OKI Microline ML184TPLUS User Guide

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MICROLINE

ML184T+

Printer Handbook

Oki Data Corporation

4-11-22 Shibaura, Minato-ku, T okyo 108-8551, Japan Tel : (81) 3 5445 6158 Fax: (81) 3 5445 6189 www.okidata.co.jp

Oki Data (Singapore) Pte Ltd.

78 Shenton Way, #09-01, Singapore 079120 Tel : (65) 6221 3722 Fax: (65) 6421 1688 www.okidata.com.sg

Oki Systems (Thailand) Ltd.

956 Udomvidhya Building, 6th Floor, Rama IV Rd., Bangkok 10500, Thailand Tel : (662) 636 2535 Fax: (662) 636 2536 www.okisysthai.com

The IPL Group

63-85 Victoria Street, Beaconsfield NSW 2015, Australia Tel : (61) 2 9690 8200 Fax: (61) 2 9690 8300 www.oki.com.au

Comworth Systems Ltd.

10 Constellation Drive Mairangi Bay , Auckland, New Zealand Tel : (64) 9 477 0500 Fax: (64) 9 477 0549 www.comworth.co.nz

IMPORTANT

You have just bought the best printer, so be sure to use the only ribbons recommended for it. Original OKI ribbons are the only ones that the manufacturers recommend. Ask for them by name.

Please remember that if you buy any other ribbon your warranty may be invalidated.

Purchasing inferior ribbons really does not make sense. They do not last as long. What is more, they are prone to shredding, which can cause damage to your printhead. Any short term savings on cheap ribbons are quickly lost.

So do not waste your time and money... insist on OKI consumables for your OKI printer.

You can order them from your printer supplier.

Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Printer ........................................... 1-1

Connecting to Your Computer................................................... 1-11

Chapter 2: Operating Your Printer............................................ 2-1

Buttons, Levers and Indicators.................................................. 2-1

Menu Mode................................................................................. 2-6

Sample Menu.............................................................................. 2-7

Summary of Menu Settings ....................................................... 2-8

Paper Loading............................................................................. 2-14

Installing and Using the Roll Paper Stand ............................... 2-19

Loading Single Sheets ............................................................... 2-22

Installing and Using the Tractor Feed Unit.............................. 2-24

Installation of the Cut-Sheet Feeder ......................................... 2-29

Chapter 3: Working with Software ............................................ 3-1

Basic Terminology ..................................................................... 3-1

Printer Drivers ............................................................................ 3-2

Appendix A: Printer Commands ................................................ A-1

Appendix B: Interface Cable....................................................... B-1

Appendix C: ASCII Character Codes........................................ C-1

Appendix D: Menu Selections ..................................................... D-1

Appendix E: Specifications.......................................................... E-1

SPECIAL NOTE

This manual will help you install and use your new IBM/EPSON/OKI ML compatible MICROLINE 184 Turbo+ printer. It contains everything you need to know to print with your MICROLINE’s special features. If you still need assistance after reading this book, please contact your dealer for fast personal service. If your dealer cannot answer your questions, please ask us.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. OKI assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. OKI also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers, and referred to in this book, will not affect the applicability of the information in this book.

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IMPORTANT

The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code:

GREEN AND YELLOW EARTH BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE

As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug — PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:

The wire coloured GREEN AND YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug marked with the letter E or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN or GREEN AND YELLOW. The wire coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter L or coloured RED. The wire coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK.

WARNING: THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED

Ensure that your equipment is connected correctly . If you are in any doubt consult a qualified electrician.

Chapter 1

Setting Up Your Printer

Your IBM/EPSON/OKI ML-compatible ML 184 Turbo+ printer is packed in a protective container along with some extra items you need. These items include:

Paper separator

Platen knob

Ribbon

cartridge

AC cable

Optional equipment available for your ML 184 Turbo+ printer includes:

Roll Paper stand

Setting Up 1 -- 1

Tractor feed option kit

Tractor feed unit

Access cover

Acoustic cover

Cut-Sheet Feeder

Left paper guide

Paper test lever

Rear sheet support

Front sheet guide

Interface Equipment:

Super-Speed (19,200 baud) RS-232C serial board

1 -- 2 Setting Up

Front sheet support

Cut-Sheet Feeder unit

1. Do not plug in your printer until the following steps have been completed.

2. Remove the access cover by inserting your hand in the top cover slot (see figure below) and lifting.

Slot

Access cover

Setting Up 1 -- 3

3. Remove the carriage shipping restraint that keeps the print head in place.

Carriage shipping restraint

4. Gently slide the print head to the middle of the printer or to the lefthand side so that it is away from the rollers on the Bail bar.

Print head

Bail bar

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5. Place the black ribbon cartridge on the ribbon cartridge holder. The easiest method is to tilt the back of the cartridge so that it slides into the area of the plate that is nearest the front of the printer, then lower the top of the cartridge (where the plastic ribbon shield is located) over the print head. The tabs on both sides of the cartridge should align perfectly with the inserts on the print head plate.

Important: Only use genuine OKI ribbon cartridges in your printer. Do not remove the ribbon shield.

Ribbon cartridge

Ribbon shield

Holding position

Print head

Ribbon cartridge holder

Ribbon shield

Bail bar

Setting Up 1 -- 5

6. Press gently on the cartridge until you feel it snap into place. To remove the ribbon cartridge, make sure the print head is moved away from the edge of the platen, then grasp the cartridge on both sides of the print head and lift up.

7. The blue lever located to the left of the ribbon cartridge is used to adjust the print head gap for single or multi-part paper. When single part paper or two part paper is in the printer, slide the blue lever forwards towards the print head. To print on three or four part paper, slide the lever towards the front of the printer.

Bail bar

Print head gap lever

Print release lever

1 -- 6 Setting Up

8. Put the platen knob shaft in the hole on the right-hand side of the printer as shown.

9. Try running a self test to make sure your new printer is working correctly . Insert a piece of computer paper (with sprocket holes) or a single sheet of typing paper into the printer as you would insert it in a typewriter. If you are unfamiliar with typewriters, here is the method:

a. Open the paper release lever by sliding it towards you.

b. After letting the slit of the paper separator pass, the paper as far

as you can into the slots provided by the black paper guides.

Paper guides

Setting Up 1 -- 7

c. Close the paper release lever.

d. Turn the platen knob clockwise away from you to pull the paper

around the platen and behind the Bail bar.

e. Move the Bail bar back on to the platen so that the rollers rest on

the paper you have just inserted.

10. Advance the paper, using the platen knob, until 1 inch of paper appears above the Bail bar.

11. Replace the access cover:

a. Insert the three tabs in the edge of the access cover into the holes

on the top front edge of the printer.

b. Lower the access cover on to the printer.

12. Grasp the paper and pull it through the opening in the access cover. Use the platen knob if you need more paper.

13. Insert the connector end of the power cord into the socket at the rear of the printer.

14. Make absolutely certain that the ON/OFF power switch on the side of the printer is OFF. (A sudden power surge can damage the printer.)

15. Plug the power cord into a earthed (three-pronged) electrical socket.

Important: The printer must be earthed at all times.

1 -- 8 Setting Up

16. T o print the self test, hold down the LF (line feed) and SEL (SELECT) button (located on the front panel) and turn the power switch ON. When the printer is powered on (indicator lights), release the LF and SEL button.

Line feed

SEL button

SELECT indicator

17. The following test pattern will be printed, beginning with a printer revision number that is followed by a rolling character pattern.

Note: During self test printing the SELECT indicator is not lit.

Setting Up 1 -- 9

18. To stop the test, press the SEL button (located on the front panel) or turn the power switch OFF.

After the printer has shown that it is functioning correctly, you are ready to connect your computer. First, you need an interface cable. If you do not have one, see your computer dealer or, if you have the equipment and the technical expertise, make your own cable using the instructions in Appendix C.

Attention: Install your printer away from a CRT. An electromagnetic field may create a distortion on your computer screen.

1 -- 10 Setting Up

Connecting to Your Computer

Parallel interface cable

Locking tab

Frame ground screw

Frame ground wire

Frame ground

Connector hole

You will need either a parallel, usb or serial interface cable to connect your computer to your ML 184 Turbo+ printer. Before you connect the cable, make sure both printer and computer power is OFF. * More than one interface cannot be connected simultaneously.

Connecting a Parallel Interface

1. Insert the 36-pin plug into the appropriate socket on the rear of the printer.

If there is no frame ground (FG) included in your interface cable, connect a frame ground wire from the computer to the frame ground connection hole at the back of the printer.

Setting Up 1 -- 11

2. Snap the two wire locking tabs on to the plug.

3. Insert the other end of the cable into your computer. You may also connect it to another peripheral device, such as a disk drive, if your equipment is designed for daisychain connection.

4. Turn on the equipment and try the one line BASIC program shown below, using the proper print statement for your computer (the example uses LPRINT). Make sure you have paper and ribbon in the printer.

5. Type: LPRINT “Everything’s okay” and then run the program.

6. Y our printer should print “Everything’ s okay” at 10 characters per inch.

Note: If the printer did not print, make sure you entered the program correctly. Some computers require that you assign a number to the printer and specify that number in your print statement; for example OPEN # 3 means the printer is on line # 3 to the computer.

