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Seiko Group BP-9000 Printer User Manual

1. Option Menu Factory Default Option Menu Factory Default lt Basic options gt 38 PCL MODE PCL3 1 MULTIPART NORMAL 39 CHR TB2 HP INE DRAW 2 PAGE FANFOLD 11 40 TOP MARGIN 0 LINE 3 PAGE SINGLE A4 PORTRAIT 41 BOTTOM MARGIN 0 LINE 4 FONT SELEC ROMAN 42 LEE 0 COLUMN 5 CHAR PITCH 10 CPI 43 RIGHT M 0 COLUMN 6 ZOOM IN OUT 100 44 PAPER WIDTH 15 INCH 7 TOF ADJUST 14 60 INCH 45 AUTO SCROLL O SCROLL 46 OVERRIDE BM YES lt Extended options gt 47 LABEL MOD NO 10 EMULATION EPSON 48 P OUT DTCT ANY POS 11 CHR TB HP ROMAN 8 49 CSF OPTION NOT INSTALLED 12 CHR TB EPSON ITALIC 50 SCROLL POS ANY POS 13 CHR TB IBM SET 1 51 LF SPEED ORMAL 14 NATIONAL FONT USA 60 INTERFACE PARALLEL 15 CODE PAGE 437 USA 61 SLCT IN CMD O 16 AGM IBM O 62 PARITY BIT NON 17 CR SETTING CR ONLY 63 DATA LENGTH 8 BITS 18 LF SETTING LF CR 64 STOP BIT 1 BIT 9 LF PITCH 6 LPI 65 PROTOCOL DTR 20 ZERO STYLE O SLASHED 66 BAUD RT 9600 BPS 21 TABULATION 8 CHAR 67 SERIAL ERROR PRINT 22 PAGE LOCK O 68 CTS ENABLF NO 23 QUALITY LQ 69 CD ENABLE NO 24 FONT LOCK O 70 DSR ENABLE NO
2. TOF SELECT SETUP EMUBATTON CHARACTER swEDEN1 IRV ADJUSTMENT MEMORY TABLE HP I sWEDEN2 ITALY SPAIN FRANC2 EMULATION MODE EMULATION MODE FRANCE GERMAN2 EPSON ROMAN 8 GERMAN SPAIN2 IBM CODE PG UK SPAIN3 HP PC 8D N PORTUGAL JAPAN ECMA NORWAY1 PORTUGAL2 s a LEGAL NORWAY2 2 13 14 15 16 CHARACTER CHARACTER NATIONAL CODE PAGE AGM TABLE EPSON TABLE IBM IBM FONT IBM CHARA TABLE CHARA TABLE NATIONAL FONT ALTERNATE GRAPHIC CODE PAGE A ITALIC CHAR SET1 USA SPAIN 31 08 No L km E JAPAN GRAPHICS CHAR SET2 FRANCE 850 MULTILINGUAL YES DOWNLOAD GERMANY NORWAY 963 CANADIAN FRENCH A 2 857 TURKEY L CODE PAGE U K DENMARK2SPAIN 858 I 865 NORWAY I LATIN AMERICA DENMARK 860 PORTUGAL BRASCII SWEDEN KORER I 861 ABICOMP lt t Fray TURKEY Iso 8859 1 LEGAL 17 18 19 20 21 22 CR SETTING LF SETTING LF PITCH ZERO STYLE TABULATION PAGE LENGTH LOCK
3. 33 38 39 40 41 42 FF CODE PCL MODE CHR TB2 HP TOP MARGIN BOTTOM MARGIN LEFT MARGIN AT TOF SAPO Sei NODE 2ND CHARACTER TABLE TOP MARGIN BOTTOM MARGIN LEFT MARGIN N YES PCL34 LINE DRAW Tone n COLUMN No PCL3 MATH 7 0 lt n lt 15 0 w 63 W PCL3 D DEFAULT n 0 DEFAULT n 0 DEFAULT n 0 ll 43 44 45 46 47 48 RIGHT MARGIN FANFOLD AUTO SCROLL OVERRIDE BM LABEL MODE P OUT PAPER WIDTH DETECTION F AUTO SCROLL N RIGHT MARGIN WIDTH OVERRIDE LABEL MODE DETECTION n COLUMN 15 INCH NO SCROLL li NO ANY POS 0 n4 63 10 INCH DSRS EE Be G W ES A SED ves L_ yrs L_ PAGE END DEFAULT n 0 L 5 INCH ee 5 SEC 10 SEC 15 SEC jJ 49 50 51 60 61 62 CSF OPTIONS ro SC SPEE m AUTO SCROLL LF SPEED INTERPACE SELECT SIN RUN VALID POSITION Gp W CSF TYPE LF SPEED NOT INSTALLED ANY POS NORMAL INTERFACE SELECT IN COMMAND SINGLE L_ TOF ONLY 1 2 E S YES DOUBLE 2 ror woe AUTO L_ tp lt 63 64 65 66 67 68 DATA LENGTH STOP BIT PROTOCOL BAUD RATE SERIAL ERROR CTS ENABLE PROTOCOL BAUD RATE ERROR CTS SIGNAL N LENGTH STOP BIT DTR 38400 BPS PRINT NO 8 PI PPM
4. 11 CHR TB HP PCL3 PCL3 PCL3 D mode TBL ROMAN 8 ROMAN 8 8U TBL CODE PG TBL PC 8D N PC 8 11U TBL ECMA ISO 8859 1 0N TBL EGAL HP SET 1U TBL SWEDENI IS0 10 0S TBL SWEDEN2 IS0 11 3S TBL SPAIN1 IS0 17 2S TBL FRANC1 IS0 69 1F TBL GERMAN IS0 21 1G TBL U K IS0 4 1E TBL PORTU1 I50 16 45 TBL NORWAY1 ISO 60 0D TBL NORWAY2 ISO 61 1D IBL IRV 50 22U See page 38 TBL ITALY ISO 15 01 TBL FRANC2 IS O 25 0F TBL GERMN2 HP SET OG TBL SPAIN2 HP SET 1S TBL SPAIN3 ISO 85 6S TBL JAPAN ISO 14 0K TBL PORTU2 IS0 84 5S 36 5 Extended setup options 12 13 Character table Epson mode This function select s one of character sets provided in the Epson emulation 12 CHR TB EPSON TBL ITALIC eese Sets italic table see page 127 TBL GRAPHIC Joc Sets graphic table see page 127 TBL DOWN LD eneee Sets user dered download table TBL CODE PG This selection replaces the ASCII character area 80h FFh with the code page selected in 15 CODE PAGE Character table IBM mode This function selects between the IBM character set 1 and set 2 Refer to the character set tables in Appendix C 13 CHR TB IBM TBL Ger asss Sets IBM character set 1 table see page 128 TBL SET 2 La a
5. 87 11 HMI for enlarged characters 87 12 VMI for enlarged characters 88 13 Setting and canceling the enlarged character mode 88 14 Enlarged character cell offset 89 15 Enlarged character pitch 89 16 Enlarged character quality 90 17 Enlarged character rotational angle 90 18 Setting and canceling enlarged character smoothing 91 19 Enlarged character top offset 91 20 Setting and canceling underlining ofenlarged characters 92 21 Enlarged character widthwise expansition 92 22 Horizontal printing position for enlarged characters 93 23 Vertical printing position for enlarged characters 93 Enlarged character print samples 94 00000099000009090000000000000900000000000000900000000000000900000009000000000000900900000009000000090000090000000900900000090900000000000009000009999 9 uv AN ADANAN t D oo oonNn N e r ore m m specifications specifications Other specifications Serial interface Setup options control codes Epson mode PCL mode ua u m eI Printing specifications IBM mode sse eem reete Parallel interface D Reverse control panel B Control code summary C Character sets sss A Specifications Appendices Caution for use Power source Be sure to insert the power plug
6. CTS NO Swa eak Ignores the CTS signal CTS YES Functions according to the CTS signal from the host CD signal serial interface This function accepts or ignores the CD Carrier Detect signal from the host Li 69 CD ENABLI CD NO vidue Ignores the CD signal CD YES qe Functions according to the CD signal from the host DSR signal serial interface This function accepts or ignores the DSR Data Set Ready signal from the host ES 70 DSR ENABLE DSR NO sus Ignores the DSR signal DSR YES o ean Functions according to the DSR signal from the host 53 5 Extended setup options 71 74 Communication buffer size This function selects the maximum size of the input buffer When the selection of this function is completed the printer is initialized The buffer size affects the signal protocol in serial data communication In these protocols the printer s busy ready state changes according to the data remaining values in the input buffer described below BUFFER Ready to Busy Busy to Ready LSSECUL HON SIZE SIZE CIN CRN 64k byte B SIZE 64 KB SEU 1k byte 3k byte B SIZE 8 KB de B SIZE 128 B 128 byte 32 byte 64 byte Note When the remaining data capacity of the input buffer is smaller than CIN the printer becomes busy This state continues until the remaining capacit
7. ess Multilingual see page 133 CB 8575 seed Turkey see page 133 C P 858 sts Multilingual Euro symbol see page 134 CPs 860 Jom Portugal see page 134 Gis Pr 861 sees Icelandic see page 134 GSP B633 i ssa Canadian French see page 134 CS 865 sw Norway see page 135 PILAM BRASQIJ S3 BRASCII see page 135 C P ABICOMP ABICOMP see page 135 Gur ISO 1 ISO 8859 1 see page 135 38 5 Extended setup options 16 18 IBM Alternate graphic mode AGM Valid in IBM mode This function enables the IBM emulation to work similar to the Epson emulation in high density graphics The table below describes the differences in their related control codes 16 AGM IB AGM NO AGM YES Command AGM NO AGM YES ESC 3n Set n 216 line spacing Set n 180 line spacing ESC Jn Line feed n 216 Line feed n 180 ESC An Set n 72 line spacing Set n 60 line spacing ESC Not supported Set various graphic modes Carriage return CR A carriage return ASCII code 0Dh or 13 causes data in the buffer to be printed and the carriage to be moved to the left most print position at the same line The following option can be selected when issuing a carriage return Refer to the specification of your application for correct selection 17 CR SETTING CR CR ONDI 3225 Carriage return without a line feed CR CRATE o Carriage return with a lin
8. The 133 C Character Sets Code Page 858 Multilingual Euro Code Page 860 Portuguese o 0 B Bt c oo M fe Pee A4 Fr f lO ip RR ey Ov o I IV H M 8 gt pt ME ln L r4 om ey b E tU tp OF C a m m FH dil amp 9 e Au lea uz o9 NO J OS e Ne j GeoOauvwvr rs Oo oon O Tomo GO U PrP OMWARMEAAWHNH SO Po p gt P Qo Mo 5 O S O Z Q t x Q amp C O lt c Ose s l B E Wa Yao I a8 Il 3273 EB U E B v D gt gt P Oe G EPO O p D 9 PB OQ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F Code Page 861 Icelandic E 0 E E L H a s 0 a s 1 iff B t 1 E Bot 3 F w S 3 4 F uw 4 H k Z f 4 L gt f 5 b 4 o Jd 5 I F c J 6 T F r n e F r h 7 6 q kee 7 eo 8 7 a Ht 8 yey Kk 8 m I L 9 r J g e 9 o r p q3 e A a p 2 A U a4 f p Q B 2 i q y B B r NW 5 C 4 g C i i k D 9 i D U E t lt d A e E A lt 4 e F f gt mf n F 8 f gt E n PCL mode The 0 MODH and 7F H normally function as control code The DE ON code as character in PCL n While TRANSPARENT mode is character font available These characters are printable only while in TRANSPARENT mode EPSON IBM mode The ORECH and 80 H 9F H f
9. 2D H Relative lefthand printing position 2B H Relative righthand printing position nl lt 255 n2 lt 15 IA IA The MSB of parameter m and the four high order bits of n2 bit 7 to bit 4 are masked 92 9 Bar code and enlarged character If parameter m is different than shown above this sequence is ignored The absolute print position is based on the left margin If the specified position exceeds the right margin the print position is located at the right margin If a relative lefthand printing position to the left of the left margin is specified left margin becomes the printing position If a relative righthand printing position to the right of the right margin is specified the right margin becomes the printing position The movement distance is not dependent on the width expansion of enlarged characters 23 Vertical printing position for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 y Format ASCII DC4 DC4 y m ni n2 Hex 14 14 79 m nl n2 Decimal 20 20 121 m nl n2 Function Specifies the vertical position for printing enlarged characters by nl n2 x 256 180 as shown below m SP 20H Absolute printing position 2D H Relative reverse printing position 2B H Relative forward printing position 0 lt nl lt 255 0 lt n2 lt 127 The MSBs of parameters m and n2 are masked If parameter m is other than shown above this sequence is ignored The absolute print position is based on the TOF position If the specified positi
10. Pressing the TEAR OFF key or the ONLINE key the second time may return the paper to the original print position when the top edge of the form does not pass above the paper 22 3 Control panel and operations Power on operation summary ON LINE PARK QUALITY M LF M RLF RLF TEAR OFF SETUP ALT O O O O RESET O e e e oe o oe o oe oo o j own Operation reference page Self test draft P21 Self test LQ P21 Hex dump draft P62 Hex dump LQ P62 Extended setup options P33 Demo printout P22 Loading MEMO 1 P31 Loading MEMO 2 P31 Loading MEMO 3 P31 O OO O O Vertical alignment P66 EEPROM initialize 1 EEPROM initialize 2 Notes 1 Use either the RESET key or power switch when the circle is in both the RESET and POWER columns 2 EEPROM initialize 2 operation requires the vertical alignment operation after the execution of the EEPROM initialize 2 23 4 Basic setup options _4 Basic setup options About basic setup options The setup options serve to define various initial states of the printer that are executed when the power is turned on or when the RESET key is pressed In addition this mode serves to redefine the font type character spacing and other parameters for the printer s current operating conditions The parameters set in the setup options are stored in
11. 0 30H Unidirectional Print left to right 1 31H Bidirectional Print 2 32H Pre directional Print ESC amp 1 A 1B 26 6C 41 H 27 38 108 65 D Designates paper size Paper size is set as follows 0 30H Setting in the setup mode 2 32H Letter 3 33H Legal 26 32H 36H A4 81 38H 31H ENVELOP Business Com 10 ESC amp 1 C 1B 26 6C 43 H 27 38 108 67 D Sets VMI Vertical motion index VMI is set by 1 48 inch VMI is defined as the distance where the print position moves when the LF code is input If is 8 the print position moves in 6 Ipi vertically ESC amp 11 D 1B 26 6C 44 H 27 38 108 68 D Sets the line spacing VMI Vertical motion index The number of LPI lines per inch ex 8 38H 8 LPI ESC amp 1 E 1B 26 6C 45 H 27 38 108 69 D Sets Top margin by VMI where 1 2 When the top margin is set the text length to be default In case of Skip perforation ON Text length page length Top margin 1 2 Bottom margin set to 1 2 In case of Skip perforation OFF Text length page length Top margin Bottom margin set to 0 ESC amp 1 F 1B 26 6C 46 H 27 38 108 70 D Sets Text length Text length is set by line by VMI ESC amp 1 H 1B 26 6C 48 H 27 38 108 72 D Sets paper path The mode set as follows 0 30H Eject Paper 1 31H Feed fro
12. Adjust the right paper guide so that it comfortably holds the paper in between the two paper guides Paper Size Marker Extension Arm 4 Right Paper Guide 3 Left Paper Guide Bee U Press the PARK key or FF key to load the single sheet paper to the top of form position 14 60 inch 6mm below the top edge of the paper The top of form position can be adjusted from 0 60 inch to 480 60 inches 8 inches 203mm by using the front panel controls in the basic setup options on page 30 Note If the paper is not completely fed in slightly push the paper downward If it is still not fed in look in the TROUBLESHOOTING section The paper bail automatically lowers to press the paper against the platen when the leading edge of the paper feeds more than one inch onto the platen Notes Extension Arm The extension arm is used to keep large size Legal B4 single sheets from falling behind the paper rack When using the extension arm pull the arm until it clicks and locks in place 2 TEAR OFF keys are invalid with single sheet paper 14 2 Setting up L Paper alignment Current print line location The current printing line DDD is the third line down from the top of the ribbon guide line spacing is 1 6 line 6 LPI Ribbon Guide Adjusting the print head position The head adjustment is used to obtain the best print q
13. ESC rK 1B 2A 72 4B H 27 42 114 65 D Model number request Serial I F only Model number is requested The printer sends back the following answer when this data is recognized 2235A 2712CRLF ESC r S 1B 2A 72 53 H 27 42 114 8 83 D Designates raster graphics width Raster graphics width is defined by dot ESC t R 1B 2A 74 52 H 27 42 116 82 D Designates raster graphics resolution Raster graphics resolution is defined as follows When PCL3 or PCL3 D is selected 6 0 36H 30H 60 dpi 9 0 39H 30H 90 dpi 1 8 0 31H 38H 30H 180 dpi 23 6 0 33H 36H 30H 360 dpi When PCL3 is selected 29 0 39H 30H 90 dpi 21 8 0 31H 38H 30H 180 dpi ESC9 1B 39 H 27 57 D Clear left and right margin ESC 1B 3D H 27 61 D Half line feed Half line feed is executed ESC DC1 1B 3E 11 H 27 63 17 D Request I O status Serial I O only Printer status is requested The printer sends back the following data to the host computer as the printer status LSB 5 4 3 2 1 0 O O O O 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 L _ Paper out or cover open printer busy on line alway 0 VO DATA error 2 a a 1B 45 H 27 69 D Reset The printer is initialized 1B 59 H 27 89 D Designate display function Display function is set on 1B SA H 27 90 D Cancels display function Display function is set off 1B 7A H 27 122 D 121 Self
14. Sound Seal Cover asss e Kid RAE OR Y Paper Rack in upright position Single sheet setting JE P di 7 A n N Y uem NL i 17 1 15 4 435mm Paper Rack in flat position 390 Continuous paper setting 390mm 1 1 6 10 2 295mm 260mm XU A tT Y Y Y 13 0 330mm Weight 44 1 Ibs 20 kg 2 Setting up _2 Setting up Installing the paper rack 1 Slide both paper guides to the Fives Groove extreme left and right edges of the paper rack 2 With the two small pivots on either side of the paper rack downward fit the pivots in the groove on the rear top cover 3 Place the paper rack in upright position for single cut sheet paper and lay it down for fanfold P continuous paper Rear Top Cover Note The paper guides should be placed to the outside edges during the installation or removal of the paper rack Installing the sound seal cover 1 Lay the sound seal cover upside down on the printer 2 Fit one of the holes of the cover to the stud of the L angle hinge on one side of the printer 3 Fit the other hole to the other stud by pressing the L angle hinge L angle Hinge inward then out through the hole Note Make sure that both studs are out through the hole completely otherwise the sound seal cover will be stuck in place 10 2 Setting up Installing the ribbon cassette Turn OFF the printer s power and remove the used r
15. cps Norma 1 90 X 1 120 12 x 12 564 10 cpi Dark 1 1 90 X 1 120 136 12 x 12 473 Dark 2 1 90 X 1 180 12x 18 315 Norma 569 Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 144 163 12 x 12 432 Norma 712 15 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 180 12x12 473 Norma 526 Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 240 12 x 12 2 4 394 Norma 540 Dark 1 amp 411 Norma 631 Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 240 12 x 12 481 Norma 577 24 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 360 12x 12 3 378 Norma Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 144 I2xN DEN Norma 1 2 Proportional Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 360 12x N Norma Speed Draft 12 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 120 12x 8 2 Norma S Speed Dratt 15 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 90 X 1 120 12x8 Norma 10 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 120 24x12 12 cpi 16 7 cpi 17 cpi 1 90 X 1 240 12 x 12 2 20 cpi Proportional Norma 12 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 144 24 X 12 Norma 15 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 180 24x 12 16 7 cpi E 1 180 X 1 240 24 x 12 42 3 2 Norma 17 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 240 24 x 12 2 20 cpi Ree 1 180 X 1 240 24 x 12 Norma Dark 1 amp Norma Dark 1 amp Norma Dark 1 amp 10 cpi STE 1 180 X 1 360 Norma 12 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 360 24 cpi 1 180 X 1 360 24 X 12 3 Proportional 1 180 X 1 144 24x N 1 2 Proportional 1 180 X 1 360 EPSON De 1 180 X 1 360 16 X 24 HE IBM m 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 36 12 Near Letter i Norma Quality 16 7 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 720 24 X
16. k lt 68 If the Element is selected 0 lt n dk kx 255 This comand is valid when 27 BARCODE LABEL MODE is set to MODEI or MODE2 in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE 10 Printing density DC4 DC4 D Format ASCII DC4 DC4 D n Hex 14 14 44 n Decimal 20 20 68 n Function Specifies the density of printing bar code symbols in the horizontal direction Specifies the unit of element width n 0 Bar code symbols are printed at 120 dpi Default value 1 Bar code symbols are printed at 180 dpi If a bar code is rotated by 90 or 270 degrees using the DC4 DC4 R bar code rotational angle command a bar code is printed at 120 dpi horizontally and 180 dpi vertically 11 Guard bar expansion DC4 DC4 G Format ASCII DC4 DC4 G n Hex 14 14 47 n Decimal 20 20 71 n Function Specifies whether or not to expand EAN or UPC guard bars n 0 Guard bars are not expanded 1 Guard bars are expanded Default value 73 9 Bar code and enlarged character 12 Start and stop characters DC4 DC4 N Format ASCII DC4 DC4 N nl n2 Hex 14 14 4E nl n2 Decimal 20 20 78 nl n2 Function Specifies the Codabar start or stop character nl selects the start or stop character n2 specifies a code of the start or stop as shown below nl 0 Start character 1 Stop character n2 a b c d t n ore TD When power is turned on a is selected as the start or stop character 13 Bar code rotational angle DC4 DC4 R Format ASCII D
17. narrow bar width This setting is not valid for Postnet The inter character gap means the space between each set of codes of a bar code which begins with a bar and ends with a bar 3 Bar code height DC4 DC4 H Format ASCII DC4 DC4 H n Hex 14 14 48 n Decimal 20 20 72 n Function Sets the bar code height to n 12 0 lt n lt 120 The currently set line feed pitch serves as the bar code height when is set to 0 This setting is not valid for Postnet 4 Setting HRI on and off DC4 DC4 I Format ASCII DC4 DC4 I n Hex 14 14 49 n Decimal 20 20 73 n Function Specifies whether or not to print an HRI Also specifies the HRI printing position if an HRI is to be printed n 0 HRI not printed 1 HRI printed below the bar code symbol 2 HRI printed above the bar code symbol No HRI printed for Postnet or Element regardless of this setting 71 9 Bar code and enlarged character 5 HRI font DC4 DC4 F Format ASCII DC4 DC4 F n Hex 14 14 46 n Decimal 20 20 70 n Function Selects the font of printing the HRI n 0 Currently selected font 1 OCR A 2 OCR B This setting is not valid for Postnet or Element 6 Check character DC4 DC4 C Format ASCII DC4 DC4 C n Hex 14 14 43 n Decimal 20 20 67 n Function Specifies whether to add a check character automatically n 0 No check character is added If a check character is needed the user must send bar code data 1 Acheck character is added The chec
18. 1 Yes upside down 0 English 1 Deutsch 2 Fran ais n 3 Espa ol 4 Italiano Dont save Header 7F 1B 7C 60 01 00 7F By inserting this command before the setup terminate codes all the setup changes are not saved in the EEPROM but only in the current memory 126 C Character Sets _Appendix C Character sets Epson Italic character set T e P Ds O 6 7 8 9 A 96 112 128 144 160 1 NUL SP D 7 x 7 DO 4 uU E F 6 192 208 224 240 D A o amp v tO Co 1 O gt On 5 5 O y Z No 54 X lt C HU g 6 rg iw ANS X Z lt C H Ot WOMAN AA O N swe gt ts lt SEQ HDS ws S q eK g lt GU NIS b L 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D F O t gt G Ir Q rd t t3 C td gt O lt tx Xe q G z bz ko Cy bu Ps r OB B x S p DQ hO GO ODM OS 8 bz Q F ro S G tr 9 V H A lt e Vv ya c3 trj E I Note This character set is selected with ESC t0 Refer to Control code summary section Epson Graphic character set extended fo SH o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 D E F TEN 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 0 NUL 0 P p t HM a z 1 Mo 1 A Q a q a i 8 2 Xy 2 B R b r 6 B Eo 3 63 4 3 C S c s A I Tt lt 4 V4 4 D T d t G A ze
19. 10 50 PRINT 1 123 CHRS 13 CHRS 10 60 PRINT 1 HENRY IS HANDSOME 70 END 00000 41 42 43 OD OA 31 32 33 OD OA 48 45 4E 52 59 20 ABC 123 HENRY 00010 49 53 20 48 41 4E 44 53 4F 4D 45 OD IS HANDSOME ASCII characters are printed according to hexadecimal codes of the data Codes other than 1Bh and 20h to 7Eh are printed as 2Eh For the code 1Bh IE is printed in draft mode and s is printed in LQ mode During the Hexadecimal mode the SETUP and QUALITY keys are disabled 62 8 Maintenance _8 Maintenance ai Cleaning Minimum periodical cleaning will ensure the maximum performance from your printer Do not spill or splash cleaning liquid inside the printer Please refer to the Printer cover removal on page 64 to remove the covers for cleaning Before cleaning the printer be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord Power may be required to clean the platen Platen Use a platen cleaner or any weak alcohol solvents to remove any ink from the platen and bail rollers Do not apply any other liquid chemical to the platen Even with a specified platen cleaner frequent use of the liquid is not recommended Apply only when it is necessary Inside the printer Use a vacuum cleaner to remove paper dust and particles inside the printer A small brush is suitable for removing paper dust from hard to get at areas Exterior Casings Cl
20. 25 PITCH LOCK O 71 BUFFER SIZE 64 KB 26 QLTY LOCK O 72 BUSY ACK YPE 2 27 BC L CHR ODE 1 73 DATA LATCH YPE F 28 BC TYPE CODE39 74 ERROR STATUS YES 29 BC SIZE 1 80 PRINT DIR BI DIRECTION 30 LARGE CH SIZE 8 81 DISPLAY LANG ENGLISH 31 GR QLTY MODE 2 82 INVERT DISP O 32 ACCENT CHR SIMPLE 83 SOFTWARE SET YES 33 FF CODE TOF YE 84 RESET LOCK NO 85 SLEEP MODE YES Option Menu CURRENT MEMO1 MEMO2 MEMO3 lt Basic options gt 4 FONT SELECT ROMAN COURIER COURIER COURIER lt Extended options gt 10 EMULATIO EPSON HP HP IB 18 LF SETTING LF CR LF ONLY LF ONLY LF ONLY 32 ACCENT CHR SIMPLE COMPO COMPO SIMPLE 38 PCL MODE PCL3 PCL3 PCL3 PCL3 61 SLCT IN ENBL O NO NO YES 5 Extended setup options _5 Extended setup options About extended setup options The extended setup options contain various setup options which are used less frequently than the basic setup options The function in these options are categorized to four functional blocks items numbering in 10 s through 30 s are for Print enhancement which defines the emulation type or character tables items numbering in 40 s and 50 s are for Paper handling enhancement which defines the paper characteristics or print area items numbering in 60 s and 70 s are for Communication enhancement which defines the interface control parameters and items numbering in 80 s are for other functional items to Miscellaneous For the overview of the extended setup options refer to
21. CR SETTING LF SETTING PITCH ZERO STYLE TABULATION PAGE LOCK A CR ONLY LF ONLY I 6 LPI NO SLASHED CHART NGS CR LF L LF CR I 8 LPL L SLASHED 4 CHAR FES y L AUTOFEED I 9 Ler 6 CHAR pc 3 LPI 8 CHAR 4 LPI LO gt 10 CHAR L 12 CHAR 23 24 25 26 27 28 BARCODE QUALITY FONT LOCK PITCH LOCK QUALITY LOCK ENLARGED EN CHARACTER QUALITY TYPE FONT LOCK PITCH LOCK QUALITY LOCK BC L CHR BARCODE TYPE A Lo No I No xo RER INDSTRIAL 20F5 T NLO L yes L_ YEs L yes MODEL INTERLEAVED 20F5 HODR DRAFT SMODE MATRIX 20F5 S D CODABAR L s 8 D um EAN13 copg11 UPC A CODE39 29 1 32 UPC E copz93 20 3 POSTNET CODE128 ELEMENT EAN8 BARCODE ENLARGED CHAR GRAPHIC PRINT ACCENT CHAR SIZE SIZE MODE lt gt ix mmi PRINT SPEED PRINT METHOD 1 5 r 2 MODE1 SIMPLE 2 4 MODE2 L compo 2 5 8 L MODE3 pur Next page I 16 I 24 5 32 34 Previous page 5 Extended setup options
