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Setting Up

SETTING UP

User's Manual

2-5

Checking Options and Supplies

The following options and supplies,  if ordered, are shipped separately:

• Cut sheet feeder (option)
• Tractor unit (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.

Summary of Contents for DL9300

Page 1: ...FUJITSU DL9300 9400 DOT MATRIX PRINTER USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...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 technician fo...

Page 3: ...man Users Bescheinigung des Herstellers Importeurs Hiermit wird bescheinigt daß der die das M33021B M33011B in Übereinstimmung mit den Bestimmungen der CE funk entstört ist Der Deutschen Bundesport wurde das inverkehrbringen dieses Gerätes angezeigt und die Berechtigung zur Überprüfung der Serie auf Einhaltung der Bestimmungen eingeräumt Maschinenlärminformationsverordnung 3 GSGV 18 01 1991 Der hö...

Page 4: ...d 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 Limited FUJITSU is a registered trademark and Fujitsu Creative Faces is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corporation IBM PC and IBM Proprinter XL24E are trademarks...

Page 5: ... 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 DL9300 an 80 column printer and model DL9400 a 136 column printer Each model has a 100 120 VAC or 220 240 VAC power supply You must specify these when purchasing the printer Other options include a cut sh...

Page 6: ...ns This chapter describes everyday operations from the printer s control panel such as loading paper and selecting print features in detail After you become more familiar with the 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 t...

Page 7: ... warnings cautions and notes are indicated as follows WARNING A WARNING indicates that personal injury may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly CAUTION 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...

Page 8: ...e Power Cord 2 14 Testing the Printer Offline 2 16 Loading Paper for the Self Test 2 16 Printing the Self Test 2 17 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 2 22 Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable 2 22 Selecting a Serial Interface Cable 2 22 Connecting the Interface Cable 2 23 Installing the Printer Driver 2 25 Installing the Printer Driver for Windows 3 1 2 25 Installing the Printer Driver for W...

Page 9: ...us Forms Front Feed 3 18 Loading Continuous Forms Rear Feed 3 21 Unloading Continuous Forms 3 23 Tearing Off Continuous Forms 3 23 Feeding and Positioning Paper 3 25 Line Feed Form Feed 3 25 Micro Feed 3 25 Load Position Adjust 3 25 Tips on Paper Handling 3 26 General Tips 3 26 Multipart Forms 3 26 Envelopes 3 26 Labels 3 27 CHAPTER 4 PRINTING Using Multipart Form Multi Copy Mode 4 1 Starting or S...

Page 10: ...5 39 Exiting and Saving 5 40 Procedure 5 40 Resetting Defaults 5 41 Resetting Power On Defaults 5 41 Resetting Factory Defaults 5 41 Resetting Factory Defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 5 41 Using the Diagnostic Functions 5 42 Printing the Self Test 5 43 Procedure 5 43 Printing Hex Dumps 5 44 Procedure 5 45 Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMNT 5 47 Procedure 5 47 Setup Mode Reference 5 49 DPL24C PLU...

Page 11: ... the Cut Sheet Feeder 8 1 Installing the Tractor Unit 8 2 APPENDIX A SUPPLIES OPTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS Supplies A 1 Options A 1 Publications A 1 APPENDIX B PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Physical Specifications B 1 Functional Specifications B 2 Performance Specifications B 4 Paper Specifications B 6 Print Area B 6 Paper Thickness B 8 APPENDIX C COMMAND SETS Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS C 2 IBM Proprinter...

Page 12: ...SETS Character Sets 1 and 2 DPL24C PLUS and IBMXL24E 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 Emulation E 15 National Character Sets and Supported Resident Fonts All Emulations E 18 APPENDIX F RESIDENT FONTS F 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS GL...

Page 13: ...User s Manual vi ...

Page 14: ...day operations such as paper handling and font selection The printer comes up in normal mode when turned on To enter setup mode press the MICRO and MICRO buttons at the same time while the ONLINE indicator is off not lit ONLINE LOAD LF FF TEAR OFF MICRO MULTI COPY FRONT DIR FRONT MULTI SAVE TOP PAPER PATH MICRO SET UP POWER PAPER OUT FRONT TRACTOR REAR TRACTOR CUT SHEET Control panel The table on ...

Page 15: ...est printing Set reset multi copy mode Tear off forms continuous forms only Unload paper to park position both front and rear fed continuous forms Required Response Press LOAD and LF FF Press LF FF Turn printer on Press 1 on the power switch Press MICRO and MICRO Press ONLINE then press MICRO or MICRO Press and hold LF FF until the operation starts Press LF FF within three seconds Press LOAD Press...

Page 16: ... in the next two sections Software compatibility This printer which operates primarily with the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set is compatible with the IBM Proprinter XL24E command set 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 itali...

Page 17: ... printers print in landscape mode using letter or A4 size paper 136 column printers print in landscape mode using legal or standard size computer forms Simple switching of paper types The ability to park continuous forms makes it easy to switch between continuous forms and single sheets from the control panel This switching is possible even for an optional cut sheet feeder Dual tractor feeding cap...

Page 18: ...tup utility program DLMENU stored in the floppy disk which is furnished with the printer Maintenance free The printer only requires periodic cleaning and changing of the ribbon cartridge Printer add on options are listed below For details see Chapter 8 Cut sheet feeder The SF930 single bin feeder is available as an option for the 80 column printer DL9300 and the SF940 single bin feeder and double ...

Page 19: ...USER S MANUAL 1 4 INTRODUCTION User s Manual ...

Page 20: ... Install the DLMENU remote setup utility 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 environ ments To obtain peak performance from the printer select a location that meets the following guidelines Place the printer on a sturdy level surface ...

Page 21: ...cord supplied with the printer or recom mended by your dealer Do not use an extension cord Do not plug the printer into a power outlet that is shared with heavy industrial equipment such as motors or appliances such as copiers or coffee makers Such equipment often emits electrical noise or causes power degradation ...

Page 22: ...rton 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 Ribbon cartridge Rear stacker Checking items received User s manual Power cord DLMENU Printer Printer driver ...

Page 23: ...nt cardboard that holds the print head carriage in place shown below 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 Connection of the interface cable is described later in th...

Page 24: ...plies if ordered are shipped separately Cut sheet feeder option Tractor unit 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 25: ...wer stacker grooves at either side of the printer 2 Locate the front and rear mounting pins on each side of the rear stacker 3 While holding the rear stacker at an inclined angle slide the front mounting pins into the stacker guides and the rear mounting pins into the upper stacker grooves Adjust the letter C labeled on the rear stacker to the letter C labeled on the printer Insert the stacker in ...

Page 26: ...tter C labeled on the printer Insert the stacker in the direction of the arrow The rear stacker is put in this position when a cut sheet feeder is to be attached to the rear of the printer or using the front tractor Installing the rear stacker down position NOTE Do not place the rear stacker under the stacker guides of the printer Stacker guide Mounting pins Lower groove Upper cover Upper groove R...

Page 27: ...al mode is used for manual feeding of cut sheets from the paper table and feeding continuous forms from the front or rear tractor The following figure shows the paper table in normal mode Tractor unit Stack mode Stack mode is used when a cut sheet feeder option is attached to the rear of the printer To put the paper table from normal mode to stack mode proceed as follows 1 Lift up the paper table ...

Page 28: ...it located against the printer side by pushing gently towards the printer If this is not done the flaps may come free 2 Lower the paper table to down position normal mode and pull the paper table forward Flaps Paper table 3 Tilt the paper table in the direction of the arrow below ...

Page 29: ...rsonal injury do NOT connect the printer to a power source before installing the ribbon cartridge 1 Open the front cover of the printer Slide the print head carriage so that its center is at the position for replacing the ribbon cartridge indicated by the triangle marking on the front of the upper cover 4 Keeping to the path of the guide slot push the paper table sloping downwards to locate in pos...

Page 30: ... indicator upwards until head gap is at maximum R Move to R Preparing the printer to install the ribbon cartridge 3 Remove the ribbon cartridge from its package Push in the two ribbon release tabs The tabs snap into the cartridge and the ribbon feed mechanism engages Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to be sure that it feeds properly Preparing the ribbon cartridge ...

Page 31: ...rint guide Head carrier Print guide Print head Triangle mark Installing the ribbon cartridge 5 Press the ribbon release levers inward until the mounting pins snap into the holes of the ribbon support brackets Gently pull on the cartridge to be sure that the pins are secure in the holes 6 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any slack in the ribbon 7 Close the front cover NOTE A Fujitsu r...

Page 32: ...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 Paper guide Power switch Paper table Tractor unit Front CSF connector Platen Front cover Print guide Print head Paper thickness indicator Rear CSF conne...

