
Comprehensive Support Document
PC-Series APC-H16 Authentic 15LQ Revision Date: 6/2/95
Specifications PC-8023A-C,H-16
Printing methods:
Logical-seeking mode
Incremental mode
Printing speed:
100 CPS when printing ordinary charactors
Printing direction:
Bidirectional
Line spacing:
1/6”,1/8” or N/144” N=00-99
Maximum spacing: 1/144”
Line feed rate:
100 ms max at 1/6”-line feed
Paper width:
10 inches max
Paper thickness: All printers
0.05 to 0.28 mm
copies:
original plus three ciopies
total thickness not to exceed 0.28 mm
Storage temperature and humidity:
-25 to +60 degrees C
0 to 90% RH
Supply voltage:
115V AC at 50/60 Hz
Power consumption:
16 W when idle
180 W max when printing
Weight:
8.5 kg
Dimensions:
398 mm x 285 mm x 121 mm
Parallel port pin assignments
Kinds of paper:
Fanfold paper paper roll single sheet paper
Paper feeding mechanism:
friction feed
sprocket feed
Paper supply direction:
from upper rear
Driving method:
stepper motor
Interface:
8 bit parallel
Control signal:
data strobe,inputbusy,acknowledge,select
interprime,fault,PE
Operating ambient temperature and humidity:
5 to 40 degrees c
10 85% RH
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Switch settings for PC-8023A-C, H-16
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Specifications for PC-8023A-N, PC-8025A
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Switch settings for PC8023A-N,PC-8025A
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Specifications PC-8027A
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Switch settings PC-8027A
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Specifications and switch settings PC-PR103A
Printing system: Ink ribbon:
size 13mmW x 12m L
Impact dot matrix line printer material nylon no. 45
color black
life 1 Million characters
Printing speed: model pc-pr103-01
Standard charaters Paper feed:
Pica HS 92 characters/sec friction standard
Pica HD 46 characters/sec tractor feed option
Condense 78 characters/sec
Elite 110 characters/sec Form loading:
from rear top
Double width enlarged
Pica HS 46 characters/sec Drive method:
Pica HD 23 characters/sec stepper motor
Condense 39 characters/sec
Elite 55 characters/sec Interface:
8 bit parallel
Kinds of characters:
ASCII 96 kinds Control codes:
Greek letter 63 kinds ACK BUSY SELECT PE DATA STROBE
Native characters 16 kinds INPUT PRIME FAULT
Graphic characters 56 kinds
Input codes:
Feed direction ASCII JIS US UK GE SW CODES
Forward direction
County name sw1 sw2 sw3
Line feed width: JA x x X
1/6” 1/8” N/120” Min. 1/120” US x O X
UK OOX
Line feed time: UK O O X
min. 180 MS (1/6” line feed) GE X X O
SW OXO
Paperwidth: Processing of DC1 and DC3 SW4
4.5” to 10” effective X
ineffective O
CR function SW5
CR X
Paper thickness: CR+LF O
single paper 34-70 kg
multi-paper 34kg print mode at power on SW6
HD Pica X
Copying capacity: HS Pica O
3 copies including original
7/8 bit switching SW7
Kind of paper: 8bits X
cut sheet 7bits O
fan fold paper Select/deselect on power on SW8
select X
deselect O
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Specifications and switch settings PC-PR105A
Printer mode SW1
NEC or APPLE ON
IBM or EPSON OFF
Mode SW2 When SW1 is on
NEC 8 bit mode ON
APPLE 7 bit mode OFF
Mode SW2 when SW1 IS off
EPSON 8 bit mode ON
IBM 8 bit mode OFF
Form length SW3
12 inch ON
11 inch OFF
CR function SW4
CR+LF ON
CR OFF
Zero font SW5
ØON
O OFF
County SW6 SW7 SW8
USA ON ON ON
France ON ON OFF
Germany ON OFF ON
England ON OFF OFF
Denmark OFF ON ON
Sweden OFF ON OFF
Japan OFF OFF ON
Spain OFF OFF OFF
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Specifications and switch settings Authentic 15LQ
* Asterick indicates the factory setting
Pitch SW1 SW2
10 pitch off* off*
12 pitch off on
15 pitch on off
Length SW3
11 inches off*
12 inches on
Mode SW4
CR off*
CR+LF on
Mode SW5
Serial off*
line on
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Control and escape codes for PC-8023,8025,8027,H-16 PR103A
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Control and escape codes Authentic 15LQ
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Apple control and escape codes for PC-PR105A
ASCII DECIMAL HEX DESCRIPTION
ESC $ 27 36 1B 24 selects ASCII
ESC # 27 35 1B 23 selects the CG graphics mode
ESC & 27 38 1B 26 selects the Greek mode
ESC Sn1n2n3n4 27 83d1d2d3d4 1B 53h1h2h3h4 select dot image graphics mode
ESC Vn1n2n3n4 27 86d1d2d3d4 1b 56h1h2h3h4 selects dot image graphics repeat mode
ESC N 27 78 1B 4E selects HS Pica characters
ESC H 27 72 1B 48 selects HD Pica characters
ESC E 27 69 1B 45 selects Elite characters
ESC Q 27 81 1B 51 selects condensed charaters
