Printek 850 Series manual

PrintMaster 850 Series Operator’s Manual ©Printek, Inc. 2002 1517 Townline Road Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (800) 368 - 4636 www.printek.com Part Number 5164 Rev. C[...]

II This equipment has been tested and foun d 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 the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equip ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequenc[...]

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 Nev er place the printer near inflammable or explosive substances. Do not operate near liquid or spill liquid into the printer at any time. Lesen Sie vor der Inbetriebnahme die Aufbau - und Bedienungsanleitung. Der Drucker muss zu m Betrieb auf einer festen, soliden Oberfläche stehen. Betreiben Sie den Drucker nicht in einem kleinen, geschlosse[...]

V Drucker nicht in der Nähe von Flüssigkeiten und lassen Sie keine Flüssigkeiten in den Drucker gelangen. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Models and Options 1 Man ual Contents 2 Getting Started Installation 4 Interface Set Up 6 RS232C Serial Interface 6 Parallel Interface 6 Ethernet 10/100 BaseT 7 Installing The Ribbon Cartridge 8 Why Use Only Pr[...]

VI Too Much Paper to Unload 32 Selected Form is not Loaded 32 Ribbon Lid Open 33 Other Errors 33 Printer Configuration Introduction To Setup 34 Setup Buttons 34 Entering Setup 35 Using the MENU Button 35 Using the SUBMENU Button 36 Using the ALIGN/ITEM and UP/DOWN ARROW Buttons 36 Exiting Setup 36 Forms Menu 37 Forms Menu Items 37 Interface Menu 44[...]

VII GENICOM 3840 AND 3410 Emulation 79 ANSI X3.64 Emulation 80 Epson FX Emulation 81 IBM Proprinter Emulation 83 LA - 120 Emulation 84 Simple TTY Emulation 85 Printek Emulation 85 ASCII Character Tables 87 Specifications 92 Glossary of Terms 98[...]

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1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing a Printek Printer. This printer has been designed to provide years of service handling your most demanding printing requirements. In additi on, an easy to use front panel combined with the ability to store ten different form configurations makes handling multiple forms as simple as a button press for the oper[...]

GETTING STARTED 2 Manual Contents *U nless specifically noted, all instructions and information her ei n is valid for all models in the 85x series. • GETTING STARTED provides instructions for installation, setting up the computer interface, installing the ribbon cartr idge, loading paper, and performing a printer self - test. • DAILY OPERATION [...]

GETTING STARTED 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. • GLOSSARY OF TERMS provides d efinitions for terms used in this manual.[...]

GETTING STARTED 4 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 • Perform[...]

GETTING STARTED 5 Caution : Before connecting power, make sure that all shipping materials have been removed. These materials include an internal brace that secures the print head carriage (open front lid to access). Now connect the computer cable(s) to the appropriate interface. Next, connect the power cord supplied with the printer to the printer[...]

GETTING STARTED 6 Interface Set Up Depending upon which interface is being used to connect the printer to the host computer, some set up may or may not be required. This is true of the standard parallel, serial, or Ethernet. The factory defau lt settings for each interface should work well for most installations. However, the following paragraphs p[...]

GETTING STARTED 7 Ethernet 10/100BaseT This interface uses a standard RJ - 4 5 connector and the default printer emulation is Epson. For a complete description of all the default settings for this interface, refer to page 49 . For additional software installation and operational information, please re fer to the Troy XCD Quick Install Manual shippe[...]

GETTING STARTED 8 Installing The Ribbon Cartridge The Printek printer has been designed to make installing Printek brand ribbons a simple, clean process. Unlike oth er 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 should be [...]

GETTING STARTED 9 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.[...]

GETTING STARTED 10 Installing a New Ribbon Cartridge Open the ribbon lid at the front of the printer. The printer automatically positions the print head for ribbon loading by moving i t away from the platen surface and centering it laterally within the compartment. If necessary, remove the old ribbon cartridge by grasping the cassette with both han[...]

GETTING STARTED 11 Note: DO NOT take up the ribbon slack or reposition noseshield after seating cassette. The printer will do his automatically when the ribbon cover is closed. Align ribbon with position • on sideplate. Rotate ribbon to ‚ , to slide ribbon into Printhead/Shield gap. Pull ribbon toward you to ƒ . Push down to snap the ribbon in[...]

