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User's Guide

Specifications E-3

Table E-1. Specifications––continued

Item

Specifications

Motors, Solenoids, Sensors and Switches

Motors

Carriage, line feed, ribbon lift, fan, bottom

tractor (5350d models only)

Solenoids

Microshift, bail and printhead

Sensors

Carriage, paper, Select-dial (2), paper jam,

bottom paper jam (5350d models only)

Switches

Tractor select, cover open, ribbon home, color

ribbon, power on/off, voltage select

Interfaces

Parallel

Compatibility

Centronics type

Connector

36-pin female

Serial

Compatibility

EIA RS-232-C

Connector

DB-25 female

Serial settings

Baud rates

150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,

19200 and 38400

Handshaking

DTR, X-ON/X-OFF and ETX/ACK

Parity

Even, odd and none

Data bits

7, 8 and 8 with MSB ignored

Stop bits

1 and 2

External options

Coax, Twin-ax, Ethernet and more

User's Guide

Specifications E-3

Table E-1. Specifications––continued

Item

Specifications

Motors, Solenoids, Sensors and Switches

Motors

Carriage, line feed, ribbon lift, fan, bottom

tractor (5350d models only)

Solenoids

Microshift, bail and printhead

Sensors

Carriage, paper, Select-dial (2), paper jam,

bottom paper jam (5350d models only)

Switches

Tractor select, cover open, ribbon home, color

ribbon, power on/off, voltage select

Interfaces

Parallel

Compatibility

Centronics type

Connector

36-pin female

Serial

Compatibility

EIA RS-232-C

Connector

DB-25 female

Serial settings

Baud rates

150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600,

19200 and 38400

Handshaking

DTR, X-ON/X-OFF and ETX/ACK

Parity

Even, odd and none

Data bits

7, 8 and 8 with MSB ignored

Stop bits

1 and 2

External options

Coax, Twin-ax, Ethernet and more

Summary of Contents for AMT ACCEL-5350

Page 1: ...Document No 397000 B User s Guide AMTACCEL 5350 ...

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Page 3: ...l Panel Cleaning Maintenance Solving Problems Bottom Feed Tractors Bar Codes Interfaces Code Sets Specifications AMTACCEL 5350 Document No 397000 Revision B AMT DATASOUTH CORP 4765 Calle Quetzal Camarillo CA 93012 8546 TEL 805 388 5799 FAX 805 389 3657 ...

Page 4: ...User s Guide ii Preface ...

Page 5: ...nthead state of the art electronics and simple user controls your printer will provide fast and reliable printing for years to come Printer Models There are two models of AMT Datasouth ACCEL 5350 series printers They look different but operate the same The 5350 has two paper paths top and rear and the 5350d has three paper paths top rear and bottom ...

Page 6: ...select switch attach the power cable turn the printer on load paper print a self test and attach the interface cables Section 3 Loading Paper describes how to load various kinds of media into the printer including single sheets pin feed paper multipart forms labels and transparencies Section 4 Control Panel describes how to use the control panel Section 5 Cleaning and Maintenance describes how to ...

Page 7: ...t assume that you are looking at the front of the printer Technical Support If you have a problem with your printer refer to the Solving Problems section for troubleshooting information If you are unable to solve the problem yourself contact the Dealer that sold you the printer The Dealer should be able to assist you or tell you where to find additional help Trademarks AMT Datasouth is a registere...

Page 8: ...m the date of purchase from AMT Datasouth or an Authorized AMT Datasouth Dealer This warranty is limited to the original purchaser Purchaser of the printer and is not transferable AMT Datasouth s obligation under this warranty is limited to replacing or repairing at its option at its designated site and by its designated agent any products or major assemblies that are returned to AMT Datasouth or ...

Page 9: ...MITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCTS EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY OTHER OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF AMT THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY SHALL CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE OBLIGATION AND LIABILITY OF AMT IN NO EVENT SHALL AMT BE LIABLE FOR INDI...

Page 10: ...sentative is unable to solve the problem on the phone you will be issued a Return Materials Authorization number RMA number and an address where to ship your printer for service You must write the RMA number on the outside of the printer s shipping carton so that AMT Datasouth will accept the printer when it arrives at the Service Center You must also enclose a copy of your purchase receipt or som...

Page 11: ...e radio frequence energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction s manual may cause inteference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without app...

Page 12: ...l length of the power cord does not exceed 16 4 feet 5 meters Using a longer power cord can result in reduced voltage and possible malfunctions Do not use an extension cord After turning the power off always wait at least five seconds before turning it back on In case of smoke odd smells or other trouble unplug the power cord Do not place furniture or other obstacles in front of the outlet Caution...

Page 13: ... 115 F Relative humidity 10 to 85 noncondensing Avoid direct sunlight Use a blind or heavy curtain to protect the printer from direct sunlight when the printer is near a window Do not install the printer near devices that contain magnets or generate magnetic fields Place the printer on a flat horizontal surface Protect the printer from strong physical shocks and vibrations Lift the printer from un...

Page 14: ...an Dust accumulation and paper fiber deposits can cause the printer to function improperly Do not place cups books or other objects on top of the printer Be careful not to hang jewelry clothes or hair near the paper entry slots Do not install the printer near an air conditioner ...

Page 15: ...calSupport v Trademarks v Copyright vi One Year Limited Warranty vi Factory Service viii Agency Compliances ix Power Precautions x Operating Precautions xi Contents xiii Figures and Tables xxi Section 1 Unpacking 1 1 Selecting a Good Place for the Printer 1 1 Unpacking the Printer 1 2 Removing Internal Packing 1 4 ...

Page 16: ...t Output Port 2 13 Section 3 Loading Paper 3 1 Choosing Paper 3 1 Paper Paths 3 2 Selecting a Paper Path 3 3 Loading Forms 3 4 Positioning a Form 3 5 Ejecting a Form 3 5 Loading Pin Feed Report Paper 3 6 Positioning Pin Feed Report Paper 3 8 Advancing Pin Feed Report Paper 3 8 Using the Demand Document Mode 3 8 Using Paper Park 3 11 Unloading Pin Feed Report Paper 3 11 LoadingMultipartForms 3 12 L...

Page 17: ...Top Of Form 4 7 Moving the Bail 4 7 Parking the Paper 4 7 Clearing the Buffer 4 7 Resetting the Printer 4 8 Printing a Self Test 4 8 Printing a Printer Status Report 4 9 Displaying the Setup Menu 4 9 Using the Setup Menu 4 11 SelectingOperations 4 16 Restore Printer Settings 4 16 Save Printer Settings 4 16 Select Power On Default Settings 4 17 Run Printer Tests 4 17 Selecting Print Modes 4 18 Set ...

Page 18: ...ge Setup Paramaters 4 28 Set Form Length 4 28 Set Maximum Print Width 4 28 Set Top Margin 4 29 Set Bottom Margin 4 29 Set Left Margin 4 29 Set Right Margin 4 30 Turn Automatic Form Feed Mode On and Off 4 30 Using Paper Handling Parameters 4 31 Select Paper Path 4 31 Set Line Feed Speed 4 31 Turn Demand Document Mode On and Off 4 32 Turn Paper Jam Sensing On and Off 4 33 Select Page End Method 4 33...

Page 19: ...he Fuse 5 7 Inspecting Printer Parts 5 8 Replacing the Printhead 5 10 Section 6 Solving Problems 6 1 Understanding Printer Messages 6 1 Correcting Operating Errors 6 2 Correcting Programming Errors 6 4 Understanding Messages 6 5 UnderstandingWarnings 6 7 CorrectingCommunicationErrors 6 8 Correcting Printer Errors 6 10 TroubleshootingProblems 6 12 Running Printer Tests 6 21 Checking Memory 6 21 Che...

Page 20: ...tors A 4 Using the Bottom Feed Tractors A 5 Alternating Between Paper Paths A 5 Troubleshooting A 6 AppendixB BarCodes B 1 Introducing Bar Codes B 1 Selecting the Bar Code Emulation B 3 Printing Bar Codes B 3 Bar Code Specifications B 4 AppendixC Interfaces C 1 Centronics Parallel Interface C 1 Voltages C 1 SignalsandTiming C 2 Cable Connector Requirements C 4 Setting Parallel Parameters C 5 Pin A...

Page 21: ...4 Control Codes and Escape Sequences D 4 Epson JX Epson LQ 2550 and IBM XL24 Code Set D 21 Character Codes D 21 Printing Characters Assigned to Control Codes D 21 Printing International Characters D 23 ECS Fonts D 23 Control Codes and Escape Sequences D 23 Bar Code Escape Sequences D 49 ASCII Code Table D 50 Appendix E Specifications E 1 Warranty Registration Request for Reader s Comments ...

Page 22: ...User s Guide xx Contents ...

Page 23: ...nts Rear 2 4 2 4 Installing the Paper Deflector 2 5 2 5 Hooking the Paper Deflector 2 5 2 6 InstallingaRibbonCartridge 2 6 2 7 Setting the Voltage Select Switch 2 7 2 8 Locating the Fuse Compartment 2 7 2 9 Attaching the Power Cord 2 8 2 10 Turning On the Printer 2 9 2 11 Loading a Cut Sheet 2 10 2 12 Printing a Self Test 2 10 2 13 Connecting the Parallel Cable 2 11 2 14 Connecting the Serial Cabl...

Page 24: ...ligning the Platen Window and Top Cover 5 2 5 3 Cleaning the Platen and Bail Rollers 5 3 5 4 Cleaning the Main Carriage Shaft 5 4 5 5 Cleaning the Printhead Wires 5 5 5 6 Cleaning the Printer Surfaces 5 6 5 7 Cleaning the Forms Tractors 5 6 5 8 Inspecting the Printer Front 5 8 5 9 Inspecting the Printer Rear 5 9 5 10 Replacing the Printhead 5 10 A 1 Printer With Bottom Feed Tractors A 1 A 2 Raisin...

Page 25: ... Assignments C 5 C 2 Serial Pin Assignments C 12 D 1 AMT and Diablo 630 Character Code Assignments D 3 D 2 AMT and Diablo 630 Control Codes D 5 D 3 AMT and Diablo 630 Escape Sequences D 7 D 4 Epson and IBM Character Code Assignments D 22 D 5 Epson and IBM Control Codes D 24 D 6 Epson and IBM Escape Sequences D 26 D 7 Bar Code Escape Sequences D 49 D 8 ASCII Table D 50 E 1 Specifications E 1 ...

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Page 27: ...printer 24 inches 61 cm wide by 19 inches 49 cm deep 9 9 9 9 9 The printer must be close enough to the computer for your cable to reach 10 feet 3 meters for parallel or 50 feet 15 meters for serial 9 9 9 9 9 The printer must be on a flat solid surface never on a chair or any other unstable support 9 9 9 9 9 Choose a place that is clean and free from excessive heat including direct sunlight moistur...

Page 28: ... the top foam cap 4 Remove the other items in the shipping carton 5 Carefully lift the printer out of the carton and place it on the site you selected 6 Remove the protective plastic covering from the printer 7 Peel off the tape that secures the wire locking loops on the parallel interface connector The parallel interface connector is located on the back of the printer 8 Verify that you have all o...

Page 29: ...User s Guide Unpacking 1 3 Unpacking the Printer continued Figure 1 1 Unpacking the Printer PAPER DEFLECTOR RIBBONS POWER CORD PRINTER USER S GUIDE PAPER SUPPORTS ...

Page 30: ...he two foam blocks one on each side of the main carriage shaft 2 Carefully remove the foam blocks from the printer as shown in figure 1 2 3 Lower the top cover Be sure to save the internal packing materi als with the rest of the packaging in case you need to ship or store the printer later Figure 1 2 Removing the Foam Blocks TOP COVER FOAM BLOCKS ...

Page 31: ... This section also describes how to check the voltage select switch attach the power cord turn the printer on and off load paper print a self test and attach the interface cables Introducing Printer Components You should familiarize yourself with the printer components that are shown in the figures on the following pages They are referred to in the procedures throughout this guide Section 2 ...

