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Printer at a glance

User guide

Printer at a glance

Control panel

Front cover

Power switch

Power inlet and

fuse

Interface connector

Paper support

Top cover

Latches

Tear edge

Bottom cover

Single sheet feeder closed

Print head

Ribbon cassette

Rear cover

Summary of Contents for T2150

Page 1: ...User guide T2150 T2250 Matrix printer...

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Page 3: ...l 10 The LC display 11 Online mode 12 Offline mode 12 Setup mode 13 Messages in the LC display 14 Key functions when turning on the printer 15 Changing the ribbon cassette 16 Printer drivers 19 Instal...

Page 4: ...1 Programming via the control panel 41 Enabling access to menu mode 41 Calling up the menu 41 Menu configurations 42 Menu handling 43 Save settings 43 Selecting the LC display language 44 Terminating...

Page 5: ...lashed zero Sl Zero 60 Automatic carriage return Auto CR 61 Automatic line feed Auto LF 61 Menu lock MenLock 62 Language Language 62 Paper parameters Paper 63 Form length Forml 63 First printing posit...

Page 6: ...Line wrap Wrap 89 Beep at paper end Sound 89 Deactivate single sheet feeder Single 90 Settings for paper with dark back Pap back 90 Setting for printing copy paper HvyForm 91 Power save mode Sleepmod...

Page 7: ...inter specifications 109 Interface specifications 113 Paper specifications 114 Character sets 117 MTPL standard character set 118 MTPL international substitution characters 119 OCR A character set 120...

Page 8: ...nput signals 146 Output signals 146 Protocols 147 Memory mode XON XOFF 147 Memory mode Robust XON XOFF 147 Extended menu functions with the ENQ STX and ETX ACK protocols selected 147 ENQ STX protocol...

Page 9: ...tion for many industrial sectors particularly those which use continuous paper and generate large volumes of print on a daily basis Symbols used Important information is highlighted in this manual by...

Page 10: ...lance 1 n e p o o t l l u p n e p o o t l l u p Control panel Front cover Power switch Power inlet and fuse Interface connector Paper support Top cover Latches Tear edge Bottom cover Single sheet feed...

Page 11: ...User guide Printer at a glance 3 Printer in tractor mode Printer in single sheet mode n e p o o t l l u p Tractor 1 Single sheet feeder open...

Page 12: ...t to or r 3 3 T Tr ra ac ctto or r 1 1 T Tra rac cto tor 2 r 2 Single sheet Single sheet A AS SF F F F A AS SF F R R Fanfold paper mode Standard printer Tractor 1 Single sheet Options Tractor 2 Tracto...

Page 13: ...he accessory cas sette and unpack it Pull the printer out of the card board box towards you and remove the remaining packaging material Check the printer for any visible transport damage and completen...

Page 14: ...When selecting the printer location observe the following additional instructions Never place the printer in the vicinity of inflammable gas or explosive sub stances Do not expose the printer to dire...

Page 15: ...e voltage setting is incorrect since this may result in severe damage You can set the printer to the correct mains volta ge yourself To do this cautiously tilt the printer to the rear Make sure that t...

Page 16: ...t the power cable plug to a mains socket Make sure that the printer and the computer are switched off and connect the data cable between the printer and the computer The printer by default is provided...

Page 17: ...User guide Installation 9 Switching on the printer The power switch for switching on the printer is lo cated at the bottom right at the front of the printer when viewed from the front...

Page 18: ...and computer is inter rupted i e no data can be received and printed In the Setup mode you can either select the printer menu or carry out the so called quick switch function The quick switch option...

Page 19: ...functions are currently assigned to which keys The upper line informs you that the printer is either in online or offline mode in the example below the printer is in the Online mode and the selected...

Page 20: ...mode is it possible to perform step line or form feeds from the control panel see see Paper transport page 36 howe ver data cannot be received Park key 1 Clears the paper path with paper loaded and a...

