Printek 4000se manual

FormsPro 4000se Series Operator’s Manual ©Printek, Inc. 2003 1517 Townline Road Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (800) 368 - 4636 www.printek .com Part Number 5593[...]

ii This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A Digital Device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when t he equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency[...]

iii Read all setup and operating instructions before proceeding with operation. Operate printer only on a firm, solid surface. Do not operate in an enclosure unless properly ventilated. Make sure no ventilation openings are blocked or obstructed, which may result in the printer overheating. Do not operate near a heat source. No user - serviceable p[...]

iv Lesen Sie vor der Inbetriebnahme die Aufbau - und Bedienungsanleitung. Der Drucker muss zum Betrieb auf einer festen, soliden Oberfläche stehen . Betreiben Sie den Drucker nicht in einem kleinen, geschlossenen Raum, es sei denn dieser wird ordnungsgemäß belüftet. Achten Sie darauf, dass die Lüftungen nicht blockiert oder versperrt sind, den[...]

v Nähe von Flüssigkeiten und lassen Sie keine Flüssigkeiten in den Drucker gelangen. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Models and Options 1 Manual Contents 2 GETTING STARTED 5 Installa tion 5 Interface Set Up 6 RS - 232C Serial Interface 7 Parallel Interfac e 8 Ethernet 10/100BaseT Print Server 9 Wireless Ethernet Print Server 9 Installing The Ri[...]

vi Common Error Conditions 39 Check Paper 39 No Pa per to Load 39 Too Much Paper to Unload 40 Selected Form is not Loaded 40 No Ribbon or Wrong Ribbon 40 Ribbon Lid Open 40 Change Ribbon 40 O ther Errors 41 PRINTER CONFIGURATION 43 Introduction To Setup 43 Setup Buttons 43 Entering Setup 44 Using the SETUP Button 44 Using the FUNC TION and VALUE Bu[...]

vii USING THE OPTIONAL SETUP MODULE 91 Introduction 91 Setup Module Installation 91 PRINTER RESET CONDITIONS 95 CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE SUMMARIES 97 Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation 97 ANSI X3 .64 Emulation 98 Epson Fx Emulation 99 IBM Proprinter Emulation 101 LA - 120/210 Emulation 102 Simple TTY Emulation 103 Printek Emulation 104 ASCII C[...]

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1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for p urchasing a Printek FormsPro 4000se Series Printer. This printer has been designed to provide years of service handling your most demanding printing requirements. The FormsPro 4000se Series printers offer higher throughput than all other printers in its class. In addition, an easy to use front panel combined with the [...]

INTRODUCTION 2 Manual Contents * Unless specifically noted, all instructions and information herein is valid for all models in the 4000se series. • GETTING STARTED provides instr uctions for installation, setting up the computer interface, installing the ribbon cartridge, loading paper, and performing a printer self - test. • DAILY OPERATION pr[...]

INTRODUCTION 3 • CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE SUMMARIES lists the commands supported for each printer emulation. • ASCII CHARACTER TABLES show the characters for each character set. • SPECIFICATIONS list the operating ranges and ratings of the printer. • GL OSSARY OF TERMS provides definitions for terms used in this manual.[...]

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5 GETTING STARTED This chapter will use the fewest possible steps to get the first time user up and running quickly. You will be guided through the following steps: • Finding a suitable location and installing the printer • Setting up a host interface if necessary • Installing the ribbon cartridge • Loading paper • Performing a printer se[...]

GETTING STARTED 6 Note: Placing the printer on the print stand is best accomplished with two people. Proper lifting technique should be observed. Caution: Before connecting or turning on power, make sure t hat all shipping materials have been removed. These materials include a cable tie that secures the print head carriage (open ribbon lid to acces[...]

GETTING STARTED 7 R S - 232C Serial Interface This interface uses a 25 pin “D” connector as described below. The default settings are 9600 baud, 8 dat a bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity with hardware handshake on pin 11. The default printer emulation is Epson. For a complete description of all the default settings for this interface, refer to pa[...]

GETTING STARTED 8 Parallel Interface This interface uses the standard 36 pin pa rallel connector as shown below. The default printer emulation is Epson. Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 19 2 20 3 21 4 22 5 23 6 24 7 25 8 26 9 27 ____________________ DATA STROBE DATA STROBE RTN DATA 1 DATA 1 RETURN DATA 2 DATA 2 RETURN D ATA 3 DATA 3 RETURN DATA 4 DATA 4 RET[...]