Page 33: ...power outlet is properly grounded Make sure that you use the power cord shipped with the printer This cord is designed to minimize radio frequency interference To plug in the power cord 1 Plug one end of 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 Connecting the power cord ...

Page 34: ...the side marked on the power switch Within a few seconds the POWER indicator on the printer control panel will light the print head will move to its home position and the ONLINE indicator will light green NOTE If no forms are loaded the printer beeps and the red PAPER OUT indicator lights and the ONLINE indicator will not light ...

Page 35: ...e sheets Loading Paper for the Self Test To print the self test use paper wider than 215 9 mm 8 5 inches and set the left paper guide all the way to the right to avoid clipping the test pattern Standard letter or A4 size paper can be used lengthwise portrait mode 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 sele...

Page 36: ...est The printer has a built in self test program The self test prints the firmware version the names of the printer s resident emulations and all of the characters available in the emulations The self test prints 80 characters per line To print a self test page make sure that a sheet of paper is loaded Then proceed as follows 1 Turn the printer off 2 While pressing the LF FF button turn the printe...

Page 37: ...n 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 uniform and that there are no light dark or smudged areas If the print quality is good go to step 5 Otherwise try to correct the problem as follows Make sure that the ribbon is installed correctly Load a new sheet of paper Repeat the procedure to self test ...

Page 38: ...Setting Up SETTING UP User s Manual 2 19 Sample self test page 5 To exit the self test mode press the ONLINE button The printer will return online ...

Page 39: ...emo 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 printer off ...

Page 40: ...Setting Up SETTING UP User s Manual 2 21 Demo pattern ...

Page 41: ...erface use a cable that meets the following specifica tions At the printer end use a shielded male Centronics connector 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 At the computer end most computers including IBM PCs require a male DB 25P connector Some computers however require a Centron...

Page 42: ... This type of length is required in many networking and shared printer configurations 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 Connecting the interface cable Serial Parallel Clip ...

Page 43: ... the fastener clips located on the printer into the notches on the cable connector To secure a serial interface cable tighten the screws in the cable connector 4 Attach the other end of the interface cable to your computer Gently pull on the cable to verify that it is secure ...

Page 44: ...t the printer driver floppy disk into your floppy disk drive A 4 From Program Manager select the File menu option Run 5 In the Run window type A Install 6 Click OK 7 Choose your language from the dedicated dialog box and click Install The installation program automatically performs the set up procedure Once the set up is complete the printer driver is set as the default printer driver Installing t...

Page 45: ...tion Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and click OK 4 The Install from disk dialog box is displayed prompting the user to select the drive and directory containing the installation disk 5 Insert the Printer driver installation disk into the A drive Use the Browse button to select sub directory PREDV95 of drive A and click OK 6 The Select Device dialog box appears displaying the mo...

Page 46: ... appears Select an appropriate Port and click Next 8 A dialog appears prompting the user to type the Printer name Type an appropriate name or use the one supplied and click Next 9 The next dialog prompts the user to print a test page Select Yes or No and click Finish 10 Driver files are copied from the installation disk 11 When all files have been copied and the driver is installed if the print te...

Page 47: ...Each emulation has unique features and capabilities This printer offers three resident emulations Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS for Fujitsu DL series printers IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Resident emulations are stored in the printer s permanent memory Here are some points to help you determine which emulation to select Determine which emulations your software supports Refer to your software documentat...

Page 48: ...lation that is not supported by your software contact your software manufacturer or printer dealer and ask 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 singl...

Page 49: ...printer offline Then press the MICRO button and the MICRO button As the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information FUNCTION menu Red cursor on print guide Function Initial printout in setup mode Check that the FUNCTION menu is printed at the bottom of the page ...

Page 50: ... MENU1 as shown below Press the button or the button to select MENU1 and print the following EMULATE options The currently selected emulation is indicated by a short under line In the figure shown above the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected 4 Select an emulation Press the or button repeatedly to position the cursor under the required emulation Press the button to select the emula tion and ...

Page 51: ...f you are using a parallel interface the printer usually prints the correct characters automatically However you may need to adjust the page layout or various print features using your software or the printer setup mode If you are using a serial interface the printer may not work at all or it may print a lot of characters In this case the serial settings on the printer do not match those of your c...

Page 52: ...ftware is the same as that selected on the printer If you are using a serial interface make sure that the printer serial interface settings are the same as those on the compu ter The printer s preselected factory settings are 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit 9600 baud and XON XOFF protocol You can change the serial settings on either the printer or your computer To change the printer settings see ...

Page 53: ...ial settings to match the printer factory settings MODE COM1 9600 N 8 1 P MODE LPT1 COM1 To activate these settings whenever you turn the computer on write the MODE commands in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Make sure that the MODE COM file is included in your root directory If the printer still doesn t work consult your dealer or someone experienced in serial interface communications ...

Page 54: ...ameters for you You may never need to change the settings manually using the DLMENU For more details and the latest modifications refer to the ReadMe txt file on the DLMENU disk The DLMENU first displays the opening screen then the main menu The main menu offers functions to select print options for your documents It also offers an operation guide of some keys and a help message line If the printe...

Page 55: ...F5 Cuctum setup SEND Exit Menu function 1 FONT COUR 10 QUALITY LETTER PITCH 10CPI LINE SP 6 LPI CHAR W NORMAL CHAR H NORMAL ATTRIB NONE PAGE LG 11 0IN COLOR AUTOSEL LFT END 1 COLM TOP MRG 1 LINE LANGUGE USA CHR SET SET 1 AGM OFF Main menu 5 To perform operations in the main menu use the keys as follows Select a pull down menu Alt key F S or O key Select highlight a feature or option TAB and cursor...

Page 56: ...U and exit to DOS or your application choose the item Exit in the File menu or select the EXIT button in the main menu The DLMENU displays a message asking if the options are to be saved For information about the factory defaults and other options see Chapter 5 ...

Page 57: ...SETTING UP 2 38 User s Manual ...

Page 58: ...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 3 SELECTING PAPER Single sheets 70 to 364 mm 3 to 14 3 in Continuous forms 102 mm 4 in or greater Single sheet...

Page 59: ... the 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 data Offline but not in setup mode ONLINE LOAD LF ...

Page 60: ...he load position adjusted by micro feeding 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 Press TEAR OFF to advance the forms perforation to the tear off edge Tear off the forms then press any button to retract remaining the forms Press PAPER PATH to select the pap...

Page 61: ...d rear tractors either optional NOTE The number of cut sheets stacked in the printer may be reduced depending on printing conditions and enviroments When printing thin paper multipart copy paper or large size paper frequently remove the paper from the rear stacker or the paper table When printing B 4 size or larger length paper in portrait orientation be sure to set the paper table in stack mode o...

Page 62: ...ons of paper paths and feed directions are below 1 2 3 1 2 3 5 1 3 4 1 3 4 5 When loading the paper from the rear cut sheet feeder it is impossible to store a lot of paper in the rear stacker NOTE With the front cut sheet feeder installed if you print paper from the paper table or the front cut sheet feeder and specify the front ejection the printer blinks the FRONT indicator after ejecting the pa...

Page 63: ...s see Appendix B The printer automatically adjusts for different paper thicknesses The paper thickness setting can be read from the paper thickness indicator You can use the paper thickness indicator as a dial to adjust the paper thickness manually Before adjusting specified AMOUNT MANUAL using the GAP ADJ function in the setup mode Adjusting the paper thickness indicator NOTE Do not touch the pap...

Page 64: ... feeder The paper table allows paper to be loaded manually one sheet at a time A cut sheet feeder allows paper to be loaded automati cally from the paper bin Loading a Single Sheet of Paper To load a sheet of paper from the paper table 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on 2 Press the PAPER PATH button to select CUT SHEET the indicator lights 3 Put the paper table in the nomal position horizon...

Page 65: ...s Rear ejection FRONT indicator doesn t lights 5 Adjust the left margin On the left hand side of the paper table a scale graduated in units of 0 1 inch When the paper guide is positioned all the way to the right the left margin is 5 mm 0 2 inch The arrow on the paper table indicates the location of the first character Push the lock lever down to secure the guide NOTE When using the paper whose wid...

Page 66: ...he MICRO button The paper will move forward or backward in 1 180 inch incre ments After loading paper the printer goes into online mode Loading a sheet a 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 ...

Page 67: ...eders The front cut sheet feeder cannot be used with front tractor see the section Using Continuous Forms later in this chapter For installation of the feeder refer to its user s manual When a feeder is mounted and the feeder cable is connected the printer mechanically knows the feeder type and controls the feeder accordingly NOTES Cut sheet feeder options may be attached to the front and the rear...

