IBM 4247 A00 User Manual

4247 Printer Model A00

User’s Guide

IBM

SA24-4404-02

4247 Printer Model A00

User’s Guide

IBM

SA24-4404-02

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Fourth Edition (September 1998)

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Contents

Notices ...........................xiii

Electronic Emissions ......................xiii

Trademarks and Service Marks .................. xv

Safety Information .......................xvi

Preface ...........................xix

How to Use this Guide......................xix

Related Publications ......................xx

Chapter 1. Printer Setup .................... 1

Information Necessary for Printer Setup ............... 1

Unpacking Your Printer ..................... 2

Setting Up Your Printer ..................... 3

Removing Packing Materials .................. 3

Installing Operator Panel Overlay................. 4

Installing Wire Forms Guide................... 5

Locating Operator Accessible Areas and Controls............ 5

Operator Panel ........................ 6

Operator Panel Display .................... 7

Audible Alarm ........................ 7

Status Indicators ....................... 7

Function Keys ........................ 9

Default Forms Path .......................13

Setting Up Front Push Forms Path (Default)..............14

Setting Front Push Tractor ...................14

Installing Front Push Tractor ..................15

Installing Ribbon Cartridge ....................17

Connecting Electrical Power....................18

Changing Display Language ...................19

Stacking Forms for Front Push Forms Path ..............20

Loading Forms into Front Push Forms Path ..............20

Creating Print Test Sample (Self Test Printout-with Firmware Level) .....23

Tearing Off Forms .......................24

Choosing Tear-Off Option....................25

Checking and Adjusting Tear-Off Position ..............25

Checking Conﬁguration .....................27

Printing Power On Conﬁguration Setup ..............27

Printing Program Conﬁguration Setup ...............28

Parking Continuous Forms ....................29

Setting Up Manual Sheet Feed Path ................30

Optional Printer Stand ......................32

Summary ..........................32

Chapter 2. Considering Other Forms Paths .............33

Choosing Other Forms Paths ...................33

Choosing a Forms Path for Your Needs ...............34

Choosing a Forms Path for Special Forms ..............35

Other Considerations for Forms ..................35

Description of Each Forms Path ..................36

Front Push Forms Path ....................36

Rear Push Forms Path ....................36

Dual Push Forms Paths ....................36

Rear Pull Forms Path .....................37

Push Pull Forms Path .....................37

Manual Sheet Feed ......................37

Chapter 3. Setting Up Another Forms Path .............39

Summarizing Forms Path Set Up..................39

Changing to a Different Forms Path .................41

Identifying Existing Forms Path .................42

Identifying New Forms Path...................42

Removing Existing Forms Tractor.................42

Preparing Printer for Selected Forms Path ..............44

Setting Forms Guide Deﬂector ..................44

Setting Push-Pull Selector ...................46

Removing or Installing Paper Bail.................47

Setting Forms Tractors.....................50

Setting Up and Conﬁguring Front Push Forms Path ...........52

Setting Up Rear Push Forms Path .................53

Installing Rear Push Tractor...................53

Conﬁguring Forms Path for Rear Push...............54

Loading Forms For Rear Push..................55

Setting Up Dual Push Forms Paths .................57

Preparing Dual Push Forms Paths ................58

Conﬁguring Printer for Linking Dual Push ..............59

Parking One Continuous Form and Loading Another (Dual Push) .....59

Setting Up Rear Pull Forms Path ..................60

Installing Rear Pull Tractor ...................61

Conﬁguring Forms Path for Rear Pull ...............63

Loading Forms For Rear Pull ..................64

Setting Up Push Pull Forms Path..................70

Installing Push Pull Tractors...................71

Conﬁguring Forms Path for Push Pull ...............71

Loading Forms For Push Pull ..................72

Chapter 4. Conﬁguring Your Printer ................79

Operator Panel Function Keys Used for Conﬁguration ..........80

Entering Printer Conﬁguration ...................81

Exiting Printer Conﬁguration....................82

Power On Conﬁguration .....................82

Power On Conﬁguration Menu Tree ................83

Pull............................84

Jam Sensors ........................84

Parallel Interface .......................84

Serial Interface .......................91

Functions .........................99

Sensor Tune ........................103

Bidirectional Adjustment ....................104

Restore Manufacturing Defaults .................104

Printing Power On Conﬁguration Setup ...............105

Program Conﬁguration......................106

Program Conﬁguration Menu Tree ................107

Tear Position Adjustment ....................108

1 Form Per Path .......................109

Path ...........................109

Impact Strength .......................110

Perforation Safety ......................111

Adjustments ........................111

Form Setting ........................113

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Another Path ........................119