GETTING STARTED 9 Ethernet 10/100BaseT Print Server This interface uses a s tandard RJ - 45 connector and the default printer emulation is Epson. For a complete description of all the default settings for this interface, refer to “ Parallel/LAN Interface Items ” on page 59 . For additional software instal lation and operational information, ple[...]

GETTING STARTED 10 Installing The Ribbon Cartridge The Printek FormsPro printer has been designed to make installing Printek brand ribbons a simple, clean process. Unlike other printers, there is no need to touch the ribbon fabric or deal with difficult to position ribbon guides. The following sections explain why the use of Printek brand ribbons s[...]

GETTING STARTED 11 Using inferior ribbons would be like using poor quality fuel in your automobile. Premature engine failure and poor performance leading up to the failure would be the best you could expect. Other useful features available only with the u se of Printek brand ribbons are that the printer will not allow printing if a ribbon is not in[...]

GETTING STARTED 12 3. Place the right hand end of the ribbon on the support bracket while you align the plastic tabs with the slots in the bracket as shown below. Installing the Ribbon Cartridge 4. Align and lower the left end of the ribbon onto the left support bracket until it snaps into place, while guiding the ribbon fabric between the nose of [...]

GETTING STARTED 13 5. Fin ally, lower the ribbon - loading handle to its original position. Closing the Ribbon Load Handle 6. Close the ribbon lid on top of the printer .[...]

GETTING STARTED 14 Loading Paper Please refer to the appropriate section below for loading paper in the FormsPro 4300se, 4500se, or 4503se. Form sPro 4300se & 4500se Single Tractor Model If the printer is not currently turned on, push the ON - 1 side of the power switch on the right side of the printer. After you turn on the printer, it perform[...]

GETTING STARTED 15 2. While you pull outward on this panel, lift the front of the unit to expose the paper tractors. The top of the unit will support itself in the up position while you load paper . 3. To load paper or forms, open the door on each tractor and position the holes in the paper over the pins in the tractors; then close the doors. 4. If[...]

GETTING STARTED 16 Forms Pro 4503se with Form Installed in Front Tractors. FormsPro 4503se Tri - Trak Model 1. To install forms in the other sets of tractors in the FormsPro 4503 se : 2. Press the FORM SELECT button on the front panel until the desired form setup and tractor path is selected on the LCD display (this button's sequence is 0 thro[...]

GETTING STARTED 17 T he following picture sh ows a FormsPro 4503 se with forms installed in all three sets of tractors and the center tractor path positioned for loading in place for operation.[...]

GETTING STARTED 18 Printer Self - Test The printer performs many self - diagnostics each time power is turned on. If you wish to perform an actual printing test, use the following steps. 1. Make sure the printer is powered on with ribbon and paper loaded. 2. Take the printer off line (the ONLINE indicator will not be lit). 3. Press the SETUP button[...]

19 DAIL Y OPERATION Introduction This chapter describes how to use the “everyday” features of the FormsPro 4000 se Series printers . The items covered are: Control Panel Features – describes the most commonly used features of the printer’s contr ol panel. Selecting and Loading Forms – describes how to insert paper or forms into the tracto[...]

DAILY OPERATION 20 Control Panel Features This section assumes that your printer has already been installed according to the information in “ Installation and Interface Setup ”, and describes th e daily operation of the FormsPro 4000 se series printers. In particular, using the control panel, changing paper or forms, and changing the ribbon car[...]

DAILY OPERATION 21 LCD Display and Indicators LCD Display This two line by sixteen - character disp lay is used to convey several types of information. When the printer is on line and printing, or ready to print, the display will show the currently selected tractor path and the form currently loaded in that path. When the printer is off line, the d[...]

DAILY OPERATION 22 Control Panel Buttons ONLINE This button allows you to place the printer online or offline, as indicated by the ONLINE indicator, and as t emporarily displayed on the two line by sixteen character display. It is also used for starting and stopping the test pattern while the printer is in the Barber Pole mode. Note: The printer mu[...]

DAILY OPERATION 23 UNLOAD / FORM SELECT If paper is currently loaded (no paper out condition exists), this button unloads the paper and places the top edge of the paper in the tractors in the base of the unit. This allows you to change the paper easily. A pa per out condition is displayed to indicate that the paper was unloaded successfully. The pr[...]

