Brother HL-2400C Series manual

i Brother Color Laser Printer HL-2400C series USER’S GUIDE[...]

USER’S GU IDE ii Trademarks Brother is a registere d tradema rk of Brother Industr ies, Ltd. Apple an d LaserWrit er are reg istered tr ad emarks, an d TrueTy pe is a trad emark of Apple Com puter, Inc. Centronic s is a tra demark of Genicom C orporation. EPSON is a register ed tradem ark, and FX- 850 and FX-80 ar e tradem arks of Se iko Epson Co[...]

TABLE OF CO NTENTS iii (For USA & CANADA Only) For technical and oper ational assistanc e, please call: In USA 1-877-284-3238 (outs ide California) 949-859-9700 Ext. 32 9 ( within California) In CANADA 1-800-853-6660 514-685-6464 (within Montr eal) If you have comments or suggestions , please write us at: In USA Printer Customer Suppor t Brothe[...]

USER’S GU IDE iv Definitions of Warnings, Cautions, and Notes The following conventions are used in this User’s Guide: Warning Indicates warnings that must be observed to prevent possible personal injury. ! Caution Indicates cauti ons that must be obs erved to use the printer properly or prevent dam a g e to th e printer. ✒ Note Indicates not[...]

v Warning If metal objects, water or other liquids get inside the printer, turn the printer off immediat ely and unplug the printer. Co nt act your dealer. Warning Do not put consumables such as the Toner Cartridges and the Waste Toner Pack into a fire. Consumables are flammable under certain conditions.. Warning Do not look at the laser beam light[...]

USER’S GU IDE vi Printer Do's and Don'ts for Optimum Print Quality ! Caution When you move or lift t his printer, be sure to keep t he printer flat and remove the Ton er Cartridges, Waste Toner Pack , Oil Bo ttle and Fusing Unit first so that they will n ot spill. Damage caused b y failure to remov e the supplies will void your warranty[...]

vii TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIO N S ....................... . xv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIO N ................................................... . 1-1 ABOUT THIS MANUA L ..................................................................... . 1-1 ABOUT THIS PRINTER...................................................................[...]

USER’S GU IDE viii CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WORKING WITH THE PRINTE R ......... . 3-1 AUTOMATIC EMULATION SELECTION........................................ . 3-1 AUTOMATIC INTERFACE SELEC TIO N ......................................... . 3-3 ABOUT THE CONTROL PANE L ....................................................... . 3-5 Selecting the Local Languag[...]

ix BUTTONS IN NORMAL MOD E ........................................................ . 4-6 SEL Button...................................................................................... . 4-6 SET Butto n ..................................................................................... . 4-7 ▲ (UP) or ▼ (DOWN) Butto n ......................[...]

USER’S GU IDE x BUTTONS IN SHIFT MOD E .............................................................. . 4-59 SHIFT Butto n ................................................................................ . 4-59 EMULATION Butto n .................................................................... . 4-60 About Emulation Mode s ....................[...]

xi Ozone Filte r .......................................................................................... . 5-16 Ozone Filte r ............................................................................... . 5-16 Replacing the Ozone Filte r ........................................................ . 5-16 Fusing Uni t .............................[...]

USER’S GU IDE xii CHAPTER 6 TROUBLESHOOTIN G .............................................. . 6-1 TROUBLESHOOTIN G ........................................................................ . 6-1 Operator Call Message s ................................................................... . 6-1 Maintenance Messages (appear on the lower row ) ........[...]

xiii SYMBOL/CHARAC TER SET S ......................................................... . A-14 OCR Symbol Set s .......................................................................... . A-14 HP PCL Mod e ............................................................................... . A-15 EPSON Mod e .............................................[...]

USER’S GU IDE xiv IMPORTANT INFORMATION: REGULATIONS Federal Communications Commission Compliance Notice (For U.S.A. only) This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, p ursuant to Part 1 5 of the FCC Ru les. Th ese limits are designed to provide reas onable protection agains t harmful interfer[...]

xv Industry Canada Compliance Statement (For Canada only) This Clas s B digit al apparatus meets al l requirements of the C anadian Interference Caus ing Equipment Re gulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur la matériel b r o uilleur du Can ad a. Laser Safety (120 V model only) This printer [...]

USER’S GU IDE xvi Radio Interference(220-240 V model only) This printe r complies wit h EN55022(CISPR Publicati on 22)/Clas s B. Before this product is used, ensure t hat you use a double-shielded interface cable with twisted-pair conductors and that is marked “IEEE1284 compliant”. The cable must not exceed 1.8 metres in length. IEC 825 Speci[...]

xvii For Finland and Sweden LUOKAN 1 LASERLAITE KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT ☛ Varoitus! Laitt een käyttäminen muulla kuin tässä käyt töohjeessa mainitulla tavalla saattaa altistaa käyttäjän turvallisuusluokan 1 ylittävälle näkymättö mälle lasersäteilylle. Varning – Om apparaten används på annat s ätt än i denna Bruks anvisning spe[...]

USER’S GU IDE xviii In the event of replacing the pl ug fuse, fit a fuse approved by AS TA to BS1362 with t he same rating as the ori ginal fuse. Always replace the fuse cover. Never use a plug with the cover omitted. WARNING - THIS PRINTER MUST BE EARTHED The wires in the mains cord are coloured in accordance with the following code : GREEN AND [...]

xix DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY (EUROPE) We, Brother International Euro p e Ltd . , Brother House 1 Tame S treet, Guide Bridge, Audenshaw, Manchester M34 5J E, UK. declare that this product is in conformity wi th the following normative documents: Safety: EN 60950, EN 60825 EMC: EN 55022 Class B, EN 50082-1 following the provis ions of the Low Voltag[...]

CHAPTE R 1 I NTRODUCTION 1-1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual acts as your guide to the set up and operation of your printer and covers the following t opics: CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION provides an overvi ew of the printer. Read this chapter first to g et familiar with the prin ter . CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER gives you genera[...]

USER’S GU IDE 1-2 ABOUT THIS PRINTER Features This printer has the following standard feat ures. 2400 x 600 DPI Class Resolution This printer pri nts pages with a res olution of 600 dots per inch (dpi) as default. By utilizing the 300-dpi mode, the printer can also print 300-dpi data, if necessary. Moreover, you can get higher quality printout wh[...]

CHAPTE R 1 I NTRODUCTION 1-3 Three Interfaces This printer has a high speed bi-directional parallel interface, an RS -232C serial interface and a modular input/output (MIO) compatible interface. If your application software supports the bi-directional parallel interface, you can monitor the printer s tatus. It is fully compatible wit h the industry[...]

USER’S GU IDE 1-4 Various Fonts This printer has 75 scalable and 12 bitmapped font s. The fonts that can be used vary according to the current emulation mode. Bar Code Printing This printer can pri nt the following 11 types of bar codes : • Code 39 • UPC -E • Interleaved 2 of 5 • Codabar • EAN-8 • US-PostNet • EAN-13 • ISBN • UP[...]

CHAPTE R 1 I NTRODUCTION 1-5 Reprint Function You can reprint the last print job with a touch of a panel button which allows reprinti ng without sending t he data again from the computer. When there is not enough memory to print the last job out, you can reprint the last p r int page. PCMCIA Card Slot Printer has PCMC IA card slot (TypeII:2slots, T[...]

USER’S GU IDE 1-6 Options The following o ptions are available for th is p rinter: Lower Tray Unit A lower tray unit expands the paper source capacity. You can load extra paper or different sizes of paper. You can load Letter, A4, B5 (JIS and ISO) or Executive s ize (176x250 to 215.9x297mm) paper and Com10, DL size envelop es in to this cassette.[...]

CHAPTE R 1 I NTRODUCTION 1-7 Operating and Storage Environment Please take not e of the following before using t he printer. Power Supply Use the printer within th e specified power rang e. AC power: ±10% of the rated power volt age Frequency: 50/60 Hz (120V or 220-240 V) The power cord, including extensions, should not exceed 5 meters (16.5 feet)[...]

USER’S GU IDE 1-8 The following figure shows the suitable s pacing around the printer for operation and maintenance. Front Rear Fig. 1-1 Suitable Spacing around the Printer ✒ Note Ensure that there is enough space at the rear of the printer so that you can easily access the rear cover if a paper jam occurs.[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–1 CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP THE PRINTER This chapter works as a q uick setu p guide, wh ich gives you i nformation for se tting up the printer. BEFORE USING THE PRINTER Warning This printer i s heavy and wei ghs app roximately 36kg (79.37l bs). When you move or lift this printer, be sure to do so with at least 2 peo[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–2 ✒ Note An interface cable is not a standard accessory. Please purchase an appropriate cable according to the interface you intend to use (parallel cables should not exceed 1.8meters(6 feet)). The power cord may differ slightl y from this diagram depending on the country where you purchas ed the printer . ✒ Note You may hav[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–3 General View Fig. 2-2 Front View Fig. 2-3 Rear Vi ew Control P anel Top Cover Front Cover Media Cassette Power Bu tton Rear Side C over Rear Access Cover Power Cord Connector Controller Box[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–4 SETTING UP THE PRINTER Removing the Protective Parts After checking that you have all of the correct parts, temporarily place the printer where you can easily reach all sides. R emove the protective parts that secure the print er against damage during trans portation, as s hown below: ✒ Note Keep all packing m aterials for t[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–5 Installing the (OPC) Belt Cartridge ! Caution Do not touch the green surface of the (OPC) Belt Cartridge . If you do, it might cau se q uality reduction . Do not expose the (OPC ) Belt to li ght (more than 800 lux) for more than approximately 2 minut es. It might cause damage to the (OPC) Belt C artridge and [...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–6 3. Remove the orange (OPC ) Belt Tensi on Release Pi ns. Fig. 2-7 Remove the P i ns 4. Remove the Protective Sheet from the (OPC) Belt Cartridge. Fig. 2-8 Remo ve the P rotecti ve Sheet 5. Insert the (OPC ) Belt cartri dge into the printer along the gui de with the flat side faci ng toward you. Fig. 2-9 Insert the (OP C) Belt [...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–7 Installing the Toner Cartridges This printer uses 4 sep arate color (Black, Cyan, Mag enta and Yellow) toner cartridges to print. You have one of each color toner cartridge supplied as standard. A new cartridge contains enough toner to print approximately 10,000 (Bl ack): 6,000 (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow) A4 or l[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–8 ! Caution Do not stand the toner cart ridge on its end or turn i t upside down. Install t he toner cartridges immediat ely after you remove the protective part. Do not t ouch the shaded part shown below. Fig. 2-12 Toner Cartridge[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–9 Installing the Oil Bottle and the Fuser Cleaner 1. Release the Fusing unit pressu re a little with the Pressure Release Levers ( ). Then pull the orange protect ive parts between the roll ers of the Fusing Unit out to remove them ( ). Make sure that the Pressure Release Levers are locked. Fig. 2-13 Remo ve th[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–10 3. Set the Fuser Cleaner into th e Fusing Unit with the roller side facing toward you. Fig. 2-15 Instal l the Fuser Cleaner 4. Lock the Oil Bottle and the Fuser Cleaner with th e Oil Bottle Lock Levers. Fig. 2-16 Lock the Oil Bottl e Lock Levers 5. Cl ose the Top Cover.[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–11 Loading Paper in the Media Cassette ✒ Note This printer has a 250 sheet Media Cas sette as standard. An additional Lower Tray Unit is available as an option. Since the Media C assette is a universal t ype, you can set lette r, A4, ISO B5 or executive size cut sheet paper or COM10, or DL size envelopes in t[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–12 Follow these steps to set paper and in stall the Media Cassette: ✒ Note Be sure to se lect the same paper si ze as the paper to be used from your application s oftware, or correct printing cannot be obtai ned. If your application s oftware does not support paper s ize selection i n its print menu, you can change t he paper [...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–13 2. Adjust the Paper Guides according to the paper s ize you want to load. Hold the shaded parts bel ow and move the guides. Fig. 2-18 Adjust the P aper Gui des 3. Load pape r in to the Media Cassette. ✒ Note Do not load more than 250 sheets of paper (75 g/m 2 or 2 0 lbs.) in th e cassett e, or paper jams m[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–14 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer This printer has a bi-directional parallel interface and an RS-232C serial interface. They allow the printer to communicate with IBM/PC ® or compatible computers . Before connecting the print er and computer, you need to purchase a connecting cable specifically made for the interface t[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–15 3 . Secure the connectio n with wire clips or screws o n the printer. Computer Print er Fig. 2-20 Connecting the Printer and C omputer 4 . Connect the other end of the interface cable to the interface connector on your computer. Be sure to s ecure the connection on the computer also. ✒ Note When you connec[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–16 Turning the Printer On Plugging in the Power Cord and Tur n the P rinter On 1. Make sure that the Pow er button is tu rn ed OFF: the butto n is on the front left hand si de of the printer. 2. Attach the power co rd to the prin ter an d plug it into an appropriate AC outlet. Fig. 2-21 Plugging in the Power Cord 3. Turn the pri[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–17 ! Caution Always wait at least 5 seconds aft er turning off the power before turning it back on. Do not turn th e p ower off while the pr in ter is printing as this m ay cause a paper jam and adversely affect t he printer. The printer performs a se lf-diagnosis at start-up to check it s hardware and software[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–18 Printing the Test Patterns or Lists You can check p rint quality an d print a list of availab le fonts before you actually start work in g with the pr in ter. To do so , follow these step s: 1. Make sure that you have already i nstalled the toner cart ridges, the (OPC) Belt Cartridge, the Oil Bo ttle an d the Fuser Cleaner an[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–19 6. Press the Set button. The printer starts pr in tin g the selected test pattern o r list. When the printer finish es p rinting, it au tomatically exits to the off-line state. !"#$%&'()*+,-./1234567890:;@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz[| "#$%&'()*+,-./1[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–20 Installing the Printer Driver Computer Requirements The following are the mini mum computer requirements to se tup and operate the prin ter. CPU: 80486 or higher (Pentium recommended) RAM: 8 MB or more for W indows 95, 98, 3.1 / 3.11 and NT 4.0 (16 MB or more recommended) Hard Disk Drive : 10Mbyte free space available (more s[...]