Page 21: ...Paperway key 3 Sets the Paper path Char key 4 Sets the font and the number of characters per inch Access to the other menu settings Menu may be disabled by the manufacturer Proceed as follows to relea...

Page 22: ...is message appears during the prin ter s initializing phase after switching on the printer Load error The printer cannot draw in the loaded paper Load paper from The printer has detected paper end dur...

Page 23: ...ion see Advanced menu page 77 of this manual If you keep the Setup key depressed while turning on the printer you regain access to the printer menu if you had locked it before with the help of the Men...

Page 24: ...consumed and the fabric worn out Remove all the paper from the printer and make sure that the printer is switched off before opening the cover Press the two slide latches raise the top cover to an ang...

Page 25: ...se the printer bar cover Remove the used cassette We recommend use of genuine ribbon cassettes only Turn the coloured ribbon feed knob at the right of the new ribbon cassette in the direction of the a...

Page 26: ...s until it clicks into place In this way the cartridge is automatically positioned correctly Use the knob on the right side of the cassette to take up slack of the ribbon again Thereby the rib bon wil...

Page 27: ...2 Click on the Start button in the Windows taskbar 3 Click on Printers and Faxes to open the printer folder 4 Click on File and Add Printer in the menu bar 5 Click on Next In the Printer Installation...

Page 28: ...ired edit the name of the default printer and specify whether you wish to use the printer as a default printer by clicking on the re levant option Then click on Next 13 If you are using the printer as...

Page 29: ...two possible ways Manual installation of printer driver in this case continue with Step 6 Automatic installation of printer driver via Plug Play function in this case continue with Step 11 once the p...

Page 30: ...need Administrator rights If you are using the printer locally you can continue installing the driver in one of two possible ways Manual installation of printer driver in this case continue with Step...

Page 31: ...The printer driver will now be installed Other operating systems The printer can also be used with other operating systems such as Linux or Unix In this case set the printer to one of the Epson emu l...

Page 32: ...ormer may overwrite the latter Form settings Windows 2000 2003 XP Vista Windows 7 In contrast to Windows versions 95 98 ME in which forms are de fined in the printer driver itself Windows versions 200...

Page 33: ...ator bar and DOWNLOAD FIRMWARE appears on the display during the download alternatively an error message is displayed PRG Firmware GEN Character set or font character generator P G Firmware and charac...

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Page 35: ...off the paper press any key If a single sheet is loaded in the printer it is ejected Use one of the marked keys to select the desired paper path for ex ample Single 2 The display shown here may vary d...

Page 36: ...type in the setup menu If you wish to change the paper type in the setup menu proceed as follows Press the Setup key followed by Next 4 and Paperway 3 Select the desired paper type with the key 2 or...

Page 37: ...ect the desired font Confirm the selection by pressing the Set 1 key You can cancel the selection and leave the setting unchanged by pressing the Exit 4 key Press the Setup key The printer returns to...

Page 38: ...ation please refer to the section Paper specifications page 114 Fanfold paper Remove the paper support for single sheets Make sure that the printer is set for fanfold pa per printing If necessary chan...

Page 39: ...e the tractor flap Open the coloured latch lever and align the tractor so that the first printing position on the paper matches the X mark on the printer hou sing Lock the lever again Align the right...

Page 40: ...or to the right until the paper is slightly tensioned Do not tension the paper excessively to avoid tearing the perforation holes do not allow ex cessive slack since in this case the paper will bulge...

Page 41: ...be obstructed Lower the front cover Switch the printer on The active paper source Tractor1 appears in the display The paper is automatically loaded when the printer is in online mode and receives dat...

Page 42: ...ecessary change the paper type see Changing the paper type page 27 Press the latch at the middle of the front cover The single sheet input tray opens downwards Align the left paper guide with the mark...

Page 43: ...Press the Online key to set the printer to ready status The sheet is automatically loaded when the printer is in online mode and receives data from the computer Press the Load 4 key only to load pape...

Page 44: ...ark position or the tear position If a single sheet is loaded it is ejected Key 2 Short keypress Paper is transported upwards step by step Long keypress Continuous transport upwards Key 3 Short keypre...