7. Now try this BASIC program (change it, if necessary, to suit your computer’s requirements):

10 LPRINT “EVERYTHING’S OKAY” 20 LPRINT “THIS LINE SHOULD BE SPACED 1/6“”;

CHR$(34);”UNDER THE FIRST”

8. The printout should look like this:

EVERYTHING’S OKAY THIS LINE SHOULD BE SPACED 1/6” UNDER THE FIRST

1 -- 12 Setting Up

If it is overprinted, make a small adjustment to the printer menu settings so that a line feed is automatically inserted at the end of a line.

Connecting a USB Interface

1. Connect a USB cable to a USB port on the back of a printer.

USB cable

Serial Interfaces

The Super-Speed board has a maximum speed of 19,200 baud with a choice of either printer Ready/Busy or XON/XOFF protocol.

Before connecting your interface cable, make sure both your printer and computer are off. If you are using a serial cable, you are probably required to use an OPEN and PR #1 statement in BASIC programming instead of LPRINT. Consult your computer documentation for details.

Setting Up 1 -- 13

Connecting a Serial Interface

1. Insert the 25-pin plug in the socket on the rear of the printer.

2. Tighten the mounting screw on each side of the connector shell so that it is securely attached to the printer.

3. Insert the other end of the cable into your computer. You may also be able to connect the cable to another peripheral device, such as a disk drive, if your equipment accommodates daisychain connection.

4. Make sure you have a ribbon cartridge and paper in the printer.

Serial interface cable

1 -- 14 Setting Up

Screw

25-pin plug

5. Turn ON the power and try this one line BASIC program to make sure the connection is correct:

LPRINT “Everything’s okay”

Note: Your computer may require a different print statement such as PRINT # 1 or PR #1. Check your computer documentation for details.

6. Run the program. Your printer should print this at 10 characters per inch:

Everything’s okay

7. Now try this BASIC program (modify it to suit your computer requirements):

10 LPRINT “Everything’s okay” 20 LPRINT “This line should be spaced 1/6”;

CHRS(34); “under the first”

8. The printout should look like this:

Everything’s okay This line should be spaced 1/6” under the first

9. If the two lines of text have overprinted each other, you will have to change the printer menu settings so that a line feed is automatically inserted at the end of a line.

Setting Up 1 -- 15

Chapter 2

Operating Your Printer

Buttons, Levers and Indicators

Before using your printer, it is worth familiarising yourself with the buttons, levers and indicators on the printer and to understand the various methods of loading paper.

The front panel of the printer has six buttons, two of which were briefly introduced in the setup procedure. In addition, there are indicator lights that show the status of the printer, mode and pitch selected.

LINE

FEED

FORM

FEED

TOF

SELECT MODE

SET

ALARM PITCH

POWER 10

NLQ 12 17

UTILITY

HSD

POWER Indicator: Indicates that the printer power is turned ON. SEL Button: Pressing this button after the printer power is ON

places the printer in deselect mode. In this mode the computer cannot communicate with the printer . T o return to select mode, simply press this button again. Pressing this button also stops the self test. It is also used to enter into HEX-dump mode: turn the printer ON while holding down the SEL and FORM FEED buttons.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 1

Hex mode generates data rather than text, and a sample is shown below . To terminate this mode, switch the printer off and on again.

Switching on the printer while holding down the Select and Line Feed buttons will generate a rolling ASCII character display. Reset the printer to terminate. A sample is shown below.

TOF SET Button: To set the first line position on each page (Top of

Form), deselect the printer when the print head is in the desired position. You can also select 17.1 character per inch printing by holding this button down when turning printer power ON.

2 -- 2 Operating Your Printer

SELECT Indicator: W orks together with the SEL button. Lights when

the printer is selected (ready to receive data from the computer). The indicator is not lit when the printer is deselected or during self tests. If an abnormal status is detected during the self test, the indicator flashes.

FORM FEED Button: To advance the paper to the next page (Top Of

Form), press this button while the printer is deselected. You can also select NLQ (Near Letter Quality) with this button. Just hold down the FORM FEED button while switching on the printer.

ALARM Indicator: Lights when paper supply is low or exhausted (un-

less you use the command to disable the alarm). Printing stops until the paper supply is replenished. It is also lit when a jam is detected using the CSF. The light flashes when high temperatures are detected in the printhead and space motor. Allow the printer to cool down before re-using.

LINE FEED Button: If you want to advance the paper one line, press

this button while the printer is deselected. A DEMO page print can be generated by switching on the printer and holding down the Line Feed button. This printout illustrates the various styles of printing available from the ML 184 T urbo+. Once printed, the printer automatically reverts to 10 cpi Utility mode. An example of the DEMO page is on the next page.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 3

2 -- 4 Operating Your Printer

PITCH Button: This b utton allo ws you to manually select the char-

acter pitch. The appropriate lamp glows upon selection. The lamps also light as software changes, for example, normal to condensed, are implemented.

MODE Button: Similar function to above, but this refers to the

print quality selected: NLQ, Utility or High Speed Draft.

The levers on the printer allow you to adjust the paper.

PAPER LOCK/ Open (slide forwards) for inserting paper, and RELEASE LEVER: adjusting paper, and when using tractor fed com-

puter paper. Close (slide back) for use with roll paper and for single sheets.

PAPER GAP Slide towards the back of the printer when ADJUSTMENT: inserting single sheets, and away when using

multipart paper.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 5

Menu Mode

When your printer is in the Menu Mode, you can use the front panel controls to change the defaults for the printer parameters, including emulation, page length, line spacing, typeface, pitch, etc. For example, you might want to change the page length to 14 inches if you’re printing on legal-size documents, or to 3 inches if you’re printing on labels or small cards.

T o place your printer in the Menu Mode, To place your printer in the Menu Mode, turn on the power with pressing the SEL button.

To exit the Menu Mode, hold the PITCH button and press the MODE button. The MENU light will go out and the SEL light will come on.

2 -- 6 Operating Your Printer

Sample Menu

The menu is made up of groups of parameters. Within each group is a list of items and each of those items has several possible settings. Here’s a sample Menu printout. The first column lists the groups; the second, items; the third, settings:

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 7

Summary of Menu Settings

The table below details the entries in the printer Menu as it comes from the factory. The factory defaults are marked with “*”.

Other entries will appear in the Menu depending on what options you have installed and what emulation is engaged.

For a complete listing of all the available Menu selections, along with explanations for each setting, see appendix D.

Group Item Sets

Printer Control Emulation Mode IBM *

Font Print Mode Utility *

DRAFT Mode HSD

Pitch 10CPI *

Proportional Spacing No *

Style Normal *

Size 1) Single *

2 -- 8 Operating Your Printer

Epson ML

NLQ Courier NLQ Gothic DRAFT

SSD *

12 CPI 15 CPI

17.1 CPI 20 CPI

Yes

Italics

Double

Group Item Sets

Symbol Sets Character Set Set I

Set II Standard, Line Graphics, Block Graphics (ML Mode only)

Language Set American *

Zero Character Slashed

Code Page USA * BRASCII

Slashed Letter O No *

Vertical Control Line Spacing 6 LPI *

Skip Over Perforation No *

French German British Danish I Swedish Italian Spanish I Japanese Norwegian Danish II Spanish II Latin American French Canadian Dutch Publisher

Unslashed *

Canada French Abicomp Multilingual Multilingual 858 Portugal ISO8859-15 Norway

Yes

8 LPI

Yes

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 9

Group Item Sets

Vertical Control Page Length 11"

11 2/3" 12" * 14" 17" 5" 3"

3.5" 4"

5.5" 6" 7" 8"

8.5"

Set-Up Graphics Bi-directional

Uni-directional *

7 or 8 Bits Graphics 4) 8

Receive Buffer Size 2) 1 Line

Paper Out Override No *

Print Registration 0.25 mm Right

7 or 8 Bits Data Word 4) 8 *, 7 Operator Panel Full Operation

Function 3) Semi Operation *

2 -- 10 Operating Your Printer

7 *

32K 64K * 128K

Yes

0.20 mm Right

0.15 mm Right

0.10 mm Right

0.05 mm Right 0 *

0.05 mm Left

0.10 mm Left

0.15 mm Left

0.20 mm Left

0.25 mm Left

Limited Operation

Group Item Sets

Set-Up Reset Inhibit No *

Yes

Print Suppress Effective No

Auto LF No *

Auto CR 5) No

Print DEL Code 4) No

Yes *

Yes

Yes *

Sl Select Pitch 15 CPI

(10 CPI) 5) 17.1 CPI * Sl Select Pitch 12 CPI *

(12 CPI) 5) 20 CPI Time Out Print Valid

Auto Select No *

ESC SI Pitch 5) 17.1 CPI *, 20CPI CSF/RPS Select RPS *

Impact Mode Normal *

Invalid *

Yes

CSF

Quiet

Parallel I/F I-Prime Invalid

Buffer Print * Buffer Clear

Pin 18 + 5V *

Open

Auto Feed XT 6) Valid

Invalid *

Bi-Direction Enable *

Disable

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 11

Group Item Sets

CSF 7) Line Spacing 6 LPI *

Bottom Margin Valid

Page Length 11"

8 LPI

Invalid *

11 2/3" 12" * 14" 17" 5"

3.5" 4"

5.5" 6" 7" 8"

8.5"

Notes: 1. Selects both double width and double height characters OR single width and sin-

gle height characters.