CHAPTER 2 SETTING UP TH E PRINTER 2–21 Prepare Windows 3.1/3.11 for the Printer 1. Insert t he supplied dis k for Windows i nto your floppy disk drive. 2. Choose R un from the File menu in the P rogram Manager. 3. Type the drive name where you inserted the sup plied disk an d “SETUP” in the box: for exampl e, A:SETUP. Choose the OK button or[...]

USER’S GU IDE 2–22 Prepare Windows NT 4.0 for the Printer 1. Insert t he supplied dis k for Windows i nto your floppy disk drive. 2. Click t he “START” button and se lect “Setting”. 3. Select “P rinters” and double cli ck “Add Printer”. 4. Follow the ins tructions in W indows NT. 5. Click “Have Di sk”. Then browse and select[...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–1 CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WORKING WITH THE PRINTER AUTOMATIC EMULATION SELECTI ON This printer h a s an automatic emu lation selection fu n ction. When the printer receives data from the computer, it automatically selects the emulation mode. This function has been factory set to ON. The printer can select th[...]

USER’S GU IDE 3–2 ✒ Notes When you use the automati c emulation sel ection, note the following: Once the emulation is automatically changed, it is not changed again for a short perio d of time. This time p eriod is called “Time Out” an d it can be set with the Emulat ion button. The factory sett ing is 5 seconds. The EPSON or IBM emulat i[...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–3 AUTOMATIC INTERFACE SELECTI ON This printer has an automatic interface selection function. When the printer receives data from the computer, it automatically selects the bi- directional parallel, RS-232C serial interface or MIO interface as appropriate. When you use the parallel interface, you can t[...]

USER’S GU IDE 3–4 ✒ Notes When you use the automatic interface selection, note the following: Once the interface is automatically changed, it is not changed again for a short perio d of time. This time p eriod is called “Time Out” an d it can be set with the Mode button. The factory sett ing is 5 seconds. The communications paramet ers [ [...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–5 ABOUT THE CONTROL PANEL Selecting the Local Language Display The display usual ly shows the current pri nter status. W hen you operate the control panel but tons, it s hows functions and s ettings . If any trouble occurs, it shows the corresponding error mess age. You can see these messages i n seve[...]

USER’S GU IDE 3–6 Using the Panel Buttons The printer has a v ersatile control panel. It h as two operation m o des: When you press the but tons, they work in the NORMAL mode as indicated above the butt ons. When you press t he buttons with the Shift button held down, they work in the S HIFT mode as indicat ed below the buttons. You can control[...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–7 Printer Settings You may operate the printer wit h the panel button set tings unchanged. They have been factory set. When necessary, change and store them in the printer mem o ry as user settings. There are two types o f p r in ter settings available on th is p rinter: 1. User S ettings 2. Fact ory [...]

USER’S GU IDE 3–8 PAPER HANDLING Print Media Paper Size 1. The Standard Media Cassette Since the Media C assette is a universal t ype, you can use any of the sizes of paper in the following li st. The casset te can hold up to 250 sheets of paper (75 g/m 2 or 20 lbs.) or up t o 15 envelopes (Paper shoul d only be loaded up to the arrow head mark[...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–9 paper source available size available type and capacity Standard Media Cassette cut sheet : Letter, A4, B5(ISO), B5(JIS), Executive envelope: COM 10, DL other size: width 105-216mm (4.1”-8.5”) length 220-297mm (8.7”-11.7”) plain paper : 250 envelope : 15 OHP film : 50 Up to approx. 250 sheet[...]

USER’S GU IDE 3–10 Printable Area The Printable Area depends on the settings in your application. The figure below shows the phys ically printable area and non guarant eed print area of various paper types wi th this printer. Fig. 3-2 Pri ntabl e Area and Non Guaranteed P rint Area ✒ Note If you use paper which is not a direct equivalent for [...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–11 Using Envelopes Avoid using envelopes with the following characteri stics: • Glossy or shiny surfaces • Protection cover on t he envelopes’ adhesive parts • Sealing flaps that have not been folded at purchase • Seali ng flaps as shown bel ow • Three or more layers of paper in the marked[...]

USER’S GU IDE 3–12 Before loading en velopes in th e cassette, ch eck the following: • Envelopes shoul d have a lengthwise seal ing flap. • The sealing flaps should be crispl y and correctly folded (irregularly cut or folded envelopes may caus e paper jams). • Envelopes shoul d consist of two l ayers of paper in the following marked area.[...]

CHAPTER 3 BEFORE WOR KING WITH TH E PRINTER 3–13 Cassette Feed The printer can feed p aper from the Media Cassette, Op tional Lower Media Cassette or Optio nal Legal Cassette. ✒ Notes When you load paper into the Media C assett e, note the following: If your application s oftware supports paper si ze selection on the pri nt menu, you can select[...]

