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USERS MANUAL

LC24-300

COLOUR

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Summary of Contents for LC24-300 COLOUR

Page 1: ...USERS MANUAL LC24 300COLOUR QBF 80825595 ...

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Page 3: ...complex functions We have grouped this manual into two main sections divided into seven chapters and an appendix For normal everyday use you may never need to refer to Section II at all We strongly recommend however that you read through Section I Chapters 1 2 and 3 before connecting and using the printer for the first time ...

Page 4: ...alling the mute cover 74 Connecting the printer to the computer 75 Setting up your printer with your computer IT Setting up with MS DOS 77 MS DOS 17 MS DOS application software 17 Setting up the printer in Windows 79 Installing TrueType fonts for Windows 27 Selecting different fonts 22 Using your printer 23 Loading paper 23 Adjusting the print gap 24 Loading cut sheet paper 26 Loading and parking ...

Page 5: ...y 42 Saving Macros 42 Re moving the macro 43 Clearing the buffer 43 Setting the printer back to default settings 44 Locking the printer 45 Font lock 45 Font unlock 45 Pitch lock 45 Pitch unlock 46 Pitch and font lock 46 Pitch and font unlock 46 Test printing 47 Short test 47 Long test 47 print area test mode 48 Hexadecimal dump mode 49 Adjusting the dot alignment 50 Electronic DIP switches 5 2 Usi...

Page 6: ...63 Unpacking 63 Installing the SF 1 ODWASF 64 Using the SF IODW 65 The SPC 8K serial parallel converter 67 Baud rate 68 Number of bits in a word 68 Parity 68 Handshaking 69 Connecting the SPC 8K converter 69 Using the SPC 8K 70 The serial connector on the SPC 8K 71 Setting up an MS DOS computer 72 Setting up a Windows computer 73 Troubleshooting 75 Common problems and solutions 76 Power switch is ...

Page 7: ...ally 85 Printing ceases 85 Display messages non error 85 Display messages error 87 Beep tones 88 Checking system sofiware settings W In Windows 89 In MS DOS 90 Software commands 91 Introduction 91 Font control commands 93 Character set commands 98 Character size and pitch commands 702 Vertical position commands 70 Horizontal position commands 777 Graphics commands 127 Download character commands 7...

Page 8: ...Portuguese 148 Code page 861 Icelandic 149 Code page 863 Canadian French 150 Code page 865 Nordic 151 Character set l 752 IBM special character set 753 Glossary 155 Index 167 Costumer service information 171 Pageviii ...

Page 9: ...hoose from up to 256 colors depending on your computer software The LC24 300 Colour speeds through drafts at 360 characters per second 15 pitch When printing in its 360 dpi letter quality mode that s more dots per inch than some laser printers it turns out beautifully fin ished work atup to 100 characters per second With clearly labeled buttons an informative LCD screen and easy paper loading the ...

Page 10: ... styles such as emphasized bold shadow and out line as well as being able to change the size of the font Graphics The advanced 24 pin print head can print up to 360 dots per inch and in color too mak ing it an ideal printer for graphics programs and for programs running under Windows 3 1 and later Zooming You can print documents at 50V0or 67V0of their actual size As a result you need only use a si...

Page 11: ...ndard Epson and IBM printers the LC24 300 Colour allows you to print just about anything your computer software can generate The NEC graphics command set is also supportted for even better graphics compatibility The Automatic Emulation Change feature means that the printer can automatically change to the appropriate printer emulation for the application software depending on the data received Spec...

Page 12: ...ms may be useful in the next few sections to identi the dif ferent parts mentioned front er b power h The printer with interface cable connected peperkh edjustm ribbon ver The printer with the front and rear covers removed and no interface cable connected Page4 ...

Page 13: ...g paper through the printer on page 34 is the most efficient way of doing this The front cover protects internal components and reduces printing noise The mute cover further reduces printing noise The display screen shows information about the print er s current setting The control panel has buttons to control the printer The power switch turns the printer on and off The interface connector accept...

Page 14: ...The tractor unit grips the sides of fanfold computer paper When you use the tractor unit the tractor cov ers must be closed Page6 ...

Page 15: ...t in the same kind of temperature and humidity as you do Allow 6 15cm of free space either side of the printer and adequate space for paper behind the printer if you want to use fanfold computer paper If you want to use the bottom feed for fanfold com puter paper you should locate the pile of paper at least one page length about 12 30cm below the printer Make sure the printer is connected to a ste...

Page 16: ...arallel converter SPC 8K Automatic sheet feeder SF 10DWI For details of how to install these optional accessories see Chapter 5 You will also need a cable to connect the printer to your computer available separately For IBM or IBM com patible computers this will generally be a parallel cable with a 25 pin D connector at one end and a 36 pin Arnphenol type Centronics connector at the other end a Ce...

Page 17: ...from the packing material Put the printer on the place you have prepared for it Save the packing material and carton in case you need to move the printer in the future Fitting the platen knob This knob is packed into a recess of the packaging mate rial in the printer box To fit the knob rotate the knob on the shaft lining up the flattened side of the shaft with the flattened part of the hole on th...

Page 18: ...he rear using the grips on the sides then lift up to remove the cover from the body of the printer Installing the ribbon cartridge You have the choice of using a color or a black ribbon with the LC24 300 Colour Both ribbons are installed and removed in the same way Take the slack out of the ribbon by turning the knob on the ribbon cartridge clockwise arrow as shown by the Page10 ...

Page 19: ...the cart ridge does not click into position on both sides you may need to turn the cartridge knob about 1 4 of a turn clockwise Once the cartridge is in the carrier tighten the ri bbon again by turning the cartridge knob clockwise about 1 2 a turn Check once more to make sure that the ribbon is between the print head and print head shield if it isn t take the cartridge out and try again Page11 ...

Page 20: ...ller unit so that the small illustration is on top of the roller unit and the smoked plastic side with six small black rollers is facing you Hold the roller unit so that the top is tilted slightly away from you Slide the hooks on either side of the back of the roller unit over the platen the large black roller and under the silver bar behind and above the platen The hooks should both be between th...

Page 21: ...nt cover Once you have fitted the ribbon and roller unit you should replace the front cover Note Even though you can operate the printer with the front cover removed we do not suggest that YOUdo this The Printer will be noisy and it is also possibleto drop things into the printer which may damage the mechanism Hold the cover by the grips so that the griPs are on the side of the cover furthest from...

Page 22: ...ical for single sheets Hold the paper guide either horizontally or verti cally depending on the type of paper used Fit the tabs into the slots on the printer install the paper guide body to Make sure the guide is firmly in position Installing the mute cover The mute cover helps reduce the noise from your printer when you are printing Page14 ...

Page 23: ...uter We assume here that you are connecting the printer to an IBM or IBM compatible computer using the parallel interface If you are connecting using a serial interface or connecting to any other type of computer read Chap ter 5 Note Before connecting or disconnectingthe printer and the com puter make surethatthepowerto boththeprinterandthe computer isturnedOFF Ifthepowerisonwhenyoumakeor break th...

