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Safety Regulations

III

Operating Environment

Avoid installing the printer where it is exposed to moisture or heat (eg. direct sun

light).

Temperature:

+ 10

C to + 35

C (+50

F to +95

Humidity:

20% to 80%

Slots and openings in the printer's housing are provided for ventilation. Always

ensure that these openings are not obstructed.

Also ensure that the cables at the rear of the printer do not interfere with the

output paper path.

Summary of Contents for PP 408

Page 1: ...12 991 12382 March 1998 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 send us the relevant details The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice Copyright by PSi Printer Systems...

Page 2: ...of the cutting device It cautions against touching the blade Ce signal de danger se trouve sur le cache supérieur du massicot pour indiquer de ne pas toucher le couteau We certify that the equipment at issue corresponds to the law regulations ruling electromagnetic compatibility of appliances 89 336 EWG and therefore fulfils the requirements for conformity marking with the CE sign Note This equipm...

Page 3: ...r heat eg direct sun light S Temperature 10EC to 35EC 50EF to 95EF S Humidity 20 to 80 Slots and openings in the printer s housing are provided for ventilation Always ensure that these openings are not obstructed Also ensure that the cables at the rear of the printer do not interfere with the output paper path ...

Page 4: ...settes 1 12 S Paper Source Selection 1 14 1 8 Test Prints 1 15 1 9 Connection to a Computer 1 19 S Parallel Serial Interface 1 19 1 10 Emulation Selection 1 20 2 1 Control Panel 2 1 2 2 Function Keys 2 2 2 2 1 Short Description of Keys 2 2 S in the printer operation state READY or BUSY 2 2 S in the printer operation state LOCAL 2 2 2 2 2 Detail Description of Keys in the printer operation state RE...

Page 5: ... TOP MARGIN 3 11 S BOTTOM MARGIN 3 12 S PERFORATION SKIP 3 12 S PAPER SOURCE 3 12 S EMULATION 3 14 S CHARACTER SET 3 14 S LINE MODE 3 14 S COMMANDS 3 14 S TEAR OFF CUT 3 15 Main Function INSTALLATION Sub Function INTERFACE 3 17 S BUFFER 3 17 S WORD LENGTH 3 17 S I F TYPE 3 17 S BAUD RATE 3 17 S PARITY BIT 3 17 S PROTOCOL 3 17 S AUTO STATUS 3 18 Sub Function ADJUSTMENT 3 18 S AGC POSITION 3 18 S PL...

Page 6: ...on or Carriage related Problems 5 11 5 8 Print Tests 5 11 6 Technical Data 6 1 Appendix A System Interface Descriptions A 1 1 Serial Interface RS 232 C A 2 S Interface Characteristics A 2 2 Transmission Protocols A 3 2 1 DTR Ready Busy A 3 2 2 XON XOFF A 6 2 3 ACK NACK A 8 3 Parallel Centronics Interface A 11 3 1 Transmission Protocol Description A 12 3 2 Timing Diagram A 13 4 Shared Operation A 1...

Page 7: ...dule and ribbon cassette By the end B Print Samples of Resident Fonts of this chapter the printer should be fully functional and tested in its primary form It is not yet connected to the host computer system and no C Character Set Table options are mounted All printer supported character sets are listed in this chapter 2 Operating the Printer D Control Codes This chapter discusses in great detail ...

Page 8: ...g of the equipment H Verschiedenes Miscellaneous ENTER Key functions are always depicted in brackets or S Bestellnummern Ordernumbers indicated by the symbol e g S System Manager Information Bold Headlines and important information Note The following chapters describe the two printers S PP 407 Fanfold printer without cutter S PP 408 Fanfold printer with cutter The operation of both printers is mos...

