proportional spacing 1 12 inch per character space LINE SP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 Ipi lines per vertical inch 6 lpi 3 Ipi double spacing ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD CHAR W NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES 1 Change also the pitch 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected Standard character width ABCD Double character width ABCD Quadruple character width A Y O IO apo Lacey sy User s Manual 5 17 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 ti D ipti MENU2 Items Options escription lt CHAR H gt Change also the line spacing if 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected NORMAL Standard character height ABCD abcd 2 TIMES Double character height ABCD abcd 4 TIMES Quadruple character height MO abed lt ATTRIB gt Selects an attribute to add emphasis to your documents Only one attribute may be selected at a time NONE Standard characters no attributes ITALICS Italic printing CONDNSD Condensed printing 1 SHADOW Double printing with a slight horizontal offset Double printing at the same positi
75. EAR OFF 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 Stops printing and lights the red PAPER OUT indicator or 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 User s Manual 4 5 PRINTING 4 6 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 CAUTION When using the cut sheet stand or 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 supplying 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
76. EG GGG uu uLuIOD LG PTS puewwog ESC e D data User s Manual COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command 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 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Change bins at next page Cut sheet feed selection ESC m n n data ESC e b m n n data or ESC e B m nj 1 data ESC K n 1 data ESC L n n data ESC Y nj n data ESC Z nj n data FS Z nj n data ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EMR 111 11211 C 11S Initialize Printer Reset printer Reset printer Initialize printer ESC ESC CR P ESC SUB I Bar Code Printing Print bar code b Total number of parameters R fixed To be continued ESC DC4 b R c w h a ch ch User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function c Type of bar code Decimal Type of bar code Codebar nw 7 EAN 13 EAN 8 Code 3 to 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 UPC type A Code 128 UPC type A with checkdigit printing eWBPrPraannskwne Width of narrow bar in 1 1440 inch units Height of bar code
77. ENUI and MENU2Items OPtions Description 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 BELLA Top margin setting apo dnjas BE User s Manual 5 21 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations MENUI and MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt Options UK GERMAN SWEDISH PAGE437 PAGES850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ECMA94 ISO8859 PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T The notes are defined at the end of the table Description 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 and 3 American English Same as c
78. ER SUCH PROGRAMS INCLUDE WORD PROCESSING DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING FOR EXAMPLE The acronym for American National Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII is a set of 256 codes numbered 0 to 255 used to communicate information between a computer and another device such as a printer The speed in bits per second at which data is transmitted to a device such as a printer Baud rates apply to serial data only 1200 baud equals approximately 120 characters per second Alternate printing of lines from left to right and right to left Bidirectional printing is faster than unidirectional printing because there are no carriage returns The smallest unit of information in computer memory A bit is a single digit either a 1 or a 0 in the binary numbering system Eight bits equal one byte A storage area for data in the printer or computer The printer s buffer consists of a print buffer and a download buffer The print buffer holds data to be printed The download buffer holds downloaded data such as download soft fonts A byte consists of eight bits that constitute one symbol A byte represents a single character such as number letter or special control character User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Carriage return CR Centronics interface Column Command set Condensed print Continuous forms Control panel cpi cps Cut sheets Cut sheet feeder Defaults Dot matrix The return
79. ESC n nj ESC Vn n PTS puewwog This pitch is the default but can be changed by the ESC U command C 25 COMMAND SETS ESC P2 C 26 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 d x 256 360 inch n 2 n 0 0 lt d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 Vertical relative move by d d x 256 360 inch n 2 n 0 0 lt d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 32768 lt d d x 256 lt 32768 ESC V n 1 dj d ESC v nj n dj d Page Formatting Set right margin to column n 1 amp n lt 255 Set left margin to column n 0 n 255 Set top and bottom margins from top of page n 4 n 0 e Top margin f t x 256 360 inch 0 lt t lt 255 0 t lt 127 e Bottom margin b b x 256 360 inch 0 b 255 0 lt b lt 127 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt n lt 127 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 lt n lt 127 Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set page length to d d x 256 360 inch n 2 n 0 0 d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 ESC Q n ESC I n ESC c n n t t b ESC N n ESCO ESC C n ESC C NUL n ESC C nj m d dy Chis pitch is the default but can be changed by the ESC
80. ETS DANISH2 Danish2 DANISH1 NORWEGN Danish1 Norwegian 0123456789 ABCDEF dH h ALVES 4 do c s BN Buu Bg OO cibedgocosuuc 4 hell o E Haas Mo qq Eee eel prie dies a EE AG 3 0 T OS a Ao or L P ar Y A 1 8 OOS Sho D BAS AS Cn mi xD d ot Qe XU O A cd ot ont C figu mp db EGG AN wen me 0 0 Q O Ou OSH MMH Bao AOMBE RO HN eem CMVAWMhUMHHMHAEAO O eb OLEO EL DO DO e ee HE A 0 mr aE URI AR o db ot X vA dee Ou mwiouwrmooumnonmndtumumt u L H 0123456789 ABCDEF IHE REALI VI e a o do 9 c bs a N Boch La EB O Li oe DO Awe ode s LA Reel To pel lts les all Hs frr FE Ao Weel ODO Ad ov b Cavite Ya WMH ODO 0D aO D oO din o8 CSW OH D XQ AU e e orm RC ot UOwny sp ZA Nasa Y ADORNADAS sao UIKCNHOPEXANR EMD AMCMYVORUMHSEAMARAO C e OL Sio OR COD my HA OF er 4k Ur Qe k o oro un H T L H QC e 005 9i do 0 00 05 e 01 AA d The following character sets differ from the graphics character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION SPANSH1 Spanish1 DANISH1 Danish1 0123450789 ABCDEF HORAE VIE MM 4 Roo Vc s MN P exp EOIOO RPE Dao 2 uc dede Li CAE NaeE Es qe A dep el S r T a rc WHA OS Sg Zoro LOIS rt Y oA 4220003350004 Hs SDD ERE VU a ed i o Aou gy ap BANS He 1 86207 0H MAGA MMA Ea QOMNAHD DO SK DH NDS Zvi l c mouutmunuom
81. ETS RUSCII LATIN 9 0123456788 ABCDEF 3 3L uUg w VB ROoObbherxtutrBHunuoaomsu d FAA ei GE a 74 I He E pal i T FS e e E EN a TNOMHAOMMEMME MOR amp ORB extr B TAZ ADLN un mroptHi xOmsaxbubmBEuou Du n ne D gt BK RN w me AN Og Q9 MWOn owe EEO BORNEO gt EXMNG YO 9 monamnmom eseux xzgo CAN M iu OM 00 O3 mv lA E RRA o 4 ood ey P 9O E Eferoorooraa lt camvama 01234567898 ABCDEF 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 BABS mU Ad xd dU odd cd d 8 ONU XU QU XU oo n i Ce XO0O0O0O00x amp 8 amp o0o0d0n0wAad AGG oO CX Oe eH H o Ha 5 ON AS CONG 0 AW BV 0gQmx3muuesvriel Aon ny Ab BK Qe 4 Q U0 0H DH ANY H ESO AOSMNHIPExXAN So C OQvAnHOUOMHAMHAHBZAO CANMNTFMOR OAR avian ee of un PEO Qe L H CANMAMOMOADCMIVANE User s Manual E 14 Character Sets CHARACTER SETS 0123456789 ABCDENF HEH A MA Do 9 Vcn San FW omPeOogo2 Swe d eRe ee MN Na 24 qd doa e eee i i a E Wi OG A Za ay E A 80 00 23 PUO D U Waa C 33 4D ud ud odo U OO OO ETS Moe 4 D EX AN EOD BOAQVSYUHMHAMYXA ESO UMNHO gt SH ma Mo Qt wmetMoOMmHUMHAMHAE ZO DANN AIO SO P OA e wy HAO f ETE 48d rx un e 0123456789 ABCODEF ITALIAN Italian L H f e msi uo ooqXmunodoOtum HE ADVIS oH o V c os P Ban ho ODP eDcawo Zs awe 4 PARA Cet M NS 2q i bee ei a TTS Fra ae Woe OD Aa o0 E YR n 8 89 0 000 C
82. GE865 KAMENIC HBR OLD ICR CODE CR ONLY LF CODE LF amp CR RGHTEND WRAP ECMA94 KAMEN T PG862 CR amp LF LF ONLY OVR PRT DANISH2 TURKY HBR DEC FINNISH TURKY T GREEKII NORWEGN CYRILIC ISO TUK T 1 I ISO8859 IBM437 RUSCII PG852 IBM851 LATAIN 9 PG852 T ELOT928 4 This menu is not displayed on the DL3750 printer User s Manual 5 59 apo dnjas USING SETUP MODE HARDWRE AD JUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT TEAROFF MANUAL TEARPOS VISIBLE TEAR EN 0 SEC CUTLOAD AUTO LOADTIM 0 5 SEC AUTO ALWAYS 1 SEC BUTTON 1 0 SEC 1 5 SEC 2 SEC 2 0 SEC Y 4SEC 2 5 SEC 6SEC 3 0 SEC Displayed when Displayed when TEAROFF AUTO CUTLOAD AUTO DECODE DIRECT AREACNT ENABLE OAD OFFLINE LOCK NONE ON L ONLINE ISI DISABLE ENABLE CONT PE TRACTOR 5 60 QUEUED DISABLE SETUP EDGE ALL y lt lt GATER ENABLE CUT CTL PRCISIN
83. GING MENU1 AND MENU2 OPTIONS 5 14 The MENU1 and MENU functions allow you to change the print options assigned to MENUI 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 emulations 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 MENU1 and MENUZ2 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 MENU1 and MENU2 options is described after Table 5 3 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulat
84. Hoxmxs amp wunzmrot f OR m OrXTEBE nm 0Dsw Inm rn AK MSMR Sm Ot A 3b zxP Ne i TN 0n0gumazudgnoxukRco ARANDAS EA ANO mo SRADAdADUIHAXJZZO DANMNAMONR OD aw nts E ENY Be x tS EON un eee L H O ANA RIADA AAA User s Manual E 10 CHARACTER SETS MACEDON Macedonian MIK Character 0123456789ABCDEP RomAUhe rex oro se SOMAHeOXE MOSH ME AED iZ E El oy dei y 2 LT Ff X00 Qi XBOND AGH LOU DW MNO LoOocsADUra e xro t RF La PE e6 HI 5 ROMA ma mA Ma H B 4 UOunv 3 XX ANH od d ondouodgunxuu amp ro Qi Ot UD EOD D EX NOTI eCMoUAMRHRUMHEXHAEAZO Oo o0 sio or 0 O eom vl Ane gt HU Be A eee o oe L H QOO uoa sio orooodXmodntiamntu 0123456789 ABCDEF HL FD AD VIE SMS o n eee Qe nw Same EN OA rPeOG 3 awe EE el y 24 EP Hemp Sl aer AOnRhPAX OF SAAR HH Ae BSOMHROXMN SME EROER GORD ekara gazo lt A EL oe 0 Nox o M SOs Bown a gt E N SQUVBVHOGHAOYH ESO AAH ZANA w eemonamuuomumus5uxmaxzo O c O40 00 sP iO SO P9 OM e ww AM HENO Gb un eee e AK oso L H C oce OC oO sPIiOo orco noomtm ABY ABG 0123456789 ABCDEF HON VI o Ho 9 s Vc ou MN E R anD l eS s u j A Nee 34 oben dou aep qeu ded o E ema ae dial ace a ls a E PXKAP gt WOrFADUPIDADSRD dE ADD IVA fac cdmwumodlux
85. I DOO D 0 Ama Oni Xp dodo d Ot D XU E oed ocn oo LOA 0D 3D gt Sx AN DOTS DAN 0 00w BMG AMMA ESO ACMHHOI gt SX AN MOM D MCEMVUAAHUMHNAMHA RAO SANMBPMOOM DOA ev tt Ao E FRM OP ee AR AX 08d un oe SR FINNISH Finnish nu 2100300500520 0H0k available in the DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E The following character sets differ from those of Code Page 437 USA emulation 0123450789 ABCDEF HEP AD ME See de 8o 9 Vc s M San FN oOAraDewvw 3 BWC 4 dE gt Ne 24 lea M ERE il E E ES 40 8 RR O0 ROD 0 ob oe ae IU doudou xd OY 4D oud at df ow i AMA SP SsKAN GOD I G QUGCH Doux BO f Ot UD E D D Sx AM Dal GCEMQUVUAEAHUDHAMAEZO SHAM SPD VO DP ON oS v M A 09 r UR Be X lo us ee e tS PAS AAA rr FRENCH French L H C0 c OU 00 SFO 40 P 00 0s KR OO I ta Ith AD vite 4 o cu B Sam ENO Lobo D 0 0 8 mu c 4 dE oS soi A NLLUUE 44 Pl ee el dE Cr FUE aT Wed OD ouo oy L OP os Y A E 2 R0 003d 7 o0 D D cine nce ODO Cet ed Odd eic QUe 5 b gt MANO ED t d2 0 0 Qu Dan mMYA goo A OU UO EA RP EKAN Bvt atiOVANHRUMHEAMHEAO SANMNAMNOR DMs av tate t Ube Be xo o N un ec L H 0123456789aBcDEF SPANISH Spanish SETS DPL24C PLUS AND IBM XL24E EMULATION NATIONAL CHARACTER j o QUO Srioumoooq ouuomut A E 15 User s Manual CHARACTER S
86. IER SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic NIMBUS SANS SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic TIMELESS SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and 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 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 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 a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts prints using prints using prints using F 2 User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS A4 size Application software ASCII Baud rate Bidirectional printing Bit Buffer Byte GLOSSARY OF TERMS A standard paper size used in Japan and other countries Paper is 210 x 295 mm 8 25 x 11 6 inches SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT PERFORM TASKS ON A COMPUT
87. L Dr air ar cler ir ar ar lir atr ir ir ir lir ar tir COOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOQOOOQOOOOOOGCOCOQOQOCO H Setup Mode 5 11 LOADTIM is printed after this line when AUTO option is selected for CUTLOAD 2 These are printed only for the DL3850 printer Printout of factory defaults using LIST 1l User s Manual USING SETUP MODE DECIDING WHICH OPTIONS The previous page shows a printout of the printer s factory default settings TOCHANGE In this printout options are listed by functional group Menu 1 settings MENUI function Menu 2 settings MENU2 function Hardware settings HARDWRE function Print position adjustment settings ADJUST function Configuration settings CONFIG function Most selectable options only alter print features such as the typestyle 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 Function Table 5 2 Required Options 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 MENUI is the default when you turn the
88. MPRSD ESC et BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP ESC e F COUR N COUR B COUR I ESC 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 DRFT 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 20 CPI ESCep or PROP SP ESCeH ESCh ESC US ESCM ESCP ESC p ESCi ESCes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LPI ESCe V 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 sles puewwoy Underline Factory default Cancel command EEE User s Manual C 15 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Attributes Selectable options in setup mode NONE ITALICS CONDNSD SHADOW BOLD Command ESC 4 ESC 5 SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC ei ESC 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 0 5 5 6 0 7 0 8 0 8 5 11 0 11 6 12 0 14 0 18 0 IN ESC C NUL ESC e C NUL ESC FF NUL ESC C ESC eC ESC FF 1 2 3 41 COLM Controllable in online setup mode 1 2 3 10 LINE Controllable in online setup mode Underline USA UK GERMAN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH SWEDISH FINNISH DANISH1 DANISH2 NORWEGN PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ISO8859 ECMA94 ESCR ESCeC PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T SOLV SOLV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN7 LATIN2 LATN2
89. Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description 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 specification is given priority Setup specification is given priority Indicates the end of the CONFIG item list Press the MENU button to pri the first item which is lt TEAROFF gt Press the TEAR OFF button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu User s Manual 5 47 apo dnjas USING SETUP MODE Procedure To change the printer configuration options make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultane ously 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 DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the CONFIG function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under CONFIG Press the MENU button to select the CONFIG function and print the following lt TEAROFF gt
90. NCTION 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 SELF TST or HEX DUMP function press the LF FF button instead of 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 MENUL MENU2 V ALMNT HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP 2 Select the SAVE amp END function Make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END Press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select SAVE amp END The printer exits setup mode and returns online the ONLINE apo dnjas indicator lights green Any changes you made while in setup mode are saved User s Manual 5 49 USING SETUP MODE RESETTING DEFAULTS 5 50 This section describes how to reset the printer s power on defaults all of the factory defaults or the factory defaults only for MENU1 and MENU2 Resetting Power On Defaults Power on defaults are the settings saved in the printer s permanent memory The defaults are enabled whenever 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 pri
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92. RIB NONE 2 TIMES 2 TIMES ITALIC SHADOW BOLD The AGM item is provided Ul j CHR SET SET 2 AGM OFF PRF SKIP NO SKIP SET I ON SKIP The LF CODE item s default is set to the other option AH LF CODE LF 8 CR LF ONLY o y r i Lo le Qa o Ca ss 5 61 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 5 62 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 l The ZEROFNT and LF CODE items are not defined The following options are different ui PAGE LG 4 0 LANGUGE USA UK GERMAN SWEDISH DA ISHI ITALIAN SPANSHI SPANSH2 JAPAN NORWEGN LATINA FRENCH PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ECMA94 DANISH2 ISO8859 PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUA1 LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON PG MAC ELOT927 ABG ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG862 HBR DEC GREEKII ISO TUK KOREA LEGAL RUSCII LATIN 9 CHR SET ITALIC GRAPHIC User s Manual USING SETUP MODE ONLINE SETUP MODE The preceding sections describe offline setup mode This section introduces online setup mode The tedious task of setti
