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User's Manual 

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CHAPTER 2  SETTING UP 

SETTING UP 

Your new printer is easy to install and set up.  
This chapter tells you how to set up the printer 
and start printing right away. If this is your first 
printer, you should read the entire chapter before 
attempting to use the printer. 

 

In this chapter, you will learn how to: 

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  Unpack, assemble, and select a good location for the printer 

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  Identify the printer’s major parts 

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  Connect the power and interface cables 

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  Test the printer before connecting it to your computer 

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  Install the printer driver 

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  Select an emulation and print a sample page using your software 

 

If you have a problem while setting up the printer, review the section 
Solving Problems in Chapter 7. If the problem persists, contact your 
dealer. 

 

This printer is suitable for most business, office, and home environments. 
To obtain peak performance from the printer, select a location that meets 
the following guidelines: 

 

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  Place the printer on a sturdy, level surface. 

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  Place the printer near a well-grounded AC power outlet. 

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  Ensure easy access to the front and rear of the printer by leaving 

several inches of space around the printer. Do not block the air 
vents on the front, left, and right sides of the printer. 

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  Do not place the printer in direct sunlight or near heaters. 

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  Make sure that the room is well-ventilated and free from 

excessive dust. 

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  Do not expose the printer to extremes of temperature and 

humidity. 

SELECTING A GOOD 
LOCATION 

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Page 3: ...FUJITSU DL7400 DOT MATRIX PRINTER USER S MANUAL ...

Page 4: ...s the right to make changes to any products described herein without further notice and without obligation This product is designed and manufactured for use in standard applications such as office work personal devices household appliances and general industrial use This product is not intended for special uses nuclear reactor control in atomic energy facilities aeronautic and space systems air tr...

Page 5: ...ermined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measure Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV techn...

Page 6: ...his class B digital apparatus M33324A meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil M33324A numérique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada ...

Page 7: ...that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and other office equipments The program backs the development and dissemination of products with functions that effectively reduce energy consumption It is an open system in which business proprietors can participate voluntarily The targeted products are office equipment such as computers displays printers facsimiles and copiers Their standa...

Page 8: ... translated stored in a database or retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Fujitsu Isotec Limited FUJITSU is a registered trademark and Fujitsu Creative Faces is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer Coporation IBM PC and IBM Proprint...

Page 9: ...s supplies and additional documentation and information available from your dealer or authorized Fujitsu representative Fujitsu offices are listed at the end of the manual This manual covers model DL7400 a 136 column printer Each model has a 100 120 M33324A VAC or 220 240 M33324B VAC power supply A LAN card a user add on option can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel U...

Page 10: ...e printer use Quick Reference at the beginning of the manual to refresh your memory as needed Chapter 5 Using Setup Mode describes how to change the printer s optional settings such as print features hardware options and top of form Most settings only affect print features such as the typestyle and page format Note that certain settings directly affect hardware and software compatibility Refer to ...

Page 11: ... A CAUTION indicates that damage to the printer may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly NOTE A NOTE provides how to tips or suggestions to help you perform a procedure correctly NOTEs are particularly useful for first time users For Experienced Users If you are familiar with this printer or with dot matrix printers in general this information will help you use the manual effectively ...

Page 12: ... a caution of possible electric shock indicates a prohibited action The image in or beside this symbol expresses the prohibited action the example on the left indicates that disassembly is prohibited z indicates a direction that must be observed The image in this symbol shows the direction the example on the left shows the direction in which a power plug is disconnected from an outlet Caution Hot ...

Page 13: ...d or dusty area in an area with explosive fumes an area with poor ventilation or close to a fire Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Use only one of the power cords included with this product for this product Do not use any other power cord for this product Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Do not use this product in an area exposed to a high level of moisture such as a bathroom ...

Page 14: ...ration or an unstable area such as on a slope Otherwise the printer may fall or topple possibly resulting in personal injury Do not leave the printer in an area exposed to direct sunlight for a long time such as inside a car under the sun or any other area subjected to high temperatures Otherwise the printer surface heats up possibly melting covers or resulting in other deformities or the inside o...

Page 15: ...ug does not fit securely in the outlet receptacle Using the power cord in that condition may result in electric shock or fire Do not insert the power cord into an outlet or turn on the power to the printer when any of its covers has been removed Otherwise electric shock or fire may result Prevent foreign objects such as metal shards and inflammable materials from being inserted or dropped into any...

Page 16: ...rinter dealer Continued use of the printer in that condition may result in electric shock or fire Customers who use the printer near children should take especial care regarding this point If the printer is dropped or a cover is damaged turn off the power to the printer by using the power switch and disconnect the power plug from the outlet Then contact your printer dealer Continued use of printer...

Page 17: ... or wrap the printer with a cloth or anything else while it is operating Otherwise heat accumulates possibly resulting in fire Do not use the power cord with it bunched together Otherwise heat accumulates possibly resulting in fire If the printer is not to be used for a long time disconnect the power plug from the outlet for safety reasons Otherwise electric shock or fire may result If a lightning...

Page 18: ... the printer with the paper thickness lever set to the appropriate paper thickness Use only an original ribbon cassette that is specified as suitable by Fujitsu Textile fibers accumulate on components inside the printer and parts of the roller so clean these parts regularly Do not turn the ribbon feed knob in the reverse direction Otherwise the ribbon may become jammed and stuck If printing is sta...

Page 19: ...PUTER 2 20 Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable 2 20 Selecting a Serial Interface Cable 2 20 Selecting a USB Cable 2 21 Selecting a LAN cable 2 21 Connecting the Interface Cable 2 21 SELECTING AN EMULATION 2 22 PRINTING A SAMPLE PAGE ONLINE 2 26 INSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER 2 27 CHAPTER 3 PAPER HANDLING 3 1 SELECTING PAPER 3 1 OVERVIEW OF PAPER OPERATIONS 3 2 SELECTING PAPER PATH 3 5 Paper Paths ...

Page 20: ...D PAGES 4 8 Removing Single Sheets 4 8 Removing Continuous Forms 4 8 CLEARING THE PRINT BUFFER 4 8 CHAPTER 5 USING SETUP MODE 5 1 HOW TO USE THIS CHAPTER 5 1 ENTERING SETUP MODE 5 2 OVERVIEW OF SETUP MODE 5 4 Setup Mode Example 5 5 Points to Remember 5 8 PRINTING A LIST OF SELECTED OPTIONS 5 8 DECIDING WHICH OPTIONS TO CHANGE 5 11 MENU1 AND MENU2 ITEMS AND OPTIONS 5 13 Resetting MENU1 and MENU2 5 ...

Page 21: ...EMS 7 1 Print Quality Problems 7 1 Paper Handling Problems 7 5 Operating Problems 7 7 Printer Failures 7 8 Alarm display function 7 9 Responses to alarm occurrences 7 10 DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS 7 10 GETTING HELP 7 11 CHAPTER 8 INSTALLING OPTIONS 8 1 INSTALLING THE CUT SHEET FEEDER 8 1 Installing on the front side of the printer 8 2 Installing on the rear side of the printer 8 4 Removing the Cut Sheet...

Page 22: ...ing D 8 Serial Protocols D 10 USB INTERFACE D 11 Cable D 11 Specification D 11 LAN INTERFACE D 12 Cable D 12 APPENDIX E CHARACTER SETS E 1 CHARACTER SETS 1 AND 2 DPL24C PLUS AND IBM XL24E EMULATION E 1 ITALIC AND GRAPHICS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION E 2 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL EMULATIONS E 4 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS DPL24C PLUS AND IBM XL24E EMULATION E 14 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMU...

Page 23: ...s on setup mode see Chapter 5 Normal mode operation includes everyday operations such as paper handling and font selection The printer comes up in normal mode when turned on To enter setup mode press the AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons at the same time while the ONLINE indicator is off not lit Control panel The table on the next page lists normal mode operations with online and offline conditions a...

Page 24: ...operation starts Eject single sheets 9 9 Press and hold LF FF until the operation starts Tear off forms continuous forms only 9 9 Press TEAR OFF Tear off forms then press any button to retract forms Micro feed backward 9 9 Press MICROS Micro feed forward 9 9 Press MICROT Select a paper feed direction 9 Press FRONT DIR Select a print mode 9 Press PRINT MODE Set reset high impact mode 9 9 Press HI I...

Page 25: ...is state Operation cannot be performed when the printer is in this state N A Does not apply Operation Online Offline Required Response Enter setup mode 9 Press AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT Exit to normal mode Self test printing 9 9 Start Turn printer off Press LF FF while turning printer on Pause resume Press LOAD Exit Press ONLINE ...

Page 26: ...QUICK REFERENCE QR 4 User s Manual ...

Page 27: ... and the Epson ESC P2 command set Various character sets As basic character sets IBM PC character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation and the italic character set and graphics character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Epson ESC P2 emulation As national character sets a total of 56 or 58 national character sets depending on th...

Page 28: ...ront and rear is selectable front eject paper require removing for next paper loading Tear off function Available at both the front and the rear of the printer The tear off button on the control panel is used Hight copy capability Up to eight sheets for front rear continuous forms and cut sheets fed from front paper table Up to five sheets for CSF fed Auto paper thickness control Features as stand...

Page 29: ...t as an additional option if dual tractor feeding capability is required LAN card A LAN card is available as a printer add on option A user installable function the LAN card can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel USB interfaces For details see Chapter 8 Large paper table The large paper table helps to increase operability when large cut sheets are used Also sheets tha...

Page 30: ...INTRODUCTION 1 4 User s Manual ...

Page 31: ...lem while setting up the printer review the section Solving Problems in Chapter 7 If the problem persists contact your dealer This printer is suitable for most business office and home environments To obtain peak performance from the printer select a location that meets the following guidelines 9 Place the printer on a sturdy level surface 9 Place the printer near a well grounded AC power outlet 9...

Page 32: ... or such as copiers or coffee makers Such equipment often emits electrical noise or causes power degradation Unpack the printer as follows 1 Open the carton and remove the printer and its components Make sure that you have all of the items shown below Note that the power cord supplied depends on the printer model 100 120 or 220 240 VAC power supply Checking items received UNPACKING THE PRINTER Pri...

Page 33: ...ing restraint cardboard that holds the print head carriage in place shown below Removing the shipping restraint cardboard 5 Store the original shipping carton and packaging materials for future use For example the original packaging is ideal for use when you move or ship your printer to another location NOTE The interface cable is not included with the printer You must purchase it separately Conne...

Page 34: ...ely LAN card option Cut sheet feeder option Tractor unit option Large Paper Table option Large Stacker option Extra monochrome ribbon cartridges Make sure that you received all the options you ordered Installation of options is described in Chapter 8 Once you are sure you have everything you are ready to assemble the printer ...