Page 45: ...the printer returns the paper automatically to the printing position Make sure you tear the paper off straight otherwise a paper jam may occur Removing paper Never use force to remove the paper from t...

Page 46: ...a tic gap adjustment AGA page 85 Press the Setup key The printer changes to setup mode Press the Adjust 2 key Press the Head 1 key Use the 2 or 3 key to set the range within which the automatic gap ad...

Page 47: ...r at a glance page 2 Press the 2 or 3 key to move the perforation to the desired position Confirm the input by pressing the Set 1 key Confirm the input again by pressing the Setup key The printer is r...

Page 48: ...th the tear edge of the printer The factory setting for the first printing position TOF is 12 72 4 23 mm This is equivalent to the second line from the top Press the 2 or 3 key to move the first print...

Page 49: ...and printer control systems All programming via the interface is lost after you turn off the printer whereas the programming carried out using the control panel is saved and stored even after you turn...

Page 50: ...last When you switch on the printer for the very first time menu no 1 is loaded Menu no 1 only remains active until you load another menu The last active menu is stored even after the printer is swit...

Page 51: ...to access the two previous parameter groups in the menu If you want to change a setting e g the line density then press the LPI key LPI lines per inch to access the actual parameter level The current...

Page 52: ...old down the Setup key while switching on the printer to enable menu mode If you want to enable access to this mode permanently you need to change the appropriate setting in the menu see Menu lock Men...

Page 53: ...y 4 the old setting is retained After saving your setting Set the display in our example indicates the following text This setting is retained even after switching off your printer Terminating Setup m...

Page 54: ...set Menu Print Protocol Interf Buffer Baud Format DTR Serial Country Auto CR MenLock Trac3 2 ASF R 3 Single4 Paper Barcode FFmode PapOpt Barmode LeftMrg FFaftLC Paphand RightMrg AutoTear Trac1 ASF F 3...

Page 55: ...tions using the active paper feed see Menu settings example page 75 Press Print 2 key to start the printout Loading menu configurations Menu A menu is loaded you can choose between five menus see Menu...

Page 56: ...normal and quiet mode printing For all printing modes the print out is made with the bidirectional method in quiet mode printing In the first step the first row of pins is activated during the second...

Page 57: ...aster but with a slightly lower resolu tion LQ stands for Letter Quality which means that the resolution is higher at the expense of a slightly slower speed scalable fonts LQ2170 emulation Confirm the...

Page 58: ...ey 1 Press the Next key 4 to access the next group of parameters Setting line spacing LPI Sets the lines per inch line density The higher the parameter the smaller the line spacing random LPI can be s...

Page 59: ...for escape sequence ESCChar Selects the start signal for control sequences Setting ESC Only character Escape can be used Setting ESC Character Escape or alternatively two characters can be used For mo...

Page 60: ...he emula tion it performs a reset Confirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 Press the Next key 4 to access the next group of parameters Bidirectional printing Bidir Setting On Printer prints in bo...

Page 61: ...ngs of the printer and computer host must coincide Press Serial 2 key Data transmssion rate Baud Selects the data transmission rate baud rate baud bit per sec ond Press Baud 2 key Use the 2 or 3 key t...

Page 62: ...dd parity The selection of MARK or SPACE causes a data byte transmission with parity bit but without checking the received da ta Transmission data with parity bit is always marked with 1 MARK or 0 SPA...

Page 63: ...Confirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 Block end character Blockend End of block character definition On LF FF CR VT ETX DEL Off ETX DEL Press Blockend 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the d...

Page 64: ...the transparence of control sequences and block acknowl edgement depending on the selected protocol Press Handthr 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options On Off Default...

Page 65: ...meters Signal Processing DTR Defines the conductor to which the DTR signal is connected DTR Data Terminal Ready Press DTR 2 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options DTR REA...

Page 66: ...nfirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 Press the Next key 4 to access the next group of parameters Interface buffer Buffer Selects the size of the interface buffer Press Buffer 2 key Use the 2 or...

