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Chapter 1 Manual Front Cover
PACEMARK 3410 Printer Handbook for Epson/IBM & Microline/Pacemark Models
PN 59249101, PM3410, PACE, PM3FM, 12/91, Final
Chapter 1 Setup

Setup

Unpack your printer and make sure you have the following items:
Pacemark 3410 Printer Platen knob Power cord Ribbon cartridge Sheet separator (w/rollers)Bottom tractor unit Printer Handbook
If you are missing any of these items, contact your dealer.
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
After unpacking the printer, there are a few minor tasks that must be performed
Remove shipping restraint
Remove shipping restraint
After unpacking the printer, there are a few minor tasks that must be performed before you can
begin.
1. Open the front cover of the printer.
2. Remove the shipping restraint located under the printhead.
3. Open the rear cover. Set the pull-up roller on the printer so that the tabs on the roller are in the grooves in the printer.
Save the shipping restraint and the packing material for reshipping.
Installing the Platen Knob
Installing the Platen Knob
You will notice that the shaft on the platen knob has a flat side that matches the flat side of the shaft
in the printer.
1. Line up the flat side of the platen knob shaft with the flat side of the printer shaft.
2. Push the knob into place.

Inserting the Ribbon

Inserting the Ribbon
1. Unpack the ribbon and remove the shipping restraint.
2. Push the idler roller latch in.
3. Lay the ribbon in the printer so that the pins on the cartridge fit into the notches in the side plates of the printer. Push down on the cartridge until it clicks into place (See the diagram on the cartridge).
Note
Turn the knob in the direction of the arrow if the cartridge doesn't fit into place easily.
4. Center the printhead.
5. Thread the ribbon around the posts as shown.
6. Turn the take-up knob clockwise to take up the slack in the ribbon.

The Bottom Feed Tractor Unit

The Bottom Feed Tractor Unit
This separate unit makes it easy and convenient for you to use continuous forms paper fed from the bottom of the printer. To install the bottom feed unit:
1. Place the unit where you plan to put the printer. The opening in the unit should face the same direction as the front of the printer.
2. Pick up the printer and put it on top of the bottom feed unit as shown. Be sure the printer is firmly seated on the unit.
3. Plug the cable on the unit into the round socket above the parallel interface connector on the back of the printer. The arrow on the plug faces up.
Caution
Do not attempt to pick up the printer and bottom feed unit together. Disconnect the printer from
the bottom feed unit
and move them separately.
Making Connections
Making Connections
The power cable and the interface cable have to be connected before you can use your printer. Before you begin, make sure that the power switch is off. Plug the power cord into the printer, but do not plug it into an electrical outlet until setup is complete.

Choosing Parallel or Serial

Choosing Parallel or Serial
Your Pacemark 3410 has both a parallel and a serial port. All you have to do is decide which one
you want to use. You can only use one of them at a time.
When you take the printer out of the box, there will be a metal plate over the serial port. If you want
to use the parallel port, just plug in your cable and fasten the clips to it.
If you want to use the serial interface, loosen the metal plate with a Phillips screwdriver and slide it
to the right to uncover the serial port. Plug your cable into the serial port and tighten the screws.
You can fasten the metal plate over the parallel port to eliminate confusion in the future.
You can fasten the metal plate over the parallel port to eliminate confusion in the future. If you use the serial port, you may have to enter the Menu Select mode and adjust the menu settings. See Chapter 3 (
) for an explanation of the Menu Select mode.

Adjusting the HeadGap

Adjusting the HeadGap
The headgapis the distance between the printhead andthe roller. When you use envelopes or multi-part forms, you want to have a larger head gap than when you use plain paper. Use the recommended head gap to ensure the best print quality and easy paper feeding.
To adjust the head gap, open the front cover. The blue head gap lever is located on the right side of the printer. Use the following chart to determine the proper head gap for your needs.
Paper Setting
12-24 lb. paper 1 Labels 3-4 Envelopes 5-9
Forms (w/carbon)
Two-part 2-3 Three-part 3-4 Four-part 5 Five-part 6 Six-part 7

Testing Your Printer

Testing Your Printer
Your Pacemark printer has two built-in tests to make sure your printer is working properly. Run these after you've set up your printer and any time you want to verify that it•s running. The top of each print test contains information on your printer model. Be sure to have a copy of the printout handy if you call for service.
Important
Use only continuous forms paper to run these tests.
Print Sample Test
Turn the printer on while holding down the LINE FEED button. The test prints a two-page sample of your Pacemark•s printing styles. Press the SELECT button or turn off the printer to stop the test.
Rolling ASCII Test
Turn the printer on while holding down the FORM FEED button. This test prints the character set in a rolling pattern using the default type style. Press the SELECT button or turn off the printer to stop the test.
Chapter 2 Loading Paper

Loading Paper

The Pacemark 3410 has three standard paper handling configurations: rear-fed continuous forms, bottom-fed continuous forms and top-fed single sheets. All three are flexible and trouble-free.

Rear Feed Continuous Forms

Rear Feed Continuous Forms
1. Pull the paperlever forward to the continuous forms position.
2. Open the rear cover.
3. Insert the paper under the rear cover and pull it through.
4. Open the tractor covers and set the paper on the pins.
5. Pull the lock lever forward to unlock the tractor.
6. Slide the tractor to adjust to the width of the paper then push the lock lever back to lock the tractor in position. Don't stretch the paper tightlyit can cause the paper to tear.
7. Close the tractor covers.
8. Close the rear cover.
9. Press the FORM FEED button to advance the paper.

Bottom Feed Continuous Forms

Bottom Feed Continuous Forms
1. Make sure the paper lever is set for single-sheet paper
2. Put a stack of continuous forms paper below the printer.
3. Open the door on the front of the tractor unit.
4. Open the tractor covers and set the paper on the pins.
5. Pull the lock lever forward to unlock the tractor.
6. Slide the tractor to adjust to the width of the paper, then push the lock lever back to lock the tractor in position.
7. Close the tractor covers and the unit door.
8. Make sure the printer is on and selected. Press the FORM FEED button to advance the paper into the printer.
(back).
Form Tear Off (continuous form paper only)
Form Tear Off (continuous form paper only)
This feature lets you remove a printed page from the printer without wasting paper. Activate it by changing the setting for the Form Tear Off menu selection to 500ms, 1 sec, or 2 sec. (See Chapter 3 ( for details on the printer menu.)
Note
Keep in mind that there are separate menu groups for each of the three possible paper paths. Be sure to activate the Form Tear Off selection for the one you are using, rear feed or bottom feed.
After you load paper and press the FORM FEED button, the paper will advance past the printing (top of form) position to the tear bar position. It stays in this position until the printer receives data; the paper then moves back down for printing. A few seconds after printing stops, the paper moves back to the tear bar so you can tear it off without feeding an extra sheet of paper.
You can check the top of form position by pressing the TEAR button. Release the button to return to the tear off position.
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Single-Sheet Paper

Single-Sheet Paper
1. Push the paper lever back to the single sheet position.
2. Lift the paper support to the upright position.
3. Align the left paper guide with the paper icon on the support.
4. Insert a piece of single-sheet paper and adjust the right paper guide to the width of the paper.
5. Press the FORM FEED button to feed the sheet into the printer.

Setting Top of Form

Setting Top of Form
The top of form is the place on the page where printing starts. When the printer advances to the
next page, it stops at the top of form.
Your Pacemark printer stores the top of form position independently for the three standard types of
paper feeding top, rear, and bottom.
The method of setting top of form is the same for all types of paper:
1. Feed a page into the printer by pressing the FORM FEED button.
2. Hold down the TOP OF FORM button while you adjust the page up or down using the MICRO FEED buttons. The red line on the plastic ribbon shield marks the base of the printing line•use this as a guide.
3. When you release the TOP OF FORM button, the position will be registered in the printers memory until you change it.
Note
If you want to reset the top of form to its original settings, turn off the printer, then hold down the SELECT and TOP OF FORM buttons while turning it on again. Keep in mind, however, that this will also cancel any changes you've made to the menu.

