Oki ML5520 User Manual

ML5520/21

user’s guide

PREFACE

Every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. The manufacturer assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. The manufacturer also cannot guarantee that changes in software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of the information in it. Mention of software products manufactured by other companies does not necessarily constitute endorsement by the manufacturer.

While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible, we make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein.

The most up-to-date drivers and manuals are available from the Oki Europe website: http://www.okieurope.com

Energy Star is a trademark of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Oki and Microline are registered trademarks of Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.

Hewlett-Packard, HP, and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Other product names and brand names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their proprietors.

As an Energy Star Program Participant, the manufacturer has determined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency.

This product complies with the requirements of the Council Directives 89/336/EEC (EMC) and 73/23/EEC (LVD) as amended where applicable on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compatibility and low voltage.

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CONTENTS

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Features / Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Printer Drivers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Emulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing the driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Using a Compatible Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Interfaces - General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting the USB Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Using your printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Components: Rear Feed (Continuous Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Components: Top Feed (Single Sheets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Top of Form (TOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Forms Tear-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setting Top of Form (TOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Temporarily Changing the Top of Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Resetting Top of Form to the Factory Default . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Forms Tear-Off Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Potential issues with software packages . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Changing the Forms Tear-Off Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Manual Forms Tear-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Paper Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Changing Paper Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Continuous Forms to Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Single Sheets to Continuous Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printhead Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Character Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Epson and IBM Emulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Printer Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Emulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Menu Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Menu Mode Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Entering and Exiting Menu Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Resetting the Menu to the Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . 29

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Printing the Menu Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Printing all Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Changing the Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Menu Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Explanation of Menu Items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Rear Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Top Feed (Single Sheets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Rear Feed Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Rear Feed, Repeating Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Single Sheet Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Cleaning the Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Parts and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Printer Control Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

IBM Proprinter III Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Epson FX Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Oki Microline Standard Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting up your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Location. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Installing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Ribbon Cartridge Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Power Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Computer Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Parallel (LPT), IEEE 1284 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

USB, Specification 1.1 Compliant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Testing the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Oki contact details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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NOTES, CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS

NOTE

A note appears in this manual like this. A note provides additional information to supplement the main text which may help you to use and understand the product.

CAUTION!

A caution appears in this manual like this. A caution provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in equipment malfunction or damage.

WARNING!

A warning appears in this manual like this. A warning provides additional information which, if ignored, may result in a risk of personal injury.

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INTRODUCTION

Extremely reliable, durable operation: 20,000 hours Mean

Time Between Failures (MTBF) at 25% duty cycle and 35%

page density.

Advanced paper handling, with built-in rear push tractor and

zero-tear forms capability.

Very high print spe eds:

High Speed Draft (HSD) Mode:

Utility Mode:

Near Letter Quality (NLQ) Mode:

Super Speed Draft (SSD) Mode:

This rugged 9-pin printer can meet the needs of harsh and

demanding environments.

380 cps

FEATURES / TIPS

Forms Tear-Off

The Forms Tear-Off feature allows a printed continuous forms page to be torn off without wasting paper or adjusting the printer.

507 cps

95 cps

570 cps

When printing stops, Forms Tear-Off automatically moves the paper to align the perforation with the tear bar (located under the access cover), after a time interval which you select through the menu.

Paper remains in the tear-off position until the printer receives more data. Then, the paper moves back down for printing.

This feature has to be enabled.

Paper Park

Your printer’s paper park feature allows you to print a single sheet (cut-sheet) page without removing continuous feed paper from the printer.

For more information, see “Paper Park” in “Using your Printer”.

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Top o f Form (TOF)

Top of Form (TOF) sets the print start position. The factory default is 1" from the top.

The TOF can be changed in increments of 1/144", for a single print job or set to a new default. The overall amount of adjustment is limited to avoid paper jams.

The first line prints at the red line of the plastic paper shield (1) on the printhead.

For more information, see “Top of Form (TOF)” in “Using your Printer”.

NOTE

The

Forms Tear-Off

information, see “Top of Form (TOF) and Forms Tear-Off” in “Using your Printer”.

Turning the Platen Knob

Always turn the printer off before turning the platen knob! If you turn the platen knob when the printer is on, the Top of Form will misalign.

and the

Top of Form

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settings interact. For more

Controlling Access to the Printer

You can control access to the printer by changing the setting

for the Operator Panel Function in the Menu from Full

Operation (the factory default) to Limited Operation.

