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Introduction

The Epson GQ-3500 Laser Printer combines a semiconductor laser

with the electrophotographic technology used in office copiers to give

you printing that is high quality, quiet, and fast.

Before you set up your printer, take a few minutes to look at the

illustrations in this introduction. The captions name and briefly

describe the basic parts of the outside of the printer. This will help

you in following the setup steps in Chapter 1.

The first illustration shows the front and the right side of the

printer with the major parts identified.

7.IC card slots

tray

3. Control

5. Manual feed paper guide

4. Paper set lever

Paper path selector. Selects

either faceup or facedown delivery

of printed pages

Latch.

Used to open the printer

Control panel. Has

buttons for controlling the printer and

indicators for displaying its status

Paper set lever. Used for loading paper

Manual feed paper guide.

Guides paper for manual feed

Introduction/GQ-3500

I n t r o - 1

Summary of Contents for GQ-3500

Page 1: ...ill be printed on the following sheet of paper Nothing is wrong with your printer This occurs when the page gets too complex and there is insufficient memory There are two ways to handle the situation The easiest and quickest solution is to switch to a lower graphics resolution By reducing the resolution to either 150 100 or 75 DPI depending upon the complexity of the page the printer will then be...

Page 2: ...EPSON G Q 3 5 0 0 User s Manual ...

Page 3: ...mission helpful Television Interference Handbook This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Stock No 004 0334045 7 WARNING The connection of a non shielded printer interface cable to this printer will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment If this ...

Page 4: ...pe from the machine during any phase of user operation CDRH Regulations The Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDRH of the US Food and Drug Administration implemented regulations for laser products on August 2 1976 These regulations apply to laser products manufactured from August 1 1976 Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States The label shown below indicates comp...

Page 5: ...n the Printer 1 12 Operating the Control Panel 1 14 The Indicator Lights 1 15 Running a Self Test Chapter 2 Starting Printing 2 1 Removing the Interface 2 3 Setting Switches 2 7 Connecting the Printer to a Computer 2 8 Using the GQ 3500 with Application Programs Chapter 3 SelecType 3 1 Entering SelecType Mode 3 3 SelecType Functions and Options 3 6 SelecType with DIP Switches or Software Commands ...

Page 6: ... 5 4 Paper Status Messages 5 7 User Maintenance 5 15 Service Maintenance 5 16 Corrective or Preventive Maintenance 5 16 Transfer Charger Wire Chapter 6 Software Control of Printer Features 6 1 Using BASIC 6 2 Orientation 6 3 Font Selection 6 5 Character Attributes 6 7 Ruled Lines 6 9 Graphics Primitives Appendix A Command Summary A 2 Commands in Numerical Order A 5 Page Printer Commands A 37 LQ Em...

Page 7: ... 1 Printing E 2 Paper and Paper Delivery E 2 Mechanical E 3 Electrical E 3 Controller Hardware E 4 Environment E 4 Transportation Appendix F Parallel Interface F 1 DIP Switch 4 F 2 Parallel Interface Jumpers F 3 Pin Assignments GQ 3500 Options Contents vii ...

Page 8: ...This will help you in following the setup steps in Chapter 1 The first illustration shows the front and the right side of the printer with the major parts identified 7 IC card slots tray 1 2 3 4 5 3 Control pknel 5 Manual feed paper guide 4 Paper set lever Paper path selector Selects either faceup or facedown delivery of printed pages Latch Used to open the printer Control panel Has buttons for co...

Page 9: ...ower switch Interface board A parallel interface is supplied with the printer a serial interface is available as an option Interface cable Used for connecting the printer to a computer AC power cord Supplies power to the printer Power switch The 1 side of this switch turns the printer on the 0 side turns it off Face up output tray Receives printed pages when face up delivery is selected Face down ...

Page 10: ...rthermore the drum should not be exposed to room light for longer than five minutes If you must expose the drum for more than five minutes either by taking the drum out of the printer or by leaving the printer case open cover the drum area with a soft cloth or paper 3 Avoid pressing on the top of the toner cartridge Pressing directly on the cartridge may cause toner powder to spill into the printe...

Page 11: ... plug in or turn on the printer yet When you are finished unpacking put the packaging materials including the desiccant bag in the carton and keep them in case you need to transport the printer Full details on transporting the printer are in Appendix E 2 Finding a Place for the Printer Now you must find a place for the printer It must be close enough to the computer for the cable to reach Proper o...

Page 12: ...er appliances that might disturb the power supply Keep your entire computer system away from potential sources of interference such as the base units of cordless telephones When you have found a place for the printer place the function table sticker on the top of the printer in the location indicated in Figure l l Figure 1 1 Function table location Function 3 Installing the Drum Cartridge Before y...

Page 13: ...t touch the surface of the drum or let it rest on any hard surface that might scratch it Open the drum cartridge box and pull out the plastic container as shown in Figure 1 2 The plastic bag inside the box is for eventual disposal of the cartridge when it has to be replaced See that the side of the plastic container marked UP is up and carefully open the plastic container as shown in Figure 1 3 Fi...

Page 14: ...icated in Figure 1 4 Then remove the orange holder It is needed only for transportation Figure 1 4 The open container Place Now you are ready to install the drum cartridge Follow these steps 1 Lift up on the latch on the front of the printer and open the printer See Figure 1 5 Figure 1 5 Opening the printer 1 4 Setting Up ...

Page 15: ...e foam packing material as shown in Figure 1 6 Figure 1 6 Installing the drum cartridge 3 4 Lower the cartridge into the printer until it fits into place Then press the green tabs back to the horizontal position Press the reset lever at the left rear of the inside of the printer as shown in Figure 1 7 This is important because the reset lever resets the counter that keeps track of the usage of the...

Page 16: ...lock of white packing material from the developing unit to the right of the drum cartridge 2 Next take the toner cartridge out of its box Remove the take up handle and the tape from the top of the cartridge 3 Shake the toner cartridge back and forth several times horizontally as shown in Figure 1 8 This distributes the toner evenly in the cartridge Figure 1 8 Distributing the toner Pin Pi 1 6 Sett...

Page 17: ...ach end See Figure 1 8 Hold the toner cartridge vertically with the pins at the bottom and lower the pins into the notches in the developing unit Then tilt the cartridge into place as shown in Figure 1 9 Figure 1 9 Installing the toner cartridge 5 Now hold the green toner cartridge lock lever down while you lower the left side of the toner cartridge Then release the lock lever to lock the cartridg...

Page 18: ...the toner seal Caution Once the toner cartridge has been installed do not remove it until you are prompted to do so by the TONER OUT light on the control panel Otherwise toner will spill into the printer 7 Remove and discard the take up lever 8 Tap each of the corners of the toner cartridge to prevent toner from remaining in the comers of the cartridge 9 Make sure that the developer unit is proper...

Page 19: ...12 Notice that it is at an angle Slide the plastic runners on either side of the paper tray into the black grooves inside the printer When properly installed the tray clicks into place Figure 1 22 Installing the paper fray 6 Loading Paper Chapter 4 contains complete information about choosing paper types and sizes For now simply use up to 150 sheets of ordinary l 2 x 11 white paper Xerox 4024 copi...

Page 20: ...ed mark on the inside of the paper tray Push the paper in gently as far as it will go as shown in Figure 1 14 The paper will feed more easily if you fan it before you load it Figure 1 14 Loading paper Slide the paper guides together until they are both against the edges of the stack of paper See Figure 1 15 Then raise the paper set lever to the up position Setting Up ...