USER’S GUIDE 3–14 Manual Feed This printer has n o manual feed tray or multi pur p ose tray. Therefore yo u cannot feed irregular si zed paper in the usual way. However, this printer has a special manual feed mode using Tray 1 ( upper tray) to overcome this inconvenience. 1. When the manual feed co mmand is selected, th e p rinter waits until y[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–1 CHAPTER 4 CONTROL PANEL DISPLAY AND LEDS This printe r has one liquid crys tal displ ay (LCD) and four LEDs on the control panel. The dis play can show various mess ages with up to 16 characters in two rows. The LEDs light to indicate the current printer status. Copy Pages Orientation Feeder Emulation Mode K Y M C To[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–2 Printer Status Messages (on the upper row) The following table s hows the printer s tatus messa ges that are displayed during normal operation: Printer Status Message Meaning 00 READY 001P T1 The printer is ready to prin t. 00 IDLE 001P T1 The pri nter is idl e. (BR-Scri pt 2 mode only) AUTO PCL5C The printer is of f - lin e a[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–3 Printer Status Message Meaning (Continued) 07 FF PAUSE The printer has suspended feeding forms. Pressing th e Sel button resumes form feed. 08 RESET TO The printer is restor in g itself to the USER SETTINGS user sett ings you selected wi th the panel buttons. (The mess age appears only momentarily.) 08 RESET TO The p[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–4 Status Emulation Mode AUTO: Auto emulation selectio n PCL5C: HP PCL5C fixed BRScript: BR-Sc r ipt fixe d HP-GL: HP HP-GL fixed FX-850: Epson F X-850 fixed Pro.XL: IBM Proprinter XL LJ PRINT 002 L T1 AUTO ■ ■ ■ ■ K C M Y Copy Pages Orientation “P” ... Portrait “L” ... Landscape Current Emulati on “##” ... Fi[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–5 LEDs The LEDs light or bl ink to indicate the current pri nter status . READY LED indicatio n Mea ning On Ready to pri nt Blinki ng Warming up DATA LED indicatio n Mea ning On Data remains in the printer b uffer. Pressing the Form Feed button prints t he data and clears the buffer. Blinking Receiving or processing da[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–6 BUTTONS IN NORMAL MODE You can control the basic pri nter operations and change various printer settings in the NORMAL mod e. Functions availab le in th e NORMAL mode are shown above the panel buttons . Copy Pages Orientation Feeder Emulation Mode K Y M C Toner Ready Alarm Mode Continue Font Set On Line Data S e l Form Feed Fi[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–7 ✒ Notes When you press the Sel butt on, remember the following: All other buttons —except the Sel button—are operat ional only when the printer is off-lin e. If the printer is no t in AUTO em ulation mode , th e LCD d isplays the current emulation by pres sing the Sel button to tak e it off-line, but you cannot[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–8 MODE Button Pressing th e Mode button allows you to enter modes where you change settings. The mode menus and settings vary according to the current emulation mode and opti ons. HP PCL5C, EPSO N FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL Modes BR-Script Mode HP-GL Mode INTERFACE MODE INTERFACE MODE INTERFACE MODE Set int erface, paramete r[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–9 MODE Button Settings in HP PCL5C, EPSO N FX-850, and IBM Proprinter XL Modes The following table s hows all the s elections you can make wit h the Mode button in the HP P CL5C, EPSON F X-850, and IBM Proprinter XL modes. ✒ Note The mode menus and settings that can appear vary according to the current emulation mode[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–10 Mode Menu (Continued) Setting Menu Sub-Setting Menu Setting INTERFACE MO DE (Continued) I/F AUTO (Continued) MIO Setting Available only w hen a commercial MIO card has been installed. The settings available on the installed MIO card can appear under the sub- setting menu. FORMAT MODE ORIENTATION ORI=PORTRAIT PORTRAIT or LANDS[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–11 Mode Menu (Continued) Setting Menu Sub-S etting Menu Setting CARD OPERATION CARD1(2) When the commercial flash memory card or the HDD card has been formatted: (HP mode only) EXECUTE DATA Execute the data on the card. DATA ID=##### Execute the selected data. exit Exit to EXECUTE DATA CARD LIST Print the contents of t[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–12 MODE Button Settings in BR-S cript 2 Mode The following table s hows all the s elections you can make wit h the Mode button in the B R-Script 2 mode. ✒ Note The mode menus and settings that can appear vary according to the current emulation mode, pri nter status , and any options t hat may be installed in the p rinter. Mode[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–13 Mode Menu (Continued) Setting Menu Sub-S etting Menu Setting ADVANCED MODE NETWORK MODE LOCK PANEL=OFF ON or OFF PASS NO=### Enter pass num b er. AUTO FF=OFF ON or OFF WAIT TIME= 5s 1 to 99 seconds for A UTO ON FF SUPPRESS=OF F ON or OFF exit exit to NETWORK MODE ERROR PRINT ERROR PRINT=OFF ON or OFF CONTINUE MODE C[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–14 MODE Button Settings in HP -GL Mode The following table s hows all the s elections you can make wit h the Mode button in the HP-GL mode. ✒ Note The mode menus and settings that can appear vary according to the current emulation mode, pri nter status , and any options t hat may be installed in the p rinter. Mode Menu Setting[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–15 Mode Menu (Continued) Setting Menu Sub-S etting Menu Setting PAGE PROTECT I ON PROTECT=AUT O AUTO, OF F, LETT ER, A4, or LEGAL exit Exit to CARD OPERATION CARD OPERATION Same as BR-Script mode ADVANCED MODE Same as PCL5C mode PAGE COU NTER COUNT= 0 Shows the number of printed pages. exit MODE Exit M ODE[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–16 Basic Operation Procedures When you operate the Mode butt on, remember the following basic s teps: 1. Press the Sel bu tto n to set the printer o ff-line. 2. Press the Mode bu tto n to enter the MODE menu s. • Press the ▲ or ▼ button to scroll through the menus forward or backward. (Pressing the Mode button allows fo rw[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–17 Operation Example: Selecting t he Parallel Interface For this session, select the parallel interface manually as follows: 1. Press the Sel bu tto n to set the printer o ff-line. 2. Press the Mode button and then press t he Set Button. When you enter the interface mode, the display first shows the current interface w[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–18 INTERFACE MODE The automatic interface selection has been factory set. If you want to select a specific interface manually, use interface mode to select it. Display Message Interface Mode I/F=PARALLEL Parallel interface I/F=RS-232C Serial interface I/F=EXTEND I/O Extended I/O interface I/F=AUTO Auto interface selection Select[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–19 ■ Parallel Interface When you use the parallel interface, you need to set the communications mode in the followi ng sub-setti ng menu. Display Mess age High Speed and B i-directional P arallel Communicati ons HIGH SPEED=ON Turns on or off the high s peed parallel communications . BI-DIR=ON Turns on or off the bi-d[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–20 Display Message Parameters Settings DTR(ER) =ON (Effective when Xon/Xoff=ON) Data terminal ready (ER) ON: Makes DTR (ER) low when the buffer is full. OFF: Does not make DTR (ER) low when the bu ffer is full. DTR(ER) goes l ow only when the prin ter is o ff-line. Robust Xon =OFF (Effective when Xon/Xoff=ON) Robust Xon ON: Send[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–21 FORMAT MODE ORIENTATION When you select “OR IENTATION”, you can set portrait or landscape orientati on. ✒ Note The ORIENTATION selection is effective in th e HP PCL5C, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Propri nter XL modes. It does not work i n other emulation modes . This printer can p r in t pages in po r trait o r lan [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–22 AUTO MODE ✒ Note The settings in this mo de menu are effective in the HP PCL5C, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Propri nter XL modes. They do not appear in other emulation modes . The page/lin e term ination is set in th is mode. Display Message Setting Auto Mode AUTO LF =OFF ON CR CR+L F OFF CR CR AUTO CR =OFF ON LF LF+CR, FF FF+CR,[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–23 ✒ Note on “AUTO MASK” When you use applicat ion software in non-HP modes , be sure to set “AUTO MASK” to ON. When you use let ter- or A4-size paper, the top and bottom 2 lines are mas ked and they do not appear on the printout. The auto modes are subject to the current emulation mode. O : The auto modes ca[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–24 The following set tings can be made in this mode: Display Mess age Page F ormat Mode PAPER =LETTER Set cut sheet paper size to letter , A4 , legal, B5, A5 or executive, or envelope size to JIS B5, COM10, C5, or DL. LEFT M = 0C P Set the left marg in at column 0 -126 at 10cpi. RIGHT M = 80C P Set the right margin at col umn 10[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–25 ✒ Notes When you make settings in PAGE FORMAT MODE, note the following: The letter s ize has been factory set for 120V models . The A4 size has been factory set for 220/240V model s. When you use a smaller s ize of paper than that specified in the PAGE FORMAT MODE, be sure that the p r in t area is sm aller than t[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–26 ■ About Line Settings Setting the nu mber of lin es/p age automatically sets the line spacing or line feed pitch. If the paper s ize is changed, the number of li nes/page changes accord in g ly. The new setting is calcu lated with the following expression and the remai nder, if any, is ignored. However, the li ne feed pitch[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–27 GRAPHICS MODE ✒ Note The settings in this mode menu are effecti ve only in the HP-GL mode. They do not appear in any other emulat ion modes. Since the HP-GL emulat ion mode is for a plott er, you can select the plotter pens, t he pen size and percentage of gray in this mode menu. Display Mess age Graphics Mode PEN[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–28 ■ Character Set When you select “C HARACTER SET,” you can se lect the standard and alternate character sets used in the HP-GL emulation mode. Enter the sub-se tting menu and select the menu for the standard or alternate character set with the ▲ or ▼ button and pres s the Set button. Character Set Message on the lowe[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–29 RESOLUTION MODE The print resoluti on, Color Advanced Photoscale Technol ogy (CAPT) and High Resolut ion Control (HR C) can be set in thi s mode menu. Display Mes sage R esolution Mode RESOLUTION Set the print reso lu tion of th e p rinter. CAPT SETTING Set the CAPT function. . HRC SETTING Set the HRC function . Sel[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–30 ✒ Note Even if you set the res olution to 600 dpi in thi s mode, the printer may not be able to pri nt large and complex full color files at 600 dpi because of insufficient memory. However, it automatically decreases the resolution t o 300 dpi to print them. Whil e the printer is print ing in this mode, the di splay prompts[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–31 ■ HRC Setting When you select “HR C SETTING,” you can set the high resolution control (HRC ). This function is a special function that offers improved print quality of characters and graphics that conventional laser printers cannot attai n with resoluti ons of 300 or 600 dpi. Display Mes sage Hi gh Resoluti on[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–32 PAGE PROTECTION ✒ Note The setting in th is mode men u is effective in the HP PCL5 C, EPSON FX- 850, IBM Proprinter XL, and HP -GL modes. It does not appear i n the BR-S cript 2 mode. If print images are to o complex to p r in t, the printer may p rint them ou t in parts or only on part of t he page. If this occurs, the pri[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–33 CARD OPERATION ✒ Notes BE SURE TO TURN OFF THE PRINTER POW ER BUTTON BEFORE INSTALLING OR REMOVING A FLASH MEMORY CARD OR HDD CARD, OR THE CARD WILL BE DAMAGED. The settings in this mode menu are effecti ve only when you have installed a flash memory card or a HDD card in one of the card slots in the printer and y[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–34 If CARD is selected, Display Message Card Op er atio n FORMAT CARD Format a new flash memory card or HDD card. exit Exit to CARD OPERATION When the display shows “FORMAT CARD,” press the Set button to format the installed card. After the printer fini shes formatting t he card, you must exit to the “C ARD OPERATION” me[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–35 ✒ Note A common use of the flash memory is with FORMS software packages. With thes e commercially available s oftware packages you have an option to send a form to the print er without any data. After you have s ent the form to the printer, you may save t he form in the flash memory as a Macro. Then the next time [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–36 ■ Save When you select “S AVE” and you press the Set button, you can ent er the following sub-s etting menus t o save the macros and fonts i n the installed card: Display Mess age Save Menu SAVE DATA Save data that the prin ter will receive and set its ID. SAVE MACRO Save a macro. This menu appears only in the HP PCL5C [...