Page 67: ...ess CG Tab 2 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options Graphic DLL Italic Default Setting Graphic Confirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 IBM character set CharSet Sel...

Page 68: ...racter sets and fonts page 122 Default Setting E US ASCII Confirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 Slashed zero Sl Zero Selects if normal zero 0 or the slashed zero is printed Press Sl Zero 3 key...

Page 69: ...tic line feed Auto LF Switches the automatic line feed LF on or off after receiving the signal CR carriage return Press Auto LF 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options O...

Page 70: ...nctions in Online and Offline mode while Setup mode is disabled In this case the Setup menu can only be called up by holding the key Setup while switching on the printer Press MenLock 2 key Use the 2...

Page 71: ...der front option ASF R Single sheet feeder rear option Tractor 2 front option Tractor 3 rear option Select the desired paperway in our example Single 2 Press Next 4 key to proceed to the installed opt...

Page 72: ...Confirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 If you wish to define the form length via standard formats press Standard 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options DIN A3 D...

Page 73: ...f the printable area Press FormAdj 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options 0 72 bis 220 72 Default Setting 12 72 Confirm the setting by pressing the Set key 1 Press the...

Page 74: ...ions 0 to 100 Default Setting 18 Select the Head 18 parameter for normal paper Use a greater dis tance for thicker paper Recommended values for the print head gap If you change this value this may aff...

Page 75: ...er then this can be cor rected Press AutoTear 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options ViewTear Off View 1s 3s 6s Tear 1s 3s 6s Tear at TOF Default Setting ViewTear Off I...

Page 76: ...code 2 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options On Off Default Setting Off The definition and activation is performed by special sequences through the interface Since this...

Page 77: ...the barcode which is already being printed Consequently normal characters can be printed in every line to the right or left of the barcode In unsecured mode the required paper transport for printing...

Page 78: ...2 or 3 key to select the desired setting Setting Options On Off Default Setting Off FFmode On If the paper is positioned in the first printing line TOF form feeds will be ignored FFmode Off Form feed...

Page 79: ...to select the desired setting Setting Options Off T1 T2 Default Setting Off If an optional tractor is not installed Off is displayed factory de fault If an optional tractor is installed and the Off pa...

Page 80: ...paper source is empty printing stops If an ASF is installed and you select On the printer will load paper from the other source if the selected one is empty Confirm the setting by pressing the Set ke...

Page 81: ...e next group of parameters Local copy screen print from a Coax or Coax IPDS FFaftLC This is a feature of the IBM compatible Coax Twinax and IPDS In terface option Local Copy is a Screen Print from an...

Page 82: ...he printer even with criti cal paper and forms This menu parameter enables or disables the set features in the current active menu Press Paphand 3 key Use the 2 or 3 key to select the desired setting...

Page 83: ...User guide The Menu 75 Menu settings example...

Page 84: ...The Menu User guide 76...

Page 85: ...s well as ef ficient data transmission from the computer to the printer The extended menu contains three test functions ASCII 80 ASCII 136 only wide printer H Dump Enter advanced menu mode by pressing...

Page 86: ...ation for the test print out To do this press the key Setup The printer then changes to Setup mode and the first of the main levels is then displayed Program your printer in the usual way for the test...

Page 87: ...sed to determine and set the optimal printhead gap see the section Setting the print head gap page 38 Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode The self Rolling ASCII test mode test mode can only be terminated...

Page 88: ...econd and then auto matically changes to display ASCII 80 ASCII 136 only wide printer Press the key Next 4 the display shows the next menu level If you press the key H Dump 2 you select the H Dump mod...

Page 89: ...menu 81 Terminating Hex Dump Hex Dump mode can only be terminated by switching off the printer If you want to stop the Hex Dump printout before switching off the printer press the key Online and then...

Page 90: ...ap you can set line wrap and with the function Sound beep at paper end The Single menu option can be used to deactivate the single sheet func tion for printers without single sheet feeder The function...