GETTING STARTED 12 Loading Paper When shipped from the factory, the basic configuration for all ten forms is an eleven - inch form, six lines per inch, and ten characters per inch. If the forms you are loading do not match these requi rements, please refer to the printer Configuration” chapter on page 34 and review the “ Introduction To Setup ?[...]

GETTING STARTED 13 4. The form should be face down as shown in the picture. Place the left edge of the new form in the left tractor with the holes aligned with tractor pins. Make sure that the top edge of the form does not extend above the top of the tractors. 5. Close the left tractor door. 6. Now position the paper in the right tractor in the sam[...]

GETTING STARTED 14 PrintMaster 852 si Dual Tractor Model Loading the Form in the Bottom Feed Tractors 1. Open the bottom feed paper door by pulling the top of the door towards you, as shown bel ow. 2. Lift the front of the printer up to access the tractors, as shown below. The printer will remain in this raised position. Open the tractor doors and [...]

GETTING STARTED 15 Note: The left tractor position is not a djustable. If it is necessary to adjust where printing begins, refer to the “ Aligning Print ” in the “ DAILY OPERATION ” section of this manual. 5. Now position the paper in the right tractor in the same fashion. If necessary, the position of the right tractor may be adjusted. To [...]

GETTING STARTED 16 button will position the form for printing but will not place the printer on line. Th e ONLINE button will both position the form and place the printer on line. Printer Self - Test The printer performs many self - diagnostics each time power is applied. If you wish to perform an actual printing test, use the follow ing steps. 1. [...]

GETTING STARTED 17 11. Close the front lid and press the ONLINE button.[...]

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19 DAILY OPERATION Introduction This chapter describes how to use the “everyday” features of the PrintMaster 850 Series printer. The items covered are: Control Panel Features – describes the most commonly used features of the printer’s control panel. Selecting and Loading Forms – describes how to i nsert paper or forms into the tractors a[...]

DAILY OPERATION 20 Control Panel Features The following picture shows the printer’s control panel. The control panel consists of a two - line LCD display, a s tatus indicator LED, 6 push button switches or “buttons”, and an Audible Alarm. Each of these items is described below Contr ol Panel LCD Display and Online Status Indicator LED LCD Dis[...]

DAILY OPERATION 21 ONLINE Status Indicator LED This is a multicolored LED which is used to display the following inf ormation: Green: The printer is on line and ready to print. Flashing Green: The printer is in the process of going back on line. Typically occurs after a new form has been loaded while the printer is confirming which forms are loaded[...]

DAILY OPERATION 22 Audible Alarm: This device produces various tones to alert the operato r when different error conditions occur. It may also be used to produce a tone when a bell character (ASCII BEL) is received from a host computer. Exposed Buttons – Most commonly used functions Power ON/ONLINE This button ac ts as the power switch for the pr[...]

DAILY OPERATION 23 L OAD/FEED This button performs a number of different form feeding functions. The printer will automatically select the correct function to perform based upon the current position of the form. LOAD : • Loads the form that is presently selected. If the selected form is already recognized as “loaded” in the tractors, the prin[...]

DAILY OPERATION 24 UNLOAD : • If a form is currently in position to be printed, this button will pull the form down until the top of the form is in the tractors. CHANGE : • If the form has already been pulled dow n to the tractors as described above, this button will cycle through all the available form choices. Forms which are not considered t[...]

DAILY OPERATION 25 when not in set up mode. When ALIGN/ITEM is pressed, the ALIGN PRINT MENU is dis played. Press ALIGN/ITEM again to enter the horizontal adjustment. Pressing the UP/DOWN ARROW buttons will move the print position on the line left or right by 0.01 inches for each press of a button as indicated on the display. The arrows to the side[...]

DAILY OPERATION 26 Selecting a Form Already Loaded in the Tractors To select a form that is already physically in the tractors, take the printer off line and press the UNLOAD/CHANGE button until that form is displayed (a form that is not considered to be loaded will flash < Not Loaded > on the bottom line of the display). The form selection w[...]

DAILY OPERATION 27 Ejecting and Tearing Off a Form When most print jobs are complete, the printer will command the paper to be positioned at the top of the next form so that the printer is ready for the next job. This is, however, dependent solely upon how the programmer chose to write your particular application software. If your software does pos[...]