2. When “1 Line” is selected, the receiving buffer size is set to 2K bytes.

3. When “Limited Operation” is selected, after exiting MENU, only the SEL, LF and FF switches are valid. PRINT QUALITY, TOF and PITCH are invalid.

4. Displayed only for ML emulation.

5. Displayed only for IBM emulation.

6. Displayed only for EPSON emulation.

7. Displayed only when CFS is selected.

2 -- 12 Operating Your Printer

Menu Mode Buttons

LINE

FEED

FORM

FEED

TOF

SET

SELECT MODE

ALARM PITCH

POWER 10

12 17

NLQ UTILITY HSD

Here is a summary of the buttons active in the Menu Mode:

1. LINE FEED button: Press to scan through groups of listings. Each

time you press the LINE FEED button, a line will print, showing the next group in the Menu. T o go back one group, hold the PITCH button while pressing the LINE FEED button.

2. FORM FEED button: Press to scan through items for a particular

group. Each time you press the FORM FEED button a line will print, showing the next item within the group. To go back one item, hold the PITCH button while pressing the FORM FEED button.

3. TOF SET button: Press to change setting for the items. Each time

you press the TOF SET button, a line will print across the page showing the next setting for that item. Keep pressing the button until the setting you wish to engage appears. To go back one setting, hold the PITCH button while pressing the TOF SET button.

4. SEL button: Press to print out listing of current settings for each items,

group by group.

Resetting Menu to Factory Defaults

T o reset your printer Menu to the factory settings, turn the printer of f, then hold the LINE FEED and FORM FEED buttons while turning it back on again.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 13

Paper Loading

You can load paper into the printer using several methods. If you have a printer stand with a paper slot, you can load paper through the bottom of the printer. If the printer is placed on a desk or table, paper can be loaded from the top, like typewriter paper.

If you have the optional roll paper stand, tractor feed unit, or cut-sheet feeder read the following instructions on how to install them and how to load the paper.

When you use fanfold paper, adjust the distance between the sprocket pins at the ends of the platen to correspond to the holes in the paper. You can adjust the platen pin width by extending or compressing the platen ends.

To move the platen end: Unsnap the lever, move the platen end to the left or right, then close the lever.

Bottom Feed Paper Loading

1. Place the printer on a slotted printer stand, carefully aligning the slot in the stand with the opening in the base of the printer.

2. Place the box of paper under the printer stand.

3. Remove the access cover and lift the column indicator bar.

4. Open the paper release lever.

2 -- 14 Operating Your Printer

5. Insert the first sheet of paper through the opening in the bottom of the printer.

6. Slide the paper up until it appears in front of the platen.

7. Lower the column indicator bar.

8. Close the paper release lever.

9. Use the platen knob to advance the paper to the first printing line.

10. Replace the access cover.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 15

Rear Feed Paper Loading:

1. Put the printer on a desk or table.

2. Place the box of paper behind the printer.

3. Remove the access cover and lift the Bail bar.

4. Open the paper release lever.

5. Insert the first sheet of paper in the paper guide after letting a paper pass to slit of the paper separator.

6. Push the paper in just enough so that its sprocket holes engage the sprocket pins located on the platen ends.

7. Turn the platen knob to advance the paper until it appears in front of the platen.

Paper guides

Bail bar

8. Lower the Bail bar.

9. Close the paper release lever.

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Paper release lever

11. Use the platen knob to advance the paper to the first printing line.

12. Replace the access cover.

Access cover

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 17

Note: When the printed paper is involved in the platen, more the wire ahead.

Wire

If you adjust the printing position for the set paper by rotating the platen knob in the reverse direction, the printing precision may fluctuate.

2 -- 18 Operating Your Printer

Installing and Using the Roll Paper Stand

Select “RPS” at the “CSF/RPS Select” menu option.

1. Remove the access cover.

2. Insert the tabs on the roll paper stand into the holes on both sides of the printer.

Roll Paper Stand

3. Plug the roll paper stand plug into the socket on the rear of the printer .

Plug

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 19

4. Pull the bail arm lever forwards to move the column indicator away from the platen.

5. Place the paper release lever in the forward (open) position.

6. Insert the paper shaft in the roll paper core, and open the sheet guide of the roll paper stand. Mount the shaft on the stands so that the grooved end of the shaft fits into the groove on the left stand, and the paper rolls from the bottom.

Paper shaft

Sheet guide

Bail arm lever

Roll Paper

Release lever

7. Insert the paper from the back of the platen over the paper bar, making sure its edges lie within the platen ends. (The sprocket pins will tear the paper if they come into contact with it.)

8. Push the paper in slightly. Close the paper release lever. Now turn the platen knob to bring the paper to the front of the platen.

2 -- 20 Operating Your Printer

9. Feed the paper supplied to the front of the platen in Step 8 through the slit between the indicator and the platen. If necessary, align the edges of the paper. You must open the paper release lever to do this.

10. Close the bail arm lever.

Align the ends

Bail arm lever

Sheet guide

Release lever

11. Replace the access cover. Fit the cover tabs into the slots at the printer front. Lower the cover carefully , making sure the paper feeds through the front slot in the access cover.

12. By turning the platen knob, move the paper to the point where you want printing to start. (Many word processing packages automatically allow for a top margin of 25.4 mm (1 inch).

Sheet guide

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 21

Loading Single Sheets

The ML184 Turbo+ can accommodate standard single sheets of 216 by 297 or 355 mm (8.5 by 11-inch or 14-inch) paper. Only one copy, with no carbons, can be printed at a time.

Remove the tractor feed unit and any other accessories before using the paper separator.

Operation

1. Place the paper release lever in its rear (closed) position.

2. Place the printer OFF LINE. (Press the SEL switch.)

3. Close the paper bail lever (Place it in its rearward position.)

4. Raise the paper separator as shown in the figure. (The paper separator remains raised to prevent the paper separator from falling.)

5. Adjust the cut sheet guide on the paper separator to the printing pattern to be used.

Cut sheet guide

Paper bail lever

2 -- 22 Operating Your Printer

Single sheet

Paper separator

Stay

Line mark

Cut sheet guide

Note: When letter-size paper is used, set the cut sheet guide to the line mark on the paper separator then 80-characters (10 CPI) width can be printed in the centre position of the paper.

6. Insert a single sheet along the cut sheet guide until it reaches the pinch roller . Be sure to keep the paper inside the platen ends. Otherwise the built-in sprocket pins will tear it.

7. Open the paper bail lever, place it in its forward position.

8. Close the paper bail lever after confirming that the single sheet has been grasped. Be sure to throw the paper bail lever all the way; otherwise the paper will jam.

9. Press the SEL key after confirming that the paper is fed again up to the first-line printing position. Then place the printer ON LINE.

Attention: Load paper properly in order for paper to be fed straight.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 23

Installing and Using the Tractor Feed Unit

1. Remove the access cover.

2. Insert the post on each end of the tractor feed unit around the ends of the platen shaft.

Post

Tractor feed unit

Lever

Clamp

Side frame

3. Pull the tractor unit forwards until it clamps on to the platen ends.

4. Install the paper separator by placing its hooks in the slots provided on the printer.

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5. Paper can be loaded from the top or bottom of the printer. Paper can only be loaded from the bottom if you have a slotted printer stand.

Rear feed

Bottom feed

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 25

6. Adjust the left tractor if necessary; make sure it is not more than 12.7 mm (1/2 inch) from the left-hand end of the tractor unit. To move the tractor pull the lock lever forwards, slide the tractor to the desired position, then push it backwards to lock it in place.

Lock lever

Sprocket cover

Tractor

7. Pull the paper under the column indicator and up to the level of the tractor unit.

8. Adjust the right tractor to the paper width by pulling the lock lever forwards, sliding the tractor to the right or left (depending on the paper size), and pushing the lock lever backwards to lock it in place.

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9. Open the sprocket covers and the paper release lever (slide forwards).

Tractors

Sprocket covers

10. Place the sprocket holes in the paper over the sprockets on the tractor unit, making sure that the paper is flat.

Sprocket pins

Sprocket holes

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 27

11. Close both the sprocket covers. (Leave the paper release lever open.)

Sprocket covers

12. Put the access cover supplied with the tractor feed unit on the printer.

Access cover

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Installation of the Cut-Sheet Feeder

Select “CSF” at the “CSF/RPS Select” menu option.

1. Remove the acoustic cover, tractor feed unit, and paper separator if installed.

2. Remove the access cover.

3. Pull the column indicator away from the platen and push the pressure rollers to the left and the right end of the bar.

4. Fit the cut-sheet feeder clamps over the platen collar and lower on to the printer.

Notes: 1. Move the front sheet guide of the cut-sheet feeder under the column indicator.

Gently push the front sheet guide towards the platen, then close the column indicator. To engage it with the front sheet guide hook, pull it back to open position.

2. Turn the platen knob to make sure the coupling gear on the left-hand side of the cut-sheet feeder are in line with the platen gear.

