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Chapter 3:

Printer Menus and the Control Panel

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Operator Menu

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Font

Tx/Cx Language (only on Twinax/Coax printers)

This parameter defines the language used by emulations attached to Twinax and

Coax ports (except IPDS). The default is US.

The details of the character sets can be found in the Line Printer Applications

Manual. The possible options are:

German

Norwegian/Dan

French

Spanish

Swedish/Finish

Italian

Japanese

Portuguese

Canadian

Belgian

Brazilian

Spanish Speak

Code Page 905

Code Page 1026

Katakana

Multinational

IPDS Language (only if IPDS is installed)

This parameter defines the language used by the IPDS emulation. The default is

US. The details of the character sets can be found in the Line Printer Applications

Manual. The possible options are:

Internat'l 500

English US 037

Aus/German 273

Nor/Dan 277

French 297

English UK 285

Spanish 284

Fin/Swedish 278

Italian 280

Jap/English 281

Portuguese 037

Canadian 037

Belgian 500

Brazilian 275

Spanish Spk 284

Katakana 290

Portuguese 282

Swiss 500

Icelandic 871

Latin2 870

Cyrillic 880

Turkish 905

Turkish 1026

Ser/Par Character Set

This parameter allows you to select a character set that occupies locations Hex 80

through FF used by emulations attached to the Parallel, Serial, and LAN ports

(except for IPDS over LAN). The default depends on the following:

Emulations

Default Character Set

DEC LG, Tally ANSI, P600, P6000, P5000

Latin 1 8859-1

IBM Proprinter, MTPL, Genicom4800, Genicom5000

Code Page 437

Epson FX-1180

Italic

HP 2564C

Roman-8

Summary of Contents for LGe06

Page 1: ...Operator Manual 1 LG Series Operator Manual Serial Parallel LAN...

Page 2: ...lled and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference...

Page 3: ...gure 1 2 Paper Stacking Chains 1 15 Figure 1 3 Rear view showing Serial Parallel and Power Plugs 1 16 Connecting the I O 1 16 Interface Connections and Powering Up 1 16 Interface Connectors 1 16 Power...

Page 4: ...p Mode is set to Auto 2 32 Figure 2 8 Typical display when adjusting Print Gap 2 33 Set Print Gap Detect Mode to Manual 2 33 Setting Up Configurations 2 34 Chapter 3 3 35 Chapter 3 explains how to use...

Page 5: ...installed 3 47 Ser Par Character Set 3 47 Matrix 3 48 OCRA Density 3 48 Ser Par Style 3 49 Tx Cx Style only on Twinax Coax printers 3 49 IPDS Style only if IPDS is installed 3 49 CPI Characters Per In...

Page 6: ...ine Feed 3 62 Auto CR Carriage Return 3 62 Line Wrap 3 62 Wrap Line Feed 3 62 Print on CR 3 63 Form Feed at TOF 3 63 ESC 3 63 Alt ESC Alternate Escape 3 63 Upper Only 3 63 Code 7F 3 64 Print 80 9F Hex...

Page 7: ...ion 3 69 Secured only in MTPL emulation 3 69 IGP Terminator 3 69 BlkMaxH 3 69 BlkMaxV 3 69 BlkMinH 3 69 BlkMinV 3 69 Postnet Density 3 69 PGL Terminator 3 69 Ignore Term 3 70 Configurations Category 3...

Page 8: ...79 Case Coax Only 3 79 Compatibility Switches Coax Only 3 79 IR Delay Coax Only 3 80 Hex Passthrough 3 80 EPC 3 81 GrAVM Graphics AVM 3 81 IPDS Category IPDS Only 3 82 Address Twinax Only 3 82 Density...

Page 9: ...s Figure B 1 Rear view showing Serial Parallel Optional LAN or Twinax Coax Ports and Power Plug B 97 Connecting the I O B 97 Optional Interface Connections and Powering Up B 97 Interface Connectors B...

Page 10: ...acters Per Inch C 103 Lines Per Inch C 103 Type Styles C 103 Draft and Data Processing C 103 Gothic and Courier C 104 OCR A and OCR B C 104 Large Character Printing C 104 Standard Languages and Charac...

Page 11: ...ilities The LG Series is specifically designed to be compatible with DEC Compaq computer systems The native control language of the printer is plug compatible with DEC LG06 and GenicomLGPlusprinters T...

