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Technical Data

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7. Technical Data

Print Speed

(at 10 cpi)

The following technical data refers to the standard Personality Module

PM SER/PAR.

Print head technology

Draft Quality: 490 pages/h

Serial Impact Dot Matrix (SIDM) technology.

Near Letter Quality: 398 pages/h

Paper path

Flat bed technology.

Print head

24 needles, needle diameter 0.25 mm (0.01 inch), lifetime approximately

350,000 pages (standard DIN letter)

Fonts

Data, Letter Gothic, Letter Gothic Italic, Courier, Micro, Orator, Orator-C,

Roman, Prestige, Script, OCR A, OCR B, DATA BLOCK, DATA LARGE; all

fonts (except Data, DATA BLOCK and DATA LARGE) in Letter Quality (LQ) and

Near Letter Quality (NLQ). OCR A, OCR B only in LQ.

Character Attributes

Bold, double strike, italic, underline, double underline, overline, strike through,

sub/superscript, double/triple height, double/triple width, double/triple/quadruple

size, condensed.

Character Pitch

Standard character pitches are: 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 20 cpi and proportional. In

addition, commands are defined to select non-standard character pitches. It is

also possible to print overlapped characters. Fonts will be compressed if smaller

pitches are selected.

Emulations

- IBM 4207 Proprinter XL24 (AGM)

- EPSON LQ 1060/2550 / ESC/P2

- Philips GP 310/490

depending on the selected font

- Draft Quality 600 cps,

- Near Letter Quality 300 cps,

- Letter Quality 150 cps .

Throughput acc. to ECMA-132

Standard Letter (Dr. Grauert)

a) Sinlgle Sheet

Letter Quality: 248 pages/h

1-play fanfold

Draft Quality: 507 pages/h

Near Letter Quality: 398 pages/h

Letter Quality: 251 pages/h

Character Sets

(see also Appendix B "Character Set Tables")

- ISO-7-Bit in 11 national versions incl. ASCII, IBM-PC and -PS/2 (multilingual)

- ISO 8859/1 IBM Character Set 1/2 incl. 14 national versions.

- IBM Code Page 437, 850, 860, 863, 865.

- EPSON Extended Graphic Character Set incl. 15 national versions.

Barcodes

- Code 39, 2 of 5 industrial, 2 of 5 interleaved, Codabar (Monarch), EAN 8,

EAN 13, Code 93, MSI Mod 10/10, UPC-E, UPC-A, Code 128 (incl.

EAN 128), and Postnet (see also Appendix

G Barcode Quick Reference

)

Graphics

Max. resolution (V x H). 180 x 360: Single pass

360 x 360: Double pass.

Print format

136 characters at 10 cpi

Line Spacing

2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12 n/360 lpi

Summary of Contents for MTX 1345

Page 1: ...May 1998 Order No 8708 240 00110 Great care has been taken to ensure that the information in this handbook is accurate and complete However should any errors or omissions be discovered or should any user wish to make suggestions for improving this handbook please feel encouraged to contact us with the relevant details The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice Copyright by PS...

Page 2: ...rning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures S Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna S Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver S Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected S Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technicia...

Page 3: ... The power cord or plug is frayed or damaged unsteady it might fall and be damaged If you place it on a soft surface S Liquid has been spilled into the housing or the printer has been exposed such as a rug sofa or bed the vents may be blocked causing it to to water overheat S The printer has been dropped or its cabinet has been damaged S To protect your printer from overheating make sure no openin...

Page 4: ... paper always place the printer with its front edge VDE IEC 950 and CSA 22 2 No 950 for computer systems slightly off the edge of the table The main power cable must be connected to a ground protected wall socket The selected voltage of the printer must be in accordance with the local voltage The power plug must be easily accessible at any time so that it can be disconnected immediately in case of...

Page 5: ...nfold Paper for the First Time 1 14 1 8 Manual Sheet Insertion 1 17 1 9 Selection of The Paper Source 1 19 1 10 Test Prints 1 20 1 11 Connecting to a Computer 1 24 Parallel Serial Interface 1 24 1 12 Emulation Selection 1 25 2 1 Control Panel 2 1 2 2 Function Keys 2 2 2 2 1 Short Description of Keys 2 2 in the printer operation state READY or BUSY 2 2 in the printer operation state LOCAL 2 2 2 2 2...

Page 6: ...MARGIN 3 10 TOP MARGIN 3 10 BOTTOM MARGIN 3 11 PERFORATION SKIP 3 11 PAPER SOURCE 3 11 PAPER EXIT 3 12 EMULATION 3 12 CHARACTER SET 3 12 LINE MODE 3 13 COMMANDS 3 13 TEAR OFF MODE 3 13 PRE SEPARATION 3 13 Main Function INSTALLATION 3 14 Sub Function INTERFACE 3 14 BUFFER 3 14 WORD LENGTH 3 14 I F Type 3 14 BAUD RATE 3 14 PARITY BIT 3 14 PROTOCOL 3 14 AUTO STATUS 3 15 Sub Function ADJUSTMENT 3 15 A...

Page 7: ...5 6 5 5 Print related Problems 5 7 5 6 Ribbon or Carriage related Problems 5 9 5 7 Print Tests 5 9 6 Colour Option 6 1 6 1 Install the Colour Option 6 1 6 2 Installing the 4 Colour Ribbon 6 5 7 Technical Data 7 1 Appendices Appendix A System Interface Descriptions A 1 1 Serial Interface RS 232 C A 2 2 Transmission Protocols A 3 3 Parallel Centronics Interface A 13 4 Shared Operation A 16 Appendix ...

Page 8: ... general operation of the menu General status messages e g COVER OPEN are also described 3 Configuring the Printer This chapter explains how to configure the printer so that it can communicate with the corresponding system environment Then this chapter thoroughly describes the printer s operating controls In the last part you will find explanations of individual menu items Preface 4 Maintenance sh...

Page 9: ...ence for EPSON LQ 2550 ESC P2 Emulation Note Contains special advice to facilitate handling G Control Codes Caution Contains important information to prevent damage Quick reference for Barcode programming of the equipment H Miscellaneous ENTER Key functions are always depicted in brackets or S Part Numbers you will find the symbol of the key e g S System Manager Information Bold Headlines and impo...

Page 10: ...ppendix A G of the User s Manual Please file the loosen pages into the folder Caution Do not connect to the mains until the mains voltage selection has been checked and the PM is installed Note Save all packing material and boxes for future transportation of the printer The printer drivers for Windows are available on Internet Address http www psi si de Before installing the printer spend some tim...

Page 11: ...ventilation Remove the output stacker and the mains cable always ensure that these openings are not obstructed Remove the ribbon cassette When processing fanfold paper always place the printer with its front edge Pack the printer in its original packing material and ship in its original box slightly off the edge of the table Also ensure that the cables at the rear of the printer do not interfere w...

Page 12: ...not touch the pins Make sure that the specified voltage on the voltage selector 11 corresponds to or components of the PM your mains voltage Never attempt to install or remove a PM while the printer is switched ON either 230 V for 180 to 264 V alternating current 1 Remove the PM 6 from its packaging 2 Insert the Personality Module 6 with the component side upwards until the If it is necessary to c...

Page 13: ...about installing the 4 colour ribbon cassette you will find in chapter 6 Colour option It is recommended to use only original ribbon cassettes part numbers in Appendix H put out by our company Using other ribbons will void your war ranty Caution Never manually move the print head fully to the right hand stop you could change the way of the paper output Note If the printer is busy message BUSY 4 EL...

Page 14: ...he cassette downward In this position the green ribbon feed guide touches the green plastic clip 6 Move the cassette toward you until you hear a click on both sides Swing the ribbon underneath the print head for the final click The audible clicks indicate that the mounting pins have engaged properly click click ...

Page 15: ...the top cover and switch the printer ON Lift the top cover after the display shows the message READY 4 ELQ to gain access to the ribbon cassette mountings The print head will move to the correct position aligned with the cut out in the paper guide plate to facilitate the installation of the ribbon cassette Now swing the lower part of the ribbon to the back In this way the mounting pins loosen from...