Changing Paper Types

Changing Paper Types
You don't have to remove continuous forms paper in order to print a single sheet. With the touch of
a button you can switch from one type of paper to another.
To change from continuous forms to single sheets:
1. Remove any printed pages from the printer.
2. Press the PARK button to retract the continuous forms paper from the paper path.
3. Move the paper lever to the single sheet position if you're switching from rear feed.
4. Follow the instructions under Single-Sheet Paper for loading single sheets.
To change back to continuous forms:
1. Remove any single-sheet paper in the printer.
2. Move the paper lever to the continuous forms position if youre switching to rear feed, leave it set for single sheets if you're switching to bottom feed.
3. Lower the paper support.
4. Press the FORM FEED button to feed continuous forms paper into the printer.
The Optional Pull Tractor
The Optional Pull Tractor
This option is available for specialized bottom feed applications where a pull tractor is required, either alone or in combination with the bottom feed unit.
Installing the Optional Cut Sheet Feeder
Installing the Optional Cut Sheet Feeder
A Cut Sheet Feeder (CSF) is ideal for high-volume printing using single-sheet paper. The CSF
feeds paper automatically, controlled from the printer•s front panel or from the computer.
There are two cut sheet feeders available for the Pacemark 3410: the single-bin CSF 3001 and the
dual-bin CSF 3002. Since both feeders are installed in the same way, we•ll illustrate the procedure with the CSF 3001, noting any differences as they arise.
Unpack your cut sheet feeder and make sure you have all the parts.
- Cut Sheet Feeder
- Bin rack (1 for the CSF 3001 and 2 for the CSF 3002)
- Output tray
1. Make sure the printer is off.
2. Open the front cover.
3. Remove the back cover: tilt it back slightly and lift it off.
4. Push the bail lever forward to the open position and the paper lever back to the single sheet position.
5. Hold the cut sheet feeder over the printer.
6. While fitting the CSF hooks over the platen shaft, gently lower it onto the printer.
7. Unplug the bottom feed tractor cable and plug the CSF cable into the receptacle on the printer. The arrow on the plug faces up.
8. Fit the wire rack(s) into the hole(s) on the back of the bins.
9. Slide the output tray into the channels on the sides of the CSF.
This is what the finished product should look like:
Loading the CSF
Loading the CSF
Each bin of the optional CSF3001 and CSF3002 holds up to 130 sheets of 20lb. paper or between
100 and 120 sheets of 24 lb. paper, depending on thickness and texture.
1. Push the reset lever up to load paper and the envelope lever forward for paper.
2. Make sure the paper lever is in the single sheet position.
3. Fan a stack of paper and square it. Put the paper in the paper bin.
4. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper.
5. Once the paper is in the proper position, push the reset lever down.
4. Adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper.
5. Once the paper is in the proper position, push the reset lever down.
6. Push the FORM FEED button to insert a sheet of paper.
7. To eject a page, press the FORM FEED button again.
Switching Bins
Switching Bins
If you have the CSF3002, you can move from one bin to another. When the BIN SELECT light is
on, you are using bin number 1
To move to bin two:
1. Make sure that the printer is deselected. Press the SELECT button if the SELECT light is on.
2. Press the BIN SELECT button. The BIN SELECT light should go out. When the BIN SELECT light is out, you are using bin number 2.
Printing Envelopes with the CSF
Printing Envelopes with the CSF
You can use #10 envelopes (standard business size) in your CSF3001 and in the front bin only of
the CSF 3002.
Be sure to adjust the head gap lever (5-9) and push the envelope lever back.
Load envelopes with the flaps facing down and toward the front of the printer. Set the envelope
lever to the rear.
For best results, avoid printing on areas where the flap overlaps the envelope. Printing may be
uneven in places where the envelope varies in thickness.
Chapter 3 Operation

Operation

The Pacemark 3410 has a control panel that lets you select the character pitch and print quality, control paper feeding, and customize your printer settings with the touch of a button. You don't have to be a programmer or a computer expert to learn how to use it.
The control panel always shows the actual settings of the printer. If you change any of these features through your computer, the panel lights will also change.
Some features will only function if you have the correct settings on your control panel. The panel will only let you select valid combinations of features.
There are three sections to the control panel: ¨ Basic Control ¨ Print Quality ¨ Character Pitch

Basic Control

Basic Control
The basic control portion of the panel displays the status and controls the basic functions of the
printer.
There are five lights in this part of the panel. They reflect the printer status at any given time.
1.
POWER light:
2.
ALARM light:
printer is out of paper, and so on.
3.
SELECT light:
lit, the printer is deselected and can•t receive data. If the light flashes, there•s a problem with the printer that requires service.
4.
PAPER FEED lights:
Your printer has two modes of operation: Print mode and Menu Select mode. You will notice that
there are functions printed above and below the basic control buttons.
The functions above the buttons are active during Print mode; those below the buttons are active during Menu Select mode.
The POWER light is lit whenever the printer is on.
This light is lit when an error condition exists such as a paper jam, cover open, the
This light is lit when the printer is ready to receive data. If the SELECT light is not
these lights indicate which paper path is active.

Print Mode

Print Mode
When you turn your printer on, it is in Print mode. Print mode is the state of normal operation. In Print mode, the functions above the basic control buttons are active.
1.
SELECT button:
second time to enable the printer to receive data again (SELECT light goes on).
2.
LINE FEED button:
3.
FORM FEED button:
4.
TEAR button:
position. This allows you to tear off a printed page without wasting an extra sheet of paper. See page 16 for details (
5.
PARK button:
lets you use single sheet paper without removing the continuous forms. See 18 for details (
6.
TOP OF FORM button:
the point on the page at which printing starts. When you press the FORM FEED button, the new page advances to this line.
7.
MICRO FEED buttons:
hold down the TOP OF FORM button while using the MICRO FEED buttons, the top of form will automatically be set when you release the buttons.
Press this button to deselect the printer (SELECT light goes out). Press it a
Press this button to advance the paper one line at a time.
Press this button to advance the paper one page at a time.
Press this button to advance the paper from the printing position to the tearoff
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Press this button to retract continuous forms paper out of the paper path. This
When the printer is deselected, pressing this button sets the top of form
Pressing these buttons feeds paper up or down in fine increments. If you
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Print Quality
Print Quality
This allows you to select the level of printing quality suitable to your needs. High Speed Draft (HSD) is the fastest printing mode (550 characters per second). It's suited for situations
where speed is more important than appearance, such as editing or proofing a document before final printing.
Utility printing is for everyday use, such as memos and internal documents. When you want correspondence and documents to look their best, use one of the two Near Letter Quality
typefaces: Courier and Gothic. Press the PRINT QUALITY button until the light next to your choice is lit.
Character Pitch
Character Pitch
With the Character Pitch feature, you can choose between 10, 12, 15, 17.1, and 20 characters per inch and PROPortional spacing at the touch of a button.
Press the CHARACTER PITCH button to cycle through the choices.
Note
Proportional spacing is not available with HSD.

Menu Select Mode

Menu Select Mode
You can customize your printer directly fromthe front panel by using the Menu Select mode.It lets you choose your own printer defaults settings and features automatically active when you turn it on.
Entering Menu Select Mode
Entering Menu Select Mode
Be sure that your printer has ribbon and paper. Press both the PRINT QUALITY button and the CHARACTER PITCH button to enter the Menu Select mode.
When you're in Menu Select mode, the functions written below the buttons are active. For example, the TOP OF FORM button is now the EXIT button.
Exiting Menu Select Mode
Exiting Menu Select Mode
If you want to leave Menu Select mode at any time just press the EXIT button.
Understanding the Menu Select Mode
Understanding the Menu Select Mode
The Menu Select mode is just a menu of the Pacemark features. You may want to change the default settings of some of those features to fit your needs. For example, you may want to change the page length to 14 inches if you print alot of legal size documents or 3 inches if you(re working on labels or small cards.
The menu is made up of a number of groups.Within each of thesegroups is a list of items,and each of those items has several settings.
Making Selections
Making Selections
Before you begin, press the PRINT button to get a list of groups, items, and settings. This list will
tell you what the current settings are for your printer. Use this list to find your way around in the menu.
Each time you press the GROUP, ITEM, or SET button, the appropriate menu line will print on the
paper.
Press the GROUP button to move from group to group. If you pass the group that you want, just
keep cycling through. It will come up again. Press the ITEM button to move between the items in a group.
Press the SET button to cycle through the settings for an item. To choose a setting, press the SET
button until you come to the setting you want then press the ITEM button to move on to the next
item. Press the EXIT button to save your changes and leave the menu. See Appendix A for a list of the menu items and factory settings (
Note
To reset the printer to the factory menu settings, turn the printer off, then hold down the SELECT
and LINE FEED buttons while you turn it back on.
To reset both the menu and the paper loading position, turn the printer off, then hold down the
SELECT and TOP OF FORM buttons while you turn it back on.
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Chapter 4 Computer Control