Page 12: ...conventions throughout this manual Textthatisplacedinitalicsdrawsyourattentiontoadditionalhelpful information Sometimesyourattentionismoreparticularlydrawnbytheuseofthissymbol This symbol marks inform...

Page 13: ...ate for printer operation and protected from power surges Keep the following factors in mind when choosing a printer location Keep the operating environment temperature between 50 F and 104 F 10 C and...

Page 14: ...for storage or shipping is the reverse order of unpacking If shipping materials are needed you can reorder them from your dealer Removing the Shipping Hardware The Shipping Hardware consists of 4 scre...

Page 15: ...y packed separately Cut the plastic ties and remove the plastic bag holding the paper chains Paper exits the printer through these passive paper stacking chains that help fold and stack printed forms...

Page 16: ...llel port is IEEE 1284 compliant and uses a 36 pin 1284 B type connector AMP 555119 1 or equivalent Parallel interface cables should be no longer than 6 feet 2 meters Interface Connections and Powerin...

Page 17: ...ror displays If any error message appears in the display check Appendix A for a description of the error and what actions are necessary to clear the error When connecting the Twinax interface at this...

Page 18: ...dge Platen and Paper Iron are all parts of the paper system The first two can be seen when the lid is raised The Platen and Paper Iron are hidden inside the housing Figure 1 5 Inside the Lid Tractors...

Page 19: ...use by setting the optimum print gap based on the form thickness The print gap is automatically opened to its widest position when the printer is not printing To accommodate various thicknesses of pa...

Page 20: ...in the new ribbon by turning the knob on the ribbon cartridge as indicated by the arrow printed next to the knob then slip the ribbon left side first over the two ribbon guides and between the front...

Page 21: ...ng Up Your Printer 1 21 The front and rear panels of the ribbon shield The ribbon has been carefully positioned between the two panels of the ribbon shield Figure 1 9 Ribbon Shield Panels Installing R...

Page 22: ...to the printer and the printer is Online The red FAULT Indicator illuminates whenever an error or fault is detected A message also appears on the display to indicate what kind of fault is present see...

Page 23: ...e ribbon cartridge installed and a box of paper whether plain paper or pre printed forms placed nearby you are ready to load the paper and set the various parameters via the Control Panel that will en...

Page 24: ...1 24 Operator Manual Blank Page...

Page 25: ...veable configuration settings for your own pre printed forms Your printer is designed to use a continuous sheet sprocket fed paper It can handle Six part forms 1 original and 5 copies with a maximum t...

Page 26: ...n the new box of paper Remove the box top so that the paper can be pulled out freely Open the front of the printer cabinet and place the new box of paper inside Step 4 Feed the paper up through the pa...

Page 27: ...Chapter 2 Loading Paper and Printing 2 27 Figure 2 2 Paper path past the lid Feed paper betweenthe lid and the top of the printer Figure 2 3 Paper path into the wire rack Standard Printing Mode...

Page 28: ...lock the right tractor and move it so that the paper s holes align directly over the tractor pins making sure that the paper is straight then close the tractor door Gently push the tractor to the righ...

Page 29: ...nter Use the arrow keys to get to Horz Adjust Press Enter Use the arrow keys to increase or decrease the number that appears in the lower right of the LCD This will shift the position of Column 1 Step...

Page 30: ...ontrol Panel as de scribed below under Manually Adjust Print Gap on Control Panel Gap Zone The Gap Zone feature is used to set up a variable print gap for forms that contain areas of varying thickness...

Page 31: ...Zone Profile is created you will probably want to save it for future use By saving the Current Configuration into any of the ten saved printer configurations the Gap Zone Profile is automatically save...

Page 32: ...r right region displays an adjustment offset number associated with fine tuning When the operator presses the or Print Gap key on the control panel this number will get smaller or larger respectively...

Page 33: ...5 second time out if no keys are pressed the control panel display will revert to the prior menu and display The Print Gap keys may be pressed while printing is in progress allowing the operator to m...

Page 34: ...ps 1 2 again or until a saved configuration with a different print gap is loaded Setting Up Configurations The 6300 Series printer can save up to ten personalized configurations so you don t have to r...

Page 35: ...u will also learn how to obtain printouts that show all available parameters current configuration settings and technical information like accumulated run ning time and operating thresholds Let s begi...

Page 36: ...ignated as the power up configuration By default this line will display Config 1 Figure 3 1 Control Panel Display for Normal Operation Paper Weight Hammer Impact Current State Current Configuration Cu...

