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Page 1: ...MULTI FONT XR 1000 MULTI FONT XR 1500 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE...

Page 2: ...lies only to printers marketed in the USA Statement of The Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulathns This digital av ntus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise e...

Page 3: ...as a User Guide giving you information on how to set up and start your printer The remaining chapters may be treated as a reference guide for programming operations etc It assumes a degree of knowledg...

Page 4: ...virtually allPCs aresold with aMicrosoft BASIC interpreter we have also included some hints and a sample program in this language to demonstrate the capabilities of the printer Chapter 7 Troubleshoot...

Page 5: ...anel Lock 13 QUIET MODE 13 PAPER HANDLING 14 Form feed 14 Paper parking 14 Short tear off function 15 Micro Feed 16 BUFFER CLEAR RESET 16 TEST AND MAINTENANCE SETTINGS 16 Chapter 3 SETTING UP THE MEMO...

Page 6: ...DIAGNOSTIC AND TEST MODES 80 Short test mode 80 Long test mode 8 1 Text test mode 82 Hexadecimal dump mode 83 Bidirectional test adjustment mode 84 Chapter 7 MS DOS AND YOUR PRINTER 87 INSTALLING APP...

Page 7: ...and away from heaters etc l Away from excessive humidity l Away from excessive dust 9 A location with sufficient space to locate the printer and any paper to be fed into it as well as the printed pape...

Page 8: ...ich you may have ordered with your printer are Serial RS 232 interface hoard Automatic sheet feeder 9 Color option kit See the installation instructions contained with these optional items for details...

Page 9: ...keep this packing with the printer carton if you intend transporting the printer for use at a different location laten knob The platen knob should be removed from the accessory box inside the shipping...

Page 10: ...lack turn clockwise 2 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield see illustration below Print head shield 3 Use the grips on the side of the ribbon cartridge to help locat...

Page 11: ...5 way D type connector atthe computer end and the Amphenol type 36 way connec tor at the printer end The pinouts of the printer s connector are given in Chapter 8 if you need a cable for connection to...

Page 12: ...so enable you to select a character set other than the USA character set if your supplier has not already set these up for you The DIP switch cover is located inside the top cover see below Use the en...

Page 13: ...he back of the printer h position Adjust the paper guides to match the size of paper you will be using re membering that printing will start some distance from the left hand edge of the carriage There...

Page 14: ...paper against the platen and the print head will move to the start position The actual vertical position of the paper after auto loading is determined by the Memory Switch setting see Chapter 3 The ve...

Page 15: ...k of each sprocket to release and lock the sprocket in position when the lever isup the sprocket may be moved and when it is down the sprocket is locked 5 Now close the sprocket covers again making su...

Page 16: ...al position of the paper after auto feeding and the micro feed function may be used to adjust the paper position 8 Remount the top cover rear cover and the transparent printer cover 9 Remount the pape...

Page 17: ...show which option has been currently selected using them font or pitch Some of these indicators can be either orange or green depending upon the options currently selected There is no indicator assoc...

Page 18: ...s of this button will illuminate and select the following options in this order Pitch Indicator s 10 charactexx per inch locP1 12 characters per inch 12CPI 17 characters per inch locP1 COND 20 charact...

Page 19: ...ema Internal Draft Font Panel Lock If the FONT button is pressed when the printer is turned on the font will be locked and no font changes can be made from software It is still possible however to put...

Page 20: ...u want to print a document on one or two sheets of cut sheet paper The printer parks the fanfold paper safely out of the way so that you do not need to unload the paper before inserting cut sheet pape...

Page 21: ...nction The short tear off function is handy when using fanfold paper It ejects the papers0 that the perforation isjust above the transparent cover allowing you tear it off without having to open up th...

Page 22: ...to turn the power off and on To do this put the printer off line press the OEM button and then press the CON button again Before releasing the ON button hold down the OFIT button Releasing the F butto...