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–37 ✒ Notes When you send data t o be saved on the card, it is temporarily stored in t he RAM of the prin ter . No te th e following: If the received data exceeds the RAM capacity, a memory full error occurs. You can clear this error with the Continue button. When this error occurs, only part of the image has been sto[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–38 ✒ Note When you see an aste risk on the display, t he ID number has been used for another macro or data. If you sel ect the used ID number, the old macro or data is erased and replaced with the new macro. You can execute a macro with the macro execution command. • Primary F ont or Secondary Font ✒ Note The “PRIMARY FO[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–39 ✒ Notes When you save the primary or s econdary font, note the following: The font is tempo r arily stored in the RAM o f th e p rinter before it is saved on the card. If the font data exceeds the RAM capacity, a memory full error occurs. You can clear this error with the Continue button. As not al l the font data[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–40 You can check the fonts saved on t he card by printing the lis t of fonts with the Test button. See “TEST Button” in C hapter 4. ✒ Note When the fonts on the HDD card are selected in a print job, they are copied into th e p rinter RAM. It may cause a p r in ter memory full erro r because those fonts occupy some R AM spa[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–41 • Format Card You can format the flash memory card or HDD card to delete its contents. Instructions are in th e fo llo wing menu: FORMAT CARD When you press the Set button i n this menu, the printer as ks if you want to delete all contents o f the card. Then p ress the Set button to s tart formatting the card. Whe[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–42 To lock or unlock the panel butt ons as above, you need to enter a 3-digi t pass number. Change th e first d igit of the nu mber with the ▲ or ▼ button and move to the next dig it with the Set button. After you finish ent ering your 3-digit pass number, the panel but tons are locked or unlocked. ✒ Note Do not forget you[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–43 ■ Form Feed Suppress You can turn on or off the form feed suppress function in this mode menu as follows: Display Mess age Form Feed S uppress FF SUPPRESS=OFF Turn off the form feed suppress function. (Factory setting) FF SUPPRESS=ON Turn on the form feed suppres s function. If pages contain no print dat a, the pr[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–44 CONTINUE MODE If any recoverable error occurs including “Toner Empt y,” it can be cleared with the Continue button. The Continue button functi on is selected with this mo de setting. Display Mess age Conti nue Mode CONTINUE=MANUAL Select the manual or auto error recovery mode. Press the Continue but ton to clear errors. ([...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–45 INPUT BUFFER You can increase or decrease the capacity of the input buffer with the ▲ or ▼ button in th is m ode menu. A larg er capacity allows the pr in ter to receive data from the computer faster. ✒ Note If the printer reports a memory ful l error, reduce the capacity of the input buffer. Display Mess age [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–46 SAVE SETTINGS Suppose you share thi s printer with others who want different panel button settings or you use the printer with different se ttings. Since you can save the current settings in the printer’s memory, you can easily reset the printer to your necessa ry settings after they are changed. For resetting the pr in ter[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–47 FONT Button Pressing th e Font button all ows you to select fonts and symbol/character sets. ✒ Notes When you use the Font button, not e the following: The Font button is effective in the HP P CL5C, EPSON F X-850, and IBM Proprinter XL modes . However the setti ngs are subject to the current emulation mode. Note t[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–48 To select the font an d symbo l set in the HP PCL5C mod e, fo llow these steps: 1. Press the Sel b u tton to set the pr in ter o ff-line. 2. Press the Font button and then press the ▲ or ▼ button to select the primary or secondary font setting menu. . 3. Press the Set button. The display sh ows the font settin g menu. You[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–49 5. Press the Set button. When you enter the font setting mode, the display first s hows the current font with an asterisk. 6. Press the ▲ or ▼ b u tton until th e desired font ap pears on the d isp lay. See “List of Fonts”. 7. Press the Set button to make the di splayed selecti on effective. ■ If you selec[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–50 Press the Set button to make the displayed sel ection effective, then the display s hows the font size s etting menu. ✒ Note When you have selected fi xed-pitch fonts, you s et the font size by t he character pitch (width). W hen you have selected proportional spacing fonts, you set the font size in point s (height). The di[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–51 Setting the Font and Character Set in the EPSON FX-850 or IBM Proprinter XL Mode When the EPSON F X-850 or IBM Proprinter XL mode has been selected, the font and character set can be selected. Message on the lower row to do; SELECT FONT Set the font CHARACTER SET Set the character set TABLE PRINT Print the code tab [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–52 ✒ Notes When you select the optional font s or permanent download fonts , note the following: If the optional font card i s not instal led, the optional font cannot be selected. No selection appears on the display. If permanent fonts are not downl oaded in the HP emulation mode or another emulation mode is selected, the per[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–53 ✒ Note The style indi cation appears after the font name and the style name differs according to the font name. The italic or oblique indication can appear after any style i ndication: “BdIt ” indicates a bold i talic font, “Lt It” indicates a light italic font, etc. Press the Set button to make the displa[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–54 9. Press the Set button to make the di splayed selecti on effective. Then the display s hows the next menu. 10. Press the Set butt on to start printi ng the code table of the sel ected font, or press the ▲ or ▼ button to skip th is menu. Then the display s hows the exit menu. 11. Press the Set button to exit from th e set[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–55 List of Fonts Display Mess age Font BROUGHAM Scalable Brougham LETTERGOTHIC Scalable LetterGothic OCR-A Bitmapped OCR-A 12 cpi OCR-B Bitmapped OCR-B 12 cpi LETTERGOTH16.6 Bitmapped Letter Gothic 16.66 cpi LTRGOTH16 LTN2 Bitmapped Letter Gothic 16.66 cpi ISO 8859-1 Latin2 LTRGOTH16 LTN5 Bitmapped Letter Gothic 16.66 [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–56 List of Symbol/Character Sets The symbol sets and character sets are subject to the current emulation mode. HP PCL5C EPSON IBM ROMAN 8 US ASCII * PC-8 * ISO LATIN1 GERMAN PC-8 D/N ISO LATIN2 UK ASCII I PC-850 ISO LATIN5 FRENCH I PC-852 ISO LATIN6 DANISH I PC-860 PC-775 ITALY PC-863 PC-8 * SPANISH PC-865 PC-8 D/N SWEDISH PC-8 [...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–57 FORM FEED Button (REPRINT Button) The Form Feed button works in two ways according to the Data LED status. Form Feed When the prin ter is o ff-line and there is data rem aining in the p r in ter memory, the Data LED comes on. Press ing the Form Feed button executes a form feed and prints out the remaining data. If y[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–58 CONTINUE Button If there is a problem with the printer, it auto m a tically su spends printin g and goes off-line. Pres sing the Continue button may ignore t he error and resume printer o p eration. The function of this button varies according to the CONTINUE mode set with the Mode button. Since the CONTINUE mode has been fac[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–59 BUTTONS IN SHIFT MODE You can control the basic pri nter operations and make various printer settings also in SHIF T mode. Functions avail able in SHIFT mode are labeled with th e in dications just be lo w the panel bu ttons. Copy Pages Orientation Feeder Emulation Mode K Y M C Toner Ready Alarm Emulation Economy Te[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–60 EMULATION Button This printer has b een factory set with th e au to matic emulation selection function on. The printer can s elect the emulation mode aut omatically when it receives data from the computer. When you want to set the emulation mode manually, hol d down the Shif t button and press the Emulation button. Then you e[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–61 7. Select EPSON or IBM with the ▲ or ▼ butt on. Since the printer cannot distinguis h between the EPSON and IB M emulation modes, you need t o select the EPS ON or IBM emulation even in AUTO mode. When the printer receives data from the computer, it automatically selects the emulation mode in any of the foll owi[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–62 About Emulation Modes This printer has the following emulati on modes: ■ HP PCL5C Mode The HP PCL5C mode (or HP mode) is the emulat ion mode where this printer emulates Hewlett-Packard PCL5C color printers and PCL6 monochrome printers. Si nce a large number of application s oftware packages support this type of laser printe[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–63 ECONOMY Button TONER SAVE MODE You can turn on or off the toner save mode as follows: Display Mess age Toner Save Mode TONER SAVE=OFF Turn off the toner s ave mode. (Factory setting) TONER SAVE=ON Turn on the toner save mode. The amount of toner on the paper decreases and t he printed image may l ook lighter. POWER [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–64 FEEDER Button You can select the feeder and manual feed mode with the Feeder button. Display Message Feeder FEEDER=AUTO Select a feeder or auto paper feed . MANUAL MODE=ON Enab le/d isab le the manual feed mode. MEDIA TYPE Select p rint media SMALL SIZE Set th e small paper size d etectio n of sizes under B 5(JIS) You can che[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–65 ✒ Notes When you select a feeder, not e the following: The “FEEDER=TRAY2” message appears only when the optional lower tray unit ha s b een installed. The FEEDER=AUTO set ting allows you to opt imize your printing environment. This s etting allows a print job to continue uni nterrupted when a paper out conditi[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–66 MANUAL MODE This printer has no m an u al feed tray or multi-purp ose tray. Therefore you cannot feed special paper in t he usual way. However this print er has a special manual feed mode wit h Tray 1 in order to overcome this inconvenience. When “MANUAL MODE=ON” is selected or a manual feed command is sent to the printer[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–67 COPY Button You can set the number of copies to print of the same page wit h the Copy button. The co m p uter will release from a printin g job in a shor ter time if you use this feature than when you set the copy print quantity with your application software. Check the current setting on the display. When the numbe[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–68 RESET Button You can reset the pr in ter with the Reset button . The print data th at th e printer has already received from the computer is cleared and the printer settings are restored to the user s ettings or fact ory settings. Any temporary download fonts and macro settings you set wit h commands in HP PCL5C mode are also[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–69 4. Press the Set button to make the di splayed selecti on effective. The printer is reset according to the selected reset mode. Selected Mode LCD message on the upper row RESET PRINTER 08 RESET TO USER SETTINGS RESET SETTING 1-2 08 RESET TO SETTING # 1* FACTORY SETTINGS 09 RESET TO FACTORY SETTINGS 1* - # indicates [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–70 Button Item Sub-Item Factory Setting MODE INTERFACE MODE – I/F=AUTO For AUTO mod e TIME OUT TIME OUT= 5s For bi-directional PARALLEL inte rface HIGH SPEED HIGH SPEED=ON BI-DIR BI-DIR=ON For RS-232C s erial inte rface Baud Ra te BaudRa te= 9600 Code Type CodeType =8 bits Parity Parity =NONE Stop Bit Stop Bit= 1 bits Xon/Xo f[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–71 Button Ite m Sub-Item Fa ctory Setting MODE (c ontinued) FORMAT MO DE (continued) PAGE FORMAT MODE (HP PCL5 C, EPSON, & IBM) PAPER LETTER (For 110/120V m odel) A4 (For 220/240V model) LEFT M 0 (LETTER, Portrait) 0 (LEGAL, Portrait) 0 (A4, Portrait) 0 (A5, Portrait) 0 (B5, Portrait) 0 (JIS B5, Portrait) 0 (EXE, P[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–72 Button Item Sub-Item Factor y Settin g MODE (continued) PAGE FORMAT (continued) LIN ES (HP) 60 ( LETTER , PORTRAIT) 78 ( LEGAL , PORTRAIT) 64 (A4, PORTRAIT) 64 (A5, PORTRAIT) 53 (B5, Portrait) 54 (JIS B5, Portrait) 57 (EXE, Portrait) 51 (COM10, Po rtrait) 45 (DL, Portrait) 45 ( LETTER , LANDSCAPE) 45 ( LEGAL , LANDSCAPE) 43 ([...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–73 Button Ite m Sub-Item Factory Setting MODE (c ontinued) RESOLUTION MODE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION=600 CAPT SETTING CAPT=OFF HRC SETTING HRC=MEDIUM PAGE PROTECTION – PROTECT=AUTO (Non-BR-Script2 ) ADVANCED MODE LOCK PANEL LOCK PANEL=OFF AUTO FF AUTO FF=OFF For AUTO FF=ON WAIT TIME WAIT TIME= 5s FF SUPPRESS FF SUPPRESS=[...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–74 Button Ite m Sub-Item Factory Setting ECONOMY – TONER SAVE MODE - TONER SAVE=OFF POWER SAVE MODE - POWER SAVE=ON For POWER SAVE=O N TIME OUT TIME OUT=30m FEEDER FEEDER - FEEDER=AUTO For FEEDER=AUTO AUTO=T1>T2 MANUAL MODE - MANUAL M ODE=OFF MEDIA TYPE - REGULAR SMALL SIZE - SIZE=ISO B5 COPY – – COPY PAGES=1 LANGUAGE ([...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–75 TEST Button You can test the p rinter or pr int out the list o f fonts with the Test button. To do so, hold down the Shift button and press the Test button. You wil l then enter test mode where you may test the print er or print out the lis t of fonts. To test the printer, fo llo w these steps: 1. Press the Sel b u [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–76 ✒ Notes The message “PRINT FONTS C” or “PRINT FONTS P” appears only when the optional font card i s install ed in the font slot or permanent download fonts are s tored in printer memory. If the optional font card i s install ed, you can print out the lis t of optional fonts. Since the list shows the ID numbers speci[...]

