Microplex PP 803, PP 806, PP 809 User Manual

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Acknowledgements

EPSON is a Trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

IBM is a Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

ProPrinter is a Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

Notes:

Photographs and drawings in this manual show the printer maximally equipped. It has to be observed that the second tractor cassette and the manual sheet feeder for

PP 803 are options and do not belong to the standard delivery contents.

Samples of Personality Modules (PM) or emulations in this manual always refer to the module equipped with parallel / serial interface which supports EPSON LQ and

IBM ProPrinter emulations.

Documentation of PMs equipped with different interfaces and / or emulations can be found either on the attached CD-ROM or came along with the respective PM.

A Publication of

Microplex Printware Corp.

100 Northfield Rd

Bedford, OH 44146

USA

April 2015

Great care has been taken to ensure that the information in this handbook is accurate and complete. However, should any errors or omissions be discovered or should any user wish to make suggestions for improving this handbook, please feel encouraged to send us the relevant details.

The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice.

All rights strictly reserved. Reproduction or issue to third parties in any form is not

permitted without written authorization from the publisher.

Safety Regulations

The printer

PP 803, PP 806

, and the printer

PP 809

fulfill the safety regulations according to UL 1950 and VDE (IEC 950) and CNA/CSA C22.2 / No. 950 for computer systems.

The mains cable must be connected to a ground protected wall-socket. The selected voltage of the printer needs to fit to the local voltage.

The power plug must be easily accessible at any time so that it can be disconnected immediately in case of danger or for maintenance purposes. Comme le câble de

secteur sert de dipositif d'arrêt-urgence, sa connexion à l'imprimante doit être tout le temps accessible.

Before installing the printer, check the surrounding conditions in which the printer will be placed (see next page, Operating Environment).

During a thunderstorm you should never attempt to connect or disconnect any data transfer cables.

The power supply should only be opened and checked by authorized personnel. Repairs and maintenance may only be attempted by authorized personnel as well. Repairs done inappropriately may cause damage and severe danger for the user.

There are warning symbols to draw the user's attention to possible injuries:

This symbol is visible when the cover has been opened. It indicates that the print head is extremely hot after long periods of printing.

Ce signal de danger se présente quand le cache derrière de l´imprimante soit retiré pour indiquer que la tête d´impression peut être extrèmement chaude après imprimer très

longtemps.

This symbol is also located on the cover. It cautions against touching the blade.

Ce signal de danger se trouve sur le cache supérieur du massicot pour indiquer de ne pas toucher le couteau.

III

Electromagnetic Compatibility

We certify that the equipment at issue,

Type: Printer PP 803, PP 806, and Printer PP 809

Corresponds to the law regulations ruling electromagnetic compatibility of appliances (89/336/EWG) and, therefore, fulfills the requirements for conformity marking with the CE-sign.

For standard printer with serial and parallel interface (Ser/Par PM) please note: 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 accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in- stallation. 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 or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from the circuit to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

For printer with all other interface please 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.

III

Shielded interface cables should be used with this unit to ensure

Temperature:

+ 10 °C to + 35 °C (+50 °F to +95 °F)

Humidity:

20% to 80%

Humidity with Automatic

Sheet Feeder (ASF):

30% to 70% (ASF only for printer PP 806)

compliance with Class B limits.

Changes and modifications not explicitly allowed by the equipment's manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

Changes et modifications pas expressément approuvés par le producteur peuvent dévaluer l'autorité d'opérer l'équipement.

Operating Environment

Avoid installing the printer where it is exposed to moisture or heat (eg. direct sunlight).

Power ON/OFF Lever

To switch the printer on or off push the Power On/Off - Lever always down.

Power - On Power - Off

Schalter - EIN Schalter - AUS

Lifting the On/Off - Lever to the zero position won’t switch off the printer. Push the On/Off - Lever always down for switching on or off.

1. Preface............................................................................................................................................ XII

2. Getting started ................................................................................................................................. 1

2.1 Unpacking ......................................................................................................................................... 1

2.1.1 Delivery Contents Printer PP 803 ...................................................................................................... 3

2.1.2 Delivery Contents Printer PP 806 ...................................................................................................... 4

2.1.3 Lieferumfang PP 809 ......................................................................................................................... 5

2.2 Requirements to the location of the printer ..................................................................................... 6

2.3 Remove transport lock ..................................................................................................................... 7

2.4 Installing the Personality Module (PM) ............................................................................................ 8

2.5 Mains Connection and Power on ..................................................................................................... 9

2.6 Ribbon Installation .......................................................................................................................... 10

2.7 Replace Ribbon Cassette ................................................................................................................ 12

2.8 Insert Paper .................................................................................................................................... 12

2.8.1 Paper Source Selection ......................................................................................................... 13

2.8.1 Fanfold Paper Feeding .......................................................................................................... 14

2.8.2 Manuelle Papierzuführung PP 806 ....................................................................................... 17

2.9 Test-Ausdrucke ............................................................................................................................... 18

2.9.1 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 803: ................................................................................. 19

2.9.2 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 806: ................................................................................. 20

2.9.1 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 809: ................................................................................. 21

2.9.2 Sample Configuration ........................................................................................................... 22

2.9.3 Sample Letter (Dr. Grauert) .................................................................................................. 23

2.9.4 Beispiel: DIAGONAL TEST...................................................................................................... 24

2.10 Connection to the System .............................................................................................................. 25

2.11 Printer Driver .................................................................................................................................. 26

2.11.1 Driver Installation ................................................................................................................. 27

2.11.2 Example for a LPR Connection: ............................................................................................. 28

2.12 Macro Slection ................................................................................................................................ 45

3. Printer Operation.............................................................................................................................. 1

3.1 Operator Panel ................................................................................................................................. 1

3.2 Key Funktions ................................................................................................................................... 3

Ready-Mode .................................................................................................................................................. 5

STOP-Mode.................................................................................................................................................... 5

3.3 LCD Display ....................................................................................................................................... 7

3.4 Menu-Mode...................................................................................................................................... 9

3.4.1 Menu Navigation .................................................................................................................. 10

3.4.2 Confirm a Selection ................................................................................................................ 12

3.4.3 How to save settings ............................................................................................................ 13

4. Printer Configuration ........................................................................................................................ 2

4.1. What is "Configuration" .................................................................................................................... 2

4.2. Standard Configuration .................................................................................................................... 4

VII

4.2.1 Standard Configuration PP 803............................................................................................... 4

4.2.2 Standard Configuration PP 806............................................................................................... 5

4.2.3 Standard Configuration PP 809............................................................................................... 6

4.2.4 Explanation of the printout on the previous pages ................................................................ 7

5. Menu Structure ................................................................................................................................ 1

5.1. Menu PP 803 .................................................................................................................................... 1

5.2. Menu PP 806 .................................................................................................................................... 2

5.3. Menu PP 809 .................................................................................................................................... 3

5.4. Menu Item Description ..................................................................................................................... 4

5.4.1 Test Modes ............................................................................................................................. 4

5.4.2 Select Macro ........................................................................................................................... 4

5.4.3 Paper Source .......................................................................................................................... 5

5.4.4 Paper Exit ............................................................................................................................... 5

5.4.5 Print Position Adjustment ...................................................................................................... 6

5.4.6 Page Lenght ............................................................................................................................ 7

5.4.7 Druckqualität .......................................................................................................................... 7

5.4.8 Font ........................................................................................................................................ 7

5.4.9 Pitch ....................................................................................................................................... 8

5.4.10 Line Mode............................................................................................................................... 8

5.4.11 EMULATION ............................................................................................................................ 8

5.4.12 Character Set .......................................................................................................................... 9

5.4.13 Left Margin ........................................................................................................................... 10

5.4.14 Right Margin ......................................................................................................................... 11

5.4.15 Line Mode............................................................................................................................. 11

5.4.16 Perforation Skip .................................................................................................................... 11

5.4.17 Tear Off / Cut Mode ............................................................................................................. 12

5.4.18 Interface ............................................................................................................................... 12

5.4.19 Cutter (Option) ..................................................................................................................... 13

5.4.20 Cutter Vertical Position Adjustment ..................................................................................... 14

5.4.21 AGC Position ......................................................................................................................... 14

5.4.22 Sprache ................................................................................................................................. 14

5.4.23 Reacall Factory ..................................................................................................................... 15

5.4.24 Program Update ................................................................................................................... 15

5.4.25 Menu Access ........................................................................................................................ 15

5.4.26 Save Menu ............................................................................................................................ 15

5.5. Description of the Individual Menu Items ...................................................................................... 16

5.5.1 Test Mode ............................................................................................................................ 17

5.5.2 Define Macro ......................................................................................................................... 18

5.6. Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 25

6. Maintenence .................................................................................................................................... 1

6.1. Vorbeugende Wartung ..................................................................................................................... 1

6.2. Cleaning Procedure........................................................................................................................... 3

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6.1. Print Head exchange ......................................................................................................................... 5

6.2.1 Remove Printhead .................................................................................................................. 5

6.2.2 Installation of the Print Head ................................................................................................. 8

6.2.3 Install Print Head Cable .......................................................................................................... 9

7. Troubleshooting and Diagnostic ....................................................................................................... 1

7.1. Power related Problems ................................................................................................................... 2

7.2. Error Messages ................................................................................................................................. 2

7.3. No printout ....................................................................................................................................... 7

7.4. Operation related problems ............................................................................................................. 8

7.5. Print-related problems ..................................................................................................................... 9

7.6. Ribbon or Carriage related problems.............................................................................................. 11

7.7. Drucktests ....................................................................................................................................... 11

7.8. Diagram for failture analysis ........................................................................................................... 11

7.8.1. Locking procedure ................................................................................................................ 12

7.8.2. Ribbon unlock ....................................................................................................................... 13

7.8.3. Ribbon Error ......................................................................................................................... 14

7.8.4. Remove Paper ...................................................................................................................... 15

7.8.5. Paperjam TRF (Tractor Feed) ................................................................................................ 16

7.8.6. Paper Jam ASF or Manual (ASF only PP 806) ........................................................................ 17

