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USERS MANUAL
LC24-200
LC24-200cc)muR
ZBL 80821757

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  • Page 1 USERS MANUAL LC24-200 LC24-200cc)muR ZBL 80821757...
  • Page 2 LC24-200 LC24-200 COLOUR USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE...
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  • Page 4 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manualis organizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhow to makethe best use of yourprinteryou areurgedto readthroughchapters1through3. The remainingchaptersmay be treated as a referenceguide for programming operations, etc. It assumes a degree of knowledgeof the operation of computers(forinstance,it assumesyouknowabouthexadecimal n umbers). The chaptersare as follows: Chapter 1—...
  • Page 5 Chapter 6 — MS-DOSand yourprinter Since the PC or PC-AT family of computersnmning under MS-DOS is currentlythe most popular configurationof microcomputer,we have in- cludeda few hints andtips to help you use yourprinterwith such systems. SincevirtuallyallPCs aresoldwitha MicrosoftBASICinteqxeter,wehave also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to demonstratethe capabilitiesof the printer.
  • Page 6 FEATURES OF THE PRINTER Thisprinterhas a fullcomplement o f features, m akingit an excellent p artner for a pemcmal c omputer.It supportsthe IBM/Epsonprintercommandsand charactersets, enablingit to pMt just about anythingyour computercan generate, b othtextand graphics. S omeof its mainfeatms ruethe following: Versatilepaper handling Single sheets, fanfold forms, and multi-pm forms (up to 5-ply) rue all accepted, a nd you can use eitherpush@l tmctoror frictionfeed.(Youcan...

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Locating thePrinter Unpacking a ndInspection Checking thecartoncontents Identifying p rinter parts Setting Up Mounting theplatenknob Installing theribboncartridge andtherollerunit Installing theoptional c artridge Connecting t heprinterto yourcomputer Loading SingleSheets Automatic l oading Manual l oading Loading andParking Fanfold Forms Loading thepaperfromtherearof theprinter...
  • Page 8 Forward micro-feed Reverse micro-feed Changing t heautoloading value Clearing thebuffer/All reset Selecting theprintcolor Storemacrodefinition Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS Howto settheEDSmode Functions o ftheEDSsettings Bidirectional test/Adjustment mode Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS FontControl C ommands Character S etCommands Character S izeandPitchCommands Vertical P osition Commands Horizontal Position Commands Graphics C ommands...
  • Page 9 Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE Troubleshooting Powersupply Printing Paperfeeding Maintenance Replacing t hePrintHead Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS Standard Character S et#1 Standard Character S et#2 IntemationaJ Character S ets IBMCharacter S et#2 Codepage#437(U.S.A.) Codepage#850(Multi-1ingual) Codepage#860(Portuguese) Codepage#861(Icelandic) Codepage#863(Canadian F rench) Codepage#865(Nordic) IBMCharacter S et#1 IBMSpecial C haracter S et...

  • Page 10: Chapter 1 Setting Up The Printer

    chapter 1 Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include — Locatingthe printer Unpackingand inspection(part names) Settingup and connecting Loadingsinglesheets Loadingand parkingfanfold forms Adjustingthe printinggap LOCATING THE PRINTER Beforeyou startunpackingand settingup yourprinter,make sure that you have a suitableplaceon whichto locateit. By “a suitableplace”,we mean: A firm, level surfacewhichis fairly vibration-free Awayfrom excessiveheat (such as directsunlight,heaters,e(c) Away from excessivehumidity...

  • Page 11: Unpacking A Ndinspection

    UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Checking the carton contents Nowunpackthe contentsof theshippingcarton,andcheckeach itemin the box againstFigure 1-1to makesumthat youhaveeverything(thereshould be six items). If any of these items am missing,contactyour supplier. F@ms l-1. Checktomakesureyou haveallsixitems: 1) Printer,2) Paper guide,3) Roller unit,4) Platen knob, 5) Ribbon cartridge, and 6) Manual set (User’s manual, User’s guide and Sticker).

  • Page 12: Identifying Printer Parts

    Theoptionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare: Font cartridges(FC-lZ, FC-2Z,FC-3Z,FC-4Z) RAM cartridge(RC-32Z) Serial-Parallelconverter(SPC-8K) Automaticsheet feeder(SF-1ODQ) . Roll paper holder(RH-1OZ) Identifying printer parts Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the followingparts in Figure 1-2. Figure 1-2. The printer’s external psrts Roller unit: Release lever: Top cover: Rear cover:...

  • Page 13: Setting Up

    SEITING UP Place the printer in the desired location,and removeall packingmaterial from inside the top cover. This packing material is intendedto prevent damageto theprinterwhilein transit.Youwillwantto keepall thepacking material,alongwiththeprintercarton,in case youhaveto movethe printer to a new location. Mounting the platen knob The platenknob is packedinto a recessof the packingmaterialwhichheld your printer inside the carton.
  • Page 14 Flgum 74. Removing the top cover 1. Turn the tensionknob clockwiseon the ribboncartridgeto tightenthe ribbonif it is slack. 2. Guidethe nbbonbetweenthepnnthead andthe silverprinthead shield, making certain that the spindles on the cartridge holder fit into the socketson the cartridgeitself. Figure 1-5. Installing the ribbon cartridge...
  • Page 15 3. The ribbonshouldpassbetweenthe printhead andtheprint head shield (see Figure 1-6). Figure 1-6. Pass the ribbon between the print head and print head shield After you have installedthe ribboncartridge,installthe roller unit. Openthe r;ar coverusing the two pits on either side. Grippingthe lockleverson bothsidesof the rollerunit,fit themounting bracketsonto the shaft insideof the printermechanism.You will need to tilt the rollerunit slightlybackward.
  • Page 16 Roller Figure i-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer To replacethe top cover, insert the tabs into the slots on the printer case. Swingthe front edge downto closethe cover. Leavethe top cover closedduringnormaloperation.The cover keeps out dustanddirt andreducestheprinter’soperatingsounds.Openthecoveronly to changethe ribbonor make an adjustment.

  • Page 17: Installing Theoptional C Artridge

    Installing the optional cartridge Thispr@terhas fivebuilt-inLQ fonts,and a 7 K-byte(30 K-bytefor color printer)printingbuffer. Youcan addmore fontsor expandtheprintingbufferby installingoptional cartridges(Font catndge or RAM cartridge). To installor changea cartidge,followthe procedurebelow. 1. Turn off the powerswitchat the frontof theprinter,andremovethetop cover. 2. Removethe connectorcover at the rightside of the printer. 3.

  • Page 18: Connecting T Heprinterto Yourcomputer

    Connecting the printer to your computer Connectthe printer to your computerusing a standardparallel interface cable.On a PC or PC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouusethe25-pin D-typeconnectorat thecomputerend, and the Amphenol-type 36-pincon- nector at the printer end. The configurationof the printer’s connectoris given in Chapter 8 should you need a cable for connectionto another computer.

  • Page 19: Loading Singlesheets

    LOADING SINGLE SHEETS This sectionwill take you throughthe proceduresfor loadingsinglesheets of paper. If youareusingthe optionalautomaticsheetfeeder(SF-10DQ),referto the ASF instructionbooklet. Automatic loading Singlesheetscan be loadedmanuallywith the power off, or automatically with the pwer on. We will start the easy way with automaticloading. 1.
  • Page 20 Make sure that the releaselever is back. If fanfoldpaperis alreadymountedintheprinter,pressthe ( buttonto park the paperin the off-linestate,thenmovethe releaselever backwards. Place a singlesheetbetweenthe guides,placingthe side on whichyou wantto printtowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown in the guidesuntil you feel it stop. Nowpressthe( sE&~+cT and adjustedpast the print head to a positionready for printing. If youwantto setthepaperto a differentposition,setthe pnnteroff-line by pressing the ( ON micro-feedfunction.(For details,refer to Chapter2.)

