Epson 4100 manual

4100 PRINTER OPERATOR'S GUIDE Part No: 066- 00428-02 February 12, 1998 — Rev. F[...]

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Operator's Guide iii Copy right © 2000, Output Technology Corporation All rights res erved under the Berne Convention. T R AD E M AR K S DEC LA 210 is a registered tr adem ark of Digital Equipm ent Corpor ation. Epson is a registered tr adem ark of Epson Am er ica, Inc. Centronics is a registered tradem ark of Centronics Cor poration. IBM and[...]

iv Contents IMPORTA NT SA FETY PRECA UTIONS DANGER: KEEP HAIR, HANDS, AND CLOTHING AW AY FROM MECHANISM, AND AVOID HOT SURFACES. VORSICHT: HAAR, HÄNDE UND KLEIDUNG VON DEM MECHANISMUS FERNHALTEN, UND HEISSE FLÄCHEN MEIDEN. DANGER: N'APPROCHER NI LES CHEVEUX, NI LES MAINS, NI LES VETEMENTS DU MECANISME, ET EVITER LES SURFACES CHAUDES. PERICOL[...]

Operator's Guide v • DO NOT operate the pr inter unless i ts voltag e is set to the local l ine voltag e, as described in this manual. • Keep printer v ents f ree from obstructions. • Keep the printer dry. If water is accidentally spilled on the printer, turn the power OFF immediately and wi pe it dry . Do not turn the pow er on until th[...]

vi Contents SUPPLIES A ND SERVICES Important ! For best r esult s and long est print e r lif e, insist on g enuine, f actory- approved, ribbon cartridg es. (Re-ink ed or rem anuf actur ed r ibbon car t r idg es are not suitable.) O bt ain fact ory-approved ribbon cartr idg es fr om your dealer or directly fr om the print er manuf acture r : Output [...]

Operator's Guide vii FCC COMPLIA NCE STA TEMENT This equi pment has been tested and found to comply w ith the limits for a Class B dig ital dev ice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC R ules. These limits are desig ned to provi de reasonable protecti on against harmful i nterference in a residential i nstallation. This equipment g enerates, uses a[...]

viii Contents EPA ENERGY STA R PRINTERS PA RTNER The 4100 printer compl ies wi th voluntar y standards for l ow-pow er consumption as set forth by the U. S. Envir onmental Protection Ag ency. DOC COMPLIA NCE STA TEMENT This dig ital apparatus does not ex ceed the limits for radio noise emissions from dig ital apparatus as set out in the r adio inte[...]

Operator's Guide ix CERTIFICA TE OF MA NUFA CTURER/IMPORTER It is hereby certified that the 4100 Series printers have been suppressed in accordance w ith the conditions set out in the BMPT- AmtsbiVfg 243/1991 and 46/1992. The operation of some eq uipment (e.g. test transmi tters) in accor dance wi th the regulations may , however, be subject t[...]

x Contents Contents Installation See the Kw ik Installation and Startup Basics Basic Physical Features ................................................................. 1 Basic Startup and Printing .............................................................. 4 A. Check Paper Supply ...................................................... 4 B. Close[...]

Operator's Guide xi Operations Common Operations ....................................................................21 LoadingPaper .......................................................................21 Adjusting the Printhead Gap ................................................. 27 Running a Self Test .....................................[...]

xii Contents Configurati on, continued Active Interface ............................................................ 63 Serial Options .............................................................. 64 Input Buffe r Size .......................................................... 70 Print Style.........................................................[...]

Operator's Guide xi ii Configurati on, continued Barcode Strike ............................................................... 91 Barcode Density ............................................................ 91 System Options ..................................................................... 92 Factory Reset ................................[...]

xiv Contents Troubleshooti ng, continued Italics (Epson Emulation) .................................................... 123 Print Positioning .................................................................. 123 Paper Problems .................................................................. 124 Switch Panel ......................................[...]

Operator's Guide xv Universal Contr ol Commands Index of Universal Contr ol Sequences ....................................... 150 Alphabetical Summary of Univer sal Control Sequences ............ 151 Form Length ............................................................................... 152 Emulation Mode ..................................[...]

xvi Contents Epson FX-100 Control Commands, continued Graphics ..................................................................................... 201 Line Spacing .............................................................................. 208 Margins ...................................................................................... 210 Mi[...]

Operator's Guide xvii Index of Control Codes and Control Commands ......................... 234 Alphabetical Summary ................................................................ 275 4100 Printer VS DEC LA210 Printer ............................................ 277 Unsupported DEC Commands ............................................277 Cha[...]

xviii Contents Emulations ........................................................................... A-6 Character Sets ..................................................................... A-6 Human-Readable Fonts ....................................................... A-8 Barcodes .................................................................[...]

Operator's Guide xi x Software Handshaking ...................................................... B-15 Hardware Handshaking .................................................... B-17 If You Cannot Make It W ork ..................................................... B-18 Interface Circuits .........................................................[...]

xx Contents A ppendi x D - Char acter Sets, continued Epson Hebrew Character Map .......................................... D-21 IBM Code Page 437 (U .S.) ............................................... D-23 IBM #2 Code Page 437 (H ebrew) ..................................... D-25 IBM Code Page 850 (Multilingual) ...................................[...]

Operator's Guide xxi A ppendi x E - Bar c odes Printing Barcodes ....................................................................... E-2 Barcode Format Command ........................................................ E-4 P1 Through P8 .................................................................... E-5 Barcode Format Command Ex ample .[...]

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Basics BA SIC PHYSICA L FEA TURES 1. See "Operato r A ccess," Page 3. 2. See "Swit ch Panel," Page 6. The Printer ( Front View , Shown W ith Acoustic Hood) JB0-AB1[...]

2B a s i c s 1. See "Interface Connectors," Page 16. 2. See "Power Recep tacle," Page 15. The Printer ( Rear View , Shown W ithout Acoustic Hood) JB0-AC1[...]

Operator's Guide 3 1. Use in adjusting pr inthead gap when loading paper. See "LoadingPaper " and/or "A d justin g the Print head Gap ," Pages 21 and 27. 2. See " Changing Ribbon Cartridge ," Page 99 . Operator Access JB0-AD2[...]

4B a s i c s BA SIC STA RTUP A ND PRINTING A Check Paper Supply . If necessary, load paper . See "Loading Paper," Pag e 21. B Close Operator A ccess Door. C Turn on pri nter. Press the l side of the power on/off switch (Page 6) . D Check Top of Form Setting. Normally , set the horizontal perforati on to be even w ith the "TOF" a[...]

Operator's Guide 5 E Check Print Quality . Make sure the ON LINE indicator i s lit (P age 8) and the operator access door is closed, and then send a file from the host computer to the printer: • If the print is too lig ht or too dark (smudged), or if some dots are not being pr inted, adjust the printhead g ap. (See "Adjusting the Printh[...]

6B a s i c s BA SIC CONTROLS A ND INDICA TORS POWER ON/OFF SWITCH This pow er on/off switch is l ocated at the left-rear corner of the printer. Press the I side of this switch to turn on the printer. Make sure the O side (the off side) is depressed w hen : • Connecting or disconnecting cabl es • Performing oper ations close to the printhead car[...]

Operator's Guide 7 SWITCH PA NEL The swit ch panel is located at the r ight-front corner of the printer. The switch panel contains four indicator l ights and four key pad switches. JB0-BD PA PER Paper Out (Fault) Indicator . Glows amber w hen the printer i s out of paper. * Flashes if an overcur rent, carri age motor problem, paper j am, or ot[...]

8B a s i c s NLQ Near Letter Qual ity. Gl ows g reen to indicate near letter q uality printing is selected. To quickly switch between dr aft quality and NLQ, press and hold ON LINE and then momentarily press NLQ. POWER Power On Indi cator. Glow s green to i ndicate the printer i s receiv ing AC pow er. On Line/Exi t Key and Indicator . Press once t[...]

Operator's Guide 9 Top Of Form / NLQ / NEXT Key. W ith printer off line, press to set top of fo rm. (See "Setting Top of Form," Page 30). Printer beeps once when top of form is set. Press along w ith ON LINE to switch betw een near letter q uality (NLQ) and draft modes. Also, use this key to mov e through the configuration menu. ( Se[...]

10 Basics Form Feed / BACK Key. W ith printer off line, press once to eject a page, that i s, to print anything still in th e outp ut line b uf f er (if applicable) and then to advance paper to the top of the next form. Hold pressed to mov e paper continuously . (Also used in micro- positioning the paper. See "On-Li ne Hot Keys," Page 12.[...]

Operator's Guide 11 + Configurati on Menu. W hile pressing FORM FEED , turn on printer to pr int out the first configurati on menu query . (See Configuration section, Page 49.) + Self Te st. W hile pressing LINE FEED , turn on printer to begin a ro lling printo u t of keyboard char acters. (See "Running a Self Test," Page 29.) To sto[...]

12 Basics + + + Hex Dump (Na rrow Form). W hile pressing ON LINE , FORM FEED , and LINE FEED , turn on printer to pl ace printer i n 17.14 pitch hex dump mode. (See "Hex Dump Mode," Page 132.) To exit hex dump mode, turn off the printer. On-Line Hot Key s The on-line hot key s allow y ou to enter the conf iguration menu (w ithout having t[...]

Operator's Guide 13 + Move U p Paper/Speed Exit. W hile pressing ON LINE , momentarily press LINE FEED to advance paper by one mi croline ( 1 / 144 in.). Use this for fine positioning the paper when setting top of form. (See "Setting Top of Form," Page 30.) Also used for fast e xiting the configuration menu. + Move D own Paper. W hil[...]

14 Basics + Near Letter Qual ity. W hile pressing ON LINE , momentarily press NLQ to switch betw een near letter quali ty and draft qual ity printing modes.[...]

Operator's Guide 15 BA SIC CONNECTIONS POWER RECEPTA CLE The power receptacle is l ocated at the left-rear corner of the printer, below the power on/off switch. DA0-H One end of the power cord pl ugs into the lower portion of the receptacle. The other end of the power cor d plugs into a standard three- prong, g rounded electrical outlet. Plug [...]

16 Basics INTERFA CE CONNECTORS Serial Parallel JB0-AA1 Serial and par allel inter face connectors are located near the ri ght-rear corner of the printer. U se one of these connectors to interconnect the pri nter and host computer. Alway s turn the printer off when disconnecting or connecting a cable connector, alw a ys use a shielded cable, and al[...]

Operator's Guide 17 Serial Interface The serial i nterface connector is a standard R S-232, 25-pin, D- type connector. Normall y, thumbscrew s attached to the cable connector are used to lock the cable connector to the pri nter connector. For more information on seri al connectiv ity, see Appendi x B. BA SIC BEEPS! The beeper sounds to confirm[...]

18 Basics Three sets of low-high beeps are heard when a paper jam occurs. 4S e c Four-second solid beep is heard when: • Paper runs out* • Left tractor is too f a r right • Paper out sensor fails ... Intermittent single beeps are heard when a string of bad data is received on serial interface. ** * Except when in configuration m enu m ode. **[...]

Operator's Guide 19 One short beep followed by four short-long beeps indicates the printer has encountered a recoverable memory error. † Five long beeps are heard w hen the printer encounters a nonrecoverable error. †† † If problem persist s, rec ord beep pat t ern and then see BEEPs in Troubles hooting Chart (Page 119). †† Turn of[...]

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Operations COMMON OPERA TIONS LOA DING PA PER: JB0-AF1 Loading Paper[...]

22 Operations To load paper, follow these steps: 1. Open operator access door. 2. If you plan on loading the same type of paper, note the setting of the printhead g ap adjustment lev er and then move pr inthead gap adjustment lev er towar d you (aw ay from paper), as far as possible. 3. If necessary, repositi on tractors to accommodate a change in [...]

Operator's Guide 23 Paper Specifications* • Ty pe : standard fanf old, edge perfor ated. Single-part to 6-part paper . • Sheet Width: 3 in. to 16 in. (appr ox. 76.2 mm to 406.4 m m ), inc luding tractor s trips. • Form Length: 0.5 to 31.5 in. (approx. 12.7 to 800 mm ) in 1 / 2 in. increm ents to confor m to c onfigur ation menu s etting.[...]

24 Operations Do not let paper drag on edge of stand, table , or de sk . Front Feed JB0-AG2 Bottom Feed JB0-AH1[...]

Operator's Guide 25 Left Tractor JB0-L1 6. Align paper on tractor sprockets. M ake sure that the paper is strai ght. 7. Adjust the position of the rig ht tractor so that the paper is neither stressed nor buckled. The sprocket pins should sit comfortabl y in the middle of the paper's sprocket holes. Paper holes should not be di storted. 8.[...]

26 Operations A DJUSTING THE PRINTHEA D GA P Warning! Make sure no article of clothing ( necktie, jew elry) is hanging into the operator access duri ng this procedure. 1. Open the operator access door. 2. Make sure the pri nthead gap adjustment lev er is positioned as far as possible tow ard the front of the printer so that the gap betw een the pri[...]

Operator's Guide 27 Printhead Gap Adjustment Lever JB0-AJ1 Adjust the printhead g ap adjustment lev er for desired print q uality. Note : The ideal setting of the printhead gap adjustment lev er for longest ribbon and printhead li fe is just before printed dots begin to disappear . For multipar t paper, check the bottom copy. Caution: Do not u[...]

28 Operations RUNNING A SELF TEST Warning! If you run self test with the operator access door open, make sure no article of clothing (necktie, jewel ry) is hanging into the operator access. + W hile pressing LINE FEED , turn on printe r to begin a ro llin g printout of keyboar d characters. To stop printout, press ON LINE or turn off the printer. N[...]

Operator's Guide 29 SETTING TOP OF FORM Note : The configuration menu option for form leng th must be set correctly before setting the top of form. (The factory default form length is 11 in.: usually set to correspond to 11 in. between hori zontal perforations.) If necessary , see "Form Length," Pag e 77 in the Configurati on section[...]

30 Operations Normally , the horizontal perforation i s chosen as the top of form. For this, mov e the paper so that the horiz ontal perforation is even w ith the "TOF" arro w ( ! ) near the rig ht and lef t edges of the platen. Locating Top Of Form JB0-AK1 2. W ith the printer off line, press TOF . The beeper sounds to confirm y our new [...]

Operator's Guide 31 SWITCHING NLQ A ND DRA FT You can sw itch back-and-forth betw een near letter quali ty (N LQ) and draft qualit y pri nt modes by pressi ng and holding ON LINE and then momentarily pressing NLQ : + In NLQ mode, the NLQ indicator lights. After sw itching modes you must press ON LINE to place printer on line. You can also pr e[...]

32 Operations Emulations and Printer Drivers W hen a printer acts like another pr inter, it i s said to emulate that pri nter. Your pr inter can emulate an Epson FX -100, IBM Propr inter X L, or DEC LA210 printer. You can sw itch betw een emulations, as detailed i n "Changing Emulations" that follows. W hen you use a specific computer app[...]

Operator's Guide 33 CHA NGING EMULA TIONS The factory default startup emulati on is Epson FX-100 , w hich means that the printer acts l ike an Epson FX- 100 printer after y ou turn on the power. You can change the default star tup emulation using the configuration menu. The other tw o emulation selections ar e IBM Proprinter XL and DEC LA 2 1 [...]

34 Operations 3. Again, press NEXT . 4. Continue pressi ng NEXT • • • until the pri nter prints: EMULATION 5. Then, press YES . The printer pr ints out: = Epson FX 100 ? 6. If you intend to change emul ations, press NEXT . The printer pr ints out: change to I BM Pr oprint er XL ? 7. Press YES to sel ect this emulation or NEXT to mov e on to &[...]

Operator's Guide 35 PRINTING THE A CTIVE CHA RA CTER SET The configuration menu pr ovides a w ay to print out the activ e character set. For this feature, the activ e character set is defined as the menu-selected default character set along with any active overl ays (O CR A, OCR B, download char acters). C haracter sets selected by sof tware a[...]

36 Operations HELP OPTIONS 2. Respond by pr essing Y ES . The printer pr ints out: Status P rint ? 3. Press NEXT . The printer pr ints out: Menu Tree ? 4. Again, press NEXT . • • 5. Continue pressi ng NEXT • • • until the pri nter prints : • Print Activ e Cha r acter Set ? 6. Then, press YES . The printer mov es to the top of the next f[...]

Operator's Guide 37 "Z" in all three char acter sets is 5A w hich is equiv alent to decimal 90, using the hex adecimal-to- decimal conver sion chart on Pag e 43. JB0-AM Printout of Epson U.S. Character Set (Factory Def ault f or Epson Emulation)[...]

38 Operations JB0-AN Printout of IBM #1 U.S. Char acter Set (Factory Def ault f or IBM Emulati on)[...]

Operator's Guide 39 JB0-AO Printout of DEC U.S./Multilingua l Character Set (Factory Def ault f o r DEC Emulation)[...]

40 Operations Hexadeci mal-To-Decimal Conver sion (Along with U.S. PC-8 computer terminal characters.) 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 NUL SP 0 @ P ` p 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 • !1 A Q a q 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 -2 • "2 B R b r 2 1 83 45 06 68 29 8 1 1 4 -3 ♥ ! ! #3 C S cs 3 1 93 55 16 78 39 9 1 1 5 -4 ♦ ¶$4 D T d t 4 2 03 65 26 88 4[...]

Operator's Guide 41 Hexadeci mal-To-Decimal C onversi on, continued 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- ÇÉ á •• ð •• 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 üæ í • • Ð ß± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 éÆ ó • • Ê •• -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 âô ú •• Ë •• -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 äö ñ •?[...]

42 Operations What Is a Charact er Set? A character set consists of up to 256 pri ntable patterns and printer instructions assig ned to 256 possible codes. The character set tells the printer w hat to do or what to print w hen each of these codes is receiv ed from the computer. The codes can be assigned to key board characters (0-9, a-z , A-Z, #, *[...]

Configuration This section prov ides details on using the pr inter’s config uration menu. Among other thi ngs, the configur ation menu contains the printer ’s changeable configur ation settings. A new pr inter is preset at the factory to: • Emulate an Epson FX- 100 printer on a par allel inter face, and • Print 6 lines per inch of 10 pitch [...]

46 Configurati on Formatted data files, such as what MS- W indows, or W ordPerfect, or Lotus 1-2-3, or another modern softwar e application w ould send to the printer, contai ns control commands * imbedded w ith the text to change many of the configurati on settings to something other than the factory or customized defaults. Ty pically, a formatted[...]

Operator's Guide 47 THE CONFIGURA TION MENU The configuration menu consi sts of 42 changeable default settings, ei ght report (hel p) options, a performance aid, and an opti on to recall or iginal factory default settings. A map of the configuration menu selections and opti ons, along w ith the orig inal factory defaults (w hich are underlined[...]

48 Configurati on NA VIGA TING THE CONFIGURA TION MENU To move throug h the menu, you must respond to the menu options and queries usi ng the YES , BA CK , and NEXT keys: , and For exampl e, in response to "Help Opti ons" above, pr ess YES . The printer pr ints: Status P rint ? If you do not want a "Status Pr int," then press NE[...]

Operator's Guide 49 EXITING THE CONFIGURA TION MENU There are three w ays to exi t the configurati on menu: • Turn off the printer. • Press EXIT until the pri nter advances to the nex t top of form. • Press ON LINE along w ith LINE FEED. If you have made default setting changes, the new default selections take effect immediately after ex[...]

50 Configurati on A DJUSTING THE PRINTER’S PERFORMA NCE The best method for adjusting the pr inter’s per formance to match your needs is to: 1. Make interface changes (phy sical printer connections). 2. Make emulation chang es (printer behavior : IBM, Epson, or DEC). 3. Make other chang es (software and pr inter configur ation menu settings). T[...]

Operator's Guide 51 Howev er, because printer driv ers do not or cannot change some printer settings, such as the inter face or emulation, those settings ar e important to the printer’s function. These setting s must be correctly set as default settings so they are in effect when the printer is turned on. If your printer ’s configurations [...]

52 Configurati on CONFIGURA TION MA P CONFIGURAT ION M AP* HELP | Status Print ? Non-Default Li s t? Hot Key Lis t ? Print A c tive Charac t er Set? 58 | Menu Tree? Print A ll Opti ons ? Diagnostic Codes? Print Dat a B yt e Map? INTERFAC E OPTIONS | Active Inte rface: Se rial, Par allel 63 | Serial Opt i ons (only apply if ac tive int erface i s se[...]

