Page 1: ...User s Manual DP320 Dot Matrix Printer...
Page 2: ...fety purpose of the grounding type plug 9 Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this product in a location so that the power cord will be walked or driven over or on 10 Never p...
Page 3: ...e 11 1 9 3 Connecting to the Serial Interface 11 1 10 Installing Driver 11 Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations 14 2 1 LED Description 14 2 2 Basic Control Panel Operations 14 2 2 1 In the Continuous Pa...
Page 4: ...1 Single Sheets and Envelopes 36 A 2 2 Tractor Paper 36 A 3 Interface Specifications 36 A 3 1 Parallel Interface 36 A 3 2 USB Interface 37 A 3 3 Serial Interface 37 Appendix B Command Summary 38 B 1 S...
Page 5: ...e following figure 2 Save all the original packing materials so that it can be used when transport the printer NOTE Hold the bottom of printer in the box and then carefully lift it up As you unpack sa...
Page 6: ...ect materials Figure1 2 Unpacking protect materials Paper feed in knob Power switch Ribbon cassette Print head Paper guide Paper select lever Control pannel Paper thickness adjust lever Tear part Figu...
Page 7: ...olled by timers or wall switches an interruption in power can wipe out the information in your computer or printer memory 5 Use a stand that supports at least 9 kg 19 lb 6 Never use a stand that tilts...
Page 8: ...es of tear part then pull up the cutter shown as follows 4 Slide the printhead to the middle of the printer Warning Never move the printhead while the printer is turned on this can damage the printer...
Page 9: ...es to make sure it moves smoothly 9 Reinstall and close the printer cover NOTE 1 When your printing becomes faint you need to replace the ribbon cartridge Otherwise the print quality will be infected...
Page 10: ...Take the installing slots both sides of tractor aiming at the installation shell which is in the back of printer press forward till it locked into the position Shown as the following figure 1 6 2 Inst...
Page 11: ...the tear cutter to be installed press the tractor until it locked into the slot according to the following figure 1 7 Connect the Power Cord 1 Make sure the power switch on the printer is turned off...
Page 12: ...tion demonstrates that the printer is working properly You can run the test with either continuous paper or single sheets this section describes the easier way with single sheets Caution You should us...
Page 13: ...le the printer is printing The printer cover helps the paper feed properly 5 To stop printing temporarily press the ONLINE button 6 To end the self test make sure the printer is not printing Press LF...
Page 14: ...the parallel interface or the serial interface please make sure the power of the printer is shut down Only otter tined the cable could the printer be or it will damage the printer 1 9 1 Connecting to...
Page 15: ...computer s serial interface then tighten the screws on either side of the connector 1 10 Installing Driver The Driver CD provides the printer drivers for Microsoft Windows 98 Windows 2000 XP and Vista...
Page 16: ...named DP320 inf click Open then click OK to return to the window of Manufacturers Printers click Next 6 Follow the direct click Next gradually till the installation is finished The USB interface insta...
Page 17: ...ware Wizard Windows operation choose Search the best driver for the device recommended click Next 4 Come out a window of Search for new drivers check Specify a location click Browse select the path as...
Page 18: ...nd the printer will feed the paper one line base on line spacing current set Alternatively hold the LF FF button down the printer will eject the single sheet paper LOAD EJECT 1 When the paper is at th...
Page 19: ...tton 3 seconds the ONLINE LED is on with a beep The printer is in the alternate mode Press the PRINT SPEED button to change the print mode among Normal Speed mode and High Speed mode and Super High Sp...
Page 20: ...f test mode TEAR LF FF POWER Hex dump mode 2 3 Paper Select Lever Set paper select lever toward the single sheet or Tractor sheet position to select singlet sheet mode or Tractor sheet mode 2 4 Paper...
Page 21: ...ow to select the appropriate paper thickness Copies including original Lever position Reserved 1 Standard paper single sheets or continuous 0 2 sheet 1 3 sheet 2 4 sheet 3 Multi part forms 5 sheet 4 2...
Page 22: ...envelopes make sure your software program settings keep the printing entirely within the printable area Printing past the edge of these papers can damage the print head For multi part forms and labels...
Page 23: ...tinuous paper you must decide which tractor to be installed Then you install the tractor in the corresponding way For easy to switch between printing on single sheets and continuous paper or easy to t...