93. RSTUVWXYZ 1 7_ abcdefghijklmnop neris PULL P IIT NS NOI E9514 foni qrstuvwxyzi Speen ane TnZoyur O0Q6egdenz ar LM 2m TUVWXYZ 137 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz nNaCGmcaclil init Fall ee BITE POQSmHeN tr2 lt Jee 0123 DN FT n AB GET Me Poo abede ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzi j nmae iio A pp E AIP nTouthOQdoPeN 2 lt Jee brat asd TL rod adeo FT o ane hailed oesrovmaret st abedelghi kl t ai6unnace cere 244 YSOEEME TEE fente ier IAN DELLA Peer IB FT asco RSTUVWXYZ abcde ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzi i hRa9incoiil x utn PIE Li A esent Silat crabs tora i Trost FUTT TU mim a TS r2sfJt te 52m Sample self test page 5 To exit the self test mode press the ONLINE button The printer will return online 2 16 User s Manual SETTING UP NOTE The printer can also print a special demo pattern that illustrates some of the printer s capabilities To print the demo pattern 1 Load a sheet of letter or A4 size paper 2 Turn the printer off 3 While pressing TEAR OFF button turn the printer back on The printer will start printing the demo pattern 4 The demo pattern stops printing after one page To pause or restart the demo during printing of a page press the ONLINE button 5 Toexit demo mode turn the printer off User s Manual 2 17 SETTING UP Printing technology 24 wire dot matrix Logic seeking Resolution Lett
94. SB LAN Connecting the interface cable 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 4 To secure a parallel interface cable flip the fastener clips located on the printer into the notches on the cable connector To secure a serial interface cable tighten the screws in the cable connector 5 Attach the other end of the interface cable to your computer Gently pull on the cable to verify that it is secure 6 Close the shutter 2 22 User s Manual SETTING UP SELECTING AN EMULATION Before printing with your software verify that the correct 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 Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS for Fujitsu DL series printers BM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Resident emulation
95. Select letter or draft quality ESC x n n 0 Draft 1 Letter C 28 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Command Select type style Bitmap font n 0 Courier Courier Courier Prestige Courier OCR B OCR A Courier Courier Courier Scalable font n 0 Timeless Nimbus Sans Courier Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Set scalable font mode m sets character pitch m 0 1 m gt 5 Keep previous pitch Set proportional space mode Select character pitch m 360 inch Reset proportional space mode n and n set point size of font Point size n n x 256 x 0 5 point 0 n 255 0 n lt 127 Copy resident character set to download area Create download font ESC k n ESC X m n n PTS puewwog ESC NUL n s ESC amp NUL n n dj d d data User s Manual C 29 COMMAND SETS ESC P2 C 30 Function Command 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 n 0 d 1 Raster image graphics mode Print raster image graphics ESC m nj n data ESC s n ESC K n n data ESC L nj n data ESC Y n n data ESC Z n n data ESC G n n d ESC c v h m nj n data
96. T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUAI LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON ABG ABY PG MAC ELOT927 DEC GR GREEK 11 PG862 HBR OLD HBR DEC ISO TUK RUSCII LATIN 9 Factory default Cancel command Uncontrollable by commands but controllable in online setup mode C 16 User s Manual User s Manual Character set COMMAND SETS TT Selectable options in setup mode SET 1 SET2 ESC7 ESC6 Perfora tion skip SKIP NO SKIP ESC N ESC O Paper width Zero font 8 0 IN 11 0 IN 11 4 IN 13 6IN 8 0 IN is default for 80 column printer and 13 6 IN is default for 136 column printer NO SLSH SLASH Controllable in online setup mode Controllable in online setup mode CR code ENABLE DISABLE CR ONLY CR amp LF Controllable in online setup mode ESCer LF code LF ONLY LF amp CR ESC el Right end wrap WRAP OVR PRT Controllable in online setup mode Paper out CNTONLY DETECT IGNORE ESC 9 ESC 8 Print direction Underline BI DIR UNI DIR Factory default Cancel command ESC U silos puewwog COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E IBM PROPRINTER XL24E EMULATION emulation Asterisks in the Function column indicate extended com This section describes the printer commands for the IBM Proprinter XL24E mands that are not supp
97. X DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the LIST function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under LIST Next press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU 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 NOTE To remove the printout turn the platen knob until the paper can be torn off at the perforation In setup mode you cannot use the printer tear off feature TEAR OFF button 3 Do either of the following Select another function or Exitsetup 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 red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button 5 10 User s Manual xum AST xu Or eb tt TUOMO ou mp OARS SSAA IZA ix 2000 ONOONO OWY ORODNA OF GIN So d OD OciOOIOOOOccC USING SETUP MODE lt lt Menu 2 settings gt gt gt a WOW Oo mU n E OOXXCOl4z rODuisi ZOAZ iI HI pe WEDOMTLVCOWR E Ouse oro 1491 FIO OO Lr z ZA z t DRu 0 2 40600050 1 Tu OIAHITA CU OTEK Oh WU Oo Li O c DH OO BNO US K EMULATE DP CNIECN
98. a 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 specified 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 5 42 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIGItems Options Description EAR E In some application programs data continued 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 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 LOADTIM Autoload start time 0 5 1 0 Autoloading starts when this 1 5 2 0 amount of time passes after you set 2 5 3 0SEC single sheet paper
99. able font Screened outline QC A BI S Demo pattern 2 18 User s Manual SETTING UP CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER Your printer supports one of the following interface options Centronics parallel interface only e Centronics parallel interface RS 232C serial interface Centronics parallel interface USB LAN interface The RS 232 serial interface is a factory installed option for a Centronics parallel interface model Installation of the serial option provides a dual interface feature enabling the connection of either interface but inhibiting the operation of both interfaces at the same time 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 At the 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 At the computer end most computers including IBM PCs require a male DB 25P connector
100. acing re 6 3 currently selected options 5 10 ribbon subcassettes essere 6 3 Demo pattern ssseenene 2 18 Ribbon subcassette se A 1 problems ntes 7 2 7 3 14 Right end of page RGHTEND 5 27 Self testi a eie er epe epees 2 14 RS 232C serial interface riy e M 4 5 cable come sss 2 22 OP Ure eee ae 4 5 optional settings setup 2 26 5 32 using software sssssseeee 4 2 specifications ees D 7 with parallel interface 2 26 with serial interface sssss 2 26 Is Problems Operating a ueber pU Re 7 8 Select DC1 Deselect DC3 commands 5 26 paper handling 14 1 5 1 6 Self test printer sese 2 14 printer failures eene IS Oe tes Ge ested te cies fiverntdiartcl 7 12 printing rie e egeret 7 1 Serial RS 232C interface solving eee Deer ieee 7 1 A Gee AO Alcs cese ater itu 2 20 Protocols serial rero iriiri D 10 optional settings setup 2 28 5 32 PRT DIR Cuna 5 31 specifications s D7 Setup mode changing configuration options 5 41 changing hardware options 5 30 User s Manual IN 5 INDEX changing MENUI and 2 options 5 14 page length PAGE LG 5 19 changing print position adjustment options 5 36
101. amiliarize 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 Printing a List of Selected Options Deciding Which Options to Change Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options Changing Hardware Options Changing Print Position Adjustment Options Changing Configuration Options ExitingandSaving To restore the 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 Before entering setup mode load continuous forms paper 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 continuous forms paper is loaded and that the paper select lever is set backward 2 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline User s Manual USING SETUP MODE NENNEN 3 Press the TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons simultaneously until the printer bee
102. and then executes the paper loading opera tion The speed prioritized retracting control is executed It retracts the paper by the amount the paper was advanced apo dnjas M 9 User s Manual 5 45 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options DISABLE Description 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 If the 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 ENABLE DISABLE Setting of the asynchronous status function The status information is 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 ENABLE DISABLE 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 46 User s
103. aper loading instructions 2 Enter setup mode Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline Then press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button As the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information wes OFFLINE SETUP MODE Red cursor 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 ITEM menu drei rai sinatra cha O ANA AA ite tut ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select option amp return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu MENU Select function Select option amp print next item TEAROFF Select function Select option amp print previous item LOAD Move cursor to the right Move cursor right to the next option LF FF Move 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 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP VANLMNT pee cursor on print guide 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 red cursor on the plastic print guide Initially this cursor should be positioned under SAVE amp END at the b
104. aper select lever is set correctly Move the lever backward for continuous forms and forward for single sheets 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 paper holder is closed and forms tractors are positioned correctly to match the width of your paper Make sure that the printer does not detect the paper after you have ejected the loaded paper manually If the printer detects paper even though it has already been ejected press the LOAD button and have the printer perform the paper ejection operation then load the paper again User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 2 Paper Handling Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Paper cannot be loaded or fed continued Solution 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 open the front cover and make sure that the third stud from the left on the printer bottom frame projects Paper jams while loading Move the paper thickness lever to position D Turn off the printer and remove the jammed paper Remove any
105. armful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined 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 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 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 M33331A or M33333A 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 The length of the LAN cable must be 100 meters 330feet or less 3 The length of the power cord must be 2 meters 6 6 feet or less BEEE User s Manual i li Notice for European Users This is a class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures User s Manual User s Manual lii TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv The contents
106. ating modes In normal mode the control panel can be used to perform everyday printer operations such as loading and unloading paper feeding paper and selecting print features See also Setup mode When the printer is offline it receives commands from the printer control panel rather than from the computer Offline indicates that the printer is not online with the computer When the printer is online it is ready to receive or is receiving commands from the computer The printer must be online to print A standard computer interface Information is transferred between devices over separate wires allowing all of the bits that make up the character to be transmitted simultaneously in parallel User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Park position Permanent memory Pitch Platen Proportional spacing Protocol Rear feed Residentfonts RS 232C interface Self test The position in which continuous forms paper is retracted or parked on the rear forms tractors When continuous forms paper is loaded it moves forward from the park position to the platen Memory that retains information even when power is turned off The printer s permanent memory retains the default settings specified using the printer setup mode Characters per horizontal inch cpi A hard rubber cylinder that moves paper forward during printing Character spacing in which wide characters occupy more space than do narrow charact
107. ble and select a good location for the printer Identify the printer s major parts Connect the power cord and the interface cable Test the printer before connecting it to your computer Select an emulation and print a sample page using your software Installing the printer driver Problems in Chapter 7 If the problem persists contact your dealer This printer is suitable for most business office and home environments To obtain peak performance from the printer select a location that meets the following guidelines A y 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 User s Manual 2 1 SETTING UP Y Do not expose the printer to extremes of temperature and humidity 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 such as copiers or coffee makers Such equipment often emits electrical noise or causes power degradation 2 2 User s Manual
108. button to print the menu If you are using the HEX DUMP function press the LF FF 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 DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 5 52 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 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 2 Select the SELF TST function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under SELF TST and then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button The printer selects SELF TST and starts printing A short help menu is printed at the top of the page followed by the self test Note that the printer is not online during self test printing Examine the self test page A sample self test page is shown in Chapter 2 To pause during self test printing press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button To resume self test printing press the FONT button or the MENU button again Exit the SELF TST function Exit the SELF TST function in either of the following
109. canon ccnnncnnos 5 17 AREA OVER indicator eese 4 7 height eite ies 5 18 ATIRIB u me om cae tees 5 18 Pcia eh eH 5 17 Attributes fOMt cocccnonononocnnnnnnnnicnonanannncnonnn 5 18 SOUS o e eerte teet ee x Uer etd been 5 25 Width iei aia 5 17 5mi CHR5SET uretra oli 5 25 AA eee prede 6 1 Back cover cias 2 11 Clear print buffer sss 4 8 Bidirectional printing see 5 31 Command sets resident ssssuss Cl Bold e dada 5 15 Compatible mode sss D 2 A edat 5 31 Compressed font 5 15 Buffer iso 5 31 Condensed printing ss 5 18 Buttons Connecting LEVEE 3 3 3 7 4 2 interface cable sss 2 20 LOAD llamo da t rs 3 3 3 7 4 2 POWEL COId 5 etuer etate RES 2 11 MENU etarra idein ids 3 3 4 2 Continuous forms ONLINE aaeain 2 26 4 2 loading intere teh ems 3 13 TEAR ORFS refecit mens 3 3 4 2 placement ia esheets aes eR 3 12 12107A E A at ated an dto ad d 5 31 tearing off sees teeeeeeseeneees 3 18 unloading 1 nets 3 17 Control panel 2 10 3 2 4 2 Correspondence i is iseitis irinse 5 15 Cables Courier 10 sis acr t Aie tentes 5 15 Li esae ce ie 2 20 X CE CODE eene 5 26 parallel interface eseessss 2 19 Cursor on print guide 2 25 5 4 senalanterface 45 eem 2 19 Cut sheet feeder MAE ECHO 2 20 installing ssssessesess
110. ch Set line spacing to n 216 inch 0 n 255 Set line spacing to n 180 inch in AG mode 0 n 255 Preset line spacing to n 72 inch 1 lt n lt 255 Preset line spacing to n 60 inch in AG mode 1 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch or to the value preset by line spacing command ESC A n LF FF ESC J n ESC J n ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 3 n ESC 3 n ESC A n ESC A n ESC2 sles puewwoy User s Manual C 19 COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E Function Command Change graphics line spacing base to 1 216 or 1 180 inch for ESC J and ESC 3 m 4 m 0 0 lt 1 lt 255 0 lt 1 lt 255 15 20 t 180 or 216 ESC m m t t Tabulation Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs The values of n to n 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 n lt 255 1 lt k lt 28 Clear all horizontal tabs Move print position right by n 120 inch O lt n n lt 255 n n n x 256 Vertical tab execution 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 64 Clear all vertical tabs Reset tabs to default values ESC D NUL ESC d n n VT ESC B n n NUL ESC B NUL ESCR Page Formatting Set left margin at column n and righ
