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Automatic document alignment

 feature 

The printer checks automatically the alignment of the top margin and the left margin of the 
document and adjusts it, if necessary. The printout is therefore performed correctly 
independently from the paper loading position. 

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Storage of four complete configurations

 for instant recall 

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Standard parallel and serial interface

 and automatic switch-over function. 

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Easy printer setup

 

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Supported 

emulations

: IBM Proprinter XL24E, XL24E AGM, 2390+ and Epson 570 

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Bar code reader

 in both horizontal and vertical print mode (factory installable option).  

Summary of Contents for PS40T

Page 1: ...P PS S4 40 0T T U Us se er r M Ma an nu ua al l Rev 003 ...

Page 2: ...he es s e e d de es s i ig gn na at t i io on ns s a ar re e c cl la ai im me ed d a as s t t r ra ad de em ma ar rk ks s o or r r re eg gi is s t te er re ed d t t r ra ad de em ma ar rk ks s b by y t th he ei ir r r re es sp pe ec ct ti iv ve e c co om mp pa an ni ie es s 3 38 80 08 8 N N S Su ul ll li iv va an n R Ro oa ad d B Bu ui il ld di in ng g 3 3 S SP PO OK KA AN NE E W WA A 9 99 92 21 1...

Page 3: ...0 Function keys 20 Leds 23 Software Driver Selection 24 Connection to the Host 25 Setting the Interface Parameters 26 Parallel Interface 26 Serial Interface 26 Printing a Test Page 28 Printer Setup 31 Printing the Printer Setup Forms 31 Filling in the Printer Setup Forms 34 Reading the Preprinted Forms 34 Printer Setup Flow Chart 35 Setup Parameters 36 Offset Adjustments 48 Troubleshooting 52 Clea...

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Page 5: ...tic paper thickness adjustment The print head detects automatically the paper thickness for correct printing on any type of document Easy paper handling The cut sheets are placed on the front table by the operator and the printer loads it without any other user intervention The paper ejection towards the front or the rear of the printer allows an easy access to the printed document For the fanfold...

Page 6: ... therefore performed correctly independently from the paper loading position Storage of four complete configurations for instant recall Standard parallel and serial interface and automatic switch over function Easy printer setup Supported emulations IBM Proprinter XL24E XL24E AGM 2390 and Epson 570 Bar code reader in both horizontal and vertical print mode factory installable option ...

Page 7: ...he following items are included in the shipment box Notify any damage to your supplier Paper stand Ribbon cartridge Power cable CD ROM with the printer documentation and drivers Always keep the packing material in a safe place as you must repack the printer into it when you need to move it ...

Page 8: ...4 P Pr ri in nt te er r P Pa ar rt ts s Never remove any printer part unless it is expressly indicated in this manual F Fr ro on nt t V Vi ie ew w Paper Stand Operator Panel Printer Cover ...

Page 9: ...5 R Re ea ar r V Vi ie ew w Rear cover ...

Page 10: ... sunlight extreme heat cold dust or humidity You need an AC power outlet compatible with the plug of the printer s power cord The voltage of the outlet must match the voltage shown on the printer s Name Plate When printing on standard paper formats the paper is partially ejected on the rear side of the printer Make sure that behind the printer there is sufficient clearance to correctly move the pa...

Page 11: ...7 I In ns st ta al ll li in ng g t th he e P Pa ap pe er r S St ta an nd d 1 Open the printer cover 2 Match the hooks on the lower side of the paper stand with the clefts on the printer front part ...

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Page 13: ...ks into the printer clefts 4 Lower the paper stand to horizontal position making sure that the two holders on both sides are correctly inserted into the corresponding slots Press the paper stand down until it clips into place 5 Close the printer cover ...

Page 14: ...t your power supply matches the power rating of the printer In case the power rating does not correspond DO NOT CONNECT THE PRINTER TO THE MAINS Consult your dealer for help Always use a grounded outlet 2 Insert the power cable into the connector on the printer and the other end into a convenient mains outlet 3 Press the key on the operator panel to power the printer on LQ ...