Page 16: ...on If the printer is used without a stand align the printer with the front Key Display against the resistance and remove by pulling forward 1 Switch the printer on 2 93 LOCAL 3 94 MACRO SELECT 6 4 INSTALLATION 6 5 Y 7 INTERFACE 6 6 7 LANGUAGE 6 7 Y 7 ENGLISH 8 7 DEUTSCH 9 Y 7 DEUTSCH 10 Z 7 SPRACHE 6 11 Z INSTALLATION 6 12 MENÜ SICHERN 6 13 Y 7 SICHERT 6 MENÜ SICHERN 6 14 93 BEREIT 4 ELQ Note In c...

Page 17: ...the tractors 13 to the paper width and space out the paper Tighten the upper edge of the fanfold paper by slightly pushing the right supports 14 evenly tractor to the right Make sure not to stress the paper too much Lock the tractors by pushing back the green lock lever again Reapply the manual front insertion guide Note If you do not refit the manual front insertion guide there is no guarantee fo...

Page 18: ... until the printout appears within the desired margins 1 8 Manual Sheet Insertion Install the output stacker 5 into one of the two rails in the top cover 2 The meaning of the two Positions for paper with 80 g m or thicker use the steeper position left picture for thinner paper use the less inclined position right picture Check if the manual sheet insertion is installed Note If continuous form pape...

Page 19: ...23456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01 123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0 0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz z0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy yz0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx xyz0123456789 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw wxyz0123456789 A...

Page 20: ... Vordrucke DIN 5008 Regel für Maschinenschreiben beachtet wird entstehen übersichtliche und werbewirksame Schriftstücke Die beifgefügten 6 Mustervordrucke zeigen daß das Beachten der Normen die künstlerische und werbewirksame Gestaltung der Vor drucke nicht ausschließt Da wir uns auf die Herstellung genormter Vordrucke spezialisiert haben können wir besonders billig liefern Eine Probestellung wird...

Page 21: ... The printer is set by default to SHARED interface with the following parame Switch the printer and computer OFF 17 or serial port 18 ters 8 Kbyte buffer 8 bit even parity 9600 baud and DTR protocol SHARED means that after Power ON both the serial and the parallel interfaces are available for data transfer The port to which data is sent becomes active automatically If the parallel or serial parame...

Page 22: ...tion for a change from EPSON LQ ESC P2 in macro 4 to IBM ProPrinter in macro 2 1 Switch the printer ON The display shows READY 4 ELQ 2 MACRO 2 3 Y READY 2 IPP The information READY 2 IPP indicates the selected macro and the emulation of this macro for example 1 GP Macro 1 with GP Emulation 2 IPP Macro 2 with IBM Proprinter Emulation 3 AGM Macro 3 with IBM Proprinter AGM Emulation 4 ELQ Macro 4 wit...

Page 23: ...e function of a key depends on the printer operation state Following operation states are possible READY or BUSY LOCAL 2 2 1 Short Description of Keys in the printer operation state READY or BUSY Number Symbol Functionality in ONLINE READY Mode 90 Quick VERT POS ADJ setting entry 91 FANFOLD DISPLACEMENT mode entry 92 No function 93 START STOP key after pressing the key the printer enters the LOCAL...

Page 24: ...nter into the READY or BUSY mode After this sample the printer the message on the display is READY 2 IPP That means macro 2 with IBM ProPrinter emulation is selected If you press one of the above described key erroneously press for correction Note Macro selection means a change of all configuration parameters of the macro concerned Lower Row Keys In case a certain application requires a specific v...

Page 25: ...lacement mode is entered by pressing inch thereafter in multiplier of ten which results in a continuous the printer stops printing and changes into the LOCAL mode The display increment or decrement of the offset counter by inch If the reached shows the message FANFOLD DIS with the value 0 By pressing 91 value is too high go backwards by pressing or 92 a vertical displacement is possible Key Displa...

Page 26: ...VE function to make changes permanent until purposely reset After pressing the Insert Eject key fanfold paper from the park position facilitating changes in default settings is fed into the print position and fanfold paper from the print position is fed into the cut tear off position depending on the setting or the printer The menu has several levels type Paper that has been retracted into the cut...

Page 27: ...cteristic types of information standard macros have the following emulations defined This display is only shown if you are in the Main Function To switch to the next level press Y Now you are in a Sub Function Movement in both directions is possible by using the Z key or Y key In the last level labelled select confirm values the asterisk to the right indicates the actual selection By using the or ...

Page 28: ...o 95 96 and off In order to prevent losing your new settings you can save them using the 97 are shortcuts in the menu tree These particular selections can be MAIN FUNCTION SAVE changed quickly without having to move through the entire menu see fold out of KEY Display activated all four keys can only be used as cursor keys to move within the 1 93 LOCAL 2 94 MACRO SELECT 6 3 SAVE 6 4 Y SAVING NOW di...

Page 29: ... feed command or print command is given by the host to an empty ASF cassette The printer enters the STOP mode Note If there are error messages like AGC ERROR HORIZ DRIVE ERROR or LOAD TRACTOR service Displayed when the host sends a form feed or print command to an empty tractor cassette The printer enters the STOP mode LOAD MANUAL Same as LOAD TRACTOR except that the machine does not enter the STO...

Page 30: ... rate 7 93 7 PRINT OUT data bits parity After feeding paper from the defined paper source the printer starts to print You may also need to change some of the printer s other features depending on your hardware and application requirements for example 8 7 PRINT OUT paper handling text processing 9 93 READY 4 ELQ The MENU mode allows you to access the configuration memory All settings of the printer...

Page 31: ...TRACTOR TRACTOR TRACTOR PAPIER EXIT STACKER STACKER STACKER STACKER STACKER EMULATION EPSON LQ PHILIPS GP IBM PROPR IBM PROPR AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT GCT NV 2 5 IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT GCT 1 U S A 1 D NV 2 5 1 U S A 1 U S A 1 U S A LINE MODE LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR COMMAND NO NO NO NO NO TEAR OFF MODE NO NO NO NO NO PRE SEPARATION NO NO NO NO ...

Page 32: ...r Function CHANGE MACRO beginning on the Data next page Letter Gothic Note Most parameters can be set via the control panel or via escape sequences Courier from the host computer The changes via escape sequences are visible in Micro the column CURRENT SETTINGS Orator INSTALLATION Roman In the first sub function named INTERFACE you can manipulate parameters Prestige to enable communication with the...

Page 33: ... Appropriate setting raised or lowered a half line but the text size itself will not change in inches in no of lines When set to YES the text size will be reduced and printed above or below the line 4 24 Example YES 5 or 5 4 25 2 2 NO 5 or 5 6 36 2 2 Pitch 8 51 Indicates the number of characters printed per inch 10 12 15 17 18 20 or 11 66 proportional 11 70 Any pitch setting can be combined with a...

Page 34: ...re printed material Using this function the TOP MARGIN positions i e the left perforation is aligned with the centre mark on the plastic and BOTTOM MARGIN setting are taken into account as well plate distance between the marks is This parameter covers a range of to of an inch where is up The top margin indicates the first print line and is always set in steps of 15 240 60 60 the page and is furthe...

Page 35: ... printer offers three input possibilities TRACTOR fanfold paper Note The selected Emulation will also be stored in the actual macro With a Manual change of the macro e g key or is pressed it is ASF cassettes optional they can be accessed either individually or possible that the emulation will also be changed Be careful Do not pooled in a specified sequence Any combination or cassettes can be chang...

Page 36: ...s to be used with critical forms which cannot word length even parity bit 9600 baud rate DTR protocol and AUTO handle the return movement of the paper STATUS NO With the YES setting the printer waits for one or ten seconds and unless further data is received moves the paper to the first perforation after the text BAUD RATE Only indicated if the serial interface is selected Regardless of this setti...