Computer Control

This chapter explains the basics of controlling the printer through your computer. It covers the fundamentals of setting up a software package for use with your printer, MS-DOS printing commands, and provides some tips on writing BASIC programs to control your printer. This information should help you get started; be sure to read your software documentation carefully for more details.
DOS 2.0 and Higher
DOS 2.0 and Higher
Most IBM PC and compatible personal computers use PC-DOS or MS-DOS as their operating system. Although DOS is much more limited in printing capabilities than word processing or graphics software, there are some commands in DOS 2.0 and higher that you can use to control your printer.
DOS Commands for Printing Text Files
DOS Commands for Printing Text Files
¨ PRINT filename ¨ TYPE filename > devicename ¨ COPY filename devicename
If you've used a word processor or other software package to prepare your document, it's usually easiest to use that packages print commands to print it. This is particularly true if the software lets you control a documents appearance, page length, margins, printing features, and so on.
However, if your software doesnt control these kinds of features, it's just as easy to print using DOS commands. Some packages even have a print to disk feature, so you can save the file on a disk in a format that DOS can later read and send to the printer.
DOS PRINT
PRINT
PRINT is a background utility that lets you print a file while you•re running another program. Once you•ve given the command to print your file, you can go on to another task on your computer without waiting until printing is finished.
PRINT is not a DOS command but a separate program, so if you want to use it, the file
Note
PRINT.COM must be on one of your disks.
Example
In this example, we•re going to print a file called NOTES.TXT, which is on the WORK subdirectory of the computer•s hard disk drive (drive C:). The PRINT.COM program file is in the main (root) directory of the C: drive.Begin by typing the following at the C> prompt:
PRINT C: \WORK\NOTES.TXT [RETURN] Youll see this display on your screen:
Name of list device [PRN]: If your printer is connected to the LPT1: parallel printer port, just press [RETURN]; if its connected to
another port (LPT2:, COM1:, or COM2:), type the name of the port and press [RETURN]. Next youll see this display:
Resident part of PRINT installed C: \WORK \NOTES.TXT is currently being printed And the file will print.
Note
If youre not sure which printer port your system uses, try pressing return to specify [PRN]. The
device name PRN
refers to LPT1:, the default DOS port. This is the port most printers are connected to.
Once youve used PRINT during a work session, DOS will remember the device you specified and wont have to ask you again where the printer is. Of course, turning off the computer or restarting it will erase this information from memory.
DOS TYPE
TYPE
If you don't have a copy of PRINT.COM available, you can use TYPE, redirecting the file to your printer. If you're not using LPT1: as your printer port, substitute the name of your port for LPT1: in our example.
Example
TYPE C: \WORK \NOTES.TXT > LPT1:
DOS COPY
DOS COPY
Just as you use this command to copy a file from one disk or directory to another, you can copy a text file to the printer. If you're not using LPT1: as your printer port, substitute the name of your port for LPT1: in our example.
Example
COPY C: \WORK \NOTES.TXT LPT1:
Changing the Default Printer Port
Changing the Default Printer Port
If your system doesn•t use LPT1: to connect the printer to the computer, you can specify which port DOS should use as its default. At the DOS prompt, enter the appropriate MODE command(s).
¨ For a serial interface, first enter: MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P Then enter:
MODE LPT1:=COM1: ¨ For a parallel interface, enter: MODE LPT2:
If your serial interface is COM2:, replace COM1: in the commands shown above with COM2:. Likewise, your parallel interface may be LPT3:, in which case, change the MODE command to MODE LPT3:.
To avoid having to reenter the MODE command(s) every time you reset the computer, enter them in your computers AUTOEXEC.BAT file. To create an AUTOEXEC.BAT file or edit an existing one, use a text editor or a word processor in a mode that allows you to create ASCII text files. If youre editing your systems AUTOEXEC.BAT file, be sure not to change or delete anything already in the file.
For more information on working with AUTOEXEC.BAT files, see your DOS manual.
BASIC Programming
BASIC Programming
The LPRINT command in BASIC makes output go to the printer rather than to the screen. To send text to the printer, simply enclose the words in double quotes: LPRINT "A line of text"
The statement above prints the line of text, and then moves the printing position to the beginning of the next line. If you dont want this automatic carriage return and line feed, put a semicolon (;) after the data: LPRINT "A line of text"; LPRINT "...and this text is on the same line"
For serial printers
If you're using your printer with a serial interface, you have to be sure to redirect output from the computer to the serial port you're using, either COM1: or COM2:, rather than to the default port, LPT1:. There are two ways to do this:
1. If youre using DOS, you can use the MODE command, as described on page 38. Then use the LPRINT command in your BASIC programs, just as we do in our examples.
2. You can also redirect output to COM1: or COM": from within BASIC, by opening the port as a file and printing your data to that file. If you want to run any of our sample programs, youll need to modify them. At the beginning of your program, include one of these statements: OPEN "COM1:9600,N,8,1" AS #1 or OPEN "COM":9600,N,8,1" AS #1
Then, to print data, use the PRINT#1 command, being sure to include a comma between the #1 and the data:
PRINT#1, "A line of text" Like the LPRINT command, PRINT#1 automatically moves the print position to the next line unless you
use a semicolon (;) after the data. When you send an LPRINT statement, the text between the quotation marks is When you send an
LPRINT statement, the text between the quotation marks is converted to a string of numbers, which are then processed by the printer and output as the dot patterns that make up the individual characters. Each character is assigned a numeric value according to the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII). Since ASCII is a standard coding system, most computers, printers and other electronic devices can interpret ASCII data. There are 256 ASCII codes. The codes from 0 to 127 are completely standardized (with a handful of minor exceptions), while those from 128 to 255 are used in a less standard way to represent a variety of special characters. Although most of the ASCII codes represent alphanumeric characters, punctuation marks, and special symbols, youll notice that the codes from 0 to 31, as well as 127, dont correspond to normal characters. These are control codes, special characters used to control a wide range of peripheral equipment, from monitors to modems to the devices that interest us here, printers.
One of the most important control codes is the ESC character, decimal 27, hexadecimal 1B. Many of the more complicated commands begin with ESC, which serves as a signal to the printer that what follows is to be interpreted as a command rather than just a string of characters.
Since the control codes dont represent any character on your keyboard, you cant send them to the printer enclosed in double quotes, as you would with text. Instead, you have to use the CHR$ function, which lets you send the decimal or hexadecimal value for a character. For example, the escape character is represented as CHR$(27), or, in hexadecimal, as CHR$(&H1B). (Notice that hexadecimal numbers in BASIC are preceded by &H to distinguish them from simple letters or decimal numbers.)
Of course, you can also use the CHR$ function to output printable characters; for instance, CHR$(65) represents the letter A. However, its usually easier to type letters, numbers and punctuation marks, and your BASIC programs will be much easier to read if you use literal characters, enclosed in quotes, wherever possible.