DAILY OPERATION 28 2. Press the LOAD/FEED button. This will automatically position the form at the tear bar and you may tear off the form as described below. Tearing off a Form 1. Make sure the printer is off line (indicator fla shes red when off line) by pressing the ONLINE button if necessary. This will prevent the printer from pulling the paper [...]

DAILY OPERATION 29 Aligning Print When a new form is loaded into the printer for the first time , it may be necessary to adjust where printing begins. If the print position needs to be adjusted, the following discussion will describe how this is accomplished. Note that the alignment for the selected form is permanently stored in the printer’s mem[...]

DAILY OPERATION 30 To move the print vertically on the page, press the ALIGN/ITEM button and the display will change to the following. Down/U p ^ 0.00” v The UP/DOWN ARROW buttons will move the print up or down in 1/100 th inch increments. Note again that the arrow will change according to the direction the print is to be moved from the normal pr[...]

DAILY OPERATION 31 0.10 inches tall, so move the print down about 0.08 inches. The display should look as follows. Down/Up 0.08” ↓ Now when the form is printed again, the text will be printed in the box as shown here. 12345 Common Error Conditions Whenever the printer detects an error condition, it will automatically go off line. User correctab[...]

DAILY OPERATION 32 If the error is caused by a paper jam, remove the jammed form. If the form remaining in the tractors has tears a long the top edge, remove it from the tractors, tear it off, and place the next form in the tractors. If the error is caused by running out of paper, simply load a form as previously described. Finally, place the print[...]

DAILY OPERATION 33 Ribbon Lid Open This error occurs when ONLINE has been pressed and the ribbon lid has been left open. Close the lid and press ONLINE again. Other Err ors 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 TROUBLESHOOT[...]