DAILY OPERATION 24 parked and secured whenever the printer is being transported. ALIGN ih These buttons will access the horizontal and vertical print adjustment settings for the currently selected form. When either ALIGN button is pressed, the horizontal adjustment is shown first. Pressing the VALUE buttons will move the print position on the line [...]

DAILY OPERATION 25 Selecting And Loading Forms Note: A form is not considered “loaded” by merely placing the form in the tractors. To prevent printing on the wrong form, the printer must be made aware of what form(s) are currently loaded. When a new form is placed in the tractors, the form must be “loaded” using the control panel as describ[...]

DAILY OPERATION 26 Continue to press the UNLOAD/FORM SELECT button until the desired for m name is shown on the top line of the display. When the desired form is displayed press the LOAD/FORM FEED button. The form name will be FORM 0 through FORM 9 or the actual name of the form if the name has been set in Setup. If the desired form is not consider[...]

DAILY OPERATION 27 3. While pulling out on this panel, lift the front of the printer to expose the paper tractors. The top of the unit will support itself in the up position while you load paper. Caution: Do not open the unit in this fashion while the printer is printing or forms are loaded. Doing so may cause data to be printed incorrectly or pape[...]

DAILY OPERATION 28 paths, proceed to step 4 on the following page. You can position the other tractor paths for loading without closing the printer's case. To load another tractor path : 1. P ress the UNLOAD/FORM SELECT button on the front panel until the desired form and tractor path is indicated on the LCD display. 2. Then press the LOAD but[...]

DAILY OPERATION 29 FormsPro 4503 se w ith Forms in All Tractor Paths Center Path Positioned for Loading 4. Close the case of the printer by lowering it until the lower front panel closes. The printer LCD will display Case Closed when you do this. 5. Check the LCD display to make sure the correct form setup (0 - 9) or the actual name of the form has[...]

DAILY OPERATION 30 4. Then press the LOAD/FORM FEED button. The tractors will move to the specified path (if necessary) and position the top of the selected form at the tear bar. 5. Press the ONLINE button to place the printer b ack into operation . Ejecting And Tearing Off A Form When mos t print jobs complete, they will command the paper to be po[...]

DAILY OPERATION 31 Bottom of form at tear bar If your form is positioned as shown, you may skip the next section on positioning and proceed with “Tearing off a Form” on the next page. Positioning the Form for Tear Off 1. If your print job has completed and the form is not positioned as shown above, take the printer off line by pressing the ONLI[...]

DAILY OPERATION 32 Tearing off a form 3. Place the printer back on line with the ONLINE button (indicator changes to green). The form will automatically be pulled down into p osition for printing the next time the printer receives data to be printed.[...]

DAILY OPERATION 33 Installing A New Ribbon Cartridge Removing the Old Ribbon Cartridge 1. Open the ribbon lid on top of the printer and position the print head for ribbon loading by lifting the ribbon loading handle as indicated in the following picture. 1. Opening the Ribbon Loading Handle 2. Ribbon Support Brackets 2. Remove the old ribbon by lif[...]

DAILY OPERATION 34 Installing the New Ribbon Cartridge Note: The use of Printek brand ribbons is recommended for increased ribbon life and print head life. The use of only Printek brand ribbons is required for the extended print head warr anty. For details, see “ Why Use Only Printek Brand Ribbons ” in the “GETTING STARTED” chapter. 1. Unpa[...]

DAILY OPERATION 35 Ribbon Cartridge Installation 3. Lower the ribbon loading bail as shown below. This automatically places the ribbon betwe en the ribbon guides and the print head as the print head is placed back into the printing position. Lowering (closing) Ribbon Loading Ball[...]

DAILY OPERATION 36 Aligning Print When a new form is loaded into the printer for the first time , it may be necessary to a djust where printing begins. This depends upon how the software that controls the printing was written. If the software was written to perform its own character and line spacing relative to the edges of the form, then adjustmen[...]

DAILY OPERATION 37 MOVE Down/Up PRINT 0.00” × The VALUE buttons will move the print down or up in 1/100 th inch increments. Note again that the arrow will change accordin g to the direction the print is to be moved from the normal print position. The maximum distance print may be moved is 9.99 inches in either direction. Example In this example,[...]

DAILY OPERATION 38 MOVE Down/Up PRINT 0.08” ↓ Now when the form is printed again, the text will be printed in the box as shown here. 12345[...]

