Star Micronics LC-8021 manual

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T rademark acknowledgments IS-NP192, LC-8021, LC-8211, LC24-30, LC24-300, NX-2450, NX-2480, SPC-8K : Star Micronics Co. Ltd. LQ-850, LQ-860, LQ-1050, LQ-1060 : Seiko Epson Corporation IBM PC, IBM Proprinter X24E, IBM Pr oprinter XL24E, IBM Proprinter X24, IBM Pr oprinter XL24 : International Business Machines Corporation. MS-DOS : Microsoft Corpora[...]

About this manual This manual describes how to set up, use, and care for the Star LC-8021 printer. The following is a list of what you can expect to find in each chapter. Chapter 1 Choosing a place for your printer , unpacking and setup, ribbon cassette installation, loading paper , connecting to your computer Chapter 2 Ho w to use the control pane[...]

Contents Chapter 1: Printer Setup ... 1 Choosing a place for the printer ... 1 Unpacking the printer ... 2 General guide ... 3 Opening the front cov er ... 4 Removing the front co ver ... 4 Removing the protecti ve materials ... 5 Installing the ribbon cartridge ... 6 Removing the ribbon cartridge ... 8 Connecting to a po wer outlet and turning pow[...]

Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode ... 19 About EDS Mode settings ... 19 Entering the EDS Mode ... 19 Selecting a bank ... 20 Selecting a switch ... 21 Changing a switch setting ... 21 Printing the current switch settings ... 21 Exiting the EDS Mode ... 21 EDS-1 Settings ... 22 EDS-2 Settings ... 31 Chapter 4: Using the Printer with MS-DOS ... 34 Settin[...]

Appendix B: Specifications ... 50 Appendix C: Interface Pin Outs ... 52 Appendix D: Character Sets ... 53 Appendix E: Printer Control Codes ... 65 Appendix F: Glossary ... 74 Appendix G: Control P anel Operation Guide ... 75[...]

1 Chapter 1: Printer Setup This chapter contains important information on setting up your printer. Be sure to read this chapter carefully before using the printer for the first time. Choosing a place for the printer Before actually unpacking the printer, you should take a few minutes to think about where you plan to use it. Remember the following p[...]

2 Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Check to make sure that the carton contains each of the items shown in the following illustration. If anything is missing, contact the store where you bought the printer and ask them to supply the missing part. Note that it is a good idea to keep the original box and all the packing materials just in case you n[...]

General guide 3 General guide The following illustrations show the major components of the your printer. Front cover Platen knob Control panel Power switch Document table Document  table  extension Power terminal Serial interface  connector Parallel interface connector[...]

4 Printer Setup Opening the front cov er ❏ Pull on the left and right corners of the front cov er to and swing it do wn until it is fully open. Removing the front co ver ❏ Once the front cov er is fully open, carefully lift it straight up to remov e it. T o replace the front cov er , lower the slots on the left and right of the cov er onto the [...]

Removing the protective materials 5 Removing the protectiv e materials ❏ Packing material in the printer protects its components during shipping. Before using the printer for the first time, be sure to remove the packing material, which is located inside the front cover as shown in the illustration. Cardboard[...]

6 Printer Setup Installing the ribbon cartridge ❏ Make sure that the printer is unplugged from its po wer outlet. ❏ Open the front cov er of the printer . Note: Y ou will pr obably find later steps to perform if you r emove the cover . ❏ By hand, mov e the print head to the left as f ar as it will go, where there is a cutout to allo w easy i[...]

Installing the ribbon cartridge 7 ❏ Remov e the ribbon cartridge from its package and check to make sure its ribbon guide is correctly in place. If it isn’t, thread the ribbon through the guide. ❏ Pull do wn on the ribbon guide to create considerable slack in the ribbon. ❏ Insert the two round tabs on either side of the ribbon cartridge int[...]

8 Printer Setup ❏ Close the front cov er of the printer . Important! Printing that is poor quality or too light is almost always due to a ribbon that is simply worn out or “used up. ” If you experience pr oblems with print quality , chec k the condition of the ribbon. If the black part looks gray and well-worn, r eplace the ribbon with a new [...]

Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off 9 Important! Never try to move the print head while the printer is plug ged into a power outlet. Doing so can damage the printer . If you have just used the printer , let the print head cool for a few minutes befor e you touch it. ❏ Pull on the ribbon guide belo w the print head to detach [...]

