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REFACE
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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
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MERGENCY FIRST AID
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I
NTRODUCTION
Congratulations on purchasing this 26 pages per minute
monochrome page printer.
Your new printer is designed with a range of advanced features
to give you crisp black and white pages at high speed on a wide
range of print media.
For your information, a summary of the main features of your
printer is given below.
P
RINTER FEATURES
>2 different models to choose from: PG L26,
PG L26 Special
>Memory: 32MB
>High speed printing: 26 pages per minute
>Resolution: 1200 x 600 dpi
>Paper handling: 250 sheets (80g/m²).
>Emulation: Printer Control Language PCL5e, PCL6, Epson
FX, IBM ProPrinter
>Barcodes: embedded for SIDM emulations
>USB 2.0 and Parallel interfaces
Additionally, the following optional features are also available:
>10/100 BASE-TX Network Interface Card: to make the
PG L26 and PG L26 Special network compatible
>16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB RAM DIMM: to extend the main
memory of your printer and speed up the processing of
large files
>RS232C Card: to provide serial interface capability for the
PG L26 and PG L26 Special
>Second paper tray: to increase your printer’s paper
handling capacity by 500 sheets (80g/m²)
>Multi-purpose tray: to extend the range of media your
printer can accommodate (capacity 100 sheets (80g/m²)
or 50 envelopes)
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>One of the following can be added:
> 8MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional
fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special
> 16MB Flash DIMM: to allow the storage of additional
fonts or bar codes for the PG L26, PG L26 Special
> PostScript PS level 3 DIMM: to add PostScript
emulation to the PG L26 Special. Cannot be added in
conjunction with extra flash memory. (See the section
entitled “Installing Options” for full details.)
U
SING YOUR PRINTER
To help you get the most from your printer, the manufacturer has
provided a variety of supporting materials. A summary of these
materials and their purposes is given in the following chapter.
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A
BOUT THIS MANUAL
This manual is the user’s guide for your printer and forms part of
the overall user support listed below:
>Quick Set-up Guide: to describe how to unpack, connect
and power up your printer.
>This User’s Guide: to help you to operate your printer
and make the best use of its many features. Also included
are guidelines for troubleshooting and maintenance to
ensure that it performs at its best. Additionally,
information is provided for adding optional accessories as
your printing needs evolve.
>Installation Guides: accompany consumable items and
optional accessories to describe how to install them.
>Online Help: online information associated with the
printer driver and Status Monitor software.
This manual has been written using more than one printer as a
model and the illustrations/screenshots reflect this. What you see
will be appropriate to the model you are using.
O
NLINE USAGE
This manual is intended to be read on screen using an Adobe
Acrobat Reader. Use the navigation and viewing tools provided in
Acrobat.
You can access specific information in two ways:
>In the list of bookmarks down the left hand side of your
screen, click on the topic of interest to jump to the
required topic. (If the bookmarks are not available, use
the Table of Contents.)
>In the list of bookmarks click on Index to jump to the
Index. (If the bookmarks are not available, use the Table
of Contents.) Find the term of interest in the
alphabetically arranged index and click on the associated
page number to jump to the page containing the subject.
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P
RINTING PAGES
The whole manual, Individual pages, or sections may be printed.
The procedure is:
1.From the toolbar, select File > Print (or press the
Ctrl + P keys).
2.Choose which pages you wish to print:
(a)[All pages], for the entire manual.
(b)[Current page] for the page at which you are
looking.
(c)[Pages from] and [to] for the range of pages you
specify by entering their page numbers.
3.Click on OK.
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A
BBREVIATIONS USED
The following abbreviations are used in this manual:
ABBREVIATIONMEANING
CtrlControl
dpidots per inch
DIMMDual In-line Memory Module
nnetwork card installed
LEDLight Emitting Diode
NICNetwork Interface Card
PCLPrinter Control Language
PSPostScript (emulation)
PSEPostScript Emulation
RAMRandom Access Memory
SIDMSerial Impact Dot Matrix
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P
RINTER COMPONENTS
Apart from the Operator panels, which are described in the next
chapter, the PG L26 and PG L26 Special printers look similar from
the outside. The important components are identified in the
representations below.
This chapter describes the function of the operator panel on your
printer. It is useful to describe the Status Monitor software at this
point as it provides the PG L26 status information and the
equivalent of the menu control panel on the PG L26 Special. (See
“Printer Drivers” for installation of the Status Monitor.)
PG L26
O
PERATOR PANEL
The PG L26 operator panel consists of 4 indicating LEDs and an
Online button. From left to right, the LEDs indicate Power On,
Ready, Manual feed and Error.
LED
INDICATORS
The LED indicators show the status of the printer and have five
operating conditions as follows:
>Indicator off
>Indicator on
>Flash 1 - slow blink - 1 long flash every 4 seconds
>Flash 2 - blink - 1 flash per second
>Flash 3 - rapid blink - 4 flashes per second.
All four LED indicators come on momentarily when power is
switched on using the main power switch.
The secondary functions of the Online button are activated after
turning the printer off line, then pressing and holding the switch
for four seconds before releasing. The secondary functions are as
follows:
>Printing the demo and menu pages.
NOTE
Demo and menu pages can also be printed using the printer
Status Monitor.
>Printing any data held in the buffer after printing has been
cancelled.
The other functions of the Online button are activated after
turning the printer off line then pressing and holding the switch
for seven seconds before releasing. The other functions are as
follows:
>Printing a cleaning page.
NOTE
A cleaning page can also be printed using the printer Status
Monitor.
>Resetting the printer and clearing the buffer after printing
has been cancelled.
NOTE
To reset the printer to the default settings of the
manufacturer, the Online button is pressed and held down
while the printer is switched on with the main power switch.
The LED indicators blink when the printer has reset to the
default settings.
After installing the printer driver software onto your computer,
the Status Monitor is then installed to indicate what is happening
to the printer when it is being used. (See the chapter entitled
“Printer Drivers”.) This Status Monitor is also used to control and
change the various printer settings.
Using the Printer Status Monitor
Viewing the status of the printer, and viewing or changing the
printer settings are carried out as follows:
Click on Start > All Programs > Olivetti > Status Monitor and
select the Status Monitor. The current printer status is shown.
The Printer Menu allows you to view and change the printer’s
internal settings. You can think of this as the software equivalent
of an LCD operator panel display that appears on the front of
some printers.
The settings are grouped into categories or “menus” such as
Information Menu or Print Menu.
Some of these settings are similar to those found in your printer
driver or application software. The settings that you can change
using this software act as the printer’s defaults. These can be
overridden by the settings in your printer driver or application.
For example, if you have set the number of copies in the Printer
Menu settings to one, this will be overridden if you select three
copies of your document in the printer driver.