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2. sss C 23 User s Manual xi APPENDIX D INTERFACE INFORMATION Parallel Interface micos oaen at aaa aeaiia D 1 Compatible Mode seseen D 2 Nibble Mode hehe Rete D 4 Data Transmission Timing ss D 6 Serial InterfaCe tercer eo tica D 7 Serial Options sss D 8 Gable WIFI citada D 8 Serial Protocols cccccccecccccceeeeeesaeeeeeeeeseeeeeees D 10 USB Interface aee eer mensae te Ee tiec 2d D 11 Specification ssseeeeee D 11 LAN Interface enden eee Oen ee s D 12 APPENDIX E COMMAND SETS Character Sets 1and 2 DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E Emulation E 1 Italic and Graphics Character Sets ESC P2 Emulation sss E 2 National Character Sets All Emulations tuerit tentat E 4 National Character Sets DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E Emulation E 15 National Character Sets ESC P2 Emulation sess E 16 National Character Sets and Supported Resident Fonts All Emulations eee E 20 APPENDIX F RESIDENT FONT 3 5 a eta e i ei le e ed i F 1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 5 o o eb Ae GL 1 INDEX id necs IN 1 xii User s Manual QUICK REFERENCE D D h D o 2 le D Quick Reference is written for experienced users users who are familiar with how the printer works but who may need to refresh
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4. 4 1 5 15 Vertical character displacement Software using esee 2 26 4 2 COME CHING iie hee shoes 7 10 Specifications teta ninas D 1 Paperas TO B 6 PS Duce dade MEE 10 AS 5 24 SUpplies o toe eere ne etti pee A 1 e ecc 5 30 T WORD ALG isis nee 5 30 A EXE TEAR OFF button esee 3 3 Tear off setup options sssessss 5 40 Tearing off forms cccceeeceeseseeeeseseeeeeeeeeees 3 15 CREST ia Pss Testing printer T CD NUN C eRe MEN IEIEENEIEIEENMM online ep RR 2 26 Top margin changing animas 5 20 ZBEROENT e eehsoRepHpEnee eye 5 24 TOP MRG t re eee 5 20 HEUS Unidirectional printing esses 5 30 Unpacking oeste edes 2 3 USB interface cable connection sees 2 20 optional setting esee 5 31 specifications essere D 11 SS User s Manual IN 7 INDEX IN 8 User s Manual FUJITSU OFFICES Please send your comments on this manual or on Fujitsu products to the following addresses North American Contact FUJITSU CANADA INC 6975 Creditveiw Road Unit 1 Mississauga Ontario L5N 8E9 CANADA Phone 1 905 286 9666 Fax 1 905 286 5977 European Contact FUJITSU EUROPE LTD Hayes Park Central Hayes End Road Hayes Middlesex UB4 8FE U K Phone 44 20 8573 4444 Fax 44 20 8573 2643 FUJITSU DEUTSCHLAND GmbH Frankfurter Ring 211 80807 Munchen Germany P
5. 5 12 Changing MENU1 and MENU Options 5 14 POCO UTO tied niet et Ae 5 27 Resetting MENU1 and MENUJA 5 28 Changing Hardware Options ssuusss 5 29 PIOCOGQUIG e dete egens 5 34 Changing Print Position Adjustment Options 5 35 PIOCOQUIG ici ect oie rte v Eben 5 39 Changing Configuration Options 5 40 PIOCOQUIe oet ee ee Reg 5 47 Exiting and Saving sse 5 48 Procedure oed did 5 48 Resetting Defaults sseeeee 5 49 Resetting Power On Defaults 5 49 Resetting Factory Defaults ss 5 49 Resetting Factory Defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 5 49 Using the Diagnostic Functions 5 50 Printing the Self Test sssssssss 5 51 Procedure tin ee t eet 5 51 Printing Hex DUMPS eene 5 52 HA ee eiu emite eng 5 53 Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMNT 5 55 A A eee ef aedes 5 55 Setup Mode Reference oooooccccccconoconcnncccannnononcnnnnannos 5 57 DPL24C Plus Organization sss 5 58 Differences in IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation 5 60 Differences in Epson ESC P2 Emulation 5 61 Online Setup Mode sss 5 62 x User s Manual CHAPTER6 MAINTENANCE GIG ANIM G xc ii iret t eem
6. eseeeeeeeees 2 29 CHAPTERS PAPER HANDLING Selecting Paper esssssssseeeee 3 1 Overview of Paper Operations sssssss 3 2 Adjusting for Paper Thickness ssssss 3 4 Using Single Sheets sss 3 5 Loading a Single Sheet of Paper 3 5 Adjusting the left margin n se 3 6 Ejecting Single Sheets ssssusss 3 8 viii User s Manual CHAPTER4 PRINTING USING CONTINUOUS FORMS sese 3 8 Positioning the Paper Stack ssssss 3 9 Loading Continuous Forms sssse 3 10 Adjusting the left margin sssesssssse 3 11 Adjusting the TEAR OFF position 3 13 Unloading Continuous Forms 3 14 Installing the Tractor Unit esses 3 14 Tearing Off Continuous Forms s 3 15 Feeding and positioning paper ssse 3 16 Line Feed Form Feed sseesss 3 16 Micro Feed A EEE A a 3 16 Load Position Adjust cerieisa 3 16 Switching Paper Types ssssseeeeee 3 17 Switching to Single Sheets 3 17 Tips on Paper Handling esses 3 18 Switching to Continuous Forms 3 18 Gener
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9. User s Manual 5 59 USING SETUP MODE A ea Differences in IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation In the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation MENU1 and MENU2 differ from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways The following options are different Us dl CHAR W NORMAL CHAR H NORMAL ATTRIB NONE 2 TIMES 2 TIMES ITALIC SHADOW BOLD The AGM item is provided Ul CHR SET SET2 AGM OFF PRF SKIP NO SKIP SET I ON SKIP The LF CODE item s default is set to the other option i i LF CODE LF amp CR LF ONLY 5 60 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Differences in Epson ESC P2 Emulation In the Epson ESC P2 emulation MENU1 and MENU2 differ from the DPL24C PLUS emulation in the following ways The ZEROFNT and LF CODE items are not defined The following options are different PAGELG 4 0 LANGUGE USA UK GERMAN SWEDISH DANISHI ITALIAN SPANSHI SPANSH2 JAPAN NORWEGN LATIN A FRENCH PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ECMA94 DANISH2 ISO8859 PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUA1 LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON PG MAC ELOT927 ABG ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG862 HBR DEC GREEKII ISO TUK KOREA
10. Table 7 4 Printer Failures LED states Light Blink 34 V undervoltage error ONLINE PAPER OUT Left end sensor error MENUI PAPER OUT Overload error MENU2 PAPER OUT RAM error AREA OVER PAPER OUT Hight voltage error PAPER OUT and AREA OVER The following errors cause the printer to turn off the power Print head error Space motor error Line feed motor error 34 V overvoltage error No error condition is displayed if any of these errors occurs Turn the printer off and back on then rerun the same job to check if the error was transient If the error recurs contact your dealer SCS User s Manual 7 9 TROUBLE SHOOTING DIAGNOSTIC The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and FUNCTIONS V ALMNT SELF TST tells you whether the printer hardware is functioning correctly If the printer hardware is functional any problems you are having are probably caused by incorrect printer settings incorrect software settings the interface or the computer HEX DUMP allows you to determine whether the computer is sending the correct commands to the printer and whether the printer is executing the commands correctly This function is useful to programmers or others who understand how to interpret hex dumps V ALMNT allows you to check and if necessary correct the printer s vertical print alignment For details on using these functions all of which are available in the
11. Unchanged Normal Double C 18 User s Manual COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E COMMAND SETS Function Command Condensed characters on Condensed and elite characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Underline on off on n 1 off n 2 0 Overline on off on n 1 off n 0 Horizontal Control Space Backspace Carriage return Elite characters on Proportionally spaced characters on off on n 1 off n 0 SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC S n ESCT ESC n ESC m Vertical Control Line feed Form feed Advance paper n 216 inch 1 n 255 Advance paper n 180 inch in AG mode 1 amp n 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 lines Set line spacing to 7 72 inch Set line spacing to n 216 inch 0 n 255 Set line spacing to n 180 inch in AG mode 0 n 255 Preset line spacing to n 72 inch 1 lt n lt 255 Preset line spacing to n 60 inch in AG mode 1 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch or to the value preset by line spacing command ESC A n LF FF ESC J n ESC J n ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 3 n ESC 3 n ESC A n ESC A n ESC2 sles puewwoy User s Manual C 19 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 20 Function Command Change graphics line spacing base to 1 216 or 1 180 inch for ESC J and ESC 3 m 4 m 0 0 lt 1 lt 255 0 lt 1 lt 255 15 20 t 1
12. User s Manual C 29 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command Bit Image Graphics Graphics type m graphics Bit image mode definition Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density graphics Select raster image graphics n 1 n 0 d 1 Raster image graphics mode Print raster image graphics ESC m nj n data ESC s n ESC K n n data ESC L nj n data ESC Y n n data ESC Z n n data ESC G n n d ESC c v h m nj n data Miscellaneous Sound the bell Move print head to home position Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 2 0 Initialize printer Enter online setup mode BEL ESC ESC U n ESC ESC e ONLINE data Indicates extended commands not supported by the original printer User s Manual PARALLEL INTERFACE INTERFACE INFORMATION This printer can communicate with a computer through a Centronics parallel interface a RS 232C serial interface a USB interface or a LAN interface You can specify the interface selection mode so that the printer uses which interface or it can automatically select the interface from which it first receives data This appendix provides information you may need for wiring your own interface cables or for programming computer to printer communications Most users do not need the information in this appendix To sim
13. 5 29 perforation skip PRF SKP 5 24 pitchi EE 5 17 print direction PRT DIR 5 30 punt quality t ete nee es 5 16 Select Deselect commands DC3 CDE 5 25 setting of printing speed change processing SKIP PR 5 45 setting of priority on TOF control TOF QIL tr tret 5 46 setting of reducing backward line feeds BANDCTL 5 45 setting of retracting control continuous form CUT CTL 5 44 setting of the asynchronous status function STATUS 5 45 setting ribbon protective control continuous form coococccconconoconcnnncnnnnnnnnnono 5 44 single sheet top of form CUT ORG 5 36 status after loading paper in offline mode ON LORD eereee 5 43 tear off TEAROFF esee 5 40 tear off enable time TEAR EN 5 41 tear off position TEARPOS 5 41 top margin TOP MRG 5 20 top of form CNT ORG cntinuous form 3 36 tOP OF FOTN c erre et etre 5 39 word length WORD LO 5 30 zero with a slash ZEROFNT 5 24 Shadow printing sese 5 18 Shipping restraint cardboard removing 2 4 Single sheet loading iet mets 3 5 User s Manual Single sheets ejecting NT A vo e t De esu eer ache holed cus 7 10 Soft download fonts
14. Alternative specification Power supply 100 120 VAC or 220 240 VAC Factory option RS 232C serial interface for Centronics parallel model only It must be installed by a field engineer L User add on option LAN card cpi characters per inch User s Manual V ORGANIZATION vi This manual is organized as follows Quick Reference summarizes everyday printer operations After you become familiar with the printer use this section as a memory aid Chapter 1 Introduction introduces the printer and identifies key features and options that enhance the printer s capabilities Chapter 2 Setting Up gives step by step procedures for setting up the printer for immediate use and identifies the main parts of the printer If this is your first printer you should read the entire chapter before attempting to use the printer Chapter 3 Paper Handling explains how to load and use paper with your printer Chapter 4 Printing covers basic printing operations This chapter describes everyday operations from the printer s control panel such as loading paper and selecting print features in detail After you become more familiar with the printer use Quick Reference at the beginning of the manual to refresh your memory as needed Chapter 5 Using Setup Mode describes how to change the printer s optional settings such as print features hardware options and top of form Most settings only affect print f
15. Top 35 64 g m 30 55 kg or 9 17 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 81 g m 30 70 kg or 9 22 Ib o Ss O Q o E o 5 a Top 35 52 g m 30 45 kg or 9 14 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Middle 35 52 g m 30 45 kg or 9 14 Ib Carbon Counted as one sheet Bottom 35 64 g m 30 55 kg or 9 17 Ib kg Weight in kilograms of 1000 sheets of 788 x 1091 mm paper 1 16 g m Ib Weight in pounds of 500 sheets of 17 x 22 inch paper 3 76 g m Cs User s Manual B 9 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS B 10 User s Manual COMMAND SETS This appendix describes printer commands and their parameters This printer has three resident command sets Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS native command set for Fujitsu DL series printers BM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Select the same emulation on the printer and in your software If your software emulations include DPL24C PLUS select DPL24C PLUS for optimum performance User s Manual sles puewwo9 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS FUJITSU DPL24C This section describes the printer commands for the DPL24C PLUS com PLUS mand set which is the native command set of this printer Function Command Print Mode Control Double strike bold printing on Double strike bold printing off Emphasized shadow printing on Emphasized shadow printing off Italic printing on Italic printing off Select character style and screening n 0
16. E N 2 3 4 5 6 n 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Normal Outline Shaded Outline and shaded Thin outline Thin shaded Thin outline and shaded Transparent Light dot matrix Heavy dot matrix Vertical bars Horizontal bars Slants Back slants Lattice One line double width characters on One line double width characters off Double width characters on off on n 1 off n 20 ESCG ESCH ESCE ESC F ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC e S n n SO or ESC SO DC 4 ESC W n C 2 User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Command Double height characters on off on n 1 off n 0 This command does not adjust the line spacing Multiwidth and height printing n 0 Not adjusted Character pitch multiplied Line spacing multiplied Character pitch and line spacing multiplied h Tens digit of horizontal multiple 2 1 2 h Units digit of horizontal multiple v Tens digit of vertical multiple v Units digit of vertical multiple 0 h h or v v 11 Condensed characters on Condensed characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Select underline type n 0 LE 5 Underline on off on n 1 off n 0 Overline on off on n 1 off n 0 Single line Bold single line Extremely bold single line Double line Bold double line Extremely bold double line ESC u n
17. ENABLE DISABLE Setting of the asynchronous status function The status information is stored in the send buffer by a nibble mode request The status information is not stored in the send buffer by a nibble mode request ENABLE DISABLE Setting of reducing backward line feeds as much as possible Backward line feeds occur when printing vertical enlargement characters or multi path characters which involve several printing paths for a print activation Reduce control is performed Reduce control is not performed apow dnies User s Manual 5 45 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items TOF CTL lt END gt Options DRIVER SETUP Description Setting of priority on TOF control to a printer driver specification or a setup specification TOF control determines the amout of the top margin when paper is fed to the home position Driver specification is given priority Setup specification is given priority Indicates the end of the CONFIG item list Press the MENU button to print the first item which is lt TEAROFF gt Press the TEAR OFF button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 5 46 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Procedure To change the printer configuration options make sure that continuous forms pape
18. MENUI and MENU2 Items Options Description lt CHR SET gt IBM character set 1 IBM character set 2 If a downloaded soft font is used the character set for that font overrides the lt CHR SET gt setting 3 ITALIC Italic characters are available GRAPHIC Graphics characters ruled lines are available lt PRF SKP gt For continuous forms this option specifies whether an inch is skipped around the perforation If you are not using software to specify a bottom margin select SKIP when using thicker multipart forms SKIP One inch is skipped around the perfora tion NO SKIP The perforation is not skipped Printing continues in the bottom margin of the page 13 6 inch page width 11 4 inch page width 11 inch page width 8 inch page width lt ZEROFNT gt Specifies whether to print the number 2 zero with a slash This is useful to distinguish the capital letter O from the number 0 Invalid for some soft fonts NO SLSH 0 SLASH 0 5 24 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items lt DC3 CDE gt 4 Options ENABLE DISABLE Description Enables the DC1 and DC3 codes Any data received b
19. Menu 1 settings MENUI function Menu 2 settings MENU2 function Hardware settings HARDWRE function Print position adjustment settings ADJUST function Configuration settings CONFIG function Most selectable options only alter print features such as the typestyle page format However some options must be selected correctly for the printer to work properly with your hardware and software For each function Table 5 2 lists items whose options must be selected correctly for system and printer accessory compatibility Table 5 2 Required Options Function EMULATE The emulation selected on the printer must be the same as the emulation selected in your software If you selected an emulation when you set up the printer Chapter 2 you do not need to change the EMULATE option unless you want to change to a different emulation The emulation assigned to MENUI is the default when you turn the printer on See the section Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options later in this chapter If you use MENU2 the emulation selected for MENU 2 must be the same as the emulation selected in your software See the section Changing MENUI and MENUZ2 Options later in this chapter 5 12 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Function HARDWRE FORMAT BAUD RT PROTOCL DSR DUPLEX CTS CD Table 5 2 Required Options Cont If you have a serial interface the serial interface options selected on the printer mus
20. SCHANNMNTPMOUOMPADKMMVAL ABY ABG 0123456789 ABCDEF HON VI o Ho 9 s Vc ou MN E R anD l eS s u j A Nee 34 oben dou aep qeu ded o E ema ae dial ace a ls a E PXKAP gt WOrFADUPIDADSRD dE ADD IVA fac cdmwumodluxxczzmiuotu D OL BOGSES tWNe cGw4r q 2 DAP m cd euualiemxmuo OU ni U EA 2 D EX NS mi i weazmoomutgomnmnmnutmoudzzo DANN BPUOOM DWM e ew y ll on Oe P s db ULP Be AK HOSEN un gt o e L H CANMANWOPROARDCMOVANL 0123456789 ABCDEF gt VA o 9 ei c no RN 2200290gQ0us8s o2 A even e deb Fell Q t ES LA Y m P4 fete YAA Pa AA AA odo r7 a gt woranuvrreasSsx HAHAHA BOO ws oD i NE DoOxcmxmmmorc Qa L1 4 04 OHMS GAN ew o oo Leamumwdgmauwxecezxueiluo NRD gt PEZIXAN m TMVANHDUDHHAMHAEAZO NAPU A B K B r A P 9 R 0 8 M OQ UO HO o P0 Oy oS o d os 0 r db GRO de X 6 8d oc wu e e L H SO ANNOTIOVROASAADAaAR E 11 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS ELOT927 PG MAC 0123456789 ABCDEF Ib th E 9 een BOWE RP OOD PD Gausawnt 3 ep c9 HG NL De op gt 4S Il ail TE T Fr 2X i uvporoourPr2oe9xe o LJ ES 04 amp 5 E C1 O 007 00 UWE ID KI LAmuwEDHHxcxuzuoOor rm A m amp mL dmnmwu upHuxczzmo Ne 2 Uu PEM ANH OK CNVARHURHHMHAEAZO Qon OL ran o P 0 OY e av i A Ter FE UR Qe mw mK tH od f un sete
21. SETUP MODE REFERENCE User s Manual 5 57 USING SETUP MODE DPL24C PLUS ORGANIZATION Note SETUP MODE Asterisks indicate default settings at shipment Move red cursor on the prime guide MENU or TEAR OFF Select function m FUNCTIONS ITEMS amp OPTIONS Move red cursor on the prime guide ood MENU Select option print next item TEAR OFF SETUE MODE Select option print previous item SAVE amp END MENUI MENU2 EMULATE DPL24C COUR 10 COUR N QUALITY LETTER PITCH 2 5 CPI LINE SP 1 LPI CHAR W NORMAL XL24E PRSTGI2 COUR B REPORT 3 CPI 2 LPI 2 TIMES ESC P2 COMPRSD COUR I DRAFT 5 CPI 3 LPI 4 TIMES BOLDFCE N SAN N HI DRFT 6 CPI 4 LPI PICA10 N SAN B 10 CPI 5LPI CORRESP N SAN I 12 CPI 6 LPI OCR B TIMLS N 15 CPI 7 LPI OCR A TIMLS B 17 CPI 8 LPI TIMLS I 18 CPI DOWNLD 20 CPI PROP SP lt gt I CHAR H NORMAL ATTRIB NONE PAGE LG 3 0 IN LFT END 1 COLM TOP MRC 1 LINE LANGUGE USA PG855 PG DHN 2 TIMES ITALICS 3 5 IN 2 COLM 2 LINE UK PG866 LATIN P 4 TIMES CONDNSD 4 0 IN 3COLM 3LINE GERMAN HUNGARY ISO LTN SHADOW 5 0 IN 4COLM FRENCH HUNG T LITHUAI BOLD 5 5 IN ITALIAN SLOV LITHUA2 6 0 IN SPANISH SLOV T MIK
22. 0 b 255 0 lt b lt 127 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt n lt 127 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 lt n lt 127 Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set page length to d d x 256 360 inch n 2 n 0 0 d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 beforehand ESC Q n ESC I n ESC c n n t t b ESC N n ESCO ESC C n ESC C NUL n ESC C nj m d dy This pitch is the default but can be changed by the ESC U command User s Manual COMMAND SETS ESC P2 COMMAND SETS Character Set Control Select character set 1 ESC 7 Select character set 2 ESC 6 Select character set table ESC t n n 0 Italics character set 1 Graphics character set 2 Downloaded character set 3 Graphics character set Select international character set n 0 USA 1 France Germany United Kingdom Denmark 1 Sweden Italy Spanish 1 Japan 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 9 Norway 2 Denmark 2 pmi es N Spanish 2 Latin America e W Korea D Legal sles puewwoy EEE User s Manual C 27 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Assign a character set to active character set ESC t n n number 0 to 3 d d d n 3 n 0 d Active character set number 0 Active character set number 1 Active character set number 2 Active character set number 3 Italic PC 437 USA PC 850 Multilingual PC 860 Portugal PC
23. Initialize printer Bar Code Printing Print bar code b Total number of parameters R fixed To be continued ESC m n n data ESC e b m n n data or ESC e B m n n data ESC K n n data ESC L n n data ESC Y nj n data ESC Z nj n data FS Z nj n data ESC ESC CR P ESC SUB I ESC DC4 b R c w 1 a ch ch User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function c Type of bar code Decimal Type of bar code Codebar nw 7 EAN 13 EAN 8 Code 3 to 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 UPC type A Code 128 UPC type A with checkdigit printing eWBPrPraannskwne Width of narrow bar in 1 1440 inch units Height of bar code Defines check characters and OCR characters ch ch Bar code characters NOTE When EAN13 UPC type A or UPC type A with checkdigit printing is selected as the type of barcode printing the barcode from the left from the first dot will cause the omission of a flag character that should be printed on the lower left or middle left of it Therefore when printing these types of barcode leave two or more spaces open from the left User s Manual C 13 sles puewwo9 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Miscellaneous Sound bell Enable paper out sensor Ignore paper out sensor Typewriter mode on off on n 1 off n 0 Move print head to home position
24. NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults ADJUST Items lt CNT ORG gt Options 1 6 IN 1 8 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN Description Sets the top of form for continuous forms in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when your top margin is software specified lt CNTFINE gt lt CNT ORG gt 0 180 29 180 1 6 IN 1 8 6 IN 6 6 IN 66 6 IN Fine tunes the top of form position for continuous forms Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm Sets the top of form for single sheets in increments of 1 6 inch 4 2 mm from the physical top of the page The default is recommended if your top margin is not software specified A setting of 1 6 inch is preferable when your top margin is software specified lt CUTFINE gt 0 180 29 180 Fine tunes the top of form position for single sheets Increases top of form in increments of 1 180 inch 0 14 mm 5 36 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults ADJUST Items lt CNT LFT gt Options 10 90 0 90 10 90 Description Fine tunes the left print start position for continuous forms Moves the position left or right in increments of 1 90 inch
25. Q Eu NN Qg GO T S aL SIU XLAOUL JOP AMD pZ O FUJITSU USER S MANUAL co FUJITSU FUJITSU DL3750 3850 DOT MATRIX PRINTER USER S MANUAL IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS READ THE ENTIRE MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT INCORRECT USE OF THE PRODUCT MAY RESULT IN INJURY OR DAMAGE TO USERS BYSTANDERS OR PROPERTY While FUJITSU ISOTEC has sought to ensure the accuracy of all information in this manual FUJITSU ISOTEC assumes no liability to any party for any damage caused by any error or omission contained in this manual its updates or supplements whether such errors or omissions result from negligence accident or any other cause In addition FUJITSU ISOTEC assumes no liability with respect to the application or use of any product or system in accordance with descriptions or instructions contained herein including any liability for incidental or conse quential damages arising therefrom FUJITSU ISOTEC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES REGARDING THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN WHETHER EXPRESSED IMPLIED OR STATUTORY FUJITSU ISOTEC reserves the right to make changes to any products described herein without further notice and without obligation Using This Product in High risk Situations This product is designed and manufactured for use in standard applications such as office work personal devices household appliances and general industrial use This product is not intended for special uses
26. Regulation FCC Part 15B class B Canada Country United States ICES 003 class B Canada M33331B M33333B EN 55022 class BEurope AS NZS 3548 class B Australia and New Zealand M3333 1A M33333A CNS 13438 class B Asia M33331B M33333B CNS 13438 class B Taiwan B 5 o ke O Q o E O 5 o PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS EEE PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Print Area This section illustrates the recommended print area for single sheets and continuous forms 102 266 7 mm 4 10 5 in May be for 80 column printer decreased to 102 420 mm 4 16 5 in 4 23 mm for 136 column printer 1 6 inch Si However line l spacing may be uneven 25 4 mm 1 inch 76 364 mm 3 14 3 in May be decreased for 80 column printer Print area to 4 23 mm 76 420 mm 3 16 5 in 1 6 inch for 136 column printer However line spacing may be uneven 25 4 mm 1 inch Print area may be z off the paper 5 08 32 mm 0 2 1 26 in 5 08 mm or more depending on for80 column printer 0 2 inch or more k 5 08 38 mm 0 2 1 5 in ane ing or for 136 colimn printer i Print area for single sheets User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS E pr aira 102 266 7 mm 4 10 5 in for 80 column printer 102 420 mm 4 16 5 in for 136 column printer 25 4 mm 1 inch Maybe decreased to 102 mm 4 23 mm A inches Print area 1 6 inch OCT
27. Set horizontal tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k lt 32 Move print position n 60 inch right from left margin n n n x 256 Move print position n 120 inch for draft or n 180 inch for letter left or right from the current position nz n n x 256 Vertical tab execution p beforehand HT ESCD n n NUL ESC n nj ESC Vn n PTS puewwog This pitch is the default but can be changed by the ESC U command C 25 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 26 Set vertical tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set l1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k lt 16 Move to dot line d d x 256 360 inch n 2 n 0 0 lt d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 Vertical relative move by d d x 256 360 inch n 2 n 0 0 lt d lt 255 0 lt d lt 127 32768 lt d d x 256 lt 32768 ESC V n 1 dj d ESC v nj n dj d Page Formatting Set right margin to column n 1 amp n lt 255 Set left margin to column n 0 n 255 Set top and bottom margins from top of page n 4 n 0 e Top margin f t x 256 360 inch 0 lt t lt 255 0 t lt 127 e Bottom margin b b x 256 360 inch
28. s firmware version its resident emulations and all of the characters available in the currently selected character set If the DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected for MENU1 the self test is printed using the settings currently assigned to MENUI Procedure This procedure assumes that you are in setup mode To print the self test make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded into the printer Then proceed as follows 1 Print the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu should be the last printed line on the page If the menu is not printed press the ONLINE button to print the menu If you are using the HEX DUMP function press the LF FF button instead of the ONLINE button to print the menu The following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt V ALMNT SAVE amp END MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP User s Manual 5 51 apow dnies USING SETUP MODE 2 Select the SELF TST function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under SELF TST and then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button The printer selects SELF TST and starts printing A short help menu is printed at the top of the page followed by the self test Note that the printer is not online during self test printing 3 Examine the self test page A sample self test page is shown in Chapter 2 To pause during sel
29. 1 OLOD UH AGAMA EO B Ot 00 E D gt X 59 HANH c4 mtMvANLUMHHMAEZO CO MO o ioco O0 sv i vo 2 FEM Qe mw mK SL t0 2 ont L H SCANMAMNONRM ADA ACMVADA E 13 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS RUSCII LATIN 9 0123456788 ABCDEF 3 3L uUg w VB ROoObbherxtutrBHunuoaomsu d FAA ei GE a 74 I He E pal i T FS e e E EN a TNOMHAOMMEMME MOR amp ORB extr B TAZ ADLN un mroptHi xOmsaxbubmBEuou Du n ne D gt BK RN w me d Og Q9 MWOn owe EEO BORNEO gt EXMNG YO 9 monamnmom eseux xzgo CAN M iu OM 00 O3 mv lA E RRA o 4 ood ey P 9O E Ef eroorooraa lt camvama 01234567898 ABCDEF 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 BABS mU Ad xd dU odd cd d 8 ONU XU QU XU oo n i Ce XO0O0O0O00x amp 8 amp o0o0d0n0wAad AGG oO CX Oe eH H o Ha 5 ON AS NA 0 AW BV 0gQmx3muuesvriel Aon ny Ab BK Qe 4 Q U0 0H DH ANY H ESO AOSMNHIPExXAN So C OQvAnHOUOMHAMHAHBZAO CANMNTFMOR OAR avian ee of un PEO Qe L H CANMAMOMOADCMIVANE User s Manual E 14 Character Sets CHARACTER SETS 0123456789 ABCDENF HEH A MA Do 9 Vcn San FW omPeOogo2 Swe d eRe ee MN Na 24 qd doa e eee i i a E Wi OG A Za ay E A 80 00 23 200090 as C 33 4D ud ud EA ETS Moe 4 D EX AN EOD BOAQVSYUHMHAMYXA ESO UMNHO gt SH ma Mo Qt wmetMoOMmHUMHAMHAE ZO D e O05 PO SO P OA e wy HAO f t QburdP
30. 120 x 180 dpi High speed Draft 90 x 180 dpi Select spacing mode font attributes n 0 Fixed pitch font Proportional spacing font Select character pitch n 360 inch font attributes 0 n lt 255 1 n lt 255 n n x 256 n Ex n 36 10 pitch 30 12 pitch 24 15 pitch 21 17 pitch Condense enlarge vertically font attributes n 1 Executed 0 Not executed Select point size n 1200 inch font attributes 0 lt n 255 0 lt n lt 255 n n x 256 n Ex n 166 10 point ESC e q n ESC e s n ESC e p nj n ESC e A n ses puewwoy ESC e v n n User s Manual C 9 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command Select character style font attributes ESC ei n n 0 Upright 1 Italic Select stroke weight font attributes ESC e w n n 249 7 reserved 251 S5 reserved 3 light 0 medium 3 bold 5 black 7 ultrablack Select typeface font attributes ESC et n n 1 Pica Courier bitmap Nimbus Sans Timeless Prestige Boldface 130 OCR A 131 OCR B 134 Courier scalable Select font by I D font attributes ESC e F n Quality Spacing Typeface Courier bitmap Prestige Boldface Pica OCR A OCR B Courier bitmap Gothic Timeless Timeless Italic Timeless Bold Nimbus Sans Nimbus Italic Nimbus Bold Courier scalable Courier Bold scalable Courier Italic scalable C 10 Use
