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Star Micronics LC24-20 User's Manual

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4. Subscript Mode ASCII Both lt 5 gt S lt I gt 1B 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as subscripts Does not change the character pitch Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII Hexadecimal lt gt T 27 84 1B 54 Stops printing superscripts or subscripts and returns to normal printing 5 5 Select standard character set Mode lt 5 gt t 0 27 M6 0 1B 74 00 FS I 0 28 73 0 49 0 Selects standard character set This 1s power up default in Standard mode if EDS switch D 1 is set to OFF Select IBM character set Decimal Hexadecimal 27 116 1 1 74 01 20 73 1 1C 49 01 Selects an IBM character set This 15 the power up default in IBM mode or EDS switch D 1 is set to ON in standard mode Select character set 1 lt ESC gt 7 37 Selects character set 1 Select character set 2 Mode ASCII lt 5 gt 6 36 Selects character set 2 Select international character set lt gt R Selects an international character in the Standard character set according to the value of n n Character set n Character set USA 8 Japan France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain II 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 Spain 04 Legal The first eight of these
5. Chapter 17 REFERENCE SPECIFICATIONS Printing system ode Serial Impact Dot matrix Printing speed sirier ixi te ee Pica Hlite Semi condensed High Speed Draft 210 cps Draft l60cps 192cps 240 cps Letter Quality 53 cps 64 cps 80 cps Print Bi directional logic seeking Uni directional logic seeking selectable head 24 pins Life 200 million dots LANG 1 6 1 8 n 60 72 180 216 n 360 Font styles inches Standard Draft High Speed Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script Option FC 1Z Cartridge Orator Orator 2 Letter Gothic Blippo Cinema FC 2Z Cartridge OCR B OCR A CODE 39 UPC EAN FC 3Z Cartridge TW Laght H Gothic Orane FC 4Z Cartridge Russian Roman GOST Cyrillic FC 5Z Cartridge Old Style Firenze FC 10Z Cartridge SLQ Script FC 11Z Cartridge SLQ Roman FC 12Z Cartridge SLQ TW Light 143 CHALACIETS 96 International 16 sets IBM special 11 IBM block graphic 50 IBM code page 6 sets Download 255 i USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan Norway Denmark II Spain II Latin America Korea Irish Legal 437 USA 850 Multi Lingual 860 Portuguese 861 Icelan Number of columns Character matrix
6. 54 Optional fonts marked with can be selected only when corre sponding font cartridge is installed in the printer If the corresponding font cartridge is not installed the Roman is selected Switch F 1 EDS Setting If you set this switch OFF the current EDS settings are all cleared and restores the Factory Settings 55 56 Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter helps you identify printer conditions and problems that you can often correct yourself Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device which also contains high voltage inside For that reason only carry out those operations described in this chapter CAUTION Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described here may result in electric shock and or damage to the printer When carrying out any repairs or maintenance always follow the instructions carefully TROUBLESHOOTING Your printer is a reliable piece of precision machinery which should not cause you any trouble provided it is used and treated sensibly However the few elementary tips below should help you avoid having to make unneces Sary service calls Power switch 1 on but power indicator is off Probable Cause Action Printer is not Make sure that the power cord 15 correctly connected getting power Verify that the power source works Printer sounds as if it is printing but does not Printing is weak
7. Elite 0 Semi condensed 0 Condensed pica OSa Condensed elite 0 Expanded pica 0 zx n Expanded elite n Expanded semi condensed Expanded condensed pica 0 n Expanded condensed elite 0 Set right margin 76 9 114 130 152 38 lt 45 lt 57 lt 64 76 IA KA P ASCII lt ESC gt n Sets margin at column in the current character piten pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column 7 be comes the last character position in the line The right margin does not move if the character pitch is chzaged later The right margin must be within the limits below 4 WA WA IA WA Hn n n n n n Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Expanded pica Expanded elite Expanded semi condensed Expanded condensed pica Expanded condensed elite oV tA 80 96 120 137 160 lt 40 lt 48 60 lt lt 68 80 Set left right margins ode ASCII Hexadecimal ESC X nl n2 1B 58 nl n2 Sets the left margin at column n7 and the right margin at column 12 See preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes Carriage return ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt CR gt 3 Prints the current line and returns next print position to left margin If EDS switch A 4 is set to OFF
8. m2 m9 ml m2 m9 4 42 d Defines new characters and stores them for later use EDS switch A 3 must be set OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command 15 ignored Downloading characters in IBM mode requires Dot Pattern data and Character Index Table data Dot Pattern data controls which pins fire when printing a character Index Table data is placed in a lookup table that provides infor mation on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the character nl n2 x 256 give the number of bytes to be downloaded n3 and 14 indicate the low order and high order addresses in which data 15 to be stored n3 should be 15 and n4 should be 128 for this printer n5 determines the character mode to be downloaded as shown below n Character mode Character width LQpka 36 ml through 9 indicate Index Table data mi and m2 indicate the address where Dot Pattern is stored 71 is the high order byte m3 indicates the number of columns in the character memory and 4 indicates the number of columns in the character less 1 m5 through are compression mask bits Data compression allows the efficient use of memory in storing downloaded characters pro viding space for more characters than would be available without compression The printer repeats th
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10. Examples n gives n 9 1 8 gives emphasized elite 137 1 8 128 gives underlined emphasized Increase character spacing ASCII lt gt SP Increases space between characters by dots where n is anumber from 0 to 127 Used in microjustification Select double or quadruple size ASCII lt ESC gt h Selects the size of subsequent characters as shown below Extra high characters align along the cap line of normal characters with the base line temporarily moving down Line spacing 15 temporarily doubled when and quadrupled when n 2 n Effect Normal size Double high double wide 2 Quadruple high quadruple wide Print double height characters ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal lt ESC gt w 27 119 1 18 77 01 Std Te lt FS gt V 28 86 1 1 56 01 Prints subsequent characters at double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing Return to normal height ASCI Std lt 5 gt w lt 0 gt 27 119 0 18 77 00 td FS V lt 0 gt 28 86 0 56 00 Terminates double height printing and prints subsequent characters at normal height 94 Select character height width and line spacing Mode IBM lt ESC gt lt 4 gt 0 27 91 18 58 40 04 00 lt 0 gt 0 00 00 Selects a combination of c
11. Press the button to save and exit the EDS mode 49 FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SETTINGS The printer stores the parameters that you can select from the control panel while in the EDS mode A default is the setting that the printer will use if none is specifically selected by a program When you first turn on or later reset your printer these default settings will take effect By changing the settings you can alter various printer functions to match your specific requirements The following will help you choose the proper settings NOTE The factory default is the ON position for all functions except 50 74 6 Graphics Direction Bi directional Uni directional _ SSS BJ Paperou Enabied B3 Nouse B4 Reserve LemcON Printable Area ____ TypeA rowed Page Length See below IBM Code page or International See below Character Set B6 _ 2 0 Character Table Standard mode Graphics Italics IBM mode Set 2 Set 1 D3 Centering Disabled 2 E3 LQ Font Selection See below A 6 1 2 3 4 5 C 1 3 4 5 2 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5 1 2 3 4 EDS Sering A 6 which is set to the OFF position Switch 1 Emulation Select the mode compatible with your computer and soft
12. ls LET je jeje e ee 1 00000 fee 4 241 4 Lp Figure 9 2 Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica Assigning a value of character space Besides being able to specify the actual width of the character this printer allows you to specify the position in the standard grid where the character will print You must specify the dot column in which the printed character starts and the dot column in which the character ends Why you may ask would you want to define a character this way instead of merely defining the overall width of the character Because this printer s proportional character definitions can also be used to print normal width characters and by centering even the narrow characters in the complete grid they will look good even if you are not printing them proportionately The three bytes are used to specify the width of the character and the space to be allowed on either side of it The left space in dot columns 15 specified by and the right space is specified by m2 The second byte specifies the width of the character in dots By varying the width of the character itself and the spaces around it you can actually create proportional width characters When defining characters the number of printe
13. 92 99 109 109 100 100 91 118 107 85 CONTROL CODE lt gt S lt 5 gt T lt ESC gt 0 ESC U lt ESC gt W ESC X nf n2 ESC Y nl n2 ml ESC Z nl n2 ml lt 5 gt 0 4 lt ESC gt LI 2 lt ESC gt P ESC T 4 ESC lt 4 gt 4 lt gt ESC g ri lt ESC gt 2 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt nm ESC n ESC d n2 ESC j lt ESC gt n ESC t 0 lt ESC gt t ma ma 0 c0 0 0 0 0 n2 0 ni lt 0 gt 0 0 FUNCTION Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bi directional printing Uni directional printing Expanded printing Set left and right margins Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics lt 0 gt n Select character height width and line spacing n2 Select font and pitch nl n2 Select initial conditions 0 n2 Select IBM code page 0 nl n2 Set base unit for line spacing Select print quality ml select graphics mode Enable printing of all character codes Reverse line feed Enable printing of all character codes on next character Overlining Relative horizontal tab in inches Stop printing Select LQ font Select standard character set Select IBM character se
14. Figure 4 1 Control panel 3 The ONLINE button sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you press the button When the printer is on line it can receive and print data from the computer and will be indicated by the ON LINE indicator being lit When the printer is off line stops printing and sends the computer a signal indicating that it cannot accept data The printer powers up in the on line status when paper is loaded If paper 1s not loaded the printer powers up off line with the PE message and the Power indicator light will blink When you load paper the printer goes on line You will want to press the button Before and after any other panel operation The other panel buttons operate only in the off line state Press the button to go off line After performing the panel operation s press the button again to go back on line To pause during printing If you press the button during printing the printer stops printing and goes off line allowing you to check the printout or change a control panel setting Printing resumes when you press the button again to go back on line PAPER FEED If you press and release this button while off line the paper will feed forward one line If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you also press the button while you are line feeding the paper will feed automatically to the top of t
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16. 0 07 0 12 2nd or 3rd 14 24 Ibs 2 ply 40 56 g m 0 11 0 15 2nd or 3rd 11 15 Ibs 3 ply 40 56 0 18 0 23 3rd or 4th 11 15 Ibs 21 LOADING FANFOLD FORMS This printer accepts fanfold forms up to 10 wide This printer can feed fanfold forms either from the rear or from the bottom of the printer as shown in Figure 3 3 Figure 3 3 Paper path for fanfold forms This section wil take you through the procedures for loading parking and unparking fanfold forms from the rear of the printer If you want to feed paper from the bottom you must use the optional Pull Tractor Unit Refer to Chapter 7 22 Loading the paper Place a stack of fanfold paper behind and below the printer 2 Turn the printer s power OFF 3 Pull the release lever toward the front of the printer This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller and engaging the tractor feed 4 Open the mute cover on the front cover as shown in Figure 3 4 Release lever Mute cover Figure 3 4 Opening the mute cover and correct lever position 5 Open the rear cover using the two grips on either side as in Figure 3 5 Figure 3 5 Opening the rear cover 6 Pass the paper between the printer case and the rear cover 23 7 Open both tractor covers and mount the paper by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Tractor cover Clamp lever Figure 3 6 Mount the f
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19. Return to normal height Print double height characters Print hex density 24 bit graphics Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of all character codes on next character Delete last character sent PAGE 87 116 98 94 94 110 89 89 117 179 The following commands take effect with IBM mode CONTROL CODE lt BEL gt lt BS gt lt HT gt lt LF gt lt VT gt FF CR SO SI lt DCI gt lt DC2 gt lt DC4 gt lt CAN gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 72 lt ESC gt 3 ESC 4 ESC lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt Ad lt ESC gt 9 lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt ESC lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt ESC lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt ESC lt ESC gt 180 gt nl n2 lt 0 gt n n nl n2 0 n H n2 m2 n2 ml m2 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage return
20. USERS MANUAL 24 20 MULTI FONT DOT MATRIX PRINTER ZBA 80825525 Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046 1984 announced by the DBP DBP has been informed of the introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the right to examine the whole series It is the user s responsibility to see that his own assembled system is in accordance with the technical regulations under Vfg 1046 1984 To conform to FTZ regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded cable The equipment may only be opened by qualified service representatives The above statement applies only to printers marketed in Germany Trademark Acknowledgements LC24 20 1 24 200 LC24 10 SF 10DS 1025 RC 32Z DC 32Z SPC 8K Star Micronics Co Ltd IBM PC PS 2 PC AT Proprinter X24E Proprinter 24P PS 1 printer PC DOS International Business Machines Corp MS DOS Microsoft BASIC Microsoft Corporation LQ 860 LQ 850 Seiko Epron Corp NOTICE e All rights reserved Reproduction of any part of this manual in any form whatsoever without STAR s express permission is forbidden The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice Alleffortshave been made to ensure the accuracy of the contents of this manual at the time of press However should any errors be detected STAR would greatly appreciate being informed of them The
21. 0 1250 LPRINT 27 0 1260 LPRINT USA CHR 9 1270 LPRINT 27 1 6 1280 FOR 1 0 681 STEP 25 LPRINT 60 NEXT I 1290 LPRINT 1300 LPRINT 9 1310 FOR 150 TO 781 STEP 25 LPRINT 5 61 NEXT I 1320 LPRINT CHR 27 1 2 1330 LPRINT GERMANY CHR 9 1340 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 6 1350 FOR I 0 TO 412 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT 1 1360 LPRINT 1370 LPRINT CHR 9 1380 FOR 0 TO 488 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I 1390 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 2 1400 LPRINT JAPAN CHR 9 130 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2110 2120 2130 2140 2150 2160 2170 LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 6 FOR 0 TO 347 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 FOR 1 0 493 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 NEXT I LPRINT CHR 27 I CHR 2 LPRINT CHR 9 SCALE FOR 150 2 LPRINT SCALE NEXT I LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 0 FOR I 1 TO 8 LPRINT I NEXT I LPRINT CHR 27 LPRINT 27 5 CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 9 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS LPRINT CHR 27 T LPRINT 27 6 END DATA Index Table Data DATA 137 17 25 227 96 4 242 DATA 137 92 28 227 96 0 80 64 Dot Patte
22. 0 255 240 15 0 0 31 0 0 128 B 31 255 240 05458552235 3l 0 0 1 0 0 31 0 15 31 255 255 0 0 0 CA CA CA CA to w 4 o o CA bo E PI 192 224 12 0 0 0 9 0 128 127 128 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 a 25 to 15 0 0 314 0 0 31 128 20 3J 255 255 1 254 0 Jl 0 0 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 255 255 1 255 240 3l 0 0 31 0 0 31 135 255 31 255 240 0 0 tA CA L Cn to Cn bo No CA 97 128 12 0 0 0 0 63 128 255 12 224 0 224 0 224 0 15 255 255 255 255 255 254 1 255 240 3 135 255 7 0 63 21 We Oy 45 314 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 OQ 314192 Bs
23. 3 While holding the button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The printer will smoothly eject the current page Top of form When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the current position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position as follows 1 Pressthe ONLINE button to set the printer off line 2 Move the paper to the desired top of form position by pressing the button or by performing a forward or reverse micro feed Press and hold the button 4 While holding the button down press the button then release both buttons at the same time The message will show on the LCD display that the top of form position has been set v 4 Forward micro feed For fine alignment you can feed the paper forward in very small increments as follows 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start advancing in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons Reverse micro feed You can also feed the paper in small increments in reverse to return to a higher position on the same page 1 Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the button again and hold it down 3 While holding the button down press the button The paper will start moving bac
24. A lt i 1 Double sized Quad sized Various line and character spacings JU AEN THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED li NN j Other features OUTLINED SHADOWED OUTLINED WITH SBADOMED 5 1724 Double strike Italics Underlining Strikethrough Overlining SUPERSCRIPT and SUBSCRIPT Download characters f 282828852z 3 Dot graphics Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER This chapter describes the following procedures to set up your new printer If you have optional accessories refer to Chapter 7 after setting up the printer Printer placement Unpacking the carton box Mounting the platen knob Installing ribbon cartridge Configure your software for the printer PRINTER PLACEMENT Before you Start setting up your printer make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it By a suitable place we mean A firm level surface which is fairly vibration free Away from excessive heat such as direct sunlight heaters etc Away from excessive humidity Away excessive dust A steady power supply that is not subject to power surges should be connected to the printer For example do not connect it to the same circuit as a large noise producing appliance such as a refrigerator or an air conditioner Make sure the line voltage is the voltage spectfied on the printer s identification plat
25. Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Pica pitch Cancel one line expanded printing Cancel last line Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on Underlining Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Execute ESC A Set line spacing to 180 inch 2 216 inch or n 360 inch Set top of page at current position Cancel automatic line feed Set automatic line feed Select character set 2 Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Elite pitch n2 n3 n4 0 nS m2 m9 dl d2 dx Define download characters Reset printer Set line spacing to 1 72 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to n inches Set page length to lines Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized printing Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Select font and pitch Perform one 180 n 216 inch or n 360 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Proportional spacing Set printer off line Reset all tab stops Superscript PAGE 118 105 107 98 103 101 105 92 90 118 92 117 92 90 119 119 119 120 84 96 96 98 97 99 105 105 87 87 101 101 90 114 120 97 102 100 100 106 83 83 84