Page 21: ... as shown in Figure 1 16 With this setting the paper will exit at the top of the printer Figure 1 16 Setting paper path When ejected facedown the pages are stacked in the order in which they are printed The other setting for paper delivery requires the use of the face up output tray because you do not need to use it now the installation and use of that tray is explained in Chapter 4 Setting Up 1 1...

Page 22: ...trol panel displays the warm up symbol which is two horizontal lines The warm up symbol flashes to show that the printer is warming up After about 45 seconds the warm up symbol stops flashing meaning that the printer is ready to operate The POWER READY and ON LINE indicators on the control panel should also be on 8 Operating the Control Panel The GQ 3500 control panel shown on the next page in Fig...

Page 23: ...and print data if the POWER and READY lights are also on In the off line state the ON LINE light is not on nor is the READY light on In this state you can enter the SelecType mode as explained in Chapter 3 FUNCTION l ERROR CLEAR This button has several uses l Clearing the printer to correct an error condition l Continuing printing after clearing a paper jam Entering the test mode and changing test...

Page 24: ...lso stops the printing of multiple copies when the printer is off line The Indicator Lights In addition to the lights above the ON LINE and OPTION TRAY buttons the printer has seven other indicator lights POWER Indicates that the printer is turned on and receiving power READY Lights when the printer is ready to receive data DATA Flashes rapidly when data is being received from the host computer Wh...

Page 25: ...CO CH IC CARD ERROR LO L1 DATA ERROR Each of these messages and what you need to do about it is discussed in this manual and all of them are listed in Appendix B 9 Running a Self Test The GQ 3500 has two built in self tests so that you can be sure the printer is working properly Before running a self test see that the paper is loaded correctly and the power is OFF 1 Hold down the FUNCTION 1 button...

Page 26: ...e STATUS display 4 Press the FUNCTION 2 button to start the second self test The OC will flash until the page is elected from the printer The test shows a pattern of lines like this 5 Once you have seen that your printer is printing normally turn the printer off The GQ 3500 comes equipped with a Centronics compatible parallel interface If your computer can communicate through a parallel interface ...

Page 27: ... for the GQ 3500 It is best to read this entire chapter before you begin changing switch settings Also whether you are using a parallel or a serial interface the DIP switches described in this chapter are the same Removing the Interface Before you change any switch settings you must remove the interface from the printer This doesn t require any tools Just follow these steps 1 Locate the interface ...

Page 28: ...emoving the interface Knob 4 Locate the switches on the interface board The two groups of DIP switches see Figure 2 3 are labeled SW 1 and SW 2 Each of the individual switches also has a small number from 1 to 8 The individual switches are referred to by group and number thus the switch with the small number 4 in the group labeled SW 1 is called switch 1 4 Figure 2 3 Dip switch location SW 2 2 2 S...

Page 29: ... printer Line printer can be used for printing simple text or spreadsheets It allows 66 lines with 136 columns on standard letter size paper using a special character set with 13 characters per inch cpi The page printer mode however can also print this material See Chapter 3 for instructions on using SelecType to put more characters on a page To select an operating mode set switches 1 1 and 1 2 as...

Page 30: ...for you to put the character in manually If this switch is OFF the unrecognized code is just ignored and no space is left Automatic line feed When switch 1 5 is ON the printer adds a line feed to each carriage return when it is OFF it does not If your printing has an extra space between lines turn this switch OFF If your printed lines are on top of each other turn this switch ON Automatic carriage...

Page 31: ... and use SelecType described in Chapter 3 to change to another size if necessary To select the paper size set switches 2 2 2 3 and 2 4 as shown in the tablebelow Table 2 2 Settings for paper size Letter Legal Half Letter A4 A5 B5 Other 2 2 ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF I 2 3 OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF Use other for envelopes and other paper sizes not shown International character sets Switches 2 5 2 6 2 ...

Page 32: ...2 8 USA OFF OFF OFF OFF France ON OFF OFF OFF Germany OFF ON OFF OFF UK ON ON OFF OFF Denmark OFF OFF ON OFF Sweden ON OFF ON OFF Italy OFF ON ON OFF Spain ON ON ON OFF Japan OFF OFF OFF ON Replacing the interface board When you ve made the desired changes to DIP switch settings reinstall the interface board 1 Slide the card into the slot in the back of the printer until it is flush with the print...

Page 33: ...nap the retaining clips into place Figure 2 4 Connecting the interface cable Some parallel cables have a ground wire Connect this wire to the ground screw on the printer to protect data from interference Then plug the other end of the cable into the computer and connect the ground wire on the computer end of the cable if it has one If you have purchased an optional serial interface consult the ins...

Page 34: ...plication program See if it has a printer selection menu a list of printers to choose from 3 Choose GQ 3500 from the printer selection menu 4 If GQ 3500 is not listed in the printer selection menu choose Epson printer instead Important If your application program does not list the GQ 3500 contact the manufacturer and ask for an update with the GQ 3500 on the menu 5 Print a sample document or file ...

Page 35: ...inter commands in the text These commands may or may not be visible on your screen This method has the advantage of allowing you to use any printer command not just a limited set To make use of it however you need to understand how to use the printer s commands Check the manual for your application program to see if you can place printer commands in your text If this is possible use the Command Su...

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Page 37: ... time you press the button you advance the left character by one digit from 0 through 9 to A and then back to 0 again As the function selections change the option settings change to reflect the different options in effect for the different functions Don t worry if you pass the selection you want Just keep pressing the button until it comes up again If you hold down the FUNCTION 1 button the digits...

Page 38: ...ds SelecType Functions and Options The SelecType functions and their options are described below Function 0 Paper Size Selects the size of the paper you are using Using a paper size different from your selection results in a PU error Opfi0 2 Description 0 Other Use this setting when your paper doesn t match any of the paper size options 1 A4 21Omm x 297mm 2 A5 148mm x 21Omm 4 B5 182mm x 257mm 5 Le...

Page 39: ...d by software commands OptiO l Description 0 Internal built in fonts 1 IC card fonts 2 Download fonts Function 4 Internal Fonts Selects one of the internal fonts This is valid only if option 0 for function 3 has been selected Option Description 0 Courier 10 portrait 1 Courier 10 landscape 2 EDP 13 portrait 3 EDP 13 landscape 4 Modem PS portrait 5 Extended graphics portrait 6 Extended graphics land...

Page 40: ... USA France Germany United Kingdom Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Function 8 Character Pitch Selects the character spacing If a character pitch that is not one of the four options has been selected by a software command the option position displays three horizontal bars Option Description 0 10 characters per inch 1 12 characters per inch 2 15 characters per inch 3 proportional character spacing Functi...

Page 41: ...oftware command The list below explains the relationship between settings made by DIP switches SelecType and software commands DIP switch settings are in effect from the time the printer is turned on until they are changed by a SelecType setting or software command l SelecType settings are in effect from the time they are made until the printer is turned off or they are changed by software command...

Page 42: ...e order in which they are printed The face up delivery tray is necessary for printing envelopes and overhead transparencies It also gives you immediate viewing of your output so you can see right away if a mistake in your file is causing incorrect printing In Chapter 1 you used only the facedown delivery Now you can decide whether you want to install the face up delivery tray Even if you do instal...

Page 43: ...r three hole punched paper in the GQ 3500 as long as it meets the weight limits given above Labels Labels designed for plain paper copiers can be used in the GQ 3500 Various sizes and styles of labels are available Envelopes Normal envelopes can be hand fed or fed one at a time through the paper tray with the GQ 3500 Envelopes should be ejected face up into the faceup output tray Other materials Y...

Page 44: ...s a good quality relatively smooth and readily available paper to use You should use especially smooth paper for printing originals when you plan to make reproductions Because reproduction introduces its own raggedness to the edges of the letters you will want to start with the best original possible If you use letterhead or three hole punched paper be sure to load it face up with the top of the p...