31. ELOT927 ABG ABY DEC GR HBR OLD PG862 HBR DEC GREEK 11 ISO TUK RUSCII LATIN 9 Description Slovenian Slovenian two pass Polish Polish two pass Mazowian Mazowian two pass Latin 2 Latin 2 two pass Kamenicky Kamenicky two pass Turkish Turkish two pass Cyrillic IBM 437 IBM 851 ELOT 928 Code page DHN Latin Polish ISO Latin Lithuanian1 Lithuanian2 Macedonian ISO Turkish User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt continued Options 2 FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH DANISHI DANISH2 FINNISH NORWEGN Description French Italian Spanish Danish I Danish II Finnish Norwegian 53 DANISHI ITALIAN SPANSHI SPANSH2 JAPAN NORWEGN LATIN A FRENCH DANISH2 KOREA LEGAL Danish I Italian Spanish I Spanish II Japanese Norwegian Latin American French Danish II Korea Legal apow dnies User s Manual 5 23 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table
32. LEGAL RUSCII LATIN 9 CHR SET ITALIC GRAPHIC apow dnies User s Manual 5 61 USING SETUP MODE ONLINE SETUP MODE The preceding sections describe offline setup mode This section introduces online setup mode The tedious task of setting up printer features one by one from the control panel and printing and checking the desired options on paper can be avoided by using online setup mode In online setup mode printer features are set via the computer rather than the printer control panel Put the printer in online setup mode in either of the following two ways Turn the printer off and then turn the printer back on while pressing the MENU button Hold down the button until the printer beeps Issue the printer command ESC e ONLINE This command is valid in any emulation Send setup data from the computer in any of the following three ways Enter setup data directly from the computer keyboard before starting your job With MS DOS hold down the Ctrl key and type P Data entered from the keyboard is sent directly to the printer When data entry is complete hold down the Ctrl key again and type P This method is useful when just a few settings need to be changed e Use an editor program to prepare a setup data file and then send the file to the printer using a command before starting your job With MS DOS use the COPY command This method is useful when settings are used repeatedly Writ
33. Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 0 Select CR code definition n 0 CR CR only 1 CR CR LF Select LF code definition n 0 LF LF only 1 LF LF CR Enter online setup mode Move print head unit 1 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 0 lt n lt 255 Command BEL ESC 9 ESC 8 ESC i n ESC ESC U n ESC e r n ESC e n ESC e ONLINE data ESC e h 1 n User s Manual COMMAND SETS Factory Default Settings The following table describes the printer commands used to control options of the items that can be selected in printer setup mode Command param eters are omitted Selectable options in setup mode Command DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Controllable in online setup mode COUR 10 PRSTG 12 COMPRSD ESC et BOLDFCE PICA 10 CORRESP ESC e F COUR N COUR B COUR I ESC TIMLS N TIMLS B TIMLS I N SAN N N SAN B N SAN I OCR B OCR A DOWNLD 0 DOWNLD 1 Quality LETTER REPORT DRAFT HI DRFT 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 20 CPI ESCep or PROP SP ESCeH ESCh ESC US ESCM ESCP ESC p ESCi ESCes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 LPI ESCe V ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 2 ESC 3 ESCA Character NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES ESC W width SO or ESC SO DC4 ESC u ESC Character NORMAL 2 TIMES 4 TIMES ESC V height ESC u sles puewwoy Underline Factory default Cancel command EEE User s Manual C 15 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Attr
34. and selecting print features See also Setup mode When the printer is offline it receives commands from the printer control panel rather than from the computer Offline indicates that the printer is not online with the computer When the printer is online it is ready to receive or is receiving commands from the computer The printer must be online to print A standard computer interface Information is transferred between devices over separate wires allowing all of the bits that make up the character to be transmitted simultaneously in parallel User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Park position Permanent memory Pitch Platen Proportional spacing Protocol Rear feed Residentfonts RS 232C interface Self test The position in which continuous forms paper is retracted or parked on the rear forms tractors When continuous forms paper is loaded it moves forward from the park position to the platen Memory that retains information even when power is turned off The printer s permanent memory retains the default settings specified using the printer setup mode Characters per horizontal inch cpi A hard rubber cylinder that moves paper forward during printing Character spacing in which wide characters occupy more space than do narrow characters For example characters such as W or M occupy more horizontal space than do characters such as i or Many soft fonts are pr
35. lt char lt 255 Select code page table n 0 n n amp 255 n z n n x 256 Code page ID Ignore command Code page 437 Code page 850 Code page 860 Code page 863 Code page 865 Clear input buffer Select printer Deselect printer ignore input ESC 7 ESC 6 ESC n n chars ESC char ESC T n n 00 c c CAN DC1 ESC Q Downloading Select resident or downloaded font Ex n 0 Resident Draft 2 Resident Courier 4 Downloaded Draft 6 Downloaded Courier Create download font ESC I n ESC n n ID m m data sles puewwoy User s Manual C 21 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command Bit Image Graphics Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density graphics High resolution graphics Select graphics mode in AG mode only ESC K n n data ESC L n n data ESC Y n n data ESC Z n n data ESC g n n m data ESC m c c data Miscellaneous Sound the bell Unidirectional printing on off on n 1 off n 0 Add a carriage return to all line feeds on n 1 off n 0 Printer offline Enter online setup mode Select default settings BEL ESC U n ESC 5 n ESCj ESC e ONLINE data ESC K nj n5 i QD p pj User s Manual COMMAND SETS ESC P2 COMMAND SETS EPSON ESC P2 EMULATIO
36. positions Before you install the ribbon cartridge move this lever to D Paper thickness lever Move to D Oo Opopume Preparing to install the ribbon User s Manual 2 7 SETTING UP NEN 3 Using the procedure below release the roller from the LOCK position and turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack Push in the gray ribbon release tabs on the side of the ribbon cartridge to release them and slide the roller from the LOCK position to the FREE position Ribbon feed knob Turn the knob clockwise Release tabs Preparing the ribbon cartridge CAUTION Do not turn the ribbon feed knob in counterclockwise direction 4 Verify that the power to the printer is off Make sure that the circle mark on the power switch is pressed Installing the ribbon cartridge 5 Move the paper thickness lever to the D position 6 Open the front cover 2 8 User s Manual SETTING UP 7 Align the print head position with the dot mark green on the printer ejection cover Dot mark green f Ss cS WARNING Avoid touching the print head while using or immediately after using the printer as doing so may lead to burns Wait until the print head cools down before touching it 8 Thread the ribbon between the print head and the print guide then gently press down on the ribbon cartridge against the printer until it clicks into place Make sure
37. 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib kg Weight in kilograms of 1000 sheets of 788 x 1091 mm paper 1 16 g m Ib Weight in pounds of 500 sheets of 17 x 22 inch paper 3 76 g m B 8 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS aE Carbon backed Do not use in high humidity environments 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 1b Top Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 1 Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 lb Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib 2P 3P Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib AP Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Middle 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Bottom 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib Middle 40 52 g m 34 45 kg or 11 14 Ib Bottom 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib Carbon Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets interleaved
38. 4 mm 1 inch See the section Changing Top of Form in Chapter 5 Check the software specified top margin Refer to your software documentation Check the printer s TOP MRG setting See the section Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Options in Chapter 5 Lines are double Check the line spacing setting in your software spaced instead of single spaced Change the CR CODE setting in the printer setup mode to CR ONLY See the section Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Options in Chapter 5 The printer Change the CR CODE setting in the printer overprints on the setup mode to CR amp LF See the section same line Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options in Chapter 5 The next print line Change the LF CODE setting in the printer starts where the setup mode to LF amp CR See the section previous line Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options in ended instead of Chapter 5 at the left margin IS User s Manual 7 3 TROUBLE SHOOTING 7 4 Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Solution If an error occurs during printing with Windows simply printing the page again will cause the printed characters to be garbled If an error occurs during printing with Windows execute reset from the control panel or turn off the printer then print the page again Paper Handling Problems Table 7 2 describes common paper handling problems and suggests solutions See Chapter 3 for detailed procedures on loading and u
39. 420 mm 3 to 16 5 in column Continuous forms 102 mm 4 in or greater 80 Single sheets 102 to 267 mm 4 to 10 5 in column Continuous forms 102 to 267 mm 4 to 10 5 in 136 Single sheets 102 to 420 mm 4 to 16 5 in column Continuous forms 102 to 420 mm 4 to 16 5 in Thickness 0 35 mm 0 014 in maximum total thickness Copies 1 to 5 copies including the original For carbon interleaved paper the carbon counts as a copy D ____aQ gt gt A User s Manual 3 1 PAPER HANDLING OVERVIEW OF PAPER OPERATIONS e Paper select lever at the top left corner of the printer Paper thickness lever at the top right corner of the printer LF FF TEAR OFF LOAD and MENU buttons on the control panel A different function is enabled when each button is pressed in conjunction with the ONLINE button The following figure shows the location of each lever and button Paper select lever Control panel Menu indicators Pape lever The following levers and buttons are used in paper handling r thickness o MENU TEAR POWER MENU MENUZ O ONLINE AREA OVER PAPER QUT O DFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD RESET SETUP Byer eis AQ M CROA SAVE TOP MICROY Buttons Printer levers and buttons Table 3 1 summarizes the use of levers and buttons in paper handling More detailed information is provided later in this chapter NO
40. 5 e 5 a the printer Do not leave labels loaded in the printer If labels curl around the platen jamming may occur when printing is resumed Test print labels before running a job If jams occur set the paper thickness lever to a wider position If jamming problems continue try a different type of label SSS User s Manual 3 19 PAPER HANDLING 3 20 User s Manual PRINTING This chapter describes the following everyday printing operations Selecting print features Starting stopping or resuming printing Removing printed pages Clearing the print buffer Instructions for loading paper are given in Chapter 3 SELECTING PRINT The print features you select determine how your printed pages will look FEATURES Print features include the following Print quality Fonts Pitch characters per horizontal inch Pagelength and width Line spacing lines per vertical inch To select print features you can use either commercial software or the printer control panel The method you use depends on the capabilities of your software If your software has most of the features you require you may rarely if ever have to use the control panel n fact your software often overrides the printer settings If your software has limited options you can use the printer control panel to select print features Sometimes the control panel enables you to select features not available th
41. 8 BWC dodge 4 ced GE Fe 24 HO 4 9 e deis del E So FEAR Agr 4dod o0 d ug Ar Y A 8 fO O0 G3 OO D U H D Q8 S QU X d xd 4 0 OU D AQ ied e eG ot APUPAS EKKU 00 34 070 0 Oud rmx Bao Q OU U EL ID D X PA PH Mo Qeon t i mnoonmimomut uidzemo Oem AN OM SiO XO P9 00 OS ey HA Oe A ae o dg or wa L H Co e 005 iO 1o D 00 OS C A O A A a 0123456789 ABCDEF HEAD MAA od 9 eo Vc us OM Baw d 3 O Zo bo D 0o 8 AUS ode 2 At HN ec eoe d M ew I 4E i Tc r A WH OSM Ba ook E 480000973 DOO UO 0 0b o an OO OOo HO XD AD A oe od ot G Agua sd Fx aN BAGH U odd OU 0umccuox amp ago f OmU RDDExswRG O ux monmguomunmn r huuxzo Be NOP AO P ON e VY HAO 2 oe RA ee eN ua L H 2 oe4 CN 09 P 10 AD P OA ef m OO AAW KOREA Korea DANISH2 Danish2 0123456789 ABCDEF L J IN N v a e o s e EN M Bun eEnoAreoawo g awe H i u l e HEN DUE zu L A oJ dp sr TUE ESSE To Fr FASAN r MAO DEZA ory L FP oante YR CE OOOD DOD OD ES ODO d ud d 0 OU XU HU n A Hi aL APUDI XxrPmMNcw d Q 0 O Qu Odd mx ESO AOMNHD gt EKHNH gei MWECMNVAAHRUDHHAMHAEZO SCANMANOM OAD wv A 2 FE UR Be mH eK 4 od t0 wa CHANMTMUOPAOADCAMVAML 0123456789 ABCDEF Las PE OHE AL VI a H0 0 4 V6 s 3art FwWortrerew Devos BUC aie s bet HN Es 24 pe se bey peel deed eS FES A EN aa GA OM um ow ae L OF wwe YA 3d 8 8
42. 8EVEN 1 80DD 1 TEVEN 1 7ODD 1 TMARK 1 TSPACE 1 TEVEN 2 7ODD 2 Number of Number of data bits Parity bit stop bits 8 None None Even Odd Even Odd Mark Space Even Odd NNR RR RR a Ne The data format also includes a start bit The mark is logical 1 The space is logical 0 5 32 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE ltems and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Items lt BAUD RT gt Options Description The baud rate is in bps bits per second Select the same baud rate as used by your computer or modem lt PROTOCL gt XON XOF DTR REV CHL Indicates data transmission protocol The DC1 and DC3 codes are used The Data Terminal Ready signal is used The Reverse Channel signal is used DUPLEX IGNORE DETECT DSR is ignored by the printer DSR is detected by the printer Simultaneous data transmission occurs in opposite directions Data transmission occurs in either direction but not simultaneously IGNORE DETECT CTS is ignored by the printer CTS is detected by the printer IGNORE DETECT CD is ignored by the printer CD is detected by the printer lt END gt Indicates the end of the HARDWRE item list Press the MENU button to print the first item which is lt PPR OUT gt Press the TEAR OFF button to print the previous item Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt
43. Cancel control over most significant bit ESC C NUL n or ESC e C NUL n or ESC FF NUL n ESC e f n n ESC 7 ESC 6 ESC R n User s Manual C 7 sles puewwo COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command Select code table n 0 Code page 437 1 Code page 850 Code page 860 Code page 863 Code page 865 5 ISO 8859 1 ECMA 94 Select extended character by character number 0 nnn lt 664 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits ESC e C n ESCeE nj 1 1 Word Processing Line justification on Automatically center printing Reset word processing features Font Selection and Downloading Select font m with source and style set by n em bits 0 and 1 Font device selection Selection of font 0 0 Resident font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 0 Resident font em bits 2 and 3 Print quality specification Print quality Original quality of font Letter quality 360 dpi Correspondence quality 180 dpi Draft quality 120 dpi ESC m n User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function n bit 0 to 2 Specification of font number 1 Resident fonts Courier 10 Prestige elite 12 Draft Compressed Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence High speed draft udo Uu hu DO 2 Downloaded fonts n 0 Downloaded font 0 1 Downloaded font 1 Select print quality font attributes n 0 Letter 360 x 180 dpi Correspondence 180 x 180 dpi Draft
44. FUNCTION gt gt menu apow dnies User s Manual 5 33 USING SETUP MODE Procedure To change the printer s hardware options make sure that continuous forms are loaded and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE V ALMNT ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP Select the HARDWRE function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under HARDWRE Press the MENU button to select the HARDWRE function and print the first item and its options as shown below lt PPR OUT gt CNTONLY DETECT IGNORE Select an option for the selected item Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to the option you require Press the MENU button to select the option and print the next item NOTE To print the previous item press the TEAR OFF button Repeat step 3 until all required options are changed Exit the HARDWRE function Press the ONLINE button to exit the HARDWRE function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 5 34 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE CHANGING PRINT POSITION ADJUSTMENT OPTIONS 6 Do either of the following Select anoth
45. Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set is compatible with the IBM Proprinter XL24E command set and the Epson ESC P2 command set e Various character sets As basic character sets IBM PC character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E emulation and the italic character set and graphics character sets 1 and 2 are available for the Epson ESC P2 emulation As national character sets a total of 57 or 61 national character sets depending on the emulation including IBM PS 2 character sets are available 1 1 INTRODUCTION OPTIONS 1 2 Multiple fonts The printer has nineteen resident fonts Ten bit map fonts Courier 10 Pica 10 Prestige Elite 12 Boldface PS OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Correspondence Compressed Draft and High speed Draft and nine outline fonts Timeless Nimbus Sans and Courier each in upright italic and bold High speed printing At 10 cpi print speed ranges from 113 cps for letter quality to 400 cps 80 column printer or 448cps 136 column printer for high speed draft quality Large print buffer 128K bytes are available in total for storing input data and downloading fonts A large input data buffer allows you to send files to the printer and return quickly to work in your application A large download buffer allows you to use custom fonts 80 column or 136 column print line 80 column printers are the most suitable for printing in landscape mode
46. IBM 437 Character Sets 0123456789 ABCDEF 1 u29xwBP 300380 VOD XK AP gt WOrF AUP HHO x gt C6Q gt 5 AN Boo 24 I teas rp I 3 a THe XE Zw m mo r PMPODCMOUGCHMNMTwWOH YA H 00 33 0 0 0D034wTs CEDER ER E TS E E E mw We me t AVTOK DS AMM A BO QOmMnNHOD FMANH KH Ok wcamuodnumumimnuonnunulzxzo CAHAMAMNOR AH e ay IA WOM Be X SE ON un e L H CANMAOUOMOADAAMOVAME 012345678939 ABCDEF LL HAL VI S9 de Hoo 9 o ulcus S BBW wo ODP gan 3s eH a JH Ne o4 bed puse de des de 5 ee Sa HG rr 2X u woraouP2o9x2 RI EA 04 Q 5 ER C1 O o 07 0 Wed mdmrLAmmipmeuiczuuor MoM D1 Db EOS a N eee a t 060207 04 DA AMM Bao Q OX d A eh gt Rod DM N em on n i e moOOtmmotmUrm n5 uwlaxemo CAN 05 SPD AD DP ON ee wv AO mes ARUP be te KHON un 246 L H DHAAMAMUO EF OAMCMVAL PG DHN Code Page DHN ELOT928 ELOT 928 HOH A ye 4 og 9 cs MF San RH OO IL re D OO 5 wu c 24 plo ep ese dsl eS So eea EX GAO Donum o b Po YA NN TAO 09 5 AO DO N ka 9 ASE EE TE E we A OMUDVH MA NMMA ESO u Otf U E4 I2 D XE DX ANH v 04 i e XmodGmugogmmutmnuadazazo C MO 0 sio o 0 o0 O av A gt END X oS dE t un eos L H 0123456789 ABCDEF OC uowmsrionioroodmmonontmnit 0123456789 ABCDEF rovubP29ex223 2207230 20 m 0u0uf02X i iuo EA UBHSOxA amp nne gwt t EOL AMI ONTDOHMKEAMO eo Hams 5 CeO aoa
47. Micro feed backward Press ONLINE and LOAD Micro feed forward Press ONLINE and LF FF Place printer offline Press ONLINE Place printer online Press ONLINE Reset power on defaults Turn printer off then on Resume printing after paper end Press ONLINE Save adjusted load positions Press ONLINE and MENU Select MENU1 or MENU2 Press MENU Start stop resume printing Start Send print command Stop resume Press ONLINE Self test printing Start Turn printer off Press LF FF while turning printer on Pause resume Press TEAR OFF Exit Press ONLINE Tear off forms Continuous forms only Press TEAR OFF Tear off forms then press any button to retract forms Unload paper to park position Continuous forms only Press LOAD QR 2 User s Manual FEATURES User s Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this printer This printer is a compact versatile printer that offers maximum compatibility with today s software packages and personal computers The 24 wire print head provides crisp clear printing for business office and home environments This printer is also easy to install and use 5 Ll e Qa c 7 e gt Dot matrix printer Key printer features and options are listed in the next two sections e Software compatibility This printer which operates primarily with the
48. P2 emulation 4 0 4 5 5 0 11 0 11 5 22 0 inches lt LFT END gt Specifies the print start column for changing the left margin Printing starts at the position given by this column plus your software specified left margin COLM Column 1 2 3 41 margin apow dnies User s Manual 5 19 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and e MENU2 Items OPtions Description lt TOP MRG gt Specifies the number of space lines for the top margin The resultant blank space is the lt TOP MRG gt setting minus 1 line The total size of your top margin is the above resultant value plus the following two settings top of form default 1 inch and the software specified top margin If you are using software to specify the top margin use the default 1 line for lt TOP MRG gt LINE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or 10 lines option Top margin setting 5 20 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE NS 9 NN NUI Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined
49. Procedure Before adjusting a print position you should carefully measure the amount of adjustment required for any paper that demands precise print registration To adjust a print position make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded The following example shows how to adjust the top of form setting for continuous forms 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the ADJUST function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under ADJUST Press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select the ADJUST function and print the following lt CNT ORG gt options lt CNT ORG gt 1 6IN 1 8 6IN 2 6IN 3 6IN 4 6IN 5 6IN 6 6IN 7 6IN 8 6IN 9 6IN 10 6IN 11 6IN 3 Select an option from 1 6IN to 66 6IN Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to the required option Press the MENU button to select the option and print the lt CNTFINE gt item If necessary fine tune the top of form position now Otherwise go to step 4 4 Exit the ADJUST function Press the ONLINE button to exit the ADJUST function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu User s Ma
50. REOR 2 10 Power CODDeGCtOF shree iesist ns gesais erias 2 11 COPD eaves aie Rr Ren 2 3 2 11 SWItch iii 2 11 PPR QUT is 5 29 Prestige Ete 12 ii 5 15 PRE SKDP 2 2 eint tetris 5 24 IN 4 User s Manual INDEX Print A MEA a di B 6 buffer clearing ooonncinnoninocnnnoncanonos 4 8 5 3I QUA Yoo 5 16 features selecting sssssssess 4 Quick Reference operation ss QR 1 list of selected options 5 10 Print guide utentes sepe 2 10 EE Print head eet 2 10 Printer RC Protocol rai n D 9 control panel eene 4 2 Removing printed pages eee 4 8 fail res eene epe 7 9 Replacing ribbon cartridge s 6 3 MUS Laia 1 1 12 Resident location aee Ure 2 1 command sets uuu C 1 normal mode o oae ettet QR 1 5 1 emulations cocco de IRAM AI 2 23 5 15 problems er ep tee Een 7 1 fontes ae tees c due le i ne Fl 12 SOUP ia di dada 2 l Resume DEUMIBESA ted cue M ML as 4 5 Setup MOdE cra ni Sel BGHTEND iia Es 5 26 specifications sser tis rie B 1 Ribbon cartridge Printer Driver 2 29 A c uueu uec 2 7 Printing replacing sesenta 6 3 currently selected options 5 10 ribbon subcassettes coccion 6 3 Demo pattern seseeeenee 2 18 Ribbon subcassette sse A 1 problems es vested eee 7 2 7 3 714 Ri ght end of page RGHTEND 5 26 Self test aerei e
51. S Ree 6 1 Cleaning and Vacuuming the Printer 6 1 Cleaning the Platen and Exit Rollers 6 3 Replacing the Ribbon oooooooocccccnonccoccccconanacancnnnccnnnns 6 3 Replacing the Print Head sss 6 7 CHAPTER7 TROUBLE SHOOTING Solving Problems sss 7 1 Print Quality Problems esses 7 1 Paper Handling Problems s es 7 4 Tips for Clearing a Jammed Sheet from the Printer 7 6 Operating Problems sessseeees 7 7 Printer Failures sss 7 9 Diagnostic Functions 7 10 Getting Helpe ritiniai aia i a ag 7 10 CHAPTERS INSTALLING OPTIONS cccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseees 8 1 APPENDIX A SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS SUDpll8S vaa ld ete A 1 OPM OMe iio o cal ket M A eS AES A 1 APPENDIX B PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Physical Specifications ssssssssss B 1 Functional Specifications sssssssss B 2 Performance Specifications sssssss B 4 Paper Specifications sss B 6 PILAS A tetti editt B 6 Paper Thickness ssss B 8 APPENDIX C COMMAND SETS Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS sene C 2 Factory Default Settings ooonnccccnnnnicinnccccnnncccccon C 15 IBM Proprinter XL24E Emulation C 18 Epson ESC P2 Emulation
52. User s Manual RESIDENT FONTS COURIER SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic NIMBUS SANS SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic TIMELESS SCALABLE Normal Bold Italic printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a varlety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts prints using prints using prints using F 2 User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS A4 size Application software ASCII Baud rate Bidirectional printing Bit Buffer Byte GLOSSARY OF TERMS A standard paper size used in Japan and other countries Paper is 210 x 295 mm 8 25 x 11 6 inches SOFTWARE
53. and 2 Mazowia 1 and 2 PG DHN Polish 1 and 2 Latin2 1 and 2 Latin P ISO Latin Kamenicky 1 and 2 Turkish 1 and 2 ELOT927 ELOT928 Cyrillic Lithuanian 1 and 2 Mik Macedonian PG MAC ABG ABY DEC GR Greekll HBR DEC HBR OLD ISO Turkish Korean and Legal 691 characters per font Print functions See below Fonts Bitmap Courier 10 Pica 10 Prestige 12 Boldface PS Compression 17 Correspondence 10 Draft 12 HI Draft 12 OCR B 10 OCR A 10 lt Scalabie gt courier scalable Upright Italic Bold Timeless PS Upright Halic Bold Nimbus Sans PS Upright italic Bold Bold printing Shadow printing Italic printing Underline Condensed 9emersoriPt oo eoript Double wiath Double height Double W H The following functions are for the DPL24C PLUS only Underline TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3 TYPE 4 TYPE 5 TYPE 6 Overline Bar code print Codabar EAN8 EAN13 EAN example Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 UPC type A Code 128 234 567 Scalable font Screened outline QC A BI S Demo pattern 2 18 User s Manual SETTING UP CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER Your printer supports one of the following interface options Centronics parallel interface only Centronics parallel interface RS 232C serial interface Centronics parallel interface USB LAN interface The RS 232 serial interface is a factory installed option for a Centronics parallel interface model Installation of the serial
54. and Saving To restore the printer default settings factory defaults or power on defaults see the section Resetting Defaults later in this chapter For information on using the SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT functions see the section Using the Diagnostic Functions later in this chapter For Experienced Users Once you are familiar with setup mode you may want to use the flowchart at the end of this chapter for quick reference The flowchart lists all printer setup functions items and options Before entering setup mode load continuous forms paper into the printer as described in Chapter 3 Several sheets of paper may be required to make all of your setup mode selections To enter setup mode follow these steps 1 Make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded and that the paper select lever is set backward 2 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline User s Manual USING SETUP MODE NENNEN 3 Press the TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps POWER MENU1 MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O O MENU TEAR OFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD RESET TUP MICROA MICROV Entering setup mode If you do not hear a beep or hear an alarm beep beeps four times you are not in setup mode Place the printer offline and try again 4 When the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information OFFLINE SETUP MODE Red cursor indicates the opt
55. at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items Options Description lt LANGUGE gt Selects a language Appendix E shows the character sets for each language Two pass means that diacritical marks are printed separately from their letters and that letters are printed without any reduction The first listing is common to all emulations Options specific to each emulation are skipped See the subsequent listings 2 and 3 American English Same as code page 437 UK British English GERMAN _ German SWEDISH Swedish PAGE437 Code page 437 PAGE850 Code page 850 PAGE860 Code page 860 PAGE863 Code page 863 PAGE865 Code page 865 ECMA94 ECMA 94 1SO8859 ISO 8859 1 PG852 Code page 852 PG852 T Code page 852 two pass PG855 Code page 855 PG866 Code page 866 HUNGARY Hungarian HUNG T Hungarian two pass apow dnies _ KK K _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ aa User s Manual 5 21 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table 5 22 MENUI and MENU2 Items lt LANGUGE gt continued Options SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATIN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUA1 LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON PG MAC
56. draft Pitch 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi Proportional spacing Other features 4 4 User s Manual PRINTING STARTING OR STOPPING PRINTING 3 Press the ONLINE button to return online You are ready to print using the selected menu Starting Printing Before you start to print make sure that paper is loaded Also verify that the paper thickness lever is set to the appropriate position 1 to D To start printing press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Then start your software Stopping Printing To stop printing immediately press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline You can also use your software to stop printing but there will be a slight delay before printing stops Any data sent to the print buffer but not yet printed is stored until you resume printing Data in the print buffer is lost if you turn the printer off To resume printing press the ONLINE button again To cancel printing use the cancel commands provided by your software or computer To clear the print buffer place the printer offline and press the MENU and TEAR OFF buttons Any data sent to the print buffer before you canceled printing will be lost Resuming from a Paper Out The printer can sense when paper runs out Depending upon how PPR OUT paper out is set in setup mode the printer either Stops printing and lights the red PAPER OUT indicator or Continues printing
57. h 1 v v SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC S n ESCT ESC e U n ESC n ESC e o n sles puewwo User s Manual C 3 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 4 Function Command Select printing style This command allows you to combine various printing styles The value of n is the sum of the values of the styles you want to combine n 0 Pica pitch Elite pitch Condensed Shadow Bold Double width Proportional Select image overlay type This command allows you to overlay a pattern on characters n 1 Light dot matrix Heavy dot matrix Vertical bars Horizontal bars Slants Back slants Lattice Image overlay printing on off on n 1 off n 0 ESC n ESC eI n ESC eL n Horizontal Control Space Backspace Carriage return Elite pitch 12 cpi Pica pitch 10 cpi Proportionally spaced characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Set character pitch to n 1 120 inch 1 lt n lt 127 Set character pitch to n 180 inch 0 n 255 SP BS CR ESCM ESCP ESC p n ESC US n ESC h n User s Manual COMMAND SETS Set character offset to n 120 inch Cancelled by CR or ESC x 0 lt n lt 63 64 lt n lt 127 Set character pitch to n 360 inch 0 n n n lt 999 n Ny and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Vertical Control Line feed Reverse line feed Form feed Advance paper n 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 Reverse paper n 180 inch 0 n lt 2
