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CX-bid

Select the CX-bid menu.

CX-bid = ON sets the parallel interface of the printer to bidirectional mode
(IEEE 1284).

CX-bid = OFF sets the interface to compatibility mode in order to ensure re-
liable operation with special external boxes.

(Default setting CX-bid = ON)

Confirm your settings by pressing the key Set.

Online

CX-bid

Back

Setup

CX-bid=On

Set

< > Exit

Online

Interface test (Hex-Dump)

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Summary of Contents for T2030

Page 1: ...Reference manual Matrix printer...

Page 2: ...ning on the printer 1 7 Programming via the control panel 1 7 Calling up the menu 1 8 Calling up a locked menu 1 8 Menu configurations 1 8 Menu handling 1 10 Save settings 1 11 Example of the menu str...

Page 3: ...lling ASCII 3 3 Exiting Test mode 3 5 Interface test Hex Dump 3 6 Printout in Hex Dump 3 6 Terminating Hex Dump 3 7 Setting the Formlen function 3 8 Wrap 3 9 Sound 3 10 CX bid 3 11 Mechanical adjustme...

Page 4: ...ome Position 3 21 Eject Error 3 22 Load Error 3 22 Additional display messages 3 23 Press any key 3 23 Loading Default 3 23 Only available in Epson mode 3 23 Park position 3 23 Tear paper off 3 23 Tur...

Page 5: ...RS232C B 5 Protocol description B 6 Jumper settings B 7 Serial interface RS422 V 11C B 9 Connector assignment B 9 Protocol description B 9 Jumper settings B 10 C Specification Printer specifications...

Page 6: ...Chapter 2 Emulations deals with programming via the interface The avail able programming sequences are listed Detailed information about these codes are available in an optional Programmer s Applicat...

Page 7: ...s which must be performed in the given order This mark indicates a list Text sequences marked by this symbol must be noted and observed under all circumstances since any misuse could injure the operat...

Page 8: ...mputer is interrupted i e no data can be received and printed In the Setup mode you can either select the printer menu or carry out the so called quick switch function The quick switch option was incl...

Page 9: ...e and the selected paperpath below Trac 1 push tractor mode The second line informs you which functions are currently assigned to which keys The word or symbol directly above a key tells you the curre...

Page 10: ...g This message appears during the printer s initializing phase Load error The printer cannot draw in the loaded paper Loading default Indicates that the printer is being initialised and is carrying ou...

Page 11: ...display language This example shows the change from the English language to the German language The same procedure applies for the other languages With the printer powered up unlock the printer s Men...

Page 12: ...the top line The lower line displays Set and Exit The two arrows and represent the symbols for parameter selection indicates descending and ascending Press the key or until the desired language is dis...

Page 13: ...ing is retained After saving your setting Set the display in our example indicates the fol lowing text This setting is stored even after switching off your printer Terminating Menu mode Press either t...

Page 14: ...es except the settings for basical TOF and L R If function keys 1 and 2 and the Online key are depressed simultaneously while turning on the printer basic TOF and L R can be adjusted See the descripti...

Page 15: ...ss a locked menu by switching on the printer while simultaneously pressing the Setup key Menu configurations Every printer is shipped with factory default settings Basic settings such as emulation cha...

Page 16: ...at was active last remains the active menu and when you switch the printer on again this menu is loaded automatically Example To change from menu no 1 to menu no 3 Select Setup mode press Setup key Se...

Page 17: ...nd selection keys are referred to in this manual by their current assignment Generally two parameter groups occupy one level in the following picture the parameter groups LPI and Skip occupy one level...

Page 18: ...inter automat ically displays the parameter groups again With the Exit key you can leave the sublevel without saving your changes see also Terminating Menu mode page 1 6 Example Back to the previous p...

Page 19: ...r CharSet CG Tab MENU L R Adj Menu Back Next Serial Next Interf Baud Format Protocol Buffer SI Zero Country Auto Tear Paper Single Trac 2 Trac 1 Language MenLock ASFauto Auto LF Auto CR SI Zero Countr...

