MULTI-FONT+SLQ X624-10 MULTI-FONT+SLQ X624-15 USERS MANUAL NOT INTENDED FOR SALE
Self Declaration Radio interference regarding this equipment has been eliminated according to Vfg 1046/1984 announced by the DBP. DBP has been informed of the introduction of this special equipment and has been granted the right to _ _ examine the whole series. It is the user’s responsibility to see that his own assembled system is in accordance with the technical regulations under Vfg 1046/1984. To conform to FIZ-regulations it is necessary to make all connections to the printer with shielded cable.
CONGRATULATIONS Thank you for buying this printer. This printer is provided with the following features: 9 High-quality 24-pin print head 3 print modes - Draft, Letter Quality and Super Letter Quality Many different typefaces built into the printer .
Chapter 4 - Emulations and escape codes This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer, and the software commands used to drive it. This section is of use if you am writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer’s features. Chapter 5 - DIP Switches This section explains how to set the DIP switches to make system settings on the printer.
I TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... LOCATING THE PRINTER .......................................................... 1 UNPACKING, SE’ITING UP AND CONNECTION .................... 1 z Setting up ......................................................................................................... ........................................................... comlwtioll LOADING PAPER ................................................
Chapter 4 EMULATIONS AND ESCAPE CODES u.......................... 23 EMULATIONS ........................................... .. .. ........................ ... .. .23 NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION ....... .. ............................... ... 23 COMMAND CODES AND ESCAPE SEQUENCES .................. 24 Font style and character set control codes ................................. 26 Font pitch control codes ....................... ..... ................................ 30 Special print mode control codes .... .....
Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................... 105 Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS ............................................................ 109 STANDARD CHARACTER SET # 1 ....................... ..... .......... ... 1lo Family 1 .......................................n........................................... 110 Family 2 ....................................................................... ............ 112 Family 3 .............. ..................................
chapter 1 INTRODUCTION The following section covers the unpacking and installation of your printer, together with information on paper loading and handling (both continuous and cut-sheet paper). LOCATING THE PRINTER Before you start unpacking and setting up your printer, make sure that you have a suitable place on which to locate it. By “a suitable place”, we mean: l l Away from excessive humidity l Away from excessive dust l 4.
The optional accessories which you may have ordered with your printer are: Serial (RS-232) interface board Automatic sheet feeder Color option kit See the installation instructions contained with these optional items for details of how to attach them to your printer.
Setting up Place your printer in the position where it is going to be permanently sited, and remove all packing material from inside the top cover. This packing material is intended to prevent damage to the printer in transit. You may like to keep this packing with the printer carton if you intend transporting the printer for use at a different location. laten knob The platen knob should be removed from the accessory box inside the shipping carton.
Remove the top cover by lifting the front (using the two grips at the side), and pulling towards you. Now install the ribbon. 1 Use the tensioning knob on the ribbon cartridge to tighten the ribbon if it is slack (turn clockwise). 2 The ribbon should pass between the print head and the print head shield (see illustration below).
Connection Connect the printer to your computer, using a standard parallel-type cable. On a PC or PC/AT-type computer, this means that you use the 25-way Dtype connector at the computerend, and the Amphenol-type 36-way connector at the printer end. The pinouts of the printer’s connector are given in Chapter 8 if you need a cable for connection to another computer. Plug the printer into a suitable mains outlet. However, DO NOT turn on the power switch at the back of the printer yet.
You may need to set some DIP switches inside the printer before you start using it. These switches enable you to configure the printer as an Epson or as an IBM Proprinter printer. The DIP switches also enable you to select a character set other than the USA character set, if your supplier has not already set these up for you. The DIP switch cover is located inside the top cover (see below). Use the end of a paper-clip (or similar) to set the switches. Details of these switches are given in Chapter 5.
LOADING PAPER The following sections explain how to load paper - single-sheet (cut-sheet), without the Automatic Sheet feeder, and also the operations necessary for loading continuous (fanfold) stationery. If you are using the Automatic Sheet Feeder, please refer to the instructions supplied with the Automatic Sheet Feeder unit. Cut-sheet paper Place the paper guide in position, locating the lugs on the bottom of the assembly into the slots on the printer body.
5 Turn on the power using the switch at the back of the printer. The printer will beep, indicating that no paper is in position for printing. The orange PAPER indicator also shows this. 6 Now press the m button. The paper bail will move clear of the paper, and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing. The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen, and the print head will move to the start position.
2 Push the release lever towards the front of the printer (to the m position). This has the effect of releasing the paper from the platen roller, and engaging the tractor feed. 3 With the sprocket covers open, thread the paper over the sprockets, aligning the sprocket holes with the pins on the sprockets.
7 j button. The paper bail will move clear of the paper, Now press the C=V~?ET and the paper will be fed and adjusted past the print head to a position ready for printing. The paper bail will be moved back to grip the paper against the platen, and the print head will move to the start position. As when loading cut-sheet paper, the Memory Switch setting will determine the initial position of the paper after auto-feeding, and the micro feed function may be used to adjust the paper position.
Chapter 2 FRONT PANEL CONTROLS The following section describes the front panel controls and indicators on your-printer, together with a description of the functions performed by them. CONTROLS AND INDICATORS The following is a brief guide to the controls and indicators on the front panel. The printer is equipped with six buttons: from left to right they are, ~53, 8s and 5-8 (smaller buttons), and ~=vE&, :W.PERand C-iii;: (larger buttons).
In addition to these indicators, there are two others, POWER and PAPER. The POWER indicator will illuminate when power is supplied to the printer, and the PAPER indicator will illuminate when no paper has been inserted. PITCH SETTING Usethe CEC button to set the pitch that will be printed. Remember that the printer must be off-line for you to do this.
c Mode Panel Lock If the :3EJ button is pressed when the printer is turned on, the mode will be “locked”, and no mode changes can be made from software. It is still possible, however, to put the printer off-line and change the mode using the I’YODE button. FONT SETTING Pressing the C! button will illuminate a font indicator. Remember that the printer must be off-line for you to do this.