34 PRINTER CONFIGURATION Introduction To Setup The PrintMaster 850 Series printers feature simple, easy to use menus for setting the various ope rating 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[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 35 printer is in the Setup mode as a reminder t o use the yellow labels. The buttons used for Setup are shown on the next page . Control Panel Setup Buttons Note that the menu system works on a “what you see is what you get” basis. This means that whatever value is last displayed for an item is the val ue that will be saved whe[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 36 MENU , and the TEST MENU . Co ntinue to press the MENU button to select the desired menu. The MENU button may be pressed at any time to select a different menu. Using the SUBMENU Button The SUBMENU button selects additional menus that are related to the selected menu. For instance, if the FORMS MENU has been selected, the SUBMEN[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 37 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 PrintMaster 850 Series printers stor[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 38 FORM 0 Possible Values: Up to 16 characters of A through Z , Space, 0 through 9 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. En[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 39 Lines Per Inch Lines/Inch 6 Possible Values: 6*, 8 This item sets the line pitch to 6 or 8 lines per inch (LPI). Form Length Form Length 66 Lines Possible Values: 1 … 66* … 227 Lines This item sets the form length in lines at the current line pitch (LPI). For example: for an eleven - inch form, e nter 66 if you are using six[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 40 Possible Values: 0* … 226 Lines This item sets the bott om 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 the beginning of the n ext page (or top [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 41 This item sets the right margin in columns (characters) relative to the left edge of the paper. The right mar gin must be greater than the left margin. Text characters that would have printed to the right of the margin will be “wrapped around” and printed at the beginning of the next line. Any text, which would print before [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 42 the host computer. This will allow the Fast Draft font to be used with programs, which would not be able to otherwise. Impact Force Impact Force Normal 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 [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 43 Char Value 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 126 USA # $ @ [ ] ^ ` { ¦ } ˜ France # $ à ° ç § ^ ` é ù è ¨ Germany # $ § Ä Ö Ü ^ ` ä ö ü ß England £ $ @ [ ] ^ ` { ¦ } ˜ Denmark # $ @ Æ Ø Å ^ ` æ ø å ˜ Sweden # ¤ É Ä Ö Å Ü é ä ö å ü Italy # $ @ ° é ^ ù à ò è ì Spain P TS $ @ ¡[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 44 Interface Menu The Interface Menu may contain several submenus. These submenus a re for setting up items pertaining to the hardware interfaces such as the serial and parallel ports. In addition to the standard parallel interface and the RS - 232C serial interface, which are furnished with the printer, 10/100BaseT Ethernet may al[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 45 RS - 232C Serial Interface Items INTERFACE MENU Serial Emulation Emulation Epson Possible Values: Epson*, IBM Proprinter, DEC LA120/LA210, TTY, Printek, ANSI X3.64, Genicom 3840, Genicom 3410 This item selects the emulation to be used whenever the serial port is active. Emulation should be set to match the type of printer your s[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 46 Perform Host Form Feed at Top - of - Form Host FF at TOF No Possible Values: No*, Yes This item selects whether Form Feeds (FF) will be performed when received from the host computer if the paper is already positioned at the top of form (TOF). Setting this i tem to No will help prevent blank pages. Characters Characters Control [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 47 Baud Rate Baud Rate 9600 Possible Values: 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600* This item selects the baud rate for the serial interface. This must be set to match the baud rate setting on the host computer. Data Bits Data Bits 8 Possible Values: 8*, 7 This item selects the number of data bits in the serial character frame[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 48 Busy Signal Polarity Busy Polarity Low Possible Values: Lo*, Hi This item selects the polarity of the busy signal (pin 11 of the RS - 232C interface). Busy is set whenever the printer is offline, the serial input buffer is full, or another interface port is currently active. Data Ter minal Ready DTR Power On/Off Possible Values:[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 49 ETX/ACK Handshaking ETX/ACK Off Possible Values: Off*, On Enables or disables the ACK response to receipt of the ETX character. This handsha ke method is useful for conditions where there are long transmission line delays such as telephone lines, which may be routed through satellites. An ACK character will be returned to the ho[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 50 Emulation Emulation Epson Possible Values: Epson*, IBM Proprinter, DEC LA120/LA210, TTY, Printek, ANSI X3.64, Genicom 3840, Genicom 3410 This item selects the emulation to be used whenever the parallel port is active. The emulation should be set to match the type of printer your software supports. L AN Setup LAN Setup Off Possib[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 51 set to Static , the user sets the TCP/IP address, Subnet Mask and TCP/IP Gateway address as follows: IP Address IP Address 192.160.0.27 Possible Values: 000.000.000.000 … 255.255.255.255 To set the TCP/IP address, use the SUBMENU key to select which digit group you wish to chan ge, and then use the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to change[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 52 Possib le Values: Off, On* This item enables or disables automatic Carriage Returns (CR) whenever a Line Feed (LF), Vertical Tab (VT), or Form Feed (FF) is received. Automatic Line Feed Auto LF Off Possible Values: Off*, On This item enables or disables automat ic Line Feeds (LF) when a Carriage Return (CR) is received. Perform [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 53 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 54 for more information on buffer size). Setting this to Yes may decrease performance, but is useful when using the printer wi th operatin[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 54 Automatic Scroll Delay Auto - Scroll 1 Second Delay Possible Values: Off, 1* to 15 Second Delay This item sets the number of seconds to delay before scrolling the top of form to the tear bar when the printer is idle (no additional data received since the last print operation) and a form boundary (bottom of the form accordin g to[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 55 This item selects what action is to be taken when a paper out condition occurs. The action taken for each of the pos sible values is described in the following paragraphs. When Finish Page is selected, the printer will attempt to print to the bottom of the page when a normal paper out condition occurs. Conditions that will preve[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 56 Character to Ignore Char. To Ignore: 255 Possible Values: 0, ... 255* This allows a single 8 - bit character to be discarded as it is received. This is useful when the host application is sending an unwanted control character, for example. Values are in decimal, with printable characters displayed to the left of the decimal valu[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 57 Top of Oversized Top of Oversized Off Possible Values: On , Off* In Genicom 3840 or 3410 Emulation, this feature repositions the print head at the top of oversized characters after the oversized characters have printed. When disabled, printing continues from the bottom of the oversized characters. This feature has no meaning in [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 58 selected (0 to 28K bytes in 1K byte increments) should be set to accommodate the largest page expected, but not unnecessarily large since the larger this is set, the smaller the effective I/O buffer. The 8K - byte default setting should be large enough to hold most pages of text, but may not be large enough to hold more complex [...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 59 TEST MENU The TEST MENU is used to access some testing as well as some record keeping items. To access the tes t menu, enter Setup and press the MENU button until TEST MENU is displayed as shown below. TEST MENU Next press the ALIGN/ITEM button to access the test modes available. Print the Menus Print the Menus No Possible Value[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 60 When this item is set to Barber Pole , the printer will print a rotating character 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 information, refe[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 61 Tenting is usually caused by glue drying on the perforation after the forms maker puts the forms into the box, or forms which are not glued at all. Forms with solid glue lines, which run vertically down the entire form, are the most susceptible. If you experience such a problem, request “interrupted glue line” forms from you[...]