10 Printer Setup ❏ Securely attach the po wer cord to the power terminal on the back of the printer . ❏ Plug the other end of the power cord into a grounded w all outlet. Caution! If the voltage mark ed on the bottom of your printer does not match the volta ge fr om the outlet you ar e using, do not plug in the power cor d. Contact your dealer [...]

Connecting to your computer 11 ❏ Insert the paper into the printer as far as it will go, sliding its left side against the printer’ s left guide. Important! If the paper is not inserted straight into the printer , it will be consider ed a loading err or and the paper will be ejected. Be sur e to insert the paper corr ectly . Inserting the paper[...]

12 Printer Setup T o connect with a parallel cable For connection to the parallel interface, you will probably want to use a standard parallel cable, like the one shown below. Note: In addition to using the parallel interface as-is to connect a par allel interface, you can also connect an optional serial-to-parallel con verter (page 40) to con vert[...]

Connecting to your computer 13 ❏ Plug one end of the parallel cable into the parallel port of your computer . The parallel port should be labeled “Printer , ” “Parallel, ” “PRN, ” “LPT1, ” or something similar . ❏ Plug the other end of the parallel cable into the socket on the back of the printer and secure it in place with the [...]

14 Printer Setup ❏ Attach one end of the serial cable to a serial port of your computer (COM1, COM2), and secure the connector with the screws pro vided on the plug. ❏ Plug the other end of the cable into the socket on the back of the printer and secure it in place with the screws. Note: The parallel interface equipped on the printer as standar[...]

15 Chapter 2: Control P anel Operations The control panel gives you push-button control over the printer’s operations. It includes indicator lights, which tell you the current status of the printer at a glance. This chapter describes control panel functions that can be performed while the printer is turned on and either on-line or off-line. The b[...]

16 Control Panel Operations Selecting a font The printer normally prints at letter quality (LQ) using the default font you select in the EDS Mode (page 19). You can also use the following procedure to enter the Draft Mode for faster draft printing, or the OCR B Mode for bar code printing (page 24). ❏ Make sure the printer is of f-line ( ON LINE i[...]

Changing the auto load position 17 Changing the auto load position Normally the printer automatically feeds paper to a standard position (1/6-inch from the top of the paper) before printing. This is called the auto load position. You can use the following procedure to specify a different auto load position. ❏ Make sure the printer is of f-line ( [...]

18 Control Panel Operations Clearing the printer’ s buff er When the printer receives data from a computer, it temporarily stores it in a memory called a buffer. If you stop a printing job partway through, there is the chance that some data will remain in the buffer. The following procedure clears the printer’s buffer by deleting any data that [...]

19 Chapter 3: Using the EDS Mode The letters “EDS” stand for “Electronic DIP Switches.” Just like the small DIP switches that are used by many computers, printers, and other devices, the EDS lets you configure the printer so that it matches your system and software needs. This chapter describes how to enter the printer’s EDS Mode and prov[...]

20 Using the EDS Mode Note: The contents of the above messag e ar e the same, r egar dless of whether you enter EDS-1 or EDS-2. The asterisks indicate the curr ent EDS Mode switch settings for all the banks in both sub-modes. Selecting a bank ❏ While in the EDS Mode (EDS-1 or EDS-2), use the control panel’ s MUL TI- PA R T b utton to select a b[...]

Selecting a switch 21 Selecting a switch ❏ While in the EDS Mode (EDS-1 or EDS-2), use the control panel’ s EJECT button to select a bank switch. While the D ATA indicator is off, the lit indicator indicates the currently selected switch. Changing a switch setting ❏ After selecting a bank and switch, press the control panel’ s LF button to [...]

22 Using the EDS Mode EDS-1 Settings The following details all of the settings you can make for EDS-1. B ANK A Switch 1: Emulation Selects Standard emulation (ON) or IBM emulation (OFF). Standard emulation causes the printer to act like the Epson ESC/P (24-pin), while IBM emulation makes it act like the IBM Proprinter XL24E. Switch 2: Not used Swit[...]

EDS-1 Settings 23 Switch 6: Multi-Part Mode Specifies whether the Multi-Part Mode is enabled (OFF) or disabled (ON). When the printer is in the Multi-part Mode, the print head prints with greater impact. It should be noted, however, that printing the in the Multi-part Mode also reduces the life of the print head. B ANK B Switch 1: Graphics Directio[...]