7.8.7. Gap Error .............................................................................................................................. 18

8. Option ............................................................................................................................................... 1

8.1. Printer Stand PP 803 / PP 806 / PP 809 ............................................................................................ 1

8.2. Stacker Option .................................................................................................................................. 4

8.3. AFS-Cassetts (only printer PP 806) ................................................................................................... 5

8.3.1 Check delivery content ........................................................................................................... 5

8.3.2 Prepair ASF-Cassette ............................................................................................................... 6

8.3.3 Installing ASF Cassette.............................................................................................................. 7

8.3.4 Remove ASF Cassette ............................................................................................................. 9

8.3.5 Insert Paper .......................................................................................................................... 10

8.3.6 Replacement of ASF Pick Up Roller (only printer PP 806) ..................................................... 12

8.3.7 Remove ASF Pick Up Roller (1) ............................................................................................. 12

8.3.8 Install ASF Pick Up Roller ........................................................................................................ 13

8.4. Cut Sheet Tray Front (Only printers PP 803 oder PP 806) ............................................................... 14

8.5. Manual Sheet Feeder (Printer PP 803) ........................................................................................... 15

8.6. Optional Tractor Cassette (Printer PP 803) ..................................................................................... 15

8.7. Cutter (Printer PP 803) ................................................................................................................... 16

9. Technical Data ............................................................................................................................... 17

9.1. PP 803 ............................................................................................................................................. 17

9.1.1. Printer Spezification ....................................................................................................................... 17

9.1.2. Performance: .................................................................................................................................. 19

9.1.3. Paperhandling................................................................................................................................. 20

9.1.4. Option ............................................................................................................................................. 21

9.2. PP 806 ............................................................................................................................................. 23

9.2.1. Printer Spezification ....................................................................................................................... 23

9.1.5. Performance: .................................................................................................................................. 25

9.1.6. Paperhandling................................................................................................................................. 25

9.1.7. Option ............................................................................................................................................. 27

9.3. PP 809 ............................................................................................................................................. 30

9.3.1. Printer Spezification ....................................................................................................................... 30

9.1.8. Performance: .................................................................................................................................. 32

9.1.9. Paperhandling................................................................................................................................. 33

9.3.2. Optionen ......................................................................................................................................... 20

9.4. Systemanbindung ........................................................................................................................... 21

A.1 Appendix A System Interface Description ....................................................................................... 1

A.2 Serial Interface RS-232C / RS-422 ..................................................................................................... 2

A.2.1. Interface Characteristics ......................................................................................................... 2

A.2.2. Transmission Protocols and Connection Diagrams ................................................................. 3

A.2.3. DTR - Ready/Busy ................................................................................................................... 3

A.2.4. XON / XOFF ............................................................................................................................. 6

A.2.5. Serial Interface with RS-422 ................................................................................................... 8

A.3 Parallel Centronics® Interface .......................................................................................................... 9

A.4 Shared Operation ........................................................................................................................... 11

B.1 Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts .................................................................................... 1

C.1 Appendix C Character Set Tables ..................................................................................................... 1

C.1.1. Code Table ISO 8859-1 ........................................................................................................... 1

C.1.2. Code Table ISO 8859-15 ......................................................................................................... 2

C.1.3. Code Table ISO 8859-5 ........................................................................................................... 3

C.1.4. Code Table ISO 8859-9 ........................................................................................................... 4

C.1.5. Code Table IBM All Character Set ........................................................................................... 5

C.1.6. Code Table IBM Set 1 ............................................................................................................. 6

C.1.7. National Version IBM Set 1 ..................................................................................................... 7

C.1.8. Code Table IBM Set 2 ............................................................................................................. 8

C.1.9. National Version IBM Set 2 ..................................................................................................... 9

C.1.10. Code Table IBM Code Page ................................................................................................... 10

C.1.11. IBM Code Page 437 .............................................................................................................. 11

C.1.12. IBM Code Page 850 .............................................................................................................. 12

C.1.13. IBM Code Page 858 .............................................................................................................. 13

C.1.14. IBM Code Page 860 .............................................................................................................. 12

C.1.15. IBM Code Page 863 .............................................................................................................. 13

C.1.16. IBM Code Page 865 .............................................................................................................. 14

C.1.17. IBM Code Page 857 .............................................................................................................. 15

C.1.18. EPSON Extended Graphics Character Table .......................................................................... 16

C.1.19. NV EPSON Extended graphics Character Table ..................................................................... 17

C.1.20. EPSON Italic Character Table ................................................................................................ 18

C.1.21. NV EPSON Italic Character Table (part 1).............................................................................. 19

C.1.22. NV EPSON Italic Character Table (part 2).............................................................................. 20

C.1.23. Code Table OCR-A ................................................................................................................ 21

Code Pages for the Eastern European Countries (EE) ................................................................................... 22

C.1.24. CODEPAGE 437 Greek ......................................................................................................... 22

C.1.25. CODEPAGE 851 Greek .......................................................................................................... 22

C.1.26. CODEPAGE 928 Greek .......................................................................................................... 23

C.1.27. CODEPAGE 855 Cyri .............................................................................................................. 24

C.1.28. CODEPAGE 866 ..................................................................................................................... 25

C.1.29. CODEPAGE 869 ..................................................................................................................... 26

C.1.30. CODEPAGE 852 ..................................................................................................................... 27

C.1.31. KAMENICKY .......................................................................................................................... 28

C.1.32. ISO LATIN 2 ........................................................................................................................... 29

C.1.33. MAZOVIA .............................................................................................................................. 30

C.1.34. CODEPAGE 437 HUN ............................................................................................................ 31

C.1.35. CODEPAGE 852 SEE .............................................................................................................. 32

C.1.36. CODEPAGE 866 LAT .............................................................................................................. 33

C.1.37. WIN LAT2 .............................................................................................................................. 34

Code Pages for the Eastern European Countries (EE2).................................................................................. 35

C.1.38. CP 771 .................................................................................................................................. 35

C.1.39. CP 773 .................................................................................................................................. 36

C.1.40. CP 774 .................................................................................................................................. 37

C.1.41. CP 775 .................................................................................................................................. 38

C.1.42. BATIC RIM ............................................................................................................................. 39

C.1.43. CP 1251 ................................................................................................................................ 40

C.1.44. CP 1125 / 866 Ukraine .......................................................................................................... 41

C.1.45. CP 1250 ................................................................................................................................ 42

C.1.46. CP 1252 ................................................................................................................................ 43

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1. Preface

About this Manual

This manual covers the printer in combination with an interface module (Personality Module).

The Personality Module (PM) is an integral part of the printer, and the type of PM used significantly influences the behavior or operation of the printer.

The structure of this manual is such that the operator is led step-by-step through the various procedures. It starts with the unpacking and setting-up, moves on to detailed instructions for operating the printer and ends with the mounting of options.

The manual is divided into the following chapters:

Getting Started This chapter covers the unpacking and setting-up of the printer and the installation of the PM (Personality Module) and ribbon cassette. By the end of this chapter the printer should be fully functional and tested in its primary form. It is not yet connected to the host computer system and no options are mounted.

Operating the Printer This chapter discusses in great detail the operation of the operator panel, all menu functions, and the general operation of the menu.

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1. Getting Started

This chapter covers the unpacking and setting-up of the printer and the installation of the PM (Personality Module) and ribbon cassette. By the end of this chapter the printer should be fully functional and tested in its primary form. It is not yet connected to the host computer system and no options are mounted.

2. Operating the Printer

This chapter discusses in great detail the operation of the operator panel, all menu functions, and the general operation of the menu.

3. Configuring the Printer

This chapter explains how to configure the printer so that it can communicate with the corresponding system environment. Then this chapter thoroughly describes the printer's operating controls. In the last part you will find tables with the possible values of the menu items.

4. Description of the Individual Menu Items

In this chapter you will find detail explanations of individual menu items.

5. Maintenance

This chapter shows how to clean the printer and how to replace the print head.

6. Trouble Shooting and Diagnostics

Suggests how to identify and correct simple problems.

7. Options

This is a brief description of all available options. Supplements enclosed in the packaging of options may be inserted here.

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8. Technical Data

All technical details or data about the printer can be found here.

Appendix

A. Interface Description

This chapter gives hints about possibilities to connect the printer to the various computer systems and explains particularities depending on the version of the operating system. Additionally, cable connection is illustrated.

B. Print Samples of Resident Fonts

C. Character Set Table

All printer supported character sets are listed in this chapter.

D. Control Codes

Quick reference for IBM Proprinter and IBM Proprinter AGM (4207, 4208 XL 24) Emulation.

E. Control Codes

Quick reference for EPSOM LQ 2550, ESC/P2, and Barcodes Emulation.

F. Control Codes

Quick reference for Barcode programming.

G. Miscellaneous

System Manager Information

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ASF

utomatic Sheet Feeder Cassette for cut sheets and form sets

DRAFT

Draft Quality

Eastern European

HSD

High Speed Draft

LCD

Liquid Crystal Display

LED

Light Emitting Diode

Letter Quality

MACRO

User defined group (1 bis 4) of stored parameter

NLQ

Near Letter Quality

Print Head

Interface (Personality Module)

Conventions Used in this Guide

The following conventions are used:

Bold

Headlines and important information.

Note:

Contains special advice to facilitate handling.

Contains important information to prevent damage of the equipment.

symbol of the key e.g. .

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Note: The following chapters describe the three printers:

PP 803 - PP 806 - PP 809 The operation of both printers is mostly alike. In most illustrations, the printer handling you will find the note

PP 806

is used. In case there are differences in the

PP 803, PP 806

, or

PP 809

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2.1 Unpacking

Check each item against the check list detailed below. Contact your supplier immediately if any item is missing or damaged.

The package contains the printer (1), a box (2), attachments in bubble wrap (3), and a box (4) with the ribbon cassette:

Note: Save all packing material and boxes for future transportation of the printer.

A separate box contains the interface, called "Personality Module", or short "PM").