Page 24: ...socket Connect the D connector on the other end of the cable to the parallel printer port on your computer This will probably be labelled Printer Parallel PRN LPT1 or something similar Refer to your com puter s instruction manual for details of how to secure the cable Now you can turn on your printer and computer Page16 ...

Page 25: ...e word processor spreadsheet or whatever Look for an option called Add printer Install printer or Configure printer in your application software If you can t find this option easily read your software manual to find out how to do it MS DOS MS DOS needs no specific commands to make it work To test that the printer is connected properly to the computer try entering the following command from the c p...

Page 26: ...the printers above is listed choose one of the following in order of preference These two printers are not color printers so if you select either you will not be able to print in color Note Theprintersin shaded boxesdo notsupportcolor Ifyou select them alloutputwillbein black only regardless ofthe ribboninstalled orthesoftware settings If you select either of these IBM Proprinter models you may ne...

Page 27: ...ftware It works best with Windows version 3 1 or later If you are running an earlier version of Windows we recommend you upgrade your computer to the latest version In par ticular this will allow you to use the 15 TrueType fonts included on the floppy disk packaged with this printer To use the printer with Windows you need to install a file known as the printer driver file onto your computer This ...

Page 28: ...ated Printer in the list so that this option is highlighted Click Install A window prompts you to put in the floppy disk supplied with the printer Insert the disk with the printer driver file on it and click OK A new list of printers appears If you have inserted the disk into a drive other than drive A you must type in the drive letter followed by acolon and a backslash e g B before selecting OK S...

Page 29: ...uter s floppy disk drive Select the drive by letter this is usually A some times B The names of the fonts stored on the disk are displayed in the List of Fonts window Each font name is followed by the word TrueType Select the fonts you wish to install If you want to install all of them click SelectAll Click OK The Fonts dialog box reappears and instal lation is earned out The names of the newly in...

Page 30: ...nual will tell you the vari ous ways in which you can type set your text on screen so that it is ready to print out on the printer Your Windows system already includes several fonts such as Arial Times New Roman and Symbol You can also use the 15True pe fonts included with the printer If you have installed Adobe me Manager soft ware on your computer you can also display and print Adobe PostScript ...

Page 31: ...he printer grip the paper You should not print too close to the sprocket holes Otherwise you run the risk of jamming the paper in the printer Multi part forms You can print continuous multi part forms which are either carbon backed or pressure sensitive carbonless NCR with up to five copies including the top copy If you use multi part forms we suggest that you feed them through the bottom paper fe...

Page 32: ...amming it as it goes through the printer Adjusting the print gap Note Important Ifyoudo notadjust theprintgapproperly yourun theriskof shortening thelifeoftheprinthead Different paper thicknesses need a different gap between the print head and the paper The LC24 300 Colour allows you to make six different settings using the adjustment lever at the left of the printer If you push this lever towards...

Page 33: ...ustment lever when you use multi part sets Paper Weightof each Thickness Recommended type sheet leverposition total n m 1 rearmost Sincjle 14 to 24 Ibs 52 to 90 gsm 007 to 0 12 2 or 3 2 part 11 to 14 Ibs 40 to 52 gsm 0 12 to 0 14 2 or 3 3 part 11 to 14 Ibs 40 to 52 gsm 0 18 to 0 21 3 or 4 4 part 11 to 14 Ibs 40 to 52 gsm 0 24 to 0 28 4 or 5 5 part 11 to 14 Ibs 40 to 52 gsm 0 30 to 0 35 5 or 6 Note...

Page 34: ... paper has been loaded the display will show PE alternating with the character pitch when the printer is turned on The printer will also beep Make sure that the release lever is at the back posi tion Adjust the left and right paper guides to the position you want Allow the paper to feed through the guides smoothly but without allowing it to move from side to side while feeding through A gap of les...

Page 35: ... is at the wrong place to start printing for instance if the address printed on the top of your let terhead takes up a lot of space put the printer not ready mode press the button and use the micro feed function as described in Chapter 4 You can now start printing Loading and parking fanfold paper You can use fanfold paper up to 25cm 10 wide with this printer You can feed this paper from the botto...

Page 36: ...er and the rear cover Grip the gray tractor position locking levers on both sides of the tractor unit and rotate the tractor unit as far as it will go about 20 degrees so that the top is tilted slightly towards you Open the tractor pin covers and align the holes in the fanfold paper with the pins on the tractor unit You will probably need to slide the tractor pin units left and right to align the ...

Page 37: ...ughthe printer Youmayneedto experiment to findtheidealtension Close the rear and mute covers and insert the paper guide in the horizontal position See Installing the paper guide on page 14 When you turn on the printer using the switch at the front the display will show PE alternating with the character pitch The printer will also beep Press the ISETIEJECT button to load the paper into the printer ...

Page 38: ...paper below the printer feed the top sheet of the stack through the feed slot at the bottom of the printer and pass it over the platen Open the tractor pin covers and align the holes in the fanfold paper with the pins on the tractor unit You will probably need to slide the tractor pin units left and right to align the paper properly Use the gray locking levers on each tractor pin unit to allow the...

Page 39: ...below a perfo ration Put the printer into ready mode again Parking paper Paper parking allows you to print single cut sheets even when fanfold paper is loaded The fanfold paper is tem porarily parked out of the way while the cut sheet is fed through the printer Note Youcanonlyusethepaper rking function whenfanfold paperisloaded fromtherear Youcannot useit whenyouare feedingfanfoldpaperfromthebotto...

Page 40: ...n you have finished printing on cut sheet paper and you want to start printing again on fanfold paper here s how you do it Remove any cut sheets which may still be in the printer Place the paper guide in the horizontal position Move the release lever to the front D position The printer will beep if you move the lever while paper is still loaded ready for printing Press the SET EJECT button The par...

Page 41: ...rrectly positioned for printing When flashing it means that paper is not correctly posi tioned for printing Ready and not ready modes When the ON LINE indicator is lit it means that the printer is ready to accept data to be printed from the computer If it is not lit the printer is in not ready mode and it will not be able to accept data from the computer You can usually only make changes to the pr...

Page 42: ... will either eject a cut sheet or feed fanfold paper to the top of the next sheet To determine where the top of a sheet should be see Setting the top of a form on page 35 If you want to feed a page of paper through the printer make the printer not ready Press and hold down the PAPER FEED button While holding down the PAPER FEED button press the button Release both buttons at the same time The pape...

Page 43: ...g position on pre printed stationery Put the printer in not ready mode Press and hold down the button While holding down the button press the PAPER FEED button to advance the paper in a series of small steps While holding down the button press the SET EJECT button to move the paper backwards in a series of small steps Release both buttons the and the PAPER FEED or SET EJECT buttons when the paper ...

Page 44: ...53 Changing the autoloading position When you load cut sheet paper the printer automati cally loads the paper so that printing starts one line from the top of the paper unless you tell it otherwise This is how you tell it otherwise for example if you re printing a lot of letters on letterhead paper With the printer in not ready mode load cut sheet paper using the SET EJECT button Use the micro fee...