58. it goes high with the 1284 Active signal low the 1284 idle phase is aborted and the interface returns to the compatibility mode Reverse data transfer phase This signal is set low when the printer is ready to send data to the host During the data transfer it is used as data bit 0 LSB then data bit 4 Reverse idle phase This signal is used to indicate that data is available 1284 Active This signal goes high to cause the printer to enter the reverse data transfer phase nibble mode User s Manual D 5 INTERFACE INFORMATION Data Transmission Timing In unidirectional mode conventional Centronics interface this printer guarantees the received data when the Data and Data Strobe signals from the computer have the following timing with respect to the Busy and Acknowledge signals from the printer Data 1 to Data 8 Data Strobe BUSY ay A Acknowledge T1 T2 T3 re gt lt lt gt T1 T2 T3 1 us T4 1 us 0 us lt T5 3ys 2 us lt T6 lt 6 us In bidirectional mode nibblemode this printer can send data to the compu ter Data is sent in units of four bits nibble using four output signal lines as data paths The following outlines one byte of data sent during reverse data transfer phase in nibble mode 1284 Active _M M from CPU Data Available Data bit 0 Data bit 4 X Flag Data bit 1 Data bit 5 Ack Data Req Data bit 2 Data
59. not use paper with unpredictable variations in thickness such as paper with partial multilayers paper with embossed printing and labels with the backing sheet exposed Store paper in a clean dry environment Multipart Forms Avoid using carbon interleaved single sheets if possible Printing tends to become misaligned on the bottom sheet Toensure smoother feeding of paper stapled multipart forms raise the cut sheet stand to support the forms 3 18 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ER Envelopes When printing envelopes use the cut sheet stand or the manual feed slot Note the following Set the paper thickness lever to best accommodate envelope thickness When loading envelopes make sure that the envelope flaps face forward Otherwise the envelopes may jam in the printer Labels Be careful to check operating conditions when using labels Labels are sensitive to temperature and humidity e Only use labels mounted on continuous forms backing sheets Do not print labels mounted on single sheet backing Labels mounted on single sheet backing tend to slip and printing becomes crooked e Set the paper thickness lever to best accommodate label thickness Do not feed labels backwards using the LOAD button from the control panel Jamming may occur Do not use the printer tear off feature when printing labels If the labels are retracted the backing may peel off and the labels may jam in Jaded I D
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61. option provides a dual interface feature enabling the connection of either interface but inhibiting the operation of both interfaces at the same time The parallel interface connector has wire clips The serial interface connector has tapped holes Cables for these interfaces are available from dealers cable manufacturers and other suppliers The LAN card is a user installable option For details see Chapter 8 or refer to the Online Manual that comes with the LAN card For detailed interface specifications see Appendix D Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable For the parallel interface use a cable that meets the following specifications Y At the printer end use a shielded male Centronics connector such as an Amphenol DDK 57FE 30360 or its equivalent To prevent RFI radio frequency interference the connector cover must be connected to the cable shield Y At the computer end most computers including IBM PCs require a male DB 25P connector Some computers however require a Centronics connector To determine the type of connector your computer uses refer to your computer user manual Y Make sure that the cable length does not exceed 3 meters 10 feet Selecting a Serial Interface Cable For the serial interface use a cable that meets the following specifications V At the printer end use a 25 pin male connector such as a Cannon DB 25P or its equivalent Y To determine the type of connector your computer req
62. s Manual 2 5 SETTING UP NEN ASSEMBLING THE PRINTER This section explains how to install the cut sheet stand and ribbon cartridge Installing the Cut Sheet Stand The cut sheet stand enables smooth feeding of both single sheets and continu ous forms Install the cut sheet stand as described below Referring to the following figure locate the two grooved notches on the top of the printer behind the top cover Note that each notch has a front groove and a rear groove 2 Locate the two mounting pins on each side of the cut sheet stand Mounting pins Cut sheet stand Installing the cut sheet stand 2 6 User s Manual SETTING UP 3 Hold the cut sheet stand at an angle over the top of the printer Slide the mounting pins into the long front grooves of the notches This is the cut sheet stand s up position used for printing single sheets To rotate the cut sheet stand to its down position grasp it at the sides and lift it up until the two upper mounting pins clear the front notches Rotate the cut sheet stand backward to place the upper mounting pins in the rear grooves Installing the Ribbon Cartridge The printer uses a black ribbon cartridge To install the ribbon cartridge 1 Turn the printer off Open the front cover of the printer For easy installation slide the print head carriage so that it does not face a bail roller 2 The paper thickness lever located on the right of the printer has nine
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64. setup mode BUTTON ACTION on lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu ACTION on ITEM menu dues AA PP RC Gi ie BASES ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select option amp return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu MENU Select function Select option amp print next item TEAROFF Select function Select option 4 print previous item LOAD Move cursor to the right Move cursor right to the next option LF FF Move cursor to the left Move cursor left to the previous option lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Function lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVEREND MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP VALANT a cursor on print guide Initial printout in setup mode Check that the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed at the bottom of the page 2 24 User s Manual SETTING UP 3 Select the MENUI function Locate the red cursor on the plastic print guide Initially this cursor should be positioned under SAVE amp END at the beginning of the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Press the LOAD button repeatedly to position the red cursor beneath MENU1 as shown below lt lt FUNCTION SAVES ENSf MENU FAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP E V ALMNT Press the LOAD button to position to the red cursor Press the MENU button to select MENUI and print the following lt EMULATE gt options l
65. stand Back cover Setting the back cover 9 Install the cut sheet stand For installation see the section Installing the Cut Sheet Stand in Chapter 2 10 Press the LOAD button to advance the paper to the top of form position Top of form is the first line on which printing can start 11 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Move the forms tractors as required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 If the paper cut position and the perforation position do not fit adjust them by using the following procedure 3 12 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING NOTE When you use continuous forms make sure that the edges of both left and right paper guides do not touch the paper Slide both paper guides flush against the ends of both sides Good Unacceptable Continuous Left paper _ form pr guide E f j TE J Cut sheet j A stand Right paper guide Adjusting the TEAR OFF position When the TEAR OFF button is used to advance the paper to cut it the paper cut position and the perforation position may not match In such cases adjust their positions by using the following procedure Adjustment procedure 1 Use the TEAR OFF button to advance the paper to its cut position Keep holding d
66. their memory occasionally Only the printer s normal non setup mode is covered For details on setup mode see Chapter 5 Normal mode operation includes everyday operations such as paper handling and font selection The printer comes up in normal mode when turned on To enter setup mode press the TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons at the same time while the ONLINE indicator is off not lit POWER MENU1 MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O O O MENU TEAR OFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD RESET SETUP MICROA SAVE TOP MICROY Control panel The table on the next page lists normal mode operations with online and offline conditions and gives the required user response Operations are listed alphabetically pl User s Manual QR 1 QUICK REFERENCE Printer Operations Normal Mode y Operation can be performed when the printer is in this state Operation cannot be performed when the printer is in this state Does not apply Operation Clear print buffer Online Offline Required Response Press MENU and TEAR OFF Eject single sheets Press LF FF Enter normal mode Turn printer on Press on the power switch Enter setup mode Press TEAR OFF and ONLINE Exit to normal mode Press ONLINE then press TEAR OFF or MENU Form feed forward Press and hold LF FF until the operation starts Line feed forward Press LF FF within three seconds Load paper Press LOAD
67. until no more data remains in the printer See Chapter 5 for details on setting PPR OUT The factory default is to stop printing if continuous forms paper runs out and to continue printing if single sheet paper runs out To resume printing when paper runs out use either of the methods described below User s Manual 4 5 PRINTING 4 6 Printing the remaining lines on a page This method is convenient to continue printing under the paper out condition 1 Press the ONLINE button The printer returns to online mode prints or feeds one line and the PAPER OUT indicator lights up again 2 Repeat this procedure until the full page is printed Line spacings however may be uneven CAUTION When using the cut sheet stand or when printing remaining lines be careful not to print on the platen Printing on the platen may damage both the platen and the print head Continuing printing after supplying paper 1 Install paper on the forms tractors or on the cut sheet stand 2 To load the first sheet of paper press the LOAD button The PAPER OUT indicator will turn off 3 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online The printer resumes printing NOTE For continuous forms paper the page where printing stopped and the page where printing resumes may be incorrectly printed In this case wait for the entire job to finish printing Then reprint the incorrect pages User s Manual PRINTING PET Resuming
68. wear Replace the ribbon if necessary Check whether the tip of the print head is dirty Clean the head with a soft cloth if necessary The page is blank Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed Printing is erratic or the wrong characters are printed Many 2 characters are printed Make sure that the interface cable is securely connected to both the printer and computer Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as the emulation selected on the printer See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 If you are using an RS 232C serial interface make sure that the serial settings required by your software or computer are the same as the settings on the printer See the section Changing Hardware Options in Chapter 5 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING E Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Solution Printing is Use the printer s V ALMNT function to vertically check the vertical print alignment If necessary misaligned adjust the print alignment See the section jagged Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 4 gt o e 2 e RT LS T The top marginis The top margin is the sum of the top of form wrong setting the software specified top margin and the printer s TOP MRG setting Proceed as follows Make sure that the top of form setting is correct The factory default is 25
69. 0 3850 dot matrix printer You can expect years of reliable service with very little maintenance This manual explains how to use your printer to full advantage Itis written for both new and experienced printer users This manual describes how to install set up and use your printer and printer options It also explains how to keep the printer in good working condition and what to do should something go wrong Detailed procedures are provided for first time users Experienced users can skip some of the details using the table of contents and chapter introductions to locate information This manual has several appendixes a glossary and an index Appendix A lists supplies and additional documentation and information available from your dealer or authorized Fujitsu representative Fujitsu offices are listed at the end of the manual PRINTER MODELS AND This manual covers model DL3750 an 80 column printer and model OPTIONS DL3850 a 136 column printer Each model has a 100 120 VAC or 220 240 VAC power supply A serial interface is a factory option A LAN card a user add on option can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel USB interfaces You must specify these when purchasing the printer DL3750 3850 Basic specifications Print line at 10 cpi 80 columns DL3750 136 columns DL3850 Interface Centronics parallel Centronics parallel RS 232C Centronics parallel USB LAN LAN use option
70. 0 28 mm lt CUT LFT gt 10 90 0 90 10 90 Fine tunes the left print start position for single sheets Moves the position left or right in increments of 1 90 inch 0 28 mm lt CUT ADJ gt 21 360 14 360 1 360 0 360 7 360 14 360 21 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates the line spacing pitch on the basis of the spacing error accumulated for feeding single sheets by10 inches Decreases or increases in increments of 1 360 inch in total lt CNT ADJ gt 28 360 21 360 14 360 7 360 0 360 7 360 14 360 21 360 28 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates for the forms feed error accumulated through feeding of continuous forms CNTADJL 21 360 14 360 1 360 0 360 7 360 14 360 21 360 GRAPHIC 1 Compensates for the forms feed error accumulated through feeding of continuous apow dnies forms Last page 1 When printing graphics selecting GRAPHIC may result in the printing of clearer graphics User s Manual 5 37 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options Cont ADJUST Items lt END gt Options Description Indicates the end of the ADJUST item list Press MENU to print the first item which is lt CNT ORG gt Press TEAR OFF to print the last item which is lt CUTADJL gt Press ONLINE to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 5 38 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE
71. 0123 45 678 9 ABCD EF dd 28 g C c C4 e ta So 1 OM OO A la E 3 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS Below are the 52 national character sets available for all emulations of this NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ALL printer These character sets support different characters and symbols specific to different languages Note that these tables are for Courier 10 a resident EMULATIONS font and that some national character sets do not have some characters and symbols whose use depends on resident fonts For details see the table at the end of this appendix When the following character sets are used with the Epson ESC P2 emula tion the printing of FFh code characters is not supported ECMA94 ISO8859 ISO LTN ISO TUK CYRILIC LATIN 9 UK British English PAGE437 USA Code Page 437 USA E 8 o9 9 5 Vc s N Bue FH CO LX obo dg C0 8 muc 0123456789 ABCDEF soe A B SUE REA AR Ri Al TT e do E a A E YR HRRODOS SD Do D 0 Ub oe 8 CSO oxd 4d d OR XD Don e on D Qi O n Ap Tp Bmx WN wn ee 1 OQVBOUHOSAMMAESS MOMnNHD Se SKM HANG s 1 cacm nontmdiuuoumnmnwudzzo C n CN 00 SP iO 10 DP OM ve wy HA GM gt AUP Be gt SE ON un eee amp L H CO m sio r0 qmox atmtl HE L AL Vi Sem le oe we Qc ua ff B On Rd O A oBo5 0O0 os8 9 occ 4 A ip Mas ees ss Ede sell z TEI OE E OG p Wet OM I d d E E Y A 8 8 QOO 08 3 AO DO 0609 08 9 OI MU dU oU dU sU
72. 3840 0040 CoD cQ DO oboe ph QD D o n xd DD XD Don oe on of arun Sx ANB AWS VAQUVUBIHRGANMA EGO ACMAHD E gt EX HN MED ae muodltmuingcununo0xazxzzo C M OO Sio 0 DARA say A 0 Si HUSO Gi Ae kx o d o un L H QD c4 CN i0 o D 00 O C 0 O 3 B3 fa User s Manual E 18 CHARACTER SETS LEGAL Legal Character Sets 0123456789 ABCDEF lL h AC Vis Ro o n i Saw b 1 O AKR eq p OG o 8 BWC dope os s r R4 lee 24 i qu M dd de HES A ATN r WMA O DL AA o b f enet YA 80 0 i3 0 DD Ub o A S CS UO oD DR OO A eon oh 9G Aon ny m5 KANO t t OQVTVHAGAMYA RESO Q QUO UO ED DE XXE ow atonmmuomunmsugzxzo QO e OQ m man o m OAD ev law gt ut URGO Q je e gt N wi i L H CO uo mmsriwrdoodmuongntkmamtu E 19 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS NATIONAL CHARACTER In all emulations this printer supports 50 national character sets for charac SETS AND SUPPORTED ters and symbols specific to different languages Some national character RESIDENT FONTS ALL sets however do not have some characters and symbols and may not be EMULATIONS usable depending on resident fonts The following tables show which of the resident fonts are supported for each national character set Resident font TI OMA eid SSIAULO TADO V 190 0T 1009 xa SSOPOUILT xx SUBS SOQUIIN 9ouopuodsa L10 sk 84p H National
73. 4 mm 76 420 mm 3 14 3 in 3 16 5 in Up to 0 35 mm 0 014 inch B 2 User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper length By software By control panel DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Number of copies Command sets emulations Resident Character sets DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 Programmable in one line or inch increments in all emulations Depends upon emulations Default is 11 inches for all emulations 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 5 11 11 6 12 14 or 18 inches 4 4 5 5 5 5 11 11 5 22 inches Up to 5 including the original Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 IBM PC character sets 1 and 2 BM PS 2 character sets code pages 437 850 852 855 860 863 865 866 and DHN IBM 437 and 851 ISO 8859 1 and ECMA 94 Total of 59 national character sets Fujitsu character sets 691 characters talic character set Graphics character sets 1 and 2 BM PS 2 character sets code pages 437 850 852 855 860 863 865 866 and DHN IBM 437 and 851 ISO 8859 1 and ECMA 94 Total of 63 national character sets o ke O Q o E O 5 o User s Manual B 3 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Fonts Resident Bit map Outline Downloaded Line spacing Character pitch Characters per line 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 17 1 cpi 18 cpi 20 cpi PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS Print speed Letter Report Correspondence Draft Hi
74. 5 for detailed information about how your printer communicates with your software Y If you are using more than one software package determine which emulation is supported by the software you use most frequently Select that emulation Y If your software supports more than one emulation select the DPL24C PLUS emulation if possible This emulation has the greatest capabilities Y If you want to use an emulation that is not supported by your software contact your software manufacturer or printer dealer and ask whether support is available You may be able to obtain a printer driver that is not shipped with the original software package User s Manual 2 23 SETTING UP To select an emulation proceed as follows 1 Turn the printer on and load a sheet of paper To change a single printer setting such as the emulation you can use a single sheet paper To change several printer settings as described in Chapter 5 you must load continuous forms paper See Chapter 3 for paper loading instructions 2 Enter setup mode Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline Then press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button As the printer enters offline setup mode it prints the following information OFFLINE SETUP MODE Red cursor indicates the option to be selected The selected option is underlined SAVE amp END function must be selected to exit setup mode Following list shows how buttons function in
75. 55 Advance paper n 360 inch 0 n n n lt 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Reverse paper n 360 inch 0 n n n 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to 1 8 inch 8 1pi Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 7 60 inch Set line spacing to n 60 inch O lt n lt 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch 6 lpi or to the value set with the ESC A command The preset line spacing command is ESC A n Set line spacing to n 360 inch O lt n n n lt 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits Set line spacing to n 360 inch 1 lt n lt 255 Function Command ESC DCI1 n ESCeH nj 1 1 LF ESC LF FF ESC J n ESC j n ESCeJ n nj 1 ESC ej nj 1 n ESC 0 ESC 3 n ESC 1 ESC A n ESC 2 ESCe V nj 1 n PTS puewwog FS 3 n User s Manual C 5 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 6 Function Command Tabulation Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k lt 255 Move to print column n 1 lt n lt 255 Move dot column n 360 inch n n n x 256 The value below is for 136 column printers 0 lt n 255 0 n lt 19 0 lt n x 256 n lt 4895 Horizont
76. 7 0IN 10 LINE SWEDISH POLISH MACEDON 8 0 IN 40 COLM DANISH POLSH T PG MAC 8 5 IN 41 COLM PAGE437 MAZOWIA ELOT927 11 0 IN PAGE850 MAZOW T ABG 11 6 IN PAGE860 LATIN2 ABY 12 0 IN PAGE863 LATN2 T DECGR 14 0 IN PAGE865 KAMENIC HBR OLD 18 0 IN ECMA94 KAMEN T PG862 DANISH2 TURKY HBR DEC FINNISH TURKY T GREEKII NORWEGN CYRILIC ISO TUK 1808859 IBM437 RUSCH PG852 IBMS5 1 LATAIN 9 PG852 T ELOT928 Y I lt ICHR SET SET 2 PRF SKP NO SKIP WIDTH 13 6 IN 7EROFNT NO SLSH DC3 CDE ENABLE CR CODE CR ONLY LF CODE LF amp CR RGHTEND WRAP SET 1 SKIP 1L4IN SLASH DISABLE CR 8 LF LF ONLY OVR PRT 1L0IN CD gom 1 This menu is not displayed on the DL3750 printer END 5 58 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT TEAROFF MANUAL TEARPOS VISIBLE TEAR EN 0 SEC CUTLOAD AUTO LOADTIM 0 5 SEC AUTO ALWAYS 1 SEC BUTTON 1 0 SEC 1 5 SEC 2 SEC 2 0 SEC Y 4 SEC 2 5 SEC 6SEC 3 0 SEC Displayed when Displayed when TEAROFF AUTO CUTLOAD AUTO lt lt DECODE DIRECT AREACNT ENABLE ON LOAD OFFLINE LOCK NONE S DISABLE CONT PE TRACTOR QUEUED DISABL
77. 80 or 216 ESC m m t t Tabulation Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the print columns at the current character width at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k lt 28 Clear all horizontal tabs Move print position right by n 120 inch O lt n n lt 255 n n n x 256 Vertical tab execution Set vertical tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 lt n lt 255 1 lt k lt 64 Clear all vertical tabs Reset tabs to default values ESC D NUL ESC d n n VT ESC B n n NUL ESC B NUL ESCR Page Formatting Set left margin at column n and right margin at column m 0 n m lt 255 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt n lt 255 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 lt n lt 255 Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set top of form ESC X n m ESC N n ESC O ESC C n ESC C NUL n ESC 4 User s Manual COMMAND SETS IBM XL24E COMMAND SETS Function Command Character Set Control Select character set 1 Select character set 2 Print n n x 256 characters from all character set chars codes of characters to print 0 lt chars lt 255 Print a character from all character set char a code of character to print 0
78. 863 Canada French PC 865 Norway 0 1 2 3 0 1 3 7 8 9 d 0 3 Print n n x 256 characters from all ESC n n character set character codes 0x n 255 0 n 127 0 lt n n x 256 255 0 lt character codes lt 254 Clear input buffer Delete a character Force most significant bit to 1 Force most significant bit to 0 Cancel control over most significant bit Font Selection and Downloading Select font ESC 96 n n 0 Resident character set 1 Downloaded character set Select letter or draft quality ESC x n n 0 Draft 1 Letter C 28 User s Manual COMMAND SETS ESC P2 COMMAND SETS Function Command Select type style Bitmap font n 0 Courier Courier Courier Prestige Courier OCR B OCR A Courier Courier Courier Scalable font n 0 Timeless Nimbus Sans Courier Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Timeless Set scalable font mode m sets character pitch m 0 1 m gt 5 Keep previous pitch Set proportional space mode Select character pitch m 360 inch Reset proportional space mode n and n set point size of font Point size n n x 256 x 0 5 point 0 n 255 0 n lt 127 Copy resident character set to download area Create download font ESC k n ESC X m n n PTS puewwog ESC NUL n s ESC amp NUL n n dj d d data
79. CR qU XU HD oce ed od ol C APN 4 d Bx NN wee A 0 DAAMA Bao A Oh OG 0 EN ED D E Dd DH Lon om C C MvuORkUDAHR E O DAN MPO OD soy HAO me FE UO Ge o XR S PN un So L H 0123456789ABCDEE COANMAHON DAM OVA Ia SWEDISH Swedish GERMAN German 0123456789 ABCDEF L H HEH OA VEM og o0 9 zu Sam FH om PaO C 8 awe 4 ode Li ae 74 ppal ches al opes JARA FPS Par WBA OD X uw OU LOT AA YA WM 3200000903000 08 9 CEDE EE EEE ord ox f 7 Ue 42 3 XX AN WO ad MU d OUO Qu OSA Oe EO m Om UE D D EX E N 20 a D dm oOOBuuggrmuunuuxX mo Qo ON 0o AMOR 00 QV my Ao gt WIV deo o8 dor un gt o o i oc OL 0S Pio o 000 monu 0123456789 ABCDEF LE HE AL Vaf de oe me Vc s 8 San FH on eP Se OOo 2 BOWS 4 HPS tee C WS 24 el e el A E YA Wd ROO Cid DOOCD 0 0b DM OB S DES E t HO XU AU A oed fl o Q0 n4 3 x ANN DOD ADD Qu DO A DOMETO TSE EE E agAUAMEUYDHSAMHAEAO O oc OM OO TOWN OH cz HU OP Qe KF NS LON e mv A ue 9 oT Peg p rA agr L H OO o sri uoroo0osxmnommotmumu User s Manual E 4 CHARACTER SETS PAGE850 Code Page 850 Multilingual IS08859 ECMA94 ISO 8859 1 ECMA94 Character Sets toa jeter te II B OVOOCOHHOAQDMADOOMm os PAARA E K E EEES E SETI 24 HH ats E qp eo Sat 10 P 90M 6 H0 Doc UG OG 009 I whe vA Y 8 9 0 0 0 d 43 05000 80d G x w QUI D d oxd d U OO X HD naa tf AM
80. D D gt IKAN 1 4200 0 MOA MKA ECO m Ot UEBEDDPEXPHN dc l VC NQUAAHRUMHAMAEAZO SCANMANMOR DAA av tno A t oa or wo e9 Exa m a o m m an o o wo e N e o 5 Q e 0 00 9 a0 9 T 0 0 C IQ O OO i 5o 51 0 o 0 0 4 D D GO UD DO 4G d N sd D B Q D 4D XU d ond aid AZ200000x 8 0000 wudo RARA oe OA O e A el de OHO o V ARA nn OF AK nnd n E Om fF te Bow 04 3 BK Nk eon GKHVBDVHOOGAMMA ROO GAGCNHOP EX ANE am SqOVOG ODMH MH RAO DA NN RODANDO cv tava E ES x to eb N cn e L H 0123456789 ABCDEF CO c4 CN 05 iO 4 0 0 OY e 0 OO O2 Ia PAGE855 Code Page 855 PAGE852 PG852 T Code Page 852 0123456789 ABCDEF H mca AM ee oo Seo UAR UUUEREbb5IEomomudgs BREE mm OO HEE of 24 i pee ey ene def d OomrmudurugoeuseermnuLYs H c8 GE DR un go M e BH eS aed XE e 4 XD dd QU RD o Q o et em eA Ate m p dp EK Nem 46207 0H DIG AMM ESO B Om UO ES L2 DE P4 0A N e v rd SC MoOAAUEMHAKMHARAZO CQ e oO pm aO 0 OAR wy A t FEU OP Ber wm o FH d ON un 4469 ero PSOE ON emp SS or L H DARRO Aa 0123456789ABCDEFEF Dro a Me ao 8 OMe O LOZANO D AA A Um oaugzoedgv A O 24 I t n E el a E A or NN e AAO oO RON AE NU PYA Wat O00 MO DH Lm 0 ALE Pa DOO ESE AOuw ap sb BX ANH A RAO0D UN ON ANNA aco AOIMNHOPEXHNe ot CMNVvAMAUMHHAMHEAZO Q n OIL O aD 4o P AN ww I AG H
81. E ONLINE SETUP ENABLE EDGE ALL y lt lt GATER ENABLE CUT CTL PRCISIN SKIP PR ENABLE STATUS ENABLE BANDCIL ENABLE TOF CTL DRIVER __ END DISABLE SPEED DISABLE DISABLE DISABLE SETUP _ CNT ORG 1 6IN_ CNTFINE 0 180 CUT ORG 1 61N CUTFINE 0 180 CNT LFT 10 90 cuT LFT 10 90 CUT ADI 21 360 1 180 1 180 9 90 9 90 14 360 6 6 IN 6 6 IN 29 180 29 180 0 90 0 90 0 360 66 6 IN 66 6 IN 3160 10 90 10 90 CRAPHIC lt lt CNF ADJ 28 360 CNT ADJL 21 360 21 360 14 360 END 0 360 0 360 28 360 21 360 GRAPHIC GRAPHIC PPR OUT CNTONLY PRT DIR BI DIR BUZZER ON WORD LG 8 BIT BUFFER NONE DETECT UNLDIR OFF 7 BIT 256 BYTE INTRFCE PARALEL PARALEL IGNORE 2K BYTE SERIAL 8K BYTE USB 24K BYTE AUTO 2S 32K BYTE AUTO 48 96K BYTE AUTO 68 128K BYT AUTO10S 02 AUTOISS o AUTO20S y e lt lt o i e FORMAT 8NONEI 7ODDI BAUD RT150 PROTOCL XON XOF DSR IGNORE DUPLEX FULL CTS IGNORE CD IGNORE o 8NONE2 7MARKI 300 DTR DETECT HALF DETECT DETECT O 8EVENI 7SPACEI 600 REV CHL 8ODDI 7EVEN 1200 7EVENI 70DD2 2400 4800 9600 END 19200
82. E OPTIONS The HARDWRE function defines the printer s hardware operating condi tions If you are using the optional RS 232C serial interface the serial interface options must be set properly for the printer to function correctly with your system hardware Table 5 4 describes the HARDWRE items and options Items are listed in the order in which they are printed The procedure for changing the hardware options is described after Table 5 4 Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Items Options Description lt PPR OUT gt Specifies how the printer responds when you run out of paper CNTONLY The printer detects paper out only for continuous forms Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red DETECT The printer detects paper out for both continuous forms and single sheets Printing stops and the PAPER OUT indicator lights red IGNORE The printer ignores paper out for both continuous forms and single sheets Printing continues until no more data remains No PAPER OUT warning is displayed apow dnies User s Manual 5 29 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Items lt PRT DIR gt Options BI DIR UNI DIR Description Bidirectional printing The printer prints in either direction while seeking the next print direction for a shorter pri
83. ERIAL RS 232C serial interface USB USB interface AUTO 2S Auto interface selection mode AUTO 4S Both interfaces are ready for AUTO 6S communication AUTO10S Specify the timing regarding the AUTOI5S selected interface as being inactive AUTO20S To switch the interface to the optional LAN interface mount the LAN card with the setup mode set to AUTO XS or AUTOXXS under INTERFCE which in turn is under HARDWRE The interface will automatically switch to the optional LAN interface To switch the interface to something other than the optional LAN interface do either of the following To return the setup mode to INTERFCE under HARDWRE remove the LAN card To switch the interface to a fixed interface set PARALEL USB with the LAN card mounted and the setup mode set to INTERFCE under HARDWRE Serial Interface or USB interface Items The following FORMAT to DUPLEX items are not printed when you select the PARALEL option for the lt INTRFCE gt item Be sure that the options selected on the printer are the same as the options selected using your computer operating system or your software Refer to the documentation provided for your computer and software apow dnies User s Manual 5 31 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Items Options Description lt FORMAT gt 8NONE 1 8NONE 2
84. EU Be wak o aA eo e L H CO MO m wi uiorddoodXxmuonotmugtm E 5 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS PAGE863 Code Page 863 Canada French PAGES860 Code Page 860 Portugal TP HE AL VIE mm oh oo 9 SV s oo BM B Gt Et 0 XR 0C o8 0c A jk S e jan GA 0 MSN A4 i ee e a sel OS e dA L Twent Y A AAGORDH OAR o D 0 00 4D oS SOs CROW XD Hoe Pen WON Q4 Do BK DN et 00 43 0 O Qu OL Ht mM BO A OO A RD R 0G PNE n oe i cd moOtmutmotmnmuUun5uwaxzgmo ENO SPD VO C9 00 OY e von n 09 mE HE USP be v X 08 0S d onn a ae ee L H 0123456789 ABCDEF CQ e ON 0o SP ain o D 00 O8 f 0 U AF iu ae EE rm 0123456789 ABCDEF TI VES 4 0 0 9 ecw X MOOR EM OO Lobo do Oo s Bw 4 PESOS Cj NE le 24 Edd a dese sel MU cd oO sat ZA wd oe O TD ode Y A B ox 44 00 0 Dd HI D0uogo CQ DX ODOC O XU ADH OQ on s C UKPD ZK DON 6207 UN DIANA Foo MOM MHD gt Bs HN ar rl cuxmnunolossuomuUutuJdldzzo DA NN iO o P ODD o v i Ac t dE EROS be o x oko d oto un e rr Aa L H CO c ON LOO POL SO D 00 O1 C I O0 C 63 0s PAGE866 Code Page 866 Cyrillic PAGES865 Code Page 865 Nordic 0123456789 ABCDEF 3d XD U vn p pe eo Lx BOPP OeKArARA RAM QR ae s bee OE NH 14 ER H rep el tt rm ERES mat r SOMKAOMME EMA ERMOR RB OmP erxLussBE x a4msmt lt A AO MSSM OE MO PS Ss gt BX WN we t GADOUVUH ODS ADXESO A ARNRAD gt