22. O POWER ES O ON LINE O P oUT FF RLF TEAR OFF ON LINE Alternate up side down reverse panel JTW JI da O waMoa ZN CY EN O SNITNO IWSWH LCD O ino a ATH Ww JTA 440 HVXIL ANIT NO Py s SINE S Note The alternate reverse panel installation instruction is described in Appendix D 11 Indicators Display window Liquid Crystal Display LCD Displays status and errors during operation and menus in the setup options The followings are some examples of the display messages P our FANFOLD Status message This indicates that the printer is in offline and paper out status COVER OPEN Warning message This indicates that the printer cover is open Close the cover to resume the operation If the printer is in the offline mode the following appears on the display FANFOLD 11X15 Status message for fanfold continuous paper This column indicates the page length and the paper widlh This indicates the type of paper selected is fanfold continuous paper MANUAL A4 P Status message for single sheets paper This indicates a paper size B5 through A3 depending on the designated paper size default A4 selected in the setup options This indicates the type of paper selected is single sheet paper MANUAL BIN 1 BIN 2 BIN 1 2 16 Indicator lamps 3 Control panel and operations Lamp On Off Bl
23. SETUP Setting HRI Below the bar code symbol HRI font OCR B Check character Added Printing density 1 120 Data processing in the bar code data sequence In a bar code data sequence following ESC SI any codes other than the ESC code are regarded as bar code data Continuous two byte ESC codes ESC ESC are regarded as a one byte ESC bar code In a barcode data sequence following ESC SI SO ESC SI and ESC ESC are valid and the other ESC sequence are ingnored The ESC code and the following data two bytes in all are discarded When a start or stop character code e g code of Code 39 is input in a bar code data sequence the bar code data sequence stops if bar code data has already been input in that sequence The data that was input is valid and converted into a bar code If not the bar code data sequence does not stop and the code is discarded When 68 bytes of data is input the bar code data sequence ends automatically When Code 93 or Code 128 is selected the bar code data sequence ends when the amount of input data including the automatically inserted control character reaches 68 75 9 Bar code and enlarged character L Printing bar codes i HRI Bar codes are printed at normal LQ 10 cpi 158 cps print speed when the printing density is 120 dpi or at Dark 1 LQ 10 cpi 79 cps print speed when the printing density is 180 dpi This does not apply to printing paths involving HRI printing or d
24. This function enables disables the special software commands that are designed to control most of the extended setup options from host See Printer setup command codes section in Appendix B ET 83 SOFTWARE 1j n SOFTWARE NO SOFTWARE YES Lock the RESET key This function locks up the RESET key during the online mode in order to avoid an accidental reset during printing 84 RESET rock LOCK NO LOCK YES Setting ENERGY STAR Set the power conservation standby mode When this mode is valid if the standby mode continues about 14 minutes after printing the power conservation mode is engaged Switching to the normal mode is effected when any print action is performed 85 SLEEP MODE SLEEP MODE YES SLEEP MODE NO I Saving user setup options This function saves the current setup into one of three memory areas Press the ENTER key to store the current setup in the desired memory area This does not affect the current setting See Loading user setup option for the preprogrammed setups 86 SAVE SETUP SAVE MEMO 1 SAVE MEMO 2 SAVE MEMO 3 Printing list of setting options This function prints the list of the current basic setup options extended setup options factory setup contents or all the setups in the memory areas Press the ENTE
25. since data is input element by element 0 The following show the codes expressing elements 00H Narrow bar OIH Wide bar 02H Narrow space 05H Wide space O4H Inter character gap 80 9 Bar code and enlarged character d Element printing Example The following shows a BASIC program for printing Code 39 bar codes using the element printing function This example shows how to print CODE39 Replace NB WB NS and WS in the data statements in the following example with 0 1 2 and 3 respectively 100 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 WIDTH 1 255 110 DC4 CHR amp H14 ESC CHR amp H1B 120 SI CHR amp HF SO CHR amp HE ICG 4 130 140 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 nitialize 150 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 T CHR 255 Barcode Type Element Print 160 PRINT 1 DC4 DCAS E CHR 0 CHR 2 Narrow Bar 2 120 170 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 E CHR 1 CHR 6 Wide Bar 6 120 180 PRINT 1 DC4 DCAS E CHR 2 CHR 2 Narrow Space 2 120 190 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 E CHR 3 CHR 6 Wide Space 6 120 200 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 E CHR 4 CHR 2 Inter Char Gap 2 120 210 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 H CHR 6 Barcode Height 6 12 220 230 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 B CHR 9 8 7 Barcode Data Sequence Start 240 RESTORE 440 250 FOR l 1 TO 9 READ A PRINT CHR A NEXT 260 PRINT 1 CHR ICG 270 FOR J 1 TO 6 280 IF J 1 THEN RESTORE 450 290 IF J 2 THEN RESTORE 460 300 IF J 3 THEN RESTORE 470 310 IF J 4 TH
26. so any print quality related software command cannot override this setting 26 ovrv rocx LOCK YES LOCK NO 41 5 Extended setup options 27 28 Bar code print enhancement Enable Bar code print and Enlarged character This function enables the printer to accept the control commands of the barcode and enlarged character 27 BC L CH A Vamos cocer ESC SO and ESC SI can not be used for the bar code data start or stop command BC MODE 1 BC MODE 2 eee ALL control command are valid BC IGNORED Bar code and Enlarged character are invalid Bar code type Codabar This function selects a type of bar code lI l B de type element enables you to dE a bape y CODE 11 print bar codes by varying the width of the arrow bar vide bar narrow space TITRE wide bar or intercharacter gap 4123456779A See Appendix B Bar code control CODE 39 5 UTR 28 BC TYPE 1234567S YPE INDST25 CODE 93 z MCU YPI Y 1234567 CODE 128 YP 7 III 1234567 YE EAN 8 YE YE YPE UPC A 12345670 YPE UPC E EAN 13 XP
27. 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 LSB te Y Y Y Y Print Pin Top O O CCCO OOOOe CeeO_ Bottom 1B 2B n H 27 43 n D Sets line spacing to n 360 0xnx255 1B 2D n H 27 45 n D Sets or cancels underline n 0 underline is cancelled n 1 underline is set 1B 2F c H 27 47 c D Selects a channel c 0 7 of vertical tab 1B 30 H 27 48 D Sets line spacing to 1 8 1B 32 H 27 50 D Sets line spacing to 1 6 1B 33 n H 27 51 n D Sets line spacing to n 180 0xnx255 1B 34 H 27 52 D Sets italic character mode Download characters and graphic characters BOh DFh F4h and F5h are not italicized ESC5 1B 35 H 27 53 D Cancels italic character mode ESC 6 1B 36 H 27 54 D Enlarges the print code area Control code area 80h 9Fh is printed as characters ESC7 1B 37 H 27 55 D Clears ESC 6 command ESC NUL n NUL 1B 3A 00 n 00 H Copy RAM download character set from ROM 27 58 0 n 0 D character set n 00h ROMAN is copied n 01h SANS SERIF is copied n 02h COURIER is copied n 03h PRESTIGE is copied n 04h SCRIPT is copied n 05h OCR B is copied n 06h OCR A is copied n 07h ORATOR is copied n 08h ORATOR S is copied n 14h GOTHIC is copied 1B 3C H 27 60 D Moves print head to home position 1B 3D H 27 61 D Sets MSB of data to 0 1B 3E H 27 62 D Sets MSB of data to 1 111 B Control code summary Epson Hexa
28. 1 2 24 0 24 0 24 0 24 0 120dpi 8 24 1 120 inch Normal 15 7 18 0 31 5 36 0 Dark 1 2 10 5 10 5 24 0 24 0 180dpi 24 1 180 inch Normal 10 5 18 0 24 0 36 0 Dark 1 2 7 9 10 5 18 0 24 0 240dpi 8 1 120 inch Normal 15 7 18 0 31 5 36 0 Dark 1 2 10 5 10 5 24 0 24 0 360dpi 24 1 180 inch Normal 10 5 18 0 24 0 36 0 Dark 1 2 7 9 10 5 18 0 24 0 MODE 1 2 or 3 is set by 31 GRAPHIC QUALITY High speed 1 or 2 is set by the QUALITY key or 23 QUALITY 99 A Specifications 1 Parallel interface specifications Input connector 36 pin parallel SIGNAL SIGNAL IN OUT STROBE GND DATA 1 GND DATA 2 GND DATA 3 GND DATA 4 GND DATA 5 GND DATA 6 GND DATA 7 GND DATA 8 GND ACK GND BUSY GND PE HIGH SELECT INITIAL AUTOFEED ERROR HIGH HIGH LOW NC CHASSIS GND HIGH HIGH SELECT IN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Notes 1 HIGH is pulled up to 5V by 2 2k Q resistor 2 LOW is pulled down to GND by 2 2kQ resistor 3 NC stands for no connection 4 CHASSIS GND and GND are connected in the printer 5 SELECT IN signal is HIGH to accept a control code Data input timing chart and input condition Data input DATA1 8 E AUTO FEED 74LS04 sms f L ern or equivalent DATA 18 gt L Input BUSY ACK TU A TER I I 5V i f D fe i 4 plo ie 10us min i STORBE 74LS14
29. 12 Please see the rating plate on the back of your printer for appropriate input voltage and consult your dealer for a specific type of power cord if necessary T T a ie ee 120V For USA 220 240V For Asia and Europe 240V For U K 240V For Australia 1 Introduction Printer description Ribbon Cassette Paper Guide Platen Paper Bail Paper Select Lever pee Lever e 7 Head Adjustment Lever Print head Power Switch Sound Seal Cover Printer Cover Paper Cutter Rear Cover 1 Introduction ai Operation guide sheet The operation guide sheet helps you to operate some of the basic options on the front control panel You can peel the adhesive backed paper and stick it anywhere on your printer for convenience Precaution for extra thick paper usage Extra thick continuous paper especially 9 part multi layer paper may get jammed in the printer due to its stiffness and inflexibility When using such paper set the paper rack in the slant position shown in the figure Push Tractor Method Friction Feed Method Multiple Fanfold Paper Label Fanfold Paper Print Head j Tractor Fanfold Paper Single ply Fanfold Paper Print Head X T Tractor Single Sheet Paper Print Head Platen Friction Roller Description Single ply Multiple Copies Label Paper P
30. 2 Original 8 copies Selecting page length for fanfold paper The page length selection varies from 2 inches to 16 5 inches with a 0 5 inch increment page length is the same as the distance between two perforations The The page length can be changed by software commands but when the Page Lock option in the extended setup options is set enabled this page length selection becomes the fixed length and software commands are ignored 2 PAGE FANFOLD PAGE 2 IN PAGH TOF Top Of Form PAGE 11 IN PAGE T 73 45 E d PAGE 16 5IN 1 3 Default page length is 11 inches a E o o t bes e lg 9 ms o o o y Perforation o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Le Lo 26 4 Basic setup options 3 Selecting single sheet paper size This function sets a paper size page length the right and left margins of single sheet paper The Page Lock option in the extended options can lock in the character spacing selected in this option and ignores the related software command 3 PAGE SINGLE SIZE B5 p ve amp S P denotes portrait SIZE B5 1 ec I denotes landscape SIZE A4 p vv M Default page size is A4 portrait SIZE A4 1 SIZE B4 p SIZE B4 1 SIZE LETTERp SIZE LETTER SIZE LEGAL p SIZE LEGAL SIZE A3 p SIZE A3 1 B5 Portra
31. 36 7 x Norma 17 cpi Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 36 6 20 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 30 6 EPSQN uM 1 180 X 1 720 16 X 24 6 HEM IE 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 30 F Norma Proportional Dark 1 amp 1 180 X 1 360 24X N 2 Norma 1 2 Proportional Dark 1 amp 2 1 180 X 1 720 24XN 98 A Specifications Note n indicates the number of space added Character Printing Print mode Multipart i Structure Speed mode V XH cps 10 cpi 1 180 X 1 360 24 x 36 12 cpi 1 180 X 1 360 24 x 30 EN 1 180 X 1 360 16 x 24 15 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 x 36412 HP IBM Letter 16 7 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 x 36 7 Quality 17 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 x 36 6 20 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 x 30 6 24 cpi EPSON 1 180 X 1 720 16 x 24 6 24 cpi HP IBM 1 180 X 1 720 24 x 24 6 Proportional 1 180 X 1 360 24x N 1 2 Proportional 1 180 X 1 720 24x N Graphic Print Specifications L Graphic type _____ Horizontal Multipart _ Print speed inch second Density Pins dotpitch mode MODE 1 MODE 2 MODES High speed 1 High speed 2 60dpi 8 24 1 60 inch Normal 31 5 31 5 31 5 31 5 Dark 1 2 24 0 24 0 24 0 24 0 80dpi 8 1 80 inch Normal 24 0 24 0 24 0 24 0 Dark 1 2 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 90dpi 8 24 1 90 inch Normal 18 0 18 0 18 0 18 0 Dark 1 2 15 7 15 7 15 7 15 7 120dpi 8 1 60 inch Normal 31 5 31 5 31 5 31 5 Dark
32. 42 28 Barcode type ireccio eers 42 29 Bar code size ertet emer SH 44 30 Enlarged character size 44 31 Graphic Print Speed 45 32 Accent character 45 33 Setting of the FF code at TOF 45 HP mode enhancement 38 PCL modes s La si 46 39 Secondary character table 46 Paper handling enhancement 40 Set the top margin 47 41 Set the bottom margin 47 42 Set the left margin 47 43 Set the right margin 48 44 Fanfold paper width 48 45 Autoscroll delay 48 46 Override bottom margin 49 47 Label mode 49 48 Paper out detection 50 49 Cut sheet feeder type 50 50 Setting of the auto scrolling position 50 51 Line Feed Speed sss 51 Communication enhancement 60 Interface type esses 54 61 SELECT IN signal 51 62 Parity Dilsa leere 51 63 Data length 52 64 Stop bit 52 65 Communication protocol 52 66 Communication speed 52 67 Serial error check 53 68 CTS signal eee 53 69 CD signal a re 53 70 DSR signal e
33. 66 lines an ESC N 6 command causes the printer to print 60 lines then skip 6 lines The space to be skipped is 1 inch 1 6 inch x 6 1B 4F H 27 79 D Cancels the bottom margin set by ESC N 1B 50 H 27 80 D Sets cancels proportional mode n 0 the proportional mode is cancelled n 1 the proportional mode is selected 1B 51 223 H 27 81 35 D Deselects the printer DC1 selects the printer n 23h the printer is deselected nz23h this command is ignored 1B 52 H 27 82 D Initializes horizontal tabs to every 8th column starting from 9th column and clears vertical tabs 1B 53 n H 27 83 n D Sets superscript or subscript character mode n 0 the superscript character mode is set n 1 the subscript character mode is set 1B 54 H 27 84 D Cancels super subscript character mode 1B 55 n H 27 85 n D Sets or cancels unidirectional printing n 0 the unidirectional printing is cancelled and the bidirectional or predirectional is set according to the setup options n 1 unidirectional printing is set 1B 57 n H 27 87 n D Sets or cancels double width character mode n 0 the double width character mode is cancelled n 1 the double width character mode is set 1B 5C n m H 27 92 n m D Sets left and right margins 0 lt n lt m lt 255 n left margin m right margin The print area is between the nth and mth column ESC Y ni n2 data 1B 59 n1 n2 data H 2
34. 8 line feed pitch Head Reliability 400 million dots wire Ribbon Black fabric ribbon cassette type Ribbon Life 20 million character Cut Sheet Manual CSF Option Insertion Top Ejection Top Paper Size A3 A4 Letter Legal etc INTERFACE Standard Parallel RS 232C Serial Shared I F Function Input Buffer Maximum 64K byte SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Emulations EPSON LQ 2550 IBM Model 2391 HP Rugged Writer 480 PCL3 LQ NLQ Roman Sans Serif Prestige Script Courier 0CR A OCR B Gothic ORATOR Orator S Character Set EPSON Character Sets IBM Code Pages HP Character Sets Large Character Maximum 127 magnifications Bar Codes Industrial 2of5 Code 11 EAN 8 Interleaved 20f5 Code 3of9 EAN 13 Codabar Code 128 UPC E Postnet Rear Tractor Top 3 16 0 inches S D S S D HQDR EAN 13 678904 III W x 330mm D x 260mm H W x 13 0 D x 10 2 H 4 912345 441b FF key and feeds fanfold paper so that the perforation is aligned with the paper cutter located at the top rear of the printer thus enabling simple paper tearing During the tear off operation the M LF and M RLF keys are used to correctly align the paper to the paper cutter After tearing off the form pressing the TEAR OFF key a second time reversely feeds the paper to the top of the next available form Pe ae Paper Cutter Note location prior to the first TEAR OFF operation
35. E x 5 8 X 5 E U e u t F GS 6 amp 6 F V f v a r H 7 BEL 7 G W g w 9 qg t i T gt 8 B CN 8 H X h x y c 9 W W 9 I Y i y Ge f 8 A IP J Z j z Jl Q gt B W NC K k i 2 i 4 c m lt L N 1 e il o n D CR M J m i V J o E 0 gt N n A B lt H H c E F SI O _ o l f gt 1 n sp Note This character set is selected with ESC 6 and ESC t1 Refer to Control code summary section 127 C Character Sets International character set EPSON County Hex N Co De ER 40 5B 5C 5D 5E lt Note U S A FRANCE GERMANY U K DENMARK SWEDEN ITALY SPAIN JAPAN NORWAY DENMARK 2 SPAIN 2 LATIN AMERICA KOREA TURKEY LEGAL This character set is selected with ESC R n in the epson mode or from the front control panel ste dE dk db dk dk dk dk n E H H AH 9 9 lt TY lt F 99 992 99 9 9 Qn a OOo m mS 5 B B E cox D y GU 5 gt OE Z 2 amp lt AKA Q O 0 0 r C 5 U l A A A S ac Control code summary or the extended setup options IBM character set 1 PA 5 80 6 7 96 112 128 144 160 176 1 O RRA SG O O 8 O Cree OO m B 8 B o0 2 2 oU 4A Or O D Dow p fs Be co C Or w Refer
36. EPSON or IBM mode FONT SELECT selection will not take effect until QUALITY selection is changed to either NLQ or LQ 2 If the current CHAR PITCH is set to 15 16 17 1 20 or 24 and OCR A or OCR B is selected the ROMAN font will be automatically substituted FONT PRINT SAMPLE ROMAN ABCDEFGHIJKLMNoparstuvwxyz SANS SERIF ABCDEFGH I JKLMNopqrstuvwXyz COURIER ABCDEFGHIJKLMNoparstuvwxyZz PRESTIGE ABCDEFGHIJKLMNoparstuvwxyz SCRIPT ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqrstuvwxyz OCR B ABCDEFGHIJKLMNoparstuvwxyz OCR A ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopaqrstuvuwxyz GOTHIC ABCDEFGHIJKLMNoparstuvwxyz ORATOR ABCDEFGHI JKLMNoPaRSTUVWXYZ oRATOR s ABCDEFGHI JKLMNoparstuvwXyz 28 Selecting character spacing 4 Basic setup options 5 This function selects one of the fixed spaced characters and proportional spaced characters The Pitch Lock option in the extended setup options can lock in the character spacing selected in this option and ignores the related software command When SD speed draft or SSD super speed draft is set the character spacing automatically changes to 12 cpi or 15 cpi respectively When OCR A or OCR B font is selected either 10 cpi or 12 cpi can be selected 5 CHAR PITCH PITC TOPs uu stes Default character spacing is 10 cpi printing PITC 12 CPI Letter Qualit PIIC 19 CPI x gt Dot spacing Vx H Character structure V x H DTT
37. If it is printed above the bar code symbol the vertical printing position is higher than the printing start position by 1 6 24 180 When Code 11 is selected small triangle A and large triangle A are printed as the start and stop characters respectively This does not depend on the setting of the check character When Code 93 is selected white squares are printed as the start and stop characters and a black square W is printed as the control character A printable character expressed in combination with the control character is printed as is For example 61H is printed as a not WA When Code 128 is selected black rhombuses a are printed instead of non printable 76 9 Bar code and enlarged character Error processing Ifa character code that is not valid for the selected bar code type is input the character code is not converted into a bar code symbol but is printed as a character If the bar code has a start or stop character added to the HRI the start or stop character is printed X is printed instead of an invalid character Ifan incorrect number of data are input to form a bar code which should have a specific number of data are input data is not converted into a bar code symbol but is printed as is O0 if incorrect data is input in the UPC A format and cannot be converted into the UPC E format the input data is not converted into a bar cod
38. Mod 10 Check character UPC E 2B2S No 0 9 Yes 01234500006 Bussi Cd n Mod 10 UPC E 10 digit data Postnet 2LB3SB No 0 9 Yes 123456789 6 10 or 12 digits Mod 10 data Check character B and S in the Structure column show the number of bars and spaces which consist of one or two characters LB and SB mean long bar and shot bar respectively 43 5 Extended setup options 29 30 Bar code size This function specifies the default bar code size 29 BC SIZE BC SIZES 1 BC SIZE 1 5 BC SIZE 2 BC SIZE 2 5 The tables below show bar code sizes and attributes Enlarged character size This function specifies the default size of enlarged characters 30 LARGE CH SIZE SIZE 1 SIZE 2 SIZE 4 SIZE 8 SIZE t2 SIZE 16 SIZE 24 SIZE 32 44 SIZE 1 1 5 2 24 5 NARROW BAR 2 120inch 3 120inch 4 120inch 5 120inch WIDE BAR 6 120inch 9 120inch 12 120inch 15 120inch NARROW SPACE 2 120inchj 3 120inch 4 120inch 5 120inch WIDE SPACE 6 120inch 9 120inch 12 120inch 15 120inch INTER CHARA GAP2 120inch 3 120inch 4 120inch 5 120inch BAR HEIGHT 8 12inch 8 12inch 12 12inch 12 12inch HRI PRINT BELOW HRI FONT OCR B CHECK CHARACTERS Added PRINT DENSITY 1 120 inch 5 Extended setup options 31 33 Graphic Print Speed This function selects the print s
39. OK ASCII ISO 6 0U LEGAL 1U Character Tables in the EPSON mode Italic character table Graphic character table Graphic character table extended Character Tables in the IBM mode IBM character set 1 table IBM character set 2 table IBM all character set table International character set EPSON mode Codepage Character table HP EPSON IBM mode USA FRANCE GERMANY U K DENMARK SWEDEN ITALY SPAIN JAPAN NORWAY DENMARK2 SPAIN2 LATIN AMERICAN KOREA TURKEY LEGAL 437 USA 850 MULTILINGUAL 857 TURKEY 858 860 PORTUGUESE 861 863 CANADA FRENCH 865 NORDIC BRASCII ABICOMP ISO 8859 1 Barcode type HP EPSON IBM mode Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 Codabar Code 11 Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A UPC E and Postnet Throughput Draft 10cpi 198 lpm 186 Ipm HQDR 10cpi 138 lpm 127 Ipm NLQ 10cpi 99 pm 92 Ipm LQ 10cpi 76 lpm 71 Ipm Speed draft Elite 228 Ipm 213 lpm Super speed draft 268 Ipm 246 Ipm 96 Throughput A Specifications Evaluation conditions Data of 100 lines by 132 columns all ASCII rolling pattern characters and 1 6 inch line feed is input from a host and is stored in the 64K byte communication buffer of the printer With that condition the number of printing lines per minute is measured Paper feed method Paper width Paper weight Friction method Single cut sheet A3 B4 A4 B5 lett
40. This command moves the printing position to the left margin without printing any characters If the CR SETTING option is set to CR LF in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE a carriage return is executed out after printing 5 Initializing the enlarged character mode DC4 DC4 Format ASCII DC4 DC4 Hex 14 14 40 Decimal 20 20 64 Function Initializes the enlarged character mode The following show the default settings for enlarged characters Cell expansion SETUP expansion Height expansion SETUP expansion Width expansion SETUP expansion Font SETUP font Character pitch 10 cpi HMI Invalid Cell offset 6 180 VMI Invalid Character quality Standard Character layout Adjusted to the base line Rotational angle 0 Smoothing Valid Top offset 0 180 Underscore Canceled Character set Right and left margins Page length Top and bottom margins 84 Enlarged character mode selected Enlarged character mode selected Enlarged character mode selected Enlarged character mode selecte 9 Bar code and enlarged character 6 Arrangement of enlarged characters DC4 DC4 a Format ASCII DC4 DC4 a n Hex 14 14 61 n Decimal 20 20 97 n Function Specifies the standard position for adjusting enlarged characters in the vertical direction n 00H 30H Base line is adjusted to the N th dot from the top N 20 x cell expansion 01H 31H Descender is adjusted to the N th dot from the top N 24 x cell expansion 02H 32H
41. X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 are input data 1 NSC must be 0 or 1 2 When the manufacturer s code data is input the rule is determined and zero checking of the product item codes is performed NZ Non zero Oto 9 UCP A Type M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 X1 X2 X8 X4 X5 Rule 1 x N 01 0 O O 59 Rule 2 x N 0 0 0 0 0 s Rule 3 x x 39 0 0 0 0 O0 o Rule 4 x x 0 2 0 0 0 0 s 3 The following table shows print data if the rule shown above is met UCP E Type Rule 1 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 X5 5 9 Rue2 M1 M2 M3 M4 X5 4 Rule3 M1 M2 M3 X4 X5 3 Rule4 M1 M2 X3 X4 X5 MS 0 2 L Calculating the check character Modulus 10 a The data at the odd numbered position counted from the right are weighed as 3 The sum of the data character values is determined The sum is determined without weighing for Postnet The remainder of deviding the value determined in step a by 10 is determined A character having a character value equal to the remainder of subtracting the value determined in step b from 10 is the check character 78 9 Bar code and enlarged character Modulus 11 a Data characters are weighed from the right to the left as example 1 2 10 1 2 10 1 2 and so forth The sum of the data character values is determined The symbol has a character value of 10 b Acharacter ha
42. Z WV ESC K C k EIO 8 a WESCE K k 8 K U kil 8 FF x des Nds art 1 i FF gt L i l L Eg CR M m L aD Sk aqp 32 CR M J m ft M mit s0 TE N hal cmm 22 1 P i b so IN e n IN e n Si 4 2 O _ o JDEL L6 I B iX SI 4 10 o DEL 4 O o DE The character of A0 H FF are respectively the same as those of 20 H 7F H 130 C Character Sets MATH 7 character sets PCL Dei 1 a v a v i1 e v av 218 6 8 9 2168 6818 9 DC3 8 3 00 G vl a 8 3 vioc v oc Vi4 v r vV 4 r 55 2 lt 5 e E e 6 2 A 61 A 6 2 A 6 1 A BEL FASE SP Sis 3 pe ri TT aAylelale BS 8 n x n x 8 n x mn x HT zI9 c u t u 9 e uletlu LF n E E E H o 6 6 YT IESC PA e 1 1 I Ae Tog FE Yo w gt w gt Y olw o CR Jj u T j T Je TaT 80 t v e v 9t v ic vi SI E Z o DEL E Z oj po BEL NUL r FJ E J SP F J F H pel F t r t r F F S rl S r did tiritir dd t rtr DCT T m H Tm lt 4 ga ela VK F F W 3 V d tj rl dU d dja cj tft dH a esp BE