26. Probable Cause Action Ribbon is jam Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is correctly installed ming twisted or Make sure that the ribbon is between the shield on the not between the print head and the end of the print head print head and the Replace the ribbon print head shield _ Adjustment Check the setting of the adjustment lever Move the lever lever is set to a darker setting incorrectly Printer test works but printer does not print when attached to computer Probable Cause Action Printer cable has Make sure that the printer cable is correctly connected at a problem both ends printer and computer Problem with Refer to your application program manual the application program Incorrect Select the other emulation with the EDS setting emulation is See Chapter 5 selected e Printer sounds the audible alarm Probable Cause Action This might indicate Check the message on the display and the status of the an error or normal control panel indicators and see Conditions indicated by operation messages and tones in Chapter 4 Pitch or font selected 15 being changed Probable Cause Action Your software is Set your printer in Font Pitch lock See Pitch lock overriding your mode and Font lock mode in Chapter 4 control panel selection 58 Printer does not feed paper Probable Cause Paper is jamming Bail lever is closed before paper goes thr
27. also performs a line feed Set automatic line feed ode ASCII Hexadecimal IBM lt 5 gt 5 lt I gt 1B 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 4 Cancel automatic line feed ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt 5 lt 0 gt 1B 35 00 Causes the printer to perform only a carriage return when it receives a CR code This command takes priority over EDS switch A 4 Backspace ASCII Hexadecimal lt BS gt Hd oth Moves the print position one column to the left Ignored if the print position is at the left margin This command can be used to overstrike or combine characters 10 Left justify ASCII lt ESC gt lt 0 gt 27 97 0 1B 61 00 Aligns subsequent text with the left margin leaving the right margin ragged Center text ASCII lt ESC gt a Centers subsequent text between the left and right margins Right justify Mode ASCII lt gt 2 27 97 2 1B 61 02 Aligns subsequent text with the right margin leaving left margin ragged Full justify ASci Std ESC 3i 27 97 3 1B 61 03 Aligns subsequent text between left and right margins Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII lt 5 gt D ni n2 lt 0 27 68 n2 0 1B 44 n2 00 Can
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29. 3L 2554 9y 200 154 255 250 1 240 0 3 128 0 7 0 Q Oy 204 215 Do Oy sig Us 7D 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 1924 0 31 240 31 259 0 3152554429094 1253255 0 255 255 22192 1 128 L5 20 s US 0r 31y 10 344 Os Oy 31 9 814 Oy Ir 2553255 31 255 255 31 255 255 15 252 0 47 128 0 0 0 LINE 0O 0 0 0 Oy 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 D 0 0 Oy Dye Os Oy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Os 037 05 0 0 255 255 255 0 0s Ur 0 0 0 0 0 Q 0 0 4 Q 0 0 0 0 Di 0 0 O 499449954994 Sly tooo 72352555 3 255 9 0 255 0 0 31 0 0 0 O 0 0 Q 0 0 254 0 0 248 0 0 192 0 Q 0 0 Us 0 0 0 255 15 255 255 255 255 0 0 0 Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oy 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 2555 255 255 255 255 255 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 224 0 63 252 128 120 31 59 0 30 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 205 0 Oy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 127 128 128 127 128 128 127 128 223 255 128 255 255 128 255 255 0 224 0 0 224 O0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 0 224 0 1 224 0 3 240 0 255 255 254 255 255 252 255 255 248 255 255 224 255 255
30. 7 19 NOTE Keep this cap in a safe place Connector cover Figure 7 19 Push out the cap from the connector cover 4 Install the connector cover into the printer 76 5 Insert the cartridge into the slot of connector cover and slide it all the way m Connector cover Figure 7 20 insert the cartridge into the slot of the connector cover 6 Close the front cover NOTE Remount the cap on the connector cover if you are not using an optional cartridge 72 INTERFACE CONVERTER SPC 8K To run the printer in serial mode you should use the optional Serial Parallel Converter SPC 8K The procedure to install the Converter 1s Setthe DIP switches on SPC 8K before attaching it to the printer See next page for detailed information 2 Turn off power switch and disconnect the power cord from the power source 3 Disconnect the interface cable if attached 4 Connect the Parallel connector to the printer 5 Move both clips inside the extended prongs on the sides of the plug until you hear a click Interface converter Figure 7 21 Connect the Parallel connector to the printer 6 Connect the Serial connector to your computer NOTE Place the Converter on a table in order not to damage the cable Figure 7 22 Place the converter on a table 78 DIP Switch Functions on The Converter It is necessary to make compatible the data transfer conditions between t
31. 9 0 LQ pica characters 35 LQ elite characters 29 2 LQ proportional 17 41 3 After you have decided your download character set you must tell the printer where the download character data to be stored and how many download character sets you will define The first download font area starts from 800F h and you must enter 0 for the Format byte This Format byte indicates to the printer that the RAM 15 stored the download character set Following the format byte you must enter the Character data If you want to define more character set add 128 to the Character ID data The second area starts from 891 1 gt h the third area starts from lt 92 25h and the last area starts from 9B 3 h But you need not enter the Format byte for these area 126 Assigning the character dot pattern We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example umm 4 484 747 ee C2 n2 E Compression mask bit Figure 9 3 Telephone symbol with LQ pica After you have designed the character pattern you will need to compress the Dot Pattern Data compression allows you to store more download characters than without compression It is a more efficient use of mem
32. DATA lt 431 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3L 0 0 31 0 0 3340 DATA 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3350 DATA 31i 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3360 DATA 31 255 255 31 255 255 31 255 235 31 255 255 31 255 255 3370 DATA 31 255 255 15 255 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 Q 3380 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 3390 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 0 Oe 0 0 O O 0 3400 0 0 Q 0 0 60 0 3 255 0 11 195 0 28 0 3410 0 12 0 0 96 0 0 192 0 0 192 D 1 128 0 3420 DATA 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 3430 DATA 15 0 0 31 0 0 3i 0 0 514 0 0 SL 0 15 3440 DATA 345 0 31 315 0 2225 0 3I oly 0221 31 Us 31 3450 DATA 3i 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 31 31 0 31 3460 DATA 31 0 31 31 Oy 31 0 31 31 0 31 31 0 31 3470 DATA 31 0 31 31 0 21 31 0 3 31 0 31 3i 0 63 3480 DATA 31 235 2355 31 255 205 25 253 2215 221 255 199 3490 DATA 15 255 135 7 255 7 0 0 3 0 O 1 0 70 3500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O Oy 0 Q 0 3510 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 0 138 3520 3530 3540 3550 3560 3570 3580 3590 3600 3610 3620 3630 3640 3650 3660 3670 3680 3690 3700 3710 3720 3730 3740 3750 3760 3770 DATA DATA DATA 155 0 Q 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 255 255
33. ESC gt amp lt 0 gt n2 m2 dil 42 1B 26 00 val n2 ml m2 dl d2 Decimal 21 38 0 n2 m2 di 42 dX Defines one or more new characters and stores them in RAM for later use EDS switch A 3 must be set OFF otherwise RAM is used as an input buffer not downloading characters and this command is ignored nl is the character code of the first character defined and n2 1s the character code of the last character defined must be equal to or less than 12 The data for each character start with three bytes specifying propor tional spacing attributes the first byte specifies the left of the character the second byte m specifies the character width the third byte m2 specifies the right of the character These values must not exceed the following maximum limits 4 LQ super subscript Next comes the dot data Normal character height is 24 dots so there must be 3 x m bytes of dot data If the printer is in super subscript mode however the character height is 16 dots so there must be 2 x ml bytes of dot data Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most significant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot 113 Define download characters ASCII 114 27 61 ni n2 35 MB 3D a n2 23 14 i 14 05 n4 00 n5 m2 9
34. HNT v 28 2 C 59 28 42 Proportional width 865 r 23e e 20 39 ___ 18 20 20 39 T T 20 fava 21 244 20 5 20 172 INDEX A Absolute horizontal tab 108 Adjustment lever 3 21 AEC mode 4 51 All reset 43 Application software 18 ASF control commands 119 120 Auto emulation change mode 4 51 Auto Line Feed 51 105 Auto loading position 42 Automatic Sheet Feeder 11 51 65 Backspace 105 Bail lever 3 25 27 29 Base unit for line spacing 97 Beep tones 47 Bell command 118 Bi directional printing 51 118 Bit image dot matrix 144 Bottom feed 19 22 145 Bottom margin 100 Buffer size 145 Button and indicator functions 31 34 Cancel command 117 Carriage centering 54 Carriage return 105 Carton contents 10 Cartridge slot 3 Center text 106 Character data 122 Character dot pattern 127 Character height 95 Character matrix 121 124 127 144 Character pitch commands 90 95 Character set 1 87 160 Character set 2 87 Character set commands 87 89 Character set table 149 161 Character size commands 90 95 Character space 123 Character spacing 5 93 Chara
35. O e o o cr c c c c c c c c 2 m c ur m c 4 rm cr s 4 4 4 w 4 4 wed 4 cr gt D D D D D 4 4 A 4 4 3 3 e 4 gt ur o m O c LI m gt gt gt IA 1C 1 3 4 4 4 H CM t r 03 eo O r r r t r r r r gt 4 4 4 4 4 wd 1 58 143 158 142 865 Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 160 176 192 208 224 240 gt 129 45 101 17 193 209 225 241 Hn m 130 146 15 194 210 2 M 195 24 213 at s 244 s 150 3 d 151 167 231 m 184 153 249 x E 250 e m 156 157 158 159 175 9 207 223 239 255 159 Character set 1 Other characters are identical to character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain
36. Paper is getting stuck on cables Action Set the top of form See Top of form in Chapter 4 Readjust forms Select the other emulation with the EDS setting See Chapter 5 Refer to your application program manual Move paper closer to the printer Move the paper away from any wires or cables Line length is wrong Graphics do not print Lines are not starting at left margin Probable Cause Action Incorrect emula tion is selected Problem with the application program 60 Select the other emulation with the EDS setting See Chapter 5 Refer to your application program manual Characters are wrong missing formatting contro codes do not work Probable Cause Action Problem with Refer to your application program manual application program Some wires Printer needs repair missing from the print head Wrong default Check the current EDS setting Modify the EDS setting setting with EDS switches Dots are missing or print quality is poor Probable Cause Action Adjustment lever Check the position of the adjustment lever is set incorrectly See Chapter 3 Print head is not Printer needs repair working Forms smudged or printing is too dark Probable Cause Action Adjustment lever Check the position of the adjustment lever is set incorrectly Move lever to a lighter setting front See Chapter 3 Ribbonistwis
37. assignment of 12 character codes in the Standard Italic character set See the character tables in Chapter 11 With these switches you can select one of eight character sets as follows 23 D USA ON ON ON Denmark ON ON ON France ON Sweden OFF ON ON OFF OFF England OFF OFF OFF Switch D 5 CR Centering If you set this switch OFF the carriage moves to the center each time to feed paper near the perforation This way you can get better quality of printing around the preforations It is recommended to match the page length setting to your fanfold paper otherwise this function does not work properly at the perforations If you leave this switch ON the carriage does not move when feeding paper Switches E 1 to E 5 LQ Font Selection These switches allows you to choose the default font selected when LQ mode is selected as shown below Te os ea es ox ox ox on on ort ON ow ox ore ON OFF OFF ON ON Reserved ox ON OFF ON cai a ON O O ON Reserved __ OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF lorr o OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF orr Cren OF OFF OFF ON esenea
38. control functions when the most significant bit is set to by the lt ESC gt gt command in the standard mode 136 137 138 139 155 E 158 143 IBM special character set Additional characters can be printed by special commands 18 5 t NJ 2 CA 5 2 m 2 n Am Cad m E x gt or 0 2 4 rp Ha C n gt LILSEIESLILZEIET p 101 PROPORTIONAL SPACING TABLE This table lists the widths of your printer s proportional characters for Standard mode and IBM mode The values given are 360ths of an inch For example a value of 36 is 36 360ths of an inch You may need to enter these widths into a special table for your processing program so it can calculate the number of proportional characters that will fit on a line The following width table shows each character its ASCII code decimal for each character set and its width for Standard normal mode Standard super subscript mode and IBM mode wa width o e e s s s poppe 20 s s s 20 3 3 9 20 ba pe e j e 20
39. gt IC 49 02 Shifts the download character area defined between to 127 to area between 128 to 255 Select ROM character set ASCII lt ESC gt 95 0 27 58 0 1B 25 00 Stops using the download character set and returns to the built in ROM character set Ignored when EDS switch A 3 is set ON 116 OTHER PRINTER COMMANDS Set MSB to 1 ASCII Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 1 allowing users with a 7 bit interface to access characters with ASCII codes greater than 127 Set MSB to 0 ASCII Sets the most significant bit of each subsequent byte received to 0 Accept MSB as 15 ASCII Sid lt gt W 23 Cancels preceding commands and accepts most significant bit as it 1s sent to the printer Delete last character sent ASCII Std Deletes the last character received gnored if the last character received has already been printed or if the last character received was all or part of a command Cancel last line ASCI Deletes the last line currently present in the print buffer 11 Set printer off line lt 5 gt Q n 27 81 18 51 Sets the printer off line The printer disregards all subsequent characters and commands except DC 1 gt which returns it to the on line The printer s ON LINE indicator does not go off In the IBM mode the value of n
40. in 10 10 0 Oe 4 Proportional width 176 176 176 176 176 176 7 178 i78 i78 i7e 30 30 179 179 179 179 179 179 30 180 1801180 180 180 160 180 4 30 30 181 1811811811813 30 20 182 182 162 182 182 182 30 30 183 163 18318 30 30 realisa 164 4 30 30 186 186 186 186 1se 18e 30 30 187 187 187 187 187 187 187 30 307 189 189 189189189 3 30 30 30 190 190 1901190 3 30 30 30 isi isi isr isi si isi isi 30 30 30 194194 194 15 1941 30 30 307 195 195 195 195 195 195 1951 30 30 30 ise 1se 196 196 196196 196 30 197 197 197 297 19 197 197 30 30 158 198 198198198 198 30 30 199 199 199 199119911991 30 168 201 201 201 201 201 201 201 p 30 30 2032031203203 203 203 203 30 30 205 205 205 205 205 205 205 30 30
41. is closed before the paper goes through the location of the bail lever Open the bail lever Release lever is moved while the paper is in printing position The memory of EDS settings is accessed Print head error Turn off the printer and turn it on again Carriage home position error Turn off the printer and turn it on again Paper handling error Turn off the printer and turn it on again S W I error Turn off the printer and turn it on again RAM check error Turn off the printer and turn it on again Watch dog error Turn off the printer and turn it on again Summary of tones Following table shows the summary of beep tones Beep tones Meanings Two seconds tone Long tone once Four short tone sequence two times Short tone once Short tone twice Short tone triple One quarter tone One quarter tone twice Intermittent One quarter tone twice Printer detects an error condition Turn off the power switch and turn it on again Printer detects an error condition Turn off the power switch and turn it on again Printer is out of paper e Buffer is cleared Top of form is set Quiet mode is selected Tear off function 15 selected EDS mode 15 selected Macro definition is selected Quiet mode 15 cancelled Macro definition is cancelled Printer 15 reset Hexadecimal mode is selected Pitch lock mode 15 selected Fo
42. is prepared for the information of each characters attribute data such as character type Normal 24 dot high or 30 dot high block graphics the dot pattern data in the memory and the compression mask bit data Each character requires 9 index table data The first and the second bytes m7 and m2 indicates the position of the first dot pattern the memory m is the high order byte and m2 is the low order byte The third byte m3 indicates the character type and the dot pattern data width in the memory If the character is normal simply enter the width of dot pattern in the memory If the character is a block graphic add 128 to the width of dot pattern in the memory Our telephone symbol is a normal character and the width of the dot pattern in the memory should be 25 so this value is 25 The fourth byte m4 indicates the printing attribute This byte indicates the character width to be printed and information of the repetition dots for block graphics characters If the character 1s a normal character add 192 to the character width If the character is a block character and it should be printed as a line draw character add 64 to the character width If the block character is not a line draw character this byte should be the same as the character width Ourtelephone symbol is a normal pica character so the character width is 35 and this byte should be 227 129 The remaining five bytes m5 through m9 indicate the
43. its original position after the paper goes through under the bail lever location 13 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 4 25 After loading fanfold paper with internal tractor unit you not have to unload it when you want to print on a cut sheet The printer will park it for you if you follow the procedure below 1 To begin paper parking start with the power ON fanfold paper loaded in printing position and the release lever toward the front of the printer 2 Press button on the control panel to set the printer off line The ON LINE indicator light will turn off 3 Tear off the printed form at the last perforation leaving not more than about half a page showing above the front cover If necessary press the button to feed paper forward until a perforation is located just above the front cover and tear there Release lever Figure 3 10 Tear off the printed fanfold paper 4 Press the button on the control panel The printer will automatically feed the fanfold form backward until the paper is completely free of the platen 5 message will now appear on the LCD display and a beep will sound 6 Move the release lever toward the rear of the printer 7 Mount the paper guide in the upright position Now y
44. line spacing setting Feed paper n lines 1 n 27 102 1 1B 66 01 n Feeds the paper lines from the current line where n 15 between 0 and 127 Set top of page at current position ASCII lt ESC gt 4 Sets the current position as the top of page position Note that this can also be done from the control panel Set page length to lines Mode ASCII lt 5 gt C n 27 67 Sets page length to lines in the current line spacing where n is between and 127 Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physical page length The current line becomes the top of the page Set page length to n inches Mode ASCII lt 5 gt C 0 27 67 0 n 1B 43 00 m Sets the page length to inches where n is between 1 and 32 in standard mode or between 1 and 64 in IBM mode The current line becomes the top of the page Set bottom margin Mode lt ESC gt N n 27 78 18 4E m Sets the bottom margin to lines where is between and 127 in Standard mode or between 1 and 255 in IBM mode The bottom margin is reset when you change the page length Cancel bottom margin Mode ASCII lt gt Cancels the bottom margin 100 Form feed Mode Both 12 Feeds paper to top of the next page according to current page length and moves the print position to the left margin When the automatic s