QUIET MODE To select Quiet mode, the printer must be on-line. While it is on-line, press the ~?%YC button. This will alternately illuminate and extinguish the QUIET indicator. When in Quiet mode, the printer will print slightly slower, but at a reduced noise level. NOTE If you press the ‘1-n 4 button while the printer is off-line, the,?+X button will perform its normal function, ie it will feed paper.
‘.I 2 Press the CG&SC button, so that the fanfold paper is moved out of the paper path. 3 Now move the release lever to the rear of the printer ( c position) to select cut-sheet paper (disengaging the fanfold sprockets). NOTE If you do not move the release lever at this stage, the printer will warn you at the next step by emitting a continuous series of beeps. 4 Insert the cut sheet paper in the paper guides 5 Press the C~S!SF button in order to feed the cut sheet to the starting print position.
To return the paper to its previous position, press the ~GE3 button once again. When you release the button, the printer will return to its on-line status, and the paper will be fed backwards, with the print head aligned with the top of the next form. Micro Feed The Micro Feed facility is useful if you wish to align the paper exactly. It feeds the paper forwards or backwards in 1/12Oth inch increments. To use this feature, put the printer off-line (using the GYL@~button).
chapter SETTING UP 3 THE MEMORY SWITCHES In addition to the pitch, print mode and font, many other options regarding the setup of the printer can be carried out from the front panel. To access these options, it is necessary to turn off the printer, and then turn it on again, while holding down the 0~LINE . , GA 4 and i~F&F~ buttons together. This will cause the printer to print a series of questions and options to which you can answer using the front panel buttons. This is called the Memory Switch mode.
When you press the i my9 button to enter an option, a “*” (asterisk) will be printed to confinn that the option has heen chosen. The menus are organized in a hierarchical (tree-structured) fashion. Some menus do not choose options directly, but instead, move down to other menus. To move up through the menu structure towards the “root” or button as an G?3 button (as marked in blue “trunk”, use the ‘+ underneath the button). The structure of the menus is shown below.
MENU OPTIONS The following is a list of the options within the menus, and their meanings, together with the prompts printed in Memory Switch mode. The prompts are given in capital letters in square brackets, thus: [OFF]. Factory settings are marked here with an asterisk (for example, [ON*]). A summary of factory settings is also provided following this section.
Print Menu This menu allows you to set up various printing options which will be automatically selected whenever you turn the printer on: PRINT QUALITY This will select either Super Letter Quality / Letter Quality [SLQ, LQ*] or Draft [DRAFTI mode. PRINT PITCH You may select a print pitch of either [lOCPI*], [ 12CPI] or [ 15CPI] (,,PI” stands for “characters per inch”), or proportional spacing [PROP]. You may select condensed print to be either [OFFS] or [ONj at power-up.
Forms Menu This menu allows you to set various options associated with paper handling: SHORT TEAR OFF When using fanfold (continuous) paper, this Short Tear Off option allows you to tear off one sheet of paper without having to eject the whole of the following sheet. If this option is set [ON*], when the paper reaches the top of the form, it will automatically be advanced a little, allowing you to tear off the paper easily. Set this option to [OFFI if you do not want to use it.
Factory settings The following is a list of the settings set up at the factory, which may he restored by choosing the FACTORY SET option from the main menu: COMMANDMENU RAM USAGE QUIET MODE GRAPHICS DIRECTION AUTO ON-LINE NJ-W WFl PII ml FONT MENU ZERO STYLE SLQ/LQ FONT [NORMALl [COURIER] PRINT MENU PRINT QUALITY PRINT PITCH CONDENSED PRINT ITALIC PRINT DRAFT-12 [SLQ,LQI wm WFI WFI [HI-SPEED] PAPER MENU OPTION ASF 4AUT0 LOADING AUTO LOADING (ASF) PAPER-OUT DETECTOR WFI [6 LINES1 [6 LINES] Kwl FOR
chapter 4 EMULATIONS AND ESCAPE CODES EMULATIONS The printer has two emulation modes: standard mode and IBM mode. In standard mode, the printer emulates the functions of the Epson LQ-850 and LQ- 1050 printers, as well as the NEC Pinwriter. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations. In IBM mode, the printer emulates the IBM Proprinter X24/XL24 printers. Additional command codes are included as a superset of these emulations. The emulation is changed by means of DIP switch 1.
1OOOOh - 1Oh = FFFOh and the result is divided into the two bytes of FOh and FFh. If “non-printable” codes are given, ie those codes from OOhthrough 1Fh and 7Fh, these codes will be enclosed in angle brackets, for example . The name in the angle brackets is that assigned to the code in the ASCII convention. The name of the character should not be used, the binary value should be input.
Following the heading, the full form of the command is given, using the ASCII names for control codes, eg (the angle brackets on either side of the name are not part of the name, being simply delimiters, and should not be entered). Variable parameters are indicated by a letter (usually “n”), and an optional number, enclosed in angle brackets (eg ). Where an indefinite number of parameters are to be supplied, the s are separated by an ellipsis ((I.. .“).
Font style and character set control codes Select italic characters 4 cESC> 1Bh 34h 27 52 cFS> 4 1Ch 34h 28 52 Standard IBM The sequence above selects italic character printing. There are no parameters. This command will not be valid if the Font Panel Lock has been selected. Deselect italic printing cESC> 5 Standard 1 1 1Bh 1 27 53 5 1Ch 35h 28 53 IBM I The sequence above deselects italic printing. There are no parameters.