CHAPTER 4 CON TROL PAN EL 4–77 HEX DUMP MODE This printer has a useful Hex Dump Mode for checking the print dat a sent from your computer. The printer lis ts the print dat a in hexadecimal form. To enter the hex dump mode, follow thes e steps: 1. Check the power state. 2. Operate the buttons according to the power state. • If the pr in ter has [...]

USER’S GU IDE 4–78 To exit from the hex dump mode, follow t hese basic steps: 1. Press the Sel b u tton to set the pr in ter o ff-line. 2. Reset the prin ter with the Reset button. Or turn off the printer, wait for a few seconds, and turn it on again.[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-1 CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE CONSUMABLES You need to replace the following consumables periodically. When the time comes to replace consumables, th e fo llowing messages will app ear on the LCD panel. The following are Operator Call Messages and when these messages are displayed on the LCD, the printer sto p s p[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-2 LCD Maintenance Message Consumable to Replace A pp roximate Life How to Replace Order No. REPLACE FCR Fuser C leaner 12,000 pages See 5-9 FO-1CL CR-1CL REPLACE OPC BELT (OPC) Belt Cartridge 50,000 images (continuousl y printed) *4 See 5-13 OP-1CL REPLACE FUSER Fusing uni t 40,000 pages See 5-17 REPLACE 120K KIT Drum Cleaner, Pap[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-3 ✒ Note If you use paper which is not a direct equivalent for t he specified paper, the life of the various consumables and parts may be reduced. Approximate lives listed here are base d on an average 5% coverage of the printable area usi ng any one color toner cartridge. The frequency of replacement will vary d epend[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-4 Replacing the Toner Cartridges ! Caution When replacing the Toner C artridges, handle them careful ly so that toner will not spill. ✒ Note To ensure optim um print qu ality, be sure to use q u a lity to ner cartridges. To obtain Brother t oner cartridges, consult the dealer where you purchased the printer. To replace the toner[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-5 5. Close t he Front Cover. ! Caution Do not stand the toner cart ridge on its end or turn i t upside down. Install t he toner cartidges immediat ely after you remove the protecti ve part. Do not touch the shaded part . Fig. 5-2 Toner Cartridges[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-6 Oil Bottle O il Bottle Low Message When the Oil has nearly run out, the following mess age appears on the LCD panel. You n eed to prepare a new Oil Bo ttle to replace the nearly empty bottle. After this message appears, you can print approximately 30 pages. FUSER OIL LOW O il Bottle Empty Message When the Oil runs out, the follo[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-7 3. Release the Oil Bottle Lock Levers as shown b elow. Fig. 5-3 Release the Oi l Bottle Lock Levers 4. Take the empty Oil Bo ttle fro m the Fusing Unit. Place a sh eet of paper under the Oil Bottle so that the oil will not spill into the printer, and remove th e bottle towards the rig ht hand side o f th e printer. Be [...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-8 5. Install the ne w Oil Bo ttle onto the Fu sin g unit with th e label side facing the front of the printe r. Fig. 5-5 Ins tall the Oil Bott le 6. Lock the Oil Bottle Lo ck Levers securely. 7. Close t he Top Cover. 8. Press the Po wer button to turn the prin ter On .[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-9 Fuser Cleaner Fuser Cleaner Message When the following mes sage appears on the LCD panel , you need to prepare a new Fuser Cleaner. REPLACE FCR Fuser Cleaner Change Message When the following mes sage appears on the LCD panel and the printer stops printing, you need to replace the Fuser C leaner. 24 CHANGE FCR Replacin[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-10 4. Take the Fuser Cleaner out of the Fusing uni t by holding the knob of the Fuser Cleaner. Fig. 5-7 Take the Fuser Cleaner out 5. In stall the new Fuser Cleaner into the guide with th e ro ller sid e facing toward you. Fig. 5-8 Instal l the Fuser Cleaner 6. Lo ck the Fuser Cleaner with th e Oil Bo ttle Lock Levers. 7. Close th[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-11 Waste Toner Pack Approximately every 12,000 pages you print, you need to change the Waste Toner Pack. Waste Toner Pack Full Message When the West Toner Pack becomes full, the following message appears on the LCD panel and the print er stops printi ng. When you see this message, you need to replace the Was te Toner Pac[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-12 1. Open the Front C over. 2. Take the Waste Toner Pack out of the Waste Toner Pack Holder which is located at the lo wer right side of th e p r in ter. Be careful not to spill the tone r. Fig. 5-9 Take the Waste Toner Pack out 3. Peel off the seal ing sticker on t he left hand side of the W aste Toner Pack. Seal the hole of the[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-13 (OPC) Belt Cartridge ( OPC) Belt Cartridge Message When the (OPC) B elt Cartri dge runs out, the following mes sage appears on the LCD panel. When you see this mes sage, you need to replace the (OPC) Belt Cartridge. REPLACE OPC BELT ! Caution Do not touch the surface of the (OPC) Belt C artridge. If you touch it, it m[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-14 4. Take the (OPC) Belt C artridge out of the printe r. Fig. 5-12 Take the (OPC) Belt Cartri dge out 5. Remove the Tension Releas e Pins from the new (OPC ) Belt C artridge. Fig. 5-13 Remove the Tensi on Rel ease Pins 6. Remove the protective sheet of the new (OP C) Belt C artridge. Do not touch the green part of the (OPC ) Belt[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-15 7. Insert the new Belt C artridge into the printe r along the guide with the flat side faci ng toward you. Fig. 5-15 Insert the new Bel t Cartri dge 8. Press the Belt Cartridge Lock Levers on bot h sides of the (OPC ) Belt Cartridge rearwards to lo ck th e cartridge into the p rinter. 9. Close the Front C over and the[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-16 Ozone Filter Ozone Filter You need to replace the Ozo ne Filter once a year to prev en t ozone from coming out of the print er. ! Caution You have to replace the Ozone Filter once a year. If you do not, it might cause a noticeable smell of Ozone. Replacing the Ozone Filter 1. Slid e and remove th e Rear Sid e Cover . Take the O[...]

CHAPTER 5 MAINTENANCE 5-17 Fusing Unit Fusing Unit When the following mes sage appears on the LCD panel , you need to replace the Fusing Unit. REPLACE FUSER Warning The Fusing unit and the part s a round it are HO T. Be sure to wait about 30 min utes and ch eck it has cooled down before you start replacing the Fusing unit. If you touch the HOT part[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-18 ✒ Note When you start using a new Fus ing Unit, it is possible that initially poor fixing may o ccu r. If it does, please wait for a while u n til the oil penetrates through to the Heat Roll er. 4. Take out the Fusing Unit from the printer by holdi ng the handles on both sides . Fig. 5-19 Take out the Fusing Uni t from the P [...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-19 7. Fit the metal p a rts an d secure with the two screws. Fig. 5-21 Secure the M etal P arts 8. Release the pressure a little with th e Pressu re Release Levers( ). Then pull the p rotective parts between th e rollers of the Fusing Unit out to remove them( ).Make sure that the Pressure Release Levers are locked when t[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-20 120K Kit 120K Kit When you see the foll owing message on the LCD panel , you need to replace the Drum Cleaner, Paper Discharger, Transfer Roller, the Paper Feeding Roller, the Separator Pad and the Transfer Drum. ✒ Note As for how to replace the Paper Feeding Roller, the Separator Pad and the Transfer Drum, consult your local[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-21 4. Take the Drum Cleaner out of the printer by holdi ng the knob which is located on top of t he Drum Cleaner. Push the knob forward firs t and pull to remove the Drum Cl eaner. Fig. 5-24 Take the Drum Cl eaner out 5. Install the new Drum Clean er into the pr in ter by adjustin g the guid e s and push in g till it cli[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-22 Paper Discharger ! Caution Do not touch the charging wire. Fig. 5-26 Charging Wire Replacing t he Paper Discharger 1. Open the Rear Access Cover. 2. Rem o ve the Paper Discharg er fro m the Transfer Unit by slid in g it to the right a little bit. Hold th e right hand sid e o f th e Discharging Unit and pull to remove it . Fig. [...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-23 3. In stall the new Paper Discharg er in to theTransfer Unit. Fig. 5-28 Instal l the Paper Discharger[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-24 Replacing t he Transfer Roller 1. Release the green Transfer Roller Lock Lever. Lift the Lever to release the Transfer roller. Fig. 5-29 Release the Lock Lever 2. Take the Transfer Roller out of the print er by pulling the right hand side up. Then slid e the Transfer roller to the rig ht to remove it. Fig. 5-30 Take the Transfe[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-25 3. Install the new Transfer Rol ler by putting the le ft side pin of the Transfer Roller into th e boss on th e left hand side o f the unit. Ad ju st and place the right side knob of the Transfer Roller into the holder. Fig. 5-31 Instal l the Transfer Rol ler 4. Lock the Transfer Roller with the Transfer Roller Lock L[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-26 CLEANING THE PRINTER Clean the printe r exterior and interior periodi cally with a dry soft cl oth. If the printed p a g e g e ts stain e d with toner, clean the pr in ter interior with a dry soft cloth. Cleaning the Printer Exter ior Clean the printer ex terio r as follows: 1. Turn off the printer and unpl ug the power cord. 2[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-27 Periodical Print er Cleaning Every 20,000 pages printed or every 12 months , clean the following parts with a dry cloth. Clean the Paper Gui de and Registrat ion Roller to prevent paper mi s-picking. Fig. 5-33-1 Paper Guide and Registration Roller Clean the Exit Roller after op ening the Top Co ver slightly. This will[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-28 REPACKING AND RELOCATING THE PRI NTER ! Caution Whenever you transport t he printer use the packing materi als which are provided with your printer. Al so, follow the steps below to re-pack the printer, or th e p rinter may be d a m ag ed which will void th e printer’s warranty. Before you ship or move the pri nter, be sure t[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-29 OPTIONS Lower Tray Unit Loading Paper f rom the Lower Media Cassette The lower tray unit is a device that functions as a second paper source which can contain a maximum of 250 s heets of paper (160 g/m 2 or 43 lbs). For the optio nal lower tray unit, co nsult the dealer where yo u purchased the printer. With the lower[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-30 2. Check the three alignment pins on the Lower Tray Unit. Use two people to Lift the pri nter and put it onto the Lower Tray Uni t. Be sure to use the handholds whi ch are located at four corners at t he bottom of the printer. Check to see if the alignment p in s lo cate co rrectly into the printer. 3. Insert the Metal Parts in[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-31 ✒ Note Do not load B5 or small er size paper and envelopes i n the cassette whi ch is loaded into th e optional Lower Tray Unit. It might cause pap er jams. Font Card, Flash Memory/HDD Card Installing a Font Card, Flash Memory Card and HDD Card This printer has two slots for an optional font cartridge and one s lot [...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-32 The following type of flas h memory card can be installed: • 4 Mbyte : Fujitsu MB98A81273 • 8 Mbyte : Fujitsu MB98A81373 • 16 Mbyte : Fujitsu MB98A81473 • 32 Mbyte : Fujitsu MB98A81573 • 1 Mbyte : AMD AMC001CFLKA • 2 Mbyte : AMD AMC 002CFLKA • 4 Mbyte : AMD AMC 004CFLKA • 10 Mbyte : AMD AMC010C FLKA • 4 Mbyte [...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-33 Selecting the Optional Fonts After you have instal led the optional font card, you can s elect optional fonts by any of the foll owing methods: 1. Through your application s oftware 2. With a font s election command 3. With the Font bu tton When you select font s through your applicati on software, follow the instruct[...]

USER'S GUIDE 5-34 3 . Select the font with the Font button. See “FONT button” in Chapter 4. Modular I/O Card Before instal ling the NC-2010h Netw ork card, please note the followi ng information. Before NC-2010h Installation (USA) When you install the NC-2010h Ethernet interface card, this printer complies with th e limits for a Class A di[...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-35 2. Remove the two screws and cover plate from the MIO interface slot. 3. Unpack the MIO card and hold it by i ts edge. ✒ Note Do not touch the card surface. If static electricity collects, it damages the card. 4. Insert the card un til it is securely seated. 5. Secure the MIO card with the two captive screws on the [...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-36 The following capacity of SIMM can be installed: • 1 Mbyte HITACHI HB56D25632B -6A, -7A, -8A MITSUBISHI MH25632B J-7, -8 • 2 Mbyte HITACHI HB56D51232B -6A, -7A, -8A MITSUBISHI MH51232B J-7, -8 • 4 Mbyte HITACHI HB56A132B V-7A, -7AL, -7B, -7BL, -8AL, -8B, -8BL MITSUBISHI MH1M32ADJ-7, -8 • 8 Mbyte HITACHI HB56A232B T-7A, [...]

CHAPTE R 5 MAI NT E NANCE 5-37 2. Unscrew the two screws securing the rear plate of the main controller board and pull out the mai n controller board. Fig. 5-41 Removi ng the M ai n Control l er Board 3. Unpack the SIMM and hold it by its edge. ! Caution Do not touch the memory chips and the surface of the main controller board. If static electrici[...]