Page 32: ...CATOR Shows whether the rear forms tractors are engaged or disen gaged PAPER SUPPORT EXTENDERS Provide additional support for long single sheets PAPER SUPPORT Guides single sheets into the printer PLATEN ACCESS COVER Permits access to the platen shaft and gears for mounting paper handling accessories PLATEN WINDOW Letsyouseeprintinginprogress and helps guide paper as it ex its the printer Figure 2...

Page 33: ...R SCALE Providesaneasywaytoalign paper PRINT LINE INDICATOR Shows the current print line on the page PRINTHEAD Impacts the ribbon and pa per to produce printed im ages user replaceable and has 24 wires for high quality printing CARRIAGE Carriestheprintheadandrib bon cartridge from side to side RIBBON Holds the continuous loop inked ribbon and is user replaceable black and color ribbons are availab...

Page 34: ...d position to allow ac cess to forms tractors VOLTAGE SELECT SWITCH Lets you set up the printer to receive U S or interna tional input power AC POWER RECEPTACLE Receives the power cable POWER SWITCH Lets you turn the printer on and off FUSE COMPARTMENT Contains the main power fuse and a spare fuse PAPER DEFLECTOR Hooks onto the rear tractor support shaft and deflects pin fed paper away from the po...

Page 35: ...use the following procedure 1 To gain access to the forms tractors raise the tractor cover until it snaps into the raised position Then align the paper deflector as shown in figure 2 4 2 Hook both ends of the deflector onto the rear tractor support shaft as shown in figure 2 5 3 Lower the tractor cover Figure 2 4 Installing the Paper Deflector Figure 2 5 Hooking the Paper Deflector PAPER DEFLECTOR...

Page 36: ...ny slack in the ribbon fabric by turning the ribbon knob on the cartridge counterclockwise 4 Insert the exposed portion of the ribbon between the printhead and the shield as shown in figure 2 6 5 Push down the ribbon cartridge until the retaining tabs snap into place You may need to turn the ribbon knob slightly to get the cartridge to seat properly 6 Slide the carriage from side to side and make ...

Page 37: ...rocedure 1 Make sure the printer is off 2 Using a slotted screwdriver set the voltage select switch to the correct setting as shown in figure 2 7 3 Slide open the fuse compartment as shown in figure 2 8 and check the innermost fuse the other fuse is a spare Note The serial number label on the side or rear of the printer shows the correct fuse rating for the printer 4 Close the fuse compartment You...

Page 38: ...use the following procedure 1 Make sure the power switch is off 2 Take the power cord and plug the three hole connector into the power receptacle at the rear of the printer as shown in figure 2 9 3 Plug the three prong connector at the other end of the power cord into a properly grounded ac power outlet Figure 2 9 Attaching the Power Cord ...

Page 39: ...the I position as shown in figure 2 10 To turn off the printer set the power switch to the O position Cautions 9 9 9 9 9 Do not unplug the power cord with the printer turned on 9 9 9 9 9 Wait at least five seconds after turning off the printer before turning it back on Figure 2 10 Turning On the Printer ...

Page 40: ...of the right paper edge guide and position it against the right side of the paper 3 To print an 8 inch wide test press the Test button as shown in figure 2 12 Or to print a test as wide as the WIDTH parameter setting on the Setup menu press the Test button twice The paper will feed into the printer the TEST message will blink and the self test will begin printing 4 While printing move the form thi...

Page 41: ...ve a 25 pin male DB 25 connector on the printer end The Interfaces appendix provides more details To connect an interface cable use the following procedure 1 Make sure that both your computer and printer are turned off 2 If you are going to use the parallel interface plug a parallel cable into the parallel receptacle see figure 2 13 and lock it into place with the wire locking loops If you are goi...

Page 42: ...ect the active interface parallel or serial 9 9 9 9 9 BAUD Lets you specify the serial baud rate that is the speed of data transmission that your computer uses 9 9 9 9 9 PARITY Lets you specify the method of parity error checking that your computer uses 9 9 9 9 9 DATA BITS Lets you specify the number of data bits in each serial data byte sent from your computer 9 9 9 9 9 STOP BITS Lets you specify...

Page 43: ...f the following printers from the list of supported printers 9 AMT 9 Diablo 630 9 Xerox 4020 9 Epson JX or LQ 2550 9 IBM XL24 Proprinter 9 ASCII text printer Selecting the Correct Output Port Most software applications let you specify the output port where your printer is attached so that the application knows where to send printer output You normally specify the output port at the same time you s...

Page 44: ...User s Guide 2 14 Set Up ...

Page 45: ...from 4 to 17 inches wide Single sheets must be at least 3 inches long and can be up to 0 015 inch thick 9 9 9 9 9 Pin feed paper must be from 3 to 16 5 inches wide including the perforated edge strips and can be up to 0 015 inch thick 9 9 9 9 9 Multipart forms can have up to seven parts with carbons and can be up to 0 024 inch thick 9 9 9 9 9 Labels and transparencies must also conform to the prec...

Page 46: ... 9 9 Rear path You use this path to feed pin feed media from the rear of the printer This rear path is best for up to four part forms 9 9 9 9 9 Bottom path If your printer has bottom feed forms tractors you use this path to feed pin feed media from the bottom of the printer This bottom path is ideal for thick multipart forms that do not bend easily The bottom path supports paper movement in both d...

Page 47: ...path is selected To select the paper path move the tractor select indicator to the desired position Then release the paper support buttons shown in figure 3 1 and move the paper support up for the cut sheets and form sets fed through the top path or down over the tractors for pin fed forms through the rear path To select the bottom paper path you also have to change the PATH parameter on the print...

Page 48: ...lever to activate the top path 2 Raise the paper support If necessary for long forms attach the paper support extenders as shown in figure 3 2 3 Squeeze the rear clip on the left paper edge guide and position the guide so that it aligns with the 0 on the paper scale 4 Set a sheet into the left paper edge guide Then squeeze the rear clip on the right paper edge guide and position the guide up again...

Page 49: ...paper park later in this section Positioning a Form If necessary you can reposition a form after loading it To do so press the Ready button to disable printing Then turn the Select dial either clockwise to advance the form or counterclockwise to reverse feed the form Then press the Ready button again to enable printing Ejecting a Form The printer ejects a form under any of the following conditions...

Page 50: ...line This cycle continues for as long as the paper supply lasts To load pin fed report paper in the printer use the following procedure 1 Select the rear path 2 Raise the paper support and tractor cover as shown in figure 3 4 3 Unlock both tractors by moving the locking levers as shown in figure 3 5 4 Slide the left edge tractor as needed so that the pin belt aligns with the circles on the paper s...

Page 51: ...st slightly taut between the tractors as shown in figure 3 8 Then lock the right edge tractor into place 8 Lower the tractor cover and paper support 9 Press the Form Feed button on the control panel The printer advances the paper to the first printable line After printing begins make sure the paper exits the printer over the paper support as shown in figure 3 9 Loading Pin Fed Report Paper continu...

Page 52: ...owing conditions 9 9 9 9 9 When instructed by your software application 9 9 9 9 9 When printing reaches the number of lines you or your software application specified 9 9 9 9 9 When automatic form feeding is on and printing reaches a half inch from the bottom of the page 9 9 9 9 9 When you press the Form Feed button on the control panel Using the Demand Document Mode A special feature of the print...

Page 53: ...reverse feeds to its original position the READY message reappears and printing continues at the point where it left off Normally the demand document mode is off To turn on the demand document mode use the following procedure With the printer paused or idle press the Setup button on the control panel to access the Setup menu Turn the Select dial until the DEMAND parameter appears on the display Wh...

Page 54: ... sheet This option is useful when printing thick multipart forms that jam when the leading edge of the form is reverse fed below the printhead 9 9 9 9 9 Auto causes the printer to advance the bottom of the last printed page to the tear bar whenever the printer is idle you don t have to press the Ready button As soon as the printer receives subsequent data to print the paper reverse feeds as usual ...

Page 55: ...tors appendix Unloading Pin Fed Report Paper To unload pin fed report paper tear off all printed pages that have exited the printer and press the Park button on the control panel Then press the Ready button to pause the printer and turn the Select dial counter clockwise until the pin fed paper is clear of the tractors Using Paper Park With the paper park feature reversing pin fed report paper out ...

Page 56: ...ttom they feed straight through the printer without having to bend around the platen Loading Labels Your printer can handle individual labels or those with a pin fed backing sheet The procedures for loading labels are the same as those for loading single forms or pin fed report paper except for the following precautions 9 9 9 9 9 Labels are thicker than normal paper You must adjust the forms thick...

Page 57: ... an ink absorbent coating to reduce smearing and a paper backing so printer sensors can detect when a transparency is loaded The procedures for loading transparencies are the same as those for loading single forms or pin fed report paper except for the following precautions 9 9 9 9 9 Transparencies are thicker than normal paper You must adjust the forms thickness indicator Always start with the in...

Page 58: ...y 5 While holding down the Alt button turn the Select dial as needed to position the printhead over the first print position on the form Then release the Alt button 6 Press the Setup button again Note You can also set the RGT MAR parameter to keep the printhead on the form and keep it from catching on the edge Setting Page Length If the printer s page length setting does not reflect the actual cur...

Page 59: ...ess the Setup menu Then turn the Select dial until the LENG parameter appears on the display 2 While holding down the Alt button turn the Select dial until the LENG setting equals the actual page length in 1 6 inch increments For example if the actual page length is 14 inches the setting would be 84 14 x 6 Then release the Alt button 3 Press the Setup button to return to the status message Note Th...

Page 60: ...is indicator manually to optimize print quality 9 9 9 9 9 Form Feed button feeds a single sheet to the top of form ejects a single sheet and advances pin feed paper to the next top of form After a form feed the line count is zero except when a top margin is set 9 9 9 9 9 Line Feed button advances the paper one line space The actual dis tance the paper moves for one line space is set by software or...

Page 61: ...of the first sheet is halfway through the tractors Paper park is the easiest way to unload pin feed paper from the printer although it should not be performed with labels or multipart forms To reload the paper just press the Form feed button 9 9 9 9 9 Select dial has these paper handling functions z With printing paused turning the dial clockwise advances the paper through the printer turning the ...

Page 62: ...User s Guide 3 18 Loading Paper ...

Page 63: ... control panel which is shown below The control panel consists of a sixteen character display twelve buttons and a Select dial 4 Section COURIER LQ READY Font Pitch Clear Reset Alt Quality Emul Ready Color Test Status Setup Form Feed Line Feed Bail Set Top Paper Park Figure 4 1 Control Panel ...

Page 64: ...per inch printer emulation and color Notice that the button that controls each displayed setting is located just below the displayed setting Operator and Error Many operator and error messages appear to notify you of printer conditions actions you must take and errors that occur You can find a complete list of operator and error messages in the Solving Problems section of this guide Setup Menu The...

Page 65: ...ange the internal line count This enables you to decide where the first print line should be and where line counting begins Moving the Carriage Back and Forth To move the carriage to the right hold down the Alt button and turn the dial clockwise To move the carriage to the left hold down the Alt button and turn the dial counterclockwise You may have to move the carriage to install a ribbon cartrid...

Page 66: ... while printing is in progress To use any other button while printing you must first press the Ready button and wait for printing to pause When you change a printer setting with a control panel button the printer beeps to confirm the change Turning Printing On and Off Pressing the Ready button turns printing on or off and displays either READY or PAUSE With READY displayed the printer is free to p...

Page 67: ...inter becomes compatible with a wider range of software applications Selecting a Text Quality Pressing the Quality button selects the next text quality and displays one of the following LQ for letter quality MQ for memo quality and DQ for draft quality The actual print speed for each text quality depends on your printer model and current pitch setting Print speeds are listed in the Specifications ...

Page 68: ...ELLOW PURPLE GREEN or ORANGE If a monochrome ribbon is installed in the printer you can select only BLACK Form Feeding Pressing the Form Feed button causes one of these actions to occur 9 9 9 9 9 If you are loading a single sheet with or without a sheetfeeder the sheet advances to the top of form 9 9 9 9 9 If a single sheet is already loaded the sheet ejects 9 9 9 9 9 If you are loading or using p...

