Epson SQ-2550 manual

EPSON SQ-85 0 SQ-255 0 24-NOZZLE INK JET PRINTER USER’S GUIDE[...]

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EPSON SQ-850/255 0 User’s Guide[...]

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Contents About This Guide 1 Introduction 3 Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer l- l Ink Jet Precautions ............................................................... 1-2 Unpacking the Printer ......................................................... 1-3 Choosing a Place for the Printer ........................................... l-7 Assembling the P[...]

Chapter 3 Using the Printer 3-l Operating the Control Panel .............................................. 3-2 SelecType Settings ................................................................. 3-10 Page Length ............................................................................ 3-18 Skip Over Perforation .................................[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7-l Problems and Solutions ...................................................... 7-2 Power Supply ........................................................................ 7-3 Printing ................................................................................... 7-4 Paper Handling ....................................[...]

About This Guide This user’s guide provides fully-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for setting up and operating the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 printers. Finding your way around Chapter 1 contains information on unpacking, setting up, testing and connecting the printer, so be sure to read and follow the instructions in this chapter first. Chapters 2[...]

Conventions used in this guide WARNINGS must be followed carefully to avoid damage to your printer and computer. CAUTIONS should be followed carefully to ensure that your printer operates correctly. Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer. 2 About This Guide[...]

Introduction The SQ-850 and SQ-2550 are the latest in EPSON’s advanced line of 24-nozzle ink jet printers, combining high performance and reliability with a wide range of exciting features. Features In addition to the high-quality printing and ease of operation you have come to expect from EPSON printers, the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 offer the followin[...]

l The following nine built-in Letter Quality fonts are provided for producing high-quality documents: Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, OCR-A, OCR-B, Orator, Orator-S l Draft mode with fast, whisper-quiet printing of up to 500 characters per second in 10 cpi (10 characters per inch). l Compatibility with the EPSON ESC/P commands used by[...]

Pull Tractor Unit (C800032/C800042) The pull tractor option improves the performance of continuous paper handling. It is especially useful when printing graphics, labels, or continuous preprinted forms. Optional Interface Boards A number of optional interface boards can be used to supplement the printer’s built-in parallel and serial interfaces. [...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer Ink Jet Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Unpacking the Printer ........................................................... 1-3 Checking the parts ............................................................. 1-3 [...]

Ink Jet Precautions Because the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 are the ink jet printers, certain precautions are necessary to ensure their safe and efficient operation. Even if you are familiar with other types of printers, be sure to read through this list of precautions. Make sure that the ink does not come in contact with your skin or eyes. If it does get o[...]

Unpacking the Printer Checking the parts As you unpack the printer, check that you have all of the parts shown below and that none have been damaged during transportation. power cable platen knob cross-head screwdriver optional screw locks CAUTION: Different versions of the printer are designed for different electrical standards. The power supply t[...]

Removing the protective materials The printer is protected during shipping by screws, locking tabs, a notice sheet, and a white packing material. These protective items must be removed before you turn on the printer. After removing these items, store them with the other packaging material in case you ever need to transport your printer. 1. Insert t[...]

CAUTION: Using the platen knob to adjust the position of the paper interferes with the automatic paper loading system and may cause a paper jam. Before using the platen knob, always turn off the power. If you need to adjust the position of the paper after it is loaded, use the micro-adjustment feature described in the section on setting the loading[...]

5. Using the enclosed cross-head screwdriver, remove the transport screws and locking brackets as shown below. (SQ-850 only has two screws and single locking bracket.) CAUTION: Never leave the transport screw in the printer because of it can damage the print head. 6. Reattach the printer cover. l-6 Setting Up the Printer[...]

Choosing a Place for the Printer There are several important things to consider when selecting a location for your printer. Make sure to keep the following in mind. l Place the printer on a flat, stable surface. l Place the printer close enough to the computer for its cable to reach. l Leave adequate room around the printer to allow easy printer op[...]

The illustrations below show several good printer and computer arrangements. Note: If you plan to use a printer stand, read through the list of requirements and suggestions below to ensure that you have the right stand for your printer. l The stand should be able to support at least twice the weight of your printer (24.0kg for the SQ-850 or 28.8kg [...]

Assembling the Printer After you have decided on a suitable location for your printer, it is necessary to install the paper guide, and the ink cartridge. Before assembling the printer, make sure that all protective materials have been removed. Installation instructions for these components are given below. Attaching the paper guide To install the p[...]

2. Make sure that the guide is in its upright position. If not, raise the guide slightly until it locks into position. Installing the ink cartridge Your printer’s ink cartridge is completely self contained and allows for easy installation and removal. Replacement ink cartridges (S020002) are available from your EPSON dealer. Each SQ ink cartridge[...]

WARNING: Skin and Eye Irritant This ink contains potassium hydroxide and may cause irritation on contact with skin and eyes. Please take the following precautions: l Avoid contact with skin and eyes. If ink gets into eyes, flush immediately with water and contact a physician. Wash all traces of ink from your skin thoroughly with soap and water afte[...]

WARNING: Never install or remove the ink cartridge when the power is on line. Always set the printer off line, and be sure the print head is capped at the left of the printer before removing or replacing the ink cartridge. 2. Insert the end of the cartridge with the foil plug into the ink compartment as shown in the illustration below. Then gently [...]

3. Close the ink cartridge compartment cover- Setting Up the Printer 1-13[...]

Testing the Printer Now that your printer is fully assembled, you can use the built-in self test function to see that the printer is working correctly even though it is not connected to a computer. Be sure to perform this test to make sure that your printer was not damaged during shipping and to ensure that the ink cartridge is correctly installed.[...]

2. Check the printer’s label to make sure that the power rating required by the printer matches that of your electrical outlet. WARNING: If they do not match, contact your EPSON dealer without connecting the power cable. 3. Connect the power cable to the AC inlet on the printer’s rear panel. WARNING: Before turning on the printer, be absolutely[...]

4. Plug the power cable into a properly grounded electrical outlet. Note: Although the shape of the power cable provided with your printer may differ from the one shown above, the steps for connecting it are the same. Charging the ink cartridge Before operating your printer, you need to charge the ink delivery system with ink. You do not need to pe[...]

Before charging the ink, make sure that the ink cartridge is installed and the printer is turned off. 1. While holding down both the ON LINE and LINE FEED buttons, turn on the printer. This initiates a three-minute cleaning and set up cycle that prepares the ink system for operation. During this cycle, the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) on the contro[...]

WARNING: l Do not turn the printer off while the message INK CHARGE *** is displayed. l Do not start printing before the ink charge is completed. Printing without charging the ink delivery system can damage the printer. 3. Turn off the printer. WARNING: After you turn off the printer, always wait at least five seconds before turning it back on. Rap[...]

Running the self test The self test can be run in either draft mode or Letter Quality mode, depending on which button you hold down as you turn on the printer. Note: For the purposes of setting up and testing your printer, most types of paper can be used. When choosing your paper supply, however, you should always test it before regular use. See th[...]

Testing the Printer 2. Press the PAPER SELECT button on the control panel until the message on the LCD shows Friction. 3. Move the left edge guide until it rests against the guide mark. 1-20 Setting Up the Printer[...]

Testing the Printer 4. Adjust the right edge guide to match the width of your paper. Next, slide a sheet down between the edge guides until it meets resistance. 5. Press the LOAD/EJECT button once to automatically load the paper. Setting Up the Printer 1-21[...]

Testing the Printer 6. Press the ON LINE button to start the self test. 7. A list of your printer’s current settings are printed first, followed by a series of characters. The self test continues until the paper runs out or you press the ON LINE button. If the self test results are satisfactory and you wish to stop the test, press the ON LINE but[...]

Testing the Printer 8. If paper is still loaded, press the LOAD/EJECT button to eject it. Then reset the printer by pressing both the ON LINE and LOAD/EJECT buttons. Setting Up the Printer l-23[...]

Testing the Printer Parts of typical draft and Letter Quality self tests are shown below. Draft mode FONT PITC H LINE SPACING PAGE TRACTE R PAGE CSF BN 1 PAGE CSF BN 2 1” SKI P AUTO TEAR OF F LEFT MARGI N 1-24 Setting Up the Printer[...]

Testing the Printer Letter Quality mode FONT PITC H LINE SPACIN G PAGE TRACTE R PAGE CSF BN 1 PAGE CSF BN 2 1” SKIP AUTO TEAR OF F LEFT MARGIN Setting Up the Printer 1-25[...]

Testing the Printer Checking the operation If the self test does not print properly, check the points below. The points that need to be checked are the print head area and the control panel operation. If paper is jammed, turn off the printer. Then remove the paper using the platen knob, and load a new sheet. Problem The printer does not print or st[...]

Testing the Printer Problem The print head moves, but nothing is printed. The print is faint or uneven. Dots are missing in the printed characters or graphics. ABC D The printout has a blurred appearance. ABCD Solution The printer may not have been charged with ink. Turn off the printer, and then turn the printer on again while holding down both th[...]

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Your SQ-850 or SQ-2550 has two separate interface connections: a parallel interface and an RS-232C compatible serial interface. If you are not sure which one is required by your computer, check your computer manual for this information. If you have a suitable shielded cable, you should be able to connect to m[...]

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 2. Squeeze the wire clips together until they lock in place on both sides of the connector. (If you do not lock these clips into place, the printed results may be incorrect.1 3. If your cable has a ground wire, attach it to the ground connector beneath the interface connector. 4. Plug the other end of the cab[...]

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer The serial interface Connect the serial interface cable as described in this section. Before connecting the serial interface cable, make sure that both the printer and your computer are turned off. 1. Plug the connector of the cable securely into the printer- 2. Use a screwdriver to secure the cable by tighte[...]

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer Note: If the screws that come with the cable do not fit into the connector screw locks on the interface, you need to replace these screw locks with the optional ones provided with the printer. 3. If your cable has a ground wire, attach it to the ground connector beneath the interface connector. 4. Plug the ot[...]

Setting Up Your Application Software Now that you have set up and tested your printer you should make sure that it works with the application programs you want to use. Most application programs let you specify the type of printer you are using so that the program can take full advantage of the printer’s features. Many of these programs provide an[...]

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer If none of these printers is listed, select the first one available on the following list: LQ EX FX LX RX MX EPSON printer Standard printer Draft printer To use all the features of the SQ-850 or SQ-2550, however, it is best to use a program with the SQ-850 or SQ-2550 on its menu. If your program does not list[...]

Chapter 2 Paper Handling Choosing Paper ....................................................................... 2-2 Using Single Sheets ................................................................ 2-3 Loading a sheet ................................................................... 2-3 Reloading during printing ...............................[...]

