,’
LX-810 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER
Paper
Paper width and Iength:
PIwr
Scqle
sheet
c‘ml1nuPus paper
Roll
paper
EMlope
LLb%lS
Width:
Length:
width:
Width:
Diametef:
No.6
MO.10
wm md lerqJl
162 to 257 mm (7.2 to
162 to 364 mm (7.2 to 14.3”)
101 to 264 mm (4.0 to 10.0”)
216 r 3 mm (6.5 f 0
127 mm (5.0”)
166 X 92 mm (6.5 X 3.6”)
240 X 104 mm (9.4 X 4.1”)
63.5 X 23.6 mm (2.5 X 0.94’7
mWnum
10.1")
12”)
maxw’f~“m
Q
Paper guide
Ribbon
cartridgr
Printer Specifications
Printing
Rintllwtb&
R,int
apad
w
Hv~h-weed awt
Nomal draft
NLO
Phlttngclkction:
Line spacing:
PaPer feed
Printable
spcc&
columns:
9-pin
impact dot matrix
-puinoh
10
10
12 160
10
12
Bidirectional logic-recking for text
printing. Unidirectional for graphics (can
aho
be switched to bidirectional by using
the
propa
l/6
or
l/g
increments of 1/216th of an inch.
Approx. 75
spacing during continuous feeding.
Appmx. 95
spacing during intermittent feeding.
Powrr
cable
-leaonwhu
200
150
25
30
software command).
inch, or programmable in
ms/linc
at
l/6-inch line
n&line
at
l/6-inch
line
Single sheet
8.5 mm
13.5 mm
(0.33’7 07
(0.53’7
or
more
mow
Continuous paper
(0.35)
9 mm
I
13
mm
10.1s”)
or
mmr
’
242 &I
(4 to
9.2”)
width paper is used. 26 mm
or more (left side) and 24 mm
when the
254
mm
(10’7
(both sides) when
(0.94”)
width
paper
the IOI
mm to
(l-02”)
or more fright side)
is used.
Envelope
10 cpt
10
CCI
condensed
I 12
CD!
Characters:
9 - Pin Printers
60
I
I
137
160
96
I
4K byte
I
FOnt
Epson High-Speed draft 1
Ecsan oran
Eoson NLO Reman
Eoron
NLQ Sam
96
standard ASCII character set (including
10
i IO.
Set11 1 IO.
10. 12
12
12
italic characters)
13
international character sets (including
italic characters)
Epson Extended Graphics character set
4
5/1/89
.
Envelupc
. Keep the
. Align the left
prmtmg 15 only
lonyer s& oi
Printable
I
,
area
Roll paper
.~v.Clahlc
edge oi
the envelope
the envelope to the guide mark oi the
at normal temperature.
horwontally Jt
setting
LX-810-1
LX - 810 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER
Paper weight:
Paper thickness:
Single sheet:
Continuous paper:
Multi-part forms:
Roll paper:
Envelope:
Single sheet:
Continuous paper:
Roll paper:
Envelope:
Abel:
14 lb to 24 lb
(52 g/m2 to 9-J g/m*)
14 lb to 22 lb
(52
g/m’
to 62
[12
lb to 15 lb]
([45 g/m* to 56 g/m*]
X
N)
Ns3
14 lb to 17 lb
(52
g/m’
to 64
12 lb to 24 lb
(45 g/m2 to 90 g/m*)
0.065 to 0.140 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0055”)
0.065 to 0.250 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0098”)
0.070 to 0.090 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0035”)
0.160 to 0.520 mm
(0.0063 to 0.0197”)
0.160 to 0.190 mm
(0.0063 to 0.0075”)
including the base
sheet
Copy capacity:
Up to 3 sheets including the original. Total
thickness must not exceed 0.25 mm
(0.0098”).
.24 lb paper printing is only available at normal temperature.
*
Label
with
pasting
a Pressure sensitive paper jointed by dotted or
and
its total thickness is less
than
or equal to 0.3 mm
(0.0118”) c.m be printed out under the condition of 5’C to
35’C
.md 10% to 80% RH.