  • Page 21: Manual Loading

    Manual loading Itis also,possibleto loadpapermanuallywhiletheprinter’spoweris off.The procedureis: 1. Place the paper guide in positionby insertingthe tabs, located on the bottomof the assembly,into the slots on the rear coverof the printer. 2. Checkthat printerpower is off and the releaselever is back. 3.

  • Page 22: Loading Andparking Fanfold Forms

    LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Fanfold forms have holes along the sides and perforationsbetween the sheets.They are also called sprocketforms, punchedforms, or just plain “computerpaper”.This printeracceptsformsup to 10”wide.This section will take you throughthe proceduresfor loading,parking and unparking fanfoldforms. NOTE: To get good line-feeding,put l-inch space (non-printingarea) arounda perforation.
  • Page 23 Movethe tractorunitsdownwardsby grippingthepositioningleverson both side of the tractorunit as shownin Figure 1-13. tractor Figure 1-13. Move the units dawnwards for loading the paper from the rear 7. Withthetractorcoversopen,mountthepaperby aligningholeswiththe pins on the tractorunit.., . . rvmun~ tne ranrola paper over me Iraclor urms.
  • Page 24 Adjustthespacingofthetractorunitsby slidingthemalongthebar,using the clamp lever at the back of each unit to release and lock them in position.Whenthe clamplever is up, theunit is released,and whenit is down,the unit is locked. Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthe paperholesare alignedwiththepinson thetractorunits.Iftheyarenot al;fied properly, youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingin tearing andjamming of the paper. 10.Turnon thepowerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontof theprinter.The printer will beep, indicatingthat the paper is not yet fully loaded.The orange...

  • Page 25: Loading Thepaperfromthebottom Of Theprinter

    Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer You caq load the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer with the followingprocedure. 1. Removethe top coverand the rollerunit. 2. Openthe rear coverusingthe two pits at the side,and push backwards. 3.

  • Page 26: Paperparking

    Figure 7-17. Install the roller unit after mounted the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer. 7. Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthepaperholesare alignedwiththepinson thetractorunits.Iftheyarenotalignedproperly, youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingin tearing andjamming of the paper. 8. Remountthe rollerunit and replacethe rear cover and the top cover. Paper parking Afterloadingfanfoldpaperfrom the rear of the printer,you do nothave to unloadit when you wantto print on a singlesheet.The printerwill “park”...

  • Page 27: Paperunparking

    s,&/Ae#~cT 4. Press the ( The printerwill automaticallyfeedthe fanfoldformbackwarduntilthe paper is completelyfree of the platen. 5. Movethe releaselever to the back. 6. Mountthe paper guidein the uprightposition. Now you can load single sheets either automaticallyor manually, as explainedpreviously.The fanfoldpaper remainsparked at the back of the printer.

  • Page 28: Loading Multi-Part Forms

    LOADING MULTI-PART FORMS Youcan print on continuousmulti-partformswith the built-intractorunit. Youcanusemulti-partformsthathaveupto fivepartsincludingtheoriginal when the Multi-partmode is selectedwith the EDS setting. (For details, pleaserefer to Chapter3.) Itis recommended touseformsjointedbydottedorpastingunderthenormal office condition. Multi-partformsshouldbepressuresensitive,and shouldnotbe usedin the frictionfeed. (Bottomfeed with the pull-tractoris recommended.) NOTE: Whenprintingcontinuousmulti-partforms,care shouldbe taken, as the edges of the papermightbe damaged.

  • Page 29: Adjusting Theprinting. Gap

    ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP The dis~nce between the print head and the platen can be adjusted to accommodate differentpaperthicknesses. T omakethisadjustment, r emove the top cover.The adjustmentlever is locatedat the left side of the printer mechanism.Pushing the adjustmentlever backwards narrows the gap; pullingit forwardswidensthe gap.
  • Page 30 The followingtable providesthe recommendedlever positions for each papertypes as a reference. Weight (g/mz) Paper Type (Each paper) 52-82 Single 83-90 2-ply 40-58 3-ply 40-58 4-ply 40-58 40-58 5-ply NOTE: Pressuresensitivepaper is recommendedfor the multi-partpaper. Multi-partmode is recommendedwhen usingthe 4-ply and 5-ply paper.
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  • Page 32: Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations

    chapter2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS The controlpanelbuttonscanbe pressedindividually to performtheopera- tionsindicatedby theirnames.Otherfunctionscanbe achievedby holding thesebuttonsdownwhenyouturntheprinter’spoweron,or by pressingthe controlpanel buttonsin combination. This chapterexplainsall the buttonand indicatorfunctions. Pause printing Feed paper (fast and slow,forwardand reverse) Park fanfoldforms Set the top-of-formposition Selectthe print pitch Selecta font Print test patterns Preventsoftwarefrom changingthe panelpitch and font selections...

  • Page 33: Onlinebutton

    ONLINE button >button sets the printer on-lineand off-line.The status ON LINE changeseach time you press the button. Whentheprinteris on-line,it can receiveandprintdatafromthe computer. Whentheprinteris off-line,it stopsprintingandsendsthecomputera signal indicatingthat it cannotacceptdata. Theprinterpowersup in the on-linestatusif paperis loaded.If paperis not loaded,the printerpowersup off-line with the Whenyou load paper,the goes on-line.

  • Page 34: Set/Eject/Park Button

    If you also press the ( ON paperwill feed automaticallyto the top of the nextpage.This is explained later. If you press this buttonwhileon-line,this will alternatelyflash the indicatoron and off. Whenin Quietmodewith the printerwill print slightlyslower,but at a reducednoise level. SET/EJECT/PARK button NOTE: This buttonhas no effectif the bottomfeed modeis selected.

  • Page 35: Fontbutton

    FONT button Thisbuttonselectsthe fontto be printed.Draftfontis selectedat power-up unlessthedefaultsettingsarechanged.To changeto HS Draft(High-Speed Draft)or one of the LQ (LetterQuality)fonts,set the printeroff-line,then the (-) button repeatedlyuntil the indicatorsbesidethe desired press selectionilluminate.The selectionscyclein the followingorder: Font Draft Roman Sansenf Courier Prestige script option High-Speed D raft TheOptionFontselectionwillbe skippedunlessa fontcartridgeis installed.

  • Page 36: Power-Up Functions

    POWER-UP FUNCTIONS additionto their normal functions,all the control panel buttonshave specialfimctionsthatoperateif youholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower colorprinter,each line printsin a differentcolor.) I “#$%& ( ) I + .-. /0 I 274 st,789 : : f = > ?@’ ABCDEFGHI JKLMN13FQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ ! “#$%& I 1* +.-. i II i ? 11s I, 7hCI: ;...

  • Page 37: Longtestmode

    Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the printerwill enterthe long self-testmode.The printerwill printthe version numberof the printer’sROMandthe currentEDSsettings,followedby the wholecharacterset printed in each font and pitch avail;ble. ‘hetest cyclesendlessly,so you must turn the poweroff to stop it..––...