Page 45: ...etting of the release lever If the release lever is set to the back position for cut sheet paper p pressing the SET EJECT button will eject the sheet If the release lever is set to the forward position for fanfold paper 3 pressing the SET EJECT button will park the fanfold paper to allow you to print on cut sheets See Parking paper on page 31 Note Ifyouarefeeding fanfoldpaperthroughthebottomslotof...

Page 46: ...nts The LC24 300 Colour has a range of different fonts which can be selected using the front panel controls The display highlights the currently selected font by enclosing the font name with lines The Prestige font SLQi DRAFT Sc d ok has been selected Roman ORATOR PITCH f m Prestigej OPTION Set the printer to not ready Press the F61JT button The printer will highlight the font names in the display...

Page 47: ... are two special modes on the LC24 300 Colour Proportional and Condensed proportional In these modes you cannot say exactly how many characters will fit into one inch because each character takes up a dif ferent amount of space The opposite of proportional is fixed pitch or monospaced Look at these two examples Proportional Fixed pitch MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMM 1111111111 1111111111 Even though there ...

Page 48: ...ode When you press the FR5iT button the pitch will change in the following way I Pitch I Display I Pica 1Ocpi IL Elite 12 cpi 1 I Semi condensed 15 cpi 15 1 Condensed pica 17 cpi 17 Condensed elite 20 cpi 20 Only available in IBM emulation mode Make the printer ready again Changing the zoom size The zoom feature allows you to print at 100Yo full size 67yo two thirds size or 50Y0 half size of the n...

Page 49: ...l change Zoomsize Display 50 o m so ON 100 0 w o OFF When you ve selected the zoom scale you want make the printer ready again Note Changing thezoomsizewillresettheprinter Selecting the print color The LC24 300 Colour will always print in black unless you tell it otherwise even if the multi color ribbon is installed Here s how you set the print color from the front panel Put the printer into not r...

Page 50: ...ctions allow you to change the memory in the printer Saving Macros It is obviously a nuisance to have to set up a particular font color etc every time you turn on the printer If you want the printer to remember and recall these settings every time you turn it on you can use a macro to store them This what you store when you make a macro Current font See Selecting the different fonts on page 38 Cur...

Page 51: ...on the disPlaY The Printer will beeP twice Release both buttons after the message appears Make the printer ready again Removing the macro If the message is shown on the display and you want to remove it do the following Put the printer in not ready mode Press and hold down the T5ii7 button While holding down the button press the m button and hold them both down until disappears from the display Th...

Page 52: ...button While holding down the T6NT button press and hold down the button Continue holding both but tons down for about one second until the printer beeps The display will show be buffer cleared Release both buttons If you hold them down for a little longer the printer will beep three times and will be reset to default settings not necessarily what you want If you need to make any control setting c...

Page 53: ...n While holding down the button turn the printer on again Keep holding down the button until the printer beeps and the display shows m You can make the printer not ready and change fonts using the T5iF button Selecting the different fonts on page 38 but any software commands from your com puter that try to change the font will be ignored by the printer Font unlock Reset the printer See Setting the...

Page 54: ...m accidentally changing the font and or the pitch with software commands Turn the printer OFF front switch Press and hold down the T6NY button and the button While holding down the button and the button turn the printer on again Keep holding down the and 7 EK buttons until the printer beeps and the display shows both _ and _ You can put the printer in not ready mode and change fonts and pitch usin...

Page 55: ...i The printer will print the ROM version number the ver sion of its own built in software followed by 7 lines of ch aracters this is a greatly reduced example If you have a color ribbon cartridge fitted each line of characters will be printed in a different color the order will be the same as in Selecting the print color on page 41 Long test Note Thistestproduces a lotof printout We suggest thatyo...

Page 56: ...s function allows you to see how long the printer thirrks the paper is This works best with cut sheet paper Make sure that there is paper in the printer and turn the printer OFF Press and hold down the SET EJECT button While holding down the button turn the printer on again The display will show P3 and will print Th 1s 1s fIrst 1Ine at the top of the paper If you are using cut sheet paper the pape...

Page 57: ... 72 69 7 I f YOU a re wr i t i 6E 67 20 79 6F 6F 77 6E 20 70 72 6F 67 own prog 72 61 6D 73 73 65 6E 64 20 6F 75 74 send out 70 75 74 68 65 20 70 72 69 6E 74 65 72 2C 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 73 6F 6D 65 74 69 er i t i s someti 60 65 73 20 75 73 65 66 75 6C 20 74 6F 20 70 72 mes usef U1 to pr 69 6E 74 20 6F 75 74 20 74 68 65 20 72 61 77 20 Int out the raw 64 61 74 61 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 72...

Page 58: ...sprintouts appear strange asinthe illustrations below After you have owned and been using your printer for some time you may find that when you print graphics the printed dots are slightly out of line with each other For instance what you intend to look like this 11111 may come out like this or like this This is due to the mechanical parts of the printer work ing slightly out of alignment It happe...

Page 59: ...ll feed the paper so that you can see the printout clearly Each vertical bar is actually two bars You can use the button to move the bottom row of bars to the left and the button to move them to the right DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING LQ 3 d a ET EJEcTl PAPER FEED Before printing the test pattern again the printer will reverse feed the paper After printing the pattern the printer will feed the paper up f...

Page 60: ...ve adjusted all the dot alignments exit from the mode by pressing TR15iT The printer will print END and go into r mode Eject the paper and continue with normal printing Electronic DIP switches Conventional printers have a set of small 2 way switches Dual In line Package hence DIP which you use to set up various features of the printer which you want to use every time you turn on the printer The li...

Page 61: ...umbers Conventional DIP switches are arranged in banks Each bank contains a number of different switches If the LC24 300 Colour had conventional DIP switches this is how they would look A B C D E F As it is the LC24 300 Colour switches are represented on the front panel Selecting the switch bank To select a switch bank in Electronic DIP Switch mode press the T6FR_ button With each press of the but...

Page 62: ...dis play shows you An example Suppose you have just turned on the printer in Elec tronic DIP Switch mode and you want to change switch 5 in bank C from ON to OFF Here s how you do it Press the button twice You are now in bank C Press the button four times You have now selected switch 5 of bank C Press the button once The display should show 5 OFF EDS And that s it Exiting Electronic DIP Switch mod...

Page 63: ...bled A 6 Auto sheet feeder Not installed Installed B 1 Graphics direction B directional Uni directional B 2 Paper out Enabled Disabled B 3 Tear off Disabled Enabled B 4 Reserved Leave this switch ON B 5 Multi part mode See page 58 B 6 c 1 Print mode See page 59 c 2 c 3 c 4 Page length See page 59 c 5 Character table D 1 In standard mode Graphics Italics In IBM mode IBM 1 IBM 2 D 2 D 3 Code page in...

Page 64: ...nges made to other switches will have no effect All switches will be reset to factory settings You should not change the setting of switch B4 M e o t s A 1 Emulation k This switch determines what printer the LC24 300 Colour emulates pretends to be When ON the LC24 300 Colour emulates an Epson LQ 860 and when OFF the LC24 300 Colour emulates an IBM Propnnter X24E A2 Auto Emulation Change m If this ...