Page 69: ...he Paper Park button however tear off the last printed sheet that has fed beyond the tear bar With paper park removing pin feed paper from the printer is quick and easy To reload paper just press Form Feed Clearing the Buffer Pressing the Clear button causes one of the following actions to occur 9 9 9 9 9 If an error or warning message is displayed the normal status message reappears 9 9 9 9 9 If ...

Page 70: ...3 to 126 using the current print modes Pressing the Test button twice in succession prints a 13 6 inch wide test pattern or 16 inch wide test pattern if the maximum print width is set to 16 inches To terminate the test press the Ready button 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _ abcdefghij...

Page 71: ... stop at the end of the current line A sample Printer Status Report is shown on the next page The settings in this example are the factory set defaults Since the Setup menu is updated from time to time your report may include additional parameters and be numbered differently Each parameter and setting is described later in this section Displaying the Setup Menu Pressing the Setup button displays t...

Page 72: ...SA 8 SETS IBM1 9 AUTO CR Off 10 AUTO LF Off 11 ERRBEL Once OPERATIONS PAPER HANDLING 33 PATH Rear 34 LFSLEW 6ips 35 DEMAND Off 36 PPR JAM Off 37 PGE END On 38 POPUP Off 39 AUTOBAIL Off 40 PFORCE Auto 41 POFF 0 60 COMMUNICATIONS 42 INTRFCE Auto 43 BAUD 9600 44 BUFFER 48K 45 HNDSHK D X 46 DATA BITS 8 47 STOP BITS 1 48 PARITY None 49 DTR Pos 50 STROBE Neg CURRENT SETTINGS Factory Usr 1 Usr 2 Usr 3 Us...

Page 73: ...AUTO FF Off Off PAPER HANDLING 33 PATH Top Top Rear 34 LFSLEW 6ips 6ips 10ips 35 DEMAND Off Off 36 PPR JAM On On 37 PGE END Off Off 38 POPUP Off Off 39 AUTOBAIL Off Off 40 PH GAP Auto Auto 41 PFORCE Auto Auto COMMUNICATIONS 42 INTRFCE Auto Auto 43 BAUD 9600 9600 44 BUFFER 48K 48K 45 HNDSHK D X D X 46 DATA BITS 8 8 47 STOP BITS 1 1 48 PARITY None None 49 DTR Pos Pos 50 STROBE Neg N e g HIDDEN ITEMS...

Page 74: ...re you are in the menu Next to each parameter is the current setting for that parameter Holding down the Alt button and turning the Select dial cycles through the pos sible settings The setting that is displayed when you release the Alt button becomes the current setting When you change a setting the printer beeps to confirm the change To leave the Setup menu and redisplay the status message press...

Page 75: ...Romn Elite 14 PITCH 10 12 13 3 15 17 1 20 PS 15 CELL 10 12 13 3 15 17 1 20 PS 16 LPI 6 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 12 17 COLOR Black Cyan Mgnta Yellw Violt Green Orang 18 ITALICS Off On 19 HIGH Off On 20 WIDE Off On 21 SCRIPT Off Sub Supr 22 UNDLINE Off On 23 BLD SHA Off Bld Sha 24 SLASH 0 Off On 25 BI DIR Text Graf Full Off PAGE SETUP 26 LENG 66 6 0 6 to 182 6 27 WIDTH 8 5 8 11 settings for narrow carriage pr...

Page 76: ... A u t o Par Ser 4 3 B A U D 9 6 0 0 75 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 19200 4 4 BU FF ER 4 8 K 512 1K 2K 4K 8K 16K 32K 64K 80K 4 5 HNDSHK D X ENQ D E None XON DTR 4 6 DATA BITS 8 7 4 7 STOP BITS 1 2 4 8 PARITY N o n e Odd Even 4 9 D T R P o s N e g 5 0 STROBE N e g P o s Figure 4 4 Setup Menu continued ...

Page 77: ...the Setup menu appears Turn the Select dial until the parameter you want to change appears While holding down the Alt button turn the Select dial to view the possible settings for the parameter When the setting you want to select appears release the Alt button The printer beeps to confirm the setting change Turn the Select dial to display another parameter or press the Setup button to redisplay th...

Page 78: ...nter Settings SAVE lets you save the current printer settings in non volatile memory for use at a later time Non volatile memory retains information even when the printer is turned off To save the current printer settings hold down the Alt button and turn the Select dial to select one of the five user names As soon as you release the Alt button the printer saves the current printer settings and as...

Page 79: ... 5 to use the settings saved under one of these names Run Printer Tests TEST lets you run a variety of printer tests including a memory check ribbon alignment test serial loopback test and a sensor check If a test is unsuccessful an error message appears to notify you You can select None which is always the default and does not perform any test Memory which checks the printer memory Ribbon which p...

Page 80: ...elect from the following emulations AMT AMT s native language Xerox the Xerox 4020 Diab630 the Diablo 630 daisywheel printer EpsonJX the Epson JX color dot matrix printer EpsonLQ the Epson LQ 2550 color dot matrix printer and IBMXL24 the IBM Proprinter XL24 color dot matrix printer Always select a printer emulation that is supported by your software When you select an emulation all current printer...

Page 81: ...e charac ters that are used in a specific language You can select the following Setting Country Character Replacements USA USA French France à ç é ù è German Germany Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß UK England Dansh1 Denmark Æ Ø Å æ ø å Swedsh Sweden É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü Italn Italy é ù à ò è ì Spnsh1 Spain Pt Ñ ñ Jpnese Japan Norwgn Norway É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü Dansh2 Denmark É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü Spnsh2 Spain á Ñ é í ñ...

Page 82: ...II IBM IBM Ital Ital Code 1 2 1 2 Code 1 2 1 2 128 NUL Ç NUL Ç 155 ESC ESC 129 ü ü 156 130 é é 157 131 â â 158 Pt Pt 132 ä ä 159 ƒ ƒ 133 à à 160 á á c c 134 å å 161 í í 135 BEL ç BEL ç 162 ó ó 136 BS ê BS ê 163 ú ú 137 HT ë HT ë 164 ñ ñ 138 LF è LF è 165 Ñ Ñ 139 VT ï VT ï 166 a a 140 FF î FF î 167 o o 141 CR ì CR ì 168 142 SO Ä SO Ä 169 143 SI Å SI Å 170 144 É É 171 145 DC1 æ DC1 æ 172 146 DC2 Æ D...

Page 83: ...193 A A 230 µ µ f f 194 B B 231 τ τ g g 195 C C 232 Φ Φ h h 196 D D 233 Θ Θ i i 197 E E 234 Ω Ω j j 198 F F 235 δ δ k k 199 G G 236 l l 200 H H 237 ø ø m m 201 I I 238 ε ε n n 202 J J 239 o o 203 K K 240 p p 204 L L 241 q q 205 M M 242 r r 206 N N 243 s s 207 O O 244 t t 208 P P 245 u u 209 Q Q 246 v v 210 R R 247 w w 211 S S 248 x x 212 T T 249 y y 213 U U 250 z z 214 V V 251 215 W W 252 ⁿ ⁿ 216 ...

Page 84: ...turn the automatic line feed mode on and off In the automatic line feed mode the printer performs a carriage return line feed for each carriage return code it receives You can select On to turn the automatic line feed mode on or Off to turn the mode off Select Audible Alarm Mode ERRBEL lets you select how often the printer sounds the audible alarm three quick beeps when an error occurs You can sel...

Page 85: ...the Setup menu is text appearance The text appear ance parameters let you change the way text prints on the page Set Print Quality QUAL lets you specify a quality for printing text You can select Letter for letter quality text Memo for memo quality text or Draft for draft quality text The actual printing speed for each text quality depends on the printer model and the pitch setting Set Font FNT le...

Page 86: ...ults 9 9 9 9 9 Using a lower setting for CELL than for PITCH can result in characters that overlap 9 9 9 9 9 Using a higher setting for CELL than for PITCH can result in wide gaps between characters Set Number of Lines Per Inch LPI lets you specify how many lines to print per inch You can select 3 4 6 8 or 12 lines per inch If the current setting is Other then your software application has set the...

Page 87: ... In double high mode characters stretch downward to twice their normal height You can select On or Off When you turn on the double high mode the LPI setting changes to three lines per inch When you turn off the mode the LPI setting changes to six lines per inch Turn Double Wide Mode On and Off WIDE lets you turn the double wide on and off In double wide mode characters stretch rightward to twice t...

Page 88: ... Off Turn Bold Shadow Modes On and Off BLD SHA lets you turn on and off the bold and shadow modes In bold mode characters are printed twice one on top of the other to produce bold print In shadow mode characters are also printed twice once and then again slightly offset to the right to produce shadow print You can select Bld to turn the bold mode on Sha to turn the shadow mode on or Off to turn bo...

Page 89: ...slows down printing You can select Bi d for bi directional printing or Uni for left to rightprinting ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK ABCDEFGHIJK 25 BI DIR Text Single Pass Multi Pass Setting Text Text Graphics Off Left to right only Left to right only Left to right only Text Bidirectional Unidirectional passes Left to right only Graf Bidirectional Unidirectional passes ...

Page 90: ... set LENG to 0 the printer does not keep track of lines per page When using single sheets a form feed control code ejects the page when using pin feed paper a form feed control code performs a carriage return only Set Maximum Print Width WIDTH lets you specify the maximum print width If the printer re ceives a line that exceeds the maximum print width the excess prints on the next line You can spe...

Page 91: ...op of form however you can only select a line that is below the top margin setting The physical location of the bottom margin on the page is unaffected by subsequent changes to line spacing If you change the LENG form length setting the bottom margin resets to the new form length 28 TOP MAR 000 29 BOT MAR 066 Set Left Margin LFT MAR lets you specify a left margin All subsequent carriage returns ca...

Page 92: ...in locations as you scroll through the possible settings the carriage moves to the displayed setting The physical position of the right margin on the page is unaffected by subse quent changes to horizontal spacing character pitch 31 RGT MAR 136 Turn Automatic Form Feed Mode On and Off AUTO FF lets you turn the automatic form feed mode on and off In the automatic form feed mode the printer skips ov...

Page 93: ... pull tractor option to feed paper from the bottom of the printer Only select TopTrac when the printer is idle and out of paper The printer will automatically switch to the rear paper path and move the printhead back away from the platen You can then load paper from the bottom of the printer and into the top mounted pull tractor With TopTrac selected all printer functions that perform reverse pape...

Page 94: ...ntinues at the point where it left off You can select from the following settings 9 9 9 9 9 On turns the demand document mode on 9 9 9 9 9 Beep turns the demand document mode on and causes the printer to begin beeping 15 seconds after you press the Ready button as a reminder to re enable printing 9 9 9 9 9 Tear turns the demand document mode on and causes the printer to reverse feed the paper to t...

Page 95: ...ets you tell the printer whether or not to use the LENG form length setting to determine the last printing line on a cut sheet You can select Off to let printing continue beyond the LENG setting or On to spec ify that printing stop at the LENG setting A third setting is Roll which you can select to feed unsprocketed roll paper into the printer When you select Roll printing is continuous without re...

Page 96: ...orms alignment mode on or Off to turn it off Turn Automatic Bail Mode On and Off AUTOBAIL lets you turn the automatic bail mode on and off With the automatic bail mode on the printer will open the bail each time the per foration of a pin feed form passes by After the perforation is clear of the bail the printer will close the bail This mode is useful when using thick multipart forms with perforati...

Page 97: ...re when disabling automatic forms thickness detec tion If a manual setting is too high printing may be too light or disappear altogether If a manual setting is too low the ribbon can snag on the printhead causing damage to both the ribbon and printhead Set Print Force PFORCE lets you enable and disable automatic print force control When set to Auto the printer automatically adjusts the print force...

Page 98: ...the serial configuration of the host computer When using the parallel interface these parameter settings are irrelevant Specify Baud Rate BAUD lets you tell the printer what serial baud rate your computer is using Baud rate is the speed that serial data is transmitted between your computer and the printer You can can select 75 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 Both your computer and the pri...