45. m rs p rn m mp pu m n m 5 rs n al mx Im I rg n m p s Pri ra pg o DEI a call atl i om mmn m nu s sl rd re al 153 149 165 8 97 213 229 2 198 _ 24 zum 200 xm a a ey uu ol et wy Hosa aha oa etl atl at F 143 154 159 175 19 207 223 259 Code Page 850 Multi lingual Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 DU al at alae al 2 al Be ng ee mg 8 m SEE a E a uu m 217 28 29 250 25 252 254 155 Code Page 860 Portuguese Other characters are identical to Code Page 437 ped re fm al a al tal m m m
46. make your printer match your system and software needs Chapter 6 Troubleshooting This section shows a list of check points to follow if your printer is not working properly It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can perform yourself It 1s not however a complete service manual your authorized service center if you are unsure of your ability to carry any maintenance or servicing operations on the printer Chapter 7 Optional Accessories This chapter explains the optional accessories that are available for your printer and how to install and use them Chapter 8 Printer Control Commands This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer and the software commands that are used to drive it This section 1 of use you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer s features Chapter 9 Download Characters This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters Chapter 10 MS DOS and Your Printer Since the PS 2 or PC AT family of computers running under MS DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer we have in cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter we have also included some hints and a sample program in this language to demon strate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 11 Referen
47. open the rear cover 5 Tipthe Automatic Sheet Feeder forward slightly by aligning the notches on the ASF cover with the bail rollers then put the feeder into place behind the printer platen roller ASF cover Figure 7 3 Align the notches and the bail rollers then tip the ASF forward slightly 66 6 Lower rear side of the Automatic Sheet Feeder and attach to holder shaft 7 Install the printer cover provided with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Printer cover Figure 7 4 Install the printer cover 8 Insert the hopper attachment on top of the hopper support section as shown in Figure 7 5 Hopper attachment Figure 7 5 Insert the hopper attachment 9 Insert the stacker attachment into the holder on the front part of the sheet feeder NOTE The flat side of the attachment should be located to the rear as shown in Figure 7 6 Now you can use the ASF by installing the paper stack into the hopper 67 NOTE Set the front cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Automatic Sheet Feeder Stacker attachment Figure 7 6 Insert the stacker attachment Loading paper If fanfold paper has already been loaded in the printer park the paper through the rear slot 2 Push the printer release lever toward the rear of the printer to load single sheets 3 Pull the paper loading lever toward the front of
48. set the EDS mode Functions of the EDS settings Chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING Chapter 7 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES Automatic Sheet Feeder Setting up Loading paper Feeding a single sheet Pull Tractor Unit Setting up Loading paper Font Cartridges and RAM Cartridges Interface Converter DIP switch functions on the Converter Chapter 8 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Font control commands Character set commands Character size and pitch commands Vertical position commands 37 27 37 38 40 4 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 45 45 47 49 49 50 57 65 65 66 68 70 71 71 73 75 78 79 81 82 87 90 96 Vertical position commands Horizontal position commands Graphics commands Download character commands Other printer commands Chapter 9 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Defining your own characters with Standard mode Assigning the character data Assigning a value of character space Sample program Defining your own characters with IBM mode Assigning the download character set Assigning the character dot pattern Assigning the Index Table data Sample program Chapter 10 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER Programming the printer with DOS commands Programming with BASIC Chapter 11 REFERENCE Specifications Pinout of interface connector Parallel interface Serial interface Character sets Standard character set 2 International character sets IBM character set 2 Character set 1 IBM special character set Proportional spacing table INDEX COMMAND SUMMA
49. the ASCII table Photocopy the grid in Figure 9 1 to help design your new characters We will use a tiny representation of a telephone symbol for our example LQ semi condensed LQ super sub LQ prop super sub LQ proportional Figure 9 1 Use this grid or one similar to it to define your own characters Assigning the character data Now we calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column which has maximum of 24 dots is first divided into three groups or two groups for super subscripts of eight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits This is where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number is twice the number below it By making these numbers powers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value 122 12345678 9 10111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 ASCII Code 60 Left space 3 Character width 37 Right space 2 e
50. the bail lever forward to load paper 7 If you want to set the paper to a different position set the printer off line by pressing the button then set the paper position by using the micro feed function For details refer to Chapter 4 30 Chapter 4 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The control panel buttons can be pressed individually to perform the operations indicated by their names Other functions can be achieved by holding these buttons down when you turn the printer s power on or by pressing the control panel buttons in combination This chapter explains all the button and indicator functions Pause printing Feed paper fast and slow forward and reverse Park fanfold forms Set the top of form position Select the print pitch Select a font Print test patterns Prevent software from changing the panel pitch and font selections Adjusting the print alignment for bi directional printing Print a hexadecimal dump Clear the printer s buffer Save macro definition BUTTON AND INDICATOR FUNCTION The printer is equipped with five buttons on the control panel From left to right they are FONT PITCH LEJECT PARK PAPERFEED and ONLINE The following is a brief guide to buttons and indicators on control panel POWER MICRO FEED r T 1 v EJECT PARK QUIET FONT PITCH ASF LOAD PAPER FEED ON LINE FF EDS gt SWITCH SET PRINT EXIT
51. the printer to pull the hopper out until it is in position _ Figure 7 7 Pull the paper loading lever torward 68 4 Adjust the left paper guide to desired left position by moving horizontally in either direction Figure 7 8 Adjust the paper guides to accommodate the width of the paper 5 Adjust the right paper guide to accommodate the width of the paper The guides should be adjusted to restrict the amount of horizontal play while allowing the paper to slide up and down freely between the two paper guides The ideal distance between paper ream and paper guides 15 0 25 mm 0 01 on both sides at the narrowest part of the paper guides Fan paper stack and square it off properly before inserting it into the Automatic Sheet Feeder Figure 7 9 Fan the paper before inserting into the ASF 7 Insert the paper stack into the Automatic Sheet Feeder The stack should not be more than 50 sheets of 20 15 paper If necessary remove some sheets The ASF may not perform satisfacto rily if it is overloaded 69 8 Push the paper loading lever toward the rear of printer Paper loading lever Figure 7 10 Push the paper loading lever to hold the paper stack Now you are ready to start printing with the Automatic Sheet Feeder Feeding a single sheet A single sheet of paper can also be fed manually with the Automatic Sheet Feeder 1 Set the paper by inserting into the slot at the front of the
52. 0 0 50 0 0 3 d 2130 DATA 0 252 128 0 3 64 1 252 128 2 3 64 5 124 128 2140 DATA 10 3 0 20 124 0 40 0 0 80 126 0 32 0 0 2150 DATA 64 126 0 63 128 0 64 126 0 63 128 0 64 124 0 2160 DATA 32 3 0 64 124 128 32 3 64 64 124 128 48 3 64 2170 DATA 76 124 128 51 3 0 12 252 0 3 0 0 0 254 0 2180 DATA 0 0 USA 144444444444444844149044181444444 BESEESESEEESEREEE 88288888858585858 444481441144444444444 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM MODE Downloading fonts in IBM mode requires downloading character Dot Pattern data and character Index Table data Dot pattern data controls which pins fire when printing a character Index Table data 1s placed in a lookup table that provides information on where Dot Pattern data is stored in memory and defines certain attributes of the character Assigning the download character set You can define one or more download character sets for later use mode Before you start to design your characters you must define what character set s you want to download The character width on which you design the characters depends upon the character set as shown below Character set Character width Character ID Draft characters
53. 0 32 128 95 120 3050 DATA 32 128 80 120 44 16 12 0 3060 3070 LQ pica download characer data 3080 DATA 3 31 2 3090 DATA 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 3100 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 0 80 175 192 3110 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 3120 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 3130 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 16 0 3140 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 3150 DATA 0 0 0 3160 3170 Dot graphics data 3180 1ST LINE 3190 DATA D Oy Oy 204 3200 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q Q 9 O 0 Oy 0 3210 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 3220 D 50 c0 I0 By S057 4 25 Oy 0 4 3230 D D 127 235 0 255 255 3240 1 255 255 3 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 15 0 0 2250 222 0r 0 DU 31 45 Us Ske W 3260 DATA 31 0 09 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 31 0 0 3270 31 05 Dr ati Oy 0 lt 0 3280 DATA 31 0 0 31 128 0 31 224 0 31 248 0 31 255 0 3290 DATA 31 255 224 15 255 248 7 255 255 1 255 255 0 127 255 3300 DATA 0 7 255 0 0 255 0 0 63 Oy 0 63 D 0 248 3310 DATA 0 3 192 0 63 0 0 248 0 1 128 0 3 0 0 3320 DATA 7 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 3L 0 0 31i 0 0 3330
54. 0 TO 781 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 LPRINT LPRINT GERMANY CHR 9 FOR 1 0 TO 412 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 FOR 1 0 TO 488 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 61 LPRINT LPRINT JAPAN CHR 9 NEXT I NEXT I NEXT I NEXT 124 1340 FOR I 0 347 STEP 25 LPRINT 60 I 1350 LPRINT 1360 LPRINT 9 1370 FOR 1 0 493 STEP 25 LPRINT 61 I 1380 LPRINT 1390 LPRINT 9 1400 SCALE 1410 FOR 1 2 TO 8 LPRINT SCALE 1420 LPRINT 1430 LPRINT CHR 9 0 1440 8 1450 LPRINT 31 1460 NEXT I 1470 LPRINT 8 27 4 0 1480 LPRINT 27 1490 LPRINT 27 5 0 1500 LPRINT 9 100 UNITS 1000 PERSONS 1510 LPRINT 27 T 1520 LPRINT 27 1530 END 2000 DATA 2010 Telephone Symbol 2020 DATA 3 31 2 2030 DATA 0 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 23 0 0 40 0 0 2040 19 15 192 40 16 0 80 47 192 32 80 80 175 192 2050 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 47 80 0 80 163 192 33 64 0 2060 DATA 80 163 192 33 64 0 80 163 192 47 80 0 80 175 192 2070 DATA 47 80 0 80 175 192 32 80 0 80 47 192 40 i6 0 2080 DATA 19 15 192 40 0 0 23 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 2090 DATA 0 0 0 2100 Car Symbol 2110 DATA Ile 2 2120 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0
55. 11Z 127 RAM cartridge RC 32Z DC 32Z Serial Parallel Converter SPC 8K PINOUT OF INTERFACE CONNECTOR The following describes the pinout of the interface connector signals which are low when active are overlined Parallel interface Goes from high to low for 0 5 us when active Name STROBE DATAO DATAI DATA2 DATA3 DATA4 DATAS DATA6 DATA7 10 ACK 5 us low pulse acknowledges receipt of data 11 High when active High when active High when active High when active High when active High when active High when active High when active Low when printer ready to receive data High when paper out Can be disabled with EDS setting High when printer is on line 12 SELECT 14 15 N C 16 SIGNAL GND Signal ground CHASSIS 5V GND Twisted pair ground return Chassis ground isolated from signal ground 5V DC output from printer RESET When this input signal is low printer is reset Outputs low when printer cannot continue due to an error EXT GND External ground N C SELECT IN Always high 32 ERROR 33 w gt ON wo CA 147 Serial Interface GND O Printer s chassis ground This pin is Space when the computer is ready to send data This printer does not check this pin ND XD XD TS TS N C ND
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57. 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 2070 2080 2090 2100 2500 2510 2520 2530 2540 2550 2560 2570 2580 2590 2600 2610 2620 LPRINT H E q CHR 1 OUTLINED 5 5 0 LPRINT CHRS 2 SHADOWED 25 0 LPRINT E 5 3 OUTLINED WITH SHADOWED LPRINT 0 LPRINT H E Emphasized E E M LPRINT E G 3 Double strike E H LPRINT E 4 Italics a s LPRINT H E 1 Underlining SESS 07 14 LPRINT E CHR 3 CHR 0 CHR 1 CHRS 2 CHR 2 LPRINT Strike through LPRINT E CHR 3 CHR 0 1 5 22 CHRS 0 LPRINT 3 8 0 1 3 1 LPRINT Overlining LPRINT E CHR 3 CHR 0O CHRS 1 CHR 3 0 LPRINT H E SO SUPERSCRIPT E T and LPRINT E SI SUBSCRIPT E T LPRINT H RM Download characters SS E S0 Superscript GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E 1 Select download character FOR 1 1 TO S LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT 5 0 Select normal character LFRINT Cancel superscript GOSUB 2650 LPRINT E 41 Select download character FOR T
58. 29223 9393993999993333 4292999292929282 E E GN ON ON 3239323232323932j 332332933929399 44449888444499 841 xd i 9131399322222229 Reset Factory s set LQ DRAFT DRAFT COND BIT IMAGE DRA eb FOL sehr 2 OA BCDE F GHIJKLMNO PORSTUVWXY 1 E 161 b ih litte D Ky SEM m D er ASRS 20123456789 FGH I JKLMNO POBSTURAXYZ N _ imer tin C Figure 4 4 Long self test Since the self test prints across the full width of the carriage it 1s recom mended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen In addition the total number of lines printed is considerable more than can be accommodated on a single sheet so fanfold paper is recommended for this test 36 Print area test mode By holding the button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode You can find how many lines on your paper are available for printing with 1 6 inch line feeding The printer will show the message on the LCD display and print the first line message paper then print the last line message after feeding to the bottom of the page If you have load
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60. 31 248 Oy 31 240 0 63 240 0 63 224 0 127 224 0 127 192 0 255 192 0 255 128 1 255 128 1 255 24 3 255 56 3 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 31 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 248 15 255 240 15 255 240 15 255 240 15 255 224 15 255 224 15 255 192 15 255 192 31 255 128 254 127 128 252 127 24 248 255 56 248 255 248 240 255 248 225 255 248 193 255 248 131 255 248 3 255 248 7 255 248 135 255 248 231 255 248 255 255 248 63 255 248 31 255 240 15 255 248 15 255 245 15 255 240 15 255 240 194255 224 15 255 192 15 255 128 15 255 0 15 254 0 15 252 0 15 248 0 15 240 0 15 224 0 15 192 0 15 0 0 62 0 0 252 0 0 248 0 0 240 0 0 224 0 0 192 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Os Oy 0 0 0 0 How the program works This program begins by assigning a number of printer commands to BASIC string variables lines 1000 to 1060 You can find most of these commands near the beginning of chapter 8 The WIDTH LPT1 255 statement in line 1080 means infinite line width It prevents the IBM PC from inserting unwanted carriage returns and line feeds in graphics data Actual printing begins in line 1090 Using the preassigned commands the program prints samples of its different fonts followed by samples of the print pitches then some double and quadruple sized printing Ne
61. 5 Page Length Leave these switches ON if you will be using 1 l inch forms You will need to change the switches if you will be using a different page length as shown below Page Length C 3 inches Letter ON 11 7 inches A4 ON OFF 12 inches OFF OFF 8 5 inches Letter ON ON 14 inches Legal OFF ON OFF 10 5 inches Executive ON OFF 7 25 inches Executive OFF OFF OFF Switch D 1 Character Table The action of this switch depends on the mode chosen with switch A l Move this switch OFF to select Italic character table with the Standard Epson emulation mode If you leave this switch to the ON position place of italics you will get the graphic characters international char acters and mathematical symbols of IBM character set 2 In the IBM emulation mode ON selects character set 2 which has international characters and fewer control words OFF selects character set 1 for computers with a 7 bit interface Switches D 2 to D 4 IBM Code Page or International Character Set Except in the Standard Italic character set these switches select the default character code page as shown below IBM Code Page D 2 D 3 D 4 IBM Code Page D 2 D 3 2 2 850 Multi lingual 865 Nordic 860 Portuguese F Reserved FF 861 Icelandic OFF OF Reserved 2 53 International character sets differ their
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63. 56789 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ amp 0123456789 lt gt 2GABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ amp 0123456789 lt gt JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abcdefghijklmnopar 5 amp 0123456789 lt gt P ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ A abcdefghijkimnopqrs 17 abcdefghijklmnop abcdefghijklmno 1 abcdefghi jklmnopq amp 0123456789 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ N abcdefghijklmnopqrst amp 0123456789 T eABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ X abcdefghijklmnopqrstu Figure 4 3 Short self test Since the self test prints across the full width of the carriage it is recom mended that the printer is loaded with the widest paper possible to avoid damage to the print head and or platen 35 Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode with the 2 message the LCD display The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM the current Electronic DIP Switch EDS settings and the current Dot Adjustment setting followed by the entire character set printed in each font and pitch available The test repeats endlessly so you must turn the power off to stop it ea Ver 1 0 eee EDS SETTINGS settings Set ON 3 q33999933992929 q9399993999399 33399393
64. 62 53 52 03 Joa IBM mode __ Set 2 Set Code page international See table 3 and 4 italy ON OFF OFF Table 5 E Font ame ez es Fon nome ea e Font Selection See table 5 m OFF ON Old Style OFF ON ON ON OFF Courier OFF Firenze ON OFF Prestige OFF OFF Script orF ON ON OFF oce8 ON Reserved OFF N E 4 NOTE factory default is the ON position for all functions m on except A 6 which is set to the OFF position Reserved OFF ____ OFF Reserved OFF OFF ION ON SLO Roman ON ON OFF m Frwugm orr sto rwugm orr oN OFF OFF OFF OFF Reseved ON OFF OFF x Reserved OFF OFF OFF OFF ow Reserved orrorr orr OFF OFF PRINTED IN JAPAN
65. 90 m m 111 177 150 a 192 208 224 2 193 209 225 24 194 210 2 242 195 2 213 22 24 ah E E er 196 24 lt gt A cn mt wg M a n 198 m m m m ns ns m z m n mm a a um SLB a tre N EJ 4 cy f Cal T 4A lt 234 20 25 251 2 25 25 15 International character sets When an international character set is selected by acommand from software the following changes are made in the Standard Italic character set eee eee AE SES Exi zle oa ojele ala e s a x z i 8 z e 1 s v Cumas eu pem BORE i The command for selecting the international character set 15 lt ESC gt n Where means character code i e in BASIC The values of n are 0 U S A 6 Italy 12 Latin America 1 France 7 13 2 Germany 8 Japan 14 Irish 3 England 9 Norway 64 Legal 4 DenmarkI 10 Denmark I 5 Sweden 11 Spain 152 IBM character set 2 Code Page 437 U S A 1 2 rd
66. Bit image dot matrix 144 dic 863 Canadian French 865 Nordic Pica Elite Semi condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Super condensed Proportional Pica Elite Semi condensed Standard Epson mode IBM mode Condensed pica Condensed elite Super condensed Proportional 4855986452 540509 99 8 pin normal 8 pin double 8 pin high speed double 8 pin quadruple 8 pin CRT I 8 pin CRT II 10 12 15 17 1 20 24 24 9 24 x9 16 7 24 x9 24 x9 24 x9 24 x9 DPI 60 120 120 240 80 90 80 96 120 137 160 192 Variable LQ 24 x 31 24 x 27 16 21 24 x 16 24 16 24 16 24 x 14 24 480 960 960 1920 640 720 SLQ 48 x 31 48 x 27 32 x 21 48 x 16 48 x 16 48 x 16 48 x 14 48 xn 24 pin normal 60 24 x 480 24 pin double 120 24 900 24 90 24 x 720 24 pin Triple 180 24 x 1440 24 pin Hex 360 24 x 2880 1015 impossible to print adjacent dots in the mode marked with an asterisk lt gt Paper Friction or push tractor feed standard Bottom feed with pull tractor option Paper feed 3 4 inches second max Paper specifications Cut sheet 7 2 11 0 182 0 279 4 mm RENE 5 5 14 3 139 7 364 0 THICKNESS 0 07 0 12 WES Dt 52 90 g m 45 77 k