Mechanical
Paper feeding
methods:
Friction
Push tractor
Cut sheet feeder (optional)
Pull tractor (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)
Ribbon:
Cartridge ribbon, available in black:
se.750
Life expectancy at 14 dots/character:
3 million characters
MCBF:
For all components excluding print head:
3 million lines
MTBF:
Print head
/ifez
4000 power-on hours (duty 25%)
200 million strokes/wire
Dimensions
and wright:
Height:
Width:
Depth:
Weight: ~Pprox. 5.8 kg
141 mm
416 mm (excluding platen knob)
339 mm
Electrical
Vohge:
Power consumption:
Frequency:
lnsulalion resislance:
120 VAC
220 VAC
240 VAC
+
10% (120 V model)
c
10% (220 V model)
c
10% (240 V model)
28 W (self test printing: draft mode)
50.0
f
0.5 Hz,
6~10 2
0.5 Hz
10M ohms between AC power line
chassis
Dielectric
fbeelween
chassis):
strength
AC line and
I20 V model c.m
applied for
220/240
rms
one
V model cm
applied
for
wIthstand
minute.
onr
minute.
I 00 kV rms
withstrnd
1.25
g/m’)
X
g/m’)
and
N
kV
Environment
f5’C
to
Tempera
tore:
Humidity:
Shock:
Vibration:
Operation angle:
Operation:
Storage:
Operation:
Storage:
Operation:
Storage:
Operation:
Storage:
-3O’C to
10% to 80%
(without condensation)
5% to 65%
(without condensation)
Up to 1 C within lms
Lip
Up to 0.25 G at up to
55Hz
up to 0.50 c at up to
55Hz
Less than 15’ (without cut sheet feeder)
0’ (with cut sheet feeder)
Because the family of Epson printers shares .I great
commands. you
can
“se .m
JpplicJtion
program even if it does not
+35-z
f6o’C
to 2 C within
many
list the LX-810 on its printer selection men”. If the LX-810 is not
listed, choose one of the following printers. They
.we
listed in
order of preference.
LX-600
Lx-66
LX-80
FX-850
FX-86e
EX-600
FX-85
FX-SO+
FX-80
If none of these printers is listed, select the first one available on
the following list:
Lx
FX
EX
RX
MX
Epson printer
Standard printer
Draft printer
To “se all of the features of the LX-810, however, it is best to “se
.I
program with the LX-810 on its men”. If your program does not
list any LX printers,
contact
the software manufacturer to see if
update is available.
-1
Lights
0
ON LINE
POWER (green)
On when the power switch is on
and
power is supplied.
READY (green)
On when the printer is
accept
input d&e Flickers while
data IS
printed.
PAPER OUT (red)
On when the printer is out of
CON-
c.,
OENSE0.a.. J J
m)
LOAD/EJECT
or when
LS
in .I
printer
0i paper.
ON LINE (green)
contmuuus p.~per
standby
position. The
.~lso
beeps when it is out
paper
On when the printer is on line
.d
ready to
the computer When
flickering. the
ic.lturc
can be
accept d.lt.1
this
micro-.jdlustment
wd.
lms
ready
from
light
in
to
1s
LX-810-2
5/1/89
9 - Pin Printers
LX - 810 DOT- MATRIX PRINTER
SelecType
0
ON UNE
Nln-
u-2,
ON LINE
This button controls the printer’s
to put the printer on
or take it off line.
FORM FEED
When the printer is off line.
press this button to eject a single
sheet of paper or to
continuous
paper
to the top of
.ldvance
paper one line, or hold it down
to advance the paper
continuously.
LOAD/EJECT
This button is used to feed the
paper to the loading position, or
to eject paper that is already
loaded. Paper is ejected forward
if the paper release lever is set to
the single sheet position and is
ejected backward (removed from
the paper path) if the release
lever is set to the continuous
paper
position.
Micro-adjustment:
By pressing the FORM FEED and LINE FEED
buttons immediately after loading paper or
when using short tear-off, you can make
fine adjustments to the loading and short
tear-off positions. See the sections on
adjusting the loading position and using
short tear-off later in this chapter.
Data dump:
By holding down both the LINE FEED and
FORM
FEE0
buttons while turning on the
printer, you turn on the data dump mode.
This feature allows advanced users to
locate
the source of communications
problems between the computer
printer. See the section on using the data
dump mode later in this chapter for more
information.
1
Setting the DIP Switches
and
the beeper sounds two times.
This button is used to select
draft printing. When you select
/
deselect the condensed mode.
When you select the condensed
mode, the beeper sounds once. In
this mode all characters are
printed at approximately 60% of
their normal width. When you
return to the normal mode, the
beeper sounds twice.
Note: Condensed mode cannot be selected when either of the
NLQ fonts have been selected.
--~
-
Buttons
-cm-
(jI t Select
N~Q~.w::d
-.
a))
CON- ^,
c.E_HqD ” i
0,
Number 01 beeps i
...-____
;
TYpesWM
drall
Ion!
Select
NL3 i(oman km!