When Limited Operation is selected, the PRINT QUALITY and

CHARACTER PITCH keys don’t work. This prevents these

settings from being changed from the control panel when

several people are using the printer.

For more information, see “Changing the Menu Settings” in “Using your Printer”.

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PRINTER DRIVERS

EMULATIONS

The factory default emulation for your printer is IBM PPR.

If you wish to change to one of the Epson or Microline emulations, see “Using your Printer”.

PRINTER DRIVERS

The Oki driver for your printer is provided on the CD included with the printer. You can either load the Oki driver or select one of the compatible drivers listed below in your software application.

Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.

NOTE

If the CD does not AutoPlay, click Start → Run → Browse, then browse to your CD-ROM drive, double-click Install.exe and click OK.

Select your

When the Menu Installer window appears, click the

3. Installation

Follow the on-screen instructions.

Language

button.

Driver

INSTALLING THE DRIVER

NOTE

Installation of the Oki USB driver is only required for Windows 98. You may be called upon for your original Windows 98 CD. Please have this available.

When the [Add Printer] window appears, click [Next].

Select the directory on the CD where the drivers are located.

on the Oki CD they are situated in:

X:\Drivers\WinVer\CodePage

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where X: is CD drive letter;

WinVer

option.

is the Windows versions, and

CodePage

is the selected

NOTE

To find out more about Code pages, see Help on the Oki CD Browser.

After files have finished copying, click [Finish].

Switch your printer ON.

USING A COMPATIBLE DRIVER

The drivers below are listed by decreasing compatibility with your printer. Use one as close to the top of the list as possible.

IBM Proprinter III

l IBM Proprinter III — l IBM Proprinter II

l IBM Proprinter

Epson FX

l Epson FX 286e

l Epson FX 850/1050

l Epson FX 800/1000

factory setting

INTERFACES - GENERAL

Your printer is equipped with a selection of data interfaces:

Under no circumstances attempt to use both parallel and USB ports simultaneously.

1. Parallel

bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable.

2. USB

(not Windows 95 upgraded Windows NT 4.0 does not support USB. Administrator

– For direct connection to a PC. This port requires a

– For connection to a PC running Windows 98 or above

to Windows 98) or Macintosh.

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privileges are necessary for Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations.

This port requires a cable conforming to USB version 1.1 or above. A genuine cable displays the Trident symbol on both connectors.

Using an inferior cable can cause printing problems and special cables are needed for longer runs than five metres

The operation of a printer is not assured if a USB compatible device is connected concurrently with other USB compatible machines.

When connecting multiple printers of the same type, they appear as *****, ***** (2), ***** (3), etc. These numbers depend on the order of connecting or turning on each printer.

CONNECTING THE USB CABLE

Due to the number of possible variants of operating systems it is not possible to describe every combination.

Terminology may vary between Windows operating systems and some knowledge is assumed. If you are unsure how to proceed, you should consult your computer documentation or system manager for details. This example uses Windows 2000 Professional.

Ensure the printer and computer are easily accessible and turn

both units off. This is not strictly necessary but may prevent any problems being caused by the accidental dislodging of power or other cables.

Plug the Series A male connector (a) into

the the computer’s USB port or into a suitable USB hub.

Plug the Series B Male connector (b) into

the printer’s USB port.

Switch on both the computer and printer.

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The printer will be identified

immediately by the New Hardware Wizard and install itself in the Printer folder. An additional item, USB Printing Support will also appear in the Device Manager each time the printer is switched ON and connected.

Check that the default paper size has

been correctly set by looking at the settings in the Settings > Printers folder. Under the printer's Properties > General tab, the current paper selection is shown. The printer picks up its initial setting from the Locale settings on the host computer. The paper size can be altered by using the drop down arrow and selecting an alternative size.

If the printer had formerly been used as a parallel or serial

device and there is no output from the printer once a USB cable has been connected, check to see that the correct port has been selected. This information can also be found in the Properties folder but under the Ports tab. Amend as necessary.

If there are printing problems, check to see whether there is a

USB connection active in the Control Panel. If there is no USB connection shown, you must install the hub.

Alternatively, there may be a problem if the printer is

connected via a USB hub. Disconnect the printer cable from the hub and connect it directly to the computer.

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USING YOUR PRINTER

COMPONENTS: REAR FEED (CONTINUOUS FORMS)

The serial number of your printer is on a label fixed to the back of the printer.