Page 45: ... in Table 4 1 are on the control panel menu as well as a size called other Select other if you are using an unusual paper size such as that for envelopes Loading the Paper Tray The paper feed tray holds up to 150 sheets of paper Follow the instructions in Step 6 in Chapter 1 to load paper in the tray If you have changed the paper size select the new paper size from the control panel with SelecType...

Page 46: ...t you are using See Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Manual paper feed guide edge tab 4 Insert a sheet of paper into the manual feed slot 5 Raise the paper set lever 6 Print the page Clearing Paper Jams Clearing paper jams is easy There are three types of paper jams and the GQ 3500 lets you know which kind is occurring by displaying a special code J0 J1 or J2 on the status indicator Pages 5 4 through 5 7 tel...

Page 47: ...us messages are 99 l7c IE Indicates that the printer is warming up While the printer is warming up input data may be received and the printer may be set off line or on line Indicates that the GQ 3500 is in SelecType mode described in Chapter 3 To exit SelecType mode press the SHIFT button When printing is in progress the STATUS indicator performs a countdown and displays to the user the number of ...

Page 48: ...cates an error that may require a service call The procedure to follow is described in the Service Maintenance section of this chapter Paper feed jam See the Paper Status Messages section of this chapter Paper transport jam See the Paper Status Messages section of this chapter Paper exit jam See the Paper Status Messages section of this chapter Indicates input buffer overflow the overflow characte...

Page 49: ...of this chapter u2 In conjunction with a USER MAINTENANCE light this indicates that the drum cartridge and lens shield should be replaced See the User Maintenance section of this chapter IC Card Status Messages CH IC card problem Indicates one of the following IC card problems To correct the problem first make sure the ON LINE indicator light is off Then correct as described below and press the ER...

Page 50: ...ng paper from the paper tray the panel displays this code To clear this jam follow these steps 1 Check to see that the paper set lever was not accidentally left in the down position 2 If the lever is correctly positioned clear the jam by pressing the paper set lever down and removing all sheets that have fed part of the way into the printer See Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 Clearing a paper feed jam 3 Rai...

Page 51: ...y pads J I paper transport jam When paper jams in the transport section the panel displays this code To clear this jam follow these steps 1 Open the printer using the latch on the front of the printer WARNING Opening the printer exposes the fusing unit which is marked by a CAUTION HOT SURFACE label Be careful not to touch the fusing unit 2 Use the blue handle on the right side of the processing un...

Page 52: ...idge 5 Close the case and resume printing when the printer has warmed up A paper exit jam When paper jams as it is leaving the printer the panel displays this code To clear this jam follow these steps 1 Open the printer using the latch on the front of the printer WARNING Opening the printer exposes the fusing unit which is marked by a 1 2 Lift the processing unit using the blue handle on the right...

Page 53: ... the DATA light will flash in this case Press the PAPER FEED button to force printing thus clearing the buffer User Maintenance Three messages indicate a need for routine maintenance These conditions can be corrected by following the instructions below Consult your Epson dealer for any necessary replacement parts and supplies f6 toner out The toner cartridge supplied with your GQ 3500 should last ...

Page 54: ...ke the toner cartridge out of its box Remove the take up handle from the top of the cartridge Note The end of the cartridge with the take up handle on it is the front of the cartridge Shake the toner cartridge back and forth several times horizontally This distributes the toner evenly in the cartridge On the bottom right side of the toner cartridge are two pins one at each end Hold the toner cartr...

Page 55: ...ck lever to lock the cartridge into place See Figure 5 6 Caution Do not press on the top of the toner cartridge because toner may spill into the printer Instead press on the edge of the cartridge as shown If toner does spill into the printer you must remove it with a small vacuum cleaner Figure 5 6 Locking the cartridge info place Maintenance and Status Messages 5 9 ...

Page 56: ... the comers of the toner cartridge to prevent the toner from remaining in the comers of the cartridge Caution Once the toner cartridge has been installed do not remove it until you are prompted to do so by the TONER OUT light on the control panel Otherwise toner will spill into the printer 10 Remove the take up lever 11 To make sure that the developer unit is properly locked into place press on th...

Page 57: ...the USER MAINTENANCE indicator lights Printer operation stops after the page being printed To replace the collector unit and lens shield follow these steps WARNING This procedure will expose the drum Because the drum is light sensitive it should not be exposed to lighting brighter than normal room light Room light exposure should not exceed five minutes Completing this procedure in less than five ...

Page 58: ...s and set it on the drum inside the printer Pinch the green lock levers open and fit the collector unit down over the drum Firmly press the blue reset lever located toward the back inside of the printer on the left See Figure 5 9 This lever resets the counter that keeps track of the usage of the drum Figure 5 9 Resetting the printer 5 12 Maintenance and Status Messages ...

Page 59: ...um cartridge requires replacement the status indicator displays 2 and the USER MAINTENANCE indicator lights Printer operation stops after ejection of the page being printed To replace the drum cartridge and lens shield follow these steps WARNING This procedure will expose the drum Because the drum is light sensitive it should not be exposed to lighting brighter than normal room light Room light ex...

Page 60: ...rtridge has been removed clean the transfer charger wire with the cleaning tool in the printer as described in the Preventive Maintenance section of this chapter 4 Remove a new drum cartridge from its package and pull the handle of the blade pressure release lever Then remove the orange holder 5 Grasp the green handles and set the new drum cartridge in the printer See Figure 5 11 Figure 5 11 Insta...

Page 61: ...rror with the engine driver CPU the main motor the optical unit or the fusing unit the status indicator displays ED alternating with a two digit error code number If this happens write down the error code number turn off the power and contact a qualified service representative E 1 printer controller error If the GQ 3500 detects an error in its controller unit or its system memory the status indica...

Page 62: ...ift out the drum cartridge the collector unit together with the drum Locate the small cleaning blade a user maintenance tool stored inside of the printer This cleaning tool is in the boxy receptacle located at the front of the printer to the right of the toner cartridge Note that the direction the cleaning blade is stored is the reverse of the direction you use it Remove the blade from the recepta...

Page 63: ...R button switches back and forth between OC which prints a vertical line pattern and 1 C which prints the GQ 3500 s text characters To make a test print press the PAPER FEED button If you hold down the PAPER FEED button for more than two seconds the printer continues to produce test prints until you press the SHIFT button Examine the test print checking to see that the image is clear and distinct ...

Page 64: ... This chapter includes examples in the BASIC programming language Although you may not do much of your printing using BASIC nearly all computers come with some version of this language and it s easy to use even for the non programmer To try the examples shown here you ll need to know how to start BASIC and how to enter and run a program should provide this information Your computer s manual To use...

Page 65: ...ke this LPRINT Don t send CR LF Because the GQ 3500 prints one page at a time instead of one line at a time no printing takes place until a form feed FP command or a full page of data is received Orientation Before you start printing decide which direction you want the printing to go In portrait orientation the lines of text are printed perpendicular to the direction of the paper moving through th...

Page 66: ...ormal settings for such items as orientation font margins and line spacing To use the command in BASIC enter the following LPRINT CHR 27 The initial settings reset by ESC are also affected by the settings of the DIP switches Font Selection If you have any IC font cartridges or user defined download fonts for your GQ 3500 you have a wide variety of typestyles and sizes available to enhance the appe...

Page 67: ...of each character The first number in the command controls the width the second number controls the height For normal width or height use a 1 for double wide or double high type use a 2 for triple wide or triple high use a 3 The GQ 3500 can print any combination of standard double and triple height and width The program below shows some examples 100 LPRINT CHR 27 z CHR l CHR l 110 LPRINT normal si...