Clamp

Coupling gear

Platen gear

Platen collar

5mm

Pressure roller

Column indicator bar

Front sheet guide

Platen collar

Pressure roller

5. Insert the sheet supports. Fit the slotted ends of the narrow sheet support on to the square bar and paper chute on to either side of the middle paper guide at the rear of the cut sheet feeder. Slide the front sheet support into the tracks between the feed rollers and the metal plate.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 29

6. Insert the feeder cable into the socket on the rear of the printer. The arrow on the plug faces up.

Feed cable

Paper release lever

(Closed)

7. Make sure the printer’s paper release is closed.

Important: Be sure the paper release lever is closed whenever you are printing with the cutsheet feeder. If you do not close the paper release, the paper will not feed properly. The printer could print an entire page without any paper, possibly damaging the platen and the print head.

Loading paper into the hopper

1. Put the paper set level to the RESET position.

(a)

2 -- 30 Operating Your Printer

Paper set lever

(b)

Right paper guide

Paper guide fixing levers

Left paper guide

2. Release the paper guides by pushing the fixing levers downwards.

3. Move the left paper guide to the position where you wish to set the left-hand edge of the sheet. Make sure that this guide is not set to the right of the paper out sensor (the groove in the platen).

Left paper guide

4. Flex the paper stack (not more than 170 sheets of 60g/m

Right paper guide

(161b) paper). Square the stack again, turn it over, and repeat the bending. The paper stack should not exceed 16mm in total thickness.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 31

5. Insert the paper stack in the hopper, then push it against the left paper guide. Make sure the paper fits under the corner separators. Adjust the right paper guide to the width of the paper.

Paper stack

Left paper guide

Paper set lever

Right paper guide

6. Push the paper guide fixing levers upwards into the locked position.

Tuck the paper stack under the rollers

Roller

2 -- 32 Operating Your Printer

Stopper

Rear sheet supporter

0.5~1mm

Right-hand paper guide

7. Push the paper set lever gently backwards to the set position.

Paper set lever

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 33

Manual paper loading with the cut-sheet feeder installed.

1. Gently insert the paper from directly above the front sheet support.

Front sheet supporter

Slot for setting manually

FORM FEED button

2. Use the FORM FEED button to feed the manually loaded paper.

3. Turn the platen knob clockwise/anticlockwise until the sheet is in the desired position.

Notes: 1. The manually set sheet is printed automatically even when other sheets are

loaded in the hopper. (When the FORM FEED button is pressed, the manually set sheet will be fed into the cut-sheet feeder.)

2. Do not manually feed paper if a sheet is being fed from the hopper. Simultaneously feeding paper may result in a paper jam.

3. To manually feed a sheet of paper, you must use the FORM FEED button, and use the platen knob to adjust the papers position in the printer. If the paper is being fed manually and is positioned using the platen knob rather than the FORM FEED button it may be ejected just before printing begins.

2 -- 34 Operating Your Printer

Cut-sheet feeder controls

The printer’s control switches also control the operation of the cut-sheet feeder. The control switches, however, function only when the printer is off-line or deselected (SELECT indicator is not lit).

Printing with the cut-sheet feeder

After the first sheet is inserted and the top of form is set, you can begin printing with the cut-sheet feeder. Simply request a printout from your word processing package as normal. When it receives the PRINT command, the printer starts printing on the inserted sheet until the amount of lines that have been printed according to the appropriate page length, ejects the printed page into the output tray, and inserts a new page. If a file is several pages long, the printer ejects each printed page into the output tray, inserts a new sheet from the hopper, then continues printing.

If you are printing program outputs using the cut sheet feeder, you must include the cut-sheet feeder insert and eject commands. When the printer receives the PRINT command, it inserts a sheet of paper and starts printing. Each time the printer receives the cut-sheet feeder insert command, it ejects the printed sheet then inserts a new sheet. Use the cutsheet feeder eject command at the end of your program if you want the printer to eject the printed sheet without inserting a new sheet. For further information consult the programming section in this handbook.

If you want to eject a sheet of paper you can do it using the FORM FEED button.

Note: Make sure that the page length the printer is set to is no greater than the page length that your word processing system uses.

The action of the LINE FEED button varies according to the status of the cut sheet feeder.

Operating Your Printer 2 -- 35

Chapter 3

Working with Software

This chapter covers the fundamentals of setting up commercial software packages for use with your printer. Be sure to read your software documentation carefully for more details.

Basic Terminology

Before we start, let’s examine a few terms with which you may not be familiar.

Printer Commands

If you’re using commercial software with an appropriate printer driver (see “Printer Drivers” below), the printer commands will normally be sent to the printer by your software and you won’t even need to think about them.

Printer commands are signals sent by your PC to the printer which guide and control its operation. Printer commands tell the printer what character pitch to use, what font to use, what margins to use, whether to use single or double spacing, when to engage/disengage double width or double height printing, etc.

Printer commands can be sent in decimal, ASCII, or hexadecimal form. The values (decimal/ASCII/hexadecimal) for each type of command depend on which emulation is active (see Appendix A for a listing of printer commands for each emulation).

With only a few exceptions, printer commands begin with the ESC character , decimal 27 (hexadecimal 1B), which serves as signal to the printer that what follows is to be interpreted as a command rather than just a string of characters. Some printer commands expect you supply a numerical value, representing tab stops, line spacing, etc.

Working with Software 3 -- 1

Emulations

In order to eliminate hundreds of different sets of printer commands, most printers emulate, or imitate, one of several general printers; i.e., they accept all of that printer’s commands and behave as though they were the emulated printer.

Your printer has three emulations:

• IBM (factory default)

• Epson

• Oki Microline

Printer Drivers

Compatible Printer Drivers (DOS)

Many of the software packages you use will contain drivers 100% compatible with your printer. For older software, however , it may be necessary to select a driver that functions nearly the same as a driver specifically designed for your printer. This generally means that you will be selecting a driver that provides commands to access most, but not all of the available functions; however, the commands that are available will perform properly with your printer.

The table below summarizes the various drivers that will work with your printer . They are listed in order by decreasing compatibility as you go down the list: select one from as high up on the list as possible, based on what is available from among the drivers supplied with your software. If you don’t see one from near the top of the list, give the software manufacturer a call to see if they have added any drivers to those supplied when you purchased your software. Software manufacturers are constantly updating their lists of drivers to keep up with the printer market and they may very well have one which will give maximum compatibility with your printer.

3 -- 2 Working with Software

IBM Emulation Epson Emulation

OKI ML Emulation

Oki ML 184 Turbo (IBM) Oki ML 320 (IBM) Oki ML 520 (IBM) Oki ML 320 T (IBM) Oki ML 720 (IBM) IBM Graphics printer IBM Proprinter

Oki ML 320 (EPSON) Oki ML 520 (EPSON) Oki ML 320 T (EPSON) Oki ML 720 (EPSON) Epson EX 800 Epson FX

Oki ML 184 Turbo (STD) Oki ML 182 (STD) Oki ML 192 (STD) Oki ML 320 (STD) Oki ML 520 (STD) Oki ML 320 T (STD) Oki ML 720 (STD)

Because there are some differences in characteristics such as speed or access to various features, you may wish to experiment with several different drivers. If you must select a driver that is not listed in the table, be sure to check it thoroughly for print features such as boldface, underline and changes in pitch. Don’t be surprised if boldfaced items are printed twice, underlines are misplaced, wide spaces are left between lines or the printer behaves chaotically (turn off the printer if the latter occurs). These are all characteristics of an incompatible driver selection.

Windows Printer Drivers

To use this printer on a Windows operating system, install the Windows printer driver, that is on the Printer Software CD-ROM provided with your printer, on your computer.

For information about which Windows systems are compatible with the printer drivers on the Printer Software CD-ROM and the installation procedure open the Readme file on the Printer Software CD-ROM.

Working with Software 3 -- 3

Appendix A

Printer Commands

This appendix contains a listing of the printer commands for the IBM, Epson, and OKI MICROLINE emulations, grouped by function.

IBM Printer Commands

IBM Function ASCII Code

Bar Code Commands

Select Bar Code Type

and Size Print Bar Code Data Print Postnet Bar Code

Select Bar Code Type

Print Bar Code

Character Sets

Select IBM Character Set I Select IBM Character Set

Print from IBM

Character Set III

Print One Character from

IBM Character Set III

Select International

Character Set *

Select Code Page

Character Size/Spacing

Select 10 cpi Pitch Select 12 cpi Pitch Select 15 cpi Pitch * Select 20 cpi Pitch * Set Compressed Pitch Superscript Printing On Subscript Printing On Super script/Subscript

ESC DLE A m n

ESC DLE B m n [data] ESC DLE C n [data]

Data

ESC [ f L L

v Hv Pc

ESC [ f Ln Hn DATA

ESC 7 ESC 6

ESC \ L

ESC n

ESC ! n

ESC [ TL 0

DC2 ESC : ESC g ESC SI SI ESC S 1 ESC S 0 ESC T

n Hn Pk Pm Ps

n Hn

0 0 Hcp Lcp

n Hn

Decimal Code

27 16 65 m n1 n

27 16 66 m n [data] 27 16 67 n [data]

27 91 102 L P

m Ps Lv Hv Pc

27 91 112 Ln Hn DATA

27 55 27 54

27 92 L

27 94 n

27 33 n

27 91 84 L H

cp Lcp

18 27 58 27 103 27 15 15 27 83 1 27 83 0 27 84

n Hn

n Hn Pk

n Hn

Hexadecimal Code

1B 10 41 m n1 n

1B 10 42 m n [data] 1B 10 43 n [data]

1B 5B 66 L P

m Ps Lv Hv Pc

1B 5B 70 Ln Hn DATA

1B 37 1B 36

1B 5C L

1B 5E n

1B 21 n

0 0

1B 5B 54 L H

cp Lcp

12 1B 3A 1B 67 1B 0F 0F 1B 53 01 1B 53 00 1B 54

n Hn

n Hn Pk

0 0

n Hn

Appendix A: Printer Commands A -- 1

IBM Function ASCII Code

Character Size/Spacing

(cont.)