Page 65: ...t to OFF the printer will automatically perform a line feed each time it receives a carriage return As a result your software only needs to send a carriage return at the end of a line If your output is double spaced when it should not be you may need to set this setting to ON If the lines of your output are being printed on top of one another you should set this s tting to OFF A6 Auto sheet feeder...

Page 66: ...g even if there is no paper to print on B3 Tear off If you set this switch to OFF this allows you to use the fanfold tear off function page 34 If you this switch is ON the function is disabled B4 Reserved Leave this switch on B5 and B6 Multi part mode When using multi part forms there are three settings you can make depending on the number of sheets you are feeding through the printer at one time ...

Page 67: ...l inch fanfold paper leave all these switches ON You should set the switches as follows for different sizes of paper Page Length C3 C4 C5 7 25 inches sideways US executive OFF OFF OFF 8 inches OFF ON ON 8 5 inches sideways US letter ON ON OFF 10 5 inches US executive ON OFF OFF 11 inches US letter ON ON ON 11 7 inches international A4 ON OFF ON 12 inches OFF OFF ON 14 inches US legal OFF ON OFF DI...

Page 68: ...cters for use if your computer only sends 7 bit data to the printer If you re not sure what this means you probably won t need to use this setting D2 through D4 character code tables Again these switches perform different functions depending on the emulation Al Emulation on page 56 and the character table selected Dl Charac ter table on page 59 Use these switches to pick a char acter code table wh...

Page 69: ...st the perforations the print head moves to the center of the paper This will improve print quality Obvi ously for this function to work you must set the page length to work with the actual length of each fanfold page page 59 When this switch is ON the print head does not move when fanfold paper is being fed El through E5 LO Font selection These switches allow you to set the default font used when...

Page 70: ...F ON ON SLQ Roman ION ION ION I OFF I OFF I Note Ifyou haveselected anoptional shaded font Romanwillbe selected iftheselected font hasnotbeeninstalled F1 Electronic DIP switch settings If you set this switch OFF all switch settings will be set to factory settings all ON except for A5 Page62 ...

Page 71: ...c sheet feeder and the SPC 8K Serial Parallel converter T S The SF 10DW allows you to load cut sheet paper which will be automatically fed one sheet at a time for printing Unpacking Make sure that you have the following when you unpack the SF 1ODW Sheet feeder Hopper attachment Stacker attachment Printer cover SF 10DW User s manual Page63 ...

Page 72: ...c sheet feeder to Installed See the section on Using the Electronic DIP switches on page 53 especially A6 Auto sheet feeder on page 57 Open and remove the front cover of the printer Lift the cover from the rear using the grips on the sides Lift up to remove the cover from the body of the printer see page 10 Remove the roller unit see page 13 Tip the SF 10DW forward slightly and put it into place b...

Page 73: ...pplied with the SF 10DW Install the hopper attachment on top of the SF 10DW hopper support section Fit the stacker attachment into the fixing groove in the front of the sheet feeder You may need to squeeze the stacker attachment a little to fit it Keep the printer s front cover mute cover roller unit and paper guide together for possible future use Using the SF 70DW If you have already loaded fanf...

Page 74: ...aper guide to the position at which you want the left edge of the paper Take about 50 sheets of paper about 20 lb weight fan them and square them off before putting them into the SF 10DW By doing this you separate the sheets This stops the sheets from sticking together and jamming as they are fed through the feeder into the printer Page66 ...

Page 75: ... side to side A gap of less than a millimeter 0 04 is ideal Push the paper loading lever towards the rear of the printer You are now ready to start printing with the SF 10DW Automatic sheet feeder T S s e c The SPC 8K serial parallel converter takes serial signals from your computer and converts them to parallel sig nals which can be understood by the printer The SPC 8K has one bank of eight DIP s...

Page 76: ...ur computer Use switches 6 through 8 for this purpose Set them as described in the table below Baud rate Sw 6 I Sw 7 Sw 8 I I I 150 I OFF I OFF I OFF I I I 300 OFF OFF ON 600 OFF ON OFF 1200 OFF ON ON 2400 ON OFF OFF 4800 ON OFF Ì ON 9600 ON ON OFF 19200 ON ON ON Number of bits in a word Set switch 1 to ON for 8 data bits in a serial word this will be the most commonly used setting Set Switch 1to ...

Page 77: ...ease Obviously computer devices don t use these words there are two ways in which they have these conversa tions One way is by changing the voltage along one of the serial lines hardware or DTR handshaking The other way is by special codes which cannot be printed but are interpreted by computer devices along the lines of the conversation above software handshaking An older less frequently used met...

Page 78: ...cable to the computer s serial port often labeled COM1 or COM2 Note Somecomputers usea 9 pinratherthana25 pinserialcon nector Ifthisisthecase withyourcomputer youwillhaveto makeor buya 25 to 9 pin adaptor Seepage71for details Make sure that the main body of the SPC 8K is rest ing on a table or flat surface If it is left hanging in mid air this will put strain on the cables possibly resulting in da...

Page 79: ...er reset button The serial connector on the SPC 8K The following information is provided for use if your computer does not have a standard 25 pin serial connector If you computer does have a standard 25 pin serial connector you can use a straight through 25 pin cable If you need to use the SPC 8K with any other computer you will either have to buy or make your own cable If you are in doubt show th...

Page 80: ...DTR OUT Turned to Spacewhen printer ready to receive 21 25 NC Unused Setting up an MS DOS computer If you are using an IBM PC or compatible running MS DOS edit the AUTOEXEC BAT file to include a line that reads MODE LPT1 COMn n is the number of the serial port either 1 or 2 The line above will send printer output to the COMn serial port Next include the line MODE COMn baud pari ty data length stop...

Page 81: ...st Click on Connect Click on the serial port COMn to which the serial to parallel converter is connected Click OK to return to the Printers window Click Close to return to the Con ol PaneZwindow Double click on Ports The Ports dialog box appears Click on the name of the port to which the serial to parallel converter is connected Click on Settings For each setting Baud Rate Data Bits Paritg Stop Bi...

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Page 83: ...ng sgstem software settings suggests ways for you to check whether your system software MS DOS or Windows is correctly set up for printing If the suggested remedies do not cure the problem con sult the store where you purchased your printer for assistance Note Theprintercontains highvoltages Do nottry anyrepairoper ationotherthanthosedescribed inthischapter Youcould receive anelectric shock or ceu...

Page 84: ... printer and plugging in another device Possible causes Action The ribbon is jammed I Make sure that the ribbon twisted or not set properly between the print head and the print head shield The print gap is not set correctly cartridge is correctly installed See Installing the ribbon cartridge on page 10 Use the adjustment lever to set the print gap Move the lever to a lower darker setting See Adjus...

Page 85: ...ation on page 56 Change it if necessary Check the printer selection in your application or system software See Checking system software settings on page 89 Check the system software settings See Checking system software settings on page 89 Check that the printer interface cable is correctly connected If it is try a different cable P c A Your application software Use the control panel to is overrid...