Additional Entry Point to Power On Conﬁguration Menu ........119

Hexadecimal Printing .....................120

Store Mode .........................120

Printing Program Conﬁguration Setup ................121

Chapter 5. Attaching Your Printer .................123

Attaching to Your Computer ....................123

Attaching Parallel Cable ....................123

Attaching Serial Cable .....................124

Installing Printer Drivers .....................125

AIX Operating Systems Installation ................126

OS/400 Operating Systems Installation...............126

OS/2 and Windows Operating Environment Installation .........126

AIX Driver Installation .....................126

OS/400 Printer Object Installation.................127

OS/2 or Windows Printer Driver Installation .............127

Attaching Network Print Server ..................128

Ethernet 10BaseT or 10Base2..................128

Token-Ring UTP or STP ....................131

Chapter 6. Operator Tasks....................133

About This Chapter .......................133

Changing Ribbon Cartridge ....................133

Removing Ribbon Cartridge ...................133

Installing Ribbon Cartridge ...................135

Cleaning Printer ........................137

Cleaning Inside of Printer....................137

Cleaning Covers .......................137

Clearing Forms Jams and Restarting a Print Job ............137

Chapter 7. Resolving Printer Problems...............139

About This Chapter .......................139

Status Codes and Messages ...................139

Various Problems .......................142

Printed Output Problems ....................142

Other Problems .......................143

Print Quality and Ribbon Problems ................147

Conﬁguration Problems ....................150

Miscellaneous Problems ....................150

Chapter 8. Supplies, Forms, and Cables ..............151

Ordering Ribbon Cartridges ....................151

Forms Speciﬁcations ......................151

Ordering Signal Cable ......................153

Serial Attachment .......................154

RS-232C Connector Pin Assignments ...............154

RS-422A Connector Pin Assignments ...............154

Attachment Cables for PCs and Compatible Serial Ports ........154

Attachment Cables for AS/400 Workstation Controllers .........155

Attachment Cable for RISC System/6000..............155

Cable Conﬁgurations ......................155

RS-232C..........................155

RS-422A..........................157

IBM Parallel Attachment .....................157

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Appendix A. Speciﬁcations ...................159

Site Location .........................159

Environmental Requirements ...................160

Operating Environment ....................160

Nonoperating Environment ...................160

Shipping Environment .....................160

Storage Environment .....................161

Physical Requirements .....................161

Dimensions.........................161

Clearance .........................161

Weight ..........................162

Electrical Requirements .....................162

Electrical Safety .......................162

Plugs and Receptacles by Country ................162

Plug and Receptacle Depictions .................164

Power Cord.........................165

Branch Circuits and Grounding .................165

Power Consumption ......................165

Heat Output .........................165

Airﬂow............................166

Declaration of IBM Product Noise Emission Values ...........166

Operator and Service Clearance ..................166

Appendix B. Optional Features ..................169

Appendix C. Native 4247 Commands ...............171

Native Commands .......................171

Bar Code Commands ......................173

SELECT Command Format ...................173

PRINT Command Format ...................175

Bar Code Examples......................176

Valid Bar Code Data .....................177

Reinitialize Printer Command ...................178

Set Vertical Spacing (Inches) ...................178

Set Vertical Spacing (Metric) ...................178

Character (Horizontal) Spacing ..................179

Forms Path Control .......................179

Select Resident Font ......................180

Select Emulation ........................180

Select AFTA in Column .....................181

Select/Deselect ASF Bin .....................181

Appendix D. Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) ..........183

About This Appendix ......................184

Print Job Processing ......................184

Page Printing Concept......................185

Page Presentation .......................185

Graphic and Control Character Sequences ..............187

PPDS Compatibility .......................188

One-Byte Controls .......................188

Null (NUL) .........................188

Bell (BEL) .........................189

Backspace (BS) .......................189

Horizontal Tab (HT) ......................189

Line Feed (LF) .......................189

Vertical Tab (VT) .......................189

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Form Feed (FF) .......................189