Page 37: ...a menu the second line will display a category and if the top line displays a category the second line will display a parameter if the top line displays a parameter the second line will display a sele...

Page 38: ...ith No Data Buffered Paper advances one line While printing is in progress the printer ignores the command and maintains the Top of Form position While In A Fault Condition Paper advances one line No...

Page 39: ...ustment to the current print gap Pressing these keys can be used as a shortcut to get to the Adjust display otherwise found by using the arrow and enter keys to select Menu Operator Menu Print Gap Adj...

Page 40: ...lear Menu Clear Buffers not inTwinax or Coax Clears all buffers It also resets the application task to its initial state Clear Ribbon Count When using the Ribbon Monitor feature this selection must be...

Page 41: ...reprinting the buffer the printer returns to Enable Print condition and continues printing the rest of the job This option is convenient in cases of paper jams or any time you do not need to send the...

Page 42: ...ses it displays a list of options for that parameter The Help menu has no categories or parameters You ll use this menu to print out a list of all menus categories parameters and options Using Menus B...

Page 43: ...ed by Enter As you scroll through using the Up Arrow key with Operator Menu displaying first the display reads in order ConfigMenu TCP IP TestMenu HelpMenu Each of these menus except for Help has mult...

Page 44: ...e display reads 3 Press Enter to select the Operator menu and press the down arrow key until you see Forms The display reads 4 Press the Enter key to select Forms Press the down arrow key until the di...

Page 45: ...f 2 Press the Menu key 3 Use the Up or Down arrow keys until you see Help Menu on the display 4 Press Enter 7 Press the Enter key The Form Length is set to 65 and an asterisk ap pears beside the numbe...

Page 46: ...nguage This parameter allows you to select the language used by emulations attached to the Parallel Serial and LAN ports except for LAN IPDS The language selec tion defines the character substitutions...

Page 47: ...The details of the character sets can be found in the Line Printer Applications Manual The possible options are Internat l 500 English US 037 Aus German 273 Nor Dan 277 French 297 English UK 285 Span...

Page 48: ...ng In addition the available CPI options are different for each mode When this option is set to Enhanced characters printed at 12 13 3 15 and 17 14 will use a denser character matrix than that of the...

Page 49: ...oax ports except IPDS Style options Draft High speed DP Data Processing Default selection Gothic Sans Serif NLQ Courier Serif NLQ OCR A Optical Character Recognition OCR B Optical Character Recognitio...

Page 50: ...N B DIN This means DIN OCR A and DIN OCR B Zero As an aid in distinguishing zeros from the uppercase letter O you can choose to have your zeros slashed The default parameter option is open non slashed...

Page 51: ...ows you to set the bottom margin The Bottom Margin is measured in the number of lines from the current Top of Form location The range is 0 to 255 with the default option set to 66 IntheIPDSemulation t...

Page 52: ...oftherightandleftmarginsreflectsaphysicallocationontheform andtherefore changeswhentheCPIsettingchanges Ifthephysicallocationoftherightorleftmargindoesnot exactly correspond with a column position aft...

Page 53: ...the Clear key to clear the fault condition then place the printer Online and continue printing ThePaperOutSensorwillnotworkunlesstheTop Of Formlocationhasbeensetproperly Quick Access This feature pro...

Page 54: ...rameter is set to Enabled the printer strikes each dot twice Use this to get better print quality when you are printing on an exceptionally thick form Default is Disabled Enabling Double Strike decrea...

Page 55: ...u Ribbon Count The printer can then be placed back online and printing will resume Iftheprintingapplicationisparticularlyheavy itmaybenecessarytodecreasethethreshold The current Ribbon Monitor status...

Page 56: ...s set to Auto The upper right region of the LCD shows a number1 corresponding to the optimal print gap determined by the detection process the gap separating the hammer impactors from the platen The l...

Page 57: ...ap value the platen will move to the default value of 190 Profile is the mode that must be set when using the Gap Zone feature Creating a Gap Zone Profile A Gap Zone Profile is created automatically i...

Page 58: ...emulations which make explicit use of the VFU chan nels Setting this to Enabled causes the printer to use the last loaded EVFU instead of using the Form Length Top Margin and Bottom Margin settings Wh...

Page 59: ...Par Emulation This parameter allows you to define which set of printer control commands will be emulated for data received on the Serial and Parallel ports except LAN IPDS DEC LG is the default selec...