Page 99: ... bytes on its data transmission line You can specify DTR for the DTR hardware method XON for the X ON X OFF software method ENQ for the ENQ ACK software method D X for both the DTR and X ON X OFF methods D E for both the DTR and ENQ ACK methods or None for no handshaking method Both your computer and the printermust use the same handshaking method s Specify Number of Data Bits DATA BITS lets you t...

Page 100: ...larity of the extra Data Terminal Ready DTR signal in the printer s serial interface The signal is supplied on pin 25 or pin 11 depending on how the printer is configured Since most computers use thestandard DTR signal on pin20forhandshaking this parameter set ting is usually ignored You can select Neg for a signal that goes low to enable data transmission or Pos for a signal that goes high to ena...

Page 101: ...None Usr 1 Usr 2 Usr 3 Usr 4 Usr 5 Fctry SAVE Save printer settings None Usr 1 Usr 2 Usr 3 Usr 4 Usr 5 DFALT Select power on default Fctry Usr 1 Usr 2 Usr 3 settings Usr 4 Usr 5 TEST Run printer tests None Memory Sensor Ribbon Pcalib Random Gap Printer Setup EMUL Set printer emulation AMT Diab630 EpsonJX EpsonLQ IBMXL24 BarCode HexMode QUIET Turn quiet mode on and off Off On LANG Set language USA ...

Page 102: ... automatic line feed Off On mode on and off ERRBEL Select audible alarm mode Once Dcay Cont Text Appearance QUAL Setprintquality Letter Memo Draft FONT Set font Courier Gothic TmsRomn Elite PITCH Set pitch 10 12 13 3 15 17 1 20 PS CELL Set character cell size 10 12 13 3 15 17 1 20 PS LPI Set number oflinesper inch 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 COLOR Set color Black Cyan Mgnta Yellw Violt Green Orang ITALICS...

Page 103: ...bold shadow modes Off Bld Sha on and off SLASH 0 Turn zeroslashing on and off Off On BI DIR Setprintingdirection Text Graf Full Off Page Setup LENG Set form length 0 6 to 182 6 66 6 WIDTH Set maximum print width 8 8 5 11 narrow models 8 13 6 16 wide models TOP MAR Set top margin 0 to 363 BOT MAR Set bottom margin 1 to 364 66 LFT MAR Set left margin 0 to 319 RGT MAR Set right margin 1 to 320 85 nar...

Page 104: ...e feed speed 1ips to 10ips 6ips DEMAND Turn demand document Off On Beep Tear Auto mode on and off PPR JAM Turn paper jam sensing on On Off and off PGE END Select page end method Off On Roll POPUP Turn preprinted forms align Off On ment mode on and off AUTO Turn automatic bail mode Off On BAIL on and off PH GAP Set print density Auto 10 to 45 PFORCE Set print force Auto 1 to 10 ...

Page 105: ...2400 4800 9600 19200 BUFFER Specify input buffer size 512 1K 2K 3K 4K 8K 16K 32K 48K 64K 80K or more depending on installedmemory HNDSHK Specifyhandshakingmethod D X ENQ D E XON DTR None DATA Specify number of data bits 7 8 BITS STOP BITS Specify number of stop bits 1 2 PARITY Specifyparity None Odd Even DTR Set DTR signal polarity Pos Neg STROBE Specify STROBE pulse edge Pos Neg for data capture ...

Page 106: ...User s Guide 4 44 Control Panel ...

Page 107: ...nter This section provides the following procedures 9 9 9 9 9 Removing and installing the top cover 9 9 9 9 9 Cleaning the platen and bail rollers 9 9 9 9 9 Cleaning the main carriage shaft 9 9 9 9 9 Cleaning the printhead wires 9 9 9 9 9 Cleaning printer surfaces 9 9 9 9 9 Replacing the ribbon cartridge 9 9 9 9 9 Replacing the fuse 9 9 9 9 9 Inspecting printer parts 9 9 9 9 9 Replacing the printh...

Page 108: ...he top cover simply lift up the front edge as shown in figure 5 1 To re install the top cover perform the following procedure 1 Position the platen window between the back edge of the top cover and the window support tabs as shown in figure 5 2 2 Press down on the top cover until the clips snap onto the mounting tabs 3 Lower the top cover back into place Figure 5 1 Removing the Top Cover Figure 5 ...

Page 109: ... rollers Fedron is extremely flammable so be sure to read and follow all precautions on the container To clean the platen and bail rollers use the following procedure 1 Remove the top cover Then re install the top cover with the platen window in the raised postion 2 Press the Ready button to pause the printer 3 Using a clean pad moistened with Fedron wipe the rubber surfaces of the platen and bail...

Page 110: ...age to the other side and wipe the main shaft again away from the carriage 3 While holding the cloth below the shaft apply two or three drops of oil as shown in figure 5 4 Then slowly slide the carriage along the shaft and stop at the far side of the chassis 4 Repeat step 4 only this time slide the carriage back and forth several times to work the oil into the carriage s self lubricating felt ring...

Page 111: ...dure 1 With the printer off remove the top cover Leave the platen window in the raised position 2 If a ribbon cartridge is installed push outward on the retaining tabs that secure the cartridge to the carriage then lift up and remove the cartridge 3 Using a soft tissue moistened with pure silicone lubricant gently wipe the tip of the printhead to remove any ink build up as shown in figure 5 5 4 Re...

Page 112: ... matter 3 Using a cloth lightly moistened with glass cleaner 91 isopropyl alcohol or a mild dishwashing detergent wipe and clean the platen window 4 Raise the top cover Using a soft brush or vacuum remove all paper fibers dust and foreign matter from inside the printer Then lower the top cover 5 Using a soft brush or vacuum remove all paper fibers dust and foreign matter from the rear forms tracto...

Page 113: ...nt one To check and replace the fuse use the following procedure 1 Turn off the printer and detach the power cord 2 Slide open the fuse compartment The innermost fuse in the com partment is the main power fuse The other fuse is a spare 3 Check the main power fuse to make sure that it is in good condition If it is blown replace it with the spare fuse Make sure that the rating on the side of the spa...

Page 114: ...ter Figure 5 8 Inspecting the Printer Front PLATEN Thesurfaceshouldbedull notshiny Look for dents or flaws in the rubber surface BAIL AND BAIL ROLLERS Look for stiffness or binding in move ment Look for dents or flaws in the rubber surface of the rollers PRINTHEAD Look for bent wires or any visible signs of wear CHASSIS Look for obstructions in the carriage path Remove any dust paper fibers or oth...

Page 115: ...g the Printer Rear INTERFACE CONNECTORS Detachthecables Inspectthecables and connectors for broken wires frayed or burned insulation or loose fit FORMS TRACTORS Look for obstructions in the paper path Removeanydust paperfibers orotherforeignmatterfrominsidethe printer Open and close the tractor locks and doors Slide the tractors along the shafts Inspect for binding or stiff movement AC POWER RECEP...

Page 116: ... of the printer 3 Remove the ribbon cartridge 4 Using the edge of a coin or a small flat blade screwdriver loosen and remove the two screws that secure the printhead to the carriage 5 Pull the printhead out of the carriage 6 Align a new printhead over the carriage and plug it into the receptacle as shown in figure 5 10 7 Re install the two screws that secure the printhead to the carriage When the ...

Page 117: ...messages appear on the control panel to warn you of special conditions or notify you of errors When a special condition or error occurs several things happen 9 9 9 9 9 Printing may pause 9 9 9 9 9 The printer may beep to alert you 9 9 9 9 9 A message appears When a printer message appears find it in this section and perform the corrective action s There are five kinds of message operating errors p...

Page 118: ...is in the printer Corrective action Load paper and press the Ready button This error message appears when one of the following conditions exists 9 9 9 9 9 Printing is in progress and you raise the top cover 9 9 9 9 9 The printer has information to print but the top cover is raised Corrective action Lower the top cover and press the Ready button Note If this message displays when the top cover is l...

Page 119: ... 9 9 9 9 If you re just using a very long cut sheet press the Form Feed button 9 9 9 9 9 If your using pin feed paper tear off the last printed sheet and press the Paper Park button again 9 9 9 9 9 If this error recurs with no paper in the printer the paper sensor on the print line indicator is falsely detecting paper Check to see if there is a small scrap of paper caught in front of the sensor If...

Page 120: ...s active and printing continues Subsequent printing may contain erroneous characters and coding due to the missing printer emulation Corrective actions Press the Ready button to stop the printing in pro gress then press the Clear button to clear the data input buffer Then perform one of the following actions 9 9 9 9 9 If you do not have the correct emulation you must configure your software to req...

Page 121: ...T UNAVAILABLE Understanding Messages These messages appear to notify you of special printer conditions This message appears after a paper park operation to remind you to move the tractor select indicator if you are going to load a single sheet into the printer Moving this lever disengages the built in forms tractors and enables single sheet mode If you forget to move this lever a paper jam can res...

Page 122: ...rn off the printer install the card turn on the printer and retry the test When you select the Serial test on the Setup menu this message appears to remind you to attach a loopback connector onto the printer s serial interface If you perform the test without a loopback connector the test is invalid and fails automatically Corrective action Attach a loopback connector to the serial interface then t...

Page 123: ...s the printer is ready to print Corrective action None This warning appears when the printer is unable to properly detect paper in the printer Corrective action First try cleaning the platen as described in Clean ing the Platen and Bail Rollers in the Cleaning and Maintenance section of this guide If the warning recurs after you clean the platen re calibrate the paper sensor as described in Re Cal...

Page 124: ...rate and number of data bits Then press the Ready button to re enable printing and restart the print jobfromthebeginning This message appears when the printer using the selected parity method detects a data transmission error affecting one or more data bytes Corrective action Change the PARITY setting on the Setup menu to match your computer s parity method press the Ready button to re enable prin...

Page 125: ...re enable printing and restart the print job from the beginning If your computer or software does not use handshaking you must reduce the baud rate of your computer and the printer to a rate that does not exceed the print speed When you run the Serial test on the Setup menu these messages appear to notify you of a serial line failure Corrective action If any of these messages appear your serial in...

Page 126: ...age displays during the Setup menu Memory test you may be able to clear the message and return to the Setup menu by turning the Select dial This error message appears when the printer is unable to detect the car riage at the home position due to a jammed ribbon dirty carriage shaft or malfunctioning carriage home sensor Corrective actions 9 9 9 9 9 Try replacing the ribbon cartridge with another r...

Page 127: ...or When this message appears printing continues although the colors may be wrong Corrective action If no ribbon cartridge is installed install a cartridge If a cartridge is already installed remove it and then reinstall it or use another ribbon cartridge If the error recurs the ribbon home sensor may need to be realigned or replaced Contact your Service Representative for assistance This message a...

Page 128: ...ng voltage Check outlet with another appliance 9 9 9 9 9 Main power fuse is blown or defective Check fuse and replace if necessary Error message appears 9 9 9 9 9 Find error message in this section and perform the corrective action s Self test does not operate and no 9 9 9 9 9 Printer requires service contact error message is displayed your Service Representative for assistance Control panel butto...

Page 129: ...rint data continued 9 9 9 9 9 Interface cable to computer is loose defective or wired incorrectly Check interface cable 9 9 9 9 9 Computer is sending data to the wrong output port Check port assignment 9 9 9 9 9 Interface is fouled up Turn computer and printer off then back on or try a different output port Printingistoolight 9 9 9 9 9 Push forms thickness indicator toward back of printer 9 9 9 9 ...

Page 130: ...t normally hidden SI MODE parameter to On Printing is smearing 9 9 9 9 9 Push forms thickness indicator towards front of printer 9 9 9 9 9 Ribbon is tangled Correct pro blem or replace ribbon cartridge 9 9 9 9 9 Small piece of paper or debris is lodged in front of printhead Remove the obstruction 9 9 9 9 9 Paper is not taut between the tractors or around the platen Reload paper Large portions of c...

Page 131: ...9 9 9 9 Printhead is damaged or worn Replace printhead Printer prints garbled text and 9 9 9 9 9 Wrong printer emulation sel paper moves erratically ected Make sure computer and printer are set for same printeremulation Single sheets do not feed properly 9 9 9 9 9 Paper is not loaded properly Refer to Loading Paper section for detailed procedure 9 9 9 9 9 Wrong paper path selected Make sure top pa...