85. FF button feeds one sheet of paper Pressing the LF FF button once advances the paper one line do not hold the button more than three seconds The printer does not allow you to execute reverse form or line feeds from the control panel To feed paper backward manually rotate the platen knob Remember that the top of form will slip from the original setting Micro Feed Use the micro feed function to fine tune the position of the paper This function is valid when the printer is offline Press the ONLINE and LF FF buttons simultaneously to micro feed paper forward Press the ONLINE and LOAD buttons simultaneously to micro feed paper backward Remember that the top of form will slip from the original setting Load Position Adjust Use also the micro feed function to adjust the load position of the paper This function is valid when the printer is offline When this function is used immediately after the LOAD button is pressed the adjusted position is retained temporarily as the new load position until the power is turned off Pressing the ONLINE and MENU buttons simultaneously saves the new load position permanently Load positions are saved separately for single sheets and continuous forms User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ET SWITCHING PAPER TYPES Ifyou have more than one type of job it is often necessary to switch between continuous forms and single sheets This section explains how to switch between paper types It is
86. Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation Courier 10 font and letter print quality The chart on the next page summarizes how to select options such as emulation font and print quality and how to use functions that do not have options Setup Mode Example To become familiar with setup mode try the following example This example shows how to change the font and pitch in MENU to Prestige Elite 12 and 12 cpi 1 Load continuous forms paper 2 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons simultaneously until the printer beeps 3 Select the MENU2 function Wait for the printer to stop printing and press the LOAD button or the LF FF button twice to position the red cursor on the print guide under MENU2 Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the MENU2 function and print the lt EMULATE gt item and its options 5 6 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Enter setup mode Press TEAR OFF and ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Printer prints lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select function Press LOAD or LF FF to position the cursor then press TEAR OFF or MENU Desired function is selected Press TEAR OFF or MENU SAVEQEND i 1 Select options Press LOAD MENUT MENU2 HARDWRE or LF FF to position cursor Printer ADJUST and CONFIG then press TEAR OFF or MENU 1 saves changes and exits setupmoce 4 LIST DEFA
87. However line spacing may be uneven 25 4 mm 1 inc h 4 25 4 mm 1 inch Print head position when paperend isdetected selectable by setup mode Print area Approx 80 mm 3 2 inches for push tra ctor feed Approx 35 mm 1 4 inches for pull tractor feed Printing resumable Resume printing is allowable to single part paper only and E selecta ble by setup mode Approx 8 5 mm 0 33 inches 2 Paperend Print area may be off the Po a 5 08 25 4 mm 02 1in 5 08 mmormore Paper o for 80 column printer 0 2 inch or 5 08 32 mm 0 2 1 3 in for 136 column printer o ke O Q o E O 5 o Print area for continuous forms User s Manual B 7 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS Paper Thickness Paper thickness is given by the weight of the paper in either grams per square meter g m or in pounds per bond Ibs bond The following table shows the allowable paper thickness for one part paper or for each sheet of multipart paper The total thickness must not exceed 0 35 mm 0 014 inch The weight of carbonless or carbon backed paper may vary depending upon the paper manufacturer When using paper of borderline thickness test the paper before running a job Type of Paper Number of Parts Thickness One part 52 81 g m 45 70 kg or 14 22 Ib Carbonless 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11 17 Ib 40 81 g m 34 70 kg or 11 22 Ib Top 40 64 g m 34 55 kg or 11
88. IB FT asco RSTUVWXYZ abcde ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzi i hRa9incoiil x utn PIE Li A esent Silat crabs tora i e MA ale Bes Ett TS r2sfJt te 52m Sample self test page 5 To exit the self test mode press the ONLINE button The printer will return online 2 16 User s Manual SETTING UP NOTE The printer can also print a special demo pattern that illustrates some of the printer s capabilities To print the demo pattern 1 Load a sheet of letter or A4 size paper 2 Turn the printer off 3 While pressing TEAR OFF button turn the printer back on The printer will start printing the demo pattern 4 The demo pattern stops printing after one page To pause or restart the demo during printing of a page press the ONLINE button 5 To exit demo mode turn the printer off User s Manual 2 17 SETTING UP Printing technology 24 wire dot matrix Logic seeking Resolution Letter quality 360 X 180 dots inch Draft quality 120 X 180 dots inch High speed draft 90 X 180 dots inch Standard command set Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS Version 2 01 Resident emulations Epson ESC P2 IBM Proprinter XL24E Character sets IBM PC char sets 1 and 2 IBM PS 2 char sets Codepage 437 850 851 852 855 860 863 865 866 ISO8859 1 ECMA 94 National character sets USA UK German French Italian Spanish Swedish Finnish Norwegian Danish 1 and 2 Hungarian 1 and 2 Slovenia 1
89. IXA N tMVUADLYVODHHHAMNAEAZO DANMNTNOORDAHDe avi no AUP Be o amp 8 ST ON un soe L H SANATORIO t 0123456789 ABCDEF I H VE 4 d o0 cua c BO L EREBHOlLe eeocosSgumuuc Ug 2 u j el o4 Bebe edem de esl dl TARA Far A MU E E y xx td B 90 00 God DOO DG Gn we Qnm ou ug EE E Qe ox AQ ced ted od on E Btw Q4 o gt XX PN 1 CHRVVOCHHOAMMA ECO UOMNH D gt E DX 0 NDS Hoi SCNVUAMHEUDHAMARAO Q cn OO ran io P OH wv FA 0 mer dB UMOR Be we x FEN un deste L H C oe COLO run o fS ODM LO OBL Ru User s Manual E 6 CHARACTER SETS SLOV SLOV T Slovenian HUNGARY HUNG T Hungarian Character Sets 1 8 0123456789ABCDBP IHA VE og o s ec on ON Ban E LM O ZR oto qp C 0O 8 ous C Bac LA CE RBS bl a ps ail TT Fg ma Aa i Wei OD uou ov L OP oe YR 82000373 HOD Aw DR 9 CD Det im od oh ot Bon 4 3 KAN MOO ON Odo OTT Qui MoOAMYA EO c OU UE IDDExmNGOUIS X moOOUmtmouiuunulmzo SANMAMONR DA e vr date me FRU Be we mK t Sb ON A gt ES ESO a 0123456789ABCDEP A HH FAD VES 89 9 V cu OS Ban ELIo amp ieeoGosumuc 3 ip LA eel dod Rol OF 1 d TT AAA TH OSM Ad Ov LOT see YA AeRNO DODO DODO ae t DOG osd dox Oe xD 4D ox edo ti EQ gn GP D gt Bx Nw nm ee 4 00 078 Qu MHANMMA BLS ROM Ui 4 D gt E KHAN ml S RGuUoimigcmUuunuixuo C eo m sao r0 O0 ec v HA
90. N This section describes the printer commands for the Epson ESC P2 emula tion Asterisks in the Function column indicate extended commands that are not supported by the original printer Function Command Print Mode Control Double strike bold printing on Double strike bold printing off Emphasized shadow printing on Emphasized shadow printing off Italic printing on Italic printing off Select character style n 0 Normal 1 Outlined 2 Shaded 3 Outlined and shadowed One line double width characters on One line double width characters off Double width characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Double height characters on off on n 1 off n 0 Condensed characters on Condensed characters off Subscript or superscript printing on subscript n 1 superscript n 0 Subscript and superscript printing off Underline on off on n 1 off n 0 ESC G ESC H ESC E ESC F ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC q n SO or ESC SO DC4 ESC W n ESC w n SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC S n ESC T ESC n sles puewwo User s Manual C 23 COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS Function Command Select line ESC n n 3 n 0 d 1 d d d d 0 Ignore command 1 Underline 2 Strike through 3 Overscore d Oor4 Cancel line selection 1 Single line 2 or 3 Double line 5 Single dotted line 6 or 7 Double dotted line Select printing style ESC n This command allows you to combine various
91. N 22 22 22 22 22 Continued on the next page USA is the same as Code Page 437 These are scalable and provided with upright italic and bold as resident fonts H draft stands for high speed draft y Supported User s Manual E 21 CHARACTER SETS E 22 Resident font National character set Kamenicky Kamenicky two pass Turkish Turkish two pass Cyrillic IBM 437 IBM 851 ELOT 928 Code Page DHN Latin Polish ISO Latin Lithuanian 1 Lithuanian 2 MIK Macedonian ABG ABY Code Page MAC ELOT927 DEC Greek Greek 11 Code Page 862 Hebrew Old Hebrew DEC ISO Turkish RUSCII LATIN 9 Name in setup menu KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUAI LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON ABG ABY PG MAC ELOT927 DEC GR GREEK 11 PG862 HBR OLD HBR DEC ISO TUK TI Oa 0T A9LINOJ ssa1dui0d summ 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 USA is the same as Code Page 437 These are scalable and provided with upright italic and bold as resident fonts H draft stands for high speed draft v Supported 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 y e1q Sd PIO xm uu 22 L 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a9Iqe eo s INO 22 Ls wu uU e uu ss A A sr uc Ss s SSOPOUILT 44 SUBS SNQ
92. NG This section describes how to exit the setup mode save any changes you made To exit setup mode immediately select the SAVE amp END function Any settings changed while in setup mode are saved as the new power on defaults for the printer The new defaults remain active until you change them again NOTE The only way to exit setup mode without saving your changes is to turn off the printer When you turn the printer back on the previous default settings are used Procedure To exit setup mode and save your changes using SAVE amp END proceed as follows 1 Print the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu should be the last printed line on the page If the menu is not printed press the ONLINE button to print the menu If you are using the SELF TST or HEX DUMP function press the LF FF button instead of the ONLINE button to print the menu The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is shown below lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the SAVE amp END function Make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END Press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select SAVE amp END The printer exits setup mode and returns online the ONLINE indicator lights green Any changes you made while in setup mode are saved 5 48 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE RESETTING DEFAULTS This secti
93. Name in character set setup menu USA United Kingdom German 2 2 2 B9pqepeos IILINOJ Continued on the next page i USA is the same as Code Page 437 These are scalable and provided with upright italic and bold as resident fonts H draft stands for high speed draft y Supported E 20 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS Resident font TI MA ss rdwop TUDO V Y90 0T PNO ax SS9 9 UII sed J Jp H National character set Swedish ISO 8859 1 ECMA94 Code Page 437 Code Page 850 Code Page 852 Code two Pass Code Page 855 Code Page 860 Code Page 863 Code Page 865 Code Page 866 Hungarian Hungarian two pass Slovenian Slovenian two pass Polish Polish two pass Mazovian Mazovian two pass Latin 2 Latin 2 two pass Name in setup menu SWEDISH ISO8859 ECMA94 PAGE437 PAGES850 PAGES852 PAGES852 T PAGES55 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGES65 PAGES66 HUNGARY HUNG T SLOV SLOV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN2 LATIN2 T xx SUBS SNQUITN eouapuodsa 1o sos 19 9818y 2244424 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2222 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 s49IqE t55 JOLIN 2 2 2 DD E MD E E NE NC E CE SE MEC QT 22 2 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 oe cul ES Lr a ue ui uM uio uo M uu 42 22242 42 42 4 22 2 222 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 y y y y y y y y y y y y y y 2 2 22 2 2 22 22 22 2 2 22 2 2 es a LY AS LN a ur Rua s tos LA x xL LL E M E 2 2 2 2 LI
94. OF TERMS Downloading dpi Emulation Font Form feed FF Graphics printing Hexadecimal Hex dump Interface K byte Transferring soft fonts from the computer to the printer s memory Downloading allows you to use fonts not resident in the computer Dots per inch A command set that allows one printer to print like another printer This printer has three resident emulations Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS native command set IBM proprinter XL24E and Epson ESC P2 A complete set of printable characters having the same size and style For example Courier 10 and Prestige Elite 12 are commonly used fonts A signal to the printer to advance the paper forward one page Form feeds can be executed either by your software or by holding down the LF FF button on the printer control panel Controlling the print head wires dots individually to produce a picture or an image on the page A base 16 numbering system also commonly referred to as hex numbers Since a base 16 system requires 16 digits numbers 0 through 9 and letters A through F are used Expressing binary numbers in hexadecimal uses fewer digits A hexadecimal printout of control codes and data Hex dumps are used to debug computer programs and to troubleshoot printer malfunctions To print a hex dump on the printer use the HEX DUMP function in setup mode A connection that allows communication from one part of a system to another For example electrical s
95. OFF button is convenient when the options you need to change are near the end of the list of apow dnies items EEEE User s Manual 5 27 USING SETUP MODE 4 5 6 NOTE Whenever you select a new emulation all MENU1 or MENU2 options are reset to the factory defaults for that emulation If necessary change the other MENU1 or MENU2 options Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to the option you want to select Press the MENU button to select the option and print the next item listed in Table 5 3 Press the TEAR OFF button to select the option and print the previous item Exit MENU1 or MENU2 Press the ONLINE button to exit the selected function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Do either of the following Select another function or Exit setup mode saving your changes For details about other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE amp END and then press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button Resetting MENU1 and MENU2 To reset the factory defaults for both MENUI and MENU2 select the DEFAULT function For more information see the section Resetting Defaults later in this chapter The DEFAULT function cannot reset those options which are handled by the HARDWRE ADJUST and CONFIG functions 5 28 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE CHANGING HARDWAR
96. OI a A vo Monn ds gt Bx Nw me BQUVDBDVH AGAMA EEO AOWMNHOPEKANH i w amoolgmuiuomnunuioulgzxzo DANMPNOR ON av Hat z HUH Be me e oy uh do ee L H OANARIOIORNDAANADA fa E 9 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS ISO LTN ISO Latin LATIN P Latin Polish WG 0 OM bh d DD GOD mh M di dox xd on 0 GOG o9 Qeon oui AMZ OOOO x m ODDO E MG ot v1 0 OUQ da rdg ouo e o0 e T Pas on a Uu Na ON N KS Xp X do da MeN Low Qo E o aN e oen 04 03 Qu Mori mMM Go Oo AMNHO REKAN erm eCOUVORhLUEHrAMYU RAO SAN MPI XO P OD e oa y IAG E AT Be x ox db or va oe zm 012345060789 ABCDEF Coe Nm sri uiomoo mmnuodnatmutm 0123456789 ABCDEF Il A VIC o ee Vc w B 005 Zconteenoagwo 2s awe 3 P tit m AU J24 p pet be ell de ge To FR ma AN r Ted OD mw oO GO TN tee YR A HERO ODO uU Ww e C 3 49 os DIA XD ESE A Age opt BIKAN RLODUR DIO ADAHESCO ROMNHD gt EX HN v w amongnomummuommunitazxzo Q eO m si ior 00 e wv A 2 FEU SM Gc X SI ON ui gt oo L H SCANMANOFADAMVANE LITHUA2 Lithuanian 2 LITHUA1 Lithuanian 1 0123456789ABCDEE RF OM O IIe a De FDN NAE AUH REaX AT EAA ANH EaR d dps ce UE 0 3 4 uA A sr E TORS a a i T TOMKHOXRMENKN MEA EMOR ROUHDSEM OTP RMA BAMA OMX OSE M RP STOR UOugo ts gt XX NN we A PQVUTPVUH OSAKA EO D Om UO ESI D XX NOLO c
97. PROGRAMS THAT PERFORM TASKS ON A COMPUTER SUCH PROGRAMS INCLUDE WORD PROCESSING DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING FOR EXAMPLE The acronym for American National Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII is a set of 256 codes numbered 0 to 255 used to communicate information between a computer and another device such as a printer The speed in bits per second at which data is transmitted to a device such as a printer Baud rates apply to serial data only 1200 baud equals approximately 120 characters per second Alternate printing of lines from left to right and right to left Bidirectional printing is faster than unidirectional printing because there are no carriage returns The smallest unit of information in computer memory A bit is a single digit either a 1 or a 0 in the binary numbering system Eight bits equal one byte A storage area for data in the printer or computer The printer s buffer consists of a print buffer and a download buffer The print buffer holds data to be printed The download buffer holds downloaded data such as download soft fonts A byte consists of eight bits that constitute one symbol A byte represents a single character such as number letter or special control character User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Carriage return CR Centronics interface Column Command set Condensed print Continuous forms Control panel cpi cps Cut sheets Defaults Dot ma
98. TE To load or feed paper the printer must be Online but not receiving or printing data Offline but not in setup mode To micro feed paper which is done with the ONLINE button the printer must be Offline but not in setup mode 3 2 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING Table 3 1 Levers and Buttons Used for Paper Handling Purpose Action Form feed Press and hold LF FF to execute a form feed Continuous forms are fed forward by one page Single sheets are ejected Line feed Press LF FF within three seconds to feed paper forward by one line Forward micro Press LF FF and ONLINE to feed paper feed forward by 1 180 inch TEAR OFF Advance forms Press TEAR OFF to advance the forms for tear off perforation to the tear off edge Tear off the forms then press any button to retract the remaining forms Load unload Press LOAD to load paper or to retract continuous forms to the park position Reverse micro Press LOAD and ONLINE to feed feed paper backward by 1 180 inch Save adjusted Press MEMU and ONLINE to perma load point nently store the load position adjusted by Jaded I D 5 2 5 a micro feeding Paper Select paper Move the paper select lever forward for select path single sheets cut sheet stand lever Move the paper select lever backward for continuous forms Paper Adjust for Select the number corresponding to the thickness paper thickness number of copies includi
99. TUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and i D MENU2 Items Options escription lt CHAR H gt Change also the line spacing if 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected NORMAL Standard character height ABCD abcd 2 TIMES Double character height ABCD abcd 4 TIMES Quadruple character height AMO abed lt ATTRIB gt Selects an attribute to add emphasis to your documents Only one attribute may be selected at a time NONE Standard characters no attributes ITALICS Italic printing CONDNSD Condensed printing 1 SHADOW Double printing with a slight horizontal offset Double printing at the same position 5 18 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and i MENU Items Options Description lt PAGE LG gt Specifies the length of the page in inches For DPL24C PLUS and IBM XL24E emulations 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 0 5 5 6 0 7 0 8 0 8 5 11 0 letter size 11 6 A4 size 12 0 14 0 or 18 0 inches For Epson ESC
100. UITN aouapuodsa 1 107 2222222222222 22 2 JB IPp H TUDO V Y90 User s Manual COURIER 10 PRESTIGE ELITE 12 DRAFT 12 COMPRESSED PICA 10 CORRESPONDENCE 10 HIGH SPEED DRAFT 12 BOLDFACE PS OCR B 10 OCR A 10 RESIDENT FONTS This appendix provides print samples of the printer s nineteen resident fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and syabols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and syabols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and prints using printer symbols fonts prints using printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts The 24 wire dot matrix printer prints quality characters and symbols using a variety of sizes and fonts prints using The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts The 24 wire dot matrix quality characters and a variety of sizes and printer symbols fonts prints using
101. ULT i 1 1 i Press ONLINE t SELF TST HEX DUMP j A 1 See Checking Vertical Print V ALMNT gt i Alignment V ALMT later in 1 1 i this chapter for details MJ Functions having items and options apo dnies Summary of setup mode EE RUUi User s Manual 5 7 USING SETUP MODE 4 Select the current emulation Since you do not want to change the emulation press the MENU button to select the current emulation and print the next item lt FONT gt and its options 5 Change the font to Prestige Elite 12 Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button once to position the cursor beneath PRSTG12 Press the MENU button to select PRSTG12 and print the next item lt QUALITY gt and its options 6 Select the current print quality Since you do not want to change the print quality press the MENU button to select the current print quality and print the next item PITCH and its options 7 Change the pitch to 12 cpi and exit the MENU2 function Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button once to position the cursor under 12 CPI Since you do not want to make any other changes in MENU2 press the ONLINE button to select 12 CPI and exit MENU2 The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is then reprinted 8 Exit setup mode saving the new font and pitch Since the cursor is under SAVE amp END press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select SAVE amp END The printer saves Prestige Elite 12 a
102. XX U AA Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description lt TEARPOS gt Tearoff position VISIBLE Select this option when your software positions forms to the next top of form after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed without adding a form feed when data transfer has stopped ALWAYS Select this option when your software stops after printing the last data The printer performs tearoff feed after adding a form feed when data transfer has stopped Note For both settings tearoff positioning will fail if the page length setting does not match the actual perforation spacing The following lt TEAR EN gt item is printed when TEAROFF AUTO is specified for the lt TEAROFF gt item lt TEAR EN gt Tearoff enabled time offset time The offset time is from when data transfer stops to when the printer performs automatic tearoff feed If the printer receives data again within the offset time the printer does not perform automatic tearoff feed apow dnies EEEE User s Manual 5 41 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items lt TEAR EN gt continued Options Description In some application programs data transfer may stop temporarily due to internal processing This setting can avoi
103. after an Area Over warning The printer senses the left and right edges of paper and stores their positions when the paper is loaded If your software will print data past either edge the printer ignores that data but does not stop printing Rather the AREA OVER indicator lights to call your attention to the loss of data The AREA OVER indicator functions when AREACNT area control is set to ENABLE in setup mode See Chapter 5 for information on setting AREACNT The factory default is not to sense the edges If paper is dark colored or preprinted the printer may not be able to sense the edges correctly In this case disable the sensor To resume printing when the AREA OVER indicator is on 1 Stop your software and press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline 2 Adjust the horizontal position of the paper or change the margin settings in the printer setup menu or your software 3 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer online Restart the software from the page that includes the lost data A GIIi n LLOAHUGIH OY User s Manual 4 7 PRINTING REMOVING PRINTED PAGES CLEARING THE PRINT BUFFER 4 8 This section describes the best methods for removing single sheets or continuous forms paper after printing Removing Single Sheets When you print using software the printer automatically ejects each sheet of paper when the end of the printed page is reached To eject sheets manually use one of
104. ait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the DEFAULT function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under DEFAULT Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the DEFAULT function The printer reprints the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The default values in MENUI and MENU2 are now reset 3 Do either of the following Select new options for MENU1 or MENU2 Exit setup mode saving the factory defaults See the section Changing MENU1 and MENU2 Options To exit setup mode and save the new defaults make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END then press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button USING THE DIAGNOSTIC This section describes how to use the following diagnostic functions FUNCTIONS SELF TST HEX DUMP e V ALMNT These functions are used for checking print quality and diagnosing printer problems HEX DUMP also provides useful information for programmers 5 50 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Printing the Self Test The SELF TST function prints test pages to check how the printer operates independently of your computer The self test does not check the interface between the computer and the printer The self test prints the printer
105. al Tips nep ee exe cs 3 18 Multipart Forms eee 3 18 Envelopes eese 3 19 A etuer TE 3 19 Selecting Print Features ssssssssss 4 1 Using Commercial Software sss 4 2 Using the Control Panel ccccceceseeeeeeeeeeeeees 4 2 Selecting MENU1 or MENUA osasse 4 3 Starting or Stopping Printing ssssssss 4 5 Starting Printing ees aeania e iian aaa aai akidaka a 4 5 Stopping Printing 4 5 Resuming from a Paper Out suus 4 5 Printing the remaining lines on a page 4 6 Continuing printing after supplying paper 4 6 Resuming after an Area Over warning 4 7 Removing Printed Pages sess 4 8 Removing Single Sheets ssssssss 4 8 Removing Continuous Forms usssss 4 8 Clearing the Print Buffer ssssssssss 4 8 User s Manual CHAPTERS USING SETUP MODE How to Use This Chapter sssssses 5 1 Entering Setup Mode ssssssee 5 2 Overview of Setup Mode sssssssss 5 4 Setup Mode Example sse 5 6 Points to Remember sese 5 9 Printing a List of Selected Options 5 10 Deciding Which Options to Change
106. al relative move by n 360 inch 999 lt n n n lt 999 n n and n are the hundreds tens and units digits of the distance sis a plus or minus or sign Vertical tab execution Set vertical tabs The values of n to n in this command are the ASCII values of the lines at the current line spacing at which tabs are to be set 1 n 255 1 lt k lt 64 Move to line n 1 lt n lt 255 HT ESC D n n NUL ESC HT n ESC n n ESC eR s n n n VT ESC B n n NUL ESC VT n Page Formatting Set right margin 0 n 255 Set left margin 0 lt n 255 Set perforation skip by n lines 1 lt n lt 127 Perforation skip off Set page length to n lines 1 lt n lt 127 ESC Q n ESC 1 n ESC N n ESC O ESC C n or ESC ec n or ESC FF n User s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Set page length to n inches 1 lt n lt 22 Set page length to n 360 inch n n x 256 nj 0 lt n n lt 255 l lt n x 256 n 7920 Character Set Control Select character set 1 Appendix E gives the character sets Select character set 2 Appendix E gives the character sets Select international character set n 0 USA France Germany United Kingdom Denmark 1 Norway Sweden Finland Italy Spain Denmark 2 Clear print buffer Select printer Deselect printer ignore input Force most significant bit to 1 Force most significant bit to 0
107. al settings on the printer do not match those of your computer or your software Before changing any settings use the procedure described below to try printing using the printer s preselected factory settings Test communication between the printer and computer as follows 1 Load a sheet of paper 2 Check that the printer is online If the ONLINE indicator is not green press the ONLINE button 3 Try to print using your word processor a programming language or other software 2 26 User s Manual SETTING UP 4 Use your software printer selection menus or the printer setup mode described in Chapter 5 to make required changes in the page layout or other print features If the printer does not print or prints the wrong characters proceed as follows Make sure that the interface cable is properly connected Make sure that the printer emulation selected in your software is the same as that selected on the printer If you are using a serial interface make sure that the printer serial interface settings are the same as those on the computer The printer s preselected factory settings are 8 data bits no parity 1 stop bit 9600 baud and XON XOFF protocol You can change the serial settings on either the printer or your computer To change the printer settings see Chapter 5 To change the computer settings use the selection menus provided by your software or the commands of your computer operating s
108. aler for information on ordering any of these items SUPPLIES Supplies Order Number Ribbon cartridges Black ribbon CA02374 C104 Ribbon subcassette Black ribbon CA02374 C204 Print head CA02281 E718 OPTION RS 232C serial interface board Order Number CA02374 C992 Description LAN card KA02004 C990 Installable only on a printer model with the parallel and USB interfaces User s Manual A 1 SUPPLIES AND OPTIONS A 2 User s Manual PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS User s Manual PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS This appendix gives the physical functional and performance specifications for the printer It also gives detailed paper specifications Dimensions Height Width Depth Weight Approximately AC power requirements Model Model Power consumption Model Model Heat generation Interface Data buffer size Download buffer Operating environment Storage environment Acoustic noise 80 columns 136 columns 120 mm 4 72 in 120mm 4 72 in 415mm 16 3 in 570 mm 22 5 in 330 mm 13 in 330 mm 13 in 7 3 kg 16 lbs 9 7 kg 21 4 Ibs M33331A M33333A 100 to 120 VAC 10 50 60 Hz M33331B M33333B 220 to 240 VAC 10 6 50 60 Hz M33331A M33333A Average 140 VA Maximum 255 VA M33331B M33333B Average 150 VA Maximum 255 VA Average 251 2 KJ h Centronics parallel Centronics parallel and RS 232C serial Centronics parallel an
109. an IBM PC and most other personal computers With DSR disabled control the input control signals DSR CTS and CD are always considered high regardless of their actual states Therefore no wire connection for these pins is required The following figure shows the wiring required for connection to an IBM PC User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION Host Printer TD Pao q TD RD Pin 3 A LI DSR Pin 6 4 gt DSR DTR Pin 20 gt DTR RC RTS Pind 4 gt RTS CTS Pin 5 gt CTS CD Pin8 gt CD SG Pin7 SG indicates an open wire Wire q is unnecessary for the DTR or RC protocol Some computers may not require wire W DSR enabled control enables communication using an RS 232C interface The CTS and DSR input control signals are enabled CD is ignored DSR must be high when the printer receives data If the printer has data to be transmitted to the computer the printer transmits the data when both DSR and CTS are high When using DSR enabled control use a straight through cable to connect to a DCE data communications equipment device Use a null modem cable to connect to a DTE data terminal equipment device as shown below Host DTE Printer DTE ee RD Pin 3 RD o c NM E DTR Pin 20 DTR RTS Pin 4 RTS Wm E CD Pin 8 CD Pin MM SG User s Manual D 9 INTERFACE INFORMATION Serial Protocols A protocol i