Page 60: ...styles of printouts for use as debugging tools The selections are OFF Dump Mode is disabled Default selection Style1 Two column output Text spaces and control codes are printed in hexadecimal code for...

Page 61: ...header which identifies the installed software and interface and statistics for time powered on time printing and total lines printed The body of the report shows the values of the current sensor and...

Page 62: ...o CR allows the printer to perform a Carriage Return moves print location to the left margin when it receives either a Line Feed or Vertical Tab Control Code The default value is dependent on the emul...

Page 63: ...ique used with the bold character attribute selected via emulation escape sequences Form Feed at TOF This dictates how the printer will respond to a Form Feed Control Code received from the host compu...

Page 64: ...not function in plot mode font download or VFU down load Options are 0 255 referring to the decimal value of any 8 bit character or OFF Default is OFF Sub Char From This parameter allows you to select...

Page 65: ...is se lected This parameter allows SI SO operation for bar codes and oversize characters When Disabled default bar code and oversize character modes do not need to be activated with SO and deactivate...

Page 66: ...All but the terminator is ignored Free Format Depends on the state for Free Format Mode PN Then This parameter defines printer response to characters following the PN Com mand on the same line None Al...

Page 67: ...L graphics this parameter also applies to Tally ANSI and Printronix style graphics It does not apply to text following Epson or Proprinter graphics Figure 3 3 Modplot Example Version This parameter co...

Page 68: ...ters Code V Language This parameter allows you to select the language character set that will be used for text output in Code V Graphics Mode The default is US The available selections are US UK Swedi...

Page 69: ...ser may find that very small FreeType characters are not legible and very large FreeType characters may print too slowly These four allow the user to select the minimum and maximum horizontal and vert...

Page 70: ...r an IGOFF command will cause a line feed to occur There are two options Enabled usually the default and Disabled the default for Genicom ANSI Disabled A LF following the CR terminator SFOFF or IGOFF...

Page 71: ...Down Arrow keys to find the Config menu and press Enter Use the Up or Down Arrow keys to find Configurations Scroll through the list of configurations If you have not labeled them they will be listed...

Page 72: ...row keys until you see Config n label where n is the number of the configuration you want to label 1 10 Press Enter A cursor appears underneath the first letter C Use the Up and Down Arrow keys to scr...

Page 73: ...is None The printer mustmatchtheparityofthehostcomputer 8th Bit If 8 bits per byte is selected under Data Bits above you use this parameter to determine how the 8th bit is to be used If this bit is to...

Page 74: ...urrent emulation is the HP2564C Instead of responding to the ENQ character the printer will respond to the ESC DC1 sequence The bit pattern of the status response is as follows Bit Meaning Value 7 Par...

Page 75: ...configuredtouseXon XoffProtocol usingtheBusyoptionabovewillcauseinterfer encewithprintertohostcommunication Youmayhowever usetheDTRLinetosignalthehostthat theprinterisOfflineorthattheprinterispoweredu...

Page 76: ...nal This parameter controls the bidirectional operation of the Parallel interface The default selection is On enabled When ON the Parallel interface operates in IEEE 1284 Bidirectional Nibble Mode Thi...

Page 77: ...oded dependence on a specific printer that is no longer maintainable or able to meet the demands of the application Serial Parallel Twinax Coax LAN These four parameters can be set to either Enable or...

Page 78: ...nuously The host opens a 10 minute window for one of the PA options to be selected If the correct PA option is not selected during this time the display clears the audible alarm stops and the printer...

Page 79: ...s switch determines the printer response to a CR Command located at the right margin plus one character position If OFF the printer performs only a CR and starts printing over the same line again with...

Page 80: ...he print data and the current print position is not already at Column 1 the printer performs an NL function at the end of the print job If ON the printer performs an FF function after each print job i...

Page 81: ...phics AVM The Graphics AVM panel menu setup option only applies to the manner in which the Twinax AVM command is handled within a Code V PGL or Hex Pass Through graphics job A Tx Cx Absolute Vertical...

Page 82: ...ature also works in conjunction with the selection of bar code density used by Code V and PGL Normal vs Dark The densities will be set based on the previous Dark Bar selection table Smooth Size This p...

Page 83: ...set up the four OCTETS of the IP Address Use the Arrow and Enter keys to select Menu TCP IP IP Addr to get here Parameter Option IP OCTET 1 0 255 IP OCTET 2 0 255 IP OCTET 3 0 255 IP OCTET 4 0 255 Ga...