43. aracter pitc ot spacing x iaracter structure x ELI 16 7 CPI 10 cpi 1 180 X 1 360 24 X 36 PITC l7 GEI 12 cpi 1 180 X 1 360 24 X 30 PITC 20 CPI 15 cpi EPSON 1 180 X 1 360 16 X 24 PITC 24 CPI 15 cpi HP IBM 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 36 12 16 7 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 36 7 D PI ue PROP 17 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 36 46 PITC 1 2PROP 20 cpi 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 30 6 24 cpi EPSON 1 180 X 1 720 16 X 24 6 24 cpi HP IBM 1 180 X 1 720 24 X 24 46 Proportional 1 180 X 1 360 24XN 1 2 Proportional 1 180 X 1 720 24 XN Character Picth Print Sample 10CPl ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqarstuvwXyZz 12 CPI ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqrstuvwXyz 15 CPI EPSON ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqrstuvwxyz 15 CPI HP IBM ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqrstuvwxyz 16 7 CPI ABCDEFGHIJELMNopqrstuvwxyz 174 CPI ABCDEFGHIJELMNopqrstuvwxyz 20 CPI ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqrstuvwxyz 24 CPI EPSON ABCDEPGHIJELMNoporstuvexyr 24 CPI HP IBM ARCDEFGHIJKLANoparstuvwxyz Proportional ABCDEFGHIJKLMNopqrstuvwxyz 1 2 Proportional ABCDEFGHIJELMNopqrstuvwxyz The Proportional character width is twice the 1 2 Proportional width In the Epson mode the print quality is changed to the high quality one In the IBM or HP mode print quality does not change the print quality 29 4 Basic setup options 6 Enlarging compressing print Enlarges or compresses the text size Any setting other than 100 will cancel the double height printing
44. backspaces to that character If there is no character or another BS command has just been executed the printer backspaces by one space 2 Executing line feeding LF Format ASCII LF Hex OA Decimal 10 Function Executes line feeding After printing data the printer feeds one line by the enlarged character line feed pitch which differs depending on whether VMI is valid by the DC4 DC4 j command or not VMI valid Preset VMI amount VMI not valid 24 cell offset 180 x cell expansion Line feeding involves a carriage return if the LF SETTING option is set to LF CR in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE If the bottom margin is specified and the cell size i e 24 180 x cell expansion is greater than the printable area in the CSF cut sheet or fanfold paper mode form feeding is executed and then printing is executed If the printing position is at the TOF position printing is executed up to the bottom margin without executing form feeding and excess data is not printed The default pitch is 1 6 x cell expansion 83 9 Bar code and enlarged character 3 Executing form feeding FF Format ASCII FF Hex 0C Decimal 12 Function Executes form feeding This command feeds the page to the next TOF position If there are still enlarged characters to be printed they are printed then form feeding is executed 4 Executing carriage return CR Format ASCII CR Hex OD Decimal 13 Function Executes carriage return
45. capability i Full option of font types and variation of character spacings 10 resident fonts Courier Prestige Script OCR A OCR B Gothic Orator Orator S Roman and Sans Serif 8 character spacings 10 12 15 16 7 17 1 20 24 characters per inch CPI and proportional and 1 2 proportional characters 1 Enlarge reduce your layout to fit in any paper size you can print the same layout of the document in different paper size _ Easy operation Multiple display language for international use Upside down display enables operation from the back of the printer 3 Superb compatibility and connectability Communication protocols adjustable to any computer Interface connections provided for parallel RS 232C Parallel and serial interface are switchted automatically when AUTO setting is selected 3 1 Introduction Options and expendables The Cut Sheet Feeder greatly enhances the speed and The Pull Tractor is recommended for applications using efficiency of document printing by feeding of up to 80 single extra thick forms sheets of paper without reloading Paper dimensions Length 14 5 7 0 Width 15 0 5 7 Weight 15 21 Ibs Cut Sheet Feeder Pull Tractor 4BP 57008 1 Bin BP 78009 2 Bin BP 78009E Matrix Print Head Ribbon Cassette 4SBP 1051 1 Introduction 1 Power cord One of the following plug types is supplied See Connecting the power cord on page
46. categorized as 11 and 12 groups A MODE 1 to 11 B MODE 0 to 11 that differ in printing speed By aligning characters with the typical character mode of each group the character modes within the group are automatically adjusted e g Draft pica printing mode belongs to MODE 0 group Operation and printing pattern Before performing the adjustment mode make sure that the ribbon cassette and at least 10 inch wide paper are properly installed in the printer Exit alignment mode Select mode No r Select pattern No TOF SET O POWER UY O S eu ALIGN ADJUST PARK QUALITY M LF LF FF O P OUT BIN IPA V O RES T SETUP ALT M RLF RLF TEAR OFF ON LINE S Enter alignment mode Set printing conditions 1 Press the SETUP and ALT keys simultaneously while turning ON the printer or pressing the RESET key Hold down the both SETUP and ALT keys until the LCD displays ALIGN ADJUST MENU indication 2 Press the left or right arrow key to select A MODE for print start adjustment or B MODE for bidirectional print adjustment Then press the ENTER key to enter The operation on either alignments is done in the same manner Always select B MODE after A MODE is set or has been set correctly 66 8 Maintenance Vertical alignment mode 3 13 patterns from 0 to 12 are printed in accordance with the printing conditions The patte
47. character command Header mn 1B 7C 60 03 00 5D 6D n 0 MODE2 2 Ignored 2 MODEI Barcode type Header nn 1B 7C 60 03 00 5D 6E n 124 0 INDSTRAL 2 5 1 INTRLVD 7 5 2 MATRIX 7 5 3 CODABAR 4 CODE 11 5 CODE 39 6 CODE 93 n 7 CODE 128 8 EAN8 9 EAN 13 10 UPC A 11 UPC E 12 POSTNET 13 ELEMENT ITEM Mode Code amp Hexadecimal B Control code summary Setup options n Hex selection PCL Mode Header wn 1B 7C 60 03 00 3C 65 n n 0 PCL3 1 PCL3 n 2 PCL3 D Bar Code Size Header xn 1B 7C 60 03 00 5D 78 n Io Bgm n wn WNrF oO Sleep Mode Headeren 1B 7C 60 03 00 65 n 0 Sleep Mode Valid 1 Sleep Mode invalid Line feed Speed Headerfn 1B 7C 60 03 00 66 0 Normal Speed 1 Half Speed Code page Headerin 1B 7C 60 02 00 69 n 02437 USA 1 850 Multi lingual 3 860 Portuguese 4 863 Canadian French 5 865 Nordic 6 2 857 Turkey 20h ISO 8859 1 72858 8 861 9 BRASCII 0A ABICOMP Font select Headerkn 1B 7C 60 02 00 6B n 6 OCR B 7 OCR A 8 Gothic 9 Orator A Orator S 0 Roman Roman 2 Sans Serif 3 Courier 4 Prestige 5 Script Headeromn 1B 7C 60 03 00 6F m n m 0 n 0 CSF not installed Single bin 2 Double bin TOF adjustment Header p n1 n2 1B 7C 6
48. draft To set your desired print quality simply scroll and stop where your selection is displayed The printer beeps once for an acknowledgment Software commands can override the print quality setting of this key However 26 Quality Lock option described on page 41 can lock in the ESCx1 ESC x 0 em LCD LQ is selected Draft is selected Graphic print speed LQ LQ Draft Normal NLQ NLQ Draft High speed 1 HQDR LQ HQDR Highspeed 2 DRAFT LQ Draft High speed 2 S D S D S D High speed 2 S S D S S D S S D High speed 2 selection by this key and disable software commands This key also selects the graphic print speed The graphic print speed is selected only by 31 GRAPHIC QUALITY in the extended setup options The gt T EXIT and ENTER keys become effective only in the setup options entered by pressing the SETUP key For more information refer to Basic setup options Control Levers Head adjustment Lever This lever adjusts the gap between the print head and the platen The correct gap adjustment for a different paper thickness is required to obtain optimum print quality See also page 15 19 3 Control panel and operations Paper Select Lever The paper select lever serves to switch between the fanfold continuous paper Q setting and the single sheet paper setting or CSF setting when CSF installed g Note Switching this lever to continuous paper s
49. is initialized See Connecting the computer section on page 12 for correct selection and connection of the interface cable 60 INTERFACE I E PARALLEL I F SERIAL I F AUTO eH Parallel and serial interface are switched automatically SELECT IN signal parallel interface When SLCT IN YES is selected the printer accepts the select or deselect command codes regardless of the SELECT IN signal from host system When SLCT IN NO is selected the printer ignores the select or deselect command codes regardless of the SELECT IN signal from host system When SLCT IN I F is selected the printer functions according to the SELECT IN signal from host system 61 SLCT IN CMD SLCT CMD YES SLCT CMD NO SLCT CMD I F Parity bit serial interface This function selects the appropriate parity bit in the transmission data frame 62 PARITY BIT PARITY NON PARITY EVEN PARITY ODD 51 5 Extended setup options 63 66 Data length serial interface This function selects the appropriate data length 63 DATA LENGTH ENGTH 8 BITS EENGTH 7 BITS Stop bit serial interface This function selects the appropriate number of stop bits 64 STOP BIT BIT 1 BIT STOP BIT 2 BITS Communication protocol serial interf
50. of the following baud rates can be selected 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 and 38400 BPS Data frame 3 15V 3 15V_ STAR 101 Los ba o pa os v6 or os sror A Specifications Other specifications Buffer size Cooling fan 64k byte 8k byte 128 byte Changeable buffer size from the setup 71 2 levels of fan speed control capability Power supply e 120VAC For USA and Canada 220 240VAC For Australia Asia Europe and Others Temperature 41 F 104 F during Operation e 5 C 40 C Humidity 20 80 no condensation External dimensions Model A 24 4 Width x 10 2 Height x 12 0 Depth 620 W x 260 H x 305 D mm With the paper rack and sound seal cover 24 4 W x 11 6 H x 17 9 D 620 W x 295 H x 455 D mm Model B 24 4 Width x 10 2 Height x 13 0 Depth 620 W x 260 H x 330 D mm With the paper rack and sound seal cover 24 4 W x 11 6 H x 18 9 D 620 W x 295 H x 480 D mm Weight Approximately 44 1 lbs 20 kg Power Consumption 210 watts during LQ self test 2 8A 120VAC 1 6A 230VAC 34 watts during stand by 0 6A 120VAC 0 4A 230VAC 13 watts sleeping mode 0 3A 120VAC 0 2A 230VAC 102 B Control code summary IBM _Appendix B Control code summary IBM mode SYMBOL Hexadecimal amp Decimal FUNCTION 07 H 7 D Activates the alarm BS 08 H 8 D Backspaces on
51. test Press the ON LINE key again to restart printing 1 To terminate this function Press the RESET key or turn off the power Note Before initiating the self test make sure that the width of the paper especially fanfold paper loaded in the printer corresponds to the setting selected in the extended setup options 44 PAPER WIDTH Maximum printable columns at 10cpi WIDTH 15 IN e 7cHHeeeee 136 columns WIDTH 10 IN ED 80 columns WIDTH 5IN a 36 columns 21 3 Control panel and operations Demonstration print out To see what this printer can do you may run this demonstration print out Letter or A4 paper size for checking the printer s performance while turning on the printer s power Press and hold the RLF and the M RLF keys Specifications PAPER HANDLING Fanfold Paper Insertion Ejection Paper Width Font Draft III 1234567Sx DIMENSIONS 620mm 24 4 WEIGHT 20Kg Tearing off a form Used only with fanfold continuous paper This function is activated by the TEAR O 24 wire Heavy Duty High Performance SIDM Printer PRINTING Print Columns 136 columns 10 cpi Print Speed S S D Mode 846 cps 15 cpi Draft Mode 564 cps 10 cpi LQ Mode 180 cps 10 cpi Throughput Draft Mode 186 lpm 132 columns LQ Mode 72 lpm 132 columns Copy Mode Original plus 8 copies Non carbon copy paper 40g m Sq Paper Feed Speed 60 lps 1
52. the extended setup options summary on page 34 and 35 Note You may have noticed that some option numbers are skipped in the display Those skipped item numbers are reserved for special use and they do not affect regular operation of this printer To set this option By pressing and holding the SETUP key when the RESET key is pressed the printer enters the extended setup options where various functions including the basic setup options can be set The keys and operation method in the extended setup options are the same as those in the basic setup options However when exiting from the extended setup options the initialization of the printer will be conducted by printing the RESET key Exit setup to offline Select menu r Select function si TOF SET O POWER 4 O O gam EXTENDED S ETUP PARK QUALITY M LF LF FF O POUT BIN y RESET SETUP ALT M RLF RLF TEAR OFF ON LINE Store selected function Enter extended setup options 33 5 Extended setup options Extended setup options summary Press both the SETUP and RESET keys to enter the extended setup options PAGE LENGTH FANFOLD PAGE LENGTH SINGLE FONT SELECT CHARACTER PITCH ZOOM IN OUT MULTIPART N M The asterisk indicates the factory default setting
53. to access many of the features on your printer If this printer is not listed look for the following printer drivers While this should allow you to print your document with your printer it probably will not allow you to access many features of the printer A few of the choices you may see are given below in order of preferences Hewlett Packard Epson IBM RuggedWriter 480 LQ 2500 2550 2390 2391 DeskJet 500 LQ 1050 1000 Proprinter XL24E Proprinter XL24 Notes 1 Set the emulation type in the extension setup options according to the selection of printer driver For example when you select the Epson LQ 2550 printer driver you should set the emulation type to the Epson mode 2 If the Desk Jet 500 driver is selected it is recommended to set up the printer s PCL MODE extended setup 38 to PCL3 D 57 6 Setting the application software CONNECTING THE BP 9000 PRINTER IN THE HP ENVIRONMENT Introduction The HP emulation of the BP 9000 printer provides full compatibility with the HP2235A RuggedWriter 480 printer The BP 9000 also provides features and capabilities beyond those ever provided by the HP RuggedWriter printer SEIKO Precision Inc has provided a means for you to access these extra capabilities for any new applications that you may chose to print on the BP 9000 The extra capabilities of the BP 9000 printer are enabled for access through a special control panel menu setting entitled 38 PCL MODE PCL Mode PCL
54. 0 03 00 70 n1 n2 n nl 256 xn2 n 60 0 lt n S480 Character table Header tmn 1B 7C 60 03 00 74 m n 125 m 0 Epson n 0 Italic 1 Graphic 2 Download 3 Code page m 3 HP PRIMARY FONT n 0 ROMAN 8 1 CODE PG 2 PC 8D N 3 ECMA 4 LEGAL 5 SWEDENI 6 SWEDEN2 7 SPAIN 8 FRANCE 9 GERMAN A U K B PORTU C NORWAY 1 D NORWAY2 E IRV CODE PAGE PC 8 Denmark Norway 11U ECMA LATIN 1 ISO 8859 1 0N HP SET 1U ISO 10 0S ISO 11 3S ISO 17 2S ISO 69 1F ISO 21 1G ISO 4 1E PORTUGAL ISO 16 4S ISO 60 0D ISO 61 1D ISO 2 2U B Control code summary Setup options Code amp Hexadecimal n Hex selection F ITALY 10 FRANC2 11 GERMN2 12 SPAIN2 13 SPAIN3 14 JAPAN 15 PORTU2 ISO 15 01 FRANCE 2 ISO 25 0F GERMAN 2 HP SET OG ISO 85 6S HP SET 1S ISO 14 0K PORTUGAL ISO 84 5S m 4 HP SECONDARY FONT n 0 LINE DRAW OL 1 MATH 7 OM Tabulation Header wn 1B 7C 60 02 00 77 n n 3 8 characters 4 10 characters 5 12 characters 0 2 characters 1 4 characters 2 6 characters Header xn 1B 7C 60 02 00 78 n n 4 Draft 5 Speed draft SD 6 Super speed draft SSD 7 HQDR 0 LQ 1 Draft 2 LQ 3 NLQ Invert display Display language Header yn 1B 7C 60 02 00 79 n Headerzn 1B 7C 60 02 00 7A n 02 No normal
55. 0IN Defaults to 14 60 inch TOF 480 60IN Note Any improper setting of TOF position will set it back to the default value The top of form differs from the top margin in that the top of form determines the first line of the print station where the top margin can be moved anywhere between the top of the form and the bottom margin See 40 TOP MARGIN on page 47 Note When using settings less then 14 60 the printer is more susceptible to a paper jam depending on forms type being used Loading user amp factory setup options Loads one of three user designed setup options to the current active memory This will erase and replace setup contents in the current memory The printer has three setup storage areas that can store different setups If you need to save the current setups before replacement it is necessary to select the 86 SAVE SETUP item in the extended setup options on page 56 8 SELECT SETUP Equivalent short cut operation can be performed when SETUP MEMO L fluite pressing the PARK key with the RESET key SETUP MEMO 2 Jo pressing the QUALITY key with the RESET key SETUP MEMO 3 J pressing the M LF key with the RESET key SET FACTORY Note When this setting is executed the printer will be initialized 3l 4 Basic setup options 8 Factory Default Setting
56. 10cpi The condensed elite character 20 cpi also becomes the condensed pica character 17 1 cpi ESCQ n 1B 51 n H 27 81 n D Sets right margin at the nth horizontal space in the current print mode from the left most print position 1 lt n lt 255 1B 52 n H 27 82 n D Selects International character 3 Country Hexadecimal Character Code 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E I U S A FRANCE GERMANY U K DENMARK SWEDEN ITALY SPAIN JAPAN NORWAY 10 DENMARK 2 11 SPAIN 2 12 LATIN AMERICA 13 KOREA 31 TURKEY 64 LEGAL o oc o g o ox ofa eo oj o 5 o m 2o e o SH z za al zj olal ola j in jH nan N aaja 0 aa jH Oo oi EY mia aala o lko ia BL BI Note n 64 is invalid when code page is selected 1B 53 n H 27 83 n D Sets superscript or subscript character mode n 0 the superscript character mode is set n 1 the subscript character mode is set 1B 54 H 27 84 D Cancels super subscript character mode printing 1B 55 n H 27 85 n D Sets or cancels unidirectional printing n 0 the unidirectional printing is cancelled and the bidirectional or predirectional is set according to the setup options n 1 unidirectional printing is set 1B 57 H 27 87 n D Sets or cancels double width character mode n 0 the double width character mode is canc
57. 14 Element Created in elements i Makeup of bar code Example CODABAR ICG ICG START Check STOP Character DATA za Character 125456 al23456 7a HRI Barcode maran Start Character Initial character of data DATA Alphanumeric data Check Character Character for check errors in read data Stop Character Last character of data HRI Human Readable Interpretation ICG Gap between characters Inter Character Gap Margin Data free portions must be provided on both sides Each data free portion must be approximately ten times as wide as the narrow space NS 69 9 Bar code and enlarged character Bar Code function Example CODABAR _ Inter Character Gap START x STOP o Character Wide Space Character E Narrow Space al E Wide Bar I Check Character Narrow Bar HRI L Bar Code command Function Command 1 Barcode type DC4 DC4 T 2 Element width DC4 DC4 E 3 Barcode height DC4 DC4 H 4 Setting HRI on and off DC4 DC4 I 5 HRIfont DC4 DC4 F 6 Check character DC4 DC4 C 7 Starting the bar code data sequence ESC SI 8 Ending the bar code data seqence ESC SO 9 Barcode data sequence DC4 DC4 B 10 Printing density DC4 DC4 D 11 Guard bar expansion DC4 DC4 G 12 Start and stop characters DC4 DC4 N 13 Bar code rotational angle DC4 DC4 R 14 Disabling HRI of the start and stop characters DC
58. 20 108 n Function Sets and cancels the enlarged character mode n 00H 30H Cancels the enlarged character mode 01H 31H Sets the enlarged character mode The MSB of the parameter is masked Any sequences other than the above parameters are ignored When the enlarged character mode establish command is issued the special effects character pitch line feed pitch length and width double size printing settings specified for the emulation become invalid the enlarged character mode is canceled When the enlarged character mode starts characters are printed in the conditions selected when the enlarged character mode was last canceled If there are non enlarged characters or bar codes when enlarge character data is input the non enlarged character are printed In the enlarged character mode automatic printing is not performed if the printing position exceeds the right margin Excess data is abandoned and the printing position is set at the right margin when the right margin is exceeded If the right margin is exceeded while a single enlarged character is being printed the character is printed up to the right margin 88 9 Bar code and enlarged character 14 Enlarged character cell offset DC4 DC4 o Format ASCII DC4 DC4 o n Hex 14 14 6F n Decimal 20 20 111 n Function Specifies the cell offset for enlarged characters 0 lt n lt 255 This command specifies the cell offset for the enlarged characters in 1 180 The cell
59. 3 MODE Provides the basic RuggedWriter 480 emulation command set PCL3 MODE Provides extra capability to the RuggedWriter 480 command set that allows you to access many BP 9000 printer features through extensions of the command set PCL3 D MODE Provides all features of PCL3 and allows the vertical and horizontal positioning to be set in increments of 1 360 This mode provides a limited Deskjet capability and is mainly intended for printing from Windows using the Deskjet 500 driver Print output from this mode will not be identical to that of a Deskjet printer 300 vs 360 dpi but will be closer than the other 2 modes for this type of application Setup The information provided below gives setup information of the basic printer RuggedWriter emulation details of the command set extensions provided with PCL3 and PCL3 D Mode and information on configuring the Serial I O to the various Term Types used by the HP System Refer to the setup sections 4 and 5 for details on using the Basic and Extended Setup configuration modes Configuring the Printer with the RuggedWriter Emulation 1 Set the printer menu item 10 EMULATION to HP 2 Set the printer menu item 38 PCL MODE to PCL3 Setting the PCL MODE to PCL3 provides the command set identical with that of the HP RuggedWriter 480 58 6 Setting the application software Extra Capabilities for new Applications Listed below is a summary of the expanded command sets avail
60. 4 DC4 S 15 Value input mode DC4 DC4 V 16 Initializing the bar code mode DC4 DC4 1 DC4 DC4 T Bar code type Format ASCII DC4 DC4 T n Hex 14 14 54 n Decimal 20 20 84 n Function Specifies the bar code type n O Industrial 2 of 5 7 Code128 1 Interleaved 2 of 5 8 EAN 8 2 Matrix 2 of 5 9 EAN 13 3 Codabar 10 UPC A 4 Codell 11 UPC E 5 Code39 12 Postnet 6 Code93 255 Element Print Parameter 255 Element print is used to print a bar code which is input element by element It can print a bar code which is not supported by the printer and is represented by combining elements Since data is input by elements HRI printing is not performed and no check digit is added to the bar code The start and stop characters is also not added 70 9 Bar code and enlarged character 2 Element width DC4 DC4 E Format ASCII DC4 DC4 E nl n2 Hex 14 14 45 nl n2 Decimal 20 20 69 nl n2 Function Specifies the n2 120 or n2 180 width of the element n1 1 lt n2 lt 127 120 or 180 is specified with the DC4 DC4 D command nl 0 Narrow bar 3 Wide space 1 Wide bar 4 Inter character gap 2 Narrow space The narrow bar width or narrow space is used as the element width for Code 93 Code 128 EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A and UPC E One element width of bar 1 Narrow bar width One element width of space 1 Narrow space width The midium bar or wide space width is used as the midium element width for Code 11 The wide element width is wide bar width x 2
61. 7 Proportional 8 1 2 Proportional 9 16 7cpi B Control code summary Setup options Mode Code amp Hexadecimal n Hex selection Left right margin Header Q ml mr 1B 7C 60 03 00 51 ml mr 00 ml 63 00 mr 63 Left margin Right margin International character HeaderRn 1B 7C 60 02 00 52 n n 0 USA France 2 Germany 3 U K 4 Denmark n 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 Japan 9 Norway n A Denmark2 B Spain2 C Latin America D Korea E Turkey F Legal Auto scroll Header Sn 1B 7C 60 02 00 53 n 0 No scroll 1 2 0 5 second 2 1 second n 3 5 seconds 4 10 seconds 5 15 seconds Auto scroll Valid Position Header S FF n 1B 7C 60 03 00 53 FF n 0 Valid at any position 1 Valid at any TOF position Top margin Header T 00 n 1B 7C 60 03 00 54 00 n 00 lt n lt 15 Print direction HeaderU n 1B 7C 60 02 00 55 n 0 Pre direction 1 Pre direction n 2 Uni direction 3 Bi direction Paper width Header W n 1B 7C 60 02 00 57 n 0 15 inches 1 10 inches n 2 5 inches IBM graphics AGM Header Yn 1B 7C 60 02 00 59 n 0 Invalid 1 Valid Label mode Header n 1B 7C 60 02 00 5B n Enlarged Character Size Header Xn 1B 7C 60 03 00 5D 58 n oo A N S t2 C Barcode Enlarged
62. 7 89 n1 n2 data D Prints 8 pin double speed double density graphic mode 120dpi The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2x256 ESC Z ni n2 data 1B 5A n1 n2 data H 27 90 n1 n2 data D Prints 8 pin quadruple density graphic mode 240dpi The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2 x 256 ESC n1 n2 ml m2 1B 5B 2D n1 n2 m1 m2 H 27 91 45 n1 n2 m1 m2 D 105 Sets various line modes nl 2 and n2 0 ml 01h m1 02h m1 03h Underline is set Strike through is set Overscore is set m2 00h m2 01h m2 02h m2 FFh line mode at ml is cancelled Single line is set Double line is set all line modes are cancelled B Control code summary IBM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC n1 n2 1B 5B 40 n1 n2 m1 m4 H Sets single or double height width line spacing mode ml m4 27 91 64 n1 n2 m1 m4 D n1 4 n2 0 and m2 0 ml 00h nochange ml 01h italic style is set m1 02h italic style is cancelled ml 04h outline style is set ml 08h outline style is cancelled m1 10h shadow style is set ml 20h shadow style is cancelled m3 00h nochange m3 01h single character height m3 02h double character height m3 10h single line spacing m3 llh single char height single line spacing m3 12h double char height single line spacing m3 20h double line spacing m3 21h single char height double line spacing m3 22h double char height double line sp
