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1. The rest are not used 20 PIN NO SIGNAL DIRECTION DESCRIPTION 1 Chassis z Cable Shield Ground 2 TD From Printer Printer Data Transmitted Input Line Data 3 RD To Printer Printer Data Received Input Line Data 7 SG Signal Ground Signal S 11 amp 20 CTS From Printer Signal Clear to Send Equivalent to Busy indicating that printer is ready for operation and can receive data The rest are not used Serial Interface Voltage Levels Received data Mark OFF Logic 1 25V to 3V Space ON Logic 0 25V to 3V Clear to send Busy OFF Logic 1 9V Not Busy ON Logic 0 9V Transmitted data Mark OFF Logic 1 Space ON Logic 0 9V lt Serial Connector Pin Arrangement E to o o OS o o o o 0 O OO0O00 OO 25 gt 14 1 Connectors On the printer 25 hole receptacle Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Handshake Handshake is used for serial interface only Cols Invert Font DATA BITS is the next parameter Choose the data bit value the same way baud rate was chosen Choices are 7 or 8 data bits Parity can be selected only if 7 data bits are set Choose Odd Even or None STOP BITS is the next parameter Choose 1 or 2 stop bits HANDSHAKE is the next parameter Choose from the following settings BUSY LINE BUSY BUFFER XON XOFF LINE XON XOFF BUFFER NONE COLUMNS is2. 4326 DATA amp 8 8 4 8 8 64 64 68 6 9 8 82 5 6 8 8 To Remove the Paper Roll 12 Put the paper spindle into the paper roll as shown below and place the roll with the spindle onto the snaps near the back of the printer Turn the paper roll to take up any slack in the paper feeding to the printer Make sure the roll of paper turns freely If it does not turn freely the paper will jam and will possibly damage the printer mechanism Advance the paper about one inch beyond the paper cutter by using the Paper Feed switch Lift the paper roll away from the printer housing and cut the paper feeding to the User Programmable By using CHR 1 you enter the Custom Char Character 19 acter mode This allows you to design and print your own 6 x 8 character by inputting data A DATA statement is made of numbers that rep resent a row of dots which when READ all to 3 Pull the remaining paper through the printer gether will make up your character To design mechanism Be sure to pull the paper fro your character follow the example below You the top paper cutter side should notice that each number in the DATA statement corresponds to one row in your char acter To design a character follow these steps printer with scissors Try to make the cut as square as possible to help the next time you reload the paper WARNING Pulling the paper out of the back of the printer will damage the print mechanism 4 Operat
3. DD YY hh mm M DOW MM month M DD YY hh mm DD day M DD YY hh mm DOW YY year DD YY hh mm M hh hour DD YY hh mm M DOW mm minutes DD YY hh mm M AM or PM DD YY hh mm DOW DOW Day of week DD MON YY hh mm M DD MON YY hh mm M DOW DD MON YY hh mm DD MON YY hh mm DOW ONE AUTO TIME AND DATE is the next parameter Your choices are YES autoprint after CR carriage return NO do not autoprint after CR Auto Seq Zero Pound Sign _Underscore Busy Invert Online Offline Ext Ch Set AUTO SEQUENCE NUMBER is the next parameter Choices are NO don t autoprint sequence number after CR YES do autoprint sequence number after CR ZERO is the next parameter Choose how you want the zero character to look in your print outs Choose between 0 and 0 POUND SIGN is the next parameter Choose to show pound as or as the British sterling pound symbol _UNDERSCORE is the next parameter Choose which symbol the same ASCII code will print an _underscore or a lt left arrow BUSY INVERT is next Choices are NO voltage will be in a high state until the unit is busy then voltage level goes low YES voltage will be in a low state until the unit is busy then voltage level goes high ONLINE OFFLINE is next Choices are YES enables the rocker switch to turn the printer offline NO disables the ONLINE OFFLINE ability EXT CH SET is next This stands for Extende