Page 37: ... fanfold INSTALL RIBBON If the ribbon is installed press to continue after Power On after the printer has been in the STOP mode PAPER IN ADJ Paper In Sensor adjustment an AGC command has been issued This parameter logically adjusts the base position of the Run In Sensor The reference point for the measurement of the paper thickness is the AGC Position of the first print line Default for the horizo...

Page 38: ...met is to where 15 16 60 60 is up the page and is further down the page The following table shows the possible values in inch and millimetres Language Uni Direct CMD If NO is selected commands for uni directional printing will be ignored The default setting of YES means that commands will be carried out to switch from bi directional to uni directional or vice versa characters will be executed that...

Page 39: ...tor The test data used consists of The Vertical Positioning Adjustment Mode can PRINT TEST 1 be entered The Fanfold Displacement Mode can be Hex Dump entered This function makes it possible that the data received by the printer can be NO ACCESS The menu is not accessible at all printed in hexadecimal format and as ASCII characters Any non printable The menu function PRINT OUT can be activated rega...

Page 40: ...LQ 7 OCR B LQ 7 DATA BLOCK 7 DATA LARGE 7 PRINT QUALITY 6 7 LQ 7 NLQ 7 SUB SUPER FONT 6 7 NO macro 1 7 YES macro 2 3 4 Menu 2 7 PITCH 6 7 10 CPI 7 12 CPI 7 15 CPI 7 17 CPI 7 18 CPI 7 20 CPI 7 PROPORTIONAL 7 LINE 6 7 2 LPI 7 3 LPI 7 4 LPI 7 6 LPI 7 8 LPI 7 12 LPI 7 PAGE LENGTH 6 7 72 LINES tractor only range 5 132 lines 7 VERT POS ADJ 6 7 TRACTOR V POS 6 7 TRACTOR V 0 range 15 240 7 MANUAL V POS 6 ...

Page 41: ... Key 7 EMULATION 6 7 PHILIPS GP Macro 1 7 IBM PROPRINTER Macro 2 7 IBM PROPRINTER AGM Macro 3 7 EPSON LQ Macro 4 Menu 4 7 CHARACTER SET 6 7 NV 1 0 6 7 NV 2 3 6 Macro 1 7 NV 2 5 6 7 1 D NV 2 5 7 2 GB NV 2 5 7 3 F NV 2 5 7 4 E NV 2 5 7 5 I NV 2 5 7 6 S NV 2 5 7 7 DK NV 2 5 7 8 P NV 2 5 7 9 SW2 NV 2 5 7 10 U S A NV 2 5 7 11 SF NV 2 5 7 NV 2 6 6 7 NV 2 8 6 7 ISO 8859 1 6 7 ISO 8859 15 6 7 IBM SET 1 6 ...

Page 42: ...GAL 7 LINE MODE 6 7 LF LF CR CR 7 LF LF CR 7 CR LF CR 7 LF CR LF CR 7 COMMAND 6 7 NO 7 YES Menu 6 7 TEAR OFF MODE 6 7 NO 7 YES 10 SEC 7 YES 1 SEC 7 NO SPECIAL 7 PRE SEPARATION 6 7 YES bins 1 3 only 7 NO INSTALLATION 6 7 INTERFACE 6 7 BUFFER 6 7 1 KBYTE 7 8 KBYTE 7 16 KBYTE 7 32 KBYTE 7 48 KBYTE 7 WORD LENGTH 6 7 7 BIT 7 8 BIT 7 I F TYPE 6 7 PARALLEL 7 SERIAL 7 SHARED 1 7 BAUD RATE 6 7 600 BPS 7 12...

Page 43: ... IN ADJUST 6 7 PAPER IN 0 range 3 4 7 CUTTING V POS 6 7 CUTTER V 0 range 15 16 7 UNI DIRECT CMD 6 7 YES 7 NO 7 TRACT FF MODE 6 7 NO BLANK PAGES 7 BLANK PAGES Menu 8 7 LANGUAGE 6 7 ENGLISH 7 DEUTSCH 7 FRANCAIS 7 RESTORE SET UP 6 7 NO 7 YES 7 RECALL FACTORY 6 7 NO 7 YES 7 MENU ACCESS 6 7 ALL FUNCTIONS 7 QUICK SET OFF 7 MACROS ONLY 7 NO ACCESS 7 SELF TEST 6 7 PRINT TEST 1 7 PRINT TEST 2 7 PRINT TEST ...

Page 44: ...31 Vacuum cleaner 4 1 Cleaning the Platen and Surrounding Areas The user should clean the printer every six months or after 50 000 prints whichever occurs first If you experience paper feed problems or if the print head carriage movement becomes restricted cleaning should be carried out more often Note the Page Counter PGCNT in the PRINT TEST 3 will give you information about actual number of prin...

Page 45: ...DATA LARGE CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT GCT 1 U S A AGC TEST AGC TEST AGC TEST AGC TEST AGC TEST PRINTHEAD NEEDLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DATA 01234567890 Note The number following PM1 identifies the micro program and the number following PM3 identifies the character set 1 Power the printer ON and remove the top cover 2 Remove the ribbon cassette 3 Thoroughly brus...

Page 46: ...tely after printing 1 Remove the top cover 2 Switch the printer ON lift and remove the top cover The print head will move to the correct position aligned with the cut out in the paper guide plate 3 Switch the printer OFF again 4 Remove the ribbon cassette 3 5 Disconnect the print head cable 4 6 Using the supplied tool 7 loosen the two captive screws 6 retaining the print head 5 Use the enclosed pl...

Page 47: ... of the adjustment guide 8 support this procedure 2 Fasten the captive screws 6 fasten the right screw to its stop tighten the left screw now tighten the right screw put the enclosed plastic case onto the socket head cap key and first tighten the right and then the left screw 3 Reconnect the print head cable 4 and fasten it 4 Mount and close the top cover 5 Switch the printer ON open the top cover...

Page 48: ... plastic platen clamp 1 on the left platen mounting 7 Move platen 2 approximately 10 mm to the left lift the left end of the platen free off its mounting and withdraw the platen from the right mounting 8 Lift the platen to the left underneath the print head and take it out 1 Place platen 2 in the vacant space between print head and metal bar 2 Move print head from its right hand position into the ...

Page 49: ...ting or if the fault is not listed contact your service office Each time the printer is switched ON the display indicates TEST while the internal self tests are run If the test is completed successfully READY 4 ELQ will be displayed If an error message is displayed please refer to the following section All other messages on the display are described in section 2 4 Status and Error Messages Power i...

Page 50: ...is OK Printer ready for operation During normal operation the following error messages may occur for further operator panel messages please refer to section 2 4 Status and Error Messages Display That means Cause Action AGC ERROR AGC ADJUST Distance print head and procedure fault platen faulty Print head loose Platen incorrectly installed Ribbon not inserted Horizontal drive without function Platen...

Page 51: ...sure that the fanfold paper source tractor is selected Single sheet paper does not advance Make sure that the paper source MANUAL or BIN x x 1 up to 3 is selected 5 4 Operation related Problems Paper is not positioned at perforation for tear off feature Select the correct form length using the Set up feature Reset top of form by performing a Parking function Refer to section 3 4 Vertical Positioni...

Page 52: ... head and platen to vary Remove the obstruction Print lines overlap Examine the paper pathway for dirt or other obstructions that may prevent the platen from rotating freely Remove the obstruction On preprinted forms the printing on the copies is not aligned with the preprinted matter Refer to section 3 4 Vertical Positioning VERT POS ADJ Part of printed text is missing loss of data If you are usi...

Page 53: ...ing material is removed Examine the carriage area for obstructions Remove where necessary 5 7 Print Tests There are three different print tests as well as one interface test built into the printer I F TEST is used to test the serial interface It initiates data to be sent from the printer and be returned by means of a closed loop connector plugged into the serial interface connector The test data u...