Operator's Guide 53 CHARACTE R OP T I ONS 3 | Epson Charac t er Opt ions 82 | | Epson Control Code Map: E ps on IBM #1, E ps on IBM #2, E pson 79 | | Epson Charac t e r Map 4 : Franc e, Germany, U.K. , Denm ark, Sweden, Ital y (E ps on), Spain, 84 | | Japan, Norw ay, Denmark II, Spain II, Latin America, Hebrew, Italy (ANSI), U .S. | | Epson IB[...]

54 Configurati on 1 0.5-in. increments, including A4 length of 11 2/3 in. 2 "EMULAT ION" does not appear as a configuration menu option if "Lock Character Set and Emulation" is "On." 3 "CHARAC TER OP TION S" does not appear as a configuration menu option if "Lock Character Set and Emulation" is &quo[...]

Operator's Guide 55 Print A ll Options ? Pressing YES pr ints out a list of all opti ons and all possible opti on settings. Hot Key List? Pressing YES pr ints out a list of all power- on and on-line hot key s. Diagnostic Codes? Pressing YES pr ints out a reference list of beep patterns for recov erable and nonrecover able failures.[...]

56 Configurati on Print A ctive Character Set? Pressing YES pr ints out a chart of all present char acter and control code assignme n ts, similar to th ose illustra te d on Pa ge s 37 throu gh 39. (See "Printing the Active C haracter Set," Page 35, for mor e details.) Status Printout (Par tial Exampl e Showi ng Factory Defaults) JB0-AZ1[...]

Operator's Guide 57 Print Data By te M ap? Pressing YES pr ints out the present data by te map. Primaril y, the data byte map is a troubleshooting and development tool used in customiz ing character sets. In content, the present data byte map i s similar to the active char acter set printout. The data by te map not only show s the 256 active c[...]

58 Configurati on Source: This is the memory sour ce of the character or control code. The two possibilities are ROM and RAM: • ROM stands for read onl y memor y w hich is permanent memory . • RAM stands for random access memor y w hich is temporary memory. Character and contr ol codes residing in RAM ar e lost when the pr inter is turn off. (S[...]

Operator's Guide 59 Data Byte M ap (Partial Printout, Ex ample) JB0-BA INTERFA CE OPTIONS Pressing YES pr ints out the first of the interface options lis ted below: • Active Interface • • Serial Options • Input Buffer Size A ctive Interface Pressing YES pr ints out the activ e interface setting: • Parallel ( factory default) • Seri[...]

60 Configurati on Parallel. Enables communication on the paral lel inter face connector on the back of the printer. For information concer ning paral lel communications, see Appendix C. Serial. Enabl es communication on the serial interface connector on the back of the printer. For information concer ning seri al communications, see Appendix B. If [...]

Operator's Guide 61 Protocol Pressing YES pr ints out the present protocol setting: • DTR/X-ON/X-OFF (factory default) • DTR • X-ON/X-OFF • ETX/ACK Protocol refers to the "handshaki ng" technique used for seri al communication. For mor e information concerning hardw are and software handshaking techniq ues, see Appendix B. DT[...]

62 Configurati on DTR Polarity Pressing YES pr ints out the present setting : • High ( factory default) • Low See “Hardw are Handshaking” i n Appendix B. Robust X-ON Pressing YES pr ints out the present setting : • Off • On (factory default) The robust setting onl y appli es to the X-ON/X -OFF protocol. Off. The printer transmits X -ON [...]

Operator's Guide 63 data from the computer. Although the printer will not print data, the computer can send data to the printer . On: The printer tr ansmits X-OFF to the computer when i t goes off line. The p rin te r will not accept o r p rin t d ata. Baud Pressing YES pr ints out the present baud setting : • 19200 • 9600 (factory default[...]

64 Configurati on 7 Bits: Limits the printer's ability to handle gr aphics and restricts it to accessing only the lower character and contr ol data bytes ( 0-127) in the character sets. Parity Pressing YES pr ints out the present pari ty bit status: • None (factory default) • Even • Odd • Mark • Space The parity bit follow s the data[...]

Operator's Guide 65 Stop Bits Pressing YES pr ints out the present stop bit status: • 1 Bit (factory default) • 2 Bits The printer uses the stop bi t(s) to detect the space in-betw een data bytes. The stop bit follow s the parity bit if parity is enabled. 1 Bit: One bit is sufficient for the printer and most modern computers. 2 Bits: Consi[...]

66 Configurati on computer using uni vers al control commands. Y ou can then specify up to 128 custom characters. Even if y ou do not intend to downl oad custom characters, mi nimiz ing the input buffer to 532 bytes has some side-effect advantages. C onsider minimiz ing the buffer size to mini miz e: • Data loss due to possible pow er, network, o[...]

Operator's Guide 67 PRINT STYLE Pressing YES pr ints out the first of the print sty le options li sted below : • Near Letter Qual ity • • Bi-Dir ectional Graphics / N LQ • Bold Print • Italics • Char/Inch • Slash Zero Other print sty le settings are av ailable using universal and emulati on control commands. Near Letter Quality P[...]

68 Configurati on On: The printer pr ints near letter q uality (NLQ) characters in 10 12, and 15 pitch (10, 12, and 15 char/i n.). NLQ character s have about tw o to three times the dot density of draft quality characters. N LQ characters are more attractiv e than comparable draft quality characters. Most NLQ character s can be bolded and/or ital i[...]

Operator's Guide 69 Bold Print Pressing YES pr ints out the activ e interface setting: • Off (f actory default) • On Off: The printer prints standard nor mal-w e ight characters. On: The printer pr ints bolded character s. Bold (or emphasi zed) characters appear "fatter" than normal-w eight char acters. * Since bol ding is usuall[...]

70 Configurati on Note : Characters can onl y be ital iciz ed in the Epson emulation. Also, barcodes and optical char acter recogni tion (OCR ) fonts cannot be italicized. Subscript/Superscript Pressing YES enabl es you to include subscr ipts and superscri pts in your text. Subscri pt and superscript pri nting slig htly aff e cts overall print spee[...]

Operator's Guide 71 Slash Zero Pressing YES pr ints out: • Off • On (factory default) Off: The printer prints z eroes wi thout a slash. On: The printer pr ints zeroes w ith a slash. Note : Optical character recog nition (OC R) zer oes cannot be slashed. FORMS OPTIONS Pressing YES pr ints out the first of the forms options listed below : ?[...]

72 Configurati on Lines/Inch Pressing YES pr ints out the activ e line space setting: • 6 lpi (factory default) • 8 lpi This sets the number of lines per verti cal inch. For an 11 i n. form, the printer pr ints a maxi mum of 66 lines at 6 lpi or 88 at 8 lpi. Form Length Pressing YES prints out the activ e f orm length setting: • 0.5 in. to 31[...]

Operator's Guide 73 Skip Perf Pressing YES pr ints out: • Off (f actory default) • On Off: The printer prints across the hori zontal per foration, unless instructed otherw ise by the computer 's software applic ation. This is the pr eferred setting i n most instances. In general, l eave it off if you pri nt on label stock. On: The pri[...]

74 Configurati on On: The printer automati cally supplies a line feed for every carriag e return command from the computer. ( Sometimes referred to as Auto Line Feed.) CR on LF Pressing YES pr ints out: • Off • On (factory default) Note : Regardl ess of this setting, the pri nter automaticall y performs a printer- supplied l ine feed and carria[...]

Operator's Guide 75 Paper Jam Detect Pressing YES pr ints out: • Off • On (factory default) The printer uses a paper motion sensor on top of the left tractor to detect paper jams. If the paper is supposed to mov e but it does not, then the printer flashes the PA PER indicator and sounds the beeper. Off: Disables paper jam detection. On: En[...]

76 Configurati on EMULA TION Note : "Emulation" cannot be changed and does not appear as a configuration menu opti on if "Lock Character Set and Emulati on" (Page 92) is set to "On." Pressing YES pr ints out the activ e emulation: • Epson FX-100 ( factory default) • IBM Proprinter XL • DEC LA210 CHA RA CTER OPTIO[...]

Operator's Guide 77 Each emulation has a default character set. The factory def ault character sets for the 4100 printer ar e Englis h-languag e U.S.A. The f actory default U.S. Epson, IBM, and DEC character sets are illustrated on Pages 39 through 43. If desired, y ou may map over the U .S. Englis h characters with French, Sw edish, U.K. Engl[...]

78 Configurati on #2. Although only one character set can be the default character set for the Epson emulation, y ou can assign a national -use character map or a code page default for each of the three. Note : Do not confuse the IBM #1 and IBM #2 character sets av ailable in the Epson emulation w ith those of the IBM emulation. The selections y ou[...]

Operator's Guide 79 Pressing YES pr ints out the present Epson national -use character map selection: • United States (factory default) • Japan • France • Norway • Germany • Denmark II • United King dom • Spain II • Denmark • Latin Amer ica • Sweden • H ebrew • Italy ( Epson) • Italy (ANSI) • Spain For more inform[...]

80 Configurati on Epson IBM #2 Code Page Pressing YES pr ints out the present Epson emulati on code page selection for the IBM #2 character set: • Code Page 437 (U .S.), (factory default) • Code Page 850 (Multilingual) • Code Page 860 ( Portugal) • Code Page 437 ( Hebrew ) For more information on IBM code pages, see Appendix D. IBM Characte[...]

Operator's Guide 81 IBM Control Code Map Pressing YES pr ints out the present IBM contr ol code map selection: • IBM #1 (factory default) • IBM #2 IBM #1: The U.S. IBM #1 C haracter Set (IBM #1 control code map + U .S. national-use char acter map) is show n on Page 41. Instead of the U.S. national-use char acter map—IBM calls this Code P[...]

82 Configurati on IBM #2 Code Page Pressing YES pr ints out the present IBM emul ation code page selecti on for the IBM #2 character set: • Code Page 437 (U .S.), (factory default) • Code Page 850 (Multilingual) • Code Page 860 ( Portugal) • Code Page 437 ( Hebrew ) For more information on IBM code pages, see Appendix D.[...]

Operator's Guide 83 DEC Character Options Pressing YES pr ints out the first of the DEC character options listed below : • DEC Character Set • • Character M ap G0 • Character M ap G1 • Character M ap G2 • Character M ap G3 A DEC LA210 printer contains tw o variati ons of DEC character sets: one called the 7-Bi t DEC and the other t[...]

84 Configurati on DEC Charact er Set Pressing YES pr ints out the present DEC char acter set configurati on: • 8 Bit DEC ( factory default) • 7 Bit DEC 8 Bit DEC: The U.S./Mu ltilingual 8-Bit DEC Characte r Set (8-bit con t ro l code map + G0 & G2 character maps) is show n on Page 43. Instead of the U.S. or multilingual character map, you c[...]

Operator's Guide 85 Overlay Characters Pressing YES pr ints out the present setting s: • None (factory default) • OCR A • OCR B • Accept User-D efined Characters You can alter any activ e character set by over layi ng one or mor e characters w ith either a predefined or a customiz ed character map. The printer contai ns two sets of pre[...]

86 Configurati on BA RCODE OPTIONS Pressing YES pr ints out the first of the barcode options li sted below : • Barcode Strike • • Barcode Density Barcod e Strike Pressing YES prints out the activ e setting: • Double Stri ke (factory default) • Single Strike Double Strike: For barcodes, double stri ke is analog ous to bold text. For this, [...]

Operator's Guide 87 SYSTEM OPTIONS Pressing YES pr ints out the first of the system options l isted below : • Factory Reset • • Lock Character Set and Emul ation • Initialize Sens itivity • Vertical Alignment Factory Reset Note : If you reset the configurati on menu settings to factory defaults, all custom characters pr eviousl y dow[...]

88 Configurati on character set setting s and options are pri nted out when y ou select "Status Print?" (Pag e 56) or "Print All Opti ons?" (Page 58). Initialize Sensitiv ity Pressing YES prints out the activ e setting: • Low ( factory default) • High The initiali ze sensiti vity setting applies only to the INIT* signal (Pin[...]

Maintenance WA RNINGS ! ! Turn off printer and unplug power cord before attempting any maintenance procedure. ! Hazar dous voltag es are present in the 4100 printer. Eq uipment repair must be performed only by service- trained personnel who are aw are of the hazards i nvolv ed. ! Double-Pol e/Neutral Fusing . The 4100 printer contai ns two fuses in[...]

90 Maintenance STA TIC ELECTRICITY Static electri city occurs when obj ects become electrical ly char ged. W hen charged w ith static electricity , objects tend to attract or repel other obj ects. Static electri city can build up on paper. The pr inter paper can become charged w ith static electricity as it moves from the feeder slot to the printer[...]

Operator's Guide 91 • W ool, as well as many synthetic car peting materi als, are notori ous for causing static el ectricity . If the site has carpeting, consider using an anti-static spr ay on the ar ea surrounding the printer or place an anti- static mat under the pri nter stand. If you use an anti-stati c spray , do not spray the pr inter[...]

92 Maintenance EXTERIOR SURFA CES Surfaces, including the oper ator access w indow, can be cl eaned with a soft cloth dampened with soap and w ater. (Remember: The cloth shoul d be moist—not drippi ng w et.) Avoid petr oleum-based cleaners and sol vents such as li ghter fluid, pai nt thinner, and the li ke. If necessary, use a commerci al cleaner[...]

Operator's Guide 93 CHA NGING RIBBON CA RTRIDGE Important ! For best results and long est printer li fe, insist on genuine, factory -approv ed, ribbon cart ridges. ( Re- inked or remanufactured r ibbon cartri dges are not suitable.) Obtai n factory-appr oved ri bbon cartridg es from your deal er or dir ectly from the pr inter manufacturer. See[...]

94 Maintenance Note : You need not remov e paper to change the ribbon cartr idge. 1. Turn off the printer or pl ace printer off line. 2. Open the operator access door. 3. Move the pr inthead carri age to the center of the printer . 4. Move the pr inthead gap adjustment l ever as far as possibl e toward the front of the printer to open the gap as w [...]

Operator's Guide 95 Installing Ribbon Cartridge (Left-End View) JB0-AT 3. Gently pr ess down on the car tridge unti l it qui etly snaps i nto place. 4. Be sure the ribbon i s taut and then slip the ri bbon guides onto the printheads. 5. Take up the slack again and then check the r ibbon for twi sts. Make sure that the ri bbon is not obstructed[...]

96 Maintenance 6. Manually slide the printhead carri age back and forth. If the ribbon feed wheel spins ( on the left-to-rig ht pass of the carriage) , the ribbon cartr idge is installed corr ectly. If not, remov e the cartridg e and re-instal l. 7. Adjust the printhead g ap using the pr inthead gap adjustment l ever. ( If necessary, see "Adj [...]

Operator's Guide 97 The Clean Way To Re-A ttach a Ribbon Guide 1. Lay the ribbon cartridge f ace down on a table, as shown below. 2. Mak e sur e the ribbon is taut. If not, turn the ribbon feed wheel in the direc tion of the arrow until the ribbon is taut. 3. Deter m ine the proper position of the ribbon guide. The ribbon guides are labeled Le[...]

98 Maintenance CHA NGING FORMS COMPRESSOR The forms compressor is located betw een the platen and the printhead carriage, as show n in the illustration. Its purpose is to hold the paper flat against the platen dur ing pr inting. Forms compressor repl acement is req uired only if it is broken, bent, or wor n. To change a forms compressor, proceed as[...]

Operator's Guide 99 Forms Com pressor (L ef t E nd) JB0-AR1 5. Lift the forms compressor off the alignment tabs near both ends. 6. Make sure the forms compressor clears the paper out sensor, and then lift the forms compressor out of the printer. 7. Slightl y bend the new f orms compressor, as show n in the followi ng illustration, and slip pas[...]

100 Maintenance Installing a Fo rms Com pressor JB0-AS1 9. Tuck the bottom of the forms compressor into the holder at the bottom of the printer compartment, and then adjust the forms compressor side to side so that it fits over the alignment tabs. 10. Make sur e that the paper out sensor protr udes through its hol e in the forms compressor and rech[...]

Operator's Guide 101 CHA NGING FUSES Caution ! Double pole/neutr al fusing. The printer contai ns two fuses in a compartment just abov e the power receptacle near the l eft-rear corner of the pri nter. If a fuse "blows," turn off power and unplug the power cord. Attempt to find the cause of the blown fuse before putting in a new f us[...]

102 Maintenance 7. Re-inser t both fuse holders (wi th proper fuses) w ith the arrow s f acing right, and then r e-insert v oltage selection tumbler. Make sure that the same v oltage selecti on noted in Step 1 faces out through the w indow of the fuse compartment. 8. Close the compartment. Opening Fuse Compar tment Changing Fuses DA0-E DA0-F[...]

Operator's Guide 103 VERTICA L IMA GE A LIGNMENT The configuration menu pr ovides a si mple means of making sli ght compensations in the factory' s vertic al alig nment setting. The printer i s a bidirecti onal printer , meaning i t prints tex t not only on left- to-rig ht passes of the printhead carriag e, but also on rig ht-to-left pass[...]

104 Maintenance If the printer is on, pr ess and hold ON LINE whil e simultaneously pressing FORM FEED and LINE FEED . + + 3. If necessary, check and/or chang e the Char/Inch setting under PRINT STYLE in the config uration menu. Note : Select a preferred character s-per- inch setting, si nce verti cal alignment v arys slightl y for different pitche[...]

Operator's Guide 105 The printer pr ints a two- line pattern of vertical lines. The top row of lines should be v ertically in line w ith the bottom row: Proper Vertical A lignment | | | | | | | | | | | | Back or Next to adjus t, Yes when done | | | | | | | | | | | | Improper Vertical A lignment | | | | | | | | | | | | Back or Next to adjus t, [...]

106 Maintenance[...]

Troubleshooting WA RNINGS ! ! Hazar dous voltag es are present in the 4100 pr inter. W ith the enclosure removed and pow er applied, hazar dous volt age areas are pr esent. Equipment ser vice must be per formed only by service-tr ained personnel who ar e aware of the haz ards inv olved. ! Double-Pol e/Neutral Fusing . The 4100 printer contai ns two[...]

108 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING Today's computers, pr inters, and other electronic eq uipment are, by and large, more reliable than those of just a fe w years ago. But still troubles occur. If you have tr ouble w ith your printer, expect the best, not the wor st , because most times the solution to the pr oblem is qui te simple. The follow[...]

Operator’s Guide 109 If so, see "Messages, Printed" (Pag e 120). 5. Is the interface cable securely connected and is the printer responding to the host computer? If not, see "Communications" (Pag e 129). 6. Is the paper and ribbon i nstalled proper ly? 7. Is the paper path obstructed? 8. Did y ou change paper, ri bbon, configu[...]

110 Troubleshooting To do so, press and hold LINE FEED w hile turning on the pri nter: If the print is smudged, faded, broken, and the l ike, see "Print Qual ity" (Page 120) . If the printhead carriag e moves too slow ly or makes noise, see "Printhead Performance" ( Page 130). To stop the printout, press ON LINE. 13. Hav e you a[...]

Operator’s Guide 111 TROUBLESHOOTING CHA RT Problem Probable Caus e Solution BEEPs Four-Second BEEEEEEEEP W ith PAPER OUT Lit 1. Paper O ut 2. Lef t Trac tor T oo Far to Right 3. Bad Paper O ut Sensor 1. Install paper (Page 21). 2. Move the left tr actor to the f ar left so that paper covers the paper out sensor . 3. Call f or s ervice. Beep-BEEP[...]

112 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Problem Probable Caus e Solution BEEPs, contin ued 1 Long followed by 4 Short-Long Beeps: LSSSS LSSSL LSSLS LSSLL LSLSS LSLSL LSLLS LSLLL LLSSS LLSSL LLSLS * LLSLL LLLSL Nonrecoverable Er rors: Printhead #1 Error Printhead #2 Er ror Printhead #3 Error Carriage Motor O vercurrent Carriage Motor Dr[...]

Operator’s Guide 113 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Print Quality No Printout 1. No Ribbon Cartr idge, or Cartridge Not Installed Properly 2. Ribbon T wisted 1. Re-ins tall ribbon cartridge (Page 100). 2. Check ribbon. Characters Too Light 1. Printhead G ap Too W ide 2. Ribbon W orn O ut 1. Adjus t printhead gap (Page 27). 2. Replace r ibbon (P[...]

114 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Print Quality, continued Problem Probable Caus e Solution Scanner W ill not Read Barcodes 1. Barcode Density Too Low 2. Vertic al Misalignm ent During Bi-Direc tional Printing 3. W orn O ut Ribbon 1. Set density in configuration menu to 100 dpi ( Page 91). 2. Re-adj ust vertic al alignm ent in co[...]