  • Page 38: Printareatestmode

    Sincethe self-testoccupiesthefullwidlhof thecarriage,it is recommended that the printeris loadedwiththe widestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto theprinthead and/orplaten.In addition,the totalnumberof linesprintedis considerable,more than can be accommodated on a singlesheet, so fanfold paper is recommendedfor this test. Print area test mode By holdingthe( ,, F JA,&lc. , ) buttondownduringpower-up,the printerwill entertheprintareatestmode.Thisway,youcanfindouthowmanylineson your paper are availablefor printing.The printer will print the first line...

  • Page 39: Hexadecimal Dump

    Hexadecimal dump This feature is useful for programmerswho are debuggingprinting pro- grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving. (Some computemchangethe codesthe programmerintended.) Inthismode,alldatareceivedwillbeprintedin ahexadecimaldumpformat, ratherthan the controlcodesbeing actedon as commandcodes. This mode is accessedwith the followingprocedure: 1.
  • Page 40 MostBASICS, h owever,arenotquitethatstraightforward. F orexample,the IBM-PCwill give you a printoutsimilarto Figure2-6. OF 10 .?2 23 AO Al AZ A3 A4 A5 A6 E70 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 87 CO Cl C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 DO D1 02 D6 07 EO El ES E6...

  • Page 41: Switch Combination Functions

    SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Several additionalfimctionscan be achievedby pressingthe controlpanel buttonsin combinations. Fjgum 2-7. Switch combination functions of control panel Form feed If you arc usingsinglesheets,this operationejectsthe currentpage.If you are usingfanfoldforms,it feedsto the top of the nextpage. Press the ( ON LINE Press the (PAPER FEED>...

  • Page 42: Forward Micro-Feed

    Press and hold the ( ON Whileholdingthe ( ON then release both buttons at the same time. The printer will beep to indicatethat the top-of-formpositionhas been set. Forward micro-feed For tine alignment, y oucan feedthepaperforwardin verysmallincrements follows: Press the ( ON LINE Press the ( ON LINE...

  • Page 43: Clearing Thebuffer/All Reset

    Thisvaluewillremainunlessyoupowerofftheprinter.If youwantto retain this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro Definitionfunction,whichis describedbelow. Notethatyoucan onlychangethisvalueimmediatelyafterloadingpaper.If you feed paper,you cannotchangethe auto loadingvalue. Clearing the buffer/All reset The printer stores receiveddata in a large memorybuffer. This creates a problemwhenyouwanttoabandonaprintingjob andrestart:theprintermay be holding more data in its buffer than it has actually printed, and this unprinteddatamustlx clearedoutbeforerestarting.

  • Page 44: Selecting Theprintcolor

    Selecting the print color Normally,the color printer prints with black even if the color ribbon is installed. Withoutthe aid of software,you can changethe printingcolor as follows: PresstheC ON LINE Press theCFGN71 buttonand hold it down. Whileholdingthe(-) Each time you press the ( =wdkr’ ) button,one of the indicatorsof will blink to showthe currentcolor as shownbelow.
  • Page 45 Currentprint color (colorprinteronly) Datatobe storedarecontrolledin StandardmodeandIBMmodeseparately. For example,the data stored in the Standardmode are not effectivein the IBM mode, and vice versa.

  • Page 46: Chapter 3 Default Settings

    chapter 3 Mostprintersuse a bank of DIP (DualIn-linePackage)switchesinsidethe printerto achievevariousfunctions.However,this printer can changethe power-updefaultsettingsby usingtheElectronicDIP Switch(EDS)mode. This chapterexplainshow to use the EDS mode. HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE EDSmodehas25kindsoffunctionsyoucansetasthepower-ondefault. To entertheEDS mode,turntheprinteron whilesimultaneously holdingthe (PAPER FEED) and ( s* TF+CT In EDS mode,the indicatorsand the buttonson the controlpanel are used as shownbelowin Figure3-1.

  • Page 47: Functions O Ftheedssettings

    FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SEITINGS The printeris factory-setwith all EDS switchesin the ON position.These are the standard settings.By changingthe settings,you can alter various printerfunctionsto matchyourrequirements. T he followingquestionswill help you choosethe proper settings. Number Function Emulation RAMUsage AutoLFwithCR AutoSheetFeeder I A-5 I Granhics D irection I Bi-directional ! Uni-directional ! Multi-part Paper-out...
  • Page 48 Switch A-1: Do you want to use the printer in Standard mode or IBM mode? Selectthe modecompatiblewithyourcomputerand soflware.In Standard modethe printeroperateslike the EpsonLQ-860.In IBMmodeit operates liketheIBMProprintcrX24E.TheONpositionselectsStandardmode.The OFFpositionselectsIBM mode. Switch A-2: Does your softwaredownloadcharactersto the printer? In orderto downloadcharactersthisswitchmustbe in theOFFposition.The printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and providesonlya one-lineprintbuffer.If youleavethisswitchON,theprinter usesitsRAMmemoryas aninputbuffer,allowingthecomputerto senddata...
  • Page 49 Switch B-1: Are you goingto printon multi-partpaper? Youcan use up to 3-plypaperwhenthis switchis ON. If you wantto print on 4-ply or 5-ply paper, set this switchto the OFF position. Switch B-2: Doyouwantthcprintcrto sloppnntingatthecndofthc paper, or to keep printing? Whenthisswitchis OFFtic printerignoresthepaper-outdetectorandprints down to (and beyond)the bottomedge.
  • Page 50 Switches LeavetheseswitchesON if you willbc using 1l-inch forms,You willneed to changethe switchesif you willbe usinga differentpagelengthas shown below: Switch D-1: The action of this switch dependson the mode chosenwith If you selected Standard mode, do you want italic or graphic characters? Move this switchOFF to print italicsin the Standardcharacterset.
  • Page 51 Exceptin the StandardItaliccharacterset,theseswitchesselectthe default charactercode page as shownbelow: IBMCode D-2 D-3 D-4 IBM Page #437U.S.A. ON ON ON c~adian French #850Multi-lingual OFF ON ON #865Nordic #860 Portuguese ON OFF ON Icelandic OFF OFF ON (Reserved) #861 SwitchesE-1 to E-4:Whichfontdo youwantto print as the defaultLetter Quality? These switchesallows you to choosethe default font selectedwhen LQ modeis selected,as shownbelow.

  • Page 52: Bidirectional Test/Adjustment Mode

    BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT This mode is used to adjustthe alignmentof the print head on successive bidirectional p asses.Aftera periodof somemonths,yourprintermay work itself out of alignmenton left and rightprintingpasses.This will be most evidentin graphicsprinting.This modewill probablybe used very rarely. 1. Turn the printeroff and then turn it on again while holdingdown the ( ‘=l%wr”...
  • Page 53 6. Tosavethecorrectedvaluesandtoexitfrom thismode,pmssthe - button. ADJUSTMENTsETTING *** s.$!~~cT (PApER FEEDfiQ ONLINE HfRAFT (PApEFi FEED sEJ!~p HiRAFT ONLINE -RAFT COND END *,* ///// /////////////////1111111///1/////// ,, /////)///111111111// -1 : 11111 !!lll IIIIIIIIIIII{JIJIIIIIII Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllljljjjljil ///////////////////1/1/1//////////////// +1 : JJ/}/\/\JJ////JJ//JJ// /////////////l/n/////////////////////// llllllllllllllllllililllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll 1,1!! 111111 !!111!1 )!)! }//f~/;l//lJJJJfJf...