Page 68: ...to select CUT SHEET the indicator lights 3 Press the FRONT DIR button to select the direction of ejecting cut sheets Front ejection FRONT indicator lights Rear ejection FRONT indicator doesn t lights 4 Prepare the feeder as follows Preparing the cut sheet feeder Front Lift up the paper table Attach the cut sheet feeder locating it on the guide pins Adjust the letter A labeled on the cut sheet feed...

Page 69: ...ear stacker in its lower position the guide pins are located in the lower groove on the rear of the printer Adjust the letter C labeled on the rear stacker to the letter C labeled on the printer Insert the stacker in the direction of the arrow NOTE Do not place the rear stacker under the stacker guides of the printer ...

Page 70: ... 3 13 Attach the cut sheet feeder above the rear stacker locating it on the guide pins Adjust the letter A labeled on the cut sheet feeder to the letter A labeled on the printer Put the paper table in its stacker mode inclined position Guide pin ...

Page 71: ...plus the left margin specified by your software or the printer setup mode Right paper guide Left paper guide Make sure that the left edge of your paper falls within this area Slide the right paper guide until the distance between the two guides is the approximate width of your paper 6 Manually fan the stack of paper and place it in the paper bin NOTE A short horizontal mark inside each paper guide...

Page 72: ...the cut sheet feeder Rear feed 7 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 8 Push the bin lever down to the SET position ...

Page 73: ... 10 Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guides if re quired 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 w...

Page 74: ...Paper Stack 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 Placement of continuous forms Bad placement Good placement ...

Page 75: ...ase the printer Up to 8 ply media can be fed by the front tractor unit You can use continuous forms paper even if you have a cut sheet feeder installed at the rear of the printer To load continuous forms paper 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Remove any single sheet paper from the printer 2 Lift up the paper table as shown below 3 Press the PAPER PATH button to select FRONT TRACTOR The in...

Page 76: ... the middle forms support Positioning the tractors 6 Adjust the left margin Below the left tractor there is a tractor guide short inch based ruler graduated in 10 columns per inch Use the ruler to help position the tractor When the paper edge is positioned to the zero line the left margin is 12 mm 0 5 inch including perfora tion area and the arrow indicates the location of the first character Midd...

Page 77: ...locking lever down to secure the tractor in place 9 Lower the paper table to the down position normal mode Paper holders 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 contin...

Page 78: ...p 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 Loading Continuous Forms Rear Feed A tractor is supplied as standard and is attached to the front of the printer It can be attached to the rear of the printer You can also buy a tractor unit as an additional rear tractor unit A maximum of 6 ply ...

Page 79: ... for rear feeding Left side mounting pin from rear 3 Press the PAPER PATH button to select REAR TRACTOR the indicator lights 4 Set the continuous forms Go to step 4 9 in the section Loading Continuous Forms Front Feed in this chapter 5 Install the rear stacker to its upper or lower position NOTE Do not place the rear stacker under the stacker guides of the printer 6 Load the continuous forms Go to...

Page 80: ...the tractor paper holders and lift out the paper NOTE If continuous forms are unloaded without stopping the paper may slip off the tractors Tearing Off Continuous Forms Your printer has a special tear off edge that allows you to tear off printed pages without wasting paper The tear off edge is located on the front and rear of the printer To tear off continuous forms using the tear off edge 1 Press...

Page 81: ...orrectly in your software or the printer setup mode Check that the paper length is specified correctly For information on specifying page length using setup mode see Chapter 5 2 Tear the paper off at the perforation 3 Press any button to retract the forms back to the top of form position Tearing off continuous forms rear feed Tearing off continuous forms front feed ...

Page 82: ...micro feed function to fine tune the position of the paper Press the MICRO MICRO button to feed paper by 1 180 inch in the direction of the arrow Remember that the top of form will slip from the original setting Load Position Adjust Use also the micro feed function to adjust the load position of the paper When this function is used immediately after the LOAD button is pressed the adjusted position...

Page 83: ...posed Store paper in a clean dry environment Multipart Forms Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets if possible Printing tends to become misaligned on the bottom sheet To ensure smoother feeding of paper stapled multipart forms raise the rear stacker to support the forms Envelopes When printing envelopes use the paper table or the manual feed slot of the cut sheet feeder Note the following W...

Page 84: ...lip and printing becomes crooked Do not feed labels backwards using the LOAD button from the control panel Jamming may occur Do not use the printer tear off feature when printing labels If the labels are retracted the backing may peel off and the labels may jam in the printer Test print labels before running a job If jams occur go into setup mode and set the paper thickness control to manual mode ...

Page 85: ...PAPER HANDLING User s Manual 3 28 ...

Page 86: ...superior copy capability is required use the multi copy mode Press the MULTI COPY button on the printer control panel This function is valid when the MULTI indicator lights Print control panel NOTE Setting multi copy mode by pressing the MULTI COPY button is cancelled when you turn off the printer If you wish to have the multi copy mode set on power on save the setting in setup mode USING MULTIPAR...

Page 87: ... printing but there will be a slight delay before printing stops Any data sent to the print buffer but not yet printed is stored until you resume printing Data in the print buffer is lost if you turn the printer off To resume printing press the ONLINE button again To cancel printing use the cancel commands provided by your software or computer To clear the print buffer place the printer offline an...

Page 88: ...aper the printer always stops printing regardless of the PPR OUT setting To resume printing when paper runs out use either of the methods described below Printing the remaining lines on a page This method is convenient to continue printing under the paper out condition but is not available when the cut sheet feeder is used 1 Press the ONLINE button The printer returns to online mode prints or feed...

Page 89: ... in Chapter 3 2 To load the first sheet of paper press the LOAD button The PAPER OUT indicator will turn off 3 The printer goes online and resumes printing NOTE For continuous forms paper the 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 ...

Page 90: ...he end of the printed page is reached To eject sheets manually use one of the following methods Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a form feed Removing Continuous Forms To avoid wasting paper use the printer tear off 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 retrac...

Page 91: ...ltaneously to clear all data from the print buffer This method is useful when you cancel a print operation and do not want to continue printing data already sent to the printer This method does not change or clear MENU1 and MENU2 settings paper loading position settings and downloaded fonts ...

Page 92: ...end of this chapter is valid in all emulations Optional settings on the printer include the emulation fonts pitch page length and page width serial interface options and the top of form setting When you save your settings 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 ...

Page 93: ...etting Defaults later in this chapter For information on using the SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT functions see the section Using the Diagnostic Functions later in this chapter For Experienced Users Once you are familiar with setup mode you may want to use the flowchart at the end of this chapter for quick reference The flowchart lists all printer setup functions items and options Before entering s...

Page 94: ...RONT MULTI SAVE TOP PAPER PATH MICRO SET UP POWER PAPER OUT FRONT TRACTOR REAR TRACTOR CUT SHEET Entering setup mode If you do not hear a beep or hear an alarm beep beeps four times you are not in setup mode Place the printer offline and try again 4 When the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information Function buttons in setup mode Function Red cursor on print guide FUNCT...

Page 95: ...ng the MICRO and MICRO buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps When you enter setup mode the following FUNCTION menu is printed OVERVIEW OF SETUP MODE FUNCTION SAVE END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT GAP ADJ Table 5 1 summarizes the purpose of each function Table 5 1 Setup Mode Functions SAVE END Exits setup mode and saves any changes made while in ...

Page 96: ...ide under the function you require 2 Press the button or the button to select the function If the function has items and options the printer prints the first item and its options The MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG and GAP ADJ functions contain items that have selectable options The other functions have neither items nor options The first three MENU1 items and their options are shown below Items...

Page 97: ...us 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 options Setup Mode Example To become familiar with setup mode try the following example This example shows how to change the font and pitch in MENU2 to...

Page 98: ...FAULT SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT Press FRONT DIR Press ONLINE Press ONLINE Press MICRO or MICRO Printer saves changes and exits setup mode Press MICRO or MICRO to pause resume See Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMT later in this chapter for details Reprint FUNCTION menu Functions having items and options Select function Press or to position the cursor then press or Select options Press or to ...

Page 99: ...he button to select the current 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 or button once to position the cursor 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 mode saving the new font and pi...

Page 100: ...cting a function that contains items and selectable options press the ONLINE button to reprint the FUNCTION menu A short underline under the first two letters of an option indicates that it is the current default setting For example 12 CPI indicates that 12 characters per inch is the default pitch To change the default select and save a new pitch setting While in setup mode you can use the LIST fu...

