Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER
- CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING
- CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER
- CHAP 4-USING SOFTWARE AND GRAPHICS
- Using the LQ-2550 With Application Programs
- Computer-Printer Communication
- Enhancing Your Printing
- Graphics
- User-Defined Characters
- Designing Your Characters
- Design Grids
- Data Numbers
- Sending Information to Your Printer
- Printing User-Defined Characters
- Copying ROM Characters to RAM
- Letter Quality Characters
- Proportional Mode Characters
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- The Graphics Command
- Column Reservation Numbers
- A simple Graphics Program
- Using Hand-Calculated Data to Print Graphics
- Using Software and Graphics
- Mixing Print Styles
- CHAP 5-MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- Troubleshooting
- Problems and Solutions
- The Printer Does Not Print
- The Printer Stops Printing
- The Printout is Spaced Incorrectly
- The Printout is Faint or Uneven
- The Printout is Not what You Expect
- Single Sheets Do Not Feed Properly
- Continuous Paper Does Not Feed Properly
- Cut Sheet Feeder Does Not Load Paper Correctly
- The Short Tear-Off Feature Does Not Work Properly
- Color Printing Is Not What You Expect
- Data Dump Mode
- CHAP 7-USING PRINTER OPTIONS
- CHAP 8-COMMAND SUMMARY
- APPENDIX A-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
carriage return
The control code that returns the print position to the left margin. When
issued together with a line feed, the print position moves to the left
margin of the next line. In bidirectional printing, the print head may not
actually move to the left margin.
characters per inch (cpi)
A
measure of the size of text characters, often referred to as pitch. 10 cpi
(also called pica) is often the standard or default setting.
condensed
Printing in which each character is approximately
60%
of the width of
standard characters. Useful for fitting wide tables or spreadsheets onto
the paper.
continuous paper
Paper that has sprocket-feed holes on each side, is perforated between
pages, and comes in a folded stack. Also called fanfold paper.
control code
Besides the
codes
for printable characters, the ASCII standard also
includes 33 other codes called control codes. These control codes perform
such functions as sounding the beeper and performing a carriage return
or line feed.
cut sheet feeder (CSF)
An optional, detachable device that automatically feeds single sheets of
paper into the printer.
data dump
A
troubleshooting feature. When the printer is in data dump mode, each
code that it receives is printed in hexadecimal notation as well as the
ASCII codes that stand for the characters. Sometimes called hex dump.
decimal
See number systems.
default
A
value or setting that takes effect when the equipment is turned on,
reset, or initialized.
GL-2
Glossary