67. CESSORIES You can select the following accessories as option Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DS Pull tractor unit PT 10ZS Font cartridges FC series RAM cartridge RC 32Z 327 Serial Parallel Converter SPC 8K This chapter describes how to install and use these optional accessories NOTE When you install or remove the optional accessories turn off the power switch AUTOMATIC SHEET FEEDER SF 10DS You can use the Automatic Sheet Feeder ASF to print on cut sheet forms Before installing the ASF check each item in the box against Figure 7 1 to make sure that you have everything Figure 7 1 Check to make sure you have all five items 1 Sheet Feeder 2 Hopper attachment 3 Stacker attachment 4 Printer cover and 5 ASF Users manual NOTE The Automatic Sheet Feeder is protected by packing and tape during shipping Be sure to remove all of the protective material and tape before use 65 Setting The procedure to install the ASF 15 Use the printer s EDS mode to select ASF as installed For details please refer to Chapter 5 2 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then remove the cover by pulling up 3 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side 4 Move the printer bail lever toward the front of the printer to open the paper bail Rear cover Figure 7 2 Remove the front cover and
68. Download 16 17 CPI Draft 6 10CPI LQ Download 18 17 CPI Letter Quality 7 Proportional LQ Download 20 17 CPI Draft Download 8 12 CPI Draft 22 17 CPI LQ Download Expanded printing ASCII Both ESC W Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width when nis 1 and cancels it when 15 Expanded printing for one line Mode Eon ESC SO 27 Causes subsequent characters the current line to be expanded to double width Characters return to normal width after the next line feed The lt DC4 gt VT FF and lt ESC gt W 0 com mands also cancel expanded printing Cancel one line expanded printing Mode Stops one line expanded printing set with SO or lt ESC gt 50 Does not cancel ESC W Select character width Mode 5 Select a character width according to the value of n as shown below n 0 1 2 Select master print mode Character width Normal wide Double wide Triple wide lt ESC gt I n 7 3 1B 21 Selects a combined print mode according to value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired character 150 5 Function n value Underline 128 Italic 64 Expanded 32 Double strike 16 Emphasized 8 Condensed 4 Proportional 2 Elite Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up
69. E DOC The computer may respond with the following message asking which printer to use Name of list device PRN If your computer is connected to only one printer press RETURN to select the default choice PRN Printing will begin and the A gt prompt will reappear You can execute other commands or programs while the file 1s being printed A single PRINT command can print two or more files List the file names consecutively on the same line or use wild card characters and Each file will be printed starting on a new page The PRINT command also has control options For example you can terminate a printing job in progress with the T option The printer may not stop printing immediately as there may be considerable data stored ahead in its buffer For the T option type A gt PRINT T 133 See your DOS manual for further information about the PRINT command If your system does not include PRINT COM you can print files by using the PRN device name in COPY or TYPE commands such as the following A gt COPY README DOC PRN A gt TYPE README DOC gt PRN COPY and TYPE do not permit you to execute other commands while the file 15 printing If you want a particular font or print pitch you can make these settings from the control panel before you start printing See Chapter 4 If you print from the DOS command level very often it will be advantageous to create a printer setup file Then instead of setting font etc manuall
70. If printing stops immediately the buffer is clear and the rest of this procedure ts unnecessary If printing does not stop continue as follows 2 Press the ONLINE button to set the printer off line Printing will now stop but there may be data remaining in the buffer 3 Press and hold the button 4 While pressing the button down press and hold the button Continue holding these two buttons down you will hear a beep tone and the bC message appears on the LCD display If you hold these buttons down longer you will hear three beep tones and the printer has been initialized to the power on default settings 5 Release these buttons make any necessary control panel settings then set the printer back on line It isessential to stop the printing program on the computer before you go off line Otherwise when vou go back on line the computer will start sending data again and the printer will continue printing with missing data from when the buffer was cleared Save Macro Definition You can save the current settings to the printer for later use with the following procedure Press the button to set the printer off line Press the button and hold it down While holding the FONT button down press the PITCH button and hold them down until the MACRO message appears on the LCD display 4 Release both buttons at the same time after this message appears on the LCD display to save the current setting
71. If you release these buttons after the MACRO message has gone out on the display the macro has been cleared 43 NOTE You can store following settings with this procedure Current Font Current pitch Current auto loading amount for cut forms e Current auto loading amount for fanfold forms Current auto loading amount in ASF mode Data to be stored are controlled in Standard mode and IBM mode separately For example the data stored in the Standard mode are not effective in the IBM mode and vice versa 44 CONDITIONS INDICATED BY MESSAGES AND TONES This section helps you identify the messages and the meanings of the tones Summary of display messages Following table shows the summary of the messages on the LCD display LCD Message ROMAN ISANSERIF COURIER IPRESTIGE SCRIPT IDRAFT OPTION PITCH EDS Meanings and action ROMAN LQ font 15 selected SANSERIF LQ font is selected COURIER LQ font is selected PRESTIGE LQ font is selected SCRIPT LO font is selected High Speed Draft font is selected You cannot select print pitch except 10 CPI Draft font is selected You cannot select proportional pitch with the Standard Epson mode Optional LQ font is selected Indicates the message below shows the current pitch EDS mode is currently selected and the message on the right indicates the current Bank and Switch num
72. Mount the printer cover Now you are ready to start printing with the Pull Tractor Unit 74 FONT CARTRIDGES AND RAM CARTRIDGES This printer has five built in LQ fonts and a 16 K byte printing buffer You can add the following optional fonts or expand the printing buffer by installing optional cartridges Font Cartridge or RAM Cartridge Optional Font Cartridges Font Name Character sample 123456789 ABCDE Orator 2 125456789 ABCDE abcde Letter Gothic 123456789 ABCDE abcde Cinema 123436789 ARCDE abcde 123456789 ABCDE abcde Le3456789 ABCDE abcde OT 123456789 12345 FC 3Z 185486789 ABCDE abcde 123456789 ABCDE abcde 123456789 ABCDE abcde Russian Roman 123456789 ABBTI gt lt FC 5Z Old Style 123456789 ABGBE abcde 123456789 ABCDE abcde SLQ TW Light 125456789 ABCDE abcde Optional RAM Cartridge RC 32Z 32 K byte printing buffer with memory backup for downloading of data DC 32Z 32 K byte printing buffer 75 To install or change a cartridge follow procedure below Turn off the power switch at the front of the printer and open the front cover 2 Remove the connector cover at the right side of the printer Connector cover Figure 7 18 Remove the connector cover at the right side of the printer 3 Push out the cap from the connector cover as shown in Figure
73. N LINE PAPER FEED EJECT PARK DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ LQ LQ DRAFT Ms d DRAFT gt _ gt DRAFT 0 E 0 0 1 0 Id bsp dor 6 To exit from this mode press button ONLINE ONLINE PITCH DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ LQ LQ DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT COND BIT IMAGE END t Egg Juda phon dod Ep aea do 1 es L4 UE UU A D E dp 1 11111 39 This feature 15 useful programmers who debugging printing programs and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving Some computers change the codes the programmer intended In this mode all data received will be printed in a
74. O 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT 1 LPRINT 40 Select normal character 55 51 Subscript GOSUB 2520 LPRINT E X1 Select download character FOR I 1 TO 5 LPRINT CHR 60 Print download character NEXT I LPRINT E 0 Select normal character LPRINT E T Cancel superscript LPRINT H RM Dot graphics RESTORE 3170 LPRINT 5 8 Set 8 60 line spacing FOR TO 3 LPRINT E f0 CHR 8 LPRINT E CHR 33 CHR 240 CHR Q FOR 1 240 3 READ DAT LPRINT CHR DAT NEXT J LPRINT NEXT I LPRINT E e Initialize printer END SUBROUTINES Define super subscript download character LPRINT SS Select super subscript LPRINT 5 amp 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 RESTORE 3010 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT CHR CW READ RS LPRINT CHR RS FOR 1 TO CW 2 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M 137 2630 RETURN 2640 2650 Define LQ pica download character 2660 LPRINT C 2670 LPRINT E amp CHR 0 CHR 60 CHR 60 2680 RESTORE 3070 2690 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS 2700 READ CW LPRINT CW 2710 READ RS LPRINT CHR RS 2720 FOR M 1 TO CW 3 2730 READ MM 2740 LPRINT CHR MM 2750 NEXT M 2760 RETURN 3000 DATA 3010 Super subscript download character data 3020 DATA 9 19 8 3030 DATA 12 16 0 44 0 80 120 32 128 95 120 32 128 3040 DATA 95 120 32 128 65 120 32 128 95 12
75. RY 96 104 109 113 117 121 121 122 123 124 126 126 127 129 130 133 133 136 143 143 147 147 148 149 150 152 153 160 161 162 173 177 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION This printer has a full complement of features making it an excellent partner for a personal computer It supports the Epson IBM printer commands and character sets enabling it to print just about anything your computer can generate both text and graphics The selection of paper you can use 15 as varied as the types of documents you can produce This printer accepts any of the following papers Single sheets cut forms and stationery Fanfold forms continuous forms Multi part forms Preprinted forms Labels This Multi font printer has the following resident internal fonts which you can print Draft High Speed Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige Script In addition you can print wide variation of fonts by using optional Font Cartridges The control panel has five buttons and one LCD display The LCD displays and beep tones provide immediate easy to understand feedback when you press the buttons on the control panel The five buttons can operate in combinations to perform a surprising variety of functions including saving a macro The Paper Parking function enables you to keep fanfold forms parked in readiness while printing on single sheet paper To get acquainted with the pri
76. Signal ground N C CH N C ND N C TR N C This printer turn this pin Space when it is ready to receive data This line carries the same signal as pin 20 5 Signal ground This printer turns this pin Space when it is ready to receive data dmi S 14 B in 5 7 0 2 148 The following tables show standard and IBM character sets The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entires at the top and left edges of the table For example the character A is in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 This is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviations inside pointed brackets lt gt Character Hexadecimal value high order 1 2 5 oo ni m mb m M um um s Mc Mc MMC Nga 3 116 Control code Decimal value Hexadecimal value low order 149 Standard character set 2 __ 4 7 a Ix s B nm n rg f 06 uu a ud m fs m fu 69 6 8 Iz x Im f n
77. above notwithstanding STAR can assume no responsibility for any errors in this manual Copyright 1991 Star Micronics Co Ltd HOW USE THIS MANUAL This manual is organized into eleven chapters To learn how to make the best use of your printer you are urged to read through chapters through 6 Chapters 7 through 11 may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledge of the operation of computers The chapters are as follows Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter indicates the primary features of your printer the names and functions of the printer components and an actual example of the many font styles that your printer can produce Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer This chapter explains how to get the printer unpacked and set up Read this chapter before you do anything else Chapter 3 Paper Installation and Use This chapter describes the instructions for printing such as selecting paper types adjusting the printing gap and installing paper Chapter 4 Control Panel Operations There are a number of controls on the front panel which perform various functions related to paper handling print modes and font selection After performing the setup of the printer read this chapter and try out the procedures to find out how the printer works Chapter 5 Default Settings EDS mode This chapter explains how to set the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode to
78. akes effect later when LQ 15 se lected Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up or the corresponding Font Cartridge 15 not installed n Font Roman 11 Blippo FC 1Z Sanserif 12 H Gothic FC 3Z 2 Courier 13 37 3 Prestige 14 Cinema 12 4 Script 15 CODE 39 27 5 22 16 UPC EAN 27 6 22 17 Old Style 52 7 Orator 17 18 Firenze FC 5Z 8 Orator 2 17 32 SLQ Roman 117 9 TW Light FC 3Z 33 SLQ TW Light FC 12Z 10 Letter Gothic FC 1Z 34 SLQ Script 107 Select italic characters d 92 34 Causes subsequent characters to be printed italics Select upright characters ASCII td lt gt 5 B 35 Stops italic printing and causes subsequent characters to be printed dd upright Emphasized printing ASCII Both lt gt E Causes subsequent characters to be emphasized by adding extra thickness to vertical strokes Cancel emphasized printing Mode Both lt ESC gt 46 Cancels emphasized printing 9 8 Double strike printing ASCII Decimal Both 27 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight vertical paper motion in between causing a thickening horizontal strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in LQ mode and combined use of emphasized and do
79. alignment of text and graphics on successive bi directional passes After a period of time your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes appearing most visibly during graphics printing This mode will probably be used very rarely 1 Turn the printer off and then turn it on again while holding down the and buttons The message will show on the display and the printer will then print something like the following DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ o Eo E DT De 2 The printer will feed the paper forwards and backwards during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment 3 Toadjust the printing use the and buttons The button will move the second pass to the left The button will move the second pass to the right DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING 10 PE TS DP a RELATES gt LQ i PEPPER PAPER FEED LQ D d dt 4 When the two passes are aligned with each other to form one continuous line the bi directional alignment test is completed 38 5 To change mode for which the bi directional adjustment 15 formed press the button This will cycle between LQ DRAFT DRAFT COND and BIT IMAGE Repeat the process for all print modes O
80. and is followed by a table like the one below Decimal Hexadecimal 27 120 1B 78 01 Mode Indicates the mode in which the command 15 recognized Std Standard Epson mode EDS switch A I is ON IBM mode EDS switch A 1 is OFF Both Both Standard Epson and IBM modes ASCII Indicates the ASCH coding of the command Control acters are enclosed in pointed brackets For example 1 means character code 1 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Gives the command in hexadecimal character codes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indicated by italic letters such as m or d 8 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select print quality Mode lt ESC gt x Changes the print quality according to the value of n as shown be low n Print quality 0 Draft 1 Letter quality Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up Select print quality Mode IBM lt ESC gt d lt l gt 0 n 27 91100 1 0 1B 5B 64 01 00 n Changes the print quality according to the value of n as shown be low n Print quality 0 Unchanged 127 Draft 128 254 Letter quality 255 Return EDS setting Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up Select LQ font Mode ASCII lt ESC gt 27 107 m 18 68 n Selects LQ font according to value of draft mode this command remains dormant and t
81. anfold paper over the tractor units 8 Adjustthe spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the clamp lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit is locked 9 Now close the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper Figure 3 7 Adjusi the tractor positions to accommodate the width of fanfoid forms 10 Close the rear cover and the mute cover then set the paper guide in the horizontal position as shown in Figure 3 8 This will separate the printed from the unprinted paper 24 11 Turn on power using switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that the paper is not yet fully loaded A PE message will also flash on the LCD display to confirm this Mute cover Figure 3 8 Close the rear cover and the mute cover then set the paper guide horizontally 12 Now pull the bail lever toward the front of the printer The paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing Figure 3 9 Pull the bail lever toward the front of the printer to load paper NOTE Do not return the bail lever backward The bail lever automatically returns to
82. ber Press the ON LINE button to exit the EDS mode Font lock mode is selected The printer ignores the font selection commands and prints with the font displayed on the panel Turn off the power switch to cancel the font lock mode Pitch lock mode is selected The printer ignores the pitch selection commands and prints with the pitch displayed on the panel Turn off the power switch to the pitch lock mode Meanings and action LCD Message ON OFF QUIET MACRO u o gt oe DO wm me Y i i bar 1 p ON Displays the EDS mode Indicates the current status of the displayed EDS bank and switch number Press the button to change the status Quiet mode is selected Press the button while in the on line mode to return to the Normal mode Front panel setting are saved in the printer s memory as a MACRO Short print test mode is selected Long print test mode is selected Turn off the power switch to cancel the long print test mode Print area test mode is selected Hexadecimal dump mode is selected Turn off the power switch to cancel the hexadecimal dump mode Top of form is set manually with the control panel Buffer is cleared manually with the control panel Paper is not loaded to the printer Dot Adjustment mode is selected Bail lever
83. ce This section provides references for your printer such as specifications the pinout of interface connector and the character tables The character table charts give the different character sets available TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Printer components Summary of printer features Font style example Chapter 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Printer placement Unpacking and inspection Setting up Installing the platen knob Removing the front cover Installing the ribbon cartridge Installing the front cover Installing the paper guide Installing the mute cover Connecting the interface cable Configuring your software for the printer Chapter 3 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE Selection of paper Adjusting the printing gap Loading fanfold forms Loading the paper Paper parking Paper unparking Tear off function Loading single sheets Chapter 4 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS Button and indicator functions ON LINE PAPER FEED EJECT PARK PITCH FONT Power up functions Short test mode Long test mode Print area test mode Pitch lock mode Font lock mode _ Font and Pitch lock mode Dot adjustment mode Hexadecimal dump Switch combination functions Form feed Top of form Forward micro feed Reverse micro feed Changing the auto loading position Clearing the buffer All reset Save macro definition Condition indicated by messages and tones Summary of display messages Summary of beep tones Chapter 5 DEFAULT SETTINGS EDS MODE How to