Page 101: ...rinting and check that the following FUNCTION menu is printed 2 Select the LIST function Repeatedly press the or button to position the red cursor on LIST Next press the button or the button to select the LIST function The printer starts to print a list of the currently selected options The preselected factory settings also called factory defaults are shown on the opposite page When the printer fi...

Page 102: ...FORMAT to DUPLEX are not printed when PARALEL OPTION is selected for INTRFCE 2 PIN 18 is not printed when SERIAL option is selected for INTRFCE 3 TEAR EN is printed when AUTO option is selected for TEAROFF Printout of factory defaults using LIST 3 1 2 ...

Page 103: ...our hardware and software For each 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 ...

Page 104: ...ns later 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 Adjust ment Items and Options later in this chapter CONFIG None You...

Page 105: ...ware If you plan to use two different emulations 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 MENU...

Page 106: ...n in Chapter 2 for information on selecting an emulation DPL24C Fujitsu DL series printers DPL24C PLUS command set XL24E IBM Proprinter XL24E printers ESC P2 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 For each of the following fonts the recommended pitch settings are given after...

Page 107: ...the print quality that most often meets your needs LETTER Letter print quality This option 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 regard less of fonts use the correspondence font The quality of...

Page 108: ... the table MENU1 and MENU2 Items PITCH CPI 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi characters per horizontal inch PROP SP Proportional spacing 1 12 inch per character space 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 D...

Page 109: ...acter height 1 ATTRIB Selects an attribute to add emphasis to your documents Only one attribute may be selected at a time NONE ITALICS CONDNSD 1 SHADOW BOLD Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table Opt...

Page 110: ...of the table Options Description 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 or 18 0 inches For Epson ESC P2 emulation 4 0 4 5 5 0 11 0 11 5 22 0 inches LFT END Specifies the print start column for changing the left margin Printing starts at the position given by this colu...

Page 111: ...e 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 the default 1 line for TOP MRG LINE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or 10 lines LANGUGE Selects a language Appendix E shows the character ...

Page 112: ...d See the subsequent listings 3 and 4 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 860 PAGE863 Code page 863 PAGE865 Code page 865 ECMA94 ECMA 94 ISO8859 ISO 8859 1 PG852 Code page 852 PG852 T Code page 852 two pass PG855 Code page 855 PG866 Code page 866 HUNGARY Hungarian HUNG T Hungarian ...

Page 113: ...tions Description LANGUGE 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 ISO LTN ISO Latin LITHUA1 Lithuanian1 LITHUA2 Lithuanian2 MIK MACEDON Macedonian PG MAC ELOT 927 ABG ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG 862 HBR DEC GREEK 11 3 FRENCH French ITALIAN Italian SPANISH Spanish DANISH1 Danish I DANISH2 Danish II FINNISH Finnish ...

Page 114: ... the character set for that font overrides the CHR SET setting 4 ITALIC Italic characters are available GRAPHIC Graphics characters ruled lines are available AGM 2 OFF Specifies that Alternate Graphics Mode AGM is off The base of line spacing is 1 72 inch or 1 216 inch ON Specifies that Alternate Graphics Mode AGM is on The base of line spacing is 1 60 inch or 1 180 inch PRF SKP For continuous for...

Page 115: ...rinter 11 4 IN 11 4 inch page width 11 0 IN 11 inch page width 8 0 IN 8 inch page width default for 80 column printer ZEROFNT Specifies whether to print the number 3 zero with a slash This is useful to distinguish the capital letter O from the number 0 Invalid for some soft fonts NO SLSH 0 SLASH 0 DC3 CDE ENABLE Enables the DC1 and DC3 codes 5 Any data received between DC3 and the next DC1 is igno...

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

Page 117: ...t the factory defaults for both MENU1 and MENU2 select the DEFAULT function For more information see the section Resetting Defaults later in this chapter The DEFAULT function cannot reset those options which are handled by the HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG and GAP ADJ functions ...

Page 118: ...Underlined options are the factory defaults PPR OUT Specifies how the printer responds when you run out of paper CNTONLY The printer detects paper out only for continuous forms Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red DETECT The printer detects paper out for both continuous forms and single sheets Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red IGNORE The printer ignores paper o...

Page 119: ...n bidirectional printing BUZZER Enables or disables the printer status buzzer ON Buzzer on recommended The printer beeps to indicate paper out 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 ...

Page 120: ...AL RS 232C serial interface AUTO 2S Auto interface selection mode AUTO 4S Both interfaces are ready for AUTO 6S communication AUTO10S Specify the timing of regarding the AUTO15S selected interface as being inactive AUTO20S Serial Interface Items The following FORMAT to DUPLEX items are not printed when you select the PARALEL option for the INTRFCE item Be sure that the options selected on the prin...

Page 121: ...ogical 0 BAUD RT 150 The baud rate is in bps bits per 300 second Select the same baud rate as 600 used by your computer or modem 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 PROTOCL Indicates data transmission protocol XON XOF The DC1 and DC3 codes are used DTR The Data Terminal Ready signal is used REV CHL The Reverse Channel signal is used DSR IGNORE DSR is ignored by the printer DETECT DSR is detected by the prin...

Page 122: ...E Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Options Description Items END Indicates the end of the HARDWRE item list Press the MICRO button to print the first item which is PPR OUT Press the MICRO button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the FUNCTION menu ...

Page 123: ... 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 inch 25 4 mm Top margin specified by your software Printer TOP MRG top margin setting default 1 line Table 5 5 describes the ADJUT items and options Item...

Page 124: ...pecified 66 6 IN CNTFINE Fine tunes the top of form position for continuous forms 0 180 29 180 Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm CUT ORG Sets the top of form for single sheets in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page 1 6 IN The default is recommended if your top margin is not software 6 6 IN specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when your t...

Page 125: ... the left print start position for single sheets 10 90 0 90 Moves the position left or 10 90 right in increments of 1 90 inch 0 28 mm CUT ADJ Compensates the line spacing pitch on the basis of the spacing error accumulated for feeding single sheets by10 inches 22 360 0 360 Decreases or increases in 22 360 increments of 1 360 inch in total END Indicates the end of the ADJUST item list Press MICRO t...

Page 126: ...ems 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 feed can also be done using the TEAR OFF button TEARPOS Tearoff position VISIBLE Select this o...

Page 127: ...en TEAROFF AUTO is specified for the TEAROFF item TEAR EN Tearoff enabled time offset time 0 sec The offset time is from when data 1 sec transfer stops to when the printer 2 sec performs automatic tearoff feed 4 sec If the printer receives data again 6 sec within the offset time the printer does not perform automatic tearoff feed In some application programs data transfer may stop temporarily due ...

Page 128: ...g LOADTIM item is printed when CUTLOAD AUTO is specified for the CUTLOAD item LOADTIM Autoload start time 0 5 1 0 Autoloading starts when this 1 5 2 0 amount of time passes after you set 2 5 3 0SEC single sheet paper DECODE Command decode timing DIRECT The printer decodes certain commands immediately after receiving data Example ESC SUB I ESC CR P DPL24C ESC Q IBM XL24E QUEUED The printer decodes ...

Page 129: ...e MULTI indicator does not light MULTI High printing pressure MULTI indicator lights CSFBIN1 CSF frist bin assignment when installing the front and rear cut sheet feeder FRONT Assigns the first bin to the front CSF REAR Assigns the first bin to the rear CSF SENSOR Paper sensor position for front feeding POSN1 Set the paper sensor to position1 when paper width is under 70 mm POSN2 Optional sensor p...

Page 130: ...tems and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HEAD GAP ADJUSTMENT ITEMS AND OPTIONS AMOUNT Specifies the print head gap AUTO The print head gap is set automati cally 1 PLY Select one to eight ply paper and 2 PLY auxiliary positions A or B 3 PLY 4 PLY 5 PLY 6 PLY 7 PLY 8 PLY POS A POS B MANUAL Turn the paper thickness dial indicator manually END Indicates the end of the GAP ADJ ...

Page 131: ... your changes 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 If you are using the SELF TST or HEX DUMP function press the FRONT DIR button instead of the ONLINE button to print the menu The FUNCTION menu is shown below 2 Select the SAVE END function Make s...

Page 132: ...esetting Factory Defaults Factory defaults are those settings preselected at the factory For a list of the printer s factory defaults 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 FRONT DIR and TEAR OFF buttons turn on the printer Continue to press all three ...

Page 133: ...alues in MENU1 and MENU2 are now reset 3 Do either of the following Select new options for MENU1 or MENU2 Exit setup mode saving the factory defaults See the section MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options To exit setup mode and save the new defaults make sure that the red cursors are positioned on SAVE END then press the MICRO button or the MICRO button This section describes how to use the following d...