Page 54: ...ot required it is recommended to use a black ribbon in order to increase the lifetime of the colour ribbon The colour option does not have to be removed when printing with a black ribbon To Install the Colour Option Switch the printer ON Lift the top cover 2 as shown in the illustration Remove the black ink ribbon cassette 11 Switch the printer OFF Caution The print head may be very hot immediatel...

Page 55: ...ure Mount the colour option on to the print head carriage in such a way that the Replace the printer s top cover pointed edge 44 fits into the slot 45 and the hole 42 fits onto the pin 43 Press it firmly in position until the spring clip 46 engages Switch the printer ON 65 to avoid the cable coming in contact with the moving horizontal belt 49 or the mounted ink ribbon cassette ...

Page 56: ...ibbon feed guide 53 with the arrow on the left side of the Note If the ribbon is kept constantly taut while being swung into position it plastic cover of the cartridge is particularly easy to thread it between print head and platen Engage the upper pins 55 of the ink ribbon cartridge in the green guides at the side 56 In this position the ribbon can be swung down protective shield This swings the ...

Page 57: ...ined to select non standard character pitches It is also possible to print overlapped characters Fonts will be compressed if smaller pitches are selected Emulations IBM 4207 Proprinter XL24 AGM EPSON LQ 1060 2550 ESC P2 Philips GP 310 490 depending on the selected font Draft Quality 600 cps Near Letter Quality 300 cps Letter Quality 150 cps Throughput acc to ECMA 132 Standard Letter Dr Grauert a S...

Page 58: ...device status and remote diagnostics via interface Control Panel Provides is the optimum work station convenience 16 character LCD for menu controlled setup status and error messages width 630 mm 25 inch Dimensions Width 635 mm 25 4 inch Depth 390 mm 15 6 inch with all three ASF cassettes 415 mm Colour Option 16 6 see chapter 6 Height 273 mm 10 92 inch without stacker or ASF 400 mm 16 inch with al...

Page 59: ...last Total paper form thickness 0 02 mounted cassette Output Stacker Paper Length minimum maximum Capacity 360 sheets 80g m Cassette 1 104 mm 4 09 315 mm 12 4 21 lb ream first mounted Stackering face down Cassette 2 200 mm 7 87 315 mm 12 4 Tractor Feed Cassette 3 290 mm 11 42 315 mm 12 4 Continuous forms 1 original plus 5 copies suitable for tractor feed last mounted minimum maximum Cut sheets 70g...

Page 60: ... paper weight 250 g m2 PM IBM Coax SCS Standard PM functions with parallel and serial interface Emulation of IBM 3270 printer like 3287 3268 4214 or 3262 with intelligent PC Host sharing PM IBM Twinax SCS Standard PM functions with parallel and serial interface Emulation of IBM 4214 2 5256 5224 or 5225 printer with intelligent PC Host sharing for IBM systems S 4 S 36 S 38 or AS 400 PM IBM Twinax I...

Page 61: ...14073 Appendix A to G for Printer ...

Page 62: ...isplay messages READY 4 ELQ BUSY 4 ELQ or LOCAL Interface Characteristics Signal Description Pin No Direction PG Protective Ground 1 TXD Transmit Data from printer to host 2 OUTPUT RXD Receive Data from host to printer 3 INPUT RTS Request to Send printer is ready to send data 4 OUTPUT CTS Clear to Send host is ready to receive data 5 INPUT DSR Data Set Ready 6 INPUT SG Signal Ground 7 DTR Data Ter...

Page 63: ...on This protocol uses the following signal lines Pin 1 Protective Ground PG 2 Transmit Data TXD 3 Receive Data RXD with internal Pull up 1 5 Clear to Send CTS with internal Pull up 1 7 Signal Ground SG 20 Data Terminal Ready DTR The READY BUSY DTR protocol uses the DATA TERMINAL READY line to control the transmission of data from the host to prevent a buffer overflow Note The signal lines TXD pin ...

Page 64: ...ed again if there is a free interface buffer space of 512 characters DTR is immediately deactivated if local mode is entered It is activated again if local mode is left and a minimum of 512 bytes interface buffer is available 2 2 XON XOFF This protocol requires the signal lines Pin 1 Protective Ground PG Pin 5 Clear to Send CTS 2 Transmit Data TXD 6 Data Set Ready DSR 3 Receive Data RXD 7 Signal G...

Page 65: ...ant bit _____ Acknowledge Control signal from the printer Logi 10 28 Output ACKN cal 0 indicates that the printer has received a print control character and is ready for the next data transfer BUSY Control signal from the printer Logical 1 indicates 11 29 Output that the printer is unable to receive any more data PE Paper Empty Control signal from the printer This 12 Output signal goes high when p...

Page 66: ...s accepted into the interface buffer and the printer transmits a BUSY signal to the host When the data byte is accepted into the interface buffer the printer transmits a BUSY signal and an ACKN pulse The ACKN pulse informs the host that the data has been received and that the printer is ready to receive new data If the interface buffer is full except for the last character the BUSY is not reset in...

Page 67: ...al of the serial interface is set to OFF or XOFF is sent depending on the protocol If the serial interface starts to receive data while the parallel interface is active it is possible to receive 256 bytes of serial data Any additional serial data will be lost When the interface buffer is completely empty of serial data and no new data has been received by the serial interface for more than 10 seco...

Page 68: ...int Samples of Resident Fonts B 1 B 2 Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Equipped with the Peronality Module PM SER PAR the Printer provides the following resident fonts Resident Fonts 10 CPI Resident Fonts 10 CPI ...

Page 69: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 3 B 4 Resident Fonts 10 CPI Resident Fonts DATABLOCK ...

Page 70: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 5 B 6 Character Pitches Character Style Samples ...

Page 71: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 7 B 8 Character Style Samples Character Size Modification ...

Page 72: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 9 B 10 Character Size Modification Character Size Modification ...

Page 73: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 11 B 12 Character Size Modification Character Size Modification ...

Page 74: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 13 B 14 Character Size Modification DATABLOCK with Character Size Modification ...

Page 75: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 15 B 16 DATABLOCK with Character Size Modification DATA LARGE ...

Page 76: ... r 3 NV 3 C S c s 4 4 D T d t 5 5 E U e u NV 6 6 F V f v NV 7 7 G W g w 8 8 H X h x 9 9 I Y i y A J Z j z B K NV k NV C L NV l NV D M NV m NV E N NV n NV F O _ o NV National Version Zeichensatz Code Hex 23 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E A5 A6 1 D Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß _ _ 2 GB _ _ 3 F à E ç é ù è _ _ 4 E Ñ ñ _ _ 5 I E ç é ù à ò è ì _ _ 6 S É Ä Ö Å é ä ö å _ _ 7 DK Æ Ø Å æ ø å _ _ 8 P Ã Ç Õ ã ç õ _ _ 9 YU ð...

Page 77: ...1 D Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß _ _ 1 D Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß _ _ 2 GB _ _ 2 GB _ _ 3 F1 à E ç é ù è _ _ 3 F à E ç é ù è _ _ 4 E Ñ ñ _ _ 4 E Ñ ñ _ _ 5 I E ç é ù à ò è ì _ _ 5 I E ç é ù à ò è ì _ _ 6 S É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü _ _ 6 S Ä Ö Å ä ö å ü _ _ 7 DK2 Æ Ø Å æ ø å _ _ 7 DK Æ Ø Å æ ø å _ _ 8 SW2 ä ö ü ç é è à _ _ 8 P Ã Ç Õ ã ç õ _ _ 9 F2 â à ê ç î ô é ù è û _ _ 9 SW2 ä ö ü ç é è à _ _ 10 USA CR __ CR 10 USA CR __ CR 11 ...

