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Help Menu

HELP

From the help menu you can print assigned setups and options.

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A setup is a printer configuration selected by pressing one of the

SETUP keys.

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An option is a print quality or print characteristic.

For information about how these and how the menu flows, turn to the
Menu Map, page 27. The following illustration is a pictorial representation
of the Help Menu.

To enter the Help Menu, set the printer off line, and press MENU. User
Menu/Help is displayed. Use the ARROW keys to nvaigate witin the
menu. The display shows your current position within the menu. If you
get lost, press ON LINE to exit and begin again.

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Summary of Contents for EuroLine Series

Page 1: ...EuroLine OPERATOR S GUIDE Part No 066 00165 03 February 12 1998 Rev F...

Page 2: ...emark of I Q Technology TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc WordPerfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corporation Output Technology Corporation 2310 North Fancher Road...

Page 3: ...LDE PELIGRO MANTENGA CABELLOS MANOS Y VESTIMENTOS ALEJADOS DEL MECANISMO DE IMPRESION Y EVITE SUPERFICIES CALIENTES Opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks...

Page 4: ...on or against the printer If an object is accidentally dropped into the printer turn OFF power and carefully remove the object Use a high quality well shielded interface cable Both connectors should b...

Page 5: ...ustment 12 Fine Adjustment 13 Setting Top Of Form 13 Begin Printing 14 On Line Print Adjustments 15 Top Of Form Adjustment 15 Horizontal Positioning Adjustment 16 Help Menu Help 17 Keypad Control Pane...

Page 6: ...nent Changes 27 Temporary Changes 27 Menu Map 27 Printed Menu 27 Menu Legend 28 Top Level Menu 29 Help Menu 30 Edit Setup Menu 31 Tests Menu 32 Setting Print Options 33 Making Menu Print Option Change...

Page 7: ...Cleaning And Lubrication 51 Problems Diagnostics 53 Power On Diagnostics 53 Menu Diagnostics 53 Test Print 54 Hex Dump 55 Problems 57 Servicing 58 Replace Ribbon Press On Line Message 58 Dead Printer...

Page 8: ...viii Contents...

Page 9: ...Startup PRINTER PARTS DB A...

Page 10: ...Page 3 Power On Page 11 Platen Adjustments Page 12 Setting Top of Form Page 13 Begin Printing Page 14 On Line Print Adjustments Page 15 Caution Avoid printing without paper or printing beyond width of...

Page 11: ...BA The printer accepts paper stock from 15 lb 56 g m2 bond 18 to 20 lb or 86 to 75 g m2 bond is recommended to six part forms or card stock having 0 02 approx 0 5 mm maximum thickness Paper width can...

Page 12: ...center of the cabinet floor Make sure edges of the box don t interfere with paper flow Note For smooth paper feeding position the paper box vertically in line with paperfeed tractors 2 Open operator a...

Page 13: ...Operator s Guide 5 3 Open paper feed tractor flaps DB AO...

Page 14: ...il it appears between the forms compressor and platen DB E 5 Pull up align and seat paper on the paperfeed tractor sprocket pins 6 Close paperfeed tractor flaps Note Paper must be fed through the U sh...

Page 15: ...tor width adjustments are necessary see illustrations on the following pages a Flip down release levers b Slide paperfeed tractors to the desired position c Flip up release levers Note Normally the le...

Page 16: ...8 Startup DB G...

Page 17: ...Operator s Guide 9 DB AZ...

Page 18: ...10 Startup 8 Flip up the blue paper load lever to compress the paper DB AP 9 Close cabinet door and operator access cover...

Page 19: ...complete On Line is displayed followed by the firmware version and the printer is ready to accept data 1 Power and ON LINE indicators flash 2 Printer beeps once 3 All indicators light briefly POWER re...

Page 20: ...When you change the paper thickness adjust the platen to the marked setting relating to the paper being used DB AS General Adjustment The platen adjustment lever has marked settings for various paper...

Page 21: ...operator access cover to check the print and make any desired fine adjustments When you open the cover the printing stops Printing resumes when you close the cover SETTING TOP OF FORM You must set top...

Page 22: ...ide or even with an alignment hole in the left end of the platen Press and release LINE FEED to advance a single line Press and hold LINE FEED to advance multiple lines Press UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW f...

Page 23: ...m adjustments move the form paper up and down These adjustments are permanent They are retained by printer memory the same as an off line top of form setting 1 Press FORM FEED while remining on line O...