Some printer commands expect you to supply a numerical value, representing tab stops, line spacing, etc. In most cases, values are entered as literal or ASCII characters. For example, using the Microline standard ESC %C command to set a left margin of one inch (120/120 inch), you would enter the following line in BASIC: LPRINT CHR$(27);"%C";"120"
A few commands require that you enter numerical values as the argument to a CHR$ function. The descriptions of the commands in the appendices will tell you which format to use.
Menu Selections Epson/IBM Mode
Menu Selections Epson/IBM Mode
The following table lists all the groups items and settings for the printer menu. Factory default settings are printed in for the ML/Pacemark model.
Group Item Setting Notes
bold italics
. Except as indicated, the menu for the Epson/IBM model is the same as the menu
Printer Mode Emulation Mode
(Epson/IBM) Emulation Mode
(ML/Pacemark)
Font Print Mode
Pitch (Epson/IBM)
Pitch (ML/Pacemark)
Style Size
Symbol Sets Character Set
Language Set
IBM PPR
Microline
2410
Utility
NLQ Gothic, HSD,
10 CPI
CPI, 17.1 CPI, 20 CPI, Proportional
10 CPI
CPI, 17.1 CPI, 20 CPI
Normal Single
Set I
American
German,British, Dan-ish I, Swedish, Italian, Spanish I, Japanese, Norwegian, Danish II, Spanish II, Latin American, French Canadian, Dutch, Publisher.T
, Epson FX
, Pacemark
, NLQ Courier,
, 12 CPI, 15
, 12 CPI, 15
, Italics
, Double
, Set II
, French,
See page 32.
Proportional spacing is a separate menu item in the ML/Pacemark menu.
Double is double width and height.
These are standard IBM character sets.
hese sets contain special characters used in foreign languages. The Publisher set includes special print-ing symbols.
Zero Character
Slashed
, Unslashed Use slashed zero to
distin-guish from the capital letter O.
Code Page
USA
, Canada French, Multilingual, Portu-gal, Norway
Matches the character set to the computer display character set; see your DOS manual. The next three groups let you set parameters for each of the paper paths independently. When you change from one path to another, the parameters automatically change, too.
Rear Feed Line Spacing
Form Tear Off
Skip Over Perforation
6 LPI
, 8 LPI Sets the distance
between lines in lines per inch.
Off
, 500 mS, 1 sec, 2
sec
No
, Yes When set to Yes, at
2 sec Activate the form tear off feature (page 16) by select­ing a time for the printer to wait after data before advancing the page to tea-roff. If your software pauses during printing and causes the paper to bounce, select a longer time or deactivate the fea-ture.
bottom of page skips 1 inch to next top of form. Use only for unformatted listings or programs that dont format the page.
Page Width
Page Length Page Length 11², 11
13.6
²,8² The 8² setting
2/3²,12²,14², 17²,3²,
3.5²,4², 5.5², 6²,7²,8²,
8.5²
emulates a narrow carriage printer. If you always use 8 1 /2² paper, choose this setting to prevent printing on the platen.
Bottom Feed Line Spacing
6 LPI
, 8 LPI Sets the distance
between lines in lines per inch.
Form Tear Off Form Tear Off
500 mS, 1 sec, 2 sec
Skip Over Perforation
Page Width
No
, Yes When set to Yes, at
13.6
²,8² The 8² setting
Off
,
Activate the form tear off feature (page 16) by select-ing a time for the printer to wait after data before advancing the page to tea-roff. If your software pauses during printing and causes the paper to bounce, select a longer time or deactivate the fea-ture.
bottom of page skips 1 inch to next top of form. Use only for unformatted listings or programs that dont for-mat the page.
emulates a narrow carriage printer. If you always use 8 1 /2 ² paper, choose this setting to prevent printing on the platen.
Page Length Page Length 11², 11
Top Feed Line Spacing
Skip Over Perforation
Page Width
2/3²,12²,14², 17²,3²,
3.5²,4², 5.5², 6²,7²,8²,
8.5²
6 LPI
, 8 LPI Sets the distance
between lines in lines per inch.
No
, Yes When set to Yes, at
bottom of page skips 1 inch to next top of form. Use only for unformatted listings or programs that dont for-mat the page.
13.6
²,8² The 8² setting
emulates a narrow carriage printer. If you always use 8 1 /2 ² paper, choose this setting to prevent printing on the platen.
Page Length
11
², 11 2/3²,12²,14², 17²,3², 3.5²,4², 5.5², 6² ,7²,8², 8.5²
Set-Up Graphics
Max. Receive Buffer 1 Line, 4K,
Paper Out Override No, Yes A sensor stops
Print Registration 0.25 mm Right, 0.20
Bi-directional
Unidirectional
mm Right, 0.15 mm Right, 0.10 mm Right,
0.05 mm Right,
mm
, 0.05 mm Left,
0.10 mm Left, 0.15 mm Left, 0.20 mm Left, 0.25 mm Left
,
16K
, 28K Specifies amount of
0.00
Bi-directional prints from left to right, then right to left; this is faster, but may cause registration prob-lems. Uni-directional printing (left to right only) is more precise, but slower.
the printers buffer used to store data.
printing about 1 inch from the bot-tom of a single page. Changing this setting to Yes lets you print closer to the bottom edge of the paper.
This lets you adjust the vertical registration in graphics. The best setting may vary from one soft-ware package to another.
Operator Panel Function
Full Operation
Limited Operation
,
Changing this setting to Limited Operation deacti-vates the menu mode and these control panel but-tons: TOP OF FORM, MICRO FEED UP/DOWN, PRINT QUALITY, and PITCH. This is used in situations where several people are using the printer. To restore to full operation, turn the printer off, then hold down the the PRINT QUALITY and PITCH buttons while you turn on the printer. This will put you into the menu mode; you can then change this setting to Full Operation.
Reset Inhibit
Print Suppress Effective
Auto LF Auto CR (IBM only) CSF Bin Select
SI Select Pitch (10 CPI) (IBM only)
No
, Yes Changing this to Yes
pre-vents a reset signal from the computer from reset-ting the printer to its de-faults.
Yes
, No Determines whether
the DC3 code causes the printer to ignore data until a DC1 code is received.
No
,Yes
No
,Yes
Bin 1
, Bin 2 Only available when
the CSF 3002 is installed. Determines which bin is active.
17.1 CPI
15 CPI Sets the pitch of
con-densed mode from 10 CPI using the SI code.
SI Select Pitch (12 CPI) (IBM only)
20 CPI
12 CPI Sets the pitch of con-
densed mode from 12 CPI using the SI code.
Time Out Print (Epson/IBM)
Valid
, Invalid When set to Valid,
con- tents of the buffer will print when no more data is received for a certain
period of time. Auto Select Sensor Disable
Parallel I/F I-Prime
Pin 18
Auto Feed XT (Epson/IBM)
No
,Yes
No
,Yes
Buffer Print
End, Invalid
+5V
, 0V Determines whether
Invalid
, Line
, Valid Epson emulation.
End, Invalid Buffer
Print = I-Prime makes
printer print con- tents
of buffer; Line End =
I-Prime makes printer
print to the end of the
current line; Invalid =
I-Prime signal is
ignored.
volt-age is supplied to
pin 18.
Some interface
cables are wired so
that the XT signal
always causes an
auto-matic line feed.
The In-valid setting
eliminates this. Use
the Valid setting if
your system uses the
XT signal for
automatic line feed.
Serial I/F Parity
Even Serial Data 7 or 8 Bits
Protocol
None
, Odd,
8 Bits
,7 Bits
Ready/Busy
X-OFF
, X-ON/
Diagnostic Test
No
, Yes Set to Yes to run the
serial interface
diagnostic test. To
restore to full
opera-tion, turn the
printer off, then hold
down the the PRINT
QUALITY and PITCH
buttons while you turn
on the printer. This
will put you into the
menu mode; you can
then change this
setting to No for
normal operation. Busy Line
Baud Rate 19200 BPS,
DSR Signal DTR Signal
Busy Time Busy Time
SSD-
, SSD+, DTR,
RTS
9600
BPS
, 4800 BPS, 2400 BPS, 1200 BPS, 600 BPS, 300 BPS
Valid
, Invalid
Ready on Power Up
Ready on Select
200 mS
sec
,1
,
Control Codes: Epson/IBM Model
Control CodesEpson/IBM Model
Epson Function ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal Notes Horizontal
Control
Carriage Return CR 13 0D Set Horizontal
Tabs
Horizontal Tab HT 9 09 Move to next tab
Absolute Horizontal Position
Relative Horizontal position
ESC D n n ... n NUL
ESC $ n n 27 36 n n 1B 24 n n Move to position =
ESC 1n n 27 92 n n 1B 5C n n Move to position =
27 68 n n ... n 0 1B 44 n n ... n 00 n=position of tab
stop~ max one less than # of characters per line k=1 to 32; k=0: clear tabs Default: every 8 columns
stop
(n+(n256)) /60 inches from left margin. n, n=0 to 255 Max. value: n=48 n=3