Select NLC Sans serif fOrl1
kdec:
‘Andensed mode
‘-,ancel ConOensed InOde
Other control panel features
Self test:
Both J draft
xc
built into the printer. The self test
prmtout
switch settings
printer You can start the
by holding down the LINE
the FORM FEED button while switching the
prmter
belf tebt
and
NLQ self test function
lets you check the current DIP
and
operating status of the
prmter’s
FEE0
button or
on See the
in Chapter 1 for more
section
on running the
information
-7
self test
The DIP switch tables
DIP Switch
DIP Switch
SW
2- 1
I
2-2
2-3 I-Inch Skip over perbrahon
2-4
i
.?
Page
length
Cul sheet
feeder
Auto itne leed
-Pbm
mcde onloU
See
table on
ON
12
mches
ON
ON
ON OFF
the
next Page
OFF
1
I
inches
OFF
OFF
Page
3-9
5-2
3.10
3-0
International character set
The DIP switch functions
Slashed zeros
When DIP switch
when OFF, the printer
for clearly distinguishing between
prmting
documents such JS
l-2
1s
ON, the printer prints slashed zeros(0);
prmtr
open zeros (0). This feature is useful
upperuse
progran
0 and zero when
lists.
9 - Pin Printers
LX-810-3
LX-810 DOT- MATRIX PRINTER
Draft printing
sp&d
When DIP switch 1-5 is OFF, the printer can print up to 200 draft
characters per second: when ON, the printer can print up to 150
characters per second. The high speed
settmg
is effective only
when printing at 10 cpi (characters per inch). When printing at
different pitch, this switch is ignored and the printer prints up to
150 characters per
Auto line
feed
second.
When auto line feed is ON (DIP switch Z-4 ON), each carriage
return code (CR) is automatically followed by a line feed code
U-F).
1
Defaults
1 Font
se1eckx
SPeml pnnnng
Graphtc
mode
I
1
effects
ass,gnmen,
1
The
cunen,
SelecTwe
ranma
1 Cano3Hed
ESC K = ESC * 0. ESC L = ESC * 1,
ESC Y = ESC * 2. ESC Z - ESC * 3
Selecting Character Sets
d
Italics
Epson Extended Graphics
i
1 councly
I
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1
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j2Germany
3UK
, 3 Denmark 1 x $ 8 5 0 A
! 5 Sweden
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6
;
7
~~
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40 58 5c 50 5E 60 78 7c 70 7E
a
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B A Cl A 0 6 & 6 d II
R i ^ . ” fl } - OFF OFF/OFF
l-6
“,~8~EZ$“j,F
‘aa6
- t
& 6 & i OFF OFF j ON
04”FF;;;;
OFF &OFF
DIP
SW
1.7 / l-6
ON
Selecting Typestyles
HIGH-SPEED DRAFT
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price echedule
ioouc
of
[Papernandling
Using Short Tear-Off
When yw ,I~C
.utomatiully
tar-&f
sheet
loading
between Llocument~.
To uw thlb
paper
P!?
Using micro-adjustment
1
Make sure that the
sheet or
2.
Press the LOAD/EJECT button to feed paper to the loading
pooltion. Then press the ON LINE button: the ON LINE light then
bel5ma
r---
Note: You can use the FORM FEED
micro-adiustment
-___-
3.
Press the FORM FEED button to feed the
LINE FEED button to feed the
the desired loading position. you c.m begin printing; the ON
LINE light stops blinking
finished printing,
iccds the perior.~tion
edge of
the
printer
When you resume printing.
posahon. This
ir.ltu:e,
iedture
set DIP
the
short
t,i the
cover SO that
the piper
lets
you
,witch l-4
tear-off feature
continuous paper tu the
you cdn
feeds
tex
backward
save the paper
to OFF .md
lo.~d
~ WARNING: Never use the short tear-off feature
labels. Otherwise, labels may come off the backing and
i
jam the printer.
prmter
contmucva
is turned on
paper is ready to be loaded.
and
that either a single
to blink.
ON LINE
a
OFF LINE
and
only while the ON LINE light IS blinking.
auwmatically
LINE FEED buttons for
p.~per
paper
backward When you’ve set
forward or the
off the last
norm.llly
to the
lost
continuous
with
I
,
LX-810-4
9 - Pin Printers
LX - 810 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER
I
PlwrhF-=
Paper (single sheele
Th,” paper
24 IO wper
~
Envelopes
@angle
AI,
PM”
Bond
Bond 124
sheets)
me,,
I20
0,
Co”t~“uous)
lb,
lb
ILevNPoMio”I
1
The Cut Sheet Feeder
Single-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder
(C&06121)
2
2
3
4 or 5
6
6
7
i
Pull Tractor Unit
(C800061)
Single-bin cut sheet feeder (optional)
Dimensions
and weight:
444 mm (W)
x
434 mm (D) x 423 mm (H)
(mounted on the printer)
Approx.