Page 134: ...r MENU1 the self test is printed using the settings currently assigned to MENU1 Procedure This procedure assumes that you are in setup mode To print the self test make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded into the printer Then 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 ...

Page 135: ... exit SELF TST and remain in setup mode press the FRONT DIR button The FUNCTION menu is then reprinted To exit SELF TST and return online press the ONLINE button The printer permanently saves any changes made while in setup mode and returns online The self test can also be started by turning off the printer and then pressing the LF FF button while turning the printer back on As described in Chapte...

Page 136: ... then press the button or the button to select the HEX DUMP function The printer goes online and prints a header and a short help menu 3 Print the hex dump To start hex dump printing send your file or program to the printer The printer goes online and prints the hex dump Press the MICRO button or the MICRO button to pause during hex dump printing To resume hex dump printing press the button again ...

Page 137: ...ections 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 printing The printer immediately switches to normal online mode Any data that was sent to the printer but not printed is discarded cleared You can also enter hex dump mode by turning off the printer and then turning the printer back on while simultaneously p...

Page 138: ...dure Make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded in the printer If possible use forms at least 216 mm 8 5 inches wide for 80 column printers or 356 mm 14 inches wide for 136 column printers 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 ...

Page 139: ...ress the button until the bars are aligned If the bars are offset to the right repeatedly press the button until the bars are aligned In the following figure the first line is assumed to be printed from left to right Bars offset to the left Bars offset to the right 4 Adjust the vertical print alignment at correspondence speed Press the button to switch from letter speed to correspond ence speed Ex...

Page 140: ...ettings The printer exits setup mode and returns online NOTE To exit the V ALMNT function you must exit setup mode Correct 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 141: ... NORWEGN ISO8859 PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUA1 LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON PG MAC ELOT 927 ABG ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG 862 HBR DEC GREEK 11 TOP MRG 1 LINE 2 LINE 3 LINE 10 LINE LFT END 1 COLM 2 COLM 3 COLM 4 COLM 40 COLM 41 COLM PAGE LG 3 0 IN 3 5 IN...

Page 142: ...LY POS A POS B MANUAL PROTOCL TEAR EN 0 sec 1 sec 2 sec 4 sec 6 sec CNT ORG 1 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN CNT ORG 1 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN CNT LFT 10 90 9 90 0 90 10 90 CUT LFT 10 90 9 90 0 90 10 90 CUT ADJ 22 360 21 360 0 360 22 360 CNTFINE 0 180 1 180 29 180 CUTFINE 0 180 1 180 29 180 LOADTIM END END END END RS232C interface only NONE 256 BYTE 2K BYTE 8K BYTE 24K BYTE 32K BYTE 96K BYTE BAUD RT 150 300 600 ...

Page 143: ...g options are different CHAR W NORMAL 2 TIMES CHAR H NORMAL 2 TIMES ATTRIB NONE ITALIC SHADOW BOLD CHR SET SET 2 SET 1 AGM OFF ON PRF SKIP NO SKIP SKIP PAGE LG 4 0 IN 4 5 IN 5 0 IN 5 5 IN 11 0 IN 11 5 IN 22 0 IN LANGUGE USA UK GERMAN SWEDISH DANISH1 ITALIAN SPANSH1 SPANSH2 JAPAN NORWEGN LATIN A FRENCH PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ECMA94 DANISH2 ISO8859 PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY ...

Page 144: ... following three ways Enter 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 th...

Page 145: ...USING SETUP MODE User s Manual 5 54 ...

Page 146: ...all particles that accumulate inside the printer This section explains how to clean and vacuum the printer and how to clean the platen It is easier to clean the printer when the front cover the rear staeker is 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 print...

Page 147: ...ont cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge Using a soft vacuum brush gently vacuum the platen print head carriage and surrounding areas You can easily slide the print head to the left or right when the power is off Be careful not to press too hard on the flat ribbon cable that extends from the print head carriage Printer interior 5 Re install the ribbon cartridge Close the front cove...

Page 148: ...eplacing the ribbon You can install a new ribbon cartridge in the printer or refill the old ribbon cartridge with new ribbon from a ribbon subcassette Appendix A lists order numbers for ribbon cartridges and ribbon subcassettes The following procedure is for ribbon cartridges For ribbon subcassettes refer to the instructions shipped with the subcassette To replace the ribbon cartridge 1 Turn off t...

Page 149: ...n R to widen the head gap if the indicator is not positioned at R Paper thickness indicator 4 To remove the ribbon cartridge press the ribbon release levers located on either side of the cartridge and carefully lift the cartridge out of the printer Removing the ribbon cartridge ...

Page 150: ...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 Ribbon release tabs Ribbon feed knob Turn clockwise to tighten Ribbon release lever Preparing the new ribbon cartridge ...

Page 151: ...ribbon falls between the nose of the print head and the plastic print guide Print guide 7 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 8 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to tighten the ribbon 9 Close the front cover of the printer Installing the...

Page 152: ... 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 5 Remove the print head from the connector on the carriage as shown in the figure below Wire Left side releases Replac...

Page 153: ...CE 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 154: ...c 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 decrease in...

Page 155: ...f necessary The page is blank Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed Printing is erratic Make sure that the interface cable is securely or the wrong connected to both the printer and computer characters are printed Many Make sure that the printer emulation selected in characters are your software is the same as the emulation printed selected on the printer See the section Select...

Page 156: ...nging Top of Form in Chapter 5 Check the software specified top margin Refer to your software documentation Check the printer s TOP MRG setting See the section MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options in Chapter 5 Lines are double Check the line spacing setting in your software spaced instead of single spaced Change the CR CODE setting in the printer setup mode to CR ONLY See the section MENU1 and MENU2 ...

Page 157: ...the paper out sensor i e the left paper edge is within 52 mm for single sheets or 41 mm for continuous forms 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 ...

Page 158: ...sed or torn Reload the paper Make sure that the paper table is normal mode Set the paper table to normal mode Paper jams while Turn off the printer and remove the jammed printing 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 normal mode Se...

Page 159: ...Cont Problem Solution Paper slips off the Make sure that the forms tractors are positioned forms tractors or correctly for the width of your paper and that the perforated the perforated holes of the paper fit directly over holes of the paper the tractor sprockets tear during printing ...

Page 160: ...ower off Wait 30 seconds and then turn the printer on again If the printer still has no power contact your dealer The printer is on Make sure that the printer is online but it will not print Make sure that the interface cable is securely connected to both the printer and the compu ter If the red PAPER OUT indicator is lit load paper Run the printer self test see Chapter 5 If the self test executes...

Page 161: ...e but it will not make sure that the serial settings required by print continued your software or computer are the same as the settings on the printer See the section Hard ware Items and Options in Chapter 5 The cut sheet Make sure that the cut sheet feeder is firmly feeder does not mounted on the printer operate Make sure that the cable is correctly connected ...

Page 162: ...ep four times Turn the ONLINE indicator off Blink the PAPER OUT indicator The following errors cause the printer to turn off the power Print head error Space motor error Line feed motor error 34 V overvoltage error No error condition is displayed if any of these errors occurs Turn the printer off and back on then rerun the same job to check if the error was transient If the error recurs contact yo...

Page 163: ...ex dumps V ALMNT allows you to check and if necessary correct the printer s vertical print alignment For details on using these functions all of which are available in the printer setup mode see the section Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 If you are not able to correct a problem using this chapter contact your dealer for assistance Be prepared to provide the following informa tion Your...

Page 164: ...nstalled by you Order numbers for options are given in Appendix A This chapter describes what to do after installing each option A cut sheet feeder allows you to automatically feed single sheet The SF930 single bin feeder is available as an option for the 80 column printer and the SF940 single bin feeder for the 136 column printer The cut sheet feeder SF930 SF940 can be mounted on the front or the...

Page 165: ...ax of 5 ply multipart media When installing the front and rear cut sheet feeders the printer assigns the first bin to the front feeder You can change the assignment using set up mode A tractor unit is supplied as standard equipment attached to the front of the printer A max of 8 ply media may be fed from the front by the tractor unit This unit may also be attached to the rear of the printer for re...

Page 166: ...s available for the printer Contact your dealer for information on ordering any of these items Supplies Order Number Ribbon cartridge Black ribbon CA02374 C104 Ribbon subcassette Black ribbon CA02374 C204 Print head CA02281 E622 Option Order Number Cut sheet feeder For 80 column printers SF930 CA02892 D750 For 136 column printers SF940 CA02790 D750 Tractor unit For 80 column printers CA02892 E650 ...

Page 167: ...SUPPLIES OPTIONS AND PUBLICATIONS A 2 User s Manual ...