Select font k <* 1Bh 6Bh -30 27 107 Cn> C Cn> 1Ch 43h Cn> is a binary value in the range of OOhto 15h. The following table shows the effect of different values of this parameter: Any other parameters are invalid and will be ignored. This command will also be ignored if Mode Panel Lock has been selected.
Select character table t 1Bh 74h Cn> 27 116 I 1Ch 49h 28 73 Cn> Cn> Both Standard The command above will select the character table to be used in subsequent printing, where vt> can be a binary or ASCII value from OOhthrough 02h or “0” through “2”. The following table shows the effect of this parameter: Cl Moves character set downloaded in OOhto 7Fh area to Any other values are invalid and will be ignored.
Select International character set R 1Ch 52h Standard The command above selects an international character set, where is a binary value in the range OOhthrough ODh. The character set selected is dependent on the value of 01>, as shown in the table below: Any other values of OI> are invalid and will be ignored. The special characters affecting each symbol set are given in Chapter 9.
Print a single character from the All Character Chart cESC> 1 1Bh 27 IBM A I 5Eh 94 The command above prints a single character from the All Characters Chart. There arenoparameters.IfthenextcharactertobeprintedhasacodebetweenOOhand lFh, it will not be treated as a control code, and the character corresponding to this code will be printed. Font pitch control codes Set pica pitch printing -ax> P 1Bh 50h 27 80 Standard The command above sets all subsequent printing to pica pitch.
r Set elite pitch printing IBM 1Bh 3Ah 27 58 The command above sets the print pitch to elite. There are no parameters. This command is ignored if Pitch Panel Lock mode has been selected. Set semi-condensed pitch printing cESC> 1Bh g 67h 27 103 Standard The command above sets all subsequent printing to a pitch of 15 characters per inch. There are no parameters. This command will be ignored if Pitch Panel Lock has been selected.
Cancel condensed print mode Standard 1 12h 1 18 The command above cancels the condensed print mode. There are no parameters. On receipt of this command, all subsequent printing will be done at the pitch selected prior to a cESC> or cSI> command. This command will be ignored if Panel Pitch Lock mode has been selected.
Special print mode control codes Select/cancel expanded printing I W cn> 1Bh 57h Cn> 27 87 Both I The command above selects or cancels expanded printing, where is a binary or ASCII value from OOhthrough Olh or “0” through “1”. If =OOhor “O”, then expanded printing is deselected (cancelled), and if ol>=Olh or “1”. then expanded printing is selected for all printing subsequent to the receipt of this command.
Standard Selectkancel expanded print E d;s> 1 1Ch 28 45h Cn> 69 The command above sets or cancels expanded printing, where or> is a binary or ASCII value in the range OOhthrough 02h or “0” through “2”.
IBM Select print mode I 1Bh 49h 27 73 CID The command above selects the print mode (resident/downloaded font, pitch, print quality), where CD is a binary value. The print mode selected by different values of cm is shown in the table below: Print mode 14 DOrmlOad w Elite 22 Download w Condensed 7 DOrmlOad w Roportional This command is ignored if Panel Lock mode has been selected.
Cancel emphasized print mode F 1Bh 46h 27 70 1 Both The command above cancels the emphasized print mode. There are no parameters. All characters printed subsequent to receipt of this command will be printed in nonemphasized mode (cancelling the effect of the cESC> E command). Select double-strike printing Q 1Bh 47h 27 71 Both The command above will select the double-strike print mode. There are no parameters.
Both I Selectkancel overline 1 cn> The command above will select or cancel overlining. where is a binary or ASCII value which may take the values OOhthrough Olh or “0” through “1”. If the value is OOhor “O”, then overlining will be cancelled. If ol>=Ol h or ” l”, then all printable characters including spaces (but excluding horizontal tabs) will be overlined.
1 Set/cancel shadow/outline printing cESC> Standard 1 1Bh 4 71h 27 113 The command above sets or cancels shadow or outline printing, where is a binary value from OOhthrough 03h. The values of o1> are given in the table below: Any other values of are invalid and will be ignored. Line space control codes Line feed
Set line spacing to l/8 inch cESC> 0 1Bh 30h 27 48 Both There are no parameters. The command above sets line spacing to l/8 inch, where “0” is the ASCII value “0”. Set line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch 1 1Bh 31h 27 49 Both There are no parameters. The dommand above sets line spacing to 7/60 inch (in IBM emulation mode, 7/72 inch), where “1” is the ASCII value “1”. Set line spacing to l/6 inch 2 1Bh 32h 27 50 cFS> 2 1Ch 32h 28 50 Standard IBM There are no parameters.
- Set line spacing units CNULB [ 1Bh OOh 5Bh OOh 5Ch is a binary value representing either 180 (l34h) or 216 (D8h). Line spacing is then defined in terms of either l/180 or l/216 inch units. This command only becomes effective after an
Define line spacing (l/72 Inch increments) A en> 1Bh 41h IBM The command above defines line spacing in l/72 inch increments, where en> is an optional binary value ifit is not equal to zero, 01> defines the line spacing which will be implemented after an &SC>2 command has been received. If cIu‘ = 0, then the current value of line spacing set by a previous
Reverse one-time line feed (in l/180 Inch increments) Standard 27 106 Cn> The command above causes a precise reverse paper feed, where cn> is a binary value. On receipt of this command, the paper will be fed backwards by en>/1 80 inch. No carriage return will take place, and the current line spacing value will be unaffected.
1 Select forward feed 1Ch Standard 1 46h The command above selects forward paper feed. There are no parameters. This is the default setting at power-on. All vertical paper-handling commands will be executed as described. Select reverse feed 1 R 1Ch 52h 28 82 Standard I The command above selects reverse paper feed. There are no parameters.