Page 86: ...ke sure that the lever is pushed back if you are printing on single sheets or pulled forward if you are using fanfold stationery Remove paper from the printer Reload paper Refer to page 26 and page 27 Check the print gap If necessary use the adjustment lever to set the print gap See Adjusting the print gap on page 24 A Install a color ribbon cartridge Select a different printer driver See Setting ...

Page 87: ...d in your application from your application program Auto line feed with carriage Th CR LF setting is return is selected wrong See A5 Auto LF with CR on page 57 P c A I Auto line feed with carriage The CR LF setting is return is not selected wrong See A5 Auto LF with CR on page 57 Paper is jamming Check the print gap If necessa use the adjustment lever to set the print gap See Adjusting the print g...

Page 88: ...turn is selected wrong See A5 Auto LF with CR on page 57 The wrong line spacing or Choose a different setting leading has been selected in your application from your application program P c A The print gap is not set Use the adjustment lever to correctly alter the print gap See Adjusting the print gap on page 24 The print head is damaged Return the printer to your dealer for repair Page80 ...

Page 89: ...tting See Adjusting the print gap on page 24 Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is correctly installed See Installing the ribbon cartridge on page 10 Return the printer to your dealer for repair A Switch off the printer and allow it to cool down Check the air vents on the underside of the printer to see if they are clogged or obstructed in any way Remove the obstruction or clogging material if po...

Page 90: ...inter Make sure that the printer is on a level steady surface Possiblecauses Action I The paper guides are Remove the paper adjust positioned incorrectly the position of the paper guides Reload the paper The ribbon is jammed Make sure that the ribbon causing the print head to cartridge is correctly jam installed See Installing the ribbon cartridge on page 10 Page82 ...

Page 91: ...lected settings in your from your application application program P c The ribbon cartridge is incorrectly installed causing the print head to jam The paper is not loaded properly causing the print head to jam The print gap is not set correctly A Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is correctly installed See Installing the ribbon cartridge on page 10 Remove all paper from the printer Reload paper U...

Page 92: ...peration Inappropriate settings have been selected from your application program There are wires missing from the print head Make sure the printer is not too close to any devices with electric motors or raise the humidity level Choose different settings in your application Action Check the emulation selection See AIL Emulation on page 56 Check Electronic DIP Switch settings See D2 through D4 chara...

Page 93: ...he humidity level D m n The following messages do not indicate an error in the printer but this table provides a quick lookup to deter mine the meaning of messages Message Meaning m Draft mode has been selected Youcannot select pro portional pitch I Romin Roman LClfonthas been selected I IRoman1 p izJ Roman SLQ font has been selected Sanserif Saris serif LQ font has been selected Courier Courier L...

Page 94: ... See Changing a switch s value on page 54 El IEa The quiet print mode is selected See Quiet printing on page 37 The front panel settings have been saved as a macro See Saving Macros on page 42 The short test mode has been selected See Short test on page 47 PI The long test mode has been selected See Long test on page 47 P The print area test mode has been selected See Print area test mode on page ...

Page 95: ...eded Reset to factory s F E DIP switch settings on page 62 and try again Print head error Turn off the printer wait a few seconds and try printing again Carriage home position error Turnoff the printer wait a few seconds and try printing again Paper handling error Turn off the printer wait a few seconds and try printing again S W I error Turn off the printer wait a few seconds and try printing aga...

Page 96: ...ffer on page 43 The top of form has been set See Set ting the top of a form on page 35 The quiet mode has been selected See Quiet printing on page 37 The zoom size has been changed See Changing the zoom size on page 40 The Electronic DIP Switch mode has been selected See Using the Electronic DIP switches on page 53 The macro definition has been selected See Saving Macros on page 42 The quiet mode ...

Page 97: ...Double click the Control Panel icon in the Main win dow Double click the Printers icon Click on LC24 300 C in the list of installed printers Make sure that Set As Default Printer is checked If it is not click on the check box and try printing from your application again Click on Close to return to the Control Panel win dow Secondly check that the printer is correctly selected in your application S...

Page 98: ...y of the following statements MODELPT1 COM1 or MODELPT1 COM2 These indicate that the computer is set up to print to a printer via a serial cable not a parallel cable So if you are using a parallel cable delete the line from AUTOEXEC BAT Resave AUTOEXEC BAT and restart your computer Try printing again Conversely if you are using the SPC 8K serial to paral lel converter make sure that a statement is...

Page 99: ...g Al When Al is ON the printer is in Standard Epson mode when it is OFF the printer is in IBM mode see Chapter 4 In addition when EDS switch A2 is ON the printer can automatically sense which emulation is required and will change emulation as necessary This chapter describes the printer s control commands Some commands are common to both Standard and IBM modes All commands will grouped by function...

Page 100: ...rol characters are enclosed in angle brackets For example 1 means character code 1 Decimal Gives the command in decimal character codes Hexadecimal Gives the command in hexadecimal char acter codes Parameters for which values must be supplied are indi cated by letters such as n m or d Page92 ...

Page 101: ...n q u a l i I 1D r a I I Letter q u a I Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected during power up S e l e c t p r i n t q u a l i t y MODE I ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal IBpd ESC d 27 91 100 iB 5B 64 1 o n 1 O 01 00 n Changes the print quality according to the value of n as shown below Inl P r i n q u a l i I 1 IU n c h a I I 255 R e t t E s e t I Ignored if the FONT LOCK mode was selected durin...

Page 102: ...t n F o n o Roman 11 Blippo Option 1 Sanserif 12 H Gothic 2 Courier 13 Orane Option 3 Prestige 14 Cinema Option 4 Script 15 Code 39 Option 5 OCR B Option 16 UPC EAN Option 6 OCR A Option 17 Old Style Option 7 Orator 18 Firenze Option 8 Orator 2 32 SLQ Roman 9 TW Light Option 33 SLQ TW Light Option 10 L Gothic Option 34 SLQ Script Option S e l e c t i t a l i c c h a r a c t e r s M O D E A S C I I...

Page 103: ...E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e Both ESC F 27 70 IB 46 Cancels emphasized printing D o u b l e s t r i k e p r i n t i n g M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e Both ESC G 27 71 IB 47 Causes subsequent characters to be printed in double strike mode with a slight horizontal motion in between causing a thickening of vertical strokes For bold print use of double strike is recommended in LQ mo...

Page 104: ...C n 27 95 n 1B 5F n Causes subsequent characters to be overlined when n is 1 and cancels overlining when n is O Spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not overlined S e l e c t s c o r e M O D E I A S C I I I ecima I Hexadecimal I Std ESC 3 27 40 45 3 IB 28 2D 03 O 1 nl o 1 nl 00 01 nl n i n Start score according to the values of nl and n2 as shown below n l F u n c t i o n F u n c t i 1 Unde...

Page 105: ...27 83 0 IB 53 00 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as super scripts Does not change the character pitch S u b s c r i p t M O D E ASCII D e c i m a H e x a d e Both ESC S 1 27 83 1 IB 53 01 Causes subsequent characters to be printed as sub scripts Does not change the character pitch C a n c e l s u p e r s c r i p t o r s u b s c r i p t M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e Both ESC ...