Page 35: ...e shown below Make sure that the top end of the paper table is engaged with the printer guide pin and the guide pin on the paper table is inserted into the cover groove NOTE Do not apply unreasonable force while you are setting the paper table It could cause damage Also do not leave the paper table in incomplete setting Running the printer with the paper table left in incomplete conditions could c...

Page 36: ...e paper table You must open and close the paper table when you feed continuous forms using the front tractor or you attach the cut sheet feeder to the front of the printer Normal mode The following figure shows the paper table in normal mode ...

Page 37: ...ractor When you attach the optional cut sheet feeder to the front of the printer open the paper table and proceed as follows 1 Open the paper table Slightly raise the front end of the paper table 1 then pull 2 and lift the table 3 2 Close the paper table Lower the paper table as shown in the figure below 1 then push 2 and close 3 the table ...

Page 38: ...int head moves and stops at the ribbon replacement position NOTE If you turn on the printer power with the top cover open the print head does not move Turn the printer power with the top cover closed 2 Turn off the printer power Make sure that the power switch is set to the side 3 Open the front cover of the printer Slide the print head carriage so that its center is at the position for replacing ...

Page 39: ...wise to be sure that it feeds properly Preparing the ribbon cartridge 5 Locate the two ribbon release levers on either side of the ribbon cartridge Each ribbon release lever has a mounting pin on the side Place the mounting pins on the ribbon support bracket of the print head cartridge Insert the ribbon so that the ribbon falls between the nose of the print head and the print guide Installing the ...

Page 40: ...d Don t use other cartridges If other cartridges are used operating problems or a damage of the print head may be caused Selecting the Tractor Unit Position NOTE This printer uses a detachable tractor that can be used on either the front or back of the printer You can attach the tractor to either the front or back of the printer according to your installation or operating conditions The printer is...

Page 41: ...nit lift out the tractor unit to remove it Mounting the tractor unit 1 Position the U shaped slots on both sides of the tractor unit over the guide pins of the printer unit To set the tractor unit in position line it up with the groove of the left guide pin The right guide pin has no groove 2 Push down the shaft at the front of the tractor unit until it locks with an audible click Do not press the...

Page 42: ... the tractor unit are securely hooked onto guide pin 2 as shown in the following figure Tractor unit at the rear Removing the tractor unit While pressing the lock levers of the tractor frames located on both sides of the tractor unit lift out the tractor unit to remove it ...

Page 43: ...r unit in position line it up with the groove of the left guide pin The right guide pin has no groove 2 Push down the shaft at the front of the tractor unit until it locks with an audible click Do not press the lock levers when pushing down the shaft 3 Verify that the hooks on both sides of the tractor unit are securely hooked onto guide pin 2 as shown in the following figure ...

Page 44: ...e and rear left side you can see the parts of the printer shown in the figure below Printer components The printer control panel has the buttons and indicators used to load and feed paper see Chapter 3 and select print features see Chapter 4 The control panel also allows you to change the printer s optional settings see Chapter 5 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH YOUR PRINTER ...

Page 45: ...the power cord into the power connector on the rear of the printer 2 Plug the other end of the power cord into the power outlet Connecting the power cord 3 Make sure that the power cord is securely connected 4 Turn on the power by pressing the side marked I on the power switch The POWER indicator on the printer control panel will light the print head will move to its home position within a few sec...

Page 46: ...l the way to the right to avoid clipping the test pattern Standard letter or A4 size paper can be used lengthwise portrait mode Pull the subguide out as required to accommodate the paper size Before loading paper make sure that the printer is on Then proceed as follows 1 Press the PAPER PATH button on the control panel to select the cut sheet mode the CUT SHEET indicator LED lights Loading a sheet...

Page 47: ...ter back on Keep the LF FF button pressed until the printer beeps Self test printing will start Starting the self test 3 Allow printing to continue for a dozen or more lines of repeat printing To exit the self test mode press the ONLINE button Then press the LOAD button to remove the test page 4 Examine the self test page It should look like the sample on the next page Check that printing is unifo...

Page 48: ...tes some of the printer s capabilities To print the demo pattern 1 Load a sheet of paper A4 or larger 2 Turn the printer off 3 While pressing the FRONT DIR button turn the printer back on The printer will start printing the demo pattern 4 The demo pattern stops printing after one page To pause or restart the demo during printing of a page press the ONLINE button 5 To exit demo mode turn the printe...

Page 49: ...SETTING UP User s Manual 2 19 Demo pattern ...

Page 50: ... such as an Amphenol DDK 57FE 30360 or its equivalent To prevent RFI radio frequency interference the connector cover must be connected to the cable shield 9 At the computer end most computers including IBM PCs require a male DB 25P connector Some computers however require a Centronics connector To determine the type of connector your computer uses refer to your computer user manual 9 Make sure th...

Page 51: ...of USB supported devices Selecting a LAN cable 9 When the LAN cable is connected the parallel and USB cables cannot be used 9 The LAN cable when used in 100BASE TX environments must conform to category 5 or higher Connecting the Interface Cable To connect the interface cable 1 Turn off both the printer and the computer 2 Attach the interface cable to the connector Do not connect more than one inte...

Page 52: ...rinter s preselected factory setting is the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation If this emulation is acceptable you may skip this section An emulation is a set of commands used by your software to communicate with the printer There are many different emulations available for printers Each emulation has unique features and capabilities This printer offers three resident emulations Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS for...

Page 53: ...k whether support is available You may be able to obtain a printer driver that is not shipped with the original software package To select an emulation proceed as follows 1 Turn the printer on and load a sheet of paper To change a single printer setting such as the emulation you can use a single sheet paper To change several printer settings as described in Chapter 5 you must load continuous forms...

Page 54: ...SETTING UP 2 24 User s Manual Initial printout in setup mode Check that the FUNCTION menu is printed at the bottom of the page FUNCTION menu Function ...

Page 55: ...nderline In the figure shown above the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected 4 Select an emulation Press the LOAD button repeatedly to position the cursor at the required emulation Press the T MICRO FEED button to select the emulation and print the next MENU1 item 5 Exit MENU1 Press the ONLINE button to exit the MENU1 function and reprint the FUNCTION menu 6 Exit setup mode to save the emulati...

Page 56: ... ONLINE indicator is not green press the ONLINE button 3 Try to print using your word processor a programming language or other software 4 Use your software printer selection menus or the printer setup mode described in Chapter 5 to make required changes in the page layout or other print features If the printer does not print or prints the wrong characters proceed as follows Make sure that the int...

Page 57: ... problem execute reset from the control panel or turn off the printer then print the page again You are now finished setting up and testing the printer To familiarize yourself with everyday printer operations such as loading paper selecting print features and printing see Chapters 3 and 4 A printer driver is required for using the printer in a Windows environment Special printer drivers for Window...

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Page 59: ...and noncontinuous multipart forms Continuous forms include labels and multipart forms fed into the printer using the forms tractors For best results use paper that meets the specifications listed below See Appendix B for detailed specifications If you are unsure of the suitability of a particular paper try testing the paper or consult your dealer Length Single sheets 70 to 420 mm 3 to 16 5 in Cont...

Page 60: ... button The following figure shows the location of each button Location of the buttons Table 3 1 summarizes the use of buttons in paper handling More detailed information is provided later in this chapter NOTE To load or feed paper the printer must be Online but not receiving or printing data Offline but not in setup mode To micro feed paper the printer must be Online but not receiving or printing...

Page 61: ...sition adjusted by micro feeding immediately after loading paper LF FF Form feed Line feed Press and hold LF FF to execute a form feed Continuous forms are fed forward by one page Single sheets are ejected Press LF FF within three seconds to feed paper forward by one line TEAR OFF Advance forms for tear off Press TEAR OFF to advance the forms perforation to the tear off edge Tear off the forms the...

Page 62: ...n you save your setting in the setup mode it becomes the new default The default setting is invoked whenever you turn on the printer S MICRO T MICRO Micro Feed Press SMICRO TMICRO to feed paper by 1 180 inch in the direction of the arrow AUTO GAP Select paper thickness control mode Select paper thickness control mode AUTO GAP AUTO GAP indicator lights Manual Gap AUTO GAP indicator doesn t lights T...

Page 63: ... See the following five cases Cut sheet Continuous forms n Input n Output With rear tractor 1 Paper table Print Paper table 2 Paper table Print Rear stacker 3 Rear tractor Print Front eject With front tractor 1 Paper table Print Paper table 2 Paper table Print Rear stacker 4 Front tractor Print Rear eject SELECTING PAPER PATH ...

Page 64: ... Print Rear eject In the next two cases the number of cut sheets stacked in the printer may be reduced depending on printing conditions and environments Follow the notes With rear tractor and front optional cut sheet feeder and large stacker 1 Paper table Print Paper table 3 Rear tractor Print Front eject 5 Front cut sheet feeder Print Paper table 6 Front cut sheet feeder Print Rear stacker ...

Page 65: ... ejecting a cut sheet and stops printing Before restarting printing be sure to remove the cut sheet You must remove cut sheets one by one immediately after ejection This is required therefore the printer may load an ejected sheet again or an ejected sheet may push the previous sheets out of the printer To eject sheets larger than A4 size onto the paper table the paper table must be replaced with t...

Page 66: ... up to eight parts original plus seven copies For details on paper thickness specifications see Appendix B The printer automatically adjusts for different paper thicknesses You can use the MANUAL GAP DIAL to adjust the paper thickness manually at manual mode Adjusting the manual gap dial ADJUSTING FOR PAPER THICKNESS ...

Page 67: ... is messy the ribbon misfeeds or the paper jams move the lever one setting higher This section describes how to load paper from the paper table or cut sheet feeder The paper table allows paper to be loaded manually one sheet at a time A cut sheet feeder allows paper to be loaded automatically from the paper bin Loading a Single Sheet of Paper To load a sheet of paper from the paper table 1 Make su...

Page 68: ...ull the subguide out as required to accommodate the paper size NOTE When using the paper whose width is under 100 mm 4 inch position the paper guide at scale 0 mm Preparing to load a sheet of paper 6 Insert a sheet of paper into the paper table Make sure that the front edge of the paper engages snugly with the feed roller NOTE If paper skews when it is loaded the printer does not print and ejects ...

Page 69: ...crements After loading paper the printer goes into online mode Loading a sheet of paper 8 Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guide if required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 NOTE Do not open the front cover during printing With...

Page 70: ...s manual When a feeder is mounted and the feeder cable is connected the printer automatically knows the feeder type and controls the feeder accordingly 1 Two steps of extension are available for supporting long sheets of paper Steps of extension 2 Adjust the left margin To help align the left paper guide use the inch based ruler located behind the paper guides The ruler is graduated in 10 columns ...