24 Using the EDS Mode B ANK C Switches 1, 2: Print Mode Turn these switches on or off to select the print mode you want to use. Switches 3, 4, 5: Print Pitc h Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the print pitch setting you want to make. Switch 6: Not used Print Mode SW1 SW2 LQ ON ON Draft OFF ON Print Pitch SW3 SW4 SW5 10[...]

EDS-1 Settings 25 B ANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4: P age Length Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that matches the page length setting you want to use. Switch 5: Cut-sheet eject direction Specifies whether cut-sheet paper should be ejected towards the front of the printer (ON) or towards the back (OFF). Switch 6: Skew sensor f or cut-sh[...]

26 Using the EDS Mode B ANK E Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Code P age/International Character Set If your EDS settings specify IBM emulation (Bank A, Switch 1 OFF) with either character table (Bank A, Switch 2), or Standard emulation (Bank A, Switch 1 ON) with the graphics character table (Bank A, Switch 2 ON), use the Bank E switches to select the d[...]

EDS-1 Settings 27 A code page is the set of symbols and characters that your printer can print. Your printer converts ASCII hexadecimal data according to a code page to print symbols and characters. By supporting different code pages, the printer can print in a variety of different languages. The following table shows detailed information about cod[...]

28 Using the EDS Mode #865 Nordic Denmark, Finland, Norway , Sweden Preferred by Microsoft #866 Russian Russia Preferred by Microsoft #3840 IBM-Russian Russia, Bulgaria #3841 Gost-Russian Russia Gost: government standard #3843 Polish Poland Also called “Mazovia” #3844 CS2 Czech Republic Also called “Kamenicky” #3845 Hungarian Hungary #3846 [...]

EDS-1 Settings 29 If your EDS settings specify Standard emulation (Bank A, Switch 1 ON) with the italic character table (Bank A, Switch 2 OFF), use the Bank E switches to select the international character set you want to use. This setting determines the assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set. #3031 Hebrew Israel #304[...]

30 Using the EDS Mode B ANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: LQ Font Selection Turn these switches on or off to form the pattern that identifies the font you want to use for LQ printing. Note: Bank C switches 1 and 2 need to be in the corr ect positions befor e the above setting will have any effect. Latin America ON ON OFF OFF ON ON Korea OFF ON OFF O[...]

EDS-2 Settings 31 EDS-2 Settings The following details all of the settings you can make for EDS-2. For communications protocol settings (Banks A and B), the matching settings you have to make in your MS-DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file. B ANK A Switch 1: Data Length Specifies the number of bits that the computer transmits as one byte. This setting is normally[...]

32 Using the EDS Mode Switch 4: Protocol Protocol, which is sometimes referred to as “handshaking,” is the communications convention that is used to allow the printer and computer to regulated the flow of data. DTR is the most commonly used protocol. Switches 5, 6: Not used B ANK B Switch 1, 2, 3: Baud Rate The baud rate is the speed, in bits p[...]

EDS-2 Settings 33 B ANK C Switches 1, 2: T op and bottom margins Use these switches to specify the top and bottom margins for printing. Switch 3: Head gap sensing for on each line Specifies whether head gap sensing for on each line should be enabled (OFF) or disabled (ON). Switch 4: Control code FF Control code FF (hexadecimal code 0C): Specifies w[...]

34 Chapter 4: Using the Printer with MS-DOS This chapter contains information about how to use the printer with applications software running under MS-DOS. In this chapter, you will learn about: ❏ Ho w to set up for printing with MS-DOS Setting up for printing with MS-DOS To print from an application running under MS-DOS, you must first select th[...]

35 Chapter 5: P aper Handling This chapter tells you about the type of paper you can print on and how to feed paper into the printer. Selecting paper types Use the following information when selecting paper. Cut-Sheet P aper Width: 3.0 ″ to 8.3 ″ / 76.2 to 210mm Length: 2.5 ″ to 11 .7″ /63.5 to 297mm Thickness: One-ply: 0.0028 to 0.0071 ″[...]