Page 68: ...ext files and the characters between them will print in bold face Underlining The GQ 3500 has an automatic underlining feature that underlines all characters and the spaces that separate them Underlining is useful for giving greater emphasis to some portions of your text The command to begin underlining is ESC 1 To stop underling use ESC O Background patterns Another way to change the appearance o...

Page 69: ... command is turned on is the upper left comer of the rectangle and the point where the command is turned off is the lower right comer of the rectangle Try this program to see the difference in the way the commands work 100 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR l CHR l 110 LPRINT This is a demonstration of background 120 LPRINT patterns and the way they affect a 130 LPRINT rectangular area CHR 27 1 140 LPRINT Notice h...

Page 70: ... the line measured in l 300 of an inch The length of the Line measured in 1 3CKXhs of an inch With the above information you ll need to make some calculations because your computer can only represent numbers up to 255 in a single character and many measurements will be more than 255 300 of an inch you need to break up the numbers into two characters To do this divide your total measurement by 256 ...

Page 71: ...5 CHR O CHR 70 CHR 5 The following program shows each of the line types and how to vary the line thickness and direction 100 J llO 110 FOR I 0 TO 4 120 LPRINT CHR 27 _ CHR I 125 LPRINT CHR 255 CHR O CHR J CHR O 130 LPRINT CHR O CHR g CHR o CHR lg CHR 2 140 J J 35 150 NEXT 160 J llO 170 FOR I 0 TO 4 180 LPRINT CHR 27 _ CHR I CHR J 185 LPRINT CHR O CHR 127 CHR l 190 LPRINT CHR l CHR 3 CHR O CHR l9 C...

Page 72: ...phics mode is similar to the other commands with which you are now familiar To select the graphic mode use the ESC I 1 n command replacing n with a number from 1 8 you wish to use to identify the image You can store eight images in the printer s memory at a time They remain in memory until you either turn the printer off or delete them from memory with the ESC I 0 n command The five graphics comma...

Page 73: ...r instead of just one ASCII 100 To see the difference study the example programs that follow Using the line primitive 100 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR O CHR 4 110 LPRINT EXIT CHR 13 120 LPRINT CHR 27 CHR l CHR 4 130 LPRINT ALLOCATE 650 65O CHR l3 140 LPRINT LINE 150 LPRINT LINE 160 LPRINT LINE 170 LPRINT LINE 180 LPRINT LINE 190 LPRINT LINE lOO lOO 100 600 CHR l3 100 600 600 6OO CHR l3 100 400 300 4OO CHR l3...

Page 74: ...PRINT ALL0CATE 1800 1800 CHR 13 140 LPRINT LINE lOO lOO 500 300 0 1 CHR 13 150 LPRINT LINE 600 lOO 1000 600 0 1r CHR 13 160 LPRINT PAINT llO llO l CHR l3 170 LPRINT EXIT CHR 13 180 LPRINT CHRS 27 CHR 2 CHR 4 190 LPRINT CHR 236 CHR O CHR lOO CHR 2 200 LPRINT EXIT CHR 13 210 LPRINT CHR 12 Software Control of Printer Features ...

Page 75: ...ll measurements are given in 1 3OOths of an inch The GQ 3500 printer prints using dots that are 1 3OOths of an inch wide thus the measurement value equals the number of dots needed to print an image Because parameters are entered as ASCII strings in the graphics mode no mathematical conversions arc necessary Printing images As the previous sample programs demonstrate the ESC I 1 command is used to...

Page 76: ... position and put in into the command Image number 1 Distance from left edge 2 600 300 remainder 88 quotient 2 Distance from top edge 3 3 990 300 remainder 222 quotient 3 The complete command looks like this LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 2 CHR l CHR 88 CHR 2 CHR 222 CHR 3 The point specified by this command is the upper left corner of the area allocated for the figure Software Control of Printer Features 6 1 ...

Page 77: ...s divided by topic with page number references that direct you to full explanations of the commands Epson LQ Emulation This section lists and describes all the commands for this mode Line Printer This section lists and describes all the commands for this mode In the description sections the commands are divided into the following topics Printer Operation Data Control Vertical Motion Horizontal Mot...

Page 78: ...rinting You can use either of the following commands to turn ON proportional print from BASIC LPRINT CHR 27 CHR 112 CHR l LPRINT CHR 27 p CHR l Note In the format section letters such as n and d represent variables that must be entered when the command is used These variables should be entered as ASCII codes not characters For example the format for selecting an international character set is ESC ...

Page 79: ...ide 1 line Select double wide 1 line Select input paper tray Set intercharacter space Master select Set print position on line Select download font set Set page format Set print position on page Move base line Select pitch Turn underlining on off Move logical coordinates Select 1 B inch line spacing Select 1 dinch line spacing Programmable line spacing Select italic mode Cancel italic mode Initial...

Page 80: ...de Character alignment Cancel super subscript Turn double wide on off Erase graphic image Character set by point size Set relative position Define graphic image Character set by weight Print ruled line Print graphic image Justification Character set by pitch Turn double high on off Font set definition Select typeface Select character set Set left margin Set number of copies Set character magnifica...

Page 81: ...eleted if a partial page has been printed it is ejected However the page orientation font selection and coordinate settings don t change and download fonts and graphics images are saved Selection DCl Format ASCII code DC1 Decimal 17 Hexadecimal 11 Select Printer Comments Returns the printer to the selected state if it has been deselected by the printer deselect code DC3 Does not select the printer...

Page 82: ... Pauer Tray Comments The following values can be used for n 1 Selects standard tray 2 Selects other tray All values of n except those listed above are ignored If the printer is not equipped with an option tray the command is ignored This command must be specified at the beginning of a page otherwise it is ignored Beeper BEL Format ASCII code BEL Decimal 7 Hexadecimal 07 Beeper Comments Sounds the ...

Page 83: ...s the number of units that will make up the minimum increment The following values can be used for nl 0 Minimum increment is specified in dots l 300 of an inch 1 Minimum increment is specified in l 720 of an inch 2 Minimum increment is specified in characters character pitch horizontally and line spacing vertically The following values can be used for IQ When nl O dots the smallest possible minimu...

Page 84: ...f DIP switch l 5 is ON Vertical Motion Form feeding FF Format ASClI code FF Decimal 12 Hexadecimal OC Form Feed Comments Prints the data in the print buffer then moves the print position to the left margin at the beginning of the next page In other words this code starts a new page With DIP switch l 7 ON the form feed operation takes place automatically when the data exceeds the page length even i...

Page 85: ...eginning of a line ESC C0 Format ASCII code ESC C Decimal 27 67 Hexadecimal 1B 43 Set Page Lerwth in Inches NUL n 0 n 00 n colnments Sets the page length to n inches The value of n must be from 1 22 After the printer receives this command the current print position becomes the top line of the page This command must be at the beginning of a line Line feeding Format ASCIIccde L F Decimal 10 Hexadeci...

Page 86: ...ine feed is made after setting the line spacing to 1 6th of an inch the reference point for positioning is the bottom edge of the immediately preceding line space ESC A Select n 60 inch Line Spacing Format ASCII code ESC A n Decimal 27 65 n Hexadecimal 1B 41 n Comments Sets the line spacing to n 60 of an inch for subsequent line feed commands The value of n must be from 0 127 When a line feed is m...

Page 87: ... times the minimum increment specified by ESC q The value of n must be from 0 255 This command does not change the horizontal print position and does not affect the line spacing Vertical tabbing VT Format ASCIlcode VT Decimal 11 Hexadecimal OB Vertical Tab Comments Advances the print position vertically to the next vertical tab stop After executing this command the next character received by the p...