Reverse feed to top of form 1 1Bh 27 Both
IBM I Set top-of-form 4 1Bh 34h 27 52 1 Thecommandabovesetsthetopof-formpositionat thecurrentpaperpositionlhere are no parameters. On receipt of this command, the top-of-form position will be set to the current paper position. Margins and vertical tab setting control codes 1 Move to next vertical tab position Both 1 OBh 11 The command above moves the paper to the next vertical tab position. There are no parameters.
1 Select vertical form unit (VFU) channel On> 1Bh I 2Fh 27 47 On> Both 1 On> The command above selects a VFD within which all subsequent commands will be executed, where on> is a binary value from 0 to 7. Different sets of vertical tabs can be stored in different channels using the b command, and selected using this command. Set VFU vertical tabs b On> 1Bh 62h On> 27 98 cm> Both ... cd> OOh cnO> . ..
Both [ Set top margin C 1Bh 63h 27 99 1 The command above sets the top margin, where-> is a binary value which specifies the height of the top margin to the first printed line in lines (at the current line pitch setting). Printing will start on the (ot>+lth) line on the page. Subsequent changes to the line pitch setting will not affect this value.
Both 1 Set left margin 1 27 108 1 cESC> 1 I The command above sets the left margin, where “1”is a lowercase “‘L”(not “one”), and en> is a binary value used to set the left margin. The margin is defined in terms of the number of character positions at current pitch. If proportional spacing has been selected, then the character width for pica pitch is used. The left margin may not be closer than two print positions to the right margin, otherwise this command is ignored.
Both Carriage return ODh 13 The command above performs a carriage return. The print head will return to the beginning of the print line. If AUTO LF has been set up with the Memory Switches, a line feed will be performed as will (at the current line spacing). Set/cancel automatic line feed 5 1Bh 35h 27 53 IBM The command above sets or cancels automatic line feed, where is a binary value of either OOhor 01 h.
Set/clear horizontal tabs D c&b 1Bh 44h alo> ... al> OOh 27 67 c?db ... cd> 0 The command above sets horizontal tabs, where ore> and -al> arc binary values representing the new tab positions. If no values are given, all tab stops are cleared. The default tab setting is every eight characters. Tabs are set at the current character pitch. If proportional spacing has been selected, then pica pitch is used for determining the positions of the tabs.
Both Set horizontal print posltion f 0 1Bh 66h 30h is a binary value. The next horizontal printing will take place OI> character spaces (at current print pitch) from the current horizontal print position.
Select next horizontal print position (by dot) 1Bh $ 24h elo> all> 27 36 elo> OrI> The command above will start subsequent printing at a horizontal position determined by dot spacing, where 010> and oil> am two binary numbers (low byte first) specifying the number of dots (at l/60 inch spacing) by which the print head will move to the right from the left margin. If the subsequent print position is beyond the right margin, then printing will start at the left margin.
Downloaded character control codes Copy standard ROM font into RAM CNuL> OOh 27 58 0 C?P 0 CNUID IBM The command above copies the characters from the selected character set with , as shown below, into the download RAM area. cNUL> is the ASCII character OOh. This command is only valid if “DOWNWARD” has been selected in the RAM USAGE menu of the Memory Switch (see Chapter 3 for details). All characters from 20h to FFh are copied.
Define download character(s) I Cd> & ai?> C?P ... 1Bh 26h cd> OOh ccl> ... 27 Cal> 38 Cd> 0 ... cc2> CID 4lUb ccl> ... en, CUOB s> 1Bh 3Dh Cd> OOh
The vertical definition of the characters is 16 dots in superscript/subscript modes, and 24 in all others. Each byte therefore represents half of the vertical definition of a character column in superscript/subscript mode, and a third of the vertical definition in other modes.
Select download/standard character set cESC> 96 Both The command above selects either the standard or downloaded character set, where cn> is a binary value (OOhor Olh) or an ASCII value (“0” or “1”). If cn> equals OOh or “O”, the standard character set is selected. This is the default value at power-on. If Olh or “1” has been selected, then the downloaded character set is selected. Graphics The following commands relate to the graphical capabilities of the printer (bit image mode).
[Relationship of bit number to dot position] When the printer is printing bit-image data using 8 pins in standard (non-IBM) mode, the relationship of dots to pins used is as follows: When the printer is printing bit-image data in 24-pin resolution (both in standard and IBM emulation mode), the relationship between the bits set and the dots printed is as follows: Bit number 2 m” N 2 m”
Select bit image mode IBM I3 db cnl> cm> 5Bh ... 67h cdn> al> cm> 91 ... 103 cdn> edb ull> cm> [ ...
Select &dot normal density K elo> cd> Both do> . .. cdn> 1Bh 4Bh olQ, Ulb 27 75 cno> -all> ... cdn> The command above selects 8dot normal density bit-image printing, where cno> and are binary values (low byte fmt) representing the number of data bytes following the command. The data bytes are represented by cd0, . . . win>. This command has the same effect as 1 1Bh 27 L orb Cd> -do> ...
I Set 24-dot hex-density 1 1Ch 28 Both Z cnib cd> 5Ah cno> orl> 90 cno> cd> ... 40 ... and cd> are binary values (low byte first) representing the number of data bytes following the command. The data bytes are represented by . . . . This command has the same affect as cESQ * 40.
I Set MS6 to 0 = 1Bh 3Dh 27 61 = Standard IBM 3Dh 1 28 61 The command above sets the MSB to 0. There are no parameters. On receipt of this command, the most significant bit (MSB) of subsequent data will always be set to 0. 1 Cancel MSB control Both 1 I rcESC> 1Bh 23h 27 35 The command above cancels software control of the MSB. There are no parameters.
Backspace Both CBS> 08h 8 The command above moves the print head back one position. There are no parameters. This command moves the print head back one position (at current spacing) to the left. If proportional spacing has been selected, the print head will move back by a distance equal to the width of the last character printed. It does not delete the last character. Cancel last character Both 7Fh 127 The command above deletes the last character transmitted to the printer.