Page 23: ...E QUIET F ENTER The principle involved is that the printer will print a list of options on one l you use the I and YF F buttons to move the print head so that it is below the option you want to choose...

Page 24: ...as marked in blue underneath the button The structure of the menus is shown below Main menu Print current settings I I I I Command menu 1IFont menu 11Print menu Paper menu I Forms menu The options wi...

Page 25: ...in graphicsmode the printer may either print biditeetionally in alternate directions for speed BI or in one direction only unidirectional for in creased accuracy KINI For practically all purposes howe...

Page 26: ...UTO LOADING WF PAPER OUT DETECTOR With this option you may select or cancel the Automatic 1 Sheet Feeder option OFF or ONI 1 When you load paper automatically this option deter mines the number of lin...

Page 27: ...roduce program listings etc This can be enabled by setting this option ONI or if using software which performs this function automatically it can be set Wm AUTO LF If set ONI this will expand all rece...

Page 28: ...GRAPHICS DIRECTION BII AUTO ON LINE KNI FONT MENU ZERO STYLE NOR 1 NLQ FONT STYLE COURIER PRINTMENU PRINT QUALITY DRW PRINT PITCH locpIl CONDENSED PRINT OFFJ ITALIC PRINT WFI PAPER MENU OPTION ASF WF...

Page 29: ...switch changes 1 NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION When in either standard or IBM mode any numerical parameters taken by command sequences are usually binary rather than ASCII numerical values In this manual a...

Page 30: ...me command codes are common to both the standard and IBM modes In the descriptions of the command codes all command codes will be given together with anote of the modes to which each command code is a...

Page 31: ...eg no Where an indefinite number of parameters are to be supplied the n s are separated by an ellipsis The sequence is then given using hexadecimal codes two hexadecimal digits followed by a lowercase...

Page 32: ...selects italic printing 1Select print mode Both 1 1 ESC X II I 1Bh 78h 27 120 a n This command selects the print mode for subsequent printing where a may be a binary value of OOhor 01h or either of th...

Page 33: ...cript Olh 02h 03h 05h 06h 07h OCR B TW Light Cinema Any other parameters are invalid and will be ignored This command will also be ignored if Font Panel Lock has been selected Select character table B...

Page 34: ...lect International character set Esc R C D 1Bh 52h Cn 27 82 CID FS R C D 1Ch 52h Cn Standard IBM The command above selects an international character set where n is a binary value in the range OOhthro...

Page 35: ...ntinue for the number of characters designated by uro and al 1Print a single character from the Ail Character Chart IBM 1 cESC A 1Bh 5Eh The command above prints a single character from the All Charac...

Page 36: ...re are no parameters This command is ignored if Pitch Panel Lock mode has been selected 1Set elite pitch printing Both 1 ESC M I 1 1Bh 4Dh 27 77 The command above sets all subsequent printing to elite...

Page 37: ...d above cancels the condensed print mode There are no parameters On receipt of this command all subsequent printing will be done at the pitch selected prior to a cESC cSI or cSI command This command w...

Page 38: ...ontrol codes 1Select cancel expanded printing Both cESC W n 1Bh 57h CfP 27 87 Cn The command above selects or cancels expanded printing where cn is a binary or ASCII value from OOhthrough Olh or 0 thr...

Page 39: ...mand above selects a Master print mode where en is a binary value composed of the addition of the following bit settings Hence if condensed italic underlined print is required at 12cpi the values of b...

Page 40: ...is ignored if Panel Lock mode has been selected Select emphasized print mode ES0 E 1Bh 45h 1 27 69 Both The command above selects the emphasized print mode There are no parameters All characters prin...

Page 41: ...ES0 Cn 1Bh 2Dh II 27 45 C The command above will select or cancel underlining where cn is a binary or ASCII value which may take the values OOhthrough Olh or 0 through 1 If the value is OOhor W then...

Page 42: ...g if either has been selected Thenxuenopammeters Ifeithersuperscriptorsubscriptprinting hasbeen selected then printing subsequent to receipt of this command will be in the normal position Line space c...