4. ESC gt 3 lt ESC gt 4 L D MM YY Day month year numeric month D MON YY Day month year with 3 letter abbreviation of the month lt ESC gt 5 DOW lt ESC gt 6 XXXX lt ESC gt 9 XXXX Day of week abbreviation Currently configured format Current sequence number Default Table 31 Following is a table showing the possible values for the Custom and Configuration menu parameters The values shown in bold type are the default settings Agencies U L approved External Dimensions 4 W x 4 5 L x 2 H Operating Temp 5 C to 40 C 41 F to 104 F Print Head Life 500 000 lines mean character before failure Ribbon Life Black 200 000characters Paper 12 500 lines per roll 1 72 43 69 mm Ty oe Sg K L ae e avn 1 p A N SRE ee 7 ues FX ae SS lt z S Vee ae Rocker Switch Ready Left side Toggles printer on and offline Indicator Right side Paper Feed K da R Introduction The ADEMCO Model 6220 dot matrix printer series consists of these models and electrical interfaces Model 6220S RS 232 Model 6220P Parallel This manual is split into the following main sections e Introduction e Installation e Operation e Maintenance e Printer Test and Setup e Communication e Default Settings Installation Installing the Paper Follow the precautions listed below when set ting up your printer They are designed to help you keep yo
5. follows Reset Seq RESET SEQ is the last setup menu item This menu item lets you reset the sequence num ber This number is the number of print trans actions since the last reset With the printer in the setup menu and with RESET SEQ as the last item printed if you press OK right side the sequence number will be reset to zero and the printer will print READY showing it is no longer in the setup menu and that the printer is ready to print To skip resetting the sequence number to zero press NEXT left side CONFIGURE is printed Unplug and replug in the printer to return to printing mode READY is printed Model 6220S RS 232 Serial Version This section shows the cable differences in the models of the 6220 series printer and the con trol codes and communication protocols Wall mount Transformer 25 pin AMP Connector or equivalent Power Cord The cursor now appears over the 2nd position Press NEXT left side to increment this num ber if needed and OK if it is right Continue this sequence of accepting or changing the year month day and DOW Day Of Week SET CLOCK NEXT 0K TR SET DATE shiek Set Year Go eeees HEXT 0K Set Year 99 s CHEXT 0K Set Mon Go eeeeee HEXT OK Set Mon QQ eeaae HEXT 0K Set Day f3 NEXT OK Set Pay 7 18 LHEXT OKI Set DOW Be eeeeaee NEXT 0KJ When you have completed the SET DATE menu the fo
6. personnel ADEMCO reserves the right to change specifications at any time 9570 13511C 12 18 00 TABLE OF CONTENTS IMTOGUCTION c ctecs chee Sete thecks aa Bade baled ss eens Seale Sedona 1 I StAN AMOR ses 04e 20h d as das an IK L Rela e a 1 Installing the Paper seeen ach aine Mogens EA r EE EEE 1 To Remove the Paper Roll 4 OPETATION urrara ereta RARER E A OU ATRE EEE 5 Connecting and Powering up Your Printer seeeccieseeeririrerererrin 5 AEAT E TTT 6 Changing the Printer Ribbon ccc ccc ese sesseeeeeacaeaeeeaeaeaeaeaeanees 6 Inserting a Ribbon with Paper in the Printer 0 e 7 Printer Testad SetuP au pima ere lel Ade AA A Sew aces 8 Printer ES TT 8 Accessing the Setup Menu eee eee eee 9 I lt la TE lt viene d ee tei uel a a ca Os o e l 10 RUE 6 ng E A scree seep E PA E etarer 13 e RO e PAE NA NE A T A IE E EE ia deen Mien 16 Reset Sog ekenin a a a a a ile a viekes 18 communicato Nsara ie ei elds ak Gee SEA 18 Model 6220S RS 232 Serial Version 18 Model 6220P Parallel Version 20 COMO ce TTT 22 Default Tables sees fio Nh a a he i NE oo 31 Available BAUD rates 300 600 1200 2400 Interface Serial Character Buffering Print Method Character Matrix Character Spacing Line Feed Spacing Print Speed Paper Power AC Voltage 4800 9600 19200 Voltage Levels RS 232C 9 Volts to 9 Volts Character format ASCII character set 10 bits per character required 7 or 8 of w
7. ADEMCO 165 Eileen Way Syosset NY 11791 Ph 516 921 6704 Fax 516 677 9559 http www ademco com A Pitway Company ADENICO Model 6220 Printer Series LA User s Manual UNITED STATES 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 the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense CANADA This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Le present appareil numerique n emet pas de bruits radioelectriques depassant les limites applicables aux appareils numeriques de la Class A prescrites dans le Reglement sur le brouillage radioelectrique que edicte par le ministere des Communications du Canada CAUTION Risk of electrical shock Do not remove cover No user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to qualified service