36 Paper Handling F eeding a passbook into the printer Use the following procedure to feed a passbook into the printer. ❏ Open the pass book to the page you want to print on. ❏ Check that the control panel’ s PO WER indicator is flashing, which shows that there is no paper in the printer . ❏ Check to make sure that the control panel’ s M[...]

Feeding cut-sheet paper into the printer 37 F eeding cut-sheet paper into the printer Use the following procedure to feed cut sheet paper into the printer. When feeding large paper, such as A4-size paper, pull out the document table extension. ❏ Check that the control panel’ s PO WER indicator is flashing, which shows that there is no paper in[...]

38 Paper Handling Print area ❏ The following shows the recommended print area for passbook and cut- sheet paper. 2.54 mm (0.1") 2.54 mm (0.1") 10 mm (0.4") Never allow printing to extend outside  the print area, otherwise the print head  may be damaged. *1 *1 4 mm (0.16") *1 4 mm (0.16") 10 mm (0.4") 2.54[...]

39 Chapter 6: Optional Accessories This chapter explains how to install and use the following optional accessories that are available for this printer: ❏ Serial Interface Unit (IS-NP192) ❏ Serial-to-Parallel Con verter (SPC-8K) Important! Always make sur e that printer power is turned off whenever installing or r emoving optional accessories. S[...]

40 Optional Accessories Serial-to-P arallel Interface Con verter (SPC-8K) Connecting the serial-to-parallel converter to the printer’s parallel connector provides a second serial connection, which allows serial connections for two separate computers. Dip switch Serial connector Clear button Parallel connector[...]

41 Appendix A: T roubleshooting The appendix tells you what you need to know if you experience problems with your printer. It tells you how to test the printer, how to check system software settings, and how to adjust the vertical alignment. In addition, there is information on actions to take for specific problems, and on the meanings of printer b[...]

42 Troubleshooting Note: The test printing prints acr oss the entir e width of the carriage . Make sur e that the printer is loaded with the widest paper available in or der to avoid damage to the print head and platen. Hexadecimal dump This procedure prints in hexadecimal format all codes (character codes and control codes) that are sent to the pr[...]

Adjusting the dot alignment 43 ❏ While holding do wn EJECT and ON LINE , turn the printer back on to enter the Dot Adjustment Mode. The printer will print something like the following. ❏ If the two lines do not align properly , use MUL TI-P ART to mov e the lo wer line to the left or EJECT to mov e it to the right. The above step performs align[...]

44 Troubleshooting T roubleshooting guide Use the following table to help track down the causes of problems and to determine the best solution to deal with them. Problem Possible Cause Recommended Action The ON LINE indicator does not light. The printer is not receiving power . Check whether the power cord is correctly plugged into the power outlet[...]

Troubleshooting guide 45 Printer does not feed paper properly . Jamming paper . Remove all paper from the printer and then reload it. Line spacing is incorrect. The line spacing or leading selected in your application program is wrong. Choose a different line spacing or leading setting from your application. Auto line feed with carriage return is e[...]

46 Troubleshooting Forms are smudged. Printing is too dark. The ribbon is jammed, twisted, or not set correctly between the print head and the print head shield. Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is installed correctly . See “Removing the protective materials” on page 5. Print head shield is damaged or missing. Return it to your dealer for re[...]

Troubleshooting guide 47 Printer prints past the edge of the paper . Incorrect margin settings are selected by your application program. Choose different margin settings from your application program. The paper guide is not positioned correctly . Remove the paper and adjust the position of the paper guide. Reload the paper and try printing again. T[...]

48 Troubleshooting Some characters are printed incorrectly . The wrong emulation is selected Check the emulation selection and change it if necessary . See page 22. The wrong character table, code page, or international character set is selected. Use the EDS Mode to select the correct character table, code page, or international character set (page[...]

Checking system software settings in MS-DOS 49 Checking system software settings in MS-DOS If you are using a parallel cable and cannot print a text file using the MS-DOS PRINT command, you may have a problem with your AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Open the file and look for the following line: MODE LPT1:=COM 1 or MODE LPT1:=COM 2 These lines indicate you are[...]

50 Appendix B: Specifications Printing System Serial Impact Dot-Matrix Printing Speed Pitch Draft (cps/dpi) LQ (cps/dpi) Pica (10 cpi) 250/120H 83/360H Elite (12 cpi) 300/120H 100/360H Semi-condensed (15 cpi(S)) 375/120H 125/360H Semi-condensed (15 cpi (I)) 150/240H 125/360H Condensed pica (17 cpi) 171/240H 142/360H Condensed elite (20 cpi) 200/24[...]