(n+(n256)) /120 inches from printing position. n, n=0 to 255 moves to right and moves to left and prints.
Set Print Position ESC DLE @ P A A
P P P P
27 16 64 [data] 1B 10 40 [data] Sets horizontal
position of printhead. P=number of parameter bytes to follow A=motion absolute (even) or relative (odd) A=relative movement right (even) or left (odd) 0P, P, P, P9 PPPP=number of units to move (size of unit depends on character pitch)
Left Margin Set ESC 1 n 27 108 n 1B 6C n Sets left margin n
character spaces from printhead home position; must be at least 2 spaces to left of right margin. n=0 to 255
Right Margin Set ESC Q n 27 81 n 1B 51 n Sets right margin n
character spaces from printhead home position; must be greater than the left margin. n=0 to 255
Auto Justification ESC a n 27 97 n 1B 61 n Justifies text
according to the value of n: n=0: left justification n=1: center justification n=2: right justification n=3: full (left & right) justificationuse carriage return only at end of paragraph.
Print Direction ESC U n 27 85 n 1B 55 n Prints
unidirectionally (left to right only) or bidirectionally (left to right, then right to left) according to value of n: n=1: unidirectional n=0: bidirectional
One Line Unidirectional Printing
Backspace BS 8 08 Prints data in
Delete One Character
ESC 27 60 1B 3C Prints
unidirectionally (left to right) for one line.
buffer and moves one character to the left according to the current character pitch.
DEL 127 7F Deletes last
character put into the print buffer.
Vertical Control
Set 1/8 Line Spacing
Set 1/6 Line Spacing
Set 7/72 Line Spacing
Set n/72> Line Spacing
Set n/144> Line Spacing
Set n/216> Line Spacing
Line Feed LF 10 0A Prints buffer data
ESC 0 27 48 1B 30 1/8> Line
Spacing=8 lines per inch.
ESC 2 27 50 1B 32 This is standard
typewriter spacing.
ESC 1 27 49 1B 31
ESC A n 27 65 n 1B 41 n n=0 to 85 n=0: no
line feed.
ESC % 9 n 27 37 57 n 1B 25 39 n n=0 to 255 n=0: no
line feed
ESC 3 n 27 51 n 1B 33 n n=0 to 255 n=0: no
line feed
and moves the printhead by the current line spacing value.
n/144> Line Feed ESC % 5 n 27 37 53 n 1B 25 35 n Executes a single
n/144> line feed without changing line spacing. n=0 to 255 n=0: no line feed
n/216> Line Feed ESC J n 27 74 n 1B 4A n Executes a single
n/216> line feed without changing line spacing. n=0 to 255 n=0: no line feed
Form Feed FF 12 0C Prints data in
buffer and advances paper to next top of form.
Vertical Tab VT 11 0B Print buffer data
and move to next programmed vertical tab stop.
Set Vertical Tab Stops
ESC B n n ... n NUL
27 66 n n ... n 0 1B 42 n n ... n 00 Sets vertical tab
stops at specified lines. k=1 to 16: number of tabs n=1 to 255: line number where tab is to be set
Set Vertical Format Unit (VFU)
ESC b n m m ... m NUL
27 98 m m ... m 0 1B 62 m m ... m
00
Programs up to 8 separate sets (channels) of vertical tab stops. n=0 to 7: channel number (0 is default set by ESC B) k=1 to 16: number of stops in channel m=1 to 255: line number of tab stop
Select Vertical Tab Channel
Set Form Length in Inches
Set Form Length in Lines
Set Skip Over Perforation
ESC / n 27 47 n 1B 2F n Activates
preprogrammed vertical tab channel n. VT moves to stops in this channel.
ESC C NUL n 27 67 0 n 1B 43 00 n n=1 to 22 inches
This command cancels Skip over Perforation setting.
ESC C n 27 67 n 1B 43 n n=1 to 127 lines at
current line spacing. This command cancels Skip over Perforation setting.
ESC N n 27 78 n 1B 4E n Activates Skip
Over Perforation feature and sets it for n lines at the current line spacing. When the printer reaches the bottom of the page, it will skip n lines to next top of form. Command overrides menu. n=1 to 127
Cancel Skip Over Perforation
Cut Sheet Feeder (Option)
ESC O 27 79 1B 4F Deactivates Skip
Over Perforation. Command overrides menu.
Cut Sheet Feeder Control
ESC EM n 27 25 n 1B 19 n n=1: Select Bin 1
n=2: Select Bin 2 (if present) n=73 (ASCII ``I''): Insert sheet n=82 (ASCII ``R''): Eject sheet
Character Sets
Copy ROM Character Set to RAM Character Set
Define Custom Character(s)
Select Custom Character Set
Select Foreign Character Set
ESC : 0 n 0 27 58 0 n 0 1B 3A 00 n 00 Copies the
designated character set to the user defined set in RAM: n=0: NLQ Courier n=1: NLQ Gothic
ESC & 0 [data] 27 38 0 [data] 1B 26 00 [data] Defines and stores
in ram up to 256 utility quality character patterns.
ESC % n 27 37 n 1B 25 n n=0: Select
custom character set n=1: Select default character set
ESC R n 27 82 n 1B 52 n Select character
set containing 15 special characters used in foreign language printing: n=0: USASCII n=1: French n=2: German n=3: British n=4: Danish I n=5: Swedish n=6: Italian n=7: Spanish I n=8: Japanese n=9: Norwegian n=10: Danish II n=11: Spanish II n=12: Latin American n=13: French Canadian n=14: Dutch n=64: Publisher
Select Epson Character Set
ESC t n 27 116 n 1B 74 n n=0: Selects
Epson Italic character set n=1: Selects Epson graphic character set
Start Italic Character Set
ESC 7 27 55 1B 37 Activates the Italic
character set.
Start Graphic Character Set
Print Control Codes
Bar Code Commands
Select Bar Code Type and Size
Print Industrial Bar Code Data
ESC 6 27 54 1B 36 Activates graphic
character set if received after ESC t 1 has been used.
ESC I n 27 73 n 1B 49 n Enables the printer
to print any custom characters stored in locations 031 and 128159: n=0: interpret locations as control codes n=1: interpret locations as printable characters
ESC DLE A m n ... n 27 16 65 m n ... n 1B 10 41 m n ... n m=number of
parameters specified
ESC DLE B n [data]
27 16 66 n [data] 1B 10 42 n [data] n=0 to 127:
amount of data
Print Postnet Bar Code Data
Print Features
Utility/NLQ Selection
High Speed Draft Select
Select NLQ Typeface
Proportional Spacing
Select Pica Pitch (10 cpi)
ESC DLE C n [data]
27 16 67 n [data] 1B 10 43 n [data] n=1 to 20: number
of data bytes Data consists of single-~ digit numbers.
ESC x n 27 120 n 1B 78 n=0: Utility printing
n=1: NLQ printing
ESC ( 0 27 40 0 1B 28 00
ESC k n 27 107 n 1B 6B n n=0: NLQ Courier
(default) n=1: NLQ Gothic
ESC p n 27 112 n 1B 70 n See also ESC !
n=1: Start proportional spacing n=0: Stop proportional spacing
ESC P 27 80 1B 50 In compressed
mode, selects 17.1 cpi.
Select Elite Pitch (12 cpi)
Select 15 cpi Pitch ESC g 27 103 1B 67
ESC M 27 77 1B 4D In compressed
mode, selects 17.1 cpi.
Select Compressed Print
Cancel Compressed Print
Set Character Spacing
Select Italic Characters
Cancel Italics ESC 5 27 53 1B 35 Underlining ESC n 27 45 n 1B 2D n Underlines all text
SI or ESC SI 15 or 27 15 0F or 1B 0F Pitch depends on
current pitch selected: 10 cpi becomes 17.1 cpi 12 cpi becomes 20 cpi
DC2 18 12
ESC SP n 27 32 n 1B 20 n Adds n dots of
space (depending on the current pitch) between characters. n=0 to 255
ESC 4 27 52 1B 34 See also ESC !,
ESC 7.
except tabs. n=1: Start underlining n=0: Stop underlining
Start Subscript/~ Superscript
Stop Superscript/~ Subscript
Start Emphasized Printing
Stop Emphasized Printing
Start Enhanced (Doublestrike) Printing
Stop Enhanced Printing
ESC S n 27 83 n 1B 53 n n=0: Start
superscript n=1: Start subscript
ESC T 27 84 1B 54
ESC E 27 69 1B 45 Prints horizontally
shifted double dots in utility mode at half speed. See also ESC ! command.
ESC F 27 70 1B 46
ESC G 27 71 1B 47 Prints vertically
shifted double dots in two passes. See also ESC ! command.
ESC H 27 72 1B 48
Double Width (Expanded) Printing
ESC W n 27 87 n 1B 57 n n=1: Start double
width printing n=0: Stop double width printing
Immediate Double Width
SO or ESC SO 14 or 27 14 0E or 1B 0E Prints double width
only to end of line; can also be canceled by DC4, ESC W 0 and ESC ! commands.
Stop Immediate Double Width Printing
Double Height Printing
DC4 20 14 Only cancels
double width set by SO or ESC SO.
ESC w n 27 119 n 1B 77 n n=1: Start double
height n=0: Stop double height
Graphics For all graphics
commands the number of dot columns of graphic data is as follows: dots=n + (n256)
Print Graphics ESC * m n n
[graphic data]
27 42 m n n [graphic data]
1B 2A m n n [graphic data]
Selects 8-pin graphic mode and prints graphic data. m=0: Single density, 60 dpi m=1: Double density, 120 dpi m=2: Fast double density, quasi-120 dpi m=3: Quadruple density, quasi-240 dpi m=4: CRT I, 80 dpi m=5: Plotter, 72 dpi m=6: CRT II, 90 dpi m=7: DD Plotter, 144 dpi
Single Density Graphics
Double Density Graphics
Quasi-Double Density Graphics