Page 78: ...D 7E A5 A6 1 D Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß _ _ 1 D Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß _ _ 2 GB _ _ 2 GB _ _ 3 F à E ç é ù è _ _ 3 F à E ç é ù è _ _ 4 E Ñ ñ _ _ 4 E Ñ ñ _ _ 5 I E ç é ù à ò è ì _ _ 5 I E ç é ù à ò è ì _ _ 6 S É Ä Ö Å é ä ö å _ _ 6 S Ä Ö Å ä ö å ü _ _ 7 DK Æ Ø Å æ ø å _ _ 7 DK Æ Ø Å æ ø å _ _ 8 P Ã Ç Õ ã ç õ _ _ 8 P Ã Ç Õ ã ç õ _ _ 9 SW2 à è é ù ä ö ü ç _ _ 9 SW2 ä ö ü ç é è à _ _ 10 USA CR __ CR 10 USA CR __ CR 11 SI...

Page 79: ...Ò â ò 3 3 C S c s Ã Ó ã ó 3 3 C S c s Ã Ó ã ó 4 4 D T d t Ä Ô ä ô 4 4 D T d t ð Ä Ô ä ô 5 5 E U e u F Å Õ å õ 5 5 E U e u F Å å õ 6 6 F V f v Æ Ö æ ö 6 6 F V f v Š Æ Ö æ ö 7 7 G W g w Ç ç 7 7 G W g w Ç ç 8 8 H X h x È Ø è ø 8 8 H X h x š ñ È Ø è ø 9 9 I Y i y É Ù é ù 9 9 I Y i y É Ù é ù A J Z j z ª º Ê Ú ê ú A J Z j z a o Ê Ú ê ú B K k Ë Û ë û B K k Ë Û ë û C L l Ì Ü ì ü C L l Œ Ì Ü ì ü D M m Í Ý ...

Page 80: ... Ë 4 D T d t ä ö ñ 1 B E 4 DC4 4 D T d t DC4 ñ 1 B E 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ I 3 F 5 5 E U e u Ñ I 3 F 6 Í _ 6 F V f v å û ª M G C µ 6 6 F V f v ª M G C µ 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù º D K O J 7 BEL 7 G W g w BEL º D K O J 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê ÿ 9 P M E 8 BS CAN 8 H X h x BS CAN 9 P M E 9 9 9 I Y i y ë Ö 1 6 1 9 HT 9 I Y i y HT 1 6 1 A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 S A LF J Z j z LF 5 S B 7 K k ï 7 B VT ESC K k VT ESC 7 C 2 L...

Page 81: ...É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü 11 DENMARK 2 É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü 12 SPAIN 2 á Ñ é í ñ ó ú 13 LATIN AM á Ñ é Ü í ñ ó ú 14 TURKEY Ç Ö Ô Ü ç ö Õ ü 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 NUL SP 0 P p Ç É á J 1 DC1 1 A Q a q ü æ í 2 L 2 DC2 2 B R b r é Æ ó 0 H 3 Ì DC3 3 C S c s â ô ú F B 4 Ë DC4 4 D T d t ä ö ñ 1 B E 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ I 3 F 6 Í 6 F V f v å û ª M G C µ 7 BEL 7 G W g w ç ù º D K O J 8 BS CAN 8 H X h x ...

Page 82: ...ø Ø 6 SWEDEN É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü 7 ITALY E é ù à ò è ì 8 SPAIN Ñ ñ 9 JAPAN 10 NORWAY ø Ø 11 DEMARK 2 ø Ø 12 SPAIN 2 á Ñ é í ñ ó ú 13 LATIN AM á Ñ é Ü í ñ ó ú 14 TURKEY Ç Ö Ô Ü ç ö Õ ü Code Page Countries 1 Code Page 437 USA 2 Code Page 850 Germany U K Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Japan Latin Am Turkey 3 Code Page 858 Germany U K Denmark Sweden Italy Spain Japan Latin Am Turkey inc EURO Symbol 4 Code...

Page 83: ...ú F B 3 Ì 3 C S c s â ô ú Ë Ò 4 Ë 4 D T d t ä ö ñ 1 B E 4 Ë 4 D T d t ä ö ñ 1 È õ 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ I 3 F 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ Á 3 Õ 6 Í _ 6 F V f v å û ª M G C µ 6 Í _ 6 F V f v å û ª Â ã µ 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù º D K O J 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù º À Ã Î þ 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê ÿ 9 P M E 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê ÿ 9 Ï Þ 4 9 9 9 I Y i y ë Ö 1 6 1 9 9 9 I Y i y ë Ö 6 Ú A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 S A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 Û B 7 K ...

Page 84: ... Ë Ò 3 Ì 3 C S c s â ô ú F B 4 Ë 4 D T d t ä ö ñ 1 È õ 4 Ë 4 D T d t ã õ ñ 1 B E 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ Á 3 Õ 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ I 3 F 6 Í _ 6 F V f v å û ª Â ã µ 6 Í _ 6 F V f v Á Ú ª M G C µ 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù º À Ã Î þ 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù º D K O J 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê ÿ 9 Ï Þ 4 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê Ì 9 P M E 9 9 9 I Y i y ë Ö 6 Ú 9 9 9 I Y i y Ê Õ Ò 6 1 A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 Û A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 S B 7 K k...

Page 85: ...B 3 Ì 3 C S c s â ô ú F B 4 Ë 4 D T d t Â Ë 1 B E 4 Ë 4 D T d t ä ö ñ 1 B E 5 Ê 5 E U e u à Ï I 3 F 5 Ê 5 E U e u à ò Ñ I 3 F 6 Í _ 6 F V f v û M G C µ 6 Í _ 6 F V f v å û ª M G C µ 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù D K O J 7 0 7 G W g w ç ù º D K O J 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê Î 9 P M E 8 3 8 8 H X h x ê ÿ 9 P M E 9 9 9 I Y i y ë Ô 1 6 1 9 9 9 I Y i y ë Ö 1 6 1 A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 S A 4 6 J Z j z è Ü 5 S B 7 K k ï 7 B 7 ...

Page 86: ... 6 6 F V f v å û ª M G C µ 7 7 G W g w ç ù º D K O J 8 8 H X h x ê ÿ 9 P M E 9 9 I Y i y ë Ö 1 6 1 A J Z j z è Ü 5 S B K k ï 7 C L l î 8 4 6 D M m ì E 4 ø E N n Ä A F O _ o Å ƒ N 1 S P Character Code Hex 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E 1 USA 2 FRANCE à E ç é ù è 3 GERMANY Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß 4 U K 5 DENMARK Æ Ø Å æ ø å 6 SWEDEN É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü 7 ITALY E é ù à ò è ì 8 SPAIN Ñ ñ 9 JAPAN 10 NORWAY ...

Page 87: ...7 7 G W g w 7 G W g w 8 8 H X h x 8 H X h x 9 9 I Y i y 9 I Y i y A J Z j z J Z j z B K k K k C L l L l D M m M m E N n N n F O _ o O _ o This character table is selected by the command ESC t Character Code Hex 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E 1 USA 2 FRANCE à E ç é ù è 3 GERMANY Ä Ö Ü ä ö ü ß 4 U K 5 DENMARK Æ Ø Å æ ø å 6 SWEDEN É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü 7 ITALY E é ù à ò è ì 8 SPAIN Ñ ñ 9 JAPAN 10 ...

Page 88: ...Å Ü é ä ö å ü 7 ITALY E é ù à ò è ì 8 SPAIN Ñ ñ 9 JAPAN 10 NORWAY É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü 11 DENMARK 2 É Æ Ø Å Ü é æ ø å ü 12 SPAIN 2 á Ñ é í ñ ó ú 13 LATIN AM á Ñ é Ü í ñ ó ú 14 TURKEY Ç Ö Ô Ü ç ö Õ ü 15 LEGAL E 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 NUL DLE SP 0 P p 1 SOH DC1 1 A Q a q 2 STX DC2 2 B R b r 3 ETX DC3 3 C S c s 4 EOT DC4 4 D T d t 5 ENQ NAK 5 E U e u 6 ACK SYN 6 F V f v 7 BEL ETB 7 G W g w 8 BS CAN 8 H X h...