Page 168: ... 30 8 lb AC power requirements M33021A M33011A 100 to 120 VAC 10 50 60 Hz M33021B M33011B 220 to 240 VAC 10 6 50 60 Hz Power consumption Average 120 VA Maximum 240 VA Heat generation Average 65 kcal h Interface Centronics parallel and RS 232C serial Data buffer size 0 256 2K 8K 24K 32K or 96K bytes Download buffer Maximum 96K bytes 96K minus data buffer size Operating environment 5 to 38 C 41 to 1...

Page 169: ...ons 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 6 copies for rear tractor 1 to 8 copies for front tractor and paper table Paper size 80 columns 136 columns Continuous Width 102 267 mm 102 420 mm 4 10 5 in 4 16 5 in Length 102 mm 4 in Same as left or greater Cut sheets Wi...

Page 170: ... original multi copy 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 se...

Page 171: ...us 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 80 columns 136 columns 10 cpi 80 cpl 136 cpl 12 cpi 96 cpl 163 cpl 15 cpi 120 cpl 204 cpl 17 1 cpi 136 8 cpl 231 cpl 18 cpi 144 cpl 244 cpl 20 cpi 160 cppl 272 cpl cpi characters per inch cpl characters...

Page 172: ...life Up to 5 0 million characters Certification Safety Model Regulation Country M33021A M33011A UL 1950 D3United States United States for 100 to 120 VAC CSA C22 2 950 Canada for 100 to 120 VAC M33021B M33011B TÜVEN 60 950 Germany for 220 to 240 VAC RFI regulation Model Regulation Country M33021A M33011A Class B of FCC Part 15B United States for 100 to 120 VAC ...

Page 173: ...eased to 4 23 mm 1 6 inch However line spacing may be uneven Print area may be off the paper depending on paper setting or width 4 73 mm 0 18 inch 4 73 mm 0 18 inch Print area 5 08 mm or more 0 2 inch or more H H H H 55 266 7 mm 2 16 10 5 in for 80 column printer 55 420 mm 2 16 16 5 in for 136 column printer 70 364 mm 3 14 3 in for 80 column printer 70 420 mm 3 16 5 in for 136 column printer 5 08 ...

Page 174: ...wever line spacing may be uneven Perforation 5 08 mm or more 0 2 inch or more 102 mm 4 inches or more Paper end Print area may be off the paper depending on paper setting or width Print area 101 6 266 7 mm 4 10 5 in for 80 column printer 101 6 422 mm 4 16 5 in for 136 column printer 5 08 38 mm 0 2 1 5 in Approx 89 mm 3 5 inches for push tractor feed Approx 80 mm 3 14 inches for pull tractor feed ...

Page 175: ...55 kg or 11 17 lb Top 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg or 11 14 lb Middle 2 5p 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg or 11 14 lb Bottom 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb 5P 6P 4P 3P 2P kg Weight in kilograms of 1000 sheets of 788 1091 mm paper 1 16 g m2 lb Weight in pounds of 500 sheets of 17 22 inch paper 3 76 g m2 Paper Thickness Paper thickness is given by the weight of the paper in either grams per square meter g m2 or in pou...

Page 176: ...m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Middle 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Bottom 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Middle 2 3p 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Bottom 40 81 g m2 34 70 kg or 11 22 lb Top 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg or 11 14 lb Middle 2 4p 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg or 11 14 lb Bottom 40 64 g m2 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Top 40 52 g m2 34 45 kg ...

Page 177: ...single sheets interleaved Top 35 64 g m2 30 55 kg or 9 17 lb Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 81 g m2 30 70 kg or 9 22 lb Top 35 52 g m2 30 45 kg or 9 14 lb Carbon Counted as one sheet Middle 35 52 g m2 30 45 kg or 9 14 lb Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 64 g m2 30 55 kg or 9 17 lb Top 35 52 g m2 30 45 kg or 9 14 lb Carbon Counted as one sheet Middle 3 5P 35 52 g m2 30 45 kg or 9 14 lb ...

Page 178: ...sets 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 179: ... printing off ESC H Emphasized shadow printing on ESC E Emphasized shadow printing off ESC F Italic printing on ESC 4 Italic printing off ESC 5 Select character style and screening ESC e S n1 n2 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 ...

Page 180: ...multiple h2 Units digit of horizontal multiple v1 Tens digit of vertical multiple v2 Units digit of vertical multiple 0 h1 h2 or v1 v2 11 Condensed characters on SI or ESC SI Condensed characters off DC2 Subscript or superscript printing on ESC S n subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off ESC T Select underline type ESC e U n n 0 Single line 1 Bold single line 2 Extreme...

Page 181: ...age overlay type ESC e I n 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 ESC e L n on n 1 off n 0 Horizontal Control Space SP Backspace BS Carriage return CR Elite pitch 12 cpi ESC M Pica pitch 10 cpi ESC P Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC...

Page 182: ...e J 0 n1 n2 n3 999 n1 n2 n3 n1 n2 and n3 are the hundreds tens and units digits Reverse paper n 360 inch ESC e j 0 n1 n2 n3 999 n1 n2 n3 n1 n2 and n3 are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to 1 8 inch 8 lpi ESC 0 Set line spacing to n 180 inch ESC 3 n 0 n 255 Set line spacing to 7 60 inch ESC 1 Set line spacing to n 60 inch ESC A n 0 n 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch 6 lpi or to ...

Page 183: ...2 x 256 n1 4895 Horizontal relative move by n 360 inch ESC e R s 999 n1 n2 n3 999 n1 n2 n3 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 VT Set vertical tabs ESC B n1 nk The values of n1 to nk in this command NUL 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 ...

Page 184: ...cter set 1 ESC 7 Appendix E gives the character sets Select character set 2 ESC 6 Appendix E gives the character sets Select international character set ESC R n 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 CAN Select printer DC1 Deselect printer ignore input DC3 Force most significant bit to 1 ESC Force most signific...

Page 185: ...digits Word Processing Line justification on ESC m Automatically center printing ESC c Reset word processing features ESC x Font Selection and Downloading Select font m with source and style set by n ESC m n m bits 0 and 1 Font device selection Bit 1 Bit 0 Selection of font 0 0 Resident font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 0 Resident font m bits 2 and 3 Print quality specification Bit 3 Bit 2 Print quality ...

Page 186: ...ributes ESC e q n 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 ESC e s n n 0 Fixed pitch font 1 Proportional spacing font Select character pitch n 360 inch font ESC e p n1 n2 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 attri...

Page 187: ... 7 ultrablack Select typeface font attributes ESC e t n n 1 Pica 3 Courier 4 Nimbus Sans 5 Timeless 8 Prestige 23 Boldface 130 OCR A 131 OCR B Select font by I D font attributes ESC e F n n Quality Spacing Pitch Point Typeface 1 LQ Fixed 10 cpi 12 pt Courier bitmap 2 LQ Fixed 12 cpi 10 pt Prestige 3 LQ PS 12 pt Boldface 4 LQ Fixed 10 cpi 12 pt Pica 9 LQ Fixed 10 cpi OCR A 10 LQ Fixed 10 cpi 12 pt ...

Page 188: ...pondence 180 dpi 1 1 Draft 120 dpi m bit 0 Specifies external font number to be registered 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 ASCII code Ce Download end character ASCII code Decimal ...

Page 189: ...1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 ESC EM 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 ESC EM E Eject a page from the printer ESC EM R Select bin 1 for following pages 1 Select bin 2 for following pages 2 Select bin 3 for following pages E Eject sheet at end of current page R Change bins at next page C Initialize Printer Reset printer ESC Reset printer ESC CR P Initialize printer ESC SUB I Bar Code Printing Print bar code ES...

Page 190: ...ter mode on off ESC i n on n 1 off n 0 Move print head to home position ESC Unidirectional printing on off ESC U n on n 1 off n 0 Select CR code definition ESC e r n n 0 CR CR only 1 CR CR LF Select LF code definition ESC e l n n 0 LF LF only 1 LF LF CR Enter online setup mode ESC e ONLINE data Move print head unit 1 180 inch ESC e h n1 n2 0 n1 255 0 n2 255 ...

Page 191: ... printing on ESC E Emphasized shadow printing off ESC F One line double width characters on SO or ESC SO One line double width characters off DC4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n 0 Double height double width characters ESC n1 n2 n1 4 n2 0 m1 0 m2 0 m1 m4 m3 controls character height and line spacing m3 Height Spacing 0 Unchanged Unchanged 1 Normal Unchanged 2 Double Unchanged 16...