Page 9: ...n the following parts S 24 Needle Printer 1 S Folder for the User s Manual 2 S Ribbon cassette 3 S Power cord 4 S Two tractor cassettes 5 already mounted S Top cover 6 already mounted A separate box contains the Personality Module 16 and the chapers 1 6 and Appendix A G of the User s Manual Please file the loosen pages into the folder parts S 24 Needle Printer 1 S Cutting Device 2 separate packing...

Page 10: ...otection when transporting the printer please pay Never attempt to install or remove a PM while the printer is switched attention to the following ON 1 Push the output stacker into the top cover and remove the power cord 1 Remove the PM 16 from its packing material 2 Remove the ribbon cassette 2 Insert the Personality Module 16 with the component side upwards until the 3 Pack the complete printer ...

Page 11: ...ecessary to change the voltage slide the selector button to the required voltage selection When switched ON the printer performs an internal self test which checks the 3 Connect the printer to the mains using the power cord 4 First connect the electronics the print head carriage movement and the interface Power ON is cable to the power cord socket and then to the mains indicated by a green LED on ...

Page 12: ... Remove any excess slack by turning the green knob 14 on the ribbon cassette clockwise Move the ribbon feed guide 13 to the position indicated on the plastic cover of the cassette 2a green plastic plate 15 6 Fit the upper mounting pins into the green mounting brackets and gently move the cassette toward you until you hear a click on both sides Swing the ribbon underneath the print head until the l...

Page 13: ...ition aligned with the cut out in the paper guide plate 12 to facilitate the installation of the ribbon cassette 2 Now swing the lower part of the ribbon cassette to the cutter In this way the mounting pins 2 loosen from the lower position 3 Then press the upper part of the ribbon cassette to the cutter The upper mounting pins 3 get free and the ribbon cassette can be taken out 4 To install a new ...

Page 14: ...he Tractor Cassettes 3 94 MACRO SELECT6 hear a click see illustration Remove the tractor cassettes by lifting and pulling 4 INSTALLATION 6 the LOWER TRACTOR If more than two different fanfold papers are to be 5 Y 7 INTERFACE 6 loaded with paper in advance and just need to be plugged into the printer as 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 M...

Page 15: ...een tractor lock levers 22 forward to release the tractors 23 2 Roughly adjust the tractors 23 to the paper width and space out the paper supports 24 evenly 3 Open the tractor covers 21 and insert the paper in such a way that the top edge partly covers the plastic plate 25 4 Close the tractor covers 21 and move the tractors with the paper until the left perforation is aligned with the center mark ...

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Page 17: ...EST 1 The following identifies the keys to press and the corresponding operator panel 2 Z 7 SELF TEST 6 messages KEY Display 2 93 LOCAL 3 94 MACRO SELECT 6 4 INSTALLATION 6 5 Y 7 INTERFACE 6 6 7 SELF TEST 6 7 Y 7 PRINT TEST 1 Use to select PRINT TEST 2 or 3 8 Y 7 PRINT TEST 1 9 93 PRINT TEST 1 The printer starts to print using paper from the defined paper source 3 93 READY 4 ELQ ...

Page 18: ... procedure below The S 8 bit example shows the keys to press along with the display information for a S even parity change from EPSON LQ in macro 4 to IBM PROPR in macro 2 S 9600 baud S DTR protocol SHARED means that after Power ON both the serial and the parallel interface are available for data transfer The port to which data is sent becomes active automatically If the parallel or serial paramet...

Page 19: ...unction of a key depends on the printer operation state Following operation states are possible S READY or BUSY S 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 LOCA...

Page 20: ...e printer 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 S S Lower Row Keys In case a certain application requires a s...

Page 21: ...placement 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 Displ...

Page 22: ...uring an application After pressing the Insert Eject key fanfold paper from the park position S a SAVE function to make changes permanent until purposely reset is fed into the print position and fanfold paper from the print position is facilitating changes in default settings fed into the cut tear off position depending on the setting or the printer type Paper that has been retracted into the cut ...