Carriage Return (CR) .....................190

Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print ................190

Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print ..................190

Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select or XON ..............190

Device Control 2 (DC2) / Select 10 CPI ..............190

Device Control 3 (DC3) / Deselect or XOFF .............191

Device Control 4 (DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print ..........191

Cancel (CAN) ........................191

Escape (ESC) ........................191

Space (SP) .........................191

Escape Sequence Controls ....................191

Null (ESC NUL) .......................193

Bell (ESC BEL) .......................193

Backspace (ESC BS) .....................193

Horizontal Tab (ESC HT) ....................193

Line Feed (ESC LF) .....................194

Vertical Tab (ESC VT) .....................194

Form Feed (ESC FF) .....................194

Carriage Return (ESC CR) ...................194

Shift Out (ESC SO) / Double-Wide Print ..............194

Shift In (ESC SI) / Condensed Print ................195

Device Control 1 (ESC DC1) / Select or XON ............195

Device Control 2 (ESC DC2) / Select 10 CPI ............195

Device Control 3 (ESC DC3) / Deselect or XOFF ...........195

Device Control 4 (ESC DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print ........196

Cancel (ESC CAN) ......................196

Turn Auto Sheet Feeder On or Off (ESC EM) ............196

Auto Underscore (ESC -)....................196

Set 1/8 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 0) ................196

Set 7/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 1)................197

Invoke Text Line Spacing (ESC 2) ................197

Set Graphics Line Spacing (ESC 3) ................197

Set Top of Form (ESC 4) ....................197

Set Auto Line Feed (ESC 5)...................197

Select PC Character Set 2 (ESC 6) ................198

Select PC Character Set 1 (ESC 7) ................198

Set 12 CPI (ESC :) ......................198

Unidirectional Printing (ESC <)..................198

Character Font Image Download (ESC=) ..............198

Select n/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC A) ..............200

Set Vertical Tabs (ESC B) ...................200

Set Page Length (ESC C) ...................200

Set Horizontal Tabs (ESC D) ..................201

Begin Emphasized Print (ESC E).................201

End Emphasized Print (ESC F) .................201

Begin Double-Strike Print (ESC G) ................201

End Double-Strike Print (ESC H) .................201

Change Font (ESC I) .....................201

Relative Move Baseline (ESC J) .................202

Normal Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC K) ............203

Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 1 (ESC L) ...........203

Begin Skip Perforation (ESC N) .................203

End Skip Perforation (ESC O) ..................203

Proportional Space Mode (ESC P) ................204

Deselect on Positive Query Reply (ESC Q) .............204

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Set Default Tabs (ESC R) ...................204

Begin Subscript / Superscript Mode (ESC S) ............204

End Subscript/Superscript Mode (ESC T) ..............205

Set Print Direction (ESC U) ...................205

Double-Wide Continuous Mode (ESC W) ..............205

Set Horizontal Margins (ESC X) .................205

Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2 (ESC Y)...........206

High Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC Z) .............206

Print All Characters (ESC \) ...................206

Reverse Line Feed (ESC ]) ...................206

Print Single Character (ESC |)..................207

Continuous Overscore (ESC _) .................207

Relative Move Right (ESC d) ..................207

Relative Move Left (ESC e) ...................207

Select Line Scoring (ESC [ -) ..................207

Set Presentation Highlight (SPH) (ESC [ @).............208

Set Font Global (SFG) (ESC [ I) .................209

Set Initial Conditions (SIC) (ESC [ K) ...............209

Select Code Page (SCP) (ESC [ T) ................211

Set Print Quality (SPQ) (ESC [ d).................212

Buffer Terminating Conditions ...................213

Appendix E. Epson FX-1050 Data Stream ..............215

About This Appendix ......................217

Print Job Processing ......................217

Page Printing Concept......................217

Page Presentation .......................218

One-Byte Controls .......................219

Null (NUL) .........................220

Bell (BEL) .........................220

Backspace (BS) .......................220

Horizontal Tab (HT) ......................220

Line Feed (LF) .......................220

Vertical Tab (VT) .......................221

Form Feed (FF) .......................221

Carriage Return (CR) .....................221

Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print ................221

Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print ..................221

Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select or XON ..............222