Page 106: ...e value of n as shown below n C h a r a c t e r t a b l o S t a n d c h a r a s 1 I B c h a r a s 2 S h i d o w n l c h a r a r S t a n m o o n S e l e c t c h a r a c t e r s e t l M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both ESC 7 27 55 19 37 Selects character set l S e l e c t c h a r a c t e r s e t 2 M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both ESC 6 27 54 IB 36 Selects character set ...

Page 107: ...r a c t e r s e t n C h a r a c s o U S A 8 Japan 1 France 9 Norway 2 Germany 10 Denmark II 3 England 11 Spain II 4 Denmark I 12 Latin America 5 Sweden 13 Korea 6 Italy 14 Irish 7 Spain I 64 Legal Any one of the first eight of these character sets from U S A to Spain I can be selected as the power up default using EDS switches D2 to D4 International character set variations are shown in the Append...

Page 108: ...de page of the current IBM character set according to the values of nl and n2 as shown below C o d p a g 1 181 437 U S A 3 82 850 Multi Lingual 3 92 860 Portuguese 3 93 861 Icelandic 3 95 863 Canadian French 3 97 865 Nordic One of these code pages can be selected as the power up default using EDS switches D2 to D4 The various code pages are shown in the Appendix ...

Page 109: ...ect for the next nl n2 x 256 characters where n and n2 are between O and 255 During this time no control functions are executed If a code with no assigned char acter is received the printer prints a space E n a b l e p r i n t i n g o f a l l c h a r a c t e r c o d e s o n e x c h a r a c I MODE A S C I I I ecimal I Hexadecimal I 1 I std I FS A n 28 94 n IC 5E n IBM ESC A n 27 94 n IB 5E n This c...

Page 110: ... e p i t c h M 3 O E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Std ESC M 27 77 IB 4D IBM ESC 27 58 IB 3A In Standard mode changes from either pica or semi condensed to elite pitch 12 cpi or from condensed pica to condensed elite 20 cpi In IBM mode changes from pica or condensed to elite 12 cpi Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up S e m i c o n d e n s e d p i t c h M O D E A S C I...

Page 111: ...g M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both DC2 18 12 In Standard mode changes from condensed pica to nor mal pica or from condensed elite to normal elite In IBM mode always changes to normal pica Ignored if the PITCH LOCK mode was selected during power up P r o p o r t i o n a l s p a c i n g M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Std ESC p n 27 112 n IB 70 n IBM ESC P n 27 80 n IB 50...

Page 112: ...t t Q u a l P i 3 L e t t Q u a l P r o p o r 4 D r a f D o w n l P i 6 L e t t Q u a l D o w P i l o a 7 L e t t Q u a l D o w P r o p o r l o a 8 D r a f E l 10 L e t t Q u a l E l 12 Draft D o w n l E l 1 L e t t Q u a l D o E l l o a 1 D r a f P i c o n d 1 L e t t Q u a l P i c o n d 20 D r a f D o w n l P i c o n d 2 L e t t Q u a l D o w P i c o n d l o a Ignored ifthe PITCH LOCKmodewas sel...

Page 113: ...alic emphasized Pica Pica Emphasized Pica Normal Normal Elite Elite O I 86 I Prestige o 92 Courier o 108 Courier Italic Elite Emphasized Emphasized Elite Elite Italic Elite Italic emphasized Elite Proportional I o I 164 IPrestige tjormal o 171 Courier o 172 Courier Normal Proportional Italic Proportional Proportional o 184 Courier o 185 Courier o 221 Prestige o 253 Courier o 254 Courier Emphasized...

Page 114: ... n d e d p r i n t i n g M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both ESC W n 27 87 n IB 57 n Causes subsequent characters to be expanded to double width when n is 1 and cancels it when n is O E x p a n d e d p r i n t i n g f o r o n e l i n e M O D E ASCII D e c i m a H e x a d e c so 1 O Both ESC SO 27 14 IB OE Causes subsequent characters in the current line to be expanded to double width ...

Page 115: ...45 n Selects a character width according to the value of n as shown below I n I C h a r a c t e r w i d t I o N o r w i 1 S e l e c t m a s t e r p r i n t m o d e M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Std ESC n 27 33 n IB 21 n Selects a combined print mode according to the value of n The value of n is the sum of the values given below for the desired characteristics F u n c t i o n n v a l ...

Page 116: ... g h t c h a r a c t e r s M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c E S C 27 119 1 S t d IB 77 01 F S v 1 28 86 1 IC 56 01 Prints subsequent characters double height without moving the base line and without changing the line spacing R e t u r n t o n o r m a l h e i g h t M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c E S C O 27 119 0 IB 77 00 S t d F S v o 2 86 0 IC 56 00 Cancels double height pr...

Page 117: ... values of n and m shown below Does not move the base line n L i n e s p a c i n g C h a r a c t e h e i g o Unchanged Unchanged 1 Unchanged Single height 2 Unchanged Double height 16 Single line Unchanged 17 Single line Single height 18 Single line Double height 32 Double Ilne Unchanged 33 Double line Single height 34 Double line Double height m C h a r a c t e r w i d t o Unchanged 1 Single widt...

Page 118: ...p a c i n g t o 1 6 i n c h M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Std S C 2 2 5 I 3 Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in sub sequent line feeds to 1 6 inch Setl i n e s p a c i n g t o n 3 6 0 i n c h M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c E S C n 27 43 n IB 2B n Std FS 3 n 28 51 n IC 33 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in sub sequent line feeds to n 360...

Page 119: ...mand becomes effective only after ESC 3 or cESC J is received The default base unit is set to 1 216 S e t l i n e s p a c i n g M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e Both ESC 3 n 27 51 n IB 33 n Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in sub sequent line feeds to n 180 inch n 216 inch IBM mode or n 360 inch IBM mode according to the pre ceding base unit The value of n is between O and...

Page 120: ... subsequent line feeds to n 72 inch where n is between 1 and 85 The new line spacing does not take effect until the next cESC 2 command E x e c u t e c E S C A M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c IBM ESC 2 27 50 IB 32 Sets the line spacing to the value defined by the last pre ceding ESC A command Sets the line spacing to 1 6 inch if there is no preceding cESC A command L i n e f e e d M O ...

Page 121: ...ode and selects forward feed mode This is the default setting at power on Select r e v e r s e f e e d m o d e M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Std FS R 2 8 I 5 Selects reverse feed mode Reverses the direction of all vertical movements Ignored when fi ictionfeed is used P e r f o r m o n e t i m e l i n e f e e d M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both ESC J n 27 74 n IB 4A n F...

Page 122: ...length to n lines at the current line spac ing where n is between 1 and 127 Changing the line spacing later does not alter the physi cal page length The current line becomes the first line of a new page S e t p a g e l e n g t h t o n i n c h e s M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both ESC C O n 27 67 0 n IB 43 00 n Sets the page length to n inches where n is between 1 and 32 in Standard ...