Operator’s Guide 115 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Problem Probable Caus e Solution Print Positioning, c ontinued Blank Lines Between Every Line of Print Printer and Host Both Supply ing Line Feeds In configur ation menu, c hange "LF on CR" fr om "O n" to "Of f". Prints Acr oss Hor izontal Perfor ation 1. W rong C[...]

116 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Problem Probable Caus e Solution Paper P roblems (Positioning, Fe e ding, Paper Out, Ja mming), c ontinued Paper Does not Feed W hen Printing Host Not Sending Line Feeds with Carriage Returns In configur ation mode, under "Set Form s Options" s et "LF on CR" to "On".[...]

Operator’s Guide 117 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Problem Probable Caus e Solution Paper P roblems (Positioning, Fe e ding, Paper Out, Ja mming), c ontinued Paper Does not Feed (Both On and Of f Line) 1. Obstru ction 2. Mechanic al or Electronic s Failure 1. Check paper path f or obstruction. 2. Call f or s ervice. Top of Form Ignored or Pape[...]

118 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Problem Probable Caus e Solution Communications Character or Contr ol Problem s W ith Any Interfac e 1. Printer 's Menu Settings Have Been Superseded by Host 2. P rin ter Off o r Off l in e 3. Blown Fuse 4. Electr onics F ailure 1. Norm al. Host c om puter com m ands override pr inter config[...]

Operator’s Guide 119 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART, CONTINUED Problem Probable Caus e Solution Communications, continued Problem s W hen Using Parallel Interf ace Only 1. Loose or Bad Interfac e Cable 2. Bad Data 3. Electr onics F ailure 1. Check . If necessar y , replace interfac e cable. 2. Check data using hex dum p mode ( Page 132). 3. Call f or s er[...]

120 Troubleshooting TROUBLESHOOTING A IDS POWER-UP SEQUENCE TEST The normal start- up sequence for the printer is detail ed in the follow ing table. The printer performs this sequence each ti me the printer is turned on. A fter Turning On Printer, Observe t he Follow ing: Meaning That : If Not Observed : A. Indicators lig ht briefly . POWER indicat[...]

Operator’s Guide 121 POWER-UP SEQUENCE TEST, CONTINUED A fter Turning On Printer, Observe t he Follow ing: Meaning That : If Not Observed : C. Printer chi rps. Printer is mechanicall y and electronicall y OK. (A manual off line/on line cycle also causes thi s chirp.) Call fo r service. D. ON LINE indicator lights. Printer i s ready for operation.[...]

122 Troubleshooting To enter the hex dump mode, do one of the follow ing: • Press and hold LINE FEED and FORM FEED and then turn on printer to place printer in 10 pitch hex dump mode. The printer pr ints all transmi ssions from the host in hex dump format on 13.6-in. li nes. • Press and hold ON LINE , LINE FEED , and FORM FEED and then tur n on[...]

Control Commands An Introduction This section ex plains the following : • Communication basics • Sending contr ol codes and control commands • Identifying data bytes • Typog raphic conventi ons COMMUNICA TION BA SICS Communication betw een the computer and printer is accompl ished by exchang ing codes that hav e a predefined meaning . The b[...]

124 Universal Control C ommands • In Epson and IBM Propri nter XL emul ations, the American Standar d Code for Information Interchange ( ASCII) is used. • In DEC emulati ons, American Nati onal Standards Institute (A NSI) standards are used. Aspects of these standards relevant to the emul ations contained in the 4100 printer ar e described in t[...]

Operator’s Guide 125 BINA RY NUMBER SYSTEM Computers use the binar y number sy stem. In the binary (base tw o) number system, w e count f rom zer o (0) to one (1) and then start over again. All other numbers are ex pressed using only these two dig its. The pattern of zeros and ones in a data by te can be interpreted as a binary number. The bit pa[...]

126 Universal Control C ommands HEXA DECIMA L NUMBER SYSTEM The hexadecimal ( hex) number system i s used in the computer industr y because its relati onship to the binary number sy stem allow s convenient notation. In the hexadeci mal (base six teen) number sy stem, counts from zero ( 0) to fifteen (15) and then starts ov er again. The sixteen di [...]

Operator’s Guide 127 The table below shows eq uivalent binary , decimal, and hexadecimal numbers for 17 different data bytes. Binary Deci mal Hexadecimal Number Number N umber 00000000 0 00 00000001 1 01 00000010 2 02 00000011 3 03 00000100 4 04 00000101 5 05 00000110 6 06 00000111 7 07 00001000 8 08 00001001 9 09 00001010 10 0A 00001011 11 0B 00[...]

128 Universal Control C ommands THREE CA TEGORIES OF DA TA BYTES The printer takes speci fic action for each data byte recei ved. Tw o types of action are possible: A character is printed or a controlling operation is performed. All data bytes ar e classified into three categ ories: • Printable characters • Control codes • Elements in a contr[...]

Operator’s Guide 129 Control Commands A control command is tw o or more bytes of control information. The firs t data byte is the contr ol code that signal s the printer to i nterpret succeeding data by tes as control information instead of printabl e characters or other control codes. In Epson, IBM, and D EC emulations, this control code i s ESC[...]

130 Universal Control C ommands USING BA SIC TO SEND COMMA NDS Using BASIC, the control seq uence to set the top margin to l ine 6 in DEC emulation can be sent w ith the follow ing pr ogram: ASCII sequence: ESC [ 6 r Control seq uence in decimal: 27 91 54 114 BASIC progr am: LPRINT CHR$(27);"[6r"; To set the left margin to C olumn 6 and t[...]

Operator’s Guide 131 • The second line is the command that i s performed w henever y ou use this batch file. Enter Ç by pressing the ALT key and enter ing 155 from the numeric key pad on the right side of the keyboard. D ata byte v alue 155 is also an ESC contr ol code in Epson and IBM #1 character sets. • Enter ! by ty ping !. Enter ^ A by [...]

132 Universal Control C ommands SENDING COMMA NDS FROM THE DOS COMMA ND LINE Commands can also be issued di rectly from the DOS command line by typing the f ollowi ng: ECHO ( command data ) > PRN The command to select 12-pitch, si ngle-str ike pri nting in Epson emul ation could be sent from the DOS command li ne as follows: ASCII sequence: ESC [...]

Operator’s Guide 133 Decimal Hexadecimal ASCII Contr ol Key Value Value Name Sequence 0 00 NUL CTRL @ 1 01 SOH CT RL A 2 02 STX CT RL B 3 03 ETX CT RL C 4 04 EOT CTRL D 5 05 ENQ CTRL E 6 06 ACK CTRL F 7 07 BEL CTRL G 80 8 B S C T R L H 90 9 H T C T R L I 10 0A LF CTR L J 11 0B VT CTR L K 12 0C FF CTRL L 13 0D CR CTRL M 14 0E SO C TRL N 15 0F SI C[...]

134 Universal Control C ommands TYPOGRA PHIC CONVENTIONS This subsection descri bes the typog raphic conventi ons used in descriptions of control codes and contr ol commands throughout this manual. FORMA T Spaces are never sent to the printer as par t of the command. For readability, the arg uments of the com m and are shown separated by spaces. Ch[...]

Operator’s Guide 135 PA RA METERS Parameters ar e indicated w ith the follow ing notations: • (n), (n1) , (n2), etc. and (d) ,(d1),(d2) , etc. The printer ex pects to receive a data byte for each parameter . The parentheses are not sent, only the value of parameter n or d. For example, i f n=1 in Epson, IBM, or most uni versal control commands,[...]

136 Universal Control C ommands This formula for determi ning n1 and n2 is used for graphics commands and for specifying a r ange of characters i n some commands (such as the commands to map or dow nload characters) . DA TA BYTE VA LUES OF COMMA ND PA RA METERS A source of confusion arises because three of the conventi ons used to specify command p[...]

Operator’s Guide 137 Universal Control Commands This section descri bes control commands that are uni que to the printer . Univ ersal control commands can be used in any emul ation mode. Before using these commands, read the pr evious secti on (Control Commands—An Introduction). It descr ibes the typog raphic conventions used in this section an[...]

138 Universal Control C ommands INDEX OF UNIVERSA L CONTROL COMMA NDS Form Length Length of Form in Millimeters SOH A z C (n) 152 Emul ation Mode Select Emulation and Reset Pr inter SOH A z A ( n) 153 Miscell aneous n/144 Inch Line Spacing SOH A z Y (n) 154 Reset to Power Up Settings SOH A z X (Ø) 154 Print Style Set Pitch and Strike SOH A z ! ( n[...]

Operator’s Guide 139 Download Characters Downl oad Characters SOH A z & (m)( n1)(n2)( a1 a )(a1 b )(c1)...(cx) 174 Graphics Universal Graphics SOH A z * (d1)(d2)(r)(c1)(c2)(g1)...(gx ) 184 A LPHA BETICA L SUMMA RY OF UNIVERSA L CONTROL COMMA NDS Command Function Page SOH A z ! Set Pitch and Stri ke 155 SOH A z % Sel ect Character Sour ce/Libr[...]

140 Universal Control C ommands FORM LENGTH SOH A z C Length of Form in Millimeters ASCII: SOH A z C (n) Control: CTRL AA z C ( n ) Decimal: 1 65 122 67 (n) Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 43 (n) Sets the f o rm length to a sp ecified numbe r of millim e ters. n * indicates form length as follows: • n = 0: Form length set to 148.5 mm • n = 1: Form length[...]

Operator’s Guide 141 EMULA TION MODE SOH A z A Select Emulation and R eset Printer ASCII: SOH A z A (n) Control: CTRL AA z A ( n ) Decimal: 1 65 122 65 (n) Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 41 (n) Selects the printer emulation mode and the character set that has been selected from the configuration menu for the sel ected emulation. n * specifies the emulatio[...]

142 Universal Control C ommands MISCELLA NEOUS SOH A z Y n/144 Inch Line Spacing ASCII: SOH A z Y (n) Control: CTRL AA z Y ( n ) Decimal: 1 65 122 89 (n) Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 59 (n) Sets line spacing to n/144 in. The val id range for n i s from 0 to 170. Changing the line spacing affects the amount of space between li nes, not the height of the ch[...]

Operator’s Guide 143 PRINT STYLE SOH A z ! Set Pitch and Strike ASCII: SOH A z ! (n ) Control: CTRL AA z ! ( n ) Decimal: 1 65 122 33 (n) Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 21 (n) Specifies the number of characters per i nch (pitch) and deg ree of boldness (stri ke). Binary values for n are as foll ows: Bit Setting 7: 16.67 pitch 6: Ignored 5: 0 = di sable en[...]

144 Universal Control C ommands Bold 18.2 5,6,7 21,22,23 13,14,15 29,30,31 17.14 4 50 12 28 16.67 128 144 136 152 15.0 2 18 10 26 12.0 1,3 17,19 9,11 25,27 10.0 0 16 8 24 9.1 37,38,39 53,54,55 45,46,47 61,62,63 8.57 36 52 44 60 8.33 160 176 168 184 7 . 5 3 45 0 4 25 8 6.0 33,35 49,51 41,43 57,59 5 . 0 3 24 8 4 05 6 Note: Parameter val ue 13 (decima[...]

Operator’s Guide 145 SOH A z T Select Print Quality ASCII: SOH A z T (n) Control: CTRL AA z T ( n ) Decimal: 1 65 122 84 (n) Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 54 (n) Selects draft or near letter quality (NLQ) printing . n * specifies the print quality as f ollows: • n = 0: draft • n = 2: NLQ Note: Near letter q uality printing is available onl y in 10, 1[...]

146 Universal Control C ommands MA PPING CHA RA CTERS The commands in this subsection enabl e you to map a pri ntable character to each data byte v alue betw een 0 and 255, to select a character from ROM (per manent memory ), or to dow nload and select a character from RAM (tem p orary me m ory). Mapping a char acter to a data by te value re- assig[...]

Operator’s Guide 147 Character Source Map Describes the locati on of the selected character lib rary: ROM or RAM. Character sets and char acter maps selected from the configurati on menu are stored in R OM. Mapped characters or iginate in R OM, so their source is ROM. Download characters ar e downloaded di rectly to RAM, so their sour ce is RAM. [...]

148 Universal Control C ommands The 4100 printer emul ates several printers , each of which has defined "standard" character sets, contr ol code maps, and national-use char acter maps. Examples ar e Epson-German-ESC 6 and IBM #2-Code Pag e 437. Selecting these standar d options can be done using the config uration menu or control commands[...]

Operator’s Guide 149 4. Select a new char acter set, over wr iting any mapped characters and control codes but not the dow nload characters . 5. Reset the printer to factory def aults, overw riting all prior selections. See the illu stration be low. Modifyi ng the Data By te Map, Additional Opti ons AB0-O At any time, y ou can see the characters [...]

150 Universal Control C ommands • Overw ritten by new selections • A new emulati on or character set i s selected • Power is turned off The format and examples for sending the command f ollow s. SOH A z % Select Character Source and Librar y ASCII: SOH A z % (s) ( l ) (n1) (n2) Decimal: 1 65 122 37 (s) ( l ) (n1) (n2) Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 25[...]

Operator’s Guide 151 character li brary , the character for that data byte v alue is printed from the default character set for the currentl y selected emulati on. Character sour ce and library selections are stored until pow er off , printer reset, or until changed using thi s command, control seq uence SOH Az&, or the "Over lay Charact[...]

152 Universal Control C ommands See Appendix D for charts of standard character sets and the character library. Exampl e REM REMAP CHA RACTERS G THROUGH K T O DATA BYTE VALUES REM ASSOCIA TED W ITH CHARACT ERS A THROUGH E LPRINT CHR$(1);"AzB GK";CHR$(65);CHR$(0);CHR$(66);CHR$(0); LPRINT CHR$(67);CHR$(0);CHR$(68);CHR$(0);CHR$(69);CHR$(0); [...]

Operator’s Guide 153 DOWNLOA D CHA RA CTERS Using the download char acter command, SOH Az &, you can desig n special sy mbols or gr aphic patterns or create a custom al phabet. The following pages describe how to: • Define and downl oad characters of your own desi gn • Store the characters • Select and accept the characters for pri ntin[...]

154 Universal Control C ommands DESIGNING DOWNLOA D CHA RA CTERS Design the char acter wi thin a matrix of 10 dot columns by 9 dot row s, like the one shown bel ow. Col umn 10 is alw ays blank. Character Design M atrix AB0-R[...]

Operator’s Guide 155 The cell v alues are used to tell the printer w hich printhead pins fire to create the character. The cel l val ue for each column is a binar y v alue that corresponds to the pri nthead pins used to print the dots in that row . Eight of the nine pri nthead pins are used to print the char acter. Characters that ascend abov e t[...]

156 Universal Control C ommands EXTENDED CHA RA CTERS Use a matrix like the one shown below to design shaded characters, l ike those typical ly assi gned to data by te values 176 to 178 and 219 to 223 decimal, and line dr awing characters, l ike those typi cally assigned to data byte v alues 179 to 218 decimal. If a line draw character is sel ected[...]

Operator’s Guide 157 PRINT QUA LITY There are tw o ways to define the pri nt quality of downloaded characters: • Design char acters in a sty le that is betw een draf t and NLQ print quality . (This is sometimes referred to as corr espondence quality .) The printer automati cally calculates draft and NLQ from downloaded character data. • Desig[...]

158 Universal Control C ommands To design NLQ char acters, place dots w ithin any of the design matrix cells. Forty columns of character data are sent to the printer, tw enty for each print pass. In the second print pass, the dots ar e offset verticall y by one-half dot. Print Quality , NLQ Download Character AB0-V1 In calculating the 40 columns of[...]

Operator’s Guide 159 For exampl e, for the "7" character abov e, the calculated col umn values are as follows : Correspondence C olumn Values: 129 130 132 136 144 160 192 0 0 0 NLQ 1st Pass column Values: 129 0 130 0 132 0 136 0 144 0 160 0 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NLQ 2nd Pass Column Values: 0 130 0 132 0 136 0 144 0 160 0 192 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[...]

160 Universal Control C ommands STORING DOWNLOA D CHA RA CTERS Dow nload characters ar e stored in R AM (temporar y memor y). The character curr ently mapped to the same data by te value in ROM (permanent memory ) is not overw ritten. Characters that have not been downloaded, mapped, or overlayed pr int from the currently selected character set sto[...]

Operator’s Guide 161 PRINTING DOWNLOA DED CHA RA CTERS Follow this procedur e to print dow nloaded characters: 1. Use the configur ation menu to set the printer to accept downloaded characters. 2. Use the command SOH Az & to download characters to R AM as described in this secti on. 3. Select the dow nloaded characters for pr inting. D ownloa[...]

162 Universal Control C ommands SOH A z & Downl oad Characters ASCII: SOH A z & (m ) (n1) (n2) (a1 a )(a1 b )(c1 )...(cx ) ... Control: CTRL A A z & (m ) (n1) (n2) (a1 a )(a1 b ) (c1) ...(cx ) ... Decimal: 1 65 122 38 (m) (n1) (n2) (a1 a )(a1 b )(c1 )...(cx ) ... Hexadecimal: 01 41 7A 26 (m ) (n1) (n2) (a1 a )(a1 b )(c1 )...(cx ) ... De[...]

Operator’s Guide 163 a a is a sing le data byte that specifies the v ertical ex pansion characteristi cs of each download character. Bi t values for a a ar e as follo ws: a a Bit Setting 7 0 = Ascending character (such as h, d, A, R) 1 = Descending character (such as y , p, g) 2-6 Ignor ed 1 and 0 Vertical expansi on as follows: 00 or 11: No v er[...]

164 Universal Control C ommands • a b = 1: Near Letter Quality . Send 40 columns of character data for c1 through cx . These characters may be printed only w hen NLQ printing is enabled. See "Print Quali ty" earli er in this secti on. Both a a and a b must be provided for each character in the range n1 through n2. c1 through cx specif y[...]

Operator’s Guide 165 The sum of the values in C olumn 1 is the c1 v alue, the sum of the values in Column 2 is the c2 value, and so forth. W here no character data are entered in the matri x, enter z ero as the c-value for that column.[...]

166 Universal Control C ommands EXA MPLE 1 The example show s how to define and download the copy right symbol , © : AB0-W1 The following BASIC prog ram downl oads this character to data byte v alue 35 decimal and select it for pri nting: LPRINT CHR$(1);"Az& " ;CHR$(1);CHR$(35);CHR$(35);CHR$(0);CHR$(0); FOR X = 1 T O 10 READ Y LPRINT[...]

Operator’s Guide 167 EXA MPLE 2 This ex ample shows how to def ine and download a shaded character . The matrix below shows how to determine the data. W hen a shaded character is speci fied (a a =2 or 130) , Rows 6, 7, and 8 ar e copied into three additional rows , 10 through 12, to produce the r esult show n in the matrix on the next pag e. c1 t[...]

168 Universal Control C ommands This matrix shows the dots the printer adds i n Rows 10, 11, and 12 from the data specified in the matrix on the previous page. AB0-Y1[...]

Operator’s Guide 169 EXA MPLE 3 This ex ample shows how to define and download a near letter quali ty character. AB0-ZA[...]

170 Universal Control C ommands AB0-ZA The following BASIC prog ram downl oads this character to data byte v alue 48 decimal and selects it for pri nting. (The character is printed w hen NLQ printing is enabled.) LPRINT CHR$(1);"Az& " ;CHR$(1);CHR$(48);CHR$(48);CHR$(0);CHR$(1); FOR X = 1 T O 40 READ Y LPRINT CHR$(Y); NEXT X DATA 129,0[...]

Operator’s Guide 171 Use the matrix es below to design y our characters. AB0-AA1[...]

172 Universal Control C ommands GRA PHICS SOH A z * Univ ersal Graphi cs AS C II: S O H A z * (d1) (d2) (r) ( c 1) ( c 2) (g1) .. (g x ) Control: CTRL A A z * (d1) (d2) (r) (c1) (c 2) (g1)..(gx) Decimal: 1 65 122 42 (d1) (d2) (r) (c1) (c2) (g1)..(gx) He x ade c i m a l : 01 41 7A 2A (d1) (d2) (r) ( c 1) ( c 2)(g1)..(gx) This command causes the prin[...]