DAILY OPERATION 39 Common Error Conditions Whenever the printer detects an error condition, it will automatically go off li ne. User correctable errors are “flashed” on the display. These errors can typically be recovered from without loss of data and are listed in this section of the manual. Other errors, which typically result in loss of data[...]

DAILY OPERATION 40 Too Much Paper to Unload This error occurs when the UNLOAD button has been pressed and there is paper present too far beyond the tear bar. This error serves as a war ning that you may be placing forms that have already been printed on back into the printer. Tear off any printed forms past the tear bar and press UNLOAD again. This[...]

DAILY OPERATION 41 Other Errors If other errors occur, it is possible that they may not be resolved without the aid of a factory trained service technician. Please refer to the “ MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING ” section on page 77.[...]

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43 PRINTER CONFIGURATION Introduction To Setup The FormsPro 4500se series printers feature simple, easy to use menu s for setting the various operating parameters for the printer. The parameters available in these menus usually only need to be set one time, either when the printer is first installed or perhaps when a new form is to be used. These v[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 44 E ntering Setup To enter Setup, simply take the printer off line and press the SETUP button. The SETUP indicator will begin to flash yellow and the display will temporarily show the following. Entering Setup Menus After the above message has been shown, the display will change to the first menu available, which is the FORM[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 45 Exiting Setup If you wish to exit Setup press the ONLINE button. Exit Setup Yes ONLINE Pressing the SETUP button will allow you to make additional menu choices. Pressing the ONLINE button indicated by Yes will display one of the following messages depending on whether or not changes were made, reset the printer if changes [...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 46 Forms Menu Most form printing applications use several different forms such as packing lists, bills of lading, invoices, checks, and green bar paper for reports. Not all of these forms require the same printer settings for things such as font, character size, line spacing, or form length. The FormsPro 4000se series printer[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 47 When shipped from the factory, the Form Names will be set to “ FORM 0 ” through “ FORM 9 ”. This name may be changed to any combination of capital letters ( A-Z ), numerals ( 0-9 ), or spaces. The name may be up to 16 characters in length. Entering a name uses the CURSOR button and either VALUE buttons. The CURSOR [...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 48 Cut Adjustment Cut Adjustment 0 Possible Values: Auto, -0.2951” … 0* … +0.2951”, Auto This item may be used to adjust the position of the cut relative to the top - of - form for im proved cut accuracy. This item is only available when the optional FormsCutter is installed. Refer to the FormsCutter manual for more i[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 49 print the first form correctly and then p rint following forms too far down the page if the program sending the data does not require the margin.[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 50 Bottom Margin Bottom Margin 0 Lines Possible Values: 0* … 226 Lines This item sets the bottom margin in lines. Setting a bottom margin will reduce the size of the printable area of the page by the number of lines set. When the bottom margin is reached, the remainder of the page will be skipped and printing will resume at[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 51 Possible Values: Column 4 … 272* This item sets the right margin in columns (characters) relative to the left edge of the p aper. A value of 272 is large enough to insure that characters can be printed to the right end of the paper regardless of character pitch (CPI). The right margin must be greater than the left margin[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 52 Possible Values: Normal*, High This item may be used to select High Impact for improved printing on multipart forms that do not otherwise print well on the back copies. Language Language USA Possible Values: US A*, France, Germany, England, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Japan, Finland This item selects the character subst[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 53 Unidirectional Printing Unidirectional No Possible Values: No*, Yes This item selects unidir ectional printing instead of bi - directional printing. This may be used to improve the straightness of vertical lines for critical applications such as printing small bar codes.[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 54 Interface Menu The Interface Menu contains several functions for setting up items pertaining to the hardware interfaces such as the serial and parallel ports as well as the optional 10/100BaseT Ethernet and Wireless Print Server. The Setup items for each interface are described in one of the following sections. RS - 232C S[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 55 RS - 232C Serial Interface Items INTERFACE MENU Serial Emulation Emulation Epson Possibl e Values: Epson*, IBM Proprinter, DEC LA120/210, TTY, Printek, ANSI X3.64, Genicom 3840, Genicom 3410 Automatic Carriage Return Auto CR On Possible Values: Off, On* This item enables or disables automatic Carriage Returns (CR) whenever[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 56 Ch aracters Characters Control Possible Values: Control*, Printable This item selects whether certain control character symbols will be printed or be treated as control characters. The effect of this is dependent upon the Emulation selected. Minimum Buffer Minimum Buffer No Possible Values: No*, Yes This item selects wheth[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 57 Stop Bits Stop Bits 1 Possible Values: 1*, 2 This item sets the number of stop bits to be used at the end of the serial character frame. This must be set to