Page 91: ...t W Setting default form length and the Automatic Gap Adjustment for the print head W Setting line wrap and sound when paper empty W To print copy paper W Energy save mode W Settings to facilitate han...

Page 92: ...posed to 12 inches in Europe Select the Forml menu 2 Setting options 12 oder 11 Inch Default setting 12 inches for 220 240 V printers 11 inches for 120 V printers The value defined here is set in all...

Page 93: ...rce and each of the 3 menus available Confirm the setting by pressing the Set 1 key The printer automat ically leaves test mode and assumes online mode Paper handling Paphand The Paphand group of menu...

Page 94: ...3 Setting options From 20 to 80 in 1 10 inch steps narrow printer From 20 to 136 in 1 10 inch steps wide printer Default setting 80 or 136 10 inch 80 136 characters at 10 characters inch If Head up On...

Page 95: ...he right hand per foration area towards the centre of the paper while the paper is mo ving The Pagewid option must be correctly set in this case see Paper width Pagewid page 86 Select the Rightzo menu...

Page 96: ...e defined via an ESC sequence see Emulations page 125 or Programmer s Application Manual Press the Next key 4 to access the next group of parameters Bidirectional parallel interface CX bid Select the...

Page 97: ...line the characters which cannot be printed on this line are cut off Confirm the setting by pressing the Set 1 key Beep at paper end Sound Select the Sound menu 3 Setting options On Off Default settin...

Page 98: ...on This setting is not reset by loading the default factory settings Confirm the setting by pressing the Set 1 key Settings for paper with dark back Pap back Select the Pap back 3 menu Setting options...

Page 99: ...ke Confirm the setting by pressing the Set 1 key Change to the next parameter group with the Next key 4 Power save mode Sleepmod If the parameter Sleepmod is activated the printer switches to en ergy...

Page 100: ...digits leave the menu by press ing the Exit 4 key This setting is not reset by loading the default factory settings Asset number AssetN With the AssetN function you have the possibility to change the...

Page 101: ...he driver It affects only the print speed of graphic printouts at 180 x 180 dpi Select the GrSpeed 2 menu Setting options Normal High Default setting High Normal means 180 dpi normal print speed full...

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Page 103: ...a simple ope rating error and a major malfunction This chapter provides information on the rectification of faults wit hout the assistance of specially trained personnel Follow the advice and tips in...

Page 104: ...pt to open the printer You might suffer an electric shock The display is lit but the printer does not print 1 Check that the printer is Online If the displays shows Offline then press the key Online T...

Page 105: ...feeder If necessary drive the remaining paper manually to the park position with the key Paper jam fanfold paper 1 Open the top cover If a paper jam should occur then remove the jammed paper by tearin...

Page 106: ...ion Single sheets page 34 Pay attention to the following points Set single sheet feed to the corresponding paper width Insert the paper straight as far as possible Adjust the printhead gap to the pape...

Page 107: ...ly connected to the com puter and to the printer 2 Check that the proper emulation and the correct character set country CG table or character set is selected in the Setup menu 3 Check the length of t...

Page 108: ...blok ked by a foreign object Whether the paper is damaged Whether the tractors are closed and locked Whether the paper is too tight or loose Whether the paper is within the specified range Details see...

Page 109: ...cable if necessary replace it The cable exceeds the maxi mum allowed length see Inter face specifications page 113 Transmission error serial inter face Compare the format setting of your printer with...

Page 110: ...a cold printer please contact your technical service The ribbon misses is damaged and blocked or a non genuine rib bon is installed Only use genuine ribbon cas settes of the manufacturer Replace the...

Page 111: ...ired Functions which have no meaning in this emulation have been selec ted For this function please switch to the appropriate emulation in the menu see Selecting emula tion Emulate page 52 You are inf...

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Page 113: ...oil or grease the printer especially the sliderails and shafts Replacing the fuse The printer is provided with a power supply fuse which is accessible directly from the outside Open the small compartm...