Operator’s Guide 173 10 Pitch 12 Pitch Maximum Dot Maximum Dot Density Columns Per Line Density Columns Per Line (d1d2) (c1c2) ( d1d2) (c1c2) 50 680 60 816 60 816 72 979 75 1020 90 1224 100 1360 120 1632 120 1632 144 1958 150 2040 180 2448 200 2720 240 3264 240 3264 288 3917 300 4080 360 4896 g1 throug h gx specify the pin fire patterns for each [...]

174 Universal Control C ommands For exampl e, if g1=19 (deci mal), the corr esponding binar y ex pression is 0010011. The pins fire in the follow ing pattern: The printer does not print until it receives sufficient data to f ill all dot columns reserv ed f or graphics. Ther efore, if dot column space is reserved bey ond the area in which printing o[...]

Operator’s Guide 175 The figure below shows how to deter mine the values for g 1 ..gx to print an X-shaped g raphic pattern: AB0-AE Note: n/216 vertical line spacing may be used in g raphics printing. n/216 in. line spacing is approx imated using 1/144 in. steps. Maxi mum local and cumulativ e error is -1/216 i n. REM PRINT AN X-SHAPED PATTERN US[...]

176 Universal Control C ommands[...]

Epson FX-100 Control Commands This section descri bes the control codes and control commands y ou can use in Epson FX- 100 emulation mode. Before using these commands, read the secti on entitled "Contr ol Commands—An Introduction." It descr ibes the typog raphic conv entions used in this section and other information needed to send thes[...]

178 Epson FX-100 Control Commands INDEX OF CONTROL CODES A ND COMMA NDS Character Sets National- Use Character M aps ESC R (n) 183 Select IBM Character Set #2 or Expand Pr intable Char acters ESC 6 184 Select IBM Character Set #1 or Standard Pri ntable Character s ESC 7 184 Control C odes/Printable Char acters ESC I (n) 185 Form Length Length of Fo[...]

Operator’s Guide 179 Margins Set Left Margin ESC ! (n) 197 Set Right Margin ESC Q (n) 197 Skip Over Perforation (Sets Bo tto m Margin ) ESC N (n) 198 Cancel Skip Ov er Perforation ESC O 198 Miscell aneous Printer Initialization ESC @ 199 Carri age Retur n CR 199 Bell BEL 199 Backspace BS 200 Linefeed LF 200 Form Feed FF 200 Delete Last Character [...]

180 Epson FX-100 Control Commands Print Style Set Pitch and Strike ESC ! (n) 218 Condensed Pitch SI or ESC SI 219 Cancel Condensed Pitch DC2 220 Select Elite Pitch ESC M 221 Cancel Elit e Pitch ESC P 221 Enlarged Pitch SO or ESC SO 222 Cancel Enlar ged Pitch DC4 223 Set/Cancel Enlarg ed Pitch ESC W (n) 224 Set/Cancel NLQ ESC x ( n) 225 Double Stri [...]

Operator’s Guide 181 AL P H AB E T I C AL S U M M AR Y Command Function Page BEL Bell 199 BS Back space 200 CAN Cancel Data in Print Bu ffer 201 CR Carriage Return 199 DC1 Select Printe r 20 2 DC2 Canc el Condensed P i t ch 207 DC3 Deselec t P rinter on S eri al P ort 202 DC4 Cancel Enl arged P itc h 210 DEL Delet e Las t Charact er 201 ESC ! Set[...]

182 Epson FX-100 Control Commands UNA VA ILA BLE EPSON FX-100 CONTROL COMMA NDS The followi ng commands are not av ailable in Epson emulation mode: • ESC EM Cut Sheet Feeder Mode • ESC SP Intercharacter Space • ESC % User Defined Char acter Set • ESC & Def ine User- Defined Character s • ESC 8 Disabl e Paper End Detector • ESC 9 Ena[...]

Operator’s Guide 183 CHA RA CTER SETS ESC R National- Use Character M aps ASCII: ESC R (n) Control: CTRL [R ( n ) Decimal: 27 82 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 52 (n) Selects a national-use char acter map. The selected character map remains in effect until this control command is sent to the printer again. n specifies the national-use character map as follo[...]

184 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ESC 6 Select IBM Char acter Set #2 (or Ex pand Printable Characters) ASCII: ESC 6 Control: CTRL [6 Decim al: 27 54 Hexadecimal: 1B 36 If the printer is currently set with an IBM character set, this command causes it to print IBM C haracter Set #2. If the printer is cur rently set with an Epson C haracter Set, this [...]

Operator’s Guide 185 ESC I Control Codes/Printabl e Characters ASCII: ESC I (n) Control: CTRL [I ( n ) Decimal: 27 73 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 49 (n) Specifies whether the undefined data bytes from 0 to 31 decimal (00 to 1F hexadecimal) and 128 to 159 decimal (80 to 9F hex adecimal) are control codes or printabl e characters. ESC I does not affect the[...]

186 Epson FX-100 Control Commands FORM LENGTH ESC C Length of Form in Lines ASCII: ESC C (n) Control: CTRL [C ( n ) Decimal: 27 67 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 43 (n) Sets form length to n number of lines. n must be from 1 to 127. The default setting is 66 l ines. The current form positi on becomes the top of form when the printer receiv es this command. If[...]

Operator’s Guide 187 ESC C NUL Length of Form in Inches ASCII: ESC C NUL (n) Control: CTRL [ C NUL (n) Decimal: 27 67 0 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 43 00 (n) Sets form length to an integer number, n, of inches. n must be from 1 to 22. The default is 11 in. The curr ent form position becomes the top of form when the printer receiv es this command. If the [...]

188 Epson FX-100 Control Commands GRA PHICS ESC K Single- Density Graphics ASCII: ESC K (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Control: CTRL [ K (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Decimal: 27 75 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Hexadecimal: 1B 4B (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Causes the printer to pr int singl e-density -graphi cs dot columns. Singl e- density g raphics are printed 60 dot[...]

Operator’s Guide 189 For exampl e, if d1 is 19 (decimal) , the corresponding binary expr ession is 00010011. Pins 8, 7, and 4 fire. The printer does not print until it receives sufficient data to f ill all dot columns reserv ed f or graphics. Ther efore, if dot column space is reserved bey ond the area in which printing occurs, it must be filled [...]

190 Epson FX-100 Control Commands The following example shows the code necessar y to cause the pri nter to print the follow ing g raphic pattern: Note: n/216 vertical line spacing may be used in g raphic printing. n/216 in. line spacing is approx imated using 1/144 in. steps. Maxi mum local and cumulativ e error is - 1/216 i n. Exampl e REM PRINT A[...]

Operator’s Guide 191 ESC L or ESC Y Double-D ensity Gr aphics ASCII: ESC L (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Control: CTRL [ L (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Decimal: 27 76 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Hexadecimal: 1B 4C (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) ASCII: ESC Y (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Control: CTRL [ Y (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Decimal: 27 89 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) [...]

192 Epson FX-100 Control Commands The maximum number of dot columns that can be reserv ed per li ne in double-density graphics is 1632. Note : n/216 verti cal line spaci ng may be used in graphi c printing . n/216 in. line spacing is approx imated using 1/144 in. steps. Maxi mum local and cumulativ e error is - 1/216 i n. The operation of double-de[...]

Operator’s Guide 193 ESC Z Quad-Density Graphics ASCII: ESC Z (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Control: CTRL [ Z (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Decimal: 27 90 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Hexadecimal: 1B 5A (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Causes the printer to print quadr uple-density graphics. Quadruple-densi ty graphics ar e printed in sy nthesized 240 dot columns per [...]

194 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ESC * Graphics Mode Sel ection ASCII: ESC * (m) (n1) (n2 ) (d1) ...(dx ) Control: CTRL [ * (m) (n1 ) (n2) (d1) ...(dx ) Decimal: 27 42 (m) (n1) ( n2) ( d1)...( dx ) Hexadecimal: 1B 2A (m) ( n1) (n 2) (d 1)...(d x) Causes the printer to print gr aphics in the density specif ied by m as follo ws: 0=Sing le Density , [...]

Operator’s Guide 195 LPRINT CHR$(D); NEXT I DATA 129,66,36,24,24,36,66,129 LINE SPA CING ESC 1 7/72 inch ASCII: ESC 1 Control: CTRL [1 Decim al: 27 49 Hexadecimal: 1B 31 Sets all subsequent l ine spacing at 7/72 i n. (10.3 lines per i n.). ESC Ø 1/8 inch ASCII: ESC Ø Control: CTRL [Ø Decim al: 27 48 Hexadecimal: 1B 30 Sets all subsequent l ine[...]

196 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ESC 3 or ESC J n/216 inch ASCII: ESC 3 (n) Control: CTRL [3 ( n ) Decimal: 27 51 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 33 (n) ASCII: ESC J (n) Control: CTRL [J ( n ) Decimal: 27 74 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 4A (n) Sets line spacing at n/216 in. The val id entries for n are 1 to 255. n/216 in. line spacing is approximated using 1/144 in. s[...]

Operator’s Guide 197 MA RGINS ESC • Set Left Margin ASCII: ESC • (n) Control: CTRL [ • (n) Decimal: 27 108 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 6C (n) Sets the left margin to col umn n. The vali d range for n is from 1 to one column less than the rig ht margin setting. The left marg in is the firs t column in w hich characters is printed. ESC Q Set Right Ma[...]

198 Epson FX-100 Control Commands • 15.0 pitch: LM + 1 µ n µ 204 • 16.67 pitch: LM + 1 µ n µ 226 • 17.14 pitch: LM + 1 µ n µ 233 • 18.2 pitch: LM + 1 µ n µ 247 wher e LM is the setting for the left margin. If n is g reater that the upper limit, the command is ignored and the pr evious r ight mar gin setting remains in eff ect. ESC N[...]

Operator’s Guide 199 MISCELLA NEOUS ESC @ Printer Initializatio n ASCII: ESC @ Control: CTRL [@ Decim al: 27 64 Hexadecimal: 1B 40 Initializ es the printer. This command initi ates the same process as turning the printer on. The pr inter functions as specified by the config uration menu. ESC @ also cancels the pri nt line of characters in w hich [...]

200 Epson FX-100 Control Commands BS Backspace ASCII: BS Control: CTRL H Decim al: 8 Hexadecimal: 08 Prints any data in the print buffer, then backs up one column for the next starting posi tion. This is used to cr eate over strike characters . If you have chang ed the character pitch before sending the BS control code, the distance the printer bac[...]

Operator’s Guide 201 DEL Delete Last Char acter ASCII: DEL Control: not applicable Decim al: 127 Hexadecimal: 7F Deletes the last character in the print buffer. CAN Cancel Data in Print Bu f f e r ASCII: CAN Control: CTRL X Decim al: 24 Hexadecimal: 18 Cancels all data cur rently in the print buffer. The rig ht margin becomes the cur rent print p[...]

202 Epson FX-100 Control Commands Exampl e REM STAR T HALF -SPEED PRINT ING LPRINT CHR$(27);"s";CHR$(1); LPRINT "T his is a tes t." REM CANCEL HALF-SPEED PRINT ING LPRINT CHR$(27);"s";CHR$(0); LPRINT "T his is a tes t." DC1 Select Printer ASCII: DC 1 Control: CTRL Q Decim al: 17 Hexadecimal: 11 Sets the print[...]

Operator’s Guide 203 ESC = Clear MSB ASCII: ESC = Control: CTRL [= Decim al: 27 61 Hexadecimal: 1B 3D Forces the most sig nificant bit (MSB) of character codes to logic 0 so that characters ar e printed from the low er half of Epson character sets (as non-itali c characters). Overr ides the logic of the MSB i n data sent from the host. ESC = is c[...]

204 Epson FX-100 Control Commands PRINT DIRECTION ESC < One-Line Uni directional Pr inting ASCII: ESC < Control: CTRL [< Decim al: 27 60 Hexadecimal: 1B 3C Causes the printer to return to the left margi n, then print from left to rig ht for one line only . Note : If set to ON, "PRINT ST YLE, BiDirectional Graphics / NLQ" in the c[...]

Operator’s Guide 205 PRINT STYLE ESC ! Set Pitch and Strike ASCII: ESC ! (n) Control: CTRL [! ( n ) Decimal: 27 33 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 21 (n) Specifies the number of characters per i nch (pitch) and deg ree of boldness (stri ke). The entri es for n are as follows: n Pitch St rike n Pitch Strike 5 18.2 Sing le 37 9.1 Single 21 18.2 Doubl e 53 9.1 [...]

206 Epson FX-100 Control Commands Exampl e REM SET TO 20 PITCH, SINGLE STRIKE LPRINT CHR$(27);"! ";CHR$(5); LPRINT "20 pitc h in single strik e." REM SET T O 5 PIT CH, EX TR A BOLD ST RIKE LPRINT CHR$(27);"! ";CHR$(56); LPRINT "5 pitch in ex tra bold." SI or ESC SI Condensed Pitch ASCII: SI Control: CTRL 0 De[...]

Operator’s Guide 207 LPRINT CHR$(15); LPRINT "Now printing in 17.14 cpi." LPRINT CHR$(13); DC2 Cancel Condensed Pitch ASCII: DC 2 Control: CTRL R Decim al: 18 Hexadecimal: 12 Cancels condensed pitch set by SI or ESC SI. Returns to the pitch that was set prior to using SI or ESC SI. Previous Ptich New Pitch (A fte r S I or ESC SI) A fte [...]

208 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ESC M Select Elite Pitch ASCII: ESC M Control: CTRL [M Decim al: 27 77 Hexadecimal: 1B 4D Selects elite pitches accor ding to the table bel ow. Cur rent character pitches of 6.0, 8.33, 9.1, 12.0, 16.67, and 18.2 are unaffected by this command. Current Pitch A fter ESC M 5.0 6.0 8.57 9.1 10.0 12.0 15.0 12.0 17.14 18[...]

Operator’s Guide 209 SO or ESC SO Enlarged Pitch ASCII: SO Control: CTRL N Decim al: 14 Hexadecimal: 0E ASCII: ESC SO Control: CTRL [ CTRL N Decim al: 27 14 Hexadecimal: 1B 0E Enlarges the cur rently selected pitch as follows : Current Pitch A fter SO or ESC SO 18.2 9.1 17.14 8.57 16.67 8.33 15.0 7.5 12.0 6.0 10.0 5.0 See the BASIC exampl e under[...]

210 Epson FX-100 Control Commands DC4 Cancel Enlarg ed Pitch ASCII: DC 4 Control: CTRL T Decim al: 20 Hexadecimal: 14 Cancels enlar ged pitch set w ith command SO or ESC SO. See the tabl e below . Pitch Set with SO or ESC SO Af ter DC4 9.1 18.2 8.57 17.14 8.33 16.67 7.5 15.0 6.0 12.0 5.0 10.0 This command does not cancel enlar ged pitches set w ith[...]

Operator’s Guide 211 ESC W Set/C ancel Enlarg ed Pitch ASCII: ESC W (n) Control: CTRL [W ( n ) Decimal: 27 87 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 57 (n) Sets and cancels enlarg ed pitch. n specifies whether the function is set or cancelled: • n = 1 or 49: Set enlarged pitch • n = 0 or 48: Cancel enlarged pitch Setting enlar ged pitch causes the curr ently se[...]

212 Epson FX-100 Control Commands Exampl e REM SET EN LARGED PIT CH LPRINT CHR$(27);"W ";CHR$(1);"This is large." REM CANCEL ENLARGE D P ITCH LPRINT CHR$(27);"W ";CHR$(0);"This is sm all." ESC x Set/Cancel NLQ ASCII: ESC x (n) Control: CTRL [x ( n ) Decimal: 27 120 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 78 (n) Sets and cancels [...]

Operator’s Guide 213 ESC G Double Strike ASCII: ESC G Control: CTRL [G Decim al: 27 71 Hexadecimal: 1B 47 Starts double-str ike printing . Each line is pr inted wi th two passes of the printhead. ESC G remai ns in effect until ESC H, ESC ! (n), ESC Az ! (n), or SOH Az! (n) is rece ived. See BASIC example in ESC H. ESC H Cancel Double Str ike ASCI[...]

214 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ESC F Emphasiz ed Mode (Bold Strike), OFF ASCII: ESC F Control: ctrl [ F Decim al: 27 70 Hexadecimal: 1B 46 Cancels emphasiz ed printing (bold stri ke) set wi th ESC E, ESC ! (n), ESC Az! (n), or SOH Az! (n). Exampl e REM PRINT IN BOLD ST RIKE LPRINT CHR$(27);"E"; LPRINT "Now printing in bold str ike[...]

Operator’s Guide 215 ESC S Set Subscript/Superscri pt ASCII: ESC S (n) Control: CTRL [S ( n ) Decimal: 27 83 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 53 (n) Prints characters following this control command as subscr ipt or superscript character s. n specifies which i s selected as follows: • n = 1 or 49: Select subscript • n = 0 or 48: Select superscript Subscrip[...]

216 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ASCII: ESC 5 Control: CTRL [5 Decim al: 27 53 Hexadecimal: 1B 35 Cancels itali cs. Print returns to prev ious upright styl e. TA BS ESC D Set Multipl e Horiz ontal Tabs ASCII: ESC D (n1)...(n32) NUL Control: CTRL [ D (n1)...(n32) CTRL @ Decimal: 27 68 (n1)...(n32) 0 Hexadecimal: 1B 44 (n1)...(n32) 00 Sets multiple [...]

Operator’s Guide 217 The following shows the location of tabs for various v alues of n. C o l u m n 123456 7 89 1 0 Margins L R n=1 T n=4 T n=6 T Exampl e REM SET HO RIZON TAL T ABS T O COLS 6, 12 & 30 LPRINT CHR$(27);"D";CHR$(6);CHR$(12); LPRINT CHR$(30);CHR$(0); HT Horiz ontal Tab ASCII: HT Control: CTRL I Decim al: 9 Hexadecimal:[...]

218 Epson FX-100 Control Commands ESC B Set Multiple Ve rtical Tabs ASCII: ESC B (n1)...(n16) NUL Control: CTRL [ B (n1)...(n16) CTRL @ Decimal: 27 66 (n1)...(n16) 0 Hexadecimal: 1B 42 (n1)...(n16) 00 Sets verti cal tabs to the specified lines. N ote that this control command is terminated w ith a null by te. n denotes the line number for each tab.[...]

Operator’s Guide 219 ESC B and ESC b clear all ex isting verti cal tabs. Therefore, to add one tab, you must incl ude all ex isting tabs, pl us the new one. Us e ESC B or ESC b to set the tabs. Use the Verti cal Tab control code, VT, to cause the printer to tab to each subseq uent tab. ESC / Select Vertic al Tab Channel ASCII: ESC / (n) Control: [...]

220 Epson FX-100 Control Commands[...]

IBM Proprinter Control Commands This section descri bes the control codes and control commands y ou can use whil e the printer i s in IBM Pr oprinter X L emulation mode. Before using these commands, read the secti on entitled "Contr ol Commands—An Introduction." It descr ibes the typog raphic conv entions used in this section and other [...]

222 IBM Propri nter Control Commands INDEX OF CONTROL CODES A ND COMMA NDS Character Sets Select IBM Char acter Set #2 ESC 6 239 Select IBM Char acter Set #1 ESC 7 239 All Char acters Character Set ESC (n1)( n2) 239 Print One Char acter From All C haracter Set ESC ^ 240 Form Length Length of Form in Lines ESC C (n) 241 Length of Form in Inches ES[...]

Operator’s Guide 223 Margins Set Horiz ontal Margins ESC X ( n1)(n2) 249 Skip Over Perforation (Sets Bottom Mar gin) ESC N (n) 250 Cancel Skip Ov er Perforation ESC O 250 Miscell aneous Carri age Retur n CR 251 Bell BEL 251 Backspace BS 251 Linefeed LF 252 Auto Linefeed ESC 5 (n) 252 Form Feed FF 252 Top of Form ESC 4 253 Cancel Data in Pr int Bu[...]

224 IBM Propri nter Control Commands Set/Cancel NLQ ESC I (n) 262 Set NLQ ESC G 262 Cancel NLQ ESC H 262 Emphasized M ode (Bold Stri ke) ON ESC E 262 Emphasized M ode (Bold Stri ke) OFF ESC F 263 Set/Cancel Under line ESC - (n) 263 Set Subscript/Superscri pt ESC S ( n) 264 Cancel Subscript/Super script ESC T 264 Tabs Set Multiple Horiz ontal Tabs E[...]