63. 7 91 103 n1 n2 m data D Sets various graphic modes Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal of Pins Columns Density Standard density Double density Standard density Double density Triple density Hex density Hex density 8 816 60 8 1632 120 Double speed double density 8 1632 120 Quadruple density 8 3264 240 24 816 60 24 1632 120 24 2448 180 24 4896 360 48 4896 360 Note Horizontal adjacent dots can not be printed The number of data bytes following nl and n2 is defined as the total column number for 8 pin graphics one byte column plus one extra parameter byte m 24 pin graphics takes three bytes column and 48 pin graphics takes six bytes column Each bit data in the 8 pin and 48 pin graphics corresponds to 2 print pins of the print head The following figure shows one column of data and its corresponding print position Bit Data MSB 1 1 1 Y yox 0 1 0 1 1 LSB 4 4 Y Print Pin Top 900000900099 000999990000 Bottom Note These pins become ac f t ive when both adjacent print pins are activated ESC nl n2 data 1B 5C n1 n2 data H 1B 92 n1 n2 data D Prints characters from all character set The number of character to be printed is defined by nl n2x256 ESC ESC n 1B 5D H 27 92 D 1B 5E n H 27 94 n D Reverse line feeds by the current line spacing Prints one character n character code from all charac
64. BUSINESS PRINTER BP SOOO OWNER S MANUAL e e o o o Oo O SEIKO Precision Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 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 strict 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 determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient 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 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help It is necessary to use shielded interconnect cables to insure compliance with FCC Class B limits for radio frequency emissions Caution Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This manual and
65. C4 DC4 R n Hex 14 14 52 n Decimal 20 20 82 n Function Specifies the rotational angle of the bar code in units of 90 degrees n 0 0 Default value 90 2 180 3 270 14 Disabling HRI of the start and stop characters DC4 DC4 S Format ASCII DC4 DC4 S n Hex 14 14 53 n Decimal 20 20 83 n Function Specifies whether or not to print the start or stop character in the for Codabar Code 11 Code 39 or Code 93 n 0 The start or stop character is printed in the HRI Default value 1 The start or stop character is not printed in the HRI 15 Value input mode DC4 DC4 V Format ASCII DC4 DC4 V n Hex 14 14 56 n Decimal 20 20 86 n Function Specifies whether bar code sequence data is regarded as the normal character code or a character value when Code 128 is selected n 0 Data is regarded as normal character code Default value 1 Data is regarded as a character value If data is regarded as the normal character code the printer automatically move the subset or inserts a shift code according to the data 74 9 Bar code and enlarged character 16 Initializing the bar code mode DC4 DC4 Format ASCII DC4 DC4 Hex 14 14 40 Decimal 20 20 64 Function Initializes the bar code mode The following show the default settings for bar code Bar code type SETUP Narrow bar width SETUP Wide bar width SETUP Narrow space width SETUP Wide space width SETUP Inter character gap SETUP Bar code height
66. CL3 D 15 15 cpi 12 01 lt lt 15 01 16 7 16 7 cpi 15 01 lt lt 16 71 17 1 17 1 cpi 16 71 lt lt 17 11 20 20 cpi 17 11 lt lt 20 01 24 24 cpi 20 01 lt PCL mode PCL3 16 7 20 16 7 cpi 12 01 lt lt 16 71 20 cpi 16 71 lt ESC s P ESC s P B 28 73 50 15 80 B 29 73 50 15 80 Selects proportional or fixed character spacing 1 31H Proportional pitch 0 30H Fixed pitch ESC s Q ESC s Q B 28 73 51 15481 B 29 73 51 154481 Sets Print quality 0 30H Draft 2 32H Letter Quality ESC s S ESC s S B 28 73 53 15 83 B 29 73 53 15 83 Sets italic character 0 30H Cancels italic character 1 31H Designates italic character 2 32H Designates italic character ESC s T ESC s T B 28 73 54 15 84 B 29 73 54 15 84 Sets typeface 0 30H LINE PRINTER DRAFT 3 33H COURIER 4 34H SANS SERIF 5 35H ROMAN 6 36H GOTHIC 7 37H SCRIPT 8 38H PRESTIGE 10 ORATOR 31H 30H 11 ORATOR S 31H 31H 20 OCR A 32H 30H 21 OCR B 32H 31H Available in PCL3 or PCL3 D ESC s U ESC s U ESC s V ESC s V 1B 28 73 55 H 27 40 115 85 D 1B 29 73 55 H 27 41 115 85 D 1B 28 73 56 H 27 40 115 86 D 1B 29 73 56 H 27 41 115 86 D 118 Sets super Sub script 1 2BH 31H Desi
67. Center is adjusted to the N th dot from the top N z 12 x cell expansion 03H 33H Ascender is adjusted to the N th dot from the top N 1 x cell expansion The MSB of the parameter is masked Any parameters other than those shown above are ignored The arrangement and position specified here are valid if the enlarged character rotational angle is not 0 degree The default setting is n 00H 30H 7 Cell expansion for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 c Format ASCII DC4 DC4 c n Hex 14 14 63 n Decimal 20 20 99 n Function Specifies cell expansion for enlarged characters 0 lt n lt 127 The cell has the size of 24 180 x cell magnification The MSB of the parameter is masked If n 0 the expansion specified in the setup mode is selected The cell expansion is specified at the beginning of the line If there is character data on the line it becomes valid on the following line Enlarged character cell expansion takes priority over the height expansion If the height expansion exceeds cell expansion when enlarged character data is input the characters are enlarged to the cell expansion value The default setting is the expansion specified in the setup mode 85 9 Bar code and enlarged character 8 All character set for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 d Format ASCII Hex Decimal DC4 DC4 d n dl d2 dn 14 14 64 n dl d dh 20 20 100 n di d2 dn Function Specifies the all character set for enlarged characters 1 lt n l
68. E POSTNE YPE ELEMEN I II Industrial 2 of 5 1 234567 890128 OONN AA N Interleaved 2 of 5 012345 000065 WHAT urce Matrix 2 of 5 123456 TL poster 12345670 lhallallalla bulla ahos dallo 42 Bar code specifications 5 Extended setup options 28 The table below shows the specifications of thirteen types of bar codes available for the printer Bar code printing examples are shown on the previous page Bar code Structure ICG letters Check character Sample data Remark Industrial 2 5 5B4S Yes 0 9 Yes 1234567 Mod 10 Interleaved 2 5 5B5S No 0 9 Yes 1234567 Even number including 2 characters Mod 10 check character Data as one unit length is variable Codabar 4B3S Yes 0 9 Yes 1234567 Start and end codes are chats 24 Mod 16 sent by the user Matrix 2 5 3B2S Yes 0 9 Yes 1234567 Mod 10 Code 11 3B2S Yes 0 9 Yes 1234567 Start and end codes are A Mod 11 code Dual check character Code 39 5B4S Yes 0 9 Yes 1234567 Start and end codes are AB 43 Mod43 asterisk codes Code 93 3B3S No ASCII Yes 1234567 Two check characters 128 Mod 47 Code 128 3B3S No ASCII Yes 1234567 128 Mod 103 EAN 8 2B2S No 0 9 Yes 4912345 8 digits 2 prefix code 5 Mod 10 data code Check character EAN 13 2B2S No 0 9 Yes 491234567890 13 digits 2 prefix code 10 Mod 10 data code Check character UPC A 2B2S No 0 9 Yes 01234500006 12 digits NSC 10 data
69. E Doi 4 6us e 4 6 us z Bake or equivalent ymax 1000 x bd Initialization WT INITIAL 13y i rear NNi 74LS14 BUSY INITIAL 2 2 2k Q or equivalent T 1000 ACK iu l i e 50 us max 4 6 us 14 6 us 1000pF 50usmin i PA u LZ 10us 7 iusmin 150us _ 1usmin 17 10us lt gt lt gt lt gt T gt Inside printer 100 Serial interface specifications Input connector 25 pin serial RS 232C Pin assignments Notes SIGNAL IN OUT ET 1 0000000000000 Woooooooooooo NC 25 14 SIGNAL IN OUT CHASSIS GND NC TXD OUT NC RXD NC RTS NC CTS NC DSR NC SIGNAL GND CO N ID O o rN CD NC NC NC NC NC SRTS NC NC 1 NG NC stands for no connection 2 CHASSIS GND and GND are connected in the printer Handshake protocol One of the following four protocols can be selected DTR protocol Busy Ready protocol X ON X OFF protocol I X ON X OFF protocol II ETX ACK protocol Logic level ON Space 0 High OFF Mark 1 LOW 12V 3 through 15V Baud Rate 12V 3 through 15V Input signal A Specifications 75189 or equivalent Input Output signal 330pF 7 75188 or equivalent Output Ds Inside printer In the setup options one
70. EN RESTORE 480 320 IF J 5 THEN RESTORE 490 330 IF J 6 THEN RESTORE 500 340 FOR l 1 TO 9 READ A PRINT 1 CHR A NEXT I 350 PRINT 1 CHR ICG 360 NEXT J 370 RESTORE 440 380 FOR l 1 TO 9 READ A PRINT 1 CHR A NEXT 400 PRINT 1 CHR 13 CHR 10 CR LF 410 CLOSE 1 420 END 430 440 DATA 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 450 DATA 1 2 1 2 0 3 0 2 0 460 DATA 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 470 DATA 0 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 480 DATA 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 490 DATA 1 2 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 500 DATA 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 92 159 USS 81 9 Bar code and enlarged character Enlarged character function If 27 BARCODE ENLARGED CHAR is set to MODE 1 or MODE 2 in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE enlarged characters can be printed The enlarged character function is valid for the EPSON or IBM or HP mode Outline of enlarged character function When the enlarged character mode is selected with the DC4 DC4 1 1 command any commands other than those shown below are ignored Only three print codes are available LE CR and FF If 521 or more characters of data are sent without inputting a print command printing is performed automatically Enlarged character command list Function Command 1 Executing backspacing BS 2 Executing line feeding LF 3 Executing form feeding FF 4 Executing carriage return CR 5 Initializing the enlarged char
71. L ea fae la T 7T 7 2 7 27 BS aim cim am 4 M HT 1 2 3 1 3 1 I 1 1111 iF I T l 7 VW ESC n 4 n a ti 7 m d md TF t m Ta m nal E m 2 m dj CR E ichs e a ean LT T E Fp 7 so I I s 3 3 E 3 3 pe The character of A0 H FF are respectively the same as those of 20 H 7F H 131 C Character Sets International character set ISO PCL ISO ID 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E ASCII 60U s je ENG Chl 7 FRANCE 69 1lF s je Je Js FRANCE 2 OF s Ja cls GERMANY 21 1G s g ja lu p GERMANY 2 06 8 A O B U K AME s js e L N DE fy fa SWEDEN 11 0S n le A 0 o SWEDEN2 110 35 g n le 6 A lZ ITALY 15 0l e sag cl J l l li SPAIN 17 25 s s s li le SPAIN 2 85 65 4 s i c ale SPAIN 3 Ss e le ji lala l tay 7 JAPAN 1M0K s fe cle 1 uma 7 NORWAY 600D i s le amp 9 8 NORWAY2 61 D s s e lalola z o PORTUGAL 16 4S 2 s g lalelo a c PORTUGAL2 84 5S s lalelo alele IRV 22U u e N ES The character of A0 H FF are respectively the same as those of 20 H 7F H The characters with 20 H 7F H code
72. Lr ua oY A oF w BBO 0 O 42 DOD OR D S s og O5 xO d G d od O 0 2D ie e conie o MS ATR p p gt Ex RN a F g Q 0 0 O s tD q E O og f Oo munBbLD EPNxEN c lt m O R El E z q 5 4 a x z O OP O G 2 IO OM MOM ss eV IAS aN Ez FOR g we nH el o A Y O E cn 1 101 1 J t lt gt SS ROCF e lt p eo MOMVASRH x O Q c r tO O r eo o lt m O Q u L This character set is selected with ESC Refer to Control code summary section Note 129 C Character Sets HP Mode ROMAN S8 Character sets PCL PC 8 Danish Norwegian Character sets PCL NUL s o P p a b 0 P S 0 P p C tx a DCi 1 A Q lt a i b lt 1 A lt a l el 2 B R b r Aly 6 013 e 2 2 B R b ui o B r Pr x pe3 3 C S c s E Dx wo s amp ls3sic Slc sl j l F t izx x 4 D T d t C a j s f 1 4 D T d t o d b 5 f 5 E U e u Eele 4 lift amp 8 5 E U e ulal l R 4 t r oc J amp 6 F V f v 1 6 o l amp amp 6 FlV if lv amp l8 J8 4 k r zu BEL gt 7 G W g w ft a l lej t 1 7 G WIigiw c l ls tdv BS da H X h x i K O H t a oH X h x yi Aa b o HT WEE mpu raw l 1 0 8 9 I Y lil lyl l 6o ajili rl djal LF
73. PCL D compression off mode 1 mode 2 mode 3 ESC b W DATA 1B 2A 62 57 H DATA 27 42 98 87 D DATA Raster graphic data transmission Raster graphics data are registered ESC b X 1B 2A 62 58 H 27 42 98 88 D Sets temporary graphics X offset ESC b Y 1B 2A 62 59 H 27 42 98 89 D Sets temporary graphics Y offset ESC c E 1B 2A 63 45 H 27 42 99 69 D 120 Sets download character code SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal B Control code summary HP FUNCTION ESC c F 1B 2A 63 46 H 27 42 99 70 D Download font control Controls download font as follows 0 30H Delete all download font 3 33H Delete data of current download code 6 36H Copy ROM font to download font ESC p X 1B 2A 70 58 27 42 112 88 Sets horizontal positioning by dot 1 180 units PCL3 or PCL3 1 360 units PCL3 D ESC p Y 1B 2A 70 59 H 27 42 112 89 D Sets vertical positioning by dot 1 180 units PCL3 or PCL3 1 360 units PCL3 D ESC r A 1B 2A 72 41 H 27 42 114 65 D Sets start raster graphics printing Raster graphics printing starts as follows 0 30H Prints from the left most printable position 1GIH Prints from the current position ESC rB 1B 2A 72 42 H 27 42 114 66 D Sets terminates raster graphics printing Raster graphics printing is terminated
74. R key to start the selected item listing This does not affect the current setting 87 sETUP LISTING Lists current basic setup options Lists current extended setup options Lists all setup listings including user setups LIST FACTORY Lists factory setup contents 56 6 Setting the application software _6 SETTING THE APPLICATION SOFTWARE About printer driver Printer Driver is a section of your software that automatically translates instructions from the software to your printer For example when using some application softwares if you want to boldface or underline a word the printer driver automatically translates your specific boldface or underline instruction on your application software to printer control command Different printers use different control codes for designating print styles Therefore it is important that when you install your software you select the appropriate printer driver designed for your printer When WINDOWS 3 1 WINDOWS NT 3 51 4 0 or WINDOWS 95 98 is used please install the Printer Driver attached to this printer When this printer is used in the MS DOS or other environment such as UNIX or OS 2 proceed as follows Printer driver selection Select a suitable printer driver from the list of supported printers This would include either the Hewlett Packard RuggedWriter 480 Epson LQ 2550 or IBM 2391 Each of these printer drivers should allow you
75. SC n1 n2 id lo hi data 1B 3D n1 n2 23 lo hi H 27 61 n1 n2 35 lo hi D Defines download character When nl n2 0 the download area is cleared The number of data bytes following n2 is defined as n1 n2x256 including three bytes of id lo hi id is always 23h lo and hi compose two byte address where the first downloading character is to be stored and the follow ing data are stored in the successive addresses ESC An 1B 41 n H 27 65 n D Sets line spacing to n 72 1 lt n lt 255 or to n 60 1 lt n lt 255 in AGM mode ESC B nl n2 n64 NUL 1B 42 n1 n2 n64 00 H 27 66 n1 n2 n64 0 D Sets vertical tab positions beginning from nl and end with NUL 00 H nl 1 is the first line at the TOF ESC Cn ESC CNUL n 1B 43 n H 27 67 n D 1B 43 00 n H 27 67 0 n D Sets page length in lines 1xnx255 The current print line becomes TOF top of form The bottom margin set by ESC N is cancelled Sets page length in inches 1xnx182 The current print line becomes TOF top of form ESC Dni n2 n28 NUL 1B 44 n1 n2 n28 00 H 27 68 n1 n2 n28 0 D Sets horizontal tab position 1 lt n lt 255 n indicates the number of spaces from the left margin with the character width at the command execution Left right margins clear the tab positions nl 1 is at the first column from the left margin 1B 45 H 27 69 D Sets emphasized character mode Underline and graphic ch
76. SO2L GERMANY I 81U PC 860 SO15 ITALY 94U PC 861 SO17 SPAIN 1 82U PC 863 LINE DRAW 83U PC 865 SO25 FRANCE 2 95U BRASCII GERMAN2 96U ABICOMP SPAIN 3 The 12U 0F 0G 1S 1U 0M 0A 5S and 6S are available only when PCL3 or PCL3 D modes ESC 1B 28 40 H 27 40 64 D Designates primary font 0 or 1 30H or 31H Copy the default primary symbol set to the current primary symbol set 2 32H Copy the current primary symbol set to the current primary symbol set 3 33H Copy the default primary font to the current primary font ESC 0 X ESC 0 X 1B 28 30 58 H 27 40 48 88 D 1B 29 30 58 H 27 41 48 88 D Assigns the download font to the current primary secondary font ESC s B ESC s B 1B 28 73 42 H 27 40 115 66 D 1B 29 73 42 H 27 41 115 66 D 117 Bold or emphasized Designates Cancels bold or emphasized attributes as follows 0 30H Bold off Emphasized off 3 33H Bold on Emphasized off 7 37H Bold off Emphasized on B Control code summary HP ESC s H ESC s H Hexadecimal Decimal 1B 28 73 48 H 27 40 115 72 D 1B 29 73 48 H 27 41 115 72 D FUNCTION Sets character spacing Font pitch CPI PCL mode PCL3 PCL3 D or PCL3 4 5 5 cpi 0 01 lt lt 5 01 10 10 cpi 5 01 lt lt 10 01 4 12 12 epi 10 01 lt lt 12 01 PCL mode PCL3 or P
77. T font eite 6 Check character 7 Starting the bar code data sequence 8 Ending the bar code data sequence 9 Bar code data sequence 10 Printing density 11 Guide bar expansion 12 Start and stop characters 13 Barcode rotational angle 14 Disabling HRI of the start and stop characters 15 Value input mode 16 Initializing the bar code mode Data processing in the bar code data sequence Printing bar codes C Error processing C Code 128 subset transition rule UPC E conversion rule C Calculating the check character OAO E M 80 Element printing 80 Qe Enlarged character function Outline of enlarged characterfunction 82 Enlarged character command list 82 1 Executing backspacing 83 2 Executing line feeding 83 3 Executing form feeding 84 4 Executing carriage return 84 5 Initializing the enlarged character mode 84 6 Arrangement of enlarged Characters iarere 85 7 Cell magnification for enlarged characters 85 8 All character set for enlarged characters 86 9 Selecting an enlarged character font ones 86 10 Height expansion for enlarged characters
78. Turn off the printer and wait one minute and then turn it operation back on again Consult your dealer if the error persists 61 Z Troubleshooting i Input Hexadecimal Dump Mode The Input hexadecimal dump capability of the printer enables monitoring of data as it is sent to the printer Each Escape Sequence Control Code and ASCII character sent from the computer to the printer is printed in a two digit hexadecimal format Such printing is initiated after 16 bytes of data have been transmitted to the printer Hexadecimal values and their corresponding ASCII characters between the values 20h to 7Eh are printed on each line TOF SET O POWER IAN as amp O ON LINE HEX DUMP LO PARK QUALITY W LF IF FF O P ouT BIN ENTER S ALT M RLF RLF TEAROFF ON LINE To run this mode in draft printing Press the FF key while turning ON the printer or pressing the RESET key Hold down the FF key until the LCD displays HEX DUMP DRAFT To run this mode in LQ printing Press the FF and ON LINE keys simultaneously while turning ON the printer or pressing the RESET key Hold down the both FF and ON LINE keys until the LCD displays HEX DUMP Lo To terminate this mode Press the RESET key or turn off the power Example 10 REM HEXADECIMAL DUMP LIST EXAMPLE 20 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 30 WIDTH 41 255 40 PRINT 1 ABC CHRS 13 CHRS
79. XON XOFF 1 L 19200 BPS L IGNORED L_ yes W 1 BITS 2 BITS I XON XOFF 2 9600 BPS ETX ACK 4800 BPS 2400 BPS 1200 BPS 600 BPS 2 F S 300 BPS 69 70 71 72 T3 74 CD ENABLE DSR ENABLE BUFFER SIZE BUSY ACK DATA LATCH ERROR TIMING TIMING STATUS W CD SIGNAL DSR SIGNAL BUFFER TIMING STROBE STATUS SIGNAL No No 64KB TYPE 1 TYPE F YES L vES L YES 8KB TYPE 2 TYPE R NO L 128B TYPE 3 80 81 82 83 84 85 PRINT DISPLAY INVERT SOFT WARE RESET KEY SLEEP MODE DIRECTION LANGUAGE DISPLAY MODE SETUP LOCK gt GE SOFTWARE ESET KEY LOC SLEE A DIRECTION EA INVERT S OMMEND RESET KEY LOCK SLEEP W PRE DIRECTION _ C EUTSCH NO ub No YES UNI DIRECTION C RANCAIS YES PEENE L YES NO BI DIRECTION Nh ESPANOL ITALIANO lt 86 87 SAVE SETUP SETUP MENU LIST SAVE LIST A MEMO 1 MAIN MEMO 2 EXTENDED W L MEMO 3 I ALL SETUP FACTORY 35 5 Extended setup options 10 11 Print enhancement Emulation The desired emulation mode of the printer can be selected using this function 10 EMULATION EML EPSON iss Epson LQ 2550 compatible EML TEM uuwes IBM 2391 compatible EML HBP 7 07 JE RuggedWriter 480 compatible Character table HP mode This function selects one of character sets provided in the HP emulation
80. able for new applications refer to the Appendix B page 118 through 124 for details of using the expanded command sets PCL3 Mode This operation mode provides the following extended capabilities Escape Description Added Capability Command BEL Activates the printer s bell Bell is now active ESC amp Kk W Controls the print direction Unidirectional Bidirectional Predirectional ESC st id Assign the primary font PC 850 I8O25 France 2 German2 Spain 3 Legal Math7 Math Symbol ISO84 Portugal 2 ISO85 Spain 2 ESC id Assign the secondary font PC 850 I8O25 France 2 German2 Spain 3 Legal Math7 Math Symbol ISO84 Portugal 2 ISO85 Spain 2 ESC s H Sets the character pitch 15 17 1 24 cpi primary ESC s H Sets the character pitch 15 17 1 24 cpi secondary ESC s T Sets the primary typeface Script Orator Orator s OCR A OCR B ESC s T Sets the secondary typeface Script Orator Orator s OCR A OCR B ESC b M Select graphics data compression Off Mode1 Mode2 Mode3 ESC t R Designates raster graphics resolution 60 360 dpi PCL3 D Mode This mode provides all of the capabilities described above plus the following Escape Description Added Capability Command ESC p X Sets horizontal positioning by dot 1 360 ESC p Y Sets vertical positioning by dot 1 360 Saving Your Setup Once you have completed your printer set up the configuration can be
81. ace This function selects the appropriate communication protocol Refer to the specification of your host system for selecting proper communication protocol 65 PROTOCOL PROT ss DERE BUSY READY protocol PROT XON OFL Set XON XOFF 1 PROT XON OF2 J cree Set XON XOFF 2 PRO ETX ACK Note The difference in XON XOFF 1 and 2 XON XOFF 1 protocol sends XON code 11h to host system at power on while XON XOFF 2 does nothing Communication speed serial interface This function selects the appropriate baud rate for the data transmission speed 66 BAUD RT SPEED 38400 B SPEED 19200 B SPEED _ 9600 B SPEED 4800 B SPEED 2400 B SPEED 1200 B SPEED 600 B SPEED 300 B 52 5 Extended setup options 67 70 Serial error check serial interface This function selects the printer s response to a serial data transmission error The serial data transmission error includes a parity error framing error and over run error If PRINT is enabled the data in error is printed as an asterisk If IGNORED is enabled the data in error is discarded 67 SERIAL ERROR E S RROR PRINT RROR IGNORED CTS signal serial interface This function accepts or ignores the CTS Clear to Send signal from the host Ltd 68 CTS ENABLI
82. acing m4 00h nochange m4 01h single character width m4 02h double character width ESC Inln2 1B 5B 49 n1 n2 Hf Lf Selects character attributes font character spacing Hf Lf Hs Ls Hs Ls Sm 00 Hc Lc H size and or code page in the following format Sm 00 He Le 27 91 73 n1 n2 Hf Lf The number of parameter bytes following n1 and n2 is defined by n1l n2 gt 256 1 Select a font character style and spacing in the following tables n122 and n2 0 Normal Character Style Table Hf Upper byte Lf Lower byte Hf Lf Hex 10cpi 12cpi 15cpi 17cpi 20cpi 24cpi Proportional Courier 00 0B 01 EB 01 EC 01 ED 01 EE 01 1E 01 AB Prestige 00 0C 01 EF 01 F0 01 C9 01 CA 01 1F 00 A4 Gothic 00 24 01 8F 01 8E 01 8D 01 8C 01 20 00 AE Orator S 00 19 01 D0 01 D1 01 D2 01 D3 01 23 00 C7 Orator 00 05 01 CB 01 CC 01 CD 01 CE 01 21 00 C6 Script 01 D4 01 D5 01 D6 01 D7 01 D8 01 24 00 C8 Various Character Style Table Hf Upper byte Lf Lower byte Character Styles Normal Italic Emphasized Emphasized Double W idth Double W idth Double W idth Hf Lf Hex Italic Double Height Double Height Double Height Emphasized Double Strike Courier 10 cpi 00 2E 00 39 00 F4 00 F5 Courier 12 cpi 00 55 00 6C 00 74 Courier 15 cpi 00 DF 00 D6 00 D8 Courier 17 cpi 00 FE 00 FD Courier Prop 00 B8 00 B9 Prestige 10 cpi 00 3C Prestige 12 cpi 00 56 00 6F Prestige 15 cpi 00 DD Prestige 17 cpi 01 00 Got
83. acter mode DC4 DC4 6 Arrangement of enlarged characters DC4 DC4 a 7 Element magnification for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 c 8 All character set for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 d 9 Selecting an enlarged character font DC4 DCA f 10 Height expansion for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 h H HMI for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 i 12 VMI for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 j 13 Setting and canceling the enlarged character mode DC4 DC4 1 14 Enlarged character cell offset DC4 DC4 o 15 Enlarged character pitch DC4 DC4 p 16 Enlarged character quality DC4 DC4 q 17 Enlarged character rotational angle DC4 DC4 r 18 Setting and canceling enlarged character smoothing DC4 DC4 s 19 Enlarged character top offset DC4 DC4 t 20 Setting and canceling underscores for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 u 21 Enlarged character width expansion DC4 DC4 w 22 Horizontal printing position for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 x 23 Vertical printing position for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 y 82 9 Bar code and enlarged character 1 Executing backspacing BS Format ASCII BS Hex 08 Decimal 08 Function Executes backspacing When the BS command is executed the printing position moves to the previous character position on the left The BS command is valid up to the left margin A BS command issued on the left margin is ignored When a BS command is issued when there is a character on the left with proportional printing selected the printer