Page 71: ...e sure that your paper stack does not exceed this horizontal mark Loading the cut sheet feeder Front feed Loading the cut sheet feeder Rear feed 4 Readjust the right paper guide leaving a slight gap between the paper guide and the right edge of the paper Slide the guide to the approximate width of the paper or the paper will not be loaded properly Pull the right locking lever forward 5 Push the bi...

Page 72: ...page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guides if required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 NOTE Do not open the front cover during printing Ejecting Single Sheets If you print using software each sheet is ejected automatically when the end of the printed page is reac...

Page 73: ...tack Place the stack of continuous forms paper directly below the rear of the printer or below the front of the printer After the paper is installed in the printer the paper path should look like this Good placement Bad placement Placement of continuous forms ...

Page 74: ...ft up the paper table as shown below 3 Release the tractor locking levers by pulling them up Open the tractor paper holders See the following figure 4 Position the left tractor Push the left locking lever down to secure the tractor Center the middle forms support Positioning the tractors 5 Adjust the left margin Below the left tractor there is a tractor guide short inch based ruler graduated in 10...

Page 75: ...able to the down position normal mode Lowering the cut sheet stand CAUTION Before lowering the paper table make sure that the paper holders are closed If the holders are opened they may cause damage to the tractors and the paper table Make sure that the paper table is positioned to its normal mode If it is not done jamming may occur when continuous forms paper is fed Paper Holders Paper table ...

Page 76: ...e first line on which printing can start After loading paper the printer goes into online mode 11 Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Move the forms tractors as required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 NOTE Do not open the front cover during printi...

Page 77: ...o to step 3 8 in the section Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed in this chapter 3 Load the continuous forms Go to step 9 in the section Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed in this chapter Unloading Continuous Forms To unload continuous forms 1 Make sure that the FRONT TRACTOR or REAR TRACTOR indicator lights 2 Press the LOAD button The continuous forms paper is retracted to the park position If t...

Page 78: ...st page advances to the tear off edge If you specified TEAR OFF AUTO using the HARDWARE function in setup mode the paper automatically advances to the tear off edge at the end of each job or when the printer has printed all the data received NOTE If the bottom perforation of your paper is not positioned at the tear off edge the length of your paper may not be specified correctly in your software o...

Page 79: ...NG User s Manual 3 21 2 Tear the paper off at the perforation Tearing off continuous forms front feed Tearing off continuous forms rear feed 3 Press any button to retract the forms back to the top of form position ...

Page 80: ... button to feed paper backward by 1 180 inch Press the T MICRO button to feed paper forward by 1 180 inch Remember that the top of form will differ from the original setting Load Position Adjust Use also the micro feed function to adjust the load position of the paper When the S MICRO button or the T MICRO button is used immediately after the LOAD button is pressed the adjusted position of paper i...

Page 81: ...hen loading envelopes make sure that the envelope flaps face forward Otherwise the envelopes may jam in the printer Labels Be careful to check operating conditions when using labels Labels are sensitive to temperature and humidity Only use labels mounted on continuous forms backing sheets Do not print labels mounted on single sheet backing Labels mounted on single sheet backing tend to slip and pr...

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Page 83: ...pter 3 This printer has enough capability to print multipart forms When superior copy capability is required use the hi impact mode Press the HI IMPACT button on the printer control panel This function is valid when the HI IMPACT indicator lights Print control panel NOTE Setting hi impact mode by pressing the HI IMPACT button is cancelled when you turn off the printer If you wish to have the hi im...

Page 84: ...ntrol panel The method you use depends on the capabilities of your software If your software has most of the features you require you may rarely if ever have to use the control panel In fact your software often overrides the printer settings If your software has limited options you can use the printer control panel to select print features Sometimes the control panel enables you to select features...

Page 85: ...nel The AUTO GAP and HI IMPACT buttons specify MENU1 or MENU2 either of which allows you to specify different sets of options in advance Some of the print features include emulation print quality character pitch and line spacing When you first turn the printer on the MENU 1 indicator is lit that is all of the print features assigned to MENU1 are enabled However you can easily switch to MENU2 befor...

Page 86: ...ge to MENU2 or back to MENU1 proceed as follows 1 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline 2 Repeatedly press the ONLINE and LF FF buttons The lighted indicator 1 or 2 shows the menu selected When the menu selection is changed the font font pitch and quality assigned in the selected menu becomes valid ...

Page 87: ...Elite 12 Compressed 17 Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Courier Normal 10 outline Courier Bold 10 outline Courier Italic 10 outline Nimbus Sans Normal PS outline Nimbus Sans Bold PS outline Nimbus Sans Italic PS outline Timeless Normal PS outline Timeless Bold PS outline Timeless Italic PS outline Downloaded font 0 Downloaded font 1 Print quality Letter Report Draft High speed ...

Page 88: ... MODE and AUTO GAP buttons Any data sent to the print buffer before you canceled printing will be lost Resuming from a Paper Out The printer can sense when paper runs out Depending upon how PPR OUT paper out is set in setup mode the printer either Stops printing and lights the red PAPER OUT indicator or Continues printing until no more data remains in the printer See Chapter 5 for details on setti...

Page 89: ... page where printing stopped and the page where printing resumes may be incorrectly printed In this case wait for the entire job to finish printing Then reprint the incorrect pages Resuming after an Area Over warning The printer senses the left and right edges of paper and stores their positions when the paper is loaded If your software will print data past either edge the printer ignores that dat...

Page 90: ...ff function to remove continuous forms paper Press the TEAR OFF button to advance the perforation to the tear off edge Tear the paper off and then press any button to retract the paper back to the top of form position See Chapter 3 for more detailed instructions Place the printer offline Press the PRINT MODE and AUTO GAP buttons simultaneously to clear all data from the print buffer This method is...

Page 91: ...ttings in the printer s permanent memory they become the new settings or defaults These defaults are invoked whenever you turn on the printer For example if you save DPL24C PLUS as the default emulation DPL24C PLUS is invoked when you turn on the printer The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT These functions are helpful for printer trouble shooting as described in Chapt...

Page 92: ...efore entering setup mode load continuous forms paper from the front tractor into the printer as described in Chapter 3 Several sheets of paper may be required to make all of your setup mode selections To enter setup mode follow these steps 1 Make sure that front continuous forms paper is loaded and press the PAPER PATH button to select the approporiate paper path If continuous forms paper is fed ...

Page 93: ...fline and in setup mode The help menu provides a quick summary of how to use setup mode The FUNCTION menu lists all of the functions available to you in setup mode Note that the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide is initially positioned at the SAVE END function Setup mode can also be entered by turning off the printer then turning the printer back on while pressing the AUTO GAP an...

Page 94: ...n the print head and printing paper DEFAULT Resets factory defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 INITIAL Resets factory defaults in MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ LIST Prints a list of all currently selected options SELF TST Runs the self test HEX DUMP Prints hex dumps V ALMNT Checks and corrects vertical print alignment To select a function from the FUNCTION menu 1 Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF ...

Page 95: ...menu For each item the short underlined option is the current default option the option currently saved in the printer s permanent memory In the previous example the default options are Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation Courier 10 font and letter print quality The chart on the next page summarizes how to select options such as emulation font and print quality and how to use functions that do not have ...

Page 96: ...USING SETUP MODE 5 6 User s Manual Summary of setup mode ...

Page 97: ...rent print quality and print the next item PITCH and its options 7 Change the pitch to 12 cpi and exit the MENU2 function Press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button once to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on 12 CPI Since you do not want to make any other changes in MENU2 press the ONLINE button to select 12 CPI and exit MENU2 The FUNCTION menu is then reprinted 8 Exit setup...

Page 98: ...he default select and save a new pitch setting While in setup mode you can use the LIST function to print out a list of the currently selected options see the next section for details To exit setup mode and permanently save your changes select the SAVE END function For details see the section Exiting and Saving later in this chapter To exit setup mode without saving your changes turn the printer o...

Page 99: ... preselected factory settings also called factory defaults are shown on the opposite page When the printer finishes printing the list of options it reprints the FUNCTION menu 3 Do either of the following Select another function or Exit setup mode saving any changes you made For details about other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure t...

Page 100: ...ser s Manual 1 FORMAT to CD are not printed when PARALEL option is selected for INTRFCE It is printed equipped with RS 232C 2 TEAR EN is printed when AUTO option is selected for TEAROFF Printout of factory defaults using LIST ...

Page 101: ...h function Table 5 2 lists items whose options must be selected correctly for system and printer accessory compatibility Table 5 2 Required Options Function Item Option MENU1 EMULATE The emulation selected on the printer must be the same as the emulation selected in your software If you selected an emulation when you set up the printer Chapter 2 you do not need to change the EMULATE option unless ...

Page 102: ...ater in this chapter ADJUST None If you are not using software to specify the top margin of the page use the printer s default top of form setting 1 inch 25 4 mm from the top of the paper If you are using software to specify the top margin of the page change the default setting to 1 6 inch 4 2 mm See the section Print Position Adjustment Items and Options later in this chapter CONFIG None You can ...

Page 103: ...lations on a regular basis assign the most frequently used emulation to MENU1 Assign the second emulation to MENU2 All of the other settings available for MENU1 and MENU2 are optional Some of the items and options will vary with the emulation To determine which features your software supports refer to your software documentation Table 5 3 describes the MENU1 and MENU2 items and options Both functi...

Page 104: ...ng an Emulation in Chapter 2 for information on selecting an emulation DPL24C Fujitsu DL series printers DPL24C PLUS command set XL24E ESC P2 IBM Proprinter XL24E printers Epson printers using the ESC P2 command set NOTE When you change the emulation all MENU1 or MENU2 options are reset to the factory defaults for that emulation FONT COUR 10 PRSTG12 COMPRSD BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP OCR B OCR A COUR...

Page 105: ...on provides the highest resolution but the slowest print speed It cannot be used with the compressed font REPORT Report print quality This option provides lower resolution than letter quality but at twice the speed If you want only the double speed regardless of fonts use the correspondence font The quality of the correspondence font is higher than that of report DRAFT Regular draft print quality ...

Page 106: ...U2 Items Options Description LINE SP LPI 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 lpi lines per vertical inch 6 lpi 3 lpi double spacing ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD CHAR W Change also the pitch 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected NORMAL Standard character width 2 TIMES Double character width 4 TIMES 1 Quadruple character width CHAR H Change also the line spacing if 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected NORMAL Stan...

Page 107: ... selected at a time NONE ITALICS CONDNSD 1 SHADOW BOLD PAGE LG Specifies the length of the page in inches IN For DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E emulations 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 0 5 5 6 0 7 0 8 0 8 5 11 0 letter size 11 6 A4 size 12 0 14 0 18 0 inches or LINE For Epson ESC P2 emulation 4 0 4 5 5 0 11 0 11 5 22 0 inches LINE Selecting the page length by specifying number of lines per page default 66 lines per pa...