1.1 kg
Bin
capacity:
Single sheet:
(Total thickness should not exceed 15 mm)
Stacker capacity:
MCBF:
Single sheet:
100,ooLl
cycles
Environmental
condition:
Temperature
Operation:
storage:
Humidity
Operation:
Storage:
Width.
Length:
Thickness:
Storage condition
of paper:
Temperature:
Humidity.
Up to 100 sheets of
90
g/m’ (24
up to 150
82 g/m2 (22 lb) paper
lb) paper
sheets
of
Up to 185 sheets of
64
g/m’
(17 lb) paper
Up to 55 sheets of
90 g/m2 (24 lb) paper
Up to 80 sheets of
82
g/m’
(22 lb) paper
Up to 100 sheets of
64 g/m2
(17
lb) paper
+5-c
to
-3O’C to
15% to
f35’C
+wc
80%
(without condensation)
5% to 85%
(without condensation)
182 to 216 mm
(7.17 to 8.50”)
257 to 364 mm
(10.12 to 14.30”)
0.07 to 0.14 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0055”)
64
g/m’
to 90 g/m2
(17 lb to 24 lb)
+ IS’C
to
40%
+22-c
to 60%
lntelllgenl
IEEE-488
Pin
assignments for the parallel interface
cirec-
tb”
IN
STROBE pulse 10
wdth must
“w,roseco”ds at Ihe rece,w”g ferrmnal
DATA
1
--T-k
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
J--
10
I
11 ;
21
22
23
24
25
1.5
27
?8
19
DATA 2
DATA 3
DATA 4
DATA 5
DATA 6
DATA
DATA
‘N
These
IN
the Is1 01 8 blls 01
IN
‘.3SpKtNefy
IN
Each
IN
6
logICal
tN
?
8
0
,N
OUT
OUT
OUT
Pulled up 10 + 5 volts through 3
When
automatically
(The
selltno
1 15 j - ~ NC
-
I Pnnter 5 CnaSSlS ground. wntcn IS
~soialed from me loge
Interface
read
data
be more
sjgnals represent mfotmatlobof
s,g”al IS
at HIGH level when data
1
and
LOW when
t”ls sIgnal IS
fed 1
slqnal level can
DIP
swICh Z-4 10
Pulse
than
0.5
parallel data.
I! IS logrcal
LOW
the
lane alter p”“t,“g.
be
llxed 10 lh,s
ON
ground
paper
j
3K
1s
by
9 - Pin Printers
5/1/89
LX-810-5
LX-810 DOT - MATRIX PRINTER
IN
When
thts
level becomes LOW, the
c
-d-
33 1 - i
-
-I
! 35 1 - I
GND 1 -
-1 -
I
OUT1
This
ISame
!Pulled UP 10
level becomes
as
Ior
Pm 19.30
+ 5V
tfvough
Commands in Numerical Order
ASCII- Dec. Hex. Description
BEL 7
BS 6
HT
LF
VT
FF
CR
so
SI
DC1
DC2 18 12
DC3
DC4
CAN 24
DEL
ESC SO
ESC
SI
ESC EM
ESC
ESC
‘6
ESC L
ESC
*
ESC
-
ESC
/
ESC o
ESC
1
ESC 2
ESC 3
ESC
4
ESC
5
ESC
6
ESC 7
ESC
8
ESC
9
LX-810-6
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
17
19
20
127
I4
15
25
33
37 25
38 26
42 2A
45 2D
47
4tl 30
49
50 32
51
S2
53 35
54 36
55
56
57
07
Beeper....................................................
08
Backspace ..............................................
09
Tab Horizontally
OA
Line Feed.. .............................................
Tab Vertically
it
Form Feed
OD
Carriage Return
OE
Select Double-wide Mode
(one line) ...............................................
OF
Select Condensed Mode.
11
s&ct
Printer..
cancel
13
14
Condensed Mode
Deselect Printer
C.mcel
.................................. 9-21
.......................................
............................................
................................... 9-12
...................................... .9-8
................................... 9-9
Double-wde
Mode
(one line) ..........................................
18
Cmcel
Line
7F
Delete Character.
OE
Select
(one line) ..........
OF
Select Condensed Mode..
19
Turn Cut Sheet Feeder Mode
On/Off. ................... ....................
21
Master Select
.....................................