Page 123: ...e length and moves the print position to the left margin When the automatic sheet feeder ASF is selected with EDS switch A6 this command ejects the current page S e t v e r t i c a l t a b s t o p s M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both ESC B n 27 66 nl IB 42 nl n2 0 n2 0 n2 00 Cancels all current vertical tab stops and sets new verti cal tab stops at lines rd n2 etc where nl n2 etc are...

Page 124: ...t v e r t i c a l t a b c h a n n e l M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Std ESC I n 27 47 nO I 2 n Selects a set of vertical tab stops designated by a chan nel number nO from Oto 7 The tab stops in each chan nel are set by ESC b V e r t i c a l t a b M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c Both V T 1 O Feeds the paper to the next vertical tab stop and moves the print position to the ...

Page 125: ...S 57 Condensed pica O n 130 Expanded condensed pica O n 64 Condensed elite O n 152 Expanded condensed elite O n 76 S e t r i g h t m a r g i n M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e Std ESC Q n 27 81 n IB 51 n Sets the right margin at column n in the current charac ter pitch pica pitch if proportional spacing is currently selected Column n becomes the last character position in the line The rig...

Page 126: ...i n e f e e d M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c IBM ESC 5 1 27 53 1 IB 35 01 Causes the printer to perform both a carriage return and line feed each time it receives a cCIb code This command overrides EDS switch A5 C a n c e l a u t o m a t i c l i n e f e e d M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c IBM ESC 5 O 27 53 0 IB 35 00 Causesthe printer to perform only a carriage return when...

Page 127: ...ion of ascending order terminates the tab stop list Standard termination is by the 0 control code To clear all tab stops speci ESC D cO R e s e t a l l t a b s t o p s M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c IBM ESC R 27 82 IB 52 Resets the horizontal tab stops to their power up values in which a tab stop is set every 8 columns starting at column 9 ASO clears all vertical tab stops H o r i z o...

Page 128: ... result into high and low bytes The unit of movement is fixed at 1 120 inch in draft mode and 1 180 inch in LQ mode R e l a t i v e h o r i z o n t a l tabi n i n c h e s M O D E A S C I I D e c i m a H e x a d e c IBM ESC d n n 2 1 n n IB 64 nl n2 Sets the next print position to nl n2 x 256 120 inches from the cu ent position Ignored if this position is beyond the right margin The maximum tab pos...

Page 129: ...m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 a 6 i 8 n x i 8 a O 8 a o b n n x O Print double density 8 bit graphics MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC L nl 27 76 nl IB 4C nl n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 a Print double densit double speed 8 bit graphics MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC Y nl 27 89 nl IB 59 nl n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 a ...

Page 130: ...al Hexadecimal Both ESC Z nl 27 90 nl IB 5A nl n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 a Print hex density 24 bit graphics I MODE I ASCII Decimal I Hexadecimal I Std FS Z nl 28 90 nl IC 5A nl n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 n2 ml m2 m3 m3 m3 a i 2 n n x i 8 m 2 o o m i o o 3 x n x o t ...

Page 131: ...per inch 2 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch 3 8 bit Quadruple density Z40 dots per inch 4 8 bit CRTgraphics mode I 80 dots per inch I 6 18 bitCRTgraphics modell 90 dots per inch I I 32 I 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch I 33 24 bit Double density 120 dots per inch 38 24 bit CRTgraphics 90 dots per inch 39 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch I 40 24 bit Hex density 360 ...

Page 132: ...e density 120 dots per inch I 2 I 8 bit Double density double speed 120 dots per inch I 3 8 bit Quadruple density 240 dots per inch 8 24 bit Normal density 60 dots per inch I 9 I24 bitDouble dens0 120 dots per inch I 24 bit Triple density 180 dots per inch 12 24 bit Hex density 360 dots per inch Convert graphics density MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC n m 27 63 n m IB 3F n m b o t a b n i o...

Page 133: ...00 nl n2 mO nl n2 mO nl n2 mO ml m2 dl ml m2 dl ml m2 dl d2 dx d2 dx d2 dx i A b t i a a i o t b i o n b t o o o Character mode ml mO ml m2 Draft 9 12 LQ pica 31 36 LO elite 27 30 I LO semi condensed I 9 I 24 I LO proportional 37 42 Draft super subscript 7 12 LQ super subscript 19 36 LQ prop super subscript 37 42 ...

Page 134: ... download characters MODE I ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal IBM ESC nl 27 61 nl IB 3D nl n2 n3 n4 n2 35 n3 n4 n2 23 n3 n4 O n5 ml m2 0 n5 ml m2 00 n5 ml m2 m9 dl d2 dx m9 dl d2 dx m9 dl d2 dx i A b i i i a i i a o i i o x o t b i t b n b 1 ...

Page 135: ...e Character width o Draft 9 1 LO pica 35 2 LQ proportional 17 to 41 3 LQ elite 29 i m i m o i o i b i t o t i Copy character set from ROM into RAM MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC O n O 27 58 0 n O IB 3A 00 n 00 b n a ...

Page 136: ...on 16 UPC EAN Option 6 OCR A Option 17 Old Style Option 7 Orator 18 Firenze Option 8 Orator 2 32 SLQ Roman 9 TW Light Option 33 SLQ TW Light Option 10 L Gothic Option 34 SLQ Script Option Select download character set MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 1 27 37 1 IB 25 01 Select ROM character set MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 7 O 27 37 0 IB 25 00 t ...

Page 137: ...n a i A i o i a i n Color n Color o Black 4 Yellow 1 Magenta 5 Orange 2 Cyan 6 Green 3 Violet Set MSB to 1 MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 27 62 IB 3E o a t Set MSB to O MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 27 61 IB 3D o Accept MSB as is MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std Esc 27 35 IB 23 a i i i i t ...

Page 138: ...cimal I i o i o a Cancel last line MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both cAN 24 18 i Set printer off line MODJ ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std DC3 19 13 IBM ESC Q 27 81 36 IB 51 24 i O g Set printer on line MODE ASCII Decimal Hexad cimal Both DC1 17 11 i i b m 130 ...

Page 139: ...adecimal Both BEL 7 07 a o Bi directional printing MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC U O 27 85 0 IB 55 00 t b i i Uni directional printing MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC U 1 27 85 1 IB 55 01 t b One 1ine uni directional printing MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Std ESC 27 60 IB 3C t o t o ...

Page 140: ...mal Both ESC EM 4 27 25 4 IB 19 04 i i Eject paper MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both E SC EM R 27 25 82 IB 19 52 i A i O Set print start position on ASF I MODE I ASCII I ecimal Hexadecimal I I Both I ESC EM T n 1272584 n I113 954 n a o n i 1 i A i O Reset printer MODE ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Both ESC 27 64 IB 40 Std FS 28 64 IC 40 t o ...

Page 141: ...ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal IBM ESC K 3 27 91 75 3 IB 5B 4B 03 O O 3 n O 0 3n 00 00 03 n t o n n i o Function n value Function n Disable alarm 32 12 inch forms 4 Auto CR with LF 16 Slashed zero 2 AUIO LF with CR 8 Character set 2 1 ...