Page 108: ...NE The LINE setting depends on the line spacing setting LINE SP When 0 LINE is set the line spacing value is 11 0 IN only when both PG LX10 0 LINE and PG LX1 0 LINE are set PG LX1 Ones value setting for setting number of lines per page 0 LINE 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 4 LINE 5 LINE 6 LINE 7 LINE 8 LINE 9 LINE The LINE setting depends on the line spacing setting LINE SP When 0 LINE is set the line spaci...

Page 109: ...d of the table MENU1 and MENU2 Items Options Description TOP MRG Specifies the number of space lines for the top margin The resultant blank space is the TOP MRG setting minus 1 line The total size of your top margin is the above resultant value plus the following two settings top of form default 1 inch and the software specified top margin If you are using software to specify the top margin use th...

Page 110: ...that diacritical marks are printed separately from their letters and that letters are printed without any reduction The first listing is common to all emulations Options specific to each emulation are skipped See the subsequent listings 2 and 3 USA American English Same as code page 437 UK British English GERMAN German SWEDISH Swedish PAGE437 Code page 437 PAGE850 Code page 850 PAGE860 Code page 8...

Page 111: ... Items Options Description SLOV Slovenian LANGUGE continued SLOV T Slovenian two pass POLISH Polish POLSH T Polish two pass MAZOWIA Mazowian MAZOW T Mazowian two pass LATIN2 Latin 2 LATIN2 T Latin 2 two pass KAMENIC Kamenicky KAMEN T Kamenicky two pass TURKY Turkish TURKY T Turkish two pass CYRILIC Cyrillic IBM437 IBM 437 IBM851 IBM 851 ELOT928 ELOT 928 PG DHN Code page DHN LATIN P Latin Polish IS...

Page 112: ...L24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENU1 and MENU2 Items Options Description ABG LANGUGE continued ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG862 HBR DEC GREEK 11 ISO TUK ISO Turkish RUSCII LATIN 9 WCP1250 Windows 1250 WCP1251 Windows 1251 WCP1252 Windows 1252 2 FRENCH French ITALIAN Italian SPANISH Spanish DANISH1 Danish I DANISH2 Danish II FINNISH Finnish NORWEGN Norwegian ...

Page 113: ...d MENU2 Items Options Description LANGUGE continued DANISH1 Danish I ITALIAN Italian SPANSH1 Spanish I SPANSH2 Spanish II JAPAN Japanese NORWEGN Norwegian LATIN A Latin American FRENCH French DANISH2 Danish II KOREA Korea LEGAL Legal CHR SET 2 SET 1 IBM character set 1 SET 2 IBM character set 2 If a downloaded soft font is used the character set for that font overrides the CHR SET setting 3 ITALIC...

Page 114: ...s skipped around the perforation If you are not using software to specify a bottom margin select SKIP when using thicker multipart forms PRF SKP SKIP One inch is skipped around the perforation NO SKIP The perforation is not skipped Printing continues in the bottom margin of the page WIDTH 13 6 IN 13 6 inch page width 11 4 IN 11 4 inch page width 11 0 IN 11 inch page width 8 0 IN 8 inch page width ...

Page 115: ...3 codes Any data received between DC3 and the next DC1 is ignored DC3 CDE 4 DISABLE Disables the DC1 and DC3 codes These codes are then ignored CR CODE CR ONLY No line feed is added to a carriage return CR LF A line feed is added to each carriage return LF CODE 2 LF ONLY No carriage return is added to a line feed LF CR A carriage return is added to each line feed Note The default value of LF CODE ...

Page 116: ...escription WRAP End of line wrap Causes a carriage return plus a line feed RGHTEND OVR PRT Characters are overprinted at the end of a line END Indicates the end of MENU1 items Press the T button to print the first item EMULATE Press the S button to print the previous item RGHTEND Press the ONLINE button to reprint the FUNCTION menu 1 Unavailable in the IBM XL24E emulation 2 Unavailable in the Epso...

Page 117: ...to function correctly with your system hardware Table 5 4 describes the HARDWRE items and options Items are listed in the order in which they are printed The procedure for changing the hardware options is described after Table 5 4 Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Items Options Description PPR OUT Specifies how the printer responds when yo...

Page 118: ...printing BUZZER Enables or disables the printer status buzzer ON Buzzer on recommended The printer beeps to indicate paperout or other conditions OFF Buzzer off under any conditions WORD LG To determine the required word length refer to your computer documentation Select 8 BIT to print bit image graphics 8 BIT 8 bit word length used by most computers 7 BIT 7 bit word length MSB 0 BUFFER Assigns bu...

Page 119: ...UTO 4S AUTO 6S Both interfaces are ready for communication AUTO10S AUTO15S Specify the timing regarding the selected interface as being inactive AUTO20S To switch the interface to the optional LAN interface mount the LAN card with the setup mode set to AUTO XS or AUTOXXS under INTERFCE which in turn is under HARDWRE The interface will automatically switch to the optional LAN interface To switch th...

Page 120: ...elected using your computer operating system or your software Refer to the documentation provided for your computer and software FORMAT Number of data bits Parity bit Number of stop bits 8NONE 1 8 None 1 8NONE 2 8 None 2 8EVEN 1 8 Even 1 8ODD 1 8 Odd 1 7EVEN 1 7 Even 1 7ODD 1 7 Odd 1 7MARK 1 7 Mark 1 7SPACE 1 7 Space 1 7EVEN 2 7 Even 2 7ODD 2 7 Odd 2 The data format also includes a start bit The m...

Page 121: ...y the printer DETECT DSR is detected by the printer DUPLEX FULL Simultaneous data transmission occurs in opposite directions HALF Data transmission occurs in either direction but not simultaneously CTS IGNORE CTS is ignored by the printer DETECT CTS is detected by the printer CD IGNORE CD is ignored by the printer DETECT CD is detected by the printer END Indicates the end of the HARDWRE item list ...

Page 122: ...s the physical top of the page The logical top of the page as understood by the printer when loading paper is called the top of form Printing starts at this position Note that printing actually starts at the position obtained by adding the following Top of form default 1 8 6 inch 7 6mm Top margin specified by your software Printer TOP MRG top margin setting default 1 line Table 5 5 describes the A...

Page 123: ...our top margin is software specified FCNTFIN 0 180 29 180 Fine tunes the top of form position for front continuous forms Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm RCNTORG 1 6 IN 1 8 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN Sets the top of form for rear continuous forms in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specif...

Page 124: ...when your top margin is software specified FCUTFIN 0 180 29 180 Fine tunes the top of form position for front single sheets Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm RCUTORG 1 6 IN 1 8 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN Sets the top of form for rear single sheets in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specif...

Page 125: ...tart position for single sheets Moves the position left or right in increments of 1 90 inch 0 28 mm FCNTADJ 14 360 9 360 4 360 0 360 4 360 9 360 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates for the forms feed error accumulated through feeding of front continuous forms RCNTADJ 14 360 9 360 4 360 0 360 4 360 9 360 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates for the forms feed error accumulated through feeding of rear continuous f...

Page 126: ...ases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total FCSFADJ 14 360 9 360 4 360 0 360 4 360 9 360 14 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates the line spacing pitch on the basis of the spacing error accumulated for feeding single sheets by10 inches Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total This option is available only when paper is being loaded in the front cut sheet feeder RCSFADJ 14 360 9 ...

Page 127: ... Press the T button to print the first item FCNTORG Press the S button to print the previous item RCSFADJ Press the ONLINE button to reprint the FUNCTION menu 1 When printing graphics selecting GRAPHIC may result in the printing of clearer graphics The CONFIG function defines the printer s primary configuration You can set the following options to ensure that the printer meets your requirements ...

Page 128: ...ure for changing the configuration options is described after Table 5 6 Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description TEAROFF Auto or manual tearoff feed MANUAL Automatic tearoff feed is invalid and tearoff feed must be done using the TEAR OFF button AUTO Automatic tearoff feed is valid but only for continuous forms Tearoff fee...

Page 129: ...ftware stops after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed after adding a form feed when data transfer has stopped Note For both settings tearoff positioning will fail if the page length setting does not match the actual perforation spacing The following TEAR EN item is printed when TEAROFF AUTO is specified for the TEAROFF item TEAR EN Tearoff enabled time offset time 0 SEC 1 SEC...

Page 130: ... after you set the paper BUTTON Single sheet paper can be loaded by pressing the LOAD button The following LOADTIM item is printed when CUTLOAD AUTO is specified for the CUTLOAD item LOADTIM Autoload start time 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0SEC Autoloading starts when this amount of time passes after you set single sheet paper DECODE Command decode timing DIRECT The printer decodes certain commands immed...

Page 131: ...ngle sheets OFFLINE Remains offline after paper loading ONLINE Goes into online after paper loading CNT ONL Printer status after loading paper in offline mode for continuous forms OFFLINE Remains offline after paper loading ONLINE Goes into online after paper loading LOCK Lock function of setup mode NONE Enables all buttons on the control panel SETUP Disables the setup related buttons to keep the ...

Page 132: ...t FCNT PE Detection of end of front continuous forms TRACTOR Paper end is detected by the sensor on the tractor unit Paper end unprinted area Continuous forms About 101 mm EDGE Regardless of paper end printing continues near to the edge of paper Paper end unprinted area About 4 mm for both continuous forms RCNT PE Detection of end of rear continuous forms TRACTOR Paper end is detected by the senso...

Page 133: ...racting control at canceling TEAR OFF of continuous forms PRCISIN The precision prioritized retracting control is executed It retracts a certain amount of paper the top part of the paper which hangs out from the TOFS and then moves back to the position before TEAR OFF If TOFS detects paper end when a certain amount of paper is retracted it executes the continuous forms save operation and then exec...

Page 134: ... of the printing data varies before and after the blank spaces such as LQ characters blank space CQ characters it changes printing speeds regardless of this setting STATUS Setting of the asynchronous status function ENABLE The status information is stored in the send buffer by a nibble mode request DISABLE The status information is not stored in the send buffer by a nibble mode request BANDCTL Set...

Page 135: ...irection of cut sheets with manually feeding of cut sheets FRONT Ejected to the front REAR Ejected to the rear CSFEDIR Selection of the eject direction of cut sheets with use of a CSF FRONT Ejected to the front REAR Ejected to the rear CUTEJCT Selection for automatic ejection of cut sheets AUTO Automatic ejection of cut sheets when no cut sheet is detected MANUAL No automatic ejection of cut sheet...