Choosing paper Because the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 are ink jet printers, paper absorbency is especially important. With paper that is too absorbent, the ink can spread slightly, causing characters to blur. However, with paper that is not absorbent enough, the ink may take too long to dry and can be smeared easily. The finish and thickness of the paper i[...]

Using Single Sheets Your printer can handle a wide range of paper size up to a maximum width of 257 mm (10.1 inches) on the SQ-850 and 364 mm (14.3 inches) on the SQ-2550. Loading a sheet To load a single sheet of paper, follow these steps. 1. Turn on the printer. The POWER and PAPER OUT lights come on and the printer beeps three times. Paper Handl[...]

Using Single Sheets 2. Press the PAPER SELECT button until the LCD panel shows 3. Move the left edge guide until it rests against the guide mark. 2-4 Paper Handling[...]

Using single sheets 4. Adjust the right edge guide to match the width of your paper. 5. Slide a sheet of paper down between the edge guides until it meets resistance. Paper Handling 2-5[...]

Using Single Sheets 6. Press the LOAD/EJECT button once to load the paper. Note: If the platen turns without loading the paper, remove the paper and re-insert it more firmly; then press the LOAD/EJECT button again. 2-6 Paper Handling[...]

Using Single Sheets 7. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer on line. WARNING: Never use the platen knob for paper feeding except in case of a paper jam or other paper feeding problem. Use of the platen knob may affect the loading and short tear-off positions. If you need to adjust the position of the paper after it is loaded, use the micro-a[...]

Using Continuous Paper The tractor built into the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 is remarkably easy to load and operate. Its low-profile design takes up little space and can handle a wide variety of paper widths (up to maximum of 279 mm (11.0 inches) on the SQ-850, and 406 mm (16.0 inches) on the SQ-2550. Positioning your continuous paper supply An important c[...]

Using Continuous Paper Loading continuous paper Before loading continuous paper, make sure that the printer is turned off. 1. Remove the paper guide by tilting it up and lifting it off of the printer. I 2. Turn on the printer, and press the PAPER SELECT button to changes the display to Tractor . Paper Handling 2-9[...]

Using Continuous Paper 3. Release the left and right sprocket lock levers by pushing them back. Slide the left sprocket unit until it stops at the ring and lock it in place. Next, slide the right sprocket unit to roughly match the width of your paper, but do not lock it. 2-10 Paper Handling[...]

Using Continuous Paper 5. 6. Open the sprocket covers. Slide the paper support to a point midway between the sprocket units. Paper Handling 2-11[...]

Using Continuous Paper 7. Fit the first four holes in the continuous paper over the pins of the sprocket units. 8. Close the sprocket covers. 2-12 Paper Handling[...]

Using Continuous Paper Note: Make sure the first sheet of paper has a clean, straight edge so that paper can feed smoothly into the printer. 9. Slide the right sprocket unit to a position where the paper is straight and has no wrinkles, and then lock it into place. 10. Reattach the paper guide laid down onto the back of the printer. Then slide the [...]

Using Continuous Paper 11. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to feed paper to the loading position. Note: If you press the LOAD/EJECT button when continuous paper is already loaded, the paper is reverse fed to the standby position. 12. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer on line. 2-14 Paper Handling[...]

Using Continuous Paper The printer remembers this loading position and advances each page to the same position. Never adjust the loading position using the platen knob. Use of the platen knob may affect the loading and short tear-off positions. If you need to adjust this position, you can use the micro-adjustment feature. See the section on setting[...]

Switching between Continuous and Single Sheets Even with continuous paper loaded in the printer, you can easily switch to single sheet printing without removing the continuous paper from the tractor. Switching to single sheets To switch from continuous paper to single sheets, follow the steps below. 1. After printing on the continuous paper, press [...]

2. Tear off any printed sheets or extra blank sheets. If you are not using the short tear-off feature, press the FORM FEED button to advance your document to a point where it can be removed. Note: If the perforation of the page is not fed past the edge of the paper bail the first time, press the FORM FEED button again. Do not use the platen knob to[...]

3. 4. Raise the paper guide until it locks into place. Press the PAPER SELECT button to change the display on the LCD to Friction. The continuous paper is fed backward automatically to its standby position. The paper is still attached to the tractor, but is no longer in the paper path. 2-18 Paper Handling[...]

5. SIide the left edge guide until it rests against the guide mark. Next, adjust the right edge guide to match the width of your paper. 6. Slide a sheet of paper down between the edge guides until it meets resistance. Paper Handling 2-19[...]

7. Press the LOAD/EJECT button once to automatically load the paper. 8. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer on line. 2-20 Paper Handling[...]

Switching back to continuous paper It is also easy to switch back to printing with continuous paper. Before switching back to continuous paper, make sure that the printer is off line. 1. Press the PAPER SELECT button until the display shows Tractor. If a single sheet is loaded, it is ejected automatically and continuous paper is fed to the loading [...]

3. Lift the paper guide slightly and lower it onto the back of the printer. 4. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer on line. 2-22 Paper Handling[...]

Printing on Special Paper In addition to using single sheets and continuous paper, your printer can also print on a wide variety of paper types, including labels and envelopes. Note: If you are printing graphics, preprinted forms, or labels, it is recommended that you use the optional pull tractor to print. See the pull tractor section in Chapter 5[...]

Printing on Special Paper 1. Remove the printer cover. 2. Set the paper thickness lever position by pulling down as you may need. 2-24 Paper Handling[...]

Printing on Special Paper 3. Reattach the printer cover. CAUTION: Always return the lever to its upright position when you go back to printing on ordinary paper. Labels If you need to print labels, choose the type that is mounted on a continuous backing sheet with sprocket holes for use with the tractor. Do not use single sheet labels on a shiny ba[...]

Printing on Special Paper WARNING: Never feed labels backward through the printer. Labels can easily come off the backing and jam the printer. Also, never use the tear-off function or the LOAD/EJECT button to eject labels. If a label does become stuck in the printer mechanism, refer the problem to your dealer. To eject the labels from the printer f[...]

Printing on Special Paper 2. Tear off the sheet of labels at the perforation behind the push tractor. Note: Since labels are especially sensitive to temperature and humidity, always use them under normal operating conditions. 3. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line. Then press the FORM FEED button to eject the labels forward. (Remem[...]

Printing on Special Paper Envelopes You can print on a variety of envelopes -- including air mail, plain, or bond envelopes -- using the single sheet loading feature described in the beginning of this chapter. Chapter 5 describes using envelopes with the cut sheet feeder. When loading an envelope, you may have to push down on it slightly while pres[...]

Printing on Special Paper If it is necessary to eject the printed envelope, press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line. Then press the LOAD/EJECT button. CAUTION: When printing on envelopes, be sure that your application program settings keep the printing entirely within the printable area as shown below. Paper Handling 2-29[...]

Printing on Special Paper Note: If the printed results are faint, you can use the paper thickness lever to adjust the distance between the print head and the platen. See the section on the paper thickness lever on page 2-23. 2-30 Paper Handling[...]

Chapter 3 Using the Printer Operating the Control Pane l .......................................................... .3-2 The displa y ...................................................................................... 3-2 The lights ........................................................................................ . 3-3 Th e button s .....[...]

Operating the Control Panel The SQ-850 or SQ-2550 control panel is made up of three elements: the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), indicator lights, and the buttons (six flush mount buttons and four raised buttons). The indicator lights and display let you monitor the current status of the printer, and the buttons let you control all of the main print[...]

Operating the Control Panel The lights POWER (green): READY (green): On when the printer is turned on and power is supplied. On when the printer is ready to accept input data. This light flickers while data is received. PAPER OUT (red): INK END (red): ON LINE (green): TEAR OFF (orange): On when the paper-out sensor detects that the printer is out o[...]

Operating the Control Panel The buttons ON LINE: FORM FEED: LINE FEED: LOAD/EJECT: 3-4 Using the Printer This button controls the printer’s on line/off line status. When the printer is on line, the ON LINE light is on and the printer can receive and print data from the computer. When the printer is off line, press this button to eject a single sh[...]

Operating the Control Panel FONT: Press this button to select a character font. The selected font is shown on the display. Pressing this button displays fonts in the following order: Draft, Roman, S Serif (Sans Serif), Courier, Prestige, Script, OCR-B, OCR-H, Orato r Orator-S See the section on fonts in this chapter for more information. When the p[...]

Operating the Control Panel PITCH: PAPER SELECT: Press this button to select the character spacing. You can choose 10, 12, 15, 17 or 20 cpi (characters per inch) or I’S (Proportional). The selected character spacing is shown on the display. See the section on character spacing in this chapter for more information. When the printer is in SelecType[...]

Operating the Control Panel TEAR OFF: MICRO FEED: Press this button to feed the perforation of continuous paper to the tear-off edge of the printer. After tearing off the paper, press this button again to feed the paper backward to the loading position. See the short tear-off section in this chapter for more information. When the printer is in Sele[...]

Operating the Control Panel SelecType: CLEANING: Press both the ON LINE and FORM FEED buttons at the same time to enter the SelecType mode. In the SelecType mode, the FONT, PITCH, PAPER SELECT, and TEAR OFF buttons can be used as SelecType panel buttons. The display lets you monitor the SelecType settings. See the section on SelecType in this chapt[...]

Operating the Control Panel Other control panel features Self test: By holding down the LINE FEED button (for draft) or FORM FEED button (for Letter Quality) while you turn on the printer, you can start the printer’s self test. The self test printout lets you check the current settings and operating status of the printer. See the section on testi[...]

SelecType Settings SelecType SelecType on the SQ-850 or SQ-2550 brings a new dimension to printing. With SelecType you can control almost every aspect of printer operation. SelecType lets you: l Set up to 16 printer settings l Choose among the printer’s ten built-in fonts l Monitor the printer’s settings with the LCD display l Change the printe[...]

SelecType Settings The possible settings are listed below. FONT Draft, Roman, Sans Serif , Courier, Prestige, Script, OCR-B, OCR-H, Orator, Orator-S PITCH 10CPI, 12CPI, 15CPI*, I7CPI, 20CPI, Propo.(Proportional)* * Some fonts cannot be printed in 15 CPI and/or proportional spacing. In such case, the pertinent pitch is not displayed. LINE SPACING PA[...]

SelecType Settings COUNTRY USA, France, Germany, U K Denmark 1, Sweden, Italy , Spain 1, Japan, Norway, Denmark 2, Spain 2, Latin America , Korea, Lega l PRINT DIR INTERFACE BAUD RATE* Parallel, Seria l 300BPS, 600BPS, 1200BPS, 2400BPS, 4800BPS, 9600BPS, 19200BPS PARITY* Bi-D, Uni-D * This option is displayed only when the INTERFACE option is set t[...]

SelecType Settings l INTERFACE: If your computer has a serial interface, you need to change the interface setting to Serial. If you are using an optional interface board, be sure that the interface setting is Parallel, regardless of the actual type of interface you installed. See the section on interface boards in Chapter 5 for more information. l [...]