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Page 144: ...9 1 5 6 I I 8 9 L 2 X9 2 X 3 2 X9 2 X 2 1 X 7 1 X 2 2 X 9 2 X 1 2 X 9 2 X 1 2 x n ...

Page 145: ...I I I 8 X 8 X 8 X 8 X 8 X 8 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X 2 X t i o o ...

Page 146: ... m k m m k 4 k ...

Page 147: ...I 2 4 1 m m m k H t o ...

Page 148: ...A3 Highwhenactive 6 DATA4 Highwhenactive 7 DATA5 Highwhenactive 8 DATA6 Highwhenactive I 1 9 DATA7 Highwhenactive I I ACK 0 5wsto acknowledgereceiptof data I I 11 BUSY Printersetsline lowwhenreadyto receivedata 12 PAPER Highwhenpaperrunsout Canbe disabledwithEDSsetting 18 D 31 Whenthissignalis setlow theprinter is reset 32 ERROR LOW whenprintercannotcontinuedue ...

Page 149: ...I o o i o a b a o o i i 4 i i 6 x 1 1 i i b i ...

Page 150: ...Standard characterset 2 P ...

Page 151: ...Standard character set 2 continued ...

Page 152: ...International character sets i I u a n I I I GERMANY IENGLAND 1 1 ...

Page 153: ...IBM character set 2 Code page U S A o 1 2 3 4 5 7 1 t 0 o ml I fJ3ii pJ d 1 1 L t E 2 3V 4 5 4 L 4 l a 2 I 7 LEL r i 8 6 C n m E m ...

Page 154: ...Code page U S A continued 8 9 A B c D E F n A I ti 1 I I t I I C I 91 2151 tiil 1 1 0 1 E181 12341 12 d 2191 12351 h 11721 11031 Id w 7 H p 2 l m 2 n b l la la ...

Page 155: ...I Code page 850 Multi lingual a i o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B c D 1 n A 9 I lid ml 2 F 3EE i m u 219 235 1 Y 3 2 I I W 221 237 2s3 K I 1 1 F A f B H I k l m k ...

Page 156: ...Code page 860 Portuguese a i ...

Page 157: ...Code page 861 Icelandic a i ...

Page 158: ...Code page 863 Canadian French The other characters are the same as in code page 437 Page150 ...

Page 159: ...Code page 865 Nordic a i ...

Page 160: ...Character set 1 a i o o 1 0 In i IE1 1 r i b DE 2 3 4 6 9EI 7 8 9 A w l m c l D l E l 8 9 0 m WJ 1 p E 2 3 m l m 4 i 5 m 6 l 7 l 8 l 9 i LF G F B VT ESC b F I h E so m F s1 m m ...

Page 161: ...IBM special character set b ...

Page 162: ...I ...

Page 163: ... Glossary a o o t o a a i a i a o i t o t i t b ...

Page 164: ...I Automatic i o h a o t b a a a i t t Bit o o o b a a f e e i i o t i i i o Carriage h t t o o ...

Page 165: ...C h a r a c t c o C h a r a c t s e C h a r a c t t a b C o d p a g C o m p a t i C o m p u t p a p C o n t r c o d C o n t r p a n A a o A t i o A o A o A o a o A t a a t i 1 o t 2 t a ...

Page 166: ...u s h e e o D e f a u P r i n t i b D e f a u s e t t i i n D o a d j u s t m m o i i D o u b l e s p a c a D o w n l o a d o t i D r a f i i i i E l e c t r o n D I o E m u l a t i b o o o o E p s o L 8 ...

Page 167: ...d F a c t o s e t t i F a n f o p a p F i x e p i t f o F o n F o n l o c m o F o r x f e e o b a A o o a i b F o r w a m i c f e i G r a p h i d i r e c t o H a n d s h a k S H e x a d e c i d u A o a b I B e m u l a t m o i a ...

Page 168: ... B c o m p a t i A a a I B P b o I B P r o p r i n X 2 I c o i o a o o a t o I n t e r f a I n t e r n a t i o c h a r a c t s e L a n d s c a L e t t Q u a l i L i n f e e o a o i a i o o a i i t A t b ...

Page 169: ...L o n t e s M a c i n t o M a c r t T a a t i M i c r f e e S M O D s t a t e m i a t M o n o s p a f o i o M S D P ...

Page 170: ... i p a f o r N C s e t N o t r e a m o O r i e n t a t O v e r p r i n t P a p e f e e P a p e g u i d P a p e o u P a r a l l c a b P a r a l l i n t e r f a o o o t b t i i i i o o b b a t a a s t a A 8 a a ...

Page 171: ...P a r i c h e c k A o a P a r k i p a p t o P i t c o i a o P i t c l o c m o i b P l a t a a o P l a t k n o t P o r i o a a a P o r t r a i a i o o a P o s t S c r f o o t b i o ...

Page 172: ... P r i n h e a s h i e P r i n p i t P r i n t a b a r e P r i n t d r i v P r o p o r t i o n a s p a c f o n P r o t o c Q u i e m o d R e a d m o d R e l e a l e v R e v e r m i c f e b t o t A o o o t t a i b o o i i a t i ...

Page 173: ...t r i t S c a l a b f o n a S e r i i n t e r f A a a S e r i a l t o p a r a t t a o S h o r t e s i o I a b i a S t a n d a m o i a S y s t s o f t w o t T e a r o f u n c t T r a c t T r u e T y f o t o o o o o o ...

Page 174: ...T y p e f a o a U n i d i r e c t i p r i i t V e r t i c a l i g n m S e W e i g o u a W i n d o P a Z o o m o d t t o ...

Page 175: ...84 Color printing 41 Commands character set 98 character size and pitch graphics 121 horizontal position 117 other 129 vertical position 110 Control panel 5 CR centering 56 61 Cut sheet paper 23 26 D Default Printer 89 Default settings 44 62 Display screen 5 Dot alignment adjustment 50 Download character commands 125 E Ejecting paper 37 Electronic DIP switches 52 Emulation 17 55 56 84 Epson emulat...

Page 176: ...art forms 23 55 58 Mute cover 5 14 P Page feed 34 Page length 55 59 Paper entrances 5 Paper guide 14 26 Paper length test 48 Paper release lever 66 Paper tear off 55 Paper thickness adjustment lever 5 Paper out 55 58 Parallel cable 8 15 Parity 68 Parking paper 31 37 Pausing printing 33 Pitch and font lock 46 Pitch lock 45 Pitch selection 39 Platen knob 5 9 PostScript fonts 22 Power switch 5 Print ...

Page 177: ... 41 Serial cable 71 Serial Parallel converter SPC 8K 9 67 Setting the top of a form 35 Short test print 47 Software handshaking 69 SPC 8K serial parallel converter 9 67 9 Storing settings 42 T Tear off 58 Tensioning the ribbon I I Test printing 47 Tractor covers 6 Tractor unit 6 TrueType fonts 21 u 8 3 v w Windows 21 73 89 Word length 68 ...

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