111. cter Set Control Select character set 1 Appendix E gives the character sets Select character set 2 Appendix E gives the character sets Select international character set n 0 USA France Germany United Kingdom Denmark 1 Norway Sweden Finland Italy Spain 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 ESC C NUL n or ESC e C NUL n or ESC FF NUL n ESC e f n n ESC 7 ESC 6 ESC R n User s Manual C 7 sles puewwo COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command Select code table n 0 Code page 437 1 Code page 850 Code page 860 Code page 863 Code page 865 5 ISO 8859 1 ECMA 94 Select extended character by character number 0 nnn lt 664 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits ESC e C n ESCeE nj 1 1 Word Processing Line justification on Automatically center printing Reset word processing features Font Selection and Downloading Select font m with source and style set by n em bits 0 and 1 Font device selection Selection of font 0 0 Resident font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 0 Resident font em 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 ESC m n
112. cution Set horizontal tabs The values of n to n 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 n lt 255 1 lt k lt 255 Move to print column n 1 lt n lt 255 Move dot column n 360 inch n n n x 256 The value below is for 136 column printers 0 lt n 255 0 n lt 19 0 lt n x 256 n lt 4895 Horizontal relative move by n 360 inch 999 lt n n n lt 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits of the distance sis a plus or minus or sign Vertical tab execution 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 n 255 1 lt k lt 64 Move to line n 1 lt n lt 255 HT ESC D n n NUL ESC HT n ESC n n ESC eR s n n n VT ESC B n n NUL ESC VT n Page Formatting Set right margin 0 n 255 Set left margin 0 lt n 255 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt n lt 127 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 lt n lt 127 ESC Q n ESC 1 n ESC N n ESC O ESC C n or ESC ec n or ESC FF n User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set page length to n 360 inch n n x 256 nj 0 lt n n lt 255 l lt n x 256 n 7920 Chara
113. d 3 Outlined and shadowed One line double width characters on One line double width characters off Double width characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Double height characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Condensed characters on Condensed characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Underline on off on n 1 off n 0 ESC G ESC H ESC E ESC F ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC q n SO or ESC SO DC4 ESC W n ESC w n SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC S n ESC T ESC n sles puewwo User s Manual C 23 COMMAND SETS ESC P2 Function Command Select line ESC n n 23 n 20 d 21 d d d d 0 Ignore command 1 Underline 2 Strike through 3 Overscore d Oor4 Cancel line selection 1 Single line 2 or 3 Double line 5 Single dotted line 60r7 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 Elite pitch Proportional spacing Condensed Shadow Bold Double width 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 n 1 off n 0 Set inter character space to n 120 inch for ESC SP n draft or
114. d Printing continues in the bottom margin of the page 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 2 zero with a slash This is useful to distinguish the capital letter O from the number 0 Invalid for some soft fonts apo dnjas NO SLSH 0 SLASH 0 r M User s Manual 5 25 USING SETUP MODE SS SSS ay Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 Options Description MENU2 Items lt DC3 CDE gt ENABLE Enables the DC1 and DC3 codes 4 Any data received between DC3 and the next DC1 is ignored DISABLE Disables the DC1 and DC3 codes These codes are then ignored CR CODE CRONLY Noline feed is added to a carriage return c ABEDMNGBE A line feed is added to each carriage return ABCDEFG IJKLMNOP LF CODE LFONLY Nocarriage return is added to a line 3 feed ABCDEFG IJKLMNOP A carriage return is added to each line feed ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP 5 26 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identi
115. der accordingly User s Manual PAPER HANDLING To load paper in the cut sheet feeder 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on and continuous forms are retracted to the park position For details see the section Unloading Continuous Forms later in this chapter 2 If necessary reset the paper thickness lever See the section Adjust ing for Paper Thickness earlier in this chapter 3 Move the paper select lever forward This lever is at the top left 19ded corner of the printer I D 5 2 5 amp 4 Prepare the feeder as follows Preparing the cut sheet feeder To open the paper bin push the bin lever up to the OPEN position The bin lever is located on the left side or both sides of the feeder Push back both of the paper guide locking levers on the feeder Position the left paper guide Pull the left locking lever forward to secure the left paper guide n sGHe g User s Manual 3 9 PAPER HANDLING Adjusting 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 guide 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 Dow Make sure that the left edge of your paper falls within this area Slide
116. e IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items Options Description lt LANGUGE gt 2 continued FRENCH French ITALIAN Italian SPANISH Spanish DANISH1 Danish I DANISH2 __ Danish II FINNISH Finnish NORWEGN Norwegian 3 DANISH1 _ Danish I ITALIAN Italian SPANSHI SpanishI SPANSH2 Spanish II JAPAN Japanese NORWEGN Norwegian LATIN A Latin American FRENCH French DANISH2 Danish II KOREA Korea LEGAL Legal 5 24 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 ease MENU Items Options Description lt CHR SET gt 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 3 ITALIC Italic characters are available GRAPHIC Graphics characters ruled lines are available 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 perfora tion NO SKIP The perforation is not skippe
117. e ae os los un aon armaeery CDr TORNOS L H CQ eO o srioor commuodnumt 0123456789 ABCDEF Ba 2 Vis bdo ee con ee a 8 T FUN ORF eOawo 8s AUT E eat A al 204 Eq pe I JL TT Fu m nr WA OB quw OL Dew YR ADACOYANTDICO daa zas rescore Tanos UU ny So Bx Nom ee t DADO UH DE AHDOMAECO A QOMNEAD gt ZIX gt N 6 amp eamodnurmmnomunnun5w uazxzo QC ANO SP iO XO P OD e wv li A wet HEU Be wm kK H SE ON aA eee L H OANMNANOMADACMVAME ISO TUK HBR DEC 0123456789 ABCDEF L H SVG IO CO 000 CO S DS D 3 4 Unis OU d doro xd d RB On QU XU SO oH on i oH X Z0 O O 0 0 x BODODH Una AA ARA ROAR AM eH eH O Hm AR an O A Mel oH Y ORAH wm Q a riel QUAN D gt ZIAN 1 0 0 0 0 Qu BoAMMAE CO MOMNHD gt KANG m6 g amodufmutmuomnu u5 ezizo CO m O05 sri ior OD e ww I AO 5 HY Be o X 408 d t0 un 44 9 COMO nmi wrdoodumodotmmnt 0123456789 ABCDEF ADACOXANTD3Cc0u BS ZNaATE COr PASOS 3 ft jg dq t i Be 24 Re 44 te Il ard ASAS Fr maa r WHA OD GAG oL T anat YA X 8 RB QOO Go 00D U 0 09 08 OO ERE OU XU AU on e on eG APUI xX WN am 1 OLOD UH AGAMA EO B Ot 00 E D gt X 59 HANH c4 mtMvANLUMHHMAEZO CO MO o ioco O0 sv i vo 2 FEM Qe mw mK SL t0 2 ont L H SCANMAMNONRM ADA ACMVADA E 13 User s Manual CHARACTER S
118. e following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the ADJUST function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under ADJUST Press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select the ADJUST function and print the following CNT ORG options lt CNT ORG gt 1 6IN 1 8 6IN 2 6IN 3 6IN 4 6IN 5 6IN 6 6IN 7 61N 8 6IN 9 6IN 10 6IN 11 6IN 3 Select an option from 1 6IN to 66 6IN Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to the required option Press the MENU button to select the option and print the lt CNTFINE gt item If necessary fine tune the top of form position now Otherwise go to step 4 4 Exit the ADJUST function Press the ONLINE button to exit the ADJUST function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 5 40 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 5 Exit setup mode saving the top of form setting Make sure that the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button 6 Check the top of form setting Load your paper and check the adjustment by printing a sample page using your software If necessary reenter setup mode and fine tune the top of form position by changing the lt CNTFINE gt option CHANGING The CONFIG function defines the printer
119. e paper select lever to the rear to the continuous forms position 3 Press the LOAD button The continuous forms paper advances to the top of form position You are now ready to print using continuous forms paper TIPSONPAPERHANDLING General Tips Use high quality paper Do not use paper that is wrinkled or curled at 19ded I D 5 2 5 amp the edges 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 Store paper in a clean dry environment Multipart Forms Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets if possible Printing tends to become misaligned on the bottom sheet To ensure smoother feeding of paper stapled multipart forms raise the cut sheet stand to support the forms a El User s Manual 3 21 PAPER HANDLING 3 22 Envelopes When printing envelopes use the cut sheet stand or the manual feed slot Note the following Set the paper thickness lever to best accommodate envelope thickness When loading envelopes make sure that the envelope flaps face forward Otherwise the envelopes may jam in the printer Labels Be careful to check operating conditions when using labels Labels are sensitive to temperature and humidity Only use labels mounted on continuous forms backing sheets Do not print labels m
120. e that includes the lost data A User s Manual 4 7 PRINTING REMOVING PRINTED PAGES CLEARING THE PRINT BUFFER 4 8 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 reached To eject sheets manually use one of the following methods Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a form feed or Turn the platen knob clockwise 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 MENU and TEAR OFF buttons simultane ously 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 MENU settings paper loading position settings and downloaded fonts User s Manual HOWTOUSETHISCHAPTER USING SETUP MODE Your printer has two modes normal and setup Normal mode is used for everyday printer opera tions and is explai
121. eet feeder Double bin adapter Specific only for the DL3850 printer See Appendix A to check if your printer supports CSF option 1 to 5 part side glued or paper stapled fanfolded continuous forms or label sheets with sprocket holes 1 to 5 part top glued cut sheets and envelopes 80 columns 136 columns 102 267 mm 102 420mm 4 10 5 in 4 16 5 in 102 mm 4 in Same as left or greater 102 267 mm 102 420mm 4 10 5 in 4 16 5 in 76 364 mm 76 420 mm 3 14 3 in 3 16 5 in Up to 0 35 mm 0 014 inch B 2 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper length By software By control panel DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Number of copies Command sets emulations Resident Character sets DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Programmable in one line or inch increments in all emulations Depends upon emulations Default is 11 inches for all emulations 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 5 11 11 6 12 14 or 18 inches 4 4 5 5 5 5 11 11 5 22 inches Up to 5 including the original Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 BM PC character sets 1 and 2 BM PS 2 character sets code pages 437 850 852 855 860 863 865 866 and DHN IBM 437 and 851 ISO 8859 1 and ECMA 94 Total of 59 national character sets Fujitsu character sets 691 characters talic character set Graphics character sets 1 and 2 BM PS 2 character sets code pages 437 850 852 855 860 863
122. eginning of the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Press the LOAD button repeatedly to position the red cursor beneath MENUI as shown below lt lt FUNCTION SAVE amp EN f MENU FAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP E V ALMNT Press the LOAD button to position to the red cursor Press the MENU button to select MENUI 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 button repeatedly to position the red cursor under the required emulation Press the MENU button to select the emulation and print the next MENUI item ooo User s Manual 2 25 SETTING UP PRINTING A SAMPLE PAGE ONLINE 5 Exit MENUI Press the ONLINE button to exit the MENUI function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 6 Exit setup mode to save the emulation To exit setup mode and save the new emulation make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END Then press the MENU button The printer selects SAVE amp END and then goes online To change other printer settings using the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 Once the self test verifies that the printer is functioning correctly try prin
123. emoving and Attaching the Shutter When use of the shutter is not required remove it by using the following procedure 2 20 User s Manual SETTING UP Removing the shutter 1 Open the shutter 2 Gently push the back end of the shutter toward the front of the printer 3 While holding the shutter in the position described in step 2 rotate it in the manner shown in the figure on the left to disengage it 4 Remove the shutter Attaching the shutter Mounting slots 5 Tilt the shutter and pass the shutter tabs through the mounting slots starting with the slot on side a shown in the figure on the left The order in which the shutter tabs are passed through the slots is the reverse of that for removing the shutter CAUTION Take care not to use excessive force when pushing the back of the shutter toward the front of the printer Otherwise the shutter tabs may be damaged User s Manual 2 21 SETTING UP To reattach the shutter tilt the shutter and insert one of its convex parts into the installation hole of the printer and then insert the other part in the other hole After inserting both convex parts lower and push the shutter in to its original position 3 Attach the interface cable to the connector Do not connect more than one interface cable type to the printer at the same time Centronics parallel Centronics parallel RS 232C Centronics parallel U
124. er 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 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 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 Scalabie gt courier scalable Upright Italic Bold Timeless PS Upright Halic Bold Nimbus Sans PS Upright italic Bold Bold printing Shadow printing Italic printing Underline Condensed 9emersoriPt oo eoript Double wiath Double height Double W 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 128 234 567 Scal
125. ers For example characters such as W or M occupy more horizontal space than do characters such as i or Many soft fonts are proportionally spaced Sometimes designated PS proportional spacing is the opposite of monospacing A set of instructions that control how data is transmitted between devices such as a computer and printer In rear feed paper is fed from the rear of the printer The forms tractor unit pushes paper into the printer Fonts present resident in the printer s permanent memory For this printer the resident fonts are Courier 10 Prestige Elite 12 Pica 10 OCR B 10 OSR A 10 Boldface PS Compressed font Correspondence Draft and High speed Draft Unlike soft fonts resident fonts can always be accessed A type of serial interface See Serial interface A test that determines whether the printer is working correctly Test pages are printed to show print quality and verify whether all characters print The self test only tests the printer It does not test how thecomputer works with the printer User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Serial interface Setup mode Shadow printing Single sheets Soft fonts Software Top margin Top of form TOF A standard computer interface Information is transferred between devices over a single wire although other wires are used for control A serial interface can use an interface cable greater than 3 meters 10 feet A long cable is
126. ersrererstsrtretstesereerstseeseesteee 8 1 ad terri 3 8 yq_ _ _ gt e gt __ ber io User s Manual IN 1 INDEX Cutsheet stand nieht 2 10 installing oomen 2 6 A eneess 2 13 DC1 DC3 commands 5 26 DC3 CDE ie neret as 5 26 DEFAULT function 5 29 5 50 Default settings factory defaults sss 5 11 power on defaults resetting 5 50 resetting factory defaults 5 50 Demo pattern essere 2 18 Diagnostic functions sss 5 51 Download buffer esses 5 31 Downloaded buffer sess 5 31 Downloaded soft fonts 4 1 5 16 DPL24C PLUS commands eene eee COL factory defaults sss C 15 A iii 2 23 5 15 DRAFT RE a 5 16 DTR protocol eese 5 34 D 9 AAC Bjection COVet 2 oe t e teret 2 11 EMULATE 2 25 5 12 5 15 Emulations selecting nnii 2 23 5 12 5 14 Supported evo ore en 2 23 Entering setup mode sees 5 2 Envelopes printing sees 3 22 Epson ESC P2 cominand uti C 23 selecting oce netter 2 23 5 15 Factory default settings 5 11 C 15 Feeding paper formfeed secte 3 3 3 19 forward micro feed sss 3 3 line feedi
127. ess MENU 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 MENU2 to Prestige Elite 12 and 12 cpi 1 Load continuous forms paper 2 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps 3 Select the MENU2 function Wait for the printer to stop printing and press the LOAD button or the LF FF button twice to position the red cursor on the print guide under MENU2 Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the MENU2 function and print the lt EMULATE gt item and its options 5 6 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Enter setup mode Press TEAR OFF and ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Printer prints lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select function Press LOAD or LF FF t