  • Page 54: Chapter 4 Printer Control Commands

    chapter PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS The printer has two emulationmodes:Standardmode and IBM mode. In standardmode,the printeremulatesthe functionsof the EpsonLQ-860. In IBM mode, the printer emulatesthe IBM Propnnter X24E. Additional commandcodes are includedas a supersetof theseemulations. The emulationis changedby means of EDS switch A-1. When ON, the printerwillbe in standardmode,and when OFF,the printerwillbe in IBM mode (see Chapter3).
  • Page 55 FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Mode ASCII Both “ “ “ “ “F” “)” “O” <ESC> “X” Std. <ESC> “X” <O> Changesfromletterqualityto draft quality.Ignoredif the (FGiTf_) button was pressedduringpower-up. Select draft pica characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” <O> Changesto draftqualitycharacterswithpicapitch(10cpi).Ignored if the(R5RT)or(FiT5@button was pressedduringpower-up.
  • Page 56 Select LQ characters Mode ASCII “l” <ESC> “X” std. <1> <ESC> “X” Changesfrom draft qualityto letter quality.The initialLQ font is Romanunlessadifferentfonthasbeenselectedbya precedingcom- mand.Ignoredif the (-> Select LQ pica characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” <2> Changesto letterqualitycharacterswithpicapitch(10cpi).Ignored if the - Select LQ elite characters ASCII Mode “I”...
  • Page 57 Select LQ proportional characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” Changestoletterqualitycharacters withproportional p itch.Ignored if the (R5ilT)or CFi7Cil) buttonwas pressedduringpower-up. Select LQ font ASCII Mode Both <ESC> “k” n <FS> “C” std. Selectsan LQ font accordingto the valueof n. In draftmode,this command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is selected.Ignoredif thec-~ up or the corresponding font is not installed.
  • Page 58 Select italic characters ASCII Mo’de “4” <ESC> Std. Causessubsequentcharactemto be printedin italics. Select upright characters Mode ASCII “5” Std. <ESC> Stopsitalicprintingandcausessubsequentcharactersto be printed upright. Emphasized printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “E” Causes subsequentcharactersto be emphasizedby adding extra thicknessto verticalstrokes. Cancel emphasized printing Mode Ascli Both...
  • Page 59 Cancel double-strike printing Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “H” Cancelsdouble-strikeprinting. Start underlining Mode ASCII <ESC> “-” “l” Both <ESC> “-” <1> Causessubsequentcharactersto beunderlined. I BMblockgraphics characters and spaces skipped by horizontal tabulation are not underlined. Stop underlining Mode ASCII <ESC> “-” “O”...
  • Page 60 Select score ASCII Ivlbde <ESC> “ “ “-” Std. <1> <O> score accordingto the valuesof nl and n2, as shownbelow. Start Function Underlining Strike-through Overlining Select ornament character Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “q” Selects an ornarnent character below. n Character O Normal 1 Outline 2 Shadow...

  • Page 61: Character S Etcommands

    Subscript ASCII Mode <ESC> “S” “l” Both “s” <ESC> <1> Causessubsequentcharactersto be printedas subscripts.Does not changethe characterpitch. Cancel superscript or subscript Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “T” Stops printing superscriptsor subscripts and returns to normal printing. CHARACTER SET COMMANDS Select standard character set Mode ASCII <ESC>...
  • Page 62 Select character set #1 Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “7” Selects character set Ml. Select character set #2 Mode ASCII “6” Both <ESC> Selectscharacterset #2. Select international character set Mode ASCII Std. <ESC>“R” Selects an international accordingto the valueof n. n Characterset O U.S.A 1 France 2 Germany...
  • Page 63 Select IBM code page Mode ASCII <ESC> “ “ “T” Both <0> <0> Changesthe codepageof the currentIBM characterset according to the valuesof nl and n2. These code pages can be selectedas power-updefaultsby EDS switchesD-2 to D-4. Enable printing of all character codes Mode ASCII <ESC>...

  • Page 64: Character S Izeandpitchcommands

    Select slash zero Mode ASCII “l” <ESC> “ - “ Std. <ESC> “ - “ <1> Causessubsequentzero charactersto be overprintedwith a slash (0). Select normal zero Mode ASCII <ESC>“ - “ “O” std. <O> <ESC> “ - “ Causes subsequentzero characters to be printed normally (0), withouta slash.
  • Page 65 Semi-condensed pitch Mode ASCII <ESC> “g” Std. Changesfromeitherpicaor eliteto semi-condensed pitch(15 cpi). Ignoredif the (FTiTiTl buttonwas pressedduringpower-up. Condensed printing ASCII Mode <Sb Both <ESC> <Sb Changes from pica to condensedpica (17 cpi) or from elite to condensedelite (20 cpi).Ignoredif the(FiT5R) b uttonwas pressed duringpower-up.
  • Page 66 Expanded printing for one line hhde ASCII <so> Both - <ESC> <SO> Causessubsequentcharactersin the currentline to be expandedto doublewidth.Charactersreturnto normalwidthafterthe nextline feed (<LF>).The <DC4>,<VT>,<FF>, and <ESC>“W” Ocom- mands also cancelexpandedprinting. Cancel one-line expanded printing Mode ASCII <DC4> Both Stopsone-lineexpandedprintingset with <S0> or <ESC><S0>. Doesnot cancel<ESC>“W”...
  • Page 67 Select fixed spacing Mode ‘ASCII “O” <ESC> “p” Std. “p” <o> <ESC> “P” <o> <ESC> Causes subsequentcharactersto be printed with fixed character spacing.Ignoredifthe(PiTCillbutton waspressedduringpower-up. Select master print mode ASCII Mode Std. <ESC> “!” Selects a combinedprint mode accordingto the value of n. The valueof n is the sumof thevaluesgivenbelowforthe desiredchar- acteristics.
  • Page 68 Select double or quadruple size Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “h” Selectsthe size of subsequentcharactemas shownbelow. Extra- high charactersalignalongthe cap-lineof normalcharacters,with thebaselinetemporarilymovingdown.Linespacingis temporarily doubledwhen n = 1 and quadrupledwhen n =2. n Effect Normal 1 Double-high, d ouble-wide 2 Quadruple-high, q uadruple-wide Select character size Mode ASCII...
  • Page 69 Return to normal height Mode ASCII <ESC> “O” “W” <O> <ESC> “W” Std. “v” “0” <FS> <FS> “v” <o> Terminatesdouble-height p rintingandprintssubsequent c haracters at normal height. Select character height, width, and line spacing ASCII Mode <ESC> “[” “@” <0> <0>...