USER’S GU IDE 5-38 ✒ Notes When you instal l less than t wo SIMMs, be sure to ins tall them in the order Slot 1and then S lot2. When you install different capacities of SIMMs, be sure to ins tall the larger capacity SIMMs in the lower socket and smaller capacity SIMMs in order in the upper s ockets. 6. Install the main co ntroller board in to t[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–1 CHAPTER 6 TROUBLE SHOOTING TROUBLESHOOTING If any problems occur, the printer aut omatically stops printing, diagnoses the problem, and displays the corresponding mess age to alert you. Take the appropriate acti on, referring to the following tabl es. If you cannot clear the problem, consult the dealer where you pur[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–2 Operator Call Message Meaning Action XX LOAD PAPER ***** SIZE The wrong size of paper was loaded in the Med ia Cassette. XX is T1/ T2. Load the requested size of paper in the Med ia Cassette and press the Form Feed button. T1 MANUAL FEED ***** SIZE The printer requests you to load paper manually. Load the requested size of pap[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–3 Maintenance Messages (appear on the lower row) Error Message Meaning Action FUSER OIL LOW The Oil in the Oil Bo ttle is almost empty. Replace the Oil Bottle. REPLACE FCR It is time to replace the Cleaning Roller. Replace the Cleaning Roller. REPLACE OPC BELT It is time to replace the (OPC) Belt Cartr id ge. Replace [...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–4 Error Messages Error Message Meaning Action 32 BUFFER ERROR Input buffer overflow Res et the printer or turn off and on the printer. 34 MEMORY FULL Work memory overflow Press the Continue butt on to resume printin g . If the same error should occur after you press the Continue button, turn off the pr in ter. Wait a few seconds[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–5 Error Message Meaning Action 42 CARD 1(2) FULL Card in slot 1 or 2 overflow Delet e unnecessary macros or fonts , or use a new card. 43 CARD1(2)W ERROR Card in slot 1 or 2 write error Set the write protect button of the card to OFF if it has been set to ON. Use a n ew card. If the same error occurs, consult your dea[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–6 Service Call Messages When any of the following mes sages appear on the LCD, t urn the printer Off , wait 5 seconds and t hen turn the printer On again. If this does not clear the problem, consult your dealer or our authorized servi ce representative. Service Call Message Meaning Action 61 PROG ERROR Program ROM checksum error[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–7 Service Call Message Meaning Action 99 SERVICE D3 C switc hing clutch error Turn off the printer. W ait a few seconds, then turn it on again. 99 SERVICE D4 K switching cl utch error Turn off the print er. Wait a few seconds, then turn it on again. 99 SERVICE D5 K,Y switching s olenoid error Turn off the printer. Wai[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–8 Service Call Message Meaning Action 99 SERVICE F2 Ozone fan error Turn off the printer. Wai t a few seconds, then turn it on again. 99 SERVICE F4 Fuser fan error Turn off the printer. Wait a few seconds, then turn it on again. 99 SERVICE F5 Charge HV un it erro r Turn off the pr in ter. Wait a few seconds, then turn it on agai[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–9 Paper Jams This printer has been designed to be trouble free. However, i f any problem should occur, not e the display mes sage and take the appropri ate action. This s ection describes the actions to be taken agai nst paper jams and unsatis factory printouts . Paper Jam If paper jams in the p r in ter, it stops pri[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–10 After you have followed the ins tructions, the print er automatically resumes prin ting. Howev er, th e Data LED may come on and the following mess age may appear on the display. 07 FF PAUSE After a paper jam has o ccu rred, data usually rem ain s in the printer memory. The message prompts you to execute a form feed and print[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–11 3. Close the Rear Access Cover. ✒ Note When paper jams at the Rear Access Cover increase, replace the Paper Discharger. ■ Paper Jam at Fusing Roller inside th e printer 13 JAM INSIDE or 13 JAM DRUM If a paper jam occu rs at th e Fu sing Roller, follow th e steps to remove th e jammed paper in the same way as fo[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–12 ! Caution Do not touch the toner surface of the jammed paper. It might stain your hands or clothes . After having removed the jammed paper, i f the printed paper has a stain, print s everal pages before restart ing your printing. Remove the jammed paper carefull y so as not to spread toner. Take care not to stain your hands a[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–13 Q & A This secti on contains commonly asked ques tions and the ans wers concerning your printer. If you have encount ered a problem, try to find the question rela ting to your problem and take the s teps recommended to correct the problem. Setting Up the Printer Hardware Question Recommendat ion The printer doe[...]

USER’S GUIDE 6–14 Setting Up the Printer Question Recommendat ion I cannot print from my application s oftware. • Make sure the supplied Windows pri nter driver is installe d correctly and selected i n your application software. I cannot print the enti re page. • Check to see if the size of paper in the feeder is the same as the one t hat y[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–15 Paper Handling Question Recommendat ion The printer does not l oad paper. Check to see if the Alarm LED is on. If so, the Media Cass ette may be out of paper or not properly install ed. If it is empt y, load a new stack of paper into the Media Cassette. If there is paper in th e Med ia Cassette, make sure that it i[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–16 Printing Question Recommendat ion The printer pr in ts u nexpectedly or it prints incorrect characters. Cancel the print job from your computer. Then, turn on and off the printer o r reset th e printer and try your print job agai n. Make sure your application s oftware is correctly set up to use this p r in ter an d check the[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–17 Print Quality ✒ Note You can clear a prin t q uality prob lem b y replacing a tone r cartrid g e with a new one if the LCD indi cates the ‘toner low’ or ‘toner empt y’ message. Question Recommendat ion White horizont al lines or bands or rubbing ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrst[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–18 Question Recommendat ion Black vertical streaks or bands ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–19 Question Recommendat ion Toner scatter or Toner s tain ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopq[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–20 Question Recommendat ion Uneven density appears periodically in t he horizontal direction ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 01234[...]

CHAPTER 6 TROUBL ESHOOTING 6–21 Question Recommendat ion Off set image ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. 0123456789. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. ABCDE[...]

USER’S GU IDE 6–22 ! Caution Operation of the printer out side the specificat ions shall be deemed abus e and all repairs thereafter sh all b e th e so le liability of the en d user/purchaser.[...]

APPENDIC ES A-1 APPENDICES PRINTER SPECIFI CATI ONS Printing Print Method Electrophotography by semi conductor laser beam scanning Laser Wavelength: 780 nm Output: 5 mW max. Resolut ion 300 dots per inch (Normal) 600 dots per inch (F ine) (The resolution can be enhanced to 2400 dpi class by using the HR C (High Res olution Cont rol) and CAPT (Color[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-2 Functions CPU MB86832 (SPAR C architecture) Emulation Automatic emu lation selection • HP Color Printer (PCL5C ) inclu d in g HP LaserJet 4+ (PCL 5e) and HP Las erJet 5 (PCL 6) • BR-Sc ript Level 2 (Adobe Posts cript Level 2 compatible) •H P - G L • EPSON FX-850 • IBM Proprinter XL Interface Automatic interface selecti[...]

APPENDIC ES A-3 Electrical and Mechanical Power Source U.S.A. and Canada: AC 120 V, 50/60 Hz Europe and Australi a: AC 220 to 240 V, 50/60 Hz Power Consumpt ion Printi ng: 450 W or less Stand-by: 150 W or less Stand-by in s leep mode: 25 W or less Noise Printing: 55 dB A or le ss Stand-by: 48 dB A or less Temperature Operating: 10 to 32.5°C (50°F[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-4 PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper Input Media Trays : • Standard upper tray (Tray 1) • Optional lower tray (Tray 2 ) • Paper size: TRAY 1: Letter, A4, ISO B5, JIS B5, Executive, COM10 and DL TRAY 2: Letter , A4, ISO B5, JIS B5, Execu tive (Legal for Optiona l Leg a l Cassette) • Max. stacking height in the casset te = 27 mm(1.0[...]

APPENDIC ES A-5 Test printing on paper, es pecially envelopes, i s recommended before making a large purchase. The following types of envel opes are not recommended for use. • Envelopes with thick and/or crooked edges • Damaged, curled, wrinkled, or irregularly shaped envelopes • Extremely shiny or highly text ured envelopes • Envelopes wit[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-6 ✒ Note The manufacturer does not warrant t he use of any particular paper. The operator is responsible for the quality of paper used with the printer. Paper Types to Avoid Some types of paper might not perform well or may cause damage to your printer. Types of p aper to avoid are: 1. Highly te xtured paper. 2. Smooth or s hiny[...]

APPENDIC ES A-7 5. Envelopes wit h clasps, snaps or t ie strings. 6. Envelopes made wit h smooth or shiny paper. 7. Envelopes that are rough, highly textured, or deepl y embossed. 8. Envelopes which do not lie flat or that are curl ed, wrinkled, or irregularly shaped. 9. Envelopes having an open fl ap with an adhesive that s eals the envelope. USE [...]

USER’S GU IDE A-8 INTERFACE SPECIFI CATI ONS Bi-directional Parallel Interface Interface Connector A shielded cable t hat is IEEE 1284 compliant with the following pin assignment should be used. Most existing paral lel cables support bi- directional communicat ion, but some might have i ncompatible pin assignment s or may not be IEEE 1284 complia[...]

APPENDIC ES A-9 Signal Description Pin No. Signal Name IN/OUT Explanation 1 DATA STROBE IN Data is latched at the leadin g ed g e of this signal. 2 - 9 DATA 0 - 7 IN Parallel 8 bit data 10 ACKNLG OUT Data reception is completed and the printer is ready for the next data reception when this signal becomes low. 11 BUSY OUT The printer cannot receive [...]

USER’S GU IDE A-10 Parallel Cable Connection for IBM-PC/AT or Compatible Computers and IBM-PS/2 Computers Signal Printer Pin No. Computer Pin No. DATA STROBE 11 DATA 0 2 2 DATA 1 3 3 DATA 2 4 4 DATA 3 5 5 DATA 4 6 6 DATA 5 7 7 DATA 6 8 8 DATA 7 9 9 ACKNLG 10 10 BUSY 11 11 PE 12 12 SLCT 13 13 AUTO FEED 14 14 GND 19 - 30 18 - 25 FAULT 32 15 SLCT IN[...]

APPENDIC ES A-11 RS-232C Serial Interface Standard Specifications 1) Baud rate: 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 or 115200 baud 2) Synchronization: Start-s top 3) Communications control: No protocol 4) Data length: Serial 7 bits or 8 bi ts 5) Parity: Odd, even, or none 6) Stop bit : 1 or 2 stop bit s 7) Protocol: Xon/Xoff [...]

USER’S GU IDE A-12 Signal Description Signal Name IN/OUT Explanation FG – Frame Ground SD OUT Send Data. RD IN Receive Data. Receives data transmitted from the computer. RS OUT Request To Send. “SPA CE” level when the printer is ready to sen d data to the com puter. DR IN Data Set Ready. When DSR is at “SPACE” level, data can be accepte[...]

APPENDIC ES A-13 Serial Cable Connection for IBM-PC/AT or Compatible Computers and IBM-PS/2 Computers The following diagrams s how the pin connections for t he most common serial communications. ■ DB-9 Serial Connection When you use a computer wit h a 9-pin serial port, us e a cable with the following pin confi gurations. Printer (Male) Computer [...]

USER’S GU IDE A-14 SYMBOL/CHARACTER SETS You can select the symbol and character sets with the FONT switch in the HP LaserJet , EPSON FX-850, and IBM P roprinter XL emulation modes . See “FONT Switch” in Chapter 4. When you have selected t he HP-GL emulation mode, you can sel ect the standard or alternate character set with the MODE switch. S[...]

APPENDIC ES A-15 HP PCL Mode Roman 8 (8U) ISO Latin1 (0N) ISO Latin2 (2N) ISO Latin5 (5N)[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-16 PC-8 (10U) PC-8 D/N (11U) PC-850 (12U) PC-852 (17U)[...]