128. everse Channel signal is used IGNORE DETECT DUPLEX DSR is ignored by the printer DSR is detected by the printer Simultaneous data transmission occurs in opposite directions Data transmission occurs in either direction but not simultaneously IGNORE DETECT CTS is ignored by the printer CTS is detected by the printer IGNORE DETECT CD is ignored by the printer CD is detected by the printer lt END gt Indicates the end of the HARDWRE item list Press the MENU button to print the first item which is lt PPR OUT gt Press the TEAR OFF button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 5 34 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Procedure To change the printer s hardware options make sure that continuous forms are loaded and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultane ously 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 MENU MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the HARDWRE function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under HARDWRE Press the MENU button to select the HARDWRE function and print the first item and its options a
129. f paper types The ability to park continuous forms makes it easy to switch between continuous forms and single sheets Auto tearoff Continuous forms are fed automatically up to the tear off position at the end of each job Maintenance free The printer only requires periodic cleaning and changing of the ribbon cartridge LANcard 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 Cut sheet feeder The cut sheet feeder is available only for the DL3850 printer The ASF300 single bin feeder and double binadapter are available for the 136 column printer A cut sheet feeder allows single sheets to be fed automatically The optional cut sheet feeder can be used with printers with the following product numbers e KA02010 BI11 KA02014 B111 KA02010 B211 KA02014 B211 e KA02010 B311 KA02014 B311 e KA02010 B115 KA02014 B115 KA02010 B315 KA02014 B315 User s Manual SELECTING A GOOD LOCATION 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 If you have a problem while setting up the printer review the section Solving Unpack assem
130. fy items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations MENUI and MENU2 Items lt RGHTEND gt Options OVR PRT The notes are defined at the end of the table Description End of line wrap Causes a carriage return plus a line feed Ju ABCD gt C EFGH Characters are overprinted at the end of a line ABCB lt END gt Indicates the end of MENUI items Press the MENU button to print the first item lt EMULATE gt Press the TEAR OFF button to print the previous item lt RGHTEND gt Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Unavailable in the IBM XL24E emulation 2 Unavailable in the Epson ESC P2 emulations 3 Available only in the Epson ESC P2 emulations 4 Available only in the DPL24C emulation 5 Available only for 136 column printers apo dnjas User s Manual 5 27 USING SETUP MODE Procedure To change the options assigned to MENU1 or MENU2 make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Place the printer offline Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing The following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the MENUI or MENU2 f
131. g continuous forms forward for printing Holes on the sides of the forms fit over sprockets on two tractors located inside the printer The forms are pushed for rear feeding Unidirectional printing Printing is performed in one direction only left to right Unidirectional printing is slower than bidirectional printing but the vertical alignment is more accurate Unidirectional printing is useful when precise vertical alignment is required as in ruled tables USB interface A serial bus standard An abbreviation of Universal Serial Bus HotSwap using Plug amp Play is available The maximum cable length is five meters The transmission mode is 12 Mbps 0 25 at full speed A _ ___ _ User s Manual GL 7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS GL 8 User s Manual INDEX a Carriage return CR sess 5 26 MISSING ee eb ette 7 3 Acounstic COVER oreet beet 2 10 Centronics parallel cable connection 2 20 Adjustments Change ribbon cartridge sss 6 3 left margin sssss 3 6 3 10 3 14 Changing hardware options 5 30 paper select lever sess 3 9 3 3 SCHAR H icu edsURRORIS ORIS 5 18 paper thickness lever 8 0 8 3 CHAR V iia eet edi 5 17 paperthicknesslever s 2 10 Character top of form o eee eee ee eeeeee eee nono 3 7 5 37 enlargement coooconccconnnoncnnnnoncnncnono
132. g required for connection to an IBM PC User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION Host Printer TD Pn q TD RD Pin3 A a DSR Pin 6 DSR DTR Pin 20 gt DTR RC RTS Pin4 RTS CTS Pin5 gt CTS CD Pin8 CD SG Pin7 SG indicates an open wire Wire q is unnecessary for the DTR or RC protocol Some computers may not require wire W DSR enabled control 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 Ed o Eme ee RD Pin3 RD DTR Pin 20 gt DTR DTR Pin 20 DTR RTS Pin 4 RTS cs tm q fer CD Pin 8 CD Pin 7 SG 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 informa tion can be processed By telling the com
133. hat 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 red cursor on the plastic print guide is initially positioned below 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 TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps OVERVIEW OF SETUP When you enter setup mode the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is MODE printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVESEND MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT Table 5 1 summarizes the purpose of each function Table 5 1 Setup Mode Functions Function Purpose Select Function SAVE amp END Exits setup mode and saves any changes made while in setup mode MENUI and Assigns print features to MENUI and MENU2 MENU2 on the printer control panel HARDWREB Changes the printer hardware options ADJUST Changes the print position adjustment options CONFIG Changes the configuration options 5 4 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Select Sub Function Self Diagnostic Function DPL24c lt FONT gt COUR 10 PRSTG12 COMPRSD BOLDFCE N SAN I TIMLS N COUR I N SAN N N SAN B Table 5 1 Setup Mode Functions Cont Function DEFAULT Purpose Reset
134. hat you cannot resolve contact your dealer for assistance o 3 le o 2 El e ET T9 This chapter is organized as follows Solvingproblems Diagnostic functions Getting help SOLVING PROBLEMS The tables in this section describe common printer problems and their solutions The following types of problems are considered Print quality problems Paper handling problems Operating problems 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 TC User s Manual 7 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING 7 2 Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Problem Solution Printing is too light or too dark Stains or smudges appear on the page The page is blank Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed and that the ribbon feeds smoothly Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 Check ribbon wear Replace the ribbon if necessary Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 Check ribbon wear Replace the ribbon if necessary Check whether the tip of the print head is dirty Clean the head wi
135. he lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu A 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 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 To exit setup mode and permanently save your changes select either 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 apo dnjas User s Manual 5 9 USING SETUP MODE PRINTING A LIST OF The LIST function prints a list of all the printer s currently selected options SELECTED OPTIONS This function is useful for checking the printer settings when 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 Place the printer offline Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNC TION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END E E HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HE
136. he TEAR OFF button is used to advance the paper to cut it the paper cut position and the perforation position may not match In such cases adjust their positions by using the following procedure Adjustment procedure 1 Use the TEAR OFF button to advance the paper to its cut position Keep holding down the TEAR OFF button 2 While holding down the TEAR OFF button adjust the cut position by using the LF FF button or LOAD button LF FF button Pressing this button once extends the paper feed amount by 1 180 inches LOAD button Pressing this button once reduces the paper feed amount by 1 180 inches The adjustment range is plus or minus 63 180 inches ap proximately 9mm When itis exceeded an alarm beeps 3 When the cut position is adjusted release the TEAR OFF button The paper feed amount at the end of the adjustment is stored as the amount by which the paper will be fed when the TEAR OFF button is pressed User s Manual PAPER HANDLING TT ee Unloading Continuous Forms To unload continuous forms 1 Make sure that the paper select lever is set to the rear position 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 a maximum of 55 8 cm 22 inches per operation 3 To remove the paper raise the tractor
137. he page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary jaded I D 5 5 amp Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guides if required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 eS User s Manual 3 11 PAPER HANDLING USING CONTINUOUS Continuous forms paper fanfolded at the horizontal perforations is ideal for FORMS printing rough drafts and long files The paper is fed into the printer using the forms tractors The forms tractors unit at the rear of the printer pushes paper from the rear to the platen This is called push tractor feeding Positioning the Paper Stack Place the stack of continuous forms paper directly below the rear of the printer After the paper is installed in the printer the paper path should look like this Good placement UP Feed from rear slot Bad placement Placement of continuous forms 3 12 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING y _ FE r Per Loading Continuous Forms This section explains how to use continuous forms The tractor unit pushes continuous forms To load continuous forms paper 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Remove any single sheet paper from the printer 2 If necessary readjust the paper thickness lever fo
138. he red PAPER OUT indicator may light and the ONLINE indicator will not light if the paper select lever is set backward to the continuous forms position Move the paper select lever forward to the single sheet position as described in the next section The PAPER OUT indicator will go out This condition is a result of the factory default settings and poses no problem 2 12 User s Manual SETTING UP TESTING THE PRINTER At this point load paper and run the printer self test The self test checks OFFLINE 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 the 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 Before loading paper make sure that the printer is on Then proceed as follows 1 Make sure that the paper thickness lever located on the top right of the printer is at position 1 Make sure that the paper select lever located on the top left of the printer is set to the front as shown below Loading a sheet of paper User s Manual 2 13 SETTING UP 2 Raise the cut sheet stand Move the left paper guide all the way to the right Inser
139. ins clear the front notches Rotate the cut sheet stand backward to place the upper mounting pins in the rear grooves Installing the Ribbon Cartridge The printer uses a black ribbon cartridge To install the ribbon cartridge 1 Turn the printer off Open the front cover of the printer For easy installation slide the print head carriage so that it does not face a bail roller 2 The paper thickness lever located on the right of the printer has nine positions Before you install the ribbon cartridge move this lever to D Paper thickness lever Move to D OoOpopume Preparing to install the ribbon User s Manual 2 7 SETTING UP NEN 3 Using the procedure below release the roller from the LOCK position and turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack Push in the gray ribbon release tabs on the side of the ribbon cartridge to release them and slide the roller from the LOCK position to the FREE position Ribbon feed knob Turn the knob clockwise Release tabs Preparing the ribbon cartridge CAUTION Do not turn the ribbon feed knob in counterclockwise direction 4 Verify that the power to the printer is off Make sure that the circle mark on the power switch is pressed Installing the ribbon cartridge 5 Move the paper thickness lever to the D position 6 Open the front cover 2 8 User s Manual SETTING UP 7 Align the print head
140. int guide Removing the ribbon cartridge 6 4 User s Manual MAINTENANCE NENNEN 5 Using the procedure below release the roller from the LOCK position and turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack Push in the gray ribbon release tabs on the side of the ribbon cartridge to release them and slide the roller from the LOCK position to the FREE position D 5 5 D 5 o O Ribbon feed knob Turn the knob clockwise Release tabs 4 Preparing the ribbon cartridge CAUTION Do not turn the ribbon feed knob in counterclockwise direction 6 Verify that the power to the printer is off Make sure that the circle mark on the power switch is pressed Installing the ribbon cartridge 7 Move the paper thickness lever to the D position 8 Open the front cover User s Manual 6 5 MAINTENANCE 9 Align the print head position with the dot mark green on the printer ejection cover Dot mark green WARNING Avoid touching the print head while using or immediately after using the printer as doing so may lead to burns Wait until the print head cools down before touching it 10 Thread the ribbon between the print head and the print guide then gently press down on the ribbon cartridge against the printer until it clicks into place Make sure that the ribbon feed knob is facing upward Print guide S Printhead Print guide Tip of print head
141. inter goes online and prints the hex dump Press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to pause during hex dump printing To resume hex dump printing press the 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 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE User s Manual Hex dump printing BUTTON ACTION lt ONLINE gt Exit to normal mode lt LF FF gt Return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt mode lt TEAROFF gt Pause resume printing 0 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A BCDEF 0123456789ABCDEF ee TU RR UY m T 7 ES ao BN Sample hex dump 4 Exit the HEX DUMP function Exit the HEX DUMP function in either of the following ways 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 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 Any data that was sent to the printer but not printed is discarded cleared 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 5 55 apo dnjas USING SETUP MODE Checking Vertical
142. ions MENUI and MENU2 Items EMULATE Options DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 The notes are defined at the end of the table Description Select the same emulation as is selected in your software See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 for informa tion on selecting an emulation Fujitsu DL series printers DPL24C PLUS command set IBM Proprinter XL24E printers Epson printers using the ESC P2 command set NOTE When you change the emulation all MENU1 or MENU2 options are reset to the factory defaults for that emulation 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 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 Courier 10cpi Prestige Elite Compressed font 15 17 and 18cpi Boldface Proportional 12cpi Pica 1Ocpi Correspondence 10cpi OCR B 1Ocpi OCR A4 10cpi Courier Normal 10cpi Courier Bold 10cpi Courier Italic 10cpi Nimbus Sans Normal Prop Nimbus Sans Bold Prop Nimbus Sans italic Prop apo dnjas User s Manual 5 15 USING SETUP MODE SS SSS ay Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and 5 16 Epson ESC P2
143. ke 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 cut sheet stand p LO User s Manual 6 1 MAINTENANCE 3 Use a soft damp cloth to wipe the exterior of the printer including the covers and separator A mild detergent may be used CAUTION Do not use solvents kerosene or abrasive cleaning materials that may damage the printer 4 Open the front cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge Using a soft vacuum brush gently vacuum the platen print head carriage 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 y Flat cable Printer interior 5 Re install the ribbon cartridge Close the front cover 6 Open the ejection cover Vacuum the rollers paper entry slot and surrounding areas 7 Raise the cut sheet stand and the back cover Vacuum the forms tractors and surrounding areas 6 2 User s Manual MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE RIBBON Cleaning the Platen and Exit Rollers Clean the platen and rollers 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
144. l Interface Cable 2 19 Selecting a USB Cable ssussss 2 20 Selecting a LAN cable ssssssses 2 20 Connecting the Interface Cable 2 20 Selecting an Emulation esessssssss 2 23 Printing a Sample Page Online 2 26 Installing the Printer Driver eessen 2 29 CHAPTERS PAPER HANDLING icuscuscourin aaa 3 1 Selecting Paper sssssseee 3 1 Overview of Paper Operations sssssss 32 Adjusting for Paper Thickness seese 34 Using Single Sheets oooonoccccnncccconocccncononncnnancccnanannnnnns 3 5 Loading a Single Sheet of Paper 3 5 Adjusting the left margin seesssssssss 3 6 Ejecting Single Sheets ssessssss 3 8 Viii User s Manual CHAPTER4 PRINTING Loading Paper in the Cut Sheet Feeder DL8850 Option seen 3 8 Adjusting the left margin seesssssss 3 10 Using Continuous Forms esseee 3 12 Positioning the Paper Stack 3 12 Loading Continuous Forms ssssssss 3 13 Adjusting the left margin seesssssss 3 14 Adjusting the TEAR OFF position 3 16 Unloading Continuous Forms