Device Control 2 (DC2) / Cancel Condensed Print ..........222

Device Control 3 (DC3) / Deselect or XOFF .............222

Device Control 4 (DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print ..........222

Cancel (CAN) ........................222

Space (SP) .........................222

Delete Character (DEL) ....................223

Escape Sequence Controls ....................223

Escape (ESC) ........................225

Null (ESC NUL) .......................225

Bell (ESC BEL) .......................225

Backspace (ESC BS) .....................225

Horizontal Tab (HT) ......................225

Line Feed (ESC LF) .....................225

Vertical Tab (ESC VT) .....................226

Form Feed (ESC FF) .....................226

Carriage Return (ESC CR) ...................226

Shift Out (ESC SO) / Double-Wide Print ..............226

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Shift In (ESC SI) / Condensed Print ................226

Device Control 1 (ESC DC1) / Select or XON ............227

Device Control 2 (ESC DC2) / Cancel Condensed Print ........227

Device Control 3 (ESC DC3) / Deselect or XOFF ...........227

Device Control 4 (ESC DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print ........227

Cancel (ESC CAN) ......................227

Turn Auto Sheet Feeder On or Off (ESC EM) ............227

Set Intercharacter Spacing (ESC SP) ...............228

Master Select (ESC !) .....................228

Cancel MSB Control (ESC #) ..................228

Set Absolute Print Position (ESC $) ................229

Select User-Deﬁned Set (ESC %) ................229

Deﬁne User-Deﬁned Characters (ESC &)..............229

Select Graphics Mode (ESC *)..................230

Auto Underscore (ESC –) ...................230

Select Vertical Tab Channel (ESC /) ................230

Set 1/8 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 0) ................230

Set 7/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 1)................231

Set 1/6 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 2) ................231

Set n/216 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 3) ...............231

Select Italic Mode (ESC 4) ...................231

Cancel Italic Mode (ESC 5) ...................231

Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC 6) ..............231

Cancel Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC 7) ...........232

Copy ROM into Ram (ESC : NUL) ................232

Select Unidirectional Mode (one line only) (ESC <) ..........232

Set MSB to 0 (ESC =) .....................232

Set MSB to 1 (ESC >) .....................232

Reassign Graphics Mode (ESC ?) ................232

Initialize Printer (ESC @)....................233

Select n/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC A) ..............233

Set Vertical Tabs (ESC B) ...................233

Set Page Length (ESC C) ...................233

Set Horizontal Tabs (ESC D) ..................234

Begin Emphasized Print (ESC E).................234

End Emphasized Print (ESC F) .................234

Begin Double-Strike Print (ESC G) ................234

End Double-Strike Print (ESC H) .................234

Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC I) ..............235

Perform n/216 Inch Line Feed (ESC J)...............235

Select Single Density Graphics Mode (ESC K) ............235

Select Double Density Graphics Mode (ESC L) ...........235

Select 12 CPI (ESC M) ....................236

Begin Skip Perforation (ESC N) .................236

End Skip Perforation (ESC O) ..................236

Select 10 CPI (ESC P) ....................236

Select Right Margin (ESC Q) ..................236

Select Character Set (ESC R) ..................236

Begin Subscript/Superscript Mode (ESC S) .............237

End Subscript/Superscript Mode (ESC T) ..............237

Set Print Direction (ESC U) ...................237

Double-Wide Continuous Mode (ESC W) ..............237

Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2 (ESC Y)...........238

High Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC Z) .............238

Set Relative Position (ESC \) ..................238

Set Letter Quality Justiﬁcation (ESC a)...............239

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Select Vertical Tabs in Channels (ESC b) ..............239

