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3.5.1

Printer Parameters

Press 9 2 FUNCT to display the following parameters or press 9 0 0 FUNCT to print them on
a previously inserted document. Changes may be made as described above. Before
proceeding, see 3.4 and select the insertion sequence which best fits your application. Default
settings are indicated in

bold

print.

DISPLAY

REMARKS

LINES/INCH = 5 or 6

Select 5 or

6

lines per inch vertical spacing

CHARS/INCH = 10, 12

or 17

Select

10

, 12 or 17 characters per inch horizontal spacing.

PRINT = DRAFT,

NORMAL or CQ

Select faster DRAFT,

NORMAL,

or slower but higher quality

CQ print. DRAFT should not be used on passbooks and may
degrade DP8 print quality in the rightmost printable column.

QUIET MODE = Y or N

Select Y for reduced noise on thin documents. Select

N

for

darker print on thick documents.

DOCUMENT INSERT =
TOP or BOTTOM EDGE

Select insertion to the

TOP EDGE

or BOTTOM EDGE of the

document.

DOCUMENT INSERT =
WITH X SEC PAUSE or
WITH A

KEY

Select automatic insertion

0

, 1 or 2 seconds after placing a

document in the input tray or delay insertion until A

is pressed

to allow more time for aligning documents.

BEGIN PRINTING =
IMMEDIATELY or
AFTER ENTER KEY

Select to begin printing

IMMEDIATELY

after the document

insertion or delay printing until ENTER is pressed to verify
proper alignment.

LINE # 1 = .XXX

Select the distance, between -0.80” and 0.80”, from the
document top edge to the center of the first print line. Select

0.25

” unless needing software compatibility with another

printer.

SKEW DETECTION =
CORRECT SKEW,
DETECT SKEW, or
IGNORE

Select

CORRECT SKEW

to automatically align skewed

documents, DETECT SKEW to detect but not align skewed
documents, or IGNORE to disable both skew detection and
correction.

SKEW DETECTION
ALLOWED = .030,

.050

,

.080, .110 or .130

Select the maximum skew per 4 inches of document width.
Treatment of documents with excess skew is set by the next
parameter.

IF FORM SKEWED =
ENTER/EJECT KEYS or
AUTOMATIC EJECT

If a document has excess skew,

ENTER / EJECT KEYS

will

continue printing if ENTER is pressed or eject the document if
EJECT is pressed. AUTOMATIC EJECT will always eject a
document with excess skew

NOTE: Many Printer Parameters may be host configured with the HT or other commands.

This allows for dynamic reconfiguration on a document by document or line by line
basis.

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Summary of Contents for DP9

Page 1: ...own the ribbon guide tabs on each side of the printhead to lower the ribbon shield 4 Remove the old cartridge by pulling down on the top and rotate the top edge forward 5 Guide the new ribbon behind the rubber wheel and over ribbon guide tabs Insure the ribbon is not twisted 6 Mount the new ribbon cartridge bottom edge first and rotate the top edge backwards Turn the cartridge knob clockwise if ne...

Page 2: ...r ENTER keys ENTER transmits previously keyed digits to the host system All responses are host defined This key also initiates document printing if the printer is configured to delay printing until the ENTER key is pressed See 3 5 1 0 to 9 enter digits to be transmitted to the host by the FUNCT or ENTER keys Key depressions appear on the lower display line 3 3 Display Operation The display has 2 l...

Page 3: ...This allows more time to insert cumbersome documents or to train new users With auto alignment enabled the printer should be configured for no delay The DOCUMENT INSERT printer parameter may be set to move the document to the last bottommost rather than the first printable line The BEGIN PRINTING printer parameter may be set to delay printing until ENTER is pressed This allows the operator to insu...

Page 4: ...n until A is pressed to allow more time for aligning documents BEGIN PRINTING IMMEDIATELY or AFTER ENTER KEY Select to begin printing IMMEDIATELY after the document insertion or delay printing until ENTER is pressed to verify proper alignment LINE 1 XXX Select the distance between 0 80 and 0 80 from the document top edge to the center of the first print line Select 0 25 unless needing software com...

Page 5: ...th popular PC based financial printers AUTO CARRIAGE RETURN ON FEED Y or N Select Y unless compatibility with software written for another printer is needed DUAL PORT Y or N DP9 Only Select Y unless software cannot accept ports alternating between enabled and disabled If N is selected connect to either port but not both PAPER OUT NO DOC or NEVER Select NO DOC for the parallel interface to indicate...

Page 6: ... values increase the distance moved REVERSE COMPENSATION XX Adjusts distances moved up the document Larger values increase the distance moved EJECT HOLD OFFSET XX Adjusts how much of the document is held in the feed rollers after it is ejected Lower values hold less of the document CONFIGURATION XX Selects custom options Select 00 unless indicated otherwise on the configuration label or incorrect ...