110. and ONLINE buttons simulta neously until the printer beeps OVERVIEW OF SETUP When you enter setup mode the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed MODE lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT Table 5 1 summarizes the purpose of each function Table 5 1 Setup Mode Functions Function Purpose Select Function SAVE amp END Exits setup mode and saves any changes made while in setup mode MENU 1 and Assigns print features to MENUI and MENU2 MENU2 on the printer control panel HARDWRE Changes the printer hardware options ADJUST Changes the print position adjustment options CONFIG Changes the configuration options 5 4 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Select Sub Function Self Diagnostic Function lt EMULATE gt DPL24C lt FONT gt COUR 10 PRSTG12 COMPRSD COUR I N SAN N N SAN B QUALITY LETTER User s Manual Table 5 1 Setup Mode Functions Cont Function DEFAULT Purpose Resets factory defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 LIST SELF TST Prints a list of all currently selected options Runs the self test HEX DUMP Prints hex dumps V ALMNT Checks and corrects vertical print alignment To select a function from the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 1 Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor on the plastic p
111. anges and improvements into units already shipped Every effort has been made to ensure that the information included here is complete and accurate at the time of publication however Fujitsu Isotec Limited cannot be held responsible for errors and omissions Printer model specifications differ with the print column 80 or 136 and the power supply input voltage 100 120 or 220 240 VAC C147 E047 01EN July 2004 Copyright 2004 FUJITSU ISOTEC LIMITED Printed in Japan All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or translated stored in a database or retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Fujitsu Isotec Limited FUJITSU is a registered trademark and Fujitsu Creative Faces is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer Coporation IBM PC and IBM Proprinter XL24E are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation ESC P2 is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark and MS DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Nimbus Sans is a registered trademark of URW Unternehmensberatung Karow Rubow Weber GmbH Hamburg Other product names mentioned in this manual may also be trademarks of their respective companies User s Manual ABOUT THIS MANUAL Thank you for buying the Fujitsu DL375
112. anual 7 7 TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 3 Operating Problems and Solutions Cont Error name Load jam error Error description After the tractor PE sensor detected the form at continuous form loading the TOF sensor does not detect the top of the form even after line feed is executed a certain number of times After the set sensor detects the sheet at cut sheet loading the TOF sensor does not detect he top of the sheet even after line feed is executed a certain number of times Recovery method Execute the loading operation Press the online button to turn the printer online When the cut sheets are loaded remove the sheets once and then insert them again They are then loaded automatically LEDs light up depending on the following error types LED status Error name Blink Light ONLINE AREA OVER PAPER OUT Paper end Eject jam error Continuous form cut sheet switch lever error Load jam error 1 Ifthe setup item PPR OUT IGNORE is specified paper end is not detected 7 8 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Printer Failures A user cannot generally resolve a problem involving defective printer hardware On detecting a fatal error the printer will Stop printing Beep four times Turn the ONLINE indicator off Blink the PAPER OUT indicator see Table 7 4 for the error type Y ey e e 2 e e qno4
113. aper bail rollers Press the TEAR OFF button to restart printing If the print quality remains poor turn off the printer and contact your dealer for assistance BUTTON ACTION lt ONLINE gt Exit to normal mode lt LE FF gt Return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt mode lt TEAROFF gt Pause resume printing 1 Software specification KA02008 J101 01A 024601 2 Emulations DPL24C FUJITSU DPL24C PLUS Ver 2 02 IBMXL24E IBM Proprinter XL24E Ver 1 02 ESC P 2 EPSON ESC P 2 Ver 1 02 3 Repeat printing LOG 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 04 05 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 11 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 04 05 00 60 10 00 00 00 00 11 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 30 30 60 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 OA OA 33 43 00 10 10 11 00 00 01 00 00 11 00 00 00 16 16 11 00 00 00 00 00 00 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 F5 00 F9 FE FB 00 00 60 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 47 62 00 00 ESSE 0123456789 lt gt 8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 7_ abcdefghijklmnop neris PULL P IIT NS NOI E9514 foni qrstuvwxyzi Speen ane TnZoyur O0Q6egdenz ar LM 2m TUVWXYZI IN 1 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz nNaCGmcaclil tiit mai TE ee BENE POQSmHeN tr2 lt Jee 0123 DN FT n AB GET Me Poo abede ghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzi j nmae iio A pp E AIP nTouthOQdoPeN 2 lt Jee NA oesrovmaret st abedelghi kl t 1 i n 22 cere 244 YSOEEME TEE fente ier IAN DELLA Peer
114. aracter Set Q Ok ne DBM ANY AR fs GAUT O4 MH AN BHO fu CP VQ amp OD Ap b B oM Ke Sos C AQ Bq EQOU5 Ep Uo AQ e DMN MTA WN u ee VILLA S gt MMe oc X FE RT EN 523332502828 BESS eS ekscesad esPRXxLue OB 8s HH 23 a of I Gd OUO Du B nd uBao fa C p Ub BS D gt So HN ee ere Odak a zO DAA 05 f OOM OH sev IAS O ee or REPELER FEST N RA 5ES2DZ 012 34 56 78 9 ABCD EF c C oc 0105 sf a0 r 00 0 4 c 00 OS la L H LL Graphics Character Set 1 HL h AD VE R9 9 Vc a 5 S E ENDAR EDDOL AOT d LAS ee H g 24 i He yd de Sa ae a E pm WH OD KS E E YA ABSSRSARsagkesee SRRESSeeeescesan BTN OH DP EK aN E A d OO Qus 5 Xon 7d n EO QC n EI EMM Nm o e 4 m OOmnmmomunudzmo O m N co sou Om 00 O8 te y H A 0 fa oz c3 vree d d H dE S EBSEBHenaS LH 0123 45 678 9 AB CD EF TI P Qo es c4 co tous XD Te 00 O8 i p CO 02 EX 0n User s Manual E 2 CHARACTER SETS Graphics Character Set 2 Character Sets UL FD AL E Roe 9 Kc a no 3264 FH O L oU G9 D 0o 8 S vc 3 p beet HN he 24d ep qe a ps a a pep aR sc epo ipe Wot OW mam a LL At Y As a 40 00 QD HD oO ID O0 qa oh di te RO p S wO 4d wd C D oup AQ oum d om i oe AGM UH DE RH ANS A 08 42 Q O Qui D Coe ric eo oO Ru CY mi ov ES DID D DE Dd IN t C 5 4j 8 CO Ci Ed fe D NANA ao Om c9 e stan D re 00 QS e oe VIL A oe TETEE IEPA FEST N seaceean
115. asional problems may occur You can solve many of these problems yourself using this chapter If you encounter problems that you cannot resolve contact your dealer for assistance 4 3 e e 2 e e qno4 This chapter is organized as follows Solving problems Diagnostic functions Getting help SOLVING PROBLEMS The tables in this section describe common printer problems and their solutions The following types of problems are considered Print quality problems Paper handling problems Operating problems Printer failures Print Quality Problems Poor print quality or other printing problems are often caused by incorrect printer setup or incorrect software settings A gradual decrease in print quality usually indicates a worn ribbon Table 7 1 identifies common print quality problems and suggests solutions CSS User s Manual 7 1 TROUBLE SHOOTING 7 2 Table 7 1 Print Quality Problems and Solutions Problem Solution Printing is too light or too dark Stains or smudges appear on the page Make sure that the ribbon cartridge is properly installed and that the ribbon feeds smoothly Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 Check ribbon wear Replace the ribbon if necessary Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 Check ribbon
116. aub o 48d rx un e 0123456789 A BCDEF ITALIAN Italian L H DANTE HE ADVIS te oo SI P Ban PH ODP eDcawo Zs awe 4 PARA Cet M NS 24 A Ea ei a TTS Fra ae Woe OD Aa o0 E YR n 8 89 0 000 CI DOO D 0 GbR 5 Oni Xp dodo d Ot D XU E oed ocn oo LOA 0D 3D gt Sx AN DOTS 8 2 0 00w BMG AMMA ESO ACMHHOI gt SX AN MOM D MCEMVUAAHUMHNAMHA RAO SANMBPMOOM DOA ev tt Ao E FRM OP ee wak a t0 un oe SR FINNISH Finnish nu 2100300500520 0H0k available in the DPL24C PLUS command set and the IBM Proprinter XL24E The following character sets differ from those of Code Page 437 USA emulation 0123450789 ABCDEF HEP AD ME See de 8o 9 Vc s M San FN oOAraDewvw 3 BWC 4 dE gt Ne 24 lea M ERE il E E ES 40 8 RR O0 ROD 0 ob oe ae IU doudou xd OY 4D oud at df ow i AMA SP SsKAN GOD I G QUGCH NAM AA BO f Ot UD E D D Sx AM Dal GCEMQUVUAEAHUDHAMAEZO SHAM SPD VO DP ON oS v M A 09 r UR Be X lo us ee e tS PAS AAA rr FRENCH French L H C0 c OU 00 SFO 40 P 00 0s KR OO I ta Ith AD vite 4 o cu B Sam ENO Lobo D 0 0 8 mu c 4 dE oS soi A NLLUUE 44 Pl ee el dE Cr FUE aT Wed OD ouo oy L OP os Y A E 2 R0 003d 7 o0 D D cine nce ODO Cet ed Odd eic QUe 5 b gt MANO oe t d2 0 0 Qu Dan mMYA goo A OU UO EA RP EKAN Bvt atiOVANHRUMHEAMHEAO SANMNAMNOR DMs av tate t Ube Be x
117. bit 6 Printer Busy Data bit 3 Data bit 7 Printer Clock Host Bus from CPU A Lo T Ly Data Available is assigned for the cable User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION SERIAL INTERFACE RS 232C is the standard serial interface for data terminal equipment The cable connector at the printer side should be a D subminiature Cannon or Cinch DB 25P male connector or equivalent that conforms to EIA standards The table that follows shows the pin assignments commonly used by most computers In the table Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer Output denotes a signal from the printer to the computer The signal level for mark state logical 1 is 3 V or lower for space state logical 0 it is 3 V or higher Description Frame Ground Transmitted Data This pin carries information from the printer to the computer Received Data This pin carries information from the computer to the printer Request To Send Spaces are sent when the printer is ready to transmit data Clear To Send Spaces are sent when the computer is ready to receive data Data Set Ready Spaces are sent when the computer has been powered on and is ready to receive or transmit data Signal Ground common return Carrier Detect Spaces are sent when the computer allows the printer to receive data Reverse Channel This signal is used instead of the DTR signal in the RC prot
118. clicks into place Make sure that the ribbon feed knob is facing upward Print guide S Print head Print guide Tip of print head 11 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack 12 Move the paper thickness lever back to its original position For single sheet printing the correct position is 1 Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 gives other paper thickness lever settings 13 Close the front cover of the printer 6 6 User s Manual MAINTENANCE NENNEN 5 REPLACING THE PRINT The print head is easy to replace HEAD 5 CAUTION 3 The print head may be hot if you have been printing recently To remove the print head 1 Turn off the printer 2 Open the front cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge 3 Pull the right end of the head lock wire forward to release it from the hook at the right of the print head carriage Then release the wire from the center hook 4 Remove the print head from the connector on the carriage as shown in the figure below Head lock wire Replacing the print head _ __ A User s Manual 6 7 MAINTENANCE To install the print head 1 Carefully fit the mounting guide grooves of the print head on the locating studs on the carriage 2 Push the print head into the connector and hook the wire into place in the reverse order of removal 6 8 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Your printer is extremely reliable but occ
119. cononononononons 5 3 F nct10n8 3 eio er rey E eere 5 12 ADJUST ecce eene 5 35 CANA i aies eer rinta 5 40 DEFAULT uta in 5 28 HARDWRE oooococccconccononccccnnnccnonncconnnoninnnoss 5 29 HEX DUMP eee 5 52 7 10 EIS eer ce tenda ci 5 10 MENU iia ES 5 14 IMBIN 7 ttc ae a o sde docto 5 14 SAVE amp END eere vn 5 4 select s n nef cds 5 5 SELEIST os ccc eR 5 51 7 10 V ALMNT T o nres 5 55 7 10 IN 2 User s Manual INDEX PE LANGUGE 521 Lever Glossary Of terms sese GL 1 paper select ies iei 3 2 GRAPHIC uses 5 37 paper thickness sess 3 2 3 4 Hardware options tractor locking eee 3 11 in setup mode sss 5 29 LECODE 4st te cin ciar E TE 5 25 order numbers ccceccccccccccccccccccceececeeceees A 1 LF FF button eee 3 2 4 2 HARDWARE function cccccccccccnninincnnnnananananono 5 29 LEI BND 5 5 ett ias te ts 5 19 Help Menus eene 5 4 5 0 Wein feed is eue detenta 3 3 Help where to get sss JO LINE SP a sister diet ita Oe 5 17 HEX DUMP function 5252 1 10 AA etre 5 17 HEDREE 5 iret ar teer eret 5 16 LISTfunction sssssseseeeeere 5 10 LOAD button eeeeeeee 3 3 3 7 3 14 ss CCC single sheets iii oi 35 IBM Proprinter XL24E Lubrication printer ooooooccnonanocconaconc
120. d MENU2 Options for details Then proceed as follows to check and correct vertical print alignment 1 Enter setup mode Press the MENU button and the TEAR OFF button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt V ALMNT SAVE amp END MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP apow dnies User s Manual 5 55 USING SETUP MODE 2 Select the V ALMNT function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under V ALMNT then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to select the V ALMNT function The printer prints the help menu then starts printing rows of parallel bars using letter quality speed 3 Adjust the vertical print alignment at letter quality speed Examine the parallel bars If the bars are aligned not jagged go to step 4 If the bars are offset to the left repeatedly press the LOAD button until the bars are aligned If the bars are offset to the right repeatedly press the LF FF button until the bars are aligned In the following figure the first line is assumed to be printed from left to right HT Tni H EH EH MATT TIT IB ET J 1 ELLE E EE EL TL B G TN IFA LEE gl I AIN MT MI yi FEE LEE GL IL IG G Bars offset to the left Bars offset to the right 4 Adjust the vertical print alignment at corre
121. d USB and LAN 0 256 2K 8K 24K 32K 96K or 128K bytes Maximum 128K bytes 128K minus data buffer size o Es e Q o E O 5 o 5 to 38 C 41 to 100 F 30 to 80 RH no condensation Wetbulb temperature less than 29 C 84 F 15 to 60 C 4 to 140 F 1096 to 9596 RH no condensation Average 49 dBA when printing in letter quality ISO 7779 Bystander Position Front B 1 PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS Print method Print direction Character cell Letter 10 cpi Letter 12 cpi Report Draft High speed draft Paper handling Standard Paper type Paper size Continuous Width Length Cut sheets Width Length Paper thickness Impact dot matrix with a 0 2 mm 24 wire head Bidirectional logic seeking or unidirectional seeking Horizontal x vertical 36 x 24 dots 30 x 24 dots 18 x 24 dots 12 x 24 dots 9 x 24 dots Friction feed platen cut sheets Push tractors rear feed of continuous forms Paper loading by LOAD button Advancing perforations to tear off edge by TEAR OFF button Parking continuous forms when using cut sheets 1 to 5 part side glued or paper stapled fanfolded continuous forms or label sheets with sprocket holes 1 to 5 part top glued cut sheets and envelopes 80 columns 136 columns 102 267 mm 102 420mm 4 10 5 in 4 16 5 in 102 mm 4 in Same as left or greater 102 267 mm 102 420mm 4 10 5 in 4 16 5 in 76 36
122. d an undesired tearoff feed by waiting for up to six seconds each time data transfer stops lt CUTLOAD gt BUTTON Single sheet autoloading Single sheet paper is automatically loaded a certain time after you set the paper Single sheet paper can be loaded by pressing the LOAD button The following lt LOADTIM gt item is printed when CUTLOAD AUTO is specified for the lt CUTLOAD gt item lt LOADTIM gt 0 5 1 0 1 5 2 0 2 5 3 0SEC Autoload start time Autoloading starts when this amount of time passes after you set single sheet paper lt DECODE gt DIRECT QUEUED Command decode timing The printer decodes certain commands immediately after receiving data Example ESC SUB I ESC CR P DPL24C ESC Q IBM XL24E The printer decodes commands after storing all data including commands in the input buffer This speeds data reception because the printer does not require decoding time during data reception 5 42 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description lt AREACNT gt Area over detection control ENABLE Detects the left and right edges of paper when loading the paper The printer does not print data beyond the edges but turns on the AREA OVER indicator DISABLE Does not detect the edges Select this option when you are using colored
123. de Li CAE NaeE Es qe A dep el S r T a rc WHA OS Sg Zoro LOIS rt Y oA 4220003350004 Hs SDD ERE VU a ed i o Aou gy ap BANS He 1 86207 0H MAGA MMA Ea QOMNAHD DO SK DH NDS Zvi l c mouutmunuomnrmunm5iazuo QC n OO iD io m OA avy Ae mer DH ULP Be we aK bod of un L H CO cO 3uinuroou Jmnonunmimt 0123456789 ABCDEF LOA OAM Pu M 0 OO OS e cR ov I A Oe Hl th Ar VE mA ee pe E cs San FH oORrP ae DG saw 4 PARA Lo AE Nes 4 Le Y ll l l TABERE EL mA of Wi OA SAG ow LA YA WR OOO OU cO DU ob DS Und U n xd 4d sU De qU XD AU ob ed edo C GOs up o gt se mAN BAW GNQYVTVIHAGAMMAH Boo AMUN EKHN RS MK i SIAaADVadayE xJIEizo m RIBA AAA los e L H 4 O oc OR sri 1o 0 00 0 f d O O O1 fu amd User s Manual E 16 CHARACTER SETS SPANSH2 Spanish2 ITALIAN Italian Character Sets E F 123456789ABCD HIM A VE ees v V ca B Bah FW OAK eSOAo 2 QW d FAY i AE bs 24 Relate SS lA PR 3rd HE M 3 c MPH cO DOE E ao L DA vA 3d 8 9 QQ O0 0 2 200 D Oo ob De go OQ S X9 e xd ad OU D AU oH ein Kf aw O4 3 b XX ANT OOS t TADO UH DOI BELO AOMNRDS gt EKAN Avy xX moaoiuugonmunazzeo CANMPFNMUONRDAH e av ian HUM Be X al eN un H 0 L SCANMAFNOFOADCMOANL 0123456789 ABCDEF IH HAD VET te oe 9 Vc s S or EN OccedgOvosSsuuc CAE NW 24 pa euaees i4 dE de 4 PRA eM
124. defaults sss 5 11 power on defaults resetting 5 49 resetting factory defaults 5 49 Demo pattern essere 2 18 Diagnostic functions sesessss 5 50 Download buffer sese 5 30 Downloaded buffer sssssussss 5 30 Downloaded soft fonts 4 1 5 16 DPL2ACPLUS commands sese C1 factory defaults sess C 15 selecting pte 2 23 5 15 DRAFT hehe ient eres 5 16 DTR protocol eese D 9 5 33 A o Ejection COVER iiiter terere 2 11 EMULEXATE Rel 2 25 5 12 5 15 Emulations selecting socrii toiii 2 23 5 12 5 14 supported n e eners 2 23 Entering setup mode sse 5 2 Envelopes printing eeeeeeee 3 19 Epson ESC P2 Command ici C23 selecting coito 2 23 5 15 Factory default settings C 15 5 11 Feeding paper form feed ninia 3 3 3 16 forward micro feed cconooooconccononnnnnncnononnnnns 3 3 hne feed AA n ase 3 3 3 16 problemi ii era 7 4 A eE a iE 5 15 Fonts A estet ro E E 5 18 selecting CREDE 5 15 EY DOS ii PAL 152 Eormieed aes 3 3 3 16 Forms tractors cocooooccncnnononnnnnonononanonononononononon 2 11 Front COVER A rrt ee aes 2 10 Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS selecting cuina tai 2 23 5 15 lt lt FUNCTIONS gt menu cooceocncnccnononnnn
125. e monmuumununmxuuizo Qm CO 0 P aO So P OD wy I A e wer FEU Be we aK o d ot un e L H Oeo msmioormdooqduinonmntutm 0123456789 ABCDEF i tH AL VIS Ho 9 Vc s ON amp AobRPBRexHmrmHEdUuanSsu TO GU oN 330 AN Ne N 24 bona te qe aem COUONLAIOXNOSNMEZTOR MUHA SOK OTA aM Han Inm rn AK MSMR Sm Ot A se zxP Ne i TN VUDBUIH RS AMYA ECO ARANDAS EA ANO mi SRADAdADUIHAXJZZO DANMNAMONR OD aw nts E ENY Be x tS EON un eee L H O ANA RIADA AAA User s Manual E 10 CHARACTER SETS MACEDON Macedonian MIK Character 0123456789ABCDEP RomAUhe rex oro se SOMAHeOXE MOSH ME AED iZ E El oy dei y 2 LT Ff X00 Qi XBOND AGH LOU DW MNO LoOocsADUra e xro t RF La PE e6 HI 5 ROMA ma mA Ma H B 4 UOunv 3 XX ANH od d ondouodgunxuu amp ro Qi Ot UD EOD D EX NOTI eCMoUAMRHRUMHEXHAEAZO Oo o0 sio or 0 O eom vl Ane gt HU Be A eee s ex L H QOO uoa sio orooodXmodntiamntu 0123456789 ABCDEF HL FD AD VIE SMS o n eee Qe nw Same EN OA rPeOG 3 awe EE el y 24 EP Hemp Sl aer AOnRhPAX OF SAAR HH Ae BSOMHROXMN SME EROER GORD ekara gazo HI R0 C EL oe 0 Nox o M SOs Bown a gt E N SQUVBVHOGHAOYH ESO AAH ZANA w eemonamuuomumus5uxmaxzo O c O40 00 sP iO SO P9 OM e ww AM HENO Gb un eee e AK oso L H
126. e a program that enables interactive entry of setup data on the CRT screen This method is the most useful of the three Check with your dealer for currently available programs To exit from online setup mode send EXIT as the last setup data For details of setup data and its format refer to the programmer s manual for each emulation 5 62 User s Manual MAINTENANCE Your printer requires very little care Occasional D 5 mp O D 5 o O cleaning and replacement of the ribbon cartridge are all that is required Lubrication of the printer is not usually necessary Tf the print head carriage does not move smoothly back and forth clean the printer as described in this chapter If the problem continues contact your dealer to determine whether lubrication might be needed CLEANING The front and back covers the ejection cover and the acoustic cover of the printer help protect against dust dirt and other contaminants However paper produces small particles that accumulate inside the printer This section explains how to clean and vacuum the printer and how to clean the platen and paper bail rollers It is easier to clean the printer when the front cover the ejection cover and the cut sheet stand and back cover are removed Cleaning and Vacuuming the Printer WARNING To avoid any possibility of injury before cleaning the printer turn off the power to both the printer and the computer and unplug the pr
127. eatures such as the typestyle and page format Note that certain settings directly affect hardware and software compatibility Refer to this chapter as indicated in Chapter 2 or as required Chapter 6 Maintenance explains basic maintenance procedures for this printer Chapter 7 Trouble Shooting describes problem solving techniques Before you contact your dealer for help check the list of problems and solutions provided in this chapter Chapter 8 Installing Options describes the options available for the printer and explains how to install them User s Manual CONVENTIONS At the end of this manual you will find several appendixes a glossary and an index Appendix A gives order numbers for printer supplies options and publications Other appendixes provide additional technical information about the printer Special information such as warnings cautions and notes are indicated as follows WARNING A WARNING indicates that personal injury may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly CAUTION A CAUTION indicates that damage to the printer may result if you do not follow a procedure correctly NOTE A NOTE provides how to tips or suggestions to help you perform a procedure correctly NOTEs are particularly useful for first time users For Experienced Users If you are familiar with this printer or with dot matrix printers in general this information will help you use the manual eff
128. ectively User s Manual vil TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Reference ccccccceceeeseseeceeeeeeeseseeeeeeeees QR 1 CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION Features oisi NO HR GE HEU AIRE 1 1 ODtIODS itinere rr Dre RR 1 2 CHAPTER2 SETTING UP Selecting a Good Location sssssssss 2 1 Unpacking the Printer eeeeeeeeeee 2 3 Checking Options and Supplies 2 5 Assembling the Printer 2 6 Installing the Cut Sheet Stand 2 6 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge 2 7 Getting Acquainted With Your Printer 2 10 Connecting the Power Cord sssssssss 2 11 Testing the Printer Offline sessssse 2 13 Loading Paper for the Self Test 2 13 Printing the Self Test esssssssss 2 14 Connecting the Printer to Your Computer 2 19 Selecting a Parallel Interface Cable 2 19 Selecting a Serial Interface Cable 2 19 Selecting a USB Cable sss 2 20 Selecting a LAN Cable sss 2 20 Connecting the Interface Cable 2 20 Selecting an Emulation sssssssss 2 23 Printing a Sample Page Online 2 26 Installing the Printer Driver
129. er 7 If the problem persists contact your dealer This printer is suitable for most business office and home environments To obtain peak performance from the printer select a location that meets the following guidelines y y Place the printer on a sturdy level surface Place the printer near a well grounded AC power outlet Ensure easy access to the front and rear of the printer by leaving several inches of space around the printer Do not block the air vents on the front left and right sides of the printer Do not place the printer in direct sunlight or near heaters Make sure that the room is well ventilated and free from excessive dust User s Manual 2 1 SETTING UP Y Do not expose the printer to extremes of temperature and humidity Y Use only the power cord supplied with the printer or recommended by your dealer Do not use an extension cord Y Do not plug the printer into a power outlet that is shared with heavy industrial equipment such as motors or appliances such as copiers or coffee makers Such equipment often emits electrical noise or causes power degradation 2 2 User s Manual SETTING UP NENNEN UNPACKING THE PRINTER Unpack the printer as follows 1 Open the carton and remove the printer and its components Make sure that you have all of the items shown below Note that the power cord supplied depends on the printer model 100 120 or 220 240 VAC power supply Ribbon ca
130. er function or Exit setup mode saving your changes For details on other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button When you print using ruled paper you often want to adjust the print position so that the print sits properly on the ruled lines The ADJUST function allows you to e Set top of form position Fine tune top of form position Fine tune left print start column left margin e Adjust for accumlative line spacing error in a page The first three items are provided separately for cut single sheets and continuous forms The last item is available for single sheets only The top edge of your paper is the physical top of the page The logical top of the page as understood by the printer when loading paper is called the top of form Printing starts at this position Note that printing actually starts at the position obtained by adding the following e Top of form default 1 8 6 inch 7 6mm Top margin specified by your software e Printer TOP MRG top margin setting default 1 line Table 5 5 describes the ADJUT items and options Items are listed in the order they are printed The procedure for changing top of form is described after Table 5 5 epojy dnies User s Manual 5 35 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 5 ADJUST Items and Options
131. etween DC3 and the next DC1 is ignored Disables the DC1 and DC3 codes These codes are then ignored lt CR CODE gt lt LF CODE gt 3 CR ONLY LF ONLY No line feed is added to a carriage return c ABEDMNGBE A line feed is added to each carriage return ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP No carriage return is added to a line feed ABCDEFG IJKLMNOP A carriage return is added to each line feed ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOP EE User s Manual 5 25 apow dnies USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items Options Description lt RGHTEND gt End of line wrap Causes a carriage return plus a line feed Ju ABCD gt C EFGH OVR PRT Characters are overprinted at the end of a line f ABGB lt END gt Indicates the end of MENUI items Press the MENU button to print the first item lt EMULATE gt Press the TEAR OFF button to print the previous item lt RGHTEND gt Press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Unavailable in the IBM XL24E emulation 2 Unavailable in the Epson ESC P2 emulations 3 Available only in the Epson ESC P2 emulations 4 Available only i
132. f test printing press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button To resume self test printing press the FONT button or the MENU button again 4 Exit the SELF TST function Exit the SELF TST function in either of the following ways To exit SELF TST and remain in setup mode press the LF FF button The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is then reprinted To exit SELF TST and return online press the ONLINE button The printer permanently saves any changes made while in setup mode and returns online The self test can also be started by turning off the printer and then pressing the LF FF button while turning the printer back on As described in Chapter 2 this method is useful when you first set up the printer Printing Hex Dumps The HEX DUMP function prints data and commands in hexadecimal characters and abbreviated control codes The IBM character set 2 is used for printing see Appendix E The HEX DUMP function is useful for checking whether your computer is sending the correct commands to the printer and whether the printer is executing the commands correctly It is also useful for debugging software programs 5 52 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Procedure To print hex dumps make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded into the printer Then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printin
133. fold continuous forms paper on the forms tractors and turn the platen knob to feed the paper forward The jammed paper is pushed out Before operation be sure to position the print head at the center of the jammed paper 7 6 User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Operating Problems If any of the errors listed in Table 7 3 occurs the PAPER OUT LED lights up and an alarm beeps and the printer goes offline In such cases the buttons on the control panel can be used in the same manner as those when the printer is in the offline state 4 3 e e 2 e e qno4 Table 7 3 Operating Problems and Solutions Error name Error description Recovery method Paper end PE error Paper end is detected 1 Insert and load the paper in the paper tray Eject jam error Paper end is not detected Eject forms or sheets even after a large amount Press the online button of continuous forms or cut to turn the printer sheets were ejected online Continuous form In continuous form loading Switch the continuous cut sheet switch status the continuous form form cut sheet switch lever error cut sheet switch lever is lever back to its switched to cut sheet mode original position In cut sheet loading status Remove the loaded the continuous form cut paper sheet switch lever is switched to continuous form mode If the error occurs all buttons are disabled CSS User s M
134. g and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE V ALMNT ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP Select the HEX DUMP function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under HEX DUMP then press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the HEX DUMP function The printer goes online and prints a header and a short help menu Print the hex dump To start hex dump printing send your file or program to the printer The printer goes online and prints the hex dump Press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button to pause during hex dump printing To resume hex dump printing press the button again NOTE When hex dump printing stops the printer remains online in setup mode the ONLINE indicator is green To print another hex dump send another file to the printer User s Manual 5 53 apow dnies USING SETUP MODE Hex dump printing BUTTON ACTION ONLINE Exit to normal mode lt LF FF gt Return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt mode lt TEAROFF gt Pause resume printing 0 1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF Sample hex dump 4 Exit the HEX DUMP function Exit the HEX DUMP function in either of the following ways To remain in setup mode press the LF FF button The lt lt FUNC TION gt gt menu is then reprinted For details on o