Operator’s Guide 225 AL P H AB E T I C AL S U M M AR Y Command Function Page BEL Bell 239 BS Back space 239 CAN Cancel Da ta in Prin t Buffer 2 41 CR Carriage Return 239 DC1 Select Prin ter 241 DC2 Canc el Condensed P i t ch 245 DC3 Des elect P rinter on S eri al P ort 242 DC4 Canc el Enlarged P itc h 247 ESC - Set/Cancel Underl i ne 251 ESC 0 1/[...]

226 IBM Propri nter Control Commands UNA VA ILA BLE IBM PROPRINTER CONTROL COMMA NDS The followi ng commands are not av ailable in IBM emulati on mode: • ESC = Downloaded C haracter Font • ESC [ @ Double H igh/D ouble W ide Printing • ESC _ Continuous Overscore • ESC P Proportional Printi ng The IBM Dow nload Character Font command, ESC =, [...]

Operator’s Guide 227 CHA RA CTER SETS ESC 6 Select IBM Character Set #2 ASCII: ESC 6 Control: CTRL [6 Decim al: 27 54 Hexadecimal: 1B 36 This command causes the printer to print w ith the IBM Character Set #2. See Appendix D for charts of character sets. ESC 7 Select IBM Character Set #1 ASCII: ESC 7 Control: CTRL [7 Decim al: 27 55 Hexadecimal: [...]

228 IBM Propri nter Control Commands An All Char acter Character Set i ncludes printable char acters for data byte values from 0 to 31 and 128 to 159 deci mal (00 to 1F hex and 80 to 9F hex). N o control code functions are performed w hen ESC is in effect. Exampl e REM PRINT NEX T 130 CHARACT ERS FROM ALL CHARACT ERS SET LPRINT CHR$(27);"&q[...]

Operator’s Guide 229 FORM LENGTH ESC C Length of Form in Lines ASCII: ESC C (n) Control: CTRL [C ( n ) Decimal: 27 67 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 43 (n) Sets form length to n number of lines. n must be from 1 to 255. The default setting is 66 l ines. The current form positi on becomes the top of form when the printer receiv es this command. If the bottom[...]

230 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC C NUL Length of Form in Inches ASCII: ESC C NUL (n) Control: CTRL [ C NUL (n) Decimal: 27 67 0 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 43 00 (n) Sets form length to an integer number of inches n. n must be from 1 to 151. (See Note below .) The default is 11 in. The current form position becomes the top of form when the printer [...]

Operator’s Guide 231 GRA PHICS ESC K Single- Density Graphics ASCII: ESC K (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Control: CTRL [ K (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Decimal: 27 75 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Hexadecimal: 1B 4B (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d816) Causes the printer to pr int singl e-density -graphi cs dot columns. Singl e- density g raphics are printed 60 dot columns pe[...]

232 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC L or ESC Y Double-D ensity Gr aphics ASCII: ESC L (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Control: CTRL [ L (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Decimal: 27 76 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Hexadecimal: 1B 4C (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) ASCII: ESC Y (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Control: CTRL [ Y (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d1632) Decimal: 27 89 (n1) (n2) ([...]

Operator’s Guide 233 Note : n/216 verti cal line spaci ng may be used in graphi c printing . n/216 in. line spacing is approx imated using 1/144 in. steps. Maxi mum local and cumulativ e error is - 1/216 i n. The operation of double-densi ty g raphics and quad densi ty i s the same as single densi ty. For mor e information, refer to the descripti[...]

234 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC Z Quad-Density Graphics ASCII: ESC Z (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Control: CTRL [ Z (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Decimal: 27 90 (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Hexadecimal: 1B 5A (n1) (n2) (d1)...(d3264) Causes the printer to print quadr uple-density graphics. Quadruple-densi ty graphics ar e printed in sy nthesized 240 do[...]

Operator’s Guide 235 LINE SPA CING ESC 1 7/72 inch ASCII: ESC 1 Control: CTRL [1 Decim al: 27 49 Hexadecimal: 1B 31 Sets all subsequent l ine spacing at 7/72 i n. (10.3 lines per i n.). ESC Ø 1/8 inch ASCII: ESC Ø Control: CTRL [Ø Decim al: 27 48 Hexadecimal: 1B 30 Sets all subsequent l ine spacing at 1/8 i n. (8 lines per in.) . ESC A n/72 in[...]

236 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC 3 or ESC J n/216 inch ASCII: ESC 3 (n) Control: CTRL [3 ( n ) Decimal: 27 51 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 33 (n) ASCII: ESC J (n) Control: CTRL [J ( n ) Decimal: 27 74 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 4A (n) Sets line spacing at n/216 in. The val id entries for n are 1 to 255. n/216 in. line spacing is approximated using 1/144 in[...]

Operator’s Guide 237 MA RGINS ESC X Set Horiz ontal Margins ASCII: ESC X (n1) (n2) Control: CTRL [ X (n1) (n2) Decimal: 27 88 (n1) (n2) Hexadecimal: 1B 58 (n1) (n2) Sets the left margin to C olumn n1 and the rig ht margi n to Column n2. Specify marg ins in character posi tions, at the pitch currentl y in use. Margi ns are stored in absol ute disp[...]

238 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC N Skip Over Perforation ASCII: ESC N (n) Control: CTRL [N ( n ) Decimal: 27 78 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 4E (n) Sets the bottom margi n to n number of lines. n must be from 1 to 255. W hen the f orm length is chang ed by using the Length of Form by Lines command (ESC C) or the Length of Form in Inches Command ( ES[...]

Operator’s Guide 239 MISCELLA NEOUS CR Carriage Retu rn ASCII: CR Control: CTRL M Decim al: 13 Hexadecimal: 0D Prints any data stored in the print buffer, and sets the current col umn position to the left marg in. If Auto Linefeed (LF on CR) is enabl ed, or if ESC 5 is sent before CR , a linefeed is performed after the carr iage r eturn. BEL Bell[...]

240 IBM Propri nter Control Commands LF Linefeed ASCII: LF Control: CTRL J Decim al: 10 Hexadecimal: 0A Prints any data in the print buffer and advances the paper one line. If Auto Carri age Return ( CR on LF) i s enabled, a carri age retur n is performed after the linefeed. This control code cancel s control code SO. ESC 5 Auto Linef eed ASCII: ES[...]

Operator’s Guide 241 ESC 4 Set Top of Form ASCII: ESC 4 Control: CTRL [4 Decim al: 27 52 Hexadecimal: 1B 34 Sets the current paper posi tion as the top of form. CAN Cancel Data in Print Bu f f e r ASCII: CAN Control: CTRL X Decim al: 24 Hexadecimal: 18 Cancels all data cur rently in the print buffer. If Auto Carriag e Return (CR on LF) is enabl e[...]

242 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC Q (22) Deselect Printer ASCII: ESC Q (22) Control: CTRL [ Q (22) Decimal: 27 81 22 Hexadecimal: 1B 51 16 Sets the printer so it will not a cce p t data f rom the co mpute r. T his control command is intended for diag nostic purposes only . The printer remains in the off line state until Select Printer (DC1) [...]

Operator’s Guide 243 PRINT DIRECTION ESC U Unidir ectional/Bidirecti onal Printi ng ASCII: ESC U (n) Control: CTRL [U ( n ) Decimal: 27 85 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 55 (n) Causes the printer to print unidir ectionally or bidirectionally . n indicates which is selected as f ollows: • n = 1 or 49: Unidirectional pri nting • n = 0 or 48: Bidirectional[...]

244 IBM Propri nter Control Commands PRINT STYLE SI or ESC SI Condensed Pitch ASCII: SI Control: CTRL 0 Decim al: 15 Hexadecimal: 0F ASCII: ESC SI Control: CTRL [ CTRL O Decim al: 27 15 Hexadecimal: 1B 0F Increases character pi tch according to the table bel ow. Increasi ng character pitch al lows mor e characters to be pr inted per line. ESC SI du[...]

Operator’s Guide 245 DC2 Cancel Condensed Pitch ASCII: DC 2 Control: CTRL R Decim al: 18 Hexadecimal: 12 Cancels condensed pitch set by SI or ESC SI. Returns to the pitch that was set pri or to using SI or ESC SI. Also, cancels 12 pitch set by ESC : and resets to 10 pitch. Previous Pitch New Pitch (A fte r S I or ESC SI) A fte r DC2 Previous Pitc[...]

246 IBM Propri nter Control Commands SO or ESC SO Enlarged Pitch ASCII: SO Control: CTRL N Decim al: 14 Hexadecimal: 0E ASCII: ESC SO Control: CTRL [ CTRL N Decim al: 27 14 Hexadecimal: 1B 0E Enlarges the cur rently selected pitch as follows : Current Pitch Af ter SO or ESC SO 18.2 9.1 17.14 8.57 16.67 8.33 15.0 7.5 12.0 6.0 10.0 5.0 See the BASIC [...]

Operator’s Guide 247 DC4 Cancel Enlarg ed Pitch ASCII: DC 4 Control: CTRL T Decim al: 20 Hexadecimal: 14 Cancels enlar ged pitch set w ith command SO or ESC SO. See the tabl e below . Pitch Se t w ith SO or ESC SO After DC4 9.1 18.2 8.57 17.14 8.33 16.67 7.5 15.0 6.0 12.0 5.0 10.0 This command does not cancel enlar ged pitches set w ith ESC W (n)[...]

248 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC W Set/Cancel Enlarg ed Pitch ASCII: ESC W (n) Control: CTRL [W ( n ) Decimal: 27 87 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 57 (n) Sets and cancels enlarg ed pitch. n specifies whether the function is set or cancelled: • n = 1 or 49: Set enlarged pitch • n = 0 or 48: Cancel enlarged pitch Setting enlar ged pitch causes the [...]

Operator’s Guide 249 Exampl e REM SET EN LARGED PIT CH LPRINT CHR$(27);"W ";CHR$(1);"This is large." REM CANCEL ENLARGE D P ITCH LPRINT CHR$(27);"W ";CHR$(0);"This is sm all." ESC : Set 12 Pitch ASCII: ESC : Control: CTRL [: Decim al: 27 58 Hexadecimal: 1B 3A Sets character pitch to 12 pi tch. If currently [...]

250 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC I Set/C ancel NLQ ASCII: ESC I (n) Control: CTRL [I ( n ) Decimal: 27 73 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 49 (n) Sets and cancels near letter q uality (NLQ) pr int. n specifies whether NLQ printing is set or cancell ed as follows: • n = 1 or 4: Cancel NLQ • n = 2 or 6: Set NLQ Note : Near letter quality printing is a[...]

Operator’s Guide 251 ESC F Emphasiz ed Mode (Bold Strike), OFF ASCII: ESC F Control: CTRL [F Decim al: 27 70 Hexadecimal: 1B 46 Cancels emphasiz ed printing (bold stri ke) set wi th ESC E, ESC ! (n), ESC Az! (n), or SOH Az! (n). Exampl e REM PRINT IN BOLD ST RIKE LPRINT CHR$(27);"E"; LPRINT "Now printing in bold str ike." REM [...]

252 IBM Propri nter Control Commands ESC S Set Subscript/Superscri pt ASCII: ESC S (n) Control: CTRL [S ( n ) Decimal: 27 83 (n) Hexadecimal: 1B 53 (n) Prints characters following this control command as subscr ipt or superscript character s. n specifies either subscript or superscript: • n = 1 or 49: Select subscript • n = 0 or 48: Select supe[...]

Operator’s Guide 253 TA BS ESC D Set Multipl e Horiz ontal Tabs ASCII: ESC D (n1)...(n32) NUL Control: CTRL [ D (n1)...(n32) CTRL @ Decimal: 27 68 (n1)...(n32) 0 Hexadecimal: 1B 44 (n1)...(n32) 00 Sets multiple hor izontal tabs. A maximum of 28 tabs may be set with one command. Note that this control command is terminated w ith a null byte. This [...]

254 IBM Propri nter Control Commands Exampl e REM SET HORIZONTAL T ABS TO COLS 6, 12 & 30 LPRINT CHR$(27);"D";CHR$(6);CHR$(12); LPRINT CHR$(30);CHR$(0); HT Horiz ontal Tab ASCII: HT Control: CTRL I Decim al: 9 Hexadecimal: 09 Causes the printer to tab to the next tab setting set by control command ESC D or to the default tab (ev ery 8[...]

Operator’s Guide 255 ESC B Set Multiple Ve rtical Tabs ASCII: ESC B (n1)...(n16) NUL Control: CTRL [ B (n1)...(n16) CTRL @ Decimal: 27 66 (n1)...(n16) 0 Hexadecimal: 1B 42 (n1)...(n16) 00 Sets verti cal tabs to the specified lines. N ote that this control command is terminated w ith a null by te. n denotes the line number for each tab. The vali d[...]

256 IBM Propri nter Control Commands[...]

DEC LA210 Control Commands This section descri bes the control codes and control commands y ou can use whi le the printer is in DEC LA210 emulation mode. Before using these commands, read the secti on entitled "Contr ol Commands—An Introduction." It descr ibes the typog raphic conv entions and other information needed to send these comm[...]

258 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands INDEX OF CONTROL CODES A ND COMMA NDS Character M aps Select G0 ESC ( (n) 284 Select G1 ESC ) (n) 285 Select G2 ESC * (n) 285 Select G3 ESC + (n) 285 Map G0 into Lower Data By tes SI 286 Map G1 into Lower Data By tes SO 286 Map G2 into Lower Data By tes ESC n 286 Map G3 into Lower Data By tes ESC o 287 Map G1 into U[...]

Operator's Guide 259 Margins Lef t Margin ESC [ (n) s or 291 ESC [ (n) ; Ø s 291 Right Margin ESC [ ; (n) s or 29 1 ESC [ Ø ; (n) s 291 Left and Right Mar gin ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) s 292 Top Ma rgin ESC [ (n) r 29 3 Bottom Margin ESC [ ; (n) r 294 Top and Bottom Marg in ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) r 294 Set Print Area ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) " s 295 Miscel[...]

260 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands String Terminator ESC or 302 ST 302 Control Seq uence Introducer CSI 302 Graphics Graphics ESC P (n) q ( d1)...(dx ) 303 Paper Motion Index ESC D or 308 IND 308 Linefeed with C arriag e Return ESC E 308 Next Line NEL 308 Advance Paper 1/12 Inch ESC K or 309 PLD 309 Linefeed LF 309 Advance to Line n ESC [ (n) d 310[...]

Operator's Guide 261 Select 6.0 Pitch ESC [ 6 w 311 Select 5.0 Pitch ESC [ 5 w 311 Select Font Pitches ESC [ ? 2 9 h 311 Select All Pitches ESC [ ? 2 9 l 312 Print Style Draft Quality Printing ESC [ Ø " z or 312 ESC [ 1 " z 312 Near Letter Qual ity Pr inting ESC [ 2 " z 312 Enable Underl ine ESC [ 4 m 313 Disable U nderline ESC[...]

262 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands Tabs Set Horiz ontal Tab ESC H or 316 at Current C olumn ESC 1 316 Clear H oriz ontal Tab ESC [ g or 316 at Current Column ESC [ Ø g 316 Set Horiz ontal Tab at Column n ESC [ (n) u 317 Set Multiple Horiz ontal Tabs ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n16) u 317 Clear Al l Hori zontal Tabs ESC 2 or 317 ESC [ 2 g or 317 ESC [ 3 [...]

Operator's Guide 263 AL P H AB E T I C AL S U M M AR Y Command Function Page BEL Bell 299 BS Back space 314 CAN Cancel 299 CR Carriage Return 296 CSI Control Sequenc e Introducer 302 DCS 1 v Devic e Cont rol Stri ng 302 (h1)...(h30) ENQ Return Answer Back Message 301 ESC SP 6 Disable C1 Control Codes 299 ESC SP 7 Enable C1 Control Codes 299 ES[...]

264 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands Command Function Page ESC [ 3 g Cl ear A l l Hori zont al Tabs 317 ESC [ 3 w Select 15.0 Pit ch 311 ESC [ 3 z Set 12 Li nes Per Inc h 270 ESC [ 4 g Clear A ll Vert i c al Tabs 320 ESC [ 4 m Enabl e Underl i ne 313 ESC [ 4 w Select 16.67 Pit ch 311 ESC [ 4 z Set 2 Li nes Per Inc h 270 ESC [ 5 w Select 5.0 Pit ch 311 [...]

Operator's Guide 265 4100 PRINTER VS DEC LA 210 PRINTER A few difference exi st between the D EC LA210 emulation in the 4100 printer and the D EC LA210 printer , as described in the follow ing subsections. UNSUPPORTED DEC COMMA NDS The followi ng DEC LA210 commands are not avai lable in thi s DEC LA210 emulation: ESC SP G Enable 8-bit Transmis[...]

266 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands In addition to the DEC LA210 functions listed on the prev ious page, commands that are supported by the DEC LA210—y et perform no function on the DEC LA210 printer —and are not supported i n DEC LA210 emulation on the 4100 pri nter, are l isted below : EOT End of Transmission DLE Data Link Escape DC2 Device Cont[...]

Operator's Guide 267 CHA RA CTER PITCH DIFFERENCES Control commands used to set char acter pitch are the same in the D EC emulations of the 4100 printer and D EC LA210 printer s, except for commands shown i n the table below : Character Pitch Control Sequence LA 210 Printer 4100 Printer ESC[3w 13.2 pitch 15.0 pitch ESC[4w 16.5 pitch 16.67 pitc[...]

268 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands DEC LA 210 Emulation Graphics Densities (assuming any pitch except 12.0 or 6.0 pitch set pr ior to begi nning graphics) Dots/inch Overlap Aspect ratio Dots/line Inches/line 240 64.29% 3.36 3168 13.2 240 64.29% 3.36 3168 13.2 150 52.38% 2.08 1980 13.2 120 40.48% 1.67 1584 13.2 100 28.57% 1.39 1320 13.2 100 28.57% 1.3[...]

Operator's Guide 269 CHA RA CTER MA PS The control commands on the nex t several pages enable y ou to pre-select four different character maps, then map them into the low er or upper data bytes w hen you are ready to use them. These commands are val id only whil e the printer i s in DEC LA210 emulation. A DEC character map is an assig nment of[...]

270 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands Techniques for mapping preselected character maps into lower or upper data bytes are show n in the following illustration. Default mappings are shown bel ow: • Lower Data By tes: G0 • Upper Data By tes: G2 All av ailable char acter maps are pri mary char acter maps and the printer supports the DEC LA210 contr ol[...]

Operator's Guide 271 Character maps for DEC LA210 may be selected usi ng the configur ation menu or w ith control commands. Di fferences between these methods are described below . Using the Configur ati on M enu to Sel ect Character M aps Using the configuration menu, y ou can select character maps G0, G1, G2 and G3 for the 7-bit or 8-bi t DE[...]

272 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands The control commands to select char acter maps G0 through G3 ar e: • ESC ( (n) Select G0 ESC ) (n) Select G1 • ESC * (n) Select G2 ESC + (n) Select G3 n specifies the character map as follow s: n=Character Map n=Character Map n=Character Map A United King dom Z Spain 5 Finland B United States h Hebr ew 6 Nor way[...]

Operator's Guide 273 ESC ) (n) Select G1 ASCII : ESC ) (n) Control : CTRL [) ( n ) Decimal : 2 74 1( n ) Hexadecimal :1 B 2 9 ( n ) Assigns a character map to G1. n specifies one of the character maps listed pr eviousl y. This control command does not chang e the character set currently in use. The selection takes effect when G1 is mapped i nt[...]

274 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands The followi ng exampl e selects the U.K. character map for G3 and then maps G3 into the upper data by tes. Exampl e LPRINT CHR$(27);"+A"; LPRINT CHR$(27);"¦"; SI Map G0 into Low er Data By tes (default) ASCII :S I Control : CTRL 0 Decimal :1 5 Hexadecimal :0 F Maps the G0 character map sel ected[...]

Operator's Guide 275 ESC o Map G3 into Lower Data By tes ASCII : ESC o Control : CTRL [o Decimal : 111 Hexadecimal :6 F Maps the G3 character map sel ected with contr ol command ESC + i nto the lower data bytes, making that character map active for printing . To print only one character from the character map selected as G3, use ESC O. ESC ~ M[...]

276 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands ESC | Map G3 into Upper D ata Bytes* ASCII : ESC | Control : CTRL [| Decimal : 27 124 Hexadecimal :1 B 7 C Maps the G3 character map sel ected with contr ol command ESC + i nto the upper data bytes, maki ng that character map active for pri nting. (See ESC + (n) for an example.) To print only one character from the [...]