8. O no extended char set 2 YES Print Ready 1 Print Ready message 2 Don t print Ready message Baud Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Handshake Columns Invert Font Type Magnification Configuration Menu 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 Non fF WRN 1 ODD none if data bits 8 2 EVEN none if data bits 8 1 1 2 2 1 None 2 BUSY LINE serial only 3 BUSY BUFF serial only 4 XON XOFF LINE serial only 5 XON XOFF BUFF serial only 1 24 2 32 3 40 1 No non inverted printing 2 YES inverted printing 1 5x8 font 2 5x6 font 1 No magnification 2 Double width 3 Double height 4 Double width double height 32 Printer Escape Command Code Definitions Note the last two codes of the usual ASCII character sets are not supported Instead if CHR 126 which corresponds to hexadecimal 7E is received by the 1220 printer it will print the character defined in its RAM Random Access Memory The section on USER Pro grammable Character describes how this RAM can be loaded with any 6 x 8 pattern NOTE ASCII characters from Hex 80 to FF are unsupported and will cause problems if you attempt to print them unless you use the extended charcter set Command Print formatted data lt ESC gt 0 HH MM 24 hour format lt ESC gt 1 HH MM_ M 12 hour format with am or PM lt ESC gt 2 M DDXYY month day year lt
9. a Lt S SS K oS F Parallel Connector Pin Arrangement 1 Connectors On the printer 36 pin receptacle equivalent to 57 40360 12 D56 Amphenol On the cable 36 pin plug equivalent to 57 30360 Amphenol or plug equivalent to 552274 1 AMP Cover Equivalent to 552073 1 AMP 2 Cable Use a cable less than 10 feet long A shielded cable using twisted pair conductions is desirable 3 Connector Locks After engaging the connectors fasten them with locks DATA VALID gt Tile T Ta e DATA STROBE K l J L BUSY ACKNOWLEDGE 0 minimum gt T lt 0 5 microseconds minimum 1 microsecond minimum Approx 6 8 microseconds This manual assumes the time and date option are installed and operating If you do not have this option you will not see references to the clock or date listed in most menus Configure If you wait less than three or more than five seconds Ready is printed and you will have to try steps 1 and 2 again to access the setup menu After you access the setup menu if you press NEXT left side of switch repeatedly you will see the following list printed If you keep press ing NEXT left side the list repeats itself et SETUP MENU 10k CONFIGURE HEXT OKI CUSTOM HEXT 0K SET CLOCK HEXT OK RESET SEQ CHEXT OK CONFIGURE HEXT70K As you can see from the above printout the setup menu contains the foll
10. d Character Set Choices are The choice to use the extended character set is available only when 8 data bits are chosen Print Ready Set Clock The feature is available only on units with the time date option installed YES Allows you to use hexidecimal numbers above 80 true only for 8 data bits NO Disables the Extended Character Set ability PRINT READY is next Choices YES Prints Ready upon power up NO Disables printing Ready WARNING If you choose NO hold the left side of the rocker switch down for 4 6 seconds to access the setup menu Begin timing when you plug the unit and the red light comes on The paper feed motor does not run upon power up when Ready is disabled The next item in the Setup Menu is SET CLOCK With the printer in the setup menu and with SET CLOCK as the last item printed if you press OK right side the printer will print the following SET CLOCK NEXT 0K 440k SET DATE Wkk Set Year Wo 0ee CHEXT CKJ The printout shows the year currently in memory The 9 is reversed white on black to show the position of the cursor This is the num ber which will be incremented if NEXT left side is pressed If the number is correct press OK right side and the following is printed SET CLOCK NEXT 0K 4 SET DATE tex Set Year d s 0000 CHEXT OK Set Year HEXT 0K
11. es will be printed 18 BS CHPS 17 26 LPRINT m BS 38 LPRINT 1 l B 40 LPRINT Bs 58 LPRINT I 1 1 B 60 LPRINT B The mechanism used in the printer will print one line of dots across at a time This means that when it prints one line of characters it has actually printed ten lines of dots where the first eight lines make up the character and the last two lines are blank for the space between character lines By using the CHR 18 control code you can tell the printer which dots to print for one whole dot line Since there are 144 dots per line you must follow the CHR 18 control code with 144 bits of information For every place there is a one in the 144 bit pattern you send the printer will print a dot Rather than receive one bit at a time the printer expects to receive the information eight bits at a time This means that after receiving a CHR 18 the next eighteen 8 bit characters it receives will be printed as dots to form one dot line To figure out the dot pattern values to send after the CHR 18 you will need some grid paper A large sheet with 144 grid boxes across would Changine the Printer Ribbon When printing becomes faint or difficult to see replace the ribbon in your printer with an Epson ERC 09 cartridge ribbon If your printer is used infrequently the print impression may become weak because the ribbon dried out To advance the ribbon to a new section hold down the paper