Set printer on line Both llh 17 Thecommandabovesetstheprinteron-lineafteracommand(above). are no parameters. Deselect printer (IO” carriage model only) Q 1Bh 51h $ 24h 27 81 36 There IBM The command above deselects the printer. There are no parameters. This command will deselect the printer, forcing it to disregard all data and command codes until a cDCl> (1 lh) command is received to put the printer back on-line.
Sound buzzer Both 07h 7 The command above sounds the printer’s buzzer. There are no parameters. 1 Disable paper-out detection 1Bh 38h 27 56 Both 1 The command above disables the printer’s paper-out detection. There are no parameters. This overrides the setting made by the Memory Switch settings (Chapter 3). Enable paper-out detection cEsc> 9 1 1Bh 39h 27 57 Both 1 The command above enables the printer’s paper-out detection. There am no parameters.
I Enable unidirectional prlntlng for one line only C cEsc> Both 60 I The command above enables unidirectional printing for one line. only. There are no parameters. printing will be performed from left-to-right for the current line only. Enable/disable quiet mode C?D cEsc> S 1Bh 27 73h 115 Both is a binary value of either Oh or Olh or an ASCII value of either “0” or “1”.
Enable/disable double-height mode &SC> W 77h CID 27 119 Cn> V Cn> 1Ch 56h Cn> 28 86 C?D 1 1Bh Both Cn> Standard The command above enables or disables double-height printing, where is a binary value of either OOhor 01 h or an ASCII value of either “0” or “1”. If oI> is set to OOhor %“, then double-height printing is cancelled. If cn> is set to Olh or “1”. then double-height printing is enabled. The character width is unaffected.
j! 1 Single-height characters 2 Double-height characters 16 Single line feed 17 Single line feed, single-height characters 18 Single line feed, double-height characters 32 Double lim feed 33 Double line feed, single-height characters 34 Double line feed, double-height characters Any other values No effect C?L3> 1 Single-width characters 2 Double-width characters Any other values No effect Any superscript/subscript or condensed mode print settings previously selected will be cancelled,
Reset 1Bh @ 40h 27 64 cFs> 1Ch @ 40h 28 64 Both Standard The command above resets the printer. There are no parameters. On receipt of this command, the buffer is cleared, and all settings (with the following exceptions) are restored to their power-up values.
Repeated data sequence Both v V cm 1Bh 1Bh 56h 56h OOh ... &I> 27 27 86 86 The command above delimits data which will be repeated, where cn> is a binary value (0 thru 255) giving the number of times that the data bytes represented by . . . c&o will be repeated. The sequence is terminated by the &SC> V cNUL> (=OOh) sequence. It is possible to nest this sequence (up to five levels).
Both Select/cancel italic print 1 29h
( ( I 28h 28h 40 40 en> The command above selects or cancels italic printing, where 01> is an ASCII value which may be either “ 1” or “0”. Any other values will be ignored. If = “1” then italic printing is enabled, and if en> = “O”, then italic printing is cancelled.Select color printing (with color option only) ( ( C 1 1 Both Cn> 28h 28h 43h 29h 29h CID 40 40 67 41 41 Cn> The command above selects the color to be printed when the color option is fitted, where or> is an ASCII value from “0” through “6”. The color selected by UI> is shown in the table below: I UD 1 Color I 1 “0” ( Black 1 1 “4” 1 Yellow “5” Orange ‘4 . MEMO 72 chapter 5 DIP SWITCHES The bank of DIP switches inside the printer (see illustration below) is used for various functions. All switches are set ON when the printer leaves the factory. DIP switch cwer Access the switches by removing the top cover, and then sliding the black switch cover to the left and then pulling up, using the tab at the right, as shown in the illustration above. The functions of the switches are shown in the table below: ~: NOTE . Switches 1 and 2 are used to determine the emulation mode (standard or IBM) of the printer, and also to determine the character set to be used. chapter 6 TROUBLESHOOTING AND MAINTENANCE The following section on troubleshooting and maintenance is intended only as a brief guide to these functions. Remember that your printer is a highly sophisticated electronic device, which also contains high voltages inside. For that mason, only carry out those operations described in this section. CAUTION Any attempt to carry out operations other than those described here may result in electric shock and/or damage to the printer. Power supply If the POWER indicator does not illuminate, check the following: 1 Possible remedy 1 Check Is the power cable properly plugged into the electrical outlet? Turn off the printer, ensure the power cable is securely connected. and then turn the printer back on. Is power being supplied to the outlet? Turn off the printer, unplug it, and try with another appliance to determine if electricity is being supplied to that outlet. If the print is faint, or uneven, check the following: Possible remedy Check Is the ribbon stalled? properly Check and reinstall if necessary. in- The ribbon has a long life, but eventually will need replacing. Fit a new ribbon cartridge if necessary. Is the ribbon worn out? If dots are missing in the printing, check the following: Check Possible remedy Are dots missing at random in the printing? The ribbon has become slack, causing it to get caught up. Paper feeding If cut sheet paper (without the ASF) is not feeding smoothly, check the following: 1 Possible remedy 1 Check Is the paper release lever pushed back (to the f position)? Set