Page 136: ...d skew detection DISABLE Disables paper feed skew detection FF CODE Selection of the method of processing for the FF code is received in cut sheet mode or for the LF FF switch EJECT Ejects cut sheets FORM FD Uses a page break PRT CUT Selection of the cut amount margin on both sides of continuous forms paper when AREACNT the cut amount in continuous printing is set to ENABLE 71 180 Sets the cut amo...

Page 137: ... to either the cut sheet table used with a front CSF or the stacker used with a rear CSF Then that paper is fed again CSFAPTC Paper thickness detection with use of a CSF ALWAYS Every sheet of paper that is fed NORMAL Sheet of paper that is fed immediately after the feed pin is switched LF CTL Selection for LF mode PRCISIN Gives a higher priority to precision SPEED Gives a higher priority to speed ...

Page 138: ...ons Description DQ MODE Selection for draft quality printing mode MODE1 Prints in 505CPS printing mode MODE2 Prints in 360CPS printing mode END Indicates the end of the CONFIG item list Press the T button to print the first item which is TEAROFF Press the S button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the FUNCTION menu ...

Page 139: ...er Table 5 7 GAP ADJ Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults GAP ADJ Items Options Description AMOUNT Specifies the print head gap AUTO The print head gap is set automatically MANUAL Turn the paper thickness dial indicator manually END Indicates the end of the GAP ADJ item list Press the T button to print the first item which is AMOUNT Press the S button to print the pre...

Page 140: ... using SAVE END proceed as follows 1 Print the FUNCTION menu The FUNCTION menu should be the last printed line on the page If the menu is not printed press the ONLINE button to print the menu The FUNCTION menu is shown below FUNCTION SAVE END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL 2 Select the SAVE END function Make sure that the cursor on the left...

Page 141: ...efaults see the section Printing a List of Selected Options earlier in this chapter To reset the factory defaults for all functions proceed as follows 1 Turn off the printer 2 While pressing the LOAD and TEAR OFF buttons turn on the printer Continue to press the two buttons until the printer beeps The factory defaults are now reset Another available method is to select INITIAL in SETUP mode The me...

Page 142: ...n MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options To exit setup mode and save the new defaults make sure that the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide are positioned on SAVE END then press the S MICRO button or the T MICRO button This section describes how to use the following diagnostic functions SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT These functions are used for checking print quality and diagnosing printer...

Page 143: ... on SELF TST and then press the button or the button The printer selects SELF TST and starts printing A short help menu is printed at the top of the page followed by the selftest Note that the printer is not online during self test printing 3 Examine the self test page A sample self test page is shown in Chapter 2 To pause during self test printing press the LOAD button To resume self test printin...

Page 144: ...ter to stop printing and check that the following FUNCTION menu is printed 2 Select the HEX DUMP function FUNCTION SAVE END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG GAP ADJ DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT INITIAL Repeatedly press the TEAR OFF or LOAD button to position the cursor on the left edge of the aluminum print guide on HEX DUMP then press the S button or the T button to select the HEX DUMP...

Page 145: ...ions see other sections in this chapter To return to online normal mode press the ONLINE button If you press the ONLINE button while the hex dump is printing the printer immediately switches to normal online mode but data that was sent to the printer is printed You can also enter hex dump mode by turning off the printer and then turning the printer back on while simultaneously pressing the ONLINE ...

Page 146: ...de to avoid printing on the platen However you can also use letter or A4 size forms if you set the WIDTH option in MENU1 to 8 inches See the section Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options for details Then proceed as follows to check and correct vertical print alignment 1 Enter setup mode Press the AUTO GAP button and the HI IMPACT button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the prin...

Page 147: ...in step 3 Press the HI IMPACT button to enter Hi Impact mode Make similar adjustments 5 Adjust the vertical print alignment at draft speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from correspondence speed to draft speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described in step 3 Press the HI IMPACT button to enter Hi Impact mode Make similar adjustments 6 Adjust the vertic...

Page 148: ... vertical print alignment The following flowchart shows how setup mode is organized for the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation Differences in the IBM Proprinter XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations are summarized after the flowchart SETUP MODE REFERENCE ...

Page 149: ... DPL24C PLUS ORGANIZATION Note Asterisks indicate default setting at shipment or or or Move red cursor on the prime guide Select function Select option print next item Select option print previous item Move red cursor on the prime guide ...

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Page 151: ...USING SETUP MODE User s Manual 5 61 ...

Page 152: ...er from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways The following options are different The AGM item is provided Differences in Epson ESC P2 Emulation In the Epson ESC P2 emulation MENU1 and MENU2 differ from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways The ZEROFNT and LF CODE items are not defined The following options are different ...

Page 153: ...nter setup data directly from the computer keyboard before starting your job With MS DOS hold down the Ctrl key and type P Data entered from the keyboard is sent directly to the printer When data entry is complete hold down the Ctrl key again and type P This method is useful when just a few settings need to be changed Use an editor program to prepare a setup data file and then send the file to the...

Page 154: ...USING SETUP MODE 5 64 User s Manual ...

Page 155: ...aten It is easier to clean the printer when the front cover and the rear stacker are removed Cleaning and Vacuuming the Printer WARNING To avoid any possibility of injury before cleaning the printer turn off the power to both the printer and the computer and unplug the printer Use the following procedure to clean and vacuum the printer as required 1 Remove any paper from the printer Make sure that...

Page 156: ...ior 5 Re install the ribbon cartridge Close the front cover 6 Raise the paper table and rear stacker Vacuum the forms tractors and surrounding areas Cleaning the Platen Clean the platen about once a month to remove excess ink Use the platen cleaner recommended by your supplier and proceed as follows 1 Apply a small amount of platen cleaner to a soft cloth Avoid spilling platen cleaner inside the p...

Page 157: ...e 1 Turn off the printer Note If the power is turned off during or immediately after printing turn on the power again Verify that the print head has moved to the ribbon replacement position and then turn off the power again 2 Open the front cover of the printer For easy installation slide the print head carriage to a position for replacing the ribbon cartridge indicated by the triangle marking on ...

Page 158: ...ift the cartridge out of the printer Removing the ribbon cartridge 4 Remove the new ribbon cartridge from its package Push in the sides of the two ribbon release tabs The tabs will snap into the cartridge and the ribbon feed mechanism will engage Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to be sure that it feeds properly Preparing the new ribbon cartridge ...

Page 159: ...e print head and the plastic print guide Installing the new ribbon cartridge 6 Press the ribbon release levers until the mounting pins snap into the holes on the ribbon support brackets Gently pull on the cartridge to verify that the pins are securely positioned in the holes 7 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to tighten the ribbon 8 Close the front cover of the printer Note The buzzer may sound...

Page 160: ...them until it cools down To remove the print head 1 Turn off the printer 2 Open the front cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge 3 Pull the left end of the head lock wire forward to release it from the hook at the left of the print head carriage Then release the wire from the center hook 4 Release the wire under the head on the left side REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD ...

Page 161: ...iage as shown in the figure below Replacing the print head To install the print head 1 Carefully fit the mounting guide grooves of the print head on the locating studs on the carriage 2 Push the print head into the connector and hook the wire into place in the reverse order of removal ...

Page 162: ...rd the front as necessary such as when jammed paper must be removed Removing the stacker unit The stacker unit of this printer can be removed in the event that paper is jammed in it unit While pushing down the lock levers of the stacker guide pull out the stacker unit from the rear Lock lever Stacker guide Lock lever Stacker ...

Page 163: ...ounting the stacker unit Position groove 1 over guide pin 1 on the right and left sides of the stacker unit Then push in the stacker unit until guide pin 2 is hooked onto slot 2 Guide pin 2 Guide pin 1 Groove 1 Slot 2 Groove 1 Slot 2 ...

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Page 165: ...nostic functions Getting help The tables in this section describe common printer problems and their solutions The following types of problems are considered Print quality problems Paper handling problems Operating problems Printer failures Print Quality Problems Poor print quality or other printing problems are often caused by incorrect printer setup or incorrect software settings A gradual decrea...

Page 166: ... case check the setting of the Printer Driver or application program at your host computer And then tune the value by way above Stains or smudges appear on the page Check ribbon wear Replace the ribbon if necessary Check whether the tip of the print head is dirty Clean the head with a soft cloth if necessary The page is blank Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed Printing is er...

Page 167: ...ight side area to be lost exactly Printer Driver divide the page by paper size setting and postpone divided right page Please check the paper size setting Use the printer s V ALMNT function to check the vertical print alignment If necessary adjust the print alignment See the section Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 Printing is vertically misaligned jagged Smaller adjustment for paper th...

Page 168: ...he previous line ended instead of at the left margin Change the LF CODE setting in the printer setup mode to LF CR See the section MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options in Chapter 5 Variation of the top of form is saturated in a few pages and displacement is about 1mm or less In this case adjust value is prepared in setup mode See ADJUST Items and Options and search FCNTADJ or RCNTADJ The top of form ...

Page 169: ... from the left edge of the platen This problem cannot occur if you use the forms tractor unit or insert a single sheet with its left edge in contact with the left paper guide Make sure that the tractor unit is correctly installed and that the tractor shaft gear engages the platen shaft gear If you are using a cut sheet feeder make sure that the bin lever is set to the CLOSED position The bin lever...

Page 170: ...hile printing Turn off the printer and remove the jammed paper Remove any obstructions from the paper path For continuous forms make sure that the incoming and outgoing paper stacks are correctly placed Paper should feed straight Make sure that the paper table is in normal mode Set the paper table to normal mode If you are using a cut sheet feeder make sure that the bin lever is set to the CLOSED ...

Page 171: ...the red PAPER OUT indicator is lit load paper Run the printer self test see Chapter 5 If the self test executes normally the problem is caused by the interface the computer incorrect printer settings or incorrect software settings Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as the emulation selected on the printer See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 M...

Page 172: ...t generally resolve a problem involving defective printer hardware On detecting a fatal error the printer will Stop printing Beep four times Turn the ONLINE indicator off The control panel displays alarms The meanings of alarms can be checked in the following table ...

Page 173: ...e space motor was stopped HCPP cut sheet or continuous forms paper switching alarm Switching between cut sheet paper and continuous forms paper was not possible Overload alarm An overload occurred during printing and tripartite printing was performed However the power source voltage was not restored Low voltage alarm The power source voltage dropped below the specified level when no printing was i...

Page 174: ...he same job to check if the error was transient If the error recurs contact your dealer The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT SELF TST tells you whether the printer hardware is functioning correctly If the printer hardware is functional any problems you are having are probably caused by incorrect printer settings incorrect software settings the interface or the compute...

Page 175: ...tion Your printer model number serial number and date of manufacture Look for this information on the rating label at the back of the printer Description of the problem Type of interface you are using Names of your software packages List of the printer default settings To print the default settings see the section Printing a List of Selected Options in Chapter 5 GETTING HELP ...