12. feed switch for several seconds Below are the steps for replacing the ribbon 1 Turn the printer offline 2 Four small grooves are embossed on each side of the printer cover Push down on one or both of these areas until the printer cover tilts Inserting a Ribbon with Paper in the Printer 3 When the printer cover is tilted up lift it completely off 4 Push down on the right side of ribbon car tridge where it is marked PUSH Remove the cartridge Cartridge ribbon 5 Install cartridge Be sure the ink cartridge is inserted firmly to prevent weak or irregular printing The cartridge must be properly seated and aligned for best printing Enlarged Printing Codes 14 and 15 6 Turn the cartridge knob marked by an arrow clockwise to stretch the ribbon Reset Sequence 7 Replace the cover Number Code 16 8 Replace the paper Inhibit Line You may insert the ribbon cartridge if there is Spacing Code 17 already paper in the printer This control code tells the printer to switch to double width character printing The control code should be sent as the first character on a line If itis received after half the maximum char acters per line were sent then the printer will ignore all characters on the last half of the line You cannot mix normal and double width char acters on the same line Once you select the double width the printer will remain in that mode until it receives a ca
13. hich are data bits Parity selection is even or odd for 7 data bits Bit mapped graphics 10 bits per character required 8 of which are data bits Busy signal Clear to Send CTS XON XOFF Parallel 1 5K buffer Serial 8 K buffer Impact dot matrix 6 x 8 dot matrix 24 column 12 8 characters inch 32 column 17 characters inch 40 column 21 characters inch 7 6 lines per inch character 9 1 lines per inch graphic mode 38 lines per minute for 24 column mode 33 lines per minute for 32 and 40 column 2 25 W x 2 75 D 0 44 I D 1 5 Watts idle 10 Watts while printing 9 VAC 120 VAC stepdown converter incl Multi national converters optional Custom Menu T D Format 1 None 2 MM DD YY_hh mm_ M 3 MM DD YY hh mm M DOW 4 MM DD YY hh mm 5 MM DD YY hh mm DOW 6 DD MM YY hh mm M 7 DD MM YY hh mm M DOW 8 DD MM YY hh mm 9 DD MM YY hh mm DOW 10 DD MON YY hh mm M 11 DD MON YY hh mm M DOW 12 DD MON YY hh mm 13 DD MON YY hh mm DOW Auto T amp D 1 NO no print after CR 2 YES print after CR Auto SEQ 1 NO no print after CR 2 YES print after CR Zero 1 0 Zero with slash 2 0 Zero without slash Pound 1 U S pound symbol 2 British pound sterling symbol 1 Underscore 2 4 Left arrow Underscore Busy Invert 1 Non inverted busy CTS 2 Inverted busy Online Offline 1 switch function enabled 2 switch function disabled Ext Ch Set 1 N
14. ion Connecting and Powering Up Your Printer For DC modified units supplied with cable connect positive voltage to striped wire 1 Attach the appropriate cable between the printer and your computer The connector on the printer side is keyed so that you can not plug the cable in the wrong way This means that the pins should be positioned so that a slight pressure will seat the cable properly Do not force the pins in Doing so could damage the cable 2 Plug the power cord into the back of the printer Plug the transformer into an appro priate AC outlet The unit will power up automatically and print Ready This means the printer is ready to print The paper feed switch on the printer is a rocker type switch Push the left side of the rocker switch to toggle the printer on and offline Push the right side of the switch to advance the paper Your printer is now ready for print ing The printer stores characters for print ing until one of two things happens 1 Its line buffer is filled 2 Itreceives a line feed hexadecimal OA ora carriage return hexadecimal OD code When 1 or 2 occurs the printer prints out the contents of its line buffer If the buffer is empty when the carriage return is received the printer simply advances the paper one line leaving a blank line in the printout be convenient If such a large sheet of paper is not available you could divide your pattern in half and work