Page 132: ... or all printer settings change 9 9 9 9 9 Application program is over beforeprintingbegins riding your settings Change the printer setup in your appli cation program Pin fed forms do not load properly 9 9 9 9 9 Forms are not loaded properly Refer to Loading Paper section for detailed procedure 9 9 9 9 9 Wrong paper path selected Make sure rear or bottom paper path is selected 9 9 9 9 9 Push forms ...

Page 133: ...en If media is pin feed and you have a top mounted pull tractor option or your printer has powered bottom feed tractors try feed ing forms from the bottom 9 9 9 9 9 Set normally hidden SI MODE parameter to Off Printing goes off right side of page 9 9 9 9 9 WIDTH setting on Setup menu is incorrect check setting Lines of text print on top of one 9 9 9 9 9 AUTO LF mode on Setup another menu is off tu...

Page 134: ...g on Setup printposition menu is incorrect check setting Printer prints on pin feed paper 9 9 9 9 9 Top of form is set incorrectly perforations Advance paper until first print line is under guide lines on print line indicator and press Set top of form button 9 9 9 9 9 LENG setting on Setup menu is incorrect for paper you are using check setting 9 9 9 9 9 AUTO FF mode on Setup menu is off turn mode...

Page 135: ...ing and compo 9 9 9 9 9 DIRCTN setting on Setup menu nent characters do not align isbi directional changesetting touni directional Printing only occurs from left to 9 9 9 9 9 DIRCTN setting on Setup menu right not in both directions isuni directional changesetting tobi directional Some of the IBM graphics char 9 9 9 9 9 SETS setting on Setup menu acters do not print or print as is incorrect check ...

Page 136: ...erse feed Change DEMAND setting to Tear and try again Paper jams after printer reset 9 9 9 9 9 Do not reset printer before paper is captured under bail LOAD PAPER message appears 9 9 9 9 9 Dark areas on form are fool while printing on preprinted form ing paper sensor Set BLK BAND parameter on Setup menu to On Control panel display goes blank 9 9 9 9 9 Static shock may have inter duringprinting fer...

Page 137: ...ns and reading back the data patterns to verify that they are correct To run the test display the TEST parameter on the Setup menu and select Memory When you release the Alt button the printer beeps flashes the Ready light and executes the test If the test is successful the printer redisplays the Setup menu If the test fails an error message will appear If an error message appears you should conta...

Page 138: ...appropriate action For example to test the top cover switch raise the top cover If the test is successful a con firmation message appears If the test fails the message does not appear With the top cover open you can test other sensors To test the print gap sensors push the carriage forward and backward and look for the confirmation messages To test the carriage sensor slide the carriage to the far...

Page 139: ...the Ready button terminates the test Note If you are unable to get a confirma tion message the selected sensor or switch is malfunctioning Contact your Service Representative for help To stop the test and return to the Setup menu press the Ready button Sensor Rear Jam Sensor Bot Jam Button Setup Button Quality Button Font Button Test Button Clear Button Bail Button Alt Button PaprPark Button PaprP...

Page 140: ...he bottom row alternate between cyan light blue and yellow The color should not vary within any single triangle The RIBBON value that prints to the left of the optimal triangle rows is the correct RIBBON parameter setting If an asterisk also prints to the left of the RIBBON value then the RIBBON parameter is already set to the optimal setting If not you should change the RIBBON parameter setting u...

Page 141: ...properlyaligned To run the test display the TEST parameter on the printer s Setup menu and select Align When you release the Alt button the printer will print the test pattern The optimal row of vertical lines is the one where the second pass of vertical lines prints exactly on top of the first pass You cannot see any evidence of the two printing passes If your printer is aligned the optimal row o...

Page 142: ...er This amount of reflectivity is called the paper threshold and the printer will reset the normally hidden PTHRESH parameter to this value Refer to Fine Adjusting the Paper Sensor later in this section for more informa tion on the PTHRESH parameter When the test concludes the Setup menu reappears Note If you attempt to run this test with paper loaded in the printer the UNLOAD PAPER error message ...

Page 143: ... pulley or a malfunctioning carriage motor Before you run the test make sure that paper is loaded in the printer Then display the TEST parameter on the Setup menu and select Random When you release the Alt button the printer will begin printing the test pattern After printing several pages press the Ready button to terminate the test The Setup menu will reappear If there is a problem with carriage...

Page 144: ...After measuring printhead gaps across the platen theprinterwillprintoutthegapvalues Then theplatenwillrotateslightly and the process will repeat After printing about 20 lines of gap values press the Ready button to terminate the test The Setup menu will reappear If there is a problem with platen parallelism the printhead gap values in each line will tend to increase or decrease linearly when read ...

Page 145: ...arameter and this setting affects all future printing To access the hidden parameters press the Setup button to display the Setup menu Turn the Select dial until the last parameter in the menu is displayed Then hold down both the Font and Quality buttons and turn the Select dial to display the hidden parameters Aligning the Ribbon RIBBON fine adjusts the vertical positioning of the ribbon in front...

Page 146: ...the printer also adds this distance The offset distance is expressed in 1 60 inch increments PTOP parameter settings can range from 20 to 40 Negative settings move the top of formpositionfartherupthe page and positive settings move it farther down Fine Adjusting the Forms Tear Off Position TEAR lets you fine adjust the distance that a form advances when it is presented for tear off in the demand d...

Page 147: ...paper from a dirty or shiny platen or fail to detect paper that is off white in color You can set the PTHRESH parameter to the optimal setting automatically by performing the Re Calibrating the Paper Sensor pro cedure described earlier in this section The purpose of the PTHRESH parameter is to allow you to fine adjust the automatic setting PTHRESH parameter settings range from 0 to 255 Lowering th...

Page 148: ...rocedure Hold down the Alt button and turn the Select dial to choose a name to change When you release the Alt button a flashing cursor box appears on the display to indicate the position where you can change a character Now turn the Select dial to cycle through the available characters You can choose from many letters numbers and symbols To move to the next character position press the Alt button...

Page 149: ...tom setting After releasing the Alt button press the control panel buttons that you want to lock When you first press a button the display shows whether the button is currently LOCKED or UNLOCKED To change the status press the button again To accept your custom lock selections press the Ready button To exit the Setup menu press the Setup button To temporarily unlock all control panel functions hol...

Page 150: ...inter and press the Test button to start printing a self test pattern 2 With printing in progress raise the top cover Printing will stop and the LOWER TOP COVER error message will appear on the control paneldisplay 3 Hold down the Alt button and press the Form Feed button 4 Press the Ready button to clear the error Printing can now occur with the top cover raised To change the polarity of the cove...

Page 151: ...ed tractors in addition to the rear feed tractors This appendix describes how to select a printer stand activate the bottom feed tractors load paper alternate between paper paths and correct bottom feed tractor problems Bottom Feed Tractors A Appendix Figure A 1 Printer With Bottom Feed Tractors ...

Page 152: ...ounds 24 1 kg 9 9 9 9 9 The table top must be wide enough to hold the printer 24 inches 61 cm It must also be at least 17 inches 43 2 cm deep 9 9 9 9 9 The paper slot must be wide enough for the paper you intend to use and at least 1 5 inches 3 8 cm deep 9 9 9 9 9 The stand should contain shelves or bins for paper entering and exiting the printer Activating the Bottom Feed Tractors Move the tracto...

Page 153: ...until the pop down supports are fully extend Then lower the front edge of the printer The pop down supports will lock into place and support the weight of the printer You are now ready to load paper in the bottom feed tractors To retract the pop down supports after you load paper just lift up the front edge of the printer again This time the pop down sup ports will unlock and retract into the hole...

Page 154: ...d until the paper holes on the left side of the paper align with the circles on the ruler as shown in figure A 4 Then push back the left tractor locking lever to lock that tractor in place 6 Slide the right tractor to the right until the paper is snug between the tractors Then push back the right tractor locking lever to lock that tractor in place Make sure that the paper is not too tight or too l...

Page 155: ...d of pin feed form through the rear forms tractors and another kind through the bottom feed forms tractors You can then switch between these forms without having to manually reload forms To change between the rear and bottom paper paths use the following procedure 1 Tear off all but the last page that has exited the printer 2 With the printer paused or idle press the Paper Park button to reverse f...

Page 156: ...9 9 9 Lift front edge of printer until place or won t unlock supports are fully extended and off of printer stand If neces sary gently rock supports for ward and backward until they slide into place When you press Form Feed button 9 9 9 9 9 Bottom feed tractors are not paper does not advance activated Set the BIN para parameter on the Setup menu as needed to select Bottom paper path Paper advances...

Page 157: ... 9 Demand document mode is not for tear off when you press selected or is set incorrectly Ready button Check DEMAND parameter setting on Setup menu When you press Form Feed button 9 9 9 9 9 Tractor select indicator is in paper from both rear and bottom wrong position Move tractors feed indicator to rear position Print is smearing 9 9 9 9 9 Paper is not snug between tractors Adjust tractors 9 9 9 9...

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Page 159: ...n refer to the Bar Code Option Operating Guide sold separately Introducing Bar Codes A bar code symbol consists of parallel lines and spaces of varying widths or heights The bar code symbology describes unambiguous rules for encoding data into the bars and spaces Bar Code Symbologies The printer supports the following bar code symbologies 9 9 9 9 9 Interleaved 2 of 5 This is a variable length self...

Page 160: ...f the 12 digits in a UPC A message 9 9 9 9 9 EAN 13 This is a variation of the U S developed UPC bar code format adopted for the international marketplace It like UPC A is a fixed length self checking numeric bar code EAN 13 encodes a series of 13 digits 12 directly into the symbol and one into a parity pattern of the first six digits 9 9 9 9 9 EAN 8 This is a shortened version of EAN 13 that enco...

Page 161: ...Escape sequences are listed in the Code Sets appendix in this guide With the bar code emulation selected the printer can also receive all Epson LQ 2550 control codes and escape sequences Printing Bar Codes To print bar codes the printer must receive special bar code commands from your computer This requires a software application that is capable of generating and sending bar code commands to the p...

Page 162: ...983 UPC A and UPC E Uniform Code Council Inc UPC Symbol Specification 1986 EAN 13 and EAN 8 International Article Numbering Assn EAN Specification 1987 POSTNET United States Postal Service Publication25 Code 128 Automatic Identification Manufacturers AIM Code 128 Standard Dimensions Height From 1 12 inch to 10 inches in 1 12 inchincrements Width of bars From 0 014 to 0 504 inch wide in 0 01 inchin...

Page 163: ...ons Height of short bars 0 050 inch 0 010 tolerance Height of tall bars 0 125 inch 0 010 tolerance Bar width 0 020 inch 0 005 tolerance Pitch 0 0475 inch 0 0025 tolerance Miscellaneous Human readable text Selectable using current font selection on printer Commandsetcompatibility Genicom and OTC compatible ...

Page 164: ...User sGuide B 6 Bar Codes ...

Page 165: ...rallel interface conforms to the Centronics standard for parallel data transfer from computers to printers The interface contains 36 lines Voltages A signal on a line is either high or low depending on the voltage level Timed high to low and low to high transitions of a signal enable the transfer of logical information The valid parallel voltages are as follows 9 9 9 9 9 High 2 5 to 5 volts 9 9 9 ...

Page 166: ...eight data lines DB1 through DB8 The least significant bit LSB is represented on DB1 the next bit on DB2 and so on If the bit is logical 0 the signal is high if the bit is logical 1 the signal is low 9 9 9 9 9 After waiting at least 0 5 microsecond the computer pulses a STROBE signal for at least 0 5 microsecond to tell the printer that data is present on the data lines The computer continues to h...

Page 167: ...with AUTO FEED high or disconnected no action occurs When IPRIME pulses low for at least 50 microseconds the printer initializes printer settings to the defaults and clears the input buffer with IPRIME high or disconnected no action occurs Printer Select Signals The computer uses a SELIN signal to select the printer to receive data The printer uses a SELOUT signal to tell the computer that it is s...