Page 23: ...characteristic types of information A number of VALUE settings is summarized in a Macro It is possible to have a total of four macros each with a different summary of VALUE settings The 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 lab...

Page 24: ...a pre configured macro 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 SAV...

Page 25: ...he STOP mode PAPER JAM TRF Displayed if line feeds fail to move fanfold paper correctly TEAR OFF PAPER This message is displayed when the menu selection is TEAR OFF and the printer moved paper into the tear off position Operator must tear off the fanfold paper along the back edge of the printer paper should be torn off from left to right CUTTER ERROR printer with cutter Check the plug of the cable...

Page 26: ...eding paper from the defined paper source the printer starts to print S interface type When printing is completed the following message will be displayed S parity You may also need to change some of the printer s other features depending on your hardware and application requirements for example 9 93 READY 4 ELQ S paper handling S text processing The MENU mode allows you to access the configuration...

Page 27: ... Note An asterisk after MACRO 4 indicates the actual macro This value is dependent on factory setting All this standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY PRINT OUT VERSION 202xxxxx INTERFACE ADJUSTMENT BUFFER 8 KBYTE AGC POSITION 24 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT PLATEN GAP 0 I F TYPE SHARED PAPER IN ADJ 0 BAUD RATE 9600 BPS CUT V POS LO 0 PARITY BIT EVEN CUT V POS...

Page 28: ...ate 9600 Bit s next page S Parity Bit Even S Protocol DTR Note Most parameters can be set via the control panel or via escape sequences S Auto Status No from the host computer S ADJUSTMENT all parameters are for adjustment of the printer and the S INSTALLATION paper see also the following pages In the first sub function named INTERFACE you can manipulate parameters The last part of the printout is...

Page 29: ...ext size itself will not change A font is a family of characters with the same style and size The appearance When set to YES the text size will be reduced and printed above or below of the font can be varied by using attributes such as size bold italic etc the line The fonts included in the PM SER PAR are NO 5 S Data S Letter Gothic S Letter Gothic Italic S Courier S Micro S Orator S Orator C S Ro...

Page 30: ...g 72 The tear off cut mode and top bottom margins use the page length setting as a basis An incorrect page length therefore gives an incorrect perforation skip 1 0 42 mm 1 60 2 0 85 mm 2 60 3 1 27 mm 3 60 4 1 69 mm 4 60 5 2 12 mm 5 60 6 2 54 mm 6 60 7 2 96 mm 7 60 8 3 39 mm 8 60 9 3 81 mm 9 60 10 4 23 mm 10 60 11 4 66 mm 11 60 12 5 08 mm 12 60 13 5 50 mm 13 60 14 5 93 mm 14 60 15 6 35 mm 15 60 16 ...

Page 31: ...If PERF SKIP is set to YES the printer starts to print after specified top The top margin can be set to a maximum of down on the paper 16 6 of 1 6 8 6 see section Vertical Positioning Adjustment in this chapter margin and stops printing before the bottom Margin If PERF SKIP is set to NO the printer ignores the top and bottom margin and prints from the very first line to the very last one That mean...

Page 32: ... sets can be found in Appendix B paper is cut above the perforation the remaining paper can easily bend and cause a paper jam Do not cut through a label as the blad would get dirty by the glue S STACK CAPACITY capacity at the top only for the printer with cutter S BATCH CAPACITY capacity of the option at Cut Sheet Tray at the rear only for the printer with cutter To control the capacity of the Sta...

Page 33: ...g the paper moves immediately into the cut the paper when a switch from one tractor to the other has been initiated In top of form position of the next page this case the printer without cutter gives the message TEAR OFF Furthermore all settings can be overruled by software Command SPSIF cut The setting CUT 1 S NO FF printer with cutter has the same function as mode on CUT 1 S but is independent o...