Page 43: ...ets line spacing to 7 72 inch where 1 is the ASCII value 1 1Set line spacing to l 6 inch Standard 1 SC 1Bh 2 32h 27 50 There are no parameters The command above sets line spacing to l 6 inch where 2 i...

Page 44: ...a previous cBSC A command will remain in force Execute ES A definition ESC 2 1Bh 32h 27 50 IBM The command above executes the line spacing previously defined by the cESC A command Thereare no paramet...

Page 45: ...ry value specifying the number of lines at current line pitch setting down from the current position at which printing will next take place In the command the binary character Olh can be substituted f...

Page 46: ...22 in standard mode Ken 1127 in IBM mode representing the new page length in inches The bottom margin is reset and the current line after execution of this command is made the new top of form Set page...

Page 47: ...ositions on the page to the top of the next page If no vertical tab po sitions have been set with the ESD B command or if they have been cleared the paper moves forward by one line 1Set vertical tab p...

Page 48: ...ertical tabs accessed by the VT command are represented by 010 to cnZ These values must be given in ascending order otherwise the command will be terminated The sequence must end with a cNUL Oh If no...

Page 49: ...ttom margin depth in lines at the current line pitch setting If the page length is reset with the XX or cESC C NUL commands the effect of this command willbe lost Subsequent changes to the line pitch...

Page 50: ...e this command is ignored Set right margin ESC 0 Standard t 1Bh 51h C D I 27 81 cFS Q 1Ch 51h 28 81 The command above sets the right margin where OI is a binary value used to set the right margin in c...

Page 51: ...mand is ignored If underlining is on then slopped print positions are not underlined 1Set clear horizontal tabs Both 1 ES6 D 1Bh 44h 27 67 Cd NULB d OOh Cd 0 The command above sets horizontal tabs whe...

Page 52: ...0 n 1Bh 65h 30h n 1 27 101 48 Cn I The command above sets horizontal tabs where cn is a binary value On receipt of this command all horizontal tabs will be cleared and new ones inserted every a chara...

Page 53: ...character 20h and 01 is a binary value from 0 through 127giving the space width in dots When in draft mode the dot spacing is l 120 inch and when in NLQ the dot spacing is l 240 inch If in superscript...

Page 54: ...acter control codes Copy standard ROM font into RAM cESC cn cNUI2tandard 1Bh 3Ah OOh n OOh 27 58 0 n 0 FS NuL n CNUL IBM 1Ch 3Ah OOh Cn OOh 28 58 0 en 0 1 The command above copies the characters from...

Page 55: ...in the character set 2 mode It is possible to store downloaded characters in the part of the character set reserved for IBM block graphics BOhthrough DFh F4h and F5h but these characters can only be p...

Page 56: ...proportional spacing information Bit 7 is ignored Bits 4 to 6 specify the offset to the first byte printed 0 to 7 enabling leading spaces inthecharactertobeignored BitsOto3 specify the widthof thechar...

Page 57: ...ending dot column respectively The vertical definition of the characters is 18dots Each byte therefore represents a third of the vertical definition If n bytes are required for a character the arrange...

Page 58: ...raster graphics ie data is accepted in blocks and then printed as adjacent lines of graphics one dot wide Select bit image mode Both ESC On cno al do ain 1Bh 2Ah ain 27 42 ain an cnb al do On no all d...

Page 59: ...are binary values low byte first representing the number of data bytes following the command The data bytes are represented by do dn This command has the same effect as cESQ 0 Select 8 dot double den...

Page 60: ...following the command The data bytes are represented by do dn This command has the same effect as cESC 3 Redefine bit image mode Both Esc Cd 1Bh 3Fh al 27 63 Cd The command above redefines a bit image...

Page 61: ...but have more general applications 1Set MSB to 1 ESC 1Bh 3Eh 27 62 Both 1 The command above sets the MSB to 1 There are no parameters On receipt of this command the most significant bit MSB of subseq...