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The Box contains:

Quick reference guide (2)

CD ROM (1)

Power cordl (3)

In the bubble foil you will find

one tractor cassette (10) in case of printer PP 803

two tractor cassettes (10) in case of printer PP 806 or PP 809

An additional package in bubble foil comes along with printer PP 806 and

PP 809 which contains:

PP 806: the Paper Insertion Guide (5)

the Manual Sheet Feeder (6)

PP 809: only the Paper Insertion Guide (5)

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5 2 3

2.1.1 Delivery Contents Printer PP 803

Printer (1) Tractor Cassette (2) Quick Reference Guide (3) Power Cord (4) Personality Module (PM) (5) (must ordered separately) CD-ROM (6) Ribbon Cassette (7)

Pls. ckeck, if a part is missing inform your supplier.

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2.1.2 Delivery Contents Printer PP 806

Printer (1) Paper Guide (2) Manual insert (3) Two Tractor Cassettes (4) Quick Reference Guide (5) Power Cord (6) Personality Module (PM) (7) (must ordered separately) Ribbon Cassette (8) CD-ROM (9)

Pls. ckeck, if a part is missing inform your supplier.

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7 2 4 8 6 5 3

2.1.3 Lieferumfang PP 809

Printer (1) Paper Guide (2) Two Tractor Cassettes (3) Quick Reference Guide (4) Power Cord (5) Personality Module (PM) (6) (must ordered separately) Ribbon Cassette (7) CD-ROM (8)

Pls. ckeck, if a part is missing inform your supplier.

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2.2 Requirements to the location of the printer

Requirements to the location of the printer

Environmental Conditions

Install the printer in an area away from any heat source, air conditioner, or strong airflow. Avoid installing the printer where it is exposed to moisture or heat (eg. Direct Sun light). Avoid installing the printer in a dusty or humid environment.

Preconditions for Installation

Place the printer on the stand or a table. When processing fanfold paper always place the printer with its front edge slightly off the edge of the table.

Power Requirements

No special wiring is required. A typical office wall outlet is sufficient. Do not plug into the same wall outlet other equipment besides the printer such as coffee machines, copy machines, or air conditioners.

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2.3 Remove transport lock

Open the rear cover (2) by pressing the two locking buttons (1) and swivel the rear cover backwards

Remove the transport lock (3) for the print head carriage.

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Re-packing Information

To ensure maximum protection when transporting the printer, always:

 Remove any installed paper handling option.  Remove the mains cable.  Remove the ribbon cassette.  Reposition the transport lock.  Pack the printer in its original packing material and ship in its original package.

2.4 Installing the Personality Module (PM)

The printer is only operational when an interface is installed, called a Personality Module (PM). The illustration below shows the standard PM with a serial and parallel interface.

Note: Never attempt to install or remove a PM while the printer is switched ON.

To avoid damage due to electrostatic discharge, do not touch the pins or components of the PM.

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2.5 Mains Connection and Power on

Connect the printer to the mains using the power cord. First connect the cable to the power cord socket and then to the mains. Do not plug into the same wall outlet other equipment besides the printer such as coffee machines, copy machines, or air conditioners. The power On/Off lever switches the printer‘s power supply ON or OFF.

Note: Press the lever always down.Since the power cord serves as a safety

cut-off, its connection to the printer must be accessible any time.

When switched ON the printer performs an internal self-test which checks the electronics, the print head carriage movement, and the interface. Power ON is indicated by a green LED on the operator panel, the first panel message is

TEST....

If the message RIBBON UNLOCKED - CHECK RIBBON ... is shown, follow the steps in on page paragraph 1.6 Ribbon Installation.

When the internal test has been completed successfully the display shows READY 1 ELQ or LOCAL 1 ELQ if data have already been transmitted.

Note: If the display shows anything different please refer to chapter 7

Trouble- shooting and Diagnostics.

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3 4 5

2.6 Ribbon Installation

Note: It is recommended to use only original ribbon cassettes supplied by

the printer manufacturer. Using other ribbons will void your warranty.

The following procedure describes how the ribbon cassette is installed into the printer for the very first time. Section 2.7 Replacing the Ribbon Cassette is applicable if the ribbon cassette is to be changed.

Note: The print head must always be in the park position.

Open the rear cover (2) of the printer by pressing simultaneously the two locking buttons (1) and swivel the rear cover backwards

Park Position

Pull the right and left arm (7) of the ribbon cassette (3) to the bottom and move the ribbon feed guide (4) into the fixing device (5) at the side.

Note: The ribbon feed guide (4) has to slide into the fixing device (5). The ribbon

shall not be tensed.

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Slide the ribbon cassette (3) into the printer.

Close the rear cover (2). The printer locks automatically the ribbon and cover.

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2.7 Replace Ribbon Cassette

Caution: The print head may be very hot immediately after printing!

To install the ribbon, the printer must be powered on.

 Put the printer into the Local Mode. (Press ).  Open the rear cover (2) of the printer by pressing simultaneously the

two looking buttons, see picture on page before.

 Swivel the rear cover backwards.  Remove Ribbon Cassette.

For further steps see chapter 2.6 Ribbon Installation.

2.8 Insert Paper

There are two or three possibilities for paper feeding:

Fanfold paper with the two tractor cassette (the second tractor cassette is an option for printer PP 803).

Single sheets through the manual paper path input of the PP 806 which is an optional device for printer PP 803.

Only for printer PP 806 automatic sheet feeder cassette (ASF-Cassettes) are available as an option. For further information please refer to chapter 7.2 ASF Cassettes.

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2.8.1 Paper Source Selection

The basic selections for PAPER SOURCE are:

TRACTOR (Default TRACTOR LOWER, indicated by *) MANUAL

Select 'TRACTOR L/U' as paper source on the operator panel

The following diagram shows which keys to press and what is displayed on the operator panel.

Power the printer ON:

KEY DISPLAY

[OFFLINE] LOCAL 1 ELQ

[MENU] TEST MODES

[DOWN] DEFINE MACRO

[RIGHT]  SELECT MACRO

[DOWN]  PAPER SOURCE

[RIGHT]  TRACTOR LOWER 

[DOWN] TRACTOR L/U

[ENTER] TRACTOR L/U 

[ONLINE] READY 1 ELQ

Note: The settings selected and confirmed are only active until the printer is

switched off. In order to prevent from losing your new settings you can save them using the function SAVE MENU (see chapter 3.4.3 How to Save Settings.)

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2.8.1 Fanfold Paper Feeding

Note: Ensure that all transport locks are removed.

The printer has to be placed at the front edge of the table or on the printer stand as described in chapter 7.1 Printer Stand. Remove the manual sheet feeder (1) of printer PP 806 (option for printer PP 803, see also paragraph 7.5 Manual Sheet Feeder).

Insert the lower (2) or the upper (3) tractor cassette, or both.

Note: The second Tractor Cassette is for printer PP 803 an option.

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Step 1:

The paper width will be adjust with the right tractor. The left tractor is fix. Adjust the right tractor as shown in the picture below roughly to the paper width.

Note: Don´t move the tractor with open tractor cover because it

may break off!

Step 2:

Open the tractor covers and insert the paper preferably into the right tractor. Close the right tractor cover now and move the right tractor including the paper to the left. If the the tractor pins are in the centre of the transport holes close the left tractor cover.

Note: The paper must be straight but not too tight!

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1 3 2

Note: The left tractor is fix such that the left transport holes properly feed into

the paper run sensor. The print area can be shifted electronically with the menu item PRINT POS.

ADJ. (see also menu structure and description of the individual menu items).

Step 3:

Only for PP 806 and PP 809: insert the Paper Guide (1) into the right slot (2) and push it against the housing [1.]. Then insert the left side into the slot (3) and shift it into the printer [2.]. The standard setting of the paper source is TRACTOR LOWER . If the paper source must be changed follow the steps on the next page.

Note: The Paper Guide supports the paper feeding from the tractor into

the transport rollers of the printer. Such an optimum line registration is achieved and prevent the paper from generating waves which let the form slide off the tractor.

Insert the the manual sheet feeder for printer PP 806 (see next page) and start for all printers the Test Printout (see paragraph 2.9 Test Printouts)

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2.8.2 Manuelle Papierzuführung PP 806

Insert and connect the Manual Sheet Feeder (1) to the paper insertion guide

Select the paper source MANUAL using either the menu function or by means of the corresponding command in your application program, see chapter 2.9.1 Paper Source Selection. Initiate a printout, see chapter 2.9 Test Printouts.

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2.9 Test-Ausdrucke

There are four test printouts available.

 PRINT MENU shows the current settings of all parameters and the

contents of the macros.

 CONFIGURATION lists all available fonts and indicates the page counter

value.

 PRINT LETTER produces a standard letter (ECMA-132) which can be used

for measuring the printer’s throughput.

 PRINT LINES shows a pattern of all printable characters. Use this to check

the print quality as well as the top and left margin.

The following steps show which keys to use to start a test printout. The printer feeds paper from the defined paper source (default TRACTOR

LOWER).

KEY DISPLAY

[OFFLINE] LOCAL 1 ELQ

[MENU] DRUCKER TESTS 

[RIGHT] PRINT MENU

[ENTER] PRINT MENU

[ONLINE]

[FORM FEED] TEAR OFF PAPER (short displayed)

[ONLINE] READY 1 ELQ

(starts printing)

PRINT MENU



 LOCAL



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2.9.1 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 803:

PRINT OUT FW-VERSION 20xxxxxx HW-VERSION 29xxxxxx FPGA 5.0 PAGE COUNT 213856

INTERFACE

I/F TYP PARALL./ RS232 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT BAUD RATE 9600 BIT/S PARITY BIT EVEN PROTOCOL DTR DSR/CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS I/O BUFFER 8 KBYTE

MENU ACCESS FULL ACCESS

CURRENT SETTINGS MACRO 1* MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

PAPER SOURCE TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER PAPER EXIT PATH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH STACK. CAPACITY - - - - BATCH CAPACITY - - - - PRINT POS. ADJ. TRACT. L. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. L. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PAGE LENGHT 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES PRINT QUALITY LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ FONT DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PITCH 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI LINE 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI EMULATION EPSON LQ EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT. GCT EPSON EXT. GCT IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. LEFT MARGIN 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS RIGHT MARGIN 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS LINE MODE LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR PERF. SPRUNG YES YES YES YES YES TEAR-OFF-MODE NO NO NO NO NO

Note:

FW- and HW-VERSION indicates the actual release.

All standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY.

An asterisk

(

) after MACRO 1 indicates the actual macro.

The values behind

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2.9.2 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 806:

PRINT OUT FW-VERSION 20xxxxxx HW-VERSION 29xxxxxx FPGA 5.0 PAGE COUNT 213856

INTERFACE

I/F TYP PARALL./ RS232 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT BAUD RATE 9600 BIT/S PARITY BIT EVEN PROTOCOL DTR DSR/CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS I/O BUFFER 8 KBYTE

MENU ACCESS FULL ACCESS

CURRENT SETTINGS MACRO 1* MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

PAPER SOURCE TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER PAPER EXIT PATH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH STACK. CAPACITY - - - - BATCH CAPACITY - - - - PRINT POS. ADJ. TRACT. L. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. L. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 1 V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 1 H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 2 V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 2 H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 3 V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 3 H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PAGE LENGHT 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES PRINT QUALITY LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ FONT DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PITCH 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI LINE 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI EMULATION EPSON LQ EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT. GCT EPSON EXT. GCT IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. LEFT MARGIN 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS RIGHT MARGIN 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS LINE MODE LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR PERF. SPRUNG YES YES YES YES YES TEAR-OFF-MODE NO NO NO NO NO

An asterisk

Note:

(

) after MACRO 1 indicates the actual macro.

The values

behind FW- and HW-VERSION indicates the actual release.

All standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY.

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2.9.1 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 809:

PRINT OUT FW-VERSION 20xxxxxx HW-VERSION 29xxxxxx FPGA 5.0 PAG E COUNT 213856

INTERFACE

I/F TYP PARALL./ RS232 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT BAUD RATE 9600 BIT/S PARITY BIT EVEN PROTOCOL DTR DSR/CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS I/O BUFFER 8 KBYTE

MENU ACCESS FULL ACCESS

CURRENT SETTINGS MACRO 1* MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

PAPER SOURCE TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER PAPER EXIT PATH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH STACK. CAPACITY - - - - BATCH CAPACITY - - - - PRINT POS. ADJ. TRACT. L. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. L. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PAGE LENGHT 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES PRINT QUALITY LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ FONT DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PITCH 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI LINE 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI EMULATION EPSON LQ EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. I BM PROPR. AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT. GCT EPSON EXT. GCT IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. LEFT MARGIN 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS RIGHT MARGIN 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS LINE MODE LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR PERF. SPRUNG YES YES YES YES YES TEAR-OFF-MODE NO NO NO NO NO

An asterisk

Note:

(

) after MACRO 1 indicates the actual macro.

values behind FW- and HW-VERSION indicates the actual release.

All standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY.

The

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2.9.2 Sample Configuration

CONFIGURATION FW-VERSION 202xxxxx PAGE COUNT 126

C031 ISO 8859/1 CO32 ISO 8859/15 C061 IBM SET 1 C062 IBM SET 2 C063 IBM CODE PAGE C071 EPSON EXT. GCT C100 CODE PAGE EE C101 CODE PAGE EE2 DATA ROMAN NLQ ROMAN LQ SANS SERIF NLQ SANS SERIF LQ COURIER NLQ COURIER LQ PRESTIGE NLQ PRESTIGE LQ SCRIPT NLQ SCRIPT NQ OCR B LQ OCR A LQ ORATOR-C NLQ ORATOR-C LQ ORATOR NLQ ORATOR LQ DATA LARGE LQ

ZEICHENSATZ : EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A.

PRINTHEAD NEEDLE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

DATA DRAFT

$ !"#$%&'()+,-./01234567890:;<=>?@ABCDEF.......

Note: The value after FW-VERSION indicates the actual release of the firmware

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2.9.3 Sample Letter (Dr. Grauert)

Eilzustellung

Norddeutsche Farbwerke KG Herrn Dr. Grauert Große Elbstraße 64

2000 Hamburg 4 Org. III 5/37 H-A 4 34 22.04.75

17.04.75 Volkmann

Vordruckgestaltung für den allgemeinen Schriftverkehr, für das Bestell- und Rechnungswesen E i l t Sehr geehrter Herr Dr. Grauert, Sie können das Schreiben der Briefe, Bestellungen, Rechnungen usw. sowie das Bearbeiten des Schriftguts rationalisieren, wenn die Vordrucke Ihres Unternehmens den folgenden Normen entsprechen:

DIN 676 Geschäftsbrief; Vordrucke A4 DIN 677 -; Vordruck A5 DIN 679 Geschäftspostkarte; Vordrucke A6

DIN 4991 Vordrucke im Lieferantenverkehr; Rechnung DIN 4992 -; Bestellung (Auftrag) DIN 4993 -; Bestellungsannahme (Auftragsbestätigung) DIN 4994 -; Lieferschein/Lieferanzeige DIN 4998 Entwurfsblätter für Vordrucke

Diese Normen enthalten alle Einzelheiten für den sinnvollen und zweckmäßigen Aufdruck. Wenn dazu bei der Beschriftung genormter Vordrucke DIN 5008 'Regel für Maschinenschreiben' beachtet wird, entstehen übersichtliche und werbewirksame Schriftstücke.

Die beigefügten 6 Mustervordrucke zeigen, dass das Beachten der Normen die künstlerische und werbewirksame Gestaltung der Vordrucke nicht ausschließt.

Da wir uns auf die Herstellung genormter Vordrucke spezialisiert haben, können wir besonders billig liefern. Eine Probestellung wird Sie und Ihre Geschäftsfreunde von den Vorteilen überzeugen. Mit bester Empfehlung NORAG Druckerei und Verlagshaus KG

Herrmann Anlagen 6 Mustervordrucke

note: By pressing the key the print job will be interrupted and then with the

following key sequence and terminated

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2.9.4 Beispiel: DIAGONAL TEST

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note: By pressing the key the print job will be interrupted and then with the

following key sequence and terminated.

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2.10 Connection to the System

Parallel/Serial Interface Switch the printer and the computer OFF.

Connect the interface cable coming from the computer to

the printer's parallel (1) or serial (2) port.

The following values are default settings, see chapter 1.9.1 or 1.9.2 PRINT MENU.

 Word Length: 8 bit  Baud-Rate 9600 BPS  Parity Bit: Even  Protocol DTR  DSR/CTS Mode Ignore DSR+CTS  I/F Buffer 64 K-Byte

After powering the printer ON both interfaces, serial and parallel, are available for data transfer due to the shared mode. The port to which data is sent becomes active automatically. For changing the parameters, see Appendix A System Interface Description

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2.11 Printer Driver

Introduction

This part of the documentation describes the features of the printer driver for the models PP803, PP803C, PP806 and PP809, hereinafter also referred to as PP 80X.

The printer driver is available for Microsoft Windows NT2000 PP80X.DRV WIN XP Vista WIN7 SERVER 2003 and 2008. It allows the PP 80X variants from all Windows applications to print in graphics mode both as text. Here, all printer features such as the video resolution, paper management, printer fonts, macro switch, etc. provided by the driver. It includes the models PP 80X in the languages English and German.

The printer driver is installed under Control Panel -> Printers Microsoft Windows. A detailed description can be found in the respective user manual for Windows.

Short Description Printer drivers

General:

The following list describes the features supported by the printer driver. The base is the driver, the Epson LQ emulation and the ISO 8859-15 character table. For additional features, such as the selection of fonts, shaft selection, cutting instructions, page lengths are used PSi own commands. The printer driver is therefore not to use original EPSON printers or compatible printers.

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2.11.1 Driver Installation

Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound ->Devices and Printers

Add a Printer

Add a Local Printer -> next

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Choose a printer port - > next

Or: If necessary, create a new connection (see Microsoft Manual)

2.11.2 Example for a LPR Connection:

The print server of the printer is accessed via the LPR port (TCP / IP port

515).

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It may well be that " LPR Port " is not available, because the choices depend on already installed protocols. If LPR Port is not available here, this feature of Windows must be installed separately. This is done via Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features Turn windows features on or off -> LPR Port Monitor

If installed " Create a new port ", click Next and select in the next step as a LPR Port connection.

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Enter the print server name or IP address 172.20.11.46 and the required queue, in this Example PSIPP803. Confirm with OK. So that you come back to the main menu of the printer

installation.

Select disk (file folder where, the driver is located)

Browse ->

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Open the *.inf file

Select Printer the Version

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If this type of printer was already installed, you can decide whether the already installed.

Driver to be used, or whether you want to overwrite the old with the new

version.

Next ->

Enter a name for the printer that will appear later in the Windows Printers folder.

Next ->

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Specify whether the printer is to be shared with other network users.

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Next->

If the printer is the default printer, then set the hook.

Print a test page and finish.

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Finish -> The driver is now installed and registered in the Windows system !

It now appears possible way an indication that the driver is not signed by

Microsoft. This is to ignore and continue the installation by feature „Install this driver software anyway“

The driver is listed in the Printers folder after installation.

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Features and printer settings:

By double clicking on printer icon will open the installed printer.

Select -> Printer-> Porperties

Driver settings

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Device settings:

The device setting describes the assignment of paper paths to the paper formats used.

Print preferences:

Print preferences describes the settings for the print output.

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Page Order =

Sorting of print pages

Pages per sheet =

Number of Compressed pages per sheet

Example: 2 pages on one

Layout: Orientation: Select the paper orientation portrait or landscape format

Paper/Quality:

Paper Source = Select

paper feed

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Select Sorted or not (collated)

Advanced Document Settings and printer functions Paper / Output:

Paper Size = list of available paper sizes for this driver

Nonexistent or custom paper sizes must

Start Menu -> Settings -> Printers and Faxes - > File - > Server Properties be

added. Are permissible in this paper size of the printer, these are also listed

here.