Page 20: ...chapter Font Draft Draft Copy ROMAN ROMAN PS SANS SERIF S SERIF PS COURIER PRESTIGE SCRIPT OCR B OCR A COURIER I COUR I PS LN DRAFT HS DRAFT DRAFT QUADRATO NLQ COURIER NLQ OCR A B DIN ISO DLL DRAFT D...

Page 21: ...ions The sequences of the IBM AGM mode are basically the same as those of the IBM Proprinter XL24 The graphics commands are similar to those of the Epson mode Note Epson LQ850 narrow printer Epson LQ1...

Page 22: ...0 SPACE instead of SPACE the parity bit Protocol XON XOFF ENQ STX Robust XON XOFF ETX ACK Selection of the protocol type for the 24 needle version only Interf Dual Parallel Serial Selection of the int...

Page 23: ...s EPSON 15 character sets selectable ISO 5 character set selectable MTPL 10 character sets selectable IBM 8 character sets selectable If Font OCR A B DIN ISO is selected for the 24 needle printer only...

Page 24: ...r paper path font character density and the head TOF and Tear functions can be set The lock is removed by switching on the printer while simultaneously pressing the Setup key Language English German F...

Page 25: ...rinter waits the preset interval and then transports the paper back to the quick tear position If the quick tear edge is not level with the paper perforation this can be corrected see the operator s m...

Page 26: ...roup at a later time this leaves the form length unchanged i e the number of lines changes Standard No Format DINA3 420 mm DINA4 297 mm DINA5 210 mm DINB5 250 mm DINB6 176 mm DINC6 162 mm Executive 10...

Page 27: ...armode Secured Unsecured In secured mode the space which the barcode characters require is protected In each line other barcode or normal characters can also be printed These additional characters are...

Page 28: ...Menu settings example 1 4 Menu settings example 1 21...

Page 29: ...since the paper should be positioned in the view position in order to check paper off set which is not possible with cut sheets For this purpose two lines with the character I are printed underneath e...

Page 30: ...ESCape control character ESC decimal 27 or hexadecimal 1B followed by one or more characters which represent commands to the printer The control character ESC followed by the character 4 tells your p...

Page 31: ...Escape ESC is selected in the printer menu Example In the MTPL IBM Proprinter emulation bold print can be switched on by the sequence ESC E and can be switched off with the sequence ESC F Input Highl...

Page 32: ...neously For instance by pressing Ctrl and J a line feed is accomplished it is required to output the character string on the printer More information concerning this topic is contained in your compute...

Page 33: ...as 1 width 1 255 Text1 10 characters inch Text2 15 characters inch ESC chr 27 print 1 ESC 4w Text1 ESC 6w Text2 ESC 4w Text1 end Example in Pascal program cpi_example uses printer const ESC 27 Text1...

Page 34: ...ommand interpretations ESC 11 start of Barcode interpretation ESC 3 MTPL IBM Proprinter command set ESC 4 MTPL IBM Proprinter 24 command set ESC 5 MTPL EPSON FX command set ESC 50h load character set...

Page 35: ...1w horizontal spacing 20 cpi ESC 11y high speed draft print quality ESC 12m font 2 NLQ Courier LQ Courier ESC 12w horizontal spacing 10 cpi ESC 12y letter print quality LQ ESC 12y high resolution prin...

Page 36: ...ESC 4w horizontal spacing 10 cpi ESC 4y NLQ at 10 cpi ESC 4z line density 8 lpi ESC 5 n1 n2 fanfold paper tractor 1 ESC 6 n1 n2 fanfold paper tractor 2 ESC 5n request for device status report ESC 5w h...

Page 37: ...racter spacing ESC n SP g character spacing ESC n SP h line spacing ESC n SP U line home ESC n SP V line limit ESC n t form lenght in lines ESC n v vertical tab stop ESC n1 n2 SP B graphic size modifi...

Page 38: ...0 ESC H character set Sweden ESC K character set Germany ESC L character set Portugal ESC R character set France ESC Y character set Italian ESC Z character set Spain ESC character set Norwegian ESC c...

Page 39: ...eet feeder operation ESC EM R eject paper ESC SI set condensed print ESC SO set enlarged print mode ESC SP n set character spacing n 0 127 ESC set bit 8 0 ESC C1 C2 downloading fonts characters ESC se...