Page 84: ...ubnet mask Use the Arrow and Enter keys to select Menu TCP IP Subnet to get here Parameter Option IP OCTET 1 0 255 IP OCTET 2 0 255 IP OCTET 3 0 255 IP OCTET 4 0 255 MakesurethattheLANcableisattachedw...

Page 85: ...test begins based on the current margins and font information selected All of the panel keys are disabled while the test is running except for the View key and the Enter and Clear keys which terminate...

Page 86: ...ches then moved forward again If the paper motion fault persists the printer is placed offline and the fault is reported This feature can eliminate false paper motion faults caused by random electrica...

Page 87: ...ne Online Config Menu Test Menu Help Menu MENU CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR Arrow Keys Arrow Keys Arrow Keys Arrow Keys Figure 3 4 Control Panel Navigation This graphic summarizes navigation through the menus ca...

Page 88: ...3 88 Operator Manual Blank Page...

Page 89: ...r an error message and continue using the printer by depressing the Clear key However the quality of the print may be questionable and collateral damage to other parts may result If the fault mes sage...

Page 90: ...place theTwinax PSIOAssembly AVFU channel command has been received from the host requesting an illegal channel 1 Correct data from host and retransmit 2 Ensure the integrity of the printer ground con...

Page 91: ...a then retransmit the data Key has no function for this printer model or mode of operation No corrective action Certain communication signals have been lost between the printer and the host computer C...

Page 92: ...r sending a command to the Paper Drive Motor Check for paper feed problems If there are any paper feed problems correct them then press the Clear key to clear the fault If there are no paper feed prob...

Page 93: ...with address set to UNDEFIN has been loaded Set up the printer address using the multilevel menus on the printer See the Config Menu in Chapter 3 If the control processor detects the shuttle operatin...

Page 94: ...Is the device type in the system configuration correct for the type of printer being emulated Is the cable to the device immediately up cable on the Twinax line correctly connected Are the devices do...

Page 95: ...using the Print Gap key or rerun a print gap operation using the Detect parameter Operator Menu Print Gap Detect If this does not correct the problem replace the ribbon cartridge with a new one The p...

Page 96: ...A 96 Operator Manual Blank Page...

Page 97: ...er I O panel The Twinax interface allows a maximum of 5 000 feet 1 5 km between the host computer and the last device Optional Interface Connections and Powering Up Interface Connectors Properly secur...

Page 98: ...able device to either side of the Host Connector Smart T and if there are devices down cable connect the cable going to them to the other side of the Smart T The Smart T automatically takes care of te...

Page 99: ...4 4 Surge EN61000 4 5 RFCM EN61000 4 6 PFMF EN61000 4 8 VDips Int EN61000 4 11 Energy Conservation ENERGYSTAR compliant Safety IEC 60950 1991 plus Amendment 1 2 3 and 4 and National Deviations AT AU...

Page 100: ...23 4inches Depth with paper exit guide assembly 29 4inches Depth with paper tray 29 5inches Preventive Maintenance This printer is designed to eliminate the requirement of scheduled maintenance proced...

Page 101: ...ith protective functions in major areas of overload potential Cooling System Cooling system malfunctions are detected and a failure will result in shuttle motion paper motion and printing functions be...

Page 102: ...2A 35W 0 1A 19W 6312 Current Wattage Requirements Nominal Voltage AC Volts Freq Average Peak Average Average RMS Hz Operating Operating Idle 5 min Idle 5 min 110 50 2 2 A 250 W 4 6 A 510 W 0 4 A 36 W...

Page 103: ...8 33 and 8 57 CPI In some emulations the availability of certain CPIs is restricted Some emulations provide proportional spacing and justification features Lines Per Inch Ten Lines Per Inch LPI setti...

Page 104: ...cters also called code pages for the upper half of the character set This can be done by using the control panel Character Set selection or through the emulation The character sets available through t...

Page 105: ...IBM 5225 Coax IBM 4234 and IPDS IBM 6400 IBM 4234 emulations Twinax and Coax Austrian German Belgian Brazilian Canadian Bilingual Danish Norwegian Danish Norwegian Alternate English UK Finnish Swedish...

Page 106: ...PI 600 514 1200 1028 16 67 20 CPI 327 277 654 554 Data Processing 10 12 13 33 15 17 14 CPI 450 360 900 720 16 67 20 CPI 240 189 480 378 Courier and Gothic All CPIs 189 144 378 288 OCR AStandard 10 CPI...

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