  • Page 70: Vertical Position Commands

    VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 1/8 inch IMode I ASCII Both <ESC> “O” Setsthe distancethe paper advancesor reversesin subsequentline feeds to 1/8inch. Set line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch ASCII Mode Both <ESC> “l” Sets the distancethe paper advancesor reversesin subsequentline feeds to 7/60 inch (standardmode) or 7/72 inch (IBMmode).
  • Page 71 Set base unit for line spacing Mode ASCII <ESC> “ “ ‘1” <O> <O> <O> Sets the base unit for the line spacingcommands,<ESC>“3” and cESC> “J”. If the valueof n is 180,the baseunitis set to 1/180”.If the value of n is 216, the base unit is set to 1/216”.If otherwise specified,this commandis ignored.This commandbecomeseffec- tive only after <ESC>“3”...
  • Page 72 Execute <ESC> “A” Mode ASCII “2” <ESC> line spacing to the value defined by the last preceding Sets the <ESC>“A” command.Sets the line spacingto 1/6inch if there is no preceding<ESC>“A” command. Line feed Mode ASCII <LF> Both Prints the current line precedingcommandsfor the line spacing.
  • Page 73 Perform one n/180-inch orn/216-inch line feed IMode \ ASCII Both I <ESC> “J” Feeds the paperonce by rz/180 inchesor n/216inches,where n is between1and255.Doesnot movetheprintpositionrightor left in the standardmode. Doesnot changethe line-spacingsetting. Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed Mode ASCII Std. <ESC>...
  • Page 74 Set page length to ~ inches Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “C” <0> n Sets the page length to n inches,where n is between 1 and 32 in Standardmodeor between1and 64 in IBMmode.Thecurrentline becomesthe top of the page. Set bottom margin ASCII Mode Both...
  • Page 75 Return to top of current page IMode I ASCII I Std. I <ESC> <FF> Feeds the paper backwardto the top of the currentpage. Ignored when frictionfeed is used. Disable paper-out detector Mode ASCII <ESC> “8” Both Causes the printer to disregardthe signal sent by the paper-out detector,enablingprintingto thebottomof thepaper.Overridesthe settingof EDS switchB-2.
  • Page 76 Set vertical tab stops every n lines Mode ASCII <ESC> “e” “l” Std. <1> n <ESC> “e” Cancelsallcurrentverticaltab stopsand setsnewtab stopseveryn lines, where n is between2 and 127. Set vertical tab stops in channel Mode ASCII <ESC> “b” Std. Cancelsall current verticaltab stops in channelnO,(where M is betweenOand7) and setsnewverticaltab stopsin this channel.(A charnel is a set of vertical tab stops selectedby the cESC>...

  • Page 77: Horizontal Position Commands

    HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> “l” Sets the left marginat columnn (wheren is betweenOand 255)in the current characterpitch (pica pitch if proportionalspacing is selected).The left margin does not move if the characterpitch is changedlater.The left marginmustbe at leasttwo columnsto the left of the right marginand withinthe limitsbelow: Pica Elite...
  • Page 78 Set left and right margins Mode ASCII <ESC> “X” theleftmarginatcolumnnZandtherightmarginat columnn2. Sets See the preceding commands for margin restrictions and other notes. Carriage return IModel ASCII Both I <CR> Printsthe currentline and returnsthe nextprint positionto the left margin.If EDS switchA-3 is OFF, also performsa line feed. Set automatic line feed Mode ASCII...
  • Page 79 Left justify Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “O” Std. <ESC> “a” <O> Alignssubsequent t extwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin ragged. Center text Mode ASCII <ESC> “a” “l” Std. <1> <ESC> “a” Centerssubsequenttext betweenthe left and right margins. Right justify Mode I ASCII <ESC> “a” “2” Std.
  • Page 80 Set horizontal tab stops Mode ASCII Both <ESC> “D” Cancelsall currenthorizontaltab stops and sets new tab stops at columnsnl, n2,etc. in thecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitchif pro- portional spacing is currently selected), where nl, n2, etc. are numbersbetween 1 and 255. The maximumnumberof horizontal tab stopsallowedis 32 in Standardmodeand64 in IBMmode.The tab stops must be specifiedin ascendingordec any violationof ascendingorderterminatesthetab stoplist.
  • Page 81 Relative horizontal tab Mode ASCII Std. <ESC> ‘Y” nl Movestheprintpositionrightorlefta specifieddistance(maximum 8 inches).Ignoredif theresultingpositionis beyondtherightor left margin.The formulasfor the distanceand directionare as follows: If n2 is betweenOand 63,the printheadmovesrightby (nl + n2 x 256) dots. If youwantto movetheprintheadto theleft, nl andn2 areobtained by subtractingthe value from 65536,and dividingthe result into high and low bytes.

  • Page 82: Graphics Commands

    GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print normal-density 8-bit graphics [Mode / ASCII <ESC> “K” Both Prints bit-image graphics at 60 dots per inch horizontally.The graphicimageis 8dotshighandnl + n2x 256dotswide.Maximum width is 8 inches(480 dots).ml, m2, ... are the dot data, each a 1- bytevaluefromOto 255 representing8 verticaldots,withthemost significantbit at the top and the least significantbit at the bottom.
  • Page 83 Print hex-density 24-bit graphics Mode ‘ASCII <FS> “Z” Std. Prints 24-bit dot graphicsat 360 dots per inch horizontally.The graphics image is 24 dots high and n] + n2 x 256 dots wide. Maximumwidthis 8 inches(2880dots).In the dataml, m2,m3 ... eachthreebytesrepresent24 verticaldots.In theleftmostposition, the most significantbit of ml is the top dot;the least significantbit of m1is the eighthdot from the top;the most significantbit of m2 is the ninth dot;...
  • Page 84 Select graphics mode /Mode / ASCII <ESC> “ “ Selectsone of eightgraphicsmodesdependingon the valueof rnO andprintsdotgraphicsin thismode.Thegraphicsimageis (nl + n2 256)– I dotswide. “Z” (for 24-bitgraphics)for informationon ml, m2, ... mO Graphicsmode Convert graphics density Mode ASCII 4ESC> “?” Std. Convertsgraphicsdefinedby subsequent<ESC>“K”,<ESC>“L”, <ESC>“Y”or <ESC>“Z”commandsto a densitymodedefinedby <ESC>“*”.

  • Page 85: Download Character Commands

    DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Define download characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “&” Std. Definesone or more new charactersand stores them in RAM for later use.EDS switchA-2mustbe OFF;otherwiseRAMis used as an inputbuffer,not downloadingcharacters,and this commandis ignored. nl is the charactercodeof the first characterdefinedand n2 is the charactercodeof the last characterdefined.nl mustbe equalto or less than n2.
  • Page 86 Define download characters ASCII Mode <ESC> “=” <O> d2 ““ ... Definesnew charactersand storesthemin RAMfor lateruse. EDS switchA-2mustbe OFFandthe optionalRAMcartridge,RC-32Z, must be installed;otherwiseRAM is used as an input buffer, not downloadingcharacters,and this commandis ignored. Downloading charactersinIBMmoderequiresDotPatterndataand CharacterIndex Table data. Dot Pattern data controlswhich pins fire when printing a character.
  • Page 87 dl, d2, ... d-xis the Each data byte indicateseightverticaldots, with the most signifi- cant bit being the top dot, and the least significantbit being the ‘bottomdot. Copy character set from ROM into RAM Mode ASCII <ESC>“:” <O> std. Copiesthe selectedcharacterset with n, as shown below, to the correspondingdownload character RAM area, overwriting any downloaddata alreadypresent.Ignoredwhen EDS switch A-2 is n Font...
  • Page 88 Select draft pica download character set Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” <4> Selects the downloadcharacter set, draft quality, and pica pitch (locpi). Ignoredif the (Ti5iT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up or if EDS switchA-2 is ON. Select draft elite download character set Mode ASCII “I”<FF> <ESC> Selectsthe downloadcharacterset,draftquality,andelitepitch(12 cpi).
  • Page 89 Select LQ elite download characters IMode ] ASCII <ESC> “I” <SO> Selects the LQ downloadcharacter set with elite pitch (12 cpi). Ignoredifthe(TGNT)button w aspressedduringpower-upor ifEDS switch A-2 is ON. Select LG)condensed download characters Mode ASCII <ESC> “I” <SYN> Selects the LQ downloadcharacterset with condensedpitch (17 cpi).Ignoredif the _ if EDS switchA-2 is ON.