SelecType Settings Changing the SelecType settings The following example describes the procedure for changing the CG TABLE option, but the other options can also be changed in the same manner. 1. Press the ON LINE and FORM FEED buttons at the same time to enter SelecType so that the display shows FONT xxx (xxx is the current selected font). 3-14 Us[...]

SelecType Settings 2. Press the FONT button (or PITCH button) until the dispaly on the LCD changes to CG TABLE Italic. 3. Press the PAPER SELECT or TEAR OFF button several times until the right half of display changes to Graphic. Using the Printer 3-15[...]

SelecType Settings Note: l The settings changed by SelecType do not come into effect until the printer is initialized. Initialize (reset) the printer after changing any of the settings with SelecType. l The following options are described in more detail later in this chapter: PAGE LENGTH, 1” SKIP, AUTO TEAR OFF, FONT, PITCH, COUNTRY, and CG TABLE[...]

SelecType Settings You can also initialize the printer by using the software command (ESC @) or by turning off the printer. See the section on initialization in Chapter 7 for more information. Using the Printer 3-17[...]

Page Length The SelecType function also enables you to set the page length of paper used with the tractor feeding system or the cut sheet feeder. The page length can be set in 1/6th of an inch units within a range of 24 lines to 132 lines. Be sure that the page length is correctly set for the type of paper you are using. If you are using the cut sh[...]

Skip Over Perforation By adjusting the SelecType 1” SKIP option, you can set skip over perforation to ON or OFF. If this feature is ON when you use continuous paper, a one-inch margin is provided between the last printed line on one page and the initial printable line on the next page so that the printer skips over the perforation. This feature i[...]

Skip Over Perforation 1” SKIP On (Skip over perforation ON) To set skip over perforation to provide a one-inch margin using SelecType, turn on the 1” SKIP option by following the steps in the Using SelecType section earlier in this chapter. Note: Most application programs take care of top and bottom margins. Therefore, do not turn on skip over [...]

Adjusting the Loading Position The Loading Position The loading position is the position of the paper when it has been automatically loaded by the printer. The loading position is important because it determines where the printing begins on each page. If the printing is too high or too low on the page, change the loading position using the micro-ad[...]

Adjusting the Loading Position Adjusting the loading position To adjust the loading position, follow these steps: 1. Load your paper. 2. Press the MICRO FEED button (the A button or button). The display shows TOF ADJUST (TOF stands for top of form). 3. Press the button A to feed the paper forward or the button to feed the paper backward. Note: The [...]

Short Tear-off What happens in short tear-off mode There are two ways of operating the short tear-off feature. One way is to set the AUTO TEAR OFF option with SelecType. When you have finished printing and if the perforation is at the top of form position, the printer automatically feeds the perforation of the continuous paper to the tear-off edge [...]

Short Tear-Off The short tear-off feature operated by the TEAR OFF button is described below. 1. When you have finished printing, press the TEAR OFF button once to feed the perforation of your page forward to the tear-off edge of the paper bail. 2. Tear off the page using the tear-off edge of the paper bail. 3-24 Using the Printer[...]

Short Tear-Off Note: If the perforation of the paper does not meet the tear-off edge, adjust the tear-off position of the paper with the micro-adjustment feature described on the next page. 3. Press the TEAR OFF button again to reverse-feed the paper to its loading position. Using the Printer 3-25[...]

Short Tear-Off Adjusting the tear-off position If you need to adjust the tear-off position of the perforation to meet the tear-off edge, use the micro-adjustment feature. The same procedure can be used regardless of whether you set the tear-off position using SelecType or with the TEAR OFF button. 1. Be sure that the TEAR OFF light is on, then pres[...]

Short Tear-Off 2. Adjust the tear-off position in 1/180th of an inch increments by pressing the button A to feed the paper forward or the button to feed it backward. CAUTION: The short tear-off feature can only be used with the built-in tractor feeding system. When you press the TEAR OFF button or resume printing after tearing off the sheet, the pa[...]

Selecting Typestyles Your printer can produce a wide range of typestyles by using different character fonts, character spacings, widths, and other print variations. You can select typestyles in three different ways: by using software commands, by using SelecType, or by using other features available on the control panel. This section describes how [...]

Selecting Typestyles The following samples show the character set available for each font. We've just seen your excellent ad for miniature zebras in a recent back issue of Trader's Times. What is the price schedule for quantities over one gross? SANS SERIF We’ve just seen your excellent ad fo r miniature zebras in a recent back issue o [...]

Selecting Typestyles COURIER We've just seen your excellent ad fo r miniature zebras in a recent back issue of Trader's Times. What is the price schedul e for quantities over one gross? PRESTIGE We've just seen your excellent ad for miniature zebras in a recent back issue of Trader's Times. What is the price schedule for quantit[...]

Selecting Typestyles We've just seen your excellent ad for miniature zebras in a recent back issue of Trader's Times. What is the price schedule for quantities over one gross? OCR-B We've just seen your excellent ad for miniature zebras in a recent back issue of Trader's Times. What is the price schedule for ' quantities ov[...]

Selecting Typestyles ORATOR-S We've just seen your excellent ad for miniature zebras in a recent back issue of Trader's Times, What is the price schedule for quantities over one gross? Draft mode uses fewer dots per character for high-speed printing, which makes it ideal for rough drafts. The other fonts are printed in Letter Quality (LQ)[...]

Character spacing For most of the ten built-in fonts, you can choose a character spacing of 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 characters per inch (cpi), or proportional spacing. To select a spacing, press the PITCH button until the display shows the desired spacing. PITCH Some of the fonts do not offer all character spacings. See the table below. Draft Roman Sans[...]

Selecting Typestyles For the fixed pitch settings (10, 12, 15, 17 and 20 cpi), each character is given an equal amount of space. For proportional spacing, character width varies from one character to the next. For example, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. The following printout compares 10 cpi (a fixed spacing) [...]

Selecting an International Character Set The capability to select an international character set provides you with a range of characters and symbols used in other languages. By using the SelecType COUNTRY option, you can select one of fifteen international character sets. International character set Country ASCII code (hex) 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 [...]

Choosing a Character Table The SelecType CG TABLE setting lets you select the italics character table, the EPSON Extended Graphics character table, or the download character table. (CG stands for Character Generator.) The EPSON Extended Graphics character table contains graphics characters (for printing lines, corners, and shaded area), internation[...]

Choosing a Character Table Sample printouts of the italic characters and the EPSON Extended Graphics characters are shown below. Italics EPSON Extended Graphics To select the italic character table, EPSON Extended Graphics character table, or Download character table using SelecType, set the CG TABLE option by following the steps in the SelecType s[...]

Data Dump Mode Your printer has a special feature to make it easy for experienced users to find the cause of communication problems between the printer and application programs. In data dump mode, an exact printout of the codes reaching the printer is produced. 1. To enter the data dump mode, hold down the FORM FEED and LINE FEED buttons at the sam[...]

Data Dump Mode 2. Run either an application program or one you have written in any programming language. Your printer prints all the codes sent to the printer in hexadecimal format as shown below. 3. To turn off the data dump mode, press the ON LINE button to take the printer off line, and then turn off the printer. (The data dump mode can also be [...]

Data Dump Mode Look at the data dump printout shown in Step 2. By comparing the characters printed in the right column with the printout of hexadecimal codes, you can check what codes are being sent to the printer. If characters are printable, they appear as their true ASCII characters. Nonprintable codes, such as control codes, are represented by [...]

Chapter 4 Software and Graphics Enhancing Your Printing ...................................................... 4-2 Character spacing ............................................................... 4-2 Character size ...................................................................... 4-3 Special effects and emphasis ..............................[...]

Enhancing Your Printing You can obtain a wide variety of printing effects with the SQ-850 or SQ-2550, from changing the number of characters printed per inch to using special effects or adding emphasis to selected words and phrases. This section gives you a sampling of the features you may want to select with your software. For software control of [...]

Enhancing Your Printing In 10, 12, and 15 cpi, each character is given the same amount of space. The width of proportional spacing, however, varies from character to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less space than a wide letter like W. The width of each proportional character is given in the Appendix. The following printout co[...]

Enhancing Your Printing Condensed Both 10 and 12 cpi printing can be reduced to about 60% of their normal width using the condensed mode. This mode is particulary useful for printing wide spreadsheets because condensed 12 cpi allows you to print up to 272 characters on an 13.6-inch line. Condensed can be selected with a software command. Condensed [...]

Enhancing Your Printing Emphasized and double-strike printing Emphasized and double-strike give your printing added emphasis. In emphasized mode, the SQ-850 and SQ-2550 print each character twice as the print head moves across the paper, with the second character offset slightly to the right of the first. This process produces darker, more fully fo[...]

Enhancing Your Printing Overlining, strike-through, and underlining The overline, strike-through, and underline modes are useful for highlighting selected text. This feature can be used to score text, spaces, subscripts, and superscripts without a break. You can choose from a variety of line styles including: single, double, broken, or continuous. [...]

Enhancing Your Printing Selecting typestyles with Master Select Your printer has a special ESCape code called Master Select that allows you to choose many possible combinations of nine different modes: 10 cpi, 12 cpi, proportional, condensed, emphasized, double-strike, double-width, italics, and underline. For more information on sending ESCape cod[...]

Enhancing Your Printing For example, to print a title, you may want to use double-width 12 cpi characters and print them in double-strike mode. You would add three numbers together to calculate the value of n: 12 cpi 1 Double-strike 16 Double-width 32 n = 49 After calculating the value of n, you would use the Master Select command to send the value[...]

Graphics The dot graphics mode allows your printer to produce pictures, graphs, charts, or almost any other graphics you can think of. Because many commercial software programs use graphics, you may be able to print pictures and graphs like the ones on this page and the next by simply giving your software a few instructions. The quickest and easies[...]

Graphics Income Breakdow n The print head To understand dot graphics you need to know a little about how your printer’s print head works. The printer has a 24-element print head. On the SQ, these elements are ink nozzles. Electrical impulses cause the nozzles to transfer ink to the paper to produce a pattern of small dots. As the head moves acros[...]

Graphics Dot patterns Your printer’s print head is able to print graphics as well as text because graphic images are formed on the printer about the same way that pictures in newspapers and magazines are printed. If you look closely at a newspaper photograph, you can see that it is made up of many small dots. Your printer also forms its images wi[...]

Graphics Labeling the nozzles To tell the printer which nozzles to fire in each column, you first divide each of the vertical columns into three sections of eight nozzles each and consider each section separately. Since there are 256 possible combinations of the eight nozzles in each section, you need a numbering system that allows you to use a sin[...]