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Page 16: ...t tr ri id dg ge e To install the ribbon cartridge the printer must be powered on 1 Remove the cartridge from its bag Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon 2 Open the printer cover the print head moves to the ribbon installation position ...

Page 17: ...to the print head carriage leading the cartridge pins into the fixing guides In this way you assure the correct ribbon mask position in front of the print head Push the cartridge onto the print carriage until it clicks into place 5 Turn the tension knob in the direction of the arrow to tighten the ribbon 6 Close the printer cover ...

Page 18: ...bed in the following paragraph The paper alignment sensors determine the alignment of the upper and left paper margins adjusting them if necessary The print head determines the thickness of the documents and matches its position L Lo oa ad di in ng g P Pa ap pe er r L Lo oa ad di in ng g C Cu ut t S Sh he ee et t a an nd d M Mu ul lt ti ip pa ar rt ts s The inserted documents must not have folds t...

Page 19: ...ay not exceed the limits of the paper stand Left Limit Right Limit The documents having a width of at least 90 mm must be inserted on the left hand side over the grooved area on the paper stand The documents must cover the whole grooved area otherwise the printer will not accept the paper NO OK ...

Page 20: ... documents having a width of less than 90 mm make sure that in the program menu the MANUAL LOADING item is enabled hold the paper against the left paper guide of the paper support while inserting it into the printer ...

Page 21: ...ld d P Pa ap pe er r The fanfold paper is loaded form the rear of the printer 1 Lower the two levers of the rear printer cover and unhook it from the printer 2 Unhook the right tractor moving the tractor lever towards the outside of the printer ...

Page 22: ...4 Insert the perforation of the fanfold paper on the left paper tractor Close the tractor door Insert the paper on the right paper tractor and close the tractor door The leading edge of the inserted paper should not exceed the tractors ...

Page 23: ...r lever towards the inside of the printer Make sure that the paper is not too taught otherwise it may tear 6 Hook the rear tractor cover into the corresponding slots 1 and push it against the printer until both rear tractor levers 2 firmly hook into the printer 2 1 7 Press LOAD PARK to load the paper into the printer To remove the paper from the printer follow the above sequence backwards ...

Page 24: ... LOAD PARK PROGRAM MICROFEED P3 P1 P4 P2 ONLINE F Fu un nc ct ti io on n K Ke ey ys s Turns the printer on or off To turn the printer off this key must be pressed for at least 3 seconds LQ Toggles between Letter Quality and Draft printing mode This key is active when the printer is offline or when the printer is online and no print data is in the buffer When pressed while powering the printer on s...

Page 25: ...r on and there are no data to be printed The PARK key has different effects depending on the selection for the PARK MODE item in the Program Setup See the description of this item later in this manual Moves the fanfold paper forward in microsteps or continuously when keeping the key pressed This key is enabled when the printer cover is open Moves the fanfold paper backwards in microsteps or contin...

Page 26: ...the printer is offline or when the printer is online and no print data are in the buffer When pressed while powering the printer on selects the offset adjustment page See Offset Adjustment later in this manual ON LINE Toggles the printer between online and offline status When pressed while powering the printer on selects the Self Test printout See Printing a Test Page in this manual ...

Page 27: ...lected for data transmission the P1 indicator blinks If the INTERFACE TYPE function is set to auto blink when line 2 serial interface is selected for data transmission the P2 indicator blinks In case of fault condition P1 P2 P3 and P4 blink ON LINE On if the printer is online Off if the printer is offline Blinks when receiving printing data from host In case of a printer fault during the initializ...

Page 28: ...nment Included with the printer you received a CD ROM containing the printer drivers for the Windows environment This printer supports the Plug Play facility in the Windows95 98 environment If you want to install the printer in the Windows environment insert the CD ROM and follow the instructions The printer drivers of all Output Technology printers can be found at the Internet Address http www Ou...

Page 29: ... that both the host and the printer are turned off 2 With the help of the following figure identify the connector for the interface you want to connect and insert the cable firmly into it 3 Fix the parallel interface cable by means of the corresponding hooks or the serial cable tightening the screws on either side of the connector PARALLEL Line 1 SERIAL Line 2 Make sure that the interface cables d...