APPENDIC ES A-17 PC-8 Turkish (9T) Windows Lat in1 (19U) Windows Lati n2 (9E) Windows Lati n5 (5T)[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-18 Legal (1U) Ventura Math (6M) Ventura Intl (13J) Ventura US (14J)[...]

APPENDIC ES A-19 PS Math (5M) PS Text (10J ) Math-8 (8M) Pi Font (15U)[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-20 MS Publi shing (6J) Windows 3.0 (9U) Desktop ( 7 J) MC Text (12J)[...]

APPENDIC ES A-21 Symbol (19M) Windings (579L) The following table s hows characters avail able only in the corresponding character set. The numbers at the top of the table are hexadecimal code values with which characters are to be replaced in the Roman 8 character set. For other characters, see the Roman 8 character set. SYMBOL SET 23 24 40 5B 5C [...]

USER’S GU IDE A-22 EPSON Mode US ASCII The following table s hows characters avail able only in the corresponding character set. The numbers at the top of the table are hexadecimal code values with which characters are to be replaced in the US ASCII character set. For other characters, see the US ASCII character set. CHARA CTER SET 23 24 40 5B 5C[...]

APPENDIC ES A-23 PC-8 PC-8 D/N PC-850 PC-852[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-24 PC-860 PC-863 PC-865 PC-8 Turkish[...]

APPENDIC ES A-25 IBM Mode PC-8 PC-8 D/N PC-850 PC-852[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-26 PC-860 PC-863 PC-865 PC-8 Turkish[...]

APPENDIC ES A-27 HP-GL Mode ANSI ASCII 9825 CHR. SET[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-28 FRENCH/GERMAN SCANDINAVIAN SPANISH/LATIN JIS ASCII[...]

APPENDIC ES A-29 ROMAN8 EXT. ISO IRV ISO SWEDISH ISO SWEDISH:N[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-30 ISO NORWAY 1 ISO GERMAN ISO FRENCH ISO U.K.[...]

APPENDIC ES A-31 ISO ITALIAN ISO SPANISH ISO PORTUGUESE ISO NORWAY 2[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-32 Symbol Sets Supported by the Printer’s Intellifont Compatible Typefaces PCL Symbo l Set Typefa ce Alaska Antique Brougham Cleveland Connect- Guatemala Letter Set ID Symbol Set Oakland Cond. icut Antique Gothic 8 U R o m a n - 8 • •• •• • • 0 N IS O 8859-1 Latin1 • • • • • • • 2 N IS O 8859-2 Latin2[...]

APPENDIC ES A-33 PCL Symbol S et Typeface(Continued) LetterGothic Mar y- Oklahoma PC PC Utah Utah Set ID Symbol Set 16.66** land Br ussels Tennessee Cond. 8U R o m a n - 8 • • • • • • • 0 N IS O 8859-1 Latin1 • • • • • • • 2 N IS O 8859-2 Latin2 • • • • • • • 5 N IS O 8859-9 Latin5 • • • • • • ?[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-34 Symbol Sets Supported by the Printer’s TrueType™ and Type 1 Font Compatible, and Original Typefaces PCL Symbo l Set Ty p eface Atlanta BR Copen- Calgary Helsinki Portugal Tennes- W Set ID Symbol Set Symbol hagen see Dingbats 8U R o m a n - 8 • • • • • • 0 N IS O 8859-1 Latin1 • • • • • • 2 N IS O 885[...]

APPENDIC ES A-35 PCL Symbo l Set Ty p eface Bermuda Scr ipt Germany San D iego US Roman Set ID Symbol Se t 8U R o m a n - 8 • • • • 0 N IS O 8859-1 Latin1 • • • • 2 N IS O 8859-2 Latin2 5 N IS O 8859-9 Latin5 6 N IS O 8859-10 Latin6 10U P C - 8 • • • • 11U P C - 8 D / N • • • • 12U P C - 8 5 0 • • • • 17U P C[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-36 QUICK REFERENCE OF COMMANDS The following tables show commands sorted by funct ion. For further information about commands, refer t o the “Technical Reference Manual,” which is option ally available. ✒ Note l represents the lowercase l letter. Script notation is used because lowercase l and the number 1 can be easily conf[...]

APPENDIC ES A-37 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal Paper Si z e ESC & l # A 27 38 108 ## 65 1B 26 6C ## 41 Executive ESC & l 1 A 27 38 108 49 65 1B 26 6C 31 41 Letter ESC & l 2 A 27 38 108 50 65 1B 26 6C 32 41 Legal ESC & l 3 A 27 38 108 51 65 1B 26 6C 33 41 A4 ESC & l 26 A 27 38 108 50 54 65 1B 26 6C 32 36 41 B5 ESC & l[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-38 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal RASTER GR APHICS Resolution Setting 75 dpi ESC * t 75 R 27 42 116 55 53 82 1B 2A 74 37 35 52 100 dpi ESC * t 100 R 27 42 116 49 48 48 82 1B 2A 74 31 30 30 52 200 dpi ESC * t 200 R 27 42 116 50 48 48 82 1B 2A 74 32 30 30 52 150 dpi ESC * t 150 R 27 42 116 49 53 48 82 1B 2A 74 31 35 30 52 300[...]

APPENDIC ES A-39 3Plane,device RGB pallete ESC * r 3 U 27 42 114 51 85 1B 2A 72 33 55 Configure I mage Data ESC * v # W [data] 27 42 118 ## 87 1B 2A 76 ## 57 (# byte) Color Component O ne ESC * v # A 27 42 118 # 65 1B 2A 76 # 41 (# Firs t Component) Color Component Tw o ESC * v # B 27 42 118 # 66 1B 2A 76 # 42 (# Second Component) Color Component T[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-40 HP- defined Shading Patter n ESC * v 2 T 27 42 118 50 84 1B 2A 76 32 54 HP- defined Cross- Hatched ESC * v 3 T 27 42 118 51 84 1B 2A 76 33 54 Pattern User def ined ES C * v 4 T 27 42 118 52 84 1B 2A 76 34 54 Brother- defined Shading Patter n ESC * v 130 T 27 42 118 49 51 48 84 1B 2A 76 31 33 30 54 (64 steps, original) Select So[...]

APPENDIC ES A-41 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal PATTERN Horizontal S ize ESC * c # A 27 42 99 ## 65 1B 2A 63 ## 41 (# dot) Horizontal S ize ESC * c # H 27 42 99 ## 72 1B 2A 63 ## 48 (# decipoint) Vertical S ize ESC * c # B 27 42 99 ## 66 1B 2A 63 ## 42 (# dot) Vertical S ize ESC * c # V 27 42 99 ## 86 1B 2A 63 ## 56 (# decipoint) Pattern I D[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-42 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal 1 Horiz. Line ESC * c 1 G 27 42 99 49 71 1B 2A 63 31 47 2 Vert. Lines ESC * c 2 G 27 42 99 50 71 1B 2A 63 32 47 3 Diagonal Lines ESC * c 3 G 27 42 99 51 71 1B 2A 63 33 47 4 Diagonal Lines ESC * c 4 G 27 42 99 52 71 1B 2A 63 34 47 5 Square G rid ESC * c 5 G 27 42 99 53 71 1B 2A 63 35 47 6 Di[...]

APPENDIC ES A-43 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal DOWNLOAD FONT Font ID Set ESC * c # D 27 42 99 ## 68 1B 2A 63 ## 44 (#: ID) Character Code S et ESC * c # E 27 42 99 ## 69 1B 2A 63 ## 45 (##: chara. code) Downl oad C ont rol Delete All ESC * c 0 F 27 42 99 48 70 1B 2A 63 30 46 Delete Tempor ary ESC * c 1 F 27 42 99 49 70 1B 2A 63 31 46 Delete[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-44 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal USER-DEFIN ED SYMBOL SET Symbol Set I D Set ESC * c # R 27 42 99 ## 82 1B 2A 63 ## 52 (#: ID) Define S ymbol Set ESC ( f # W 27 40 102 ## 87 1B 28 66 ## 46 (#: byte) Symbol Set Contr ol Delete All ESC * c 0 S 27 42 99 48 83 1B 2A 63 30 53 Delete Tempor ary ESC * c 1 S 27 42 99 49 83 1B 2A 6[...]

APPENDIC ES A-45 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal Flush All P ages Flush All Com plete Pages ESC & r 0 F 27 38 114 48 70 1B 26 72 30 46 Flush A ll Page Data ESC & r 1 F 27 38 114 49 70 1B 26 72 31 46 Free Memor y Space ESC * s 1 M 27 42 115 49 77 1B 2A 73 31 4D Echo ESC * s # X 27 42 115 # … # 88 1B 2A 73 # … # 58 # = Echo value (-[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-46 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal Printer Reset ESC E 27 69 1B 45 Self- test ESC z 27 122 1B 7A Job Separa tion ESC & l # T 27 38 108 ## 84 1B 26 6C ## 54 Unit of Meas ure ESC & u # D 27 38 117 # … # 68 1B 26 75 # … # 44 (# = Units/inch) Go to Other Emulations (or iginal) BR-Scr ipt 2 Batch Mode ESC CR A B 27 13[...]

APPENDIC ES A-47 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal Wingdings ESC ( 579 L 27 40 53 55 57 76 1B 28 35 37 39 4C PS Math ESC ( 5 M 27 40 53 77 1B 28 35 4D Ventura Math ESC ( 6 M 27 40 54 77 1B 28 36 4D Math-8 ESC ( 8 M 27 40 56 77 1B 28 38 4D Symbol ESC ( 19 M 27 40 49 57 77 1B 28 31 39 4D ISO 8859-2 Latin2 ESC ( 2 N 27 40 50 78 1B 28 32 4E ISO 885[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-48 Function Command Decim al Hexadecimal PC-8 ESC ( s 25 C 27 40 115 50 53 67 1B 28 73 32 35 43 PC-8 D /N ESC ( s 23 C 27 40 115 50 51 67 1B 28 73 32 33 43 PC-850 ESC ( s 26 C 27 40 115 50 54 67 1B 28 73 32 36 43 PC-860 ESC ( s 27 C 27 40 115 50 55 67 1B 28 73 32 37 43 PC-863 ESC ( s 28 C 27 40 115 50 56 67 1B 28 73 32 38 43 PC-86[...]

APPENDIC ES A-49 Function Command Scalable Fonts Intellifont- compatible Fonts (##: point s ize) Alaska ESC ( s 1 p ## v 0 s 1 b 4 3 6 2 T Alaska Extr abold ESC ( s 1 p ## v 0 s 4 b 4 3 6 2 T Antique Oakland ESC ( s 1 p ## v 0 s 0 b 4 1 6 8 T Antique Oakland Bold ESC ( s 1 p ## v 0 s 3 b 4 1 6 8 T Antique Oakland O blique ESC ( s 1 p ## v 1 s 0 b 4[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-50 Function Command Type 1 Font Compatible F onts (##: point size) Atlanta Book ESC ( s 1 p ## v 0 s 0 b 1 5 5 T Atlanta Dem i ESC ( s 1 p ## v 0 s 3 b 1 5 5 T Atlanta BookOblique ESC ( s 1 p ## v 1 s 0 b 1 5 5 T Atlanta Dem iOblique ESC ( s 1 p ## v 1 s 3 b 1 5 5 T Calgary MediumItalic ESC ( s 1 p ## v 1 s 0 b 1 5 9 T Copenhagen [...]