Start Double Width

Printing Line by Line

End Double Width

DC4

Printing Line by Line

Double Width Printing

ESC W 1

Double Width Printing

ESC W 0

Off

Double Width and/or

ESC [ @ L

Height Printing On Proportional Spacing On Proportional Spacing Off Set Intercharacter

ESC P1 ESC P0 ESC Vn

Spacing *

Character Style

HSD Print Mode On Select Font Italics On Italics Off Emphasized Printing On Emphasized Printing Off Enhanced Printing On Enhanced Printing Off Underline On Underline Off Overscore On Overscore Off Select font by Pitch and

ESC # 0 ESC I n ESC % G ESC % H ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC - 1 ESC - 0 ESC 1 ESC 0 ESC DEL F P

Point

ESC [ I Ln Hn Hfid Lfid

Select Font

Select Print Quality

Hfwd Lfwd fa Nul H

ESC [ d Ln Hn P

Custom Characters

Down Line Load

Characters

Copy ROM Character Set

ESC = c1 c2 m n a1 a2 d1

ESC $

to RAM Character Set *

n Hn m1

n0 Pn Lp Hp

Decimal Code

27 87 1

27 87 0

27 91 64 L

27 80 1 27 80 0 27 86 n

27 35 48 27 73 n 27 37 71 27 37 72 27 69 27 70 27 71 27 72 27 45 1 27 45 0 27 95 1 27 95 0 27 16 70 P H

27 91 73 Ln Hn Hfid Lfid Hfwd Lfwd fa

c Lc

Nul H

c Lc

27 91 100 Ln Hn P

27 61c1 c2 m n a1 a2 d

27 36

n Hn m1

n0 Pn Lp

Hexadecimal Code

1B 57 1

1B 57 00

1B 5B 40 L

1B 50 01

n Hn m1

1B 50 00 1B 56 n

1B 23 30 1B 49 n 1B 25 47 1B 25 48 1B 45 1B 46 1B 47 1B 48 1B 2D 01 1B 2D 00 1B 5F 01 1B 5F 00 1B 10 46 P H 1B 5B 49 Ln Hn Hfid

n0 Pn Lp

Lfid Hfwd Lfwd fa Nul H

c Lc

1B 5B 64 Ln Hn P

1B 3D c1 c2 m n a1 a2 d

1B 24

Cut-Sheet Feeder Control

Insert/Eject Paper *

ESC EM n

A -- 2 Appendix A: Printer Commands

27 25 n

1B 19 n

IBM Function ASCII Code

Graphics

Single Density Graphics Double Density Graphics Double Speed/Double

ESC K L ESC L L ESC Y L

Density Graphics

Quadruple Density

ESC Z L

Graphics

Horizontal Control

Backspace Carriage Return Margin Setting, Left &

BS CR ESC X n m

Right Horizontal Tab Set Horizontal Tab Clear Horizontal Tab

HT ESC D n ESC D 0 0

Settings Set 4-column Tabulation * Set Print Position *

Set Relative Dot Position * Uni-directional Print On Uni-directional Print Off Set Relative Print Position

ESC % B n ESC DLE @ Pn A1 A2 P1 P

2 P3 P4

ESC | Ln H ESC U 1 ESC U 0 ESC d L

Vertical Control

Page Length, Set in n

ESC C 0 n

Inches Page Length, Set in Lines Skip Over Perforation On Skip Over Perforation Off Set Top of Form at

ESC C n ESC N n ESC O ESC 4

Current Position Form Feed Line Feed

Perform Perform Auto Line Feed On

216

144

" Line Feed " Line Feed

Auto Line Feed Off Set Line Spacing to Set Line Spacing to

/72" /8"

FF LF ESC J n ESC % 5 n ESC 5 1 ESC 5 0 ESC 1 ESC 0

n Hn

nk 0

1 n2

1 n2 n3 n4

n Hn

[data] [data] [data]

[data]

Decimal Code

27 75 Ln Hn [data]

n Hn

[data] [data]

[data]

27 76 L 27 89 L

27 90 L

8 13 27 88 n m

9 27 68 n

1 n2

nk 0

27 68 0 0

27 37 66 n

1 n2 n3 n4

27 16 64 Pn A1 A2 P

1 P2 P3 P4

27 124 Ln H

27 85 1 27 85 0 27 100 L

n Hn

27 67 0 n

27 67 n 27 78 n 27 79 27 52

12 10 27 74 n 27 37 53 n 27 53 1 27 53 0 27 49 27 48

Hexadecimal Code

1B 4B Ln Hn [data]

n Hn

[data]

1B 4C L 1B 59 L

1B 5A L

08 0D 1B 58 n m

09 1B 44 n

1 n2

nk 0

1B 44 0 0

1B 25 42 n

1 n2 n3 n4

1B 10 40 Pn A1 A2 P1 P

2 P3 P4

1B 7C Ln H

1B 55 1 1B 55 00 1B 64 L

n Hn

1B 43 00 n

1B 43 n 1B 4E n 1B 4F 1B 34

0C 0A 1B 4A n 1B 25 35 n 1B 35 01 1B 35 00 1B 31 1B 30

Appendix A: Printer Commands A -- 3

IBM Function ASCII Code

Vertical Control (cont.)

Set Line Spacing to n/ Set Line Spacing to 7/ Set Line Spacing to n/72" Line feed compound

command

Perform Line Feed Set by

ESC 3 n

216

" *

ESC % 9 n

144

ESC A n ESC DLE H Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 ESC 2

ESC A n Command

Vertical Tab Set Vertical Tab Reset Vertical Tab to

VT ESC B n1 n2 nk 0 ESC R

Defaults

Miscellaneous

Cancel Change Emulation * Paper-Out Sensor On Paper-Out Sensor Off Print Suppress Mode On Print Suppress Mode Off

CAN ESC { n ESC 8 ESC 9 ESC Q STX DC1

(either Model)

Set Initial Conditions

Software I-Prime * Stop Printing

ESC [ K Ln Hn Init Id a1 a

ESC } 0 ESC j

* OKI-Unique command

Decimal Code

27 51 n 27 35 57 n 27 65 n 27 16 72 Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 27 50

11 27 66 n1 n2 nk 0 27 82

24 27 123 n 27 56 27 57 27 81 2 17

27 91 75 Ln Hn Init

Id a1 a

27 125 0 27 106

Hexadecimal Code

1B 33 n 1B 25 39 n 1B 41 n 1B 10 48 Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 1B 32

0B 1B 42 n1 n2 nk 0 1B 52

18 1B 7B n 1B 38 1B 39 1B 51 02 11

1B 5B 4BLn Hn Init Id a1 a

1B 7D 00

A -- 4 Appendix A: Printer Commands

Epson Printer Commands

Epson Function ASCII Code

Bar Code Commands

Select Bar Code Type

ESC DLE A m n

and Size * Print Bar Code Data * Print Postnet Bar Code

ESC DLE B m n [data] ESC DLE C n [data]

Data *

Print Bar Code

ESC ( B Ln Hn Pk Pm Ps Lv Hv Pc DATA

Character Sets

Select International

ESC R n

Character Set

Select Epson Character

ESC t n

Set

Permit Printing of Upper

ESC 6 or ESC I 1

Range Control Codes

Cancel Printing of Upper

ESC 7 or ESC I 0

Range Control Codes

Character table selection

ESC ( t Ln Hn Pn1 Pn2 Pn3

Character Size/Spacing

Select 10 cpi Pitch Select 12 cpi Pitch Select 15 cpi Pitch Select 20 cpi Pitch Cancel 20 cpi Pitch Set Compressed Pitch Superscript Printing On Subscript Printing On Superscript/Subscript

ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC SI DC2 SI ESC S 1 ESC S 0 ESC T

Printing Off

Begin Double Width

ESC SO

Printing Line by Line

End Double Width

DC 4

Printing Line by Line

Double Width Printing

ESC W 1

Double Width Printing

ESC W 0

Off

Decimal Code

27 16 65 m n1 n

27 16 66 m n [data] 27 16 67 n [data]

27 40 66 Ln Hn Pk Pm Ps Lv Hv Pc DATA

27 82 n

27 116 n

27 54 or 27 73 1

27 55 or 27 73 0

27 40 116 Ln Hn Pn1 Pn2 Pn3

27 80 27 77 27 103 27 15 18 15 27 83 1 27 83 0 27 84

27 14

27 87 1

27 87 0

Hexadecimal Code

1B 10 41 m n1 n

1B 10 42 m n [data] 1B 10 43 n [data]

1B 28 42 Ln Hn Pk Pm Ps Lv Hv Pc DATA

1B 52 n

1B 74 n

1B 36 or 1B 49 01

1B 37 or 1B 49 00

1B 28 74 Ln Hn Pn1 Pn2 Pn3

1B 50 1B 4D 1B 67 1B 0F 12 0F 1B 53 01 1B 53 00 1B 54

1B 0E

1B 57 01

1B 57 00

Appendix A: Printer Commands A -- 5

Epson Function ASCII Code

Character Size/Spacing

(cont.)