Page 34: ...e parallel and serial interface The first data 10 cpi can be selected received at the port determine which interface port becomes active The An adjustment of the AGC Position is only necessary if a measurement at the other interface port will be closed so that only one interface is active at a default position does not reflect the paper thickness of the area to be printed time for detailed informa...

Page 35: ...nitiated after and cause a paper jam Do not cut through a label as the blad would get having exchanged the print head or the platen It is essential that the ink dirty by the glue ribbon is installed and no paper is in the printer when this procedure is started After activating this procedure the printer displays The following table shows the possible values in inch and millimetres INSTALL RIBBON I...

Page 36: ...oided BUSY mode After pressing one of these keys the Special Sub Items under INSTALLATION S MACROS ONLY Macros can be selected using the Quick Macro S Language Selection keys and The operator panel may display its messages in three languages Select one The Vertical Positioning Adjustment Mode can be out of the following ENGLISH DEUTSCH FRANCAIS entered S RESTORE SET UP With this function all setti...

Page 37: ...lugged into the serial interface connector The test data uses consist of PRINT TEST 1 S Hex Dump This function makes it possible that the data received by the printer can be analyzed Control codes are no longer carried out instead all data is printed in hexadecimal format and as ASCII characters Any non printable characters such as carriage return are only represented as a single dot in the ASCII ...

Page 38: ... 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 range 5 to 132 lines 7 VERT POS ADJ 6 7 TRACT L V POS 6 7 TRACT L V 0 7 TRACT U V POS 6 7 TRACT U V 0 range 15 to 240 ...

Page 39: ...ge 20 to 200 step 20 7 BATCH CAPACITY 6 7 BATCH CAP range 20 to 600 step 20 7 EMULATION 6 7 PHILIPS GP Macro 1 7 IBM PROPR Macro 2 7 IBM PROPR 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...

Page 40: ...GE 858 Menu 6 Macro 4 7 EPSON EXT GCT 6 7 1 U S A 7 2 FRANCE 7 3 GERMANY 7 4 U K 7 5 DENMARK 7 6 SWEDEN 7 7 ITALY 7 8 SPAIN 7 9 JAPAN 7 10 NORWAY 7 11 DENMARK 2 7 12 SPAIN 2 7 13 LATIN AM 7 14 TURKEY 7 15 LEGAL 7 LINE MODE 6 7 LF LF CR CR 7 LF LF CR 7 CR LF CR 7 LF CR LF CR 7 COMMANDS 6 7 NO 7 YES 7 TEAR OFF CUT 6 7 NO 7 TEAR OFF 10 S 7 TEAR OFF 1 S 7 CUT 10 S printer with cutter 7 CUT 1 S printer...

Page 41: ...7 ODD 7 NONE 7 IGNORE 1 7 PROTOCOL 6 7 DTR 7 XON XOFF 7 XON XOFF DTR 1 7 AUTO STATUS 6 7 YES 7 NO Menu 8 7 ADJUSTMENT 6 7 AGC POSITION 6 7 POSITION 24 range 4 to 131 7 PLATEN GAP 6 7 PLATEN GAP 0 rang 3 to 4 7 AGC ADJUST 6 7 NO 7 YES parameter YES gives the message INSTALL RIBBON after check press 7 PAPER IN ADJ 6 7 PAPER IN 0 range 3 to 4 7 CUT V POS LO 6 7 CUTTER V LO 0 range 15 to 16 7 CUT V PO...

Page 42: ...S 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 TESTS 6 7 PRINT TEST 1 7 PRINT TEST 2 7 PRINT TEST 3 7 I F TEST only with a closed loop connector plug 7 HEX DUMP 6 7 HEX DUMP SAVE 6 7 SAVE NOW PRINT OUT 6 7 PRINT OUT ...