Graphics With this numbering system, any combination of the eight nozzles adds up to a decimal number between 0 and 255, and no numbers are duplicated. Since there are 24 nozzles in each column, you must make a calculation for each of the three sections in each column. As you can see, this method of planning and printing dot graphics requires consi[...]

Graphics In this command, m selects the graphics option and nl and n2 specify the number of columns to reserve for graphics. The available graphics options are listed below. Option Elements m Horiz.density dots/in. Single-density ! 8 0 60 Double-density 8 1 120 High-speed double-density* 8 2 120 Quadruple-density* 8 3 240 CRT I 8 4 80 -.. . CRT II [...]

Graphics For example, if you wish to send 1632 columns of graphics data, nl should be 96 and n2 should be 6 because 1632 = 96 + 6 x 256. The printer will interpret the number of bytes determined by nl and n2 as graphics data, no matter what codes they are. This means that you must be sure to supply enough bytes of graphics data or the printer will [...]

Graphics Using hand-calculated data to print graphics With what you know now, you can use the simplest application of graphics - using hand-calculated data to print graphic images. While this method is the most tedious, it helps you understand dot graphics. Also, it is useful for small graphic elements that are used many times. The illustration bel[...]

Graphics Write the assigned values of the nozzles next to your design and then total the values for each column of dots. These totals are the values that will be sent to the printer as graphics data to print the design. Below is shown the same grid divided into three sections to make the data calculation easier. At the bottom of each section of eac[...]

Graphics Here is the BASIC program that prints the design shown on the previous pages. Notice that the data numbers in lines 80-140 are the same numbers that you see in the last illustration. Also note that the WIDTH statement in line 10 is for IBM PC BASIC; the format may be different for your system. 10 WIDTH "LPT1:",255 20 LPRINT CHR$([...]

Graphics Adding the following lines to the preceding program will cause the pattern to print 10 times in a row as shown below. 15 FOR C=l TO 10: RESTORE 65 NEXT C Individual graphics option commands As previously mentioned, your printer responds to commands that are used by EPSON FX, RX, LX, and EX series printers. There are four individual graphic[...]

Graphics The reassigning command The SQ has a command that allows you to change the graphics option assigned to any of the four individual graphics options commands. The command looks like this: ESC ? s m The letter s represents the command that you wish to change the assignment for (K, L, Y, or Z) and m is the number of the graphics option that yo[...]

User-defined Characters With this printer, it is possible to define and print characters of your own design. You can design an entirely new alphabet or typeface, create characters for special applications such as mathematical or scientific symbols, or create graphic patterns with user-defined characters to serve as building blocks for larger design[...]

User-defined Characters Design grids To design a character you use a grid that is 24 dots high - one dot for each nozzle on your printer’s print head. The width of the character matrix is dependent upon the character set in use. For draft characters, the grid is nine dots wide. For Letter Quality it is 29 dots wide, and for proportional character[...]

User-defined Characters There is one restriction in designing characters. Dots in the same row may not print in adjacent columns. That is, there must be an empty dot position to the left and to the right of each dot that prints. This is true in draft, Letter Quality, and proportional. Defining your characters The first step in defining characters i[...]

User-defined Characters Data numbers The bits within each byte have values of 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128. In the vertical column of dots, the bits are arranged so that the most significant bit (which has a value of 128) is at the top and the least significant bit (which has a value of 1) is at the bottom. The next illustration shows how to use[...]

User-defined Characters Now you have seen how to design a character by placing dots on a grid and translating the dots to decimal equivalents. The last step in defining a character is to send this information to the printer. Sending information to your printer The printer loads characters in the print style (Letter Quality, draft, or proportional) [...]

User-defined Characters An example will show how to specify nl and n2. If, for instance, you wanted to redefine the characters A through Z, nl would be A (or ASCII code 65) and n2 would be Z (or ASCII code 90). So the command ESC & 0 AZ (followed by the appropriate data) would replace the entire alphabet of capital letters. Following the specif[...]

User-defined Characters 60 READ A: LPRINT CHR$(A); 70 NEXT I 80 LPRINT "@@@@@" 90 LPRINT CHR$(27)"%"CHR$(l); 100 LPRINT "@@@@@" 110 LPRINT CHR$(27)"%"CHR$(~); 120 LPRINT "@@@@@" 130 END 140 DATA 1,0,0,2,0,0,4,0,0 150 DATA 8,0,0,23,255,240,8,0,0 160 DATA 4,0,0,2,0,0,~0,0 In line 10, the ESC x0 comman[...]

User-defined Characters Run the program to see the printout below: As you can see, both sets of characters (the original ROM characters that the printer normally uses and the user-defined character set) remain in the printer available for your use. The command to switch between the two sets is used in line 90 and 110. It is: ESC % n If n is equal t[...]

User-defined Characters Therefore, your printer has a command which allows you to copy all of the standard characters from ROM to the user-defined character set. The command format is as follows, where the value of n represents the font family: ESC: 0 n 0 Note: This command will cancel any user-defined characters you have created. You must send thi[...]

User-defined Characters Remember that in Letter Quality and proportional modes, as in draft, you cannot place dots in adjacent columns. There must be an empty dot position to the left and right of each dot that prints. Superscripts and subscripts You can also create superscript and subscript user-defined characters. Just as Letter Quality character[...]

User-defined Characters Since super/subscript characters are smaller, they do not require as much information when you define them. When you define super/subscript characters, you need only two bytes of data for each vertical row of dots. Design grids for these characters are shown in the figure below. Software and Graphics 4-31[...]

User-defined Characters Mixing print styles Each of the three user-defined character modes (draft, Letter Quality, and proportional) can be used in combination with most of your printer’s various print styles. For instance, emphasized works with user-defined characters. The characters you design are enhanced to give this printing effect. Mixing t[...]

Chapter 5 Using Printer Options The Cut Sheet Feeder ............................................................. 5-2 Installation ............................................................................ 5-2 Paper handling .................................................................... 5-4 Testing the printer in the cut sheet feeder mode [...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder The optional cut sheet feeders give you easier and more efficient handling of single sheet paper. Printer Single-bin Double-bin SQ-850 C806081 C80609 1 SQ-2550 C806101 C806111 You can use the cut sheet feeder without removing continuous paper. Up to 150 sheets of standard bond paper can be stacked in each cut sheet feeder bin a[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder Note: If you plan to switch between cut sheet feeder use and continuous paper, load continuous paper as described in Chapter 2. 2. Hold the assembled cut sheet feeder in both hands and fit its notches over the pins of the printer. Then lower the cut sheet feeder unit onto the printer. 3. Close the printer cover. Using Printer O[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder Paper handling No matter which cut sheet feeder (CSF) bin you select, the paper is loaded in the same way. The procedure for loading CSF bin 1 (the front bin) is used in the following example. (The C806081 and C806101 have only one bin.) 1. Slide the left paper guide until it stops at the ring shown in the figure below. 2. Slid[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 3. Pull the left and right paper set levers of the selected bin forward until the paper guides retract and lock open to allow for paper loading. Then pull up the two small levers on the paper guides. 4. Take a stack of paper and fan it. Next, tap the paper on a flat surface to even up the stack. Using Printer Options 5-5[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 5-6 Using Printer Options[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 7. Turn on the printer. 8. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line. 9. Press the PAPER SELECT button to change the display on the LCD to CSF bin 1. Press the PAPER SELECT button again if you wish to select CSF bin 2. If continuous paper is loaded, the paper is reverse-fed. Using Printer Options 5-7[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder Testing the printer in the cut sheet feeder mode When you perform the cut sheet feeder self test, the printer counts the number of lines on the page and prints out this number at the bottom of the first page, as shown on the next page. The number of lines counted by the printer becomes the default page length setting. This sett[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder The following figure shows part of the printout for the first sheet of the draft mode self test. The printout of the second sheet is similar to the original self test described in Chapter 1. 3. The self test continues until the paper runs out or until you press the ON LINE button. To stop the test, press the ON LINE button.[...]

The Cut Sheet Leader Note: To resume the test, press the ON LINE button once more. 4. To end the self test, if paper is loaded, press the FORM FEED button to eject it. Then, turn off the printer. Loading envelopes Envelopes are loaded in much the same way as regular paper. CAUTION: When printing envelopes using the C806091 or C806111 cut sheet feed[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 2. Slide the right paper guide to match the width envelopes. of your 3. Pull the left and right paper levers forward and push down on the two small levers until they lock into position. Using Printer Options 5-11[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 4. Take a stack of envelopes and fan it; then tap the stack on a flap surface to even it up. Insert the envelopes into the front bin. (You can stack up to 25 standard envelopes into the bin. See the printer specifications section for more information.) 5. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to load an envelope. Then press the ON LINE b[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder Using the cut sheet feeder After stacking paper in the cut sheet feeder, be sure that the ON LINE light is lit. When the printer is on line, a new sheet of paper loads automatically whenever a printable character or line feeding command is sent to the printer. Subsequent sheets are automatically loaded as needed. Note: Be sure [...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder FORM FEED: LOAD/EJECT: When there is no paper in the printer and you wish to load paper manually, press this button to load the paper. (However, note that paper loads automatically when you print.) When there is paper in the printer, press this button to eject the sheet without loading the next sheet. When there is no paper in [...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder If the paper reaches the bottom of the print area when any of the following line feeding commands is used, the sheet in the printer is automatically ejected and the next sheet is loaded. LF: VT: Line Feed; advances the paper by one line Vertical Tab; advances the paper to the next vertical tab position ESC J: Perform line feed [...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 2. To switch from cut sheet feeder operation to continuous paper, press the PAPER SELECT button until the display shows Tractor. position. Continuous paper is fed to its loading 3. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer on line. 5-16 Using Printer Options[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder If you want to use the short tear-off feature, you can tear off the perforation of the continuous paper at the cut sheet feeder’s edge. See the section on short tear-off (page 3-23) for more information. WARNING: Never attempt to print on labels when the cut sheet feeder is installed. Note: To clear a paper jam at the exit po[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder 1. Align the single sheet with the marking on the front of the cut sheet feeder’s cover; then insert the sheet into the paper path until you feed resistance. 2. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to load the sheet. (If your document is more than one page, the next sheet will be automatically loaded from the cut sheet feeder’s pape[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder Removing the cut sheet feeder 1. Remove the paper stacked in the cut sheet feeder. 2. Tilt the back section of the cut sheet feeder forward to release its notches from the printer’s pins and lift off the cut sheet feeder. Using Printer Options 5-19[...]

The Cut Sheet Feeder After removing the cut sheet feeder, be sure to store the cut sheet feeder in its original box and packing materials. 5-20 Using Printer Options[...]