84. ages 13 and 14 COVER OPEN One of the printer covers is open Close the cover to restart the operation POWER DOWN Abnormal current is detected The printer is automatically turn off Stop using the printer and contact the dealer 60 Troubleshooting guide 7 Troubleshooting Problem Cause and Solution POWER lamp fails to light Power cord not connected Blown fuse in the printer Printer stops or slows Print head has overheated Wait until it has cooled down down on printing P OUT lamp lights Paper detect sensor may be damaged incorrectly Sensor hole is clogged Poor quality printing or Old or worn out ink ribbon needs to be replaced smudging of the paper Head adjustment lever is not set correctly Head may need to be cleaned or replaced Some characters miss Ribbon cassette is not properly installed printing Incorrect character Host system control and data code may not match the printed printer s setup Paper not advancing Incorrect paper select lever setting Fanfold paper slips Stack of fanfold paper behind the printer is placed crookedly The paper select lever is in the single sheet setting Extra line feed The automatic carriage return option in the extended setup options is set incorrectly Paper jam Paper is curled Move the paper select lever to the continuous paper setting and carefully remove the jammed paper Paper Bail abnormal
85. aper width 5715 inch Paper length 2716 5 inch Ply single Original 8 max single Total thickness 0 065 0 12mm 0 635mm max 0 18mm max Paper weight 14lbs 28lbs non carbon 125Kg max 53g nf 105g nf Single Sheet Paper Description Single ply Paper size A3 A4 B4 B5 Letter Legal Ply single Total thickness 0 08 0 12mm Paper weight 17lbs 28lbs 64g m 105g m 7 1 Introduction 1 Physical dimension Model A 24 4 620mm a vy vm 17 9 455mm 19 9 505mm M kPaper Rack in flat position Continuous paper setting Sound Seal cover IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ae s Y t Y Paper Rack in upright position Single sheet setting JES P ND 4 Yl TOS CX 17 1 15 4 435mm Paper Rack in flat position Continuous paper setting 390mm 11 6 10 2 295mm 260mm Y Y Y 12 0 805mm Weight 44 1 Ibs 20 kg Physical dimension Model B 1 Introduction 24 4 620mm r a A n A m vv vop HEN a I 18 9 480mm 20 9 530mm Paper Rack in flat position Continuous paper setting
86. aracters are also emphasized 1B 46 H 27 70 D Cancels emphasized character mode 1B 47 H 27 71 D 1B 48 H 27 72 D Sets double strike character mode Cancels double strike character mode 1B 49 H 27 73 D Selects one of font styles n 0 draft 10cpi n 2 LQ 10cpi n 3 LQ proportional n 4 download Draft 10cpi n 6 download LQ 10cpi n 7 download LQ proportional n 8 draft 12cpi n 10 LQ 12cpi n 12 download draft 12cpi n 14 download LQ 12cpi n 16 condensed draft n 18 condensed LQ n 20 download condensed draft n 22 download condensed LQ 1B 4A n H 27 74 n D 104 Linefeeds in the basic spacing set by ESC after printing The default is n 216 1 lt n lt 255 in standard mode or n 180 0 lt n lt 255 in AGM mode SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal B Control code summary IBM FUNCTION ESC K n1 n2 data 1B 4B n1 n2 data H 27 75 n1 n2 data D Prints the 8 pin Standard density graphic mode 60dpi The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2 gt 256 ESCL ni n2 data 1B 4C n1 n2 data H 27 76 n1 n2 data D Prints the 8 pin Double density graphic mode 120dpi The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2x256 ESCN n 1B 4E n H_ 27 78 n D Sets bottom margin 1 lt n lt 255 n specifies the number of lines not to be printed at the end of a page For example If the line spacing is 1 6 inch and the page length is
87. as IN L Installation The reverse control panel sheet allows you to easily read the function key labels from the back of the printer In situations where working from the back of the printer is convenient simply lay the reverse control panel sheet in position over the standard control panel Note If you set the invert display mode in the extended setup options the display messages also become upside down orientation 136 Maschinenl rminformationsverordnung 3 GSGV 18 01 1991 Der arbeitsplatzbezogene Schalldruckpegel betr gt 70 dB A oder weniger gemaB ISO 7779 This unit complies with the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC Dies Ger t entspricht den Bedingungen der Niederspannungs Vorschrift 73 23 EEC und dem EMVG nach 89 336 EEC THIS DIGITAL APPARATUS DOES NOT EXCEED THE CLASS B LIMITS FOR RADIO NOISE EMISSIONS FROM DIGITAL APPARATUS AS SET OUT IN THE RADIO INTERFERENCE REGULATIONS OF THE CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS LE PR SENT APPAREIL NUM RIQUE N MET PAS DE BRUITS RADIO LECTRIQUES D PASSANT LES LIMITES APPLICABLES AUX APPAREILS NUM RIQUES DE CLASSE B PRESCRITES DANS LE R GLEMENT SUR LE BROUILLAGE RADIO LECTRIQUE DICT PAR LE MINIST RE DES COMMUNICATIONS DU CANADA SEIKO Precision Inc PRINTER DIVISION 1 1 1 AKANEHAMA NARASHINO SHI CHIBA 275 8558 JAPAN
88. cal position and lift straight upward 64 8 Maintenance Printer cover removal Printer Cover Open the front cover to an upright position then lift and remove the cover Rear Cover Open the rear cover from the bottom edge of the cover and pull it away from the printer to remove Paper Rack Slide both paper guides to the extreme left and right edges of the paper rack Raise the rear end to stand vertically and lift straight upward to remove L angle Hinge Sound Seal Cover Push out on the outer edge of the sound seal cover where it connects to the L angle from the printer while pushing the stud of the L angle out of the hole Then remove the whole cover 65 6 Maintenance Vertical alignment mode Vertical alignment mode The vertical alignment mode serves to compensate for the slippage of the vertical printing positions that occurs due to individual differences and age distortion of the printer This mode has two features print start alignment as A MODE and bidirectional print alignment as B MODE The print start adjustment aligns the print position of two different print modes at the left margin While the bidirectional print adjustment aligns the vertical dot mis positioning within one print mode in bidirectional printing Because of their correlation always set the bidirectional alignment after the print start adjustment The print mode used for these adjustments is
89. ch as IBM eraphic characters are always printed unidirectional 80 PRINT DIR PRINT PRE DIR PRINT UNI DIR PRINT BI DIR lee Defaults to bi directional printing Pre directional printing Whenever a double pass of the print head is required the direction of the second pass is the same as that of the first pass This logic seeking unidirectional printing can be used therefore in modes such as double strike and double height printing The logic seeking capability is executed before the first pass of the print head The printing direction of all passes is the same as that of the first pass Bi directional printing Successive passes of the print head alternate between the left right and right left direction Uni directional printing Data is always printed in a single direction from the left to the right LCD display language This function selects the display language for the printer s display window LCD 8i DISPLAY LANG LANG ENGLISH English LANG DEUTSCH Germany LANG FRANCAIS French LANG ESPANOL Spanish LANG ITALIANO Italian Invert LCD display This function sets up side down text display in the LCD Use with the reverse control panel sheet See page 136 82 INVERT DISP INVERT NO INVERT YES 55 5 Extended setup options 83 87 Software controlled setup
90. cter following n2 to be printed is defined by nl n2x256 This command is valid only when the character table is set to CODE PAGE in the extended setup options ESC t nin2 d1 d2 d3 27 40 116 n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 D 1B 28 74 n1 n2 d1 d2 d3 H 110 Specifies a character set d1 Displys ESC tn command table No d2 d3 Specifies the character set d2 0 d3 0 ITALIC d2 1 d3 0 PC 437 d2 3 d3 0 PC 850 d2 7 d3 0 PC 860 SYMBOL B Control code summary Epson Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION d2 8 d3 0 PC 863 d2 44 d3 0 PC 858 d2 9 d3 0 PC 865 d2 24 d3 0 PC 861 d2 11 d3 0 PC 857 d2 25 d3 0 BRASCII d2 17 d3 0 ISO 8859 1 d2 26 d3 0 ABICOMP ESC m n1 n2 data 1B 2A m n1 n2 data H Sets various graphic modes 27 42 m n1 n2 data D Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal of Pins Columns Density Standard density 816 Double density 1632 Double speed double density 1632 Quadruple density 3264 CRT 1088 CRT Il 1224 Standard density 816 Double density 1632 CRT III 1224 Triple density 2448 Hex density 4896 Note Horizontal adjacent dots can not be printed The total column number is calculated by n1 n2 x 256 for 8 pin graphics and n1 n2x256 x3 for 24 pin graphics Each bit data in the 8 pin graphics corresponds to 2 print pins of the print head The following figure shows one column of data and its corresponding print position Bit Data MSB 1
91. ctions when the LF is exceeded over the paper size When a sheet shorter than the selection sheet size is printed the printing is made even if paper out Cut sheet feeder type A function for defining the CSF configuration The CSF type single tray can be set when the CSF is installed When single is selected the paper tray bin 1 can be selected by the BIN key on the front control panel 49 CSF OPTION NOT INSTALL CSF SINGL A CSF DOUBL A Setting of the auto scrolling position Set the position for executing auto scrolling In the case of TOF ONLY Auto scrolling is performed only when the present position is at TOF ANY POS If the perforation is between the paper cutter and printing head position auto scroll is performed at any position after a prescribed time after the printing 50 scRorr pos SCROLL ANY POS SCROLL TOF ONLY 50 5 Extended setup options 51 62 Line Feed Speed This function specifies the line feed speed The 1 2 LF speed feeds paper more stably It is useful for thick paper labeled sheets and multipart paper in comtinuous printing 51 LF SPEED SPEED NORMAL SPEED 1 2 I Communication enhancement Interface type This function selects the type of interface the parallel interface or the serial interface When this function is executed the printer
92. decimal Decimal FUNCTION 1B 3En m H Re assign graphic type for ESC K ESC L 27 63 n m D ESC Y and ESC Z commands n specifies the former graphic type assigned by K L Y or Z m specifies the new graphic type in table below Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal of Pins Columns Density Standard density 816 Double density 1632 Double speed double density 1632 Quadruple density 3264 CRT 1088 CRT Il 1224 Standard density 816 Double density 1632 CRT Ill 1224 Triple density 2448 Hex density 4896 Note Horizontal adjacent dots can not be printed ESC 1B 40 H 27 64 D Initializes printer ESCAn 1B 41 n H 27 65 n D Sets line spacing to n 60 0 lt n lt 127 ESC B nl n2 1B 42 n1 n2 n16 00 H Sets vertical tab positions beginning from n1 and end n16 NUL 27 66 n1 n2 n16 0 D with NUL 00 H n1 1 is at the second line from TOF Downloaded data and communication buffer are not cleared The current print line becomes the top of the form ESC Cn 1B 43 n H 27 67 n D Sets page length in line unit 1xnx127 The current print line becomes TOF top of form ESC C NUL n 1B 43 00 n H 27 67 0 n D Sets page length in inch unit 1Xnx22 The current print line becomes TOF top of form ESC D nl 1B 44 n1 n2 n32 00 H Sets horizontal tab position 1 lt n lt 255 n2 n32 NUL 27 68 n1 n2 n32 0 D nindicates the number of spaces from the left margin with the charac
93. djustment is completed Pressing the EXIT key to exit from the start position adjustment A MODE The bidirectional printing adjustment B MODE takes place automatically and the LCD indicates B VERT ADJ Press the ENTER key to enter the bidirectional printing adjustment B MODE Repeat the steps 5 through 7 until the bidirectional printing adjustment is completed After all adjustments are completed press the EXIT key then the LCD indicates PRESS RESET SW By pressing the RESET key the printer exits from this vertical alignment mode 68 9 Bar code and enlarged character _9 Bar code and enlarged character The printer can print bar codes and enlarged characters To activate the bar code and enlarged character function set 27 BARCODE ENLARGED CHAR to MODE 1 or MODE 2 in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE This function is applicable to the EPSON or IBM or HP mode This section describes the outline and details of the bar code and enlarged character function 1 Outline of bar code function The printer has 14 types of bar codes Software commands and options 27 to 29 on the EXTENDED SETUP MODE are used to print bar codes and enlarged characters The software commands are unique to the printer See the following pages for details of these commands 1 Industrial 2 of 5 8 Code 128 2 Interleaved 2 of 5 9 EAN 8 3 Matrix 2 of 5 10 EAN 13 4 Codabar 11 UPC A 5 Code 11 12 UPC E 6 Code 39 13 Postnet 7 Code 93
94. dth Use software control to change the width of the print line Never insert or pull out an interface cable while the power to the printer and computer is on Be sure to turn off the printer before turning off a connected host computer Unpacking the printer Unpacking the printer Check the cartons for the following items CD ROM Driver CD with Owner s Manual printer driver software a amp 668 o 950 Reverse Control Panel See page 55 135 Handbook Te J SEIKO Precision Handbook Operation Guide Sheet See page 7 Paper Rack See page 10 Ribbon Cassette SBP 1051 See page 11 Sound Seal Cover See page 10 Power Cord See page 12 Quick startup _Quick startup To make your first print follow the procedure below For more detailed instructions on setting your printer please refer to the page indicated To set up the printer Install the paper rack the sound seal cover and the ribbon cassette Pages 10 and 11 Load the single cut sheet paper or fanfold paper Press the FF key to load the paper Pages 13 and 14 To make a test print Set the paper size of the printer in the setup options Pages 26 and 27 Press the LF key and hold w
95. e character HT 09 H 9 D Moves to next horizontal tab LF OA H 10 D Linefeeds after printing VT OB H 11 D Linefeeds to next vertical tab position after printing FF OC H 12 D Form feeds after printing CR 0D H 13 D Carriage return after printing so OE H 14 D Sets double width character mode for 1 line SI OF H 15 D Sets condensed pica character mode 17 1 cpi 11 H 17 D Selects printer that has been deselected by ESC Q 23 12 H 18 D Selects pica 10cpi mode 14 H 20 D Cancels double width character mode set by SO 18 H 24 D Clears data in buffer 1B 19 n H 27 25 n D Control cut sheet feeder n 1 selects bin 1 n 2 selects bin 2 n R ejects single sheet paper loaded in the priner This command is effective at the following conditions The paper select lever is set to the single sheet setting 49 CSF OPTION is set to SINGLE or DOUBLE ESC m n1 n2 1B 2A m nl n2 H Sets various graphic modes 27 42 m n1 n2 D This command is effective only when AGM mode is set to ON in the extended setup options Graphic Type Number Maximum Horizontal of Pins Columns Density Standard density 816 60 Double density 1632 120 Double speed double density 1632 120 Quadruple density 3264 240 CRT I 1088 80 CRT Il 1224 90 Standard density 816 60 Double density 1632 120 CRT Ill 1224 90 Triple density 2448 180 Quadruple densit
96. e feed CR AT FEED Autofeed signal enabled Note Autofeed is effective for the system using parallel interface with AUTO FEED signal to control the the carriage return with or without a line feed The autofeed signal must be low when the printer is initialized in order to add a line feed to every CR code Line feed LF This function selects whether to execute the carriage return operation when receiving the line feed command LF code is LF settinc d E tz O z Fa r lt TS Line feed without a carriage return LE DLEXCBR 0 sees Line feed with a carriage return 39 5 Extended setup options 19 22 Line feed spacing This function selects the default line feed spacing When no line feed spacing is set in the software command this value is used as a linefeed 19 LF PITCH Slashed zero The zero style is selected as either 0 no slash or slashed 20 ZERO STYLE ZERO NOSSTSH ls 0 no slash is selected ZERO SEASHED issss 0 slashed is selected Set default tab stops The default horizontal tab stops are selected from different tab intervals This tab setting becomes effective when the printer receives tab commands from the host system 21 TABULATION TAB 2 CHAR TAB 4 CHAR TAB 6 CHAR TAB 8 CHAR TAB 10 CHAR TAB 12 CHAR Lock in the
97. e height character mode is cancelled n 1 the double height character mode is set 1B 78 n H 27 120 n D 114 Selects character quality n 0 draft character mode is set n 1 LQ character mode is set a PCL mode SYMBOL Hexadecimal amp Decimal B Control code summary HP FUNCTION BEL 07 H 7 D Activates the bell Valid for PCL3 PCL D Backspace one character 09 H 9 D Moves to next horizontal tab OA H 10 Linefeeds after printing OB H 11 Linefeeds to next vertical tab position after printing Form feeds after printing Carriage return after printing SI OF H 15 Selects secondary font Selects primary font ESC 1B H 27 Designate start of escape sequence SP g g g g 9 Ew Ew 20 H 32 Space one character DEL 7F H 127 D To print the ASCII DEL character ESC amp a C 1B 26 61 43 H 27 38 97 67 D Horizontal positioning by column ESC amp a H 1B 26 61 48 H 27 38 97 72 D Horizontal positioning by 1 720 ESC amp a L 1B 26 61 4C H 27 38 97 76 D Sets left margin ESC amp a M ESC amp a R 1B 26 61 4D H 27 38 97 77 D 1B 26 61 52 H 27 38 97 82 D Sets right margin Vertical positioning by VMI ESC amp a V 1B 26 61 56 H 27 38 97 86 D Vertical positioning by 1 720 ESC amp d D 1B 26 64 44 H 27 38 100 68 D D
98. e on page 27 Set the left margint This function sets the left margin by columns with fixed character spacing of 10 characters per inch in the range between 0 to 63 columns 6 3 from the left most printable location Left most printable location Left most printable location 42 LEFT M Left Margin Left Margin 0 63 columns 0 63 columns L M 0 COL is L M nn COL L M 63 COL 00000000000000000000000 000000000 0000000900000 47 5 Extended setup options 43 45 Set the right margin This function sets the right margin by columns with fixed character spacing of 10 characters per inch in the range between 0 to 63 columns 6 3 from the right most printable location Right most printable location Right most printable location 43 RIGHT M 0 63 columns 0 63 columns Right Margin Right Margin R M 0 COL TERMS nn COL R M 63 COL Note The right edge of the form is determined by the paper size set in the front control panel or the paper width set in the setup options on page 25 and 26 0000000000000 000000000 00000000000000 0oooooooo Fanfold paper width This function sets the paper width to be used in the printer Depending on the paper width the print head will shift to the one half of the print width selected in this function to properly hold the paper in place and eli
99. e symbol but is printed as is For the rules of converting the UPC A format into the UPC E format see UPC E conversion rule below 1 Code 128 subset transition rule 0 The following shows the transition conditions from subset A to subset B 1 2 Input a character code unique to subset B 60H to 7FH when subset A is selected Then input a character code unique to subset B 60H to 7FH without inputting a character code unique to subset A OOH to 1FH If a character code unique to subset A is input in this step subset B is not selected The character code unique to subset B input in step 1 is expressed with the shift code 0 The following shows the transition conditions from subset B to subset A 1 2 Input a character code unique to subset A when subset B is selected Then input a character code unique to subset A without inputting a character code unique to subset B If a character code unique to subset B is input in this step subset A is not selected The character code unique to subset A input in step 1 is expressed with the shift code 0 Subset C is selected when four continuous character codes 30H to 39H are input ifa code common to subset A and subset B is input when a subset is not determined or subset C is selected subset B is selected temporarily selected 77 9 Bar code and enlarged character L UPC E conversion rule NSC manufacturer s codes MI M2 M3 M4 M5 and product item codes
100. ean with a soft cloth dampened with a mild detergent Never use organic solvents such as alcohol or thinner FPC cable plastic binder Make sure that the binder clamps the cable securely Exterior Casings with a mild detergent Inside the printer Clean with a soft cloth dampened Thoroughly vacuum these areas Remove any collected paper dust and particles 63 8 Maintenance Lubrication L Lubrication In the case of heavy use of the printer apply a specified lubricating oil only to the front and rear metal carriage bar When applying the lubricant to the carriage bars spread the oil by manually moving the print head back and forth along the carriage bar Consult your dealer to obtain the recommended lubricating oil Do not use an unspecified oil or it may reduce the printer s performance drastically Oiling Clean thorougly with a dry cloth then apply specific type of lubricants Cosmo Hydro HV 22 recommended tac Front bar ENS JJ L Printer cover removal Rear Top Cover Removal Remove the Rear Cover m Open the Rear Cover to the level ra position and pull it Remove the two stoppers for the Rear qm Top Cover fi Detach the two screws to remove the n two Stoppers Stopper Stopper Remove the Rear Top Cover Slide the Rear Top Cover toward the rear and raise it to verti
101. ed Any sequences other than m 20H are ignored 91 9 Bar code and enlarged character 20 Setting and canceling underscores for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 u Format ASCII DC4 DC4 u n Hex 14 14 75 n Decimal 20 20 117 n Function Sets and cancels the underscore function n 00H 30H Cancels underscoring 01H 31H Specifies the underscoring The MSB of the parameter is masked Any sequences other than the above parameters are ignored An underscore is drawn on the 25th pin line at a thickness of 1 dot x length expansion of the character No underscores are printed if the enlarged character rotational angle is not set to 0 degree Underscoring is off by default 21 Enlarged character width expansion DC4 DC4 w Format ASCII DC4 DC4 w n Hex 14 14 TI n Decimal 20 20 119 n Function Specifies the width expansion of enlarged characters 0 lt n lt 127 The MSB of the parameter is masked If n is set to 0 the magnification specified in the setup mode is selected This command is ignored if the PITCH LOCK option is set to YES in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE The expansion specified in the setup mode is set by default 22 Horizontal printing position for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 x Format ASCII DC4 DC4 x m nl n2 Hex 14 14 78 m nl n2 Decimal 20 20 120 m nl n2 Function Specifies the horizontal position for printing enlarged characters by nl n2 x 256 180 as shown below m SP 20 H Absolute printing position
102. ee 53 71 Communication buffer size 54 72 Busy ACK timing 54 73 Data latch timing 54 74 Setting of whether ERROR PE signals are output or not 54 Miscellaneous 80 Print direction 55 81 LCD display language 55 82 Invert LCD display 55 83 Software controlled setup 56 84 Lock the RESET key 56 85 Setting of ENERGY STAR 56 86 Saving user setup options 56 87 Printing list of option settings 56 6 Setting the application software About printer driver Printer driver selection Connecting the BP 9000 printer in the HP Environment Saving Your Setup Troubleshooting Error me s SagesS_ aaa asul sa eee Troubleshooting guide Input hexadecimal dump mode Maintenance Cleamng utasa LS G Sa SSS ere L brication 1 IPAE IIS IIS Printer cover removal Vertical alignment mode 9 Bar code and enlarged character function Bar code function Outline of bar code function Makeup of bar code Bar code command list 1 Bar code type 2 Element width 3 Bar code height 4 Setting HRI on and off SY HR
103. elled n 1 the double width character mode is set ESC Y nl n2 1B 59 n1 n2 H Prints 8 pin double speed double density graphic data 27 89 n1 n2 D mode 120dpi The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2 x 256 ESC Z nl n2 1B 5A n1 n2 H Prints 8 pin quadruple density graphic mode 240dpi data 27 90 n1 n2 D The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2 x 256 ESC n1 n2 1B 5C n1 n2 H Sets relative dot position to the current position 27 92 n1 n2 D The dot spacing is 1 120 inch in draft mode and 1 180 inch in LQ proportional mode For Example If nl n2 x 256 lt 32768 8000h then move n1 n2 x 256 dots to the right If nl n2 x 256 gt 32768 then move 65536 n1 n2 x 256 dots to the left from the current position 113 B Control code summary Epson Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION 1B 61 n H 27 97 n D Justification mode n 0 left justification is set default n 1 centering is set n 2 right justification is set n 3 full justification is set When nis other than 0 the printer performs one linefeed after printing ESC bcnln2 n16 NUL 1B 62 c n1 n2 n16 00 H 27 98 c n1 n2 n16 0 D Sets vertical tab position in channels beginning from nl and end with NUL 00 H as in ESC b command specifies one of channels 0 to 7 to be set ESC g 1B 67 H 27 103 D Sets 15cpi mode ESCj n 1B 6A n H 27 106 D 1 180 reverse l