Page 192: ...ite characters on ESC Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC P n on n 1 off n 0 Vertical Control Line feed LF Form feed FF Advance paper n 216 inch 1 n 255 ESC J n Advance paper n 180 inch in AG mode ESC J n 1 n 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 lines ESC 0 Set line spacing to 7 72 inch ESC 1 Set line spacing to n 216 inch ESC 3 n 0 n 255 Set line spacing to n 180 inch in AG mode ESC 3 n 0 n 255 Pr...

Page 193: ...SC D NUL Move print position right by n 120 inch ESC d n1 n2 0 n1 n2 255 n n1 n2 256 Vertical tab execution VT Set vertical tabs ESC B n1 The values of n1 to nk in this command nk NUL 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 ESC B NUL Reset tabs to default values ESC R Page Formatting Set left margin at column ...

Page 194: ...odes of characters to print 0 chars 255 Print a character from all character set ESC char char a code of character to print 0 char 255 Select code page table n ESC T n1 n2 0 n1 n2 255 n n1 n2 256 0 0 c1 c2 c1 c2 Code page ID 0 0 Ignore command 1 181 Code page 437 3 82 Code page 850 3 92 Code page 860 3 95 Code page 863 3 97 Code page 865 Clear input buffer CAN Select printer DC1 Deselect printer i...

Page 195: ... c2 data Cut Sheet Feeder Control Feed a sheet from bin 1 ESC EM 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 ESC EM 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 ESC EM E Eject a page from the printer ESC EM R Select bin 1 for following pages 1 Select bin 2 for following pages 2 Select bin 3 for following pages E Eject sheet at end of current page R Change bins at next page C Print Option Control Friction feed selection F Rear tractor...

Page 196: ... Emphasized shadow printing off ESC F Italic printing on ESC 4 Italic printing off ESC 5 Select character style ESC q n n 0 Normal 1 Outlined 2 Shaded 3 Outlined and shadowed One line double width characters on SO or ESC SO One line double width characters off DC4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n 0 Double height characters on off ESC w n on n 1 off n 0 Condensed characters on SI...

Page 197: ...ombine various printing 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 Horizontal Control Space SP Backspace BS Carriage return CR Set elite pitch ESC M Set pica pitch ESC P Set 15 CPI ESC g Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC p n on n ...

Page 198: ... line spacing to n 180 inch 0 n 255 ESC 3 n Set line spacing to n 60 inch 0 n 127 ESC A n Set line spacing to 1 6 inch ESC 2 Set line spacing to n 360 inch 0 n 255 ESC n Tabulation Horizontal tab execution HT Set horizontal tabs ESC D The values of n1 to nk in this n1 nk NUL 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 32 ...

Page 199: ...Page Formatting Set right margin to column n ESC Q n 1 n 255 Set left margin to column n ESC l n 0 n 255 Set top and bottom margins from top of page ESC c n1 n2 n1 4 n2 0 t1 t2 b1 b2 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 ESC N n 1 n 127 Perforation skip off ESC O Set page length to n lines 1 n 127 ESC ...

Page 200: ... 2 ESC 6 Select character set table ESC t n n 0 Italics character set 1 Graphics character set 2 Downloaded character set 3 Graphics character set Select international character set ESC R n 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 ...

Page 201: ...PC 860 Portugal 8 PC 863 Canada French 9 PC 865 Norway d3 0 Print n1 n2 256 characters from all ESC n1 n2 character set character codes 0 n1 255 0 n2 127 0 n1 n2 256 255 0 character codes 254 Clear input buffer CAN Delete a character DEL Force most significant bit to 1 ESC Force most significant bit to 0 ESC Cancel control over most significant bit ESC Font Selection and Downloading Select font ES...

Page 202: ...Courier 3 Timeless 4 Timeless 5 Timeless 7 Timeless 8 Timeless 9 Timeless Set scalable font mode ESC X m n1 n2 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 ESC NUL n s Creat...

Page 203: ...ol Feed a sheet from bin 1 ESC EM 1 Feed a sheet from bin 2 ESC EM 2 Feed a sheet from bin 3 ESC EM E Eject a page from the printer ESC EM R Select bin 1 for following pages 1 Select bin 2 for following pages 2 Select bin 3 for following pages E Eject sheet at end of current page R Change bins at next page C Print Option Control Friction feed selection F Rear tractor feed selection T Front tractor...

Page 204: ...computer follow the instructions in Chapter 2 The Centronics interface is the industry standard parallel interface The cable connector at the printer side should be a shielded Amphenol DDK 57FE 30360 or equivalent The connector pin assignments are given in the table that follows In the table Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer Output denotes a signal from the printer to the com...

Page 205: ...he falling edge of the Data Strobe signal and must stay high for at least 1 µs after the rising edge 10 28 Acknowledge Output This pulse signal indicates ACK 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 cannot be received when this signal is high This signal is high...

Page 206: ...nnection 19 Signal Ground Twisted pair return lines 30 31 Input Prime Input 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 connection 35 5 VR Output Pulled up to 5 V through a 3...

Page 207: ...USY Acknowledge T2 T3 T4 SERIAL INTERFACE RS 232C is the standard serial interface for data terminal equipment The cable connector at the printer side should be a D subminiature Cannon or Cinch DB 25P male connector or equivalent that conforms to EIA standards The table that follows shows the pin assignments commonly used by most computers In the table Input denotes a signal from the computer to t...

Page 208: ...d 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 receive or transmit data 7 SG Signal Ground common return 8 CD Input Carrier Detect Spaces are sent when the computer allows the printer to receive data 11 RC Output Reverse Channel This signal is used instead of the DTR signal in the RC prot...

Page 209: ...es 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 contr...

Page 210: ...ol 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 equipment device as shown below TD RD DSR DTR RTS CTS CD SG Host DTE Printer DTE Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 6 Pin 20 Pin 4 Pin 5 Pin 8 Pin 7 TD RD DSR DTR RTS CTS CD SG INTERFACE INFORMATION TD RD DSR DTR RTS CTS CD SG Host Printer Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 6 Pin 20 Pin 4 Pi...

Page 211: ...ewer 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 co...

Page 212: ...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 CHARACTER SETS 1 and 2 DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E Emulation Code Page 437 Character Set 2 E ...

Page 213: ... SETS 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 ITALIC AND GRAPHICS CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION Graphics Character Set 1 ...

Page 214: ...User s Manual E 3 Character Sets CHARACTER SETS Graphics Character Set 2 ...

Page 215: ...s specific to different languages Note that these tables are for Courier 10 a resident 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 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL EMULATIONS UK British English SWEDISH Swedish GERMAN German ISO8859 ECMA94 ISO 8859 1 ECMA94 ...

Page 216: ...User s Manual E 5 Character Sets PAGE850 Code Page 850 Multilingual PAGE855 Code Page 855 CHARACTER SETS PAGE437 USA Code Page 437 USA PAGE852 PG852 T Code Page 852 ...

Page 217: ...E 6 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS PAGE860 Code Page 860 Portugal PAGE865 Code Page 865 Nordic PAGE863 Code Page 863 Canada French PAGE866 Code Page 866 Cyrillic ...

Page 218: ...User s Manual E 7 Character Sets CHARACTER SETS HUNGARY HUNG T Hungarian POLISH POLSH T Polish SLOV SLOV T Slovenian MAZOWIA MAZOW T Mazowian ...

Page 219: ...E 8 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS LATIN2 LATN2 T Latin2 TURKY TURKY T Turkish KAMENIC KAMEN T Kamenicky CYRILIC Cyrillic ...

Page 220: ...User s Manual E 9 Character Sets CHARACTER SETS IBM437 IBM 437 ELOT928 ELOT 928 IBM851 IBM 851 PG DHN Code Page DHN ...

Page 221: ...E 10 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS ISO LTN ISO Latin LITHUA2 Lithuanian 2 LATIN P Latin Polish LITHUA1 Lithuanian 1 ...

Page 222: ...User s Manual E 11 Character Sets CHARACTER SETS MACEDON Macedonian PG MAC MIK ELOT 927 ...

Page 223: ...E 12 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS ABG DEC GR ABY HBR OLD ...

Page 224: ...User s Manual E 13 Character Sets PAGE 862 Code Page 862 GREEK 11 HBR DEC ...

Page 225: ...racter 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 FRENCH French ITALIAN Italian SPANISH Spanish FINNISH Finnish ...

Page 226: ...1 NORWEGN Danish1 Norwegian DANISH2 Danish2 NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION The following character sets differ from the graphics character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation DANISH1 Danish1 SPANSH1 Spanish1 CHARACTER SETS ...

Page 227: ...E 16 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS ITALIAN Italian SPANSH2 Spanish2 JAPAN Japanese LATIN A Latin American ...