The Pull Tractor The optional pull tractor (C800032 for the SQ-850 and C800042 for the SQ-2550) provides optimum continuous paper handling. The pull tractor is especially useful for printing continuous preprinted forms and labels. Use of the pull tractor is also recommended for obtaining the highest quality graphics. For best results, use the pull [...]

The Pull Tractor 2. Set continuous paper in the built-in push tractor as described in steps 3 to 9 in the section on loading continuous paper in Chapter 2. 3. Pull the paper bail toward you. 5-22 Using Printer Options[...]

The Pull Tractor 4. Holding the pull tractor with the gears to the right, fit the rear notches onto the rear mounting pins. 5. Tilt the tractor unit toward you until the front latches click over the front pins. Using Printer Options 5-23[...]

The Pull Tractor 6. Push the paper bail toward the platen and close the printer cover. CAUTION: Never use the platen knob to feed the paper while the printer is turned on. If you need to adjust the loading position, be sure to use the micro-adjustment feature described in Chapter 3. Paper handling Before loading continuous paper with the pull tract[...]

The Pull Tractor 1. Be sure the display on the control panel shows Tractor and the paper is loaded in the push tractor. 2. Take the printer to off line. Then press the FORM FEED button to advance the paper one page so that you can fit the paper onto the pull tractor. Using Printer Options 5-25[...]

The Pull Tractor 3. Release the sprocket lock levers and position the sprocket units to match the width of the paper. Then adjust the paper support so that they are spaced evenly between the sprocket units. 4. Open the pull tractor’s sprocket covers. 5-26 Using Printer Options[...]

The Pull Tractor 5. Fit the holes in the paper over the tractor pins on sprocket units and close the sprocket covers. the 6. See that the paper is not crooked or wrinkled and lock the sprocket units in place. Using Printer Options 5-27[...]

The Pull Tractor 7. Press in on the pull tractor knob and turn it slightly to remove any slack from the paper. 8. Attach the paper separator designed for use with the pull tractor unit. 9. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer on line. 5-28 Using Printer Options[...]

The Pull Tractor Removing the pull tractor 1. Be sure the printer is turned off, then remove the paper separator. 2. Open the printer cover and pull the paper bail toward you. Using Printer Options 5-29[...]

The Pull Tractor 3. Press the levers on the pull tractor. Then tilt the tractor back and lift it off the printer. 4. Push the paper bail back and close the printer cover. After removing the pull tractor, be sure to store the pull tractor in its original packing materials and box. 5-30 Using Printer Options[...]

Interface Boards There are a number of optional interfaces that can be used to supplement the capabilities of your printer’s built-in serial and parallel interfaces. Choosing an interface The following information should give you a general idea of the features provided by these optional interface boards. Optional interfaces can be divided into tw[...]

Interface Boards Interface number Name #8143 New serial interface #8148 Intelligent serial interface #8165 Intelligent IEEE-488 interface #8641 Coax interface #8642 Twinax interface All EPSON interfaces have the EPSON name printed on them. If the board has an identification code printed on it, it will be a four-digit number beginning with 8, and sh[...]

Interface Boards Removing the interface board cover 1. Unplug the power cable from the electrical outlet. Then unplug the cable from the rear of the printer. WARNING: High voltages are present inside the printer when the power is on. NEVER attempt to install or remove an interface board without first turning off the printer and unplugging it from t[...]

Interface Boards 5-34 Using Printer Options[...]

Interface Boards Installing the board There are two basic interface board designs, which differ with respect to how the frame ground (FG) wire is attached. This slight difference does not affect the operation of the interface in any way. 1. If the FG wire is not attached to the interface board, attach the plug end of the wire onto the FG pin locate[...]

Interface Boards 2. Remove the shield plate above the parallel interface connector by pressing in on the plastic clips located at the back of the plate. 3. Position the interface board inside the printer as shown below, making sure the board does not catch on any of the wires inside the compartment. 5-36 Using Printer Options[...]

Interface Boards 4. Carefully align the pins on the optional interface board with the mating connector on the main board; then plug the board into the connector. 5. Secure the board with three of the screws provided. Using Printer Options 5-37[...]

Interface Boards 6. Use the FG wire retaining screw to attach the round end of the FG (frame ground) wire to the ground connector beneath the interface connector. 7. Replace the interface board cover and secure it with the retaining screw. 5-38 Using Printer Options[...]

Interface Boards WARNING: Always disconnect the printer cable from the printer’s built-in parallel or serial interface before 8. Before you use the interface board, be sure to use SelecType to set the INTERFACE option to Parallel. (For details, see the SelecType setting section in Chapter 3.) This is necessary even if the interface is serial, bec[...]

Interface Boards Baud rate selection You can select from the following baud rates: 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, or 19200 bits per second (BPS). When setting the baud rate, make sure you use the bit rate selection table below. Handshaking timing When the vacant area for data in the input buffer drops to 256 bytes, the printer outputs an X-off c[...]

Chapter 6 Maintenance Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Replacing the Ink Cartridge . . . . . .[...]

Cleaning the Printer To keep your printer operating at its best, you should clean it thoroughly several times a year. 1. Turn off the printer and remove the cut sheet feeder or pull tractor, if installed. 2. Use a soft brush to carefully clean away all dust and dirt. 6-2 Maintenance[...]

Cleaning the Printer 3. If the outer case, printer cover or paper guide are dirty or dusty, clean them with a soft, clean cloth dampened with mild detergent dissolved in water. Keep the printer cover in place to prevent water from getting inside the printer. WARNING: l Never use alcohols or thinners to clean the printer; these chemicals can damage [...]

Cleaning the Print Head If print quality should diminish, use the printer’s built-in cleaning function. To ensure proper operation, you should use the ON LINE and LINE FEED buttons if printing becomes inconsistent. The cleaning cycle ensures that all the nozzles are delivering ink properly. To run the cleaning cycle, follow these steps. 1. Turn o[...]

Cleaning the Print Head 2. Press both the ON LINE and LINE FEED buttons to start the print head cleaning cycle. The display shows CLEANING for about 30 seconds. When the cleaning cycle is finished, press the ON LINE button to place the printer on line and resume printing. Maintenance 6-5[...]

Replacing the Ink Cartridge When the INK END light comes on, it indicates that there is very little ink left in the cartridge. The printer will, however, continue to print until it is completely out of ink. How long this takes depends upon what you are printing. Once the cartridge is completely empty, the INK END message is displayed and the printe[...]

Replacing the Ink Cartridge Follow these steps to replace the ink cartridge. 1. Open the ink cartridge compartment cover located at the front of the printer by pressing once on the area marked by the three grooves. Then carefully remove the used ink cartridge from the printer. Note: On one end of the cartridge is an ink indicator lever that registe[...]

Replacing the Ink Cartridge 2. Insert the end of the cartridge with the foil seal into the ink compartment as shown below. Gently push the cartridge all the way into the compartment. 3. Close the cartridge compartment cover as shown below and press the ON LINE button to place the printer on line and resume printing. 6-8 Maintenance[...]

Transporting the Printer If you need to transport your printer some distance, carefully repack the printer using the original box and packing materials. CAUTION: When repacking the printer for transpor- tation, press the PAPER SELECT button until the display shows Tractor. and then follow the steps below. 1. Take the printer off line before turning[...]

Transporting the Printer 4. Open the ink cartridge compartment cover and remove the ink cartridge by pulling it straight out of the printer. (Place the cartridge in a plastic bag and store separately.) Then close the ink cartridge compartment cover. 5. Insert the notice sheet by rotating the platen knob. 6-10 Maintenance[...]

6. Remove the printer cover and pull the paper bail open, then insert the white packing material between the paper bail and platen as shown below. 7. Reattach the printer cover. Then remove the platen knob. 8. Pack the printer in its original foam packing supports and box. Maintenance 6-11[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Power Supply .......................................................................... 7-3 Printing ....................................................................................[...]

Problems and Solutions This chapter discusses problems you may encounter while operating your printer and their likely solutions. If you are having difficulty achieving the desired printing result, first locate the problem in the table below and refer to the appropriate page for the solution. Power supply l Power is not being supplied. Refer to 7-3[...]

Power Supply Problem Solution Power is not being supplied to the printer. The POWER light does not go on. The POWER light comes on briefly and then goes off. The light stays off even when the power is switched off and on again. The power cable may be disconnected to may not be completely plugged into the electrical outlet. Turn off the printer and [...]

Printing Problem Solution The printer does not print or stops printing. The ON LINE light is on but nothing is printed. The ON LINE light is off (the printer is off line). The software may not be installed properly for your printer. Use your application program’s setup (or install) procedure to check the printer settings on your computer’s disp[...]

Problem Solution The PAPER OUT light is on. The INK END light is on. The “COVER OPEN" message is displayed on the control panel. The printer makes a strange noise, the buzzer sounds, and the printer stops abruptly. The print head moves, but nothing is printed. The printer may be out of paper. Load more paper into the printer. Refer to 2-3. T[...]

Printing Problem The print is faint or uneven. Solution Rots are missing in the printed characters or graphics. ABC D The printing on envelopes in either faint or too dark. The printout has a blurred appearance. ABCD The print head nozzles may be clogged. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer off line. Then press both the ON LINE and LINE FEE[...]

Problem Solution The printout is not what you expected. The typestyle or characters that are set by software cannot be printed. The printer prints a series of strange characters. Italic characters are printed instead of the selected graphic “line” characters. The software may not be correctly installed for your printer. Use the program’s setu[...]

Printing Problem . . Solution The printout is not what you expected. (continued) Graphic characters (line, ect.) being printed instead of the selected italic characters. Characters not belonging to the selected international character set being printed. The character font or character spacing selected by SelecType cannot be printed. The wrong chara[...]

Problem Solution The characters printed are smaller than expected. The changes made with SelecType may not have been initialized. After changing the printer’s default settings, check the SelecType settings and then press both the ON LINE and LOAD/EJECT buttons before trying to print. New default settings do not take effect unless you initialize t[...]

Printing Problem Solution The position of the printout is not what you expected. Text is printed on the same line. Text is printed with an extra blank line in between. Text is printed with an extra blank line in between, even after setting the auto line feed setting to off. Printing starts too high or too low on the Page. A line feed signal is not [...]

Problem Solution The position of the printout is not what you expected. (continued) Line spacing is not correct. One line of printing has taken up two lines. Your software may be set up incorrectly. Use your programs setup (or install) program to check the settings on the computer’s display. If your application program is capable of sending contr[...]

Printing Problem Solution Regular gaps appear in the printout. Skip over perforation is set, but the perforation does not fall in the center of the skip. Vertical lines in graphics are not aligned. The skip over perforation may be set with SelecType. Enter SelecType and turn off the skip over perforation feature. Refer to 3-19. The page length for [...]