Move Right n/120 (ESC d) ...................239

Move Left n/120 (ESC e)....................239

Set 15 CPI (ESC g)......................240

Feed Paper n/216 Reverse (ESC j) ................240

Select NLQ Font (ESC k)....................240

Set Left Margin (ESC l) ....................240

Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (ESC p) ..............240

Quiet Printing (ESC s) .....................240

Select Character Table (ESC t) .................241

Double High Printing (ESC w) ..................241

Select NLQ or DP Print Quality (ESC x) ..............241

Buffer Terminating Conditions ...................241

Unsupported Command Processing .................243

Appendix F. Code Pages ....................245

ASCII Code Pages .......................245

USA (Personal Computer) ...................247

Greek/Latin (ISO 8859-7)....................248

Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1) .....................249

Multilingual .........................250

Old Greek .........................251

Latin 2/ROECE .......................252

Turkish ..........................253

Cyrillic...........................254

Turkish ..........................255

Portuguese .........................256

Icelandic ..........................257

Hebrew ..........................258

Canadian French.......................259

Arabic...........................260

Danish/Norwegian ......................261

Cyrillic 2 (Personal Computer) ..................262

New Greek .........................263

Thai ...........................264

OCR-A ..........................265

OCR-B ..........................266

Latin 2 (ISO 8859-2) .....................267

Latin 3 (ISO 8859-3) .....................268

Latin 4 (ISO 8859-4) .....................269

Cyrillic (ISO 8859-5) .....................270

Latin 8 (ISO 8859-8) .....................271

Latin 5 (ISO 8859-8) .....................272

Baltic Multilingual.......................273

Estonian ..........................274

Urdu ...........................275

Arabic Extended .......................276

Latin 6 (ISO 8859-6) .....................277

Farsi (Personal Computer) ...................278

Estonian (Personal Computer) ..................279

Latvian (Personal Computer) ..................280

Lithuanian (Personal Computer) .................281

Cyrillic Windows .......................282

Epson FX-series Code Pages ...................283

Extended Graphics Character Table ................283

Italic Character Table .....................283

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Epson Extended Character Variables ...............284

Glossary ..........................285

Index ............................293

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Notices

References in this publication to IBM products, programs, or services do not imply that IBM intends to make these available in all countries in which IBM operates. Any reference to an IBM product, program, or service is not intended to state or imply that only IBM’s product, program, or service may be used. Any functionally equivalent product, program, or service that does not infringe any of the intellectual property rights of IBM may be used instead of the IBM product, program, or service. The evaluation and veriﬁcation of operation in conjunction with other products, except those expressly designated by IBM, are the responsibility of the user.

IBM may have patents or pending patent applications covering subject matter in this document. The furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents. You can send license inquiries, in writing, to the IBM Director of Licensing, IBM Corporation, 500 Columbus Avenue, Thornwood, NY 10594 USA.

Electronic Emissions

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a

Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

IBM is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized changes or modiﬁcations to this equipment. Unauthorized changes or modiﬁcations could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Canadian Department of Communications Compliance Statement

This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-causing Equipment Regulations.

Avis de conformité aux normes du ministère des Communications du Canada

Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Reglèment sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.

United Kingdom Telecommunications Compliance Act

This equipment is approved under approval number NS/G/23/J/100003 for indirect connections to the public telecommunications systems in the United Kingdom.

European Community (EC) Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EU Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility. IBM cannot accept responsibility for any failure to satisfy the protection requirements resulting from a non-recommended modiﬁcation of the product, including the ﬁtting of non-IBM options cards.

This product has been tested and found to comply with the limits for Class B Information Technology Equipment according to CISPR 22/European Standard EN

55022. The limits of Class B equipment were derived for typical residential environments to provide reasonable protection against interference with licensed communication devices.

Zulassungsbescheinigung laut EMVG vom 9. November 1992

Dieses Gerät ist berechtigt in Übereinstimmung mit dem deutschen EMVG vom

9.Nov.92 das EG-Konformitätszeichen zu führen. Der Außteller der Konformitätserklärung ist die IBM Deutschland

Informationssysteme GmbH. Dieses Gerät erfüllt die Bedingungen der EN 55022 Klasse B.

United Kingdom Telecommunications Compliance Act

This equipment is approved under approval number NS/G/23/J/100003 for indirect connections to the public telecommunications systems in the United Kingdom.

New Zealand Compliance Statement

This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

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Taiwan EMI Statement

EPA Energy Star

The EPA ENERGY STAR program is a partnership effort with manufacturers of data processing equipment to promote the introduction of energy-efficient personal computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, and copiers to help reduce air pollution and global warming caused by electricity generation.

IBM Printing Systems Company participates in this program by introducing printers that reduce power consumption when they are not being used.

As an Energy Star partner, IBM Printing Systems Company has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency.

Trademarks and Service Marks

The following are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United States or other countries or both.

AS/400 IBM and the IBM logo Personal System/2 Proprinter

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RISC System/6000 S/370 S/390

The following terms are trademarks, or registered trademarks of other companies or entities.