51 Paper Cut-sheet Paper width: 3 ″ to 8.3 ″ / 76.2 to 210 mm Paper length: 2.5 ″ to 1 1.7 ″ / 63.5 to 297 mm Paper thickness: 0.0028 ″ to 0.0071 ″ / 0.07 to 0.18 mm (1-ply) 0.0028 ″ to 0.014 ″ / 0.07 to 0.35 mm (multi-ply) Paper weight: 14 to 42 lbs. / 52 to 156 g/m 2 / 45 to 135 kg (1-ply) 1 1 to 14 lbs. / 40 to 52 g/m 2 / 34 to 4[...]

52 Appendix C: Interface Pin Outs P arallel Interface Pin Name Function 1 STROBE Goes low for ≥ 0.5 µ s when active. 2 DA T A0 These signals represent information for the 1st through 8th bit of parallel data, respectively . Each signal is HIGH when data is logical 1, and LOW when logical 0. 3 D ATA 1 4 D ATA 2 5 D ATA 3 6 D ATA 4 7 D ATA 5 8 D A[...]

53 Appendix D: Character Sets Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set The character codes shown in the table are hexadecimal.[...]

54 Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code P age #437 (IBM-PC) IBM Character Set #1 Other characters are the same as those for Character Set #2.[...]

55 IBM Special Character Set The following characters can be printed using the <ESC> ^ command. Code P age #850 Multi-lingual Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #860 P or tuguese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #861 Icelandic Other characters are the same as those for Co[...]

56 Character Sets Code P age #863 Canadian French Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #865 Nordic Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3840 IBM-Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #866 Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code[...]

57 Code P age #3843 P olish Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3841 Gost-Russian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3845 Hungarian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3844 CS2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

58 Character Sets Code P age #3847 Brazil-ABNT Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3846 T urkish Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #852 Latin-2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP The other characters are the same as in code[...]

59 Code P age #1001 Arabic Code P age #737 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #851 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

60 Character Sets Code P age #928 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #869 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #772 Lithuanian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Other characters are the same as those for Code Page[...]

61 Code P age #3001 Estonian1 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #774 Lithuanian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3011 Latvian1 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3002 Estonian2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

62 Character Sets Code P age #3021 Bulgarian Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3012 Latvian2 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3041 Maltese Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3031 Hebrew Other characters are the same as those for Code Page [...]

63 Code P age #3860 Rajvitee KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3850 Standard KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3863 STD988 TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3861 Micro wiz KU Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #[...]

64 Character Sets Code P age #3865 Newsic TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437. Code P age #3864 P opular TIS Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437.[...]

65 Appendix E: Printer Control Codes This appendix lists the printer’s control commands. It gives the name of each control command, along with the applicable emulation mode (Standard or IBM), and the applicable ASCII code. Standard Mode ASCII Code Function BEL Beeper BS Backspace HT T ab horizontally LF Line feed VT T ab vertically FF Form feed C[...]

66 Printer Control Codes ESC % n n =0 0 01 Select user defined characters Normal (ROM) characters User-defined (RAM) characters ESC & 00 n m a 1 a 2 a 3 d 1 ...d k Define user defined characters ESC (- n L n H m d 1 d 2 d 1 =0 1 02 03 d 2 =0 0 01 02 05 06 Select line/score Underline Strikethrough Overscore T urn off scoring Single continuou[...]

67 ESC 0 Select 1/8 ″ line spacing ESC 2 Select 1/6 ″ line spacing ESC 3 n Select n /180 ″ line spacing ESC 4 Select italic font ESC 5 Cancel italic font ESC 6 Enable printing of upper control codes (Character Set #2) ESC 7 Enable upper control codes (Character Set #1) ESC 8 Disable paper out detector ESC 9 Enable paper out detector ESC < [...]

68 Printer Control Codes ESC R n n =0 0 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 40 Select an international character set #0 U.S.A. #1 France #2 Germany #3 England #4 Denmark I #5 Sweden #6 Italy #7 Spain I #8 Japan #9 Norway #10 Denmark II #1 1 Spain II #12 Latin America #13 Korea #14 Irish #64 Legal ESC S n n =0 0 01 Select superscript/subscript[...]