match the stop bit setting on the host computer. Parity Parity None Possible Values: None*, Even, Odd This item selects the parity checking requirements for the serial[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 58 Online/Offline will reflect only the condition indicated and does not reflect a buffer full condition. Busy/Not Busy will cause DTR to indicate both the online/offline status and buffer full condition (see “ Busy Polarity ” above). XON/XOFF Handshaking XON/XOFF Off Possible Values: Off*, On Enables or disables the tran[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 59 Parallel/LAN Inter face Items Since the optional LAN interface goes into the Parallel port, these interface parameters are the same. INTERFACE MENU Parallel/LAN Emulation Emulation Epson Possible Values: Epson*, IBM Proprinter, DEC LA120/210, TTY, Printek, ANSI X3.64, Genicom 3840, Genicom 3410 This item selects the emulat[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 60 IP Address Method IP Address Auto Possible Values: Auto*, Static This item controls how the optional Ethernet interface card receives its network address. When set to Auto , the Ethernet card will receive its network address from a network DHCP server (typical installation). When set to Static, the user sets the TCP/IP add[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 61 To set the TCP/IP Gateway, use the CURSOR button to select which digit group you wish to change, and then use the VALUE button s to change the value. The value will change rapidly if the key is held down. Automatic Carriage Return Auto CR On Possible Values: Off, On* This item enables or disables automatic Carriage Returns[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 62 Minimum Buffer Minimum Buffer No P ossible Values: No*, Yes This item selects whether the minimum I/O buffer size should be used. Setting this item to No will allow the printer to make maximum use of the I/O buffer (see “ Paper Out Fault ” on page 64 for more information on buffer size). Setting this to Yes may decreas[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 63 Options Menu The OPTIONS MENU contai ns items, which do not pertain only to a specific form or specific interface, but rather affect how the printer works under all conditions. To access the options menu, press the SETUP button until OPTIONS MENU is displayed OPTIONS MENU Press either of th e FUNCTION buttons to begin disp[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 64 since the last print operation) and a form boundary (bottom of the form according to the Form Length setting for the current form) has been reached. If printing finishes and the form boundary has not been reached, take the printer off line and the FORM FEED button may be used to advance the form to the te ar bar. This item[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 65 printing will resume where it left off as described in the next paragraph. The printer’s ability to complete the reprint successfully depends on whether the data for the current page is still in the printer’s memory. Re fer to the following Reprint Page Size option for more information regarding how much data may be re[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 66 In Genicom 3840 or 3410 Emulation, this feature repositions the print head at the top of a barcode after the barcode has printed. When disabled, printing continues from the bottom of the barcode. This feature has no meaning in other emulations. Top of Oversized Top of Oversized Off Possible Values: On, Off * In Genicom 384[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 67 This item selects how much of the 32K byte input buffer is set aside for reprinting a page when Finish Page or Reprint Page has been selected for the Paper Out Fault Action item (see above). The value selected (0 to 28K bytes in 1K byte increments) should be set to accommodate the largest page expected, but not unnecessari[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 68 114 . Note that turning this feature off while still using Printek brand ribbons will not affect the extended warranty. Ribbon Life Ribbon Life 23 Million Chars Possible Values: 5 … 23* … 30 Million Chars This item sets the number of “draft equivalent” characters to be printed before the Change Ribbon message is di[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 69 Control Character ControlCharact er ^ (5E Hex) Possible Values: ^ (5E Hex)* SOH (01 Hex) through HT (09 Hex), SO (0E Hex) through (FF Hex) This item sets the control character used to begin commands. The character normally used for QMS is the caret (^) and the character normally used for IGP is the ti lde (~) (if you chang[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 70 This item selects the character set. ^PY Translation Mode (QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only) ^PY Translation Not Active Possible Values: Not Active*, Active This item selects whether or not Filter Mode is active at power on or reset. ^F Free Format Mode (QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only) ^F Free Format Not Active Possi[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 71 This item selects whether or not the form will automatically be advanced to the next line boundary when Filter Mode is exited. Vertical DPI Resolutio n (QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only) Vertical DPI 72 Possible Values: 72*, 70 This item sets the vertical resolution to 72 or 70 Dots Per Inch. Vertical Text Spacing (QMS C[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 72 Delete Logos Delete Logos No Possible Values: No*, Yes This item selects whether logos should be deleted when a form is deleted. Quiet Mode Quiet Mode Not Active Possible Values: Not Active*, Active This item selects whether or not the quiet mode is active at power on. Spa cing Mode Spacing IGP 10/20/40 Possible Values: IG[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 73 Test Menu The TEST MENU is used to access some testing as well as some record keeping items. To access the test menu, press the SETUP button un til TEST MENU is displayed as shown below. TEST MENU Next press either of the FUNCTION buttons to access the test modes available. Print the Menus Print the Menus No Possible Value[...]