Centronics Centronics Data Computer Corporation ENERGY STAR United States Environmental Protection Agency Epson Seiko-Epson Corporation ESC/P Seiko-Epson Corporation Ethernet Xerox Corporation Intel Intel Corporation Lexmark Lexmark International, Inc. Novell Novell, Incorporated

Safety Information

There are three levels of safety notices used in this guide.

Danger

Caution

Calls attention to a situation that is potentially lethal or extremely hazardous to people.

Calls attention to a situation that is potentially hazardous to people.

Attention

Alerts you to the possibility of damage to a program, device, system, or data.

The following notices are the Dangers and Cautions used in this guide. Attention notices and Notes are located throughout this guide but are not listed here.

DANGER

<1> The construction of this printer provides extra protection against the risk of electric shock by grounding appropriate metal parts. The extra protection may not function unless the power cord is connected to a properly-grounded outlet. This printer has a grounding-type (3-wire) power cord because grounding is necessary. It is the responsibility of the customer or the person installing the printer to connect it to a properly-grounded outlet. Seek professional assistance before using an adapter or extension cord; such a device could interrupt the grounding circuit.

If this printer is connected to an outlet that has been incorrectly connected to the building wiring, serious electric shock could result.

DANGER

<2> To prevent serious personal injury from electrical shock when connecting or disconnecting the interface cable, power off (O) the printer and disconnect the power cord from the power source at the receptacle.

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DANGER

<3> To avoid personal risk, do not install or reconﬁgure a communication port or a teleport during a lightning storm.

CAUTION: <1> The printer (without optional features attached) weighs approximately

24.9 kilograms (55 pounds). Before attempting to lift the printer, get help from another person.

CAUTION: <2> The printhead may get hot during operation. Be careful when removing or replacing the ribbon cartridge.

CAUTION: <3> The paper feed motor may get hot during operation. Avoid contact when installing or removing the front tractor.

CAUTION: <4> Close the gear protector cover immediately after removing the front tractor.

Do not plug in the power cord or power on (|) the printer until instructed to do so.

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Preface

The

4247 Printer Model A00 User’s Guide

the IBM 4247 Printer Model A00. This guide should be read and used by those who install or operate the printer, or supervise printer operations.

You can use the printer for many different types of applications. This guide includes the procedures necessary for you to put together step-by-step instructions tailored to your operation.

Some editorial changes have been made to this User’s Guide to correct formatting and printing errors.

How to Use this Guide

The following list describes the contents of each chapter and each appendix: v “Chapter 1. Printer Setup” on page 1 provides information about unpacking,

setting up, connecting, and operating your printer. You should complete all of this

chapter to prepare the printer for your environment. v “Chapter 2. Considering Other Forms Paths” on page 33 describes how to select

a different forms path. v “Chapter 3. Setting Up Another Forms Path” on page 39 describes setting up a

forms path for your printer other than the default path.

describes the operating procedures for

v “Chapter 4. Conﬁguring Your Printer” on page 79 describes how to conﬁgure the

printer for your operating environment. v “Chapter 5. Attaching Your Printer” on page 123 describes how to attach the

printer to your computer. v “Chapter 6. Operator Tasks” on page 133 provides the information you need for

ordering new supplies, replacing worn ribbons, and available printer options. v “Chapter 7. Resolving Printer Problems” on page 139 describes how to diagnose

and solve printer problems. Always start your problem determination procedure

with this chapter. v “Chapter 8. Supplies, Forms, and Cables” on page 151 provides information

about ordering ribbon cartridges and cables, and specifying forms. v “Appendix A. Speciﬁcations” on page 159 contains general printer information and

planning requirements. It also contains information on the electrical and

environmental requirements, cabling information, and forms speciﬁcations. v “Appendix B. Optional Features” on page 169 lists the optional features available

for your printer. v “Appendix C. Native 4247 Commands” on page 171 provides information about

the 4247 Native commands. v “Appendix D. Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)” on page 183 contains the

programming information for the Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)

commands. v “Appendix E. Epson FX-1050 Data Stream” on page 215 contains the

programming information for the Epson FX printers data stream commands. v “Appendix F. Code Pages” on page 245 lists all code pages supported by the

4247 Printer Model A00.

Related Publications

The following publications provide information about the 4247 Printer. Contact your IBM marketing representative to order a publication.