69 ESC [T 04 00 00 00 n 1 n 2 n 1 n 2 = 01 B5 03 52 03 5C 03 5D 03 5F 03 61 03 62 0F 00 0F 01 0F 03 0F 04 0F 05 0F 06 0F 07 0F 08 03 54 03 E9 02 E1 03 53 03 65 03 A0 07 D1 03 04 03 06 0B B9 0B BA 0B C3 0B C4 0B CD 0B D7 0B E1 0F 0A 0F 14 0F 15 0F 17 0F 18 0F 19 Select code page #437 USA #850 Multi-lingual #860 Portuguese #861 Icelandic #863 Canadia[...]

70 Printer Control Codes ESC l n Set left margin ESC p n n =0 0 01 T urn proportional mode on/off Returns to current fixed character pitch Selects proportional spacing ESC q n n =0 0 01 02 03 Select character style Cancel shadow/outline printing Set outline printing Set shadow printing Set shadow & outline printing ESC t n n =0 0 01 02 Select [...]

71 IBM Mode ASCII Code Function BEL Beeper BS Backspace HT T ab horizontally LF Line feed VT T ab vertically FF Form feed CR Carriage return SO Select double width printing (1 line) SI Select condensed printing DC1 Select printer DC2 Select pica pitch DC4 Cancel double width printing (1 line) CAN Cancel line ESC - n n =0 0 01 T urn under line on/of[...]

72 Printer Control Codes ESC H Cancel double strike printing ESC I n n =0 0 08 10 02 0A 12 03 04 0C 14 06 0E 16 07 Select print pitch and download Resident draft pica Resident draft elite Resident draft condensed Default LQ pica Default LQ elite Default LQ condensed Default LQ proportional Download draft pica Download draft elite Download draft con[...]

73 ESC [T 04 00 00 00 n 1 n 2 n 1 n 2 = 01 B5 03 52 03 5C 03 5D 03 5F 03 61 03 62 0F 00 0F 01 0F 03 0F 04 0F 05 0F 06 0F 07 0F 08 03 54 03 E9 02 E1 03 53 03 65 03 A0 07 D1 03 04 03 06 0B B9 0B BA 0B C3 0B C4 0B CD 0B D7 0B E1 0F 0A 0F 14 0F 15 0F 17 0F 18 0F 19 Select code page #437 USA #850 Multi-lingual #860 Portuguese #861 Icelandic #863 Canadia[...]

74 Appendix F: Glossary Centronics cab le Parallel cable normally used to connect the printer to the computer. control code A numeric code that instructs the printer to perform an operation. For example, the computer sends the printer a form feed control code (12) to tell it to eject the current page. Electronic DIP Switc h settings Printer setting[...]

75 Appendix G: Control P anel Operation Guide Note: A dot means pr ess and hold and an arr ow means to just press. A dot and arr ow tied together means hold one while pr essing the other . Multi-part Eject Line feed Draft/LQ Off line Hex dump Self test 2 EDS-1 mode Dot- adjustment mode EDS-2 mode BANK SW ON/OFF Exit Left Right Next Exit Set Save Fa[...]

A auto LF with CR 23 auto load position changing 17 AUTOEXEC.BAT 47, 49 B bidirectional printing 23 C carton contents 2 character pitch setting 24 Character Set IBM #1 54 IBM #2 54 IBM Special 55 international 53 Italic #2 53 character sets tables 53 character table 22 character tables 29 Code Page 26 Arabic 59 Brazil-ABICOMP 58 Brazil-ABNT 58 Bulg[...]

E EDS Mode changing a switch setting 21 default settings 19 definition 19 entering 19 exiting 21 printing current switch settings 21 selecting a bank 20 selecting a switch 21 settings 21, 22, 31 using 19 eject 16 Electronic DIP Switches 19 emulation 22 F font selecting 16 form feed 16 front cover opening 4 G glossary 75 graphics direction 23 H hexa[...]

P paper handling 35 micro feed 16 recommended print area 38 selecting 35 paper eject 16 paper out detector 22 pass book print area 38 printing 36 specifications 35 print mode 24 print pitch 24 printer buffer clearing 17 problems causes and solutions 44 dark printing 46 erratic operation 48 excessive noise 46 hot printer case 46 left margin movement[...]

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