ESC K n n [graphic data]
ESC L n n [graphic data]
ESC Y n n [graphic data]
27 75 n n [graphic data]
27 76 n n [graphic data]
27 89 n n [graphic data]
1B 4B n n [graphic data]
1B 4C n n [graphic data]
1B 59 n n [graphic data]
Same as ESC * ``0.''
Same as ESC * ``1.''
Same as ESC * ``2.'' Same as low speed double density, but printer can't put two adjacent dots in the same row.
Quadruple Density Graphics
ESC Z n n [graphic data]
27 90 n n [graphic data]
1B 5A n n [graphic data]
Same as ESC * ``3.'' Printer can't put two adjacent dots in the same row.
9-Pin Graphics ESC m n n
[graphic data]
Reassign Graphics Code
ESC ? m n 27 63 m n 1B 3F m n Assigns one of the
27 94 m n n [graphic data]
1B 5E m n n [graphic data]
Used for graphics-~ intensive applications, such as screen dumps. Each print pattern requires 2 bytes of data. m=0: Single density m=1: Double density m=2: High speed double density m=3: Quadruple Density
graphics modes n to the ESC m mode n=``K''=75 n=``L''=76 n=``Y''=89 n=``Z''=90 m=0: Single density, 60 dpi m=1: Double density, 120 dpi m=2: Fast double density, quasi-120 dpi m=3: Quadruple density, quasi-240 dpi m=4: CRT I, 80 dpi m=5: Plotter, 72 dpi m=6: CRT II, 90 dpi m=7: DD Plotter, 144 dpi
Composite Command
ESC ! n 27 33 n 1B 21 n Calculate n as the
sum of the values of the features to be activated. If a feature's value is not included in the sum, it will be deactivated. 0=10 cpi 1=12 cpi 2=Proportional spacing 4=Compressed 8=Emphasized 16=Enhanced 32=Double Width 64=Italics 128=Underlining
Miscellaneous
Initialize ESC @ 27 64 1B 40 Clears buffer,
Cancel CAN 24 18 Clears buffer;
Set 8th Bit to 1 ESC 27 62 1B 3E Sets the Most
Set 8th Bit to 0 ESC = 27 61 1B 3D Sets the Most
Reset 8th Bit ESC # 27 35 1B 23 Cancels ESC or
resets printer to menu defaults, current position becomes top of page. Custom character data is not touched. Controlled by menu selection.
control codes unaffected.
Significant Bit to 1.
Significant Bit to 0.
ESC =. MSB accepted ``as is'' from computer.
Print Suppress Mode On
DC3 19 13 All data except
DC1 is ignored and lost. PRINT SUPPRESS EFFECTIVE menu item must be YES for this to be active.
Print Suppress Mode Off
DC1 17 11 Printer becomes
active, processes all data received.
Disable Paper-~ Out Sensor
Enable Paper- Out Sensor
Half-Speed Printing
ESC 8 27 56 1B 38 Paper-out sensor
is deactivated: printer will print to next top of form before registering paper end error.
ESC 9 27 57 1B 38 Sensor detects
when less than 1/2> of paper is left. When PAPER OUT light is on, pressing SELECT prints 1 line of data at a time. Sensor can also be controlled by the menu.
ESC s n 27 115 n 1B 73 n Prints at 50% of
normal speed to reduce noise. n=1: Half-speed printing ON n=0: Half-speed printing OFF
Software I-Prime ESC NUL 27 125 0 1B 7D 00 Print buffer
cleared, receive buffer unaffected; printer reset to menu default if applicable, non-menu features returned to factory default.
Microline Standard Emulation Commands
Microline Stanadard Emulation Commands
Character style
Select NLQ Courier
Select NLQ SansSerif
Select Utility print-ing
Select High SpeedDraft printing
Begin emphasized printing
Begin enhancedprinting
End enhanced andemphasized print-ing
Begin italic print-ing
ESC 1 27 49 1B 31
ESC 3 27 51 1B 33
ESC 0 27 48 1B 30
ESC # 0 27 35 48 1B 23 30 Cannot combined
withproportional spacing.
ESC T 27 84 1B 54 Double strike,
offsethorizontally (singlepass).
ESC H 27 72 1B 48 Double strike,
offsetvertically (double pass).
ESC I 27 73 1B 49
ESC ! / 27 33 47 1B 21 2F
End italic printing ESC ! * 27 33 42 1B 21 2A
Character size
Select 10 cpi RS 30 1E Select 12 cpi FS 28 1C Select 17.1 cpi GS 29 1D Select 20 cpi ESC # 3 27 35 51 1B 23 33 Begin
proportionalspaci ng
End proportionalspaci ng
Begindouble-widt h print-ing
Begindouble-heig htprinting
ESC Y 27 89 1B 59
ESC Z 27 90 1B 5A
US 31 1F
ESC US 1 27 31 49 1B 1F 31
End double-heightprin ting
Print features
Begin underlining ESC C 27 67 1B 43 Does not
End underlining ESC D 27 68 1B 44
ESC US 0 27 31 48 1B 1F 30
underlinespace created by hori-zontal tabs or printpositioning commands.
Begin superscriptprintin g
End superscriptprintin g
Begin subscriptprinting
End subscriptprinting
Incremental char-acter spacing
ESC J 27 74 1B 4A Turns superscript on
orcancels subscript.
ESC K 27 75 1B 4B
ESC L 27 76 1B 4C Turns subscript on
orcancels superscript.
ESC M 27 77 1B 4D
ESC N n 27 78 n 1B 4E n Adds n dot
columnsbetween charactersuntil changed orcancelled. Width of adot column varies withpitch and print quality(utility/NLQ).n = 0 to 11
Cut Sheet FeederControl (option)
Insert page ESC S 27 83 1B 53 Eject page SEC V 27 86 1B 56 Prints data and
ejectspage; additional data atend of page loads nextpage.
Select bin ESC EM n 27 25 n 1B 19 n n = 1: bin 1n = 2: bin
2
Character sets Character
sets
Character sets Character sets Character sets
Select standardsymbol set
ESC ! 0 27 33 48 1B 21 30
Select IBM symbolset
Select block graph-ics symbol set
Select interna-tional character set
ESC ! 2 27 33 50 1B 21 32
ESC ! 1 27 33 49 1B 21 31
ESC ! n 27 33 n 1B 21 n n = 64:
USASCII,slashed zeron = 65: USASCII,unslashed zeron = 66: Britishn = 67: Germann = 68: Frenchn = 69: Swedishn = 70: Danishn = 71: Norwegiann = 72: Dutchn = 73: Italiann = 74: FrenchCanadiann = 75: Spanish,unslashed zeron = 76: Latin Americann = 90:
Publisher Margins Margins Margins Margins Margins Set left margin ESC % C nn n27 37 67 n nn 1B 25 43 n nn Set left margin
tonnn/120 from
left-most print
position.nnn = 000
to 999(ASCII, must
be 3digits) Set right margin ESC % R nn
n n
Indent for one lineonly
Tabs Tabs Tabs Tabs Tabs
ESC % B nn n n
27 37 82 n nn n1B 25 52 n nn n Set right margin
tonnnn/120
fromleftmost print
position.nnnn = (left
margin+ 60) to 1632
(ASCII,must be 4
digits)
27 37 66 n nn n1B 25 42 n nn n Indent nnnn/120from
leftmost printposition
for one lineonly.
Indent must bewithin
set margins.nnnn =
0 to 1632(ASCII,
must be 4digits)
Advance to next tab
HT 9 09
Set tab stops bycharacter spaces
ESC HT n1n1 n1, ... ,nk nk nkCR
27 9 n1 n1n1 44 ...44nk nk nk 13
1B 09 n1 n1n1 2C ... 2Cnk nk nk 0D
Clear tabs ESC HT CR 27 9 13 1B 09 0D
First tab is set at
posi-tion n1n1n1
(3-digitASCII
number). Tab k isset
at positionnknknk.
Positionsare
separated by
com-mas.k = 0-16
(number oftabs)
Set tab stops by dotcolumn
ESC ETX n1n1 n1 n1 ,... , nk nknk nk CR
Clear tabs ESC ETX
CR
Load Vertical
DC4 data? 20 data 63 14 data 3F VFU can set up to For-mat Unit channeldata
27 3 n1 n1n1 n1 44 ...44 nk nk nknk 13
1B 03 n1 n1n1 n1 2C ...2C nk nk nknk 0D
27 3 13 1B 03 0D
First tab is set at dotcolumn n1n1n1n1(4-digit ASCII number).Tab k is set at positionnknknknk. Posi-tions are separated bycommas.k = 0-16 (number oftabs)
12channels with a totalmaximum of 54 tabstops. Each line on theform is represented bya SP code (dec. 32). Achannel designation(dec. 49 to dec. 60) fol-lows the line to whichthe tab skips. Maxi-mum form length is127 lines.
Advance to nextvertical tab
VT n 11 n 0B n Skip to next vertical
tabin channel n.n =
dec. 49 to dec. 60 Line feed LF 10 0A Line feed
ESC DC2 27 18 1B 12 withoutcarriage return
Direct line skip ESC VT nn 27 11 n n 1B 0B n n Skip nn lines
(2-digitASCII number) at cur-rent line pitch.
Fine line
ESC % 5 n 27 37 53 n 1B 25 35 n n= 0 to 255 feed(n/144)
Carriage return/line feed control
Set 6 lpi spacing ESC 6 27 54 1B 36 Set 8 lpi spacing ESC 8 27 56 1B 38
ESC ? n : 27 63 n 58 1B 3F n 3A n=17: Carriage
returnn=19: Forward line feedn=25: Reverse line feed
Set fine linespacing
Form feed FF 12 0C Set form length
in increments Set form length
bylines Skip over
perfora-tion
Set top of form ESC 5 27 53 1B 35 Top of form set at
Miscellaneous
Carriage return CR 13 0D Backspace BS 8 08
ESC % 9 n 27 37 57 n 1B 25 39 n n = 0 to 255
ESC G n n 27 71 n n 1B 47 n n nn is a 2-digit
ASCIInumber.
ESC F n n 27 70 n n 1B 46 n n nn is a 2-digit
ASCIInumber
ESC % S n 27 37 83 n 1B 25 53 n When printing
positionis within 2n/6 of thebottom of the page,printer advances to topof next page.n = 0 to 9
cur-rent printing position.
Unidirectionalprin ting
BidirectionalprintingESC = 27 61 1B 3D
Set 8th data bit to 1
Accept data as is SI 15 0F Print
Suppressmode on
Print Suppressmode off
ESC 27 45 1B 2D Print left to right only
SO 14 0E Use to print
DC3 19 13 Ignores all data
DC1 17 11 Clears Print