145. line Press ONLINE Reset power on defaults Turn printer off then on Resume printing after paper end Press ONLINE Save adjusted load positions Press ONLINE and MENU Select MENU1 or MENU2 Press MENU Start stop resume printing Start Send print command Stop resume Press ONLINE Self test printing Start Turn printer off Press LF FF while turning printer on Pause resume Press TEAR OFF Exit Press ONLINE Tear off forms Continuous forms only Press TEAR OFF Tear off forms then press any button to retract forms Unload paper to park position Continuous forms only Press LOAD QR 2 User s Manual FEATURES User s Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this printer This printer is a compact versatile 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 5 Ll e Qa c 7 e gt Dot matrix printer Key printer features 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 characte
146. lues in MENUI and MENU2 are now reset Do either of the following Select new options for MENU1 or MENU2 Exit setup mode saving the factory defaults See the section Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Options To exit setup mode and save the new defaults make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END then press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button This section describes how to use the following diagnostic functions o SELF TST e HEX DUMP 5 V ALMNT Q O problems HEX DUMP also provides useful information for programmers User s Manual 5 51 USING SETUP MODE 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 emulations and all of the characters available in the currently selected character set If the DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected for MENU1 the self test is printed using the settings currently assigned to MENU1 Procedure This procedure assumes that you are in setup mode To print the self test 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
147. ms back to the top of form position 3 18 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING FEEDING AND Line Feed Form Feed POSITIONING PAPER Use the line feed form feed function to move paper forward This function is valid when the printer is online or offline Pressing and holding down the LF FF button feeds one sheet of paper Pressing the LF FF button once advances the paper one line do not hold the button more than three seconds The printer does not allow you to execute reverse form or line feeds from the control panel To feed paper backward manually rotate the platen knob Remember that the top of form will slip from the original setting Micro Feed Use the micro feed function to fine tune the position of the paper This function is valid when the printer is offline Press the ONLINE and LF FF buttons simultaneously to micro feed paper forward Press the ONLINE and LOAD buttons simultaneously to micro feed paper backward Remember that the top of form will slip from the original setting Jaded Load Position Adjust I D 5 5 rs Use also the micro feed function to adjust the load position of the paper This function is valid when the printer is offline When this function is used immediately after the LOAD button is pressed the adjusted position is retained temporarily as the new load position until the power is turned off Pressing ONLINE first and then also pressing MENU button saves the new load position permanently
148. n L H QD c4 CN i0 o D 00 O C 0 O 3 B3 fa User s Manual E 18 CHARACTER SETS LEGAL Legal Character Sets 0123456789 ABCDEF lL h AC Vis Ro o n i Saw FN O AKR eq p OG o 8 BWC dope os s r R4 lee 24 i qu M dd de HES A ATN r WMA O DL AA o b f enet YA 80 0 i3 0 DD Ub o A S CS UO oD IOMA Aon ny m5 KANO t t OQVTVHAGAMYA RESO Q QUO UO ED DE XXE ow atonmmuomunmsugzxzo QO e OQ m man o m OAD ev law gt ut URGO Q je e gt N wi i L H CO uo mmsriwrdoodmuongntkmamtu E 19 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS NATIONAL CHARACTER In all emulations this printer supports 50 national character sets for charac SETS AND SUPPORTED ters and symbols specific to different languages Some national character RESIDENT FONTS ALL sets however do not have some characters and symbols and may not be EMULATIONS usable depending on resident fonts The following tables show which of the resident fonts are supported for each national character set Resident font TI OMA eid Sso1duro TADO V 190 0T 1009 xa SSOPOUILT xx SUBS SOQUIIN 3ouopuodsa L10 sk 84p H National Name in character set setup menu USA United Kingdom German 2 2 2 hes0 QBIEIS 1ormo Continued on the next page id USA is the same as Code Page 437 These are scalable and provided with upright italic
149. n n 3 3 3 19 problem eta Heit 7 4 FONT eiui etes 5 15 Fonts attributes 5 18 selecting toD IEEE 5 15 TYPOS dece tr sic Ern 1 2 F 1 Fort feed 2 anten 3 3 3 19 Forms tractors Sisir aai 2 11 Front cover e s 2 10 Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS selecting esses 2 23 5 15 lt lt FUNCTIONS gt menu 5 3 F nctions ene teles 5 12 ADJUST ec ems 5 36 CONFIG ennerien incidan 5 41 DEFAULT assi niaaa 5 29 HARDWRE ponen aa 5 30 HEX DUMP e e 5 53 7 12 A tns 5 10 MENU Don en det tds 5 14 MENU2 03 E 5 14 SAVE amp END eee 5 4 SELECTING 4 5 moe Rn nn 5 5 SELE TST e 5 52 7 12 V ALMNT kinaran nannan 5 56 7 12 IA PS Glossary Of terms sese GL 1 GRAPHIC 5 utn Ene 5 39 IN 2 User s Manual INDEX Hardware options in setup mode oe Rt 5 30 order numbers eere A 1 HARDWRE function eene 5 30 Help menus nee 5 4 5 9 Help where to get eese 7 12 HEX DUMP function 5 53 7 12 HEDRE Diria nct ee 5 16 IBM Proprinter XL24E commands n EORR C 18 selecting eee 2 23 5 15 Installing cut sheet feeder ooooooccnccioncccoccconononnncnnncnnno 8 1 cut sheet stand eee 2 6 power A aren r 2 11 print head 4e ettet 6 7 printer driver esee 2 29 ribbon cartridge oooooonoccnonccconacocccoonnconnccnnnnoo 2 7 Interface connector eee
150. nal 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 Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer Output denotes a signal from the printer to the computer The signal level for mark state logical 1 is 3 V or lower for space state logical 0 it is 3 V or higher Description Frame Ground Transmitted Data 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 Data Terminal Ready Spaces are sent when the printer has been powered on and is ready to receive or transmit data User s Manual D 7 INTERFACE INFORMATION D 8 Se
151. ned in Chapters 3 and 4 Setup mode serves two purposes It enables you to 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 which is reviewed briefly at the end of this chapter is valid in all emulations For details refer to the programmer s manuals Optional settings on the printer include the emulation fonts pitch page length and page width serial interface options and the top of form 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 The sections in this chapter are presented in logical sequence f you are a first time user be sure to read the following sections first Entering Setup Mode Overview of Setup Mode apo dnjas User s Manual 5 1 USING SETUP MODE ENTERING SETUP MODE 5 2 These sections will f
152. ng 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 Turn the printer off and then turn the printer back on while pressing the MENU button Hold down the button until the printer beeps Issue the printer command ESC e ONLINE This command is valid in any emulation Send setup data from the computer in any of the following three ways 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 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 Install a program that enables interactive entry of setup data on the screen This method is the most useful of the three This printer is provided with a CD which contains this program called DLMENU Execute setup exe in Utility folder of CD to install it To exit f
153. nrmunm5iazuo QC n OO iD io m OA avy Ae mer DH ULP Be we aK bod of un L H CO cO 3uinuroou Jmnonunmimt 0123456789 ABCDEF LOA OAM Pu M 0 OO OS e cR ov I A Oe Hl th Ar VE mA ee pe E cs San FH oORrP ae DG saw 4 PARA Lo AE Nes 4 Le Y ll l l TABERE a EL mA of Wi OA SAG ow L OD x YA WR OOO OU cO DU ob DS Und U n xd 4d sU De qU XD AU ob ed edo C GOs up o gt se mAN BAW GNQYVTVIHAGAMMAH Boo AMUN EKHN RS MK i SIAaADVadayE xJIEizo m RIBA AAA los e L H 4 O oc OR sri 1o 0 00 0 f d O O O1 fu amd User s Manual E 16 CHARACTER SETS SPANSH2 Spanish2 ITALIAN Italian Character Sets E F 123456789ABCD HIM A VE ees v V ca B Bah FW OAK eSOAo 2 QW d FAY i AE bs 24 Relate SS lA El 3rd HE 3 c MPH cO DOE E ao L DA vA 3d 8 9 QQ O0 0 2 200 D Oo ob De go OQ S X9 e xd ad OU D AU oH ein Kf aw O4 3 b XX ANT OOS t TADO UH DOI BELO AOMNRDS gt EKAN Avy xX moaoiuugonmunazzeo CANMPFNMUONRDAH e av ian c HUM Be _ al eN un H 0 L SCANMAFNOFOADCMOANL 0123456789 ABCDEF IH HAD VET te oe 9 Vc s S or EN OccedgOvosSsuuc CAE NW 24 pa euaees i4 dE de 4 PRA eM ES eR raat Ge OD qiu ow o L fee YA H 8 BOO 0400 OD DoD D O0 0 08 a C D d oxv d d O 4Q xD XU oi em ond ol l QU nd d EX AN DOD 34207 9 DS ADAM FOO Q Om uUi FS DD D REKAAN Xt
154. nter s factory defaults see the section Printing a List of Selected Options earlier in this chapter To reset the factory defaults for all func tions proceed as follows 1 Turn off the printer 2 While pressing the MENU TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons turn on the printer Continue to press all three buttons until the printer beeps The factory defaults are now reset 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 adjust ment and configuration options To reset the factory defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 proceed as follows User s Manual USING SETUP MODE 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultane ously 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 V ALMNT SAVE amp END MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP USING THE DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS These functions are used for checking print quality and diagnosing printer 2 Select the DEFAULT function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under DEFAULT Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the DEFAULT function The printer reprints the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The default va
155. nvidia E 4 DPL24C PLUS IBM XL24E E 15 ESC dueto ederet s E 16 Number of copies sssr 3 1 B 3 RE AE AAA D oa ON LOAD upon 5 44 ONLINE Dutton ns 2 26 5 7 WCC ALOR iria rie erem 2 12 Online Setup esed 5 63 Options hardware Installing ertet tette ttes 8 1 order numbers eeeeeeee A 1 Options setup adjustment coccococccconccoconnconnconocnncn naco oesi 5 36 CON ISUTAION sissies o Ie tes 5 41 currently selected ssss 5 10 Ward Wate voii drip pere 5 30 MENU eee eeu 5 14 MENU 4 eer ette i ese 5 14 required sarrin e tbi 5 12 top of fortn ete rts 5 40 A sipokei ssia sirae A 1 m Page lennon ni ee gg hearths 5 19 PAGE DG asma asiste 5 19 Paper continuous forms sseeeeeee 3 13 ejecting single sheets ssse 3 8 feeding ara rr 3 19 gulde eene deett 2 11 3 6 length iet thee 3 1 loading aem 3 5 3 13 Operdtions deett S 3 2 print ATCA sass eet ever tes B 6 select lever eee edet 3 2 SelectIOD ioter ERI ERES 3 1 single sheet sss 3 5 specifications oe eee eee eects 3 1 B 6 thickn ss epe entres 3 1 thickness lever esse 3 4 tips for handling ssessss 3 21 type SWitChing essere 3 20 unloading forms eese 3 17 WAH a e ttem t ttt eg 3 1 PAPER OUT indicator
156. o position the cursor then press TEAR OFF or MENU Desired function is selected Press TEAR OFF or MENU SAVEQEND i 1 Select options Press LOAD MENUT MENU2 HARDWRE or LF FF to position cursor Printer ADJUST and CONFIG then press TEAR OFF or MENU 1 saves changes and exits setupmoce 4 LIST DEFAULT i 1 1 i Press ONLINE t SELF TST HEX DUMP j A 1 See Checking Vertical Print V ALMNT gt i Alignment V ALMT later in 1 1 i this chapter for details E Functions having items and options apo dnjas Summary of setup mode ee o User s Manual 5 7 USING SETUP MODE 4 Select the current emulation Since you do not want to change the emulation press the MENU button to select the current emulation and print the next item FONT and its options 5 Change the font to Prestige Elite 12 Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button once to position the cursor beneath PRSTGI2 Press the MENU button to select PRSTGI2 and print the next item QUALITY and its options 6 Select the current print quality Since you do not want to change the print quality press the MENU button to select the current print quality and print the next item PITCH and its options 7 Change the pitch to 12 cpi and exit the MENU2 function Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button once to position the cursor under
157. o perma load point nently store the load position adjusted by jaded I D 5 2 5 amp micro feeding Paper Select paper Move the paper select lever forward for select path single sheets cut sheet stand lever Move the paper select lever backward for continuous forms Paper Adjust for Select the number corresponding to the thickness paper thickness number of copies including the original lever or number of Vary the setting up or down including A copies to D to optimize printing Select D when replacing ribbon or clearing a paper jam The following graphics are engraved on the cover e Ssd Continuous forms Cut sheets E User s Manual 3 3 PAPER HANDLING ADJUSTING FOR PAPER The printer can handle paper of different thicknesses including multipart THICKNESS forms with up to five parts original plus four copies For details on paper thickness specifications see Appendix B The paper thickness lever located at the top right corner of the printer allows you to adjust for different paper thicknesses Be sure to adjust the paper thickness lever whenever you change the number of copies being printed The paper thickness lever has nine settings 1 to 5 and A to D Use Table 3 2 to determine the appropriate setting for your paper then move the paper thickness lever to the appropriate position Paper thickness lever Move to D DO Dando wu
158. ode page 437 British English German Swedish Code page 437 Code page 850 Code page 860 Code page 863 Code page 865 ECMA 94 ISO 8859 1 Code page 852 Code page 852 two pass Code page 855 Code page 866 Hungarian Hungarian two pass 5 22 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt continued Options SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATIN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUAI LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON PG MAC ELOT927 ABG ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG862 HBR DEC GREEK 11 ISO TUK RUSCII LATIN 9 Description Slovenian Slovenian two pass Polish Polish two pass Mazowian Mazowian two pass Latin 2 Latin 2 two pass Kamenicky Kamenicky two pass Turkish Turkish two pass Cyrillic IBM 437 IBM 851 ELOT 928 Code page DHN Latin Polish ISO Latin Lithuanianl Lithuanian2 Macedonian apo dnjas ISO Turkish User s Manual 5 23 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for th
159. of the printer 4 Raise the cut sheet stand Position the left paper guide Note that its movable range is limited Adjusting the left margin Below the left paper guide the cut sheet stand has a scale graduated in units of 0 1 inch When the left paper guide is positioned all the way to the right the left margin is approximately 5 mm 0 2 inch To help align paper also use the two inch based rulers on the ejection cover of the printer The gradations on the ruler are for 10 columns per inch Left margin minimum Preparing to load a sheet of paper 5 Insert a sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand Make sure that the bottom edge of the paper engages snugly with the platen Adjust the right paper guide 3 6 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ET 6 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 simultaneously press the ONLINE button and the LF FF button or the LOAD button The paper will move forward or backward in 1 180 inch increments I D 5 5 amp Loading a sheet of paper 7 Place the printer online Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guides if required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the p
160. oldface 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 Italic Nimbus Bold Courier scalable Courier Bold scalable Courier Italic scalable C 10 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Copy resident font to download area m 0 Courier 10 1 Prestige Elite 12 Draft Compressed Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence High speed Draft Downloaded font 0 Downloaded font 1 Create download font m bits 4 and 5 Specifies the quality of characters to be registered Font quality selection 0 1 Letter 360 dpi 1 0 1 1 Correspondence 180 dpi Draft 120 dpi m bit 0 Specifies external font number to be registered Font number selection ESC NUL m n ESC amp m Cs Ce data 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 m bits 1 2 3 6 7 Not used don t care Cs Download start character ASCII code Ce Download end character ASCII code 0 Cs Ce 258 Hex 00 Cs Ce FF Precaution Ce Cs data More than one byte of data containing bit map data Reserved A AOACOLLAoMSA
161. on 5 18 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES 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 MN MENU2Items Options Description lt PAGE LG gt 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 etter 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 combina tion 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 value of the lines per page setting PG LX10 gt Tens value 0 LINE 10 LINE 20 LINE 30 LINE setting for 40 LINE 50 LINE 60 LINE 70 LINE setting 80 LINE 90 LINE number of The LINE setting depends on the line lines per page 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 apo dnjas ee An User s Manual 5 19 USING SETUP MODE A _ A A SSS