Double Height Printing On Proportional Spacing On Proportional Spacing Off Set Intercharacter Spacing

ESC w n ESC p 1 ESC p 0 ESC SP n

Decimal Code

27 119 n 27 112 1 27 112 0 27 32 n

Hexadecimal Code

1B 77 n 1B 70 01 1B 70 00 1B 20 n

Character Style

Select HSD Print Mode * Select Utility or NLQ

Print Mode Select Draft Font Select font by Pitch and

Point Select NLQ Type Composite Command Italics On Italics Off Emphasized Printing On Emphasized Printing Off Enhanced Printing On Enhanced Printing Off Underline On Underline Off

Custom Characters

Down Line Load Custom

Characters

Copy ROM Character Set

to RAM Character Set Custom Character Set On Custom Character Set Off

Cut Sheet Feeder Control

Insert/Eject Paper

Graphics

Single Density Graphics Double Density Graphics Double Speed/Double

Density Graphics

Quadruple Density

Graphics

ESC ( n ESC x n

ESC y Pn ESC X Pn Lp Hp

ESC k n ESC ! n ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC - 1 ESC - 0

ESC & 0 n

1 n2

a [data]

ESC : 0 n 0

ESC % 0 ESC % 1

ESC EM n

ESC K L ESC L L ESC Y L

ESC Z L

n Hn

[data] [data] [data]

[data]

27 40 n 27 120 n

27 40 85 Pn 27 88 Pn Lp Hp

27 107 n 27 33 n 27 52 27 53 27 69 27 70 27 71 27 72 27 45 1 27 45 0

27 38 0 n

1 n2

a [data]

27 58 0 n 0

27 37 0 27 37 1

27 25 n

27 75 L 27 76 L 27 89 L

27 90 L

n Hn n Hn n Hn

n Hn

[data] [data] [data]

[data]

1B 28 n 1B 78 n

1B 28 55 Pn 1B 58 Pn Lp Hp

1B 6B n 1B 21 n 1B 34 1B 35 1B 45 1B 46 1B 47 1B 48 1B 2D 01 1B 2D 00

1B 26 00 n

1 n2

a [data]

1B 3A 0 n 0

1B 25 00 1B 25 01

1B 19 n

1B 4B L 1B 4C L 1B 59 L

1B 5A L

n Hn n Hn

n Hn

[data]

A -- 6 Appendix A: Printer Commands

Epson Function ASCII Code

Graphics (cont.)

Graphics Select/Print Reassign Graphics Select 9-pin Graphics

ESC * m L ESC ? m n ESC m L

Printing

Horizontal Control

Backspace Carriage Return Margin Setting, Left Margin Setting, Right Horizontal Tab Set Horizontal Tab Clear Horizontal Tab

BS CR ESC l n ESC Q n HT ESC D n ESC D 0 0

Settings

Set Print Position

Set Absolute Dot Position Set Relative Dot Position Uni-directional Print On Uni-directional Print Off Print Uni-directional for

ESC DLE @ P P

2 P3 P4

ESC $ Ln H ESC \ Ln H ESC U 1 ESC U 0 ESC <

One Line

Vertical Control

Page Length, Set in n

ESC C 0 n

Inches Page Length, Set in Lines Skip Over Perforation Set Skip Over Perforation

ESC C n ESC N n ESC O

Reset to Default Form Feed Line Feed

Perform Perform Set Line Spacing to

216

144

" Line Feed

" Line Feed *

Set Line Spacing to Set Line Spacing to Set Line Spacing to Set Line Spacing to

FF LF ESC J n ESC % 5 n

ESC 2

/6"

ESC 0

/8"

ESC 1

/72"

ESC A n

/72"

ESC % 9 n

" *

144

n Hn

1 n2

[data]

nk 0

n A1 A2 P1

Decimal Code

27 42 m Ln Hn [data] 27 63 m n 27 94 m L

n Hn

8 13 27 108 n 27 81 n 9 27 68 n

1 n2

nk 0

27 68 0 0

27 16 64 P P 27 36 Ln H 27 92 Ln H

n A1 A2

1 P2 P3 P4

27 85 1 27 85 0 27 60

27 67 0 n

27 67 n 27 78 n 27 79

12 10 27 74 n 27 37 53 n 27 50 27 48 27 49 27 65 n 27 37 57 n

Hexadecimal Code

1B 2A m Ln Hn [data] 1B 3F m n 1B 5E m L

[data]

08 0D 1B 6C n 1B 51 n 09 1B 44 n 1B 44 00 00

1B 10 40 P P

2 P3 P4

1B 24 Ln H 1B 5C Ln H 1B 55 01 1B 55 00 1B 3C

1B 43 00 n

1B 43 n 1B 4E n 1B 4F

0C 0A 1B 4A n 1B 25 35 n 1B 32 1B 30 1B 31 1B 41 n 1B 25 39 n

n Hn

nk 00

1 n2

n A1 A2 P1

[data]

Appendix A: Printer Commands A -- 7

Epson Function ASCII Code

Vertical Control (cont.)

Set Line Spacing to Vertical Tab Set Vertical Tab Stops Line feed compound

Reset Vertical Tab to

216

command

ESC 3 n VT ESC B n ESC DLE H Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 ESC B 0

Defaults

Set Vertical Format Unit

ESC b m n

(VFU) Set Vertical Tab Channel Set Basic Unit Set Page Length in

ESC/n ESC ( U Ln Hn Pn ESC ( C Ln Hn Lp Hp

Defined Unit

Set Page Format

ESC ( c Ln Hn Lt Ht Lb Hb

Miscellaneous

Cancel Change Emulation * Delete One Character Initialize Printer Half-Speed Printing On Half-Speed Printing Off Paper-Out Sensor On * Paper-Out Sensor Off * Print Suppress Mode On Print Suppress Mode Off Set Most Significant Bit to

CAN ESC { n DEL ESC @ ESC s 1 ESC s 0 ESC 9 ESC 8 DC3 DC1 ESC =

Zero

Set Most Significant Bit to

ESC >

One

Cancel Most Significant

ESC #

Bit Control

Software I-Prime *

ESC } 0

1 n2

nk 0

1 n2

nk 0

Decimal Code

27 51 n 11 27 66 n 27 16 72 Pno A1 A2

1 n2

nk 0

P1 P2 P3 27 66 0

27 98 m n 0

1 n2

27 47 n 27 40 85 Ln Hn Pn 27 40 67 C Ln Hn Lp Hp 27 40 99 Ln Hn Lt Ht Lb Hb

24 27 123 n 127 27 64 27 115 1 27 115 0 27 57 27 56 19 17 27 61

27 62

27 35

27 125 0

Hexadecimal Code

1B 33 n 0B 1B 42 n 1B 10 48 Pno A1 A2

1 n2

nk 00

P1 P2 P3 1B 42 00

1B 62 m n

1 n2

nk 0

1B 2Fn 1B 28 55 Ln Hn Pn 1B 28 43 C Ln Hn Lp Hp 1B 28 63 Ln Hn Lt Ht Lb Hb

18 1B 7B n 7F 1B 40 1B 73 0 1B 73 00 1B 39 1B 38 13 11 1B 3D

1B 3E

1B 23

1B 7D 00

Justification

Left Justification Center Justification Right Justification Within Line Justification

ESC a 0 ESC a 1 ESC a 2 ESC a 3

* OKI-Unique Command

A -- 8 Appendix A: Printer Commands

27 97 0 27 97 1 27 97 2 27 97 3

1B 61 00 1B 61 01 1B 61 02 1B 61 03

OKI Microline (ML) Printer Commands

Microline Function ASCII Code

Bar Code Commands

Select Bar Code Type

and Size Print Bar Code Data Print Postnet Bar Code

Character Sets

Select Standard Character

Select Line Character Set (comparable to IBM Set 2) Block character set Select International

Character Set

Select Code Page

Character Size/Spacing

Select 10 cpi Pitch Select 12 cpi Pitch Select 15 cpi Pitch Select 17.1 cpi Pitch Select 20 cpi Pitch Superscript Printing On Superscript Printing Off Subscript Printing On Subscript Printing Off Double Width Printing Double Height Printing

Double Height Printing

Select Print Mode Proportional Spacing On Proportional Spacing Off Set Intercharacter Spacing

ESC DLE A m n1 n

ESC DLE B n [data] ESC DLE C n [data]