Page 40: ...raphics mode ESC _ 1 overscore mode ON ESC _ 0 overscore mode OFF ESC 0 Set line feed to 1 8 inch ESC 1 Set line feed to 7 72 Inch ESC 2 Set line feed to 1 6 inch ESC 2 Set line feed to n 72 inch ESC...

Page 41: ...position n2 INT n 256 n1 n MOD 256 ESC D 0 clear all horizontal tab stops ESC D n1 n32 0 set horizontal tab stops ESC E emphasized mode ON ESC F emphasized mode OFF ESC g set character density to 15 c...

Page 42: ...oman 1 Sans Serif 2 Courier 3 Prestige 4 Script 5 OCR B 6 OCR A ESC K n1 n2 graphics 60 dpi Formula n length of graphics data n2 INT n 256 n1 n MOD 256 ESC l n set left margin narrow printer wide prin...

Page 43: ...printer n 1 80 1 136 10 cpi 1 96 1 163 12 cpi 1 120 1 204 15 cpi 1 136 1 232 17 1 cpi 1 160 1 272 20 cpi ESC R reset all tab stops ESC R n select national character set n 0 USA 1 France 2 Germany 3 G...

Page 44: ...uous enlarged print mode ESC x 1 set letter quality ESC x 0 set draft print quality ESC x1 set letter quality ESC x0 set draft print quality ESC X n m setting of left and right margins narrow printer...

Page 45: ...dex SI single shift SS3 SI set condensed print with 17 1 cpi SO set enlarged print mode SO single shift SS2 STX Start of Text Block VT Vertical Tab VTS Control Code VTS IBM IBM Epson Epson IBM MTPL Pr...

Page 46: ...st of available barcodes Type Barcode A 2 5 Matrix default B 2 5 Industrial C 2 5 Interleaved D Code 11 E BCD Matrix F Code 39 G Codabar H EAN 8 with HRI I EAN 8 without HRI K EAN 13 with HRI L EAN 13...

Page 47: ...fines the parameters of the used barcode once e g type ratio etc If no header is defined the information in the bracket will be printed in Code 2 5 Matrix Please note that within the Barcode environme...

Page 48: ...quences The Header sequence defines the parameters e g height once This definition remains until the printer is switched off The printable LCP information is transmitted in an LCP bracket SI Two chara...

Page 49: ...ESC 20 SP s Barcode bracket DLE ESC 16 SP s Start code LCP Header EM ESC 25 SP s Termination code Header SI ESC 15 SP s LCP bracket SUB ESC 26 SP s Start code barcode Header Old codes as well as new c...

Page 50: ...our printer can be adjusted to emu late the following printers IBM Proprinter X24 XL24 Epson LQ850 LQ1050 MTPL Barcode Many applications however also offer special printer drivers for our printers Usi...

Page 51: ...faults without the assistance of specially trained personnel Follow the advice and tips in this chapter if your printer is not working correctly Test functions Mechanical adjustments to the printer T...

Page 52: ...efine the basic form length setting Furthermore you may select line wrap Wrap and sound when paper is empty Sound CX bid controls the bidirectional setting of the parallel interface Enter Test mode by...

Page 53: ...de printer the display offers you the selection between ASCII 80 80 ASCII characters are printed per line and ASCII 136 136 ASCII characters are printed per line For the narrow printer T2030 24 or T20...

Page 54: ...e chapter 1 Programming via the operating panel By pressing the key Setup you exit Setup mode and the printer once again returns to Test mode Test mode Off is displayed Press the key Online the test p...

Page 55: ...ASCII test is broken off Example of an ASCII test printout This test can also be used to determine and set the optimal printhead gap see Part I Setting the print head distance Exiting Test mode Test m...

Page 56: ...in the right column in ASCII format Printout in Hex Dump Put the printer into Test mode by pressing the key Online while switching on the printer Press the key Online for about three seconds The disp...

Page 57: ...tions Example of a Hex Dump printout After the transmission you must switch the printer to Offline Any remaining data left in the interface buffer is then printed Terminating Hex Dump Hex Dump mode ca...

Page 58: ...ult setting 12 inches in 230 V printers Default setting 11 inches in 120 V printers The value defined here is set in all three menus and for all paper paths if you load the default configuration by ho...