1. Sheet Guide 5. Control Panel

2. Paper Lever 6. Acoustic Cover

3. ON-OFF Switch 7. Access Cover

4. Platen Knob

COMPONENTS: TOP FEED (SINGLE SHEETS)

1. Paper Guides 5. Platen Knob

2. Sheet Guide 6. Control Panel

3. Paper Lever 7. Acoustic Cover

4. ON-OFF Switch

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NOTE

For single-sheet printing, the paper lever must be in the middle position.

TOP OF FORM (TOF)

Top of Form (TOF) sets the print start position. The factory default is 1" from the top.

The TOF can be changed in increments of 1/144", for either a single print job, or all print jobs. The overall amount of adjustment is limited to avoid paper jams.

The first line prints at the red line of the plastic paper shield (1) on the printhead.

CAUTION!

If you turn the platen knob when the printer is not at Top of Form, the TOF will misalign. Always feed the paper to TOF before turning the platen knob.

NOTE

> Your software may print the first line of print above or below where

TOF is set. You may need to adjust the TOF to meet your software’s requirements.

> The Top of Form and Forms Tear-Off settings of your printer interact.

How you set the Top of Form depends on whether ON (set to 500 ms, 1 sec, or 2 sec) or OFF (the factory default setting).

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Forms Tear-Off

FORMS TEAR-OFF

There are two ways to determine the status of the Forms Tear-Off menu setting:

l Print the Menu.

l Use the TEAR key.

To print the Menu:

To use the TEAR key:

Make sure paper is loaded.

Hold

SHIFT

Press

PARK

Look for the Form Tear-Off setting in the paper feed group you are using (Rear Feed, Bottom Feed or Top Feed—Forms Tear– Off appears in the Top Feed group only if the optional Roll Paper Stand is installed).

Make sure paper is loaded and wait 2 seconds.

Press

TEAR

l If the paper moves

(2), then press

(4) to print the menu.

(3).

(1) to enter the Menu Mode.

SEL

, Forms Tear-Off is

down

, Forms Tear-Off is ON.

OFF

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SETTING TOP OF FORM (TOF)

CAUTION!

Do not use the platen knob to change the Top of Form. If you turn the platen knob when the printer is not at Top of Form, the TOF will misalign. Always feed the paper to TOF before turning the platen knob.

The first line prints at the red line of the plastic paper shield on the printhead.

Forms Tear-Off set to OFF - (default)

With paper loaded and the printer ON:

(When you begin pressing the Micro Feed key, the printhead will move to the right).

Press

PARK

Press

FF/LOAD

If the printer is ON line, press printer

The SEL light goes out.

Press and hold

l Press

Press

OFF

paper moves down).

(the paper moves up).

SEL | MENU

(6) to park the paper.

(4) to load the paper.

line.

SHIFT

LF | Micro Feed Down

FF/LOAD | Micro Feed Up

(1) to place the printer back on line.

(2), then:

SEL

(3) to set the TOF

(4) to set the TOF

(1) to take the

higher

lower

(the

To reset the Top of Form to the factory default, see “Resetting Top of Form to the Factory Default” later in this chapter.

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Forms Tear-Off set to ON

With paper loaded and the printer ON and selected:

Press

PARK

(6) to park the paper.

The SEL light goes off and the red alarm light comes on.

Press

FF | LOAD

Wait briefly until the paper moves up to the tear position, then press and hold

(4) to load the paper.

(5).

TEAR

The paper moves to the current TOF and the SEL light is illuminated.

If the printer is ON line, press

printer

OFF

line.

The SEL light goes out.

Hold down

l Press

SHIFT (2)

LF | Micro Feed Down

SEL|MENU

, then:

(3) to set the TOF

(1) to take the

higher

(the

paper moves down).

l Press

FF/LOAD | Micro Feed Up

(4) to set the TOF

lower

(the paper moves up).

(When you begin pressing the Micro Feed key, the printhead will move to the right).

Press

SEL | MENU

(1) to save the setting and place the printer

back on line.

To reset the Top of Form to the factory default, see the next page.

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TEMPORARILY CHANGING THE TOP OF FORM

CAUTION!

To move the Top of Form position lower for one page only:

Press

Press LF to lower the position of the Top of Form.

to deselect the printer.

SEL

RESETTING TOP OF FORM TO THE FACTORY DEFAULT

The factory default setting for the Top of Form (where the printing should begin) is 1" down from the top of the page.

To reset the Top of Form to the factory default:

Remove paper from the paper path.

Turn the printer off.

Press and hold

printer.

Reload paper.