Page 24: ...printer power is turned OFF 1 Press FORM FEED twice while remaining on line On Line is displayed The printer delays second between print passes On Line 2 To move horizontal print position to the left...

Page 25: ...information about how these and how the menu flows turn to the Menu Map page 27 The following illustration is a pictorial representation of the Help Menu To enter the Help Menu set the printer off li...

Page 26: ...18 Help Menu...

Page 27: ...Keypad CONTROL PANEL PANEL The printer control panel has a display windown four indicator lights and labeled keys DB M...

Page 28: ...20 Keypad DB AV DISPLAY WINDOW The display window is a two line LCD liquid crystal display It displays printer status menu items and detected errors...

Page 29: ...OF FORM Sets top of form at the current paper position 1 2 3 4 SETUP or NUMBER keys Select print specifications assigned to setup 1 2 3 or 4 MENU Enters the menu structure ARROW keys navigate through...

Page 30: ...lity print is selected from the menu or from the host If not lit the print quality setting is either correspondence or draft PAPER Glows yellow when paper needs to be replaced or other fault condition...

Page 31: ...do this refer to On Line Print Adjustments Page 15 If the operator access cover is opened while the printer is on line Cover Open is displayed and on line printing stops Off Line Functions Off line me...

Page 32: ...24 Keypad...

Page 33: ...f the wide range of computer setups computer programs and printers currently available EMULATIONS AVAILABLE The printer can emulate the following five printers but only one at a time Epson FX 286e IBM...

Page 34: ...always operates from the active setup which you can change When you press a SETUP key the active setup changes to reflect this new setting Also a command from a host computer can change the active se...

Page 35: ...changes are active only until you press a SETUP key or until changed by the host computer Such an action will override the old active setup and install a new active setup If the printer is turned OFF...

Page 36: ...28 Menu MENU LEGEND Keypads are shown pictorially Note An arrow shown in the beginning of the second line of the LCD indicates the currently selected item from a list of items...

Page 37: ...Operator s Guide 29 TOP LEVEL MENU DB O1 For the Help menu see page 30 For the Edit Setup menu see page 31 For the Tests menu see page 32...

Page 38: ...30 Menu HELP MENU DB P1Q1...

Page 39: ...Operator s Guide 31 EDIT SETUP MENU Continuing from the Top Level Menu on page 29 DB R1S1 For the Print Style menu see page 33 For the Ribbon menu see page 35 For the Forms menu see page 37...

Page 40: ...32 Menu TESTS MENU Continuing from the Top Level Menu on page 29 DB ATAU1...

Page 41: ...currently selected item from a list of items For exmaple Print Quality Draft To select a different itme display it on the LCD and press ENTER PRINT STYLE MENU Continued from Edit Setup menu page 31 D...

Page 42: ...Per Inch cpi Cpi or pitch is the number of letters printed in a one inch line measurement This pitch is 10 characters per inch This pitch is 12 characters per inch This pitch is 16 5 characters per i...

Page 43: ...Count is the total number of lines printed from the time the count was reset When the number of lines printed matches the Replace Ribbon Count nubmer Replace Ribbon Press On Line is displayed When you...

Page 44: ...To exit Replace Count press Enter when Disable is displayed to save Disable Enter when 0 k Lines is displayed to save the count Power switch OFF ON re starts without pressing ENTER Note In the Replace...

Page 45: ...Operator s Guide 37 FORMS MENU Continued from Edit Setup menu page 31 DB X1Y1 For Lines Per Inch selections see page 38 For Form Length selections see page 38 For Paper Width selections see page 38...

Page 46: ...38 Menu Lines Per Inch 3 lpi 4 lpi 6 lpi 8 lpi Form Length 0 5 0 5 increments 11 0 increments 30 0 14 8 cm 21 0 cm 29 7 cm 42 0 cm Paper Width 8 0 A4 DIN 13 2 factory defaults...

Page 47: ...PARTS REPLACEABLE UNITS DB AM1 ORDERING PARTS Use genuine replacement parts Contact your authorized dealer or the printer manufacturer The manufacturer s name address phone and fax numbers and website...

Page 48: ...the printheads 1 Position the head cartridge at the center of the mechanism 2 Remove installed ribbon cartridge see illustration below a Loosen lift each ribbon guide by grasping the tab on the top o...

Page 49: ...idge from its shipping container Note Installation instructions should be packaged with the replacement ribbon If not follow the remaining steps 4 Tilt and place the ribbon cartridge so the V shaped n...