Page 62: ...s will be printed but if it is 01h or l then the computer style slashed zero style will be printed this overrides the Memory Switch setting in Chapter 3 Backspace Both 1 CBS I 08h The command above mo...

Page 63: ...e as after the cDC3 command has been received the printer will ignore any data transmitted to it except for the cDCl command below Set printer on line DCl Both The command above sets the printer on li...

Page 64: ...ped with a 15 carriage 1Sound buzzer Both 1 07h 7 The command above sounds the printer s buzzer There are no parameters Disable paper out detection ES0 8 Both 1 27 56 I The command above disables the...

Page 65: ...rectional printing for one line only ESC Both The command above enables unidirectional printing for one line only There are no parameters Printing will be performed from left to right for the current...

Page 66: ...the characters Any previous com mands for enlargement vertical or horizontal of characters will be cancelled by this command Enable disable double height mode ESC W n 1Bh 77h n 27 119 Cn Both The comm...

Page 67: ...bytes ur2 and n3 is determined as follows Any superscript subscript or condensed mode print settings previously selected will be cancelled but if double height printing is cancelled the printer will r...

Page 68: ...character is sent straight to the print head as it is received from the host computer unbuffered and the paper moves up so that it is possible to read what is on the paper similar to a typewriter Res...

Page 69: ...start below the top of the paper These commands will be ignored if the ASF has not been selected ASCII command sequences The command above sequences anz not preceded by a ES0 or FS character but inste...

Page 70: ...lue which may be either 1 or 0 Any other values will be ignored If n 1 then bold printing is enabled and if cn O then bold printing is cancelled Select cancel underline Both 28h 28h 2Dh 29h 29h Cn 40...

Page 71: ...color option is fitted where 01 is an ASCII value from 0 through 6 The color selected by cn is shown in the table below I Y I Blue Control ASF L 4 D 1 1 28h 28h CID 29h 29h L 40 40 n 41 41 The comman...

Page 72: ...MEMO...

Page 73: ...the factory DIP switch cover Access the switches by removing the top cover and then sliding the black switch cover to the left and then pulling up using the tab at the right as shown in the illustrat...

Page 74: ...d also to determine the character set to be used Switch 1 2 Emulation ON ON Standard ON OFF Standard OFF ON IBM OFF OFF IBM Character Set STD l IBM R2 IBM 2 IBM l Switches 4 through 7 are used to sele...

Page 75: ...wing table gives you ideas on where to look in this section if you experience faults Region of fault Power supply Printing Paper feeding L Description Power is not being supplied to the printer The pr...

Page 76: ...illu minated Is the PAPER indicator illu minated Is the paper caught up inter nally Is the ribbon caught up ammd the print head Is the software you are using properly installed for your printer Can th...

Page 77: ...er than those expected being printed I Possible remedy Check the software installation andre install the soft ware if necessary Checkthe software installation and insert the com mands necessary for fo...

Page 78: ...n be fed in this way Try with thinner paper If fanfold continuous paper is not being fed correctly using the tractor feed check the following Check Is the paper lever pushed to the y position Is the p...

Page 79: ...eased Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINE indicator is illuminated Is the paper too thick or too thin Possible remedy Select this option The release lever shou...

Page 80: ...e remedy Carriage returns are not being expanded to CR LF pairs ChecktheMemorySwitchsetting and correct Two line feeds are being pinted Either make your software print just a carriage return or if thi...

Page 81: ...e printer use a barely damp cloth use either water with alittle detergent or alittle alcohol but do not allow any liquid to fall inside the printer l The interior of the printer may be cleaned with a...

Page 82: ...the ribbon Use only ribbons recommended for use with the printer your supplier will be able to advise you 1 To nzmove the old ribbon from the printer first turn off the power 2 Remove the top cover a...

Page 83: ...ckwise 4 Now insert the ribbon cartridge into the holder gripping it by the lugs and turning the knob slightly clockwise if necessary Make sure that the ribbon goes between the print head and the plat...