Paper Handling The following section guides you through problems in handling single sheets and continuous paper. If you are having problems using the optional cut sheet feeder or the pull tractor, refer to the section on Options starting on page 7-21. Problem Solution Single sheets do not feed properly. The LOAD/EJECT buttons was pressed, but the p[...]

Problem Solution Single sheets do not feed properly. (continued) The LOAD/EJECT button was pressed and the platen rotated, but paper did not feed. 7-14 Troubleshooting The left and right edge guides may be placed too close together, preventing the paper from feeding smoothly. Adjust the position of the edge guides so that the paper can move up and [...]

Problem Solution The paper feed is crooked. The paper does not fully eject. The paper guide may not be attached or it may not be in the correct position. When printing on single sheets, use the paper guide in its upright position. Refer to 2-18. The left and right edge guides may be placed too far apart. Adjust the edge guides to match the width of[...]

Problem Solution Continuous paper does not feed properly. The LOAD/EJECT button was pressed and the platen rotated, but paper did not feed. The paper feed is crooked or the paper jams. Paper select may not be set to Tractor. Take the printer off line and press the PAPER SELECT button until the display shows Tractor. Refer to 2-9. The paper may not [...]

Problem Solution The position of the sprocket units may not match the width of the paper. Position the right sprocket unit to remove any excess slack across the paper. Refer to 2-13. The sprocket levers may be unlocked or the sprocket covers may be open. Position the sprocket units to match the width of your paper then lock them in place by pressin[...]

Problem Solution Continuous paper does not feed properly. (continued) Regular gaps appear in the printout. Skip over perforation is set, but the perforation does not fall in the center o f the skip. You may have pressed the LOAD/EJECT button with continuous paper already set at the loading position. Pressing the LOAD/EJECT button with continuous pa[...]

Problem Solution The loading position of the paper shifts slightly while printing several pages. After printing stops, the continuous paper feeds forward automatically. The short tear-off feature does not operate properly. Your application program may be setting the top and bottom margins. If this is the case, use SelecType to turn off skip over pe[...]

Problem Solution Continuous paper does not feed properly. (continued) The LOAD/EJECT button is pressed to eject the paper, but the paper does not fully eject or it jams. 7-20 Troubleshooting You may have tried to back feed too many pages. Before ejecting the paper, always remove the last printed page. Refer to 2-17.[...]

Options Problem Solution Using the cut sheet feeder, the paper does not feed properly. The LOAD/EJECT button is pressed, but the platen does not move and the paper does not feed. After a print command is sent from the computer, the platen does not move and the paper does not feed. The printer may be off line. Press the ON LINE button to put the pri[...]

Problem Solution Using the cut sheet feeder, the paper does not feed properly. (continued) The cut sheet feeder may be incorrectly installed on the printer. Remove and reinstall the cut sheet feeder making sure that the mounting notches are properly mated with the pins on the printer. Refer to 5-3. The cut sheet feeder may be out of paper. Load mor[...]

Problem Solution Two or more sheets There may be too many sheets of paper feed at the same time. in the cut sheet feeder’s bin. The bin can hold a maximum of 150 sheets of paper (82g/m 2 ). Remove some of the excess sheets. Refer to 5-2. The stack of paper may not have been loosened sufficiently. Before loading a stack of paper, be sure to fan it[...]

Problem Solution Using the pull tractor in combination with the push tractor, continuous paper does not feed properly. The FORM FEED or LINE FEED button was pressed, but the paper does not feed at all. (Platen does not move.) Paper feed is crooked or the paper jams. The printer may be on line. Before using the control panel buttons to feed the pape[...]

Problem Solution Several lines of space occur in the printout. Skip over perforation is set, but the skip has shifted from the perforation, or the perforation does not fall in the center o f the skip. After printing stops, the continuous paper feeds forward automatically. When LOAD/EJECT button was pressed to eject paper, the paper paper comes off [...]

Problem Using an optional interface, the printer does not operate properly. Solution The printer does not print or the printout is not what you expected. The interface may not be installed correctly. Turn off the printer and check that the interface board is correctly inserted into the connector on the main board. You may be using the wrong interfa[...]

If the printer still does not operate properly after checking the above points, run a self test of the interface to make sure that there are no on-board defects. If any abnormality is found, contact your dealer. Troubleshooting 7-27[...]

Chapter 8 Technical Specifications Printer Specifications ............................................................. 8-2 Printing ................................................................................. 8-2 Paper ...................................................................................... 8-3 Mechanical .......................[...]

Printer specifications Printing Printing method: 24-nozzle dot matrix Printing speed: See table below. Quality Characters per inch Characters/second/line Draft 10 500 12 600 Letter Quality 1 0 165 12 198 Printing direction: Bidirectional logic-seeking for both text and graphic printing. Unidirectional available through SelecType or software command[...]

Buffer: 8K bytes Character fonts: Font Available sizes (characters per inch) EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 EPSON Roman IO, 12, 15, 17, 20, Proportional EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, Proportional EPSON Courier 1O, 12, 15, 17, 20, Proportional EPSON Prestige 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, Proportional EPSON Script IO, 12, 15, 17, 20, Proportional EPSON [...]

Envelope Label Paper length: Single sheets Printable area: Single sheet 3 mm (0.12 “) or more- No.6 (165 x 92 mm) (6.5 inches x 3.625 inches) No.10 (241 x 105 mm) (9.5 inches x 4.125 inches) 63.5 x 23.8 mm (2.5 x 0.94 inches) 101.6 x 23.8 mm (4.0 x 0.94 inches) 101.6 x 36.5 mm (4.0 x 1.44 inches) 94 to 364 mm (3.7 to 14.3 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 “[...]

Continuous paper 8.5 mm (0.33 “) or more I SQ-850 Sh-2550 101 to 228 mm (0.4 to 9.0”) paper width 101 to 382 mm (4.0 to 15.0”) 13 mm (0.51”) or more paper width 254 mm (10”) paper width 13 mm (0.511 ") or more 21 mm (0.82 “) or more 406 mm (16 “) paper width 279 mm (11”) paper width 31 mm (1.22 “) or more 46 mm (1.81”) or m[...]

Paper thickness: Single sheets 0.065 to 0.10 mm (0.0026 to 0.004 inches) Continuous 0.065 to 0.10 mm (0.0025 to 0.004 inches) Envelope 0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0205 inches) Label Maximum 0.19 mm (0.0075 inches) Mechanical Ink Cartridge: Print capacity (depending on number of cleaning operations) Draft: 6 million characters Letter Quality: 3 mil[...]

WARNING -- Skin and Eye Irritant This ink contains potassium hydroxide, and may cause irritation on contact with skin and eyes. Please take the following precautions. l Avoid contact with skin and eyes. Should ink get into eyes, flush immediately with water and contact a physician. Wash all traces of in from skin thoroughly with soap and water afte[...]

Power consumption: Frequency: Insulation resistance: Dielectric strength (between AC line and shassis): Environment Temperature: Humidity: 120V AC ±10% (120V model) 220V AC ±10% (220V model) 240V AC ±10% (240V model) 35W (draft self-test printing) 50 ± 0.5 Hz 60 ± 0.5 Hz 10 M ohms between AC power line and chassis. 120 V model can withstand 1.[...]

Shock: Operation: Up to 1 G within 1 ms Storage: Up to 2 G within 1 ms Vibration: Operation: Up to 0.15 G at 10 to 55 Hz Storage: Up to 0.50 G at 10 to 55 Hz Technical Specifications 8-9[...]

Interface Specifications Parallel interface Your printer is equipped with both a parallel and a serial interface. Connector pin assignments and a description of their respective interface signals are shown in the following table. Return Pin 19 Signal Pin Signal Direction Description STROBE IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN STROBE pulse to read data. Pulse[...]

ecomes LOW, the printer controller is reset to its power-up state and the print buffer is cleared. This level is usually HIGH; its pulse width must be more than 50 microseconds at the receiving terminal. 32 ERROR OUT This level becomes LOW when the printer is: 1) in paper out state. 2) off line. 3) in error state. 33 - 34 35 GND NC Same as for Pins[...]

The column heading “Direction” refers to the direction of signal flow as viewed from the printer. “Return” denotes the twisted-pair return, to be connected at signal ground level. For the interface wiring, be sure to use a twisted-pair cable for each signal and to complete the connection on the return side. All interface conditions are base[...]

Printing enabledldisabled signals and control conditions The table below shows the relationship between printing being enabled or disabled, the on line/off line status, the printer select signal (SLCT IN), and the receipt of data on/off control characters, DC1 /DC3. ON LINE SLCT IN DCl/DC3 ERROR BUS Y ACKNLG Printing (Indicator (Data (Disabled, on)[...]

Signal level Mark (1) Space (0) 3V to 27V +3V to +27V Handshaking Handshaking by DTR signal or X-on/X-off. The DTR signal changes to mark - meaning the printer is not ready to receive data - when the number of bytes free in the input buffer drops to 256. The signal changes to space - meaning that the printer is now ready - when the number of bytes [...]

Options Specifications Cut sheet feeders Dimensions and weight: Width Depth Hight Weight - C80608 1 537 m m 508 m m 470 mm approx. 2.6 k g C806091 664 m m 508 mm 470 m m approx. 3.2 kg C806101 537 mm 608 mm 470 m m approx. 3.5 kg C806111 664 mm 608 m m 470 mm approx. 5.6 kg *Dimensions are mesured in mounting on the printer. Bin capacity: bin 1 Sin[...]

Realiability: MCBF (Mean Cycle Between Failures): 100,000 cycles Environmental condition: Temperature Operation: +5°C to +35°C Storage: -30°C to +7O°C Humidity Operation: 15% to 80% without condensation 15% to 70% (with envelopes) Storage: 5% to 90% without condensation 5% to 70% (with envelopes) Paper: Single sheet Envelope bin 1 and bin 2 bin[...]

Printable area: Storage condition: Temperature: 2 Humidity: 40% to 60% Technical Specifications 8-17[...]

Initialization There are four ways that the printer can be initialized (returned to a fixed set of conditions). Hardware initialization l When the power is turned on. l When the printer receives an INIT signal at the parallel interface (pin 31 goes LOW). l When both the ON LINE and LOAD/EJECT button is pressed at the same time. Software initializat[...]

Default settings The table below shows the default conditions that become valid when the printer is turned on. Item Top of form position Left and right margins Line spacing Vertical tab position Horizontal tab positions VFU channel Font selection Justification Character spacing Special printing effects User-defined characters Graphic mode assignmen[...]

Chapter 9 Command Summary Using the Command Summary ........................................... 9-2 Control key chart ................................................................ 9-4 Commands in Numerical Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 Commands Arranged by Topic ......................[...]

Using the Command Summary This chapter lists and describes all the commands available on your printer. The first part of this chapter lists all commands in numerical order and gives the page number where each is fully described. If you know which command you are looking for, consult the numerical list to find the number of the page where it is desc[...]