Page 43: ...M1 208xxxxx PM2 00000000 PM3 208xxxxx PBC 20807222 SPC 20000000 CUR 4 PMR 0 NFQ 2100 DSF 100 NLSF 100 LSF 100 GSF 100 NFT 260 TNA1 230 TNA2 230 TNA3 260 AC 6 00 PSL 44 PGC 20 SBP 38 C011 NV 1 0 C012 NV 2 3 C013 NV 2 5 C014 NV 2 6 C015 NV 2 8 C031 ISO 8859 1C061 IBM SET 1 C062 IBM SET 2 C063 IBM CODE PAGE C071 EPSON EXT GCT C091 BARCODE DATA L GOTHIC NLQ L GOTHIC LQ L GOTHIC I NLQ L GOTHIC I LQ COU...

Page 44: ...with the cutting device Small parts of a cut through label could detach from its paper and get stuck under the shield of the print head or even block the cutter completely If the shield or the blade gets dirty it must be cleaned immediately Use a close with petrol Caution There is danger to get hurt The print head has an expected life time of approximately 350 000 pages see Page Counter PGCNT in P...

Page 45: ...Note Older versions of the print head are mounted without the adjustment guide 8 2 Fasten the captive screws 6 S fasten the screw to its stop S tighten the left screw S 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 Refit the cutter 10 mount and close the top cover only for printer wi...

Page 46: ...ove the top cover 3 Swing back the cutter housing only for printer with cutter 4 Remove the ribbon cassette 5 Position the print head to the very right 6 Release the green plastic platen clamp 61 on the left platen mounting 7 Move the platen 60 approximately 0 4 inch to the left lift the left end of the platen free of its mounting and withdraw the platen from the right mounting 8 Lift the platen t...

Page 47: ...he end of the platen into the right mounting Be careful not to damage the gear wheel 4 Ensure that the plastic platen clamp 61 is in an upright position push the platen into its mounting and lock it by pushing the tag on the clamp to the rear 5 Install the ribbon cassette 6 Swing back the cutter housing only for printer with cutter 7 Reapply and close the top cover 8 Run the MENU function AGC ADJU...

Page 48: ...ssage is displayed please refer to the following section All other messages on the display are described in section 2 4 Status and Error Messages 5 1 Power related Problems S Power indicator does not come On when power is switched On S Check that the power cord and plug are securely fitted to the printer and to an electrical outlet S Ask for the power connector connections and fuse if fitted to be...

Page 49: ...occur for further operator panel messages it is referred to section 2 4 Status and Error Messages Display That means Cause Action AGC ERROR AGC ADJUST S Distance print head and procedure fault platen faulty S Print head loose S Platen incorrectly installed S Ribbon not inserted S Horizontal drive without function S Platen got dirty HOR DRIVE ERROR Horizontal drive S Horizontal drive blocked withou...

Page 50: ...ected S Make sure that paper is loaded S Make sure that the ribbon is installed S Examine the ribbon path Does the ribbon pass in front of the whole printhead Adjust the ribbon if necessary S S Fanfold paper in lower or upper tractor does not advance S Make sure that the right tractor is selected 5 4 Operation related Problems S S Paper is not positioned at perforation for tear off S Select the co...

Page 51: ...verlap S Examine the paper path for dirt or other obstructions that may prevent the platen from rotating freely Remove the obstruction S S On preprinted forms the printing on the copies is not aligned with the preprinted matter S Refer to section 3 4 Vertical Positioning VERT POS ADJ S S Part of printed text is missing loss of data S If you are using Serial communications check the buffer control ...

Page 52: ...en screws holding the paper guide plate Remove the paper guide plate by lifting it slightly and pulling the D shaft toward the right out of its case Jammed paper is accessible now S If the paper in the printer with cutter is caught in the guide of the cutter the ledge covering the blade can be tipped up to access the paper S Cutting through a sticky label leaves glue on the blade leading to proble...

Page 53: ...all packing material is removed S Examine the carriage area for obstructions Remove where necessary 5 8 Print Tests There are three different print tests as well as one interface test built into the printer S 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...