the release lever to the h position. Is the paper guide in place and vertical? The paper guide should be in place vertically sheets to feed smoothly. Are the left and right guides too close together? If the left and right guides are too close together, the paper will not feed smoothly. Check Possible remedy Are you trying to feed paper using the front panel buttons while the ON LINEindicator is illuminated? You can only feed paper in this way when the printer is off-line. Set the printer off-line and then feed paper. Is the paper too thick? There are limits to the thickness of paper that can be fed in this way (one top copy and three NCR copies). Try with thinner paper. If the paper park facility does not appear to be working correctly, check the following: I 1 Check Possible remedy Is the paper release lever in the m position? The paper release lever must be set to the & position after the fanfold paper has been parked. Has the fanfold paper been properly parked? Make sure that the PAPER indicator comes on after the fanfold naner has been uarked. EVERYDAY MAINTENANCE Essentially, your printer is a robust piece of equipment, but should be treated with a modicum of care in order to avoid malfunctions. For example: Keep your printer in a “comfortable’* environment. Roughly speaking, if you are comfortable, then the environment is suitable for your printer, too (see Chapter 1). Do not subject the printer to physical shocks or excessive vibration. Avoid over-dusty environments. Dust is the enemy of all precision mechanical devices. RIBBON REPLACEMENT The ribbons used by your printer are endless-loop ribbons in which the ribbon is recycled. When the print quality becomes too faint, you will need to replace the ribbon. Use only ribbons recommended for use with the printer (your supplier will be able to advise you). 1 To remove the old ribbon from the printer, first turn off the power. 2 Remove the top cover, and hold the ribbon by the two lugs on each side. Push in the two lugs slightly, and pull upwards to remove the ribbon. 3 Take the new ribbon and tension it by turning the knob on the top of the ribbon cartridge clockwise. 4 Now insert the ribbon cartridge into the holder gripping it by the lugs, and turning the knob slightly clockwise if necessary. Make sure that the ribbon goes between the print head and the platen guard (see illustration below). Print head shield 5 Now replace the top cover and turn on the printer. You are now ready to start reusing the printer. REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD This is not a job which you will need to do very often. The print head has been designed to give a life of about 200 million dots. In normal everyday use, this will mean years of life. However, if the print quality is faint, even after you have changed the ribbon, the print head will need replacement. Only use a replacement print head as recommended by your supplier. NOTE This is a fairly tricky operation. Read the instructions below carefully before attempting it. rTPrint head bolts Print head NOTE DO NOT apply excessive force, as this may result in damage to the print head. 9 Fasten down the new print head using the retaining washers and screws. Do not apply excessive force when tightening the screws, as this may strip be thread, but ensure that the print head is firmly secured. 10 Replace the ribbon cartridge. 11 Replace the top cover. 12 Re-insert the power cable and re-apply power. Your printer may now be used. - FRONT PANEL DIAGNOSTIC AND TEST MODES The printer is equipped with a number of different modes for diagnosis and testing. These are accessed from the front panel by holding down a front panel button (or combination of buttons) while turning on the power to the printer. The test and diagnostic modes available am listed below 9 A text test print mode 9 A short test print mode . Long test mode If the printer is turned on while the C-E% button is pressed, the printer will enter the long self-test mode. The printer will start printing as soon as the M-R FEE,button is released, and will print the version number of the printer’s ROM, eg “*** Ver 1.0 ***“, followed by the whole character set printed in each typeface and pitch available. Text test mode In this mode, the printer will print the Memory Switch menus and options. This mode is accessed by turning on the printer at the same time as holding down the CIfEBEZbutton. Hexadecimal dump mode In this mode, all received data will be printed in a hexadecimal dump format, rather than the control codes being acted on as command codes. This mode is accessed by tuming on the printer, while simultaneously and /ME,F!? keys. To turn off the mode, it is holding down the ‘+!S‘ necessary to turn off the printer completely. Bidirectional test/adjustment mode This mode is used to adjust the alignment of the print head on successive bidirectional passes. After a period of some months, your printer may work itself out of alignment on left and right printing passes, showing itself most obviously in graphics printing. This mode will therefore be used very rarely. 1 Turn the printer off and then turn it on again while holding down the buttons. 8 Repeat the process for all print modes. *** DOT-ADJUSTMENT SETTING *** SLQ,LQ 11 'PIPER -~ / FEE? SLQ ,LQ 12 -N--W OHLINE ~DRAFT 13 m-iE?