Page 228: ...User s Manual E 17 Character Sets NORWEGN Norwegian FRENCH French DANISH2 Danish2 CHARACTER SETS ...

Page 229: ...ORTED RESIDENT FONTS ALL EMULATIONS OCR A OCR B Correspondence Nimbus Sans Timeless Courier OL Pica 10 Bold PS Draft Compress Elite 12 Courier 10 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...

Page 230: ...H T Mazovian MAZOWIA Mazovian MAZOW T two pass Latin 2 LATIN2 Latin 2 two pass LATIN2 T Kamenicky KAMENIC Kamenicky KAMEN T two pass 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 Resident font National character set Name in setup menu CHARACTER SETS Continued on the next page Uprigh...

Page 231: ... Courier 10 Lithuanian 1 LITHUA1 Lithuanian 2 LITHUA2 MIK MIK Macedonian MACEDON ABG ABG ABY ABY DEC GR DEC GR ELOT 927 ELOT 927 GREEK 11 GREEK 11 PG 862 PG 862 HBR DEC HBR DEC HBR OLD HBR OLD PG MAC PG MAC Resident font National character set Name in setup menu Upright italic and bold available Supported Courier OL Courier outline ...

Page 232: ... 1 Fonts RESIDENT FONTS This appendix provides print samples of the printer s eighteen resident fonts COURIER 10 F PRESTIGE ELITE 12 DRAFT COMPRESSED PICA 10 OCR B 10 BOLDFACE PS HIGH SPEED DRAFT CORRESPONDENCE OCR A ...

Page 233: ...F 2 User s Manual RESIDENT FONTS COURIER OUTLINE Normal Bold Italic NIMBUS SANS OUTLINE Normal Bold Italic TIMELESS OUTLINE Normal Bold Italic ...

Page 234: ...h as a printer Baud rates apply to serial data only 1200 baud equals approximately 120 characters per second Alternate printing of lines from left to right and right to left Bidirectional printing is faster than unidirectional printing because there are no carriage returns The smallest unit of information in computer memory A bit is a single digit either a 1 or a 0 in the binary numbering system E...

Page 235: ...ed characters Condensed characters are narrower than regular characters Using condensed print increases the number of characters per line Connected fan folded sheets of paper that are fed into the printer using forms tractors The fan folded sheets are separated by tearing them at their perforations A panel containing the printer indicators and buttons The control panel is used to control printer o...

Page 236: ...l or through application software A complete set of printable characters having the same size and style For example Courier 10 and Prestige Elite 12 are commonly used fonts A signal to the printer to advance the paper forward one page Form feeds can be executed either by your software or by holding down the LF FF button on the printer control panel The feeding of paper through the tractor unit att...

Page 237: ...ard one line Line feeds can be executed either by your software or by pressing the LF FF button on the printer control panel The vertical spacing between lines measured in lines per inch Lines per inch Used to measure line spacing Character spacing in which each printed character has the same width Also called fixed pitch monospacing is the opposite of proportional spacing Typewriter or computer p...

Page 238: ...hat moves paper forward during printing The printing mechanism in a dot matrix printer The print head consists of several print wires pins arranged in a matrix The pins strike the ribbon in the pattern needed to create the desired character Depending on the printer model the print head has either 9 or 24 pins A set of instructions in application software that translates formatting choices into pri...

Page 239: ... all characters print The self test only tests the printer It does not test how thecomputer works with the printer A standard computer interface Information is transferred between devices over a single wire although other wires are used for control A serial interface can use an interface cable greater than 3 meters 10 feet A long cable is often necessary in networking environments where the printe...

Page 240: ...tting the software specified top margin and the printer s TOP MRG setting The logical top of the physical page as understood by the printer when loading paper The default TOF settings are 1 inch 25 4 mm for both cut sheets and continuous forms A method for feeding continuous forms through the printer Holes on the sides of the forms fit over sprockets on two tractors located inside the printer Prin...

Page 241: ...GL 8 User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS ...

Page 242: ... 21 placement 3 17 tearing off 3 23 unloading 3 23 Control panel 2 13 3 2 COPY 5 38 Correspondence 5 15 Courier 10 5 15 CR CODE 5 24 CSFBIN1 5 38 Cursor on print guide 2 31 A Adjustments left margin 3 8 3 14 3 19 paper select lever 2 11 3 3 paper thickness 3 6 top of form 5 34 AGM Alternate Graphics Mode 5 23 5 52 AMOUNT 5 39 ATTRIB 5 18 Attributes font 5 18 B Bidirectional printing 5 28 Bold face...

Page 243: ...C 26 EMULATE 2 31 5 12 5 15 Emulations selecting 2 28 5 12 5 14 supported 2 29 Entering setup mode 5 2 Envelopes using 3 27 Epson ESC P2 commands C 19 selecting 2 28 5 15 Exiting setup mode 5 40 F Factory settings defaults 5 11 5 41 Feeder type detection 3 10 5 38 Feeding paper form feed 3 3 3 25 line feed 3 3 3 25 problems 7 4 FONT 5 15 Fonts attributes 5 18 selecting 5 15 types 1 2 F 1 Form feed...

Page 244: ...ms setup ADJUST 5 33 CONFIG 5 35 GAP ADJ 5 39 HARDWRE 5 27 MENU1 5 15 MENU2 5 15 L Labels using 3 27 LANGUGE 5 20 Lever bin 3 15 tractor locking 3 19 LF FF button 3 2 3 25 LF CODE 5 25 LFT END 5 19 Line feed 3 3 3 25 LINE SP 5 17 Line spacing 5 17 LIST function 5 10 LOAD button 3 2 3 3 3 9 3 18 3 21 Loading continuous forms 3 16 front feed 3 18 rear feed 3 21 cut sheet feeder 3 10 single sheets 3 ...

Page 245: ...g single sheets 3 16 feeding 3 25 guides 3 8 3 14 loading 3 7 3 10 3 16 3 18 3 21 operations 3 2 print areas B 6 selection 3 1 B 6 single sheets 3 7 size and thickness 3 1 B 6 specifications 3 1 B 6 thickness indicator 3 6 tips for handling 3 26 unloading forms 3 23 Paper out detection 4 3 5 27 PAPER OUT indicator 2 15 3 3 Paper out sensor 7 4 Paper path button 3 2 3 3 selecting 3 3 Paper table in...

Page 246: ...ith serial interface 2 32 Problems operating 7 7 paper handling 7 4 power 7 7 printer failures 7 9 printing 7 1 solving 7 1 Protocols serial 5 30 D 8 PRT DIR 5 28 Publications A 1 Q QUALITY 5 16 Quick Reference operation QR 1 R Rating label 2 13 7 10 RC protocol D 8 Rear stacker 2 6 Removing printed pages 4 5 Replacing ribbon 6 3 Reset defaults 5 41 Resident command sets C 1 emulations 2 28 5 15 f...

Page 247: ...5 34 continuous forms left print position CNT ORG 5 33 emulation EMULATE 5 15 fonts FONT 5 15 hardware options 5 27 interface INTRFCE 5 29 language LANGUGE 5 20 left end of page LFT END 5 19 line feed LF 5 25 line spacing LINE SP 5 17 MENU1 and MENU2 options 5 14 page length PAGE LG 5 19 page width WIDTH 5 24 paper out response PPR OUT 5 27 perforation skip PRF SKIP 5 23 pitch 5 17 print direction...

Page 248: ...ing off forms 3 24 Tear off setup options 5 35 Testing printer offline 2 16 5 43 online 2 32 Top margin changing 2 15 5 20 TOP MRG 5 20 Top of form changing 5 33 U Z Unidirectional printing 5 28 Unpacking 2 3 V ALMNT function 5 49 7 10 Vertical character displacement correcting 5 49 7 10 WIDTH 5 24 Word length 5 28 WORD LG 5 28 XON XOFF protocol 2 33 5 30 D 8 ZEROFNT 5 24 ...

Page 249: ...IN 8 User s Manual INDEX ...

Page 250: ...KONG TEL 852 827 5780 FAX 852 827 4724 FUJITSU ICIM LTD Nagar Road Pune 411 014 INDIA TEL 91 212 681 528 FAX 91 212 680 238 FUJITSU ITALIA S p A Via Melchiorre Gioia No 8 20124 Milano ITALY TEL 39 2 6365 1 FAX 39 2 6572 257 FUJITSU KOREA LTD 9th Floor Korean Reinsurance Bldg 80 Susong Dong Chongro Gu Seoul Special City Republic of KOREA TEL 82 2 739 3281 FAX 82 2 739 3294 FUJITSU NORDIC AB Kung Ha...

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