15. llowing is printed automatically wok SET TIME YLL Set Hour fI6 eeeeens HEXT 0K Choose NEXT left side to increment the num ber or OK right side to accept the 1 Repeat this same procedure for hours and minutes as shown below kiok SET TIME tk Set Hour I6 se0ees NEXT 0K Set Hour 12 lt sss s e CNEXT OK Set Min W6 HEXT 0K Set Min J e NEXT 0K Start Clock weseenuseeceeses UK Ready When everything is as you want it and you press OK START CLOCK is printed Press OK right side to start the clock The printer then prints READY showing you that it is out of the setup menu and ready to print This manual assumes the time and date option are installed and operating If you do not have this option you will not see references to the clock or date listed in most menus T D Format This feature is available only on units with the time date option installed Auto Tp T SETUP MENU kk CONFIGURE HEXT 0K CUSTOM CHEXT OK YEER CUSTOM MENU CER PRINT CUSTOM SETUP HEXT 0KI wk CUSTOM SETUP k CLOCK NOT INSTALLED AUTO SEQ NO ZERO 6 POUND SIGN _ nderscore gt BUSY INYERT NO ONL INE OFFLINE VES EXT CH SET NO PRINT READY YES Ready This printout shows you how each item is cur rently set Below is an explanation of each item and the choices you can make for each TIME DATE FORMAT is the next parameter Choose from the following formats M DD YY hh mm M M
16. mplete list of parameters and their possible values is shown below The sample list above shows the current baud rate is 1200 To accept this press OK right side or view the next baud rate value by pressing NEXT left side Press OK when the baud rate you want is displayed Choose from these baud rates 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 Model 6220P Parallel Version Equivalent to DB 25S Canon On the cable 25 pin plug Equivalent to DB 25P Canon Shell Equivalent to DB C2 J9 Canon Cable Use cable less than 500 feet long A shielded cable using twisted pair conductors is desirable Wall mount Transformer CE OD 36 pin Champ Connector or equivalent Power Cord PIN NO SIGNAL DIRECTION DESCRIPTION 1 Data Strobe To Printer Samples input data when held low for 10 microseconds 2 Data Bit 1 3 Data Bit 2 4 Data Bit 3 5 Data Bit 4 Indicates Input Data 6 Data Bit 5 To Printer High level indicates I and low level 0 7 Data Bit 6 8 Data Bit 7 9 Data Bit 8 10 Acknowledge From Printer Indicates character input completion at low level 11 Busy From Printer Indictes data cannot be received at high level 16 29 0 Volts Twisted pair return for pins 1 to 11 12 0 Volts From Printer igh Out of paper 13 5V From Printer igh Printer selected 32 5V From Printer Low Level Error condition
17. ne using the rocker switch on the printer With the printer unplugged at the outlet or at the back of the printer press and hold the right side of the switch as you plug the unit in The printer will print out a list of the configura tion as it currently exists then will do a con tinuous print test To stop the print test press either side of the rocker switch Following is a sample of what is printed when you do the print test T amp D will be printed in the list to the right if the Time and Date option is installed Accessing the Setup Menu ak PRINTER TEST T Serial Version B122xF BAUD 1208 DATA BITS 8 PARI TY NONE STOP BITS 1 HSHAKE BUSY BUFF COLS 32 FONT 5x8 INVERT NO MAG NONE BUFFER 9 5K INT RAM OK EXT RAM OK ROM OK EEPROM OK TS OR 81234567892 3 lt 70 ASA J 18125456789 5 C lt 1780 HER H 18123456789 i lt gt BAB 28 LRE 8123456789 5 lt gt ABC ZR Okt 70123456789 5 lt gt P ABCD amp Ikt 70123456789 5 gt 2BABCDE LK 125456789 5 lt gt RABCDEF LR 49123456789 1 lt gt HABCDEFG XX 70123456789 3 lt gt 2QABCDEF GH Kit 8123456789 5 lt gt 7 ABCDEFGHI Ta 70123456789 lt gt 7 ABDEFGHIS s7 9123456789 j 4 gt PRABCDEFGHIJK 70123456789 5 lt gt 7BABCDEFGHIJKL 781234567895 j lt gt ABCDEFGHIJKLM Ready To access the setup menu follow these steps 1 Unplug the printer ei