Page 84: ...e this operation the print head will be hot NOTE Allow time for the print headto cool beforeattemptingto workon it I 3 Open the top cover 4 Remove the ribbon cartridge as described above 5 Using a Phi...

Page 85: ...nd screws Do not apply excessive force when tightening the screws as this may strip the thread but ensure that the print head is firmly secured 10 Replace the ribbon cartridge 11 Replace the top cover...

Page 86: ...on while the button is pressed the printer will enter the short self test mode The printer will start printing as soon as the ON button is released and will print the version number of the printer s...

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Page 88: ...GRAPHICS DIRECTION BI UN1 AUTO ON LINE OFF ON FONT MENU 7 ZERO STYLE t NORML SLASHED NLO FONT COURIER SANSERIF LETTER G ORATDR SCRIPT OCR B TW LIGHT CINEMA PRINT MENU 7 PRINT OUALITY NLO DRAFT PRINT...

Page 89: ...01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 OA 08 OC OD OE OF 10 ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ii4 1B 1C ID 1E 1F 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B ZC 2D 2E 2F 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 38 3C 3D 3E 3F 40 41 42...

Page 90: ...during this operation allowing you to view the paper for optimum alignment 3 The vertical lines are in fact composed of three lines the top and bottom being printed on one pass of the print head and t...

Page 91: ...8 Repeat the process for all print modes iLINE GRAPH I E G 12 I j I I I I I i I I I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I 9 To exit from this mode press the ip_13button 85...

Page 92: ...MEMO...

Page 93: ...rinter set up in standard mode then choose an Epson EX 800 or EX loo0 as your printer to be selected If neither of these a mentioned choose one of the following in order of preference StarNR 10 15 Sta...

Page 94: ...r software packages may well allow you to install specific features Spreadsheet programs will often ask for the maximum number of columns to be printed This is given below Number of columns CPI 10 mod...

Page 95: ...in order to set up various parameters For instance if you want to set up NLQ printing the command is ESC x 1 1Bh 78h 31h A file must therefore be created using these three characters Though the MS DO...

Page 96: ...Select font 1050 C F CHR O L Select Courier 1060 HS CHRS P Horizontal tab 1070 P E P Pica pitch 1080 Start printing 1090 WIDTH LPT1 255 1100 LPRIRT E D CHR 3 CHR 27 CHR O 1110 LPRIRT C Font settings 1...

Page 97: ...er space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I FOR I 10 TO 1 STEP 1 LPRINT E A CHR I Set line spacing LPRINT E CHR I Increase character space LPRINT THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED NEXT I LPRINT E aO Left j...

Page 98: ...6O 3050 RESTORE 4020 3060 READ LS LPRINT CHR LS 3070 FOR M l TO 11 3080 READ MM 3090 LPRINT CHR MM 3100 NEXT M 3110 RETURN 3120 3130 Define NLQ download character 3140 LPRINT C 3150 LPRINT E CHR O CH...

Page 99: ...390 DATA 192 0 240 255 255 255 255 255 7 15 4400 DATA 127 252 240 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 4410 DATA 0 0 0 0 0 4420 ROW 4 4430 DATA 0 248 248 240 224 224 112 112 56 56 4440 DATA 56 56 56 120 120 240 240 224 22...

Page 100: ...for details The pattern is printed in four rows each eight dots high and 65 dots wide Lines 1830 to 1900 read the dot data into a string array variable named LOGO Line 1910 sets the line spacing to 8...

Page 101: ...acters Print pitches are Pica pitch 10 CPI Condensed pica pitch 17 CPI Proportional spacing 1 Elite pitch 12 CPI Condensed elite pitch 20 CPI Various line and character spacings THE SPACINGS ARE CHANG...

Page 102: ...cter definition or graphic data string problems may occur To get round these two problems the use of the following subroutine patches is recommended 3090 GOSUB 5000 Monochrome display 5000 5010 O INP...