Page 89: ...hex code for Escape Spaces appear between characters in sequence for clarity they are not part of the format At the end of this chapter you will find a listing of the GP emulation commands classified by Hex Code and a Hex Decimal conversion table The following conventions are used in the command listings Table 1 Conventions ESC Escape 1 B introduces an escape sequence Pn Numeric parameter or numbe...

Page 90: ...Device Status Report Poll 0 E SO Double Width Printing By Line Shift Out 0 F SI Condensed Printing Shift In ESC P P1 P2 P3 ESC DSRR Device Status Report Response 1 A SUB Substitute P1 primary status code 1 B ESC Initiate Escape Sequence P2 secondary status code 2 0 SP Space P3 service status code 7 F DEL Delete ESC P1 P2 SP r SM Select Macro and Change Emulation P1 1 Macro 1 P1 2 Macro 2 P1 3 Macr...

Page 91: ... 2 2 ASF Bin 2 only PRINTER TYPE 1 only PRINTER TYPE 1 and PRINTER TYPE 2 only PRINTER TYPE 2 and PRINTER TYPE 3 only PRINTER TYPE 1 and PRINTER TYPE 3 Table 4 Cont Vertical Form Handling Escape Sequence Mnemonic Function ESC P1 RM Reset Mode Select Paper Source P1 2 0 Tractor Feed if selected at operator panel else AFS Bin 3 if selected at operator panel or Manual if selected at operator panel P1...

Page 92: ...P G SPIVH Spacing Increment Vertical and Horizontal P1 8 ASF Bins 1 or 2 P1 1 720 vertical increment P1 9 ASF Bins 2 or 3 P1 0 999 P1 1 0 ASF Bins 1 or 2 or 3 P2 1 720 horizontal increment P1 1 5 upper and lower Tractor P2 0 999 ESC P1 d VPA Vertical Position Absolute ESC P2 SP G SPIH Spacing Increment Horizontal P1 print line position with reference P2 1 720 horizontal increment to Top of Form To...

Page 93: ...e last character before the RPT DIRECT CMD must be set to YES Command will be repeated ESC H HTS Set Horizontal Tab at current print position ESC P1 g TBC Tabulation Clear P1 0 7 P1 0 at active print pos reset of tab and margin marker at actual print position P1 3 reset of all horizontal tabs and margin markers P1 4 reset of all vertical tabs and margin markers ESC P1 P2 q SLRM Set Left and Right ...

Page 94: ...haracter set P1 in SNV or SNVCT the IBM CODE PAGE P1 14 DATA LARGE 437 850 860 863 865 or 858 will be activated ESC P1 P2 SP B GSM Graphic Size Modification P1 1 0 0 normal height P1 2 0 0 double height P1 3 0 0 triple height P1 4 0 0 quadruple height P1 max 800 in steps of 100 P2 1 0 0 normal width P2 2 0 0 double width P2 3 0 0 triple width P2 4 0 0 quadruple width P2 max 800 in steps of 100 Gra...

Page 95: ...aly P1 6 Sweden P1 7 Denmark P1 8 Portugal P1 9 Sweden 2 P1 1 0 USA P1 1 1 Finland P2 3 digit code of the code table see Appendix C Character Set Tables P2 0 1 1 NV 1 0 P2 0 1 2 NV 2 3 P2 0 1 3 NV 2 5 P2 0 1 4 NV 2 6 P2 0 1 5 NV 2 8 P2 0 3 1 ISO 8859 1 ECMA 94 P2 0 3 2 ISO 8859 15 P2 0 6 1 IBM Set 1 P2 0 6 2 IBM Set 2 P2 0 6 3 IBM Code Page 1 P2 0 7 1 EPSON EXT GCT 1 depending on selected characte...

Page 96: ...umns dpi no AGM AGM P1 2 3 italics reset 0 0 Standard Density K 8 816 60 72 60 P1 2 4 underline reset 0 1 Double Density L 8 1632 120 72 60 P1 2 9 crossed out reset 0 2 2xDensity 2xSpeed Y 8 1632 120 72 60 P1 3 0 black 0 3 Quadruple Density Z 8 3264 240 72 60 P1 3 1 orange 0 4 CRT I 8 1088 80 72 60 P1 3 2 green 0 5 Plotter 8 979 72 72 P1 3 3 yellow 0 6 CRT II 8 1224 90 72 60 P1 3 4 purple 0 B Doub...

Page 97: ... ESC P1 RM Reset Mode Dot Graphics P6 Ratio width to thin P1 graphics resolution P7 Uni directional or bidirectional P1 2 5 72x60 dpi dot format VxH printing P1 2 6 72x72 dpi dot format VxH P7 0 or not programmed means no P1 2 7 144x120 dpi dot format VxH changes P1 2 8 144x144 dpi dot format VxH P7 1 uni directional printing in LQ ESC P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 SP z P5 Width of the thin gaps P7 2 bi direc...

Page 98: ...B 2A P P P data Select Various Graphic Modes D 16 1 2 3 1B 50 P 3B P 3B P 1B 5C Device Status Report Response D 4 1 2 3 1B 5B 35 6E Device Status Report Poll D 4 1B 5B 3B P 20 47 Spacing Increment Horizontal D 8 2 1B 5B 3B P 73 AGC PCC Procedure D 5 2 1B 5B 3B P 77 Set Code Table D 11 2 1B 5B 3B P 3B P 3B P 3B P Barcode Header D 18 2 3 4 5 3B P 3B P 20 7A 6 7 1B 5B 3C 73 Eject Form D 5 1B 5B 3E 73...

Page 99: ...l Step Size D 10 1 1B 5B P 7B Line Space Load D 8 1 1B 5B P 3B P 20 44 Font Selection D 12 1 2 Hex Decimal Conversion Table 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 1 1 17 33 49 65 81 97 113 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 2 2 18 34 50 66 82 98 114 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 3 3 19 35 51 67 83 99 115 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 4 4 20 36 52...

Page 100: ... B 1B is the hex code for Escape Spaces appear between characters in sequence for clarity they are not part of the format At the end of this chapter you will find a listing of the IBM ProPrinter Emulation commands classified by Hex Code and a Hex Decimal conversion table The following conventions are used in the command listings Table 1 Conventions ESC Escape 1 B introduces an escape sequence Pn N...

Page 101: ...0 or 0 0 no LF 1 3 DC3 Buffer Data Flow Control 1 4 DC4 Cancel Double Width Printing By Line ESC A P1 Set Line Space to 1 8 CAN Cancel Buffer P1 lpi non AGM 1 B ESC Initiate Escape Sequence P1 lpi AGM P1 0 1 5 5 2 0 SP Space Note Default or 6 lpi 7 F DEL Delete 1 B 6 A ESC j Set Printer Off Line ESC B NUL Clear all Vertical Tabs 1 B 5 1 2 3 ESC Q Deselect Printer 1 B 5 1 2 4 ESC Q Deselect Printer...

Page 102: ...Mode key controlled by application any parameter or P may be skipped see P3 3 Batch output rear side following alternative command sequences Insert Form ESC P4 s Cut Mode On Off ESC P1 s SPS Paper Source P4 1 Cut Mode On Native Command P1 0 Manual Feed P4 2 Cut on actual position P1 1 ASF Bin 1 cutting edge is approximate 4 mm above the base of the actual line P1 2 ASF Bin 2 P1 3 ASF Bin 3 P1 6 up...

Page 103: ...ine spacing unchanged P1 0 A Courier 12 cpi P1 1 x single line space P1 1 0 Draft 17 cpi P1 2 x double line space P1 1 2 Courier 17 cpi P1 3 x triple line space P1 4 x quadruple line space ESC P P1 Cancel Select Proportional Printing P1 x 0 charcter height unchanged P1 0 0 or 0 cancel Proportional P1 x 1 single charcter height P1 0 1 or 1 select Proportional P1 x 2 double character height P1 x 3 t...