Page 88: ...tabs Tabs are cancelled if paper size is changed Horizontal Motion Margins ESC 1 Format ASCII code ESC I n Decimal 27 108 n Hexadecimal 1B 6C n Set Left Marvin Comments Sets the left margin to n columns from the left edge of the physical print area The width of one column is equal to the current character pitch and the left edge of the physical print area is counted as the first column Settings ma...

Page 89: ...code BS Decimal 8 Hexadecimal 08 Backspace Comments Moves the print position one character s width to the left The amount of movement is determined by the pitch of the preceding character The BS code can only backspace one character The BS code will be ignored if it appears at the left margin at the beginning of a line or following HT ESC ESC or ESC ESC Set Absolute Print Position on Line Format A...

Page 90: ...256 If you specify a position past the right margin this command will wrap to the next line if DIP switch l 6 is ON Otherwise information that would print past the right margin will be ignored Horizontal tabbing HT Format ASCIIcode H T Decimal 9 Hexadecimal 09 orrzontal Tab Comments Advances the print position horizontally to the next horizontal tab stop The default settings are at intervals of ei...

Page 91: ...ontal tab stops are set in every eighth column All tabs can be cleared by sending ESC D NUL HT code will then be ignored Page Position Orientation ESC o Format ASCII code ESC o n Decimal 27 111 n Hexadecimal 1 B 6F n Set Pape Orientation Comments Sets the page orientation The following values can be used for n 0 Portrait orientation printed lines of text perpendicular to the direction of paper tra...

Page 92: ...8 and n9 specify the right margin In each case the margin is specified in units of the minimum increment using the formula total distance nl n2 x 256 The minimum increment is specified with ESC q The margins are cleared if the paper size is changed Margins must be less than 5461 in dots Print position movement ESC 1 Set Absolute Print Position on Page Format ASCII code ESC nl n2 n3 n4 Decimal 27 4...

Page 93: ... the right The values of n1 and n2 specify the distance between the physical and logical origins in the X horizontal direction n3 and n4 specify the distance between the origins in the Y vertical direction In each case the distance is specified in units of the minimum increment using the formula total distance n1 n2 x 256 The minimum increment is specified withESC q Overall Printing Style Font sel...

Page 94: ...to 7 Download character set If you are using two font cards the fonts in the card in the A slot are numbered 0 X and the numbering of the fonts in the B slot begins with x 1 To select a download character set with this command subtract 1 from the download font number For example to select download font 2 specify font 1 ESC t Turn Extended Graphics Mode On Off Format ASCII code ESC t n Decimal 27 1...

Page 95: ... is determined by adding together the values of the desired modes from the table Appropriate fonts must be available for the italic and proportional modes Table A 2 Master Select numbers Decimal Hex Mode 0 00 Pica 10 cpi 1 01 Elite 12 cpi 2 02 Proportional 8 08 Emphasized 16 10 Emphasized 32 20 Double wide 64 40 Italic 128 80 Underline Page Printer Commands A 1 9 ...

Page 96: ...re Table A 3 Character sizes Decimal Hex 55 37 56 38 65 41 67 43 Point Size 7 point 8 point 10 point 12 point ESC 1 Select Character Set by Weich Format ASClI code ESC n Decimak 27 93 n Hexadecimal 1B 5D n Comments Changes the character weight to that specified by the value of n as shown in the following table If the specified font is not available the previous font is used Tab A4 Character sizes ...

Page 97: ... nl n2 n3 nl n2 n3 nl n2 n3 Select Pitch Comments Specifies the print pitch character spacing which determines the distance from the left edge of one character cell to the left edge of the next one If ESC SP intercharacter spacing is set with a value more than 0 the distance between the characters will be the value of ESC SF plus the value in the ESC command If nl O the pitch assigned to each char...

Page 98: ...Double wide Mode one line Comments Double wide mode doubles the width of all characters and spaces This mode is canceled when the printer receives the DC4 LF VT ESC WO or FF code ESC SO Select Double wide Mode one line Format ASCII code ESC SO Decimal 27 14 Hexadecimal 1 B OE Comments Duplicates the SO command DC4 Format ASCII code DC4 Decimal 20 Hexadecimal 14 Cmouble wide Mode one 1inel Comments...

Page 99: ... can be used for n 1 Mode is turned ON 0 Mode is turned OFF ESC2 Set Char r Magnification Format ASCII code ESC z nl n2 Decimal 27 122 nl n2 Hexadecimal 1B 7A nl n2 Comments gets the horizontal and vertical character magnification which is specified independently for each direction The value of nl specifies the horizontal character magnification character width the value of n2 specifies the vertic...

Page 100: ...at ASCII code ESC F Decimal 27 70 Hexadecimal 1B 46 Cancel Emphasized Mode Comments Cancels emphasized mode selected with ESC E ESC G Format ASCll code ESC G Decimal 27 71 Hexadecimal 1B 47 Select Emvhasized Mode Comments Duplicates the ESC E command but must be turned off with ESC H ESCH Format ASCII code ESC H Decimal 27 72 Hexadecimal 1B 48 C ode Comments Cancels emphasized mode selected with E...

Page 101: ... It is canceled with ESC T This command only works if there is a 15 pitch font loaded Does not work in the proportional mode ESCT Format ASCII code ESC T Decimal 27 84 Hexadecimal 1B 54 Cancel SuverscrivtBubscrivt Comments Cancels either superscript or subscript mode Format ASCII code ESC n Decimal 27 45 n Hexadecimal 1B 2D n rw Mode On Off Comments This mode provides continuous underlining includ...

Page 102: ...ved up subtract the displacement from 256 If the amount of base line movement exceeds the current line spacing the command is ignored ESC u Format ASCII code ESC u n Decimal 27 117 n Hexadecimal 1B 75 n CharacterAliPnment Comments The following values can be used for n 0 Base line alignment 1 Cell top edge alignment 2 Cell bottom edge alignment 3 Character center alignment 4 Cell center alignment ...

Page 103: ... ended with CR LF VT or FF In order to affect a line of text this command must be received at the beginning of the line The HT and ESC commands are ignored if received after selecting centered n 1 or flush right n 2 positioning ESC SP Format ASCII code ESC SP n Decimal 27 32 n Hexadecimal 1 B 20 n Set Intercharacter Svace Comments Sets the amount of space between characters The value of n specifie...

Page 104: ...xadecimal ESC 5 27 53 1B 35 Cancel Italic Mode Comments This command ends printing with italic or oblique characters ESC R Select an International Character Set Format ASCII code ESC R n Decimal 27 82 n Hexadecimal 1B 52 n Comments See Appendix D for full information on international character sets The following values can be used for n 0 USA 5 Sweden 1 France 6 Italy 2 Germany 7 Spain 3 UK 8 Japa...

Page 105: ...nts This command is used for downloading up to eight additional fonts for the GQ 3500 This command can also delete a download font set Because of the complexity of this cornman d Epson is making available a programmer s manual that treats the subject in detail User Defined Forms ESC _ Format ASCII code ESC Decimal 27 ii5 Hexadecimal 1 B 5F nl nl nl Print Ruled Line n2 n10 n2 n10 n2 n10 Comments Pr...

Page 106: ...ncrement using the formula n9 n10 x 256 The minimum increment is specified with ESC q ESC Format ASCII code ESC nl Decimal 27 123 nl Hexadecimal 1B 7B nl Define Delete Form n2 dl n2 dl n2 dl Comments Defines a form that can be printed on each page or deletes a form The following values can be used for nl 0 Delete a defined form 1 Start form definition 2 End form definition The value of n2 must be ...