PRINTER CONFIGURATIO N 74 When this item is set to Barber Pole , the printer will print a rotating charac ter pattern. Printing may be started and stopped with the ONLINE button. When set to Hex Dump , the printer will print all received data in a special debug format, which may be used by programmers to solve software problems. For more informatio[...]

75 FORM CONSTRUCTION Form Construction Although the FormsPro 4000se series printers have been designed to handle difficult forms, y ou may come across a form that does not feed reliably or provide adequate print quality on all copies. One of the main causes of paper misfeeds is a form that is “tented”. Tenting is a tent - like bulge at the perf[...]

FORM CONSTRUCTION 76 Form Layout Considerations When designing prep rinted forms, the most common problem is forms that are designed “too tight”. This means that boxes where data have to be printed are just barely large enough for the data, and that even the slightest misalignment will cause characters to be printed on at least one of the lines[...]

77 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Error Messages This section provides a partial list of fatal errors. Fatal errors typically cannot be recovered from without the loss o f data. In each case, ERROR is shown on the top line of the display and one of the following messages is shown on the bottom line. Suggested solutions for each of these messages a[...]

MAINTENANCE AND TROU BLESHOOTING 78 Error Message Possible Solution Head Blocked? Check print head carriage area for obstructions. Head Gap Usually a result of a bad paper jam. Check for paper wedged in the print head nose shield area. I/O Overflow Make sure handshaking parameters set in the printer and at the host computer match each other . Make [...]

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81 ADVANCED SETUP FEATURES Security Menu The SECURITY M ENU is for Information System managers who want to be able to set up a printer and then “lock out” operator changes to the various menus. This method of security may be set independently for the Align Print, the Forms menu, the Interface menu, or the Opti ons menu. When set to Edit Allowed[...]

ADVANCE SETUP FEATUR ES 82 Forms Menu Forms Menu Edit Allowed Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only, Initialize This item selects whether items in the FORMS MENU can be edited or only viewed by the operator. Initialize will reset the value of all the items for all forms to factory default values. Interface Menu Interface Menu Edit Allowed Possib[...]

83 USING REMOTE SETUP The FormsPro 4000se series printers may be completely configured for operation by using the front panel buttons to acces s the printer setup menus. In addition, many of the items that can be configured via the front panel setup menus can also be configured remotely as described in this chapter. Remote Setup via Windows Applica[...]

USING REMOTE SETUP 84 1. A blank line (ignored). 2. A co mment line, which begins with a semicolon " ; " (ignored). 3. A heading line, which is enclosed in square brackets " [] ". 4. An item setup line, of the format item=value . Each item setup line must appear under the appropriate heading line. The first he ading line in the [...]

USING RE MOTE SETUP 85 *Note that the 3 - byte escape sequence can be included as the first 3 bytes in the remote setup file.[...]

USING REMOTE SETUP 86 Remote Setup Line Definitions [BeginPrintekSetup] AlignPrint=FactoryDefaults Forms=FactoryDefaults Interfaces=FactoryDefaults Options=FactoryDefaults Security=FactoryDefaults [Form0] ... [Form9] MovePrintLeft=0.00 ... 9.99 MovePrintRight=0.00 ... 9.99 MovePrintUp=0.00 ... 9.99 MovePrintDown=0.00 ... 9.99 FormName="UPTO16C[...]

USING RE MOTE SETUP 87 Emulation=ANSI_X3.64,Epson,IBM_Proprinter, DEC_LA120,TTY,Printek,Genicom_3840, Genicom_3410 AutoCR=Off,On AutoLF=Off,On HostFFatTOF=No,Yes Characters=Control,Printable MinimumBuffer=No,Yes BaudRate=110,150,300,600,1200,2400, 4800,9600 DataBits=8,7 StopBits=1,2 Parity=None,Even,Odd BusyPolarity=Low,High DTR=Power,Online,Busy X[...]