  • Page 90: Colorselection Commandes

    COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS commandsin this sectionare valid only with the colorprinter. print color Select Mode ASCII ,, ,, ,, ,, “c” ““ “)” n Both cESC> “r” Selects the printing color accordingto the value of n as shown below. Ignoredif the color ribbonis not installed. n Color O Black 1 Magenta...
  • Page 91 Accept MSB as is Mode I ASCII Std. I <ESC> “#” Cancels precedingcommandsand acceptsthe most significant bit as it is sent to the printer. Delete last character sent Mode ASCII <DEL> Std. Deletes the last character received.Ignored if the last character receivedhas alreadybeen printed,or if the last characterreceived was all or part of a command.
  • Page 92 Stop printing ASCII Mode <ESC> “i” Printstheentirecontentsoftheinputbuffer,thensetsthepnnteroff- line, The ( ON LINE Bell ASCII Mode -+IEL> Both Soundsa brief beep tone from the printer’sbeeper. Bidirectional printing ASCII IMode ] <ESC> “U” “O” Both <ESC> “U” <O> Causessubsequentprintingto be donein the normalbidirectional mode, whichis fasterthan unidirectionalprinting.
  • Page 93 Manual feed Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> <O> Both ,’(,, ,,(,, “o” Selects manual sheet feeding even when the optional automatic sheet feeder is mounted.Ignoredif EDS switch A-4 is ON (ASF inactive). Auto feed Mode ASCII <ESC> <EM> <4> Both ,’(,, ,’(,, “4”...

  • Page 94: Chapter 5 Download Characters

    chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS Withthisprinteryoucancreatenewcharactersandsymbols,downloadtheir dotdata,andhavethemprintedin placeof selectedcharactersin the regular characterset.Charactersthatcanbe generatedinthiswayrangefromsimple but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or Japanesecharacters. Regular characters are permanently stored in the printer’s ROM, but charactersyou designare downloadedand storedin RAM for use. Beforeyoustartto defineyourowncharacters,youmustsettheEDSswitch A-2 to the OFF position.Otherwise,the RAM is used to store the input buffer, and the downloadcommandsare ignored.If you wantto download...

  • Page 95: Assigning The Character Data

    The minimumwidthof a characteris five dots. Dots cannotoverlap. You may define any positionin the ASCIItable. PhotocopythegridinFigure5-1tohelpdesignyournewcharacters.Wewill use a tiny representationof a telephonesymbolfor our example. Figure 5-1. Use this grid (or one similar to il) to define your own characters Assigning the character data Now,we calculatethe verticalnumericalvaluesof thecolumnsof dots,and enter them underneaththe grid.

  • Page 96: Assigning A Valueofcharacter S Pace

    Figure 5-2. Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica Assigning a value of character space Besidesbeing ableto specifythe actualwidthof the character,this printer allowsyou to specifythe positionin the standardgrid wherethe character will print.You must specifythe dot columnin whichthe printedcharacter starts and the dot columnin whichthe characterends. Why, you may ask, wouldyouwantto definea characterthiswayinsteadof merelydefiningthe overallwidthof the character?Becausethisprinter’sproportionalcharacter definitionscan also be used to print normal width characters, and by...

  • Page 97: Sample Program

    Whendefiningcharacters,thenumberofprintedcolumns(ml), andthesum of side spacesand the characterwidth (MI + ml + rTz2) cannotexceedthe value shownbelow. Charactermode Draft characters LQ pica characters LQ elite characters LQ semi-condesed LQ proportional Draft super/subscript LQ super/subscript LQ prop. super/subscript Sample program To demonstratehow to use the downloadcharacters,let’s use the “tele- phone”characterandtheotheruser-defined characterstoprinta smallgraph.
  • Page 98 1340 FOR 1=0TO 347 STEP25 1350 LPRINT LPRINT CHR$(9) 1360 FOR 1=0TO 493 1370 STEP25 LPRINT 1380 “+-” ; LPRINT CHR$(9) 1390 1400 SCALE$=’’+-+-” 1410 FOR 1=2TO 8 1420 LPRINT “+-+” 1430 LPRINT CHR$(9); 1440 FOR 1=1TO 8 1450 LPRINT “ “;1; 1460 NEXTI 1470...

  • Page 99: Defining Yourowncharacters W Ithibmmode

    DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM MODE Downloadingfonts in IBM mode requires downloadingcharacter Dot PatterndataandcharacterIndexTabledata.Dotpatterndatacontrolswhich pins fire whenprintinga character.IndexTabledatais placedin a “lookup table” that provides informationon where Dot Pattern data is stored in memoryand definescertainattributesof the character. Assigning the download character set You can defineone or more downloadcharactersets for later use in IBM mode.

  • Page 100: Assigning T Hecharacter D Otpattern

    Assigning the character dot pattern Wewill use a tiny representationof a telephonesymbolfor our example. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718192021 Compression ma, k btt Figure 5-3. Telephone symbol with LQ Afteryouhavedesignedthecharacterpattern,youwillneedto compressthe Dot Pattern.Datacompressionallowsyou to storemore downloadcharac- ters than’withoutcompression.It is a more efficientuse of memory.The printer will repeat the previous dot column when the current column compressionmask bit is set to “l”.
  • Page 101 5-4. Figure Fill up the adjacent dot, then write the “compression data” After you have written the “compressionmask bit” data, line up all the character data for the “compressionmask bit” that requires “O”. The telephonesymbollookslike Figure5-5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213141516171819 I I I I I [ II 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 , -,-,-,-,-,-,-,-,...

  • Page 102: Assigning T Heindextabledata

    Now we will andenterthemunderneaththegrid.Eachverticalcolumnis firstdivided three groupsof eight dots. Each group of eight dots is representedby byte, which consistsof eightbits. This wherethenumbersdowntheleft sideof thegrid number for each there is a numberbelow combinationof dots in Assigning the Index Table data Unlikedefining the IBM mode.

  • Page 103: Sample Program

    remaining f ive bytes (ti through m 9) indicate thecompression mask bits. .Eachbits s howsthe data that will translate data back to the originalcharacterpattern. For example, the compressionmask bits of our telephone symbol are 011000000000010011110010 0 000000001100000. S othesebytesare96, 4,242,0, and 96. mustdefine t he index table d ata for all c haracters donotwantto definea particularcharacter,enterOintothatindextabledata.
  • Page 104 1400 LPRINT “JAPAN” ;CHR$ ( 9) ; 1410 LPRINT CHR$(27) ;’’I’’:CHR$(6) 1420 FOR 1=0TO 347STEP25 :LPRINT C HR$(60); : NEXT I 1430 LPRINT 1440 LPRINT CHR$(9); 1450 FOR 1=0TO 493STEP25 :LPRINT C HR$(61); : NEXT I LPRINT cHR$(27) ;”I’’:CHR$(2) 1460 1470 LPRINT CHR$(9) ;’’+-”;...