Page 107: ... OFF The value of n2 must be from 1 to 8 it specifies the number of the form to be printed When overlays are on the selected form is automatically printed at the beginning of each page until printing is stopped by using this command with 0 specified for nl Graphics ESC n Format ASCII code ESC n n Decimal 27 110 n Hexadecimal 1B 6E n Define BackPround d l d32 d l d32 dl d32 Comments Defines a backg...

Page 108: ...r examples and more information EsCvl Define Graphic Imace Format ASCII code ESC v SOH nl n5 Decimal 27 118 1 nl n5 Hexadecimal 1B 76 01 nl n5 Comments Defines a graphic image bit image pattern The value of nl from 0 127 specifies the number assigned to the image The value of n2 and n3 specifies the width of the image being defined in units of the minimum increment specified by ESC q The value of ...

Page 109: ... value of n6 and n7 specifies the vertical distance from the logical origin X axis to the top of the image This formula determines the distance n4 n5 x 256 or n6 n7 x 256 Exvo Format ASCII code Decimal Hexadecimal ESC v 27 118 1B 76 Erase Graphic Image NUL nl 0 nl 00 nl Comments Erases graphic images from the printer s memory The value of nl from 0 127 specifies the number assigned to the image Gr...

Page 110: ... indicated as CR in the format The parentheses and commas shown are required When you are done defining your graphics you must finish with the EXIT command and a carriage return See Chapter 6 for sample graphics programs ALLOCATE Format ASCII code Reserve Grauhic Area ALLOCATE nl n2 CR Comments This command reserves an area for preparing graphic images with the simplified graphics functions The wi...

Page 111: ... where each bit represents one dot on the line Bits set to 1 print and bits set to 0 don t The following values can be used for n9 which determines the line thickness 0 Thin line 1 Medium line default 2 Thick line Any of the optional parameters can be left out but if you are specifying other parameters after the missing ones you must include commas to hold the place All measurements are made in un...

Page 112: ... following values canbe used for n2 0 Draw straight line between points 1 Draw a box Xl Yl is the upper left comer X2 Y2 is the lower right comer The value of n3 determines the line style The value of n3 is interpreted as a 64 bit binary number where each bit represents one dot on the line Bits set to 1 print and bits set to 0 don t The following values can be used for n4 which determines the line...

Page 113: ... orientation or SelecType settings Selection DCl Format ASCII code DC1 Decimal 17 Hexadecimal 11 Select Printer Comments Returns the printer to the selected state if it has been deselected by the printer deselect code 0X3 Does not select the printer if it has been set off line by pressing the ON LINE button DC3 Format ASCII code DC3 Decimal 19 Hexadecimal 13 Deselect Printer Comments Puts the prin...

Page 114: ... margin A line feed may be added if the AUTO FEED XT line on the parallel interface is held LOW Vertical Motion Form feeding FF Format ASCII code FF Decimal 12 Hexadecimal OC Form Feed Comments Advances the paper to the top of the next form according to the current page length If the next top of form is on a different physical page the contents of the print buffer are printed and the page is eject...

Page 115: ...7 0 n Hexadecimal 1B 43 00 n Comments Sets the page length to n inches The value of n must be from 1 22 The top of form position is set to the current line Line feeding LF Format ASCII code LF Decimal 10 Hexadecimal 0A Line Feed Comments Print position advances one line in the current line spacing and moves to the left margin ESC 0 Format ASCII code Decimal Hexadecimal ESC 0 27 48 16 30 Select 1 8...

Page 116: ...s ESC A Select n 60 inch Line Spacing Format ASCII code ESC A n Decimal 27 65 n Hexadecimal 1B 41 n Comments Sets the line spacing to n 60 of an inch for subsequent line feed commands The value of n must be from 0 127 ESC Perform n 180 inch Line Feed Format ASCII code ESC J n Decimal 27 74 n Hexadecimal 1B 4A n Comments Advances the print position n 180 of an inch The value of n must be from 0 255...

Page 117: ...ng Tab settings are not affected by subsequent changes in line spacing The tab settings are entered as nl IQ etc all from 1 255 in ascending order The 0 character indicates the end of the command All settings are stored in channel 0 see ESC b ESC B 0 clears the tab settings ESC b Set Vertical Tabs in Channels Format ASCII code ESC b c nl n2 NUL Decimal 27 98 c nl n2 0 Hexadecimal 1B 62 c nl n2 00 ...

Page 118: ...70 in condensed 12 pitch Settings made in the proportional mode are treated as 10 pitch This command clears previous tab settings and all previous characters in the print line Use lowercase 1 for left not the numeral one The minimum space between the margins is the width of one double wide 10 pitch character ESC Cj Set Right Marcin Format ASCII code ESC Q n Decimal 27 81 n Hexadecimal 1 B 51 n Com...

Page 119: ... be printed using this formula total number of dots nl n2 x 256 Each unit equals 1 60th of an inch The sequence is ignored and the previous setting remains effective if the position specified is beyond the right margin ESC Format ASCII code ESC Decimal 27 92 Hexadecimal 1B 5C nl nl nl Set ReIative Position n2 n2 n2 Comments Determines the position relative to the current position at which printing...

Page 120: ...red as nl n2 n3 etc from 1 255 with the 0 character terminating the command The tab settings must be entered in ascending order ESC D 0 clears all tabs The settings on power up or after an ESC command are every eight characters The tab settings do not change if the character pitch is changed and for proportional printing the size of 10 pitch characters determines the tab positions Overall Printing...

Page 121: ... font must be available to use italics Print Size and Character Width ESC P Format ASClIcode ESC P Decimal 27 80 Hexadecimal 1B 50 Select 10 Pitch Pica Comments Selects 10 pitch 10 characters per inch Because 10 pitch is the default pitch this command is normally used to cancel 12 pitch elite or 15 pitch ESC Format ASCII code ESC M lIkimal 27 77 Hexadecimal 1 B 4D Comments Selects 12 pitch 12 char...

Page 122: ...dix D This command overrides condensed 0 Format ASCIl code SO Decimal 14 Hexadecimal OE Select Double wide Mode one line Comments Double wide mode doubles the width of all characters This mode is cancelled by a carriage return DC4 LF VT or ESC W 0 ESC SO Select Double wide Mode tone line Format ASCIl code ESC SO Decimal 27 14 Hexadecimal 1 B OE Comments Duplicates the SO command DC4 Format ASCII c...

Page 123: ...oubles the width of all characters Print Enhancement Format ASCII code ESC E Decimal 27 69 Hexadecimal 1B 45 Comments Makes text bolder ESC F Format ASCII code ESC F DlXiId 27 70 Hexadecimal 1B 46 Cancel Emphasized Mode Comments Cancels emphasized the mode selected by ESC E EKG Format ASCII code ESC G DC cimd 27 71 Hexadecimal 1B 47 SWble strike MOde Comments Makes text bolder LQ Emulation Command...

Page 124: ...d pitch even when printing in proportionate spacing mode The character 0 can also be used for n ESCSl Select SubscrivtMode Format ASCII code ESC S SOH Decimal 27 83 1 Hexadecimal 1B 53 01 Comments Prints characters low on the text line It is canceled with ESC T Subscript characters are printed using a 15 pitch font If a 15 pitch font is not installed the internal 13 pitch EDP font is used Subscrip...

Page 125: ...imal 1B 61 n Comments The following values can be used for n 0 Selects left justification 1 Selects centering 2 Selects right justification 3 Selects full justification ESC SP soace Set Intercharacter Suace Format ASCII code ESC SP n Decimal 27 32 n Hexadecimal 1 B 20 n Comments Sets the amount of space added between characters in addition to the space already allowed in the design of the characte...