USING REMOTE SETUP 88 ControlCharacter=01h ... 09h,0Eh ... FFh LineTerminator=LF,CR BarCodeDensity=LowRes,MediumRes,HighRes, GraphicsMediumRes QMSCharacterSet=USA,UnitedKingdom, Sweden/Finland,Norway/Denmark,Japan, Germany,France,Italy,Spain,PCSubset, CodeVVersion1 Translation=NotActive,Active FreeFormat=NotActive,Active IgnoreData=NotActive,Active[...]

USING RE MOTE SETUP 89 Remote Setup Example File The following example will set up three forms. Before the forms are set up, “AlignPrint” and all “Forms” will be reset to their factory default val ues so that only the “non - default” values have to be set. The first form will begin printing one line from the top - of - form, be named ?[...]

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91 USING THE OP TIONAL SETUP MODULE Introduction The optional Setup Module is a small cartridge that plugs directly into the RS - 232 Serial connector on the rear of any FormsPro 4000se series printer. This module is used to store a second copy of the current Setup configu ration of the printer. This may then be used to restore settings after a pri[...]

USING THE OPTIONAL S ETUP MODULE 92 When the message disappears, installation is complete and the printer will continue with its normal power up procedure. Initializing Setup Module 7. The pri nter will now compare the configuration data in its internal memory to the data in the Setup Module. If the data is not an exact match, proceed with step 8. [...]

93 If you wish to copy the Setup data to the Setup Module from the printer, press the UNLOAD button. The printer will display the next message and the Setup Module will now contain a copy of the Setup information in the printer. Copying Setup to Module After one of the above selections is made, installation is complete, the ONLINE indicator will be[...]

USING THE OPTIONAL S ETUP MODULE 94 Using the Setup Module to Copy Setup Data From One Printer to Another This use of the Setup Module is beneficial when installing or updating several printers that need to be configured exact ly the same. To do this, you will need to perform the installation procedure once for each printer. First, install the Setu[...]

95 PRINTER RESET CONDITIONS The following list d escribes conditions that are assumed whenever power is applied to the printer, changes have been made in SETUP, or a reset escape sequence is received (when the printer is operating in an emulation mode that supports such a sequence). This list includes al l variables that you can modify for all emul[...]

USING THE OPTIONAL S ETUP MODULE 96 horizontal tabs to every eight columns vertical tabs cleared[...]

97 CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE SUMMARI ES Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation BEL Bell BS Backspace CR Carriage Return CSI Control Sequence Introducer ESC D Line Feed ESC E New Line ESC ESC n Select Software Interface n ESC H Set Horizontal Tab ESC J Set Vertical Tab ESC K Subscript Printing ESC L Superscript Printing ESC P <graphics> ESC [...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 98 Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation (cont.) ESC [(p1);(p2);...(p12)v Set Vertical Tabs at Certain Positions ESC [(p1);(p2)<SP>{ Paper Shear ESC [(p1);(p2);...(p12)} Set Barcode Parameter ESC ]6;4;(p3);(p4)ESC Straps and Options ESC c Reset ETX End of Text FF Form Feed HT Horizontal Tab HTS Set Horizontal T[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 99 ESC [ 4 g Clear All Vertical Tab Stops Ansi X3.64 Emulation (Cont.) ESC [ 20 h Select Automatic Carriage Return ESC [ 20 l Cancel Automatic Carriage Re turn ESC [ n m Select Graphic Rendition ESC c Reset ETX End of Text FF Form Feed HT Horizontal Tab HTS Set Horizontal Tab Stop IND Line Feed LF Line Feed NEL N[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 100 Epson Fx Emulation (Cont.) ESC @ Reset ESC A n Set Line Spacin g to n /72" ESC B n1 n2 ... nx NUL Set Vertical Tab Stops ESC C NUL n Set Form Length in Inches ESC C n Set Form Length in Lines ESC D n1 n2 ... nx NUL Set Horizontal Tab Stops ESC E Select Emphasized Mode ESC EM n Load Form ESC ESC n Select [...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 101 IBM Proprinter Emulation BEL Bell BS Backspace CAN Cancel Line CR Carriage Return DC2 Select 10 CPI DC4 Cancel Double - Wide Mode (one line) ESC - n Underline Mode ESC 0 Select 8 LPI ESC 1 Set Line Spacing to 7/72" ESC 2 Start Line Spacing ESC 3 n Set Line Spacing to n /216" ESC 4 Set Top of Form ES[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 102 IBM Proprint er Emulation (Cont.) ESC ^ n Print Single Character ETX End of Text FF Form Feed HT Horizontal Tab LF Line Feed SI Select Condensed Mode SO Select Double - Wide Mode (one line) VT Vertical Tab LA - 120/210 Emulation BEL Bell BS Backspace CR Carriage Return CS I Control Sequence Introducer DEL Del[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 103 LA - 120/210 Emulation (cont.) ESC [ n1 ; n2 ; ... nx u Set Horizontal Tab Stops ESC [ n1 ; n2 ; ... nx v Set Vertical Tab Stops ESC [ n w Set Character Spacing ESC [ n z Set Line Spacing ETX End of Text FF Form Feed HT Horizontal Tab HTS Set Horizontal Tab Stop IND Line Feed LF Line Feed NEL New Line VT Vert[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 104 Printek Emulation BEL Bell BS Backspace CR Carriage Return DC3 Deselect Printer ESC # m n1 n2 data m DPI Graphics ESC % Line Feed Boundary ESC * m n1 n2 data m DPI Graphics ESC @ Reset ESC A n Automatic Modes ESC B n Auto Cut Mode ESC C Cut ESC D n Double - Strike Mode ESC E n Emphasized Mode ESC ESC n Select[...]