Double-wde
........................ o-12
Mode
.......... ...................
................................... 9-23
Select User-defined Set
Define User-defined Characters
mode)
...
...............
Define User-defined
mode) ...............................
Select
CrJphics
li8-inch
7/72-inch
Mode
Tdb
Channel
Line Spacing
Line Spacmy;.
Line
Spung..
.................
Turn Underlining Mode On/Off..
2F
Select Vertrcal
Select
31
Select
select I/b-inch Line Spacing..
33
Set
34
n/216-inch
Select Italic Mode
Cancel Italic Mode
Euble
37
38
39
Printable
En.lble Upper Control Codes.
Disable
Enable I’dper Out
Puper
Out Detection
Chxxters
Detectwn
..................
....................... .9-32
Chxxters
...................
..................... 9-29
LOW when
the
3 3K
o”m 1
.9-13
................... 9-24
.................... 9-24
.9-12
.9-25
............... 9-24
.9-11
.9-33
(draft
(NLQ
.....
..
..............
.........
....
..........
.......
..9-2
.........
.....
9-10
...
I
1
I
Page
9-11
9-20
9-15
9-17
9-25
9-25
9-33
.9-35
.9-29
.9-18
.9-15
.9-IS
Q-16
.9-lb
8
.9-32
.9-32
.9-IO
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ASCII
ESC :
ESC
<
ESC
?
ESC
@
ESC A
ESC B
ESC C
ESC C 0
ESC D
ESCE
ESCF
ESCC
ESC H
EKJ
ESC K
ESC L
ESC M
ESC N
ESC0
ESC
I’
EXQ
ESC R
ESCSo
ESCS1
ESC T
ESC U
ESC W
ESC Y
ESC Z
ESC
ESC d
ESC b
ESC e
ESC f
ESC k
ESC I
ESC
s
ESC t
ESC x ,
...............
............
.....
Draft...9-2
Page
.9-33
9-9
9-36
9-8
.9-16
.9-17
9-13
9-13
9-21
.9-26
9-26
.9-27
.9-27
.9-17
9-34
9-23
9-14
.9-14
9-23
9-19
9-27
9-28
.,9-t 8
..9-1
9-34
.9-35
9-36
9-30
9-18
9-20
9-21
9-22
9-19
9-9
.9-31
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2
Hex. Description
Dec.
58 3A
60 3c
63
64 40
65 41
66 42
67 43
67 ’
68 44
69 4s
70 46
71 47
72
74 4A
7s
76
77 4D
7.9
79 4F
80 so
81
82 52
83 53
83 53
a4 54
8.5
a7 57
89
90
94
-
97
Copy ROM
Select Unidirectional Mode
(one line)
Reassign Graphics Mode
3F
Initialize Printer
Set n/72-inch
Set Vertical
Set Page Length
Set page length in Inches
43
Set Horizontal Tabs
Select Emphasized
Cancel Emphasized Mode
Select Double-Strike
Cancel Double-Strike
48
Perform n/216-inch
Select Single-density Graphics
4B
Mode......................................................
Select Double-density Graphics
rc
Mode..
Select 12 cpi
Set Skip Over Perforation
4E
Cancel Skip
Select
Set Right Margin..
51
Select an International Character Set 9-31
Select Superscript
Select Subscript
Cancel Superscript/Subscript Mode
5s
Turn
Turn Double-width Mode On/Off. ..9-2 6
Select High-Speed Double-density
59
Graphics Mode
SA
Select Quadruple-density Graphics
Mode.....................................................
Select Q-pin Graphics Mode
SE
61
Select Near Letter Quality
Justification
98
101
102
107
108
11s
116
120
Set Vertical Tabs in Channels
62
Set
65
66
Horizontal/Vertical Skip
Select Typ-estyle Family
Set Left Margin
2
Turn Half-Speed Mode ON/Off..
73
74
Select Character
78
Select Near Letter Quality or
to RAM .........................
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Line Spacing ...............
Tabs .................................
in Lines.. ...................
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Mode.. ..................
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Mode.. ..............
Mode.. ............
Line Feed.. ........
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Over Perforation.. ..........
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10
cpi..
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Mode.. ....................
Mode.. .......................
Unidirectional Mode On/Off.
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Tab
Increments
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Table.. ......................
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Installation/Support Tips
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LX-810-7
LX-810 DOT- MATRIX PRINTER
Information Reference List
Engineering Change Notices
None.
Product Support Bulletins
None.
Related Documentation
LX-810 Technical Manual
LX-810 Parts Price List
LX-810 User’s Manual
Technical Information Bulletins
None.
LX-810-8
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