Page 126: ...CII code ESC 5 Decimal 27 53 Hexadecimal 1B 35 Cancel Italic Mode Comments Cancels the mode selected by ESC 4 ESCR Select an International Character Set Format ASCII code ESC R n Decimal 27 82 n Hexadecimal 1B 52 n Comments Appendix D includes all the international character sets The following values can be used for n O USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 uK 4 Denmark 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 Japan 9 15 US...

Page 127: ...ently selected mode ESC Copy ROM into RAM Format ASCII code ESC NUL NUL NUL Decimal 27 58 0 0 0 Hexadecimal 1B 3A 00 00 00 Comments This code copies the characters in the ROM into RAM so that specific characters can be redefined ESC Select User defined Set Format ASCII code ESC n Decimal 27 37 n Hexadecimal 1B 25 n Comments ESC is required to define the character set The following values can be us...

Page 128: ...I code ESC L nl n2 Decimal 27 76 nl n2 Hexadecimal 18 4C nl n2 Comments Duplicates ESC K ESC Y Select Siwle densitv Graphics Mode Format ASCII code ESC Y nl n2 Decimal 27 89 nl n2 Hexadecimal 1B 59 nl n2 Comments Duplicates ESC K ESC Z Select Ouadruule densihr Gravhics Mode Format ASCIl code ESC 2 nl n2 Decimal 27 90 nl n2 Hexadecimal 1B 5A nl n2 Comments Turns on eight pin quadruple density graph...

Page 129: ...m nl n2 Comments Turns on graphics modem ESC ReassiPn Graphics Mode Format ASCII code ESC S n Decimal 27 63 S n Hexadecimal 1 B 3F S n Comments Changes one graphics mode to another The variable s is a character K L Y or Z which is reassigned to a mode n 0 6 32 33 38 or 39 LQ Emulation Commands A 53 ...

Page 130: ...page orientation and paper size CR Format A SCIIcode C R Decimal 13 Hexadecimal OD Carriape Return Comments Returns the print position the position at which the next character is printed to the left margin FF Format ASCIIcode F F Decimal 12 Hexadecimal OC Form Feed Comments Prints the data in the print buffer then moves the print position to the left margin at the beginning of the next page In oth...

Page 131: ...ecimal 9 Hexadecimal 09 Horizontal Tab Comments Advances the print position horizontally to the next horizontal tab stop The default settings are at intervals of eight characters and cannot be changed A 56 Line Printer Commands ...

Page 132: ...r stops flashing if a jam occurs No action is required To cancel the printout of remaining copies set the printer off line and press the SHIFT button The printer is in test mode described in Chapter 1 In this mode the GQ 3500 prints a vertical line test pattern when the PAPER FEED button is pressed No action is required To exit test mode and enter normal print mode press the ON LINE button Same as...

Page 133: ...wer and contact a qualified service representative El E 1 alternating with a two digit number indicates a problem that may require a service call For error code E 1 Cd in particular see the following status message Turn the printer off for a few seconds then turn it back on If the same error recurs then write down the full number displayed such as f 1 8U turn off the power and contact a qualified ...

Page 134: ...s message is displayed while the printer is printing in this way Paper out See Chapter 4 for details on adding paper Paper size being used does not match paper size selected Change the setting or change the paper to make the setting and paper size match Toner out Change the toner cartridge See Chapter 5 for more details Collector unit and lens shield should be replaced Replace the collector unit a...

Page 135: ...erride many of these settings from the control panel or with software commands the defaults remain the same Whenever you turn on the printer the printer is set to the default settings DIP switch 3 is used with optional IC Cards If you use an optional IC card the functions of switch 3 will be described in the instructions that came with the IC card There are also one or two DIP switches on the outs...

Page 136: ...es Automatic line feed ON OFF See Table C 2 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF Automatic carriage return Automatic form feed ON OFF ON OFF Beeper ON OFF Table C 2 Print mode settings Table C 3 Dip switch 2 settings Switch 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 Function Page orientation Paper size International character set selection See Table C 4 See Table C 5 C 2 DIP Switches ...

Page 137: ...Px 11 Half Letter 5 W x 8 W Legal 8 l 12 x 14 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON ON ON ON Table C 5 International Character Sets Settings 2 5 1 2 6 2 7 2 8 USA France Germany UK Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Japan OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON DIP Switches C 3 ...

Page 138: ...aphics 1 ON Portrait 10 12 6 Ext Graphics 1 OL Landscape 10 12 CPI is characters per inch and PS is point size Modem EN10 is a proportionally spaced font The pages that follow show all the characters in all the internal fonts along with their decimal and hexadecimal codes The characters are shown only in the portrait orientation The last column on the right on each page gives the proportional widt...

Page 139: ...Width O l 2 3 5 6 4 for F4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA OB o c OD OE OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 25 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1c 1D 1E 1F D 2 Character Tables ...

Page 140: ...9 42 2A 43 2B 44 2 c 45 2D 46 2E 47 2F 48 30 49 31 50 32 51 33 52 34 53 35 54 36 55 37 56 38 57 39 58 3A 59 38 60 3 c 61 3D 62 3E 63 3F II I i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 9 i 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 24 16 22 26 26 26 26 14 17 17 24 24 14 24 14 18 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 16 16 21 24 21 22 Character Tables D 3 ...

Page 141: ...7 4D 78 4E 79 4F 80 50 81 51 82 52 83 53 84 54 85 55 86 56 87 57 88 58 89 59 90 5A 91 58 92 5C 93 5D 94 5E 95 5F e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 0 iii R S T U V W X Y Z 1 A 0 C D E F G H I J K M N 0 P Q R s T U V W X Y 2 1 A 30 32 29 32 32 29 29 32 33 19 27 32 30 35 31 34 29 34 32 28 29 32 31 35 34 32 28 23 16 23 24 26 D 4 Character Tables ...

Page 142: ...6F 112 70 113 71 114 72 115 73 116 74 117 75 118 76 119 77 120 78 121 79 122 7A 123 78 124 7c 125 7D 126 7E 127 7F i e f ii i i 1 m n 0 P cl r U V W X Y z r I a b 0 d e f 9 h i j k 1 m t l 0 P q r s t w x Y z I f L i j k 1 m n 0 P q r F u V W X Y Y i 20 27 29 25 29 26 22 27 30 19 18 30 19 35 29 28 29 29 24 25 22 30 29 35 29 27 22 24 16 24 24 Character Tables D 5 ...

Page 143: ...5 134 86 135 87 136 88 137 89 138 8A 139 88 140 8C 141 8D 142 8E 143 8F 144 90 145 91 146 92 147 93 148 94 149 95 150 96 151 97 152 98 153 99 154 9A 155 9B 156 9c 157 9D 158 9E 159 9F 32 30 26 27 27 27 27 25 26 26 26 21 21 19 32 32 29 34 35 28 28 28 30 30 27 34 32 25 27 29 35 23 D 6 Character Tables ...

Page 144: ...2 163 A3 164 A4 165 A5 166 A6 167 A7 168 A8 169 A9 170 AA 171 AB 172 AC 173 AD 174 AE 175 AF 176 BO 177 Bl 178 82 179 83 180 84 181 85 182 B6 183 B7 184 B8 185 B9 186 BA 187 BB 188 BC 189 BD 190 BE 191 BF i i 11 27 19 28 30 29 31 27 28 22 29 29 24 24 16 32 32 Character Tables D 7 ...

Page 145: ... 193 Cl 194 c 2 195 c 3 196 c 4 197 c 5 198 C6 199 c 7 200 C8 201 c9 202 CA 203 CB 204 c c 205 CD 206 CE 207 CF 208 DO 209 Dl 210 D2 211 D3 212 D4 213 D5 214 D6 215 D7 216 D8 217 D9 218 DA 219 DB 220 DC 221 DD 222 DE 223 DF L I 1 r T Y lL i u L I D 8 Character Tables ...