Data

ESC ! 0

Set

ESC ! 2

ESC ! 1 ESC ! n

ESC [ T Ln Hn 0 0 Hcp Lcp 0

RS FS ESC g GS ESC # 3 ESC J ESC K ESC L ESC M US ESC US 1

ESC US 0

Off

ESC & n1 n2 n3 n4 : ESC Y ESC Z ESC N n

Decimal Code

27 16 65 m n1 n

27 16 66 n [data] 27 16 67 n [data]

27 33 48

27 33 50

27 33 49 27 33 n

27 91 84 Ln Hn 0 0 Hcp Lcp 0

30 28 27 103 29 27 35 51 27 74 27 75 27 76 27 77 31 27 31 49

27 31 48

27 38 n1 n2 n3 n4 58 27 89 27 90 27 78 n

Hexadecimal Code

1B 10 41 m n1 n

1B 10 42 n [data] 1B 10 43 n [data]

1B 21 30

1B 21 32

1B 21 31 1B 21 n

1B 5B 54 Ln Hn 0 0 Hcp Lcp 0

1E 1C 1B 67 1D 1B 23 33 1B 4A 1B 4B 1B 4C 1B 4D 1F 1B 1F 31

1B 1F 30

1B 26 n1 n2 n3 n4 3A 1B 59 1B 5A 1B 4E n

Appendix A: Printer Commands A -- 9

Microline Function ASCII Code

Character Style

HSD Print Mode On Select Utility Print Mode Select NLQ Courier Font Select NLQ Gothic Font Select Font by Pitch and

Italics On Italics Off Emphasized Printing On Enhanced Printing On Emphasized and

Point

ESC # 0 ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 3 ESC DLE F Pn Hp ESC ! / ESC ! * ESC T ESC H ESC I

Enhanced Printing Off Underline On Underline Off

ESC C ESC D

Custom Characters

Copy ROM Character Set

ESC $

to RAM Character Set Download Custom

ESC % A m n

Ascender Characters

Download Custom

ESC % D m n1 n

Descender Characters

Select DLL Utility

ESC 2

Character Font

Select Down Line Load

ESC 7

NLQ Character Font

Pn Lp

Decimal Code

27 35 48 27 48 27 49 27 51 27 16 70 Pn

Pn Lp

Hp 27 33 47 27 33 42 27 84 27 72 27 73

27 67 27 68

27 36

27 37 65 m n

27 37 68 m n1 n

27 50

27 55

Hexadecimal Code

1B 23 30 1B 30 1B 31 1B 33 1B 10 46 Pn Hp 1B 21 2F 1B 21 2A 1B 54 1B 48 1B 49

1B 43 1B 44

1B 24

1B 25 41 m n

1B 25 44 m n1 n

1B 32

1B 37

Pn Lp

Cut Sheet Feeder Control

Cut Sheet Feeder Insert

ESC S

Sheet

Cut Sheet Feeder Sheet

ESC V

Eject

Cut Sheet Feeder Bin 1 or

ESC EM n

Bin 2 Selection

Graphics

Single Density Graphics Double Density Graphics Double Speed/Quadruple

ESC P or ESC Q ESC R ESC # Q

Density Graphics

A -- 10 Appendix A: Printer Commands

27 83

27 86

27 25 n

27 80 or 27 81 27 82 27 35 81

1B 53

1B 56

1B 19 n

1B 50 or 1B 51 1B 52 1B 23 51

Microline Function ASCII Code

Graphics (cont.)

Graphics Mode Selection Graphics Print Mode

ESC * n ETX

1 n2

Selection

Decimal Code

27 42 n1 n2 58 3

Hexadecimal Code

1B 2A n1 n2 3A 03

Horizontal Control

Backspace Carriage Return Horizontal Tab Margin Setting, Left Margin Setting, Right Move to the Left Move to the Right Set Print Position Set Multiple Print

Positions

Set Horizontal Tab by

Characters

Set Horizontal Tab by

Dot Columns Uni-directional Print On Uni-directional Print Off

Vertical Control

Page Length, Set in

Increments Page Length, Set in Lines Skip Over Perforation On Skip Over Perforation Off Set Top of Form Form Feed Skip Down Selected

Number of Lines

Line Feed

(with Carriage Return)

Line Feed (without

Carriage Return)

Carriage Return/Line

Feed Selection Command

BS CR HT ESC % C n ESC % R n1 n2 n3 n ESC % F n1 n2 n3 n ESC % E n1 n2 n3 n ESC % B n1 n2 n3 n ESC DEL @ Pn a1 a2 P1 P

2 P3 P4

ESC HT x y z CR

ESC HTX x y z w CR

ESC ESC =

/2"

ESC G H

ESC F Hn L ESC % S n ESC % S 0 ESC 5 FF ESC VT H

ESC DC2

ESC ? n :

1 n2 n3

n Ln

8 13 9

27 37 67 n 27 37 82 n1 n2 n3 n 27 37 70 n1 n2 n3 n 27 37 69 n1 n2 n3 n 27 37 66 n1 n2 n3 n

1 n2 n3

27 16 64 Pn a1 a2 P1 P

2 P3 P4

27 9 x y z 13

27 3 x y z w 13

27 45 27 61

27 71 H

n Ln

27 70 Hn L

27 37 83 n 27 37 83 0 27 53 12 27 11 H

n Ln

27 18

25 63 n 58

08 0D 09 1B 25 43 n 1B 25 52 n1 n2 n3 n

1B 25 46 n1 n2 n3 n

1B 25 45 n1 n2 n3 n

1B 25 42 n1 n2 n3 n

1 n2 n3

1B 10 40 Pn a1 a2 P1 P

2 P3 P4

1B 09 x y z 0D

1B 03 x y z w 0D

1B 2D 1B 3D

1B 47 H

n Ln

1B 46 Hn L 1B 25 53 n 1B 25 53 00 1B 35 0C 1B 0B H

n Ln

1B 12

1B 3F n 3A

Appendix A: Printer Commands A -- 11

Microline Function ASCII Code

Vertical Control (cont.)

Perform n/ Set Line Spacing to 1/8" Set Line Spacing to 1/6" Set Line Spacing to n/ Vertical Tab Execute VFU Vertical Tab Set Vertical Tab Channels Line feed compound

" Line Feed

144

command

ESC % 5 n ESC 8 ESC 6

ESC % 9 n

144

VT VT n DC4 SP SP n SP SP? ESC DLE H Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3

Miscellaneous

Cancel Initialize Printer Half-Speed Printing On Half-Speed Printing Off Change Emulation Paper-Out Sensor On Paper-Out Sensor Off Print Suppress Mode On Print Suppress Mode Off Software I-Prime

CAN ESC CAN ESC < ESC > ESC { n ESC E 0 ESC E 1 DC3 DC1 ESC } 0

Decimal Code

27 37 53 n 27 56 27 54 27 37 57 n 11 11 n 20 32 32 n 32 32 63 27 16 72 Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3

24 27 24 27 60 27 62 27 123 n 27 69 0 27 69 1 19 17 27 125 0

Hexadecimal Code

1B 25 35 n 1B 38 1B 36 1B 25 39 n 0B 0B n 14 20 20 n 20 20 3F 1B 10 48 Pno A1 A2 P1 P2 P3

18 1B 18 1B 3C 1B 3E 1B 7B n 1B 45 00 1B 45 01 13 11 1B 7D 00

A -- 12 Appendix A: Printer Commands

Appendix B

Interface Cable

Cables and Connectors

This appendix is designed to help you make a cable to connect your printer to your computer. Please do not attempt to make a cable unless you have experience in doing so. In this section we explain the signals from the printer end; you should read your computer documentation to determine the requirements at the computer end.

Parallel Cable

The Microline 184 Turbo 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) shielded cable, maximum 1.8 metres with twisted-

pair conductors. It must be UL and CSA (equivalent to European standards) approved.

• The printer has a 36-pin receptacle, Amphenol57-40360-12-D56, built

into the back.

The wiring requirements are detailed in the following tables.

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 1

Pin# Signal Pin# Direction Description

Return

Data Strobe

19 To printer Strobe pulse to read data in.

Pulse width must be more than 0.5 tis at receiving terminal. The signal level is normally high; read-in of data is performed at the

low level of this signal. 2 Data 1 20 To printer These signals represent 3 Data 2 21 To printer information in the 1st to 8th 4 Data 3 22 To printer bits of parallel data 5 Data 4 23 To printer respectively. Each signal is 6 Data 5 24 To printer at high level when data is 7 Data 6 25 To printer logical 1 and low when 8 Data 7 26 To printer logical 0. 9 Data 8 27 To printer

10 ACKNOWLEDGE 28 From printer Approximately 2~8µs low

pulse. Low indicates

that data has been received

and that printer is now

ready to accept other data.

11 Busy 29 From printer A high signal indicates that

the printer cannot receive

data. The signal becomes

high in the following cases:

1. During data entry

2. During printing

3. In off-line state

4. During printer error state.

12 Paper End 30 From printer A high signal indicates that

the printer is out of paper.

13 Select No From printer This signal indicates that

return the printer is ready to receive

data.

B -- 2 Appendix B: Interface Cable

Pin# Signal Pin# Direction Description

Return

14 Auto feed No To printer Logic ground.

return

When "Auto feed" in the menu is set as valid under Epson mode, this signal goes to Low level and the printer generates a line feed after recieving CR code.