Page 114: ...ing agent and a soft lint free cloth Do not use abrasive cleaners Never use solvents Cleaning the interior Remove paper and dust with a soft brush Check that any paper has been removed from the tracto...

Page 115: ...available from dea lers Avoid touching parts and compon ents in the printer interior Ribbon Check whether the ribbon is worn or damaged The ribbon must be replaced if it is frayed see Changing the rib...

Page 116: ...ning the upper friction Clean the rollers of the upper friction as neces sary with a mild cleaning agent and a soft lint free cloth Carriage shafts Carriage shafts must not be oiled or greased otherwi...

Page 117: ...s 10 0 cpi 24 x 12 270 cps 12 0 cpi 24 x 10 340 cps 15 0 cpi 16 x 08 340 cps 15 0 cpi 24 x 08 230 cps 17 1 cpi 24 x 12 270 cps 20 0 cpi 24 x 10 180 cps 10 0 cpi 24 x 18 220 cps 12 0 cpi 24 x 15 270 cp...

Page 118: ...ard Optional MTPL Tally Printer Language Epson LQ 2550 LQ 2170 IBM Proprinter XL24e IBM XL24e AGM on request Resolution 60 to 360 dpi horizontal 90 to 360 dpi vertical Print attributes in all characte...

Page 119: ...00 mm 300 mm 399 mm 399 mm Weight Narrow printer Wide printer 10 5 kg 13 2 kg Paper feed Feed speed Feed first line 6 lpi View position Reverse motion 3 8 ips 48 ms 3 8 ips Up to max form length 22 in...

Page 120: ...ns Operation Temperature Rel humidity Climate Storage Temperature Rel humidity Climate Transport Temperature Rel humidity Climate 10 to 35 C 16 to 73 IEC 721 3 7 Class 7K1 5 to 45 C 5 to 95 IEC 721 3...

Page 121: ...294 Voltage supply of external devices on pin 18 U 5 V 10 I 0 5 Amax Interface connections Printer side Amphenol 57 40360 36 pin or compatible Cable side Amphenol 57 30360 25 pin or compatible Serial...

Page 122: ...Thickness max Paper width Form length 1 5 45 to 65 g m2 45 to 56 g m2 45 to 65 g m2 0 6 mm 76 to 278 mm narrow printer 76 to 420 mm wide printer 76 to 559 mm Single sheet manual single sheet feeder si...

Page 123: ...ability Paper quality Light pulp paper of medium fine quality paper bearing the quality mark SM Post and photocopy paper are suitable for use Unsuitable are satin finisch or coated papers imitation ar...

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Page 125: ...ch can be selected via control panel or by escape sequences Note that MTPL sequences are available in all emulation modes The following example shows you how to find the hexadecimal value for a charac...

Page 126: ...229 245 6 ACK 6 22 38 54 70 86 102 118 134 150 166 182 298 214 230 246 7 BEL 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 BS HTS 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248...

Page 127: ...ter sets 119 MTPL international substitution characters dec 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 126 hex 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E US ASCII UK ASCII Swedish German Portuguese French Italian S...

Page 128: ...67 83 99 115 4 4 20 36 52 68 84 100 116 5 ENQ NAK 5 21 37 53 69 85 101 117 6 ACK 6 22 38 54 70 86 102 118 7 BEL 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 8 BS 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 9 HT 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 A...

Page 129: ...67 83 99 115 4 4 20 36 52 68 84 100 116 5 ENQ NAK 5 21 37 53 69 85 101 117 6 ACK 6 22 38 54 70 86 102 118 7 BEL 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 8 BS 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 9 HT 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 A...

Page 130: ...X X X X X X X X X X X ISO Norway 60 X X X X X X X X X X X X X ISO Spain 5A X X X X X X X X X X X X X ISO Portugal 4C X X X X X X X X X X X X X Epson USA 00 X X X X X X X X X X X X X Epson France 01 X...