Page 146: ... 227 E3 228 E4 229 E5 230 E6 231 E7 232 E8 233 E9 234 EA 235 EB 236 EC 237 ED 238 EE 239 EF 240 FO 241 Fl 242 F2 243 F3 244 F4 245 F5 246 F6 247 F7 248 F8 249 F9 250 FA 251 FB 252 FC 253 FD 254 FE 255 FF 28 26 28 27 29 28 29 23 31 25 30 26 31 28 27 29 T 0 d 2 I Character Tables D 9 ...

Page 147: ...acters 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 126 0 USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 UK 4 Denmark 5 Sweden ngAeA j g6 ti 6 Italy k tiAb6i 7 Spain 8 Japan At the top of each column is the decimal code for that character D 10 Character Tables ...

Page 148: ...scanning direction 300 dpi Vertical paper travel direction 300 dpi Printing speed during continuous printing using the multiple copy print command 6 pages per minute for letter size paper Warm up time At normal temperature 45 seconds or less Line spacing 1 6 inch or programmable Resident character sets Courier 10 cpi portrait and landscape EDP 13 cpi portrait and landscape Modern PSN 12 cpi portra...

Page 149: ... 3 B5 182mm 7 2 257mm 10 2 Letter 8 5 11 WFJ 8 5 14 Half Letter 5 5 8 5 Special sizes any size within the usable paper size range Paper feed alignment and direction Center alignment for all sizes lengthwise direction for standard sizes Paper feed Automatic feed with paper tray or manual feed Paper tray capacity up to 150 sheets 20 lb paper Mechanical Dimensions and Weight Height 8 5 215mm Width 15...

Page 150: ...ctric strength Can withstand 1 25 kV for 1 minute between primary and frame ground or 1 25 kV for 1 minute between primary and secondary of transformer Controller Hardware ROM 192K bytes for storing programs and character patterns RAM system area 128K bytes user area control 32K bytes user area for download graphic data and form overlays 470K bytes IC card slots for font and identity cards 2 Inter...

Page 151: ...and put it in its original packing materials Remove the toner cartridge If the cartridge is not yet empty this will cause toner to spill into the printer Remove the spilled toner with a small vacuum cleaner Push back the reset lever shown on page 5 12 while you close the top of the printer If you do this carefully the reset lever will go behind a connector in the bottom part of the printer and wil...

Page 152: ...s However you can change several options on the interface This appendix describes the options and how to change them DIP Switch 4 DIP Switch 4 controls several functions of the parallel interface This DIP switch is located on the back of the interface so you don t have to remove the interface to access it Figure F 1 shows the location of DIP switch 4 Table F 1 shows the functions of the switches T...

Page 153: ...n this switch is OFF the eighth data bit is ignored Delay 4 l 4 2 Explanation 0 microseconds OFF OFF Sets the delay period from 10 microseconds ON OFF the ACKNLG to the BUSY 5 microseconds OFF ON signals Parallel Interface Jumpers There are three jumpers on the parallel interface These jumpers control some of the functions of the parallel interface These jumpers change settings that do not normall...

Page 154: ...le F 3 shows connector pin assignments and describes the respective interface signals Table F 3 Pins and signals Signal Return Dlrec Pin Pin Signal tion Description 1 19 STROBE IN The strobe pulse is used to synchronize the timing when the data lines are read A pulse width of at least 0 5 microseconds is required Ordinarily this signal is kept HIGH data is read when it drops to LOW However the pha...

Page 155: ...ived or prints them as spaces is determined by the setting of DIP switch l 4 The most significant data bit is DATA However if DIP switch 4 4 is OFF the interface will ignore DATA8 giving an effective data length of 7 bits After reading each character the printer drops the level of this signal to LOWfor about 10 microseconds to acknowledge that it has read one character After this pulse the host co...

Page 156: ...l which is normally LOW goes HIGH when the printer runs out of paper 13 OUT Pulled up to 5V through a 3 3k ohm resistor inside the printer 14 AUTO FEED IN When this signal is LOW and the first jumper under Jl is set to AUTO the printer will add a LF line feed to each CR carriage return it receives This signal may be ignored and assumed to be HIGH whe the printer is operating in certain Identity ca...

Page 157: ...n order to reset the printer If m is received during printing the reset will be delayed until the current page is printed 32 ERROR OUT Normally HIGH this signal goes LOW to indicate any of the following conditions paper jam paper size error IC card error cover open error in execution user service required service call required toner low or paper out This signal is always HIGH when the printer is o...

Page 158: ...otes the twisted pair return to be connected to signal ground The interface cable should have a twisted pair for each signal Be sure to complete the connection on the return side To prevent noise the cable must be shielded and the shield should be connected to the chassis of the host computer or the printer All the interface signals are ITL level Both the rise and fall times of each signal must be...

Page 159: ...C cards that can add fonts or identity modes to the operation of the printer For example the 5400 Font Card makes available 8 additional fonts Consult your Epson dealer to find out what other options are currently available for your GQ 3500 printer Each option comes packaged with its own instructions which fit the binder for this manual This allows you to insert the instructions directly into this...

Page 160: ...EPSON G Q 3 5 0 0 Quick Reference ...

Page 161: ...ical line test pattern This message covers two different situations 1 IC card installed only in slot 8 or identity card installed in slot B Set IC card in slot A then press the ERROR CLEAR button 2 IC card unreadable Clean gold connectors contacts and IC card socket or use a different IC card Press the ERROR CLEAR button For more information see the instructions packaged with the IC W d Total IC c...

Page 162: ... remove the jammed paper then lower and lock the unit into place Close the case and resume printing when the printer has warmed up Paper exit jam See instructions for paper transport jam Buffer overflow overflow characters will not be printed Press the ERROR CLEAR button Page composition error some characters may be lost Press the ERROR CLEAR button When the printer is off line and the DATA light ...

Page 163: ...ement Data control A 5 A 5 A 6 A 6 A 6 A 7 A 7 CR 13 0D Carriage Return Vertical motion A 8 FF 1 2 OC FormFeed A 8 ESCC 67 43 Set PageLength inLines A 9 ESCCO 67 43 Set Page Length in Inches A 9 LF 1 0 O A LineFeed A 9 ESC0 48 30 Select 1 inch Line Spacing A 10 ESC2 50 32 Select l 6 inch Line Spacing A 10 ESCA 65 41 select n 60 inch Line Spacing A 10 ESC3 51 33 Set LineSpacing A 11 E J 7 4 4 A Imm...

Page 164: ...Word processing ESCa 97 61 ESC SP 32 20 Select Character Set by Point Size Select Character Set by Weight Select Character Set by Pitch Select Pitch Turn Proportional Mode On Off Select Double wide Mode 1 line Select Double wide Mode 1 line Cancel Double wide Mode 1 line Turn Double wide Mode On Off Turn Double high Mode On Off Set Character Magnification Select Emphasized Mode Cancel Emphasized M...

Page 165: ... ESCn 110 6E ESC 126 7E ESCvl 118 76 E5Cv2 118 76 ESCvO 118 76 ESC 124 7C ALLOCATE CIRCLE PAINT LINE EXIT Print Ruled Line Define Delete Form Forms Overlay Printing On Off Define Background Select Background Define Graphic Image Print Graphic Image Erase Graphic Image Select Graphic Mode Reserve Graphic Area Draw Circle or Arc Paint Area Draw Line or Box End Graphic Mode A 28 A 28 A 28 A 29 A 29 A...

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