Page 30: ...ations when you use the serial interface you will need to set the parameters accordingly To assure the correct functioning of the printer connected through the serial interface the transmission parameters set for the printer must match the values set for the host Check the interface settings on the host and proceed as follows 1 Press the LQ key while powering the printer on and keep it pressed unt...

Page 31: ...the currently set value Do not fill in the marker beside the title of the preprinted form otherwise the printer will not be able to read that page 6 Once the serial interface parameters have been assigned insert the sheet back into the printer 7 The printer reads the selected values on the configuration sheet and sets them The settings are confirmed by a symbol printed on the left of the correspon...

Page 32: ...hat the printout is correct The following printout example shows also the printer setup default values SELF TEST PS40T Code Version Vx x xxxxxxxx CharGen xxxxxxxx ver x xx CONFIGURATION SETUP PROGRAM progr 1 INTERFACE TYPE automatic PROGRAM LOCKED no INPUT BUFFER 16 Kb ERROR BUZZER 1 beep IGNORE PE enabled JOB BUZZER no beep AUTOFEED SIGNAL disabled SECURITY MODE enabled SLCT IN SIGNAL disabled AU...

Page 33: ...raphic graphic graphic NATION C SET USA USA USA USA CODE PAGE CP437 CP437 CP437 CP437 LINE MODE LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR LF LF CR CR WRAP MODE autowrap Autowrap autowrap autowrap SLASHED ZERO no No no no PRINT DIRECTION sw control sw control sw control sw control EJECT ON FF yes Yes yes yes CUT SHEET EJECT on front On front on front on front PARK MODE manual imm manual imm manual imm ma...

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Page 35: ...up Parameters paragraph later in this manual To enter the Printer Setup Mode press and hold the LQ key for at least 1 second while powering the printer on The printer enters the Setup Mode P Pr ri in nt ti in ng g t th he e P Pr ri in nt te er r S Se et tu up p F Fo or rm ms s If you already have the preprinted forms for the printer setup go to Filling in the Printer Setup Forms later in this manu...

Page 36: ...s change and you can select the Setup Page you want to print as follows P1 P2 P3 P4 All setup pages P1 P2 P3 P4 Program 2 page P1 P2 P3 P4 Configuration page P1 P2 P3 P4 Program 3 page P1 P2 P3 P4 Program 1 page P1 P2 P3 P4 Program 4 page lit unlit The printer setup forms contain all printer parameters and the values that can be set The current value is indicated by an asterisk For a detailed desc...

Page 37: ...am couples P1 P3 or P2 P4 you can define one parameters set for printing on cut sheets and one for fanfold P1 and P2 define the values for printing on cut sheets whereas P3 and P4 define the printing parameters for the fanfold paper The program couples may be selected only if the same emulation is selected for the two programs The selection of the Program Setup is made simply by pressing the PROGR...

Page 38: ...ores these parameters and maintains the currently set value Do not fill in the marker beside the title of the preprinted form otherwise the printer will not be able to read that page R Re ea ad di in ng g t th he e P Pr re ep pr ri in nt te ed d F Fo or rm ms s When the Printer Setup Forms have been filled in insert them back into the printer The printer is able to recognize the Setup Forms by mea...

Page 39: ...F Fl lo ow w C Ch ha ar rt t P 2 P 3 P 1 P 4 LQ ONLINE PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM PROGRAM LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Self Test Normal Mode Printer Powered off P 2 P 3 P 1 P 4 P 2 P 3 P 1 P 4 P 2 P 3 P 1 P 4 P 2 P 3 P 1 P 4 PROGRAM PROGRAM LQ P 2 P 3 P 1 P 4 ...

Page 40: ...ram setup are reset to the factory default values PROGRAM progr 1 progr 2 progr 3 progr 4 progr 1 3 progr 2 4 Defines the default Program Setup or Setup couple The program couples may be selected only if the same emulation has been selected for the two setups PROGRAM LOCKED no yes Locks the program setup selection In case the lock is yes the program setup cannot be changed by pressing the PROGRAM ...