APPENDIC ES A-51 CCITT G3/G4 and TIFF (original command) One of the unique features of the P CL mode of this print er is it support s CCITT G3/G4 t ype data compression and TIF F format. ■ CCITT G3/G 4 (Raster Graphic Mode 1152) The printer’s PC L mode supports CC ITT G3/G4 type graphic data compre ssion. This format is popular in optical docum[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-52 Mode 1152 graphic data header data s tructure Position Data Description 0-1 6E 6E ‘nn’ This is header ID. 2-3 0A 00 reserved (Header Version) 4-7 5E 00 00 00 Picture data start offs et from header top 8-11 File Lengt h File lengt h including 94 byte header. If fi le length is 65,536 byte, these 4 bytes become “00 00 01 00[...]

APPENDIC ES A-53 ■ TIFF Format (R aster Graphic Mode 1024) & Advanced Phot oscale Technology The printer’s PC L mode supports TIFF Version 5.0 file format as a format to transfer raster graphics data. Mode set command for TIFF file format is ES C *b1024M. One transfer graphics dat a command (ESC*b###W) s hould contain whole TIFF fil e. In m[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-54 Horizontal 1200-dpi Image Format Mode(Rast er Graphic Mode 1027) The printer supports 1200 dpi printing for special image formats in 1200 dpi mode. We recommend th at the installed prin ter m em ory is 10 Mby tes o r m o re for 1200 dpi printing. To set 1200 dpi mode, 1. Set 1200 dpi printing mode by us ing the followi ng PJL c[...]

APPENDIC ES A-55 The block data is compos ed as follows: Position Data Description 0 - 1 Block lengt h n - 2 2 - 3 Horizon tal p o sitio n dots from th e left o f the page 4 - 5 Vertical position d ots from the leading edge of the page 6 Height dots number of image vertical dots 7 - 8 Width words number of image horizontal 16 bi t words 9 - (n - 1)[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-56 16 bit repeating compres sed data When the most s ignificant 3 bits in the first 2 byt es are in the order 1, 0, 0, the remaining 13 bits indicate the number of times to repeat 16 bit data. The following 2 bytes s hould be the 16 bit data t o repeat. 15 14 13 12 0 1 0 0 number of repeats(13 bits) data to repeat(16 bits ) 8 bit [...]

APPENDIC ES A-57 HP-GL/2 Command Sets Command Mnemonic Par ameters Dual Context Extensions ENTER PCL MOD E ESC % # A 0-Retain previous PCL cur sor position and palette 1-Use cur rent HP -GL/2 pen position and palette RESET ESC E None PRIMAR Y FONT FI Font_ ID SECONDARY FONT FN Fon t_ID SCALABL E OR BITMAPPE D FONT S S B 0 -Scala ble fo nts o nly 1-[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-58 Command Mnemonic Par ameters EDGE W EDGE EW radius, start_angle, sw eep_angle [, chord_angle] ; POLYGON MODE PM p ol ygon_definition; FILL POLYGON FP 0 Odd /Eve n fill EDGE POLYGON EP 1 non- zero winding f ill Character Gr oup SELECT STANDARD FONT SS SELECT ALTERNATE FONT SA ABSOLUTE DIR ECTION DI [run , rise ]; RELATIVE DIR EC[...]

APPENDIC ES A-59 Printer Job Language Commands Syntax Command Function and Syntax Syntax Rules [ ] Brackets indicate optional par ameters. < > Indicates special characters and item s Special Characters and I tems DEC. HEX. <HT> Horizontal Tab (elem ent of white space) 09 09 <LF> Line Feed (PJL com mand terminator) 10 0A <CR>[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-60 EPSON FX-850 Mode Command name Function Sequence Decimal Hexadecimal Null Ignored NUL 0 0 0 Bell Ignored BEL 7 07 Space Moves the cursor one position to the right SP 32 20 Backspace Moves the cursor one position to the lef t BS 8 08 Line Feed Moves down one line LF 10 0A Form F eed Ejects a page (if data has been printed on it)[...]

APPENDIC ES A-61 Command name Function Sequence Decimal Hexadecimal Set Right Margin Sets right mar gin n columns fr om the left ESC Q n 27 81 n 1B 51 n margin (r ange depends on type size and paper size) Set Skip- over Sets bottom mar gin at the n-th line, ESC N n 27 78 n 1B 4E n Perf oration counting from the bottom Cancel Skip-over Cancels the s[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-62 Command name Function Sequence Decimal Hexadecimal Set/Cancel Double- Sets (n = 1) or cancels (n = 0) double-high ESC w n 27 119 n 1B 77 n High Mode mode Set Italic P rint Mode Selects italic printing ESC 4 27 52 1B 34 Cancel Italic Pr int Cancels italic printing E SC 5 27 53 1B 35 Mode Set Super /Subscript Sets either superscr[...]

APPENDIC ES A-63 IBM Proprinter XL Mode Command name Function Sequence Decimal Hexadecimal Null Ignored NUL 0 0 0 Bell Ignored BEL 7 07 Space Moves the cursor one character to the right SP 32 20 Backspace Moves the cursor one character to the left BS 8 08 Line Feed Moves the cursor to the next line LF 10 0A Form F eed Prints the data in the buff er[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-64 Command name Function Sequence Decimal Hexadecimal Cancel Skip-over Cancels the bottom m argin setting ESC O 27 79 1B 4F Perforat ion Set 1/8” Line Sets line spacing to 1/8 inch ESC 0 27 48 1B 30 Spacing Mode Set 7/72” Line Sets line s pacing to 7/72 inch ESC 1 27 49 1B 31 Spacing Mode Save n/72” Line Sets line spacing mo[...]

APPENDIC ES A-65 Command name Function Sequence Decimal Hexadecimal Set/Cancel When n=1, subsequent characters ESC - n 27 45 n 1B 2D n Underline P rint (including spaces, but excluding Mode horizontal tabs) ar e underlined. When n=0, this effect is canceled Set/Cancel When n=1, subsequent characters ESC _ n 27 95 n 1B 5F n Overline Pr int (includin[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-66 HP-GL Mode Command Mnemonic Parameter s Vector G roup ARC ABSO LUTE AA x_center, y_center, sweep_angle [ , chord_angle]; ARC RELA TIVE AR x_increment, y_incr ement, sweep_angle [ , chord_angle]; PLOT ABSOLUTE PA [x, y … [, x, y ]]; PLOT RELAT IVE PR [x, y … [, x, y]]; PEN D OWN PD [x, y … [, x, y]]; PEN UP PU [x, y … [,[...]

APPENDIC ES A-67 Function Command Decimal Hexadecimal Go to Other Emulations BR-Scr ipt 2 Batch Mode ESC CR A B 27 13 65 66 1B 0D 41 42 BR-Scr ipt 2 Interactive Mode ESC CR AI 27 13 65 73 1B 0D 41 49 HP Las erJet ESC CR H 27 13 72 1B 0D 48 IBM Pr oprinter XL ESC CR I 27 13 73 1B 0D 49 EPSO N FX- 850 ESC CR E 27 13 69 1B 0D 45 High Resolution Contro[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-68 Bar Code Control The printer can p r in t bar codes in th e HP LaserJet, EPSON FX-850, and IBM Propri nter XL emulation modes. Print Bar Codes or Expanded Char acters Code ESC i Dec 27 105 Hex 1B 69 Format: ESC i n … n Creates bar codes or expanded characters according to the segment of parameters “n … n”. For furt he[...]

APPENDIC ES A-69 ■ Bar Code, Expanded C haracter, Line Block Drawing & B ox Drawing n = “s0” or “S0” 3 : 1 (default) n = “s1” or “S1” 2 : 1 n = “s3” or “S3” 2.5 : 1 This parameter sel ects the bar code style as above. W hen the EAN 8, EAN 13, UPC-A, Code 128 or EAN 128 bar code mode i s selected, this bar code st yle p[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-70 ■ Bar Code Human R eadable Line On or Off n = “r0” or “R0” Human readable line OFF n = “r1” or “R1” Human readable line ON Default: Hu man readable line ON (1) “T5” or “t5” (2) “T6” or “t6” (3) “T130” or “t130” (4) “T131” or “t131” Default: Hu man readable lin e OFF All others T[...]

APPENDIC ES A-71 ■ Bar C ode, Expanded Character, Line Bl ock Drawing & Box Drawing Offset in X-axis n = “xnnn” or “Xnnn” This parameter specifies the offset from the left margin in the “u”- or “U”-specified unit. ■ Bar C ode & Expanded Character Offset i n Y-axis n = “ynnn” or “Ynnn” This parameter specifies the[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-72 ■ Expanded Character R otation n = “a0” or “A1” Upright (default) n = “a1” or “A1” Rotated 90 degrees n = “a2” or “A2” Upside down, rotated 180 degrees n = “a3” or “A3” Rotated 270 degrees ■ Bar Code Data Sta rt n = “b” or “B” Data that follows “b” or “B” is read in as bar cod[...]

APPENDIC ES A-73 • When EAN 8, EAN 13, or UPC A is selected with the parameter “t 5” or “T5”: Ten numerical characters “0” to “9” can be accepted as bar code data. The number of characters for bar codes is limited as follows. EAN 8: Total 8 digit s (7 digits + 1 check digit) EAN 13: Total 13 digits (12 digits + 1 check di git) UPC[...]

USER’S GU IDE A-74 • When ISBN (EAN) is selected with the parameter “t 130” or “T130”: Same rules appl y as for “t5” or “T5” • When ISBN (UPC-E) is s elected with the parameter “t 131” or “T131”: Same rules appl y as for “t6” or “T6” • When EAN 128 set A, set B or set C is selected with the parameter “t132?[...]

APPENDIC ES A-75 'Post Net LPRINT CHR$(27);"it4r1o0x00y60b1234567890?"; 'EAN-8 LPRINT CHR$(27);"it5r1o0x00y70b1234567?"; 'UPC-A LPRINT CHR$(27);"it5r1o0x50y70b12345678901?"; 'EAN-13 LPRINT CHR$(27);"it5r1o0x100y70b123456789012?"; 'UPC-E LPRINT CHR$(27);"it6r1o0x150y70b0123456[...]

INDEX Index–1 INDEX —A— Alarm LED 4- 5 Auto Form Fe ed 4-42 Auto Mode 4-22 Automatic Emulation Selec tio n 1-3, 3-1 Automat i c Interface Selecti on 1- 3 , 2-1 4 , 3-3 , 4-18 —B— Belt Cartridge Lock Lev er 2-5, 5-13 bitmappe d fonts 4-49 BR-Script 2 Mode 4 -1 2, 4-62 —C— Card List 4-35 Card Operation 4 -33 Cass ette Feed 3- 13 Charact[...]

USER’S GU IDE Index–2 —L— LCD 4- 1 LED 4-5 Legal Cassette 1-6 Line Settings 4-26 list internal or re sident fonts 2-18 optional car tridge/car d fonts 2-18 per m ane nt download fonts 2-18 printer se ttings 2-18 List of Fac tory Settings 4-69 List of Fonts 4-55 List of Symbol/Charac ter Sets 4-56 Lock pane l 4-41 Lower Media Cassette 5-29 L[...]

INDEX Index–3 Test Pattern 2-1 8 Toner Ca rtridge 2-7, 5-3 Toner Save Mode 1-4, 4-63 Transfer Roller 5-24 Transfer Roller Lock Le ver 5-24 —U— s (UP) button 4-7 User Settings 3-7 —W— Waste Toner Pac k 5-11 Waste Ton er Pack Hol der 5-1 2 Windows 2-20, 6-14 —1— 120K Kit 5-20[...]

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