162. on to exit the selected function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 6 Do either of the following Select another function or Exit setup mode saving your changes For details about other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE amp END and then press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button Resetting MENU1 and MENU2 To reset the factory defaults for both MENUI and MENU2 select the DEFAULT 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 and CONFIG functions User s Manual 5 29 apo dnjas USING SETUP MODE SS ea a a a CHANGING HARDWARE The HARDWRE function defines the printer s hardware operating condi OPTIONS tions If you are using the optional RS 232C serial interface the 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 Options Description lt PPR OUT gt Specifies how the printer responds when you run out of paper
163. ononcnonanocononann conan cnn D 4 Data Transmission Timing sees D 6 User s Manual xi Serial Interlace saniey I er eet td D 7 Serial Options sssseeeenneee D 8 Cable Wing ri tete eiue ted D 8 Serial Protocols oocooonooccccnccooooonncncconanonnncnnnnnnnnos D 10 USB Menat nee onc oi et ete e D 11 Specification seen D 11 LAN Intera e re ee etie c teet D 12 APPENDIX E CHARACTER SETS ertet nes E 1 Character Sets 1 and 2 DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E Emulation E 1 Italic and Graphics Character Sets ESC P2 Emulation sss E 2 National Character Sets All Emulations E 4 National Character Sets DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E Emulation E 15 National Character Sets ESC P2 Emulation E 16 National Character Sets and Supported Resident Fonts All Emulations een E 20 APPENDIX F RESIDENT FONTS csccsscscssscesectecetesssecetecenessueeeuesesseeees F 1 GLOSSARY OF TERM Sra GL 1 IDEEN ss need a ea e SEULS LUA GL 1 Xii User s Manual QUICK REFERENCE D D h D o 2 le D 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 eve
164. ons of this NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL printer These character sets support different characters and symbols specific to different languages Note that these tables are for Courier 10 a resident EMULATIONS font and that some national character sets do not have some characters and symbols whose use depends on resident fonts For details see the table at the end of this appendix When the following character sets are used with the Epson ESC P2 emula tion the printing of FFh code characters is not supported ECMA94 ISO8859 ISO LTN ISO TUK CYRILIC LATIN 9 UK British English PAGE437 USA Code Page 437 USA E 8 o9 9 5 Vc s N Bue FH CO LX obo dg C0 8 muc 0123456789 ABCDEF soe A B SUE REA AR Ri Al TT e do E a A E YR HRRODOS SD Do D 0 Ub oe 8 CSO oxd 4d d OR XD Don e on D Qi O n Ap Tp Bmx WN wn ee 1 OQVBOUHOSAMMAESS MOMnNHD Se SKM HANG s 1 cacm nontmdiuuoumnmnwudzzo C n CN 00 SP iO 10 DP OM ve wy HA GM gt AUP Be gt SE ON un eee amp L H CO m sio r0 qmox atmtl HE L AL Vi Sem le oe we Qc ua ff B On Rd O A oBo5 0O0 os8 9 occ 4 A ip Mas ees ss Ede sell z TEI OE E OG p Wet OM I d d E E Y A 8 8 QOO 08 3 AO DO 0609 08 9 OI MU dU oU dU sU CR qU XU HD oce ed od ol C APN 4 d Bx NN wee f m4 Org 0 DAAMA Bao A Ote 0 E ED D E Dd DH Lon om C C MvuORkUDAHR E O DAN MPO OD soy HAO me FE UO Ge o XR S PN un So
165. ontrol panel Menu indicators POWER MENUT MENU2 ONLINE AREA OVER PAPER QUT O Oo Oo O O MENU TEAR OFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD C PIVISLOIE it a M RESET SETUP MICROA SAVE TOP MICROY a Buttons Printer levers and buttons Table 3 1 summarizes the use of levers and buttons in paper handling More detailed information is provided later in this chapter NOTE To load or feed paper the printer must be Online but not receiving or printing data Offline but not in setup mode To micro feed paper which is done with the ONLINE button the printer must be Offline but not in setup mode 3 2 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Table 3 1 Levers and Buttons Used for Paper Handling Purpose Action 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 Forward micro Press LF FF and ONLINE to feed paper feed forward by 1 180 inch TEAR OFF Advanceforms Press TEAR OFF to advance the forms for tear off perforation to the tear off edge Tear off the forms then press any button to retract the remaining forms Load unload Press LOAD to load paper or to retract continuous forms to the park position Reverse micro Press LOAD and ONLINE to feed feed paper backward by 1 180 inch Save adjusted Press MEMU and ONLINE t
166. orted by the original printer Function Command 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 characters off DC4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n2 0 Double height double width characters ESC n n n 4 n 0 m 0 m 0 m m m 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 18 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Command Condensed characters on Condensed and elite characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Underline on off on n 1 off n 2 0 Overline on off on n 1 off n 0 Horizontal Control Space Backspace Carriage return Elite characters on Proportionally spaced characters on off on n2 l off n 2 0 SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC S n ESCT ESC n ESC m Vertical Control Line feed Form feed Advance paper n 216 inch 1 n 255 Advance paper n 180 inch in AG mode 1 amp n 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 lines Set line spacing to 7 72 in
167. ost of the features you require you may rarely if ever have to use the control panel n fact your software often overrides the printer 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 A User s Manual 4 1 PRINTING 4 2 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 MENU button to directly select one of the two menus POWER MENU MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O O MENU TEAROFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD RESET SETUP MICROA SAVE TOP MICROV Printer control panel The MENU button specifies MENU1 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 printer on the MENU 1 indicator is lit that is
168. ounted on single sheet backing Labels mounted on single sheet backing tend to slip and printing becomes crooked Set the paper thickness lever to best accommodate label thickness Do not feed labels backwards using the LOAD button from the control panel Jamming may occur 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 Do not leave labels loaded in the printer If labels curl around the platen jamming may occur when printing is resumed Test print labels before running a job If jams occur set the paper thickness lever to a wider position If jamming problems continue try a different type of label User s Manual PRINTING This chapter describes the following everyday printing operations Selecting print features Starting stopping or resuming printing Removing printed pages Clearing the print buffer Instructions for loading paper are given in Chapter 3 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 Pagelength 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 m
169. p 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 Top margin specified by your software Printer TOP MRG top margin setting default 1 line Table 5 5 describes the ADJUT items and options Items are listed in the order they are printed The procedure for changing top of form is described after Table 5 5 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults ADJUST Items CNT ORG Options 1 6 IN 1 8 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN Description Sets the top of form for continuous forms in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 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 your top margin is software specified lt CNTFINE gt lt CNT ORG gt 0 180 29 180 1 6 IN 1 8 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN Fine tunes the top of form position for continuous forms Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm Sets the top of form for single sheets in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if you
170. part forms fed into the printer using the forms tractors 19ded I D 5 2 5 amp 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 80 Single sheets 76 to 364 mm 3 to 14 3 in column Continuous forms 102 mm 4 in or greater 136 Single sheets 76 to 420 mm 3 to 16 5 in column Continuous forms 102 mm 4 in or greater 80 Single sheets 102 to 267 mm 4 to 10 5 in column Continuous forms 102 to 267 mm 4 to 10 5 in 136 Single sheets 102 to 420 mm 4 to 16 5 in column Continuous forms 102 to 420 mm 4 to 16 5 in Thickness 0 35 mm 0 014 in maximum total thickness Copies 1 to 5 copies including the original For carbon interleaved paper the carbon counts as a copy ee User s Manual 3 1 PAPER HANDLING ET OVERVIEW OF PAPER The following levers and buttons are used in paper handling OPERATIONS e Paper select lever at the top left corner of the printer Paper thickness lever at the top right corner of the printer LF FF TEAR OFF LOAD and MENU 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 lever and button Paper select lever Paper thickness lever C
171. 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 and manually rotate the platen knob 3 To dry the platen place a dry cloth against the platen and manually rotate the platen knob 4 Gently wipe the rollers using the cloth moistened with the platen cleaner Dry the rollers using a dry cloth There are two ways of replacing the ribbon You can install a new 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 2 Open the front cover of the printer For easy installation slide the print head carriage to a position where it does not face a roller CAUTION The print head may be hot if you have been printing recently User s Manual 6 3 XOT AVES UTE MAINTENANCE 3 Move the paper thickness lever to position D Move to D Paper thickness lever 4 To 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 Print head Pr
172. position with the dot mark green on the printer ejection cover Dot mark green f Ss cS WARNING Avoid touching the print head while using or immediately after using the printer as doing so may lead to burns Wait until the print head cools down before touching it 8 Thread the ribbon between the print head and the print guide then gently press down on the ribbon cartridge against the printer until it clicks into place Make sure that the ribbon feed knob is facing upward Print guide Print head Print guide Tip of print head 9 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack 10 After the ribbon cartridge has been installed in the printer adjust the paper thickness lever to match the thickness of the paper and the number of sheets of paper to be used For information about the paper thickness lever see the section entitled Adjusting the Paper Thickness in Chapter 3 User s Manual 2 9 SETTING UP GETTING ACQUAINTED Now that your printer is assembled take a moment to become familiar with its WITH YOUR PRINTER major parts Looking at the printer from the front right side you can see the parts of the printer shown in the figure below Front cover Cut sheet stand Print guide Print head Acounstic cover Paper thickness lever Platen knob Control panel Power switch Printer components front and right The printer control panel has the buttons and indica
173. print head and the platen and cannot be removed clear it as follows 1 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord from the recepta cle 7 zx le o z 3 Q ET T9 2 Push up the locking levers to release the forms tractors and open the paper holders 3 Move the paper thickness lever to position D 4 Move the print head so that you can remove the jammed sheet easily and clear the sheet NOTE The print head is hot immediately after printing Move it after making sure that it gets cool e If you cannot clear the jammed sheet by the above procedure set fourfold continuous forms paper on the forms tractors and turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward The jammed paper is pushed out Before operation be sure to position the print head at the center of the jammed paper CSS User s Manual 7 7 TROUBLE SHOOTING 7 8 Operating Problems If any of the errors listed in Table 7 3 occurs the PAPER OUT LED lights up and an alarm beeps and the printer goes offline In such cases the buttons on the control panel can be used in the same manner as those when the printer is in the offline state Table 7 3 Operating Problems and Solutions Error name Error description Paper end PE error Paper end is detected 1 Recovery method Insert and load the paper in the paper Eject jam error tray Paper end is not detected even after a large amount of contin
174. ps POWER MENUi MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O O MENU TEAROFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD Entering setup mode If you do not hear a beep or hear an alarm beep beeps four times you are not in setup mode Place the printer offline and try again 4 When the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information OFFLINE SETUP MODE Red cursor 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 Saakin EN AA AAA AR a E cp UU E EUM UL ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select option 3 return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu MENU Select function Select option amp print next item TEAROFF Select function Select option amp print previous item LOAD Move cursor to the right Move cursor right to the next option LF FF Move 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 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUNP VNWT X Red cursor on print guide apo dnjas Initial printout in setup mode User s Manual 5 3 USING SETUP MODE SSS Sy The initial printout contains a header help menu and lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The header tells you t
175. puter 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 docu mentation does not recommend a particular protocol try DTR The following table describes the three protocols Protocol XON XOFF DC1 DC3 Description When the printer is ready to receive data it sends the XON DC1 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 is 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
176. qo osuuc 4d PRO s Oe NE Nam Tod Hu dM A AR dtd NMOOCANNML OF e YA EF Qe O 0 D OB 48 OD Le D 00 Un i3 4U d osd T On AU eo oC QU n OH A gt EK AN we ee dw 0d Uu OZ HMMA EGO Q Ot OD EA ID DB SM NL n e raridaonomgmommubxudzxuo CAN 00 Pu O P OM e mwv HA 099 E PUI Gbe me mK t SI t7 un PE he i H 0123456789 ABCDEF QC on Om aio or ooo m Im oor da or oo Wwe a o c DMA B20 FAS XO to ADO o qn 304017240 A o dd I Aaa lA AR opa d Te Con UP a sr NNOCOSANNMVL NU MYA Son OO 0 3 0 0 Doe wl 08 X000 Qn SQ ox EE O0 x c QU n m Se BRAN wee GAUTUR OS Amna Bu QUE U E I2 D EXAM N S v oc c s mUOOtuumoudunsudgzmo 2 OR CO sl AO T OA e mwv HAO c db UIRGO ee Kk 2 1 o n H L H ic ANOTANDO AAA E 7 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS KAMENIC KAMEN T Kamenicky LATIN2 LATN2 T Latin2 HL th AL VI See 4 H0 9 Ns ou M Boon f Eg Ol obo3 cDG0 o089uwcc Ds ciel MS MeSH p eme de dese del TAS FEE Ane Mord 00 BOE 2 0000 H A Y A ANN OOO D PPO AN DEW ROA DD HE et or UOMO SP BK WN ww ome 1 4 000 DS AmaE UMNO D RN Am WaLL D m a aO e O00 SPD AD P Y LA E OGRROGARG be of N un e amp L H 0123456789 ABCDEF oa E CE UM eto at 012345678 9YABCODEPF fi H AD VE Seem 6 Boo 9 c Qk 000 FH CM HOMO O D P UJ CC 4 PA a H M lao E a ee il GAO AAN Nw LT wwe
177. r Download buffer NONE 0 byte 128K bytes 256BYTE 256 bytes 127 75K bytes 2KBYTE 2K bytes 126K bytes 8KBYTE 8K bytes 120K bytes 24KBYTE 24K bytes 104K bytes 32KBYTE 32K bytes 96K bytes 96KBYTE 96K bytes 32K bytes 128KBYT 128K bytes OK bytes apo dnjas gt E gt Eyeae gt IEL_ gt E L_EL_______an User s Manual 5 31 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults Options Description 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 28 Auto interface selection mode AUTO 4S Both interfaces are ready for AUTO 6S communication AUTOIOS Specify the timing regarding the AUTOISS selected interface as being inactive AUTO20S 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 To return the setup mode to INTERFCE under HARDWRE remove the LAN card To switch
178. r continuous forms See the section Adjusting for Paper Thickness earlier in this chapter Paper thickness lever Ungg ms uma I D 5 a 5 co Paper thickness lever setting 3 Move the paper select lever to the rear of the printer Continuous forms side Preparing to load continuous forms paper p a lM User s Manual 3 13 PAPER HANDLING 4 Release the tractor locking levers by pulling them up Open the tractor paper holders See the following figure 5 Position the right tractor as seen from the rear of the printer Push the right locking lever down to secure the tractor Center the middle forms support Cut sheet stand Tractor guide Positioning the tractors Adjusting the left margin Below the right tractor as seen from the back 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 left most line the left margin is approximately 12mm 0 5 inch including perforation area Tractor paper holders Tractor paper holders gt Ajusting the left margin 3 14 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING nm M 6 Fit the paper feed holes onto the left and right tractor pins Adjust the left tractor as seen from the rear of the printer to the width of the form Close the paper holders 7 Pull the left trac