  • Page 106: Chapter 6 Ms-Dos And Your Printer

    chapter 6 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using yourprinter with anIBM PC,PC-XT,orPC-AT orcompatible, you will probably b eusing PC-DOS orMS-DOS asanoperating system. A numberofsoftware tricks maybe useful h ere. T hischapter is not, h owever, a substitute for theoperating system manuals supplied withyourcomputer. To learn how to print fdes, etc.
  • Page 107 Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensedpica Condensedelite Proportional Sometimes the software installation will ask you for an initialization sequenceto returnto the defaultsettings.The commandfor yourprinteris <ESC>@. MakesurethattheEDSswitchesaresetforthecorrectprinteremulation, a nd thatyouhaveselectedthe appropriatecharactersetusingtheEDSswitches. Ifyouareindoubtabouttheconf@ration of yourapplication software,seek expertadvice.Yoursoftwaresupplierwillprobablybe yourmostqualified reference. EMBEDDING PRINTER COMMANDS Many word-processorsand other software lack commandsfor changing font,printingdouble-sizecharacters, o rprintingin color.Yourprinterthere- fore has commandsthat can be embeddedin documentsto control these functionswithoutsoftwarehelp.The commandsconsistof a capitalletter...
  • Page 108 If you wantto print a titlein double-sizeScript,then changeto regular-size fonts for othertext, you can use these commandsas follows: File as seen on computerscreen: ( (F))4 ( (S))3 Print e r commands ( (F) )0 ( (S))0 Font commands ( (F) ) 3anywhere Printout: Font commands...

  • Page 109: Programming T Heprinterwithdoscommands

    The printer supportsvariouscommandsin additionto the above,such as quadruple-size printing.Mostoftheseothercommandsconsistof theescape code followedby one or more lettersor numbers. If yoursoftwareenablesyouto placetheescapecodein yourfiles,or if you areabletodefinethisasauseroptionduringinstallation, y oucanalsoembed these escape sequences. PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS If your system includesthe file PRINT.COMyou can use the main DOS printingcommand.Simplytypethe wordPRINT followedby the name of the file you want to print.
  • Page 110 A)COPY README.DOC PRN A)TYF’E README.DOC }PRN COPYand TYPE do not permit you to executeothercommandswhilethe file is printing. If youwanta particularfont,or printpitch,youcanmakethesesettingsfrom the controlpanel beforeyou stantprinting.See Chapter2. IfyouprintfromtheDOScommandlevelveryoften,itwillbe advantageous to createa printersetupfile.Theninsteadof settingfontetc.manuallyeach time, you can complete the setup with a single command from your computer.For example,you can createa file containingprintercommands to selectletterquality,andselectelitepitchwiththeStandardmode.Youcan find the commandsin Chapter4.
  • Page 111 A>EDLIN LQELITE.DAT New file 1:XAVIX1”V[!”VA ‘2:*”C *E — ‘V indicates that thefollowing character cESC> code. cESC> hascharacter code27,and“[”isthe27thcharacter fromA intheASCII sequence. Similarly, SeeyourDOS manualifyou needfimther information You can now set up theprinter by sending it thefile L QELITE.DAT. To avoid unnecessary logging o fcommands,switch hard-copy o utput off(by pressing CTRL-PRTSC if hard copyis on).

  • Page 112: Programming W Ithbasic

    PROGRAMMING WITH BASIC As an example ofprogramming theprinter on Microsoft BASIC, we have listed theprogramfortheIBM-PC. Thisprogramrunsin theprinter’s m ode,andthe downloadable condition(EDSswitchA-1 ON and Standard A-2 OFF). 1000 ‘ Set contro 1 codes 1010 E$=CHR$ ( 27) 1020 D$=E$+” XO“ 1030 L$=E$+”X 1“...
  • Page 113 1540 LPRI NT A“ ; CHR$( I ) ; E$ ; “ 1550 LPRINT E$;” “ ;CHR$(I); 1560 LPRINT “THE SPACINGS ARE CHANGED” 1570 NEXT I 1580 LPRINT E$; ’’aOU 1590 LPRINT E$; ’’3” ;CHR$(3O); 1600 E$;” “;CHR$(0); LPRINT 1610 LPRI NT :LPRINT 1620...
  • Page 114 2530 LPRINT SS$; 2540 LPRINT E$:’’&’’ ;CHR$(O):CHR$(6O) 2550 RESTORE 3010 2560 READLS :LPRINT C HR$(LS); 25’70 READCW :LPRINT C HR$(CW): 2580 READRS :LPRINT C HR$(RS); 2590 CW*2 M=l TO READMM 2600 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 2610 2620 NEXT M 2630 RETURN 2640 2650 ‘...
  • Page 115 3410 DATA 3420 DATA 3430 DATA 3440 DATA 3450 DATA 3460 DATA 3470 DATA 3480 DATA 31.255.255. 31.255.255. 3490 DATA 15:255:135: 3500 DATA 3510 DATA 1,25.5,240, 3520 DATA 3530 DATA 3540 DATA 3550 DATA 31,192, 31,2S5, 15,255,255, 3560 DATA 31,25S,255, 3570 DATA 1,240,...
  • Page 116 4060 DATA 4070 DATA 7,255, 4080 DATA 0,127,254, 40.90 DATA 4100 DATA 248, 0,255, 4110 DATA 4120 DATA 4130 DATA O, 31,255, 4140 DATA 255,255,192,255,248, 4150 DATA 4160 ‘ 3rd Line 4170 DATA 4180 DATA 4190 DATA 3,248, 4200 DATA O, 31,248, 0,255,248, 4210...

  • Page 117: Howtheprogram Works

    How the program works This program begins b y assigning anumberofprinter commands toBASIC string variables (lines 1000to1100). Y ou canfind mostofthese c ommands near thebeginning o fchapter 4 . TheWIDTH“LPT1:”255 statementin line 1120meansinfiniteline width. It preventsthe IBM-PCfrom insertingunwantedcarriagereturnsand line feedsin graphicsdata. Actualprintingbeginsin line 1130.Usingthe preassignedcommands,the programprints samplesof its differentfonts, followedby samplesof the print pitches,then somedoubleand quadruple-sized printing.
  • Page 118 Resident fonts are: c:t-l(3r:5c2ti;r 5, Sanserif characters, Prestige characters, Print pitches are: Pica pitch (10 CPI), Condensed elitepitch(20CPI), Normal proportional, Various 1 ine and character Other features Emphasized, Doubl e-strike, Under 1 ining, s UPERs c R1PT and s u Download characters Dot graphics...
  • Page 119 MEMO...

  • Page 120: Chapter 7 Troubleshooting And Maintenance

    chapter The followingsectionon troubleshooting andmaintenanceis intendedonly as a brief guide. Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronicdevice,whichalso containshighvoltageinside.For that reason, only carry out thoseoperationsthat are describedin this chapter. CAUTION: Anyattempttocarryoutoperationsotherthanthosedescribed heremay resultin electricshockand/ordamageto theprinter. Whencarryingoutartyrepairsor maintenance, a lwaysfollow the instructionscarefully.

  • Page 121: Powersupply

    Powersupply If the POWER indicatordoes not illuminate,checkthe following: If yourprinterdoesnot print,or suddenlystopsprinting,checkthe follow- ing: ON LINE — i T o a ]button t osettheprinter...
  • Page 122 If the print is faint,or uneven,checkthe following: If dots are missingin the printing,checkthe following: If your applicationsoftwarecannotprint the fonts or charactersselected, checkthe following: If the printoutis not what is expected: F a n...

  • Page 123: Paperfeeding

    Paper feeding If cut sheet paper (withoutthe ASF) is not feeding smoothly,check the following: Iffanfold(continuous) p aperisnotbeingfedcorrectlyusingthetractorfeed, checkthe following: ~‘ p w n f...
  • Page 124 theON LINEindicatoris If the ASF is not operatingor is not feeding paper correctly,check the following: -..
  • Page 125 Ifthepaperparkfunctiondoesnotappearto be workingcorrectly,checkthe following: If text is being printedall on one line, or with extra blanklines, checkthe following: Ifthepagelengthandmarginsarenotwhatisexpected,checkthefollowing: < + < & p...