18. ots located in rows 4 8 and 16 Added together they equal 28 5 Put your final total for each column into a data statement in column order Gx GO E KM eee 32 f 64 128 28 34 65 65 54 34 TOTAL 28 4000 PEN PRINT BIT HAPPED 4200 DATA 46 0 8 1802 48 00 0 Ba 16 t 128 9 00 0 0 0 4210 DATA 113 0 64 1535 72 8 8 8 B 16 2 64 6 9 2 4 8 8 4220 DATA 160 128 64 16 132 8 4 BrO 16 2 Gd B 8 Z 8 0 8 4239 DATA 32 128 224 16 152 0 8 fs Gs 165 15 136 8 8 252 0 8 4248 DATA 35 8 645 165 132 48 98 8 8 48 16 5 249 1 130 194 68 8216 Example 1 3008 REM PRINT DIAGONAL PATTERN 2910 Fi 3828 AS CHRS 18 3838 FOR fel 70 18 3848 AS AHCHRE B 3658 NEXT I 3868 LPRINTAS 3876 B B 3008 IF B 259 THEN B B 255 3898 GOTO 3428 SD O A thy Yy Hiv Us YW DA Y Yj Example 2 4250 DATA 32 128 67 144 132 7251 BG 100 72 112 0 137 194 67 34 1 2 20 49 4266 DATA 32 64 645 165 132 132 66 166 72 1445 1 9s 36334 195 34 34 6 8 4270 DATA 32 72 64 16 132 132 66 166 73 165 185 17 36 34 18 34 3525 132 4280 DATA 48 72 66 16 132 132 22 8 228 49 18 7 253 36 39 38 37 3 3693 4350 DATA 46 148 164 16 133 77 9 1 94 93 50 10 33 42 196 219 415 2 38 4300 DATA 39 99 24 16 130 50 64 65s 140 232 173 1985 17 146 2 16 1 45 24 4319 DATA s 03056 91 D Gd 64 D 0 6 6 0 2 4 8 6 8
19. owing items e CONFIGURE menu e CUSTOM menu e SET CLOCK menu e RESET SEQ The first setup menu item reads CONFIGURE NEXT OK NEXT OK is a visual clue so you know that pressing the left side of the rocker switch will go to the NEXT part of the menu and that press ing the right side of the rocker switch will accept or say OK to what this line of the setup menu says With the printer in the setup menu and with CONFIGURE NEXT OK as the last item printed press OK right side to access the con figure menu The following is printed Load Defaults The complete list of defaults is shown in the Default Table at the end of this manual The parallel interface does not have these selections Baud Rate werk SETUP MENU kt CONFIGURE CNEXT 0KI Wek CONFIGURATION MENU kk LOAD DEFAULTS TEST LOAD DEFAULTS gives you the opportunity to reset the printer to all default settings shown below xk CONFIGURATION MENU kk LOAD DEFAULTS CHEXT OK BALID 1268 CHEXT 0K DATA BITS 8 NEXT 0K STOP BITS 1 NEXT 0K HSHAKE BUSY BUFF CHEXT OKJ COLS 32 NEXT AQXK INVERT NO CNEXT OK FONT 5x8 CHEXT 0K MAG NONE CNEXTOK Ready Choose OK to do this or NEXT to go to the next parameter The following is printed tere SETUP MENU kt CONFIGURE CHEXT OK H CONFIGURATION MENU ek LOAD DEFAULTS CHERT OK BAUD 1208 CHEXT 0K Baud rate is the next parameter you can set in the configure menu The co
20. rn control code 13 except when a line feed immediately follows a carriage return The line feed code is ignored if it is immediately preceded by a car riage return The default setting is 7 6 lines per inch Whenever a carriage return code is received the printer will print out the current contents of its buffer then clear the buffer to get ready for additional data This control code tells the printer to switch to the double height character line The control code can be sent at any time on a line it need not be the first code received by the printer after a carriage return You cannot mix normal and double height characters on the same line Once you select the double height the printer will remain in that mode until it receives a carriage return or line feed A line print caused by a buffer full condition will not clear the double height command This means that the wrap around print line will also be double height if the double height command was sent before the line buffer was filled If you get ribbon ink on the printer case wipe it off immediately Once it dries it is difficult to remove Hold the cartridge as shown above and slide it over the paper and into the printer compart ment Be sure the paper goes between the ribbon cartridge and the ink ribbon Printer Test and Setup Printer Test The printer can be tested and setup using the steps described in this section Testing and setup are do
21. rriage return or line feed A line print caused by a buffer full condi tion will not clear the double width command This means that the wrap around print line will also be double width if the double width command was sent before the line buffer was filled Enlarged printing may be selected by sending both the double height command code 14 and the double width command control 15 The control codes may be sent in either order but because of the double width restrictions the codes should be sent at the beginning of a line Example of Control Codes 14 and 15 PRESENTING THE Me act PRINTER BY ADEMCO When the printer receives this control code it will immediately reset the sequence number to 00000 A standard character line is made up of ten dot lines Eight of these dot lines are used for the printable character and two are used for space between lines When using character graphics 24 23 Back Space Code 8 Line Feed Code 10 Carriage Return Code 13 Double Width Code 15 Upon receipt of this code the printer erases from its buffer the previously received charac ter This is useful in correcting typing errors for programs that send data both to a video screen and the hard copy printer Remember that if you type more characters than the printer can print on a line the printer will automatically start printing The printer handles this control code in exactly the same manner as carriage retu