Using the Command Summary All three formats are equivalent, and it should be easy to pick the one most suited to your purpose. For instance, a BASIC programmer might refer to the first and second formats, a word processor might use the second, and a machine code programmer would use the third format. Variables are represented by italicized letters [...]

For example, in BASIC you can turn on double-width with either of these statements: LPRINT CHR$(27);“W”;CHR$(l) ------ ASCII code LPRINT CHR$(27);“W”;“l” ------------- ASCII character These BASIC commands correspond to the printer commands below: ESC W SO or ESC Wl Control key chart Some application programs can use control key codes fo[...]

Commands in Numerical Order The following list shows control codes and ESC sequences (with their decimal and hexadecimal values), and the page number where the complete command can be found. ASCII Dec. Hex. Description Page BEL 7 07 BS 8 08 HT 9 09 LF 10 OA VT 11 OB FF 12 OC CR 13 OD SO 14 OE SI DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 CAN DEL ESC SO ESC SI ESC EM ESC SP E[...]

Commands in Numerical Order ASCII Dec. Hex. Description Page ESC ( - 40 28 ESC * 42 2A ESC + 43 2B ESC - 45 2D ESC / 47 2F ESC 0 48 30 ESC 2 50 32 ESC 3 51 33 ESC 4 52 34 ESC 5 53 35 ESC 6 54 36 ESC 7 55 37 ESC : 58 3A ESC < 60 3C ESC = 61 3D ESC > 62 3E ESC ? 63 3F ESC @ 64 40 ESC A 65 41 ESC B 66 42 ESC C 67 43 ESC C 0 67 43 ESC D 68 44 ESC[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ASCII Dec. Hex. Description Page ESC M 77 4D ESC N 78 4E ESC 0 79 4F ESC I’ 80 50 ESC Q 81 51 ESC R 82 52 ESC SO 83 53 ESC Sl 83 53 ESC T 84 54 ESC U 85 55 ESC W 87 57 ESC Y 89 59 ESC Z 90 5A ESC 92 5C ESC a 97 61 ESC b 98 62 ESC g 103 67 ESC k 107 6B ESC 1 108 6C ESC p 112 70 ESC q 113 71 ESC t 116 74 ESC w 119 77 ES[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic The following section lists and describes all the commands by topic. See the Quick Reference Card at the end of the book for the list of the commands by topic. Printer Operation ESC 63 Format: Initialize Printer ASCII code: ESC @ Decimal: 27 64 Hexadecimal: 1B 40 Comments: Resets the printer mode and clears the current pr[...]

DC3 Format: Deselect Printer ASCII code: DC3 Decimal: 19 Hexadecimal: 13 Comments: Puts the printer into the deselected state until the select printer code (DCl) is received. The printer cannot be reselected with the ON LINE button. If the selected state has been fixed by SelecType, this code is ignored. DEL Format: Delete Character ASCII code: DEL[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC U Format: Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off ASCII code: ESC U n Decimal: 27 85 n Hexadecimal: 1B 55 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 1: Mode is turned ON. 0: Mode is turned OFF. Printing is normally bidirectional. This command selects unidirectional printing for more accurate positioning during text p[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic MSB Control MSB is the Most Significant Bit. MSB control (ESC =, ESC >, and ESC #) does not work for graphics or user defined characters. ESC = (equal) Format: Set MSB to 0 ASCII code: ESC = Decimal: 27 61 Hexadecimal: 1B 3D Comments: Sets the MSB of all incoming data to 0. Some computers always send data with the MSB [...]

BEL Format: Beeper ASCII code: BEL Decimal: 7 Hexadecimal: 07 Comments: Sounds the printer’s beeper. Data Control CR Format: Carriage Return ASCII code: C R Decimal: 13 Hexadecimal: OD Comments: Prints the data in the buffer and returns the print position to the left margin. A line feed may be added if the AUTO FEED XT line on the parallel interf[...]

Vertical Motion FF Format: Form Feed ASCII code: F F Decimal: 12 Hexadecimal: OC Comments: Prints the data in the print buffer and advances the paper to the top of the next form according to the current page length. Page length can be changed with ESC C. In the cut sheet feeder mode, an FF ejects a sheet but does not load one. ESC C Format: Set Pag[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC C 0 Format: Set Page Length in Inches ASCII code: ESC C 0 n Decimal: 27 67 0 n Hexadecimal: 1B 43 00 n Comments: Sets the page length to n inches. The value of n must be froml-22. The top of form position is set to the current line. Overrides the SelecType PAGE TRACTOR, PAGE CSF BN1 , or PAGE CSF BN2 setting . ESC N F[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC 0 Format: Cancel Skip Over Perforation ASCII code: ESC 0 Decimal: 27 79 Hexadecimal: 1B 4 F Comments: Cancels the skip over perforation set by ESC N. Overrides the SelecType 1’ SKIP setting. LF Format: Line Feed ASCII code: L F Decimal: 10 Hexadecimal: 0A Comments: When this command is received, the data in the prin[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC 2 Select l/6-inch Line spacing Format: ASCII code: ESC 2 Decimal: 27 50 Hexadecimal: 1B 32 Comments: Sets the line spacing to 1/6th of an inch for subsequent line feed commands. The 2 is the character two and not decimal code 2. This is the default at power on. Overrides the SelecType LINE SPACING setting. ESC 3 Forma[...]

ESC A Format: Set n/60-inch Line Spacing ASCII code: ESC A n Decimal: 27 65 n Hexadecimal: 1B 41 n Comments: Sets the line spacing to n/60th of an inch for subsequent line feed commands. The value of n must be from O-85. ESC J Format: Perform n/180-inch Line Feed ASCII code: ESC J n Decimal: 27 74 n Hexadecimal: 1B 4A n Comments: Advances the paper[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC B Format: Set Vertical Tabs ASCII code: ESC B nl n2 . . . 0 Decimal: 27 66 nl n2 . . . 0 Hexadecimal: 1B 42 nl n2 . . . 00 Comments: Sets up to 16 vertical tabs in the current line spacing. Tab settings are not affected by subsequent changes in line spacing. The tab settings are entered as nl, n2, etc., all from l-255[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC / Format: Select Vertical Tab Channel ASCII code: ESC / c Decimal: 27 47 c Hexadecimal: 1B 2F c Comments This command is used to select the vertical tab channel, with the value of c from 0-7. All subsequent VT commands use the channel selected by this command. Horizontal Motion ESC 1 Format: Set Left Margin ASCII code[...]

ESC Q Set Right Margin Format: ASCII code: ESC Q n Decimal: 27 81 n Hexadecimal: 18 51 n Comments: Sets the right margin to n columns in the current character size. Settings made in the proportional mode are treated as 10 cpi. This command clears previous tab settings and all previous characters in the print line. The minimum space between the marg[...]

ESC $ Format: Set Absolute Print Position ASCII code: ESC $ nl n2 Decimal: 27 36 n1 n2 Hexadecimal: 1B 24 nl n2 Comments: This sequence specifies the distance from the left margin that subsequent characters are to be printed, using this formula: total number of dots = nl + (n2 x 256). Each unit equals 1/60th of an inch. The sequence is ignored and [...]

Commands Arranged by Topic HT Format: Tab Horizontally ASCII code: HT Decimal: 9 Hexadecimal: 09 Comments: Advances the print position to the next horizontal tab setting. The default settings are at intervals of eight characters in the currently selected character spacing. Tab positions are not affected by subsequent changes in character spacing. E[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic Overall Printing Style ESC x Format: Select Letter Quality or Draft ASCII code: ESC x n Decimal: 27 120 n Hexadecimal: 1B 78 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 0: Selects the draft mode. 1: Selects the Letter Quality (LQ) mode. Overrides the SelecType and control panel settings. ESC k Format: Select Types[...]

The following values can be used for n: 0: Roman 1: Sans Serif 2: Courier 3: Prestige 4: Script 5: OCR-B 6: OCR-A 7: Orator 8: Orator-S Overrides the SelecType FONT and control panel settings. ESC ! Format: Master Select ASCII code: ESC ! n Decimal: 27 33 n Hexadecimal: 1B 21 n Comments: Selects any valid combination of the following modes: 10 cpi,[...]

Print Size and Character Width ESC P Format: Select 10 cpi ASCII code: ESC P Decimal: 27 80 Hexadecimal: 1B 50 Comments: Selects 10 cpi (10 characters per inch). Because 10 cpi is the default pitch, this command is normally used to cancel 12 cpi or 15 cpi. Overrides the SelecType PITCH and control panel settings. ESC M Format: Select 12 cpi ASCII c[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC p Format: Turn Proportional Mode On/Off ASCII code: ESC p n Decimal: 27 112 n Hexadecimal: 1B 70 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 1: Mode is turned ON. 0: Mode is turned OFF. The width of proportional characters varies from character to character. Therefore, a narrow letter like i receives less spac[...]

ESC SI Format: Select Condensed Mode ASCII code: ESC S I Decimal: 27 15 Hexadecimal: 1B OF Comments: Duplicates the SI command and the function of SelecType and control panel settings. DC2 Format: Cancel Condensed Mode ASCII code: DC2 Decimal: 18 Hexadecimal: 12 Comments: Cancels condensed printing set by SI, ESC SI or the SelecType and control pan[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC SO Format: Select Double-width Mode (one line) ASCII code: ESC SO Decimal: 27 14 Hexadecimal: 1B 0 E Comments: Duplicates the SO command. DC4 Format: ASCII code: DC4 Decimal: 20 Hexadecimal: 14 Cancel Double-width Mode (one line) Comments: Cancels one-line double-width printing selected by SO or ESC SO, but not double[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC w Turn Double-height Mode On/Off Format: ASCII code: ESC w n Decimal: 27 119 n Hexadecimal: 1B 77 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 1: Mode is turned ON. 0: Mode is turned OFF. Double-height mode doubles the height of all characters. Print Enhancement ESC E Select Emphasized Mode Format: ASCII code: [...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC G Format: Select Double-strike Mode ASCII code: ESC G Decimal: 77 71 Hexadecimal: 1B 47 Comments: Makes text bolder by printing each line twice. ESC H Cancel Double-strike Mode Format: ASCII code: ESC H Decimal: 27 72 Hexadecimal: 1B 48 Comments: Cancels the double-strike mode selected by ESC G. ESC SO Format: Select [...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC Sl Format: Select Subscript Mode ASCII code: ESC S 1 Decimal: 27 83 1 Hexadecimal: 1B 53 1 Comments: Prints characters about two-thirds of the normal character height in the lower part of the character space. ESC T Format: Cancel Superscript/Subscript Mode ASCII code: ESC T Decimal: 27 84 Hexadecimal: 1B 54 Comments: [...]