84. cels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops at columns n n2 etc in the current character pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected where n n2 etc are numbers between 1 and 255 The maximum number of horizontal tab stops allowed is 32 in Standard mode and 28 in IBM mode The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code To clear all tab stops specify lt gt D 0 106 Set horizontal tab stop every columns ode ASCII Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt e lt 0 gt 27 101 0 18 65 00 Cancels all current horizontal tab stops and sets new tab stops every columns where 15 between and 127 Reset all tab stops ASCII Hexadecimal Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 column starting at column 9 Also clears all vertical tab stops Horizontal tab Mode lt HT gt E ___ Moves the print position to the next horizontal tab stop Ignored if there is no next horizontal tab stop in the current line Note that when underlining is selected spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Relative horizontal tab ASCII lt ESC gt V aul n2 8C nl n2 Moves the print position right or left a specified distance Ignored if the resulting position is bey
85. character sets from U S A to Spain can be selected as power up default by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 Select IBM code page Hexadecimal ESC T lt 4 gt 27 91 84 4 0 1B 5B 54 04 00 0 0 n2 0 0 nl n2 00 00 n2 Changes the code page of the current IBM character set according to the values n and n2 nl n2 Code Page 181 4437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi lingual 92 860 Portuguese 93 861 Icelandic 95 863 Canadian French 97 865 Nordic One of these code pages can be selected as power up defaults by EDS switches D 2 to D 4 88 Enable printing of character codes Mode 5 FS n2 5C n n2 lt gt V ni n2 1B 5C nl n2 Enables printing of all characters in the IBM character set including those assigned to character codes which are normally considered control codes This command remains in effect for the next n n2 x 256 characters where n and n2 are numbers between 0 and 255 During this interval no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned character is received the printer prints a space Enable printing of all character codes on next character Mode ASCII Hexadecimal 94 lt ESC gt 27 9 m SE This command operates like lt ESC gt except that it remains in effect for only one character Select slash zero Mode ASCII Std lt 5 gt lt l gt Causes subs
86. compression mask bits Each bits shows the data that will translate the compressed dot pattern data back to the original character pattern For example the compression mask bits of our telephone symbol are 01100000 00000100 11110010 00000000 01100000 So these bytes 96 4 242 0 and 96 You must define the index table data for all characters from 255 If you do not want to define a particular character enter 0 into that index table data Sample program To demonstrate how to define and to use the download characters in IBM mode let s use the telephone character and the other user defined charac ters to print a small graph This program will do just that 1000 WIDTH 255 1010 LPRINT CHR 27 164 9 4 1020 LPRINT CHR amp HOF CHR amp H80 CHR 0 1030 INDEX TABLE 1040 LPRINT CHR 1 1050 FOR 1 0 TO 59 1060 LPRINT STRING 9 0 1070 NEXT I 1080 FOR IT 1 TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT IT 1090 FOR IT 1 TO 9 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT IT 1100 FOR 1 62 TO 255 1110 LPRINT STRING 9 0 1120 NEXT I 1130 DOT PATTERN 1140 FOR DP 1 TO 159 1150 READ MM 1160 LPRINT 1170 NEXT DP 1180 PRINTOUT PROGRAM 1190 LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR O 1200 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHR 4 1210 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHR 1 1220 LPRINT DIFFUSION RANGES OF 1230 LPRINT CARS amp TELEPHONES 1240 LPRINT 27 h CHR
87. condensed print LPRINT Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI LPRINT Condensed elite pitch 20 LPRINT CHR 18 Cancel condensed print H E p1 Select proportional spacing LPRINT PI Normal proportional LPRINT H CHR 15 Condensed proportional CHR 18 LFRINT E p0 Cancel proportional spacing LPRINT LPRINT H S E w1 Double height 0 1 1 1 Double width ES WO LPRINT CHRS 28 5 2 Triple width LPRINT CHRS 28 LPRINT H E h CHR 1 Double sized LPRINT H E h CHR 2 Quad sized E h CHR O LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT Q CHR 47 Set right margin LPRINT TM Various line and character spacings LFRINT 25 Center text FOR 1 1 TO 7 LPRINT 1 Line spacing set LPRINT E Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I FOR 7 STEP LPRINT Line spacing set LPRINT E 1 Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I LPRINT ES Left justify LPRINT 3 5 30 Set 1 6 line spacing LPRINT 0 Normal character space LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT RM Other features 136 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620 1630 1640 1650 1660 1670 1680 1690 1700 1710 1720 1730 1740
88. cter table 53 Character width 93 95 Clamp lever 3 24 Clear the buffer 43 Code page 53 88 144 153 159 437 153 154 850 155 860 156 861 157 863 158 865 159 Command summary 177 181 Component 2 3 Compression mask bit 127 Condensed printing 90 Contents of the carton 10 Control commands 81 120 Control panel 3 5 31 44 Copy characters 115 Default settings 49 55 Define download characters 113 114 Delete command 117 Dimensions 146 Display messages 45 46 DOS commands 133 Dot Adjustment mode 38 Double density graphics 109 173 Double height characters 94 Double size characters 94 Double strike printing 84 Download 51 Download character commands 13 116 Download character set 126 Download characters 121 131 144 Draft 1 143 EDS mode 5 18 49 50 EDS setting 55 EJECT PARK button 33 Electronic DIP Switch mode 5 18 49 50 Elite pitch 90 Emphasized printing 83 Emulation 18 51 146 Entry slot 3 Expanded printing 92 Factory settings 49 Fanfold forms 19 145 Fanfold forms loading 22 27 Fanfold forms paper path 22 Features 4 5 Font 1 11 75 143 FONT button 34 Font Cartridge 1 11 75 143 Font control commands 82 86 Font lock mode 5 37 Font selection 54 Font style 6 7 82 143 Font style commands 82 86 Form feed 41 101 Forward feed 98 Forward micro feed 42 Friction feed 145 Front cover 3 13 15 174 Full j
89. cting the interface cable Connect the printer to your computer using a standard Centronics parallel interface cable On a PS 2 or PC AT type computer this means that you use the 25 pin D type connector at the computer end and the Amphenol type 36 pin connector at the printer end The configuration of the printer s connector is given in Chapter 11 should you need a cable for connecting to another computer If you need to connect to a serial port use the optional Serial Parallel Converter SPC 8K Follow the procedures below to connect the interface cable Turn off the power switch both the printer and the computer 2 Connect the interface cable to the printer as shown in Figure 2 12 Make sure that you press the plug into the interface connector Figure 2 12 Connecting the interface cable 3 Move both clips inside the extended prongs on the sides of the plug until you hear a click Figure 2 13 Move the clips until you hear a click 4 Connectthe other end of the interface cable to your computer Use your computer instructions to attach the interface cable 17 Configuring your software the printer Most application software programs let you specify the type of printer you are using so that the software can take full advantage of the printer s features Many of these software packages provide an installation or setup program that presents a list of printers This printer is set up to emulate the Epson
90. ction is called the Electronic OIP Switch EDS mode The EDS mode has 16 functions you can set as the power on default Turn the printer on while simultaneously holding the FONT PITCH EJECT PARK buttons The EDS message will show on the display and enter the EDS mode In EDS mode the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below Use the FONT button to select the Bank Letter Use the PITCH button to select the Switch Number The LCD display on the contro shows the current setting Use the EJECT PARK button to change the settings Press the PAPER FEED button to print the current settings Press the ON LINE button to exit the EDS mode Funeton o Emulation STANDARD EPSON E EL Enabled Dsabied meweg Table 1 Table 2 VCPIORAFT _ OFF 12 meres 105 inches Execuwe ON OFF Table 3 5 Code Page oz 03 code Page 52 os 04 on 863 Canadian French OFF Print Mode See table 1 850 Muttcingual OFF ON 865 Nordic OFF TON orr eue lm oton Page Length See table 2 861 Icelandic OrF ON Reserved OFF Table 4 22 T County
91. d columns 717 the sum of side spaces and the character width m2 cannot exceed the value shown below Character mode Draft characters LQ pica characters LQ elite characters LQ semi condesed LQ proportional Draft super subscript LQ super subscript LQ prop super subscript 31 Sample program 1 m2 2 36 30 24 42 12 To demonstrate how to use the download characters let s use the telephone character and the other user defined characters to print a small graph This program will do just that 1000 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1060 1070 1080 1090 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 1200 1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 1330 WIDTH LPRINT LPRINT LPRINT 52255 27 CHR 27 4 CHR 0 60 CHR 61 FOR N 60 TO 61 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS READ CW LPRINT CHR READ RS LPRINT CHR RS FOR 1 TO CW 3 READ MM LPRINT CHR MM NEXT M NEXT N LPRINT CHR 27 D CHR 11 CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 27 k CHRS 4 LPRINT CHR 27 h CHRS 1 LPRINT DIFFUSION RANGES OF LPRINT CARS 4 TELEPHONES LPRINT 27 h CHR 0 LPRINT CHR 27 0 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 1 LPRINT USA CHR 9 FOR 150 TO 681 STEP 25 LPRINT CHR 60 LPRINT LPRINT CHR 9 FOR 1
92. d if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Proportional spacing Mode ASCII lt ESC gt p 70 n lt gt P n 27 80 n 50 n Causes subsequent characters to be proportionally spaced wnen is 1 and cancels it when is 0 Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Select font and pitch Mode ASCII lt ESC gt 2 0 27 91 73 2 0 18 5B 49 02 00 nl n2 nl n2 nl n2 IBM Changes the print font and pitch according to the values of n and n2 as shown below nl n2 Fontand pitch nl n2 Fontand pitch 11 1OCPI Courier 1 202 20 CPI Prestige 235 12 CPI Courier 1 31 24 CPI Prestige 1 236 15 CPI Courier 0 164 Proportional Prestige 237 17 CPI Courier 36 10CPI Letter Gothic 238 20 CPI Courier 143 12 CPI Letter Gothic 30 24 CPI Courier 142 15 CPI Letter Gothic 171 Proportional Courier 1 141 17 CPI Letter Gothic 12 10 Prestige 140 20 CPI Letter Gothic 1 32 24 CPI Letter Gothic 174 Proportional Letter Gothic 239 12 CPI Prestige 240 15 CPI Prestige 201 17 CPI Prestige 91 Select font and pitch Mode lt ESC gt D 49 Changes the print font and pitch according to the values of n as shown below Font and pitch n Font and pitch 10CPI Draft 12 CPI Letter Quality 2 10 CPI Letter Quality 12 12 CPI Draft Download 3 Proportional Letter Quality 14 12 CPI LQ Download 4 10CPI Draft
93. dot data and have them printed in place of selected characters in the regular character set Characters that can be generated in this way range from simple but useful symbols like the check mark through to complex Chinese or Japanese characters Regular characters are permanently stored 1 the 5 ROM but char acters you design are downloaded and stored in RAM for use Before you start to define your own characters you must set the EDS switch A 3 to the OFF position Otherwise the RAM is used to store the input buffer and the download commands are ignored DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH STANDARD MODE Designing and printing your own characters has two requirements first designing the shape of the character calculating the data necessary to make the shape and sending that data to the printer and secondly sending the command to print the downloaded characters instead of the regular charac ters There are a number of design constraints for download characters The matrix or grid on which you design the characters depends upon the print mode as shown below Character mode Horizontal Vertical Draft characters 9 24 LQ pica characters 31 24 LQ elite characters 27 24 LQ semi condesed 19 16 LQ proportional 37 24 Draft super subscript 7 16 LQ super subscript 19 16 LQ prop super subscript 37 16 121 The minimum width of a character is five dots Dots cannot overlap You may define any position in
94. dots per inch 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRT graphics 90 dots per inch 39 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 40 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Select graphics mode ASCII Cop m n2 28 91 103 n2 1B 5B 67 nl n2 ml mO ml m2 mO ml m2 Selects one of eight graphics modes depending on the value of and prints dot graphics in this mode The graphics image is 2 x 256 dots wide See lt ESC gt for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information on m7 m2 nO Graphics mode 8 Normal density 60 dots per inch 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 8 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch 9 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 1 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch 111 Convert graphics density Mode 112 Converts graphics defined by subsequent lt ESC gt lt ESC gt ESC or lt ESC gt Z commands to a density mode defined by lt ESC gt n is L or Z indicating the mode to be converted m is acode from lt 0 gt to lt 4 gt or lt 6 gt indicating one of the modes of ESC DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters lt
95. e Install the printer where there is sufficient room for the fanfold paper stack and any paper being fed in or printed out _ If you are connecting your printer with a parallel interface make sure that the cable is within 2m 6ft of the printer An RS 232 connection using the optional SPC 8K interface converter can be made over longer distances 9 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Now check each item in the box against Figure 2 1 to make sure that you have everything there should be six items If any of these items are missing contact your supplier Figure 2 1 Check to make sure you have all six items 1 Printer Platen knob 3 Ribbon cartridge 4 Paper guide 5 Mute cover and 6 User s manual 10 The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are Film ribbon cartridge FZ24 Font cartridges FC series RAM cartridge RC 32Z DC 32Z Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K e Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DS Pull tractor unit PT 10ZS For details of the optional accessories refer to Chapter 7 SETTING UP Place the printer in the desired location and remove all packing material from the printer as shown in Figure 2 2 This packing material 15 intended to prevent damage to the printer while in transit You will want to keep all the packing material along with the printer carton in case you have to move the printer to a new location Figure 2 2 Remove the packing mat
96. e The 15 4 dummy parameter whatever file name you type after LQPRINT will be substituted for 1 and printed 135 PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example of programming the printer on Microsoft BASIC we have listed the program for the IBM PC This program runs in the printer s Standard mode and the downloadable condition 1000 1010 1020 1030 1040 1050 1060 1070 1080 1090 1100 1110 1120 1130 1140 1150 1160 1170 1180 1190 1200 1210 1220 1230 1240 1250 1260 1270 1280 1290 1300 1310 1320 330 1340 1350 360 1370 1380 1390 1400 1410 1420 1430 1440 1450 1460 1470 1480 1490 1500 1510 1520 1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 Set control codes E CHR 27 Escape code D E xO Draft quality L E x1 E k Letter quality RM L CHR 0 Roman character H CHR 9 Horizontal tab PI E P pitch Start printing WIDTH 285 LPRINT E D CHR 3 CHR 24 CHR 0 Set HI LPRINT 18 0 Resident LQ fonts are LPRINT H L CHR G Roman characters LPRINT H L CHRS 1 Sanserif characters LPRINT H S L CHR 2 Courier characters LPRINT H L CHR 3 Prestige characters LPRINT H L CHR 4 Script characters LPRINT LPRINT REM Frint pitches arei LPRINT H PI Pica pitch 10 LPRINT H E M Elite pitch 12 CPI LPRINT H ES g Semi condensed pitch 15 LFPRINI HSSPIS LPRINI CHRS 15 Select
97. e previous dot column in the current column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 is necessary to define all of Index Table data before the Dot Pattern data to download many characters dl 42 dx is the Dot Pattern data being downloaded Each data byte indicates eight vertical dots with the most significant bit being the top dot and the least significant bit being the bottom dot Copy character set from ROM into ASCII Mode Std lt ESC gt lt 0 gt n 0 27 58 0 n 01 18 00 00 Copies the selected character set with as shown below to the corresponding download character RAM area overwriting any download data already present Ignored when EDS switch A 3 is set ON n Font n Font 0 Roman 1 Blippo Option Sanserif 12 H Gothic Option 2 Courier 13 Orane 3 Prestige 14 Cinema 4 Script 15 CODE 39 Option 5 Option 16 UPC EAN Option 6 OCR A Option 17 Old Style Option 7 Orator Option 18 Firenze Option 8 Orator 2 32 SLQ Roman Option 9 TW Light Option 33 SLQ TW Light Option 10 Letter Gothic Option 24 510 Script Option 115 Select download character set ASCII lt gt lt l gt 25 0i Selects the download character set Ignored when EDS switch 3 is set ON Shift download character area Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt t lt 2 gt 27 116 2 1B 74 02 CT
98. e ribbon cartridge 3 Make sure that the ribbon is positioned between print head and the print head shield as shown in Figure 2 8 4 Take the slack out of the ribbon again by turning the tension knob Tension knob Figure 2 8 Make sure that the ribbon is positioned correctly Installing the front cover After you have installed the ribbon cartridge re install the front cover 1 Insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case 2 Swing down the rear of the front cover to close it Figure 2 9 Installing the front cover Installing the paper guide Follow the procedure below to install the paper guide Insert the two slots on either side of the paper guide into the two tabs on the rear cover 2 Place the paper guide horizontally as shown in Figure 2 10 Figure 2 10 installing the paper guide horizontally installing the mute cover Follow the procedure below to install the mute cover 1 Insert the tab on the left side of the mute cover into the hole on the front 2 Insert the other tab into slot on the front cover 3 Swing down backward to close the mute cover Mute cover Figure 2 11 Install the tabs on the mute cover then swing down to close it Leave the front and mute covers closed during normal operation The cover keeps out dust and dirt and reduces the printer s operating sounds Open the cover only to change the ribbon or make an adjustment 16 Conne
99. ed the fanfold paper only the first line message 15 printed Pitch lock mode By holding the button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference You will hear an acknowledging beep and the printer will show the P LOCK message on the LCD display as power comes on After the beep tone you can set the printer off line select a print pitch then return to on line and start printing The pitch you selected will show on the LCD display and will not be reset or otherwise changed by any commands your software may issue Font lock mode By holding the button during power up fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference There will be an acknowledging beep and F LOCK message on LCD display After which you can set the printer off line select a font then return to the on line state and begin printing The selected font will not be changed by any commands your software may issue Font and Pitch lock mode If you want to protect both the font and pitch settings from software changes press both the and buttons during power up There will be two acknowledging beep tones with P LOCK and F LOCK messages the LCD display Pressing these buttons during power up does not prevent you from making any number of changes later from the control panel 37 Dot adjustment mode This mode is used to adjust the vertical
100. eeder 5 1005 move this switch to the OFF position Otherwise leave it ON Switch A 6 Graphics Direction When printing in graphics mode the printer may either print bi directionally in alternate directions for speed or in one direction only uni directional for increased accuracy For practically all purposes however bi directional printing is sufficiently accurate Switch B 2 When this switch is OFF the printer ignores the paper out detector and prints down to and beyond the bottom edge Switch B 4 This switch is used for technical purpose only Leave this switch ON Switch 5 Printable area This printer can use two types of printing area format for single sheets cut forms By putting the switch ON the top of the first line of printing will start 1 6 inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end 1 6 inch from the bottom of the paper By putting the switch OFF Type the first line of printing will start at one inch from the top of the paper and the printed area will end to print 6 mm from the bottom of the printer Switches C 1 and C 2 Print Mode These switches select the default print pitch and the fonts as shown below C I F I7CPLDRAFT OFF ON FF OF NOTE If you change these switches after you have saved a macro these new settings will override the macro setting rj 7 Switches 3 to C