Page 103: ...9 Line spacing l 6 l 8 n 72 n 216 inches Characters ASCII 96 International 15 sets IBM special 111 IBM block graphic 50 Download 128 USA France Germany England Denmark I Sweden Italy Spain I Japan No...

Page 104: ...8 x 1632 8x3264 8 x 1088 8 x 1224 8 x 979 8 x 1958 9 x 816 9 x 1632 It is impossible to print adjacent dots in the mode marked with an asterisk c Paper feed Friction and push tractor standard Pull tr...

Page 105: ...39 h mm 17 8 w x 13 4 d x 5 47 h in Dimensions 15 model 593 w x 341 d x 139 h mm 23 4 w x 13 4 d x 5 470 in Weight lo model I 8kg 17 61b Weight 15 model 10 5kg 23 11b Power supply 120VAC 220VAC 240VAC...

Page 106: ...n printer is on line 16 SIGNAL GND Signal ground 17 CHASSIS Chassis rouncl isolated from signal ground 18 i5V 19 30 GND 31 RESET 32 ERROR 5V IX output from printer Twisted pair ground return When this...

Page 107: ...s in column 4 and row 1 so its hexadecimal character code is 41 this is equivalent 4 x 16 1 65 to decimal 65 the number in the inset Control codes recognized by this printer are indicated by abbreviat...

Page 108: ...NDARD CHARACTER SET I 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ML 0 P n 0 p 1 5 E U 5 e U 1 ITi 1 1 169 ni ITii 1 Ei 6 F v f V I IT 1 l ii l iii2 I 1 7 G W J W I E I Fi 1 8 H xJh lx l v 1 241 I 401 I 661 1 721 I eel I1041 I 1...

Page 109: ...9 1225 1241 R b r l 5 226 IT S C s I 1291 I1451 I1611 I1771 I 193 I1791 Iml I2111 I2271 I243 I I I oc4 1163 I 4 ID IT Id 1 I leol I1961 I2121 I22al I2441 6 l iii liii 1 l iii l ii 1 l i EEL I 7 G w 9...

Page 110: ...STANDARD CHARACTER SET 2 Other characters are identical to Standard character set l 104...

Page 111: ...c2 2 B R b r 2 IT IT ITilT IT2 1 l iii 3 C S C S 3 1 1 I 991 I115 GEL I 7 G W 7 9 W l 7 1 1 l z ITi IT 1 l iii 09 aN 0 H X h X 8 8 1 24 I 40 I 56 1 72 I 00 I104 I120 tHT Etb 1 9 I Y i 9 Y 91 1 251 I 4...

Page 112: ...I 1601 11761 I 1921 I 2081 12241 1240 ii u I i Ir IA Ir lo I 11 w I rml 1 1 lliil 11931 12091 I2251 8 _ I I I I 12411 L 1130 1146 1162 1242 a 6 ti 3 1 liii l ii 1 I 1351 I1511 I 1671 I 1 Y I i 1361 m...

Page 113: ...Other characters are identical to IBM character set 2 The duplication of control codes enables systems with a 7 bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by t...

Page 114: ...ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET Additional characters can be printed by special commands Standard mode IMB mode 106...

Page 115: ...oftware the following changes are made in the character ter set set See Chapter 5 for the DIP switch settings See Chapter 5 for the DIP switch settings The commands for selecting the international cha...

Page 116: ...MEMO...

Page 117: ...nery See Fanfold Paper Controls II Cut sheet paper 7 IDI Default settings 22 Diagnostic and test modes 80 DIP switches 67 Location 6 Draft mode 20 IEl Emulation 23 67 68 Environment I Epson mode see S...

Page 118: ...l lock 12 Pitch setting I2 20 Platen knob fitting 3 Power supply troubleshooting 70 Print head replacement 78 Print menu 20 Print quality 20 Printing troubleshooting 70 Printing gap adjustment 75 Prop...

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