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Page 177: ...is chapter describes what to do after installing cut sheet feeder A cut sheet feeder SF940 allows you to automatically feed single sheets It can be mounted on the front or the rear of the printer When attaching the cut sheet feeder to the front of the printer remove the tractor For both front and rear the cut sheet feeder can handle a max of 5 ply multipart media When installing the front and rear...

Page 178: ...he paper table and remove the tractor unit For details on mounting and removing the tractor unit see Selecting the Tractor Unit Position on page 2 10 3 Installing the cut sheet feeder Adjust the U slots made on both sides of the cut sheet feeder to the mounting pins inside the printer and lower the cut sheet feeder slowly Check that the cut sheet feeder frame is correctly mounted on mounting pin 2...

Page 179: ...place the paper table See Setting the paper table on page 2 5 If the paper table is incorrectly set a paper jam may occur 5 Connecting the cable Connect the cut sheet feeder cable to the connector on the front right of the printer Insert the cable with the connector arrow mark up ...

Page 180: ...er power Confirm that the printer power is turned to the O side 2 Installing the cut sheet feeder Open the rear stacker Hold both sides of the cut sheet feeder and adjust the U slots made on both side of the cut sheet feeder to the mounting pins inside the printer Attach the slots with the letter A of the cut sheet feeder adjusted to that on the printer side Then lower the cut sheet feeder like it...

Page 181: ...INSTALLING OPTIONS User s Manual 8 5 Check that the cut sheet feeder frame is correctly mounted on mounting pin 2 3 Close the rear stacker ...

Page 182: ... cable Connect the cut sheet feeder cable to the connector on the rear right of the printer Insert the cable with the connector arrow mark up 5 Extend the extension and extension wire in the order from 1 to 2 according to the size of the paper to be used ...

Page 183: ...eder disconnect the cable WARNING Electric shock Before mounting or removing the cut sheet feeder turn off the power switches of the personal computer and the printer and remove the power plug from the outlet Otherwise you may receive electric shock When mounted on the front side of the printer Cable ...

Page 184: ...upplied as standard equipment attached to the front of the printer This unit may also be attached to the rear of the printer for rear feeding of continuous forms For details on removing and mounting the tractor unit see Selecting the Tractor Unit Position on page 2 10 INSTALLING THE TRACTOR UNIT Cable ...

Page 185: ...stacker must be replaced with the large stacker even if cut sheets need not be continuously stacked 1 Removing the current stacker 1 Lift up the current stacker in the direction indicated by the arrow 2 With the stacker in the condition described in step 1 push out the right and left stacker frames to separate them from the protrusions on the stacker plate INSTALLING THE LARGE STACKER ...

Page 186: ...PTIONS 8 10 User s Manual 2 Mounting the rear stacker At the rear of the printer push the protrusions on both sides of the rear stacker into the holes inside the rear stacker guide as shown in the following figure ...

Page 187: ... sheet table 1 Removing the current paper table After opening the paper table and adjusting it to a tilted position remove the paper table by pulling it to separate the left and right protrusions on the paper table ends from the grooves on the cover INSTALLING THE LARGE PAPER TABLE ...

Page 188: ...he paper table ends into the grooves on the cover as shown in the following figure Set the paper table in the normal position See Setting the paper table in Chapter 2 The new large paper table can be opened or closed in the same way as the removed paper table Make sure the protrusions are inserted completely as right figure ...

Page 189: ... items Supplies Order Number Ribbon cartridges Black ribbon CA02374 C104 Ribbon subcassette Black ribbon CA02374 C204 Print head KA02033 E659 Options Order Number Description LAN card KA02012 C103 Installable only on a printer model with the parallel and USB interfaces Cut sheet feeder SF940 KA02027 D750 Tractor Unit KA02038 E650 Large Stacker KA02038 D160 Large paper table KA02038 D150 SUPPLIES O...

Page 190: ...SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS A 2 User s Manual ...

Page 191: ...B 220 to 240 VAC 10 50 60 Hz Power consumption Average 210 VA Maximum 360 VA Heat generation Average 115 kcal h Interface Centronics parallel and RS 232C serial Centronics parallel and USB and LAN option Data buffer size 0 256 2K 8K 24K 32K 96K or 128K bytes Download buffer Maximum 128K bytes 128K minus data buffer size Operating environment 5 to 38 C 41 to 100 F 30 to 80 RH no condensation Wetbul...

Page 192: ...n Advancing perforations to tear off edge by TEAR OFF button Parking continuous forms when using cut sheets Optional Cut sheet feeder Tractor unit Paper type 1 to 5 copies for cut sheet feeder 1 to 8 copies for tractor and paper table Paper size Continuous Width 102 420 mm 4 16 5 in Length 102 mm 4 in or greater Cut sheets Paper table Width 55 420 mm 2 16 16 5 in Length 70 420 mm 2 76 16 5 in Cut ...

Page 193: ... HI IMPACT mode Paper stack Cut sheet 100 sheets A4 size 1p 55 kg m2 The stack of cut sheets may decrease depending upon the various paper conditions such as quality the extent of curl and storage environment Command sets emulations Resident Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Character sets DPL24C XL24E IBM PC character sets 1 and 2 code pages 437 IBM PS 2 character sets code pa...

Page 194: ...and italic styles Downloaded Available from independent vendors Line spacing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 lines per inch Programmable in 1 360 inch or various increments for image graphics Character pitch 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 1 18 or 20 cpi or proportional spacing Programmable in 1 360 inch or various increments for image graphics Characters per line 10 cpi 136 cpl 12 cpi 163 cpl 15 cpi 204 cpl 17 1 cpi 23...

Page 195: ...ers per second Line feed speed 60 ms per line at 6 lines per inch Form feed speed 6 inches per second Ribbon life Up to 5 million characters Certification Safety Model Regulation Country UL60950 1 United States for 100 to 120 VAC United States M33324A CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 for 100 to 120 VAC Canada M33324B EN 60950 1 for 220 to 240 VAC Germany RFI regulation Model Regulation Country M33324A Class B...

Page 196: ...PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS B 6 User s Manual Print Area This section illustrates the recommended print area for single sheets and continuous forms Print area for single sheets PAPER SPECIFICATIONS ...

Page 197: ...PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS User s Manual B 7 Print area for continuous forms Approx 101 mm 4 inches for front tractor feed Approx 157 mm 6 2 inches for rear tractor feed ...

Page 198: ...ob Type of Paper Number of Parts Thickness One part Single 47 81 g m2 40 70 kg or 12 22 lb Carbonless Top Bottom 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top Middle Bottom 40 50 g m2 34 43 kg or 11 13 lb 40 50 g m2 34 43 kg or 11 13 lb 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top Middle 2 3p Bottom 40 g m2 34 kg or 11 lb 40 g m2 34 kg or 11 lb 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top Midd...

Page 199: ...r 11 17 lb 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top Middle Bottom 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg or 11 14 lb 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg or 11 14 lb 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top Middle 2 3p Bottom 40 g m2 34 kg or 11 lb 40 g m2 34 kg or 11 lb 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top Middle 2 4p Bottom 40 g m2 34 kg or 11 lb 40 g m2 34 kg or 11 lb 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Top Middle 2 5p Bottom 40 g m2 34 kg or 1...

Page 200: ...aved single sheets Top Carbon Bottom 35 52 g m2 30 45 kg or 9 14 lb Counted as one sheet 35 81 g m2 30 70 kg or 9 22 lb Top Carbon Middle Carbon Bottom 35 46 g m2 30 40 kg or 9 12 lb Counted as one sheet 35 46 g m2 30 40 kg or 9 12 lb Counted as one sheet 35 64 g m2 30 55 kg or 9 17 lb Top Carbon Middle 3 5P Carbon 4 6P Bottom 35 46 g m2 30 40 kg or 9 12 lb Counted as one sheet 35 46 g m2 30 40 kg...

Page 201: ...ets Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS native command set for Fujitsu DL series printers IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Separate programmer s manuals are available for these emulations See Appendix A for order information Select the same emulation on the printer and in your software If your software emulations include DPL24C PLUS select DPL24C PLUS for optimum performance ...

Page 202: ...hadow printing on Emphasized shadow printing off Italic printing on Italic printing off Select character style and screening n1 0 Normal 1 Outline 2 Shaded 3 Outline and shaded 4 Thin outline 5 Thin shaded 6 Thin outline and shaded n2 0 Transparent 1 Light dot matrix 2 Heavy dot matrix 3 Vertical bars 4 Horizontal bars 5 Slants 6 Back slants 7 Lattice One line double width characters on One line d...

Page 203: ...ntal multiple v1 Tens digit of vertical multiple v2 Units digit of vertical multiple 0 h1h2 or v1v2 11 Condensed characters on Condensed characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Select underline type n 0 Single line 1 Bold single line 2 Extremely bold single line 3 Double line 4 Bold double line 5 Extremely bold double...

Page 204: ...rlay type This command allows you to overlay a pattern on characters n 1 Light dot matrix 2 Heavy dot matrix 3 Vertical bars 4 Horizontal bars 5 Slants 6 Back slants 7 Lattice Image overlay printing on off on n 1 off n 0 ESC n ESC e I n ESC e L n Horizontal Control Space Backspace Carriage return Elite pitch 12 cpi Pica pitch 10 cpi Proportionally spaced characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Set charac...

Page 205: ...reds tens and units digits Reverse paper n 360 inch 0 n1 n2 n3 999 n1 n2 and n3 are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to 1 8 inch 8 lpi Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 n 255 Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set line spacing to n 60 inch 0 n 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch 6 lpi or to the value set with the ESC A command The preset line spacing command is ESC A n Set line spacing t...

Page 206: ...e move by n 360 inch 999 n1 n2 n3 999 n1 n2 and n3 are the hundreds tens and units digits of the distance s is a plus or minus or sign Vertical tab execution Set vertical tabs The values of n1 to nk in this command are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 n 255 1 k 64 Move to line n 1 n 255 HT ESC D n1 nk NUL ESC HT n ESC n1 n2 ESC e R s n1 n2 n3 ...

Page 207: ...et 1 Appendix E gives the character sets Select character set 2 Appendix E gives the character sets Select international character set n 0 USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 United Kingdom 4 Denmark 1 Norway 5 Sweden Finland 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 Denmark 2 Clear print buffer Select printer Deselect printer ignore input Force most significant bit to 1 Force most significant bit to 0 Cancel control over most sign...

Page 208: ...n2 n3 Word Processing Line justification on Automatically center printing Reset word processing features ESC m ESC c ESC x Font Selection and Downloading Select font m with source and style set by n m bits 0 and 1 Font device selection Bit 1 Bit 0 Selection of font 0 0 1 0 1 0 Resident font Downloaded font Resident font m bits 2 and 3 Print quality specification Bit 3 Bit 2 Print quality 0 0 1 1 0...