Page 168: ...Parallel Cable Assembly AMT IBM PCWIRING FROM TO SIGNAL P1 1 P2 1 STROBE P1 2 P2 2 DB1 P1 3 P2 3 DB2 P1 4 P2 4 DB3 P1 5 P2 5 DB4 P1 6 P2 6 DB5 P1 7 P2 7 DB6 P1 8 P2 8 DB7 P1 9 P2 9 DB8 P1 10 P2 10 ACK P1 11 P2 11 BUSY P1 12 P2 12 PAPER P1 13 P2 13 SELIN P1 14 P2 14 AUTOFD P1 15 P2 32 ERROR P1 16 P2 31 IPRIME P1 17 P2 36 SELOUT P1 18 P2 33 GND P1 19 P2 19 GND P1 20 P2 21 GND P1 21 P2 23 GND P1 22 P...

Page 169: ...on DB1 DB8 lines data must be present for at least 0 5 microsecond before and after pulse You can control whether the printer captures the data byte on the leading or trailing edge of the STROBE pulse by setting the STROBE parameter on the Setup menu 2 DB1 Computer Must contain eight bits of parallel data 3 DB2 Computer byte DB1 LSB high signal repre 4 DB3 Computer sents logical 1 low signal repre...

Page 170: ...12 PAPER Printer Goes high when printer has data to print but no paper is loaded 13 SELOUT Printer Remains high while SELIN is low or disconnected 14 AUTO Computer May go low to cause printer to advance FEED paper one line after printing otherwise must be high or disconnected 15 Not connected 16 LGND Logicground 17 CGND Chassis ground 18 5V Printer 5 volts dc 200 mA maximum 19 GND Ground 20 GND Gr...

Page 171: ...icro seconds to initialize printer settings to defaults and clear input buffer otherwise must be high or disconnected 32 ERROR Printer Goes low when printer has data to print but is out of paper off line or in error state returns high when condition is corrected 33 GND Ground 34 Not connected 35 Not connected 36 SELIN Computer Must be low or disconnected ...

Page 172: ...The RS 232 C serial interface contains 25 lines Only 10 lines carry signals or are grounded the remaining 15 lines are not connected Voltages Each line can carry two voltage levels high and low Timed high to low and low to high transitions on these lines enable the transfer of logical information Valid RS 232 C voltage levels are as follows 9 9 9 9 9 High 3 to 25 volts 9 9 9 9 9 Low 25 to 3 volts ...

Page 173: ...s low DTE is not ready Clear To Send The Clear To Send CTS signal indicates when DCE is ready to receive data If CTS is high DCE is ready to receive data if CTS is low DCE is not ready Transmit Receive Data The exchange of data between DTE and DCE occurs on two lines Transmit Data TxD and Receive Data RxD DTE transmits data on the TxD line and receives data on the RxD line Conversely DCE transmits...

Page 174: ...ds Chassis Ground CGND and Signal Ground SGND provide the necessary grounding Cable Connector Requirements The serial connecter must have a 25 pin male plug Amphenol 177 RRB 25P D SUB or equivalent The backshell must be metal Amphenol 17 1630 25 or equivalent The cable must be shielded with twisted pair leads Beldon 9505 or equivalent The serial cable must not exceed 50 feet 15 25 meters Figure C ...

Page 175: ...handshake protocol You set these parameters BAUD PARITY DAT BITS STOP BITS and HNDSHK on the printer s Setup menu For more information on these parameters refer to the Control Panel section of this guide Handshaking Methods The printer supports three handshaking methods 9 9 9 9 9 DTR The DTR lines in the serial interface provide the DTR handshake To pause data transfer the printer sets DTR low to ...

Page 176: ...an ASCII ENQ code 5 decimal 5 hex an ACK is an ASCII ACK code 6 decimal 6 hex When you turn on or reset the printer it sends an ACK to enable data transfer You specify which handshaking method to use at the HNDSHK param eter on the Setup menu Refer to the Control Panel section of this guide for further information Pin Assignments Table C 2 lists the connector pin assignments and signal requirement...

Page 177: ... present when JP1 jumper on logic board is on pins 2 3 12 19 Not connected 20 DTR Printer Goes low when printer buffer is almost full returns high when buffer can hold more data when DTR hand shake is turned off this signal remains high at all times 21 24 Not connected 25 DTR Printer Same as signal on pin 20 except polarity of signal is user selectable signal present when JP1 jumper on logic board...

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Page 179: ...9 9 9 Bar Code Codes sets include all of the character codes control codes and escape sequences that you can send from your computer to the printer to control printing operations The code sets are shown to document the complete ness of the emulations assist programmers who want to send codes to the printer and help you decipher hexadecimal printouts This appendix also includes an ASCII code table ...

Page 180: ...a control function is especially important to the printer code 27 decimal which is the ASCII ESCape code This code tells the printer that an escape sequence is beginning An escape se quence is a series of codes that performs a specific printer function When a code is sent as part of an escape sequence the assigned character doesn t print Printing Characters Assigned to Control Codes There are seve...

Page 181: ... 134 150 166 182 198 214 230 246 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 137 153 169 185 201 217 233 249 10 26 42 58 74 90 106 122 138 154 170 186 202 218 234 250 11 27 43 59 75 91 107 123 139 155 171 187 203 219 235 251 12 28 44 60 76 92 108 124 140 156 172 188 204 220 236 252 13 29 45 61 77 93 109 ...

Page 182: ...quence is described later in this appen dix Control Codes and Escape Sequences When you select AMT or Diablo 630 as the active printer emulation you can use the control codes and escape sequences listed in tables D 2 and D 3 The codes and sequences are organized into the following categories 9 9 9 9 9 Control codes 9 9 9 9 9 Basic functions 9 9 9 9 9 Horizontal spacing 9 9 9 9 9 Vertical spacing 9...

Page 183: ...ition is the last printable line on the page the printer performs a form feed instead of a line feed Vertical tab VT 0B 11 This code advances the paper to the next vertical tab stop If no vertical tab stop is set below the current line posi tion the audible alarm sounds and the printer ignores this code Form feed FF 0C 12 This code performs one of the following actions 9 If a single sheet is loade...

Page 184: ... prints spaces for these codes 9 If an ECS font is active and 7 bit data is in use this code cancels the printing of characters with codes above 7F hex Print character with EM 19 25 If an ECS font is not active and 7 bit data is in use this code above 7F hex code permits the printing of a character with a code above 7F hex When the printer receives an EM code it adds 80 hex to the next code it rec...

Page 185: ...4 69 1 mines the active code set A partial list of sequences is AMT alternate ESC E 1 1B 40 45 31 27 64 69 49 shown to the left If a sequence selects an emulation that Diablo 630 ESC E STX 1B 40 45 02 27 64 69 2 is not in the installed Intelli card s the printer sounds Epson JX ESC E EOT 1B 40 45 04 27 64 69 4 the audible alarm displays the message EMULATION Epson LQ 2550 ESC E ENQ 1B 40 45 05 27 ...

Page 186: ...component characters and End alternate ESC 1B 2F 27 47 other applications where vertical alignment is crucial Ignore codes ESC I n 1B 40 49 n 27 64 73 n This sequence causes the printer to ignore from 1 to 95 subsequent codes that it receives The value of n minus 32 defines the number of codes to ignore For example to ignore the next 20 codes the correct escape sequence is ESC I 4 Restore control ...

Page 187: ...characters inch ESC Z 8 1B 40 5A 38 27 64 90 56 if you print a font at a character spacing other than the 6 characters inch ESC Z 4 1B 40 5A 34 27 64 90 52 default spacing the characters overlap or are spaced too far 6 6 characters inch ESC Z 2 1B 40 5A 32 27 64 90 50 apart This sequence automatically proportions characters 7 5 characters inch ESC Z 0 1B 40 5A 30 27 64 90 48 so that they print cor...

Page 188: ... ENQ 1B 1E 05 27 30 05 Set line spacing in ESC A n 1B 40 41 n 27 64 65 n This sequence sets the distance that the paper moves for 1 120 inchincrements each line feed reverse line feed etc The value of variable 3 lines per inch ESC A H 1B 40 41 48 27 64 65 72 n minus 32 defines a number of 1 120 inch increments to 4 lines per inch ESC A 1B 40 41 3E 27 64 65 62 move 6 lines per inch ESC A 4 1B 40 41...

Page 189: ...ottom margin ESC L 1B 4C 27 76 This sequence sets the bottom margin at the current line position After printing on this line the printer feeds a new sheet no printing can occur below the bottom margin The bottom margin clears when the printer receives a Clear Top and Bottom Margins sequence Set Lines Per Page sequence or the operator sets a new page length from the control panel The physical locat...

Page 190: ...ove to print position 5 the sequence is ESC HT ACK Print position 0 is the far left print column If the sequence defines a print position beyond the rightmost print position the printer ignores this sequence Absolute move to ESC VT n 1B 0B n 27 11 n This sequence moves paper up or down to a specific print print line line 0 to 182 on the page The value of variable n minus one defines the line to mo...

Page 191: ... 4 1B 40 46 34 27 64 70 52 audible alarm displays the message FONT UNAVAILABLE on the control panel and continues Elite ESC F ENQ 1B 40 46 05 27 64 70 5 printing Orator ESC F BEL 1B 40 46 07 27 64 70 7 Courier Legal ESC F HT 1B 40 46 09 27 64 70 9 Broadway ESC F FS 1B 40 46 1C 27 64 70 28 Micro ESC F RS 1B 40 46 1E 27 64 70 30 Script ESC F NAK 1B 40 46 15 27 64 70 21 Gothic PS ESC F ACK 1B 40 46 0...

Page 192: ...ces A carriage return ends the print suppression mode Set language ESC G n 1B 40 47 n 27 64 71 n This sequence selects a language for the printer to use English US ESC G NUL 1B 40 47 00 27 64 71 0 while printing text The language settings causes the French ESC G SOH 1B 40 47 01 27 64 71 1 printer to replace some of the standard characters with German ESC G STX 1B 40 47 02 27 64 71 2 alternate char...

Page 193: ...any paper movement code or sequence If the end location is before the start location on the line no underscoring occurs End word processing ESC X 1B 58 27 88 This sequence ends the program mode bold printing modes shadow printing and automatic underscoring The sequence also cancels the automatic center mode Slant printing italics ESC S n 1B 40 53 n 27 64 83 n This sequence starts and ends slant pr...

Page 194: ...ic centering starts automatic centering takes precedence on the current line only If the printer receives an End Word Processing Modes sequence while automatic center ing is on automatic centering turns off and the stored data printsnormally Start auto justify mode ESC M 1B 4D 27 77 This sequence starts the automatic justify mode wherein the printer stores all subsequent data in a special buffer W...

Page 195: ... value of 6 so it prints centered within a space of 12 120 inch move 6 PS units print the V and then move 6 PS units again Or the letter i has a PS unit value of 3 so it prints centered within a space of 6 120 inch move 3 PS units print the i and then move 3 PS units again To determine the total distance from the center line of one character to the center line of the next character just add the tw...

Page 196: ... printing ESC t n 1B 40 74 n 27 64 116 n This sequence enables and disables 16 inch wide text print Enable ESC t 1 1B 40 74 31 27 64 116 49 ing When you enable 16 inch wide text printing the left Disable ESC t 0 1B 40 74 30 27 64 116 48 most print position left margin and horizontal tabs move 1 2 inches to the left the rightmost print position and right margin move 1 2 inches to the right The resu...

Page 197: ...re graphics wherein normal 60V x 60H dpi ESC K 1B 40 4B 27 64 75 character codes no longer print characters but instead print n1 n2 list n1 n2 list n1 n2 list seven or eight dot high columns of dots on the current print line This sequence does not change the current line 60V x 120H dpi ESC L 1B 40 4C 27 64 76 spacing n1 n2 list n1 n2 list n1 n2 list Variables n1 and n2 define the number of columns...