Page 50: ...tridge to fail 7 Untape the yellow ribbon guide hanger from the cartridge leaving ribbon guides taped to it 8 Use the ribbon guide hanger to slide all ribbon guides onto their shafts 9 Remove discard...

Page 51: ...to Ribbon Menu Page 35 not selected You can reset ribbon count if you desire to monitor line count Ribbon count reset must be performed manually To do this refer to Ribbon Menu Page 35 REPLACING A PRI...

Page 52: ...nd note the latches on both sides DB AC b Flip latches out and way from connector DB AO c Evenly remove cable from connector Caution Ensure that the ribbon cable is disconnected evenly Failure to do s...

Page 53: ...Operator s Guide 45 DB AE 3 Loosen the two thumbscrews securing the printhead assembly DB AF 4 Lift printhead up and back over printhead carriage dimples Rotate forward and out...

Page 54: ...new printhead from shipping container 3 Install replacement printhead a Position and seat printhead flatly over printhead carriage dimples located between thrmbscrews b Tighten thrumbscrews c Conncec...

Page 55: ...nt Page 54 REPLACING THE FORMS COMPRESSOR Forms compressor replacement is required only if it is broken bent or worn DB BD 1 Open operator access cover and remove the ribbon see Replacing the Ribbon P...

Page 56: ...and the retainers secure it in position Note Flipping the paper load lever backward forward a few times may help you locate the latches and retainers and understand the mechanical movement of the for...

Page 57: ...Operator s Guide 49 DB AH 6 Continue to slide down the new forms compressor releasing the old one from the latches...

Page 58: ...8 Press down and latch the new forms compressor and seat it under the retainers 9 Remove and discard the old forms compresor 10 Replace the ribbon and paper Flip back the paper load lever and reset th...

Page 59: ...ther than spraying the printer directly Especially avoid spraying cleaner into air vents the operator access or other opening where the cleaner could contact ribbon printheads paper electronics or oth...

Page 60: ...52 Maintenance...

Page 61: ...ails any portion of this sequence document the step that failed and call customer service See Servicing Page 58 POWER and ON LINE indicators flash Printer beeps once All indicators light briefly POWER...

Page 62: ...13 2 for a print test to achieve a test print area for each printhead To change print width refer to Forms Menu Page 37 To perform a test print follow the menu structure illustrated on Pages 54 The fo...

Page 63: ...t to readable text Hex dumps are used to isolate programming and communication errors When you enable hex dump and return on line hexadecimal codes and their corresponding ASCII characters print until...

Page 64: ...56 Problems Hex Dump Mode is displayed while the printer is operating in this mode The following illustration shows a portion of a hex dump print DB AW...

Page 65: ...Continue normal operations continues to fail print a test page as covered in Test Print Page 54 Next attempt to diagnose the problem If you are unable to resolve the problem and need to call customer...

Page 66: ...s automatically resets the counter For further ribbon count information refer to Ribbon Menu Page 35 DEAD PRINTER A completely dead printer normally means a power problem Power could be either not sup...

Page 67: ...Operator s Guide 59 DB AK1 2 Slide each fuse holder out and check the fuse Note Do not remove the voltage selection tumbler It was properly set at the time your printer was installed DB AL1...

Page 68: ...ons If the problem remains call customer service Page 58 POWER ON PROBLEMS The printer power on sequence is listed in Power On Diagnostics Page 53 If the printer fails this sequence and does not displ...

Page 69: ...MMUNICATION PROBLEMS Perform a printer self test according to Test Print Page 54 If it prints Check the interface cable from the computer to make sure it is connected and fully seated Check for a chan...

Page 70: ...4 Remove any damaged paper or evenly position skewed paper 5 Reseat good paper on the paperfeed sprocket pins Note For specific instructions and illustrations on paper loading and paperfeed tractor a...

Page 71: ...h possible causes Light Print worn ribbon improper platen adjustment worn printheads Smudged print improper platen adjustment worn forms compressor overinked ribbon Missing dots on a portion of every...

Page 72: ...he printer The following illustration shows Steps 3 5 For a pictorial representation of the complete user menu structure turn to Menu Map Page 27 3 Press MENU User Menu Help is displayed 4 Press DOWN...

Page 73: ...perator s Guide 65 6 Press ON LINE to exit menu The print task is now cancelled and the printer is ready for new data If paper is not positioned at the proper top of form press FORM FEED off line DB L...

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