22. sed to read the printer s time and date clock Press the rocker switch to the left The light will go off Unroll several inches of the paper ox Wx Cut a straight edge on the paper roll if it is jagged This will facilitate the entry of the paper into the printer Slide the paper through the slot connecting the paper compartment and the printer com partment You can slide it in about one quarter inch before it stops While holding the paper in place press the rocker switch to the paper feed position The printer will activate and a rubber roller will pull the paper into the printer compart ment Hold the switch in the paper feed position until the paper emerges from the top of the printer mechanism 7 When an inch of paper has emerged from the top of the printer release the Paper Feed button 8 Now pull the paper through the printer until several inches are exposed 9 Slide the paper through the slot in the printer cover 10 Push the back of the printer cover down and into place 11 Press the front of the printer cover down to lock in place 1 Use quad ruled paper to design your character 2 Number 8 consecutive rows like this 1 A ANDO E K 28 3 Now design your character in dot form see the example below 4 Add together all the numbers from the column on the left counting only where you have placed a dot in a row In our example the first column has three d
23. the next parameter Select the number of characters per line columns for this parameter The choices you have are 24 32 or 40 Below are samples of each 24 Column Text 32 Column Text 48 Colwan Text INVERT is the next parameter Choose YES if you want inverted text upside down or NO if you want non inverted text right side up in your printouts Below is an example of inverted text AaTdwWES AJAL padaru FONT is the next parameter Choose from a 5x 5 dot matrix print pattern or a 5 x 8 dot matrix pattern The 5 x 5 dot pattern produces only upper case capital letters 12 13 Custom amp X E TYPE IS ALWAYS CAPITALS The last parameter is MAGNIFICATION This refers to the size of printed type from your printer Your choices with examples are NONE DOUBLE WIDE DOUBLE MICE DOUBLE HIGH DOUBLE HIGH DOUBLE WIDE HIGH DOUBLE WIDE H1GH After you choose one of the magnifications the printer will print Ready to show the printer is out of the configuration menu and the setup menu and is ready to print The next setup menu item after CONFIGURE is CUSTOM With the printer in the setup menu and with CUSTOM as the last item printed if you press OK right side the printer will print the following jerk SETUP MENU hee CONFIGURE HEXT 0KI CUSTOM HEXT OK OK CUSTOM MENU Ep PRINT CUSTOM SETUP TNEXT OK If you press OK the printer will print the current custom setup A sample
24. ther at the outlet or at the back of the printer 2 Press and hold down the left side of the rocker switch and plug in the printer The printer will advance the paper After the paper advance has stopped count 3 5 seconds and release the switch The follow ing is printed kkt SETUP MENU tee CONFIGURE HEXT 0K Control Codes According to the American Standard Code of Information Interchange ASCII there are 32 control codes in addition to the codes for the printable characters Control codes are sentas data but the receiving device interprets them as abbreviated instructions communication status messages etc The printer recognizes these control codes CODE FUNCTION ABBREVIATION HEX DECIMAL NUL 00 0 SOH 01 1 Reserved STX 02 2 Reserved ETX 03 3 EOT 04 4 ENO 05 5 Reserved ACK 06 6 BEL 07 7 Back Space BS 08 8 HT 09 9 Line Feed LF OA 0 VT OB 1 FF UC 2 Carriage Return CR OD 3 Double Height SO OE 4 Double Width SI OF 5 Reset Seq to 0000 DLE 10 6 nhibit Line Space DC1 11 17 Dot Graphics DC2 12 8 User Character DC3 13 9 Set Time amp Date DC4 14 20 Reserved NAK 5 21 Get time and date SY 16 22 ETB 7 23 Stop Reverse Field CAN 8 24 Reverse Field EM 9 25 Set Printer Config SUB 1A 26 Escape ESC B 27 FS C 28 24 Column Mode GS 1D 29 32 Column Mode RS E 30 40 Column Mode US F 31 The printer will ignore all other control codes 22 21 tan