Page 24: ...ever in the continuous paper position 2 Make sure the tractor is installed correctly refer to chapter 1 3 Release the sprocket units by pulling the sprocket locks forward 4 Slide the left sprocket uni...
Page 25: ...our paper supply is positioned within 1 meter 3 feet of the printer 6 Hold the paper guide horizontally and install it according to the follow figure then block it in the direction shown by the arrow...
Page 26: ...ton to eject the paper in the offline mode Dial the paper selected lever to the single sheet position and load the single sheet according to chapter 3 1 1 Note Make sure continuous paper having been p...
Page 27: ...pins and then close the sprocket covers Slide the right sprocket unit to remove any slack in the paper and lock it in place 7 To separate the incoming paper from the printed paper attach the paper gu...
Page 28: ...aper should be without twisted 6 If the perforation of the paper is not match with the sprocket of the pull tractor when tightening the paper lengthways then you can do as follows 1 Dial the paper sel...
Page 29: ...jobs they curl around the platen and may jam when you resume printing 6 Remove the labels from the printer tear off the fresh supply at the rear of the printer then press LF FF to advance the remainin...
Page 30: ...the page length and character set These settings take effect each time you turn on the printer so they are also called default settings For most users the factory settings are best but you can change...
Page 31: ...ting descriptions This section describes all the settings available in the Printer Setting mode Options Description CHARACTER SET Character tables contain the characters and symbols used in different...
Page 32: ...data from the serial interface or to Serial only if you want the printer to ignore data from the parallel interface BAUD RATE Selects a data transfer rate for the serial interface PARITY BIT Selects...
Page 33: ...and LF FF keys on the control panel at the same time for 3 seconds and then turn on the printer The LEDs of the POWER and ONLINE on the control panel flash 3 times respectively at the same time and th...
Page 34: ...tlet is controlled by an outside switch or automatic timer use another outlet 3 Plug another electrical device such as a lamp into the outlet to determine whether the outlet is operating properly Phen...
Page 35: ...on 2 The printout is faint Solutions The ribbon may be worn out Replace the ribbon as described on page 1 3 2 z The ribbon can not move smoothly Solutions The ribbon may be worn out Replace the ribbon...
Page 36: ...Phenomenon 3 Paper does not eject completely Solutions 1 Use the LF FF button to eject the page 2 Make sure the printer cover is closed 3 The paper may be too long Check whether the paper used meets t...
Page 37: ...line indicator is off Solutions There is paper left in the paper in channel while you change the paper release lever position Return the paper release lever to the previous position and eject the pape...
Page 38: ...OCR B Orator Chinese GB 18030 Code Page 28 types Character pitch ASCII 10 CPI 12 CPI 15 CPI proportional Chinese 6 7 CPI 7 5 CPI Line space 1 6 inch 1 8 inch programmable in 1 360 inch increments Nor...
Page 39: ...nal 4 copes Compress set Support graph and character printing the compressibility is 75 The content of110 columns can be printed in 80 column machine in Horizontal compressed way which can be selected...
Page 40: ...compatible parallel interface The printer switches automatically to the appropriate interface when it receives data A 3 1 Parallel Interface The parallel interface has the following characteristics Da...
Page 41: ...ization Asynchronous Handshaking DTR protocol XON XOFF protocol selectable Parity check Odd even or none selectable Serial pin assignments The following table lists the serial connector pin assignment...
Page 42: ...re explained The parameters are indicated by lowercase italicized letters usually n The examples below show how the parameters are indicated ESC is a command with no parameters ESC U 1 0 is a command...
Page 43: ...1Bh 70h 27d 112d Select Double Width Mode one line SO 0Eh 14d Cancel Double Width Mode one line DC4 14h 20d Select Cancel Double Width Mode ESC W 1Bh 57h 27d 87d Select Compressed Mode SI 0Fh 15d Can...
Page 44: ...d Select High speed Double Density ESC Y 1Bh 59h 27d 89d Select Quadruple Density ESC Z 1Bh 5Ah 27d 90d Graphics Mode Select Graphics Mode ESC 1Bh 2Ah 27d 42d Reassign Graphics Mode ESC 1Bh 3Fh 27d 63...
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