inboth text & graphics.
high-ASCIIcharacter s on 7-bit sys-tems.
untilDC1 is received (datalost). Can be disabledthrough menu.
Suppressmodeprinte r canaccept data.
Initialize ESC CAN 27 24 1B 18 Resets printer:
printbuffer cleared, printfeatures default tomenu settings, pageformat features andDLL memory storagenot affected.
Cancel CAN 24 18 Clear print buffer.
Nofeatures are affected.
Begin quiet mode ESC 27 60 1B 3C Print at speed
toreduce noise.
End quiet mode ESC 27 62 1B 3E Normal speed
andnoise level.
Graphics
Set Single DensityGraphics
Set Double DensityGraphics
Quasi QuadrupleDensit y
Enter GraphicsPrint Mode
ESC P or
ESC Q
ESC R 27 82 1B 52 Horizontal
ESC # Q 27 35 81 1B 23 51 Horizontal
ETX 3 03 All following data
27 80 or 27 81 1B 50 or 1B 51 Horizontal
graphicsdensity 60 dpi. At 12cpi, horizontal densityis 72 dpi. Sets densityonly.
graphicsdensity 120 dpi. At 12cpi, horizontal densityis 144 dpi. Sets densityonly.
graphicsdensity 240 dpi. At 12cpi, horizontal densityis 288 dpi. Adjacentdots not permitted inthe same row.
isinterpreted as graphicinformation except aslisted below. Once ETXis received, it is ignoredexcept in the combina-tions indicated.
LF + CR ETX SO 3 14 03 0E Graphics line feed
withcarriage return
LF only ETX DC4 3 20 03 14 Graphics line feed
only
Text LF + CR(graphics mode)
ETX LF 3 10 03 0A Text line feed at
currentpitch with carriagereturn
Text LF only(graphics mode)
Composite graph-ics mode set
Composite com-mand
ETX DC2 3 18 03 12 Text line feed at
currentpitch with no carriagereturn
ESC * n n : 27 42 n n 58 1B 42 n n 3A Add values for
validcombinations ofmodes.n = 96 +1: 60 dpi2: 72 dpi: 4: singledensity8: double density16: quad densityn = 64 +8: double speed16: 8-bit graphics
ESC & n nn
n :
27 38 n n nn 581B 3A n n nn 3A Add values for
validcombinations of fea-tures.n = 64 +1: 10 cpi2: 12 cpi4: 15 cpi8: 17.1 cpi16: 20 cpi32: double widthn = 128 +1: no super/subscript2: subscript8: superscript16: emphasized32: enhancedn = 192 +1: Utility 2:NLQ Courier8: DLL mode16: italicn = 224 +1: HSD print16: underline32: double height
Pacemark 2410 Emulation Commands
Pacemark 2410 Emulation Commands
Horizontal Control
Carriage return CR 13 0D Set horizontal
tabs
Horizontal tabs HT 9 09 Skip to next
Vertical Control
Set 6 lpi line feed ESC 4 27 52 1B 34 Also cancels
Set 8 lpi line feed ESC 5 27 53 1B 35 Also cancels
Set line feed ESC % 9 n 27 37 57 1B 25 39 n n = 0 to 127 Line feed LF 10 0A
ESC 3 n n... n
NUL
27 51 n n ...n 0 1B 33 n n ...n 00 Sets tabs n
characterspaces from left margin(pitch when set). Clears previously set tabs.Default is every 8spaces. k = 0 to 10 (# of tabsn = 0 to 255
horizontaltab position.
verticaltabs.
verticaltabs.
Form feed FF 12 0C Prints data in
bufferand advances paper tonext top of form
Set vertical tabs ESC 1 n n... n
NUL
Vertical tab VT 11 0B Prints line and
27 49 n n ...n 0 1B 31 n n ...n 00 n = 0 to 127 (line
# oftab0 clears tabs)k = 0 to 10 (total # oftabs)Change in line pitchdoesn't change positionof tabs.
skips tonext vertical tab.
Load Vertical For-mat Unit (VFU)channel data
ESC XDATAESC Y27 88 DATA27 891B 58 DATA1B 59VFU can set up
to 14channels on a formmax. of 132 lines.Channel data isbitmapped to 2 bytesfor each line. First byteallocated to channels 1(lsb) to 7; second byteallocated to channels 8(lsb) to 14. Msb isignored. ESC Y indi-cates end of data.
Set page length inlines
Cut Sheet FeederControl (option)
Insert page ESC I 27 73 1B 49 Eject page ESC J 27 74 1B 4A Select bin ESC EM n 27 25 1B 19 n n = 1: bin 1n = 2:
Character Sets
Select custom (DLL) character set
Select standardcharacte r set
Create Utilityascender customcharacter set
ESC 2 n 27 50 n 1B 32 n Also sets Top of
Form atcurrent position.n = 1 to 128 (# of lines)
bin 2
ESC K 27 75 1B 4B
ESC L orESC M 27 76 or 27 77 1B 4C or 1B 4D
ESC %
Aaddressdata
27 37 65addressdata
1B 25 41addressdata
Character rests onbaseline.addre ss = location ofcharacter (dec. 32 to127)data = 1 byte for eachof 11 columns of 7 dots;lsb is top dot
Create Utilitydescender customcharacter set
ESC %
Daddressdata
27 37 68addressdata
1B 25 44addressdata
Character extends 2dots below baseline.address = location ofcharacter (dec. 32 to127)data = 1 byte for eachof 11 columns of 7 dots;lsb is top dot
Create NLQ customcharacter
ESC %
Waddresswidthd
ata
27 37 87addresswidthd ata
1B 25 57addresswidthd ata
Print Features
Select
ESC 7 27 55 1B 37 NLQsinglepass
Select
ESC 9 27 57 1B 39 NLQdualpass
Select Utility ESC 8 27 56 1B 38 Set 10 cpi pitch ESC 6 27 54 1B 36 Set 12 cpi pitch ESC A 27 65 1B 41
address = location ofcharacter (32 to 127dec.)width = width ofcharacter in dot col-umnsCharact ers are max. 17dots high; each columnrequires 3 bytes ofdata.
Set 17.1 cpi pitch ESC B 27 66 1B 42
17.1 cpi
DC2 18 12 Setting clears pitchoneline only
Start
ESC C 27 67 1B 43 double-widthprint ing
Stop
ESC Z 27 90 1B 5A double-widthprint ing
Double-widthprint
SO 14 0E Setting clears ingone lineonly
Start
ESC F 27 70 1B 46 superscriptprintin g
when lineis terminated.
when lineis terminated.
Start subscriptprinting
ESC D 27 68 1B 44
Cancel super-script/subs criptprinting
Start underlineprinting
Stop underlineprinting
Incremental char-acter spacing
ESC E 27 69 1B 45 Returns
superscript orsubscript printing tonormal print.
ESC U 27 85 1B 55 Underlines
characters,but not spaces createdby HT command.
ESC V 27 86 1B 56
ESC N n 27 78 n 1B 4E n Adds n dot
columnsbetween charactersuntil changed orcancelled (n =
0). Widthof a dot column varieswith pitch and printquality (utility/NLQ).n = 0 to 11
Graphics
Set single densitygraphics
Set double densitygraphics
Set quasi-doubleden sity graphics
Enter graphicsprint mode
ESC P 27 80 1B 50 Graphics
density72(V) 120(H) dpi. Setsdensity only.
ESC R 27 82 1B 52 Graphics
density144(V) 120(H) dpi.Sets density only.
ESC Q 27 81 1B 51 Doubles each dot
hori-zontally and verticallywith -dot overlap.
ETX 3 03 All following data
isinterpreted as graphicinformatio n except aslisted below. Once ETXis received, it is ignoredexcept in the combina-tions indicated.
Exit graphics printmode
ETX STX 3 2 03 02
Read ETX asgraphic data
Graphics LF + CR
Graphics LF only ETX DC4 3 20 03 14 Graphics line
Text LF + CR(graphics mode)
Text LF only(graphics mode)
Miscellaneous
Cancel CAN 24 18 Initializes printer:
ETX ETX 3 3 03 03 Allows ETX to be
readas graphic information.
ETX SO 3 14 03 0E Graphics line
feed withcarriage return.
feed with-out carriage return.
ETX LF 3 10 03 0A Text line feed at
currentpitch with carriagereturn.
ETX DC2 3 18 03 12 Text line feed at
currentpitch without carriagereturn.
printbuffer cleared, printfeatures default tomenu settings, pageformat features andDLL memory storagenot affected.
Print Suppressmode on
Print Suppressmode off.
Bell BEL 7 07 Sound buzzer.
DC3 19 13 Ignores all data
untilDC1 is received (data islost). Can be disabledthrough menu.
DC1 17 11 Clears Print
Suppressmodepr inter canaccept data.
Appendix C Serial Cable Pinout
Serial Cable Pinout for the PM3410
This appendix is designed to help you make a serial cable to connect your printer to your computer.
Please do not attempt to make a cable unless you're experienced in doing so. The table below explains the signals from the printer's end. You must read you computer documentation to determine the requirements on your computer's end. Your PM3410 printer requires a RS-232C cable which is
¨ UL and CSA approved ¨ no more than 50 feet in length
and has
¨ Cannon DB-25P plug (or equivalent) with 25 pins ¨ Cannon DB-C2-J9 (or equivalent) connector shell
Serial Interface Signal Requirements
shielded
Pin Signal
1
2 Transmit Data TD From printer Serial data
3 Receive Data RD To printer Serial data received
4 Request to Send RTS From printer Always set to low
6 Data Set Ready DSR To printer Indicates that data
7 Signal Ground SG Ground Ground 11 Supervisory Send
20
Protective Ground
Data
Data Terminal Ready
Symbol
PG Ground Connected to the
SSD From printer Indicates that printer
DTR From printer Indicates that printer
Direction Description
printer frame.
transmitted to the system
by the printer
(mark)
can be sent
is
not ready to
receive data
is not ready to receive data
Commonly Used Serial Cable Configurations
Commonly Used Serial Cable Configurations
IBM 25-Pin Cable Configuration IBM 9-Pin Cable Configuration