105 ASCII CHARACTER TABLES Epson FX Font Character Set[...]

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 106 PC Font Character Set EBCDIC Font Character Set[...]

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 107 PC Latin 2 (Slavic) Font Character Set OCR - A Font Character Set[...]

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 108 OCR - B Font Character Set ML Euro (858 )[...]

109 ML (850)[...]

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111 SPECIFICATIONS Print Speeds Text Modes Speed Fast Draft 530 cps Draft 400 cps Fast Draft High Impact 250 cps Draft High Impact 200 cps Letter Quality 100 cps Optical Quality 65 cps Graphics Modes Speed (up to) * 8 Wi re Graphics 19,200 dps 8 Wire Fast Graphics 25,600 dps 9 Wire Graphics 21,600 dps 9 Wire Fast Graphics 28,800 dps Character Matri[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 112 Character Sets Epson FX fast draft, draft and letter quality. IBM Proprinter fast draft, draft and letter quality. EBCDIC fast draft, draft and letter quality. Latin II (Slavic) fast draft, draft, and letter quality. OCR - A optical quality. OCR - B optical quality. Multilingual (Code Page 858) fast draft, draft and letter qualit[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 113 Bottom tractor feed. Straight paper path with zero waste tear off. Paper width: 2.3 to 15 inches. Paper Slew Rate: 12 inches per second. Ribbon 23,000,000 character, mo bius loop cartridge. Special Forms Handling Features Print up to six part forms (.025" maximum thickness). Easy access to tractors. Front panel and host form[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 114 Operator Controls/Indicators Normal Operating Mode Indicators: Online/Status LED; 2x16 character LCD for current form selection (and paper path in FormsPro 4503se), on/off line status and error descriptions. Controls: Online, Form Feed/Load, Form Select/Unload, Align Print, and enter Setup. Setup Mode Indicators: Online/Status LE[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 115 print head warranty may be extended to two years with the use of only Printek ® brand ribbons. Environmental Specifications Power requirements: 100 - 250 VAC, 50 - 60Hz Autoswitching Power consumptio n: 18 W non - printing, 60 W printing. Energy Start Compliant Audible noise: ≤ 65 dBA, cooling fan automatically switch to low s[...]

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117 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ANSI American National Standards Institute. ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange. baud rate The bit rate at which characters are transmitted over a serial interface. binary Base two numbering system. Digits are represented by the characters 0 and 1. bit A single binary digit. control code A single, non - pr[...]

GLOSSARY 118 draft Refers to the draft font. EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchan ge Code. escape sequence String of characters beginning with the escape (ESC) character, which is used to control the configuration or operation of the printer. The characters that are part of this string are not printed. fast draft Refers to the fast dra ft[...]

GLOSSARY 119 offl ine Refers to the state of the printer when the ONLINE indicator is not solid green and the printer does not respond to the host computer. online Refers to the state of the printer when the ONLINE indicator is solid green and the printer is able to respond to the commands and text received from the host computer. OQ Optical Qualit[...]