104. entering the setup options the contents of the current memory can be altered User memory The user memories can store three different configurations The user can set and recall the contents of the memory to configure the printer When the power is turned on or when the RESET key is pressed the contents stored in the user memories are not used as the initial values To use the contents of the user memories as the initial values it is necessary to select one of the user memories MEMO 1 to MEMO 3 in the setup options and evoke the contents as the preset condition To use the contents of the user memory as the current setup it is necessary to display the 8 SELECT SETUP on the menu and select one of the user memories Exiting from the setup options with a user memory selected will cause the contents of the user memory to be stored in the current memory which then becomes the printer initial values To store a configuration in a user memory display the 86 SAVE SETUP selection in the extended setup options and select one of the user memories The current setup content is stored in the specified memory when exiting the setup options 25 4 Basic setup options 1 2 Printing multipart paper The multipart mode increases the print intensity on multipart forms 1 MULTIPART The followings will give an idea for proper selection COPY NORMAL e Original 5 copies COPY DARK 3 ues Original 7 copies COPY DARK
105. er legal 55 kg 90 kg in Japan 17 Ibs 28 lbs in USA 64 g m 105 g m in Europe Tractor method 45 kg 90 kg in Japan 14lbs 28 lbs in USA 53 g m 105 g m in Europe CSF mode option 55 kg 70 kg in Japan e 15 Ibs 21 lbs in USA 60 g m 81 g m in Europe Label paper Paper stiffness of less than 125 kg or equivalent Total thickness of less than 0 18 mm Multiple copies Original plus 8 non carbon 34 Kg or equivalent Total thickness of less than 0 59 mm Line feed pitch Minimum of 1 360 inch Line feed speed 60 lines second 6 lines inch Print speed Super Speed Draft 15 cpi 846 cps character per second Speed Draft 12 cpi 674 cps Draft Pica 10 cpi 564 cps HQDR Pica 10 cpi 360 cps NLQ Pica 10 cpi 240 cps LQ Pica 10 cpi 180 cps Recommended print area Single sheet Paper Fanfold P aper 41 ue pec i TOF TOF Adjustment M 14 60 inch 6 mm je a Hand 9 0 e io oi io e io Override BM o 17 mm __ Perforation _ Near per oration P SER AREA ARR io verride BM Hhnetrt s summ i9 4 inches 101 6 mm 1 13 mm 1 13mm O k mm 97 A Specifications Print mode specifications Note n indicates the number of space added 2 Dot Character Printing Print mode Multipart Spacing Structure Speed mode inches Columns V XH
106. esignate underline mode ESC amp d 1B 26 64 40 H 27 38 100 64 D Cancel underline mode ESC amp k E 1B 26 6B 45 H 27 38 107 69 D Designates Cancels the auto cancellation of underline ESC amp k F 1B 26 6B 46 H 27 38 107 70 D Designates Cancels the auto cancellation of secondary font Note If is set to 0 current secondary font set changes automatically to primary font when vertical position changes ESC amp k G 1B 26 6B 47 H 27 38 107 71 D Designates line termination 0 30H CR CR LF LF FF FF 1 31H CR CR LF LF LF FF FF 2 32H CR CR LF LF CR FF FF CR 3 33H CR CR LF LF LF CR FF FF CR ESC amp k H 1B 26 6B 48 H 27 38 107 72 D Sets HMI Horizontal motion index HMI is set by 1 120 inch HMI is defined as the distance where the print position moves when the character code is input If is 12 the input characters are printed in 10 cpi ESC amp k S 1B 26 6B 53 H 27 38 107 83 D 115 Designates character spacing Character spacing is set 0 30H Normal 10 cpi 1 31H Double width 5 cpi 2 32H Compressed 16 7 cpi 4 34H 12 cpi spacing B Control code summary HP SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC amp k W 1B 26 6B 57 D 27 38 107 87 D Controls print direction Valid for PCL3 PCL D Print direction is set as follows
107. etting will mechanically release the pressure roller for single sheets and engage gear trains for continuous paper Paper parking This function moves fanfold paper back to the push tractor position park station so that single sheet paper can be used Specifically it is useful when switching from fanfold paper to single sheet paper Pressing the PARK key removes the fanfold paper from the print station so that single sheet paper can be used Switching of the paper select lever is required for the actual mechanical switching of the paper select Pressing the PARK key when the printer is in the paper out state loads the selected paper fanfold or single sheet to the top of form position The following table explains the paper handling of the PARK key in the offline state Friction Lever P OUT Indicator Action Continuous Paper ON Autoload the paper similar to the FF key OFF Park the paper in the push tractor position Single Sheets ON Autoload the paper similar to the FF key OFF Eject the paper similar to the FF key Notes 1 Make sure that the setting of the paper select lever corresponds to the type of paper being used 2 The paper park function causes PAPER ERROR in the following situations a when the fanfold paper is not set in the park station at the push tractors after moving more than 22 inches backward b when the paper fanfold or single sheet is not autoloaded to the print stat
108. gnates superscript 0 30H 1 2DH 31H Designates subscript Cancels super subscript Sets character point size 1 2 31H 32H Other fonts 8 38H 9 31H 32H Micro font Other font SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal B Control code summary HP FUNCTION ESC s W data 1B 28 73 57 H data 27 40 115 87 D data Download character descriptor and data The parameter consists of 3 bytes of the descriptor lt Attribute data format gt 1 st 8 Attribute format 2nd 0 Continuation 3 rd 1 Acknowledge for the attribute data Dot pattern data stream is translated as follows Data stream AAAAAAAA BBBBBBBBCCCCCCCC Ibyte Ibyte Tbyte 36 dots 2 dots ajajaja lala o o mpm pes P e 9 en e en e jm e o o o e o o e le ajfopopoTo o e To we Je Je w T 7 1 360 dpi E m LQ ESC e 1B 29 40 H 27 41 8 64 D 119 Designates secondary font The default primary font which is currently selected in the setup mode is set U0 0H Copy the default secondary symbol set to the current secondary symbol set 1 31H Copy the default prima
109. hen closing the tractor covers After the paper is properly installed re adjust the left tractor to a position to keep the paper taut but not too taut between the left and right tractors To load the paper press the PARK key or FF key on the front panel The fanfold paper is fed to the top of form position 14 60 inch 6mm below the top edge of the paper The top of form position can be adjusted from 0 60 inch to 480 60 inches 8 inches 203mm in the basic setup options on page 31 The paper bail automatically lowers to press the paper against the platen when the leading edge of the paper feeds more than one inch onto the platen 3 Rear Cover 5 Left Tractor Cover Left Margin Marker 8 Tractor Cover 13 2 Setting up m Set the print head adjustment lever In general position 1 is used Raise the paper rack to the vertical position and adjust the left Single sheet paper Move the paper select lever toward the rear of the printer to the single sheet setting for one part paper See page 15 paper guide 3 to the proper position for the size of the paper being used Note If the paper is not loaded on the proper mark the printer may not detect the paper and will issue PAPER ERROR Place single sheet paper against the paper rack and let it slide behind the platen
110. hic 10 cpi Gothic 12 cpi 00 57 00 6D Gothic 15 cpi 00 DE Gothic 17 cpi O0 FF Gothic 20 cpi 01 19 Gothic Prop 00 A2 00 9D 106 B Control code summary IBM Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION 2 Select a character style and spacing in the following tables Hf Lf is ignored n1 6 n2 0 Hf 0 Lf 0 and S 1 Character Spacing and Style Table Hs Upper byte Ls Lower byte 24 cpi Subscript 10 cpi Normal 20 cpi Subscript 17 cpi Double Width 17 cpi Normal 15 cpi Double W idth 15 cpi Normal 12 cpi Double Width Double Height 3 Select a proportional spaced character n126 n2 0 HfZLf Hc Lc and S 2 n1 6 n2 0 Hf Lf Hc Lc Don t care and S 2 or 3 4 Select a code page in the following tables n1 8 n2 0 and Hf Lf Hc Lc S Don t care Code Page Table Hc Upper byte Lc Lower byte He Lc Code page Olh B5h 437 03h 52h 850 03h 5Ch 860 03h 5Fh 863 03h 61h 865 03h 59h 857 40h 00h ISO 1 03h 5Ah 858 03h 5Dh 861 OFh 07h BRASCII OFh 08h ABICOMP ESC K nln2 1B 5B 4B n1 n2 m1 m4 H Software initialization m1 m4 27 92 75 n1 n2 m1 m4 D The number of data bytes following n2 is defined as n1 n2x256 Code Initialize condition ml 00h 04h FEh initializes without clearing download area 01h 05h FFh initializes with clearing download area m2 03h 16h 23h indicates informatio
111. hile initializing the printer by the RESET key Hold the LF key until the self test starts Page 21 To connect your computer With all equipment turned off connect the printer to your computer Interface cable is purchased separately Page 12 Use the extended setup options emulation type and communication enhancement section to match the specification needs between the printer and your computer Pages 33 to 56 Select the printer driver from your application software Page 57 1 Introduction _1 Introduction Features L Barcode Print available 13 resident barcode type Industrial 2 5 Interleave 2 5 Codabar Matrix 2 5 Code 11 Code 39 Code 93 Code 128 EAN 8 EAN 13 UPC A UPC E Postnet Enlarged character printing Characters can be enlarged by up to 127 times as large x 127 times as large using the enlarged character command unique to this printer Software commands are used for control 1 Contain the 3 kind of emulations Compatible to major printer emulations Hewlett Packard IBM and Epson printers Hewlett Packard Rugged Writer 480 PCL3 compatible EPSON LQ 2550 compatible IBM 2391 compatible 1 Wide selection of paper size Single cut sheet papers A3 A4 B4 B5 Letter Legal Fanfold continuous paper 5 15 inch wide and 2 16 5 inch long paper Multi part paper Original plus 8 copies total clearance 0 635mm 0 025 Labeling paper Label peel proof
112. ibbon cassette if necessary by pulling straight upward 1 Open the printer cover 2 Manually move the print head to the extreme right side of the printer for easy installation of the ribbon Do not try to move the print head if the power is on CAUTION Do not touch the print head if the printer has been running for a long time Wait until the print head is cooled off 3 Turn the ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow on the knob to remove any slack in the ribbon Ribbon Feed Knob 4 Place the ribbon cassette on the left and right cassette holders such that the ribbon rests on the ribbon guide Check to be sure that the ribbon drive shaft on the left cassette holder is inserted in the hole on the bottom of the ribbon cassette 5 Turn the ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow on the knob to remove any slack in the ribbon 6 Replace the front printer cover and set the head adjustment lever to the proper position for the best print quality Ribbon Guide Ribbon Mask Cassette Holders FIT SS d s Z Cassette Holder 11 2 Setting up Connecting the computer The printer has a parallel interface connector Centronics and a serial interface connector RS232C Before you connect an interface cable to your computer you need to know what type of printer driver is supported by your software applications and what type of connector is needed to attach the printer to the com
113. icro line feed micro reverse line feed When the M LF M RLF key is pressed the paper is fed 1 360 inch forward or backward respectively This key is used to set the paper position To set the TOF SET top of form set function press the FF key and then simply advance the loaded paper forward or reverse to your desired print position using the M LF M RLF keys Hereafter until you reload paper the first print position of the form is always fed at the same place Used only for fanfold paper Pressing this key advances the perforation of the form to the paper cutter so that the leading form can be torn off from the rest If this key is pressed after the form is torn off the paper is fed backwards and the mode is returned to offline If the ON LINE key is pressed instead of the TEAR OFF key the paper is fed backwards and the mode is changed to the online mode Paper parking Pressing this key unloads the paper if the paper is already loaded and loads the paper when the paper is not already loaded Fanfold continuous paper paper select lever in fanfold setting The paper is moved to the park station in the back of the printer by pressing this key When pressing this key with the paper in the park position the paper will be loaded to the print station between 0 and 8 inches from the top edge of the paper depending on the loading position TOF Adjust selected in the basic setup options on page 31 Single sheet paper pape
114. ility to the Rugged Writer 480 In this mode additional character pitches print quality modes and raster graphics resolutions may be selected by software command Limited DESK J ET compatibility In this mode the commands ESC p Y and ESC p X define units in 1 360 If you want print DESK J ET application data you can make use of PCL34D The print position and graphics of the PCL34D are closer than the other two modes to the DESK JET Secondary character table HP mode This function selects symbol set of the secondary font table 39 CHR TB2 HP TBL KINE hus Line draw TBL MATH uueeee MATH 7 46 5 Extended setup options 40 42 Paper handling enhancement Set the top margin This function sets the top margin by lines with fixed line spacing of 6 lines per inch in the range between 0 to 15 lines 2 5 from the top of the form 40 TOP MARGIN T M 0 LINE T My nn LINE T M 15 LINE Set the bottom margin This function sets the bottom margin by lines with fixed line spacing of 6 lines per inch in the range between 0 to 15 lines 2 5 from the bottom edge of the form 41 BOTTOM MARGIN Note The bottom edge of the form is determined by the page B M 0 LINE length or the paper size set by the PAPER key in the front control panel or in the associated paper size I ro mop options in the basic setup options See the paper size 15 LINE tabl
115. inefeed after printing 0 lt n lt 255 This command is ignored in the cut sheet feeder mode ESCkn 1B 6B n H 27 107 n D 1B 6C n H 27 108 n D Selects font type n 00h ROMAN is selected n 01h SANS SERIF is selected n 02h COURIER is selected n 03h PRESTIGE is selected n 04h SCRIPT is selected n 05h OCR B is selected n 06h OCR A is selected n 07h ORATOR is selected n 08h ORATOR S is selected n 14h GOTHIC is selected Sets left margin at the nth horizontal space in the current print mode The left margin can be set a distance of up to 8 from the left end of the carriage 1B 70 n H 27 112 n D Sets or cancels proportional mode n 0 the proportional mode is cancelled n 1 the proportional mode is set 1B 71 n H 27 113 n D Sets character style n 0 plain style is set n 1 outline style is set n 2 shadow style is set n 3 outline with shadow style is set 1B 74 n H 27 116 n D Selects character code table n 00 30 Selects the italic character table n 01 31 Selects the graphic character table n 02 32 Selects the downloaded character table n 03 33 Selects the graphic character table If downloaded characters cannot be printed when the downloaded character table is selected italic characters are printed The selected character table is chantged eith the ETS t command 1B 77 n H 27 119 n D Sets or cancels double height character mode n 0 the doubl
116. inking POWER Power On Power Off green ON LINE Online Offline Cover open or Head overheat green protection activating P OUT Out of paper Paper in Home sensor error RAM error umber Or paper error Function Keys ON LINE ONLINE RESET RESET Pressing this key places the printer offline so that the printer can perform some functions independent from the host system In the offline mode data is not received When the printer is offline pressing the key places the printer online and ready to receive data from the host system When the RESET key is pressed the printer immediately enters the reset state and prepares for the initialize operation which is nearly the same initialize operation as when the power is turned on The following keys are active only in the offline mode LF RLF FF RLF FF Line feed and reverse line feed When the LF RLF key is pressed paper is fed per the line spacing at the 6 line per inch forward or backward respectively While this key is pressed and held the paper is continuously fed forward or backward respectively Form feed Pressing this key feeds the paper to the next top of form position Single sheet paper is fed to eject 17 3 Control panel and operations M LF M RLF M LF M RLF TEAR OFF TEAROFF PARK p T o m PARK BIN BIN EXIT SETUP ENTER ALT M
117. ion after feeding more than 8 inches At this time the printer tries to sense the paper in the printer c when single sheet paper is not ejected from the printer after advancing more than 22 inches 20 3 Control panel and operations Printing test pattern Before performing the printer s self test be sure the ribbon cassette and paper are properly installed in the printer The self test prints a continuous pattern of printable characters ASCII character pattern in either draft or letter quality LQ While test printing is executed the ON LINE lamp blinks and the LCD indicates SELF TEST O POWER AN ES O ONLINE LF FF O P OUT sexe TEST DRAFT dU RESET V T TEAR OFF ON LINE 1 To run the draft self test Press the LF key while turning ON the printer s power If the printer is already turned ON the draft self test may be performed by pressing the LF key together with the RESET key Keep pressing the LF key until the self test begins LJ To run the LQ self test Press both the LF and ON LINE keys simultaneously while turning ON the printer If the printer is already turned ON the LQ self test may be performed by pressing both the LF and ON LINE keys simultaneously together with the RESET key Keep pressing the LF and ON LINE keys until the self test begins 1 To stop the self test temporarily Press the ON LINE key to stop printing _ To resume the self
118. it A4 Portrait 278 297 B4 Portrait 345 364 Fs a REDE RP I Re m em 261 nave ete ee eee ee ee Portrait 14 A3 Portrait CONDITIONS Character Pitch 10 CPI Line Feed Pitch 6 LPI Page Length in Epson IBM Paper form length Omm top margin 17mm bottom margin 2mm tolerance Page Length and Number of Lines in HP depend on the TOF position and override function Right and Left Margin correspond to the scale on the paper bail The unit is the number of characters e o o 27 4 Basic setup options 4 Selecting font style This selection is effec provided tive only in the LQ or NLQ print mode There are 10 resident fonts When the OCR A or OCR B font is selected either 10 cpi or 12 cpi character spacing can be selected The Font Lock option in the extended options can lock in the font selected in this option and ignores the related software command Default font is Roman Sans Serif 1 If the current QUALITY selection is SD SSD DRAFT or HQDR the font selection depends on the EMULATION currently selected 4 FONT SELECT FONT ROMAN FONT S SERIF FONT COURIE FONT PRESTIGE FONT SCRIPT FONT OCR B FONT OCR A FONT GOTHIC FONT ORATOR FONT ORATORs HP mode FONT SELECT selection is accepted and QUALITY is automatically changed to LQ
119. k character is not printed in the HRI when Code 93 or Code 128 is selected If the Codabar or Element is selected no check character is added regardless of this setting The following shows the methods of determining the check characters and bar code types For details see Calculating the check character below Modulus 10 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 Matrix 2 of 5 EAN UPC Postnet Modulus 11 Code 11 Dual Check character Modulus 16 Codabar Modulus 43 Code 39 Modulus 47 Code 93 Dual Check character Modulus 103 Code 128 7 Beginning of the bar code data sequence ESC SI Format ASCII ESC SI Hex 1B OF Decimal 27 15 Function Indicates the beginning of a bar code data sequence Data between this and the end command of the bar code data sequence is regarded as bar code data This command is valid only when 27 BARCODE LABEL MODE is set to MODE 2 in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE 72 9 Bar code and enlarged character 8 End of the bar code data sequence ESC SO Format ASCII ESC SO Hex 1B OE Decimal 27 14 Function Indicates the end of a bar code data sequence This command is valid only when 27 BARCODE LABEL MODE is set to MODE 2 in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE 9 Bar code data sequence DC4 DC4 B Format ASCII DC4 DC4 B n dl d2 dk Hex 14 14 42 n Decimal 20 20 66 n Function Specifies the number n of data to be regarded as bar code data 00 n lt 68 00 dk lt 255 00
120. l n2 Decimal 20 20 105 nl n2 Function Specifies the HMI horizontal motion index of enlarged characters The HMI indicates the horizontal distance between two adjacent characters i e the width the print head moves after printing one character The HMI is nl n2 x 256 180 The high order four bits of parameter n2 bit 7 to bit 4 are ignored The HMI can be set to zero After specifed command have priority over DC4 DC4 p or DC4 DC4 i If the PITCH LOCK option is set to YES in the setup mode this command is ignored The default setting is 10 cpi x widthwise expansion 87 9 Bar code and enlarged character 12 VMI for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 j Format ASCII DC4 DC4 j nl n2 Hex 14 14 6A nl n2 Decimal 20 20 106 nl n2 Function Specifies the VMI vertical motion index of enlarged characters 0 lt nl lt 255 0 lt n2 lt 127 The VMI indicates the distance between two lines i e the length the print head moves after printing one line The VMI is nl n2 x 256 180 The MSB of parameter n2 is masked The VMI can be set to zero The VMI is not dependent on the length expansion of enlarged characters After specifed command have priority over DC4 DC4 j or DC4 DC4 o The VMI is invalid and the cell offset 6 line feed pitch is selected i e 1 6 x cell expansion by default 13 Setting and canceling the enlarged character mode DC4 DC4 1 Format ASCII DC4 DC4 1 n Hex 14 14 6C n Decimal 20
121. lock Yes Lock Reset key lock Header gt en 1B 7C 60 03 00 3E 65 n 0 No Unlock 1 Yes Lock Page length Header Cmn 1B 7C 60 03 00 43 m n 0 11 0 Fanfold n 8 5 5 9 6 A 6 5 B 7 C 75 D 8 E 8 5 F 9 n 102 9 5 11 2 10 12 10 5 13 11 14 11 5 15 12 16 12 5 17 13 n 18 13 5 19 14 1A 14 5 1B 15 1C 15 5 1D 16 1E 16 5 20 12 1 Single sheets paper 0 A4 portrait 1 B5 portrait 2 A4 portrait 3 B4 portrait 4 Letter portrait 5 Legal portrait 6 A3 portrait n 11 B5 landscape 12 A4 landscape 13 B4 landscape 14 Letter landscape 15 Legal landscape 16 A3 landscape Emulation Header E n 1B 7C 60 02 00 45 n 0 Epson 1 IBM 3 HP Multipart Header G n 1B 7C 60 02 00 47 n 0 Normal 1 Normal n 2 Darkl 3 Dark2 Bottom margin Header N n 1B 7C 60 02 00 4E n 0 0 line 1 1 line 2 2 lines 3 3 lines 4 4 lines n 5 5 lines n 10 10 lines 11 11 lines 12 12 lines 13 13 lines 14 14 lines 15 15 lines 6 6 lines 7 27 lines 8 8 lines 9 10 lines Override Header On 1B 7C 60 02 00 4F n 0 No 1 Yes Character spacing Header Pn 1B 7C 60 02 00 50 n 123 0 10cpi 1 10cpi 2 12cpi 3 15cpi 4 17 1cpi n 5 20cpi 6 24cpi
122. ls cut sheet feeder n 1 selects bin 1 n 2 selects bin 2 n R ejects single sheet paper loaded in the printer This command is effective at the following conditions The paper select lever is set to the single sheet setting 49 CSF OPTION is set to SINGLE or DOUBLE ESCSPn 1B 20 n H 0 lt n lt 127 27 32 n D Sets intercharacter space in dot units The dot width in pica mode is 1 120 inch Print mode Dot width Draft 1 120 inch LQ Proportional 1 180 inch 1B 21 n H 27 33 n D Sets multiple print modes nis specified by the following bit combination 0 lt n lt 255 Print modes Dec Hex Correspond command Pica Elite 0 00 ESC P 1 01 ESC M Proportional 2 02 ESC p Condensed Emphasized 4 04 SI DCl 8 08 ESC E ESC F Double strike 16 10 ESC G ESC H Italic Double width 32 20 ESC W Underline 64 40 ESC 4 ESC 5 128 80 ESC Note Proportional cannot be specified with elite or condensed and has higher priority 1B 23 H 27 35 D 109 Cancels MSB control set by ESC or ESC gt B Control code summary Epson SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC n1 n2 ESC n 1B 24 n1 n2 H 27 36 n1 n2 D 1B 25 n H_ 27 37 n D Sets absolute dot position The dot spacing is 1 60 and its position is nl n2x256 dots from the left margin Sets resident character
123. m BIN 1 2 32H Feed from manual insertion 1 2DH 31H Select fanfold paper 8 BIN2 9 BINI 2 Note When the NOT INSTALLED is selected in the SETUP 49 CSF OPTIONS the CSF command is the same as 0 ESC amp I L data 1B 26 6C 4C H 27 38 108 76 D Designates Cancels skip perforation mode Paper path is set as follows 0 30H Cancels the mode 1 31H Designates the mode ESC amp 1 P 1B 26 6C 50 H 27 38 108 80 D Sets page length by VMI ESC amp p X 1B 26 70 58 H 27 38 112 88 D Receives data as text ESC amp s C 1B 26 73 43 H 27 38 115 67 D 116 Designates Cancels wraparound 0 30H Designates wraparound 1 31H Cancels wraparound SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal B Control code summary HP FUNCTION ESC st id ESC id 1B 28 id H 27 40 id D 1B 29 id H 27 41 id D Assign font to the primary secondary font set id Font id Font 8U ROMAN 8 45 ISO PORTUGAL 1 0U ASCII 2U ISO IRV ON ECMA 94 LATIN1 IS08859 1 0 K IS014 JIS ASCII QU PC 8 PC 437 1U LEGAL 2U PC 850 OL LINE DRAW 1U PC 8 DENMARK NORWAY OM MATH7 0S SO11 SWEDEN 1 0A MATH SYMBOL 38 SO10 SWEDEN 2 0E ROMAN EXTENSION 0D SO60 NORWAY 1 5S ISO84 PORTUGAL 2 SO61 NORWAY 2 6S ISO85 SPAIN 2 SO4 UK 80U PC 857 SO69 FRANCE 1 93U PC 858