4247 Printer Model A00 Quick Reference Guide

the key functions and the available conﬁguration values, and the process for setting the values. This item is often shipped with the printer.

4247 Printer Models A00, 001, and 002 Maintenance Information Manual

(SA24-4400). This manual provides detailed maintenance procedures for problem determination and repair and also contains a parts listing and illustrations of all replacement assemblies and detailed parts for the printer.

4247 Printer Safety Notices

languages the safety information that is contained in the 4247 Printer customer and service documentation. This manual is not shipped with the printer in the United States.

4247 Printer Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide

how to install and operate the optional Automatic Sheet Feeder (ASF). It is shipped with the ASF.

Network Print Server for Token-Ring Networks Administrator’s Guide

(S246-0112). This guide provides information about conﬁguring and connecting your printer to a token-ring network. This guide is often shipped with your Network Print Server.

(SA24-4405). This guide shows

(SA24-4406). This manual lists in English and other

(SA24-4407). This guide describes

The following publication provides helpful information.

Advanced Function Printer: Cut Sheet Paper Reference for use with IBM

Electrophotographic Printers

(G544-3915).

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Chapter 1. Printer Setup

Information Necessary for Printer Setup ............... 1

Unpacking Your Printer ..................... 2

Setting Up Your Printer ..................... 3

Removing Packing Materials .................. 3

Installing Operator Panel Overlay................. 4

Installing Wire Forms Guide................... 5

Locating Operator Accessible Areas and Controls............ 5

Operator Panel ........................ 6

Operator Panel Display .................... 7

Audible Alarm ........................ 7

Status Indicators ....................... 7

Function Keys ........................ 9

Default Forms Path .......................13

Setting Up Front Push Forms Path (Default)..............14

Setting Front Push Tractor ...................14

Installing Front Push Tractor ..................15

Installing Ribbon Cartridge ....................17

Connecting Electrical Power....................18

Changing Display Language ...................19

Stacking Forms for Front Push Forms Path ..............20

Loading Forms into Front Push Forms Path ..............20

Creating Print Test Sample (Self Test Printout-with Firmware Level) .....23

Tearing Off Forms .......................24

Choosing Tear-Off Option....................25

Checking and Adjusting Tear-Off Position ..............25

Checking Tear-off Position ..................25

Adjusting Tear-off Position ..................26

Checking Conﬁguration .....................27

Printing Power On Conﬁguration Setup ..............27

Printing Program Conﬁguration Setup ...............28

Parking Continuous Forms ....................29

Setting Up Manual Sheet Feed Path ................30

Optional Printer Stand ......................32

Summary ..........................32

Information Necessary for Printer Setup

You should complete all of “Chapter 1. Printer Setup” to fully prepare your printer for your environment. You must continue with “Chapter 2. Considering Other Forms Paths” on page 33 if you need to set up a different forms path.

To set up your printer, you will need the following information: v Is a forms path required other than the Front Push forms path?

The 4247 Printer is shipped to you with the Front Push forms path set as the

default. IBM recommends you consider this your primary forms path and use it

whenever possible. If you do not intend to keep the Front Push as your primary

forms path, “Chapter 2. Considering Other Forms Paths” on page 33 will guide

you through making another selection, after you verify correct operation of the

Front Push forms path and the Manual Sheet Feed.

You can conﬁgure the printer for any one of ﬁve forms paths; the Front Push, the Rear Push, the Dual Push, the Rear Pull, or the Push Pull forms paths.

One forms tractor is supplied with the printer; this allows you to setup the Front Push, the Rear Push, or the Rear Pull forms path. If you are setting up either the Dual Push or the Push Pull forms path, install a second (optional) forms tractor. Contact your IBM marketing representative to order this option.

v What type of interface cable was ordered?

See “Ordering Signal Cable” on page 153.

v Was an optional Automatic Sheet Feeder (ASF) ordered?

For information about setting up or using the ASF, refer to the

Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide

v Was an optional printer stand ordered?

If you ordered a printer stand, you will ﬁnd it in a separate shipping container. See “Optional Printer Stand” on page 32 for more information about the optional printer stand. Contact your IBM marketing representative to order this option.