Page 7: ...or Conditions 3 9 1 Document Jam In the unlikely event that a document becomes jammed in the printer printing will stop and DOCUMENT JAM will be displayed The operator must clear the jam condition by moving the printhead left as far as possible and removing the document from the printer 3 9 2 Cover Open If the cabinet is opened to replace a ribbon cartridge or clear a document jam COVER OPEN is di...

Page 8: ...nload C or Horizontal Tab I LF 0A Line feed VT n 0B Vertical feed C or Vertical Tab I FF 0C Eject document CR 0D Print buffer SO 0E Begin expanded characters SI 0F End expanded characters C or Begin 17 characters inch print I DC1 DLE 11 10 Key buffer request use ESC DC1 or ESC DLEin mode I DC2 12 Line count request C or Begin 10 characters inch print I DC3 ETB 13 17 Load upper display delayed use ...

Page 9: ... Begin End underscore C 3 10 2 Document Movement Commands Commands common to both C and I modes LF moves the document up one line with line spacing keypad selected see 3 5 1 or set by an HT C mode ESC 0 1 2 or 3 I mode command ESC J n moves the document up n 216 inches with n being a single binary coded byte FF or ESC 4 I mode only ejects the document ESC J followed by the 4 byte hex sequence 02 0...

Page 10: ...been set by a ESC 5 01 command and then a LF will be performed SO starts double width print All characters received after an SO and before a SI CR DC4 CAN ESC W or feed command will be printed double width ESC STX Starts landscape sideways print for documents inserted rotated 90 clockwise Documents must be fed to the first printable column and 10 or 12 cpi selected before ESC STX is issued Followi...

Page 11: ... or feed command will be printed double height Single height characters will be printed in line with the top of double height characters if they are mixed in a print line ESC SI stops double height print RS n inserts n blank spaces into the print line and can be used to reduce the characters transmitted when large blank spaces are to be printed n is of the form 01NNNNNN where NNNNNN is the number ...

Page 12: ... a VT e Each data byte is of the form 1ABCDEF where A is the lowest and F is the highest of 6 vertical dots printed in a single dot column Each bit must be set to a 1 for the corresponding dot to be printed 3 10 5 High Density Graphics Commands High density 24 dot graphics are selected by ESC g m n P where m 256 X n is the following graphics data byte count plus one and P selects graphics densitie...

Page 13: ...ypad See 3 5 1 The HT command is unique to C mode 3 10 8 Status and Keypad Commands Status key buffer contents line count or document length data are transmitted when requested by the host These C mode commands except for document length and line count requests may be used in I mode by preceding them with an ESC ENQ requests printer status and is executed when it is received SUB also requests prin...

Page 14: ...om edge are transmitted The first byte indicates the number of lines and the second byte indicates the number of additional 1 60 inch steps 3 11 Drivers CRADEN SUPPLIED DRIVERS ARE THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF CRADEN PERIPHERALS CORPORATION AND ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW THEY MAY ONLY BE USED WITH A PRINTER MANUFACTURED BEFORE APRIL 2000 IF ALLOWED BY A LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CRADEN AND THE...

Page 15: ...Print Test Page to print on the installed printer 3 11 3 Installing Craden USB Drivers on WINDOWS NT 2000 OR XP 1 Connect the printer to a PC USB port with a USB A B cable Turn on printer power The New Hardware Found Wizard screen will then display 2 Click Next to display Install Hardware Device Drivers and click next to display Locate Driver Files Select Floppy Disk Drive and click next 3 Click N...

Page 16: ... RS 232 communications at 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 or 38400 baud and has an 11 Kbyte input buffer Characters may contain 7 or 8 data bits even odd or no parity and 1 stop bit These parameters are all keypad programmable by 9 3 FUNCT 3 12 1 Input Buffer Operation All data received except immediate status display and reset commands are placed in an 11 Kbyte first in first out buffer Characters with...

Page 17: ...3 2 3 Data to Printer 2 3 2 Data from Printer 6 8 5 6 6 8 DTR to PC CTS DSR 5 7 5 Signal Ground Some applications do not allow DSR to be removed when the printer is busy Use the following cabling with such software Printer Pin PC 25 Pin PC 9 Pin Signal 3 2 3 Data to Printer 2 3 2 Data from Printer 8 5 8 DTR to PC CTS 6 20 4 6 PC DTR to PC DSR 5 7 5 Signal Ground 3 13 Problem Solving These are the ...

Page 18: ...may be increased by reducing the print darkness see 3 5 4 4 A generic ribbon is being used Change to a Craden ribbon 3 13 7 Erratic Document Feed Mispositioning or Overprinting If feeding is erratic or preprinted forms are not correctly positioned 1 Check for correct LINES INCH see 3 5 1 2 Check that LINE 1 is NOT set to a negative number see 3 5 1 3 Check that all service parameters are correctly...

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