Page 131: ...2 87 X X X X X CP857 Turkish 8D X X X X X CP858 IBM with 9E X X X X X X X X X X X X X CP860 Portugal 84 X X X X X X X X X X X X X CP861 Icelandic 94 X X X X X X X X CP863 French Canada 85 X X X X X X...

Page 132: ...reek 2D X X X X 8859 9 Turkish 2E X X X X X 8859 15 Latin 9 Euro 2F X X X X X X X X X X BRASCII 6D X X X X X X X X Abicomp 6E X X X X X X X X Roman 8 4D X X X X X X X X Coax Twinax Hebrew 4F X X X X X...

Page 133: ...ng transmitted code is a printer command and not a printable character They allow the selection of printer functions or the changing of print er parameters from the computer By transmitting an escape...

Page 134: ...tion Unlike escape sequences control codes do not begin with the ESC control code Instead they consist of special single charac ter non printing commands e g LF FF DC2 The procedure Most of the printe...

Page 135: ...mulation must correspond to the printer driver of your application program Settings caused by ESC sequences remain valid until they are switched off by another control code All settings are reset to t...

Page 136: ...Condensed printing OFF set by Sl or ESC Sl DC3 Deselecting the printer DC4 Double wide printing OFF set by SO or ESC SO DEL Delete line Epson Delete last character ESC Start character for programming...

Page 137: ...the page length ESC MI F Assign character set G0 ESC G Selecting graphics mode ESC H Character set Swedish Finnish ESC K Character set German ESC L Character set Portuguese ESC R Character set French...

Page 138: ...nt with 180 dpi ESC 0 u Compmode On ESC 1 u Compmpde Off ESC y Right justification and centering OFF ESC z Bold ON ESC z Bold OFF ESC 1 MTPL command set ESC 10 Barcode interpretation OFF ESC 11 Start...

Page 139: ...r HS printing quality ESC 0z Superscript ON ESC 10m Font 0 Default Draft or HS Roman ESC 10y Right and centre adjustment OFF ESC 10z Microscript ON ESC 11e Set PUM absolute measuring unit to OFF ESC 1...

Page 140: ...m Double underlining ESC 23m Italics OFF ESC 24m Underline OFF ESC 26m Proportional font ON ESC 2g Clear all horizontal tabs in the current line ESC 2J Print page ESC 2 SP l Measuring unit decipoint E...

Page 141: ...SC 5n Request status report ESC 5w Set 12 cpi ESC 5y NLQ or HS with 12 cpi ESC 5z Graphics normal ESC 6 Initialize the printer ESC 6 SP K Set horizontal pitch to 6 cpi ESC 6w Set 15 cpi ESC 6z Graphic...

Page 142: ...haracter size ESC n1 n2 SP D Select font ESC n1 n2 SP G Set character line spacing ESC n1 n2 r Set top and bottom margin ESC n1 n2 s Set left and right margin ESC n a Set relative horizontal position...

Page 143: ...aracter set 2 expanded ESC 7 Suppress ASCII codes 129 to 159 ESC 7 PC character set 1 standard ESC a n Select orientation ESC A n Line spacing n 60 inch ESC A n Prepare line spacing n 72 inch ESC b m...

Page 144: ...ESC J n Single line feed n 216 inch ESC k n Select font ESC K n1 n2 Set graphics print to 60 dpi ESC l n Set left margin ESC l n Select print mode ESC L n1 n2 Set graphics print to 120 dpi ESC M Set...

Page 145: ...cs print to 120 dpi ESC Z n1 n2 Set graphics print to 240 dpi ESC F Assign character set G3 ESC Character generator LS3R ESC Character generator LS2R ESC Character generator LS1R FF Form feed HT Horiz...

Page 146: ...ntrol sequence Header defines the parameters of the used barcode once e g type ratio etc If no header is defined the in formation in the bracket will be printed in Code 2 5 Matrix Please note that wit...

Page 147: ...Royal Mail Customer barcode is a special Mail type barcode It is printed in character size Numeric values from 0 to 9 and alpha numeric values from A to Z are printable After activating this barcode t...