  • Page 126: Maintenance

    MAINTENANCE Essentially,your printer is a robust piece of equipment, but should be treatedwitha modicumofcarein orderto avoidmalfunctions. F orexample: Keep yourprinterin a “comfortable” environment. R oughlyspeaking,if youarecomfortable, t henthe environment i s suitablefor yourprinter,too (see Chapter1). Do not subjectthe printerto physicalshocksor excessivevibration. Avoidextremelydusty environments.
  • Page 127 6. Disengagethecable fromthetabsholdingitdown,thenremovetheprint head. 7. Pass the cable of the new printhead throughthe tabs. 8. Placethe new printhead on its support,seatingit on the two pins. 9. Fastenthe print head down with the two screws. 10.Replacetheconnectorcoverslidingit to theleft untilit locksintoplace. 11.Replacetheribboncartridgeandtopcover,andplugthepowercordback Iecfo]cove,...

  • Page 128: Chapter 8 Specifications

    chapter Printingsystem ...Serial ImpactDot-matrix Printingspeed ...Pica High-SpeedDraft Draft Letter Quality Print direction ... (Text and Graphics) Pnnthead ....Line spacing.-..-.ti-titi--- Characttis ....ASCII USA,France, Germany,England,DenmarkI, Sweden,Italy,SpainI, Japan, Norway, Denmark IL Spain II, Latin America, Korea, Irish, Legal...
  • Page 129 Numberof columns... CPI Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensedpica Condensedelite Proportional Characterdot matrix ... D raft Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensedpica Condensedelite Super/subscript Proportional Super/subscript p roportional – Bit imagedot-matrix... D PI 8-bitnormal 8-bitdouble 8-bithigh-speeddouble* 8-bitquadruple* 8-bitCRTI I 8-bitCRT II 24-bitnormal 24-bitdouble 24-bitCRTIII 24-bitTriple 24-bithex* * It is impossibleto printadjacentdotsin the modemarkedwith an asterisk...
  • Page 130 Paper Width ...cut sheet Copies ...On@M + 4 copies(Max.) Maximumbuffer size Without Download ...7KB(30KBfor Colorprinter) With Download...1line Emulations... Epson LQ-860 Interface ...Cen~tiuparallel (standad) Ribbon type...On-carriage, dedicated Ribbon life Monochrome(Z24) ...2millioncharacters(draft pica) Monochrome(I-224) ...4 millioncharacters(draft pica) Color (X24CL) ..1millionchamcters(draft pica) Dimensions ...463(w) Weight ...
  • Page 131 Thefollowingdescribesthepinoutoftheparallel(Centronics-type) i nter- face connector(signalswhich are low when activeare overlined): — R >...

  • Page 132: Chapter 9 Character Sets

    chapter The followingtables showthe standardand IBM charactersets. The decimalcharactercode of each characteris shown in an inset to the lower rightof the character. Thehexadecimal c odecanbe foundby readingthe entriesatthe top andleft edgesof the table. For example,the character“A” is in column4 and row 1, so its hexadecimalcharactercodeis 41.
  • Page 133 STANDARD CHARACTER SET #1 (MU.) (DLE) (oCl) (E2) “ (OC3) l--m (SYN) & (6ED CAN) (ss) l--i I--Z F ‘ I-I l (FF) ‘rm IKILU ‘ I-17 < > ‘ l-m. “ “...
  • Page 134 “ l-iii l-ii l-ii (SYN) l-ii l-iii l-iii l-iii hi (s0) l-ii IiT3 l-ii ITii- I-ii IiT4 l-iii IiiI l-iii Ii19 I’iiI < IiT3 I’iF Iii > Ii%- I-iI I-x7 “l-ii ‘ l-ii 1-iii l-iii k l’R-...
  • Page 135 STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2 Othercharactersare identicalto standardcharacterset #l.
  • Page 136 INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS Whenaninternational c haractersetis selectedby acommandfromsoftware, the followingchangesaremadein thecharactersetwiththe Standardmode: Country U.S.A. ITALY SPAIN 1 JAPAN DENMARK AMERICA # LATIN The commandfor selectingthe internationalcharactersets is: <ESC>“R” n are: O U.S.A. 1 France 2 Germany 3 England 4 DenmarkI x z [ \ ] A ‘...
  • Page 137 IBM CHARACTER SET #2 CodePage #437 (Nlk) (D1.E) (DC2) (U.S.A.)
  • Page 141 CodePage #861 (/celandic) Othercharctersare identicalto CodePage#437. I 9 I A I E ‘ – & P“ -!-h...

  • Page 143: Codepage#865(Nordic)

    CodePage #865 (Nordic) Other charctersare identicalto CodePage #437.
  • Page 144 IBM CHARACTER SET #1 (In) (Gtz) I--F (OC3) (SYN) (Bs) (CM) I’m ( ‘ Other charactersare identicalto characterset ##2. The duplicationof controlcodesenablessystemswith a 7-bit intel obtain control functionswhen the most significantbit is set to 1 <ESC>“>” commandin the standardmode. (NIL) ‘...
  • Page 145 IBM SPECIAL CHARACTER SET Additionalcharacterscan be printedby specialcommands. ‘~ ‘~ < I--F “ l , b ‘ “ “ ‘ “ l--ii F ‘ ‘...

  • Page 146: Proportional Spacing Table

    PROPORTIONAL SPACING TABLE This tablelists the widthsof yourprinter’sproportionalLQ characters,for Standardmode and IBM mode. The values given are in 360thsof an inch. For example,a value of 36 is 36/360thsof aninch.Youmayneedto enterthesewidthsintoa specialtable for yourprocessingprogramso it can calculatethe numberof proportional charactersthat will fit on a line. The followingwidthtable showseach character,its ASCIIcode (decimal) for each characterset, and its width for Standardnormalmode, Standard super/subscript m ode, and IBM mode.
  • Page 147 Character Std. #437 #850 #860 #861 #863 #865 221 221 22! 231 23 241 24 371 371 371 371 371 371 37 401 401 401 401 40! I 461 461 46! 461 461 46! 46 491 491 491 491 491 491 49 code 221 22 # I 30 I 20 I 30 I...
  • Page 148 Character Std. code Chr. < > Proportional width NorsalSuper/Sub IBM...
  • Page 149 Character 83I 83! 831 83! 83 8 91I 91I 91I 91I 91 9 941 94I 941 941 94 9 97I 97I 97I 97I 97 9 code It?x5 S I 36 I 24 I 36 ! e I 30 I 20 I 30 I 42 I 28 I 42 24 I 16 I 24 42 I 28 I 42...
  • Page 150 Character std. w - I - 1 code Chr. 12211221 125I } I 24 I 16 126I - I 30 I 20 1271 n I 30 I 20 1291iiI 36 [ 24 130I 6 I 30 I 20 136! (!I 30 ! 20 I 30 ! Proportional uidth lior~al 30 I 20...
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  • Page 162: Command Summary

    COMMAND SUMMARY StandardMode The followingcommandstake effect with the Standardmode. <...
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  • Page 164 “W” “X” <b “X” “X” “X” “1“...
  • Page 165 IBM Mode The followingcommandstake effect with the IBM mode. < < < “ < “ “ < “ < < “ “ <ESC>“7” < “ < < “ < “ < < “ < < < “ < < “ < <...
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  • Page 168 PRINTED IN JAPAN...
  • Page 169 WorldwideHeadquarters: AmericanMarket: EuropeanMarket: U.K.Market: FrenchMarket: AsianMarket:...
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