179. r sets IBM PC character sets 1 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 57 or 61 national character sets depending on the emulation including IBM PS 2 character sets are available 1 1 INTRODUCTION OPTIONS 1 2 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 fonts Timeless Nimbus Sans and Courier each in upright italic and bold High speed printing At 10 cpi print speed ranges from 113 cps for letter quality to 400 cps 80 column printer or 448cps 136 column printer for high speed draft quality 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 quickly to work in your application A large download buffer allows you to use custom fonts 80 column or 136 column print line 80 column printers are the most suitable for printing in landscape mode using letter or A4 size paper 136 column printers are the most suitable for printing in landscpe mode using legal or standard size computer forms Simple switching o
180. r top margin is not software specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when your top margin is software specified lt CUTFINE gt 0 180 29 180 Fine tunes the top of form position for single sheets Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm apo dnjas User s Manual 5 37 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults ADJUST Items lt CNT LFT gt Options Description 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 single sheets Moves the position left or right in increments of 1 90 inch 0 28 mm lt CUT ADJ gt 21 360 14 360 1 360 0 360 7 360 14 360 21 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates the line spacing pitch on the basis of the spacing error accumulated for feeding single sheets by10 inches Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total CSF ADJ 21 360 14 360 7 360 0 360 7 360 14 360 21 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates the line spacing pitch on the basis of the spacing error accumulated for feeding single sheets by10 inches Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total This option is available only when paper is being loaded in the cu
181. re 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 User s Manual 2 27 SETTING UP Using MS DOS to Specify Serial Interface Settings For an IBM PC or compatible device use the following MS DOS 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 fan 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
182. rial 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 Transmissionmode 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 selectable 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 wirin
183. rinter setup mode see Chapter 5 _ _ __ _ User s Manual 3 7 PAPER HANDLING 3 8 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 either of the following methods Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a forward form feed Turn the platen knob clockwise Loading Paper in the Cut Sheet Feeder DL3850 Option A cut sheet feeder 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 The DL3850 printer uses an ASF300 cut sheet feeder See Chapter 8 for more information on cut sheet feeders including a double bin adapter See A ppendix A to check if your printer supports CSF option Before installing the sheet feeder on your printer 1 Remove the CSF cover L and CSF cover R from the ejection cover To remove the brackets open the front cover and release their locking hooks from behind the ejection cover CSFcoverL 5 CSF cover R Front cover 2 Remove the cut sheet stand from the printer Mount the two cut sheet feeder mounting brackets on the ejection cover holes and then push the feeder down until the brackets snap into place When a feeder is mounted the printer mechanically knows the feeder type and controls the fee
184. rom online setup mode send EXIT as the last setup data apo dnjas For details of setup data and its format refer to the programmer s manual for each emulation User s Manual 5 63 USING SETUP MODE 5 64 User s Manual MAINTENANCE Your printer requires very little care Occasional D 5 mp O D 5 o O cleaning and replacement of the ribbon cartridge are all that is required Lubrication of the printer is not usually necessary Tf 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 lubrication might be needed CLEANING The front and back covers the ejection cover and the acoustic cover 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 and paper bail rollers It is easier to clean the printer when the front cover the ejection cover and the cut sheet stand and back cover 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 Ma
185. ror types LED status Error name Blink Light ONLINE AREA OVER PAPER OUT Paper end Eject jam error Continuous form cut sheet switch lever error Load jam error If the setup item PPR OUT IGNORE is specified paper end is not detected 7 10 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Printer Failures A user cannot generally resolve a problem involving defective printer hardware On detecting a fatal error the printer will Stop printing Beep four times Turn the ONLINE indicator off Blink the PAPER OUT indicator see Table 7 4 for the error type 7 ey le o S gt Q ET T9 1 Table 7 4 Printer Failures LED states Light Blink 34 V undervoltage error ONLINE PAPER OUT Left end sensor error MENUI PAPER OUT Overload error MENU2 PAPER OUT RAM error AREA OVER PAPER OUT Hight voltage error PAPER OUT and AREA OVER The following errors cause the printer to turn off the power Print head error Space motor error 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 CSS User s Manual 7 11 TROUBLE SHOOTING DIAGNOSTIC The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and FUNCTIONS V ALMNT SELF TST tells you whether
186. rtridge The RS 232C serial interface is a factory option It must be installed by a field engineer If you ordered a printer with the interface the board is already installed in the printer 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 See A ppendix A to check if your printer supports CSF option ooo User s Manual 2 5 SETTING UP NEN ASSEMBLING THE PRINTER This section explains how to install the cut sheet stand and ribbon cartridge Installing the Cut Sheet Stand The cut sheet stand enables smooth feeding of both single sheets and continu ous forms Install the cut sheet stand as described below Referring to the following figure locate the two grooved notches on the top of the printer behind the top cover Note that each notch has a front groove and a rear groove 2 Locate the two mounting pins on each side of the cut sheet stand Mounting pins Cut sheet stand Installing the cut sheet stand 2 6 User s Manual SETTING UP 3 Hold the cut sheet stand at an angle over the top of the printer Slide the mounting pins into the long front grooves of the notches This is the cut sheet stand s up position used for printing single sheets To rotate the cut sheet stand to its down position grasp it at the sides and lift it up until the two upper mounting p
187. ryday operations such as paper handling and font selection The printer comes up in normal mode when turned on To enter setup mode press the TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons at the same time while the ONLINE indicator is off not lit POWER MENU1 MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPEROUT O O O MENU TEAR OFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD RESET SETUP MICROA SAVE TOP MICROY 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 alphabetically pl 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 Does not apply Operation Clear print buffer Online Offline Required Response Press MENU and TEAR OFF Eject single sheets Press LF FF Enter normal mode Turn printer on Press on the power switch Enter setup mode Press TEAR OFF and ONLINE Exit to normal mode Press ONLINE then press TEAR OFF or MENU Form feed forward Press and hold LF FF until the operation starts Line feed forward Press LF FF within three seconds Load paper Press LOAD Micro feed backward Press ONLINE and LOAD Micro feed forward Press ONLINE and LF FF Place printer offline Press ONLINE Place printer on
188. s shown below lt PPR OUT gt CNTONLY DETECT IGNORE 3 Select an option for the selected item Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to the option you require Press the MENU button to select the option and print the next item NOTE To print the previous item press the TEAR OFF button 4 Repeat step 3 until all required options are changed 5 Exit the HARDWRE function apo dnjas Press the ONLINE button to exit the HARDWRE function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu BEEE User s Manual 5 35 USING SETUP MODE CHANGING PRINT POSITION ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS 5 36 6 Do either of the following Select another function or Exit setup mode saving your changes For details on other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button When you print using ruled paper you often want to adjust the print position so that the print sits properly on the ruled lines The ADJUST function allows you to e Set top of form position Fine tune top of form position Fine tune left print start column left margin e Adjust for accumlative line spacing error in a page The first three items are provided separately for cut single sheets and continuous forms The last item is available for single sheets only The to
189. s 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 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 Y If you 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 User s Manual 2 23 SETTING UP 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 p
190. s factory defaultsin MENU1 and MENU2 LIST SELF TST Prints a list of all currently selected options 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 LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor on the plastic print guide under the function you require The LOAD button moves the cursor to the next option and the LF FF button moves the cursor to the previous option 2 Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the function If the function has items and options the printer prints the first item and its options The MENUI MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST and CONFIG functions contain items that have selectable options The other functions have neither items nor options The first three MENUI items and their options are shown below Items are enclosed in single brackets lt gt XL24E lt QUALITY gt PICA 10 CORRESP OCR B OCR A COUR N TIMLS B TIMLS I DOWNLDO DOWNLD1 apo dnjas User s Manual 5 5 USING SETUP MODE To select an option from the lt item gt menu 1 Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor on the plastic print guide under the option you require 2 Press the MENU button to select the option The printer prints the next item and its options You can pr
191. s 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 PE This signal is high when the printer is out of paper User s Manual Select SLCT INTERFACE INFORMATION Description This signal is high when the printer is online Auto Feed XT Not used No connection Signal Ground Logic ground level 0 V Frame Ground Printer chassis ground line FG and SG are connected 5V Output 5 V source up to 300 mA Signal Ground Twisted pair return lines Input Prime INPRM If this signal is low for more 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 Signal Ground Logic ground level 0 V No connection 5 VR Output Pulled up to 5 V through a 3 3 ky resistor SLCT IN Input Not used 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 Return Description Pin No Host Clock This signal is set high when the host requests the reverse data transfer phase nibble mode Printer Clock Output Reverse
192. sed characters on Condensed characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Select underline type n 0 d 5 Underline on off on n 1 off n 0 Overline on off on n 1 off n 0 Single line Bold single line Extremely bold single line Double line Bold double line Extremely bold double line ESC u n h 1 v v SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC S n ESCT ESC e U n ESC n ESC e o n sles puewwo User s Manual C 3 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 4 Function Command Select printing style 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 Elite pitch Condensed Shadow Bold Double width Proportional Select image overlay type This command allows you to overlay a pattern on characters n 1 Light dot matrix Heavy dot matrix Vertical bars Horizontal bars Slants Back slants Lattice Image overlay printing on off on n 1 off n 0 ESC n ESC eI n ESC eL n Horizontal Control Space Backspace Carriage return Elite pitch 12 cpi Pica pitch 10 cpi Proportionally spaced characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Set character pitch to n 1 120 inch 1 lt n lt 127 Set character pitch to n 180 inch 0 n 255 SP BS CR ESCM ESCP ESC p n
193. speed draft y Supported User s Manual E 21 COURIER 10 PRESTIGE ELITE 12 DRAFT 12 COMPRESSED PICA 10 CORRESPONDENCE 10 HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12 BOLDFACE PS OCR B 10 OCR A10 RESIDENT FONTS This appendix provides print samples of the printer s nineteen resident 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 syabols 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 syabols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and amp variety of sizes and prints using printer symbols fonts prints using printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality 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 quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts prints using The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts prints using User s Manual RESIDENT FONTS COUR
194. t margin at column m 0 n m lt 255 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt n lt 255 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 lt n lt 255 Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set top of form ESC X n m ESC N n ESC O ESC C n ESC C NUL n ESC 4 C 20 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Command Character Set Control Select character set 1 Select character set 2 Print n n 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 n 0 n n amp 255 n z n n 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 n chars ESC char ESC T n n 00 c c CAN DC1 ESC Q 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 n n ID m m data sles puewwoy User s Manual C 21 COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E Function Command Bit Image Graphics Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density
195. t sheet feeder 5 38 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont ADJUST Options Description Items lt CNT ADJ gt 28 360 21 360 Compensates for the forms 14 360 7 360 0 360 feed error accumulated through 7 360 14 360 21 360 feeding of continuous forms 28 360 GRAPHIC 1 lt CNTADJL gt 21 360 14 360 Compensates for the forms 7 360 0 360 feed error accumulated through 7 360 14 360 21 360 feeding of continuous forms GRAPHIC 1 Last page lt END gt Indicates the end of the ADJUST item list Press MENU to print the first item which is lt CNT ORG gt Press TEAR OFF to print the last item which is lt CUTADJL gt Press ONLINE to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 1 When printing graphics selecting GRAPHIC may result in the printing of clearer graphics apo dnjas BE User s Manual 5 39 USING SETUP MODE Procedure Before adjusting a print position you should carefully measure the amount of adjustment required for any paper that demands precise print registration To adjust a print position make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded The following example shows how to adjust the top of form setting for continuous forms 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultane ously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that th
196. t the sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand Letter or A4 size paper inserted lengthwise portrait mode with this setting will not result in clipping Adjust the right paper guide so that the paper lies flat on the cut sheet stand 3 Slide the paper along the cut sheet stand until its bottom edge touches the platen Then press the LOAD button The paper will advance to the top of form position 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 charac ters 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 2 14 User s Manual SETTING UP Starting the self test 3 Allow printing to continue for a dozen or more lines of repeat printing To stop printing press the TEAR OFF button Manually turn the platen knob clockwise to remove the test page NOTE Do not try to use the LF FF line feed form feed button to eject the paper In self test mode LF FF cannot be used to feed paper forward 4 Examine the self test page It should look like the sample on the next page Check that printing is
197. th a soft cloth if necessary Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed Printing is erratic or the wrong characters are printed Many 2 characters are printed Make sure that the interface cable is securely connected to both the printer and computer 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 Changing Hardware Options in Chapter 5 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Solution Printing is Use the printer s V ALMNT function to vertically check the vertical print alignment If necessary misaligned adjust the print alignment See the section jagged Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 7 gt e o 2 El Q e qno Thetop marginis 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 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 doc