SPECIFYING FORMS 62 placed on the form, avoid using a dark color to form the preprinted lines and boxes. Use a lighter color, preferably other than a gray that will allow the printed characters to still be read if misalignment occurs.[...]

63 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING Error Messages This section provides a partial list of fatal errors. Fatal errors typically cannot be recovered from without the loss of data. In e ach case, ERROR is shown on the top line of the display and alternated with one of the following messages . Suggested solutions for each of these messages are listed t[...]

MAINTENANCE AND TROU BLESHOOTING 64 Error Message Possible Solution Head Blocked? Check print head carriage area fo r obstructions. Head Gap Usually a result of a bad paper jam. Check for paper wedged in the prin t head nose shield area . I/O Overflow Make sure handshaking parameters set in the printer and at the host computer match each other. Mak[...]

MAINTENANCE AND TROU BLESHOOTING 65 and number of your nearest Printek Authorized Service Center or to arrange for factory service.[...]

66 ADVANCED SETUP FEATURES Security Menu The SECURITY MENU 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 m enu, the Interface menu, or the Options menu. When set to Edit Allowed [...]

ADVANCED SETUP FEATU RES 67 This item selects whether values set using Align Print (see ALIGNING PRINT on page 29 ) can be edited or only viewed by the operator. Initialize will reset the Align Print values f or all forms to zero. Forms Menu Forms Menu Edit Allowed Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only, Initialize This item selects whether items[...]

68 USING REMOTE SETUP The PrintMaster 850 Series printers may be completely configured for operation by usi ng the front panel buttons to access 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[...]

ADVANC ED SETUP FEATURES 69 4. An item setup line, of the format item=value . Each item setup line must appear under the appropri ate heading line. The first heading line in the file must be [BeginPrintekSetup] . The last heading line in the file must be [EndPrintekSetup] . All other heading lines and item setup lines are optional. If any errors ex[...]

ADVANC ED SETUP FEATURES 70 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="U[...]

ADVANC ED SETUP FEATURES 71 Emulation=ANSI_X3.64,Epson,IBM_Proprinter, DEC_LA120,TTY,Printek 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 XON/XOFF=Off,On ETX/ACK[...]

ADVANC ED SETUP FEATURES 72 AlignPrint=ViewOnly,EditAllowed FormsMenu=ViewOnly,EditAllowed InterfaceMenu=ViewOnly,EditAllowed OptionsMenu=ViewOnly,EditAllowed [EndPrintekSetup] Remote Setup Example File The following example will set up three for ms. Before the forms are set up, “AlignPrint” and all “Forms” will be reset to their factory de[...]

ADVANC ED SETUP FEATURES 73 Font=Epson_FX_DF [Form2] MovePrintDown=0.25 FormName="REPORTS" LinesPerInch=8 FormLength=68 CharactersPerInch=12 [EndPrintekSetup][...]

74 USING THE OPTIONAL SETUP MODULE Introduction The optional Setup Module is a s mall cartridge that plugs directly into the RS - 232 Serial connector on the rear of any PrintMaster 850 Series printer. This module is used to store a second copy of the current Setup configuration of the printer. This may then be used to restore settings after a prin[...]

USING THE OPTIONAL S ETUP MODULE 75 the ONLINE indicator will be yellow. When the message disappears, installation is complete and the printer will continue with its normal power up procedure. Initializing Setup Module 7. The printer will now compare the configuration data in its internal memory to the data in the Setup Module. If the data are not [...]

USING THE OPTIONAL S ETUP MODULE 76 If you wish to copy the Setup data to the printer from the Setup Module, press the LOAD button. The printer will display the following message a nd will now be configured according to the information that was in the Setup Module. Copying Setup to Printer If you wish to copy the Setup data to the Setup Module from[...]

USING THE OPTIONAL S ETUP MODULE 77 in step 9 press the LOAD button. Depending upon what was repaired in the printer, the Setup information in the printer’s memory may not have been changed. In this case the printer will power up normally and no messa ge will be displayed. Using the Setup Module to Copy Setup Data From One Printer to Another This[...]