Page 198: ...rols the second dot and so on The most signi ficant bit of the second code controls the ninth dot from the top the next bit controls the tenth dot and so on If the bit is a 1 the dot prints if the bit is 0 the dot does not print For example FF FF hex prints all 16 dots in the column 00 00 hex prints no dots 00 FF hex prints the lower eight dots and FF 00 hex prints the upper eight dots Note For mo...

Page 199: ...nt to the printer code 27 decimal which is the ASCII ESCape code This code tells the printer that an escape sequence is beginning An escape sequence is a series of codes that performs a specific printer function When a code is sent as part of an escape sequence the assigned char acter does not print Printing Characters Assigned to Control Codes There are several control codes and escape sequences ...

Page 200: ...9 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 137 153 169 185 201 217 233 249 10 26 42 58 74 90 106 122 138 154 170 186 202 218 234 250 11 27 43 59 75 91 107 123 139 155 171 187 203 219 235 251 12 28 44 60 76 92 108 124 140 156 172 188 204 220 236 252 13 29 45 61 77 93 109 125 141 157 173 189 205 221 237 253 14 ...

Page 201: ...ores the standard characters This sequence is described later in this appendix Control Codes and Escape Sequences When you select Epson JX Epson LQ 2550 or IBM XL24 as the active printer emulation you can use the control codes and escape sequences listed in tables D 5 and D 6 The codes and sequences are organized into the following categories 9 9 9 9 9 Control codes 9 9 9 9 9 Basic functions 9 9 9...

Page 202: ... are set the audible alarm sounds and the printer ignores this code Also if the factory defaults are in effect tab stops are set every eight print positions across the page Line feed LF 0A or 8A 10 or 138 This code advances the paper one line space If the current line position is the last printable line on the page the printer performsaformfeedinsteadofalinefeed Vertical tab VT 0B or 8B 11 or 139 ...

Page 203: ...ve more data End condensed printing DC2 12 or 92 18 or 146 This code ends condensed printing and sets character spacing and character cell size to 10 characters per inch Disableprinting X OFF DC3 13 or 93 19 or 147 This code disables printing until the printer receives a DC1 code or the operator presses the Ready button on the control panel While printing is disabled the PAUSE message appears on t...

Page 204: ...ive code set At left is a partial list of AMT alternate ESC ESC E 1 1B 1B 45 31 27 27 69 49 the printer emulations that this sequence can select If a Diablo 630 ESC ESC E STX 1B 1B 45 02 27 27 69 2 sequence selects an emulation that is not in the installed Epson JX ESC ESC E EOT 1B 1B 45 04 27 27 69 4 Intelli card s the printer sounds the audible alarm dis Epson LQ 2550 ESC ESC E ENQ 1B 1B 45 05 2...

Page 205: ...h from the bottom of the page The form feed advances the paper to the next top of form or top margin if one is set Start auto perforation ESC N n 1B 4E n 27 78 n This sequence starts and ends the automatic perforation skip mode 2 skip mode wherein the printer performs a form feed when ever printing approaches the bottom of the page The form feed advances the paper to the next top of form or top ma...

Page 206: ...esses the Ready button on the control panel While printing is disabled the PAUSE mes sage appears on the control panel Note These sequences are not supported when an Epson emulation is active Search and replace ESC ESC X 1B 1B 58 27 27 88 This sequence causes the printer to search incoming n1 n2 n1 n2 n1 n2 data for string1 and replace each occurance with string2 string1 string2 string1 string2 st...

Page 207: ...aracters inch ESC ESC Z 8 1B 1B 5A 38 27 27 90 56 after printing a character or when spacing The sequence 6 characters inch ESC ESC Z 4 1B 1B 5A 34 27 27 90 52 also sets the character cell size so that characters are the 6 6 characters inch ESC ESC Z 2 1B 1B 5A 32 27 27 90 50 correct size for the spacing The value of variable n minus 7 5 characters inch ESC ESC Z 0 1B 1B 5A 30 27 27 90 48 32 defin...

Page 208: ...eed reverse line feed etc The sequence speci Epson JX IBM XL24 fies the distance as 1 72 or 1 60 inch increments 3 lines per inch ESC A CAN 1B 41 18 27 65 24 depending on the active emulation When the Epson 4 lines per inch ESC A DC2 1B 41 12 27 65 18 JX or IBM XL24 emulation is active the distance is in 6 lines per inch ESC A FF 1B 41 0C 27 65 12 1 72 inch increments When the Epson LQ 2550 emula ...

Page 209: ... 2 1B 32 27 50 This sequence sets line spacing to 1 6 inch Note This sequence is not supported when the IBM XL24 emulation is active Start new line spacing ESC 2 1B 32 27 50 This sequence starts the new line spacing that was set by the Set Line Spacing ESC A sequence If no line spac ing sequence has been sent the printer sets line spacing to 1 6 inch Note This sequence is not supported when an Eps...

Page 210: ...ntposition the left print boundary The values of variables n1 and n2 define the distance in 1 60 inch increments Distance in 1 60ths n2 x 256 n1 For example to move the carriage five inches to the right of the left print boundary 300 60 inch the correct n2 value is 1 and the correct n1 value is 44 300 1 x 256 44 If the sequence specifies a distance beyond the right print boundary the printer ignor...

Page 211: ...e inches 360 120 inch the correct n2 value is 1 and the correct n1 value is 104 360 1 x 256 104 If the sequence specifies a distance that would move the carriage beyond the left or right print boundary the carriage moves to that boundary Boundaries Tabs and Page Formatting Set top of form TOF ESC 4 1B 34 27 52 This sequence sets the top of form at the current line position The printer regards the ...

Page 212: ...uence cancels printing of the current line resets printboundaries the default tabs and sets the left and right print boundaries on the page All subsequent horizontal move commands such as carriage returns and tabs are relative to the new left print boundary All subsequent line wrapping is relative to the new right print boundary The values of variables n1 and n2 define where to set the left and ri...

Page 213: ...e page To reset horizontal tabs every eight print positions across the page use the Set Absolute Horizontal Tab Stops Every Eight Print Positions sequence Note This sequence is not supported when the IBM XL24 emulation is active Set clear absolute ESC B list NUL 1B 42 list 00 27 66 list 0 These sequences clear all current vertical tab stops and set vertical tab stops new tab stops using the curren...

Page 214: ...t wide matrix Memo quality characters are Draft ESC x NUL 1B 78 00 27 120 0 formed from a 16 dot high by 36 dot wide matrix Draft quality characters are formed from an 8 dot high by 15 dot widematrix Some fonts do not contain character sets for all print qual ities If letter quality is selected but the font does not contain this character set memo quality is selected and vice versa If the font con...

Page 215: ...displays Orator 10 cpi ESC ESC F BEL 1B 1B 46 07 27 27 70 7 FONT UNAVAILABLE on the control panel and Courier Legal 10 cpi ESC ESC F HT 1B 1B 46 09 27 27 70 9 continuesprinting Broadway PS ESC ESC F FS 1B 1B 46 1C 27 27 70 28 Micro 17 1 cpi ESC ESC F RS 1B 1B 46 1E 27 27 70 30 Script PS ESC ESC F NAK 1B 1B 46 15 27 27 70 21 Gothic PS ESC ESC F ACK 1B 1B 46 06 27 27 70 6 Micro PS ESC ESC F 1B 1B 46...

Page 216: ...TX 1B 1B 47 02 27 27 71 2 trol Panel section of this guide under the Set Language German alternate ESC R STX 1B 52 02 27 82 2 heading English UK ESC ESC G ETX 1B 1B 47 03 27 27 71 3 English UK alternate ESC R ETX 1B 52 03 27 82 3 Note These sequences apply only to fonts with inter Danish I ESC ESC G EOT 1B 1B 47 04 27 27 71 4 national characters Also the ESC R n sequence is not Danish I alternate ...

Page 217: ...es disables the printing of char with codes below 32 acter codes 0 to 6 16 21 22 23 25 26 28 29 30 Enable ESC I 1 1B 49 31 27 73 49 and 31 decimal Disable ESC I 0 1B 49 30 27 43 48 Note This sequence is not supported when the IBM XL24 emulation is active Select characters for ESC t n 1B 74 n 27 116 n This sequence sets the characters that print for codes codes above 159 above 159 The sequence can ...

Page 218: ...quences are not supported when the IBM XL24 emulation is active Super subscripting These sequences start end automatic superscripting and Subscripting ESC S 1 1B 53 31 27 83 49 subscripting of characters Both superscript and subscript Subscripting alternate ESC ESC V 1 1B 1B 56 31 27 27 86 49 characters are half the normal height Superscript charac Superscripting ESC S 0 1B 53 30 27 83 48 ters pri...

Page 219: ...cter spacing Double wideprinting ESC W n 1B 57 n 27 87 n This sequence starts ends double wide printing where Start ESC W 1 1B 57 31 27 87 49 in characters print twice their normal width This End ESC W 0 1B 57 30 27 87 48 sequence also doubles the character spacing to accommodate the wider characters A DC4 code does not turn off double wide printing started with this sequence One linedouble wide E...

Page 220: ...characters by moving a specific Start alternate ESC P 1 1B 50 31 27 80 49 number of PS units printing the character and then End ESC p 0 1B 70 30 27 112 48 moving by the same number of PS units again End alternate ESC P 0 1B 50 30 27 80 48 If the active font is a PS font the printer uses the PS unit values prestored in the font If the active font is a fixed pitch font the printer uses one half the...

Page 221: ...e text printing is disabled the leftmost and rightmost print positions margins and horizontal tabs return to their original locations With 16 inch wide text printing enabled text prints uni directionally that is text printing occurs only while the car riage moves from left to right across the platen Also draft quality text printing is disabled If you select draft quality the printer substitutes me...

Page 222: ...mber equals the number of bytes in the list The printer interprets n1 and n2 as follows Number of columns 256 x n2 n1 For example to print 300 columns n2 would be 1 and n1 would be 44 300 256 x 1 44 The list in the sequence is a series of codes that define the columns to print The first code defines the first column the second code defines the second column and so on Each bit in a code controls a ...

Page 223: ... x n2 n1 For example to print 300 columns n2 would be 1 and n1 would be 44 300 256 x 1 44 The list in the sequence is a series of codes that define the columns to print Modes with 72 dots per vertical inch print 8 dot high columns For these modes the first code defines the first column the second code defines the second col umn and so on Each bit in a code controls a specific dot in the column The...

Page 224: ...ond column and so on Each bit in a code controls a speci fic dot in the column The most significant bit controls the top dot the next bit controls the second dot and so on If the bit is 1 the dot prints if the bit is 0 the dot does not print For example FF hex prints all eight dots in the col umn 00 hex prints no dots 0F hex prints the lower four dots and F0 hex prints the upper four dots Modes wi...

Page 225: ...tted If the sequence specifies consecutive horizontal dots the printer does not print the second dot Printquadruple density ESC Z n1 n2 1B 5A n1 n2 27 90 n1 n2 This sequence prints quadruple density graphics at graphics list list list 72V x 240H dots per inch Variables n1 n2 and list in the sequence operate the same as in the Print Epson JX Graphics sequence In this graphics mode consecutive horiz...

Page 226: ...SC ESC w 1B 1B 77 27 27 119 graphics print up to 16 inches across on wide carriage Disable ESC ESC s 1B 1B 73 27 27 115 printers and up to 11 inches across on narrow carriage printers To print full wide graphics make sure the current horizontal print position is 0 before sending the graphics escape sequence Note Text printing is unaffected by these sequences To print wide text you must use the Wid...

Page 227: ...et to 0 the printer will use the default height of Codabar c 11 31 31 49 49 3 4 inch Codabar d 12 31 32 49 50 UPC A 13 31 33 49 51 Parameter p3 defines whether or not to print a human UPC E 14 31 34 49 52 readable line of text below each bar code symbol p3 Code 128 15 31 35 49 53 must be set to 0 for no human readable line or 1 to include thehuman readableline Parameters p4 through p8 set the widt...