Parallel Cable

Parallel Cable
The Pacemark 3410 requires a Centronics-equivalent parallel cable with the following: ¨ Amphenol 57-30360 or AMP 552274-1 plug (or equivalent) with 36 pins ¨ AMP 552073-1 (or equivalent) cover ¨ Beldon (or equivalent)
UL and CSA approved.
The printer has a 36-pin Amphenol 57-40360-12-D56 receptacle.
shielded
cable, maximum 10 feet with twisted pair conductors. It must be

Specifications

Specifications
Printhead:
Print speed @ 10 cpi:
Emulations:
set
Interface:
1-800-OKIDATA for information)
Fonts:
EAN 8, EAN 13, Code 3 of 9, Interleaved 2 of 5
Reliability:
density Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) 15 minutes Printhead life 200 million characters average in 10 cpi utility mode
Paper Specifications:
Bottom feed: 0.50 mm (0.020 inches) maximum
Continuous forms:
Width 3.5 to 16.5 inches
Cut sheet multi-part forms:
9 pin
HSD 550 cps Utility 417 cps NLQ 104 cps
Epson FX/IBM ProPrinter, co-resident Pacemark/Microline, by means of optional chip
Parallel and RS232C serial, standard Optional Twin-Ax/Co-Ax (3rd partycall
Graphics resolution:
NLQ: Courier, Gothic, Proportional Draft: Utility, High Speed Bar Code: UPC-A, UPC-E,
Buffer size:
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) 8,000 hours at 25% duty cycle, 35% page
Weight 12 to 24 lb. Thickness Top feed: 0.36 mm (0.014 inches) maximum
Types Interleaved: original plus 5 copies Carbonless: original plus 7 copies
Original plus 3 copies (top edge must be glued tight)
1445216 dpi maximum
64K
Labels:
Envelopes:
Card stock:
Transparencies:
Dimensions:
Environmental Requirements:
Electrical Requirements:
Specifications subject to change without notice
Carrier width 3.5 to 16.5 inches wide Use bottom feed only.
Weight 24-lb. maximum Size Minimum 6.5 5 3.6 inches Maximum 9.5 5 4.1 inches
Feed: Single feed Continuous feed overlap type only
120-lb. maximum Use bottom feed only.
Use top feed only.
Width 25-1/4 inches (540 mm) Depth 19 inches (483 mm) Height 15 inches (203 mm)
Weight 63 lbs. (25.4 kg)
Operating Temperature 50 to 104 degrees F (10 to 40 degrees C)
Storage Temperature 14 to 122 degrees F (-10 to +50 degrees C) Humidity 20 to 80% RH
Voltage 120 volts, +5.5%/-15% 220/240 volts, ±10% Frequency 50/60
Hz, ±2 Hz Power Idling: 30 watts Operating: 75 watts
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