Page 209: ...ttributes n 0 Letter 360 180 dpi 1 Correspondence 180 180 dpi 2 Draft 120 180 dpi 3 High speed Draft 90 180 dpi Select spacing mode font attributes n 0 Fixed pitch font 1 Proportional spacing font Select character pitch n 360 inch font attributes 0 n1 255 1 n2 255 n n1 256 n2 Ex n 36 10 pitch 30 12 pitch 24 15 pitch 21 17 pitch Condense enlarge vertically font attributes n 1 Executed 0 Not execute...

Page 210: ... n ESC e w n ESC e t n ESC e F n n Quality Spacing Pitch Point Typeface 1 2 3 4 9 10 32 34 128 129 130 132 133 134 140 141 142 LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Fixed Fixed PS Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed PS PS PS PS PS PS Fixed Fixed Fixed 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 10 cpi 12 pt 10 pt 12 pt 12 pt 12 pt 12 pt 12 pt 11pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt 10 pt ...

Page 211: ...1 0 1 Letter 360 dpi Correspondence 180 dpi Draft 120 dpi m bit 0 Specifies external font number to be registered ESC NUL m n ESC m Cs Ce data Bit 0 Font number selection Remarks 0 Downloaded font 0 At power on resident font 0 is automatically downloaded 1 Downloaded font 1 At power on resident font 1 is automatically downloaded m bits 1 2 3 6 7 Not used don t care Cs Download start character ASCI...

Page 212: ...ta ESC e b m n1 n2 data or ESC e B m n1 n2 data ESC K n1 n2 data ESC L n1 n2 data ESC Y n1 n2 data ESC Z n1 n2 data FS Z n1 n2 data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Select bin 3 for following pages ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EM E ESC EM R 1 2 E ...

Page 213: ...UPC type A with checkdigit printing w Width of narrow bar in 1 1440 inch units h Height of bar code a Defines check characters and OCR characters ch1 chn Bar code characters NOTE When EAN13 UPC type A or UPC type A with checkdigit printing is selected as the type of barcode printing the barcode from the left from the first dot will cause the omission of a flag character that should by printed on t...

Page 214: ...rameters a b Specification of number of bytes Actual number of data 6 b R Fixed ASCII R Hexadecimal 82 Decimal 52 c C Specifies the type of bar code to be printed No printing is done if any value other than the following is specified C ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Type of bar code 1 49 31 Codabar nw 7 2 50 32 EAN 13 3 51 33 EAN 8 4 52 34 Code 3 of 9 5 53 35 Industrial 2 of 5 6 54 36 Interleaved 2 of ...

Page 215: ...rameter h in units of 1 1440 Height of bar code 11 Inches Actual printing The printing is done with the following initial values if the bar code height is less than or equal to 24 dots taking 1 dot equal to 1 180 inches of the printing unit of the printer The following values are the standard heights for the respective bar code standards Enter the value so that the height is 23 180 if the standard...

Page 216: ... 1 Not added 0 Printed 1 Specification of OCR character printing OCR B is taken as the standard 1 Not printed 0 To the left of the bar code 2 Printing position of EAN UPC flag character 1 To the bottom left of the bar code 1 The specification becomes invalid for the following bar codes Codabar Always the non additional code is set EAN UPC Always the additional code is set 2 The flag character is p...

Page 217: ... 0 9 Fixed at n 7 Code 3 of 9 Numerals 0 9 Alphabets A Z Symbols SPACE Start Stop Industrial 2 of 5 Numerals 0 9 Interleaved 2 of 5 Numerals 0 9 Matrix 2 of 5 Numerals 0 9 Check character Additional code 1 n 63 Check character Non additional code 1 n 64 UPC Type A Numerals 0 9 Fixed at n 11 UPC Type A with check character Numerals 0 9 Fixed at n 11 Code 128 ASCII Code Start code A B C Code set C 0...

Page 218: ...rol F T M S ESC e T n ESC e P n1 n2 n3 n4 Miscellaneous Sound bell Enable paper out sensor Ignore paper out sensor Typewriter mode on off on n 1 off n 0 Move print head to home position Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 0 Select CR code definition n 0 CR CR only 1 CR CR LF Select LF code definition n 0 LF LF only 1 LF LF CR Enter online setup mode Move print head unit 1 180 inch 0 n1 255...

Page 219: ...TG 12 COMPRSD BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP COUR N COUR B COUR I TIMLS N TIMLS B TIMLS I N SAN N N SAN B N SAN I OCR B OCR A DOWNLD 0 DOWNLD 1 ESC e t ESC e F ESC Quality LETTER REPORT DRAFT HI DRFT ESC e q Pitch 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 20 CPI or PROP SP ESC e p ESC e H ESC h ESC US ESC M ESC P ESC p ESC i ESC e s Line space 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LPI ESC e V ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESC A Character width NORM...

Page 220: ...rollable in online setup mode USA UK GERMAN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH SWEDISH FINNISH DANISH1 DANISH2 NORWEGN PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ISO8859 ECMA94 ESC R ESC e C Language PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T SOLV SOLV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN7 LATIN2 LATN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUA1 LITHUA2 MIK MACEDO...

Page 221: ...e in online setup mode Zero font NO SLSH SLASH Controllable in online setup mode DC3 ENABLE DISABLE Controllable in online setup mode CR code CR ONLY CR LF ESC e r LF code LF ONLY LF CR ESC e l Right end wrap WRAP OVR PRT Controllable in online setup mode Paper out CNTONLY DETECT IGNORE ESC 9 ESC 8 Print direction BI DIR UNI DIR ESC U Print mode NORMAL QUIET Controllable in online setup mode High ...

Page 222: ...inting off One line double width characters on One line double width characters off Double width characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Double height double width characters n1 4 n2 0 m1 0 m2 0 m3 controls character height and line spacing m3 Height Spacing 0 1 2 16 17 18 32 33 34 Unchanged Normal Double Unchanged Normal Double Unchanged Normal Double Unchanged Unchanged Unchanged Single Single Single D...

Page 223: ... on Proportionally spaced characters on off on n 1 off n 0 SP BS CR ESC ESC P n Vertical Control Line feed Form feed Advance papern 216 inch 1 n 255 Advance papern 180 inch in AG mode 1 n 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 lines Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to n 216 inch 0 n 255 Set line spacing to n 180 inch in AG mode 0 n 255 Preset line spacing to n 72 inch 1 n 255 Preset line spacin...

Page 224: ... position right by n 120 inch 0 n1 n2 255 n n1 n2 256 Vertical tab execution Set vertical tabs The values of n1 to nk in this command are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 n 255 1 k 64 Clear all vertical tabs Reset tabs to default values HT ESC D n1 nk NUL ESC D NUL ESC d n1 n2 VT ESC B n1 nk NUL ESC B NUL ESC R Page Formatting Set left margin ...

Page 225: ... 255 Print a character from all character set char a code of character to print 0 char 255 Select code page table n 0 n1 n2 255 n n1 n2 256 c1 c2 Code page ID 0 1 3 3 3 3 0 181 82 92 95 97 Ignore command Code page 437 Code page 850 Code page 860 Code page 863 Code page 865 Clear input buffer Select printer Deselect printer ignore input ESC 7 ESC 6 ESC n1 n2 chars ESC char ESC T n1 n2 0 0 c1 c2 CAN...

Page 226: ... data ESC m c1 c2 data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Select bin 3 for following pages Change bins at next page ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EM E ESC EM R 1 2 E C Print Option Control Friction feed selection Rear tractor feed selection Front tra...

Page 227: ... on Italic printing off Select character style n 0 Normal 1 Outlined 2 Shaded 3 Outlined and shadowed One line double width characters on One line double width characters off Double width characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Double height characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Condensed characters on Condensed characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and su...

Page 228: ...nting styles The value of n is the sum of the values of the styles you want to combine n 0 Pica pitch 1 Elite pitch 2 Proportional spacing 4 Condensed 8 Shadow 16 Bold 32 Double width 64 Italics 128 Underline ESC n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 ESC n Horizontal Control Space Backspace Carriage return Set elite pitch Set pica pitch Set 15 CPI Proportionally spaced characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Set inter characte...

Page 229: ...Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 n 255 Set line spacing to n 60 inch 0 n 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch 0 n 255 LF FF ESC J n ESC 0 ESC 3 n ESC A n ESC 2 ESC n Tabulation Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs The values of n1 to nk in this command are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs are to be set 1 n 255 1 k...

Page 230: ... d1 d2 Page Formatting Set right margin to column n 1 n 255 Set left margin to column n 0 n 255 Set top and bottom margins from top of page n1 4 n2 0 Top margin t1 t2 256 360 1 inch 0 t1 255 0 t2 127 Bottom margin b1 b2 256 360 1 inch 0 b1 255 0 b2 127 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 n 127 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 n 127 Set page length to n inches 1 n 22 Set page length ...

Page 231: ...et table n 0 Italics character set 1 Graphics character set 2 Downloaded character set 3 Graphics character set Select international character set n 0 USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 United Kingdom 4 Denmark 1 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spanish 1 8 Japan 9 Norway 10 Denmark 2 11 Spanish 2 12 Latin America 13 Korea 64 Legal ESC 7 ESC 6 ESC t n ESC R n ...

Page 232: ...l 8 PC 863 Canada French 9 PC 865 Norway d3 0 Print n1 n2 256 characters from all character set 0 n1 255 0 n2 127 0 n1 n2 256 255 0 character codes 254 Clear input buffer Delete a character Force most significant bit to 1 Force most significant bit to 0 Cancel control over most significant bit ESC t n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 ESC n1 n2 character codes CAN DEL ESC ESC ESC Font Selection and Downloading Select ...

Page 233: ... Timeless 8 Timeless 9 Timeless Set scalable font mode m sets character pitch m 0 Keep previous pitch 1 Set proportional space mode m 5 Select character pitch m 360 inch Reset proportional space mode n1 and n2 set point size of font Point size n1 n2 256 0 5 point 0 n1 255 0 n2 127 Copy resident character set to download area Create download font ESC k n ESC X m n1 n2 ESC NUL n s ESC NUL n1 n2 d0 d...

Page 234: ... ESC c v h m n1 n2 data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 Eject a page from the printer Select bin 1 for following pages Select bin 2 for following pages Select bin 3 for following pages Change bins at next page ESC EM 1 ESC EM 2 ESC EM E ESC EM R 1 2 E C Print Option Control Friction feed selection Rear tractor feed selection Front tr...