Page 228: ...0010011 EOT Ctrl D 4 04 00000100 DC4 Ctrl T 20 14 00010100 ENQ Ctrl E 5 05 00000101 NAK Ctrl U 21 15 00010101 ACK Ctrl F 6 06 00000110 SYN Ctrl V 22 16 00010110 BEL Ctrl G 7 07 00000111 ETB Ctrl W 23 17 00010111 BS Ctrl H 8 08 00001000 CAN Ctrl X 24 18 00011000 HT Ctrl I 9 09 00001001 EM Ctrl Y 25 19 00011001 LF Ctrl J 10 0A 00001010 SUB Ctrl Z 26 1A 00011010 VT Ctrl K 11 0B 00001011 ESC Ctrl 27 1...

Page 229: ...101001 E 69 45 01000101 42 2A 00101010 F 70 46 01000110 43 2B 00101011 G 71 47 01000111 44 2C 00101100 H 72 48 01001000 45 2D 00101101 I 73 49 01001001 46 2E 00101110 J 74 4A 01001010 47 2F 00101111 K 75 4B 01001011 0 48 30 00110000 L 76 4C 01001100 1 49 31 00110001 M 77 4D 01001101 2 50 32 00110010 N 78 4E 01001110 3 51 33 00110011 O 79 4F 01001111 4 52 34 00110100 P 80 50 01010000 5 53 35 001101...

Page 230: ...00001 125 7D 01111101 b 98 62 01100010 126 7E 01111110 c 99 63 01100011 DEL 127 7F 01111111 d 100 64 01100100 128 80 10000000 e 101 65 01100101 129 81 10000001 f 102 66 01100110 130 82 10000010 g 103 67 01100111 131 83 10000011 h 104 68 01101000 132 84 10000100 i 105 69 01101001 133 85 10000101 j 106 6A 01101010 134 86 10000110 k 107 6B 01101011 135 87 10000111 l 108 6C 01101100 136 88 10001000 m ...

Page 231: ...0 153 99 10011001 181 B5 10110101 154 9A 10011010 182 B6 10110110 155 9B 10011011 183 B7 10110111 156 9C 10011100 184 B8 10111000 157 9D 10011101 185 B9 10111001 158 9E 10011110 186 BA 10111010 159 9F 10011111 187 BB 10111011 160 A0 10100000 188 BC 10111100 161 A1 10100001 189 BD 10111101 162 A2 10100010 190 BE 10111110 163 A3 10100011 191 BF 10111111 164 A4 10100100 192 C0 11000000 165 A5 1010010...

Page 232: ...0 209 D1 11010001 237 ED 11101101 210 D2 11010010 238 EE 11101110 211 D3 11010011 239 EF 11101111 212 D4 11010100 240 F0 11110000 213 D5 11010101 241 F1 11110001 214 D6 11010110 242 F2 11110010 215 D7 11010111 243 F3 11110011 216 D8 11011000 244 F4 11110100 217 D9 11011001 245 F5 11110101 218 DA 11011010 246 F6 11110110 219 DB 11011011 247 F7 11110111 220 DC 11011100 248 F8 11111000 221 DD 1101110...

Page 233: ... Item Specifications Physical Characteristics by Model 5350 model Height 8 2 inches 20 8 cm Width 24 inches 61 cm Depth 16 8 inches 42 7 cm without paper deflector Weight 44 pounds 20 kg 5350d model Height 11 4 inches 29 cm paper support lowered Width 24 inches 61 cm Depth 16 8 inches 42 7 cm without paper deflector Weight 53 pounds 24 1 kg Appendix E ...

Page 234: ...characters per second at 10 cpi Memo quality 200 characters per second at 10 cpi Draft quality 400 characters per second at 10 cpi and 480 characters per second at 12 cpi Noise level Less than 55 dBA maximum Controls and Indicators Control panel Buttons Form Feed Line Feed Paper Park Alt Bail Set Top Clear Reset Test Status Font Pitch Quality Emul Ready Color Setup Display 16 character liquid crys...

Page 235: ...tom paper jam 5350d models only Switches Tractor select cover open ribbon home color ribbon power on off voltage select Interfaces Parallel Compatibility Centronics type Connector 36 pin female Serial Compatibility EIA RS 232 C Connector DB 25 female Serial settings Baud rates 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 and 38400 Handshaking DTR X ON X OFF and ETX ACK Parity Even odd and none Data bits ...

Page 236: ...er inch Software selectable 1 to 120 lines per inch Character spacing User selectable 10 12 13 3 15 17 1 and 20 characters per inch and proportional Software selectable 1 to 120 characters per inch and proportional Line length User selectable 8 13 6 and 16 inches Software selectable 10 pitch Up to 160 character columns 12 pitch Up to 192 character columns 13 3 pitch Up to 212 character columns 15 ...

Page 237: ... 17 1 and 20 cpi Character set 256 character IBM standard with international and graphic characters Languages English French German Danish Swedish Italian Spanish Japanese Norwegian and Portuguese Font download Fully supported Attributes Expanded double high double wide and double high double wide italic 10 20 and 30 degrees automatic bold shadow underscore center and justify Colors Black blue red...

Page 238: ...V x 360H Dots per column Up to 16 Columns per line 60H graphics Up to 960 120H graphics Up to 1 920 240H graphics Up to 3 840 480H graphics Up to 7 680 Max image width 16 inches Colors All supported by software Memory Input buffer 60 kilobytes User save areas 5 independent setups plus factory defaults Bar Codes Symbologies Interleaved 2 of 5 Code 3 of 9 Codabar UPC A UPC E EAN 13 EAN 8 Code 128 an...

Page 239: ...s Paper length From 3 to 30 3 inches 7 6 to 77 cm Paper thickness Single sheets Up to 0 015 inch thick Multipart forms 7 part forms up to 0 024 inch thick Paper paths 5350 Top and rear 5350d Top rear and bottom Feed methods Friction for cut sheets and tractor for contin uous pin feed paper and forms Special features Tear bar first line printing auto bail paper out and paper jam sensing demand docu...

Page 240: ... yellow magenta Life Monochrome Exceeds 5 million characters Color Exceeds 2 million characters Diagnostics Status printout Automatic printout of printer status Self test Rotating character pattern Hexadecimal mode Hexadecimal printout of print data Diagnostics Full set of interactive tests to check all printer subsystems including memory serial inter face sensors and ribbon alignment Dynamic poll...

Page 241: ...45 to 115 F Humidity 10 to 90 noncondensing Altitude 100 to 10 000 feet Storage Temperature 20 to 60 C 4 to 140 F Humidity 10 to 90 noncondensing Altitude 100 to 30 000 feet Reliability and Agency Compliance Warranty One year parts and labor Mean Time To Repair Less than 15 minutes average MTTR Mean Time Between Failure MTBF 20 000 hours average when operated at 50 duty cycle and 50 print density ...

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Page 243: ...AIL parameter 4 35 AUTO CR parameter 4 24 AUTOFEED signal C 3 AUTO FF parameter 4 31 AUTO LF parameter 4 24 B bail 2 3 3 17 4 7 4 35 5 3 5 8 Bail button 3 17 4 7 bar codes 4 5 4 20 B 1 D 50 E 8 BAR CODE UNAVAIL message 6 5 BAUD parameter 4 37 6 8 baud rate 4 37 6 8 E 3 beeping 3 10 4 5 4 14 4 24 4 33 6 1 BI DIR parameter 4 28 BLD SHA parameter 4 28 bold printing 4 28 BOT MAR parameter 4 30 bottom ...

Page 244: ...rol codes D 2 D 22 sets 4 22 chassis 5 8 cleaning 5 1 main carriage shaft 5 4 platen and bail rollers 5 3 printhead wires 5 5 surfaces 5 6 Clear button 4 9 CLEAR PAPER JAM message 4 34 6 2 Codabar bar code B 2 B 4 Code 128 bar code B 2 B 4 Code 3 of 9 bar code B 1 B 4 code sets D 1 color 4 6 4 26 Color button 4 6 COLOR parameter 4 26 comments v communications 2 13 errors 6 8 parameters 4 37 4 44 c...

Page 245: ... 38 C 11 DTR parameter 4 39 DTR polarity 4 39 C 10 E EAN 8 EAN 13 bar code B 2 B 4 edge guides cut sheet 2 11 3 4 EMULATION ERROR message 6 5 emulations 4 5 4 20 6 5 B 3 E 4 AMT D 2 bar code D 50 Diablo 630 D 2 Epson D 22 hexadecimal mode 4 20 IBM D 22 Emul button 4 5 B 3 EMUL parameter 4 20 ENERGY STAR compliance x ENQ ACK handshaking 4 38 C 12 environmental requirements xii E 9 Epson emulations ...

Page 246: ... continued boundaries tabs page formatting D 34 control codes D 25 graphic functions D 44 horizontal spacing D 29 miscellaneous functions D 49 text functions D 37 vertical spacing D 30 INITIALIZING message 6 7 inspecting printer parts 5 8 5 9 Intelli card 2 4 2 7 4 6 6 3 6 5 E 8 Intelli card cover 2 4 2 7 interface 4 37 6 8 C 1 E 3 cables 2 12 C 4 C 11 connectors 2 4 2 12 5 9 Interleaved 2 of 5 ba...

Page 247: ...sage 6 10 output port 2 14 P packaging viii 1 2 1 4 page end method 4 35 page length 3 14 4 29 page setup parameters 4 29 4 42 PANEL parameter 6 33 paper 3 1 E 7 controls 3 16 cut sheet loading 3 4 pin feed loading 3 6 positioning 3 5 3 8 paper deflector 2 4 2 5 paper handling parameters 4 32 4 43 paper jam sensing 4 34 Paper park 3 11 4 8 Paper Park button 3 11 3 16 4 8 A 5 Paper Path button 3 3 ...

Page 248: ...ccess cover 2 2 platen window 2 2 5 2 pop down support A 3 POPUP parameter 3 14 4 35 positioning carriage home 6 31 cut sheet paper 3 5 paper support 3 3 3 7 pin feed paper 3 8 POSTNET bar code B 2 B 5 power xi E 9 cord 2 9 6 12 receptacle 2 4 2 9 5 9 switch 2 4 2 10 power on defaults 4 19 PPR JAM parameter 4 34 precautions xi xii preprinted forms 3 14 4 35 print density 4 4 4 10 4 36 Print Densit...

Page 249: ...estore printer settings 4 8 4 18 6 11 Return Materials Authorization viii RGT MAR parameter 4 31 ribbon 2 3 2 6 E 6 alignment 6 24 6 29 inspecting 5 8 replacing 2 6 RIBBON ERROR message 2 6 6 4 RIBBON parameter 6 29 right margin 4 31 RMA viii RS 232 C serial interface see serial interface RSTOR parameter 4 18 6 11 RTS signal C 9 ruler see paper scale RUN PCALIB TEST message 6 7 S SAVE parameter 4 ...

Page 250: ...cifications E 1 speeds E 2 stand printer A 2 Status button 4 11 status lights 4 2 status reports 4 11 6 6 stop bits 4 38 6 8 E 3 STOP BITS parameter 4 38 6 8 STROBE parameter 4 39 strobe pulse 4 39 super subscript mode 4 27 switches 6 22 E 3 T TEAR parameter 6 30 technical support v Test button 2 11 4 9 TEST message 2 11 TEST parameter 4 19 6 21 tests 4 19 6 21 text bold shadow 4 28 cell size 4 26...

Page 251: ...4 32 TopTrac setting 4 32 tractor cover 2 4 3 6 tractors 3 6 3 7 5 6 5 9 A 4 tractor select indicator 2 2 3 3 3 16 transparencies 3 13 troubleshooting problems 6 12 A 6 TÜV compliance ix TxD RxD C 9 U UL compliance ix UNAMS parameter 6 32 UNAVAILABLE message 6 4 underline mode 4 27 UNDLINE parameter 4 27 unloading cut sheets 3 5 pin feed paper 3 11 UNLOAD PAPER message 6 4 6 26 UNLOCKED message 6 ...

Page 252: ...ns are employed by your organization Self employed 50 99 2 9 100 500 10 49 Over 500 3 How did you learn about AMT printers Advertisement Computer dealer Article Trade show Colleague Other ___________ If an advertisement or article what magazine ____________________________________________ If a trade show what show ____________________________________________ 4 What was your main reason for purchas...

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