101. eeds FONT STYLE EXAMPLE The following example shows the many font styles your printer can print RESIDENT HS Draft 27 POSS 102 1 222 Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige script Orator Orator 2 Letter Gothic Blippo Cinema 39 UPC EAN TW Light H Gothic Orane Old Style Firenze SLQ Script SLQ Roman SLQ TW Light he 123456789 1234567589 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456759 125456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123436789 123456789 123456789 ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE AECDE ABCDE ABCDE abode abcde abcde abcde abcde abcde ABCDE abcde abcde abcde abcde abcde abcde A 123456789 12345 p 168456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456759 123456789 129456789 ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE ABCDE abede abcde abcde abcde abede Resident LQ fonts Roman characters Sanserif characters Courier characters Prestige characters Script character Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Elite patch 12 CPI Semi condensed pitch 15 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Condensed elite pitch 29 CPI Normal 222 Condensed proportional Double herght Double width T x
102. equent zero characters to be overprinted with a slash Select normal zero lt gt 0 Causes subsequent zero characters to be printed normally 0 without a slash 89 CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Decimal Hexadecimal 27 80 8 In Standard mode changes from either semi condensed to pica pitch 10 cpi or from condensed elite to condensed pica 17 cpi In mode changes from either elite or condensed to pica 10 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Elite pitch Decimal Hexadecimal 27 77 1B 40 27 58 1 Changes from either pica or semi condensed to pitch 12 from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Semi condensed pitch Mode ASCI Std ESC 27 103 67 Changes from either pica or elite to semi condensed pitch 15 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up Condensed printing Mode ASCII lt 5 gt SL Changes from pica to condensed pica 17 from elite to condensed elite 20 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was se lected during power up 90 Cancel condensed printing Mode ASCI In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to normal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignore
103. erial from the printer Installing the platen knob The platen knob is packed into an accessory box with other accessories Align the knob on the platen shaft which is located on the right hand side of the printer Rotate the knob on the shaft before pushing the knob fully into position Platen knob Figure 2 3 Installing the platen knob 12 Removing front cover Open the front cover by lifting up the back cover using the two grips on either side then remove the cover by pulling up see Figure 2 4 Front cover Figure 2 4 Open the front cover and remove it by pulling up NOTE You can keep the front cover installed on the printer as shown in Figure 2 5 But in this case you must take care not to injure your fingers with the tear assist edge Tear assist edge Front cover Figure 2 5 The front cover can stay on the printer Installing the ribbon cartridge Now install the ribbon with the following procedure 1 Take the slack out of the ribbon by turning the tension knob on the ribbon cartridge clockwise as shown by the arrow Tension knob Figure 2 6 Take out the slack of the ribbon by turning the tension knob on the ribbon cartridge 2 Guide the ribbon between the print head and the silver print head shield making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the sockets on the cartridge itself Ribbon cartridge Print head shield Print head Figure 2 7 Installing th
104. g 14 2415 Fanfold continuous WAU 4 0 10 0 101 6 254 0 mm Lenati 5 5 139 7 mm THICKNESS Single ply paper 0 07 0 12 mm Total for multi part forms 0 25 mm Were Dt 52 82 g m 45 70 kg 14 22 Ib CODICES Oneal 2 Copies Maximum buffer size Without Download 15 6 kB With Download 256 Bytes 145 Emwulations Interface RAD DONWY DE tuia Ribbon life Film ribbon FZ24 Fabric ribbon 724 Long life fabric ribbon Dimensions and Weight 146 Standard mode Epson LQ 860 850 24 wire Graphics com mands IBM mode IBM Proprinter X24E Proprinter 24 5 1 printer Centronics parallel standard RS 232C serial option On carriage dedicated Fabric ribbon Black only Film ribbon Black only 0 2 million characters LQ pica 2 million characters draft pica 4 million characters draft pia 440 mm 17 32 330 mm 12 99 150 mm 5 91 6 4 Kg 14 1 Ib 120 220VAC 240VAC 50 60 Hz varies according to the country of pur chase Film ribbon cartridge FZ24 Long life fabric ribbon cartridge 1 7 24 Single bin Automatic Sheet Feeder 5 1005 Pull Tractor PT 10ZS Font cartridge FC 1Z FC 2Z FC 3Z FC 4Z FC 5Z FC 10Z FC
105. haracter height width and line spacing according to the value of and as below Does not move the base line n Line spacing Character height 0 Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single height 2 Unchanged Double height 16 Single Unchanged 17 Single Single height 18 Single Double height 32 Double Unchanged 33 Double Single height 34 Double Double height m Character width Single width same as lt ESC gt W 0 2 Double width same as ESC 95 VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC 0 1B 30 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 60 or 7 72 inch Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 7 60 inch standard mode or 7 72 inch mode Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ASC sid 77 Sets the distance paper advances reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch ASCII 51 Sets distance paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 360 inch where is between and 255 lt 5 3 96 Set base unit for line spacing Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt 4 lt 4 gt 0 27 91 92 4 0 1B 5B 5C 04 00 n2 0 0 nl n2 00 00 nj n2 Sets the base unit for the line spacing comma
106. he computer and the serial interface board with the DIP switch settings on the converter Following table shows the functions of the DIP switches on the Serial Parallel Converter Parity condition witch Function ON Data length 8 bit Parity condition Refer below 3 Refer below No parity Odd parity Data protocol Data Protocol Transfer speed Refer below Transfer speed N N FF FF 4800 BPS 9600 BPS OFF ON 79 80 Chapter 8 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulation modes Standard Epson mode and IBM mode In Standard Epson mode the printer emulates the functions of the Epson LQ 860 850 and the graphics commands for NEC 24 wire printers In IBM mode the printer emulates the Proprinter X24E 24P and printer Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations The emulation is changed by means of EDS switch A 1 When is ON the printer will be in Standard Epson mode and when OFF the printer will be in IBM mode see Chapter 5 In addition when the EDS switch A 2 1s ON the printer automatically changes the emulation by means of software control This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the commands all commands will given by functions The name of each com m
107. he next page This is explained later If you press the button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET message on the display When in Quiet mode with the QUIET message the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level 32 NOTE This button has no effect if the bottom feed mode is selected This button results in different functions depending on the position of the release lever If the release lever is facing toward the rear of the printer for the cut forms pressing this button ejects the paper If the release lever is facing toward the front of the printer for the fanfold forms pressing this button parks the forms PITCH This button allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you to do this Successive presses of this button will display and select the following options in order Note that the super condensed pitch is not available with Standard Epson mode and condensed proportional pitch is not available with IBM mode LCD Message Pica 10 CPI Elite 12 CPI Semi condensed 15 CPI Condensed pica 17 CPI Condensed elite 20 CPI Super condensed 24 CPI Proportional Condensed proportional 33 This button selects the font to be printed Draft font is selected at power up unless the default settings are changed To change the font set the printer off line then press
108. heet feeder ASF is selected with EDS switch A 5 this command ejects the current page Return to top of current page ode ASCII Hexadecimal Std lt 5 gt lt FF gt 1B Feeds the paper backward to the top of the current page Disable paper out detector ode ASCII Both lt ESC gt 8 27 56 38 Causes printer to disregard signal sent paper out detector enabling printing to the bottom of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 Enable paper out detector ASCII Both ESC 9 1B 39 Causes the printer to stop printing before the end of the paper Overrides the setting of EDS switch B 2 101 Set vertical tab stops Mode ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt n2 27 66 nl n2 Both e 0 TENE Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new vertical tab stops at lines 77 n2 etc where n n2 etc are numbers between and 255 A maximum of 16 vertical tab stops can be set The tab stops must be specified in ascending order any violation of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code The vertical tab stops are set in terms of the current line spacing and do not move if the line spacing is changed later Hexadecimal 1B 42 nl n2 00 Set vertical tab stops every n lines Mode ASCI lt ESC gt e lt 1 gt n 27 10 1 n 1B 65 01 n Cancels all current vertical tab st
109. hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes This mode is accessed with the following procedure While holding both the and buttons down turn power ON beep tone will be heard and the message on display 2 Begin printing In place of the usual printout you will get a formatted dump showing exactly what data the printer receives Each line presents sixteen characters their hexadecimal codes to the left and printable characters printed on the right 3 At the end of the hexadecimal dump set the printer off line with the button This is necessary to print the last line 40 SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be achieved by pressing the control panel buttons combinations Top of form Reverse micro feed Forward micro feed POWER MICRO FEED QUIET FONT PITCH ASFLOAD PAPER FEED LON LINE FF _ EDS SWITCH SET PRINT EXIT Lo Save macro Form feed Buffer clear All reset Figure 4 5 Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you are using cut forms this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfold forms it feeds to the top of the next page Press the button to set the printer off line 2 Press the PAPER FEED button and hold it down The printer will start performing successive line feeds
110. ine Do not type the symbol This symbol means to hold the CTRL key down while pressing the next key for example V means to type CTRL V C means to type CTRL C which indicates the end of the input 134 A gt EDLIN LQELITE DAT New file I 1 1 2t V indicates that the following character is control code enters the code ESC has character code 27 and is the 27th character from A in the ASCII sequence Similarly VA enters the control code 1 See your DOS manual if you need further information about EDLIN You can now set up the printer by sending it the file LOELITE DAT To avoid unnecessary logging of commands switch hard copy output off by pressing CTRL PRTSC if hard copy is on To printthe file README DOC in LQ elite type give the following two commands A COPY LQELITE DAT A PRINT README DOC For greater convenience you can make a batch file that will set up the printer and print any specified file with a single command To create such a batch file with the name LOPRINT BAT type in the first four lines shown next 7 means to press the CTRL and Z keys simultaneously To use this file to print README DOC type the fifth line A COPY CON LQPRINT BAT COPY LQELITE DAT PRN PRINT 41 A gt LQPRINT README DOC The first line above is a copy command from the CONsole screen to a file named LQPRINT BAT The next two lines are the contents of this fil
111. ing Figure 3 1 shows the recommended print area for each type of papers Fanfold forms Single sheets 7mm 7mm 20000000000 25 4mm 25 4mm 1 Perforation m 75mm 8mm for Bottom Feed ooo00 00000 006 Bottom of Forms Figure 3 1 Recommended print area for acceptable papers 20 ADJUSTING THE PRINTING The distance between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate different paper thicknesses The adjustment lever is located at the left side of the printer Pushing the adjustment lever towards the rear of the printer narrows the gap pulling it towards the front of the printer widens the gap There are five positions and you can feel the lever clicking into each position The second position from the rear marked with is the one most commonly used for single sheets of paper Try different positions until you get the best printing results NOTE Printing with an inappropriate gap may drastically shorten the life of the print head Adjustment lever Figure 3 2 Location of the adjustment lever The following table provides the recommended lever positions for each paper types as a reference T Weight Thickness mm Recommended APSE TAPE Each paper Total Lever position Single 52 90 g m
112. ing Cancel last line Reverse line feed Return to top of current page Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Manual feed Auto feed Eject paper from ASF Set print start position on Increase character spacing Select master print mode Accept MSB as is Absolute horizontal tab in inches Select ROM character set Select download character set Define download characters Select score Select graphics mode Set line spacing to 7 360 inch Underlining Select vertical tab channel Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 1 80 inch Select italic characters Select upright characters Select character set 42 Select character set 1 Disable paper out detector Enable paper out detector Copy character set from ROM into RAM One line uni directional printing Set MSB to 0 PAGE 118 105 107 98 103 101 05 90 118 91 118 92 117 101 92 90 119 119 119 120 93 93 117 108 116 116 113 85 11 96 102 96 96 96 97 83 83 87 87 101 101 115 119 117 CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt gt lt ESC gt U n m ESC lt ESC gt A ESC B 4 n2 0 ESC C 0 n ESC CU ad lt ESC gt CD uui 0 ESC E ESC lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt 5 gt n lt ESC gt K n n mi m lt ESC gt L nf
113. kwards in a series of small steps When you want to stop release both buttons NOTE Open the bail lever when the printer beeps intermittently and the Er message shows on the LCD display near the edge of the paper Changing the auto loading position Normally the printer automatically loads the paper one line from the top edge If you want to change this value follow this procedure Load the paper by moving bail lever toward the front of the printer 2 Change the print position using the micro feed function The value on the LCD display shows the micro feed value from the default position 3 After you get the desired position press the button to save the value This position will remain unless you power off the printer If you want to retain this position even after you turn off the power store it using the Macro Definition function which is described later Note that you can only change this value immediately after loading paper If you feed paper you cannot change the auto loading value 42 Clearing the buffer All reset The printer stores received data in a large memory buffer This creates a problem when you want to abandon a printing job and restart the printer may be holding more data in its buffer than it has actually printed and this unprinted data must be cleared out before restarting Turning power off 15 one way to clear the buffer but there is another way 1 Halt the printing program on the computer
114. lable for printing PITCH LOCK By holding the PITCH button down during power up the print pitch can only be selected from the control panel This prevents soft ware interference You will hear an acknowl Font lock edging and the printer will show the P LOCK message on the display as power comes on B FONT LOCK By holding the FONT button during power up fonts can only be selected from the control panel This prevents software interference EDS mode Dot adjustment mode Hexadecimal dump 8 POWER EJEC T PARK Abt 5 PITCH ASF LOAD PAPER FEED ON LINE 1 11 Pitch Printarea Long Short lock test test test There will be an acknowledging beep and F LOCK message on the display HEXADECIMAL DUMP in this mode all data received will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additional functions can be obtained by pressing the contro panel buttons with the off line state FORM FEED If you are using cut forms this operation ejects the current page If you are using fanfoid forms it feeds to the top of the next page B TOP OF FORM When you power on the printer the top of form position is automatically set to the cur rent position If this is not where you want the top of the page to be you can change the top of form position B MICRO FEED For fine align
115. lled caused by the See Installing the ribbon cartridge in Chapter 2 ribbonorapaper Clear the paper jam jam 62 Printer case is hot to touch Probable Cause Action Printer s vents Move object away from the air vents including the are blocked bottom of the printer Printer 15 noisy Probable Cause Action The printer Move any objects that touch the printer vibrates Ensure that the printer is on a level study surface Printer covers Close covers are open 63 Essentially your printer is robust piece of equipment but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions For example Keep your printer in a comfortable environment Roughly speaking if you are comfortable then the environment is suitable for your printer see Chapter 2 Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration Avoid over dusty environments Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices Toclean the exterior of the printer use acloth barely dampened with either water with a little detergent or a little alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a small vacuum cleaner or a compressed air aerosol sold for this purpose When performing this operation be sure not to bend or damage any cable connections or electronic components 64 Chapter 7 OPTIONAL AC
116. ment you can feed the paper either forward or reverse in very small incre ments B BUFFER CLEAR ALL RESET Turning power off is one way to clear the buffer but there is another way Press and hold the ON LINE and FONT button in off line The bC message shows on display signaling that the buffer has been FONT Top of form Reverse micro feed Forward micro feed PITCH ASF LOAD PAPER FEE _ L4 Save macro L4 Form feed Buffer clear All reset cleared If you hold these buttons more three seconds you will hear three beep tones and the printer will be initialized to the power on default settings SAVE MACRO You can store the current settings to the printer for later use with the FONT button and the PITCH button combinations 80833092 SERS GUIDE BAIL LEVER FUNCTIONS The bail lever is used to control paper If the paper is not mounted on the printer use the bail lever to load the paper When you open the bail lever with the fanfold paper in on line the printer goes off line and the bail lever automatically closed then the printer also feeds the paper forward This allows you to cut it off just below the last line printed When you open the bail lever again the paper feeds backward stopping where you left off and the printer returns to on line EDS MODE From the contral panei you can change the parameters that define how your printer works This fun