Number of copies = Number of Copies to be made of the print job

Graphic:

Print Quality = Windows graphics resolution for the print job Possible settings:

 180 x 180 dpi (Standard) If “Psi special Graphic mode” will

used this must base.

 360 x 180 dpi  120 x 180 dpi

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Dokument Options:

Advanced Printing Features = activate and deactivate the following Printer

Features

Pages per Sheet Layout:

If using page per sheet function you can select the orientation of pages

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Super Cell, the grid of circles for each ink colour are set at different angles so they don't land on top of each other.

6x6 shows 37 shades of gray, reducing image resolution to 600/6 = 100 lpi

8x8 shows 65 shades of gray, reducing image resolution to 600/8 = 75 lpi

Color mix = mixing ratios for the color gray for graphic printing

Print Optimations = Windows optimization method to improve the speed

and quality graphics. This should always be activated (Enabled).

Printer Features:

Single Sheet Output: (only PP 803 and PP 806) = Specifies where single

sheet will eject.

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Output Bin (only PP 803 with cutter) = Specifies where the cutted sheet will

eject.

Print quality = quality of the printout with internal printer fonts.

Job Start Macro Select = select a specific printer macro at the start print job.

Job End Macro Select = select a specific printer macro by print job end.

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Note: This may be necessary when printing from another system without any PSi driver.

PSi Spezial Grafik Mode = If you have selected graphics print quality 180 x 180

dots per inch, the quality and thus the printing speed of the expression can be changed. Graphics will faster with reduced expression means lower quality.

 No (default), default of the menu setting will used.  Default = Windows Standard 180 x 180 dpi activated by command.  WIN LQ 180 = 180 x 180 dpi in bidirectional mode.  WIN NLQ 90 = 90 x 180 dpi graphics thinned.  WIN DRAFT 60 = 60 x 180 dpi fast graphics with just a few points.

Note: this feature is available with the firmware 812407 (2005) and later.In

older firmware versions must be set to none

Set Mode = cutting function of PP803 with optional cutter

 No (default)  Cut each sheet = all pages of the print jobs will cut  Cut on Job end = cut only on the end of each job.

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Print Mode = Select Bidirectional or Undirectional printing mode.

LPI Linespace = using fix or Windows variable line spaces.

Print Gap Control (AGC) = allows switching off the paper thickness

measurement and set a fixed number of copies.

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2.12 Macro Slection

The following emulations are included in the PM Ser/Par:

EPSON LQ / ESC/P2 in Macro 1 (Default) IBM ProPrinter XL 24 in Macro 2 IBM ProPrinter XL 24 AGM in Macro 3 EPSON LQ / ESC/P2 in Macro 4

To change from one emulation to another, follow the procedure below. The example shows the keys to press along with the display information for a change from EPSON LQ / ESC/P2 in Macro 1 to IBM ProPrinter in Macro 2.

Switch the printer ON. The display shows READY 1 ELQ.

KEY DISPLAY

[OFFLINE] LOCAL 1 ELQ

[MACRO SELECTION] MACRO 2 

(Hold the key down and the available marco´s are scrolling in the display and stop pressing with selected Macro 2) [ONLINE] READY 2 IPP

The information READY 2 IPP indicates the selected macro and the emulation of this macro, for example:

1 ELQ Macro 1 with Epson Emulation 2 IPP Macro 2 with IBM Proprinter Emulation 3 AGM Macro 3 with IBM Proprinter AGM Emulation

4 ELQ Macro 4 with Epson Emulation.

Note: A “Macro“ is a summary of application specific parameter settings. It is

possible to have a total of four macros, each with a different summary of VALUE settings. The settings selected and confirmed are only active until the printer is switched off. In order to prevent losing your new settings you can save them using the function SAVE MENU (see chapter 3.4.3 How to Save Settings.

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3. Printer Operation

Most of the printer functions can be executed via operator panel as well as via software commands from the host system. Some functions become only effective via Operator Panel keys, for example: locking/unlocking the printer.

3.1 Operator Panel

The Operator Panel

 Controls the set-up for communication with the host computer;  Controls various parameter settings;  Allows manual control of the paper handling;  Gives information about the printer's status

 LCD Display ①  Online / Offline ②  Ready LED ③  Print head unlock ④  Macro Select ⑤  Form Feed ⑥  Curser Keys for Navigation in the

Menu Mode to enter the Menu Mode ⑦

 To confirm / cancel a selection ⑧  Enter Menu ⑨

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Printer Operation

8 2 7

3 4 5

The LCD Display (1) indicates the current status of the printer. If any error occurs (e.g. UNLOCKED - ... CHECK RIBBON) the corresponding error message will be displayed. The green LED (3) lights only if the printer is powered on and in the Ready Mode.

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3.2 Key Funktions

If the printer is powered on, the display shows READY 1 ELQ and the green LED lights. The printer is in the Ready Mode.

The printer works in two different modes, the Ready Mode and the Local Mode. To put the printer into the Local Mode, press the Online / Offlinekey.

Ready Mode In this mode only the red [Online/Offline] key is active and the green LED lights. By pressing the key the printer changes into the Local Mode and the green Online-LED extinguishes.

Local Mode Depending on the state of the printer the three upper left keys have multiple functions. The functions are displayed by keeping the appropriate key pushed. Release the key as soon as the desired function is displayed. For further information see chapter 3.1 .

KEY DISPLAY

[Form Feed] 1) EJECT PAPER

INSERT ASF (only PP 806) INSERT MANUAL (PP 806; optionally PP 803) INSERT TRACTOR INSERT TRACTOR U(pper)

INSERT TRACTOR L(ower)

PAPER TEAR OFF PAPER PARK FORM FEED REV. FORM FEED

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Printer Operation

[Macro Selection] MACRO 1 MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

[Unlock] UNLOCK PRINTHEAD

Info: worksonly if cover oppen

The following keys have only one function:

KEY FUNCTION

[Online / Offline] After pressing this key, the printer enters the

ONLINE or OFFLINE mode.

[Enter] A selection can be confirmed. To cancel the

selection, choose another item and press [ENTER] again. The selection becomes effective by pressing the [ONLINE/OFFLINE] key. An asterisk (*) appears behind the actual displayed parameter.

[Cursor] As soon as the menu mode has been activated,

[UP] the four keys can only be used as cursor keys [LEFT], [RIGHT] move within the menu tree. [DOWN]

) depends on paper source

Printer Operation

After pressing that key the printer enters the READY mode

Note: After closing or opening the rear cover the printer

locks or unlocks the print head, ribbon, and rear cover automatically.

Open the rear cover then press the [unlock key] this will unlock the print head.

Ready-Mode

In the READY mode the [Online/Offline] key has a function:

After pressing key the printer enters the LOCAL mode

STOP-Mode

All keys have at least one function. If one key has multiple functions they can be displayed by keeping that key pushed:

note: The corresponding display messages are shown on page before.

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Printer Operation

Single sheet:

 Only form feed function. Either the form is fed into

print position or is ejected. Fanfold Paper:

 Paper is in Park Position  Paper is fed into print position.  Paper is in Print Position  Paper is feed to the tear off position.  Paper is fed into park position.  Paper is in Tear Off Position

printer performs a form feed

 Paper is feed into park position (for this function the

paper has to be torn off)

 printer performs a reverse form feed

The four macros are displayed by keeping the key pushed. The actual macro is displayed first. Release the key as soon as the desired macro is displayed. This one will become the active one. How to confirm and save the selection see chapter 2.4.3 How to Save Settings.

Press the [Menu] key to activate the menu mode. The four arrows (up, down, right, and left) can be used as cursor keys to move within the menu tree. The menu tree is shown in chapter 3.4 Menu Structure. To leave the menu mode press this key again

With this key a selection will be confirmed. To cancel the selection choose another item and press [Enter] again. The selection becomes effective by pressing the [Online/Offline] key. The selection remains active until the printer is powered off. If the selection shall be available after power off it must be saved by means of the menu function „SAVE MENU“ see chapter 2.4.3 How to Save Settings.

Printer Operation

READY 1 ELQ

TEST

RIBBON UNLOCKED -

3.3 LCD Display

The LCD indicator gives information about the status of the printer. In general it can be distinguished between:

 ONLINE messages  OFFLINE messages

Note: Messages which exceed the 16 character display, e.g. error messages, are

horizontally scrolled.

The green LED lights when the printer is in the ONLINE mode and the display shows:

When the printer is in the OFFLINE mode status information, error messages, or menu messages are displayed.

Example: The display contents after powering the printer on without a ribbon

cassette.

Because of the error case the printer switches into the Offline Mode. Switch the printer on. The printer performs an internal test

The green LED is flashing and after a short moment the following term is displayed:

Note: In case of an error the printer switches into the Offline Mode.

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Printer Operation

- CHECK RIBBON ....

READY 1 ELQ

And then, the message is scrolled:

Insert the ribbon cassette and close cover, see chapter 1.6 Ribbon Installation.

After the automatic locking procedure the printer switches into the ONLINE Mode. The display shows

In this state it is possible to use all keys.

Printer Operation

3.4 Menu-Mode

All selectable features are accessible via the operator panel and combined in the printer MENU. This feature provides:

 Easy configuration (language, etc.)  Quick parameter changes  Activation of test functions

There are three entry points:

 TEST MODES (4 test printouts and a Hexdump-function are available)  DEFINE MACRO (1 of 4 macros can be selected and its contents defined)  INSTALLATION (installation specific parameters can be defined)

SAVE MENU is another function at the first level of the menu tree which allows to save all selections permanently in a non-volatile memory.

The menu is organized in three levels:

 Level 1 Main Functions  Level 2 Sub functions  Level 3 Parameters and values

Level 1 (main functions) is entry point into the menu. There is only one main function in level 1 without an entry into a lower level, SAVE MENU.

Level 2 (sub functions) menu functions can be activated or a group of values can be chosen.

Level 3 (parameters and values at the lowest level) all menu items can be selected/activated.