124. ment baseline 290 PRINT 1 BASE 300 310 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 wW CHR 8 Horizontal magnification x8 320 PRINT 1 H 330 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 wW CHR 1 Horizontal magnification x1 340 FOR N 1 TO 8 350 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 h CHR N Vertical magnification xn 360 PRINT 1 RIGHT STR N 1 370 NEXT N 380 PRINT 41 DC4 DC4 w CHR 8 Horizontal magnification x8 390 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 r CHR 1 Rotate 90 degree 400 PRINT 1 R 410 PRINT 1 CHR 13 CHR 10 CR LF 420 430 PRINT 41 DC4 DCA lCHR 0 Magnification mode off 440 CLOSE 1 450 END ASCE CENT p pscEASE a i 94 A Specifications _Appendix A Specifications Printing specifications Printing method Impact dot matrix and bidirectional logic seeking printing Print Head 24 pins movable type parallel staggered orientation Estimated life expectancy 500 million dots wire Emulation Hewlett Packard RuggedWriter 480 Epson LQ 2550 IBM 2391 Resident fonts Draft High quality draft Speed draft Super speed draft Roman Sans Serif Courier Prestige Script OCR B OCR A Gothic Orator Orator S Down load character sets HP character sets up to 256 characters 32kB downloadable Epson character sets up to 128 characters downloadable IBM character sets and code pages 32kB download area Graphic printing Print mode Raster Graphics Printing HP 4 Catego
125. minates the possibility of paper jams during loading 44 PAPER WIDTH Maximum printable column at 10 cpi WIDTH KS INe eek tects 136 columns WIDTH TQ SEN setis 80 columns WIDTH 5 BN s s s 36 columns Autoscroll delay The Autoscroll function automatically advances the paper to the tear off position when no data exists in the communication buffer and no new data is received for a period of 0 5 1 5 10 or 15 seconds The printer automatically aligns the paper to the top of the next form when data is received This feature is very beneficial when it is necessary to print a single invoice and tear it off immediately following printing is avro scmonr NO SCROLL SCROLL 0 5SEC SCROLL 1 SEC SCROLL 5 SEC LM Note SCROLL 10 SEC Qu becomes invalid when the label protect mode is SCROLL 15 SEC set active 48 5 Extended setup options 46 Override bottom margin The effect of this function varies depending whether you are using Cut Sheet or Fanfold paper The operation of this function is also varied depending upon the Emulation setting and if in HP emulation the PCL mode setting 46 OVERRIDE BM TOF Adjustment 0 60 480 60 inches E OVERRIDE NO See Table Top Margin 0 6 15 6 inches OVERRIDE YES below for Page Length B5 B4 A4 LETTER LEGAL or A3 Override BM OFF 17mm When
126. mode The relationships between the paper sizes with their enlargement and compressing ratio are described below Note Enlarge ratio of 20046 or less is recommended to prevent single sheets from paper skew ZOOM OUT 6 ZOOM IN OUT 66 79 83 ZOOM OUT 66 ZOOM OUT 79 B4 gt B5 B4 A4 A4 B5 ZOOM OUT 83 Ag end ZOOM OUT 91 NO ESG 15 3 ZOOM IN ZOOM I 116 ZOOM IN 120 amp 116 120 141 ZOOM I 141 ZOOM I 200 ZOOM I 400 B5 p gt A4 p A4 p B4 p A4 p A3 p SOM ST 600 amp B4 1 A3 1 ZOOM I 800 amp p Portrait 1 Landscape ZOOM IN 1000 ZOOM I 1200 Hu ZOO I 1400 E 4 int ch t 700 I 1600 Hes point character size 141 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 Note This sample illustrates only a scale image 30 4 Basic setup options 7 8 Setting top of form position The top of form TOF can be set using this function anywhere from a minimum of 0 inch to a maximum of 480 60 inches 8 inches 203mm by increments of 1 60 inch Press the Up or Down arrow keys to increase or decrease the TOF setting respectively Press the ENTER key to select the desired setting 7 TOF ADJUST TOF 0 60IN TOF nnn 6
127. n defined by m3 and m4 24h Blh B4 following m2 m3 and m4 indicates the combination of each parameters m3 m4 valid 0 or invalid 1 of m3 valid 0 or invalid 1 of m4 Code page 437 0 or 850 1 LF LF 0 or LF CR LF 1 CR CR 0 or CR CR LF 1 Page length of 11 0 or 12 1 Non slash zero 0 or Print line width of 13 6 0 or 8 1 slashed zero 1 Character set 1 0 or set 2 1 ESC T ni n2 1B 5B 54 n1 n2 m1 m4 H Selects code page ml m4 27 92 84 n1 n2 m1 m4 D n1 4 n2 0 m1 0 and m2 0 m3 m4 Code page Code page 437 858 850 861 860 BRASCII 863 ABICOMP 865 857 ISO 1 107 B Control code summary IBM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC nl1 n2 ml m4 ESC d n1 n2 m 1B 5B 5C n1 n2 m1 m4 H 27 91 92 n1 n2 m1 m4 D 1B 5B 64 n1 n2 m H 27 91 100 n1 n2 m D Sets basic line spacing to 1 180 1 216 or 1 360 nl 4 n2 0 m1 0 and m2 0 The basic line spacing affects the amount of the line feeding at ESC J and ESC 3 Basic line spacing 1 180 line spacing AGM 1 216 line spacing 1 360 line spacing Selects print character quality nl 1 and n2 0 m 00h no change m 01h 7Fh draft character quality m 80h BFh and FFh LQ character quality m C0h FEh emphasized LQ character quality ESC g nl n2 m data 1B 5B 67 n1 n2 m data H 2
128. nces other than the above parameters are ignored The character quality is specified at the beginning of a line If there is character data on the line this command is reserved and becomes valid on the following line If the QUALITY LOCK option is set to YES in the setup mode this command is ignored The standard quality is selected by default 17 Enlarged character rotational angle DC4 DC4 r Format ASCII DC4 DC4 r n Hex 14 14 72 n Decimal 20 20 114 n Function Specifies the rotational angle of enlarged characters as shown below n 00H 30H 0 01H 31H 90 02H 32H 180 03H 33H 270 Enlarged characters are rotated counterclockwise The MSB of the parameter is masked Any sequences other than the above parameters are ignored Printing starts from the position specified with the DC4 DC4 a command shown above Unless the rotational angle is set to 0 degree no characters are underscored even when underscores are input Pixels are printed at a rotational angle of 0 degree even if the rotational angle is set to 90 180 or 270 degrees This command is ignored if the PITCH LOCK option is set to YES in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE and the length and width expansion values of enlarged characters are different The default rotational angle is 0 degree 90 9 Bar code and enlarged character 18 Setting and canceling enlarged character smoothing DC4 DC4 s Format ASCII DC4 DC4 S n Hex 14 14 73 n Decimal 20 20 115 n Functi
129. nt 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 uniform among participating nations SEIKO Precision Inc 1999 SEIKO Precision Inc This manual is for the following two models of the printer Although these two models model A and model B look different the difference is only the appearance of the casing areas at the front The functions of these models are very much the same Refer to the manual of the model A for the manual of the model B Model A Model B Contents Unpacking the printer Quick startup 1 Introduction Features ioter ahay aya s Options and expendables Printer description 2 Setting up Installing the paper rack Installing the sound seal cover Installing the ribbon cassette Connecting the computer Connecting the power cord Loading the paper Adjusting print head position 3 Control panel and operations Control panel and indicators Paper parking oren u s a u u Printing test pattern Demonstration print out Tearing off a form Po
130. o errors or irregular conditions exist the printer enters the online mode 24 4 Basic setup options Li Selection procedure example The following example illustrates the correct procedure to select a letter portrait paper size from the front panel 1 Press the ON LINE key to enter the offline state The ON LINE LED is put out 2 Press the SETUP key to enter the SETUP options The LCD displays 1 MULTIPART 3 Press the Right Arrow key to select the menu and to display 3 PAGE SINGLE 4 Press the Down Arrow J key to step down the function items and to display Li stze LETTERp 5 Press the ENTER key to select letter size portrait as the desired PAPER SIZE The LCD briefly displays the paper size with an asterisk at the end stze LETTERp 6 Press the EXIT key to store the selection terminate the setup options and return to the offline state or press the ON LINE key to return to the on line state 1 Setup Memory Current memory The printer contains one current memory for automatically storing the preset setup states and three user memories for storing data that is designated by the user The current memory automatically stores the configuration when the setup options are terminated When the power is turned on or when the RESET key is pressed the printer automatically sets the configuration per the current memory Thus when
131. of the data character values determined b The character with a character value equal to the remainder of dividing the value determined in step a by 47 is the first check character C c Data characters are weighed from the right to the left beginning with C as for example 1 2 15 1 2 15 1 2 and so forth The sum of the data character values is determined d The character with a character value equal to the remainder of dividing the value found in step c by 47 is the second check character K Modulus 103 a The sum of the products of the data character values and position values is determined The leftmost character has a position value of I The start character value is added to the sum determined in step a above c The character with a character value equal to the remainder of dividing the value determined in step c by 103 is the check character i Other O0 After executing a BS command input immediately after bar code data printing starts from the position by one character to the left of the currently set character pitch 0 When a margin is specified bar code data in the buffer is cleared Li Element printing 0 The element printing function prints bar codes by inputting data element by element This function allows the user to print bar codes which are not supported by the printer but are expressed by combining elements No HRI is printed no check digit is added and a start or stop character is not added
132. offset is used to execute a line feed LF command In the enlarged character mode the line is fed by a pitch of 24 cell offset 180 x cell expansion The VMI is invalid and the cell offset is 6 by default 15 Enlarged character pitch DC4 DC4 p Format ASCII DC4 DC4 p n Hex 14 14 70 n Decimal 20 20 112 n Function Specifies the pitch of enlarged characters n 00H 30H 10 cpi 01H 31H 12 cpi 02H 32H Proportional The MSB of the parameter is masked Any sequences other than the above parameters are ignored If the fixed pitch is selected enlarged characters have the following width 10 cpi 18 x 180 x widthwise expansion 12 cpi 15x 180 x widthwise expansion In the proportional mode proportional characters are expanded by the same ratio When the rotational angle for enlarged characters is set to 90 or 270 degrees characters other than graphic character are printed at a pitch of 24 180 x length expansion If the PITCH LOCK option is set to YES in the setup mode this command is ignored The HMI is invalidated and the character pitch is 10 cpi by default 89 9 Bar code and enlarged character 16 Enlarged character quality DC4 DC4 q Format ASCII DC4 DC4 q n Hex 14 14 71 n Decimal 20 20 113 n Function Specifies the quality of enlarged characters as shown below n 00H 30H Standard quality 01H 31H High speed 1 quality 02H 32H High speed 2 quality The MSB of the parameter is masked Any seque
133. on Sets and cancels smoothing of enlarged characters n 00H 30H Cancels smoothing 01H 31H Sets smoothing The MSB of the parameter is masked Any sequences other than the above parameters are ignored Smoothing is set by default 19 Enlarged character top offset DC4 DC4 t Format ASCII DC4 DC4 t m nl n2 Hex 14 14 74 m nl n2 Decimal 20 20 116 m nl n2 Function Specifies the top offset of enlarged characters m 200H 0 nl lt 255 0 nl lt 15 The top offset refers to the vertical distance between the top of the cell and the top of a character This determines the character position in the cell It is specified by n1 n2 x 256 180 The high order four bits of parameter n2 bit 7 to bit 4 are masked The top offset is effective for only one characterafter this sequence The top offset is canceled when a line feed LF command form feed FF command or vertical print position DC4 DC4 y command is issued The top offset is not dependent on the enlarged character arrangement It is always based on the top of the cell corresponding to the ascender based position The top offset is not dependent on cell expansion or length expansion The bottom of a character i e 24th pin position regardless of character type even for a 30 dot pixel does not extend beyond the bottom of the cell If the top offset is too large and the bottom of the character extends below the bottom of the cell the top offset is reduc
134. on extends below the bottom margin the bottom margin becomes the print position If a relative reverse printing position exceeding the TOF position is specified the TOF position becomes the print position If a relative forward printing position that extends below the bottom margin is specified the print position is located at the bottom margin lt lt The movement distance is not dependent on the length expansion of enlarged characters 93 9 Bar code and enlarged character Enlarged character print samples This page shows examples of a BASIC program for printing enlarged characters and the printed enlarged characters actual size 100 OPEN LPT1 AS 1 110 DC4 CHR amp H14 120 130 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 Initializing 140 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 c CHR 8 Magnification of cell x8 150 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 f CHR 4 Fonttypeface SCRIPT 160 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 p CHR 1 Character pitch 12 CPI 170 PRINT 44 DC4 DC4 lCHR 1 Magnification mode on 180 190 PRINT 1 8 Default size print 200 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 h CHR 2 Vertical magnification x2 210 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 w CHR 2 Horizontal magnification x2 220 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 a CHR 3 Alignment ascender 230 PRINT 1 ASCE 240 PRINT 44 DC4 DC4 a CHR 2 Alignment center 250 PRINT 1 CENT 260 PRINT 41 DC4 DC4 a CHR 1 Alignment descender 270 PRINT 1 DESC 280 PRINT 1 DC4 DC4 a CHR 0 Align
135. only in a wall unit of the voltage designated in the voltage selector switch and on the rating plate on the back of the unit Do not place the power cord near heat sources or place heavy objects on it Do not bend or twist the power cord Foreign matter and water Keep your hands and personal items such as scarfs and ties away from the carriage mechanism while the printer is operating The carriage moves with considerable force Keep the printer dry If you accidentally spill water on the machine turn the power off immediately and wipe it dry Do not turn the power on until the machine is completely dry Installation environment The printer should be used where humidity is low where there is little dust and where the printer is not in direct sunlight Avoid placing or leaning anything on top of the printer If you accidentally drop any object into the machine turn the power off immediately then carefully remove the object Do not twist the ribbon while installing it J Operating condition Wait at least two seconds after turning power off before turning it back again The initialization process may not be performed correctly if this is not done Do not touch the print head immediately after printing because it is too hot Never operate the printer without paper or paper properly installed If you use paper that is not as wide as the platen be sure that printing does not exceed paper wi
136. oom in out 0 MODE 1 1 MODE 2 2 MODE 3 HIGH Quality Low Speed Normal Quality Normal SPeed LOW Quality Hight Speed Header n 1B 7C 60 02 00 23 n Graphic Print Mode 02 no slash 0 1 slashed Header 0 n 1B 7C 60 02 00 30 n Zero style Accent Character Header 1 n 1B 7C 60 02 00 31 n 0 SIMPLE IPASS FONT 1 Comp 2PASS FONT FF Code at TOF Header 2n 1B 7C 60 02 00 32 n 0 YES FF Code Valid 1 2 NO FF Code invalid Line spacing Note Header 3 n 1B 7C 60 02 00 33 n 122 0 6 lpi 1 8 lpi n 2 9 lpi 3 3 lpi The set up declare codes will reset the printer to its default state Mode Code amp Hexadecimal B Control code summary Setup options n Hex selection CR setting Header 5n 1B 7C 60 02 00 35 n n 0 CR only n 2 Autofeed 1 CR LF LF setting Header 6n 1B 7C 60 02 00 36 n 0 LF only 1 CR LF P out detection Header 8n 1B 7C 60 02 00 38 n 0 DETECT at any position DETECT only page end Page length lock Header gt an 1B 7C 60 03 00 3E 61 n No Unlock Yes Lock Font lock Header gt bn 1B 7C 60 03 00 3E 62 n No Unlock Yes Lock Pitch lock Header gt c n 1B 7C 60 03 00 3E 63 n No Unlock Yes Lock Quality lock Header dn 1B 7C 60 03 00 3E 64 n No Un
137. page length The page length and the top and bottom margins set on the front control panel are locked in Any page layout related software command cannot override this setting 22 Pack rock LOCK YI LOCK NO Gl ca 40 5 Extended setup options 23 26 Print quality The letter or draft quality printing or their variations can be selected This function performs the same way as when the QUALITY key is pressed on the front control panel This function selects the graphic print speed See the page 19 23 QUALITY QLTY HO gt antares Letter quality printing QLTY NEQ inisin Near letter quality printing OLTY HODR Ls High quality draft printing OLTY DRAFT OLTY Sc xs Speed draft printing 12cpi QLTY Sie De Ute ss Super speed draft printing 15cpi Lock in the font The character font set in the Selecting font style option on page 28 are locked in so any character font related software command cannot override this setting 24 FONT LOCK LOCK YES LOCK NO Lock in the character spacing The character spacing set the Selecting character spacing option on page 29 are locked in so any character spacing related software command cannot override this setting 25 PITCH LOCK LOCK YES LOCK NO Lock in the print quality The print quality set the print quality option on page 41 are locked in
138. peed of the 120 DPI 240DPI and 180 DPI 360DPI graphics 3i GR OLTY QLTY MODE1 QLTY MODE2 QLTY MODE3 120 240DPI 180 360DPI SPEED Min Dot pitch SPEED Min Dot pitch MODE1 15 7IPS 1 120 10 5IPS 1 180 MODE2 18 01PS 1 120 18 01IPS 1 120 MODE3 31 5IPS 1 60 24IPS 1 60 Accent character This function specifies the method of printing accent characters 32 accent CHR PRINT SIMPL PRINT COMPO Lu EP The accent character of the resident font is printed The accent symbol and the character are printed dd iam separately to add the accent symbol in the proper position Setting of the FF Form Feed code at TOF 33 FF copE ror FF CODE TOF YES FF CODE TOF NO Establish the setting whether or not FF Form Feed is to be executed When YES is set the FF code performs Form Feed even if the present position is at TOF When NO is set the FF code is ignored when the present position is at TOF 45 5 Extended setup options 38 39 HP mode enhancement PCL Mode HP mode This function selects the emulation level in HP mode 38 PCL MODE MODE PCL3 MODE PCL3 MODE PCL3 D Fully compatible with the Rugged Writer 480 The character pitches 15 17 1 and 24 and print quality modes HQDR NLQ S D S S D cannot be selected by software commands Extra capab
139. puter L Parallel Interface 36 pin plug L Serial Interface 25 pin plug Connecting the power cord Check the power requirement printed on the rating plate on the rear of the printer before attaching the power cord and turning on the printer Both POWER and P OUT lamps light up when the printer is switched on correctly The voltage selector should be set correctly as follows 120V USA Canada 230V Europe Asia Oceania Voltage Selector w eo C Note For continued protection against risk of fire and destruction of Power PCB Assembly switch the voltage selector according to using voltage 12 2 Setting up Loading the paper m Move the paper select lever toward the front of the printer to set Set the print head adjustment lever In general position 1 is Remove the rear cover of the printer or open the rear cover to Fanfold continuous paper the fanfold paper setting used for one part paper See page 15 lock the cover in the open position Release the tractor lock levers upward and move the right tractor to the marked position as shown in the figure and lock it in place Open both tractor covers 5 and place the fanfold paper so that the tractor pins are aligned with the holes in the paper Carefully close both tractor covers Caution Be careful not to catch your finger w
140. r select lever in single sheet setting The paper in the print station will be ejected When paper is in the paper rack the paper is moved to the print station by pressing this key ALT SETUP keys This key is for selecting the active paper tray of the cut sheet feeder or the paper feed type MANUAL BINI BIN2 or BIN1 2 BINI BIN2 BIN1 2 appears only when the cut sheet feeder CSF option is set Note The paper select lever must be switched to the single sheet setting 18 TOF SET TOF SET E PARK ENTER ALT SETUP BIN EXIT SETUP QUALITY QUALITY Others 3 Control panel and operations ALT PARK keys AU ANAON a The TOF SET key is valid only when paper is loaded When the TOF SET key is pressed in the offline state the TOF position is set to the top of the ribbon guide and the buzzer sounds TOF Position After two seconds the paper is fed backward so that the TOF position is at the current Ribbon Guide printing position Whe the TOF position is set the setting of 7 TOF ADJUST is changed to this set automatically TOF Top of form When the SETUP key is pressed the printer enters the setup options The setup options are explained later in the Basic setup options section This key is for selecting the print quality LQ NLQ HQDR high quality draft DRAFT SD speed draft or SSD super speed
141. ries dpi dot per inch 60 dpi 60h X 60v dpi raster graphic mode 90 dpi 90h X 90v dpi raster graphic mode 180 dpi 180h X 180v dpi raster graphic mode 360 dpi 360h X 360v dpi raster graphic mode Bit Image Printing EPSON IBM 11 Categories 8 or 24 pin graphics X e e o o o o o o 60 dpi 80 dpi 8 pin only 90 dpi 120 dp 8 pin only 120 dpi 180 dpi 24 pin only 240 dpi 8 pin only 360 dpi 24 pin only 360 dpi 48 pin only IBM mode Horizontally adjacent dots can not be printed Character spacings 10 cpi Pica print mode 12 cpi Elite Speed draft print mode 15 cpi Super speed draft print mode 16 7 cpi Condensed print mode 17 1 cpi Condensed pica print mode 20 cpi Condensed elite print mode 24 cpi print mode Proportional print mode One half proportional print mode 95 A Specifications Character table HP mode EPSON mode IBM mode Character Tables in the HP mode ROMAN 8 8U PC 8 10U PC 850 12U ECMA 94 LATINI ISO 8859 1 ON PC 8 DENMARK NORWAY 11U LINE DRAW 0L 0B MATH 7 0A 0M ROMAN EXTENSION 0E SWEDEN 1 ISO 10 0S SWEDEN 2 ISO 11 3S NORWAY 1 ISO 60 0D NORWAY 2 ISO 61 1D UK ISO 4 1E FRANCE 2 ISO 25 OF FRANCE 1 ISO 69 1 GERMAN 2 0G GERMAN 1 ISO 21 1G ITALY ISO 15 0D SPAIN 3 1S SPAIN 1 ISO 17 2S SPAIN 2 ISO 85 6S PORTUGAL 1 ISO 16 4S PORTUGAL 2 ISO 84 5S IRV ISO 2 2U JAPAN ISO 14
142. rn of the present printing condition is indicated with asterisks PRINTED PATTERNS EXAMPLE fey Fst T FAQE IT ORMA Bases d Risa ASR APES TH Y ACMODE 1 1 i 4 ax 7 3 10 11 12 HAE HEH zs HEH A MODE 1 i 4 5 ex 7 3 10 11 iz H ti z HH H A MODE 5 1 z 1 4 5 ek 7 3 10 11 1z H L l OH H Hi A MODE 4 1 2 j 4 Gx 7 3 10 11 12 HHA H gt HHL s H l A MODE 5 1 i 4 x 7 3 10 11 12 HH HHH HH 1 HHH HH A CMODE E 2 3 4 5 EK 7 3 10 11 te I HH HHH HH A MODE 7 1 i 4 Gk 4 3 10 11 1z HHH HAH HEH Wu HRH A 1 i J 4 5 ex 7 B 3 10 11 12 AHE HHH WW WW HH A MODE 5i 1 a 4 5 GX 7 B 3 10 11 12 BH AR HHH HHA FEH HM PHH HANO HORO HARO WB H A MODE 16 1 z RI 4 5 5x 7 8 10 11 12 HH HHHO HEH HHE HH EWE pa cd PHH Gu WW HW cH A MODE 11 1 E 4 S 5x 2 10 11 1 IH HH HAH HM HAHO HW HN Hii EMA WW Description of Patterns A pattern describes the type of printing conditions for each mode A number with in the printing example represents the printing condition being set at present The dots pattern w indicates the printing condition in between the adjacent patterns the setting is valid 4 Make sure
143. ry symbol set to the current secondary symbol set 2 32H Copy the current primary symbol set to the current secondary symbol set 3 33H Copy the default secondary font to the current secondary font B Control code summary HP SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC s W DATA 1B 29 73 57 H DATA 27 41 115 87 D DATA Download font descriptor ESC s 0 W command resistors a blank LQ font The format is as follows Byte 0 1 0 Byte 2 3 0 Byte 3 4 0 Byte 5 6 0 Byte 7 8 0 Byte 9 10 0 Byte 10 11 0 Byte 12 13 0 Byte 14 15 SYMBOL SET 2 BYTES Byte 16 17 0 0 Byte 18 19 POINT SIZE 2 BYTES Byte 20 21 0 0 Byte 22 23 0 0 Byte 24 25 0 TYPEFACE Byte 26 27 0 0 Byte 28 29 LQ DRAFT 0 Symbol set Byte 14 15 represent the symbol set and ID for the download character to be selected by 37 ESC st id command Example Roman 8 8U 32 x 8 85 64 277 001H I5H Point size character height Point size in decimal is registered Typeface Parameter used in the typeface selection command is registered LQ DRAFT Print Quality LQ or Draft is registered by the following definition O DRAFT 1 LQ ESC b M 1B 2A 62 4D H 27 42 98 77 D Selects format the graphic data compression Raster graphics data are registered 4 0 1 4 2 3 Valid for PCL3
144. s or download characters n 0 the resident character set is set n 1 the download character set is set ESC amp NUL n m a0 a1 a2 data 1B 26 00 n m a0 a1 a2 data H 27 38 0 n m a0 a1 a2 data D LSB A PIN 1 MSB V PIN 24 Defines download character s n first code of download character 00 127 m last code of download character 00 127 a0 front space 00 255 al body length draft 00 15 LQ proportional 00 37 a2 rear space 00 127 Note Total character spacing is limited as 0 lt a0 al a2 lt 42 for LQ proportional and 0 lt a0 al a2 lt 18 for draft k P Front Space Body Rear Space 0 255 0 15 0 37 0 127 Note Super subscript downloading character needs two bytes in each vertical dot column height ESC ni n2 m d1 d2 1B 28 2D n1 n2 m d1 d2 H 27 40 45 n1 n2 m d1 d2 D Sets various line modes nl 3 n2 0 and m 1 d1 01h d1 02h d1 03h Underline is set Strike through is set Overscore is set d2 00h d2 01h d2 02h d2 05h d2 06h Line mode is cancelled Single line is set Double line is set Single broken line is set Double broken line is set ESC 4 nl n2 data 1B 28 5E n1 n2 data H 27 40 94 n1 n2 data D Prints character from all character set table The number of chara