135. gh speed draft Eighteen fonts available Courier 10 Pica 10 OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Prestige Elite 12 Boldface PS Correspond ence Compressed Draft and High speed Draft Courier Timeless and Nimbus Sans each in normal bold and italic styles Available from independent vendors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 lines per inch Programmable in 1 360 inch or various increments for image graphics ESC P2 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 1 18 or 20 cpi or proportional spacing Programmable in 1 360 inch or various increments for image graphics 80 columns 136 columns 80 cpl 136 cpl 96 cpl 163 cpl 120 cpl 204 cpl 136 8 cpl 231 cpl 144 cpl 244 cpl 160 cppl 272 cpl cpi characters per inch cpl characters per line 10 cpi 12 cpi 113 cps 135 cps 225 cps 270 cps 225 cps 270cps 360 cps 432 cps 400 cps 480 cps for 80 column printer 448 cps 537cps for 136 colmun printer cpi characters per inch cps characters per second B 4 User s Manual User s Manual Line feed speed Form feed speed Ribbon life Certification Safety M33331A M33333A M3333 1B M33333B EMI regulation M3333 1A M33333A PRINTER AND PAPER SPECIFICATIONS E pr aira 80 ms per line at 6 lines per inch 5 6 inches per second Up to 5 0 million characters Regulation UL 60950 for 100 to 120 VAC Country United States CSA C22 2 No 60950 for 100 to 120 VAC T V EN60950 for 220 to 240 VAC
136. hone 49 89 32 378 0 Fax 49 89 32 378 100 FUJITSU ITALIA S p A Via Nazario Sauro 38 20099 Sesto S Giovanni MI Italy Phone 39 02 26294 1 Fax 39 02 26294 201 FUJITSU ESPANA S A Camino Cerro de los Gamos 1 28224 Pozuelo de Alarcon Madrid Spain Phone 34 91 784 9000 Fax 34 91 784 9266 Australian Contact FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LTD Fujitsu House 2 Julius Avenue North Ryde N S W 2113 Australia Phone 61 2 9776 4555 Fax 61 2 9776 4556 Asian Contact FUJITSU HONG KONG LTD 10F Lincoln House 979 King s Road Taikoo Place Island East Hong Kong Phone 852 2827 5780 Fax 852 2827 4724 FUJITSU TAIWAN LTD 19th FL No 39 1 Sec Chung Hwa Rd Taipei Taiwan R O C Phone 886 2 2311 2255 Fax 886 2 2311 2277 FUJITSU SYSTEMS BUSINESS THAILAND LTD 12th FI Olympia Thai Tower 444 Rachadapisek Road Samsennok Huay Kwang Bangkok 10320 Thailand Phone 66 2 500 1500 Fax 66 2 500 1515 FUJITSU ASIA PTE LTD 20 Science Park Road 03 01 Tele Tech Park II Singapore 117674 Phone 65 6777 6577 Fax 65 6771 5502 FUJITSU PHILIPPINES INC 2nd Fl United Life Bldg A Arnaiz Legaspi Village Makati Metro Manila Philippines Phone 63 2 812 4001 Fax 63 2 817 7576 co FUJITSU
137. ibble Mode Pin numbers 2 to 9 15 to 31 and 33 to 35 are the same as the conventional mode Return Description Pin No Host Clock This signal is set high when the host requests the reverse data transfer phase nibble mode Printer Clock Output Reverse data transfer phase This signal goes high when data being sent to the host is estab lished Reverse idle phase This signal is set low then goes high to interrupt the host indicating that data is available Printer Busy Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 3 data bit 7 then forward path host to printer busy status Ack Data Req Output Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 2 then data bit 6 Reverse idle phase This signal is set high until the host requests data and after that follows the Data Available signal Reverse data transfer phase Data bit 1 then data bit 5 D 4 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION Return Pin No Signal name Data Available Output Description Reverse data transfer phase This signal is set low when the host can receive data and goes high when the host has received data Following a reverse data transfer the interface enters the reverse idle phase when the Host Busy signal goes low and the printer has no data Reverse idle phase This signal goes high when the Printer Clock signal goes low so that the interface re enters the reverse data transfer phase If
138. ibutes Selectable options in setup mode NONE ITALICS CONDNSD SHADOW BOLD Command ESC 4 ESC 5 SI or ESC SI DC2 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC ei ESC 3 0 3 5 4 0 5 0 5 5 6 0 7 0 8 0 8 5 11 0 11 6 12 0 14 0 18 0 IN ESC C NUL ESC e C NUL ESC FF NUL ESC C ESC eC ESC FF 1 2 3 41 COLM Controllable in online setup mode 1 2 3 10 LINE Controllable in online setup mode Underline USA UK GERMAN FRENCH ITALIAN SPANISH SWEDISH FINNISH DANISH1 DANISH2 NORWEGN PAGE437 PAGE850 PAGE860 PAGE863 PAGE865 ISO8859 ECMA94 ESCR ESCeC PG852 PG852 T PG855 PG866 HUNGARY HUNG T SOLV SOLV T POLISH POLSH T MAZOWIA MAZOW T LATIN7 LATIN2 LATN2 T KAMENIC KAMEN T TURKY TURKY T CYRILIC IBM437 IBM851 ELOT928 PG DHN LATIN P ISO LTN LITHUA1 LITHUA2 MIK MACEDON ABG ABY PG MAC ELOT927 DEC GR GREEK 11 PG862 HBR OLD HBR DEC ISO TUK RUSCII LATIN 9 Factory default Cancel command Uncontrollable by commands but controllable in online setup mode C 16 User s Manual User s Manual Character set COMMAND SETS TT Selectable options in setup mode SET 1 SET2 ESC7 ESC6 Perfora tion skip SKIP NO SKIP ESC N ESC O Paper width Zero font 8 0 IN 11 0 IN 11 4 IN 13 6IN 8 0 IN is default for 80 column printer and 13 6 IN is default for 136 column printe
139. ich is reviewed briefly at the end of this chapter is valid in all emulations For details refer to the programmer s manuals Optional settings on the printer include the emulation fonts pitch page length and page width serial interface options and the top of form setting When you save your settings in the printer s permanent memory they become the new settings or defaults These defaults are invoked whenever you turn on the printer For example if you save DPL24C PLUS as the default emulation DPL24C PLUS is invoked when you turn on the printer The printer diagnostic functions are SELF TST HEX DUMP and V ALMNT These functions are helpful for printer trouble shooting as described in Chapter 7 The sections in this chapter are presented in logical sequence If you are a first time user be sure to read the following sections first Entering Setup Mode Overview of Setup Mode apow dnies User s Manual 5 1 USING SETUP MODE ENTERING SETUP MODE 5 2 These sections will familiarize you with how setup mode works Once you understand the basics use the following sections to select printer options that are compatible with your computer system s hardware and software setup Printing a List of Selected Options Deciding Which Options to Change Changing MENUI and MENU2 Options Changing Hardware Options Changing Print Position Adjustment Options Changing Configuration Options Exiting
140. ignals are transferred between the computer and printer over an interface cable Kilobyte 1K byte equals 1024 bytes User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS LAN interface Letter size Line feed LF Line spacing Ipi Monospacing Nonresident font Normal mode Offline Online Parallel interface An interface for the local area network that supports the use of 10Base T and 100Base TX cables The use of Category 5 or greater TX cables is supported The maximum cable length supported is 100 meters A standard paper size used in the United States and other countries Paper is 8 1 2 x 11 inches 215 9 x 279 4 mm A signal to the printer that advances the paper forward one line Line feeds can be executed either by your software or by pressing the LF FF button on the printer control panel The vertical spacing between lines measured in lines per inch Lines per inch Used to measure line spacing Character spacing in which each printed character has the same width Also called fixed pitch monospacing is the opposite of proportional spacing Typewriter or computer printed text is typically monospaced Fonts not present resident in the printer s permanent memory Soft fonts and fonts on font cards are examples of nonresident fonts One of the printer s two operating modes In normal mode the control panel can be used to perform everyday printer operations such as loading and unloading paper feeding paper
141. ined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measure Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC warning Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment NOTES 1 Testing of this equipment was performed on model number M33331A or M33333A 2 The use of a nonshielded interface cable with the referenced device is prohibited The length of the parallel interface cable must be 3 meters 10 feet or less The length of the optional serial interface cable must be 15 meters 50 feet or less The length of the LAN cable must be 100 meters 330feet or less 3 The length of the power cord must be 2 meters 6 6 feet or less User s Manual Notice for Canadian Users This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la Classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Notice for German Users Bescheinigung des Herstellers Importeurs Hiermit wird bescheinigt daB de
142. inst stud 1 and then rotate the unit downward so as to set the other notch onto stud 2 3 14 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ER Tearing Off Continuous Forms Your printer has a special tear off edge that allows you to tear off printed pages without wasting paper The tear off edge is located on the ejection cover To tear off continuous forms using the tear off edge 1 Press the TEAR OFF button The bottom perforation of the last page advances to the tear off edge If you specified TEAR OFF AUTO using the CONFIG function in setup mode the paper automatically advances to the tear off edge at the end of each job or when the printer has printed all the data received NOTE If the bottom perforation of your paper is not positioned at the tear off edge the length of your paper may not be specified correctly in your software or the printer setup mode Check that the paper length is specified correctly For information on specifying page length using setup mode see Chapter 5 Jaded 2 Tear the paper off at the perforation I D 5 2 5 amp Tearing off continuous forms 3 Press any button to retract the forms back to the top of form position EE User s Manual 3 15 PAPER HANDLING FEEDING AND POSITIONING PAPER 3 16 Line Feed Form Feed Use the line feed form feed function to move paper forward This function is valid when the printer is online or offline Pressing and holding down the LF
143. inter Use the following procedure to clean and vacuum the printer as required 1 Remove any paper from the printer Make sure that the power is off and then disconnect the printer power cord 2 Using a soft vacuum brush vacuum the exterior of the printer Be sure to vacuum the air vents at the front left sides and bottom of the printer Also vacuum the cut sheet stand p LO User s Manual 6 1 MAINTENANCE 3 Use a soft damp cloth to wipe the exterior of the printer including the covers and separator A mild detergent may be used CAUTION Do not use solvents kerosene or abrasive cleaning materials that may damage the printer 4 Open the front cover of the printer and remove the ribbon cartridge Using a soft vacuum brush gently vacuum the platen print head carriage and surrounding areas You can easily slide the print head to the left or right when the power is off Be careful not to press too hard on the flat ribbon cable that extends from the print head carriage Flat cable Printer interior 5 Re install the ribbon cartridge Close the front cover 6 Open the ejection cover Vacuum the rollers paper entry slot and surrounding areas 7 Raise the cut sheet stand and the back cover Vacuum the forms tractors and surrounding areas 6 2 User s Manual MAINTENANCE REPLACING THE RIBBON Cleaning the Platen and Exit Rollers Clean the platen and rollers about once a month to re
144. ion For each of the following fonts the recommended pitch settings are given after the font name When you change the font be sure to also change the pitch if required COUR 10 Courier 10cpi PRSTGI2 Prestige Elite 12cpi COMPRSD Compressed font 15 17 and 18cpi BOLDFCE Boldface Proportional PICA 10 Pica 10cpi CORRESP Correspondence 10cpi OCR B OCR B 10cpi OCR A OCR A4 10cpi COUR N Courier Normal 10cpi COUR B Courier Bold 10cpi COUR I Courier Italic 10cpi N SAN N Nimbus Sans Normal Prop N SAN B Nimbus Sans Bold Prop N SAN I Nimbus Sans italic Prop apow dnies EE _E ___ an User s Manual 5 15 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults e Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items lt FONT gt continued Options TIMLS N TIMLS B TIMLS I DOWNLD Description Timeless Normal Prop Timeless Bold Prop Timeless Italic Prop Font 0 or font 1 in the printer s download RAM See Appendix F for font examples lt QUALITY gt LETTER REPORT HI DRFT Select the print quality that most often meets your needs Letter print quality This option provides the highest resolution but the slowest print speed It cannot be used with the compres
145. ion to be selected The selected option is underlined SAVE amp END function must be selected to exit setup mode Following list shows how buttons function in setup mode BUTTON ACTION on lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu ACTION on ITEM menu PAP AA n ONLINE Reprint lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select option amp return to lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu MENU Select function Select option amp print next item TEAROFF Select function Select option 4 print previous item LOAD Move cursor to the right Move cursor right to the next option LF FF Move cursor to the left Move cursor left to the previous option lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Function lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVEREND MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT ps Red cursor on print guide apo dnies Initial printout in setup mode User s Manual 5 3 USING SETUP MODE SOOO d nRul The initial printout contains a header help menu and lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu The header tells you that the printer is offline and in setup mode The help menu provides a quick summary of how to use setup mode The lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu lists all of the functions available to you in setup mode Note that the red cursor on the plastic print guide is initially positioned below the SAVE amp END function Setup mode can also be entered by turning off the printer then turning the printer back on while pressing the TEAR OFF
146. l interface esses 2 19 serial interface sess 2 19 USB pida 2 20 Carriage return CR esses 5 25 MISSING co roS en ee 7 3 Centronics parallel cable connection 2 20 Change ribbon cartridge ss 6 3 Changing hardware options 5 29 CHARH A ptit tete 5 18 CHAR W scere e tegis 5 17 Character enlargement sessies sorei ir roesit 5 17 height eco ite e ree eS 5 18 inire ET 5 17 SOUS p 5 24 Width ue miis 5 17 CHR SED a eenth piba 5 24 AA enne ee etes 6 1 Clear print buffer sess 4 8 Command sets resident uessss C 1 Compatible mode sse D 2 Compressed font sessessssses 5 15 Condensed printing eese 5 18 Connecting interface cable sss DpOWet COM iL cte tette Geers Continuous forms loading esee mets JA e RA TEAMING off ce eate cm eet unloading rente rer Control panel Correspondence sese Courter lO inmi t I et eete CR CODE 5 52 5 mestiere Cursor on print guide Cut sheet stand 1 st lling coito earn loading eerte ene User s Manual INDEX DC1 DC3 commands sss 5 25 DCSCDE nire e eese 5 25 DEFAULT function 5 28 5 49 Default settings factory
147. lected options see the next section for details To exit setup mode and permanently save your changes select either the SAVE amp END function For details see the section Exiting and Saving later in this chapter To exit setup mode without saving your changes turn the printer off Your previous power on defaults are active when you turn the printer on again apow dnies User s Manual 5 9 USING SETUP MODE PRINTING A LIST OF The LIST function prints a list of all the printer s currently selected options SELECTED OPTIONS This function is useful for checking the printer settings when you first enter setup mode or just before you exit To print a list of options load continuous forms paper and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Place the printer offline Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the LIST function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under LIST Next press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the LIST function The printer starts to print a list of the currently selected options The preselected factory settings also called factory defaults are shown on
148. move excess ink Use the platen cleaner recommended by your supplier and proceed as follows 1 Apply a small amount of platen cleaner to a soft cloth Avoid spilling platen cleaner inside the printer CAUTION Do not use alcohol to clean the platen Alcohol may cause the rubber to harden 2 Place the cloth against the platen and manually rotate the platen knob 3 To dry the platen place a dry cloth against the platen and manually rotate the platen knob 4 Gently wipe the rollers using the cloth moistened with the platen cleaner Dry the rollers using a dry cloth There are two ways of replacing the ribbon You can install a new ribbon cartridge in the printer or refill the old ribbon cartridge with new ribbon from a ribbon subcassette Appendix A lists order numbers for ribbon cartridges and ribbon subcassettes The following procedure is for ribbon cartridges For ribbon subcassettes refer to the instructions shipped with the subcassette To replace the ribbon cartridge 1 Turn off the printer 2 Open the front cover of the printer For easy installation slide the print head carriage to a position where it does not face a roller CAUTION The print head may be hot if you have been printing recently User s Manual 6 3 XOT AVES UTE MAINTENANCE 3 Move the paper thickness lever to position D Move to D OOOpPmaA a Paper thickness lever 4 To remove the ribbon cartridge pres
149. n the DPL24C emulation 5 Available only for 136 column printers 5 26 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Procedure To change the options assigned to MENU1 or MENU2 make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded and then proceed as follows 1 Enter setup mode Place the printer offline Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing The following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT 2 Select the MENU1 or MENU2 function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under either the MENU1 or MENU2 function Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the function and print the following lt EMULATE gt options lt EMULATE gt DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 3 Select an emulation Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the cursor under the emulation you require Then do either of the following Press the MENU button to select the emulation and print the next MENU 1 or MENU2 item As shown in Table 5 3 this is the lt FONT gt item Press the TEAR OFF button to select the emulation and print lt END gt Press the TEAR OFF button again to print the last MENU or MENU2 item As shown in Table 5 3 this is the lt RGHTEND gt item The TEAR
150. nd 12 cpi as the new power on defaults in MENU2 The printer then exits setup mode and returns online These settings remain in effect until changed 5 8 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Points to Remember Load continuous forms paper before entering setup mode In setup mode the LF FF button cannot be used to feed paper To adjust the line position of paper in setup mode use the platen knob Whenever you enter setup mode short help menus are printed at the top of the page Help menus are also printed when you select the SELF TST HEX DUMP or V ALMNT functions Use help menus for quick reference while in setup mode When printing the items and options for each function you can only print one item at a time However you can move either forward or backward in the item list To move forward print the next item press the MENU button To move backward print the previous item press the TEAR OFF button While in the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu or when selecting a function that contains items and selectable options press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu A short underline under the first two letters of an option indicates that it is the current default setting For example 12 CPI indicates that 12 characters per inch is the default pitch To change the default select and save a new pitch setting While in setup mode you can use the LIST function to print out a list of the currently se
151. nents rear CONNECTING THE POWER Before you plug in the printer CORD Y Make sure that the printer power is switched off The side marked 1 on the power switch should be raised Y Make sure that the power outlet is properly grounded Y Make sure that you use the power cord shipped with the printer This cord is designed to minimize radio frequency interference ooo User s Manual 2 11 SETTING UP To plug in the power cord 1 Plug one end of the power cord into the power connector on the rear of the printer 2 Plug the other end of the power cord into the power outlet Connecting the power cord 3 Make sure that the power cord is securely connected 4 Turn on the power by pressing the side marked 1 on the power switch Within a few seconds the POWER indicator on the printer control panel will light the print head will move to its home position and the ONLINE indicator will light green NOTE If no forms are loaded the printer may beep and the red PAPER OUT indicator may light and the ONLINE indicator will not light if the paper select lever is set backward to the continuous forms position Move the paper select lever forward to the single sheet position as described in the next section The PAPER OUT indicator will go out This condition is a result of the factory default settings and poses no problem 2 12 User s Manual SETTING UP TESTING THE PRINTER At this point load paper and r
152. ng the original lever or number of Vary the setting up or down including A copies to D to optimize printing Select D when replacing ribbon or clearing a paper jam Thefollowing graphics are engraved on the cover e Continuous forms Cut sheets ES _ __ZA User s Manual 3 3 PAPER HANDLING ADJUSTING FOR PAPER The printer can handle paper of different thicknesses including multipart THICKNESS forms with up to five parts original plus four copies For details on paper thickness specifications see Appendix B The paper thickness lever located at the top right corner of the printer allows you to adjust for different paper thicknesses Be sure to adjust the paper thickness lever whenever you change the number of copies being printed The paper thickness lever has nine settings 1 to 5 and A to D Use Table 3 2 to determine the appropriate setting for your paper then move the paper thickness lever to the appropriate position Paper thickness lever Move to D DO Dando wu Adjusting the paper thickness lever 3 4 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING nr OD pn UH M Table 3 2 Paper Thickness Lever Settings Number of Copies Including the Original 1 Setting 2 1 copy 2 copies 3 copies 4 copies 5 copies Ribbon replacement 1 F
153. nn 2 14 RS 232C serial interface Mi E rie petens 4 5 cable connection o ceccccccccccccccccccccccecccccceeees 2 22 SLOP ito e terae a Rees 45 optional settings setup 2 26 5 31 using software ssssseeenen 42 specifications ihe D 7 with parallel interface 2 26 with serial interface sss 2 26 Is Problems Operating inert ERR ERR 7 1 Select DC1 Deselect DC3 commands 5 25 paper handling e TE T2 Self test printer essere 2 14 printer failures cocer T1 7 9 SELETST NOE ORO 7 10 printing persas 7 1 Serial RS 232C interface SOIVING ise eiue BE 7 1 Aleit CO eco DE er atu Teil 2 20 Protocols serial ehem D 10 optional settings setup 2 28 5 31 PRT DIR eene depe epe 5 30 specifications s D 7 q_ A See User s Manual IN 5 IN 6 INDEX Setup mode changing configuration options 5 40 changing hardware options 5 29 changing MENUI and 2 options 5 14 changing print position adjustment options eeeeeeee 5 35 changing top of form sess 5 39 DPL24C PLUS flowchart 5 57 entering ciertas 5 2 example xen legeeiel S 5 6 EXIN ire tes amem os o ters 5 48 Online a eu 5 62 OVELVIEW O ocio etre Der idR 5 4 saving settings cooocnoonnoncnnnconcnnconnocnncnncnn
154. non 5 48 single sheet fine adjust CUTFINE 5 36 SUMMALY eo eer ERR b ei Phe P eat 5 7 Setup options adjustment options eeeen 5 35 Alternate Graphics Mode AGM 5 24 attributes ATTRIB 5 18 buffer BUFFER eene 5 30 buzzer ON OFF BUZZER 5 30 carriage return CR suus 5 25 character height CHAR H 5 18 character set CHR SET 5 24 character width CHAR W 5 17 detection of end of forms CONT PE 5 44 emulation EMULATE 5 15 fine adjust CNTFINE top of forms continuous form eee 5 36 fine adjust left position CNT LFT continuous form see 5 37 fonts FONT 5 5 15 hardware options esee 5 29 interface INTRFCE sssss 5 31 language LANGUGE 5 21 left end of page LFT END 5 19 line feed LE ies 5 25 line spacing LINE SP 5 17 line spacing adjust CUT AD singlesheet 5 37 list of selected options 5 10 lock function of setup mode LOCK 5 43 MENU and MENU2 options 5 14 page length PAGE LO 5 19 paper out response PPR OUT
155. not necessary to remove the continuous forms paper from the printer Switching to Single Sheets To switch from continuous forms to single sheets 1 Tear off your printed pages 2 Retract the forms paper to the park position by pressing the LOAD button The PAPER OUT indicator turns red CAUTION Failure to retract the forms paper will cause paper jams 3 Move the paper select lever forward to the single sheet position 4 Mount the cut sheet stand For details see the section Using Single Sheets earlier in this chapter If you are using the cut sheet stand Jaded I D 5 e 5 a press the LOAD button to advance the paper to the top of form position You are now ready to print using single sheets SS ee User s Manual 3 17 PAPER HANDLING Switching to Continuous Forms To switch from single sheets to continuous forms 1 If a sheet of paper is loaded remove the paper by turning the platen knob or pressing and holding down the LF FF button CAUTION Failure to remove paper may cause a paper jam 2 Move the paper select lever to the rear to the continuous forms position 3 Press the LOAD button The continuous forms paper advances to the top of form position You are now ready to print using continuous forms paper TIPS ON PAPER HANDLING General Tips Use high quality paper Do not use paper that is wrinkled or curled at the edges Do not use paper with staples or metal parts Do
156. nt time Unidirectional printing Unidirectional printing is used for printing vertical lines in tables even if vertical alignment is not adjusted Unidirectional printing is slower than bidirectional printing lt BUZZER gt Enables or disables the printer status buzzer Buzzer on recommended The printer beeps to indicate paper out or other conditions Buzzer off under any conditions lt WORD LG gt To determine the required word length refer to your computer documentation Select 8 BIT to print bit image graphics 8 bit word length used by most computers 7 bit word length MSB 0 lt BUFFER gt NONE 256BYTE 2KBYTE 8KBYTE 24KBYTE 32KBYTE 96KBYTE 128KBYT Assigns buffer memory to input data and downloaded font data Print buffer Download buffer 0 byte 128K bytes 256 bytes 127 75K bytes 2K bytes 126K bytes 8K bytes 120K bytes 24K bytes 104K bytes 32K bytes 96K bytes 96K bytes 32K bytes 128K bytes OK bytes 5 30 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 4 HARDWRE ltems and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults HARDWRE Items Options Description lt BUFFER gt NOTE continued BYTE option is recommended only for graphics application With 128KB selected the printer cannot accept any download font data lt INTRFCE gt Selects the type of the interface to the computer PARALEL Centronics parallel interface S
157. nual 5 39 apow dnies USING SETUP MODE 5 Exit setup mode saving the top of form setting Make sure that the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button 6 Check the top of form setting Load your paper and check the adjustment by printing a sample page using your software If necessary reenter setup mode and fine tune the top of form position by changing the lt CNTFINE gt option CHANGING The CONFIG function defines the printer s primary configuration You can CONFIGURATION OPTIONS set the following options to ensure that the printer meets your requirements Tear off for continuous forms e Autoloading of single sheets Direct decoding of certain commands Enabling of the AREA OVER indicator Table 5 6 describes the CONFIG items and options Items are listed in the order they are printed The procedure for changing the configuration options is described after Table 5 6 Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description lt TEAROFF gt Auto or manual tearoff feed MANUAL _ Automatic tearoff feed is invalid and tearoff feed must be done using the TEAR OFF button Automatic tearoff feed is valid but only for continuous forms Tearoff feed can also be done using the TEAR OFF button 5 40 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE L 1CCCCCCCCCCCCCCAAAAAAASAAAX
158. nuclear reactor control in atomic energy facilities aeronautic and space systems air traffic control operation control in mass transit systems medical devices for life support or missile firing controls in weapons facilities where particu larly high reliability requirements exist where the pertinent levels of safety are not guaranteed or where a failure or operational error could threaten a life or cause a physical injury hereafter referred to as high risk use Customers considering the use of this product for high risk applications must have safety assurance measures in place beforehand Moreover they are requested to consult our sales representative before embarking on such specialized use Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement for United States Users NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15B of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determ
159. o o N un ec L H 0123456789aBcDEF SPANISH Spanish SETS DPL24C PLUS AND IBM XL24E EMULATION NATIONAL CHARACTER j o QUO Srioumoooq ouuomut A E 15 User s Manual CHARACTER SETS DANISH2 Danish2 DANISH1 NORWEGN Danish1 Norwegian 0123456789 ABCDEF dH h ALVES 4 do c s BN Buu Bg OO cibedgocosuuc 4 hell o E Haas Mo qq Eee eel prie dies a EE AG 3 0 T OS a Ao or L P ar Y A 1 8 OOS Sho D BAS AS Cn mi xD d ot EE cd ot ont C figu mp AD BM AN wen me 0 0 Q O Ou OSH MMH Bao MOMMHOP RO HN eem CMVAWMhUMHHMHAEAO O eb OLEO EL DO DO e ee HE A 0 mr aE URI AR o db ot X vA dee Ou mwiouwrmooumnonmndtumumt u L H 0123456789 ABCDEF IHE REALI VI e a o do 9 c bs a N Boch La EB O Li oe DO Awe ode s LA Reel To pel lts les all Hs frr FE Ao Weel ODO Ad ov b Cavite Ya WMH ODO 0D aO D oO din o8 CSW OH D XQ AU e e orm RC ot UOwny sp ZA Nasa Y ADORNADAS sao UIKCNHOPEXANR EMD AMCMYVORUMHSEAMARAO C e OL Sio OR COD my HA OF er HDI k o oro un H T L H QC e 005 9i do 0 00 05 e 01 AA d The following character sets differ from the graphics character sets available in the Epson ESC P2 emulation NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS ESC P2 EMULATION SPANSH1 Spanish1 DANISH1 Danish1 0123450789 ABCDEF HORAE VIE MM 4 Roo Vc s MN P exp EOIOO RPE Dao 2 uc de
160. ocol Spaces are sent when the printer is ready to receive or transmit data Data Terminal Ready Spaces are sent when the printer has been powered on and is ready to receive or transmit data User s Manual D 7 INTERFACE INFORMATION D 8 Serial Options The serial options for the computer and the printer must match Use the printer control panel the computer operating system or your software to change options specified as selectable Transmissionmode Asynchronous full duplex or half duplex selectable Speed 150 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 or 19200 baud selectable Data bits 7 or 8 bits selectable Parity bit Odd even mark space or none selectable Start bit 1 bit Stop bit 1 or 2 bits selectable Protocol XON XOFF DC1 DC3 DTR Data Terminal Ready or RC Reverse Channel selectable Buffer size 256 2K 8K 24K 32K 96K or 128K bytes selectable Cable Wiring This printer allows two types of serial communication control DSR enabled and DSR disabled The type of control required is determined by your computer requirements The type of control also affects the way the interface cable is wired To determine whether you need DSR enabled control or DSR disabled control use the printer HARDWRE function see Chapter 5 DSR disabled control offers simpler cabling and communication than does DSR enabled control DSR disabled control can be used to interface with