Page 235: ...tions in Chapter 2 This parallel interface can operate in the following two modes Unidirectional forward channel mode or conventional mode This printer supports a conventional Centronics interface Bidirectional forward reverse channel mode or nibble mode This printer supports a bidirectional communication per Nibble mode of the IEEE 1284 Standard The cable connector at the printer side should be a...

Page 236: ...ions Logical 1 signals must go high at least 1 μs before the falling edge of the Data Strobe signal and must stay high for at least 1 μs after the rising edge 10 28 Acknowledge ACK Output This pulse signal indicates that the printer has received data and is ready to accept the next set of data This signal is also sent when the printer is switched from offline to online 11 29 Busy Output Data canno...

Page 237: ...e FG and SG are connected 18 5 V Output 5 V source up to 300 mA 19 30 Signal Ground Twisted pair return lines 31 Input Prime INPRM If this signal is low for more INPRM than 50 μs the printer is reset to the initial condition and is placed online 32 Fault Output This signal is low when the printer is offline paper is out or when there is a printer error 33 Signal Ground Logic ground level 0 V 34 No...

Page 238: ... goes high when data being sent to the host is established Reverse idle phase This signal is set low then goes high to interrupt the host indicating that data is available 11 29 Printer Busy Output Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 3 data bit 7 then forward path host to printer busy status 12 30 Ack Data Req Output Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 2 then data bit 6 Reverse idle phase This s...

Page 239: ...h when the Printer Clock signal goes low so that the interface re enters the reverse data transfer phase If it goes high with the 1284 Active signal low the 1284 idle phase is aborted and the interface returns to the compatibility mode 32 Data Available Output Reverse data transfer phase This signal is set low when the printer is ready to send data to the host During the data transfer it is used a...

Page 240: ...he computer have the following timing with respect to the Busy and Acknowledge signals from the printer T1 T2 T3 1 μs T4 1 μs 0 μs T5 3 μs 2 μs T6 6 μs In bidirectional mode nibblemode this printer can send data to the computer Data is sent in units of four bits nibble using four output signal lines as data paths The following outlines one byte of data sent during reverse data transfer phase in ni...

Page 241: ...formation from the printer to the computer 3 RD Input Received Data This pin carries information from the computer to the printer 4 RTS Output Request To Send Spaces are sent when the printer is ready to transmit data 5 CTS Input Clear To Send Spaces are sent when the computer is ready to receive data 6 DSR Input Data Set Ready Spaces are sent when the computer has been powered on and is ready to ...

Page 242: ...tes selectable Cable Wiring This printer allows two types of serial communication control DSR enabled and DSR disabled The type of control required is determined by your computer requirements The type of control also affects the way the interface cable is wired To determine whether you need DSR enabled control or DSR disabled control use the printer HARDWRE function see Chapter 5 DSR disabled cont...

Page 243: ...and DSR input control signals are enabled CD is ignored DSR must be high when the printer receives data If the printer has data to be transmitted to the computer the printer transmits the data when both DSR and CTS are high When using DSR enabled control use a straight through cable to connect to a DCE data communications equipment device Use a null modem cable to connect to a DTE data terminal eq...

Page 244: ... than 255 bytes of space remain in the buffer or when the printer is taken offline the printer sends the XOFF DC3 code hex 13 When the input buffer is configured for 256 bytes the buffer limit is reduced from 255 bytes to 63 bytes The computer must stop transmitting data within 255 63 characters of receiving the XOFF code or information may be lost If paper runs out the printer sends an NAK code h...

Page 245: ...gnment No Signal line name Function 1 vbus Power supply 2 D Data transfer 3 D Data transfer 4 GND Signal ground Shell Shield Connector specification Printer side Cable side Type B receptacle female Upstream port Type B plug male Specification Basic specification USB interface compliant Note It does not guarantee all operations on hosts Power control Self power device Transmission mode Full speed M...

Page 246: ...e This printer supports the 10Base T and 100Base TX cables Connector pin alignment No Signal line name DIR Function 1 TXO NIC HUB Transmit data 2 TXO NIC HUB Transmit data 3 RXI HUB NIC Receive data 4 5 6 RXI HUB NIC Receive data 7 8 LAN INTERFACE ...

Page 247: ...C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation Characters enclosed in boxes differ for sets 1 and 2 Characters in set 2 also vary with the national character set Code Page 437 is for the USA character set Code Page 437 Character Set 1 Code Page 437 Character Set 2 CHARACTER SETS 1 AND 2 DPL24C PLUS AND IBM XL24E EMULATION ...

Page 248: ...anual The following shows character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation Characters differ in codes 128 to 255 hex 80 to FF Italic Character Set Graphics Character Set 1 ITALIC AND GRAPHICS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION ...

Page 249: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 3 Graphics Character Set 2 ...

Page 250: ...font and that some national character sets do not have some characters and symbols whose use depends on resident fonts For details see the table at the end of this appendix When the following character sets are used with the Epson ESC P2 emulation the printing of FFh code characters is not supported ECMA94 ISO8859 ISO LTN ISO TUK CYRILIC LATIN 9 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL EMULATIONS UK British En...

Page 251: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 5 PAGE437 USA Code Page 437 USA PAGE852 PG852 T Code Page 852 PAGE850 Code Page 850 Multilingual PAGE855 Code Page 855 ...

Page 252: ...CHARACTER SETS E 6 User s Manual PAGE860 Code Page 860 Portugal PAGE865 Code Page 865 Nordic PAGE863 Code Page 863 Canada French PAGE866 Code Page 866 Cyrillic ...

Page 253: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 7 HUNGARY HUNG T Hungarian POLISH POLSH T Polish SLOV SLOV T Slovenian MAZOWIA MAZOW T Mazowian ...

Page 254: ...CHARACTER SETS E 8 User s Manual LATIN2 LATN2 T Latin2 TURKY TURKY T Turkish KAMENIC KAMEN T Kamenicky CYRILIC Cyrillic ...

Page 255: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 9 IBM437 IBM 437 ELOT928 ELOT 928 IBM851 IBM 851 PG DHN Code Page DHN ...

Page 256: ...CHARACTER SETS E 10 User s Manual LATIN P Latin Polish LITHUA1 Lithuanian 1 ISO LTN ISO Latin LITHUA2 Lithuanian 2 ...

Page 257: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 11 MACEDON Macedonian PG MAC MIK ELOT 927 ...

Page 258: ...CHARACTER SETS E 12 User s Manual ABG DEC GR ABY HBR OLD ...

Page 259: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 13 PAGE 862 Code Page 862 GREEK 11 HBR DEC ISO TUK ...

Page 260: ...owing character sets differ from those of Code Page 437 USA available in the DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS DPL24C PLUS AND IBM XL24E EMULATION RUSCII LATIN 9 FRENCH French ITALIAN Italian ...

Page 261: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 15 SPANISH Spanish FINNISH Finnish DANISH1 NORWEGN Danish1 Norwegian DANISH2 Danish2 ...

Page 262: ... s Manual The following character sets differ from the graphics character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION DANISH1 Danish1 SPANSH1 Spanish1 ITALIAN Italian SPANSH2 Spanish2 ...

Page 263: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 17 JAPAN Japanese LATIN A Latin American NORWEGN Norwegian FRENCH French ...

Page 264: ...CHARACTER SETS E 18 User s Manual DANISH2 Danish2 KOREA LEGAL ...

Page 265: ...CHARACTER SETS User s Manual E 19 WCP1250 Windows 1250 WCP1252 Windows 1252 WCP1251 Windows 1251 ...

Page 266: ...ted for each national character set Resident font National character set Name in setup menu USA USA United Kingdom UK German GERMAN Swedish SWEDISH ISO 8859 1 ISO8859 ECMA94 ECMA94 Code Page 437 PAGE437 Code Page 850 PAGE850 Code Page 852 PAGE852 Code two pass PAGE852 T Code Page 855 PAGE855 Code Page 860 PAGE860 Code Page 863 PAGE863 Code Page 865 PAGE865 Code Page 866 PAGE866 Continued on the ne...

Page 267: ...H Polish two pass POLISH T Mazowian MAZOWIA Mazowian two pass MAZOW T Latin 2 LATIN2 Latin 2 two pass LATIN2 T Kamenicky KAMENIC Kamenicky two pass KAMEN T Turkish TURKY Turkish two pass TURKY T Cyrillic CYRILIC IBM 437 IBM437 IBM 851 IBM851 ELOT 928 ELOT928 Code Page DHN PG DHN Latin Polish LATIN P ISO Latin ISO LTN Continued on the next page Upright italic and bold available Supported ...

Page 268: ...an MACEDON ABG ABG ABY ABY DEC Greek DEC GR ELOT 927 ELOT 927 GREEK 11 GREEK 11 Code Page 862 PG 862 Hebrew DEC HBR DEC Hebrew Old HBR OLD Code Page MAC PG MAC ISO Turkish ISO TUK RUSCII RUSCII ISO8859 15 LATIN 9 Windows Code Page 1250 WCP1250 Windows Code Page 1251 WCP1251 Windows Code Page 1252 WCP1252 Upright italic and bold available Supported ...

Page 269: ...RESIDENT FONTS RESIDENT FONTS This appendix provides print samples of the printer s nineteen resident fonts COURIER 10 PRESTIGE ELITE 12 DRAFT 12 COMPRESSED PICA 10 CORRESPONDENCE 10 HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12 BOLDFACE PS OCR B 10 OCR A 10 ...

Page 270: ...RESIDENT FONTS F 2 User s Manual COURIER SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic Normal Bold Italic Normal Bold Italic NIMBUS SANS SCALABLE TIMELESS SCALABLE ...

Page 271: ...9 placement 3 15 tearing off 3 20 unloading 3 19 Control panel QR 1 2 14 3 2 4 1 6 8 Cut sheet feeder installing 3 6 8 1 A 1 loading 3 12 D Default 5 10 5 51 Demo pattern 2 19 Diagnostic functions 5 52 7 10 Download B 1 B 4 C 8 DPL24C PLUS 5 14 DRAFT 5 15 B 2 E Eject QR 2 3 14 Emulation 2 22 5 14 Envelope 3 23 Epson ESC P2 4 5 5 14 5 62 F Feeding paper form feed QR 2 3 3 3 22 line feed QR 2 3 3 3 ...

Page 272: ...ng printed pages 4 8 Replacing ribbon cartridge 6 3 Resume printing QR 2 4 6 Ribbon cartridge 2 8 6 1 A 1 Ribbon subcassette A 1 RS 232C 5 29 S Self test 2 17 5 4 5 52 Serial interface 2 20 2 27 D 7 Setup mode 5 1 Single sheet loading 3 9 Single sheets B 6 ejecting 3 14 Software 4 3 Specifications B 1 Supplies A 1 T TEAR OFF QR 2 3 3 3 20 Testing printer offline 2 16 online 2 26 Top margin 5 19 U ...

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