Page 41: ...the paper empty condition disabled or not enabled AUTOFEED SIGNAL disabled enabled The parallel interface uses enabled or does not use disabled the AUTOFEED signal SLCT IN SIGNAL disabled enabled The parallel interface uses enabled or does not use disabled the SELECT IN signal BUFFER CONTROL DTR SRTS SRTS XON XOFF XON XOFF DTR SRTS Selection of the buffer protocol ROBUST XON enabled disabled Perfo...

Page 42: ...set to 0 the check is performed at the first line The other values correspond to the physical distance from the first line SKIP PERFORATION disabled enabled If the passage of the paper perforation under the print head is critical select enabled to avoid the paper being torn The print head lifts up during the paper passage If disabled the print head stays in position TEAR ADJUST 0 85 mm 0 56 mm 0 2...

Page 43: ...Selects the line spacing in lines per inch lpi LOCK no lock font hor pitch font hor pitch The following selections made via operator panel may be locked font horizontal pitch hor pitch or both the font and horizontal pitch font hor pitch The locked settings cannot be changed via software commands FORM LENGTH lines A4 letter A5 legal Sets the page length in number of lines or standard formats A4 Le...

Page 44: ...7 8 9 100 x 10 x 1 x Setup Parameter Values Description LEFT MARGIN 10 x 1 x Sets the left margin in number of columns The values range between 0 and 90 The physical position of margin depends on the current character spacing To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the tens the second line to the units See the example below Example How to set the Left M...

Page 45: ...the second line to the tens and the third line to the units See the example below Example How to set the Right Margin to 101 RIGHT MARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 x 10 x 1 x Setup Parameter Values Description TOP MARGIN 10 x 1 x Sets the top margin in number of lines The values range between 0 and 90 To set the values combine the numbers considering that the first line corresponds to the tens the s...

Page 46: ... Example How to set the bottom margin to 34 lines BOTTOM MARGIN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x 1 x Setup Parameter Values Description IBM COMPRESS 17 1 cpi 20 cpi Selects the pitch for the compressed mode printing in IBM emulation IBM C SET IBM set 1 IBM set 2 Selects the IBM character set EPSON C SET Italic graphic Selects italic or graphic Epson character set NATION C SET USA FRANCE GERMANY ENGLAND DE...

Page 47: ...43 LATIN A1 ...

Page 48: ...CR it only performs a carriage return If the printer receives a CR code CR it performs a carriage return followed by a line feed If the printer receives a LF code LF it performs a line feed If the printer receives a LF code LF it performs a line feed followed by a carriage return If the printer receives a CR code CR it only performs a carriage return If the printer receives a LF code LF or a CR co...

Page 49: ...e selected only for paper with a length of at least 14 cm 5 5 inch PARK MODE immediate manual imm When pressing the PARK key or receiving a park command the printer immediately parks the paper When pressing the PARK key the printer automatically parks the paper When receiving a park command via software 1 If the current page is not empty there is printing data or paper movement commands have been ...

Page 50: ...46 performed 2 The paper is moved to the tear off position 3 The P1 P2 P3 and P4 leds blink 4 When the ON LINE key is pressed the printer parks the paper ...

Page 51: ...nabled the printer loads any kind of document according to the described procedures Select disabled when a more precise paper alignment is necessary With this selection it is not possible to load documents with a width of less than 90 mm ALIGN MODE fast normal Selects the paper alignment mode Selecting fast the printer performs less checks on the alignment whereas if you need a particularly precis...

Page 52: ... the position of the printed characters on a pre printed form this printer allows to easy adjust of the first line and the first printing column as follows 1 Press thePROGRAM key while powering the printer on 2 Insert a blank sheet into the printer The following sheet will be printed ...

Page 53: ...t Tuning 1 60 INCH X X X X X X X X X X X X X PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Horizontal Position Offset 1 10 INCH PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Horizontal Offset Tuning 1 60 INCH PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 4 X 6 X 5 X 4 X 3 X 2 X 1 X 0 X 1 X 2 X 3 ...

Page 54: ...50 X 4 X 5 X 6 ...