Page 104: ...elects the font P1 Left Margin possible format of P1 0 or missing Font is unchanged P2 Right Margin Pn 0 0 F F Native Command CPL P1 1 Data ESC d P1 P2 Set Relative Horizontal Dot Position P1 3 Letter Gothic Italic P1 P2 x 256 120 Pn 0 0 F F P1 4 Courier ESC Home Position of Printhead left margin P1 6 Orator ESC Set Left Margin at Current Position P1 8 Roman ESC P1 SP r SPQ Select Print Quality LQ...

Page 105: ...ll Character ESC K P1 P2 v1 vn Standard Density Graphics Mode Set P1 P2 256 number of data P1 Number of Char Set or Code Page Pn 0 0 F F Pn 0 0 F F ESC T n1 n2 NUL NUL P1 P2 Code Page Switching Pn 0 0 F F n1 4 n2 0 P1 P2 for Code Page number most ESC Y P1 P2 v1 vn Double Speed Density Graphics Mode significant byte first P1 P2 256 number of data P1 P2 Pn 0 0 F F 1 181 CP 437 U S A 3 82 CP 850 Mult...

Page 106: ...r of density density density 0 8 Standard Density 24 816 60 180 180 column columns dpi no AGM AGM 0 9 Double Density 24 1632 120 180 180 0 0 Standard Density K 8 816 60 72 60 0 B Triple Density 24 2448 180 180 180 0 1 Double Density L 8 1632 120 72 60 0 C Hex Density 24 4896 360 180 180 0 2 2xDensity 2xSpeed Y 8 1632 120 72 60 consecutive horizontal dots cannot be printed 0 4 CRT I 8 1088 80 72 60...

Page 107: ...code table P2 0 3 1 ISO 8859 1 ECMA 94 P2 0 3 2 ISO 8859 15 P2 0 6 1 IBM Set 1 P2 0 6 2 IBM Set 2 P2 0 6 3 IBM Code Page 1 P2 0 7 1 EPSON Ext G C T 1 depending on selected character set P1 the IBM CODE PAGE 437 850 860 863 865 or 858 will be activated IBM Emulation Mode Native Commands Escape Sequence Mnemonic Function ESC P1 P2 SP r SM Select Macro and Change Emulation P1 1 Macro 1 P1 2 Macro 2 P...

Page 108: ... or 1 Top of Form Top Margin through printing P1 2 9999 Vertical Line P1 20 enlarged double width ESC P1 e VPR Set Vertical Position Relative P1 21 double underline P1 0 or 1 moves the position one line P1 22 bold reset P1 2 9999 Vertical Line P1 23 italics reset ESC P1 g TBC Tabulation Clear P1 29 crossed out reset P1 0 at active print pos all tabs P1 30 black and margin marker P1 31 orange P1 3 ...

Page 109: ...quence ESC 0 h SMBC Set Mode Barcode ESC 0 l RSBC Reset Mode Barcode Hex Code Format Page 00 Null E 3 08 Backspace E 3 09 Horizontal Tab E 3 0A Line Feed E 3 0B Vertical Tab E 3 0C Form Feed E 3 0D Carriage Return E 3 0E Select Double Width one line E 3 0F Select Condensed Mode 17 1 cpi E 3 11 Select Printer E 3 12 Select Pica 10 cpi E 3 13 Buffer Data Flow Control E 3 14 Cancel Double Width E 3 1...

Page 110: ...4B P P data Standard Density Graphics Mode E 12 1 2 1B 4C P P data Double Density Graphics Mode E 12 1 2 1B 58 P P Set Left and Right Margins E 9 1 2 1B 59 P P data Double Speed Double Density E 12 1 2 Graphics Mode 1B 5A P P data Quadruple density Graphics Mode E 12 1 2 1B 5B 3B P 73 AGC PCC Procedure E 5 2 2 2 3 4 5 P 3B P 20 7A 6 7 1B 5B 3C 73 Eject Form E 16 1B 5B 3E 73 Insert Form E 5 1B 5B 3...

Page 111: ...5 101 117 133 149 165 181 197 213 229 245 6 6 22 38 54 70 86 102 118 134 150 166 182 198 214 230 246 7 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 137 153 269 185 201 217 233 249 A 10 26 42 58 74 90 106 122 138 154 170 186 202 218 234 250 B 11 27 43 59 75 91 107 123 139 155 171 187 203 219 235 251 C ...

Page 112: ... 1B is the hex code for Escape Spaces appear between characters in sequence for clarity they are not part of the format At the end of this chapter you will find a listing of the EPSON LQ 2550 Emulation commands classified by Hex Code and a Hex Decimal conversion table The following conventions are used in the command listings Table 1 Conventions ESC Escape 1 B introduces an escape sequence P1 Nume...

Page 113: ...nificant Bit to 0 ESC Set Most Significant Bit to 1 ESC Cancel Most Significant Bit Control ESC 0 Set Line Space to 1 8 ESC 2 Set Line Space to 1 6 ESC 3 P1 Set Line Space to P1 0 255 P1 180 ESC P1 Set Line Space to P1 0 0 F F P1 360 ESC A P1 Set Line Space to P1 0 0 0 F P1 60 ESC B NUL Clear Vertical Tabs ESC B P1 P2 P16 NUL Set Vertical Tabs P1 P16 0 1 F F ESC C P1 Set Form Length in Lines P1 0 ...

Page 114: ...s SPSIF Select Paper Source and Insert P3 3 Batch output rear side Native Command Form Print Gap Paper Exit Cut Mode any parameter or P1 to P4 may be ESC P4 s Cut Mode On Off skipped see following alternative Native Command P4 0 Cut Mode Off command sequences Insert Form P4 1 Cut Mode On ESC P1 s SPS Paper Source cutting edge is approximate 4 mm above the base of the actual line Native Command P1 ...

Page 115: ...LQ 128 in Bit2 1 Condensed draft or use a RAM card for up to 128 User Defined Characters in LQ Bit3 1 Emphasized Set maximum every second dot to 1 in a horizontal line Bit4 1 Double Strike User Defined Characters can be defined in four different print modes Bit5 1 Double Width resolution vertical x horizontal Bit6 1 Italics Normal Size with Draft 24 x 15 Bit7 1 Underline Normal Size with LQ propor...

Page 116: ... Underline Printing P1 0 0 cancel Underline Printing ESC D NUL Clear Horizontal Tabs Table B 5 Cont Horizontal Form Handling and Printing Modes Escape Sequence Function ESC D P1 P2 P32 NUL Set Horizontal Tabs P1 P32 tab position Pn 0 1 F F ESC E Select Emphasized Printing bold ESC F Cancel Emphasized Printing ESC G Select Double Strike Printing bold ESC H Cancel Double Strike Printing ESC M Select...

Page 117: ...Size Modification P1 0 7 ORATOR C Native Command P1 100 normal height P1 0 8 ORATOR see also GP Emulation P1 200 double height P1 1 0 DATA BLOCK P1 300 triple height P1 1 1 DATA LARGE P1 400 quadruple height ESC l P1 Set Left Margin P1 0 0 F C ESC p P1 Cancel Select Proportional P2 200 double width P1 0 0 or 3 0 cancel proportional P2 300 triple width P1 0 1 or 3 1 select proportional P2 400 quadr...

Page 118: ...sign Graphics Mode Y P1 2 Letter GOTHIC Double Density Speed 8 dot per col P1 3 LETTER GOTHIC ITALIC P1 4 COURIER ESC Z P1 Reassign Graphics Mode Z P1 5 MICRO Quadruple Density 8 dot per column P1 6 ORATOR P1 7 ORATOR C ESC K P2 P3 v1 vn Standard Density Graphics Mode P1 8 ROMAN P1 9 PRESTIGE ESC L P2 P3 v1 vn Double Density Graphics Mode P1 10 SRIPT P1 11 OCR A ESC Y P2 P3 v1 vn Double Density Do...