15 Not used 16 0 V No Logic ground.

return

17 Frame Ground No Printer’s frame ground. In

return the printer, the frame

ground and the logic ground are isolated from

each other. 18 +5 V From printer +5 V supply (1.2 mA max.) 19 0 V Twisted-pair return

to (for pin No. 1 to No. 12). 30 31 I-Prime To printer Clear/reset/initialize.

Low pulse.

32 Fault From printer The level of this signal is

low when the printer:

1. Is in the paperend state.

2. Is in the errorstate.

33 0 V No Logic ground.

return

34 Not used 35 Pulled High Fixed to High

(Connected to 5V thru 3.3kΩ).

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 3

Pin# Signal Pin# Direction Description

Return

36 SLCT-IN No To printer In the Epson mode, when

return menu item "Print Suppress

Effective" is Yes, and the SLCT-IN signal is high, the DC1/DC3 code is valid, and invalid when the signal is Low.

B -- 4 Appendix B: Interface Cable

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 1.1 compliance.

1. Connector

• Printer Side: “B” Receptacle (Upstream Input to the USB Device)

• Cable Side: Series “B” Plug

2. Cable

• Cable Length: Max 5 m (A cable must be met USB Spec Rev 1.1 for normal operation

Note: Cable is not provided.

3. Table of USB I/F signals

Contact Number Signal Name

1 Vbus 2D3D+ 4GND

Sell Shield

4. Connector pin arrangement

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 5

Serial Cable

The Microline 184 Turbo requires an RS-232C shielded cable, UL and CSA (equivalent to European standards) approved, no more than 50 feet in length, with the following:

• Cannon DB-25P plug (or equivalent) with 25 pins

• Cannon DB-2C-J9 (or equivalent) connector shell

Super-Speed Serial Interface Signal Requirements:

Pin Signal Symbol Direction Description

1 Frame Ground FG Ground Connected to the printer

frame.

2 Transmit Data TD From Printer Transmits serial data from

the printer in XON/XOFF protocol.

3 Receive Data RD To Printer Serial data received by the

printer.

4 Request to Send RTS From Printer In Printer Ready/Busy

protocol indicates printer not ready to receive data.

6 Data Set Ready DSR To Printer Tells the printer the

computer is ready to send data. The printer receives data after confirming this signal as high (+).

7 Signal Ground SG Ground Ground.

11 Supervisory SSD From Printer Indicates the printer is

Send Data ready to receive data in

Printer Ready/Busy protocol.

20 Data Terminal DTR From Printer Indicates the printer is not

Ready ready to receive data in

Printer Ready/ Busy protocol.

B -- 6 Appendix B: Interface Cable

In addition to the cable, this serial interface has a piggyback circuit board that must be installed in the printer. On the board are 16 function switches (two sets of eight switches) that you may have to reset depending on the model computer you connect to the printer.

Before installing the board, make sure the switches are set properly. The function of each switch is as follows:

Switches 1, 2: Work together to regulate parity (odd, even, or no parity).

Factory set to no parity . You can reset the switches as shown below.

Selection Switch 1 Switch 2

Odd Parity ON OFF Even Parity OFF ON No Parity ON/OFF ON

Note: When the serial data 7 or 8-bits is set to 7, the parity must be set to either ODD or EVEN. 7-bit serial data will not be printed correctly if the parity is set to None.

Switch 3: Factory set ON to select 8-bit data. Set this switch to OFF

if you have a 7-bit system.

Switch 4: Factory set ON for printer Ready/ Busy protocol. Set this

switch to OFF if your computer uses XON/XOFF protocol.

Switches 5, 6: Work together to enable you to run two serial cable tests:

one checks to ensure that you have the proper switch settings, and the other checks the data cable to see if it is communicating properly. The factory setting is the nontest mode, called the print mode; page B-10 provides details about the circuit and monitor tests.

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 7

Selection Switch 4 Switch 5

Print Mode ON/OFF ON Circuit T est ON OFF Monitor T est OFF OFF

Switches 7, 8: If you selected printer Ready/ Busy protocol (Switch 4

is ON), you can choose the line on which the printer sends a busy signal and the polarity of the signal (low or high). Factory set for a low (-) on pin #11, SSD. You can have the printer send a busy signal on the following lines:

Selection Switch 7 Switch 8

DTR Pin #20 (-v) ON ON RTS Pin #4 (-v) ON OFF SSD Pin #11 (-v) OFF ON SSD Pin #11 (-v) OFF OFF

Switches 9 to 11: Select the transmission speed (baud rate) from the chart

below . The switches are factory set to select 9600 baud.

Switch 12: If printer pin #6, DSR, is connected to the computer,

leave this switch in the factory ON setting. If the computer does not use the DSR signal, set this switch to OFF to prevent static transmission.

B -- 8 Appendix B: Interface Cable

Selection Switch 9 Switch 10 Switch 11

19200 ON ON ON 9600 OFF ON ON 4800 ON OFF ON 2400 OFF OFF ON 1200 ON ON OFF 600 OFF ON OFF 300 ON OFF OFF 110 OFF OFF OFF

Switch 13: This switch is factory set to ON so that the printer waits

until the print buffer has room for only 32 more bytes before sending a busy signal to the computer. If you discover that you are losing data, set this switch to OFF . The printer will send a busy signal when room for only 256 more characters remains in the print buffer.

Switch 14: Factory set ON for a 200-ms busy time (the time it takes

the printer to empty the print buffer and be ready to receive data), this switch can be set to OFF if your computer requires more time to process a response to a busy signal. This situation normally arises when the printer is not connected directly to the host computer.

Note: Those switches not mentioned in the list above are not currently used and should be left in their factory set positions.

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 9

Super-Speed Serial Board Diagnostic Tests

If you would like to check your serial cable to ensure it is sending and receiving the right signals, you can run either of the following tests. For the circuit test, however, you need to purchase (or make) a test cable as shown below then follow the directions under Performing the Circuit T est.

1. Purchase or make a test cable, using a Cannon D13-25P plug, to jumper the following pins:

Transmit data 2 Receive data 3

Request to send 4 Clear to send 5

Carrier detect 8 Supervisory send data 11

Data terminal ready 20 Data set ready 6

2. Be sure to have paper and ribbon inserted, then turn the printer off.

3. Remove the printer cabinet.

4. Remove the platen knob.

5. Remove the access cover, roll paper stand, and tractor feed unit if installed.

6. Loosen the two recessed mounting screws on both sides of the top front on the printer.

7. Lift off the cabinet.

B -- 10 Appendix B: Interface Cable

Performing the Circuit Test

A circuit test checks the serial inerf ace to ensure that the proper signals are being sent on the active lines. The test provides a printout notice indicating whether the test was performed successfully . After you remove the printer cabinet, proceed as follows:

1. Set switch #6 to OFF, selecting the circuit test.

2. Disconnect your interface cable and connect the test cable.

3. Turn the printer on, leaving the cabinet off; the test should produce the following results:

LOOP TEST is printed RAM 2K is printed

The message buffer is checked. If memory is normal, OK is printed. If memory is faulty, BAD is printed. Signals DTR, RTS, and SSD are set to low (–). If CTS, DSR, or CD is positive, “IF BAD” is printed.

4. If you received a BAD message, something is wrong with your serial interface. If you are unable to diagnose the problem contact your nearest OKI dealer for further assistance.

5. Reset switch #6 to the ON position.

6. Replace the printer cabinet or proceed to the following instructions on the monitor mode test.

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 11

Performing the Monitor Mode Test

The monitor mode test is a unique feature of the Super-Speed board. With this test, you can verify that the data sent to the printer is set at the proper baud rate, parity, and data bits. To perform this test, proceed as follows:

1. Set switches 5 and 6 to OFF to select the monitor mode test.

2. Turn the printer and computer on, leaving the printer cabinet off.

3. Enter the characters ABCDE followed by a carriage return and a line feed.*

* Use the programming statement your computer requires, such as LPRINT or PR# 1 . In BASIC, the statement looks like this:

10 LPRINT ABCDE

4. The printer responds by printing the hexadecimal equivalent of each character you entered, each on a separate line. W ith the above statement, you should get this:

41 42 43 44

45 0D 0A

Note: The hexadecimal numbers 41 through 45 are the characters A through E. 0D and 0A hexadecimal symbols for a carriage return and line feed.

5. If you got the above printout, congratulations, your cable is correctly configured for the ML 184 Turbo+. At this point, you can replace the cabinet and close up the printer.

B -- 12 Appendix B: Interface Cable

6. If you did not get the right printout, review what you got instead, to determine what went wrong.

Nothing Printed:

a. Make sure you used the right print statement for your computer.

b. Verify that your interface cable is connected properly.

c. Make sure your cable is wired to satisfy all the requirements of

both your compute and your printer.

d. Make sure the printer is plugged in.

Parity Error Printed:

A parity error occurs when the printer checks for an odd number of binary digits and an even number is received or vice versa. If you have switch 1 set to ON for odd parity , try the OFF setting. If you have it OFF , try the ON setting for even parity. Then turn the printer off and try the test again.

If your problem still is not corrected, and your ML 184 T urbo+ successfully performed the printer self-test call your dealer for further assistance.

Appendix B: Interface Cable B -- 13