25. ur printer working at its best e Plug your power supply into an appropriate grounded outlet e Place your printer on a flat hard surface like a tabletop e Keep your printer out of direct sunlight 1 Remove the printer cover by pressing on the groove patterns to pop the front edge up Lift off the cover Cancel Reverse Field Control Code 24 Reverse Field Cotrol Code 25 Set Printer Config Code 26 Selectable Column Width Codes 29 30 31 Printable Characters Sending this control code will turn OFF the re verse field mode that is selected using control code 25 Send this control code to turn ON the reverse field printing mode This will print white letters on a dark background Do not print more than three reverse field print lines Also do not print more than a few empty spaces in a reverse field The printer may become overloaded and stop printing This control code is used when setting the printer s various configuration parameters The printer powers up in the column mode last selected by configuration You can change the column width by sending the appropriate con trol code from the list below Control code 29 24 columns Control code 30 32 columns Control code 31 40 columns You can send the control code at any point ona line before the buffer becomes filled You can not change column widths on the same line The Model 1220 printer can produce all ASCII characters from hex 20 through he
26. with 72 grid boxes across Divide up your grid paper by drawing a heavy line down every 8 boxes across Now fill in each box of the grid that you want to be printed Now do the following procedure to compute the eighteen values which describe your desired bit pattern Imagine placing the number sequence over each of the first eight grid boxes 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 Now add together all the numbers above the boxes which are filled in or have a dot as in the example above In our example we would have 2 16 32 which equals 50 50 then would be the first entry of a data statement which would be followed by seventeen more numbers computed in the exact same manner as the example Once you have the eighteen values in a data statement you need to simply run a program which PRINTS a CHR 18 followed by the data value read from the data statement Don t for get to end all of your print statements with semi colon This will prevent carriage returns CHR 13 from being sent which would become part of the eighteen data values for which the printer is waiting 26 25 Dot Graphics Code 18 it is desirable to eliminate the two blank lines so the graphic characters connect together Sending a CHR 17 which is control code 17 anywhere on a line of data will stop the printer from putting space between that line and the next If a CHR 17 is not on a print line the normal space between lin
27. x 7D deci mal 32 through 125 Here s what they look like fi Tn di pE ae Bg 77 CC SR WE LL sa SS ona SF BH 11 22 33 44 55 66 70 OS 99 ir j lt o gt PP Be AA BB CC DD EE FF GD HH II JJ KK LL MM MN OD PP oR RR OS TT UL Y bb BH YY 22 FE SS J TT ee aa bb ce dd ee ff 39 hh ii jj kk 11 mm nn oo PP 99 PP sa tt UU vy wn xx yy zz LC ft 33 30 Set Time and Date Control Code 20 Read Time and Date Control Code 22 29 The DATA statement in your program will read DATA 28 34 65 65 54 34 The next step is to tell the printer your newly designed character To do this you must send a CHR 19 followed by the six numbers you com puted above Here is an example of how this can be done 19 DATAZ 34 65 655345 34 20 LPRIHT CHRSC1935 36 FOR I T0 dA READ A 59 LPRINE CHRS ADS 68 EXT J 79 LPRINT This is the programed SET CHR 126 This is the programed character L After typing RUN your custom character will be stored in the printer s memory It will retain this information until the printer is switched off or until you write over the data by defining a different character To print your newly designed character simply send CHR 126 which corresponds to hexidecimal value 7E This control code is used when setting the printer s time and date clock Following is the text string to send when setting the clock YYMMDDHHMM where X is the day of week value 1 7 This control code is u
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