Operator's Guide 277 ESC } to map G2 into the l ower or upper data bytes, r espectivel y, making that character map activ e f or printing . ESC O or SS3 Print Next Character from G3 ASCII : ESC O (n) Control : CTRL [O ( n ) Decimal : 2 77 9( n ) Hexadecimal :1 B 4 F ( n ) ASCII : SS3 (n ) Control : not applicable Decimal : 143 (n) Hexadecimal [...]

278 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands LINES PER INCH ESC [ (n) z Set Li ne Spacing ASCII : ESC [ (n) z Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) z Decimal : 27 91 (n) 122 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )7 A Sets the number of lines to be printed on each v ertical inch (als o called verti cal pitch). n specifies the li ne spacing as follow s: Lines Per Inch: 2 3 4 6 6 8 12 Value[...]

Operator's Guide 279 MA RGINS ESC [ (n) s or ESC [ (n) ; Ø s Left Margin 2 ASCII : ESC [ (n) s Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) s Decimal : 27 91 (n) 115 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )7 3 ASCII : E S C [( n ) ;Ø s Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) ; Ø s Decimal : 27 91 (n) 59 48 115 Hexadecimal : 1B 5B (n) 3B 30 73 Sets the left margin to Column n. The left margin[...]

280 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands The value of n for the rig ht margin depends on the setting of the left margi n and the selected pitch (w here LM is the setting for the left marg in): • 5.0 pitch: LM + 1 ! n ! 66 • 6.0 pitch: LM + 1 ! n ! 79 • 7.5 pitch: LM + 1 ! n ! 99 • 8.33 pitch: LM + 1 ! n ! 109 • 9.1 pitch: LM + 1 ! n ! 120 If n is[...]

Operator's Guide 281 • 16.67 pitch: n1 + 1 ! n2 ! 219 • 18.2 pitch: n1 + 1 ! n2 ! 240 If n2 is greater than the upper limi t, the maximum per mitted val ue is assumed. Note : Selecting or cancelling font pitches, changing the print q uality to draft or NLQ, or chang ing the pr int area modifies hori zontal mar gin settings. If n1 or n2 set[...]

282 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands ESC [ ; (n) r Bottom Margin ASCII : ESC [ ; (n) r Control : CTRL [ [;( n ) r Decimal : 2 79 15 9( n ) 1 1 4 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B3 B( n )7 2 Sets the bottom margi n to Line n. The maxi mum value of n is one line less than the form length set w ith control sequence ESC [ (n) t. The bottom margi n is reset to i ts maxi[...]

Operator's Guide 283 ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) " s Set Print Area ASCII : ES C [ (n1) ; (n2) " s Control : CTRL [ [ (n1) ; (n2) " s Decimal : 27 91 (n1) 59 (n2) 34 115 Hexadecimal : 1B 5B (n1) 3B (n2) 22 73 Sets the print area to the posi tion specified by n1 and n2. The left edge of the print area i s the position n1/12 in. from the ph[...]

284 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands If the new rig h t margin is left of the current column and Auto W raparound is enabled, the nex t character is printed on a new line. MISCELLA NEOUS ESC [ 2 Ø h Enable Linefeed/Newl ine ASCII : ESC [ 2 Ø h Control : CTRL [[ 2 Ø h Decimal : 2 79 15 04 81 0 4 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B3 2 3 0 6 8 Returns the activ e col[...]

Operator's Guide 285 ESC [ ? 4 Ø h Enable Car riag e Return/New line ASCII : ESC [ ? 4 Ø h Control : CTRL [ [ ?4Ø h Decimal : 2 79 16 35 24 81 0 4 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B3 F 3 4 3 0 6 8 W hen a carriage return i s performed, the active col umn returns to the left margi n and the paper advances one l ine. ESC [ ? 4 Ø l Disable Car riag e Retur[...]

286 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands ASCII : ESC [ (n) t Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) t Decimal : 27 91 (n) 116 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )7 4 Sets the length of the form to n lines, not physi cal units. Chang ing the verti cal pitch (l ines per in.) al ters the phy sical form length. The maximum v alue of n is determined by the cur rent v ertical lines per i[...]

Operator's Guide 287 BEL Bell ASCII: BEL Control: CTRL G Decim al: 7 Hexadecimal: 07 Sounds the beeper for approx imately 0.1 second. The printer accepts up to ten seq uential BEL commands; additi onal BEL commands are ig nored. CAN Cancel ASCII: CAN Control: CTRL X Decim al: 24 Hexadecimal: 18 Cancels any control function before it is finishe[...]

288 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands Two g roups of control codes may be active in the pr inter: C0 ( decimal range 000 to 031) and C1 (decimal r ange 128 to 159). Control codes in C 0 are alw ays activ e. Control codes in C1 are enabled i f upper data bytes hav e been enabled by selecting "8 Bit DEC" in the configuration menu and i f control[...]

Operator's Guide 289 ESC P 1 v Define Answer Back M essage ASCII : ESC P 1 v (h1)...(h30) Control : CTRL [ P 1 v (h1)...(h30) Decimal : 27 80 49 118 (h1)...(h30) Hexadecimal : 1B 50 31 76 (h1)...(h30) Enters an Answ er Back Message str ing in per manent memory. W hen control code ENQ is received, the pr inter sends this Answ er Back Message ba[...]

290 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands DCS 1 v Device Control String ASCII : DCS 1 v (h1)...(h30) Control : not applicable Decimal : 144 49 118 (h1)...(h30) Hexadecimal : 90 31 76 (h1)...(h30) Performs the same function as ESC P 1 v, that i s, it introduces a g raphics string or enters an Answer Back message string . DCS is valid only if the upper data b[...]

Operator's Guide 291 GRA PHICS ESC P (n) q (d1)..(dx ) Graphics ASCII : ESC P (n) q (d1). .(dx) Control : CTRL [ P (n) q (d1)..(dx) Decimal : 27 80 (n) 113 (d1).. (dx) Hexadecimal : 1B 50 (n) 71 (d1)..(dx) Causes the printer to pr int graphi cs dot columns. n specifies the graphi cs density. Thi s determines the hori zontal dot- column sp acin[...]

292 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands The table below assumes 12.0 or 6.0 set prior to beginni ng gr aphics. Dots/ Aspect Dots/ Inches/ (n) inch Overlap ratio line line 2 240 64.29% 3.36 3168 13.2 3 240 64.29% 3.36 3168 13.2 4 180 52.38% 2.08 2376 13.2 5, 0, or 1 180 40.48% 1.67 2376 13.2 6 120 28.57% 1.39 1584 13.2 7 120 28.57% 1.39 1584 13.2 8 90 04.7[...]

Operator's Guide 293 The dot pattern for data byte v alue 82 is shown below . (82 - 63 = 19 = 00010011) Dot Row s Dot C olumn Cell Val ues 19 =00010011 12 0 =1 22 1 =2 32 2 =4 42 3 =8 52 4 =1 6 62 5 =3 2 If a dot pattern below 63 deci mal is sent, a null col umn (no dots) is printed. If a dot pattern above 126 deci mal is sent, a v ertical l i[...]

294 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands Control codes sent w hile the printer is in g raphics mode are pr ocessed or ignor ed as follows: Processed w ithout exiting graphics mode Ignored NUL ENQ DEL SO EOT BEL SI BS LF CR FF HT VT The printer r emains in gr aphics mode until: • The power is turned off. • A vali d C1 control code (deci mal range 128 an[...]

Operator's Guide 295 Example The following shows the command necessary to cause the pr inter to print an x-shaped g raphics pattern: 33 18 12 12 18 33 pin fire data +6 6 6 3 63 63 63 66 offset 96 80 75 75 81 96 data byte, decimal d1 – d6 ‘ Q K Q K ‘ data byte, ASCII REM PRINT X-SHAPED PATT ERN USING REM 200 DOTS/INCH DENSIT Y GRAPHICS LP[...]

296 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands PA PER MOTION ESC D or IN D Index ASCII : ESC D Control : CTRL [D Decimal :2 7 6 8 Hexadecimal :1 B 4 4 ASCII :I N D Control : not applicable Decimal : 132 Hexadecimal :8 4 Advances the activ e line by one line. W hen the active li ne is advanced past the bottom margin, the acti ve li ne is set to the top marg in. I[...]

Operator's Guide 297 ESC K or PLD Advance Paper 1/12 Inch ASCII : ESC K Control : CTRL [K Decimal :2 7 7 5 Hexadecimal :1 B 4 B ASCII :P L D Control : not applicable Decimal : 139 Hexadecimal :8 B Performs a 1/12 in. paper feed. Linefeed/New line mode does not affect this command. The activ e line is not modified. The next form feed is measure[...]

298 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands ESC [ (n) d Advance to Line n ASCII : ESC [ (n) d Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) d Decimal : 27 91 (n) 100 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )6 4 Advances the activ e line to Line n. W hen the active l ine is adv anced past the bottom margi n and above the nex t top margin, the acti ve li ne is set to the next top marg in. ESC [ (n)[...]

Operator's Guide 299 PITCH ESC [ (n) w Select Pitch ASCII : ESC [ (n) w Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) w Decimal : 27 91 (n) 119 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )7 7 Sets the number of characters pri nted per horiz ontal inch. n specifies the pitch as follows: Pitch: 5 6 7.5 8.33 9.1 10 10 12 15.0 16.67 18.2 Value of n A S C I I 56789012341 8 D e c i m a l 5[...]

300 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands ESC [ ? 2 9 l Select All Pitches ASCII : E S C [ ?29l Control : CTRL [ [ ?29l Decimal : 2 79 16 35 05 71 0 8 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B3 F 3 2 3 9 6 C Cancels font pitches set wi th control sequence ESC [ ? 2 9 h. Sets pitch select mode to all pitches. The pi tch in use prior to sel ecting font pitches is restored. PRINT [...]

Operator's Guide 301 ESC [ 4 m Enable Under line ASCII : ESC [ 4 m Control : CTRL [[ 4 m Decimal : 2 79 15 21 0 9 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B3 4 6 D Selects the underline function. All succeeding pri nt characters are underlined unti l the function is disabled w ith control command ESC [ 2 4 m or ESC [ 0 m. ESC [ 2 4 m Disable U nderline ASCII : ESC [...]

302 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands SPECIA L PRINTHEA D MOVEMENT ESC [ (n) ` Set Active Column to Column n ASCII : ESC [ (n) ` Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) ` Decimal : 2 79 1( n ) 9 6 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )6 0 Causes the next char acter to be printed i n Column n. The character followi ng n is the g rave accent ( see ASCII data by te value 96 deci mal).[...]

Operator's Guide 303 PRINT DIRECTION ESC [ ? 4 1 h U nidirectional Printing ASCII : E S C [ ?41h Control : CTRL [ [ ?41h Decimal : 2 79 16 35 24 91 0 4 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B3 F 3 4 3 1 6 8 Begins unidi rectional pr inting. D ata are printed onl y w hen the printhead is moving left to right. Printing this way improves v ertical character alig nm[...]

304 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands TA BS ESC H or ESC 1 Set Hor izontal Tab at Current C olumn 3 ASCII : ESC H Control : CTRL [H Decimal :2 7 7 2 Hexadecimal :1 B 4 8 ASCII : ESC 1 Control : CTRL [1 Decimal :2 7 4 9 Hexadecimal :1 B 3 1 Adds a horiz ontal tab at the current col umn, but not at a physical posi tion on the paper. Both control commands [...]

Operator's Guide 305 ESC [ (n) u Set Horiz ontal Tab at Column n 4 ASCII : ESC [ (n) u Control : CTRL [[ ( n ) u Decimal : 27 91 (n) 117 Hexadecimal : 1 B5 B( n )7 5 Adds a horiz ontal tab at Column n. ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n16) u Set Multiple Horizontal Tabs § ASCII : ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n16) u Control : CTRL [ [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n16)[...]

306 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands HTS Horiz ontal Tab Set ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ ASCII: HTS Control: not applicable Decim al: 136 Hexadecimal: 88 Performs the same function as ESC H and ESC 1. Adds a hor izontal tab at a column, but not at a physi cal position on the pag e. HTS is val id only if the upper data bytes hav e been enabled by selecting "8 [...]

Operator's Guide 307 ESC J or ESC 3 Set Vertical Tab at C urrent Line 5 ASCII : ESC J Control : CTRL [J Decimal :2 7 7 4 Hexadecimal :1 B 4 A ASCII : ESC 3 Control : CTRL [3 Decimal :2 7 5 1 Hexadecimal :1 B 3 3 Adds a verti cal tab at the current l ine. Vertical tabs are set at line numbers, not physi cal locations on the pag e. Both control [...]

308 DEC LA210 Contr ol Comm ands ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n15) v Set Multiple Vertical Tabs 6 ASCII : ESC [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n15) v Control : CTRL [ [ (n1) ; (n2) ; ...(n15) v Decimal : 27 91 (n1) 59 (n2) 59 ...(n15) 118 Hexadecimal : 1B 5B (n1) 3B (n2) 3B ...(n15) 76 Adds multiple v ertical tabs at Columns n1, n2, etc. You may set up to a maximum [...]

Appendix A— Specifications The printer empl oys three pr intheads. Each printhead contai ns one row of nine wi res arrang ed verticall y. The pri ntheads are fastened to a shuttle or carriage assembly. Two car riage assembl ies are offered: • W ide Carriage. In 10 pi tch draft mode at 6 lpi, the w ide carri age is optimiz ed to support a throug[...]

A-2 Appendix A—Specifications CHA RA CTERISTICS Throughput Wide Model* Narrow M odel** Pitch Draft NLQ Draft NLQ 10 300 lpm 75 lpm 400 lpm 100 lpm 12 191 lpm 62 lpm 281 lpm 83 lpm 15 185 lpm N/A 285 lpm N/A 16.67 118 lpm N/A 193 lpm N/A 18.2 118 lpm N/A 183 lpm N/A * Printing 6 li nes per in. on a 132 character column. ** Printing 6 lines per i n[...]

Operator's Guide A-3 CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Printing Mechani sm, continued Diameter of Wi r e 0.014 in. (0.356 m m ) Duty Cy cle • No lim itation when printing rolling ASCII character s • 60 lines at 136 charac ters per line when printing sam e char acter Printhead Carriage W ide Carriage Optim ized for 13.2- in.-wide column Narrow C[...]

A-4 Appendix A—Specifications CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Paper Feed, continued Paper Handling Capacity T otal thick ness m ust not ex ceed 0.018 in. (0.46 m m ), bas ed on following requirem ents. ( See "Paper" Requirem ents.) Single-Par t Paper: Width 3.0 to 16.0 in. Bond Weight 14 to 28 lb (52 to 105 g/m 2 ) Mu ltipart-Part Paper: ([...]

Operator's Guide A-5 CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Paper Feed, continued Line Feed Direction Forward in linefeed incr ement s pecif ied above. ( 1 / 144 in. increm ents in r everse dire ction.) Form Length 0.5 to 31.5 in. (12.7 to 800 m m ) in 0.5 in. increm ents using menu * . Als o, 420 m m , 297 mm , 210 m m , 148.5 m m , and 11 2 / 3 in. Sl[...]

A-6 Appendix A—Specifications CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Character Sets, cont i nued Character Code Maps ASCII Standard 96-Character ASCII * Epson 96-Character Epson National-Us e ** , including : U.S. Japan France Nor way Germ any Denm ark II U.K. Spain II Denmar k Latin Am erica Sweden Hebrew Italy (Epson) Italy (ANSI) Spain IBM Code Page 437[...]

Operator's Guide A-7 CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Character Sets, cont i nued DEC DEC National-Us e, including : Canada Italy (ANSI) Spain Finland Hebr ew U.K. France Sw eden U.S. Germ any Norway/Denmark DEC Multilingual DEC VT100 Line Draw Overlays OCR A, OCR B, Downloaded Characters †† Human-Readable Fonts ( Text Characters) Character Mo[...]

A-8 Appendix A—Specifications CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Human-Readable Fonts, cont inued W eight Normal Strok e, Em phasized (Bold) Download Characters Suppor ted Tex t Com position Pitch Dot Configuration Char. Graphics Dot Size (Dia.) Draft (ROM Resident) NLQ (ROM Resident) Download Dra ft Download NLQ 10 12 15 17.14 18.2 10 12 15 — — 9 [...]

Operator's Guide A-9 CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Barcodes, continued Space W idth 0.014 in., m in. Intercharac ter Gap 0.014 in., m in. W eight Single and Double Strik e Density 75 and 100 dpi Graphics Graphics Tec hnique Bit-im age, dot-address able Graphic Res olution Single Dens ity: 1/60 in. dia. Double Density: 1/120 in. dia. Quadruple D[...]

A-10 Appendix A—Specifications CHA RA CTERISTICS, CONTINUED Paralle l Interface * Centronics Com patible Selectable initialize sensitivity Memory Configuration RAM 32K x 8 for download characters and input buff er EPROM 128K x 8 firm ware SA FETY FEA TURES Your pr inter has the follow ing safety features: • Printer pr ints at half speed when pr[...]

Operator's Guide A-11 RELIA BILITY Printhead L ife Expectan cy: 500 m illion charac ters per pr inthead Mean Time Betw een Failures (MTBF): 9000 power-on hr. at 15% duty cy cle and 32% print density per page Mean Time to Repair (MTTR): .5 hr. PHYSICA L Height: 6.02 in. (153 m m ), without acoustic hood Width: 27.38 in. (695.5 m m ) Depth: 16.7[...]

A-12 Appendix A—Specifications REQUIREMENTS ELECTRICA L Voltage: 110, 120, 220, or 240 vac Frequency : 50/60Hz ± 3Hz Power Consumption: Standby: less than 30 w Printing: 200 w, max . printing rolling ASCII c haracters Leakage Current : 0.0058 m a, max . ENVIRONMENTA L Temperatu re: Operating: 50° to 100° F (appr ox. 10° to 40° C) Non-Operati[...]

Operator's Guide A-13 PA PER Note : The printer may not operate reli ably or efficiently w ith all possible forms that fit the paper req uirements specified below . Bond Weight: The f ollowing table applies to single and m ultipart f orm s. Multipart form s ar e understood to be any carbonless or carbon-bac ked paper . Layer No. of sheets Top [...]

A-14 Appendix A—Specifications Size and Prin t A rea: B D A CE F Symbol Description Specif ication A Form Length * 0.5 to 31.5 in. ( approx. 12.7 to 800 m m ) in ½ in. inc. B Paper W idth 3 to 16 in. (approx. 76.2 to 406.4 m m ) C 1st Charac ter Colum n 0.55 to 0.88 in. (approx. 14 to 22.35 m m ) D Vertica l Sprock et Spacing 0.50 in. E Print Ar[...]

Operator's Guide A-15 Mu ltipart Forms: Multiple-part f orm s should be s ecured on both sides with glue or crim p f asteners . Paper. W hen using m ultipart f orm s, c onsider the f ollowing: • W hen the form s are unfolded, the height of the bulge at the outfold should not ex ceed the following, depending upon the forms' thickness: To[...]

A-16 Appendix A—Specifications Gluing. Gluing spec ifications for m ultipar t form s are as f ollows: • Spot gluing should be applied along both sides. • Spot-gluing should be applied at the alternate pos itions fr om the top to bottom s heet. • Glue should be applied evenly wi thout w r inkling or creas ing. • Paper thick ness c hange du[...]

Operator's Guide A-17 • Metallic fas teners m ust not be used. Crimp fasteners (Double, 4-tail) " ! 2 inches max. Sprock et Holes and Perf orations. Spr ock et hole and perfor ation specif ications f or m ultipart f orm s ar e as f ollows: • The s prock et holes should be c learly and cleanly cut. • Form s s hould be fanf olded at e[...]

A-18 Appendix A—Specifications Labels: Label size and print area are shown in the following illustration. (R) 0.079 in. (2 mm) min. Label Label blank With label blank Base paper blank No label • The total thic knes s of label and bas e paper should not ex ceed 0.18 mm . • Label form s shall not be left in the pr inter. • The label adhes ion[...]

Appendix B— Serial Interface This appendix deals with RS-232- C (and RS- 422-A) seri al interface connectivi ty. SERIA L INTERFA CE BA SICS RS-232-C , commonly r eferred to as RS-232, i s a serial i nterface communication standard dev eloped by the Electronics Industr ies Association (EIA) which defines communicati on signals, pi n assignments, a[...]

B-2 Appendix B—Serial Interface abbrevi ations, and pin assig nments. The direction of the arrow indicates whether the signal i s an input or output of the devi ce. Pin assignments ar e specified for 25-pin D- type connectors. The R S-232- C standard does not specify pi n assignments for serial communication on 9-pin connectors . Only ni ne of th[...]

