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
Two additional Letter Quality fonts are available with the
optional Multi-Font Module: ORATOR and ORATOR-S
Draft mode with fast printing of up to 333 characters per second
in 10 cpi (characters per inch), and 400 characters per second in
12 cpi.
Color printing in seven colors with a color ribbon (included).
With suitable graphics software, you can mix colors within a line
or even print screen dumps in color.
Compatibility with the Epson ESC/P commands used by the
LQ-1500, LQ-800, LQ-1000, LQ-2500, LQ-850, LQ-1050 and LQ-
500 printers.
Options
A variety of printer options is available for use with your LQ-2550
printer. For detailed information on the installation and use of these
options, see Chapter 7.
Double-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder (#7343)
The cut sheet feeder gives you easier and more efficient
handling of single sheet paper or envelopes. Up to 150 sheets of
standard bond paper in each of the two bins can be
automatically fed into the printer without reloading.
Pull Tractor Unit (#7314)
This option improves the performance of continuous paper
handling. It is especially useful with continuous multi-part
forms.
Ribbon Cartridges (#7762, #7763, #7764)
There are two types of ribbon cartridges in addition to the
standard black ribbon cartridge (#7762). Included with your
printer are the standard black ribbon cartridge (#7762) and the
color ribbon cartridge (#7763). The film ribbon cartridge (#7764)
provides you with even higher-quality printing.
Multi-Font Module (#7407)
This adds two Letter Quality fonts ORATOR and ORATOR-S.
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Introduction