PARK

QUIET | TOF

while turning on the

FORMS TEAR-OFF FEATURE

This feature is normally turned off. To use Forms Tear-Off, you must enter the menu and change the setting to the desired time interval (see “Changing the Forms Tear- Off Settings”).

The Forms Tear-Off feature allows a printed continuous forms page to be torn off without wasting paper or adjusting the printer. It can be used for rear feed continuous forms, bottom feed continuous forms (with the optional push tractor installed), or for top feed roll paper (with optional roll paper stand installed).

When the printer is turned on, the paper feeds to the tear-off position.

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When data is received, the paper automatically moves down to the print position (TOF) and printing begins.

NOTE

You can also move the paper down to the print position manually by pressing

When printing stops, Forms Tear-Off automatically moves the paper to align the perforation with the tear bar (located under the access cover), after the time interval which you selected through the menu.

Paper remains in the tear-off position until the printer receives more data. Then, the paper moves back down for printing.

TEAR

NOTE

> The status of the Forms Tear-Off menu setting affects how you set

the Top of Form: see “Top of Form (TOF) and Forms Tear-Off” earlier

in this chapter. > Do not use Forms Tear-Off with labels or multipart forms! > Forms Tear-Off cannot be used when the optional pull tractor is

engaged.

POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH SOFTWARE PACKAGES

If Forms Tear-Off is set to ON and the software package you are using “pauses” for a long enough interval while sending data to the printer, Forms Tear-Off may be activated. No data is lost, but this causes uneven print registration due to the paper movement.

If this occurs, use the menu to turn off this feature, then use the TEAR key to move the paper up to the tear position manually (see “Changing the Forms Tear-off Settings”).

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CHANGING THE FORMS TEAR-OFF SETTING

The default setting for Forms Tear-Off is

To change the Forms Tear-Off setting:

Press

SHIFT

Press

GROUP

group shows in the first column of the printed line, depending on which paper feed you are using,

Press

ITEM

second column:

Rear Feed Form Tear-Off Off

Press

SET

in the third column:

Rear Feed Form Tear-Off 1 Sec

Press

SHIFT

setting.

(2) +

SEL

(3) repeatedly until the Rear Feed or Bottom Feed

(4) repeatedly until Form Tear-Off appears in the

(5) until the time interval you wish to select appears

(2) +

SEL

(1).

(1) to exit Menu Mode and save the

OFF

MANUAL FORMS TEAR-OFF

If you don’t wish to engage the Forms Tear-Off feature, you can advance:

l rear-feed continuous forms loaded on the built-in tractor

l bottom-feed continuous forms loaded on the optional push

tractor

up to the tear-off position manually by pressing

USING YOUR PRINTER > 20

TEAR

(5).

PAPER PARK

CAUTION!

Never park labels.

Paper park allows you to switch to single-sheet printing without removing continuous feed paper from the printer.

When you wish to print single sheets, simply press the continuous form paper from the paper path, then lift the sheet guide, load the sheet and send the print job.

(6) to retract

PARK

CHANGING PAPER PATHS

CONTINUOUS FORMS TO SINGLE SHEETS

Tear off any printed pages, then press PARK.

Raise the sheet guide (1) to the single-sheet feed position.

Pivot the wire feed guide into the sheet guide.

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Move the paper lever (1) to the middle position marked “TOP.”

Adjust the paper guides (1) for the size of paper you are using,

then place a sheet of paper in the sheet guide.

SINGLE SHEETS TO CONTINUOUS FORMS

Press

FF/LOAD

Lower the sheet guide into the continuous-forms position.

to remove the single-sheet paper.

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Swing the wire feed guide over onto the pull-up roller.

Move the paper lever to the appropriate position.

l Rear feed:

l Bottom feed:

l If necessary, load continuous-form paper.

Press

FF/LOAD

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PRINTHEAD GAP

The printhead gap is the distance between the printhead and

the platen.

CAUTION!

Make sure the printer is turned off before you open the access cover.

To adjust the gap, open the access cover and move the coloured lever (1) to the recommended setting from the table.

Setting Media

1Standard paper 2 2-part form (with carbon) 33-part form (with carbon) 4 4-part form (with carbon) 5 Envelopes or extra thick paper

NOTE

When the head gap is set to 2, 3, 4 or 5, the printer automatically slows down for better print quality with multipart forms.