/$&DRAFT 12 r ONLIF-DRAFT COND 12 9 To exit from this mode, press the fFc3 button. MEMO 92 chapter 7 MS-DOS AND YOUR PRINTER When using your printer with an IBM PC, PC-XT or PC-AT or compatible, you will probably be using PC-DOS or MS-DOS as an operating system. A number of software tricks may be useful here. This section is not, however, a substitute for the operating system manuals supplied with your computer. To learn how to print files, etc, it is best to read the relevant parts of these manuals. If your word-processor does not allow you to change fonts, it may allow a pause in printing. Insert a “pause” command in your text file at the point where you want to change fonts. When the document is printed, printing will then pause at that point. You can then put the printer off-line and change fonts with the front panel buttons. Then put the printer on-line again and resume printing. GRAPHICS HARD COPY On a PC-compatible computer running under MS-DOS, you can use the m and @t!$$J keys on the computer together to obtain a printout of a text screen. To print out a graphics screen, you will have to run the program GRAPHICS.COM. See your MS-DOS manual for further details. Continuous echoing of text output to the screen to the printer can be toggled on and off by use of them(PrtSc)orm@ key combinations. The resulting file should be sent to the printer using the COPY command, eg: A>COPY LQ.DAT PRN prior to printing document files. Of course, this command can also be included in a batch file. PROGRAMMING USING BASIC As discussed earlier, a version of BASIC is usually supplied with PCcompatible machines. With this BASIC, characters are sent to the printer using the LPRINT command, and control codes are defined using the CHR$O function. " 1310 ' 1320 LPRINT 1330 LPRINT C$;"Print pitches are:" 1340 LPRINT H$;P$;"Pica pitch (10 CPI),"; 1350 LPRINT H$;E$;"M";"Elite pitch (12 CPI)," 1360 LPRINT H$;E$;"g";" Semi-condensed pitch (15 CPI),"; 1370 LPRINT H$;P$; 'Select condensed print 1380 LPRINT CHR$(lS); 1390 LPRINT "Condensed pica pitch (17 CPI)," 1400 LPRINT H$;E$;"M"; Condensed elite pitch (20 CPI),"; 1410 LPRINT CHR$(18) 'Cancel condensed print 1420 LPRINT H$;E$;"pl" 'Select proportional spacing proportional, "; 1430 LPRINT P$ ;“Normal . 1880 GOSUB 3020 'Select superscript 1890 LPRINT E$;"SO"; 'Selectdownload character 1900 LPRINT E$;"%l"; 1910 FOR I=1 TO 5 'Print download character 1920 LPRINT CHR$(60); 1930 NEXT I 'Select normal character 1940 LPRINT E$;"%O"; 'Cancel superscript 1950 LPRINT E$;"T"; 1960 GOSUB 3150 'Selectdownload character 1970 LPRINT E$;"%l"; 1980 FOR I=1 TO 5 'Print download character 1990 LPRINT CHR$(60); 2000 NEXT I 'Select normal character 2010 LPRINT E$;"%O"; 2020 GOSUB 3020 'Select subscript 2030 LPRINT E$;"Sl"; 'S 3120 NEXT M 3130 RETURN 3140 3150 ' Define LQ pica download character 3160 LPRINT C$; 3170 LPRINT E$;"&";CHR$(O);CHR$(6O):CHR$(60); 3180 RESTORE 4100 3190 READ LS :LPRINT CHR$(LS); 3200 READ CW :LPRINT CHR$(CW); 3210 READ RS :LPRINT CHR$(RS); 3220 FOR M=l TO CW*3 3230 READ MM 3240 LPRINT CHR$(MM); 3250 NEXT M 3260 RETURN 4000 4010 ' DATA 4020 t Super/subscript download character data 4030 DATA- 7, 23, 6 4040 DATA 12. 0. 16. 0. 4420 DATA 192,224,224,224,224,240,255,255,255,255 4430 DATA 255,127, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,192 4440 DATA 255,255,255,255,255,15, 15, 63,252,240 4450 DATA 192, 0,240,255,255,255,255,255,7, 15 4460 DATA 127,252,240,192, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 4470 DATA 4480 ' ROW 4 4490 DATA 0,248,248,240,224,224,112,112, 56, 56 4500 DATA 56, 56, 56,120,120,240,240,224,224,lV2 4510 DATA 128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 4520 DATA 128,248,248,248,248,240,192,0, 0, 0 4530 DATA 0, 0,240,248,248,248,248,240,192,0 4540 DATA 0, The row of telephone symbols in the next printed line is created by downloading two new character patterns, which are printed in place of the character “c” (character 60). The final part of the program uses dot graphics to print an “SW” logo. The dot pattern of the logo was originally laid out on graph paper, then converted to the data in lines 4240 to 4550 with the help of a calculator. Each number represents eight vertical dots. (See “Graphics commands” in Chapter 4 for details. Font settings: TMS R0MN characters, Courier characters, Prestige charac:t.e.rs, SCA-C. p.tc.ha~ac.te,rc.-cr , / , y- ,’ f ,} (: p, ,,A;!r ,f< ,:.’ 1 :‘f.’ +; _ TW-Li @It8 &mI~ax t el>s , OCR-B characters, Letter-Gothic, ORATOR CHARACTERS, Optima characters. OCR-A characters, Blippo charactcrr, Helvet characters, C i rwma charac ‘ElIllIlllllpll lip’ Mlll[ ( CODE 39 characters), ree c arac .ers. SLQ TMS ROMN ancl SLQ TW-. Of course, many more facilities are available with the printer, but this may give you some ideas as to how you can drive the printer using your own programs. Patches necessary to use the BASIC interpreter When using the Microsoft BASIC interpreter usually supplied with PCs and compatibles, a number of problems may arise. Firstly, if the interpreter transmits a carriage return (ODh) character to the printer, it automatically transmits a line feed as well. MEMO - 104 - chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS Brinting system ............................ .. Serial Impact Dot-matrix printing speed ................................ 200 cps (Draft pica) 67 cps (LQ pica) Print direction ........ ............... ......... Bidirectional, logic-seeking Unidirectional, logic-seeking (selectable) Number of print pins ............. ......... 24 Line spacing ................... ................ l/6, l/8, n/180, n/360 inches Characters .... .................................. 15" model Number of columns ....................... Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Proportional CPI 10 12 15 17.1 20 Character dot matrix .... .... .............. Pica Elite Semi-condensed Condensed pica Condensed elite Super/subscript Proportional Super/subscript proportional Draft 24 x 9 24x9 16x7 24x9 24x9 16x7 Bit image dot-matrix ...................... Paper feed .... .................................. Friction and push tractor (standard) Pull tractor (option) Paper feed speed ............................ 3.66 inches/second max (without ASF) 3.43 inches/second (with ASF) Paper width .. .................................. Cut sheet Fanfold (continuous) lO”mode1 5.5”-11.7” 3"-10" 15”model 6”-16.5” 4"-16" Copies .... ...... .................................. Original + 3 copies Maximum buffer size .......... ........... Power supply ................. ........... .... . 120VAC. 220VAC. 240VAC, 50/6OHz (varies according to the country of purchase) Options ........................................... Automatic sheet feeder RS-232C interface Color printing kit Character font card (64k) Battery-backed RAM card (32k) Pull tractor feed The following describes the pinout of the parallel (Centronics-type) interface connector (signals which are low when active are overlined): Pm 1 STROBE Goes from high to low (for To. chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS This chapter gives tables of the printer’s standard and IBM character sets. In the following character set charts, the printer fonts are divided into four families: Family Family Family Family 1: All fonts except those listed below: 2: OCR-A 3: Code 39 4: Greek The decimal character code of each character is shown in an inset to the lower right of the character. The hexadecimal code can be found by reading the entries at the top and left edges of the table. STANDARD CHARACTER SET #I Family I 0 I, I 2 I 1 4 5 # 8 1112 ! I 491 I 651 I 171 I 331 1 R I R 1 ” I 2 66 I 50 I I 18 I 34 I 2 s 3 c # Qc3 13 I 11 rii 4 D T wd) $ 1 111 I I 1 % l-ii 1 I 6 I 22 5 GEL) f-7 CBS) (CAN) I 1 6 -F-l”IfIY--l l-5 I-G l-i- IT -‘I 8 I-T ) G 7 ( I 70 I 54 I 38 ‘-1 9 lq -‘I I 1102 g ‘-I li%y w I-K I 1 h I J Y I(E$C, --I + ‘-I : --I K I Z --I i “1 r 1119. x 1104 1120 - . . (819 A 6 0 2 c @ 1 B D P E ’ F D 1 R ---I h ---I I” L . i h L . \. . Family 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 .I.__. Family 3 - I l--T-l riTj I(RPI f(f’AN\ I 1 ”‘--1 I II Ill __ I Ill II y1lllI ‘IJ 60 El Ill1I III1 I B 62 63 114 Ill1I 76 77 70 79 Family 4 8 _ 1 2 3 9 A (NIJL) I Ica IO CDCI ) ! 1129 1145 llsl (DC'2) " 1130 1146 1162 (DC3) # I-iii 1163 I 11771 11931 12091 12251 12411 11781 It941 I2101 12281 12421 - STANDARD CHARACTER SET #2 Other characters are identical to Standard character set #l. Family 3 Family 4 119 - IBM CHARACTER SET #2 Family I 0 3 112 CR) I& D E F 13 60) 14 ($1) 15 120 4151617 1311 1471 1631 1791 1951 ltt1I 11271 9 8 LlC A Ifi Ia 8 C IL I D I” 6 1177 T 130 ii 7 I-iii a a 8 132 1180 133 llat - I1361 11521 lisel I1841 13 I r lr -I t 131 T la F =r ii 129 E II - h c t P (I F-J IT CL I2001 lnrsl -l -I I2321 I2481 i i 121 - Family 2 I I(U) 0 1 I 101 A(ESQ I 281 1 421 1 581 1 741 I t ; 1 K IB 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 901 Ik ltosl I ( -. F 61) I 14 l-ii 122 I 30 I-r 1 82 I 48 / 1 1 ho 1 78 0 ? 0 179-m liii 1128 (ML) (127. glAIBI I I e ------I 16 I I C I L D E AL F E a If141 ILJUI If 123 Family 3 All codes above 7Fh are undefined. I3 ” 4 -1 6” 8 r, 1llll- I 211 I 371 11111 - 11111 - lllllI 531 I @EL) CBS) (HT) * Ills - I 51 6 7 ltrs w I 71 I (CAN) EM) .- I 101 -. Family 4 118 W 119 8 (CAN) (BS) l-i 8 ( 1 IT X H-IX I-T 120 Y 121 Z 122 1 11 P m C 1 27 1 43 (FS) fi~128l-Tl-E , c F I-L L = 1 13 I 43 1 29 Icst, .-'-I I131 1461 1301 I I / 4'4 1311 E z 1123 1 \ I 61 1471 I ? 1 M I 77 > . - 8 P A 0 1128 B 1 I r 2 1144 1129 B C L L C llso 1176 K l-iii. T l-iii Iii- I list D lL 1177 1193~ E w 1208 i= 1224 6 1209 A. F D 6 1240 2 1225~ 1146 1162 1178 7 1194 B 1210 1226 11341 11501 11661 11821 1198l 12141 12301 11361 1152 I 11681 11841 12001 12161 b I , 11371 11531 ll89l 11851 1201 I 121 2 1241 1242 . IBM CHARACTER SET #I Other characters are identical to IBM character set #2. The duplication of control codes enables systems with a ‘I-bit interface to obtain control functions when the most significant bit is set to 1 by the ” command. ‘. ADDITIONAL CHARACTER SET - In IBM mode, additional characters can be printed by special commands except the Family 3 (Code 39). - -. INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SETS When an international character set is selected DIP switches 4 to 7 or by a command from software, the following changes are made in the character set: 40 5B 5c 5D 5E @ *h I i +1 0 -7 6 94 A §A Tii * \ IP --iiA A ij A ii IITALY INORWAY I#lS ]#I# i *B @ i I e [ -ii * i B QI Q, aI i T 61 i T Ie I i A Y -4v 01 See Chapter 5 for the DIP switch settings. - MEMO . INDEX IA] Application software installation, 93 ASF, 120 Troubleshooting, 79 Auto CR, 21 Auto LF, 21 Auto loading, 20 ASF, 20 Auto on-line, I9 Automatic sheet feeder - see ASF IBI BASIC programming, 96,203 Bidirectional printing, 19 Bidirectional test mode, 90 Buffer clear/reset, 16 LE-I Emulation, 23,73,74 Environment, I Epson mode - see Standard mode Escape sequence example, 25 Escape sequences, 24 El Factory settings, 22 Fanfold paper, 8 Short tear-off function, I5 Font panel lock, 13 Font selection, IMI Maintenance settings, 16 Maintenance, 81 Maximum number of columns, 94,106 Memory switches, I7 Memory switch tree, IS,88 Micro Feed, 16 Mode panel lock, 13 Mode setting, 12 LN-I Negative numbers, 23 Numerical representation, 23 lol Option ASF, 20 El Page length, 2I,73 Paper Cut-sheet, 7 Fanfold, 8 Parking, 14 Size, 21,73 Paper feeding, troubleshooting, 78 Paper menu, 20 Paper out detector, 20 Parallel interface. |