Page 148: ...ints barcode in LQ The character e g CR carriage return hex 0D which termi nates the barcode is not printed or carried out KIX barcode does not require a barcode bracket Example ASCII ESC 2 k SO36XY1A...

Page 149: ...nal characters are available The character sets are selected via the following LCP sequence ESC P L S n ESC The value of n may range between 01 and 02 as ASCII characters see ID column in the above ta...

Page 150: ...LCP character set ESC n SP s Sends a character as ASCII character n 0 255 decimal ESC 20 SP s DC4 Barcode bracket ESC 16 SP s DLE Start code LCP Header ESC 25 SP s EM Termination code Header ESC 15 SP...

Page 151: ...monitored by the printer If the printer is configured to use both interfaces simulta neously it monitors both interfaces for incoming data As soon as the printer recognizes a signal it switches to the...

Page 152: ...data input is blocked until the data buffer is empty This guarantees data transmission in blocks of 1 KB Connector assignment Transmission length max 2 0 m Connector no Direction Printer PC Signal 1 S...

Page 153: ...onnector assignment Transmission length max 15 m Type RS232C interface Synchronization Asynchronous Transmission rate 600 Baud to 19 200 Baud Signal status OFF log 1 3 V to 15 V ON log 0 3 V to 15 V C...

Page 154: ...DY is active at pin 4 Input signals Output signals PC AT 9 pin Printer 9 pin RxD 2 3 TxD TxD 3 2 RxD CTS 8 4 DTR RDY SG 5 5 SG DSR 6 DTR 4 PC AT 25 pin Printer 9 pin FG 1 FG TxD 2 2 RxD RxD 3 3 TxD CT...

Page 155: ...be continued In addition the READY signal is influenced by the status of the prin ter On Off Line If the printer assumes an undefined state the in terface also signals NOT READY and XOFF Memory mode R...

Page 156: ...eam and control the interface in ad dition HandThr OFF The STX and ENQ are filtered out of the data st ream and handled immediately by the interface ETX ACK protocol ETX hex03 Block end character ACK...

Page 157: ...used Each format in between can be set Part no 061799 narrow printer Part no 061800 wide printer Tractor 2 front The push tractor is suitable for fanfold paper and sets of forms with 1 5 forms Paper...

Page 158: ...black narrow printer Part no 060426 Ribbon cassette black wide printer Part no 060425 Programmer s application manuals Programmer s application manual Epson Part no 379302 Programmer s application man...

Page 159: ...tomatic carriage return Auto CR 61 Automatic cut sheet feeder front ASF F 149 Automatic cut sheet feeder rear ASF R 149 Automatic gap adjustment AGA 85 Automatic line feed Auto LF 61 AutoTear 67 AutoT...

Page 160: ...ate 52 Emulations 125 Escape sequences 125 General 125 ENQ STX 148 ErrMode 55 Error handling ErrMode 55 Error messages via the display 100 Escape sequences 125 127 MTPL 126 ESCChar 51 Ethernet interfa...

Page 161: ...Activation of automatic sheet feeder 72 Activation of tractors 71 Automatic carriage return 61 Automatic line feed 61 Barcode 68 Bidirectional printing 52 Block end character 55 Data format 54 Data t...

Page 162: ...ing 30 Moving to the tear position 37 Removing 37 Single sheets 34 Paper handling 27 Paper handling Paphand 85 Paper parameters Paper 63 Paper specifications Standard printer 114 Paper transport 36 Pa...

Page 163: ...the LC display language 44 Serial 53 92 Serial interface Connector assignment 145 Input signals 146 Interface cable 146 Output signals 146 Serial interface Serial 53 Serial interface adapter 149 Seri...

Page 164: ...TOF Setting the first printing line 40 Tractor 2 front 149 Transparence Handthr 56 Troubleshooting 95 Additional display messages 103 Error messages via the display 100 General print problems 96 Prob...

Page 165: ...rent form requires our explicit approval We reserve the right to make changes to this manual without notice All care has been taken to en sure accuracy of information contained in this manual However...

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