117. n2 mi m2 lt ESC gt ESC lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt 707 n ESC n ESC S 0 ESC S lt 5 gt T lt ESC gt U 0 ESC lU ESC lt gt Y nf n2 mi inl a lt ESC gt Z nl n2 ml m2 ESC 77 T lt gt 0 0 0 lt ESC gt n n2 lt ESC gt 0 lt ESC gt ESC 2 ESC 747 3 ESC b nO n n2 0 lt ESC gt 0 p ESC e p ESC f Q0 m ESC t ESC g ESC h p ESC il n lt ESC gt lt ESC gt l n lt ESC gt p n lt 5 gt 747 n lt ESC gt t 0 bSC t 1 ESC 77 2 lt ESC gt w 0 lt ESC gt w ESC x ESC 0 ESC FS 3 n FS FS n lt FS gt lt FS gt l 0 178 FUNCTION Set MSB to Convert graphics density Reset printer Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set vertical tab stops Set page length to n inches Set page length to lines Set horizontal tab stops Emphasized printing Cancel emphasized prinung Double strike printing Cancel double strike printing Perform one n 180 inch line feed Print normal density 8 bit graphics Print double density 8 bit graphics Elite pitch Set bottom margin Cancel bottom margin Pica pitch Set right margin Select international character set Super
118. nds lt gt 3 and ESC J according to the values of and n2 as shown below If other values specified this command is ignored This command becomes effective only after lt ESC gt 3 or lt ESC gt J is received The default base unit is set to 1 216 n2 Base unit 0 180 1 180 inch 216 1 216 inch 1 104 1 360 Set line spacing to n 180 inch n 216 inch or n 360 inch ASCII lt 5 gt 3 Sets distance paper advances reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 180 inch n 216 inch or 2 360 inch according to the de fined base unit The value of n is between 0 and 255 If n ZO Standard mode the line feed distance is set to 0 but in IBM mode this command is ignored Set line spacing to n 60 inch or 72 inch ASCII lt ESC gt A In Standard mode sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to 1 60 inch where n is between 0 and 255 If n 0 the line spacing 15 set to 0 In IBM mode this command defines the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between and 85 The new line spacing does not take effect until next lt ESC gt 2 command 9 Execute lt ESC gt Mode 5 ESC 7 27 50 Sets the line spacing to value defined last preceding lt ESC gt command Sets the line
119. nt bit at the top and the least significant bit at the bottom The number of data bytes must be n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of bit image printing the printer returns automatically to character mode Print double density 8 bit graphics ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal 1B 4C nj n2 ml m2 lt ESC gt L nl n2 27 76 nl n2 Both ml ma mi m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide See ESC for other information Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt wg 2 27 89 nl n2 2 te ml m2 1B 59 wl n2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 120 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 960 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See ESC for other information 109 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics Mode lt ESC gt Z nil n2 27 90 nl n2 1B 5A n n2 Both mi ml m2 ml m2 Prints bit image graphics at 240 dots per inch horizontally maxi mum 1920 dots wide skipping every second dot in the horizontal direction See lt ESC gt for other information Print hex density 24 bit graphics 28 90 n2 5A anf n2 m2 m3 mi m2 m3 Prints 24 bit dot graphics at 360 dots per inch horizontally The graphics image is 24 d
120. nt lock mode 15 selected Pitch and Font lock mode is selected at a time Release lever is moved while the paper is in printing position Bail lever is closed before the paper goes through the location of the bail lever 47 48 Chapter 5 DEFAULT SETTINGS EDS MODE From the control panel you can change the parameters that define how your printer works These parameters become your power on settings This function is called the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE The EDS mode this printer has 16 functions that you can set as the power on default Turn the printer on while simultaneously holding the FONT J PITCH and buttons The EDS message will show on the LCD display This indicates that you have entered the EDS mode In EDS mode the buttons on the control panel are used as shown below Figure 5 1 E POWER MICRO FEED eS a EJECT PARK QUIET FONT pes _ASFLOAD PAPER FEED LINE gel EOS BANK SWITCH SET PRINT EXIT Select Select Change Print Exit Bank Switch setting Figure 5 1 Button functions in the EDS mode Use the button to select the Bank Letter Use the button to select the Switch Number The LCD display on the control panel shows the current setting ON OFF Use the button to change the settings Press the button to print the current settings
121. nter s components and capabilities refer to the information on the pages that follow PRINTER COMPONENTS Cartridge slot Release lever Clamp lever Platen knob Rear cover 5 i 5 x ea c 50 o Q 52 2 gt 5 9 c Entry slot Tractor Control panel Mute cover Front cover Print head Adjustment lever Ribbon cartridge Power switch Component Paper guide Release lever Front cover Mute cover Rear cover Entry slot Control panel Power switch Platen knob Interface connector Cartridge slot Print head Ribbon cartridge Adjustment lever Tractors Clamp lever Bail lever Description 5 single sheets cut forms to help the printer detect when paper is inserted Releases pressure on the paper This lever must be back for cut sheet forms and forward for fanfold forms Protects the print head and other internal compo nents of your printer Reduces the printing noise Protects the tractor feed unit and separates incom ing and outgoing fanfold forms For inserting single sheets of paper Indicates printer status and makes various control of printer functions simple and convenient Switches power on or off Advances the paper manually Connects the computer to the printer Holds the optional Font cartridge or RAM car tridge Has a high resolution dot ma
122. ond the right or left margin The formulas for the distance and direction are as follows If n2 is between 0 and 63 the print head moves right by n n2 x 256 dots If you want to move the print head to the left and 12 are obtained by subtracting the value from 65536 and dividing the result into high and low bytes 107 Relative horizontal tab in inches Mode 5 ESC d n2 1B 64 n n2 Sets the next print position to 11 n2 x 256 120 inches from the current position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin Absolute horizontal tab in inches ASCII Sid lt ESC gt n2 27 36 n2 Sets the next print position to n n2 x 256 60 inches from the left margin on the current line gnored if this position 1s beyond the right margin Absolute horizontal tab in columns ASCII Std lt ESC gt 05 27 100 0 n 18 66 00 n Moves the next print position to column z from the left margin where n 15 between and 127 GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal density 8 bit graphics ASCII Both lt ESC gt nl n2 27 75 ni mi m2 m2 4B nj n2 m2 Prints bit image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally The graphic image is 8 dots high and n7 12 x 256 dots wide Maximum width is 8 inches 480 dots m7 m2 are the dot data each a 1 byte value from 0 to 255 representing 8 vertical dots with the most significa
123. ops and sets new tab stops every lines where is between 2 and 127 Set vertical tab stops in channel ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt b 0 27 98 nO nl 1B 62 nO nl na 0 n2 00 n2 Cancels all current vertical tab stops in channel where is between 0 and 7 and sets new vertical tab stops in this channel A channel is a set of vertical tab stops selected by the lt ESC gt command See lt 5 gt for parameters n7 n2 0 Select vertical tab channel Mode Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a channel number n0 from 0 to 7 The tab stops in each channel are set by 5 b Vertical tab Feeds paper to next vertical tab stop and moves print position to the left margin Performs a line feed if no vertical tabs are set as at power up Feeds to the top of the next page if vertical tabs are set but the current line is at or below the last vertical tab stop 103 HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode lt 5 gt I IB 6 m Sets the left margin at column where is between and 255 in the current character pitch pica pitch proportional spacing 15 selected The left margin does not move 1f the character pitch is changed later The left margin must be least two columns to the left of the right margin and within the limits below Pica 0
124. ory The printer will repeat the previous dot column when the current column compression mask bit is set to 1 Fill up the adjacent dot even they do not print then compare the each veritcal line to left line If the line is the same as the left one write 1 in the column of the compression mask bit If it is different write 0 124 E md uestra li _ _ eee eee 0000000000 0000000000000 0 _ 960 eo MN 6 6 A H Compression 0 7 7040002 0000070077 7007 0000000002977 mask bit Figure 9 4 Fill up the adjacent dot then write the compression data After you have written the compression mask bi
125. ots high and n2 x 256 dots wide Maxi mum width is 8 inches 2880 dots In the data m2 m3 each three bytes represent 24 vertical dots In the leftmost position the most significant bit of m 15 the top dot the least significant bit of ml is the eighth dot from the top the most significant bit of m2 is the ninth dot the least significant bit of 72 is the sixteenth dot from the top the most significant bit of m3 is the seventeenth dot from the top the least significant bit of m3 is the bottom dot The rest of data is similar The number of data bytes must be 3 x 11 n2 x 256 Dots beyond the right margin are ignored At the end of dot graphics printing the printer returns automatically to character mode 110 Select graphics mode ASCII Std lt ESC gt 27 42 nO nl 1B 2 nO nl 2 2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 Selects one of eleven graphics modes depending on the value of n0 and prints bit image graphics in this mode See lt ESC gt for 8 bit graphics or FS Z for 24 bit graphics for information on nl n2 ml m2 nO Graphics mode 0 8 Normal density 60 dots per inch 1 8 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 4 8 bit CRT graphics mode 80 dots per inch 6 8 CRT graphics mode II 90 dots per inch 32 24 bit Normal density 60
126. oucan load single sheets The fanfold paper remains parked at the back of the printer NOTE You cannot park the fanfold paper if you have loaded it using the optional Pull Tractor Unit 26 When you want to resume using fanfold paper the procedure is as follows Remove all cut forms from printer Mount the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever toward the front of the printer Move the bail lever forward The printer will automatically feed the parked fanfold paper back into position for printing NOTE The printer beeps intermittently if you move the release lever while the paper is loaded Tear off function At the end of printing use this tear off function to cut off the printed form without advancing blank forms 2 Open the mute cover on the front cover Pull the bail lever forward The paper will be fed to the tear off position and the bail lever will automatically close Tear off the printed form with the tear assist edge of the front cover Pull the bail lever forward The paper automatically returns to the printing position NOTE Do not return bail the lever after return to the on line state 27 LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This section will take you through the procedures for loading single sheets of paper The paper path for cut forms is shown in Figure 3 11 Figure 3 11 Paper path for cut forms If you a
127. ough the bail le ver location Adjustment lever Is set incorrectly Fanfold form 1 parked Action Remove all forms and pieces of paper Open the bail lever Bail lever automatically closed when the paper goes through the bail lever location Check the setting of the adjustment lever See Adjusting the printing gap in Chapter 3 Move bail lever forward to unpark the fanfold paper Line spacing is incorrect or overprinting occurs Probable Cause The tractor posi tions are incor rectly adjusted Incorrect emula tion is selected Problem with the application pr gram Platen knob was manually turned while the Power indicator was on Forms are jam ming between printing surface and the print head Action Adjust the tractor positions See Loading fanfold forms in Chapter 3 Select the other emulation with the EDS setting See Chapter 5 Refer to your application program manual Set the top of form See Top of form in Chapter 4 Do not manually turn the platen knob when the power is on Use the PAPER FEED button Reset adjustment lever See Adjusting the printing gap in Chapter 3 Incorrect number of lines on a page Probable Cause Paper is adjusted incorrectly Paper has shifted backwards after several forms printed correctly Incorrect emula tion is selected Problem with the application program Distance printer must pull paper is too far
128. p to 80 CPS in 15 pitch 64 CPS in 12 pitch 53 CPS in 10 pitch LCD Control panel Font Pitch Lock Quiet mode Graphics printing Paper parking Print styles Tear off function Multi part forms Ribbon cartridge EDS mode Function Prints in 10 12 15 17 20 and 24 CPI as well as proportional spacing Button control for fonts pitches paper move ment and paper park functions LCD messages indicate current status Ignores font and pitch selections sent from your computer and stays on the selected font and pitch with the control panel Reduces printing noise by approximately 50 However printing speed is also reduced Standard graphics printing with resolution of up to 360 x 360 dots per square inch It also supports the NEC graphics commands Parks fanfold paper You can print on cut sheet paper without unloading the fanfold forms Highlighting capability with the following em phasis styles Double high Double strike Double wide e Emphasized Italics Outline e Overlining Quadruple high Quadruple wide Shadow Subscript Superscript Underlining Fanfold forms can be torn off without advancing blank forms Prints up to three part forms Contains the printer ribbon Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode allows you to easily change the default settings of your printer to match your system and software n
129. per feed speed 145 Paper feed trouble 59 Paper guide 3 16 Paper parking 5 26 Paper path Fanfold forms 22 Single sheets 28 Paper specifications 145 Paper out detector 52 101 Pica pitch 90 Pinout of interface connector 147 148 PITCH button 33 Pitch commands 90 95 Pitch lock mode 5 37 Platen knob 3 12 Power supply trouble 57 Power switch 3 Print area 20 52 Print area test mode 37 Print direction 143 Print head 3 143 Print head shield 14 Print mode 52 Print quality 82 Print styles 5 Printer features 4 5 Printer initialize 43 Printer placement 9 Printing gap 21 Printing speed 143 Printing trouble 57 63 Proportional spacing 91 Proportional spacing table 162 172 Pull Tractor Unit 11 71 74 Push tractor feed 145 Quadruple size characters 94 Quadruple density graphics 110 175 Quiet mode 5 32 RAM Cartridge 11 75 RAM usage 51 Rear cover 3 23 Relative horizontal tab 107 108 Release lever 3 23 Reset all tab stops 107 Reset printer 120 Reverse feed 98 Reverse line feed 98 Reverse micro feed 42 Ribbon cartridge 3 5 14 146 Right justify 106 Right margin 104 105 5 Sample program 124 125 130 131 136 140 Score 85 Selection of paper 19 20 Self test 35 36 Semi condensed 90 Serial Parallel Converter 11 78 Setting up 12 18 Shift download character area 116 Short test mode 35 Single sheets 1 19 28 30 145 Special characte
130. printer commands at the factory If you want to emulate the IBM printer commands you can select it with the Electronic DIP Switch EDS mode Choose one of the following in order of preference according to your selected Emulation mode Star LC24 10 You can also select one of NEC 24 wire printers to print graphics in the Standard emulation mode If your software package does not mention printers by name but asks instead what features your printer is capable of the most common questions are your printer perform a backspace and Can it do a hardware form feed You should answer Yes to both these questions Make sure that the Electronic DIP Switch EDS is set for the correct printer emulation and that you have also selected the appropriate character set Refer to Chapter 5 for detailed information on the EDS mode If you are in doubt about the configuration of your application software seek expert advice Your software supplier will probably be your most qualified reference Chapter 3 PAPER INSTALLATION AND USE This chapter describes instructions for printing such as selecting paper types adjusting the printing gap and installing paper SELECTION OF PAPER Your printer accepts any of the following types of paper Single sheets cut forms and stationary Use the friction feed or the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder Fanfold forms Fanfold forms have holes along the side
131. r set 161 Specifications 143 146 Standard character set 87 150 151 Strike through 85 Subscript 86 Superscript 85 Switch combination functions 41 44 T Tear assist 13 Tear off function 5 27 Top of form 41 99 176 Tractor 3 Troubleshooting 57 63 Underlining 84 85 Uni directional printing 51 119 Unpacking and inspection 10 DA Vertical position commands 96 103 Vertical tab 103 Vertical tab channel 102 Vertical tab stops 102 W Weight 146 2 Zero style 89 COMMAND SUMMARY Standard Mode The following commands take effect with the Standard mode CONTROL CODE lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt ESC gt lt LF gt lt FF gt lt SO gt SI EM 0 lt EM gt 4 EM EM T SP n SET S nj n2 amp 0 nl n2 mO ml m2dld2 MN 4 nO fl L id 4 r A a s gt 6 lt 0 gt n N H 0 lt l gt ni n2 nO nl n2 ml m2 0 FUNCTION Bell Backspace Horizontal tab Line feed Vertical tab Form feed Carriage return Expanded printing for one line Condensed printing Set printer on line Cancel condensed printing Set printer off line Cancel one line expanded print
132. re using the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder refer to Chapter 7 1 Raise the paper guide in position on the rear cover of the printer Figure 3 12 Raise the paper guide for single sheets 2 Adjust the paper guides to match the size of the paper you will be using Remember that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage 28 3 Turn on the power using the switch located at the front of the printer The printer will beep indicating that there is no paper in position for printing The message will also flash on the LCD display to confirm this 4 Make sure that the release lever is at rear position If fanfold paper is already mounted in the printer press the button to park the paper in the off line state then move the release lever toward the rear of the printer 5 Place a single sheet between the guides placing the side on which you want to print towards the back of the printer Gently push the paper down in the guides until you feel it stop Figure 3 13 Place a single sheet between the guides 6 Now pull the bail lever toward the front of the printer The paper will be fed into the printer and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing NOTE Do not place bail lever the backward position The bail lever automatically returns to its original position after the paper goes through under the bail lever location 29 Figure 3 14 Pull
133. rn Data Telephone symbol DATA Fy Oy 96 96 05 342 0 20 59 0 0 DATA 59 15 192 56 31 192 112 63 192 112 127 192 112 255 192 DATA 127 255 192 127 243 192 113 227 192 127 243 192 127 255 192 DATA 112 255 192 112 127 192 112 63 DATA 59 0 0 31 0 0 15 0 Car symbol DATA Ds 2305 05 05 DATA 0 255 128 0 2554 1925 142955 DATA 14 127 28 124 0 56 124 DATA 127 254 0 127 252 0 96 124 96 127 192 112 127 192 124 1427 DATA 3 124 0 0 254 0 0 0 192 56 31 192 0 7 0 0 0 0 60 0 192 3 255 192 1312 1264 Q 0 96 127 0 128 63 127 0 0 59 3 192 0 0 0 0 63 0 7 127 128 96 124 0 96 127 128 15 124 0 132 Chapter 10 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using your printer with an IBM PS 2 PC AT or compatible you will probably be using PC DOS or MS DOS as an operating system A number of software tricks may be useful here This chapter 15 not however substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer To learn how to print files etc 1 15 best to read the relevant parts of these manuals PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includes the file PRINT COM you can use the main DOS printing command Simply type the word PRINT followed by the name of the file you want to print To print a file named README DOC for example type A PRINT READM
134. s and perforations between the sheets They are also called sprocket forms continuous forms or just plain computer Printing on or near the perforations of continuous fanfold forms may reduce printing quality misalign the fanfold forms or cause a paper jam e Multi part forms You can use multi part forms that have up to three parts including the original It is recommended that you load multi part forms using the bottom feed slot with the optional Pull Tractor Unit Use pressure sensitive multi part forms with both side edges glued and a difference in thickness of 0 05mm or less between the side edges Labels When printing labels always select the type mounted on a continu ous backing sheet with sprocket holes for use with a tractor Do not try to print labels as cut forms because labels on a shiny backing sheet almost always slip a little It is recommended that you load labels from the bottom feed slot with the optional Pull Tractor Unit NOTES Never feed labels backward Labels can easily peel off the backing and get stuck in the printer remove labels from the paper path after you finish printing first tear off the labels at a point before the paper slot 2 Use labels only under normal operating conditions _ The labels are especially sensitive to temperature and humidity 3 Do not leave labels loaded the printer between jobs They curl around the platen and may jam when you resume print