Page 119: ...ARK 0 0 Standard Density K 8 816 60 P1 0 5 SWEDEN 0 1 Double Density L 8 1632 120 P1 0 6 ITALY 0 2 2xDensity 2xSpeed Y 8 1632 120 P1 0 7 SPAIN 0 3 Quadruple Density Z 8 3264 240 P1 0 8 JAPAN 0 4 CRT I 8 1088 80 P1 0 9 NORWAY 0 6 CRT II 8 1224 90 P1 0 A DENMARK 2 2 0 Standard Density 24 816 60 P1 0 B SPAIN 2 2 1 Double Density 24 1632 120 P1 0 C LATIN AM 2 6 CRT III 24 1224 90 P1 0 D TURKEY 2 7 Tri...

Page 120: ...1 P2 SP r SM Select Macro and Change Emulation P1 1 Macro 1 P1 2 Macro 2 P1 3 Macro 3 P1 4 Macro 4 P2 0 no change of emulation P2 1 GP Emulation P2 2 IBM ProPrinter Emulation P2 3 IBM ProPrinter AGM Emulation P2 4 EPSON Emulation P1 1 15 national version depending on Char Set Tables command SCT below P1 1 U S A P1 2 France P1 3 Germany P1 4 U K P1 5 Denmark P1 6 Sweden P1 7 Italy P1 8 Spain P1 9 J...

Page 121: ...n defined unit printing 0 or not programmed Define page length in units means no changes P1 02 00 1 uni directional printing in pl P2 P3 x 256 LQ 2 bi directional printing in ESC V P1 P2 P3 Set absolute vertical print position LQ 3 uni directional printing in Define absolute vertical print position in NLQ units 4 bi directional printing in P1 02 00 NLQ avpp P2 P3 x 256 Note A switch from uni direc...

Page 122: ...1 24 28 32 36 40 42 29 15 ISO 8859 15 44 48 52 56 60 64 29 16 ISO 8859 1 44 0 PC 858 Multilingual Euro ESC U P1 P2 Set unit The character table assigned by Pn is P1 01 00 selected by the ESC t command P2 10 20 30 40 50 60 3600 P2 10 Standard ESC t Pn Select character table ESC c P1 P2 Set horizontal motion index HMI character tables which are assigned by ESC t command Define HMI Index Pn 0 0 or 3 ...

Page 123: ... hzd P5 P6 x 256 Combination P2 10 P3 20 is not possible Hex Code Format Page 00 Null F 3 08 Backspace F 3 09 Horizontal Tab F 3 0A Line Feed F 3 0B Vertical Tab F 3 0C Form Feed F 3 0D Cariage Return F 3 11 Select Printer F 3 13 Deselect Printer F 3 14 Cancel Double Width F 3 18 Cancel Buffer F 3 1B Escape F 3 20 Space F 3 7F Delete F 3 1B 0E or 0E Select Double Width for One Line F 3 7 1B 0F or ...

Page 124: ... to F 4 1B 28 63 P P P P P Set Page Format F 20 1 P1 180 1B 41 P Set line Space to F 4 1B 28 74 P P P P Assign Character Table F 22 1 P1 60 1B 42 00 Clear Vertical Tabs F 4 1B 28 76 P P P Set relative vertical Print Position F 20 1B 43 P Set Form Length in Lines F 4 1B 28 5E P P Print Data as Character F 23 1 1B 44 00 Clear Horizontal Tabs F 9 1B 2A P P P data Select Various Graphics Modes F 15 1B...

Page 125: ...acter Pitch F 13 1 2 1B 5B P 77 Set National Version F 18 1 1B 5C P P Set Relative Horizontal Position F 7 1 2 1B 62 P 00 Clear Vertical Tabs in Channel P F 4 1 1 1B 62 m P P P 00 Set Vertical Tab in Channel P F 4 1 2 9 1 1B 63 P P Set Horizontal Motion Index HMI F 21 1 2 Hex Decimal Conversion Table 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 1 1 17 3...

Page 126: ...n bars 4 P Width of thin gaps 5 P Ratio width to height 6 P Uni Bidirectional printing 7 2 3 4 5 6 7 SMBC Start of Barcode 1B 5B 3F 30 68 RMBC Stop Barcode 1B 5B 3F 30 6C P Barcode type 2 default 101 Code 39 horizontal Type horizontal horizontal vertical vertical human human readable text readable text Code 39 101 201 301 401 2 of 5 industrial 102 202 302 402 2 or 5 interleaved 103 203 303 403 Cod...

Page 127: ...trial EAN 13 6 value Codabar UPC E Code 39 EAN 8 2 of 5 interleaved UPC A Code 93 MSI mod 10 10 Code 128 0 2 0 to 1 SC3 1 2 5 to 1 SC6 2 3 0 to 1 SC9 3 3 5 to 1 SC3 Note Code 93 MSI 10 10 Code 128 are fixed 2 0 to 1 Best results for Code 39 2 of 5 industrial 2 of 5 interleaved and Codabar with 2 5 to 1 P Uni directional or bi directional printing standard 0 uni directional 7 values are 0 or not pr...

Page 128: ...5 6 7 8 9 0 actual print position Stop Barcode ESC 0 Between Start Barcode and Stop Barcode are only printable characters tolerated no CR or LF Barcode Example for Code 39 Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 201 8 1 1 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Barcode Example for 2 of 5 Industrial Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z ...

Page 129: ... 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 Data 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 8 6 1 0 4 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Barcode Example for EAN 8 ADD 2 Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 205 8 1 8 8 z ESC 206 8 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 5 1 2 Data 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 8 Stop Ba...

Page 130: ...h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 8 1 2 Data a C O D E 8 8 9 3 W I e Stop Barcode ESC 0 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Barcode Example for EAN 13 ADD 5 Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 206 8 1 8 8 z ESC 208 8 1 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 8 8 6 1 0 4 Data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 4 1 Stop Barc...

Page 131: ... 1 8 8 z ESC 209 8 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 Data 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 8 6 1 0 4 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Barcode Example for UPC E ADD 2 Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 209 8 1 8 8 z ESC 210 8 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 1 2 Data 0 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 132: ... Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 1 2 Data C o d e 8 8 1 2 8 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Barcode Example for UPC A ADD 5 Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 210 8 1 8 8 z ESC 211 8 1 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 8 6 1 0 4 Data C 1 0 0 3 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 133: ...tart Barcode ESC 0 h Data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Data CR LF LF Blank zone 8 8 8 8 8 8 Mark Pollan CR LF Start Barcode ESC 0 h 101 Main St CR LF Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Anytown US 12345 6789 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Mark Pollan 101 main St Anytown US 12345 6789 Barcode Example for KIX PTT Post Nederland Barcode...

Page 134: ...er ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 201 7 0 0 1 8 8 z ESC 401 7 0 0 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Blank zone CR LF LF LF LF LF LF LF Blank zone 8 8 8 8 8 8 Start Barcode ESC 0 h Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Data C 8 8 O...

Page 135: ...ated by CR LF Barcode Header ESC P P P P P P 8 8 z 2 3 4 5 6 7 ESC 401 7 0 0 1 8 8 z Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Stop Barcode ESC 0 Blank zone CR LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF LF Start Barcode ESC 0 h Data C 8 8 O 8 8 D 8 8 E 8 8 8 8 8 8 3 9 Stop Barcode ESC 0 ...

Page 136: ...se T 2 with Serial 1345 970436 005 Interface Token Ring for UTP with Serial 1345 970436 006 Interface Token Ring for STP with Serial 1345 970436 007 Interface IGP 10 20 40 emulation with Par Ser 1345 970436 008 Interface Digital ANSI emulation with Par Ser 1345 970470 001 Interface Digital ANSI with ETHERNET Serial 1345 970470 002 Automatic Cut Sheet Feeder 970437 002 Automatic Envelope Feeder 970...

Page 137: ... steps Switch off the printer Press the MENU and START STOP keys simultane ously While holding down the two keys switch on the printer When the message MENU ACCESS is displayed release the keys Now you are able to change the menu access function If the new setting is supposed to be permanent don t forget the SAVE function ...

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