145. s which are not shown in the International character set above are the same as those of 20 H 7F H in ROMAN 8 132 C Character Sets Code Page 437 U S A Code 00H 7FH Common W HA VI uo G sN vah Ed b Ak G o 8 o C d Ir E 2 w E 5 Fm BUE zl 24 Ft tts es dec H m a r n ten o o5 m r Code Page 857 Turkish Code Page 850 Multilingual H ae ow O GOO 020 X DDD am h Bl E p m wH 4 O B B d bod 2 ub E il s ll lt lt lt Fa rn A O c2 cun r xo o g amp 70 0 3 D 8 q Q Ur Ur me4o0 18 d od Do Mo oH ie odd H e Roum a G O O O O 4a DDD gt m d Dl q qa a i L HE H character in PCL 4 Pei teed oz es EAE J EH lt lt lt m r code as SPARENT mode is character font available These characters are printable only while in TRANSPARENT PH and 7F H normally function as control code o O2 Gas wl ve F ww YR LZ O QO JOO d OD amp Q x wins S ES dO o od 10 O oi n ocu ted ood SAL 5 o o O a REESE EPSON IBM mode while in IBM character set 1 is selected while in IBM character set 2 is selected haracter set is selected Pe l 15 H and 80 H 9F H are printable onl t table are printable only while in IBM a fe fon 03 H The 00 H 1F H and 80 H 9F H function as control codes onl The all of t
146. saved as a User setup Use the printer s Extended Setup menu 86 SAVE SETUP and save your setting as either MEMO 1 MEMO 2 or MEMO 3 This saved setup may be re initialized at any time using 8 SELECT SETUP to select the applicable User setup MEMO 1 MEMO 2 or MEMO 3 59 Z Troubleshooting _7 Troubleshooting If an error occurs during printing you will get several warnings A buzzer sounds POUT lamp blinks and an error message appears in the display window of the front control panel Error Messages Error Message Cause and Solution CARRIAGE ERROR The printer cannot detect the print head position Turn off the printer immediately After a brief wait turn on the printer again RAM ERROR NO LCD DISPLAY The POUT lamp blinks and the buzzer sounds after power on Internal RAM does not function properly Turn the printer off and back on again If the error persists consult your dealer FAN ERROR Abnormal fan operation is detected HEAD PROTECTION ON LINE lamp blinks Long continuous printing may overheat the print head The printer stops temporarily and restarts automatically when the print head temperature lowers to a safe level PAPER ERROR Buzzer sounds 3 times Paper jam or improper paper operation has occurred If paper parking is not completed press the PARK key Otherwise reload the paper PAPER OUT Paper is not loaded in the printer Load paper p
147. t 255 O lt d lt 255 Data with a number specified with the parameter n is processed as character codes If n 0 this sequence is ignored 9 Selecting an enlarged character font DC4 DC4 f Format ASCII Hex Decimal DC4 DC4 f n 14 14 66 n 20 20 102 n Function Specifies the font typeface of enlarged characters as shown below n 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 9 Roman Sans Serif Courier Prestige Script OCR B OCR A Gothic Orator Orator S The MSB of the parameter is masked Any parameters other than those shown above are ignored If the FONT LOCK option is set to YES in the EXTENDED SETUP MODE this command is ignored The default is the setting selected in the setup mode 86 9 Bar code and enlarged character 10 Height expansion for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 h Format ASCII DC4 DC4 h n Hex 14 14 68 n Decimal 20 20 104 n Function Specifies the height expansion of enlarged characters 0 lt n lt 127 The MSB of the parameter is masked If n 0 the expansion specified in the setup mode is selected Enlarged character cell expansion takes priority over height expansion If the height expansion exceeds the cell expansion when enlarged character data is input the characters are enlarged to the cell expansion The default setting is the expansion specified in the setup mode 11 HMI for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 i Format ASCII DC4 DC4 1 nl n2 Hex 14 14 69 n
148. ter set ESC n 1B SEn H 27 95 n D Sets or cancels overscore mode n 0 the overscore mode is cancelled n 1 the overscore mode is set ESC d n1 n2 1B 64 n1 n2 H 27 100 n1 n2 D Sets relative print position n1 n2x256 120 from current position ESC j 1B 6A H 27 106 D 108 Stops printing and sets the printer in offline a EPSON mode SYMBOL Hexadecimal amp Decimal B Control code summary Epson FUNCTION 07 H 7 D Activates the bell 08 H 8 D 09 H 9 D Backspace one character Moves to next horizontal tab OA H 10 D OB JH 11 D Linefeeds after printing Linefeeds to next vertical tab position after printing OC H 12 D Form feeds after printing OD H 13 D Carriage return after printing OE H 14 D 1B 0E H 27 14 D Sets double width character mode for 1 line DC4 LF FF ESC N and ESC cancel this mode OF H 15 D 1B 0F H 27 15 D Sets condensed character mode 10 and 12 cpi becomes 17 1 and 20 cpi respectively 11 H 17 D Selects printer that has been deselected by DC3 12 H 18 D Cancels condensed character mode 13 H 19 D Deselects printer 14 H 20 D Cancels double width character mode set by SO 18 H 24 D Clears data in buffer and move print head to home position 7F H 127 D Deletes one character IB I9 n H 27 25 n D Contro
149. ter width at the command execution nl 1 is at the second column from the left margin ESCE 1B 45 H 27 69 D Sets emphasized character mode ESCF 1B 46 H 27 70 D Cancels emphasized character mode ESCG 1B 47 H 27 71 D Sets double strike character mode ESCH 1B 48 H 27 72 D Cancels double strike character mode ESC J n 1B 4A n H 27 74 n D n 180 linefeeds after printing 0Enx255 ESC K nl n2 1B 4B nl n2 data H Prints the 8 pin Standard density graphic mode data 27 75 n1 n2 data D The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2 x 256 ESCL n1 n2 1B 4C n1 n2 data H Prints the 8 pin Double density graphic mode data 27 76 n1 n2 data D The total number of dots in the data is set by nl n2 x 256 ESCM 1B 4D H 27 77 D Selects elite 12cpi mode The condensed pica character 17 1 cpi also becomes the condensed elite character 20 cpi 1B 4E n H 27 78 n D Sets skip over perforation 1 lt n lt 127 n specifies the number of lines to be skipped at the end of a page For example If the line spacing is 1 6 inch and the page length is 66 lines an ESC N 6 command causes the printer to print 60 lines then skip 6 lines The space to be skipped is 1 inch 1 6 inch x 6 112 B Control code summary Epson SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC O 1B 4F H 27 79 D Cancels skip over perforation ESC P 1B 50 H 27 80 D Selects pica mode
150. test Self test print is executed for 1 page B Control code summary Setup options Q Setup options control codes This command is specially designed to assist you in utilizing the printer to its fullest potential Most of printer s setup options can be accessed and changed through the following command sequence Setup command sequence Setup command codes 1B 7C 60 m1 m2 al ak header Setup terminate codes 1B 7C 60 01 00 12h Setup declare codes 1B 7C 60 01 00 11h m1 m2 Number of data bytes in the function commands and parameters al ak k m1 256 x m2 1 This command sequence is only valid when the Software setup is set to YES enabled in the extended options at the front control panel The command is treated as regular print data if the Software setup is disabled 2 Always start the software setup commands with the setup declare code and end by the setup terminate code 3 Insert 46 Dont save command before the setup terminate codes if the setup command sequences are used frequently Otherwise EEPROM ERROR may occur due to exceeding the number of the allowable write cycle of the EEPROM Setup command sequence Mode Code amp Hexadecimal Header SI n 1B 7C 60 02 00 OF n n Hex selection n 0 210096 n 1 29196 2 83 141 3 79 200 1A 1200 4 66 IC 140096 1E 160096 n 14 600 800 1000 116 120 Z
151. the memory of the printer and used as the default values in initialize operations To set this option When the SETUP key is pressed in the offline mode the printer enters the function setup option where various functions can be set The keys used in the function setup mode are described below Exit setup to offline Select menu r Select function m SSS TOF SET a a O POWER 4 gt gt O ON LINE MAIN SETUP PARK QUALITY M LF BIN xir eres RESET SETUP ALT M RLF RLF TEAR OFF ON JJINE t Choose selected function Exit setup to online lt and Alternate to the PARK and QUALITY These keys are used to go over menus in the display but cannot be used to select a menu item J and f Alternate to the M LF M RLF These keys are used to go over items within a menu in the display but cannot be used to set an item parameter ENTER Alternate to the ALT When this key is pressed an asterisk indicating that the item is the currently selected parameter is added at the end of the item EXIT Alternate to the SETUP When this key is pressed the content of the item is stored in the memory of the printer Then the printer exits from the setup options and enters the offline mode ONLINE This key s function is similar to the EXIT key in that the printer saves the selected item and exits from the setup options At that time if n
152. the program samples described in it are copyrighted by SEIKO Precision Inc with all rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of SEIKO Precision Inc HP is a registered trademark of HEWLETT PACKARD Company PCL is a registered trademark of HEWLETT PACKARD Company DeskJet 500 RuggedWriter 480 are a registered trademark of HEWLETT PACKARD Company Epson is a registered trademark of S Epson Corporation LQ 2550 is a registered trademark of S Epson Corporation BM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation IBM2931 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Copyright 1999 by SEIKO Precision Inc Chiba Japan Hi Be sooo HI a e OWNER S MANUAL 24 pin wide carriage dot matrix printer As an ENERGY STAR Partner SEIKO Precision Inc has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efficiency Outline of the International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is an international program that promotes energy saving through the use of computers and other office equipment The program backs the developme
153. the vertical alignment of the chosen print pattern which is marked with is the best aligned among the 0 12 patterns If not the best you may change to the best aligned one among 0 12 67 6 Maintenance Vertical alignment mode 10 11 12 A MODE 1 NO 6 E Pattern No 0 12 Up and down arrow keys Mode No 1 11or 0 11 Left and right arrow keys EXAMPLE To change the pattern No 6 to 7 in A MODE 4 A MODE 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 gt gt HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH Bestaligned is chosen A MODE 4 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 gt gt HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH HHH Best aligned Bad aligned is chosen Pressing the Left and Right arrow key changes the Mode number between 1 to 11 to select the best pattern within the mode PARK J QUALITY Pressing the Up and Down arrow key changes the pattern number between 0 to 12 to select the best pattern within the mode gt a M LF J M RLF By scrolling to the desired pattern number and pressing the ENTER key the selected printing condition is set When the condition is set the corrected pattern of the selected print mode is printed out 4 MODE 4 HHP ASAE EIST FI ETE ETAT ETE A A Repeat the steps 5 through 7 until the start position a
154. to E F 8 224 240 Note h E J OQ U a 000 120 0i Q NP Oo r HO We 34k This character set is selected with ESC 7 Refer to Control code summary section OO 100i O N OV H Awe ee A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O y 47 N lt x lt lt CG HU m O d p NU Dt DC2 Dc Do O 3 B w TM Oa OD Ie OMNES X Z lt m g o 128 Y Ao eene J T c 10 1D Zi E O e O ISS l s a eee 1 0 Fr E EUH NEL H re Fl PMOBM MHOOAT AMA TESA J IA IV Ha R C Character Sets IBM character set 2 F E D 176 192 208 224 240 B HE H AL VI Sele Q na ME GorLPWuoiPeodgosusuoc I E 2 1 leet UM 74 4 EB zr E F r a r CS 4 OTe Gl OI VL F n YA OT Ng 8 sa QO O O G S IO ID OO De AL S c S ONS 0 8 d od O9 0 0 ie e ort lt lt og DA we Oo 0 5 gt z X gt N oS e G Or O s MERA MYA ESO og amp omuto5 EPMN s eM0AMHOTHHMAEZO ME O S c IO tD 8 ODMH V 1 A NS Gan HOR Be GCA ord ON o cu ce c t CEDE SS ga c E ERE e4 8muxrErEsSmu T Syl oann i0 v r o o amp m O n m m This character set is selected with ESC 6 Refer to Control code summary section Note IBM all character set ug MW H A vI Sele 80 na ME ug CQUEWoAbeSawes eu aga IF E te HE o8 2 4 te u l II I m Soe r r r lt SO SU dI Ol
155. uality possible for the specific paper being used The print head position can be adjusted to accommodate printing on single and multipart forms When using multipart forms move the print head adjustment lever toward the front of the printer to widen the gap between the print head and the platen In general position 1 is used for one part paper Moving the head adjustment lever one notch adjusts the print head gap an amount corresponding to the addition of one more paper part Re adjustment of the lever may be required depending on the quality of the actual printout If the ribbon smears on the paper the gap is too narrow If the printed image is too light to read the gap is too wide 1 part paper 2nd click 5 part paper 8th click 9 part paper 13th click This scale is the suggested number of sheets for non carbon part paper a T TTTT TTTT repr A Head Adjustment Lever Move toward the front of the printer for thicker paper D Notes 1 The print head adjustment lever should be set before loading the paper to avoid paper jams 2 If the printed image on the last copy of a multipart form is too light to read set the MULTIPART mode in the basic setup options see page 26 This will increase the striking intensity on multipart forms 15 3 Control panel and operations _3 Control panel and operations Control panel and indicators Standard Panel
156. unction as control codes only while in IBM character set 1 is selected The 03 H 06 H 15 H and 80 H 9F H are printable only while in IBM character set 2 is selected The all of the font table are printable only while in IBM alf character set is selected 134 C Character Sets BRASCII Code Page 865 Nordic 7 n O 50 70 8 8 2 23 3 23 gt A dox ow ou OQ O O O onm oon on t A Z O O lt D gt D gt a lt lt lt ud OR E da B a om q o HM o HA Ol te ce R NH onm W HAL VIE E N B vau END AFRO Geo 8 G o C 4d k E 2 uv dct eM N 2 4 Fe tees esl l sel HH ES Frese Se m r os odi O YL F ee V HN lt 0 O O XJ 3 AOD 8 Q Q amp S D d do d OD 0O Qo o cn of Q c v i c t 000 lt Moan amp 1 ISO 8859 ISO 1 ABICOMP GH O O O O BB dg d d Q Z O GO lt lt lt lt lt lt od HO o A 8 wb Om O O O 10 O 8 3 3 3 2 8 Od wo d O40 50 0 0 0 0 O O Bpw DD lt ed ced ned ocu O jD Om du O NOM s u OM DW o0 i gt G gl Ol 20 ed set 4o gt P Q B om on 135 D Reverse control panel sheet _Appendix D Reverse control panel sheet lHS JOL IUN aT 3a O wswoa L LY CN om lusu L C D xuvd O 1no a NIH ALITYOO ANUN ATA 440 HVEL FNIT NO LIXH HHING WV A 4 J ani
157. using Cut Sheet paper the bottom margin is set 17 mm from the bottom of the page The bottom margin setting can be overridden by this function however there may be some degradation of print registration in the override print area R mmc RE i Refer to the sketch and Table shown o eaa p smetane below for details of printable area and t TOF Adjustment value h EI Override BM ON number of lines page as affected by the Omm setting of this function Paper Width 5 10 or 15 inches TOF Adjustment When using Fanfold paper this function 060 480 60 inches only affects the printer s operation on the TOF last sheet of paper when a paper out condition occurs When remove the T oi oe ___ Top Margin fanfold paper from the tracters printing Ol6inch l5 6inches o will stop approximately 4 inches from ones the bottom edge of the paper When a oi default n paper out condition occurs you may a either move the Friction Lever to the Cut a s i E Sheet position and remove the form from Bottom Margin setting y y o Perforation the tractors or you may place the printer ends atperforation back Online and continue printing in the TOF Adjustment override print area 0 60 480 60 inches BM Bottom Margin Override BM 8mm ON or 17mm OFF o00 j oooooooo EPSON IBM Override BM ON Omm Ly O
158. uty control Bar codes and normal characters are printed separately When the bar code data sequence start code is processed print data other than bar code data contained in the buffer is printed When print data other than bar code data is input bar code data contained in the buffer is printed Like the right margin overflow processing for character data data preceding bar code data is printed and the bar code data is printed from the left margin on the following line if the data exceeds the right margin If bar code data cannot be printed between the left and right margins the bar code data is ignored If the vertical line feed pitch is smaller than the bar code height reverse feeding is performed to move to the following printing position If an out of paper error is detected in a bar code printing path the following paths are printed on the following form The HRI is adjusted to the center of the bar code symbol width and printed at 10 cpi unless EAN or UPC guard bar expansion is executed If EAN or UPC guard bar expansion is executed an HRI is printed at the equal space between the center guard bar and the left or right guard bar If the HRI width is greater than the bar code symbol width the HRI printing pitch is reduced to print the HRI in the same width as the bar code symbol width The HRI is printed below a bar code symbol the vertical printing position is lower than the printing start position by bar code height 1 6
159. verride BM ON 6mm Y 49 5 Extended setup options 47 50 Label mode valid only in fanfold setting Label mode is designed to prevent continuous forms labels from being peeled from the backing sheet and becoming jammed in the printer 47 LABEL MODE L MD NO Jj Set the label protect mode off Th MB VES mes Set the label protect mode on LABI LABI GI G1 When the bottom edge of the label is positioned on the round surface of the platen for more than 10 seconds the label is automatically repositioned away from the platen When data is received by the printer the labels are automatically positioned to the top of the next available label before printing begins This function becomes effective when each label is equally apart and the same page length min 2 inches is set for a single label Setting of Paper out detection 48 P our prer _ DETECT PAGE END DETECT ANY POS In the ANY POS setting Paper out detection is functioning at the any position In the case of PAGE END For fanfold paper Paper out detection functions near the perforation only After the detection the print line feed data are not executed With this function the printing format is maintained even after the sheet change For cut sheet paper Paper out detection does not function within the paper size The Paper out detection fun
160. ving a character value equal to the remainder of dividing the value determined in step a by 11 is the first check character C c Data characters are weighed from the right to the left beginning with C as for example 1 2 9 1 2 9 1 2and so forth The sum of the data character values is determined d The character with a character value equal to the remainder of dividing the value determined in step c by 11 is the second check character K e Modulus 16 a The sum of the all characters including start and stop characters values is determined The following table shows the conversion of character into value Value Character Value Character Value Character Value Character 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 I 13 14 15 16 A 17 B 18 C 19 D b The remainder X of deviding the value determined in step a by 16 is determined The remainder Y of subtracting the remainder X from 16 is determined c Convert the remainder Y into the character Z according to the conversion table ina The character Z is the check character e Modulus 43 a The sum of the data character values is determined b The character with a character value equal to the remainder of dividing the value determined in step a by 43 is the check character 79 9 Bar code and enlarged character Modulus 47 a Data characters are weighed from the right to the left as for example 1 2 20 1 2 20 1 2 and so forth The sum
161. wer on operation summary 4 Basic setup options About basic setup options Printing multipart paper Selecting page length for fanfold paper Selecting single sheet PAPEL size ile RR IER Selecting font style Selecting character spacing Enlarging compressing print Setting top of form position Loading user setup options 5 Extended setup options About extended setup options Print enhancement 10 Emulation 11 Character table HP mode 12 Character table Epson mode 13 Character table IBM mode 14 National font style 15 Code page eerte 16 IBM Alternate graphic mode 17 Carriage return CR 18 Line feed LF 19 Line feed spacing 20 Slashed zero 21 Set default tab stops 22 Lock in the page length 23 Print quality esses 24 Lock in the font 25 Lock in the character SpaCcIng eos oe ERR 26 Lock in the print quality 06900000009900090099900000990000000900000099000009990000090900000009090000090000009090000000990000099000009090900000009000000900000909000000090000009900000009000000090900000999000 9 Barcode print enhancement 27 Enable barcode print
162. y 4896 360 Note Horizontal adjacent dots can not be printed The total column number is calculated by nl n2 x 256 for 8 pin graphics and n1 n2x256 x 3 for 24 pin graphics Each bit data in the 8 pin graphics corresponds to 2 print pins of the print head The following figure shows one column of data and its corresponding print position Bit Data MSB 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 LSB SA V V V 4 Print Pin TP eeoeeoceecoooeeooooeeoeeo oto 1B 2D n H 27 45 n D Sets or cancels underline mode n 0 underline is cancelled n 1 underline is set 1B 30 H 27 48 D Sets line spacing to 1 8 1B 31 H_ 27 49 D Sets line spacing to 7 72 1B 32 H 27 50 D Linefeeds with the line spacing set by ESC A 1B 33 n H 27 51 n D Sets line spacing in the basic spacing set by ESC V The default is n 216 1 lt n lt 255 in standard mode or n 180 0xnx255 in AGM mode 103 SYMBOL B Control code summary IBM Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION ESC 4 1B 34 H 27 52 D Sets the top of form TOF at the current print line ESC 5n 1B 35 n H 27 53 n D Sets cancels auto linefeed with CR n 0 Carriage return without linefeed n 1 Carriage return with linefeed ESC 6 1B 36 H 27 54 D Selects IBM character set 2 ESC7 1B 37 H 27 55 D Selects IBM character set 1 ESC 1B 3A H 27 58 D Sets elite 12cpi mode E
163. y of the buffer is larger than CRN Busy ACK timing parallel interface This function selects timing to activate the ACK signal for 8u seconds type 1 before 4u seconds type 2 before or simultaneously synchronized type 3 with the busy signal going low 72 BUSY ACK Type Timing EE PUSY CIUS TIMING TYPE 1 AUR TIMING TYPE 2 Oo s TIMING TIPE 3 ACK EUN UU ACK Data latch timing parallel interface This function selects timing to latch the data signals at the rising edge type R or falling edge type F of the STROBE signal Type Timing 73 DATA LATCH STROBE TYPEF DATA 1 8 LTCH YER EAS LTCH TYPE R STROBE TYPER I DATA 1 8 Setting of whether ERROR PE signals are output or not Setting is made whether or not ERROR and PE signals for the parallel interface are output When NO is selected ERROR signal remains HIGH and PE signal remains LOW even if Error status 74 ERROR STATUS STATUS SIG YES STATUS SIG NO 54 5 Extended setup options 80 82 Miscellaneous Print direction This function selects either pre directional printing bi directional printing or uni directional printing Software commands to control the printing direction will override this selection Particular characters su
164. ya Sets IBM character set 2 table see page 129 37 5 Extended setup options 14 15 National font style One of the following 16 national fonts can be selected 14 NATIONAL FONT ASCII HEXADECIMAL 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D BE 60 7B 7C 7D 7E CNTRY USA e 11 1 1t1 111 CNTRY FRANCE l lt c 8 u e CNTRY GERMANY 8 AJO jJ o0 0 8 CNTRY U K ict 59 N JI Of al CNTRY DENMRK E O s8a oj CNTRY SWEDEN H AJO AJO 1611 81 13535 CNTRY ITALY N 6 j i CNTRY SPAIN P t U Aye CNTRY JAPAN 09 VX 1 ot ite CNTRY NORWAY n E A 6 A U ol CNTRY DNMRK 2 E Oo 0 5 A O 0 6 ae oe CNTRY SPAIN 2 iR j l i nn CNTRY LATN AM al i j u l CNTRY OREA 1 0 wy f Eq CNTRY TURKEY _ 13 l CI O S OO B 6 s CNTRY LEGA 85 o 7 ee Pea F Code page The default code page can be selected using this function Refer to the code page table in Appendix C 15 CODE PAGE C Ba ASTE Were USA see page 133 CP 850
165. z 23 2 nuj e jo B x JiZ ijiz e lU A l z rn vr Ese K Lk lt A lt K k ral v K 6 FF x R E SS flit z E M 9 LN 1 1 i1 ef n 4 amp we e M m 8 1 gt gt M ml il0 _ i 13 jf Q 2 80 gt N n lt 06 f o 5 A N n L 23 l e s SI Z1 O 0 DEL d j jlo y Z E a o jp A 1 H 4 5 n sp The 00 H 1F H and 7F H normally function as control code ECMA 94 Latin 1 ISO 8859 1 Character sets PCL LEGAL character sets PCL NUL SP Oo P P p A D NUL P 0 P p SjOo G P p DCL 1 A Q a lt q i DCL 1 1 A Q laja 1 JA Q jaja d 2 B R b r 7 06 1 8 a ii 2 B R bol r id 2 B R bir DC3 4 3 C S c js Aj j DC3 4 13 C S cs 3 C S c s 4 D T d t ia A O 1 3 4 D T d Lt 4 D T d t 5 E Ule u X unl lA amp 6 5 E U e u 9 5 E UJj e a amp 6 F V fv I O 6 amp 6 F V f v amp 6 F V ft v BEL 7T G IW w 8 x BEL 7 G WIg w T GIWI g w BS 18 H X x x E BS 8 H X h x EVE H X hx HT 9 1I1 Y liy e U HT 9 lIrI lYlily 9 1 Y ily LF J Z 3 z E i LF J Z j 4 J 2j

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