Page 54: ... BLOCK in Letter Quality LQ and Near Letter Quality NLQ OCR A S Code 39 2 of 5 industrial 2 of 5 interleaved Codabar Monarch EAN 8 EAN OCR B only in LQ 13 Code 93 MSI Mod 10 10 UPC E UPC A Code 128 incl EAN 128 and Character Attributes Bold double strike italic underline double underline overline strike through Emulations sub superscript double triple height double triple width double triple quadr...

Page 55: ...tput Paper Minimum Maximum width 101 6mm 4 420 9mm 16 57 height 76 2mm 3 558 8mm 22 weight S 1 play 60 g m 16 lb r 90 g m 24 lb r S sheet in form set 40 g m 10 lb r 60 g m 16 lb r S total set 350 g m 91 lb r total form set thickness S printing area 0 5 mm 0 02 S area of top glued only 1 1 mm 0 044 paper movement S cutter 1 1 mm 0 044 Single sheet A4 portrait only with option for printer without cu...

Page 56: ...mm 14 8 incl tractor cassette incl tractor cassette Height 327 mm 13 1 325 mm 13 without stacker Weight printer without cutter 28 8 kg 63 lbs printer with cutter 33 kg 72 lbs Rated Voltage 100 120 200 240 V at rated f 50 60 Hz Power Consumption 200 W operating 40 W stand by Environmental Temperature Operating 10EC to 35EC 50EF to 95EF Storage 40EC to 70EC 40EF to 158EF Printer Stand Provides is th...

Page 57: ...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 IPDS Standard PM functions with parallel and Twinax interface for IBM 3812 and IBM 4224 Emulation and system connection for AS 400 S 38 and S 36 Supported IPDS Towers DC 1 PT 2 IM 1 OL 1 PS 1...

Page 58: ...14073 Appendix A to G for Printer ...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts B 5 B 6 Character Pitches Character Style Samples ...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...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 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 ...

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Page 77: ... 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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ... 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 82: ...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 83: ... 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 84: ...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 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ...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 88: ... 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 89: ...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 90: ...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 91: ...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 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ... 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 95: ...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 96: ...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 97: ... 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 98: ...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 99: ...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 100: ...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 101: ...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 102: ...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 103: ...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 104: ...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 105: ... 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 106: ...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 107: ...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 108: ...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 109: ... 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 110: ...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 111: ...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 112: ...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 113: ... 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 114: ...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 115: ...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 116: ...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 117: ...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 118: ...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 119: ...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 120: ... 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 121: ... 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 122: ...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 123: ...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 124: ...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 125: ...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 126: ... 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 127: ...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 128: ... 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 129: ... 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 130: ...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 131: ...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 132: ...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 133: ...PAR 407 408 8707 250 90106 PM LWSI 407 408 8707 250 90107 PM TR UTP 407 408 8707 250 90108 PM TR STP 407 408 8707 250 90109 PM SER PAR EX 407 408 8707 250 90111 PM ETHERNET EX 407 408 8707 250 90112 PM OPEN FRAME 407 408 8707 250 90113 PM WANG 407 408 8707 250 90207 PM Personality Modul Traktorkassette 407 408 8707 250 90507 Platen Assy 407 408 Schreibwalze 8707 250 90508 Stacker Option 407 408 V ...

Page 134: ...07 250 90512 PM TWINAX 407 408 8707 250 90103 Print Head 3024 2 407 408 8707 250 90513 T Stück für TWINAX 8707 240 90832 Parallel Centronics Interface Cable 2 m 8707 290 90831 PM ETHERNET 407 408 8707 250 90104 Ribbon Cassette XXL black 8709 002 39601 PM SER PAR IGP 407 408 8707 250 90105 PM IPDS TWX PAR 407 408 8707 250 90106 PM LWSI 407 408 8707 250 90107 PM TR UTP 407 408 8707 250 90108 PM TR S...

Page 135: ... 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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