135. script Subscript Cancel superscript or subscript Bi directional printing Uni directional printing Expanded printing 92 Print double density double speed 8 bit graphics 109 Print quadruple density 8 bit graphics nl n2 Select IBM code page Relative horizontal tab Left justify Center text Right justity Full justify Set vertical tab stops in channel Set horizontal tab stop every columns Set vertical tab stops every lines Absolute horizontal tab in columns Feed paper lines Semi condensed pitch Select double or quadruple size Perform 7 1 80 inch reverse line feed Select LQ font Set left margin Proportional spacing Select ornament character Select standard character set Select IBM character set Shift download character area Return to normal height Print double height characters Select print quality Select normal zero Select slash zero Set line spacing to 2360 inch Reset printer Select character width Select forward feed mode Select standard character set 110 95 107 106 106 106 106 102 107 102 108 99 90 CONTROL CODE lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt FS gt lt DEL gt r r 0 2 gt 7 gt 2 0 E nl n2 ml m2 m3 nl n2 n FUNCTION Select IBM character set Shift download character area Select reverse feed mode
136. should be 36 81 180 Set printer on line ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt gt Returns the printer on line state allowing it to receive and process all subsequent characters and commands This command 15 ignored if the printer was set off line by pressing the button on the control panel Stop printing Mode ASCII lt 5 gt 27 106 1B 6A Prints the entire contents of the input buffer then sets the printer off line The ON LINE indicator on the control panel goes off Bell ASCII Both lt BEL gt 0 Sounds brief beep tone from the printer Bi directional printing ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt U 0 27 85 0 1B 55 00 Causes subsequent printing to be done in the normal bi directional mode which 15 faster than uni directional printing Both 18 Uni directional printing ASCII Hexadecimal Both ESC lt gt 1B 55 01 Causes subsequent printing to be done uni directionally ensuring maximum vertical alignment precision One line uni directional printing ode ASCII Hexadecimal d 3C Immediately returns the print head to the left margin then prints the remainder of the line from left to right Normal printing resumes on the next line lt Manual feed ode ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt lt gt lt 0 gt 207 129 0 18 19 00 Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mo
137. spacing to 1 6 inch if there 15 no preceding lt ESC gt command Line feed Mode Prints the current line and feeds the paper to the next line See the preceding commands for the line spacing gt co gt Reverse line feed ASCII Hexadecimal lt ESC gt lt LF gt B OA IBM lt ESC gt 27 93 1B 50 Prints the current line and feeds the paper the reverse direction to the preceding line See the preceding commands for the line spacing Select forward feed mode 28 70 IC 46 Cancels the reverse feed mode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at power on Select reverse feed mode ASCII 28 82 IC 52 Selects reverse feed mode Reverses the direction of all vertical movements Ignored when friction feed or bottom feed is used Perform n 180 inch n 216 inch or n 360 inch line feed ASCII lt ESC gt Feeds paper once by n 180 inches 216 inches or n 360 inches according to the defined base unit The value of 1 between and 255 Does not move the print position right or left in the standard mode Does not change the line spacing setting Perform one n 180 inch reverse line feed ASCII Hexadecimal Std lt ESC gt Feeds the paper once by 180 inches in the reverse direction where nis between 1 and 255 Does not move the print position right or left Does not change the
138. stacker attachment as shown in Figure 7 11 Figure 7 11 Insert a single sheet into the slot at the front of the stacker attachment 2 With the power on press the button to put the printer off line Then press the button The paper will feed into the printer 70 PULL TRACTOR UNIT 1025 You can use the Pull Tractor Unit to print on fanfold forms or multi part forms through the bottom feed slot Setting up The procedure to mount the Pull Tractor Unit 15 1 Open the front cover by lifting up the back using the two grips on either side then remove it 2 Open the rear cover by lifting up the front using the two grips on either side 3 Move the printer bail lever toward the front of the printer to open the paper bail 4 Fit the mounting brackets of the Pull Tractor Unit onto the shaft of the printer mechanism tilting the Pull Tractor Unit slightly backward Pull Tractor Unit t S 27 AS MSS Release lever 27804 Jever Figure 7 12 Fit the mounting brackets of the Pull Tractor Unit onto the shaft of the printer 5 Secure the Pull Tractor Unit firmly by pushing the lock levers on either side as shown in Figure 7 13 71 Lock lever Figure 7 13 Install the Pull Tractor Unit onto the printer by pushing the lock levers 6 Install the paper guide provided with the Pull Tractor Uni
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140. t as shown in Figure 7 14 7 Install the printer cover provided with the Pull Tractor Unit Paper guide Figure 7 14 Mount the paper guide and the printer cover onto the printer NOTE Set the paper guide and front cover aside carefully after they have been removed from the printer Reverse the procedure described above when removing the Pull Tractor Unit 12 Open the printer cover 2 With the tractor covers open guide the paper from the bottom of the printer by aligning holes with the pins on the tractor unit Clamp lever Tractor cover Figure 7 15 Mount the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer 3 Adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position When the lever is up the unit is released and when it is down the unit 1s locked 4 Nowclose the tractor covers again making sure that the paper holes are aligned with the pins on the tractor units If they are not aligned properly you will have problems with paper feeding possibly resulting in tearing and jamming of the paper 73 1 Figure 7 16 Close the tractor covers after adjust the spacing of the tractor units by sliding them along the bar 5 After setting up the paper from the bottom of the printer install the printer cover Printer cover Figure 7 17
141. t data line up all the character data for the compression mask bit that requires 0 The telephone symbol looks like Figure 9 5 123456 7 8 910111213141516171819202122232425 i 3 MT deca Less e TTE 0000000 0 2 75 59 56 B 027 US 127 NZ 56 59 75 7 37 9 27 59 7 0 0 3 255 ZU 288 127 0 75 63 255 243 243 255 63 75 2 0 2 2 e 797 7 B2 292 792 0 0 2 0 192 np np 12 292 2 0 Figure 9 5 Compressed character pattern of telephone symbol 128 Now we will calculate the vertical numerical values of the columns of dots and enter them underneath the grid Each vertical column is first divided into three groups of eight dots Each group of eight dots is represented by one byte which consists of eight bits This is where the numbers down the left side of the grid come in Notice that there is a number for each row of dots and that each number ts twice the number below it By making these numbers powers of two we can take any combination of dots in a vertical column and assign them a unique value Assigning the Index Table data Unlike defining in the Standard mode you must assign the Index Table with the IBM mode This Index Table
142. ted Install the ribbon correctly See Installing the ribbon oris not between cartridge Chapter 2 the print head and the print head shield Print head shield See Installing the ribbon cartridge in Chapter 2 to or print head is locate the print head shield and print head Contact your damaged dealer missing 61 Printer is unstable Wrong characters are printed margin changes printing stops Probable Cause Action Static electricity Increase the humidity is resulting from Move devices withelectric motors away from the printer low humidity or interference from nearby electrical devices Left margin moves to the right during printing Probable Cause Action The print head Check that the ribbon and paper are correctly installed is not moving See Installing ribbon cartridge in Chapter 2 and Load correctly ing paper in Chapter 3 Problem with the Refer to your application program manual application program Theadjustment Reset the adjustment lever See Adjusting the printing lever is in the gap in Chapter 3 wrong posi tion Printer is printing beyond side edge of forms Probable Cause Action Paper is adjusted Adjust both forms tractors and the paper incorrectly Problem with the Refer to your application program manual application program A print head jam Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is correctly insta
143. the button repeatedly until the proper font is high lighted on the LCD display The selections cycle in the following order LCD Message Roman ROMAN Sanserif ISANSERIF Courier COURIER Prestige PRESTIGE Script SCRIPT High Speed Draft IHS DRAFT Draft IDRAFT Optional font OPTION NOTE If the optional Font Cartridge is not installed the OPTION message will not illuminate 34 POWER UP FUNCTIONS In addition to their normal functions all of the control panel buttons perform special functions if you hold them down while switching the power button on Dot adjustment mode EDS mode t POWER MICRO FEEO 1 lt EJECT PARK QUIE FONT PITCH ASF LOAD PAPER FEED LINE X EE EOS BANK SWITCH SET Font Pitch Printarea Long Short lock lock test test test Figure 4 2 Power up functions of control panel Short test mode If the printer is turned on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode with the P1 message on the LCD display The printer will print the version number of the printer s ROM followed by seven lines of the character set Each line will be offset by one character from the one before it The final result will be something like Figure 4 3 0 amp 0123456789 lt gt 2GABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY 01234
144. trix 24 wire com position for outstanding print quality Contains the printer ribbon Controls print darkness by adjusting for the thick ness of forms being printed Control the movement of fanfold forms Clamps the tractor in place Opens and closes the paper bail which holds the paper against the platen This lever is also used to load paper and to perform the short tear off function SUMMARY OF PRINTER FEATURES Feature Dot matrix 24 wire impact printing Extensive software support AEC mode Multi font support Carriage size Multi speed printing Function High Speed Draft Draft and Letter Quality print ing It is compatible with the Epson and IBM standard and works with any software that supports those printers Auto Emulation Change AEC mode ts provided to select the proper emulation mode automatically sent from your program This printer includes HS Draft Draft Roman Sanserif Courier Prestige and Script fonts In addition you can print wide variation of fonts by using optional Font Cartridges A standard carriage that prints on fanfold forms up to 254 mm 10 inches wide and cut forms up to 279 4 mm 11 inches wide In High Speed Draft mode prints at speed up to 210 CPS Characters per second in 10 pitch CPI In Draft mode prints at speeds up to 240 CPS in 15 pitch 192 CPS in 12 pitch e 160 CPS in 10 pitch In Letter Quality mode prints at speeds u
145. uble strike 15 recommended in draft mode Cancel double strike printing Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Cancels double strike printing Underlining ASCII Both lt ESC gt n 27 45 1B 2D Causes subsequent characters to be underlined when is and stops underlining when is IBM block graphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined Overlining Decimal Hexadecimal IBM lt ESC gt Causes subsequent characters to be overlined when 15 and stops overlining when 1 0 Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined 84 Select score ASCII Std lt ESC gt H Decimal Hexadecimal 27 40 45 1B 28 2D 03 0 1 00 01 al n2 3 nl n2 lt 0 gt lt gt Start score according to the values of n and n2 as shown below nl Function n2 Function Underlining Cancel score 2 Strike through Single continuous line 3 Overlining 2 Double continuous line 5 Single broken line Double broken line Select ornament character ASCII lt ESC gt Selects an ornament character according to the value of n as shown below n Character 0 Normal 1 Outline 2 Shadow 3 Shadow and outline Superscript ASCII Decimal Both lt gt S 0 27 83 0 18 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as superscripts Does change the character pitch
146. unted Ignored if EDS switch 5 1 set ON Auto feed ode ASCII Hexadecimal ESC lt gt lt 4 gt 1B 19 04 Selects the automatic sheet feeder Ignored if EDS switch A 5 15 ON Eject paper from ASF Mode ASCII Hexadecimal Both lt ESC gt lt EM gt R 1B 19 52 Ejects the current page Ignored if EDS switch 5 is 11 Set print start position ASF ASCII lt ESC gt lt EM gt T n 27 25 84 18 19 54 m Skips n 6 inches at the top of the page where n is equal to or greater than Ignored if EDS switch 5 is ON Reset printer ASCI Reinitializes the printer Clears the print buffer and returns settings to their power up values Does not clear the input buffer or change ASF selections Set initial conditions Mode ASCII Decimal lt ESC gt 27 91 75 3 18 58 48 03 0 lt 0 gt ni 2 00 nl n2 00 00 ni n2 Reinitializes the printer to the initial conditions determined by the value of 12 The value of n2 is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics Function n value Disable alarm 32 Auto CR with LF 1 Auto LF with 12 inch forms Slashed zero Character set 2 The value of n should be 3 22 35 36 177 120 Chapter 9 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS With this printer you can create new characters and symbols download their
147. ustify 106 Graphics commands 109 112 Graphics direction 51 Graphics mode 111 Graphics printing 5 H Hex density graphics 110 Hexadecimal dump 40 High Speed Draft 1 143 Horizontal position commands 104 108 Horizontal tab 106 107 Horizontal tab stops 106 HS Draft 1 143 IBM character set 87 153 159 IBM code page 53 88 144 153 159 437 153 154 850 155 860 156 861 157 863 158 865 159 Index table data 129 Initial condition 120 Interface 146 Interface connector 3 17 Interface converter 3 _ International character set 53 88 144 152 Italic characters 83 1 Justification 106 Lables 19 1 5 Left justify 106 Left margin 104 105 Letter Quality 143 Line feed 98 Line spacing 95 96 97 143 Loading fanfold forms 22 27 73 Loading single sheets 28 30 68 Locating the printer 9 Long test mode 36 LQ 143 M Macro definition 43 Maintenance 64 Master print mode 93 Most significant bit 117 MS DOS 133 MSB 117 Multi part forms 5 19 Mute cover 3 16 23 M Normal density graphics 109 Number of columns 144 line command 118 ON LINE button 32 On line command 118 One time line feed 99 One time reverse feed 99 Optional accessories 11 65 79 146 Ornament character 85 Other printer commands 117 120 Overlining 84 85 2 3 Page length 53 100 Paper feed 145 PAPER FEED button 32 Pa
148. ware In the Standard Epson mode the printer operates like the Epson LQ 860 850 In the IBM mode it operates like the IBM Proprinter X24E 24P 5 1 The ON position selects Standard Epson mode The OFF position selects IBM mode Switch A 2 Auto Emulation Change AEC Mode This switch selects the Auto Emulation Change AEC mode When the AEC mode is enabled the printer automatically Judges the Emulation which your application program uses Switch A 3 RAM Usage In order to download characters this switch must be in the OFF position The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and provides only a one line print buffer If you leave this switch ON the printer uses its RAM memory as an input buffer allowing the computer to send data faster than the printer prints Switch A 4 Auto LF with CR If you leave this switch at the ON position a separate line feed code is required from your computer to obtain a line feed If you move this switch to the OFF position the printer performs both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a carriage return code Most computer systems send a line feed code or both a carriage return and line feed at the end of each line so this switch should be left ON If you get double line spacing when you expect single spacing or lines overprint each other try changing the setting of this switch Switch A 5 Auto Sheet Feeder In order to use the optional automatic sheet f
149. xt comes the central attraction of the program a line of text printed fourteen times in expanding and contracting loops to give a barrel effect The work 15 done by four printer commands a command setting the right margin line 1400 a centering command line 1420 a command to vary the line spacing lines 1440 and 1490 and a command to micro adjust the space between characters lines 1450 and 1500 Next the program returns to normal spacing and gives a demonstration of the printer s word processing abilities italic printing bold printing underlin ing subscripts etc The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns which are printed in place of the character lt character 60 Details can be found in Chapter 9 The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an M amp W logo The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper then converted to the data in lines 3180 to 4640 with the help of a calculator Each number represents eight vertical dots See Graphics commands in Chapter 8 for details The pattern is printed in three rows each row is twenty four dots high and 240 dots wide Line 1990 sets the line spacing to 8 60 inch so that the rows will connect vertically The loop in lines 2000 to 2080 does the printing in three passes of the print head The printout sample with this program 15 shown in page 7 141 142
150. y until the message on the display illuminates PITCH BUTTON allows you to select the printing pitch Remember that the printer must be off line for you ta do this EJECT PARK BUTTON Pressing this button parks the fanfold forms or ejects the cut sheet paper PAPER FEED BUTTON If you press this button while off line the paper will teed for ward If you hold the button down the printer will perform consecutive line feeds If you press this button while on line this will alternately flash the QUIET message on the display When in Quiet mode with the QUIET message the printer will print slightly slower but at a reduced noise level ON LINE BUTTON sets the printer on line and off line The status changes each time you press the button POWER UP FUNCTIONS The control panel buttons have special functions that operate if you hold them down while switching power on B SELF TEST If the printer is turned on while the ON LINE button is pressed the printer will enter the shart self test mode with the P1 message on the display If the printer is turned on while the PAPER FEED button is pressed the printer will enter the long self test mode with the P2 mes sage on the display B PRINT AREA TEST By holding the EJECT PARK button down during power up the printer will enter the print area test mode with the P3 message on the display This way you can find how many lines on your paper are avai
151. y each time you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer For example you can create a file containing printer commands to select letter quality and select elite pitch with the Standard mode You can find the commands in Chapter 8 We suggest the following 5 Letter quality lt ESC gt x Elite pitch lt ESC gt lt ESC gt I is a powerful command that in addition to selecting elite pitch cancels unwanted features such as underlining which might be left from previous commands The angle brackets around the 1 indicate character code 1 which is a control code not the printable digit I You may want to place additional commands in this file such as left and right margins line spacing and bottom margin commands Or you may want to create a variety of setup files with a different set of commands in each To avoid excess line feeds you should place the commands on one line in the setup file You may or may not be able to generate a setup file with word processing software it depends on whether your software lets you enter control codes If your system includes the file EDLIN COM however you can easily create a setup file with the DOS line editor An appropriate name for this setup file would be LOELITE DAT To use the DOS line editor type the command EDLIN LQELITE DAT then type the underlined parts of the following display Press RETURN at the end of each l

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