Operator's Guide B-3 DTE Device DCE Device Pin # Signa l A bbreviation Pin # 1 Fram e Ground FG 1 2 % Trans m itted Data TxD % 2 3 & Received Data Rx D & 3 4 % Request To Send RTS % 4 5 & Clear To Send CTS & 5 6 & Data Set Ready DSR & 6 7 Signal Ground SG 7 8 & Data Carrier Detect DCD & 8 9 & Pos. D C Test V[...]

B-4 Appendix B—Serial Interface DTE Device DCE Device Pin # Signal Abbrev iation Pin # 1 Frame Ground FG 1 2 % Transmitted D ata TxD % 2 3 & Received Data RxD & 3 4 % Request To Send RTS % 4 5 & Clear To Send CTS & 5 6 & Data Set Ready DSR & 6 7 Signal Gr ound SG 7 8 & Data Carrier De te ct DCD & 8 20 % Data Termin[...]

Operator's Guide B-5 DTE DEVI CE DCE DEVICE Pin Signal Name Function Pin Signal Name Function 1F r a m e Ground (FG) Frame Ground 1 Frame Ground (FG) Frame Ground 2 Transm itted Data ( Tx D) Output. Data signal . Transm its serial dat a on t hi s pin. 2 Trans mi tted Data ( Tx D) Input. Data si gnal . Receives transm itt ed dat a on t his pin.[...]

B-6 Appendix B—Serial Interface W ith the exception of Frame Ground and Sig nal Ground, the nine sig nals can be categoriz ed as data signals or control si gnals and are pai red as shown bel ow: Data Signal Pair: Pin 2 Pin 3 Transmitted Data Received Data TxD RxD Control Si gnal Pair: Pin 4 Pin 5 Request to Send Clear to Send RT S CTS Control Si [...]

Operator's Guide B-7 SERIA L INTERFA CE PIN-OUTS FOR PRINTER The printer i s a DTE devi ce. The table that follow s summariz es the pin assignments on the pri nter end of a serial inter face. Pin # Signal Name A bbr. Comment 1 F ram e Ground F G 2 % Trans m itted Data T xD 3 & Received Data Rx D 4 % Request T o Send RT S Alway s high; + 12[...]

B-8 Appendix B—Serial Interface MA KING A SERIA L CA BLE Interfacing tw o RS-232-C ser ial dev ices is simpl y a process of connecting grounds and ty ing together the output and input sig nal pairs. The wi ring di agrams on Pag e B-10 lis t the nine most commonly used RS- 232-C seri al interface signal s and their pins v e rsus the pin assignment[...]

Operator's Guide B-9 Printer To DCE Device W iring Diagram AB0-AM Printer To DTE Device W iring Diagram AB0-AN To determine w hich wiri ng diag ram to use, y ou must determine if the devic e is DTE or DCE. Locate a descr iption of the target dev ice's Transmitted Data si gnal and determi ne if it is an input or output. If Transmitted Data[...]

B-10 Appendix B—Serial Inter face To determine the pin assi gnments of other devi ces, refer to those devi ces' technical reference manuals. The ser ial interface pin assig nments, functional description, sig nal direction, and control req uirements are usually described. If no d ocume ntation is available, a " break-o u t box" or [...]

Operator's Guide B-11 CONNECTION EXA MPLES Use the follow ing ex amples as gui des in building a serial i nterface cable. The followi ng ex amples are presented: • IBM PC to Printer • IBM PC/AT to Printer IBM PC TO PRINTER The wi ring di agram on the follow ing page show s how to connect an IBM PC, a DTE devi ce, to the printer, al so a DT[...]

B-12 Appendix B—Serial Inter face W hen the PC has data to send, it looks for a high vol tage input on its Pi n 5, CTS, before sending data. The pri nter actually holds the voltage continuously high on its Pi n 4, RTS, which i s tied to the PC's Pin 5. Thus, the PC automaticall y beg ins sending data on i ts Pin 2 and continue until all data[...]

Operator's Guide B-13 First, the Sig nal Ground on the printer is ti ed to the Signal Gr ound on the IBM PC/AT; li kewi se, the Frame Grounds on the pri nter and IBM PC/AT are tied tog ether. Nex t, RxD on the printer (P in 3) is ti ed to TxD ( Pin 3) on the IBM PC/AT; then Tx D (Pin 2) on the printer i s tied to Rx D (Pin 2) on the IBM PC/AT.[...]

B-14 Appendix B—Serial Inter face HA NDSHA KING Handshaking contr ols the data flow acr oss the serial interface. Control of the data flow i s necessary because i t is possible for computer s to send data faster than the printer can pri nt. The printer contai ns a data storage buffer to ease this potential problem, but data flow control is necess[...]

Operator's Guide B-15 In the configuration menu, y ou may select whether the printer sends an X-ON every 20 seconds during periods w hen it is r eady to recei ve data (called r obust) or only once. X-ON i s ASCII character deci mal number 17, and X- OFF is ASCII character decimal number 19. These are sometimes referr ed to as device control 1 [...]

B-16 Appendix B—Serial Inter face HA RDWA RE HA NDSHAKING Hardw are handshaking contr ols data transmissi on by changi ng the voltag e level on a signal w ire. Not all printer s can respond to control characters embedded i n the data stream (softwar e handshaking) . Many pr inters use a pi n on the connector to specify a "buffer full" c[...]

Operator's Guide B-17 Since DTR and BUSY are log ical opposites, y ou can change the polarity of DTR in the configuration menu. U nder Interface Options/Serial Options, change “ DTR Polari ty” from “ High” (factory default) to “ Low.” IF YOU CA NNOT MA KE IT WORK If your pri nter-to-computer serial inter face is not work ing, try t[...]

B-18 Appendix B—Serial Inter face If the printer does not respond at all to the host: • Make sure that y ou have selected "Ser ial" under "Activ e Interface" in the configuration menu. [Al so, do not forget that the printer 's "Serial Options" (protocol , baud, parity , and so on) must match those of the compu[...]

Operator's Guide B-19 INTERFA CE CIRCUITS Version 1 JB0-BP1[...]

B-20 Appendix B—Serial Inter face Version 2 JD0-DS[...]

Appendix C— Parallel Interface This appendix deals w ith Centronics- type paral lel inter face connectivity . PA RA LLEL INTERFA CE BA SICS The parallel i nterface is Centroni cs-compatible. It recei ves paral lel data through an 8- bit, input-only port, which i s located on the rear panel of the printer. The connector is a 36-pi n female Kycon 3[...]

C-2 Appendix C—Parall el Interface DA TA The host computer sends each data byte to the pr inter in par allel across Data Lines 1 throug h 8 (connector Pins 2 thr ough 9). A bi t set to logical "1" is transmitted as a hi gh sig nal; a bit set to log ical "0" is tr ansmitted as a low si gnal. Input data and all inter face contro[...]

Operator's Guide C-3 PA RA LLEL INTERFA CE PIN-OUTS FOR PRINTER The table that follow s summariz es the pin assignments on the pr inter end of the parallel inter face. The direction of the arrow indicates w hether the signal i s an input ( & ) to the pr inter or output ( % ) from the printer. A twis ted pair cable is often used for each si[...]

C-4 Appendix C—Parall el Interface Signal Pin # and Direction Signal Name Description 1 & STROBE* Sy nchronous input s ignal for s trobing data into the printer. Norm ally high. Pulse width minim um is 1 m s. 2 & DA T A 1 Thes e 8 signals repres ent the 8-bit data byte. 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & DA T A 2 DA T[...]

Operator's Guide C-5 Signal Pin # and Direction Signal Name Description 13 % ON LINE W hen high, this signal indicates the pr inter is on line and ready to accept data (if not busy). 14 0V Logic GROUND level. 15 NC Not used. 16 0V Logic GROUND level. 17 CHA SSIS GND Must be connected to c omputer chass is to ensure proper printer oper ation. C[...]

C-6 Appendix C—Parall el Interface Signal Pin # and Direction Signal Name Description 26 DA T A 7 RE T 27 DA T A 8 RE T 28 A CKNLG* RET 29 BUSY RET 30 PA PER OUT RET 31 & INIT* A low pulse of at least 100 m s (low sens itivity ) or 1.66 ms (high sens itivity ) resets the printer to its initial power-on state and clear s the buff er. 32 % +5V [...]

Operator's Guide C-7 PA RA LLEL INTERFA CE TIMING The illustration that follows shows the sequence for parallel data transmission. DA T A 1 through DA T A 8 STROBE 1 3 2 4 6 8 ACKNLG BUSY 7 5 Paralle l Interface Timing AB0-AR 1. Data set-up time (1 µ s, minimum) 2. STROBE* pulse width ( 1 µ s, minimum) 3. Data hold time (1 µs, minimum) 4. S[...]

C-8 Appendix C—Parall el Interface INTERFA CE CIRCUITS JB0-BQ2[...]

Appendix D— Character Sets This appendix is concerned pr imarily with standard character sets cr eated using "Char acter Options" in the config uration menu. Character sets deter mine w hat the printer does w hen you send a data byte to the printer. There are only two categ ories of doable possibilities. The printer can either pri nt a [...]

D-2 Appendix D—Character Sets The basic sing le-code operati ons are standard throug hout the printer industry . The grouping s of basic operations for character sets are called control code maps. (One common contr ol code map is the ASCII * contr ol code map.) There are slightly over 40 control code possibilities, of which a maximum of 32 or 33 [...]

Operator's Guide D-3 Note : Notice that the ri ght and left halves of the ASCII character set are identical. That i s because the ASCII set w as created for a 7-bit data byte (0000000 to 1111111 i n the binary numbering system, or 0 to127 in decimal, or 00 to 7F i n hexadecimal) back i n the days of the teletypew riter. Because computers and p[...]

D-4 Appendix D—Character Sets TERMINOLOGY Terminolog y used to descri be character sets v aries w idely between IBM, Epson, and DEC. Terminol ogy used in this manual i s internall y consis tent and follows standar d usage w here possible. The ter minology used to describe character sets is defined below : Character. A pr intable pattern composed [...]

Operator's Guide D-5 THE MA IN CHA RA CTER LIBRA RY Pages D-9 and D -10 show all of the printer' s printable draft and NLQ characters. These constitute the mai n character li brary. W hen you select a character map in the config uration menu, the pri nter chooses the characters from this bui lt-in R OM librar y of characters and lists the[...]

D-6 Appendix D—Character Sets STA NDA RD A SCII CHA RA CTER SET * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 NUL DLE SP 0 @ P ` p 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 SOH DC1 ! 1 A Q a q 1 17 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 ST X DC2 " 2 B R b r 2 18 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ET X D C 3 #3 C S cs 3 19 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 EO T DC4 $ 4 D T d t 4 20 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 ENQ NA K % [...]

Operator's Guide D-7 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- NUL DLE SP 0 @ P ` p 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 SOH DC1 ! 1 A Q a q -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 STX DC2 " 2 B R b r -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 ETX D C 3 #3 C S cs - 3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 EOT DC4 $ 4 D T d t -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 ENQ NA K % 5 E U e[...]

D-8 Appendix D—Character Sets Cu s t o m S u b stitu tio n s OCR A Char ac t er s OCR B Char act e r s D own l oaded C har acte rs Cus t o m Char ac t ers fro m H o s t M odi fi ed C harac t er Set St andard Charact er Set Stand ard C h aracter Ma p St andar d C ont r ol Code M ap * ** *** * JB0-BF Note : Except for custom substitutions from the [...]

Operator's Guide D-9 Main Char acter Library (Upright D raft Characters) JB0-BG1[...]

D-10 Appendix D—Character Sets Main Char acter Library (Upright N LQ Characters) JB0-BH1[...]

Operator's Guide D-11 THE CONTROL CODE MA P Speaking in g raphic terms, the first tw o columns in most character sets, such as the one shown on Pag e D-6, contain control codes. Below i s an alphabetical l ist of abbrevi ations used in character sets i n this appendix and in the CTRL COD E column of the data byte map. Pages D-12 thr ough D- 15[...]

D-12 Appendix D—Character Sets EPSON CONTROL CODE MA P 0-/8- 1-/9- 0 NUL 01 6 -1 SOH DC1 11 7 -2 DC2 2 18 -3 DC3 3 19 -4 DC4 4 20 -5 52 1 -6 Contr ol Code Map for Epson Character S et * 62 2 -7 BEL 72 3 -8 BS CAN 82 4 -9 HT 92 5 -A LF 10 26 -B VT ESC 11 27 -C FF 12 28 -D CR 13 29 -E SO 14 30 -F SI 15 31 * Characters can be m apped to uns haded ar[...]

Operator's Guide D-13 IBM CONTROL CODE MA PS 0-/8- 1-/9- 0- 1- 0 NUL 0 NUL 0/128 16/144 0 16 -1 SOH DC1 -1 SOH DC1 1/129 17/145 1 17 -2 DC2 -2 DC2 2/130 18/146 2 18 -3 DC3 -3 DC3 3/131 19/147 3 19 -4 DC4 Control Code -4 DC4 Control Code 4/132 20/148 Map for Lower 4 20 M ap for Lower -5 and Upper Halves - 5 Half of IBM #2 5/133 21/149 of IBM #1[...]

D-14 Appendix D—Character Sets DEC 7-BIT C0 CONTROL CODE MA P 0-/8- 1-/9- 0 NUL 0/128 16/144 -1 SOH DC1 1/129 17/145 -2 2/ 130 18/146 -3 DC3 3/131 19/147 -4 4/ 132 20/148 -5 ENQ 5/133 21/149 -6 6/ 134 22/150 -7 BEL 7/135 23/151 -8 BS CAN 8/136 24/152 -9 HT 9/137 25/153 -A LF 10/138 26/154 -B VT ESC 11/139 27/155 -C FF 12/140 28/156 -D CR 13/141 2[...]

Operator's Guide D-15 DEC 8-BIT CONTROL CODE MA PS 0- 1- 8- 9- 0 NUL 0 NUL DCS 0 16 128 144 -1 SOH DC1 -1 1 17 129 145 -2 -2 2 18 130 146 -3 DC3 -3 3 19 131 147 -4 C0 Control Code -4 IND C1 Control Code 4 20 Map for Lower 132 148 M ap for Upper -5 ENQ Half of DEC -5 NEL Half of DEC 5 21 8-Bit Character 133 149 8-Bit Charact er -6 Set -6 Set 6 [...]

D-16 Appendix D—Character Sets THE CHA RA CTER MA P All of the popular character maps can be selected from the configurati on menu under "Character Options." You can select these same char acter maps using control commands. There are tw o types of conf igur ation menu character maps: • Emulation-dependent char acter maps that are, mor[...]

Operator's Guide D-17 Configuration Menu Character Maps Page Emulation Dependent C haracter Maps Epson National-U se D-18 Epson Hebrew D-20 IBM Code Pag e 437 (U.S.) D-22 IBM #2 Code Pag e 437 (Hebrew ) D-24 IBM Code Page 850 (Multilingual) D-26 IBM Code Pag e 860 (Portugal ) D-28 DEC National -Use D-30 DEC Multilingua l D-31 DEC Hebrew D-3 2 [...]

D-18 Appendix D—Character Sets EPSON NA TIONA L-USE CHA RA CTER MA P * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 SP 0 @ P ` p 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 ! 1 A Q a q 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 " 2 B R b r 34 50 66 82 98 114 - 3 #3 C S cs 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 $ 4 D T d t 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 % 5 E U e u 37 53 69 85 101 117 -6 & 6 F V f v 38 54 70 86 102 118 -7 &[...]

Operator's Guide D-19 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- SP 0 @ P ` p 0 160 176 192 208 224 240 !1 A Q a q -1 161 177 193 209 225 241 "2 B R b r -2 162 178 194 210 226 242 #3 C S cs -3 163 179 195 211 227 243 $4 D T d t -4 164 180 196 212 228 244 %5 EU e u -5 165 181 197 213 229 245 &6 FV f v -6 166 182 198 214 230 246 '7 G W g w -7 167 18[...]

D-20 Appendix D—Character Sets EPSON HEBREW CHA RA CTER MA P 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 SP 0 @ P à à à àð ð ð ð 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 ! 1 A Q á á á áñ ñ ñ ñ 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 " 2 B R â â â âò ò ò ò 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 # 3 C S ã ã ã ãó ó ó ó 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 $ 4 D T ä ä ä äô ô ô ô 36 52 68 84 [...]

Operator's Guide D-21 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- SP 0 @ P ` p 0 160 176 192 208 224 240 !1 A Q a q -1 161 177 193 209 225 241 "2 B R b r -2 162 178 194 210 226 242 #3 C S cs -3 163 179 195 211 227 243 $4 D T d t -4 164 180 196 212 228 244 %5 EU e u -5 165 181 197 213 229 245 &6 FV f v -6 166 182 198 214 230 246 '7 G W g w -7 167 18[...]

D-22 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM CODE PA GE 437 (U.S.) 0- * 1- * 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 SP 0 @ P ` p 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 !1 A Q a q 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 "2 B R br 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ♥ #3 C S cs 3 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 ♦ $4 D T d t 4 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 ♣ §%5 E U e u 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 -6 ♠ &6 FV f v 6 38 54 70[...]

Operator's Guide D-23 8- * 9- * A- B- C- D- E- F- ÇÉ á ••••• 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 üÆ í • ••ß± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 éÆ ó • •••• -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 âÔ ú ••••• -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 äÖ ñ ••••• -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 ?[...]

D-24 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM #2 CODE PA GE 437 (HEBREW) 0- * 1- * 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 SP 0 @ P ` p 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 !1 A Q a q 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 "2 B R b r 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ♥ #3 C S cs 3 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 ♦ $4 D Td t 4 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 ♣ §%5 EU e u 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 -6 ♠ &6 FV f v 6 38 5[...]

Operator's Guide D-25 8- * 9- * A- B- C- D- E- F- à à à àð ð ð ð á ••••• 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 á á á áñ ñ ñ ñ í • ••ß± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 â â â âò ò ò ò ó • •••• -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 ã ã ã ãó ó ó ó ú ••••• -3 131 147 163 179 195 [...]

D-26 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM CODE PA GE 850 (MULTILINGUA L) 0- * 1- * 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 SP 0 @ P ` p 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 !1 A Q a q 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 "2 B R b r 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ♥ #3 C S cs 3 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 ♦ $4 D T d t 4 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 ♣ §%5 EU e u 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 -6 ♠ &6 FV f v 6[...]

Operator's Guide D-27 8- * 9- * A- B- C- D- E- F- ÇÉ á •• ðÓ - 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 üæ í • • Ðß ± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 éÆ ó • • ÊÔ = -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 âô ú •• ËÒ ¾ -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 äö ñ •• Èõ ¶ -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 àò ?[...]

D-28 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM CODE PA GE 860 (PORTUGA L) 0- * 1- * 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 SP 0 @ P ` p 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 !1 A Q a q 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 "2 B R b r 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ♥ #3 C S cs 3 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 ♦ $4 D T d t 4 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 ♣ §%5 EU e u 5 2 13 75 36 98 5 1 0 1 1 1 7 -6 ♠ &6 FV f v 6 38 [...]

Operator's Guide D-29 8- * 9- * A- B- C- D- E- F- ÇÉ á ••••• 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 üÀ í • ••ß± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 éÈ ó • •••• -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 âôú ••••• -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 ãõ ñ ••••• -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 à[...]

D-30 Appendix D—Character Sets DEC NA TIONA L-USE CHA RACTER MA P * 0-/8- 1-/9- 2-/A - 3-/B- 4- /C- 5-/D- 6-/E- 7-/F- 0 SP 0 @ P ` p 32/160 48/176 64/192 80/ 208 96/224 112/ 240 -1 ! 1 A Q a q 33/161 49/177 65/193 81/ 209 97/225 113/ 241 -2 " 2 B R b r 34/162 50/178 66/194 82/ 210 98/226 114/ 242 - 3 #3 C S cs 35/163 51/179 67/195 83/ 211 99[...]

Operator's Guide D-31 DEC MULTILINGUA L CHA RA CTER MA P 0-/8- 1-/9- 2- /A - 3-/B- 4- /C- 5-/D- 6-/E- 7-/F- 0 SP Ø À à 32/160 48/176 64/192 80/ 208 96/224 112/ 240 -1 ¡ ± Á Ñ á ñ 33/161 49/177 65/193 81/ 209 97/225 113/ 241 -2 ¢ ² Â Ò â ò 34/162 50/178 66/194 82/ 210 98/226 114/ 242 -3 £ ³ Ã Ó ã ó 35/163 51/179 67/195 83/ [...]