Page 55: ...ou need to change the default position of the first print line the vertical offset can be set in the Vertical Position Offset lines and or the horizontal offset in the Vertical Position Offset lines Both these values correspond to 1 10 inch values 1 mm 3 mm X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Vertical Offset Tuning Vertical Offset Tuning VERT DEF POS HORIZ DEF POS Horizontal Offset Tuning FIRS...

Page 56: ... of this printer is designed for trouble free handling of a great variety of documents In case a paper jam condition occurs proceed as follows 1 Open the printer cover 2 Pull the lever on the right inner side of the printer towards the printer front side to open the paper path and with the other hand hold the paper path cover ...

Page 57: ...med paper 4 If it is not possible to remove the jammed paper because you cannot reach it with your hand or it is embedded so that you cannot move it rotate the white cog wheel beside the paper path lever to free the paper ...

Page 58: ...54 5 To close the paper path push the paper path cover down until it locks in position ...

Page 59: ...Ribbon Cartridge Turn the ribbon tension knob to verify that the ribbon is not blocked If the problem is not solved change the ribbon cartridge The ribbon is used up or torn Change the ribbon cartridge Paper damaged after printing The paper does not correspond to the specifications given in this manual or was not loaded according to the indications given Verify that the paper corresponds to the sp...

Page 60: ...ey until all leds briefly light up while powering the printer on 2 The data sent to the printer are printed in three columns where the first column indicates the number of the line the second shows the hexadecimal values corresponding to the transferred data and the third column shows the corresponding ASCII values 3 To exit from the hexadecimal mode turn off the printer ...

Page 61: ...to be printed must not containforeign material Form opacity must be at least 75 Forms with a lower opacity may cause feed errors Never print on documents with metallic or hard plastic fasteners or staples they may damage the printer To get the maximum print contrast you should print on white or light colored paper You may overstrike to improve the low contrasting paper It is preferable to use sing...

Page 62: ...um Minimum A Form width 240 mm 226 mm if thickness is higher than 0 2 mm 70 mm manual alignment 90 mm automatic alignment B Form length 711 2 mm 68 6 mm C Distance between dot position and left or right paper edge 3 0 mm if length is less than 355 6 mm 8 0 mm if length is between 335 6 and 711 2 mm D Distance between top of the first printed line and top margin of the document 1 mm ...

Page 63: ...length 68 6 mm C Distance between the left or right vertical paper perforation and the leftmost or rightmost printing dot 3 0 mm D Distance between the upper page margin and the upper margin of the first print line 1 mm E Distance between the lower page margin and the lower margin of the last print line 6 6 mm Paper thickness 0 6 mm 0 06 mm A B C D E Print Area Copies 1 original 8 copies ...

Page 64: ...son 570 Resident Fonts Draft Courier Gothic Prestige Presentor Script OCR A OCR B Boldface Character Set PC standard set CS1 CS2 13 National Epson sets CP437 USA CP437G Greek CP850 Multilanguage CP851 Greek CP852 Latin 2 CP853 Turkish CP855 Russian CP857 Turkish CP860 Portuguese CP862 Hebrew CP863 French Canadian CP864 Arabic CP865 Norwegian CP866 Cyrillic CP867 Turkish CP876 OCRA CP877 OCRB CP 85...

Page 65: ...ace Switching Memory 32 Kbytes buffer Special Functions Automatic Gap Adjustment AGA Auto Alignment Auto Border Recognition Bar Code Reading in horizontal vertical mode option Ribbon Life 4 million characters black Reliability MTBF 10 000 hours Print Head Life 400 million characters Physical Dimensions Weight 390 W x 210 H x 320 D mm 14 Kg ...

Page 66: ...er consumption 120 W max printing 10 W standby Environmental conditions Temperature working 5 40 C stock 25 60 C Humidity working from 20 to 85 r h stock from 10 to 90 r h without condensing Standard EN 60950 IEC 950 Environment Energy star compliant Noise Level 55dbA ...

Page 67: ...exper ienced radio TV technician for help A shielded Centronics IEEE1284 compliant bi directional parallel cable maximum length 3 meters 10 feet and a shielded RS 232 serial cable maximum length 15 meters 50 feet are necessary for this device to meet the requirements of a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules The above specified cables are readily available as Personal Comput...

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