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

79 CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE SUMMARIES 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 6[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 80 ESC [(p1)t O versized Font / Barcode Mode ESC [(p1);(p2);...(p22)u Set Horizontal Tabs at Certain Positions 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 Rese[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 81 ESC [ 1 g Clear Vertical Tab Stop ESC [ 2 g Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops ESC [ 3 g Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops ESC [ 4 g Clear All Vertical Tab Stops ESC [ 20 h Select Automatic Carriage Return ESC [ 20 l Canc el Automatic Carriage Return ESC [ n m Select Graphic Rendition ESC c Reset ETX End of Text FF F[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 82 ESC = Set MSB to 0 ESC > Set MSB to 1 ESC @ Reset ESC A n Set Line Spacing to n /72" ESC B n1 n2 ... nx NUL Set Verti cal 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 [...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 83 VT Vertical Tab XOFF Deselect Printer 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 [...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 84 ESC U n Unidire ctional Mode ESC W n Double - Wide Mode ESC X n1 n2 Set Left and Right Margin ESC Y n1 n2 data High Speed 120 DPI Graphics ESC Z n1 n2 data High Speed 240 DPI Graphics ESC [ @ n1 n2 m1 m2 m3 m4 Double - High Mode ESC n1 n2 Print Characters ESC ^ n Print Sing le Character ETX End of Text FF Fo[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 85 ESC [ 3 g Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops ESC [ 4 g Clear All Ver tical Tab Stops ESC [ 20 h Select Automatic Carriage Return ESC [ 20 l Cancel Automatic Carriage Return ESC [ n m Select Graphic Rendition ESC [ n1 ; n2 r Set Top and Bottom Margins ESC [ n1 ; n2 s Set Left and Right Margin ESC [ n t Set Form Len[...]

CONTROL CODES AND ES CAPE SEQUENCES 86 ESC % Line Feed Boundary ESC * m n1 n2 data m DPI Graphics ESC @ Reset ESC A n Automatic Modes ESC D n Double - Strike Mode ESC E n Emphasized Mode ESC ESC n Select Software Interface n ESC F n Select Font ESC FF n Set Form Length in Lines ESC G n Modify Print Head Gap ESC H n1 n2 Set Left and Right Margin ESC[...]

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

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 88 PC Font Character Set EBCDIC Font Character Set[...]

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 89 PC Latin 2 (Slavic) Font Character Set OCR - A Font Character Set[...]

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 90 OCR - B Font Character Set ML Euro (858)[...]

ASCII CHARACTER TABL ES 91 ML (850)[...]

92 SPECIFICATIONS OCR - A Font Character Set 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 G raphics Modes Speed (up to) * 8 Wire Graphics 19,200 dps 8 Wire Fast Graphics 25,600 dps 9 Wire Graphics 21,600 dps 9 Wire Fast Graphics [...]

SPECIFICATIONS 93 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 quality. MultiLingual[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 94 Rear feed or optional bottom feed; zero tear off distance; paper out/paper jam detection; fan fold, continuous forms, edged p unched. Paper width: 2.5 to 8.5 inches. Paper Slew Rate: 6 inches per second rear feed, 6 or 12 inches per second bottom feed. RIBBON 15,000,000 character, mobius loop cartridge. SPECIAL FORMS HANDLING FEAT[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 95 Input Buffer Size: 32K bytes. OPERATOR CONTROLS/INDICATORS Normal Operating Mode Indicators: Online/Status LED; 2x16 character LCD for current form selection, on/off line status and erro r descriptions. Controls: Online, Load/Feed, Unload/Change, Align/Item. Setup Mode Indicators: Online/Status LED indicates Setup mode is active. [...]

SPECIFICATIONS 96 WARRANTY Printer: One year limited warranty for defects in materials and/or workmanship. Print Head: 500 million draft equivalent character life. One year limited warranty for defects in materials and/or workmanship. Limited print head warrant y may be extended to a two years with the use of only Printek ® brand ribbons. ENVIRONM[...]

SPECIFICATIONS 97 * May be emulation dependent. Specifications subject to change without notice.[...]

98 GLOSSARY OF TERMS ANSI American National Standards Institute. ASCII American Standard Cod e 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 99 dpi Dots - per - inch. Generally used to refer to graphics density or resolution. draft Refers to the draft font. EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. escape sequence String of characters beginning with the escape (ESC) character, which is used to control the configurat ion or operation of the printer. The characters, [...]

GLOSSARY 100 octal Base eight n umbering system. Digits are represented by the characters 0 through 7. offline 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 able [...]