D-32 Appendix D—Character Sets DEC HEBREW CHA RA CTER MA P 0-/8- 1-/9- 2- /A - 3-/B- 4- /C- 5-/D- 6-/E- 7-/F- 0 SP 0 @ P à à à àð ð ð ð 32/160 48/176 64/192 80/ 208 96/224 112/ 240 -1 ! 1 A Q á á á áñ ñ ñ ñ 33/161 49/177 65/193 81/ 209 97/225 113/ 241 -2 " 2 B R â â â âò ò ò ò 34/162 50/178 66/194 82/ 210 98/226 114/ [...]

Operator's Guide D-33 DEC VT100 LINE DRA W CHA RA CTER MA P 0-/8- 1-/9- 2- /A - 3-/B- 4- /C- 5-/D- 6-/E- 7-/F- 0 SP 0 @ P ♦ – 32/160 48/176 64/192 80/ 208 96/224 112/ 240 -1 ! 1 A Q • – 33/161 49/177 65/193 81/ 209 97/225 113/ 241 -2 " 2 B R H T _ 34/162 50/178 66/194 82/ 210 98/226 114/ 242 -3 # 3 C S F F _ 35/163 51/179 67/195 8[...]

D-34 Appendix D—Character Sets OCR A OVERLA Y CHA RA CTER MA P * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 0 P 48 80 -1 1A Q 49 65 81 -2 "2 B R 34 50 66 82 -3 3C S 51 67 83 -4 $4 D T 36 52 68 84 -5 5E U 53 69 85 -6 6F V 54 70 86 -7 7G W 55 71 87 -8 8H X 56 72 88 -9 9I Y 57 73 89 -A JZ 74 90 -B + K 43 75 -C ,< L 44 60 76 92 -D M 77 -E .> N 46 62 78 -F[...]

Operator's Guide D-35 OCR B OVERLA Y CHA RA CTER MA P * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 0 P 48 80 -1 1A 49 65 -2 2 50 -3 3C 51 67 -4 4 T 52 84 -5 5E U 53 69 85 -6 6 V 54 86 -7 7 55 -8 8 X 56 88 -9 9 57 -A -B + 43 -C ,< 44 60 -D -E .> N 46 62 78 -F / 47 * Only characters i n uns haded areas are overlaid ont o the act i ve charact e r s et.[...]

D-36 Appendix D—Character Sets CHA RA CTER SUBSTITUTIONS FOR EPSON NA TIONA L-USE CHA RACTER MA P * Decimal Hexadecimal 35 23 36 24 64 40 91 5B 92 5C 93 5D 94 5E 96 60 123 7B 124 7C 125 7D 126 7E Decimal Hexadecimal 163 A3 164 A4 192 C0 219 DB 220 DC 221 DD 222 DE 224 E0 251 FB 252 FC 253 FD 254 FE United States ** # $ @ []^ `{ ¦ } ~ France #$ [...]

Operator's Guide D-37 CHA RA CTER SUBSTITUTIONS FOR DEC NA TIONA L-USE CHA RACTER MA P Decimal Hexadecimal 35 23 64 40 91 5B 92 5C 93 5D 94 5E 96 60 123 7B 124 7C 125 7D 126 7E Decimal Hexadecimal 163 A3 192 C0 219 DB 220 DC 221 DD 222 DE 224 E0 251 FB 252 FC 253 FD 254 FE Canada (French) # à â ç ê î ôéùèû Finland # @ Ä Ö Å Ü é?[...]

D-38 Appendix D—Character Sets THE CHA RA CTER SET The character set is the r esult of selecting control code and character code maps. For exampl e, in the configurati on menu., if you select the IBM #2 control code map (Page D-13) and the IBM Multilingual Code Page 850 (Pag e D-26), y ou would have the char acter set show n on Pages D-40 and D- [...]

Operator's Guide D-39 IBM A LL CHA RA CTER CHA RA CTER SET IBM emulation has a standar d character set call ed the "all-character character set." The all-char acter character set consis ts of the active character set and a temporary overlay ( Pages D- 48 and D-49) . The overl ay tempor arily maps over the contr ol codes in Columns 0 [...]

D-40 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM #2 MULTILINGUA L CHA RA CTER SET 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 NUL SP 0 @ P ` p 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 SO H DC1 ! 1 A Q a q 1 17 33 49 65 81 97 113 -2 DC2 " 2 B R b r 2 18 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ♥ D C 3 #3 C S cs 3 19 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 ♦ DC4 $ 4 D T d t 4 20 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 ♣ §%5 EU e u 5 2[...]

Operator's Guide D-41 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- ÇÉ á •• ðÓ - 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 üæ í • • Ðß ± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 éÆ ó • • ÊÔ = -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 âô ú •• ËÒ ¾ -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 äö ñ •• Èõ ¶ -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 àò Ñ ?[...]

D-42 Appendix D—Character Sets EPSON ESC I PRINTA BLE CHA RA CTER OVERLA Y * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 à § 01 6 -1 ß 17 -2 ù 2 -3 ò 3 -4 ì 4 -5 º ø 52 1 -6 £ ¨ 62 2 -7 Ä 23 -8 Ö 24 -9 Ü 25 -A ä 26 -B -C ü 28 -D É 29 -E é 30 -F ¥ 31 * Only c harac ters i n uns haded areas are overlaid ont o the act ive charac t er set.[...]

Operator's Guide D-43 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- ৠ0 128 144 èß -1 129 145 ù -2 130 ò -3 131 ì -4 132 ºø -5 133 149 £¨ -6 134 150 Ä -7 151 Ö -8 152 Ü -9 153 ä -A 154 -B ü -C 156 É -D 157 é -E 158 ¥ -F 159[...]

D-44 Appendix D—Character Sets EPSON ESC 6 PRINTA BLE CHA RA CTER EXPA NSION OVERLA Y * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -A -B -C -D -E -F * Only c harac ters i n uns haded areas are overlaid ont o the act ive charac t er set.[...]

Operator's Guide D-45 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- ৠ0 128 144 èß -1 129 145 ùÆ -2 130 146 òæ -3 131 147 ìØ -4 132 148 ºø -5 133 149 £¨ -6 134 150 íÄ -7 135 151 ¿Ö -8 136 152 ÑÜ -9 137 153 ñä -A 138 154 ¤ö -B 139 155 P t ü -C 140 156 ÅÉ -D 141 157 åé -E 142 158 ç¥ Ø -F 143 159 255[...]

D-46 Appendix D—Character Sets EPSON STA NDA RD CODE PA GE CHA RA CTER SET * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 à § SP 0 @ P ` p 0 1 63 24 86 48 09 6 1 1 2 -1 SO H ß ! 1 A Q a q 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 -2 ù DC2 " 2 B R b r 2 18 34 50 66 82 98 114 -3 ò D C 3 #3 C S cs 3 19 35 51 67 83 99 115 -4 ì DC4 $ 4 D T d t 4 20 36 52 68 84 100 116 -5 °[...]

Operator's Guide D-47 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- ৠS P 0 @ P ` p 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 èß ! 1 A Q aq -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 ùÆ " 2 B R b r -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 ò æ #3 C S cs -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 ìØ $4 D T d t -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 °ø % 5 E U e u -5 133 149 165 181[...]

D-48 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM A LL CHA RA CTER OVERLA Y * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 16 -1 11 7 -2 21 8 -3 !! 19 -4 ¶ 20 -5 -6 — 22 -7 ! ! ! ! 72 3 -8 82 4 -9 " " " " 92 5 -A 10 26 -B 11 27 -C 12 28 -D 13 29 -E 14 30 -F 15 31 127 * Only characters i n uns haded areas are overlaid ont o the act i ve charact e r s et.[...]

Operator's Guide D-49 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- 0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -9 -A -B -C -D -E -F[...]

D-50 Appendix D—Character Sets IBM #2 A LL CHA RA CTER MULTILINGUA L CHA RA CTER SET * 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 0 NUL SP 0 @ P ` p 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 -1 • !1 A Q a q 1 1 73 34 96 58 19 7 1 1 3 -2 • "2 B R b r 2 1 83 45 06 68 29 8 1 1 4 -3 ♥ ! ! #3 C S cs 3 1 93 55 16 78 39 9 1 1 5 -4 ♦ ¶$4 D T d t 4 2 03 65 26 88 4 1 0 0 1 1 6 -[...]

Operator's Guide D-51 8- 9- A - B- C- D- E- F- ÇÉ á •• ðÓ - 0 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 üæ í • • Ðß ± -1 129 145 161 177 193 209 225 241 éÆ ó • • ÊÔ = -2 130 146 162 178 194 210 226 242 âô ú •• ËÒ ¾ -3 131 147 163 179 195 211 227 243 äö ñ •• Èõ ¶ -4 132 148 164 180 196 212 228 244 àò Ñ ?[...]

D-52 Appendix D—Character Sets[...]

Appendix E— Barcodes This appendix explains how to use the pr inter to pri nt barcodes. Barcodes are pr inted in accordance w ith Automatic Identificati on Manufacturers (AIM ), Materi al Handling Institute, Inc., the UPC Sy mbol Specification Manual , and the U.S. Postal Serv ice. The barcodes supported are li sted below : Barcode Description Ba[...]

E-2 Appendix E—Barcodes PRINTING BA RCODES To print barcode sy mbols, proceed as follows: 1. Send the printer a Bar code Format command. This command specifies characteri stics of the barcode symbol, for example, bar height and w idth. (If this step is not performed, the default parameters are used.) For example, in BASIC send LPRINT CHR$(1);”A[...]

Operator's Guide E-3 4. Send the printer the End Barcode command. This command tells the printer to pr int all subseq uent data as characters, not barcode sy mbols. Send LPRINT CHR$(1); “AzLØ”; to return to tex t mode. If you have pr oblems printi ng barcodes, use the hex dump mode, a binary editor, and/or a BASIC utility to v erify and d[...]

E-4 Appendix E—Barcodes BA RCODE FORMA T COMMA ND The Barcode Format command specifies the character istics of the barcode symbol s to be printed. It is not req uired that this command be sent. If it is not sent, the default parameter v alues are used. The default v alue for each parameter i s specified in the parameter defini tions shown on the [...]

Operator's Guide E-5 P1 THROUGH P8 The (P1) throug h (P8) bytes are the par ameters of the Barcode Format command. P1: Barcode Sy mbology This parameter specifies the type of barcode to print. The v alid entries for P1 are : 0 Interleav ed 2 of 5 1 PostNet (g raphics mode) 4 Code 39 (default v alue) 5 EAN - 8 6 EAN - 13 9 Codabar a/a - Start a[...]

E-6 Appendix E—Barcodes P2: Barcode Hei ght The height of the barcode is adjustable from 1/12 in. to 10 in. i n 1/12 in. increments. The vali d entries for P2 are : 0 or 9 3/4 in. (default v alue). n n/12 in. The val id range of n is 1 to 120. P3: Human Readable Line Characters represented in the bar code symbol may be printed below the symbol i [...]

Operator's Guide E-7 group to ensur e barcode symbol integri ty. For all U PC and EAN barcodes, w e recommend these parameters be used without chang e. Adjusting them is likel y to make the symbols unr eadable. All measurements show n are approximate. The actual si zes of printed elements and the readability of the resulting symbols are affect[...]

E-8 Appendix E—Barcodes P6: Narrow Space Width This parameter speci fies the width of the narr ow spaces in a bar code symbol. The v alid entries for P6 are : 0 or 1 0.014 in. (default v alue) 2 0.027 in. n 0.014 + 0.0133 * (n-1) f or n ← 0. P7: Wide Space Width This parameter speci fies the width of the w ide spaces in a barcode symbol. The v [...]

Operator's Guide E-9 BA RCODE FORMA T COMMA ND EXAMPLE The example bel ow show s the barcode format command f or a 3 / 4 -in. high UPC-E bar code symbol w ith no human readable line. Default v alues are used for narrow and wi de bar and space wi dths. The last parameter, intercharacter gap, does not affect UPC-E barcode sy mbols but must be se[...]

E-10 Appendix E—Barcodes • SOH A zL1 enables barcode printi ng and honors li ne feeds. SO H AzL1 is commonly used where ver tical paper moti on is control led wi th form feeds. • SOH A zL2 enables barcode printing and discards line feeds. SOH AzL2 is commonly used where ver tical paper moti on is control led wi th line feeds only. In an appli[...]

Operator's Guide E-11 • Start characters , stop characters, and guar d bars • Summary of req uired barcode data VA LID CHA RA CTERS Each type of barcode has a defined set of valid char acters. If an invali d character is detected for a par ticular code, the pri nter prints a patter n of all bars or a soli d bar (inv alid symbol) to flag th[...]

E-12 Appendix E—Barcodes ENTERING BA RCODE DA TA Barcode sy mbols are pri nted one line at a time. A li ne may contai n one or many sy mbols. To print a li ne containing a si ngle barcode sy mbol, enter a sequence of characters ter minated by a carr iage r eturn. For ex ample: 1987<CR> To print a li ne containing mul tiple sy mbols, enter m[...]

Operator's Guide E-13 QUIET ZONE Except for PostNet barcodes, ther e is blank space precedi ng and followi ng each barcode sy mbol called a q uiet zone. The width of a qui et zone is 10 times the wi dth of the narrow bar wi dth, depending on the barcode. Narr ow bars ar e at least 0.014 in. w ide. Therefore, each qui et zone is at least 0.14 i[...]

E-14 Appendix E—Barcodes POSTNET PLA CEMENT ON A N ENVELOPE Placement of a USPS PostNet Zip + 4 D eliv ery Poi nt barcode on an envelope i s regulated by the U.S. Postal Servic e. PostNet barcode positioning on a standard-siz e business envelope, show n in the accompanying illustration, w a s correct at the tim e this manual was printed. The foll[...]

Operator's Guide E-15 PostNet Placement on a Standard Business Env elope AB0-AB CHECK DIGITS The check digit i s optional for Code 39, Inter leaved 2 of 5, and Codabar ; if desired, the check dig it should be supplied as par t of the data according to the specifications of the code you are usi ng. EAN- 8 barcodes do not use check digits. The c[...]

E-16 Appendix E—Barcodes Check Digit Required Printer Calculates and A ppends Check Digit Check Digit Optional No Check Digit Code 39 Interleaved 2 of 5 Codabar UPC-A UPC-E EAN-8 EAN-13 PostNet • • • • • • • • The check digit pr ints out along w ith all other barcode character s in the human readable li ne. NUMBER SYSTEM CHA RA CT[...]

Operator's Guide E-17 STA RT CHA RA CTERS, STOP CHA RA CTERS, A ND GUA RD BA RS You do not need to supply start and stop characters, or guar d bars (for UPC and EAN codes) with the bar code. They ar e automatically appended by the pri nter. SUMMA RY OF REQUIRED BA RCODE DA TA The table below summariz es the data the printer must receiv e for e[...]

E-18 Appendix E—Barcodes END BA RCODE COMMA ND The End Barcode command terminates the pr inting of barcode sy mbols. The printer r eturns to printing characters i n the font style in place pri or to receipt of the Start Barcode command. End Barcode command must be in the follow ing form: ASCII: SOH A z L Ø Control: CTRL AA z L Ø Decimal: 1 65 1[...]

Operator's Guide E-19 EXA MPLES EXA MPLE 1 This exampl e shows a BASIC pr ogram to format and pri nt three 3/4-in. high Inter leaved 2 of 5 barcode sy mbols. The human readable line is on, and default values ar e used for bar and space wi dths. Two of the barcode symbol s encode the characters "1988", and the thi rd barcode symbol en[...]

E-20 Appendix E—Barcodes EXA MPLE 2 This exampl e shows a BASIC pr ogram to format and pri nt one 1-in. hig h UPC-A bar code symbol. The human r eadable line is on, and default values ar e used for bar and space wi dths. The barcode symbol encodes the number system char acter "0", the characters "1234567890", and the check dig[...]

Operator's Guide E-21 A LTERNA TE COMMA NDS For best results, use the commands ex plained earlier in thi s appendix to format and print barcodes. T o provide compatibility w ith other printers, the followi ng alternate bar code commands are also supported. They are vali d only w hen the printer is i n Epson emulation mode. • ESC [3t Start Ba[...]

E-22 Appendix E—Barcodes Parame ter Options Setting P1: Barc ode Type 0 Interleaved 2 of 5 (See Note 1) 1 PostNet (Graphi c s Mode) 4 Code 39 (defaul t ) 5 EAN - 8 6 EAN - 13 9 Codabar a/a 10 Codabar b/b 11 Codabar c/c 12 Codabar d/d 13 UPC - A 14 UPC - E 21 PostNet (Text Mode) P2: Barc ode Height 0 3/4 i n. (default ) n n/12 i n. (n = 1 to 120) [...]

Operator's Guide E-23 P4 THROUGH P8 INTEGRITY The tables that follow speci fy how parameters P4, P5, P6, P7, and P8 must relate to each other i f you must make parameter adjustments usi ng the Barcode Format command. These tables apply only to C ode 39 and Interleav ed 2 of 5. Codabar settings are sufficiently complex to requir e careful analy[...]

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Glossary A SCENDERS . That part of a character that rises abov e the wais t line. Also, a term used for superscript character s. ASCII CHA RACTERS . ASCII is an acrony m f or American Standard Code for Information Interchange. ASC II characters are uni que, 7-bit v alues that represent letter s, numbers, spaces, and symbol s. This coding scheme all[...]

G-2 Glossary CHARA CTER LIBRARY . A defined group of printabl e characters stored i n the printer. CHARA CTER M AP . An assig nment of printable characters to some data byte values betw een 0 and 255. CHARA CTER NUM BER MAP . Each character in a character library is numbered. The character number map specifies whi ch characters ar e currently selec[...]

Operator's Guide G-3 DATA BIT S . Defines the number of data bits in each byte tr ansmitted. A setting of 7 data bits is used to send ASC II characters 0 throug h 127. A setting of 8 data bits is r equired for sending graphics data and data byte values betw een characters 128 through 255. DA TA BYTE . A string of 7 or 8 bi ts that represents o[...]

G-4 Glossary FACTORY DEFA ULT . A def ault assigned at the factory. FORM . The area of paper defined between top of form positions. FORM FEE D . A control key on the printer sw itch panel and a control code used to advance the paper to the top of the nex t form. FORMS OPT IONS . Used to select the appearance of the printed form. Accessed from the p[...]

Operator's Guide G-5 PA GE . The area of paper defined betw een horiz ontal perforations. PARA LLEL INT ERFACE . Physi cal and log ical connection betw een devices wher e data are transmitted an enti re character at a ti me. PA RITY . The value of the parity bit in each character transmitted. Pari ty checking ensures accur ate data transmissio[...]

G-6 Glossary RE A D ON LY MEMO RY ( ROM ) . The printer's per manent memory. For the 4100 printer, R OM is the same as ELECTRO NICALLY PROG RAMMABLE READ ONLY ME MORY . SERIAL INTERFA CE . Physi cal and logi cal connection betw een devi ces wher e data are transmitted one bi t at a time. STOP BITS . The number of bits that define the end of (o[...]

Index Act i ve c haracter s et printing, 37 Alignm ent image, 94 ASCII, D- 2 charact er s et, D-2 Auto Carriage Ret urn, 79 Barcodes , E -1 alternate c om m ands, E -23 data, E-10, E -12 density, 91 end com m and, E -20 examples, E -21 form at c omm and, E -4 form ul as , E-25 options, 91 paramet ers , E-5 printing, E -2 start c omm and, E -9 strik[...]

I-2 Index IBM #2, D-13 Controls, 6 CR on LF, 79 Data b its, 68 Data b yte map , 61 DCE interf ace, B -1 DEC charact er opt ions, 88 DEC LA210 em ulation, index, 272 Decim al-to-hexadecim al conversion, 45 Default fact ory def ault res et , 92 factory settings, 56 Density, barcode, 91 Double stri k e, barcode, 91 Download, overlay, 90 Draft quali t [...]

Operator's Guide I- 3 PostNet, 1 6 Pow er cord connec t ion, 15 indicat or, 8 on/off sw itch, 6 receptac l e, 15 requirement s, A -13 swi tch, 6 voltage sel ec tion, 15, 107 Power-up hot keys, 10 Print drivers , 33 Print positio n problems , 123 Print qual i t y, 5, 32 problems , 122 Print s tyle, 72 Printhead c arri age, 3 Printhead gap adjus[...]