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Printer Operation

LOCAL 1 ELQ

TEST MODES 

DEFINE MACRO 

 SELECT MACRO 

3.4.1 Menu Navigation

To activate the menu please follow the next steps:

Press: The printer changes from the READY mode into the LOCAL mode. The display shows

Note: The second term identifies the active macro and the emulation.

Press: Now, the printer enters the menu mode at the first level of the menu tree. The display shows

Note: As soon as the menu mode has been activated the arrow keys are

useable as cursor keys to navigate within the menu tree (up, down, right, and left).

Press: or Arrow down or arrow up are used within one level to shift menu functions into the display. The keys have a wrap around function

Press: The display shows

Now, you are at the sub function level.

Note: Movement in both directions is possible. Arrow right is used to enter the

next lower level and arrow left is used to enter a higher level.

Printer Operation



PAPER SOURCE





TRACTOR LOWER *

 MANUAL 

MANUELL

Press: The display shows:

Press: Now, you are at the third level. The display shows:

The default value for PAPER SOURCE is TRACTOR LOWER At the lowest level, parameters and values, the asterisk (*) to the right indicates the actual selection.

To change this parameter into paper source MANUAL, (PP 806; optionally PP 803)

Press: The display shows:

Press: to confirm the selection: The display shows:

To quit the menu mode press

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Printer Operation

3.4.2 Confirm a Selection

Press ; the confirmed value is marked by an asterisk ( position as shown in the picture before.

) at the last

Note: All cursor keys have an auto repeat function.

The menu mode is left either by pressing or by moving to the MAIN FUNCTION level and then pressing the key.

A number of VALUE settings is summarized in a "Macro". Four macros are available, each with a different contents of VALUE settings. The standard emulations are assigned to the macros in following manner:

Macro Emulation

1 Epson LQ ESC/P2

2 IBM Proprinter XL 24E

3 IBM Proprinter XL 24E AGM

4 EPSON LQ ESC/P2

Macro parameters can be tailored to specific application requirements. This feature is highly beneficial in case of frequent changes between applications in a multi-user environment. Instead of having to adjust the menu settings every time before a particular application is started, the user just selects the macro containing the pre-defined set-up configurations.

Printer Operation

3.4.3 How to save settings

The settings selected and confirmed are only active until the printer is switched off. In order to prevent from losing your new settings you can save them using the Main Function SAVE MENU.

KEY Display

[OFFLINE] LOCAL 1 ELQ

[MENU] TEST MODES

[DOWN] SAVE MENU

[ENTER] SAVING NOW 

(Display is flashing)

[ONLINE] READY 1 ELQ

Note: The values of the "current settings" and the macro contents can be

printed using the function PRINT OUT.

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4. Printer Configuration

4.1. What is "Configuration"

This chapter describes how to use the operator panel and menu settings to set up or configure your printer, so that the printer and your computer system can communicate correctly with each other.

Communication between the two requires that both, the computer operating sy- stem and the printer have the same communication settings or features. The most important of those are:

 protocol,  baud rate,  word length,  I/F type,  Parity.

You may also need to change some of the printer's other features depending on your hardware and application requirements, for example:

 paper handling  Text processing.

The MENU mode allows you to access the configuration memory. All settings of the printer are stored in this memory and can be printed. The possible settings are described in detail on the following pages. A short view of all Menu settings you will find in chapter 4.5 Menu Item Description, and a detail description in chapter 4 Explanation of Individual Menu Items.

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The standard parameter setting can be printed by using the function PRINT MENU. The following steps show which keys to use to start this printout.

KEY DISPLAY

[STOP] LOCAL 1 ELQ [MENU] TEST MODES  [RIGHT] [ENTER] [START/STOP] PRINT MENU



PRINT MENU (or other test by key

 PRINT MENU

* (Printout starts)

)

After feeding paper from the defined paper source the printer starts to print. When printing is completed the following message will be displayed:

 PRINT MENU [FORM FEED] PAPER TEAR OFF (Short displayed)  LOCAL [ONLINE] READY 1 ELQ

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4.2. Standard Configuration

The standard Configuration (factory default values) is reflected in the following printout.

4.2.1 Standard Configuration PP 803

PRINT OUT FW-VERSION 20xxxxxx HW-VERSION 29xxxxxx FPGA 5.0 PAGE COUNT 213856

INTERFACE

I/F TYP PARALL./ RS232 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT BAUD RATE 9600 BIT/S PARITY BIT EVEN PROTOCOL DTR DSR/CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS I/O BUFFER 8 KBYTE

MENU ACCESS FULL ACCESS

CURRENT SETTINGS MACRO 1* MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

PAPER SOURCE TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER PAPER EXIT PATH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH STACK. CAPACITY - - - - BATCH CAPACITY - - - - PRINT POS. ADJ. TRACT. L. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. L. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PAGE LENGHT 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES PRINT QUALITY LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ FONT DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PITCH 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI LINE 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI EMULATION EPSON LQ EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT. GCT EPSON EXT. GCT IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. LEFT MARGIN 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS RIGHT MARGIN 80. COLUMNS 80. COLUMNS 80. COLUMNS 80. COLUMNS 80. COLUMNS LINE MODE LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR PERF. SPRUNG YES YES YES YES YES TEAR-OFF-MODE NO NO NO NO NO

Note:

An asterisk

FW- and HW-VERSION indicates the actual release. All this standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY.

after MACRO 1 indicates the actual macro.

(

The values after

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4.2.2 Standard Configuration PP 806

PRINT OUT FW-VERSION 20xxxxxx HW-VERSION 29xxxxxx FPGA 5.0 PAGE COUNT 213856

INTERFACE

I/F TYP PARALL./ RS232 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT BAUD RATE 9600 BIT/S PARITY BIT EVEN PROTOCOL DTR DSR/CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS I/O BUFFER 8 KBYTE

MENU ACCESS FULL ACCESS

CURRENT SETTINGS MACRO 1* MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

PAPER SOURCE TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER PAPER EXIT PATH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH STACK. CAPACITY - - - - BATCH CAPACITY - - - - PRINT POS. ADJ. TRACT. L. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. L. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MANUAL H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 1 V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 1 H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 2 V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 2 H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 3 V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 BIN 3 H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PAGE LENGHT 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES PRINT QUALITY LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ FONT DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PITCH 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI LINE 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI EMULATION EPSON LQ EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT. GCT EPSON EXT. GCT IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. LEFT MARGIN 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS RIGHT MARGIN 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS LINE MODE LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR PERF. SPRUNG YES YES YES YES YES TEAR-OFF-MODE NO NO NO NO NO

Note:

An asterisk and HW-VERSION indicates the actual release. All this standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY.

after MACRO 1 indicates the actual macro.

(

The values after FW-

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4.2.3 Standard Configuration PP 809

PRINT OUT FW-VERSION 20xxxxxx HW-VERSION 29xxxxxx FPGA 5.0 PAGE COUNT 213856

INTERFACE

I/F TYP PARALL./ RS232 WORD LENGTH 8 BIT BAUD RATE 9600 BIT/S PARITY BIT EVEN PROTOCOL DTR DSR/CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS I/O BUFFER 8 KBYTE

MENU ACCESS FULL ACCESS

CURRENT SETTINGS MACRO 1* MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

PAPER SOURCE TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR LOWER PAPER EXIT PATH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH BATCH STACK. CAPACITY - - - - BATCH CAPACITY - - - - PRINT POS. ADJ. TRACT. L. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. L. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. V-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 TRACT. U. H-POS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 PAGE LENGHT 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES 72 LINES PRINT QUALITY LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ FONT DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA PITCH 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI 10 CPI LINE 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI 6 LPI EMULATION EPSON LQ EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM EPSON LQ CHARACTER SET EPSON EXT. GCT EPSON EXT. GCT IBM SET 2 IBM SET 2 EPSON EXT. GCT 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. 1: U.S.A. LEFT MARGIN 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS 1. COLUMNS RIGHT MARGIN 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS 165. COLUMNS LINE MODE LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR LF=LF, CR=CR PERF. SPRUNG YES YES YES YES YES TEAR-OFF-MODE NO NO NO NO NO

Note:

An asterisk

FW- and HW-VERSION indicates the actual release. All this standard settings of the firmware will be restored with the menu function RECALL FACTORY.

after MACRO 1 indicates the actual macro.

(

The values after

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4.2.4 Explanation of the printout on the previous pages

In the headline behind the term VERSION the revision level of the printer's firmware can be found.

Then, two columns of hardware related settings follow:

INTERFACE - For communication between the computer operating system and the printer it is necessary to have the same protocol settings.

 I/F TYPE PARALL./RS232  WORD LENGTH 8 BIT  BAUD-RATE 9600 Bps  PARITY BIT EVEN  PROTOCOL DTR  DSR / CTS MODE IGNOR. DSR+CTS  I/F BUFFER 64 KBYTE

There is no automatic protocol sensing.

The last part of the printout is a list of all MACRO settings. In this case MACRO 1 is marked with an asterisk (*) which identifies it as the active macro.

Whenever you make modifications in the active macro without saving them you will find the new settings under the heading CURRENT SETTINGS. Unless they are saved, the modifications will stay active only until the printer is switched off. When the printer is switched on again the macro settings marked with the asterisk will be reactivated.

Menu Structure

5-1

TEST MODES DEFINE MACRO INSTALLATION SAVE MENU

PRINT MENU CONFIGURATION PRINT LETTER PRINT LINEST HEX DUMP

MACRO 1 MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR UPPER TRACTOR U/O MANUAL

SELECT MACRO PAPER SOURCE PAPER EXIT PRINTPOS. JUST. PAGE LENGHT PRINT QUAL.. FONT PITCH LINE EMULATION CHARACTER SET RIGHT MARGIN LINE MODE TRACT. FF MODE PERF. SKIP TEAR OFF MODE WRAP AROUND

PATH BATCH CAP.

FONT QUAL. GRAPHIC QUAL. BARCODE QUAL.