161. of N un e amp L H 0123456789 ABCDEF oa E CE UM eto at 012345678 9YABCODEPF fi H AD VE Seem 6 Boo 9 c Qk 000 FH CM HOMO 8 0 D P UJ CC 4 PA a H M lao E a ee il GAO AAN Nw LT wwe va 38 43 QOO E3043 AOD p De e 0 CEE EEE Qe Q xD AD inb eon i of Qi U M m MEO MN GQVGBPGCH MANMMA RAO AMUN H DD E 0 DH New 0 ceadmonuammuomuumnuazzo Q e O0 SiO o P OAH av i A M s Ro db ot us e e fee Se OE Tr L H CHANTMONMAORKRMVARE CYRILIC Cyrillic TURKY TURKY T Turkish 2 xD ame ow o A Row nob on Bor pex er aM eam en SBOMHAOMMEREMAREOR MODS M OT aM sO Hee TMM AMX MOSM RS RO 3A go Qu eo m iA HB eM ob RE Aowny D BK MON d 0m UA MOHAMMAE GO AOMNHDODPExMANER OK dC MUA hUMGHAMHEAO Qe O4 00 SP aD XO PS DAH mw WA 09 mer FETIP Be we X FONE N A 0123456789ABCDEF gt Oo eo SA CN 00 ED MO D 00 08 6 0 O Q1 fa X L H HH E AL Vite 4 00 9 V cn Baum PFHOA Pe Oo es Bw 4 IFRS cc E DNLLUUE 24 HH HA AR ARA at CU Fras A WHOS BWM MY Lo Paved YA A 8 RB QOO Q3 HODU oio Ub n PERL ER N oU OD n oe noo fu x E E l 2Q09 CQHOAAMMA EGO AOMNHD PRK ANY 0 1 ea amp muousUumnomnumutuuoilzuzo Q oH OLOO SEIO QD 0D OM rr Aa t E E x o od ot un 0123456789 ABCDEF C ep O04 0o SP IO Io 0 OY I0 OO a L H User s Manual E 8 CHARACTER SETS IBM851 IBM 851 IBM437
162. of the Data Strobe signal and must stay high for at least 1 us after the rising edge Acknowledge ACK This pulse signal indicates that the printer has received data and is ready to accept the next set of data This signal is also sent when the printer is switched from offline to online Data cannot be received when this signal is high This signal is high during data entry when the printer is offline when the buffer is full or when an error occurs Paper Empty PE This signal is high when the printer is out of paper User s Manual Select SLCT INTERFACE INFORMATION Description This signal is high when the printer is online Auto Feed XT Not used No connection Signal Ground Logic ground level 0 V Frame Ground Printer chassis ground line FG and SG are connected 5V Output 5 V source up to 300 mA Signal Ground Twisted pair return lines Input Prime INPRM If this signal is low for more than 50 us the printer is reset to the initial condition and is placed online This signal is low when the printer is offline paper is out or when there is a printer error Signal Ground Logic ground level 0 V No connection 5 VR Output Pulled up to 5 V through a 3 3 ky resistor SLCT IN Input Not used User s Manual D 3 INTERFACE INFORMATION N
163. on describes how to reset the printer s power on defaults all of the factory defaults or the factory defaults only for MENU1 and MENU2 Resetting Power On Defaults Power on defaults are the settings saved in the printer s permanent memory The defaults are enabled whenever you turn the printer on The easiest way to reset the power on defaults is to turn the printer off and then on again This method is useful if you have made changes in setup mode that you do not want to save Resetting Factory Defaults Factory defaults are those settings preselected at the factory For a list of the printer s factory defaults see the section Printing a List of Selected Options earlier in this chapter To reset the factory defaults for all functions proceed as follows 1 Turn off the printer 2 While pressing the MENU TEAR OFF and ONLINE buttons turn on the printer Continue to press all three buttons until the printer beeps The factory defaults are now reset Resetting Factory Defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 This method resets factory defaults for MENU1 and MENU2 options listed in Table 5 3 but does not reset the printer hardware print position adjust ment and configuration options To reset the factory defaults in MENU1 and MENU2 proceed as follows apow dnies User s Manual 5 49 USING SETUP MODE 1 Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps W
164. onnector To secure a serial interface cable tighten the screws in the cable connector 5 Attach the other end of the interface cable to your computer Gently pull on the cable to verify that it is secure 6 Close the shutter 2 22 User s Manual SETTING UP SELECTING AN EMULATION Before printing with your software verify that the correct emulation is selected on your printer This section describes the available emulations and their selection For Experienced Users The printer s preselected factory setting is the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation If this emulation is acceptable you may skip this section An emulation is a set of commands used by your software to communicate with the printer There are many different emulations available for printers Each emulation has unique features and capabilities This printer offers three resident emulations Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS for Fujitsu DL series printers BM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Resident emulations are stored in the printer s permanent memory Here are some points to help you determine which emulation to select Y Determine which emulations your software supports Refer to your software documentation Since most software programs support this printer try to run a program with the factory default emulation first DPL24C PLUS emulation is the factory default Try this emulation even if you are not sure of which emulation to choose See Chapter
165. onocononnnonnnno 6 1 conimands eec dh ere mene te C 18 A etd rcp n 2 23 5 15 i IEEE Installing cut sheet stand oooconnocninnnnccinnnnccannncnnnnnoss 2 6 Maintenance printer sss 671 POWER COTA one eer eth mete 2 11 Margins print head ete eee 6 7 CHECKIN eet tte e etel 3 7 punter diia iras 2 29 left ci Saeed ea 5 19 ribbon cartridge sees 2 7 ip M M 5 20 Interface connector sess 2 11 Menu lt lt FUNCTION gt gt 2 25 5 4 Items setup MENU button eee tete 3 3 ADJUST 5 5 idet the cit 5 39 MENUI and MENU2 HARDWRE rtp Ee tat 5 29 changing options setup mode 5 14 MENU recitar tete ES 5 14 on control panel sene 4 2 MENUJ2 5 uH or pon is 5 14 MENUI function eere 5 14 MENUZ2 function eere 5 14 Multipart paper sse B 8 3 18 Labels printing eene 3 19 LAN interface cable connection esses 2 20 optional setting sese 5 31 specication eiiie n ea enti D 12 E User s Manual IN 3 INDEX National character sets all emulations eene E 4 DPL24C PLUS IBM XL24E E 15 ESPE artis E 16 Number of Copies cooconcccocncoccnnccnconananono B 3 3 1 AA ASAS ON LOAD sucias enis 543 ONLINE DuttOn z cie 2 26 5 7 Indicator soii air 2 12 Online set p nee ree 5 62 Options ha
166. oportionally spaced Sometimes designated PS proportional spacing is the opposite of monospacing A set of instructions that control how data is transmitted between devices such as a computer and printer In rear feed paper is fed from the rear of the printer The forms tractor unit pushes paper into the printer Fonts present resident in the printer s permanent memory For this printer the resident fonts are Courier 10 Prestige Elite 12 Pica 10 OCR B 10 OSR A 10 Boldface PS Compressed font Correspondence Draft and High speed Draft Unlike soft fonts resident fonts can always be accessed A type of serial interface See Serial interface A test that determines whether the printer is working correctly Test pages are printed to show print quality and verify whether all characters print The self test only tests the printer It does not test how thecomputer works with the printer User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Serial interface Setup mode Shadow printing Single sheets Soft fonts Software Top margin Top of form TOF A standard computer interface Information is transferred between devices over a single wire although other wires are used for control A serial interface can use an interface cable greater than 3 meters 10 feet A long cable is often necessary in networking environments where the printer may be shared One of the printer s two operating modes In setup mode the control
167. or preprinted paper lt ON LOAD gt Printer status after loading paper in offline mode OFFLINE Remains offline after paper loading ONLINE Goes into online after paper loading Lock function of setup mode Enables all buttons on the control panel Disables the setup related buttons to keep the printer from entering setup mode during the offline state Disables the setup related buttons and the MENU button Once this setting has been selected setup mode cannot be entered from the control panel To cancel this setting turn the power on while simultaneously pressing the MENU TEAROFF and LF FF buttons lt S gt Effectiveness of the Cut Sheet Selection command S DISABLE Makes the command ineffective ENABLE Makes the command effective Note The Cut Sheet Selection command apow dnies S changes the paper source to the paper table and waits for manual insertion of a cut sheet AAA User s Manual 5 43 USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options Description lt CONT PE gt Detection of end of continuous forms TRACTOR Paper end is detected by the sensor on the tractor unit Paper end unprinted area Continuous forms About 80 mm Regardless of paper end printing continues near to the edge of paper Paper end unprinted area About 4 7 mm for both continu ous forms Se
168. or carbon interleaved paper the carbon counts as one copy 2 Vary the setting up or down including A to D to optimize printing Select D when replacing a ribbon or clearing a paper jam For labels and envelopes use trial and error to determine a satisfactory setting NOTE If printing is messy the ribbon misfeeds or the paper jams move the lever one setting higher Jaded I D 5 2 5 co USING SINGLE SHEETS This section describes how to load paper in the cut sheet stand The cut sheet stand allows paper to be loaded manually one sheet at a time Loading a Single Sheet of Paper To load a sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Check that rear fed continu ous forms are retracted to the park position For details see the section Unloading Continuous Forms later in this chapter _ _____ __x 3 User s Manual 3 5 PAPER HANDLING 2 If necessary reset the paper thickness lever See the section Adjusting for Paper Thickness earlier in this chapter 3 Move the paper select lever forward This lever is at the top left of the printer 4 Raise the cut sheet stand Position the left paper guide Note that its movable range is limited Adjusting the left margin Below the left paper guide the cut sheet stand has a scale graduated in units of 0 1 inch When the left paper guide is positioned all the way to the right the left margin is ap
169. own the TEAR OFF button 2 While holding down the TEAR OFF button adjust the cut position by using the LF FF button or LOAD button LF FF button Pressing this button once extends the paper feed amount by 1 180 inches LOAD button Pressing this button once reduces the paper feed amount by 1 180 inches The adjustment range is plus or minus 63 180 inches approximately 9 mm When it is exceeded an alarm beeps 3 When the cut position is adjusted release the TEAR OFF button The paper feed amount at the end of the adjustment is stored as the amount by which the paper will be fed when the TEAR OFF button is pressed User s Manual 3 13 PAPER HANDLING Unloading Continuous Forms To unload continuous forms 1 Make sure that the paper select lever is set to the rear position 2 Press the LOAD button The continuous forms paper is retracted to the park position If the paper cannot be retracted in one operation continue to press the LOAD button until the paper is parked NOTE The printer can retract continuous forms paper a maximum of 55 8 cm 22 inches per operation 3 To remove the paper raise the tractor paper holders and lift out the paper Installing the Tractor Unit Install the tractor unit by following the procedure below if it happens to be disengaged from the studs 1 Turn off the printer 2 Remove the cut sheet stand and open the acoustic cover 3 Hook the notch of the tractor unit aga
170. panel can be used to select the printer default settings such as print features hardware options and top of form Setup mode also provides some diagnostic functions See also Normal mode Shadow printing prints characters twice for emphasis Characters printed the second time are shifted slightly to the right Single sheets are sheets of paper envelopes and noncontinuous multipart forms fed into the printer using the cut sheet stand Single sheets are also called cut sheets Fonts downloaded from a disk to the printer memory Soft fonts are also referred to as downloaded fonts Unlike resident fonts soft fonts are available only when in the printer memory Programs that control the computer and printer to perform specified tasks such as word processing database management and preparation of spreadsheets Software is sometimes referred to as application software The total space at the top of the printed page The top margin is the sum of the top of form setting the software specified top margin and the printer s TOP MRG setting The logical top of the physical page as understood by the printer when loading paper The default TOF settings are 1 inch 25 4 mm for both cut sheets and continuous forms User s Manual GLOSSARY OF TERMS Tractor feed A method for feeding continuous forms forward for printing Holes on the sides of the forms fit over sprockets on two tractors located inside the printer The forms are p
171. ply connect your printer to your computer follow the instructions in Chapter 2 This parallel interface can operate in the following two modes Unidirectional forward channel mode or conventional mode This printer supports a conventional Centronics interface e Bidirectional forward reverse channel mode or nibble mode This printer supports a bidirectional communication per Nibble mode of the TEEE 1284 Standard The cable connector at the printer side should be a shielded Amphenol DDK 57FE 30360 or equivalent The connector pin assignments are given in the following tables by modes In the tables Input denotes a signal from the computer to the printer Output denotes a signal from the printer to the computer The return lines specified in the second column represent twisted pairs with one side connected to signal ground The standard signal levels are 0 0 to 40 4 V low and 42 4 to 45 0 V high User s Manual D 1 INTERFACE INFORMATION D 2 Compatible Mode Return Pin No Data Strobe DSTB Description This signal is a strobe pulse for reading data Data 1 to 8 The printer reads data when this signal is low The pulse width must be 1 us or more at the receiving terminal Data 1 to 8 Data 8 pin 9 is the most significant bit however this pin is not used in 7 bit ASCII communications Logical 1 signals must go high at least 1 us before the falling edge
172. printer setup mode see the section Using the Diagnostic Functions in Chapter 5 GETTING HELP If you are not able to correct a problem using this chapter contact your dealer for assistance Be prepared to provide the following information The printer number is on the rating label on the right side of the printer The serial number and date of manufacture are on the label on the rear of the printer Description of the problem Type of interface you are using Names of your software packages List of the printer default settings To print the default settings see the section Printing a List of Selected Options in Chapter 5 7 10 User s Manual INSTALLING OPTIONS The installaion of options allows you to expand the capabilities of your printer Options available for the printer include LAN card RS 232C serial interface board The LAN card is a uset installable option but can be installed only on a printer model with the parallel and USB interfaces For information on the installation procedure refer to the manual that comes with the LAN card Note that the RS 232C serial interface is a factory or dealer installable option Options can be purchased from your dealer Order numbers for options are given in Appendix A CSS User s Manual 8 1 INSTALLING OPTIONS 8 2 User s Manual SUPPLIES AND OPT IONS This appendix lists the supplies and options available for the printer Contact your de
173. printing styles The value of n is the sum of the values of the styles you want to combine n 0 Pica pitch Elite pitch Proportional spacing Condensed Shadow Bold Double width Italics 128 Underline Horizontal Control Space SP Backspace BS Carriage return CR Set elite pitch ESC M Set pica pitch ESC P Set 15 CPI ESC g Proportionally spaced characters on off ESC p n on n 1 off n 0 Set inter character space to n 120 inch for ESC SP n draft or n 180 inch for letter and proportional 0 n 127 C 24 User s Manual COMMAND SETS ESC P2 COMMAND SETS User s Manual Set character pitch to n n x 256 360 inch 0 n lt 255 0 lt n lt 4 Select character pitch specify unit o pitch n 1 n 0 d 10to 19 10 3600 inch 1 360 inch d 20 to 29 20 3600 inch 1 180 inch d 30 to 39 30 3600 inch 1 120 inch d 40 to 49 40 3600 inch 1 90 inch d 50 to 59 50 3600 inch 1 72 inch d 60 to 69 60 3600 inch 1 60 inch Function Command ESC c n n ESC U n nj d Vertical Control Line feed Form feed FF Advance paper n 180 inch 1 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to 1 8 inch Set line spacing to n 180 inch 0 lt n lt 255 Set line spacing to n 60 inch 0 lt n lt 127 Set line spacing to 1 6 inch Set line spacing to n 360 inch 0 lt n 255 LF ESC J n ESC 0 ESC 3 n ESC A n ESC 2 ESC n Tabulation Horizontal tab execution
174. proximately 5 mm 0 2 inch To help align paper also use the two inch based rulers on the ejection cover of the printer The gradations on the ruler are for 10 columns per inch Left margin minimum Preparing to load a sheet of paper 5 Insert a sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand Make sure that the bottom edge of the paper engages snugly with the platen Adjust the right paper guide 3 6 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING ET 6 Press the LOAD button The paper will advance to the top of form position The top of form position is the first line on which printing can start To adjust the position of the paper slightly simultaneously press the ONLINE button and the LF FF button or the LOAD button The paper will move forward or backward in 1 180 inch increments Jaded I D 5 e 5 a Loading a sheet of paper 7 Place the printer online Print a sample page and check the page margins Make the following adjustments as necessary Horizontal alignment Readjust the paper guides if required Top of form setting see Chapter 5 Margin settings Use your software or the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 _ SS ZZ User s Manual 3 7 PAPER HANDLING USING CONTINUOUS FORMS 3 8 Ejecting Single Sheets If you print using software each sheet is ejected automatically when the end of the printed page is reached To manually eject sheets of paper u
175. r NO SLSH SLASH Controllable in online setup mode Controllable in online setup mode CR code ENABLE DISABLE CR ONLY CR amp LF Controllable in online setup mode ESCer LF code LF ONLY LF amp CR ESC el Right end wrap WRAP OVR PRT Controllable in online setup mode Paper out CNTONLY DETECT IGNORE ESC 9 ESC 8 Print direction Underline BI DIR UNI DIR Factory default Cancel command ESC U silos puewwog COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS IBM PROPRINTER XL24E EMULATION emulation Asterisks in the Function column indicate extended com This section describes the printer commands for the IBM Proprinter XL24E mands that are not supported by the original printer Function Command Print Mode Control Double strike bold printing on ESC G Double strike bold printing off ESC H Emphasized shadow printing on ESC E Emphasized shadow printing off ESC F One line double width characters on SO or ESC SO One line double width characters off DC4 Double width characters on off ESC W n on n 1 off n 0 Double height double width characters ESC n n n 4 n 0 m 0 m 0 m m m controls character height and line spacing Spacing Unchanged Unchanged Normal Unchanged Double Unchanged Unchanged Single Normal Single Double Single Unchanged Double Normal Double Double Double
176. r Mounting slots Tabs Shutter 5 Tilt the shutter and pass the shutter tabs through the mounting slots starting with the slot on side a shown in the figure on the left The order in which the shutter tabs are passed through the slots is the reverse of that for removing the shutter CAUTION Take care not to use excessive force when pushing the back of the shutter toward the front of the printer Otherwise the shutter tabs may be damaged User s Manual 2 21 SETTING UP To reattach the shutter tilt the shutter and insert one of its convex parts into the installation hole of the printer and then insert the other part in the other hole After inserting both convex parts lower and push the shutter in to its original position 3 Attach the interface cable to the connector Do not connect more than one interface cable type to the printer at the same time Centronics parallel Centronics parallel RS 232C Centronics parallel USB LAN Connecting the interface cable NOTE The LAN interface is a user add on option When installing a LAN card remove the two screws securing the cover and remove the cover Then insert the LAN card and reattach the cover with the two screws removed earlier For details refer to the Online Manual that comes with the LAN card 4 To secure a parallel interface cable flip the fastener clips located on the printer into the notches on the cable c
177. r die das e M33330B e M33331B e M33332B M33333B in Ubereinstimmung mit den Bestimmungen der EN 45014 CE funk entst rt ist Der Deutschen Bundesport wurde das inverkehrbringen dieses Ger tes angezeigt und die Berechtigung zur Uberpriifung der Serie auf Einhaltung der Bestimmungen einger umt e Maschinenl rminformations Verordnung 3 GPSGV 06 01 2004 Der h chste Schalldruckpegel betr gt 70 dB A oder weniger gem EN ISO7779 User s Manual Energy Saving As an ENERGY STARO Partner FUJITSU ISOTEC LIMITED has deter mined that this product meets the ENERGY STARO guidelines for energy efficiency The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is an international program that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and other office equipments The program backs the development and dissemination of products with functions that effectively reduce energy consumption It is an open system in which business proprietors can participate voluntarily The targeted products are office equipment such as computers displays printers facsimiles and copiers Their standards and logos are uniform among participating nations CE Declaration This product sold in Europe conforms to the standard in accordance with EC Directives User s Manual lii TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv The contents of this manual may be revised without prior notice and without obligation to incorporate ch
178. r is loaded and then proceed as follows Enter setup mode Press the TEAR OFF button and the ONLINE button simultaneously until the printer beeps Wait for the printer to stop printing and check that the following lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu is printed lt lt FUNCTION gt gt SAVE amp END MENUL MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST CONFIG DEFAULT LIST SELF TST HEX DUMP V ALMNT Select the CONFIG function Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor under CONFIG Press the MENU button to select the CONFIG function and print the following lt TEAROFF gt options lt TEAROFF gt MANUAL AUTO Do either of the following Select an option Press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to move the cursor to either MANUAL or AUTO Press the MENU button to select the option and print the lt TEARPOS gt item If other items must be specified do so now Otherwise go to step 4 Exit the CONFIG function Press the ONLINE button to exit the CONFIG function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu Select another function or Exit setup mode saving your changes apow dnies For details on other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button User s Manual 5 47 USING SETUP MODE EXITING AND SAVI
179. r is not folded creased or torn Reload the paper Paper jams while Move the paper thickness lever to position D printing Turn off the printer and remove the jammed paper Remove any obstructions from the paper path Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 For continuous forms make sure that the incoming and outgoing paper stacks are correctly placed Paper should feed straight Paper slips off the Make sure that the forms tractors are positioned forms tractors or correctly for the width of your paper and that the perforated the perforated holes of the paper fit directly over holes of the paper the tractor sprockets tear during printing SCS User s Manual 7 5 TROUBLE SHOOTING Tips for clearing a jammed sheet from the printer If a sheet of paper is jammed between the print head and the platen and cannot be removed clear it as follows 1 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord from the recepta cle 2 Push up the locking levers to release the forms tractors and open the paper holders 3 Move the paper thickness lever to position D 4 Move the print head so that you can remove the jammed sheet easily and clear the sheet NOTE The print head is hot immediately after printing Move it after making sure that it gets cool Ifyou cannot clear the jammed sheet by the above procedure set four
180. r s Manual COMMAND SETS Function Copy resident font to download area m 0 Courier 10 1 Prestige Elite 12 Draft Compressed Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence High speed Draft Downloaded font 0 Downloaded font 1 Create download font m bits 4 and 5 Specifies the quality of characters to be registered Font quality selection 0 1 Letter 360 dpi 1 0 1 1 Correspondence 180 dpi Draft 120 dpi m bit 0 Specifies external font number to be registered Font number selection ESC NUL m n ESC amp m Cs Ce data Remarks Downloaded font 0 At power on resident font 0 is automatically downloaded Downloaded font 1 At power on resident font 1 is automatically downloaded m bits 1 2 3 6 7 Not used don t care Cs Download start character ASCII code Ce Download end character ASCII code 0 Cs Ce 258 Hex 00 Cs Ce FF Precaution Ce Cs data More than one byte of data containing bit map data Reserved A AOACOLLAoMSA EG GGG uu uLuIOD LG PTS puewwog ESC e D data User s Manual COMMAND SETS DPL24C PLUS C 12 Function Command Bit Image Graphics Graphics type m graphics Graphics type m graphics Single density graphics Double density graphics High speed double density graphics Quadruple density graphics 360 dot per inch 24 pin graphics Initialize Printer Reset printer Reset printer
181. rdware Installing tecto 81 order numbers sse A 1 Options setup adjustment sse 5 35 Config UTatlOn eiit ir 5 40 currently selected sss 5 10 Ward Wares tir 5 29 A tren 5 14 MENU Ze 4 itte tte et t bso it 5 14 required nonne pite 5 12 top of form nee 5 39 Ordernumber ect A 1 r Page length usen pee mer 5 19 PAGHBEG idet pe qu 5 19 Paper continuous forms cococcccccnccnnonnnononnninncnnninoss 3 10 ejecting single sheets 3 8 Ieeding aiaostec rl 3 16 PAn i Ce SE E 2 11 3 6 leticia is 3 1 loading 2m 3 5 3 10 Operations a ouo e oas Eos Sk 3 2 DEDE ares oen ei B 6 select lever ete e eee 3 2 festo en 3 1 single sheet sese 3 5 specifications reiret peas B 6 3 1 thickness eoe eet eee dst 3 1 thickness lever ooo eee eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 34 tips for handling sess 3 18 type switching oooococnccccocnncccononononnninncnnnonnos 3 17 unloading forms eese 3 14 WI curo ete et tee ke 3 1 PAPER OUT indicator 3 17 45 Paper path Selec sott n rs 33 Paper select lever ooooncnncnonnoconicnccncnnnn 2 11 32 Paper out detection 4 5 5 29 PICA TO i eee oO Rede 5 15 Pitch rmt hes 5 17 Platea is 2 10 cleaning 63k assasn tis dia edem est s 6 3 knob 2552042 e buREOD
182. rint guide under the function you require The LOAD button moves the cursor to the next option and the LF FF button moves the cursor to the previous option 2 Press the TEAR OFF button or the MENU button to select the function If the function has items and options the printer prints the first item and its options The MENU1 MENU2 HARDWRE ADJUST and CONFIG functions contain items that have selectable options The other functions have neither items nor options The first three MENUI items and their options are shown below Items are enclosed in single brackets lt gt ESC P2 BOLDFCE PICA 10 N SAN I TIMLS N REPORT DRAFT CORRESP OCR B OCR A COUR N COUR B TIMLS B TIMLS I DOWNLDO DOWNLD1 HI DRAFT apow dnies 5 5 USING SETUP MODE To select an option from the lt item gt menu 1 Repeatedly press the LOAD button or the LF FF button to position the red cursor on the plastic print guide under the option you require 2 Press the MENU button to select the option The printer prints the next item and its options You can press MENU to select the option Then the printer prints the previous item and its options 3 After selecting the desired options press the ONLINE button to reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu For each item the short underlined option is the current default option the option currently saved in the printer s permanent memory In the previous example the default options are
183. rough your software For example you can select downloaded fonts not supported by your software A User s Manual 4 1 PRINTING 4 2 Using Commercial Software Many commercial software packages offer a wide variety of print features including some features that are not supported by this printer For example software often provides a wider range of font sizes than the printer can accommodate Software also allows you to specify multiple fonts on a page To determine which features your software supports and how to select them refer to your software documentation Using the Control Panel Use the MENU button to directly select one of the two menus POWER MENU MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O O MENU TEAROFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD RESET SETUP MICROA SAVE TOP MICROV Printer control panel The MENU button specifies MENU1 or MENU2 either of which allows you to specify different sets of options in advance Some of the print features include emulation print quality character pitch and line spacing When you first turn the printer on the MENU 1 indicator is lit that is all of the print features assigned to MENUI are enabled However you can easily switch to MENU2 before printing You can also select a resident font other than the fonts assigned to MENU1 and MENU2 NOTE For easy reference keep a list of your current MENU 1 and MENU 2 settings near the printer To print a list of current settings see
184. rtridge Cut sheet stand ES gt Setup disk Checking items received ooo User s Manual 2 3 SETTING UP 2 Carefully examine each item for damage Report any problems to your dealer or shipping agent 3 Place the printer where you plan to use it 4 Remove the tapes securing the front cover ejection cover and back cover Open the front cover and remove the shipping restraint cardboard that holds the print head carriage in place shown below Front cover Cardboard Removing the shipping restraint cardboard 5 Store the original shipping carton and packaging materials for future use For example the original packaging is ideal for use when you move or ship your printer to another location NOTE The interface cable is not included with the printer You must purchase it separately Connection of the interface cable is described later in this chapter 2 4 User s Manual SETTING UP OE Checking Options and Supplies The following options and supplies if ordered are shipped separately LAN card user installable option Extra monochrome ribbon cartridge The RS 232C serial interface is a factory option It must be installed by a field engineer If you ordered a printer with the interface the board is already installed in the printer Make sure that you received all the options you ordered Once you are sure you have everything you are ready to assemble the printer ooo User
185. s a set of instructions that control the way data is transmitted between devices such as a computer and printer The protocol ensures that the computer does not send information to the printer faster than the informa tion can be processed By telling the computer when the printer can receive data the protocol prevents the printer s buffer from overflowing This printer offers a choice of four different protocols for connection to a variety of computers XON XOFF DTR and RC If you computer docu mentation does not recommend a particular protocol try DTR The following table describes the three protocols Protocol XON XOFF DC1 DC3 Description When the printer is ready to receive data it sends the XON DC1 code hex 11 When fewer than 255 bytes of space remain in the buffer or when the printer is taken offline the printer sends the XOFF DC3 code hex 13 When the input buffer is configured for 256 bytes the buffer limit is reduced from 255 bytes to 63 bytes The computer must stop transmitting data within 255 63 characters of receiving the XOFF code or information may be lost If paper runs out the printer sends an NAK code hex 15 DTR is a hardware protocol that is the DTR signal on interface cable pin 20 is used to control the flow of data rather than transmission of a character code When the printer is ready to receive data pin 20 is high When fewer than 255 63 bytes of space remain in