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PRINT QUALITY

Press

PRINT QUALITY

Utility (UTL)—the default:

l Medium quality, medium speed (380 cps)

Gothic typeface only

High Speed Draft (HSD):

l Lower quality, higher speed (507 cps)

Gothic typeface only

Super Speed Draft (SSD):

l Lowest quality, highest speed (570 cps)

Gothic typeface only

Near Letter Quality (NLQ):

l Highest quality, slowest speed (95 cps)

Courier or Gothic

(1) to select:

NOTE

Front panel settings for print quality and character pitch are normally overridden by software commands.

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CHARACTER PITCH

Character pitch determines how many characters will print on each line. You can choose a specific fixed width for each character in characters per inch (cpi), or Proportional. The higher cpi settings are often used for spreadsheets.

Proportional ( itself: e.g., the letter i is assigned a narrower width than the letter m. This provides a more polished, typeset appearance.

) sets character widths based on the character

PROP

NOTE

Front panel settings for character pitch are normally overridden when the SI command is received from your software.

EPSON AND IBM EMULATIONS

Set the character pitch by pressing light beneath the desired setting is illuminated:

l 10 cpi; 12 cpi; 15 cpi; 17 cpi; 20 cpi or Proportional

MICROLINE Emulation

In the MICROLINE emulation, the Character Pitch choices are:

l 10 cpi; 12 cpi; 15 cpi; 17 cpi; 20 cpi, Proportional or non-

proportional

To select Proportional, press the cpi value and

To select non-proportional, press the light for the cpi value you wish to use is illuminated.

lights are illuminated.

PROP

CHARACTER PITCH

(1) until the

key until both the

key until the

USING YOUR PRINTER > 26

PRINTER RESET

Clearing some error conditions requires that you reset (reinitialise) the printer. To do this:

Press and release

The

Press and hold

2. PITCH

light goes out.

SEL

key (5).

(1) to take the printer off-line.

SEL

(2), then press the

SHIFT

RESET/CHARACTER

NOTE

Pressing any menu settings and does not reset the printer to the factory defaults. For information on resetting the printer to the factory defaults, see “Resetting the Menu to the Factory Defaults” later in this chapter.

SHIFT

and

reinitialises the printer, but does not affect

RESET

EMULATIONS

l IBM® Proprinter III — l Epson® FX l Oki

MICROLINE

Changing Emulations

Make sure paper is loaded.

Press and hold

Press LF (3).

The following line will print:

Printer Control Emulation Mode IBM PPR

factory setting

(2), then press

SHIFT

SEL

(1).

Press

(4) repeatedly until the emulation you wish to

TEAR

select prints in the right-hand column. Press and hold

(2), then press

SHIFT

setting and exit the Menu Mode.

USING YOUR PRINTER > 27

(1) to save your

SEL

MENU MODE

In Menu Mode, use the front panel keys to change the defaults for the printer parameters. The changes made in the Menu Mode are automatically saved when you exit the Menu Mode and are retained, even when the printer is turned off.

NOTE

Please print the current Menu Mode settings before you reset or change them. This is the only way to have a record of the settings

MENU MODE KEYS

GROUP

ITEM

SET

Key Prints the next Group in the Menu. With the

Key

Prints the next Item in the Group. With the

Key

Prints the next setting for an Item. With the

Key

Prints a copy of all the Menu settings. With the selected.

Light

ON when the printer is in the Menu Mode.

key, prints the previous Group.

SHIFT

key, prints the previous Item in the Group.

SHIFT

key, prints the previous setting for an Item.

SHIFT

key, prints the current settings for the Group

SHIFT

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ENTERING AND EXITING MENU MODE

Hold down the

key while pressing

SHIFT

SEL

RESETTING THE MENU TO THE FACTORY DEFAULTS

Turn the printer off.

Press

and LF while turning the printer ON.

SEL

PRINTING THE MENU SETTINGS

Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.

Press and hold

Press

(PARK key).

SHIFT

, then press

to enter the Menu Mode.

SEL

PRINTING ALL MENU SETTINGS

To print out a listing of the settings for all menu items, regardless of the emulation selected or the accessories installed:

Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.

Press and hold

SHIFT

, then press

to enter the Menu Mode.

SEL

PRINT QUALITY

CHANGING THE MENU SETTINGS

Press and hold

Use the

Press

the first column.

Press

second column.

Press

column.

, then press

SHIFT

GROUP, ITEM

GROUP

ITEM

SET

until the Group you wish to change appears in

until the Item you wish to change appears in the

until the setting you want appears in the third

and

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keys to make your changes:

SET

to enter the Menu Mode.

SEL

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