ESC P 27 80 1B 50 selects proportional characrers
^R 18 12 character enlargement
ESC ! 27 33 1B 21 character enhancement
ESC ” 27 34 1B 22 disables charater enhancement
ESC ^A- ^F 27 1-6 1B 01-06 dot space control
ESC X 27 88 1B 58 select underline printing
ESC Y 27 89 1B 59 disables underline printing
ESC Ln1n2n3 27 76 d1d2d3 1B 4c h1h2h3 sets the left margin
ESC / n1n2n3 27 47 d1d2d3 1B 2F h1h2h3 sets the right margin
ESC a,•,...d 27 41 a,•,...d 1B 29 a,•,...d clears horizontal tabs
ESC 2 27 50 1B 32 clears all horizontal tabs
^1 9 09 horizontal tab character
US xxx 1 b3b2b1b* 31 16-31 1F 10-1F N line feed
US n 31 1-6 1F 01-06 vertical tabbing for CHn:
^K 11 OB vertical tabbing for CH2:
ESC A 27 65 1B 41 sets line spacing at 6 lines/inch
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ASCII DECIMAL HEX DECRIPTION
ESC B 27 66 1B 42 sets line spacing at 8 lines/inch
ESC T n1 n2 27 84 d1 d2 1B 54 h1 h2 sets line spacing to n/120”
^Q 17 11 printer select
^S 19 13 printer deselect
^X 24 18 cancel data
^J 10 0a line feed
^L 12 0c form feed
^M CR 13 0d carriage return
ESC F n1n2n3n4 27 70 d1d2d3d4 1B 46 h1h2h3h4 dot addressing
ESC M 27 77 1B 4D sets native mode
ESC D 27 68 1B 44 sets the copy mode
ESC R n1n2n3 27 82 d1d2d3 1B 52 h1h2h3 sets character repeat
ESC > 27 62 1B 3e sets single direction printing
ESC ] 27 93 1B 5e sets bidirection printing
IBM graphics control and escape codes
CR 13 0D carriage return
ESC 0 27 48 1b 30 sets 1/8 inch line feed
ESC 1 27 49 1b 31 sets 7/72 inch line feed
ESC 2 27 50 1b 32 sets 1/6 inch line feed
ESC 3+n 27 51 1b 33 n sets N/216 inch line feed
ESC A+n 27 65+N 1b 41 n sets N/72 inch line feed
LF 10 0a line feed
ESC J+n 27 74 1b 4A n prints data feeds N/216 inch
ESC C+n 27 67+n 1b 43 n sets lines/page N=number of lines
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ASCII DECIMAL HEX DECRIPTION
ESC C+0+N 27 67+0+n 1B 43 0 n sets page length in inches N=lines/page
FF 12 0C prints data in buffer and perform a form feed
ESC N+n 27 78+n 1B 4E n skips perforations
ESC O 27 79 1B 4F stops the skipping of perforation
ESC B 27 66 1B 42n1nk0 sets vertical tabs
VT 8 0B prints data fast feeds paper to vertical tab
ESC/+n 27 47 1b 2f n specifies the VFU channels, which set the
vertical tabs
ESC F+1+n 27 102+1+n 1b 66 n carry out a line feed of n lines
ESC 0+n 27 81+n 1b 51 n sets the right margin for present
character size
ESC 1+n 27 108+n 1b 6c n sets left margin n= column number
ESC d 27 68 1b 44 n1 0 sets horizontal tabs n= columns
HT 9 09 print head moves to horizontal tab set by ESCD
ESC f+0+n 27 102+0+n 1b 66 0 n leaves a space of n characters
SO 14 0E prints double width expanded characters
ESC SO 27 14 1b OE print double width expanded characters
DC 4 20 14 releases the double width expaned mode
ESC w+n 27 87+n 1b 57 n sets double width mode not and not released
by line feed codes
SI 15 0f prints in compressed mode
ESC SI 27 15 1b 0f prints in compressed mode
DC2 18 12 releases compressed printing
ESC E 27 69 1b 45 prints emphasized characters
ESC F 27 70 1b 46 releases emphasized print mode
ESC G 27 71 1b 47 prints in double image mode
ESC H 27 72 1b 48 releases double image mode
ESC M 27 77 1b 4d prints in Elite 12 cpi mode
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ASCII DECIMAL HEX DECRIPTION
ESC P 27 80 1b 50 releases the Elite mode
ESC X+n 27 110+n 1b 6e n sets to near letter quality
ESC !+n 27 33+n 1b 21 n selects print mode
ESC 4 27 52 1b 34 selects italic printing
ESC 5 27 53 1b 35 releases italic printing
ESC -+N 27 45+n 1b 2d n sets and releases under line mode n=1 underline
n=0 stops the underline
ESC S+0 27 83+0 1b 53 00 prints in superscript mode
ESC S+1 27 83+1 1b 53 01 prints in subscript mode
ESC T 27 84 1b 54 releases the script modes
ESC P+n 27 112+n 1b 70 n selects proportional print mode n=1 selects
n=0 back to regular print mode
ESC @ 27 64 1b 40 resets printer
ESC 6 27 54 1b 36 switches character set to set two
ESC 7 27 55 1b 37 switches character set to set one
BS 8 08 moves back one character space
CAN 24 18 cancels received character data
ESC < 27 60 1b 3c sets reverse direction printing
ESC U+n 27 85+n 1b 55 n sets reverse bidirectional printing specified by n=0
DC1 17 11 sets printer to select mode
DC3 19 13 sets printer to deselect mode
ESC R+n 27 82+n 1b 52 n selects international font
Note:there are no Windows drivers writen for any of these printers, however
choosing a c-itoh,propinter,generic/text only or Epson fx80 may work in
some applications.
Note:due to the age of these printers there are no longer any parts available.
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