ESC q Format: Select Character Style ASCII code: ESC q n Decimal: 27 113 n Hexadecimal: 1B 71 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 0: Select normal style 1: Select outline style 2: Select shadow style 3: Select outline with shadow This command is valid for all characters, with the exception of character codes B0H to DFH, F4H, and F5H[...]

ESC ( - Select Line Format: ASCII code: ESC ( - nl n2 m dl d2 Decimal: 27 40 45 nl n2 m dl d2 Hexadecimal: 1B 28 2D nl n2 m dl d2 Comments: Use decimal or hexadecimal values for all variables, not ASCII characters. Use the following values for the first 3 variables: nl must be 3 n2 must be 0 m must be 1 The value of dl determines the location of th[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic The last three bits of d2 determine the characteristics of the score line as shown below: Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 On (1) Off (0) Broken Double Single line line on line on Continuous Double Single line line off line off Note: If Bit 1 and Bit 0 are both off, the selected score is cancelled. Double line and single line scores can[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic Word Processing ESC a Format: Select Justification ASCII code: ESC a n Decimal: 27 97 n Hexadecimal: 1B 61 n Comments: The following values can be used for n: 0: Selects left justification. 1: Selects centering. 2: Selects right justification. 3: Selects full justification. The default setting is n = 0. Full justification[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic Character Tables ESC t Format: Select Character Table ASCII code: ESC t n Decimal: 27 116 n Hexadecimal: 1B 74 n Comments: Selects the character table used by codes 128-255. Selecting EPSON Extended Graphics does not disable italic printing. Italic printing can still be selected by ESC 4. The following values can be used [...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC 5 Cancel Italic Mode Format: ASCII code: ESC 5 Decimal: 27 53 Hexadecimal: 1B 35 Comments: Cancels the mode selected by ESC 4. ESC R Format: Select an International Character Set ASCII code: ESC R n Decimal: 27 82 n Hexadecimal: 1B 52 n Comments The following values can be used for n: 0: USA 8: Japan 1: France 9: Norw[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic User-defined Characters See Chapter 4 for sample programs and full information on this topic. ESC & Format: Define User-defined Characters ASCII code: ESC & 0 n l n2 d0 dl d2 data Decimal: 27 38 0 nl n2 d0 dl d2 data Hexadecimal: 1B 26 00 nl n 2 d0 dl d2 dat a Comments: This command allows characters to be redefin[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC % Select User-defined Set Format: ASCII code: ESC % n Decimal: 27 37 n Hexadecimal: 1B 25 n Comments: This code is used to print the characters of the user-defined download set. ESC & is required to define the character set. The following values can be used for n: 0: Selects the normal set. 1: Selects the user-def[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC 7 Format: Enable Upper Control Codes ASCII code: ESC 7 Decimal: 27 55 Hexadecimal: 1B 37 Comments: When the EPSON Extended Graphics character table is selected, this code causes codes 128 through 159 to be treated as control codes. This is the default. Graphics See Chapter 4 for sample graphics programs. Also see the [...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC L Format: Select Double-density Graphics Mode ASCII code: ESC L nl n2 Decimal: 27 76 nl n2 Hexadecimal: 1B 4C nl n 2 Comments: Turns on eight-element, low-speed, double-density graphics mode. The total number of columns = nl + (n2 x 256). ESC Y Format: Select High-speed Double-density Graphics Mode ASCII code: ESC Y n[...]

Commands Arranged by Topic ESC * Format: Select Graphics Mode ASCII code: ESC * m nl n2 Decimal: 27 42 m nl n2 Hexadecimal: 1B 2A m nl n2 Comments: Turns on graphics mode m. See the table below for details on the available modes. The total number of columns = nl + (n2 * Adjacent dots cannot be printed in this mode. ESC ? Format: ASCII code: ESC ? s[...]

Appendix Proportional Width Table ..................................................... A-2 Character Tables ..................................................................... A-6 Appendix A-l[...]

Proportional Width Table This table lists the widths of your printer’s proportional characters. The values given are in 360ths of an inch. (For example, a value of 36 is 36/360ths of an inch.) You may need to enter these widths into a special table for your processing program so it can calculate the number of proportional characters that will fit[...]

Proportional Width Table Code 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4 A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5 B 5C 5D 5E 5F 60 61 62 63 CHR @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N 0 P Q R S T U v w X Y Z [ I Width 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 24/16 30/20 36/24 36/24 42/28 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 42/28 36/24 42[...]

Proportional Width Table Code CHR A-4 Appendix Width 30/20 30/20 18/12 18/12 18/12 36/24 36/24 36/24 42/28 42/28 30/20 30/20 30/20 36/24 36/24 36/24 36/24 42/28 30/20 30/20 36/24 42/28 30/20 30/20 18/12 30/20 36/24 36/24 36/24 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 Code CHR B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 BA BB BC BD BE BF C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 [...]

Proportional Width Table Code D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 CHR Width 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30/20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Code F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE CHR Width 30 3[...]

Character Tables These character tables are selected by SelecType CG TABLE setting or using the ESC t software command. For the EPSON Extended Graphics character table, use of the ESC 6 or ESC 7 software command lets you select whether to print hex codes 80 to 9F as characters (ESC 6) or control codes (ESC 7). Italic Character Table A-6 Appendix[...]

Character Tables EPSON Extended Graphics Character Table Appendix A-7[...]

Note that these definitions apply specifically to printers. If a word is italicized, see that topic for more information. application program A program that helps you carry out a particular task, such as word processing or financial planning. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A standardized coding system for assigning numeri[...]

Glossary bit A binary digit (0 or l), which is the smallest unit of information used by a printer or computer. See also number systems. buffer See memory. byte A unit of information consisting of eight bits. carriage return The control code that returns the print position to the left margin. In bidirectional printing, the print head may not actuall[...]

Glossary control code Besides the codes for printable characters, the ASCII standard also includes 33 other codes which are called control codes. These control codes perform such functions as sounding the beeper and performing a carriage return or line feed. cut sheet feeder An optional, detachable device that automatically feeds single sheets of p[...]

Glossary double-strike printing A way of producing bolder characters. Each character is printed twice in a single pass of the print head: the second time, the dots are printed slightly below the original dots. Can only be used in draft mode. draft One of two print qualities available on your printer. Draft uses a minimum number of dots per characte[...]

Glossary form feed A control code and a panel button that advances the paper to the top of the next page. hexadecimal (hex) See number systems. initialize To establish the initial default status of the printer by turning the printer on or sending an INIT signal. interface The connection between the computer and the printer. A parallel interface tra[...]

Glossary memory The printer, like a computer, has a memory. When you print a file from a computer, the contents of the file are transferred quickly from the computer’s memory to the printer’s memory. The printer then prints information from its own memory at a much slower rate. This way of printing frees the computer to do other work while the [...]

paper-out sensor A small switch behind the platen that sends a signal when it is not in contact with paper, causing the PAPER OUT light to go on. parallel interface See interface. parity Parity is a method for a computer and printer to check the reliability of data transmission. pitch Indicates the number of characters per inch (cpi). The standard [...]

Glossary push tractor A built-in device that moves continuous paper through the printer. RAM Random Access Memory. The portion of the printer’s memory used as a buffer and for storing user-defined characters. All data stored in RAM is lost when the printer is turned off. reset To return a printer to its defaults, by either a command, an INIT sign[...]

Glossary unidirectional printing Printing in one direction only. Allows more precise vertical alignment than bidirectional printing. Often used for printing graphics. user-defined characters Characters that are defined and stored in the printer by the user. Also known as download characters. Glossary GL-9[...]

Index A American Standard Code for Information Interchange, see ASCII Application programs, l-32-33 ASCII, 9-2, GL-1 Assembling the printer, l-l0-13 Auto line feed, 3-12-13, GL-1 B Baud rate, see Serial interface Beeper, 9-12 Bidirectional printing, 3-12, 8-2, 9-9-10 Bit image graphics, see Graphics Bottom margin, see Skip over perforation Buffer, [...]

Inde x Condensed mode, 9-26-27, GL-2 Condensed printing, 4-4 setting by software commands, 9-26-27 Connecting to the power supply, l-14-16 to your computer, 1-28-31 Continuous paper, see Paper Control panel, 3-2-9 Cut sheet feeder, 5-2-20 removing, 5-19- 20 specifications, 8-15-17 setting by software command 9-10 D Data dump, 3-38-40, 3-9, GL-3 Def[...]

Index G Graphics, 4-9-20 commands, 4-13, 9-40-42 Graphics character table, see Epson Extended Graphics character table H Hexadecimal (hex) dump, see Data dump I Interface, see Parallel interface or Serial interface IBM PC and compatibles using Epson Extended Graphics character table, 3-36 IEEE-488 interface, 5-31 Initialization, 3-8, 3-16, 8-18 Ink[...]

Index single sheet paper, l-20-21 2-3-7, 5-17-18 switching between continuous and single sheets, 2-16-22 switching between the cut sheet feeder and continuous paper, 5-15-17 Loading position, 2-14 adjusting, 3-21-22 Location for printer, l-7-8 M Maintenance, 6-2-8 Margins, 3-11, 9-19-20 Master Select, 4-7-8, 9-24 Maximum paper widths, 8-3-4 Mechani[...]

Index Paper handling continuous paper, 2-8-15, 5-24-28 envelopes, 2-28-30, 5-10-12 labels, 2-25-27 single sheets, 2-3-7, 5-4-7 PAPER SELECT button, l-20, 2-4, 2-9, 3-6, 5-7, 5-16 Paper thickness lever, 2-23 setting, 2-24-25 Paper width, see Paper Paper width specifications, 8-3-4 Parallel interface connecting, l-28-29 specifications, 8-10-13 Pica, [...]

Index Pull tractor, 5-21-30 installing, 5-21-24 loading continuous paper, 5-24-28 removing, 5-29-30 R READY light, 3-3 RESET, 3-8, 3-16 Roman, 3-5, 3-29 RS-232C-compatible serial interface, 5-31 S Sans Serif, 3-5, 3-29 SelecType, 3-10-l7 button, 3-8 using, 3-10-l7 Self test, 1-19-25, 3-9 in cut sheet feeder mode, 5-8-l0 Serial interface connecting,[...]

Index U Underlining, 4-6, 9-31 Unidirectional printing, 3-12, 9-10 Unpacking, l-3 User-defined characters, 4-21-31, 9-38-39, GL-9 V Voltage, 1-3 power supply, 8-8 Index IN-7[...]

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Control Codes by Functio n The following control codes are listed briefly for quick reference. For a more detailed explanation, see the page reference in Chapter 9. Variables are not included in this quick reference due to their complexity. For those codes that contain variables, such as ESC Q n for setting the right margin, see Chapter 9. Printer [...]

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