INTERFACE CUT DEVICE 2) CUT VPOS U 3) CUT VPOS O 3) AGC POSITION LANGUAGE RECALL FACTORY. PROGRAM UPDATE MENU ACCESS

TRACT.L. V-POS TRACT.L. H-POS TRACT.U. V-POS TRACT.U. H-POS MANUAL V-POS MANUAL H-POS

I/F TYPE WORD LENGHT BAUD-RATE PARITY BIT PROTOCOL DSR / CTS MODE I/F BUFFER AUTOSTATUS PRINTER STATUS

EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM

DATA ROMAN 1) SAN SERIF 1) COURIER 1) PRESTIGE 1) SCRIPT 1) OCR B OCR A ORATOR C 1) ORATOR 1)

DATA LARGE

Depends on Selection LQ or NLQ

Optional

Only visible if CUTTER = YES

ISO 8859/1 ISO 8859/15 ISO 8859/5 ISO 8859/9 IBM SET 1 IBM SET 2 IBM CODE PAGE EPSON EXT. GCT CODE PAGES EE CODE PAGES EE 2

NO BLANK PAGES BLANK PAGES

NO TEAR OFF 10 S TEAR OFF 1 S. CUT 10S WITHOUT FF

2)3)

CUT 1S WITH FF

2)3)

CUT 1S WITHOUT FF

2)3)

CUT MODE ON

2)3)

OFF ON

NO YES NO/OVERLAPPING YES/OVERLAPPNG.

5. Menu Structure

5.1. Menu PP 803

[MENU]

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SELECT MACRO PAPER SOURCE PAPER EXIT PRINTPOS. JUST. PAGE LENGHT PRINT QUAL.. FONT PITCH LINE EMULATION CHARACTER SET RIGHT MARGIN LINE MODE TRACT. FF MODE PERF. SKIP TEAR OFF MODE WRAP AROUND

)

Depends on Selection LQ or NLQ

Optional

Only visible if CUTTER = YES

TEST MODES DEFINE MACRO INSTALLATION SAVE MENU

PRINT MENU CONFIGURATION PRINT LETTER PRINT LINEST HEX DUMP

MACRO 1 MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

TRACTOR UNTEN TRACTOR OBEN TRACTOR U/O MANUAL BIN 1 BIN 2 BIN 3 BIN 1/2 BIN 2/3 BIN 1/2/3

PATH BATCH CAP.

FONT QUAL. GRAPHIC QUAL. BARCODE QUAL.

INTERFACE CUT DEVICE 2) CUT VPOS U 3) CUT VPOS O 3) AGC POSITION LANGUAGE RECALL FACTORY. PROGRAM UPDATE MENU ACCESS

I/F TYPE WORD LENGHT BAUD-RATE PARITY BIT PROTOCOL DSR / CTS MODE I/F BUFFER AUTOSTATUS PRINTER STATUS

EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM

DATA ROMAN 1) SAN SERIF 1) COURIER 1) PRESTIGE 1) SCRIPT 1) OCR B OCR A ORATOR C 1) ORATOR 1)

DATA LARGE

ISO 8859/1 ISO 8859/15 ISO 8859/5 ISO 8859/9 IBM SET 1 IBM SET 2 IBM CODE PAGE EPSON EXT. GCT CODE PAGES EE CODE PAGES EE 2

NO BLANK PAGES BLANK PAGES

OFF ON

NO YES NO/OVERLAPPING YES/OVERLAPPNG.

NO TEAR OFF 10 S TEAR OFF 1 S. CUT 10S WITHOUT FF

2)3)

CUT 1S WITH FF

2)3)

CUT 1S WITHOUT FF

2)3)

CUT MODE ON

2)3)

TRACT.U. V-POS TRACT.U. H-POS TRACT.O. V-POS TRACT.O. H-POS MANUAL V-POS MANUAL H-POS BIN 1 V-POS BIN 1 H-POS BIN 2 V-POS BIN 2 H-POS BIN 3 V-POS BIN 3 H-POS

5.2. Menu PP 806

[MENU]

Menu Structure

5-3

TEST MODES DEFINE MACRO INSTALLATION SAVE MENU

PRINT MENU CONFIGURATION PRINT LETTER PRINT LINEST HEX DUMP

MACRO 1 MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

TRACTOR UNTEN TRACTOR OBEN TRACTOR U/O

SELECT MACRO PAPER SOURCE PAPER EXIT PRINTPOS. JUST. PAGE LENGHT PRINT QUAL.. FONT PITCH LINE EMULATION CHARACTER SET RIGHT MARGIN LINE MODE TRACT. FF MODE PERF. SKIP TEAR OFF MODE WRAP AROUND

PATH BATCH CAP.

FONT QUAL. GRAPHIC QUAL. BARCODE QUAL.

INTERFACE CUT DEVICE 2) CUT VPOS U 3) CUT VPOS O 3) AGC POSITION LANGUAGE RECALL FACTORY. PROGRAM UPDATE MENU ACCESS

I/F TYPE WORD LENGHT BAUD-RATE PARITY BIT PROTOCOL DSR / CTS MODE I/F BUFFER AUTOSTATUS PRINTER STATUS

EPSON LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM

DATA ROMAN 1) SAN SERIF 1) COURIER 1) PRESTIGE 1) SCRIPT 1) OCR B OCR A ORATOR C 1) ORATOR 1)

DATA LARGE

ISO 8859/1 ISO 8859/15 ISO 8859/5 ISO 8859/9 IBM SET 1 IBM SET 2 IBM CODE PAGE EPSON EXT. GCT CODE PAGES EE CODE PAGES EE 2

NO BLANK PAGES BLANK PAGES

AUS EIN

NO YES NO/OVERLAPPING YES/OVERLAPPNG.

TRACT.L. V-POS TRACT.L. H-POS TRACT.U. V-POS TRACT.U. H-POS

NO TEAR OFF 10 S TEAR OFF 1 S. CUT 10S WITHOUT FF

2)3)

CUT 1S WITH FF

2)3)

CUT 1S WITHOUT FF

2)3)

CUT MODE ON

2)3)

5.3. Menu PP 809

[MENU]

Note:

For details of the possible parameter settings see tables in chapter 5.4 Menu Item

Description and the description in chapter 5.

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Selection

Function

default

SELECT MACRO

MACRO 1 MACRO 2 MACRO 3 MACRO 4

5.4. Menu Item Description

The following tables show menu modes, submenus and parameters. Precondition is: Access to all menu items is allowed. (MENU ACCESS = ALL) Otherwise restrictions are be observed.

An asterisk

indicates the factory settings. For detail settings see chapter

(

3 Explanation of Individual Menu Items.

5.4.1 Test Modes

Entry Point = TEST MODES

Selection Function

PRINT MENU Printout of the current settings, the firmware version, and the page counter value CONFIGURATION List of all available fonts, the firmware version, and the page counter value PRINT LETTER Produces a standard letter (ECMA-132) PRINT LINES Shows a pattern of all printable characters HEX DUMP Printout including all control characters

5.4.2 Select Macro

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO

Menu Structure

5-5

Selection

Function

default

PAPER SOURCE

TRACTOR LOWER TRACTOR L/U TRACTOR UPPER MANUAL (PP 806 and optionally for PP 803) ASF BIN 1

) ASF BIN 2 ASF BIN 3 ASF BINS 1/2 ASF BINS 2/3 ASF BINS 1/2/3

Selection

Function

default

PATH

BATCH MANUAL

BATCH CAPACITY

BATCH CAP. (range: ; 20 up to 600; steps = 20)

5.4.3 Paper Source

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PAPER SOURCE

) ASF Bins only for

Printer PP 806

The cassette types ASF BIN 1 up to ASF BIN 3 are only displayed if the ASF cassettes are installed.

5.4.4 Paper Exit

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PAPER EXIT

Note: The menu item MANUAL for Paper Source or Paper Exit can only be activ-ated

in conjunction with the optional Manual Sheet Feeder for the printer PP 803. The Manual Sheet Feeder is standard in printer PP 806.

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Menu Structure

Selection

Parameter / Value

default

TRACT.L. V-POS

Tractor Lower Vertical Position

TRACT.L. (Range: -24.0 up to 99.9; Unit:

/6 inch)

V. 0.0*

TRACT.L. H-POS

Tractor Lower Horizontal Position

TRACT.L. (Range: -9.0 up to 24.0; Unit:

/10 inch)

H. 0.0*

TRACT.U. V-POS Tractor Upper Vertical Position

TRAKT.U. (Range: -24.0 up to 99.9; Unit: 1/6 inch)

V. 0.0*

TRACT.U. H-POS Tractor Upper Horizontal Position

TRACT.U. (Range: -9.0 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/10 inch)

H. 0.0*

MANUAL V-POS. 1) Manual Vertical Position

MANUAL (Range: -1.5 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/6 inch)

V. 0.0*

MANUAL H-POS. 1) Manual Horizontal Position

MANUAL (Range: -9.0 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/10 inch)

H. 0.0*

BIN 1 V-POS. 2) Bin 1 Vertical Position

BIN 1 (Range: -1.5 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/6 inch)

V. 0.0*

BIN 1 H-POS. 2) Bin 1 Horizontal Position

BIN 1 (Range: -9.0 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/10 inch)

H. 0.0*

BIN 2 V-POS. 2) Bin 2 Vertical Position

BIN 2 (Range: -1.5 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/6 inch)

V. 0.0*

BIN 2 H-POS. 2) Bin 2 Horizontal Position

BIN 2 (Range: -9.0 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/10 inch)

H. 0.0*

BIN 3 V-POS. 2) Bin 3 Vertical Position

BIN 3 (Range: -1.5 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/6 inch)

V. 0.0*

BIN 3 H-POS. 2) Bin 3 Horizontal Position

BIN 3 (Range: -9.0 up to 24.0; Unit: 1/10 inch)

H. 0.0*

5.4.5 Print Position Adjustment

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PRINT POS.ADJ.

MANUAL for PP 806 and as an Option for PP 803.

ASF Cassetts (BIN 1 to BIN 3) only for PP 806.

Menu Structure

5-7

Selection

Function

default

PAGE LENGHT

72 Lines

(Range: 1 to 144 Lines)

Selection

Function

default

FONT QUAL.