Page 59: ...printed on this line are printed at the beginning of the next line Wrap Off If more characters than can be printed are transmitted per line the charac ters which cannot be printed on this line are cu...

Page 60: ...ound On a beep is generated every second to notify that paper is empty Default setting Sound On Confirm the setting by pressing the key Set Online Wrap Sound Back Next Setup Setup Sound On Set Exit On...

Page 61: ...mode IEEE 1284 CX bid OFF sets the interface to compatibility mode in order to ensure re liable operation with special external boxes Default setting CX bid ON Confirm your settings by pressing the ke...

Page 62: ...ou notice that the printing starts before the physical page start Setting the basical top margin and L R adjustment Insert the fanfold paper and set the Paper Path Selection Lever to Tractor mode Put...

Page 63: ...press the key Setup A new horizontal bar line is printed at the right side of the previous bar If you do not want to change please press the key Exit Press the key Exit to finish TOF adjustment mode...

Page 64: ...part B You can repeat sometimes If you can get the best setting for 0 bar please press the key Exit to finish the L R Adjustment mode When you exit this horizontal adjust mode the new parameter will b...

Page 65: ...e power plug is correctly connected to the socket on the printer 2 Check that the power plug is seated properly in the wall socket 3 Switch on the printer again If the printer is now connected correct...

Page 66: ...t paper is inserted and loaded Refer to Part I Inserting paper Problems with the paper feed The paper is not fed in 1 Check that the display shows the correct sheet feeder if necessary select the corr...

Page 67: ...nt until all the paper is removed Support this by turning the paper feed knob gently if necessary 5 If any part sticks out above the printer pull it up to remove it 6 Ensure that there are no torn pap...

Page 68: ...Ensure that there are no torn paper bits remaining inside the printer then close the Access Cover and turn the Power Switch ON If the problem persists check again for any paper remaining inside the pr...

Page 69: ...t be adjusted Only fanfold paper built in tractor 1 or optional tractor 2 See Part I Tear function Paper does not move to tear off position It is only possible to tear off when fanfold paper is used 3...

Page 70: ...length of the interface cable is not longer than 2 m for parallel and 15 m for serial interfaces 2 Check that the proper emulation and the correct character set country CG table or character set is se...

Page 71: ...n error from computer to printer via the optional serial interface Compare the interface configuration of your printer with the settings of your computer protocol Check the permissible cable lentgh Ha...

Page 72: ...is damaged Whether the upper friction is down and clicked into place Whether the printhead gap is too small Load Error The printer cannot feed in the loaded paper check the following Whether the pape...

Page 73: ...fault The factory set parameters are loaded and are written into all macros Park position You are informed when the fanfold paper is in the park position Tear paper off Note for the operator to tear o...

Page 74: ...ce is not necessary Before cleaning turn off the printer and disconnect the power cable The print head may be hot immediately after printing Wait until it cools down about 15 minutes before cleaning C...

Page 75: ...as been removed from the tractors Ribbon Check whether the ribbon is worn or damaged The ribbon must be replaced if it is frayed see Part I Replacing the ribbon cassette The service life of the black...

Page 76: ...cted via control panel or by escape sequences Note that MTPL sequences are available in all emulation modes The following example shows you how to find the hexadecimal value for a character from the s...

Page 77: ...86 102 118 134 150 166 182 298 214 230 246 7 BEL 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 BS HTS 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 HT 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 12...

Page 78: ...substitution characters normal font dec 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 126 hex 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E US ASCII UK ASCII Swedish German Portuguese French Italian Spanish Norwegian A...

Page 79: ...0 166 182 298 214 230 246 7 BEL BEL 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 BS BS 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 HT HT 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 137 153 1...

Page 80: ...166 182 298 214 230 246 7 BEL BEL 7 23 39 55 71 87 103 119 135 151 167 183 199 215 231 247 8 BS BS 8 24 40 56 72 88 104 120 136 152 168 184 200 216 232 248 9 HT HT 9 25 41 57 73 89 105 121 137 153 16...

Page 81: ...LEGAL ISO ISO 8859 1 Western european ISO 8859 2 Central and eastern european ISO 8859 5 Cyrillic ISO 8859 9 Turkish ISO 8859 15 Western european with Euro sign MTPL US ASCII UK ASCII FRENCH GERMAN IT...