CAUTION: <1> The printer (without optional features attached) weighs approximately

24.9 kilograms (55 pounds). Before attempting to lift the printer, get help from another person.

4247 Printer

Unpacking Your Printer

Check the list below as you unpack the shipping container. Contact your local IBM Branch Office if any of the following items or items listed on the printer order are missing.

h Printer h One forms tractor (and optional second unit, if ordered) h Ribbon cartridge

4247 Printer Model A00 User’s Guide,

4247 Printer Model A00 Quick Reference Guide,

h Printer driver diskette h Interface cable (if ordered) h Power cord h Operator panel overlay h Wire forms guide (For Push forms paths)

4247 Printer Safety Notices,

SA24-4400

SA24-4405

SA24-4406 (outside USA)

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Additionally, you can order the following options. Contact your IBM marketing representative.

v Automatic Sheet Feeder - Allows feeding of envelopes or from as many as three

additional cut sheet forms paths v Printer stand - Especially helpful when using Dual Push forms path

Setting Up Your Printer

The next few steps guide you through removing all packing materials, installing the operator panel overlay, and installing the wire forms guide.

Removing Packing Materials

1. Remove the printer from the plastic bag.

2. Place the printer on a ﬂat work area, printer stand, or table. Ensure that you

have access to both the front and the rear of the printer. See “Appendix A. Speciﬁcations” on page 159 for dimensions of the table and the clearances required around the printer.

3. Lift the bottom edge of the front tractor cover into the open position.

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4. Remove the packing from each side in the front tractor area.

5. Close the front tractor cover.

Installing Operator Panel Overlay

To install the operator panel overlay, perform the following:

1. Remove the paper from the back of the operator panel overlay.

2. Align the bottom of the overlay; align each side.

3. Press the overlay in place at the bottom below the keys and then continue working upwards until the overlay is pressed into place.

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Installing Wire Forms Guide

The wire forms guide helps direct the forms for stacking in the Front Push and Rear Push forms paths.

1. Open the acoustic cover and tilt it all the way back until it lays ﬂat on the top cover.

2. Insert one end of the wire forms guide into the hole on the right hinge block of the acoustic cover. See orientation in Figure 1.

3. Insert the other end of the wire forms guide into the hole on the left hinge block of the acoustic cover.

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Figure 1. Installing Wire Forms Guide

4. Close the acoustic cover.

Locating Operator Accessible Areas and Controls

As with many IBM printers, a part that is colored blue or has a blue decal on it is for your use in operating the printer. These blue marks indicate tabs and levers that control settings and changes for the machine.

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Operator Panel

The operator panel consists of 6 status indicators, a one-line 16-character display, 12 function keys, and an audible alarm. Figure 2 on page 7 illustrates the operator panel.

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Figure 2. Operator Panel

Throughout this book, procedures instruct you to view the display on the operator panel, to view a status indicator, or to press a function key. The procedure then describes the correct response.

Operator Panel Display

The 16-character display shows several types of messages:

v Information messages v Intervention required messages v Power On Conﬁguration messages v Program Conﬁguration messages v Error messages

Audible Alarm

The audible alarm beeps to let you know of a printer status condition or an error such as an end-of-forms condition, forms jam, or top cover open.

Some operations you are asked to perform, such as opening the top cover when the printer is online, cause the alarm to sound. In this case, press the Online key before you open the top cover to prevent the alarm from sounding.

You can set the audible alarm off in the Power On Conﬁguration menu. See “Alarm”

on page 102 for more information.

Status Indicators

Table 1 on page 8 describes the six status indicators shown in Figure 3 on page 8.

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Figure 3. Status Indicators

Table 1. Operator Panel Status Indicators

Status Indicators Continuously Lighted Blinking

v Printer READY

Online

Auto Sheet Feed

(optional)

Manual Sheet Feed Selected

Front Push Selected

v Communicating with host v Able to receive and print

Condition 1 Printer disabled and no data in input buffer Condition 2 Printer in one of following modes:

v Power On Conﬁguration v Program Conﬁguration v Test and Diagnostic

Selected

Data in input buffer and Printer

not ready

offline (

Off

v Bin empty v Forms jam

v Manual tray empty v Forms jam

v End of forms (EOF) v Forms jam

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Rear Pull Selected

Rear Push Selected

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