LQ / NLQ

(DRAFT is automatically switching tot

DATA Font)

DATA *

GRAPHIC QUAL.

STANDARD

WIN.LQ 180 DPI WIN.NLQ 90 DPI WI.DRAFT 60 DPI

BARCODE QUAL.

LQ NLQ

Selection

Function

default

FONT

DATA

ROMAN LQ / NLQ SANS SERIF LQ / NLQ COURIE LQ / NLQ PRESTIGE LQ / NLQ SCRIPT LQ / NLQ OCR B LQ OCR A LQ ORATOR-C LQ / NLQ

5.4.6 Page Lenght

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PAGE LENGHT

5.4.7 Druckqualität

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PAGE LENGHT

5.4.8 Font

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> FONT

5-8

Menu Structure

Selection

Function

default

PITCH

10 CHAR. / INCH

12 CHAR. / INCH 15 CHAR. / INCH 17 CHAR. / INCH 18 CHAR. / INCH

Selection

Function

default

LINE

2 LINES / INCH 3 LINES / INCH 4 LINES / INCH

6 LINES / INCH

8 LINES / INCH 12 LINES / INCH

Selection

Function

default

EMULATION

EPSON

LQ IBM PROPR. IBM PROPR. AGM

Macro 1 or 4 Macro 2 Macro 3

5.4.9 Pitch

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PITCH

5.4.10 Line Mode

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> PITCH

5.4.11 EMULATION

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> EMULATION

Menu Structure

5-9

Selection

Function

default

ISO 8859/1

ISO 8859/15

IBM SET 1 / IBM SET 2

1: U.S.A. 2: FRANCE 3: GERMANY 4: U.K. 5: DENMARK 6: SWEDEN 7: ITALY 8: SPAIN 9: JAPAIN 10: NORWAY 11: DENMARK 2

IBM CODE PAGE

1: PAGE 437 2: PAGE 850 3: PAGE 860 4: PAGE 863 5: PAGE 865 6: PAGE 858

EPSON EXT. GCT

1: U.S.A. 2: FRANCE 3: GERMANY 4: U.K. 5: DENMARK 6: SWEDEN 7: ITALY 8: SPAIN 9: JAPAIN 10: NORWAY 11: DENMARK 2 12: SPAIN 2 13: LATIN AM. 14: TURKEY 15: LEGAL

5.4.12 Character Set

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> CHARACTER SET

5-10

Menu Structure

Selection

Function

default

LEFT MARGIN

POSITION

(Range: 1 to 16; Step 1/ 10 Inch)

Auswahl

Wert / Parameter

default

CODE PAGE EE

1: CP 437 GK 2: CP 851 GK 3: CP 928 GK 4: CP 855 CYRI 5: CP 866 6: CP 869 7: CP 852 8: KAMENICKY 9: ISO LATIN 2 10: MAZOVIA 11: CP 437 HUN

CODE PAGE EE2

1: CP 771 2: CP 773 3: CP 774 4: CP 775 5: BALTIC RIM 6: CP 1250 7: CP 1125

5.4.13 Left Margin

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> LEFT MARGIN

Menu Structure

5-11

Selection

Function

default

RIGHT MARGIN

136. POSITION

165. POSITION

80. POSITION

132. POSITION

92. POSITION

(STEP 1/10 Inch)

(only PP 806/PP 809) *

(only PP 806/PP 809)

(nur PP 803)

Selection

Function

default

LINE MODE

LF = LF, CR = CR LF = LF + CR CR = LF+CR

LF, CR = LF + CR

Selection

Function

default

PERF. SKIP

YES NO NO / OVERLAP. YES / OVERLAP.

5.4.14 Right Margin

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> RIGHT MARGIN

5.4.15 Line Mode

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> CHARACTER SET

5.4.16 Perforation Skip

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> CHARACTER SET

No / YES OVERLAP. Lift the Print Head up to maximum Gap by passing

the Perforation

5-12

Menu Structure

Selection

Function

default

TEAR OFF / CUT

NO TEAR OFF 10 S. TEAR OFF 1 S. CUT 10 S. 1) CUT 1 S. 1) CUT 1S OH. FF 1) CUT MODE ON 1)

Selection

Function

default

I/F TYP

PARALL. / RS232 PARALL. / RS422 PARALLEL

WORD LENGHT 1)

7 BIT 8 BIT

BAUD-RATE 1)

1200 BIT / S 2400 BIT / S 4800 BIT / S 9600 BIT / S 19200 BIT / S 38400 BIT / S

PARITY BIT 1)

EVEN ODD NONE

5.4.17 Tear Off / Cut Mode

Entry Point = DEFINE MACRO -> TEAR OFF

1) Is only visible when (CUTTER = YES).

5.4.18 Interface

Entry Point = INSTALLATION -> INTERFACE

Menu Structure

5-13

Selection

Function

default

PROTOCOL 1) 2)

DTR XON / XOFF XON / XOFF + DTR

DSR / CTS MODE 1)

IGNOR. DSR+CTS

DSR+CTS ACTIV CTS ACTIV

DSR ACTIV

I/F BUFFER 1)

64 KBYTE 32 KBYTE 8 KBYTE 1 KBYTE

AUTO-STATUS

NO YES

PRINTER-STATUS

YES NO *

Selection

Function

default

CUTTER

NO YES YES, SPECIAL

1) Only indicated if the serial (RS232 or RS422) interface is selected.

2) Switched automatically from DTR to XON/XOFF if RS422 is selected.

5.4.19 Cutter (Option)

Entry Point = INSTALLATION -> INTERFACE

5-14

Menu Structure

Selection

Function

default

AGC POSITION

POSITION

(

Range

: 4 to 87) (PP 803)

(Range: 4 to 131) (PP 806/PP 809)

Selection

Function

default

LANGUAGE

ENGLISH GERMAN FRANCAIS ESPANOL ITALIANO

Selection

Function

default

CUT VPOS U.

SCHN. V. O.

(Range -8 to +8; in Steps of 1/60 Inch)

0 *

CUT VPOS O.

SCHN. V. U. (Range -8 to +8; in Steps of 1/60 Inch)

0 *

5.4.20 Cutter Vertical Position Adjustment

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

5.4.21 AGC Position

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

5.4.22 Sprache

CUT VPOS

AGC POSITION

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

LANGUAGE

Menu Structure

5-15

Auswahl

Funktion

RECALL FACTORY

All standard default settings of the firmware will be restored but not saved.

Auswahl

Funktion

PROGRAM UPDATE

A new firmware version can be down loaded from the host system via the interface cable. All parameters will be reset to their factory default value.

Selection

Function

default

MENU ACCESS

FULL ACCESS NO ACCESS MACROS ONLY

Selection

Function

SAVE MENU

SAVE

5.4.23 Reacall Factory

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

5.4.24 Program Update

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

5.4.25 Menu Access

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

RECALL FACTORY

PROGRAM UPDATE

MENU ACCESS

5.4.26 Save Menu

Entry Point = INSTALLATION ->

SAVE MENU

Description of the Individual Menu Items

5-16

5.5. Description of the Individual Menu Items

Main Functions and Entry Points into the menu The following Main Functions are available:

 TEST MODES

There are 4 test printouts and the hex dump function available. (For detail information see chapter 5.3 beginning on the next page).

 DEFINE MACRO

Behind this menu point there are all functions and parameters to define a macro. (For detail information see chapter 5.4).

 INSTALLATION

In the first sub function named INTERFACE you can manipulate parameters to enable communication with the host. (See Chapter 5.4).

 SAVE MENU

Any desired changes to the default settings can be saved here. After power on the new settings are activated.

While this function is operating the display flashes SAVING NOW.

Microplex PP 803, PP 806, PP 809 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

1. Preface

2.1 Unpacking

2.1.1 Delivery Contents Printer PP 803

2.1.2 Delivery Contents Printer PP 806

2.1.3 Lieferumfang PP 809

2.2 Requirements to the location of the printer

2.3 Remove transport lock

2.4 Installing the Personality Module (PM)

2.5 Mains Connection and Power on

2.6 Ribbon Installation

2.7 Replace Ribbon Cassette

2.8 Insert Paper

2.8.1 Paper Source Selection

2.8.1 Fanfold Paper Feeding

2.8.2 Manuelle Papierzuführung PP 806

2.9 Test-Ausdrucke

2.9.1 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 803:

2.9.2 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 806:

2.9.1 Sample Print Menu for Printer PP 809:

2.9.2 Sample Configuration

2.9.3 Sample Letter (Dr. Grauert)

2.9.4 Beispiel: DIAGONAL TEST

2.10 Connection to the System

2.11 Printer Driver

2.11.1 Driver Installation

2.11.2 Example for a LPR Connection:

Features and printer settings:

2.12 Macro Slection

3. Printer Operation

3.1 Operator Panel

3.2 Key Funktions

Ready-Mode

STOP-Mode

3.3 LCD Display

3.4 Menu-Mode

3.4.1 Menu Navigation

3.4.2 Confirm a Selection

3.4.3 How to save settings

4. Printer Configuration

4.2.1 Standard Configuration PP 803

4.2.2 Standard Configuration PP 806

4.2.3 Standard Configuration PP 809

4.2.4 Explanation of the printout on the previous pages

5. Menu Structure

5.4.1 Test Modes

5.4.2 Select Macro

5.4.3 Paper Source

5.4.4 Paper Exit

5.4.5 Print Position Adjustment

5.4.6 Page Lenght

5.4.7 Druckqualität

5.4.8 Font

5.4.9 Pitch

5.4.10 Line Mode

5.4.11 EMULATION

5.4.12 Character Set

5.4.13 Left Margin

5.4.14 Right Margin

5.4.15 Line Mode

5.4.16 Perforation Skip

5.4.17 Tear Off / Cut Mode

5.4.18 Interface

5.4.19 Cutter (Option)

5.4.20 Cutter Vertical Position Adjustment

5.4.21 AGC Position

5.4.22 Sprache

5.4.23 Reacall Factory

5.4.24 Program Update

5.4.25 Menu Access

5.4.26 Save Menu