Page 82: ...allel or via a serial interface This appendix informs you about both interfaces The bidirectional parallel interface IEEE 1284 is standard for these printers In Appendix D Options and accessories the...

Page 83: ...Direction Signal 1 STROBE active low 2 DATA 1 3 DATA 2 4 DATA 3 5 DATA 4 6 DATA 5 7 DATA 6 8 DATA 7 9 DATA 8 10 ACK active low 11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY PE 13 SELECT 14 AUTO FEED active low 15 not used...

Page 84: ...Parallel interface connector 36 pins Transmission length max 2 0 m 1 36 19 18 4 B Parallel interface B 3...

Page 85: ...sically 3 lines are already enough for exchanging information between computer and printer one receive line one send line one line for common grounding Connector assignment Connector no Direction Sign...

Page 86: ...TxD 3 3 RxD CTS 8 11 RDY SG 5 7 SG DSR 6 DTR 4 PC 25 pin Printer 25 pin FG 1 1 FG TxD 2 3 RxD RxD 3 2 TxD CTS 5 11 RDY SG 7 7 SG DSR 6 DTS 20 With this interface cable hardware as well as software pro...

Page 87: ...ee also section XON XOFF With Robust XON XOFF the condition of the printer XON or XOFF is transmitted by the TxD line Enquire printer status ENQ STX With the code ENQ ENQ ASCII 5 hex 5 dec the program...

Page 88: ...at ENQ 05 hex or STX 02 hex only appear in the data flow in their status enquiry function ETX ACK Protocol Also here the X ON X OFF protocol works in the background Additionally after receipt of an ET...

Page 89: ...JW5 closed Connects RDY or RDY with pin 11 JW5 open No connection with pin 11 18 JW6 open 19 RDY JW7 closed Connects RDY or RDY with pin 19 JW7 open No connection with pin 19 20 DTR JW8 closed JW9 op...

Page 90: ...exchanging information between computer and printer Connector assignment Connector no Direction Signal 1 FRAME GROUND 2 A TxD 4 A RxD 8 SIGNAL GROUND 9 B TxD 11 B RxD Transmission length max 1200 m d...

Page 91: ...onnected JW1 X SG and FG connected JP3 JP4 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 TxD normal polarity JP3 JP4 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 TxD Reverse polarity JP5 2 3 1 2 TxD connected with TxD JP5 1 2 2 3 TxD connected with RDY Factor...

Page 92: ...270 cps at 10 cpi 65 cps at 10 cpi 330 cps at 10 cpi 250 cps at 10 cpi 70 cps at 10 cpi Character densities 5 cpi 6 cpi 7 5 cpi 8 6 cpi 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 17 1 cpi 20 cpi 5 cpi 6 cpi 7 5 cpi 8 6 cpi...

Page 93: ...z 3 AC 230 V 10 50 Hz 3 60 VA 10 VA Operating environment Temperature Humidity 10 C to 40 C 20 to 80 10 C to 40 C 20 to 80 Print head specifications Number of pins Pin diameters Number of copies Head...

Page 94: ...ouble shield acc to IEEE Std 1284 1294 Interface connections Printer side Amphenol 57 40360 or compatible Cable side Amphenol 57 30360 or compatible Serial interface Type RS232C interface Synchronizat...

Page 95: ...or Continuous simple forms Paper weight 60 120 g m2 Width narrow printer 76 254 mm wide printer 76 420 mm Continuous sets of forms Paper weight Original 45 65 g m2 Copy 45 56 g m2 Last sheet 45 65 g m...

Page 96: ...terial reacts strongly to environmental influences e g humidity temperature the place of storage should be selected carefully We recommend that this kind of paper should be tested extensively before l...

Page 97: ...to the use of non original accessories or parts may lead to expiry of the warranty The following options are available Automatic sheet feeder The sheet feeder has one paper bin and is designed for cu...

Page 98: ...art No 379 300 Organisation filer for programming manuals Tally Part No 389 865 Interface modules The following interface modules are available Name Part No RS232 V 24 serial interface 044 828 RS422 V...

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