186. s the ribbon release levers located on either side of the cartridge and carefully lift the cartridge out of the printer Print head Print guide Removing the ribbon cartridge User s Manual MAINTENANCE NENNEN 5 Using the procedure below release the roller from the LOCK position and turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack Push in the gray ribbon release tabs on the side of the ribbon cartridge to release them and slide the roller from the LOCK position to the FREE position D 5 5 D 5 o O Ribbon feed knob Turn the knob clockwise Release tabs 4 Preparing the ribbon cartridge CAUTION Do not turn the ribbon feed knob in counterclockwise direction 6 Verify that the power to the printer is off Make sure that the circle mark on the power switch is pressed Installing the ribbon cartridge 7 Move the paper thickness lever to the D position 8 Open the front cover User s Manual 6 5 MAINTENANCE 9 Align the print head position with the dot mark green on the printer ejection cover Dot mark green WARNING Avoid touching the print head while using or immediately after using the printer as doing so may lead to burns Wait until the print head cools down before touching it 10 Thread the ribbon between the print head and the print guide then gently press down on the ribbon cartridge against the printer until it
187. se either of the following methods Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a forward form feed Turn the platen knob clockwise Continuous forms paper fanfolded at the horizontal perforations is ideal for printing rough drafts and long files The paper is fed into the printer using the forms tractors The forms tractors unit at the rear of the printer pushes paper from the rear to the platen This is called push tractor feeding User s Manual PAPER HANDLING SSS lt A Positioning the Paper Stack Place the stack of continuous forms paper directly below the rear of the printer After the paper is installed in the printer the paper path should look like this Good placement Feed from rear slot Bad placement Buljpuey Jaded Placement of continuous forms User s Manual 3 9 PAPER HANDLING Loading Continuous Forms This section explains how to use continuous forms The tractor unit pushes continuous forms To load continuous forms paper 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Remove any single sheet paper from the printer 2 If necessary readjust the paper thickness lever for continuous forms See the section Adjusting for Paper Thickness earlier in this chapter Paper thickness lever Ung ms un Paper thickness lever setting 3 Move the paper select lever
188. sed font Report print quality This option provides lower resolution than letter quality but at twice the speed If you want only the double speed regardless of fonts use the correspondence font The quality of the correspondence font is higher than that of report Regular draft print quality This option provides lower resolution than report quality but at 3 2 times letter speed High speed draft print quality This option provides lower resolution than draft quality but at 3 5 times letter speed 5 16 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options Cont NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and MENU2 Items Options Description lt PITCH gt 2 5 3 5 6 10 12 15 17 18 or 20 cpi characters per horizontal inch PROP SP Proportional spacing 1 12 inch per character space lt LINE SP gt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 or 8 Ipi lines per vertical inch 6 lpi 3 Ipi double spacing ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD ABCD lt CHAR W gt Change also the pitch 2 TIMES or 4 TIMES is selected NORMAL Standard character width ABCD 2 TIMES Double character width ABCD 4 TIMES Quadruple character width e AEB C x apow dnies Eeu I S User s Manual 5 17 USING SE
189. sing paper Table 7 2 Paper Handling Problems and Solutions Problem Paper cannot be loaded or fed Solution Make sure that the paper select lever is set correctly Move the lever backward for continuous forms and forward for single sheets Make sure that the paper covers the paper out sensor i e the left paper edge is within 52 mm for single sheets or 41 mm for continuous forms from the left edge of the platen This problem cannot occur if you use the forms tractor unit or insert a single sheet with its left edge in contact with the left paper guide Make sure that the paper holder is closed and forms tractors are positioned correctly to match the width of your paper Make sure that the printer does not detect the paper after you have ejected the loaded paper manually If the printer detects paper even though it has already been ejected press the LOAD button and have the printer perform the paper ejection operation then load the paper again User s Manual TROUBLE SHOOTING Table 7 2 Paper Handling Problems and Solutions Cont Problem Solution Paper jams while Move the paper thickness lever to position D loading Turn off the printer and remove the jammed paper Remove any obstructions from the paper path 4 gt e e 2 Q JqNO4L Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set for the thickness of your paper See Table 3 2 in Chapter 3 Make sure that the pape
190. spondence speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from letter speed to corre spondence speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described step 3 5 Adjust the vertical print alignment at draft speed Press the TEAR OFF button to switch from correspondence speed to draft speed Examine the parallel bars and adjust the vertical print alignment as described step 3 5 56 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE NENNEN 6 Exit the V ALMNT function Press the ONLINE button to exit the V ALMNT function and save the new vertical alignment settings The printer exits setup mode and returns online NOTE To exit the V ALMNT function you must exit setup mode Vertical alignment adjusting BUTTON ACTION lt ONLINE gt Save and exit to normal mode lt TEAROFF gt Change speed pk lt LE FE gt Shift backward print position to left lt LOAD gt Shift backward print position to right Letter qualit Correct vertical print alignment apow dnies The following flowchart shows how setup mode is organized for the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation Differences in the IBM Proprinter XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations are summarized after the flowchart
191. t EMULATE gt DPL24C XL24E ESC P2 The currently selected emulation is indicated by a short underline In the figure shown above the Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS emulation is selected 4 Select an emulation Press the LOAD button repeatedly to position the red cursor under the required emulation Press the MENU button to select the emulation and print the next MENUI item ooo User s Manual 2 25 SETTING UP PRINTING A SAMPLE PAGE ONLINE 5 Exit MENUI Press the ONLINE button to exit the MENUI function and reprint the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu 6 Exit setup mode to save the emulation To exit setup mode and save the new emulation make sure that the red cursor is positioned under SAVE amp END Then press the MENU button The printer selects SAVE amp END and then goes online To change other printer settings using the printer setup mode see Chapter 5 Once the self test verifies that the printer is functioning correctly try printing using one of your software packages This exercise will ensure that the printer is correctly connected to your computer If you are using a parallel interface the printer usually prints the correct characters automatically However you may need to adjust the page layout or various print features using your software or the printer setup mode If you are using a serial interface the printer may not work at all or it may print a lot of characters In this case the seri
192. t be the same as the settings you selected using your software or your computer operating system If the settings are not the same the printer will not print or will print garbage See the section Changing Hardware Options later in this chapter ADJUST If you are not using software to specify the top margin of the page use the printer s default top of form setting 1 inch 25 4 mm from the top of the paper If you are using software to specify the top margin of the page change the default setting to 1 6 inch 4 2 mm See the section Changing Print Position Adjustment Options later in this chapter CONFIG If you are using paper that is dark colored or preprinted with dark colors you may need to disable the AREA OVER detection function See the section Changing Configuration Options later in this chapter apow dnjos User s Manual 5 13 USING SETUP MODE CHANGING MENU1 AND MENU2 OPTIONS 5 14 The MENUI and MENU2 functions allow you to change the print options assigned to MENU1 and MENU2 on the printer control panel In normal nonsetup mode you can easily switch between the menus for printing as described in Chapter 4 MENUI is invoked when you first turn the printer on Select the same emulation on the printer as is selected in your software If the emulations are not the same the printer will not work correctly with your software If you plan to use two different emula
193. t in self test program The self test prints the firmware version the names of the printer s resident emulations and all of the charac ters available in the emulations The self test prints 80 characters per line To print a self test page make sure that a sheet of paper is loaded Then proceed as follows 1 Turn the printer off 2 While pressing the LF FF button turn the printer back on Keep the LF FF button pressed until the printer beeps Self test printing will start 2 14 User s Manual SETTING UP Starting the self test 3 Allow printing to continue for a dozen or more lines of repeat printing To stop printing press the TEAR OFF button Manually turn the platen knob clockwise to remove the test page NOTE Do not try to use the LF FF line feed form feed button to eject the paper In self test mode LF FF cannot be used to feed paper forward 4 Examine the self test page It should look like the sample on the next page Check that printing is uniform and that there are no light dark or smudged areas If the print quality is good go to step 5 Otherwise try to correct the problem as follows Make sure that the ribbon is installed correctly Make sure that the paper thickness lever is set to position 1 User s Manual 2 15 SETTING UP Insert a new sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand Turn the platen knob to manually advance the paper until the top edge has moved past the p
194. that the ribbon feed knob is facing upward Print guide Print head Print guide Tip of print head 9 Turn the ribbon feed knob clockwise to take up any ribbon slack 10 After the ribbon cartridge has been installed in the printer adjust the paper thickness lever to match the thickness of the paper and the number of sheets of paper to be used For information about the paper thickness lever see the section entitled Adjusting the Paper Thickness in Chapter 3 User s Manual 2 9 SETTING UP GETTING ACQUAINTED Now that your printer is assembled take a moment to become familiar with its WITH YOUR PRINTER major parts Looking at the printer from the front right side you can see the parts of the printer shown in the figure below Front cover Cut sheet stand Print guide Print head Acounstic cover Paper thickness lever Platen knob Control panel Power switch Printer components front and right The printer control panel has the buttons and indicators used to load and feed paper see Chapter 3 and select print features see Chapter 4 The control panel also allows you to change the printer s optional settings see Chapter 5 2 10 User s Manual SETTING UP Looking at the printer from the back with the cut sheet stand and back cover removed you can see the following parts of the printer Power d connector Interface connector Forms tractors Paper select lever Printer compo
195. the buffer or when the printer is taken offline pin 20 is low The computer must stop transmitting data within 255 63 characters of DTR being low or information may be lost The RC protocol is the same as the DTR protocol except that the Reverse Channel signal pin 11 is used instead of the Data Terminal Ready signal pin 20 D 10 User s Manual INTERFACE INFORMATION ST USB INTERFACE Cable This printer supports the USB 1 1 Full speed specification To connect to the host use USB 2 0 compliant INF cables 5 meters 196 inch or shorter Use the shielded cables Connector pin alignment No Signal line name Function Power supply Data transfer Data transfer Signal ground Shield Connector specification Printer side Type B receptacle female Upstream port Cable side Type B plug male Specification Basic specification USB interface compliant Note It does not guarantee all operations on hosts Power control Self power device Transmission mode Full speed Maximum 12 Mbps 0 25 ee User s Manual D 11 INTERFACE INFORMATION LAN INTERFACE D 12 Cable This printer supports the 10Base T and 100Base TX cables Connector pin alignment iat aiid Of shane Receive data 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 User s Manual Character Sets
196. the following methods Press and hold down the LF FF button to execute a form feed or Turn the platen knob clockwise Removing Continuous Forms To avoid wasting paper use the printer tear off function to remove continuous forms paper Press the TEAR OFF button to advance the perforation to the tear off edge Tear the paper off and then press any button to retract the paper back to the top of form position See Chapter 3 for more detailed instructions Place the printer offline Press the MENU and TEAR OFF buttons simultane ously to clear all data from the print buffer This method is useful when you cancel a print operation and do not want to continue printing data already sent to the printer This method does not change or clear MENU1 and MENU settings paper loading position settings and downloaded fonts User s Manual HOW TO USE THIS CHAPTER USING SETUP MODE Your printer has two modes normal and setup Normal mode is used for everyday printer opera tions and is explained in Chapters 3 and 4 Setup mode serves two purposes It enables you to Select the printer s optional settings Help diagnose printer problems These setup mode functions can be done either offline using the printer control panel offline setup or remotely using a setup program in your computer system or software online setup Primarily this chapter explains how to use the offline setup mode The online setup mode wh
197. the opposite page When the printer finishes printing the list of options it reprints the lt lt FUNCTION gt gt menu NOTE To remove the printout turn the platen knob until the paper can be torn off at the perforation In setup mode you cannot use the printer tear off feature TEAR OFF button 3 Do either of the following Select another function or Exitsetup mode saving any changes you made For details about other functions see the other sections in this chapter To exit setup mode and save your changes make sure that the red cursor is positioned beneath SAVE amp END then press the MENU button or the TEAR OFF button 5 10 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE lt lt Menu 2 settings gt gt lt lt Menu 1 settings gt gt Item Func CUOMOzZOotu 0 AAA ZE ERA A A OO ASW E gt a WOU OL Rio y E HSFLOUIZYSOSYr ZOOAZH MI 03d do LUXCI2QXOIu OOootudo Fe OHO 4D P3 fO 1 OOr z MC SPS oom Iul QI ILZIEER Cu O A o vu uu won iO O 0 HOO 3r OC O i EMULATEID NOOO OOOO OOOO OOO ONO 2312322221532 2232232320 2242S LEA EA ZE ZA LE ZA AZ ud a id ai Ll Bri Lo Lr ULALA DLCECECECECECECEDCECECESOEDESCEOECEUEGEO X Eum OIL c tujOoo0zouo O AAA AZ AA AAN AA OO E a WOOWrOS riiuiuicis Ek NZTO ZN DOUE BOOZ HI d 3 LUECQUUIu OOOO rie ee F0 1 OO Cr V t r 0EOZXOucOO s 3 Tui COLO CE iu C MEO Vui O i WOO 2100 OO C OL LH JOR ENOO Lic d EMULATE DP miami tet m m i
198. the section Printing a List of Selected Options in Chapter 5 You may also want to use the space provided in Table 4 1 to record your settings User s Manual PRINTING Selecting MENU1 or MENU2 When you first turn the printer on MENUI is selected To change to MENU2 or back to MENU1 proceed as follows 1 Press the ONLINE button to place the printer offline 2 Repeatedly press the MENU button The lighted indicator 1 or 2 shows the menu selected When the menu selection is changed the font font pitch and quality assigned in the selected menu becomes valid POWER MENU1 MENU2 ONLINE AREAOVER PAPER OUT O MENU TEAROFF ONLINE LF FF LOAD MICROA SAVE TOP MICROV User s Manual 4 3 PRINTING Table 4 1 MENU1 and MENU2 Settings Default Settings Setting For easy reference check N or record your default settings in the space below Print Feature MENUI MENU2 Emulation Fujitsu DPL24C PLUS IBM Proprinter XL24E Epson ESC P2 Font Courier 10 Prestige Elite 12 Compressed 17 Boldface PS Pica 10 Correspondence OCR B 10 OCR A 10 Courier Normal 10 outline Courier Bold 10 outline Courier Italic 10 outline Nimbus Sans Normal PS outline Nimbus Sans Bold PS outline Nimbus Sans Italic PS outline Timeless Normal PS outline Timeless Bold PS outline Timeless Italic PS outline Downloaded font 0 Downloaded font 1 Print quality Letter Report Draft High speed
199. ther functions see other sections in this chapter To return to online normal mode press the ONLINE button If you press the ONLINE button while the hex dump is printing The printer immediately switches to normal online mode Any data that was sent to the printer but not printed is discarded cleared You can also enter hex dump mode by turning off the printer and then turning the printer back on while simultaneously pressing the ONLINE button and the LF FF button until the printer beeps 5 54 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Checking Vertical Print Alignment V ALMNT The V ALMNT function corrects the vertical character displacement that sometimes occurs with bidirectional printing Characters printed from left to right are not aligned with characters printed from right to left as shown below This example shows how printing looks when characters are vertically misaligned Note that the left margin is not straight If you notice misaligned printing use the following procedure to check and correct the vertical print alignment Procedure Make sure that continuous forms paper is loaded in the printer If possible use forms at least 216 mm 8 5 inches wide for 80 column printers or 356mm 14inches wide for 136 colmun prnters to avoid printing on the platen However you can also use letter or A4 size forms if you set the WIDTH option in MENUI to 8 inches See the section Changing MENU1 an
200. tions on a regular basis assign the most frequently used emulation to MENUI Assign the second emulation to MENU2 All of the other settings available for MENU1 and MENU2 are optional Some of the items and options will vary with the emulation To determine which features your software supports refer to your software documentation Table 5 3 describes the MENUI and MENU2 items and options Both functions offer the same items and options The items in Table 5 3 are listed in the order in which they are printed Not all items are defined for all emulations and some options vary with the emulation The procedure for changing the MENU1 and MENUZ2 options is described after Table 5 3 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 3 MENU1 and MENU2 Items and Options NOTES Underlined options are the factory defaults Asterisks identify items and options that differ for the IBM XL24E and Epson ESC P2 emulations The notes are defined at the end of the table MENUI and Options Description MENU2 Items lt EMULATE gt Select the same emulation as is selected in your software See the section Selecting an Emulation in Chapter 2 for information on selecting an emulation DPL24C Fujitsu DL series printers DPL24C PLUS command set XL24E IBM Proprinter XL24E printers ESC P2 Epson printers using the ESC P2 command set NOTE When you change the emulation all MENU1 or MENU2 options are reset to the factory defaults for that emulat
201. to be installed These printer drivers run with DLP24C emulation Be sure to specify DLP24C emulation for the printer mode The DL3750 3850 printer driver is a printer driver for monochrome printing The color data printing result may differ from its print preview or the monochrome data printing result User s Manual 2 29 SETTING UP 2 30 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING This chapter explains how your printer uses paper Topics covered are Selecting paper Overview of paper operations e Adjusting for paper thickness Using single sheets Using continuous forms Feeding and positioning paper Switching paper types Tips for paper handling are given at the end of this chapter Check that section if you are using multipart forms envelopes or labels SELECTING PAPER The printer can handle either single sheets or continuous forms Single sheets also called cut sheets include envelopes and noncontinuous multipart forms Continuous forms include labels and multipart forms fed into the printer using jaded the forms tractors I D 5 2 5 co For best results use paper that meets the specifications listed below See Appendix B for detailed specifications If you are unsure of the suitability of a particular paper try testing the paper or consult your dealer 80 Single sheets 76 to 364 mm 3 to 14 3 in column Continuous forms 102 mm 4 in or greater 136 Single sheets 76 to
202. to the rear of the printer Continuous forms side Preparing to load continuous forms paper 3 10 User s Manual PAPER HANDLING 4 Release the tractor locking levers by pulling them up Open the tractor paper holders See the following figure 5 Position the right tractor as seen from the rear of the printer Push the right locking lever down to secure the tractor Center the middle forms support Cut sheet stand Tractor guide Positioning the tractors Adjusting the left margin Below the right tractor as seen from the back there is a tractor guide short inch based ruler graduated in 10 columns per inch Use the ruler to help position the tractor When the paper edge is positioned to the left most line the left margin is approximately 12mm 0 5 inch including perforation area Tractor paper holders Tractor paper holders Ajusting the left margin M User s Manual 3 11 PAPER HANDLING 6 Fit the paper feed holes onto the left and right tractor pins Adjust the left tractor as seen from the rear of the printer to the width of the form Close the paper holders 7 Pull the left tractor as seen from the rear to stretch the paper taut Push the left locking lever down to secure the tractor in place 8 Strongly pull the back cover off of the cut sheet stand in the direction indicated by the arrow and set it down Cut sheet
203. trix The return of the print head carriage to the beginning of the next line A type of parallel interface See Parallel interface A vertical section on a printed page This printer can print 80 column pages at 10 pitch 10 characters per inch A set of print and format commands used to control the printer Each printer has its own resident command sets embedded in the printer firmware These command sets are actuated by codes sent from the host computer Print that uses condensed characters Condensed characters are narrower than regular characters Using condensed print increases the number of characters per line Connected fan folded sheets of paper that are fed into the printer using forms tractors The fan folded sheets are separated by tearing them at their perforations A panel containing the printer indicators and buttons The control panel is used to control printer operations such as loading paper selecting print features and changing setup options Characters per horizontal inch Also referred to as pitch For example 12 pitch means 12 cpi Characters per second See Single sheets Settings selected automatically by the printer when power is turned on Enter setup mode to change the defaults to ensure compatibility with your system hardware and software The grid used to print characters on a dot matrix printer Each dot corresponds to a wire in the print head GL 2 User s Manual GLOSSARY
204. tting of ribbon protective control at a line feed on continuous forms ENABLE The protective control is executed DISABLE The protective control is not executed Setting of retracting control at canceling TEAR OFF of continuous forms PRCISIN The precision prioritized retracting control is executed It retracts a certain amount of paper the top part of the paper which hangs out from the TOFS and then moves back to the position before TEAR OFF If TOFS detects paper end when a certain amount of paper Is retracted it executes the continu ous forms save operation and then executes the paper loading opera tion The speed prioritized retracting control is executed It retracts the paper by the amount the paper was advanced 5 44 User s Manual USING SETUP MODE Table 5 6 CONFIG Items and Options Cont NOTE Underlined options are the factory defaults CONFIG Items Options ENABLE DISABLE Description Setting of printing speed change processing skip The skip processing is executed When a certain amount of blank spaces are found in a line it changes the printing speed for the blank spaces The skip processing is not executed It does not change the printing speed for the blank spaces If the printing speed of the printing data varies before and after the blank spaces such as LQ characters blank space CQ characters it changes printing speeds regardless of this setting
205. uires refer to your computer user manual or ask your dealer Y The cable length can be up to 15 meters 50 feet This type of length is required in many networking and shared printer configurations User s Manual 2 19 SETTING UP Selecting a USB Cable v When the USB interface is used to connect to the host computer the parallel interface and the serial interface factory add on option cannot be connected simultaneously v The USB interface does not guarantee all connections of USB supported devices Selecting a LAN cable V When the LAN cable is connected the parallel and USB cables cannot be used Y The LAN cable when used in 100BASE TX environments must conform to category 5 or higher Connecting the Interface Cable To connect the interface cable 1 Turn off both the printer and the computer 2 Pull the shutter on the left side of the printer upward as far as it will go Shutter Opening the shutter NOTE Removing and Attaching the Shutter When use of the shutter is not required remove it by using the following procedure 2 20 User s Manual SETTING UP Removing the shutter 1 Open the shutter 2 Gently push the back end of the shutter toward the front of the printer 3 While holding the shutter in the position described in step 2 rotate it in the manner shown in the figure on the left to Shutter disengage it 4 Remove the shutter Attaching the shutte
206. un the printer self test The self test checks OFFLINE printer performance and print quality before you connect the printer to the computer Use either single sheets or continuous forms see Chapter 3 This section describes the self test procedure using single sheets Loading Paper for the Self Test To print the self test use paper wider than 215 9 mm 8 5 inches and set the left paper guide all the way to the right to avoid clipping the test pattern Standard letter or A4 size paper can be used lengthwise portrait mode Before loading paper make sure that the printer is on Then proceed as follows 1 Make sure that the paper thickness lever located on the top right of the printer is at position 1 Make sure that the paper select lever located on the top left of the printer is set to the front as shown below Loading a sheet of paper User s Manual 2 13 SETTING UP 2 Raise the cut sheet stand Move the left paper guide all the way to the right Insert the sheet of paper into the cut sheet stand Letter or A4 size paper inserted lengthwise portrait mode with this setting will not result in clipping Adjust the right paper guide so that the paper lies flat on the cut sheet stand 3 Slide the paper along the cut sheet stand until its bottom edge touches the platen Then press the LOAD button The paper will advance to the top of form position Printing the Self Test The printer has a buil
207. ushed for rear feeding Unidirectional printing Printing is performed in one direction only left to right Unidirectional printing is slower than bidirectional printing but the vertical alignment is more accurate Unidirectional printing is useful when precise vertical alignment is required as in ruled tables USB interface A serial bus standard An abbreviation of Universal Serial Bus HotSwap using Plug amp Play is available The maximum cable length is five meters The transmission mode is 12 Mbps 0 25 at full speed A _ ___ _ User s Manual GL 7 GLOSSARY OF TERMS GL 8 User s Manual INDEX Acounstic COVET airneis asai i i 2 10 Adjustments left margin seen 3 6 3 11 paper select lever eee 3 2 3 3 paper thickness lever 3 2 3 3 paperthicknesslever s 2 10 top of form seseeeeeeeee 3 7 5 36 AREA OVER indicator eene 47 ATTRIB vs e ion nie cds need 5 18 Attributes font ooooocccnoooonccccnononnnonononanononononos 5 18 ERI Es Back COVER otio enata it 2 11 Bidirectional printing sess 5 30 Boldface je hoe emere 5 15 B EBPER heure ia ibas 5 30 B lfersiZe airis 5 30 Buttons EPEE os sacks ts n 3 3 3 7 42 LOAD 3 3 3 7 42 MENU hei ettet 3 3 4 2 ONLINE 2 2 ntt eei 2 26 4 2 TEAROEE preteen 3 3 4 2 BUZZER ome perd 5 30 Cables LAN ccoo 2 20 paralle
208. using letter or A4 size paper 136 column printers are the most suitable for printing in landscpe mode using legal or standard size computer forms Simple switching of paper types The ability to park continuous forms makes it easy to switch between continuous forms and single sheets Auto tearoff Continuous forms are fed automatically up to the tear off position at the end of each job Maintenance free The printer only requires periodic cleaning and changing of the ribbon cartridge A LAN card is available as a printer add on option A user installable function the LAN card can be installed only on printer models with the Centronics parallel USB interfaces For details see Chapter 8 User s Manual SELECTING A GOOD LOCATION SETTING UP Your new printer is easy to install and set up This chapter tells you how to set up the printer and start printing right away If this is your first printer you should read the entire chapter before attempting to use the printer In this chapter you will learn how to If you have a problem while setting up the printer review the section Solving Unpack assemble and select a good location for the printer Identify the printer s major parts Connect the power cord and the interface cable Test the printer before connecting it to your computer Select an emulation and print a sample page using your software Installing the printer driver Problems in Chapt
209. ystem The following example uses the MS DOS operating system User s Manual 2 27 SETTING UP Using MS DOS to Specify Serial Interface Settings For an IBM PC or compatible device use the following MS DOS MODE commands to set the computer serial settings to match the printer factory settings MODE COM1 9600 N 8 1 P MODE LPT1 COM1 To activate these settings whenever you turn the computer on write the MODE commands in your AUTOEXEC BAT file Make sure that the MODE COM file is included in your root directory If the printer still doesn t work consult your dealer or someone experienced in serial interface communications fan error occurs during printing with Windows simply printing the page again will cause the printed characters to be garbled To avoid this problem execute reset from the control panel or turn off the printer then print the page again You are now finished setting up and testing the printer To familiarize yourself with everyday printer operations such as loading paper selecting print features and printing see Chapters 3 and 4 2 28 User s Manual SETTING UP INSTALLING THE A printer driver is required for using the printer in a Windows environment PRINTER DRIVER Special printer drivers for Windows 95 98 Me NT 4 0 XP and 2003 are provided with the DL3750 3850 printer For information about how to install printer drivers refer to Readme txt of the printer driver

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