198. the interface to a fixed interface set PARALEL USB with the LAN card mounted and the setup mode set to INTERFCE under HARDWRE Serial Interface or USB interface Items The following lt FORMAT gt to DUPLEX 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 Referto the documentation provided for your computer and software 5 32 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Description Items lt FORMAT gt Number of Number of data bits Parity bit stop bits None None Even Odd Even Odd Mark Space Even Odd NNR RRR y 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 The data format also includes a start bit The mark is logical 1 The space is logical 0 apo dnjas BEE User s Manual 5 33 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults Options lt BAUD RT gt Description The baud rate is in bps bits per second Select the same baud rate as used by your computer or modem lt PROTOCL gt XON XOF DTR REV CHL Indicates data transmission protocol The DC1 and DC3 codes are used The Data Terminal Ready signal is used The R
199. 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 and 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 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 The printer number is on the rating label on the right side of the printer The serial number and date of manufacture are on the label on the rear 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 7 12 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS The installaion of options allows you to expand the capabilities of your printer Options available for the printer
200. the right paper guide until the distance between the two guides is the approximate width of your paper 5 Manually fan the stack of paper and place it in the paper bin NOTE A short vertical mark inside each paper guide indicates the maximum capacity of the bin Make sure that your paper stack does not cover these vertical marks Loading the cut sheet feeder 3 10 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ET 6 Readjust the right paper guide leaving a slight gap between the paper guide and the right edge of the paper About 1 5 mm 1 16 inch is sufficient Pull the right locking lever forward 7 Push the bin lever down to the CLOSED position 8 Load paper to the top of form position using either of the following methods 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 simultaneously pressing the ONLINE button and the LF FF button or the LOAD button micro feed After adjusting the position of the paper the data can be saved by pressing the ONLINE button and MENU button This function is available only immediately after adjusting the position of the paper Load 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 9 Place the printer online Print a sample page and check t
201. ting using one of your software packages This exercise will 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 between 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 2 26 User s Manual SETTING UP 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 Make sure that the interface cable is properly connected Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as that selected on the printer f you a
202. tive companies User s Manual PRINTER MODELS AND OPTIONS ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for buying the Fujitsu DL3750 3850 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 Appendix 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 This manual covers model DL 3750 an 80 column printer and model DL 3850 a 136 column printer Each model has a 100 120 V or 220 240 V power supply A serial interface is a factory option A LAN card a user add on option can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel USB interfaces Y ou must specify these when purchasing the printer Other options include a cut sheet feeder can be added by yourself after purchasing the printer See A ppendix A to check if yo
203. tor as seen from the rear to stretch the paper taut Push the left locking lever down to secure the tractor in place 8 Strongly pull the back cover off of the cut sheet stand in the direction indicated by the arrow and set it down Cut sheet stand Back cover Setting the back cover 9 Install the cut sheet stand For installation see the section Installing the Cut Sheet Stand in Chapter 2 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 11 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Move the forms tractors as required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 If the paper cut position and the perforation position do not fit adjust them by using the following procedure A User s Manual 3 15 I D 5 a 5 amp 19ded PAPER HANDLING 3 16 NOTE When you use continuous forms make sure that the edges of both left and right paper guides do not touch the paper Slide both paper guides flush against the ends of both sides Good Unacceptable Continuous Left paper form po guide _ j j TE j but sheet j i ji stand Right paper guide Adjusting the TEAR OFF position When t
204. tors 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 10 User s Manual SETTING UP Looking at the printer from the back with the cut sheet stand and back cover removed you can see the following parts of the printer Power 1 connector Interface connector Forms tractors Paper select lever Printer components rear CONNECTING THE POWER Before you plug in the printer CORD Y Make sure that the printer power is switched off The side marked 1 on the power switch should be raised Y Make sure that the power outlet is properly grounded Y Make sure that you use the power cord shipped with the printer This cord is designed to minimize radio frequency interference ooo User s Manual 2 11 SETTING UP To plug in the power cord 1 Plug one 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 Turn on the power by pressing the side marked 1 on the power switch Within a few seconds the POWER indicator on the printer control panel will light the print head will move to its home position and the ONLINE indicator will light green NOTE If no forms are loaded the printer may beep and t
205. umentation Check the printer s TOP MRG setting See the section Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Options in Chapter 5 Lines are double Check the line spacing setting in your software spaced instead of single spaced Change the CR CODE setting in the printer setup mode to CR ONLY See the section Changing MENU and MENU2 Options in Chapter 5 The printer Change the CR CODE setting in the printer overprints on the setup mode to CR amp LF See the section same line Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options in Chapter 5 The next print line Change the LF CODE setting in the printer starts where the setup mode to LF amp CR See the section previous line Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Options in ended instead of Chapter 5 at the left margin User s Manual 7 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING 7 4 Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Solution If an error occurs during printing with Windows simply printing the page again will cause the printed characters to be garbled If an error occurs during printing with Windows execute reset from the control panel or turn off the printer then print the page again 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 Problem Paper cannot be loaded or fed Solution Make sure that the p
206. unction Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under either the MENUI or MENU2 function Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the function and print the following lt EMULATE gt options lt EMULATE gt U PL24C XL24E ESC P2 3 Select an emulation Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the cursor under the emulation you require Then do either of the following Press the MENU button to select the emulation and print the next MENU 1 or MENU2 item As shown in Table 5 3 this is the FONT item Press the TEAR OFF button to select the emulation and print lt END gt Press the TEAR OFF button again to print the last MENUI or MENU2 item As shown in Table 5 3 this is the lt RGHTEND gt item The TEAR OFF button is convenient when the options you need to change are near the end of the list of items 5 28 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE NOTE Whenever you select a new emulation all MENU1 or MENU2 options are reset to the factory defaults for that emulation 4 If necessary change the other MENU1 or MENU2 options Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to the option you want to select Press the MENU button to select the option and print the next item listed in Table 5 3 Press the TEAR OFF button to select the option and print the previous item 5 Exit MENU1 or MENU2 Press the ONLINE butt
207. 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 Make sure that the ribbon is installed correctly Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set to position 1 User s Manual 2 15 SETTING UP Insert a new sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand Turn the platen knob to manually advance the paper until the top edge has moved past the paper bail rollers Press the TEAR OFF button to restart printing If the print quality remains poor turn off the printer and contact your dealer for assistance BUTTON ACTION lt ONLINE gt Exit to normal mode lt LE FF gt Return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt mode lt TEAROFF gt Pause resume printing 1 Software specification KA02008 J101 01A 024601 2 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 01 00 00 00 00 04 05 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 11 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 04 05 00 60 10 00 00 00 00 11 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 30 30 60 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 OA OA 33 43 00 10 10 11 00 00 01 00 00 11 00 00 00 16 16 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 F5 00 F9 FE FB 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 62 00 00 ESSE 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
208. uous forms or cut Eject forms or sheets Press the online button to turn the printer Continuous form cut sheet switch lever error sheets were ejected In continuous form loading status the continuous form cut sheet switch lever is switched to cut sheet mode In cut sheet loading status the continuous form cut sheet switch lever is switched to continuous form mode If the error occurs all buttons are disabled online Switch the continuous form cut sheet switch lever back to its original position Remove the loaded paper User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 3 Operating Problems and Solutions Cont Error name Error description Recovery method Load jam error After the tractor PE sensor Execute the loading detected the form at operation continuous form loading Press the online butto the TOF sensor does not to turn the printer 7 3 e e El Q JqNO1L detect the top of the form online even after line feed is When the cut sheets executed a certain number are loaded remove the of times sheets once and After the set sensor detects then insert them again the sheet at cut sheet They are then loaded loading the TOF sensor automatically does not detect he top of the sheet even after line feed is executed a certain number of times O User s Manual 7 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING LEDs light up depending on the following er
209. ur printer supports CSF option DL3750 3850 Basic specifications Print line at 10 cpi 80 columns DL3750 136 columns DL3850 Interface Centronics parallel Centronics parallel RS 232C Centronics parallel USB LAN LAN user option Alternative specification Power supply 100 120 V or 220 240V I Factory option RS 232C serial interface for Centronics parallel model only It must be installed by a field engineer L User add on option LAN card Cut sheet feeder The cut sheet feeder is available only for the DL3850 printer cpi characters per inch User s Manual ORGANIZATION vi 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 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
210. use the HEX DUMP function in setup mode A connection that allows communication from one part of a system to another For example electrical signals are transferred between the computer and printer over an interface cable Kilobyte 1K byte equals 1024 bytes User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS LAN interface Letter size Line feed LF Line spacing Ipi Monospacing Nonresident font Normal mode Offline Online Parallel interface An interface for the local area network that supports the use of 10Base T and 100Base TX cables The use of Category 5 or greater TX cables is supported The maximum cable length supported is 100 meters A standard paper size used in the United States and other countries Paper is 8 1 2 x 11 inches 215 9 x 279 4 mm A signal to the printer that advances the paper forward one line Line feeds can be executed either by your software or by pressing the LF FF button on the printer control panel The vertical spacing between lines measured in lines per inch Lines per inch Used to measure line spacing Character spacing in which each printed character has the same width Also called fixed pitch monospacing is the opposite of proportional spacing Typewriter or computer printed text is typically monospaced Fonts not present resident in the printer s permanent memory Soft fonts and fonts on font cards are examples of nonresident fonts One of the printer s two oper
211. 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 This signal goes high to cause the printer to enter the reverse data transfer phase nibble mode User s Manual D 5 INTERFACE INFORMATION Data Transmission Timing In unidirectional mode conventional 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 ay Up XL Acknowledge T1 T2 T3 re gt lt lt gt T1 T2 T3 1 us T4 1 us 0 us lt T5 3ys 2 us lt T6 lt 6 us In bidirectional mode nibblemode this printer can send data to the compu ter 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 1284 Active _M M from CPU Data Available Data bit 0 Data bit 4 X Flag Data bit 1 Data bit 5 Ack Data Req Data bit 2 Data bit 6 Printer Busy Data bit 3 Data bit 7 Printer Clock Host Bus from CPU A Lo T Ly Data Available is assigned for the cable User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION SERIAL INTERFACE RS 232C is the standard serial interface for data termi
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213. vertical alignment settings The printer exits setup mode and returns online NOTE To exit the V ALMNT function you must exit setup mode Vertical alignment adjusting BUTTON ACTION lt ONLINE gt Save and exit to normal mode lt TEAROFF gt Change speed T lt LE FF gt Shift backward print position to left lt LOAD 5 Shift backward print position to right Letter qualit Correct vertical print alignment SETUP MODE REFERENCE The following flowchart shows how setup mode is organized for the 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 Note Asterisks indicate default settings at shipment SETUP MODE DPL24C PLUS ORGANIZATION Move red cursor on the prime guide Move red cursor on the prime guide SETURMODE LOAD or LF FF FUNCTIONS MENU or TEAR OFF Select function ITEMS amp OPTIONS MENU Select option o TEAR OFF Select option print next item print previous item
214. ware The grid used to print characters on a dot matrix printer Each dot corresponds to a wire in the print head User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Downloading dpi Emulation Font Form feed FF Graphics printing Hexadecimal Hex dump Interface K byte Transferring soft fonts from the computer to the printer s memory Downloading allows you to use fonts not resident in the computer Dots per inch A command set that allows one printer to print like another printer This printer has three resident emulations Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS native command set IBM proprinter XL24E and Epson ESC P2 A complete set of printable characters having the same size and style For example Courier 10 and Prestige Elite 12 are commonly used fonts A signal to the printer to advance the paper forward one page Form feeds can be executed either by your software or by holding down the LF FF button on the printer control panel Controlling the print head wires dots individually to produce a picture or an image on the page A base 16 numbering system also commonly referred to as hex numbers Since a base 16 system requires 16 digits numbers 0 through 9 and letters A through F are used Expressing binary numbers in hexadecimal uses fewer digits A hexadecimal printout of control codes and data Hex dumps are used to debug computer programs and to troubleshoot printer malfunctions To print a hex dump on the printer
215. while simultaneously pressing the MENU TEAROFF and LF FF buttons lt S gt DISABLE ENABLE 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 5 44 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description lt CONT PE gt Detection of end of continuous forms TRACTOR Paper end is detected by the sensor on the tractor unit Paper end unprinted area Continuous forms About 80 mm Regardless of paper end printing continues near to the edge of paper Paper end unprinted area About 4 7 mm for both continu ous forms Setting of ribbon protective control at a line feed on continuous forms ENABLE The protective control is executed DISABLE The protective control is not executed Setting of retracting control at canceling TEAR OFF of continuous forms 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 continu ous forms save operation
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